Chilton, Oxon (Berks before 1974) Web Sites

Chilton is an old village, one of the most southerly parishes of Oxfordshire, located on the Berkshire Downs in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just to the North of the Ridgeway National Trail. The parish is divided into 2 parts by a four lane highway, the A34.

Residents traditionally earned their living by working on the flat area known as Chilton Field and lived in the hillier part to the East. There are several parts to this page:

• Sites associated with Chilton Field
• Sites associated with All Saint's Church
• Sites maintained by Chilton residents
• Sites with information about Oxfordshire and maps to show you where we are.

Web Sites for Chilton Field

These scientific establishments grew out of the RAF Harwell which was built in Chilton and Harwell during the Second World War.

• The Medical Research Council Unit MRC
• National Radiological Protection Board NRPB
• The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, (RAL) including:
  • ISIS, the highest intensity spallation neutron source in the World
  • The diamond light source currently under construction
  • Ukerna who run the academic network from the Atlas Centre
• PFE Ltd. a private company based in the Atlas Centre

The following sites are built on Chilton Field but are not large scientific establishments:

• Click here for information about the Harwell Bicycle User Group and the Sustrans plans for a cycle path along the old railway line from Didcot to Upton, perhaps to Chilton some day.
• The Severn Road Residents Association. These are people who bought their houses from the former A.E.R.E. some years ago when the prefabs were still standing.
• Chilton Garden Centre
• Chilton Primary School

Sites associated with All Saints' Church

• The Parishes of Harwell and Chilton
• Some information about All Saints' church Memorial Inscriptions
• Chilton Bells including the restoration of 2000, and practice times

Other Sites associated with Chilton

• The headquarters of Blue Circle Cement moved to the new building just West of the Holloway opposite Townend. They were bought up by Lafarge Cement about 2001.
• The British Crystallographic Association site is maintained by a resident
• The Friends of the Ridgeway who aim to conserve the Ridgeway National Trail for peaceful uses.

Other useful Sites