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Anglo Saxon nuns may have begun a tradition of caring for the dying, according to experts from Reading university.

Cookham is a village and civil parish in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames, notable as the home of the artist Stanley Spencer Cookham is a village and civil ...

A Grade II listed bridge is set to reopen, following a five-month revamp. Cookham Bridge, in Berkshire, closed on 16 October for work to re-waterproof it and replace bearings and joints. Royal Borough ...

A large communal building, timber-lined well and cemetery include some of the discoveries made by archaeologists at an 8th–9th-century monastery in Cookham, Berkshire. Staff and students from the ...

The bucolic banks of the Thames, dotted with fine pubs and historic locations, make a picturesque setting for exploring the life and times of one of England’s greatest artists Cookham, a Thames-side ...

The walk starts from the appealing village of Cookham in Berkshire and follows the Thames for a couple of miles. Climbing a short distance up Winter Hill you are rewarded with distant views across the ...

A report in April branded conditions at Cookham Wood YOI "a scandal" Specialist teams using dogs will now search for weapons Educational opportunities will also be improved for youths in detention The ...

Hundreds of homemade weapons were found at a young offender institution "rife" with violence, according to a damning report. Cookham Wood facility in Rochester, Kent, was put into emergency measures ...

“An academic, stylistic history of modern English art could be written without a mention of this artist,” intoned London’s Times last week, “but to omit him is to miss one of the most remarkable ...

Archaeologists have discovered a long-lost royal site that played a key part in the rise of London as England’s dominant political and economic centre. Excavations in Berkshire are revealing how ...