In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stockcross like this:
STOCKCROSS, a chapelry in Speen parish, Berks; 2½ miles WNW of Newbury r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and it has a post-office under Newbury. Pop., 815. Houses, 191. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £125.* Patron, the Vicar of Speen. The church was built in 1839. There are a Wesleyan chapel and two parochial schools.
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Stockcross through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stockcross in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23595
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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