Aldermaston - Test
  • 1. Where is Aldermaston located?
A) England
B) Italy
C) France
D) Germany
  • 2. What type of facility is Aldermaston known for?
A) Nuclear research
B) Botanical gardens
C) Historical museum
D) Animal sanctuary
  • 3. Which organization runs the Aldermaston facility?
A) UNICEF
B) NASA
C) Atomic Weapons Establishment
D) Greenpeace
  • 4. Which country is known to have protests at Aldermaston during the 1960s?
A) Australia
B) Brazil
C) Canada
D) United Kingdom
  • 5. What is the purpose of the Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp?
A) Protest against nuclear weapons
B) Yoga retreat
C) Cooking classes
D) Art workshops
  • 6. Which author featured Aldermaston in his novel 'The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'?
A) George Orwell
B) John le Carré
C) Agatha Christie
D) J.K. Rowling
  • 7. What is the nickname given to the Aldermaston facility?
A) GREAT
B) AWE
C) EPIC
D) WOW
  • 8. Which river flows near Aldermaston?
A) Kennet
B) Thames
C) Avon
D) Severn
  • 9. What is the main focus of research at Aldermaston?
A) Nuclear weapons
B) Fashion
C) Sports
D) Agriculture
  • 10. What is the population of Aldermaston according to the 2011 census?
A) 1,015
B) 1,500
C) 850
D) 2,000
  • 11. Which historical figure had their country estate in Aldermaston during the 9th century?
A) King Alfred the Great
B) The Ealdorman of Berkshire
C) Richard the Lionheart
D) William the Conqueror
  • 12. What was Aldermaston's original Old English name?
A) Normancourt
B) Ældremanestone
C) Saxonbury
D) Wessexville
  • 13. Who was the first known Ealdorman of Berkshire that fought at the Battle of Englefield?
A) Aethelwulf
B) William Rufus
C) Harold Godwinson
D) Edward I
  • 14. What was the value of Aldermaston's hides before the Norman Conquest?
A) $10 a year
B) $20 a year
C) $30 a year
D) $50 a year
  • 15. Which family first held lordship of Aldermaston in the 11th century?
A) Achard Family
B) De La Mare Family
C) Forster Family
D) Congreve Family
  • 16. In which century was St Mary the Virgin Church established?
A) 11th century
B) 17th century
C) 15th century
D) 13th century
  • 17. Who granted Aldermaston the right to hold a market in 1292?
A) Henry IV
B) Edward I
C) Richard the Lionheart
D) William the Conqueror
  • 18. What was the purpose of the annual fair established by the Achard family?
A) To observe the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr on 7 July
B) To celebrate the harvest season
C) To mark the end of winter
D) To honor King Harold II
  • 19. Which family built a large manor house east of the church around 1636?
A) De La Mare Family
B) Forster Family
C) Congreve Family
D) Achard Family
  • 20. What type of columns did the Forsters' house feature?
A) Solomonic columns
B) Corinthian columns
C) Ionic columns
D) Doric columns
  • 21. Who inherited Aldermaston after the Forster lineage ended in 1752?
A) Achard D'Aldermaston
B) Thomas De La Mare
C) Elizabeth De La Mare
D) Ralph Congreve
  • 22. What event occurred during the 1830 Swing Riots in Aldermaston?
A) New machinery was introduced
B) The village celebrated a local festival
C) A peaceful protest was held
D) Rioters wrecked twenty-three agricultural machines
  • 23. What were the almshouses built by the Forsters in Aldermaston known as?
A) Achard Lodgings
B) Forster Homes
C) Dixon's Cottages
D) Congreve Almshouses
  • 24. Who purchased the estate after it passed into the Court of Chancery following a fire in 1843?
A) Felix Pole
B) Daniel Higford Davall Burr
C) Thomas Allibone
D) Charles Edward Keyser
  • 25. In what year did Daniel Higford Davall Burr commission the building of a neoclassical mansion?
A) 1893
B) 1929
C) 1848
D) 1851
  • 26. What feature from the original 17th-century manor did Burr save?
A) The wooden staircase
B) The roof tiles
C) The garden layout
D) The stone walls
  • 27. What did Charles Edward Keyser commission in 1897?
