16 May 2010
Until the end of the eighteenth century, St. Mary’s Church was the only recorded place of worship in Thatcham, though dissenters had been meeting in private homes in the village for perhaps a hundred years or more.
15 May 2010
Reading Abbey was dissolved in 1539 AD, and by 1540 AD the Borough and Manor of Thatcham were granted by King Henry to Sir John Winchcombe in the return for a payment of £2619 13s 4d.
14 May 2010
When Earldorman Alfeah died about 965AD, he left many bequests of land and property to religious houses, particularly the Abbeys of Bath and Maimesbury, but he left Thatcham to the King. Thus Thatcham became a Royal Manor.
13 May 2010
Some 649 households were recorded in 1881 in the parish and the number of persons in a household varied between 1 and 18.
12 May 2010
The present Northfield Road was not known by that name in 1881 but called Three Chimneys Lane, or sometimes Heath Lane, the latter still used for a length towards Cold Ash.