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Bisham /ˈbɪsəm/ is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. The village is on the River Thames, around one mile (1.6 km) south of Marlow in the neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire, and around three miles (5 km) northwest of Maidenhead. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 1,099,[1] down from 1,149 at the 2001 Census.[2] Bisham is home to one of Sport England's National Sports Centres.

Bisham
All Saints Church
Bisham Location within Berkshire
Population	1,099 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SU849849
Civil parish	Bisham
Unitary authority	Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MARLOW
Postcode district	SL7
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Maidenhead
List of places UK England Berkshire 51.558°N 0.775°W / 51.558; -0.775

Historic buildings

The National Sports Centre at Bisham is centred on Bisham Abbey, a 13th-century manor house, originally built for the Knights Templar but later the residence of the Montagu (or Montacute) Earls of Salisbury and the Hoby family.

Geography

Bisham has a local nature reserve on the eastern edge of the village, called Bisham Woods.[3]

Media and arts

Bisham Church and churchyard, as well as the Compleat Angler Hotel, are featured in episodes of the 1990s BBC television detective series, Pie in the Sky. During the Nationwide Building Society's summer advertising campaign of 2010, when they were the official sponsors of the England football team at the World Cup, one of their television advertisements featured the England team playing on one of the pitches at Bisham Abbey. The parish church was clearly visible in the background. Theatrical couple Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton are buried in the graveyard of All Saints Church. A Ham class, minesweeper HMS Bisham, was named after the village.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bisham.

• A short history of Bisham Church
• Royal Berkshire History: Bisham
• Royal Berkshire History: Bisham Church

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