A) A new manor house
B) A church
C) A school
D) A parish hall
  • 28. For what occasion was the water fountain installed on the village green?
A) The end of World War I
B) The coronation of King George V
C) Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
D) The opening of RAF Aldermaston
  • 29. How many men from the village served in World War I?
A) 100
B) 150
C) 75
D) 50
  • 30. What percentage of Aldermaston's town population was killed during World War I?
A) Below average for the country
B) The lowest in the country
C) The highest in the country
D) Average for the country
  • 31. Who became de jure Lord of the Manor after AEI purchased Aldermaston Court?
A) Thomas Allibone
B) Tony Jackson
C) Felix Pole
D) Charles Edward Keyser
  • 32. What was RAF Aldermaston used for during the 1940s?
A) A prisoner of war camp
B) A training ground for infantry
C) A naval base
D) Stationing the Women's Land Army and the XIX Tactical Air Command
  • 33. How long did Thomas Allibone hold the position of Lord of the Manor?
A) 15 years
B) 40 years
C) 20 years
D) 32 years
  • 34. Which company acquired the estate in 1985?
A) Blue Circle Industries
B) Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
C) Royal Air Force
D) Associated Electrical Industries (AEI)
  • 35. What was demolished to make way for Portland House?
A) Aldermaston Manor
B) The village green
C) RAF Aldermaston
D) The MERLIN reactor
  • 36. What was Aldermaston historically part of before being superseded by other sub-divisions?
A) Bucklebury sanitary district
B) A hundred
C) Mortimer registration sub-district
D) Bradfield Poor Law Union
  • 37. In which century did Aldermaston acquire civil parish status?
A) 20th century
B) 17th century
C) 18th century
D) 1890s
  • 38. Who is the current councillor for the electoral ward of Aldermaston?
A) Dominic Boeck
B) Representative from Labour Party
C) Unaffiliated independent
D) Representative from Liberal Democrats
  • 39. Which political party does Dominic Boeck represent?
A) Green Party
B) Labour Party
C) Liberal Democrats
D) Conservative Party
  • 40. What is the smallest ward in West Berkshire by population?
A) Wokingham
B) Reading
C) Newbury
D) Aldermaston
  • 41. What percentage of working men were employed in agriculture according to the 1831 census?
A) 30%
B) 20%
C) 66%
D) 60%
  • 42. What was discovered in 1940 at The Loosey by a cow?
A) A medieval treasure chest
B) An ancient burial site
C) Roman pottery shards
D) A Roman well
  • 43. What is the approximate distance of the confluence of the River Kennet and River Enborne from Aldermaston village?
A) 5 miles (8 km) west
B) 0.6 miles (0.97 km) north
C) 2 miles (3.2 km) east
D) 1 mile (1.6 km) south
  • 44. Who supported solutions for the HGV traffic problem?
A) Wokingham MP John Redwood
B) Reading MP Alok Sharma
C) Newbury MP Richard Benyon
D) Basingstoke MP Maria Miller
  • 45. What is the depth of the ditch associated with the earthwork in the AWE complex?
A) 0.9 metres (3.0 ft)
B) 2 metres (6.5 ft)
C) 1.5 metres (5 ft)
D) 2.5 metres (8 ft)
  • 46. What is the name of the small triangular village green in Aldermaston?
A) Village Square
B) The Loosey
C) Green's Meadow
D) Parish Green
  • 47. Which company owns various sites in Aldermaston parish?
A) Aldermaston Mining Co.
B) West Berkshire Quarries
C) Berkshire Concrete Ltd.
D) Lafarge Aggregates
  • 48. Which brewery owned The Hind's Head pub in the 1970s?
A) Gales Brewery
B) H & G Simonds
C) Fuller's Brewery
D) Whitbread
  • 49. What architectural style can be found in some houses in Aldermaston?
A) Modernist
B) Art Deco
C) Victorian Gothic architecture
D) Baroque
  • 50. Which notable person founded Aldermaston Pottery?
A) Alan Caiger-Smith
B) Paul Roche
C) Thomas Allibone
D) Duncan Grant
  • 51. How far is Aldermaston from the Hampshire boundary?
