In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bucklebury like this:
BUCKLEBURY, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Bradfield district, Berks. The village stands on an affluent of the Thames, 3¼ miles NNW of Woolhampton r. station, and 6 ENE of Newbury; and has a post office under Reading, and a large iron foundry. The parish includes also the tythings of Hawkridge and Marlstone. ...
Acres, 5,252. Real property, £4,876. Pop., 1,178. Houses, 262. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Reading Abbey; was given, at the dissolution, to John Winchcombe, commonly called Jack of Newbury; passed, by marriage, to the famous Lord Bolingbroke; reverted to the descendants of Winchcombe; and belongs now to their representative, W. H. H. Hartley, Esq. A fine Tudor mansion was built on it by Jack of Newbury, and visited, in Lord Bolingbroke's time, by Swift; but has been destroyed. Bucklebury common is an elevated undulating tract, commanding fine views. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Marlstone, in the diocese of Oxford. value, £453.* Patron, W. H. H. Hartley, Esq. The church is Norman, with low square tower and small spire; and contains monuments of the Winchcombes. There are an Independent chapel, and an endowed school with £37. The subdistrict contains nine parishes. Acres, 23,949. Pop. 5,532. Houses, 1,178.
Bucklebury through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bucklebury in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3058
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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