In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Easthampstead like this:
EASTHAMPSTEAD, a village, a parish, and a district in Berks. The village stands adjacent to the London, Wokingham, and Reading railway, near Bracknell station, 3¾ miles E by S of Wokingham; and is rural and pretty. The parish contains also the village of Bracknell, which has a head post office, ‡ designated Bracknell, Berkshire. ...
Acres, 5, 186. Real property, £4, 579. Pop., 789. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. Easthampstead Park was a hunting seat of Richard II. and some other kings; was the residence of Catherine of Arragon, when Henry VIII. proposed to her a divorce; was a residence of James I. in 1622 and 1628: and is now the property of the Marquis of Downshire. Easthampstead Plains are part of Bagshot Heath. An irregular ancient fortiflcation, on an eminence with a double ditch, 1 mile S of Easthampstead Park, is known as Cæsar's Camp; and traces of a Roman road, going southward thence across Bagshot Heath, are known as the Devil's Highway. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £588. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1867; and is in the first pointed style, with mixture of Byzantine. A very large yew-tree is in the churchyard. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £74. The district comprehends the sub-district of Sandhurst, conterminate with Sandhurst parish; and the sub-district of Bracknell, containing the parishes of Easthampstead, Binfield, Warfield, and Winkfield-with-Ascot. Acres, 25, 176. Poor-rates, in 1862, £4, 429. Pop. in 1851, 6, 352; in 1861, 7, 436. Houses, 1, 375. Marriages in 1860, 42; births, 199, -of which 10 were illegitimate; deaths, 109, -of which 37 were at ages under 5 years, and 3 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 348; births, 1, 677; deaths, 1, 109. The places of worship in 1851 were 8 of the Church of England, with 2, 630 sittings; 1 of Independents, with 150 s.; and 2 of Primitive Methodists, with 172 s. The schools were 5 public day schools, with 308 scholars; 14 private day schools, with 268 s.; and 4 Sunday schools, with 256 s. The workhouse is in East-hampstead.
Easthampstead through time
Easthampstead is now part of Bracknell Forest district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bracknell Forest has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Easthampstead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Easthampstead, in Bracknell Forest and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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