Warren Row

Warren Row is a village in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Hurley.

Warren Row
St Paul's Mission Church
Warren Row Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU813807
Metropolitan borough	Windsor and Maidenhead
Metropolitan county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MAIDENHEAD
Postcode district	RG10
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Windsor

The settlement lies between the A321, A4 and A4130 roads, and is located approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of Henley-on-Thames.

It contains a green tin tabernacle church.[1]

History

Warren Row was formed by a few group of cottages on the boundaries of three estates - Hall Place, Rosehill and Park Place.[2]

St Paul's Mission, the Tin Tabernacle church, was built in 1894 and was purchased for just over £100.[3]

During World War II the local chalk pits were used as an underground factory.[4]

Between 1958 and 1961 a secret bunker was built in the chalk mines as the village had been identified as a Regional Seat of Government in case of nuclear attack on London.[5] The bunker was discovered in 1963 by a few anti-nuclear protesters, who referred to themselves as 'Spies for Peace'.[6] It was sold in 1988, being bought by a data storage company and later also used to store wines.[7]

References

1. "Current Photos of Tin Tabernacles still in existence". tintabernacles.com.
2. "Wargrave Local History Society January 1999". wargravehistory.org.uk.
3. "St Mary's Wargrave with Knowl Hill". wargravechurch.org.uk.
4. "Warren Row". hurleyparish.org.uk.
5. "Half-way through term already - University of Reading". reading.ac.uk.
6. "Warren Row page 1". monkton-farleigh.co.uk.