In memory of the men of Bracknell and District who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914 - 1919
"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
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And in the World War 1939-1945
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Saith the Angel
"These are they that have . . . — — Map (db m245678) WM
Between 200 BC and 40 AD: 'Caesar's Camp' hillfort built by the Celts.
10th Century: 'Braccan Heal' first mentioned, in an Anglo-Saxon charter
1463 Old Bracknell mentioned in a Goring charter.
1607 Norden's map of Windsor Forest shows . . . — — Map (db m217585) HM
It was originally believed that Lily Hill House was built sometime between 1849 and the early 1850s as 'a moderately sized gentleman's residence’.
However letters were discovered from Henry William Vincent (who owned the estate between 1833-1865) . . . — — Map (db m236221) HM
This tree was presented by the Bracknell & District Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the formation of the lifeboat service 1824-1974 — — Map (db m240382) HM
The Seats and Mansions of Berkshire (c. 1865) Lily Hill House
"Lily Hill, the seat and property of Henry W. Vincent Esq. This prettily varied little place is said to have been, at the end of the last century, an alehouse on the edge of . . . — — Map (db m236024) HM
