Tidmarsh

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Tidmarsh
Tidmarsh is located in Berkshire
Tidmarsh
Tidmarsh
Location within Berkshire
Area7.02 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
Population501 (2011 census including Sulham)[1]
• Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU6374
Civil parish
  • Tidmarsh
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREADING
Postcode districtRG8
Dialling code0118
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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UK
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Berkshire
51°28′01″N 1°05′13″W / 51.467°N 1.087°W / 51.467; -1.087Coordinates: 51°28′01″N 1°05′13″W / 51.467°N 1.087°W / 51.467; -1.087
The Tithe Barn is on the A340. It is the building starting after the six windows from the left.

Tidmarsh is a village in West Berkshire England. Its development is mainly residential or agricultural and centred on the A340 road between Pangbourne and Theale. Its rural area is bounded by the M4 motorway to the south. It is centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Pangbourne, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Reading and 40 miles (64 km) west of London. Though marsh is in its name, most of the parish is elevated more than 5 metres above the level of the Pang.

Geography[]

Its civil parish council is, unusually in this district, shared with another village and is called Tidmarsh with Sulham. Further east, Sulham Woods separate the villages from Tilehurst, the western suburb of Reading.

Its elevation ranges between 42m (north-east) and 85m (western projection) AOD. The vast majority of the parish (more than 90%) is at more than five metres above the Pang. Much of the main street is between 1 and 10 metres above the large stream's level.

Woodland covers less than a tenth of its total area but about a quarter of the western or south-western projection which has the highest parts.[2]

The River Pang flows north through the village on its way to join the River Thames at Pangbourne. The river flows through the Moor Copse Nature Reserve, in December 2006 doubled in size, to about 140 acres (0.57 km2).[3] The Tidmarsh and Sulham circular walk, of length about 2.5 miles, passes through the reserve and both villages.

History[]

The Tidmarsh section of the A340 is thought to follow the Roman road from the Roman Town of Calleva Atrebatum in Silchester parish (about 7 mi or 11 km south), either to Dorchester-on-Thames (about 10 mi or 16 km north)[4] or a river-crossing at Pangbourne.[citation needed] If so, however, the southern portion has been artificially straightened in later years.[4]

The earliest mention of Tidmarsh was in 1196.[4] In 1239 there was a land-ownership dispute concerning the manor. There are records of a water corn-mill and a fishery in Tidmarsh in 1305.[5]

There are multiple World War II military defence installations surrounding Tidmarsh, which make up part of the GHQ Line.[6]

Notable buildings[]

The Greyhound Pub

The most conspicuous listed building in Tidmarsh is the 13th century half-timbered Greyhound Pub,[7][8] which suffered a serious fire in 2005.[9]

St Laurence's Church

Another historic building is the Grade I listed, 12th century church, which is dedicated to St Laurence.[4] The church is particularly notable for its Norman south doorway, "very rare 13th century polygonal apse"[4] and 13th century lancet windows. The church was restored and modified in the 19th century.[10]

The old rectory dates from 1856.

Notable residents[]

These include author Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) and the painter Dora Carrington (1893-1932).[4] Carrington painted the Greyhound Pub sign in the village. Rex Partridge, renamed Ralph by the Bloomsbury set,[11] also settled at Tidmarsh and formed a very 'Bloomsbury' trio with Lytton and Dora.[4]

The Round House

21st century development in Tidmarsh has included housing at the north end of the village, Strachey Close.

Demography[]

2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005[1]
Output area Homes owned outright Owned with a loan Socially rented Privately rented Other km2 roads km2 water km2 domestic gardens Usual residents km2
Civil parish 83 81 2 35 5 0.130 0.071 0.171 501 7.02

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1289074)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ^ Natural World Spring 2007 p10: "Ratty's Paradise joins eight new reserves"
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 255–258. ISBN 9781905191024.
  5. ^ "Tidmarsh History". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Tod marsh Pillboxes". pillbox-study-group.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Greyhound pub". historic england.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1215634)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Blaze destroys 13th Century pub". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1287940)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  11. ^ "The Mill at Tidmarsh: bohemian days leave a rich legacy". www.telegraph.co.uk.

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