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	Hamstead Marshall local history

Craven Country, the story of Hamstead Marshall was published in 1996. It has been out of print for some years, but can be viewed online as a pdf (4Mb file). You are welcome to download and print a copy for your own private use, but please note that copyright remains with the author, so print-outs may not be sold or distributed. The author is considering publishing a limited second edition, with more pictures and in full colour, in 2012. If you would like to be advised when this becomes available, please send an email. For a much shorter account of the history of Hamstead Marshall take a look at this page.			old maps

		family history

		If you are researching ancestors from Hamstead Marshall you may find this page of genealogical sources useful.


	other links

	This village gazetteer of Hamstead’s house and place names includes individual house histories and names some past occupants. Hamstead listed buildings and protected sites are detailed here. The architectural development of St Mary’s Church over nine centuries can be viewed here. Read about the history of Hamstead’s village hall as the former village school in Chapter 21 of Craven Country. See English Heritage's report of the 1996 geophysical survey of Hamstead's ancient sites.

John Rocque mapped the whole of Berkshire in 1761. See the Hamstead Marshall area extracted.

Davis’ map of Newbury in 1849 also covers the parish, but the accuracy of some detail is questionable.

The Ordnance Survey First Edition of one inch to the mile was compiled from surveys taken over a long period (1820s-70s) and therefore shows detail which developed over that timespread; the map is not a snapshot of any one time. Commons that were enclosed in 1815, for example, are shown alongside railways built in the 1840s.

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