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___MASK3___ is a historic market town and the principal town in the west ___MASK60___ Berkshire , England and has its own civil parish ( led by a town council ) as well as the administrative headquarters ___MASK60___ ___MASK35___ . It spans both sides ___MASK60___ the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal , and has a handsome town centre spread around its large market square . The historic town centre retains a rare medieval Cloth Hall and an adjoining half timbered granary , an unusually large 15th century parish church , along with a wealth ___MASK60___ attractive 17th and 18th century listed buildings . ___MASK3___ is famous for its racecourse , and as the headquarters ___MASK60___ Vodafone UK and software company Micro Focus International . The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern ___MASK96___ with an overall length ___MASK60___ , made up ___MASK60___ two lengths ___MASK60___ navigable river linked by a canal . The name is commonly used to refer to the entire length ___MASK60___ the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section . From Bristol to Bath the waterway follows the natural course ___MASK60___ the River Avon before the canal links it to the River Kennet at Newbury , and from there to Reading on the River Thames . In all , the waterway incorporates 105 locks . Micro Focus International plc is a multinational software and information technology business based in ___MASK3___ , Berkshire , England . The firm provides software and consultancy services for clients updating legacy systems to more modern platforms . The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange ( LSE ) and is a constituent ___MASK60___ the FTSE 100 Index . A tributary or affluent is a stream or ___MASK36___ that flows into a larger stream or main stem ( or parent ) ___MASK36___ or a lake . A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean . Tributaries and the main stem ___MASK36___ drain the surrounding drainage ___MASK17___ ___MASK60___ its surface water and groundwater , leading the water out into an ocean . ___MASK54___ is a city , unitary authority area and county in South West England with an estimated population ___MASK60___ 449 , 300 in 2016 . It is England ' s sixth and the United Kingdom ' s eighth most populous city , and the most populous city in Southern England after London . The city borders the Unitary Authority areas ___MASK60___ North Somerset and South Gloucestershire , with the historic cities ___MASK60___ Bath and Gloucester to the south - east and north - east , respectively . St Nicolas Church is the parish church ___MASK60___ Newbury , Berkshire , and is situated just south ___MASK60___ the main bridge over the River Kennet , in the centre ___MASK60___ the town . It is chiefly remarkable for the consistency ___MASK60___ its Perpendicular Gothic architectural style and its unusually large size for a parish church . Vodafone UK is a provider ___MASK60___ telecommunications services in the United Kingdom , and a part ___MASK60___ the Vodafone Group , the world ' s second - largest mobile phone company . As ___MASK60___ September 2016 , Vodafone UK has 18 . 01 million subscribers and is the third largest mobile telecommunications network nationally after EE and O2 . A parish is a church territorial unit constituting a division within a diocese . A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction ___MASK60___ a parish priest , who might be assisted by one or more curates , and who operates from a parish church . Historically , a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor ( its association with the parish church remaining paramount ). The ___MASK36___ Thames is a ___MASK36___ that flows through southern ___MASK96___ . At , it is the longest ___MASK36___ entirely in ___MASK96___ and the second longest in the ___MASK59___ , after the ___MASK36___ Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), Reading , Henley - on - Thames and Windsor . The lower reaches ___MASK60___ the ___MASK36___ are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock . It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole ___MASK60___ Greater London . ___MASK23___ ( or , abbreviated Berks ) is a county in ___MASK32___ , west ___MASK60___ London . It was recognised as the Royal County ___MASK60___ ___MASK23___ because ___MASK60___ the presence ___MASK60___ Windsor Castle by the Queen in 1957 and letters patent issued in 1974 . ___MASK23___ is a county ___MASK60___ historic origin and is a home county , a ceremonial county and a non - metropolitan county without a county council . ___MASK23___ County Council was the main county governance from 1889 to 1998 except for the separately administered County Borough ___MASK60___ Reading . The word diocese is derived from the Greek term "" meaning " administration ". When now used in an ecclesiastical sense , it refers to a territorial unit ___MASK60___ administration . In the Western Church , the district is under the supervision ___MASK60___ a bishop ( who may have assistant bishops to help him or her ) and is divided into parishes under the care ___MASK60___ priests ; but in the Eastern Church , the word denotes the area under the jurisdiction ___MASK60___ a patriarch and the bishops under his jurisdiction administer parishes . This structure ___MASK60___ church governance is known as episcopal polity . A pastor is usually an ordained leader ___MASK60___ a Christian congregation . When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title , the term may be abbreviated to " Pr " ( singular ) or " Ps " ( plural ). A pastor also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation . The Kennet is a ___MASK36___ in the ___MASK25___ ___MASK60___ England , and a tributary ___MASK60___ the River Thames . The lower reaches ___MASK60___ the ___MASK36___ are navigable to ___MASK36___ craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation . This , together with the Avon Navigation , the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames , links the cities ___MASK60___ Bristol and London . The former local government district ___MASK60___ Kennet in Wiltshire was named after it . ___MASK96___ is a country that is part ___MASK60___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest ___MASK60___ ___MASK96___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK96___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK60___ the island ___MASK60___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK60___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK60___ Wight . ___MASK35___ is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire , England , located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London . Its administrative town is Newbury and it is governed by the ___MASK35___ Council unitary authority . A parish church ( or parochial church ) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious ___MASK4___ ___MASK60___ a parish . In many parts ___MASK60___ the world , especially in rural areas , the parish church may play a significant role in community activities , often allowing its premises to be used for non - religious community events . The church building reflects this status , and there is considerable variety in the size and style ___MASK60___ parish churches . Many villages in Europe have churches that date back to the Middle Ages , but all periods ___MASK60___ architecture are represented . A curate is a person who is invested with the " care " or " cure " (" cura ") " ___MASK60___ souls " ___MASK60___ a parish . In this sense " curate " correctly means a parish priest ; but in English - speaking countries the term " curate " is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest . The duties or office ___MASK60___ a curate are called a curacy . Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company , with headquarters in ___MASK47___ . Among ___MASK38___ operator groups globally , Vodafone ranked fifth by revenue and second ( behind ___MASK69___ Mobile ) in the number of connections ( 435 . 9 million ) .