Riseley, Berkshire

Riseley, Berkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Riseley
latitude= 51.363216
longitude= -0.962116
civil_parish= Swallowfield
unitary_england= Wokingham
region= South East England
lieutenancy_england= Berkshire
os_grid_reference= SU722632

Riseley is a village in the English county of Berkshire, adjacent to the border with the county of Hampshire. The village was formerly on the main A33 road between Reading (6 miles) and Basingstoke (8 miles), but is now bypassed by a newer route from just south of Riseley to the M4 motorway on the southern fringes of Reading.

For local government purposes, the village is today within the civil parish of Swallowfield, which in turn is within the unitary authority of Wokingham.

Before 1844, the village of Riseley was part of a detached portion, or exclave, of the county of Wiltshire, some 30 miles to the west. The Counties (Detached Parts) Act of that year resulting in its transfer to the county of Berkshire.cite book | title = Cassini Historical Map - Reading & Windsor - 1816-1830 | publisher = Cassini Publishing Ltd | year = 2006 | isbn = 1847360513] "Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844", 7 & 8 Vict. c. 61, London]

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