In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thatcham like this:
THATCHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Newbury district, Berks. The village stands near the Reading and Trowbridge railway, and the Kennet and Avon canal, 3 miles E of Newbury; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Newbury, and a r. station with telegraph.—The parish includes Greenham and Midgham tythings, and comprises 12,259 acres. ...
Real property, £21,841. Pop. in 1851, 4,293; in 1861, 4,129. Houses, 955. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £555.* Patron, the Rev. H. Martin. The church is partly Norman and early English, but chiefly later English; and was recently restored. The vicarage of Greenham and the vicarages of Midgham and Cold Ash are separate benefices. There are three dissenting chapels, a national school, an endowed school with £208 a year, alms houses with £95, and other charities £138. --The sub-district contains 4 parishes. Acres, 15,327. Pop., 5,226. Houses, 1,171.
Thatcham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thatcham in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2536
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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