In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beech Hill like this:
BEECH-HILL, a chapelry in Stratfieldsaye parish, Berks; 6 miles S by W of Reading. It has a post office under Reading. Acres, 915. Real property, £1,485. Pop., 260. The chapelry was constituted in 1867. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150 Patron, Mrs. Forbes. There is a Baptist chapel.
Beech Hill through time
Beech Hill is now part of West Berkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Berkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beech Hill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beech Hill in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4512
Date accessed: 10th May 2024
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