A) About 2 miles (3.2 km)
B) 5 miles (8 km)
C) 15 miles (24 km)
D) 10 miles (16 km)
  • 52. Which business park is located on the Berkshire/Hampshire border?
A) Youngs Industrial Estate
B) Aldermaston Commercial Hub
C) Calleva Business Park
D) Pangbourne Enterprise Zone
  • 53. Which railway company serves Aldermaston railway station?
A) Chiltern Railways
B) Great Western Railway
C) South Western Railway
D) CrossCountry
  • 54. Where is Old Village Farm located?
A) Harbour Hill Copse
B) Main Street
C) Lord's
D) Fishermans Lane
  • 55. Where is the annual produce show held in Aldermaston and Wasing?
A) At The Old Mill
B) Behind the Hind's Head pub
C) At the parish hall
D) In the village square
  • 56. In which year did Aldermaston win an appeal against Pioneer Concrete's application for gravel extraction?
A) 1974
B) 1999
C) 1985
D) 2003
  • 57. What percentage of working women worked in domestic services according to the 1881 census?
A) 50%
B) 20%
C) 60%
D) Slightly fewer than 30%
  • 58. In which year was Aldermaston Primary School originally established?
A) 1988
B) 1992
C) 1836
D) 2021
  • 59. What is the current use of The Cedars after reopening in 2022?
A) A community center
B) An art gallery
C) A day nursery
D) A private school
  • 60. What was the price per unit of beer sold by John Knight at The Hind's Head?
A) 3d
B) 2d
C) 1d
D) 5d
  • 61. What is the height of the surviving earthwork in the AWE complex?
A) 10 metres (33 ft)
B) 3.3 metres (11 ft)
C) 5 metres (16 ft)
D) 7 metres (23 ft)
  • 62. Who approached Evelyn Arlott to run the mill as a tea room and guesthouse?
A) Richard Sisling
B) Anthony Kersley
C) The Wasing family
D) Mary Keyser, Charles Keyser's widow
  • 63. How many structures in Aldermaston are listed as heritage sites?
A) 100
B) 51
C) 25
D) 75
  • 64. In which year did Aldermaston win the 'Business Category Award' in the Calor Village of the Year competition?
A) 2012
B) 2005
C) 2010
D) 2007
  • 65. What award did the Aldermaston team win twice at the Chelsea Flower Show?
A) Most Innovative Design Award
B) Best Large Garden Award
C) Best Courtyard Garden Award
D) Best Outdoor Space Award
  • 66. Who presented the Blue Peter documentary on cricket bat production in the 1960s?
A) Alan Caiger-Smith
B) Christopher Trace
C) Frank Tyson
D) Graham Gooch
  • 67. When was The Hind's Head pub tied to Fuller's Brewery?
A) In the mid-1990s
B) After 2006
C) In the 1970s
D) Before 1850
  • 68. What was the mill in Aldermaston previously called?
A) Arlott Mill
B) Webb's Mill
C) Keyser's Mill
D) Kingsmill
  • 69. In what year was a plaque commemorating the Williams pear tree unveiled?
A) 1797
B) 1956
C) 1856
D) 1939
  • 70. What was Upper Church Farm originally known as?
A) Harry's Farm
B) Mount's Farm
C) Gilchrist's Farm
D) Kersley's Farm
  • 71. In what year was the York Nativity Play broadcast by the BBC Home Service?
A) 1976
B) 1964
C) 1985
D) 1957
  • 72. What was the net loss of land to Beenham and Woolhampton on 1 April 1934?
A) 150 acres (60.7 ha)
B) 400 acres (161.9 ha)
C) 500 acres (202 ha)
D) 307 acres (124 ha)
  • 73. When was Britain's first roadside petrol station opened near Aldermaston?
A) July 1930
B) January 1925
C) December 1945
D) March 1919
  • 74. What measure was taken to prevent future flooding after the 1989 flood?
A) The destroyed wall was rebuilt with 17 grilles
B) A new dam was constructed
C) Flood barriers were installed along the river
D) A drainage system was improved
  • 75. Which Roman road runs south of Aldermaston?
