Quelm Park

Quelm Park
The Quelm Stone
Quelm Park is located in Berkshire
Quelm Park
Quelm Park
Location within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU869707
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRACKNELL
Postcode districtRG42
Dialling code01344
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
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51°25′43″N 0°45′03″W / 51.42852°N 0.7509°W / 51.42852; -0.7509

Quelm Park is a suburb of Bracknell, in Berkshire, England.

The settlement lies west of the A3095 road, south of the Bracknell Northern Distributor Road "Harvest Ride" and is approximately 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of Bracknell town centre.

It takes its name from "Quelm Lane", an ancient thoroughfare that runs north–south through the development. "Quelm" is thought to mean "gibbet"[1] and may be derived from the Old English cwelm, cwealm meaning 'death, murder, slaughter'.[2]

Quelm Park was built in the latter 1990s as a planned urban extension to Bracknell; however it lies entirely within the parish of Warfield, forming the Quelm Ward of Warfield Parish Council.

  1. ^ "Berkshire History: Warfield Hamlets". www.berkshirehistory.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2002.
  2. ^ "Cwealm".