what’s happening
latest village news noticeboard
what’s on village events
Hamstead Hornet  quarterly print newsheet, also published online
Facebook village page for news and chat

leisure and pleasure
getting around maps; public transport; cycling; horse-riding

village admin

local history
Craven Country in full
A-Z of houses - historical gazetteer

St Mary’s Church

open for business
local business homepage community market, oil group, broadband

now take the tour...
gallery a choice of four slide shows of village scenes past and present

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.
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Copyright Penelope Stokes 2012
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