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Bray-on-Thames


Bray, occasionally Bray on Thames, is a large suburban village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It sits on the banks of the River Thames, to the southeast of Maidenhead of which it is a suburb.

The civil parish of Bray is far larger than the village itself and includes a number of other villages and hamlets over an area of 2,498 hectares (6,170 acres) 24.98 km² (9.64 sq mi). It had a population of 8,425 at the 2001 census, increasing to 9,110 at the 2011 Census.

The village is mentioned in the comedic song "The Vicar of Bray". Bray contains two of the five three-Michelin-starred restaurants in the United Kingdom and has several large business premises including Bray Studios, where the first series of Hammer Horror films were produced.

The Jesus Hospital is a red-brick group of almhouses, founded in 1609 by William Goddard to house thirty-four of the aged poor of Bray and six of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, to which he belonged. A full-size effigy of Goddard stands over the entrance, Jesus Hospital is now run by The Donnington Hospital Trust having been transferred from the Fishmongers Company in 2010.



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