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Hamstead Marshall
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For a short account of the history of Hamstead Marshall take a look at this page.
at length
Craven Country, the story of Hamstead Marshall was published in 1996. It is no longer in print, but it is now available online as a pdf. 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. Please also note this is 4Mb file.
Your comments and questions are welcome. Please send an email.
Copyright Penelope Stokes
24 September 2009
If you are researching ancestors from Hamstead Marshall you may find this page of genealogical sources useful.
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 was not necessarily as it was at any one time. Commons enclosed in 1815, for example, are shown alongside railways built in the 1840s.
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