| Jealott's Hill | |
|---|---|
 Jealott's Hill | |
  Jealott's Hill Location withinBerkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU871735 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bracknell |
| Postcode district | RG42 |
| Dialling code | 01344 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| 51°27′11″N0°45′04″W / 51.453°N 0.751°W /51.453; -0.751 | |
Jealott's Hill is a village in the county ofBerkshire,England,[1] within thecivil parish ofWarfield.[2] The settlement is on the A3095 road approximately 3 miles (5 km) north ofBracknell. The nearest railway station is inBracknell.
The name of the hill is reported[3] to have derived from the surname of a 14th-century landowner, Roger Jolyl. This name evolved into "Joyliff's Hill" and then, on Henry Walter'sMap of Windsor Forest, 1823,[4] became "Jealous Hill". This changed again to "Jealot's Hill" onJohn Snare's 1846 map[5] and by the 1920s the modern spelling was established.[3]
Jealott's Hill is home toSyngenta's largestresearch and development site which includes a large agricultural research greenhouse at 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) and a 260 ha (640-acre) farm. As of 2018[update], Syngenta employed around 800 people there.[6] The site was formed in 1927 by the amalgamation of three farms, Hawthorndale, Nuptown and Jealott's Hill itself. Jealott's Hill House was built in 1928 and officially opened on 28 June 1929 as the offices, laboratory and library ofImperial Chemical Industries'sAgricultural Research Station; initially the research focused onnitrogenfertilizers in grassland management.
In 1936, the Hawthorndale Biological Laboratories were opened in the convertedmansion building of the former farm. Research there involved the biological evaluation of chemicals as potentialpesticides.[3] The site is now called Jealott's Hill International Research Centre.[6][7] In 2007, the site was recognised by theRoyal Society of Chemistry as aNational Chemistry Landmark and awarded ablue plaque in recognition of 80 years of scientific research which led to global developments in agriculture.[8]
