Rotherfield Peppard

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Rotherfield Peppard
latitude= 51.527906
longitude= -0.95677
population=
shire_district= South Oxfordshire
shire_county = Oxfordshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Henley
post_town= HENLEY-ON-THAMES
postcode_district=RG9
postcode_area=RG
dial_code= 01491
static_

static_image_caption= All Saints' Church Rotherfield Peppard
os_grid_reference= SU710815
london_distance=

Rotherfield Peppard (locally often simply Peppard) is a village, civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is situated between Reading and Henley-on-Thames.

Rotherfield derives from the Anglo-Saxon "redrefeld" meaning 'cattle lands'. Within the parish is the open land of Peppard Common, once used for grazing and small timber. There is a neighbouring village, Rotherfield Greys, which bears a similar name.

The Church of England parish church [ [http://www.allsaintspeppard.org.uk/ All Saints' Church Rotherfield Peppard] ] of All Saints is part of the united benefice of Rotherfield Peppard, Kidmore End and Sonning Common. The church is well-appointed thanks to generous bequests and gifts from parishioners. There is also a church school.

The village has been used, thrice, as settings in the TV show Midsomer Murders [Midsomer Murders Locations [http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/satellite/9476/locationsx.htm] Retrieved on March 6, 2007] , and also for many of the scenes (including the eponymous house) in the Merchant-Ivory production of Howard's End [IMDB [http://imdb.com/title/tt0104454/locations Filming locations for Howards End (1992)] . Retrieved on March 6, 2007.]

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