Burchetts Green is a small village to the west of

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in the English county of

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. It is half in the

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of Hurley and half in the civil parish of Bisham. The

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is located there and includes Hall Place, which was built in 1728 by William East, a wealthy

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lawyer. Burchetts Green School was originally built as a

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in 1868 on land donated by the Clayton-East family. It is an infant school with around 50 pupils. There are three churches in the

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, as well as a Michelin starred

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, The Crown, which in 2017 was voted 10th in

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's top 50 gastro pubs in the

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References

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