GENUKI: Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire

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"STRATFIELD MORTIMER, a parish chiefly in the hundred of Theale, county Berks, but partly in that of Lower Holdshott, county Hants, 8 miles S. by W. of Reading. It is a station on the Basingstoke branch of the Great Western railway. The parish, which is extensive, includes some patches of fir plantation and common. The village is considerable. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £941, and the vicarial for £244, besides 83 acres of impropriate glebe valued at £60, and 32 acres of vicarial glebe valued at £40. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Oxford, value £246, in the patronage of Eton College. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mary. The Independents have a place of worship. There are parochial schools supported by subscription. In the vicinity are remains of a Roman amphitheatre attached to the ancient station of Silchester."

"WEST-END MORTIMER, a tything in the parish of Stratfield Mortimer, counties Berks and Hants, 8 miles N. of Basingstoke.

"WOKEFIELD, (or Okefield), a tything in the parish of Stratfield Mortimer, county Berks, 5 miles S.W. of Reading.

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.

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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))

Cemeteries

**Anglican**
St Mary the Virgin, Stratfield Mortimer, Church of England
St Saviour, Mortimer West End, Church of England

**Methodist**
Methodist Chapel, Mortimer West End, Primitive Methodist

Churches

**Anglican**
St John the Evangelist, Mortimer , Church of England
St Mary the Virgin, Stratfield Mortimer, Church of England
St Saviour, Mortimer West End, Church of England

**Congregational / Independent**
The Chapel, Mortimer West End, Congregational

**Methodist**
Methodist Chapel, Mortimer West End, Primitive Methodist

Church History

Further information about some of the churches can be found below:

Congregational Chapel: The Chapel near Mortimer West End - For early history, see The History of the Congregational Churches in the Berks, etc

Brief history of the churches of Mortimer

Historic Churches of Berkshire

British Listed Buildings Online

Images of England

Victoria County History of Berkshire

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

Church Records

Parochial and non-parochial church registers

Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Stratfield Mortimer was chiefly in the hundred of Theale (Berkshire) but partly in that of Lower Holdshott (Hampshire)

West End Mortimer is shared between Berks and Hants,

You can see the administrative areas in which Stratfield Mortimer has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

History

See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings

Royal Berkshire History

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU655641 (Lat/Lon: 51.372098, -1.06091), Stratfield Mortimer which are provided by:

OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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