A) Watling Street
B) Fosse Way
C) Icknield Way
D) Ermin Way
  • 76. How many working women in the parish were documented in the 1881 census?
A) 150
B) 100
C) 137
D) 200
  • 77. Which act granted the plot known as Church Acre to the church in 1815?
A) The Reform Act 1832
B) The Magna Carta
C) The Enclosure Acts
D) The Woolhampton Inclosure Act 1811
  • 78. What was the name of the bat launched in honor of Graham Gooch's 333 runs at Lord's?
A) Gooch Masterpiece
B) Aldermaston Special
C) Cricket Legend
D) Turbo 333
  • 79. Which bus route serves Aldermaston village?
A) Route 66
B) Route 22
C) Route 88
D) Route 44
  • 80. Since when has the wood yard on Fishermans Lane been used to prepare local willow for cricket bats?
A) 1960s
B) 1955
C) 1993
D) 1930s
  • 81. Which event coincided with the July 2007 flooding in Aldermaston?
A) Reading Festival
B) V Festival
C) The annual Glade Festival
D) Bestival
  • 82. Who requested the installation of a petrol pump by his house in Aldermaston?
A) Vivienne Westwood
B) Terry Wogan
C) A villager named Chuffer Ford
D) Charles Keyser
  • 83. What is the material used to build the village lock-up at Aldermaston?
A) Concrete
B) Wood
C) Stone
D) Red brick
  • 84. Which police force covers Aldermaston?
A) Thames Valley Police
B) West Mercia Police
C) Metropolitan Police
D) Wiltshire Police
  • 85. What was the original name of The Hind's Head during the De La Mare and Forster lordships?
A) The Fox Inn
B) The Aldermaston Arms
C) The Pack Horse
D) The Congreve Arms
  • 86. What is the title of the play performed annually in Aldermaston since 1957?
A) The York Nativity Play
B) A Christmas Carol
C) Hamlet
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 87. Who was the last known owner of Aldermaston Mill before it was purchased by the Arlott family?
A) Mr Iremonger
B) Walter Parson
C) Anthony Kersley
D) Charles Keyser
  • 88. In 2005, what percentage of homes were owned outright in Aldermaston?
A) 52%
B) 70%
C) 40%
D) 60%
  • 89. Who was the miller and maltster that operated Aldermaston Mill between approximately 1860 and 1885?
A) Walter Parson
B) Anthony Kersley
C) Richard Sisling
D) Charles Keyser
  • 90. What is the name of the road that links Aldermaston with Newbury and Reading?
A) The A4 road
B) B4569
C) A340
D) M4
  • 91. In which year did Glade Festival move from Aldermaston to near Winchester?
A) 2012
B) 2007
C) 2009
D) 2010
  • 92. Until what year did AWE discharge 'pre-treated waste water' into the River Thames?
A) 2010
B) 2005
C) 2003
D) 1998
  • 93. What percentage of the Aldermaston estate's land did the seven farms account for?
A) 85%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 75%
  • 94. What was the intended use for the bell at The Hind's Head during the Second World War?
A) As an air-raid siren
B) For fire alarms
C) To announce special events
D) To signal closing time
  • 95. When was the lock-up designated as a Grade II listed building?
A) September 2010
B) 1950s
C) 1770
D) April 1967
  • 96. Which P.G. Wodehouse novel mentions Aldermaston in reference to CND marches?
A) The Code of the Woosters
B) Plum Pie (1966)
C) Jeeves and Wooster
D) Right Ho, Jeeves
  • 97. Who sold the bats made from Aldermaston willow?
A) Stuart Surridge
B) Christopher Trace
C) Geoffrey Eastop
D) Alan Caiger-Smith
  • 98. In 2005, what percentage of parish residents lived outside the village?
A) 70%
B) 90%
C) 50%
D) 30%
  • 99. When was the village lock-up last used?
A) 1950
B) 1865
C) 2000
D) 1900
  • 100. What drink is traditionally consumed by the vicar and churchwardens during the auction?
A) Whiskey
B) Beer
C) Rum punch
D) Wine
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