in Brimpton Common: Ruth Ellis: the last woman to be hanged in England. Although born in Wales, she grew up in Brimpton Common, just along the road from The Pineapple, and attended Brimpton Primary School. Her family moved to London when she was 15 years old. Victor Gollancz, the left-wing publisher owned Lane End in the 1940s and for a number of years it subsequently became the weekend retreat of the then Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan and his wife Jennie Lee. Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor, lived at Blacknest Cottage, Brimpton Common, Berkshire, where he died on 8 January 2003, aged 77. He is buried at St Paul's Churchyard, Ashford Hill, Hampshire. Dame Anstice Gibbs DVCO, CBE, the Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association and Vice-Chair of the World Association of the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts lived in Brimpton Common from the 1960s until her death in 1978. References External links Villages in Berkshire