In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waltham St Lawrence like this:
WALTHAM-ST. LAWRENCE, a parish, with a village, in Cookham district, Berks; 2¾ miles ENE of Twyford r. station. It has a post-office under Twyford, and a fair on 11 Aug. Acres, 3,468. Real property, £5,710. Pop., 848. Houses, 165. The property is much subdivided. A Roman camp is at Castle-Acre; and Roman coins, urns, and other relics have there been found. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £211. Patron, Lord Braybrooke. The church was restored in 1847. A chapel of ease is at Scurlock. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £35 a year, and charities £35.
Waltham St Lawrence through time
Waltham St Lawrence is now part of Windsor and Maidenhead district. Click here for graphs and data of how Windsor and Maidenhead has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Waltham St Lawrence itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waltham St Lawrence, in Windsor and Maidenhead and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1468
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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