In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Speenhamland like this:
SPEENHAMLAND, a chapelry in Speen parish, Berks; adjacent to Newbury town and r. station. Post town, Newbury. Real property, £4,633; of which £92 are in gasworks. Pop., 1,767. Houses, 366. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £152.* Patron, the Vicar of Speen. The church was built in 1830.
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Speenhamland through time
Speenhamland 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 Speenhamland itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Speenhamland in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23593
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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