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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TILEHURST, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Bradfield district, Berks. The village stands 2¼ miles WSW of Reading r. station, and has a post-office under Reading. The parish includes Theale village, Calcot hamlet, and North-Street tything. Acres, 5,164. Real property, £12,397. Pop. in 1851, 2,188; in 1861, 2,330. Houses, 493. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with Calcot House, belongs to J. H. Blagrave, Esq. Prospect House is the residence of W. Banbury, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £1,000. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church was almost entirely rebuilt in 1856; and it has a fine spire. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed national school with £31 a year, recently erected alms houses, and other charities £63.—The sub-district contains 8 parishes. Acres, 15,815. Pop., 5,308. Houses, 1,095.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tilehurst CP/AP Tilehurst SubD Bradfield RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Tilehurst |
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