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Evidence of the "lost" monastery was uncovered at Holy Trinity Church in Cookham The site of an 8th Century monastery that was believed to have been lost has been unearthed next to a church. The exact ...

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 Berkshire riverside village has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK. Cookham made it onto the prestigious Sunday Times' Best Place to Live list. Every year a team of expert Times' ...

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 ...

The village is a quintessentially British area, with beautiful Tudor-looking houses and plenty of pubs and tea rooms. Whilst growing up in Berkshire, Rosenthal loved to play cricket and was a key ...

Children armed themselves with hundreds of homemade weapons at a scandal-hit jail where violence was rife, according to a damning watchdog report. The “shocking” findings were laid bare by inspectors ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...