Cheapside describes a close triangle of roads in the

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and ecclesiastical

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of Sunninghill in the

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, England which includes a school and had a Methodist chapel. It is a

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of houses, bungalows and cottages. It is marked on maps as the area north and east of

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and south of Sunninghill Park. Harewood Lodge followed by Titness House to its immediate east are of similar 18th century construction and have sometimes been recorded as in the Cheapside locality.

Geography

The bulk of this neighbourhood of Sunninghill has a less sandy soil, thus a tradition of

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supporting its market hence its name, (the

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word for a market is a "cheap". It is throughout at lower altitude than the mainly 18th century built-up village south of the church forming the heart of Sunninghill. In the south-east it has the west shore of

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. Cheapside is centred east of the centre of

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, one of

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's main venues in

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. East is the southern part of

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which has denser pockets of tall trees; Sunninghill has remains of its forest throughout — Sunninghill Park was part of Windsor Forest until King

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sold it to

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in 1630. The area is dotted with artificial feeder ponds or lakes to the Bourne which rises at multiple sources in the area.

Amenities

The main public amenity is Cheapside (C of E) primary school, since the mid-20th century, a large building on a 2-acre site, having been directly south historically. The local pub is the Thatched Tavern; dated to, at least, the late 17th century and Grade II listed.

Religion

The area has for more than eight centuries been a neighbourhood in the north of the Anglican parish of Sunninghill. Its church replaced a forerunner on the site (about half a mile south of Cheapside) built in about 1120 and may have had earlier predecessors.

References

External links

{{Windsor and Maidenhead Hamlets in Berkshire Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Sunninghill and Ascot