Place:Shaw, Berkshire, England

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NameShaw
Alt namesEssagessource: Domesday Book (1985) p 37
TypeVillage
Coordinates51.417°N 1.3°W
Located inBerkshire, England
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Shaw is a village in Berkshire, England.

It is located to the north of Newbury, near the village of Donnington. It is in the parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington.

The Elizabethan stately home, called Shaw House, is located here. It was one of the Royalist headquarters during the Second Battle of Newbury and, later, the home of the childhood home of the historian, James Pettit Andrews. It is now a conference centre owned by West Berkshire Council.

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