Hide

Ashampstead

hide
Hide

"ASHAMPSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of Moreton, in the county of Berks, 10 miles to the N.W. of Reading, its post town. The living is a perpetual the diocese of Oxford, value £80, in the patronage of the Rev. W. Sykes and Simeon's Trustees. The church is dedicated to St. Clement. There are charities amounting to £12."

"ASHAMPSTEAD GREEN, a hamlet in the parish of Ashampstead in the county of Berks."

From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.

Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.

Hide
topup

Archives & Libraries

In addition to those listed on the Berkshire home page, see the Research Wiki from Family Search (the Church of Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah))

topup

Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Ashampstead which are provided by:

topup

Gazetteers

topup

Historical Geography

  • Ashampstead was in the hundred of Morton
topup

History

topup

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU570764 (Lat/Lon: 51.48369, -1.180527), Ashampstead which are provided by:

topup

Poor Houses, Poor Law

Ashampstead was in the Bradfield Union.  For more information, see Poorhouses.