Chapel Row is a hamlet in West Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Bucklebury.
In the 18th century, Chapel Row became known for its revels, which were held on the Monday following the feast of Saint Anne.
[citation needed] The revels featured events such as backswording (described by Joseph Addison in The Spectator as "a ring of cudgel players who broke one another's heads in order to make some impression on their mistresses' hearts").
[citation needed] An 1812 Reading Mercury article on the fayre focusses primarily on agriculture, stating that the event was an opportunity to trade cattle and employ farmhands.
[7] The settlement is on a minor crossroads, on the C road topping the northern escarpment between Thatcham and Theale above the Kennet valley and is centred 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east north-east of Newbury.