10 May 2011
In 1343 Sir William de Montacute, the first Earl of Salisbury, lord of Crookham manor, dies and is succeeded by his son William. Shortly thereafter the lower portion of the tower of the parish church is built in the Decorated style by his widow Katherine, and an arch is formed in the west wall of …
9 May 2011
In c.1276 the old hundred of Thatcham is divided into the hundreds of Faircross and Reading. Mention is made of the house known as Henwick used by Reading Abbey for the supervision of land and collection of rents.
7 May 2011
After the passing of the Local Government Act of 1894, the Church Estate, with the exception of the “Nine shilling houses,” was held to be ecclesiastical and is still governed by the Vicar and Churchwardens alone;
6 May 2011
Brigadier-General Richard Waring, shortly after coming into possession of the estate, built on that part of it known as Dunston a beautiful residence called Dunston House, about a mile north of Thatcham. Rocque mentions it as a very magnificent mansion.
5 May 2011
The manor of Thatcham and the right of presentation to the living continued in the Winchcombe family for more than 170 years. After the death in 1718 of Frances, one of the daughters of Sir Henry Winchcombe, the last baronet, the Manor came into the possession of her husband, Viscount Bolingbroke; but Bolingbroke having been …