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Aldermaston

/ ˈɔːldəˌmɑːstən /

noun

  1. a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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As Clarendon remarked of Aldermaston, it is "a town out of any great road," though near to one.

A schoolmaster named Wheeler, of Aldermaston (Berks), raised it about 1770.

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