In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Garston like this:
GARSTON (East), a parish in Hungerford district, Berks; on the river Kennet, 2¾ miles ESE of Lambourn, and 6 N by E of Hungerford r. station. It has a post office under Hungerford. Acres, 4, 342. Real property, £5, 216. Pop., 589. Houses, 140. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to John of Gaunt, in right of his wife; and was held on the tenure of furnishing a plate-clad knight, to serve the king for forty days, whenever he should be in Kidwelly. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £239.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is a good and handsome edifice, with a square tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
East Garston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Garston in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3357
Date accessed: 03rd May 2024
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