HAMSTEAD MARSHALL in Berkshire, England

	Welcome to the website of Hamstead Marshall, a picturesque and historic village lying between the Kennet and Enborne rivers, four miles west of Newbury in West Berkshire. The name applies to a Saxon manor, a church parish of twelfth-century foundation and a civil parish since 1896. All fall within roughly the same boundary, enclosing nearly three square miles of gently rolling farm and park land.
Facts and figures about the village Parish council: details of meetings and members West Berkshire Council: services to the village
Village news & noticeboard
Stories in the June 2009 issue Craven Fishery sold subject to contract Where next with the parish plan North Lodge split for sale Other village property on the market Events at Hamstead growers prompt concern Other planning applications member Parish assembly Skittles quoits and turnips Major repairs planned for St Mary's tower Ian Walker The Hamstead Hornet is delivered quarterly free to all houses in the parish and several more just inside adjoining parishes. If you would like to be notified by email when the next issue has been posted here please send an email. Previous Hornet issues in full March 2009 December 2008 September 2008 June 2008 March 2008 December 2007 September 2007 June 2007 March 2007 (Dial-up users please be patient; these are 500 - 1,000kb files)	Medieval day and banquet on the village field May 2009. More pictures in the June Hamstead Hornet Silk painting course in the village hall April 2009 100 cakes of every kind and size needed for Hamstead Marshall’s contribution to the West Woodhay Garden Show Sat 20 and Sun 21 June 2009 If you can’t bake...sponsor one at £4 Contact the cake co-ordinator Julie Althaus on 01635 524346 Proceeds of the show go to a number of local charities including St Mary’s Church Do you have any old photographs of Hamstead Marshall? Sue Watts is seeking to borrow old photographs of the village, particularly of village hall events. She will scan and return originals promptly, and the images may be used on the new history display board in the hall. Contact her direct from here. Casablanca here they come Annelie and David Green of Three Cornered Hat are cycling from Casablanca to London in August to help fight Motor Neurone Disease. Will you sponsor them? If so, make your donation here. The parish plan has now been formally adopted by West Berkshire Council. The Village Design Statement is currently in draft format, awaiting WBC approval.
Finding your way to, from and around Hamstead Marshall
Multimap of a four-mile radius around Hamstead Marshall Larger-scale road-map of the village images produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service with permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland. Local public transport links	Village gazetteer A-Z listing of houses, roads and places in Hamstead, with history, description and pictures, plus the first-ever guide to the fiendish house-numbering system now with more pictures
Take the tour on foot five local walks detailed or on screen Hamstead Marshall in pictures a gallery tour of local views
Groups, organisations, services and facilities
Monthly market in the village hall Circle of Friends (ladies' group) Enborne & Hamstead Marshall Garden Society White Hart Inn - accommodation, real ales, good food, seven days a week 01488 658201 Village hall: available for hire for meetings, classes, parties St Mary's Church: 900 years of service to the parish - services and contacts Business directory: services and products sourced within the village Want to pay less for your heating oil? Residents of Hamstead, Enborne, Woodhay and Kintbury can join Lanie's oil group
Hamstead's history
A page-length potted parish history Craven Country: the Story of Hamstead Marshall book-length village history from Domesday to the twentieth century, now out of print, but online with revised text and new illustrations Listed buldings and protected sites in the village The village hall and its former role as Hamstead's school (For present-day details go instead to this page) St Mary's Church - architectural history of Hamstead's oldest building (For present-day details go instead to this page)	Old maps of the village Georgian Hamstead as mapped by John Rocque 1761 Victorian Hamstead as mapped by Ordnance Survey 1880s Twentieth-century Hamstead the entire parish mapped around 1980 Links to other sites covering Hamstead's past Geophysical survey report - English Heritage's 1996 survey of Hamstead's ancient sites in full
Every effort is made to ensure that information in this website is accurate and up to date, but no responsibility can be taken for inaccuracies, nor for the content of any other website to which links are offered here. Your comments and questions are welcome. Please send an email. 8 June 2009 Copyright Penelope Stokes