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"ASHMORE GREEN, a place in the parish of Thatcham, in the county of Berks."
"CROOKHAM COMMON, a named area in the parish of Thatcham, near Newbury, in the county of Berks."
"GOLDFINCH BOTTOM, a named area in the parish of Thatcham, in the county of Berks."
"GREENHAM, a chapelry in the parish of Thatcham, hundred of Faircross, county Berks, 1 mile S.E. of Newbury, its post town and railway station on the Hungerford branch of the Great Western railway. The river Kennet flows through the place. At Landleford was a cell to Reading Abbey, and the Knights Hospitallers possessed a preceptory and some estates. The village may be regarded as an extension of the town of Newbury, and has a good trade. Boatbuilding is carried on, and many of the people are employed in hide-curing, and in the corn-mills. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to that of Thatcham, in the diocese of Oxford. The church stands on a hill, and is a small edifice of ancient date, but was enlarged in 1825. The Baptists and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there is a National school. The Craven hounds meet here."
"MIDGHAM, a tything in the parish of Thatcham, hundred of Faircross, county Berks, 7 miles E. of Newbury, its post town, and 1½ mile from Woolhampton station on the Newbury line of railway. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Kennet, and on the Kennet and Avon canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret [actually St Matthew, see below], is an ancient edifice, rebuilt by John Hillersdon in 1714. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum. Thomas Thorpe Fowke, Esq., is lord of the manor. There are a National school, supported by subscription, and almshouses, erected by the late William Poyntz, Esq."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by 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 for Thatcham and Greenham, and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.
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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)).
St Mary the Virgin (previously St Luke), Thatcham, Church of England |
St Mary the Virgin, Greenham, Church of England |
St Matthew, Midgham, Church of England |
URC (was Congregational Church), Thatcham, United Reform Church |
Cemetery & Chapel, Thatcham, Cemetery |
Our Lady of The Assumption, Thatcham, Roman Catholic |
Ashmore Green, Particular Baptist |
Greenham Common, Baptist |
Thatcham Baptist Church, Thatcham, Baptist |
URC (was Congregational Church), Thatcham, United Reform Church |
Cemetery & Chapel, Thatcham, Cemetery |
Our Lady of The Assumption, Thatcham, Roman Catholic |
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Church of England:
- Thatcham St Mary the Virgin from Berkshire FHS
- Midgham chapel of St Margaret, later replaced by St Matthew church from Berkshire FHS
- St Thomas' Chapel, Thatcham (closed, later Bluecoat School and now a shop)
- Congregational: URC church.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Thatcham to another place.
- Thatcham was split between the hundreds of Faircross and Reading
- Thatcham, Berks, and its Manors by Samuel Barfield in two volumes free from Internet Archive.
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU522675 (Lat/Lon: 51.404134, -1.250956), Thatcham which are provided by:
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
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- 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.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Thatcham was in the Newbury Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.