In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Woodhay like this:
WOODHAY (West), a parish in Hungerford district, Berks; 3 miles S by W of Kintbury r. station, and 5 SE of Hungerford. Post town, Newbury. Acres, 1,407. Real property, £1,446. Pop., 130. Houses, 27. The manor, with the Manor House, belongs to the Rev. John Sloper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £260. Patron, the Rev. J. Sloper. The church is good.
West Woodhay through time
West Woodhay is now part of West Berkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Berkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Woodhay itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Woodhay in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1473
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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