Crookham, Berkshire

Crookham is a dispersed hamlet in the English county of Berkshire, and part of the civil parish of Thatcham.

The settlement lies near the A339 and A4 roads, and is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Thatcham (where, according to the grid reference, the majority of the 2011 census population was included).

Immediately before 1066, Crookham was owned by Alwi Ceuresbert, a King's thane.

[4] The original Crookham Manor and chapel appear to have been abandoned around 1542, and by about 1748, the estate had been purchased by George Amyand, a merchant and subsequently Member of Parliament for Barnstaple.

A new manor house was built in the 18th century and this itself was demolished and rebuilt around 1850, Crookham House, which was occupied by Crookham Court School from 1961 until it was closed down in 1989 after a child sex abuse scandal at the school.