In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bearwood like this:
BEARWOOD, a chapelry in Hurst and Wokingham parishes, Berks; 2¼. miles S of Wokingham r. station. It was constituted in 1846; and its Post Town is Wokingham. Pop., 814. Houses, 169. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £180.* Patron, J. Walter, Esq. The church is handsome.
Bearwood through time
Bearwood is now part of Wokingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wokingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bearwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bearwood, in Wokingham and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23580
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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