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"BEARWOOD, a village in the parish of Hurst, hundred of Sonning, in the county of Berks, 2 miles to the S. [W!] of Wokingham. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Oxford, value £40, in the patronage of J. Walter, Esq., M.P. BearWood is the seat of the Walters."
"BROAD HINTON, a liberty in the parochial chapelry of Hurst, which was formerly in the hundred of Amesbury, in the county of Wilts, but is now included in the county of Berks, 3 miles to the N. of Wokingham."
"NEWLAND, a liberty in the parish of Hurst, hundred of Sonning, county Berks, 4 miles W. of Wokingham."
"WHISTLEY HURST, a liberty in the parish of Hurst, hundred of Charlton, county Berks, 5 miles N.E. of Reading."
"WINNERSH, a liberty in the parish of Hurst, county Berks, 3 miles N. of Wokingham."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.
Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.
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In addition to those listed on the Berkshire home page, see the Research Wiki from Family Search (the Church of Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah))
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hurst to another place.
- Hurst was partly in the hundreds of Sonning and Charlton, Berks, and partly in the hundred of Amesbury, Wilts
- Knowl Hill split between the parishes of Hurst and Wargrave
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU798737 (Lat/Lon: 51.456665, -0.852851), Hurst which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Hurst was in the Wokingham Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.