Description
Tidmarsh, a village and a parish in Berks, 1 1/2 mile S of Pangbourne station on the G.W.R., and 7 miles W from Reading. Post town, Reading via Pangbourne; money order and telegraph office, Pangbourne. Acreage, 785; population, 196. Tidmarsh Manor is a seat of the Hopkins family, who are lords of the manor and chief landowners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £197 with residence. The church is a small but ancient edifice of flint and stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western belfry of wood with spire. It has some very interesting architectural features, an ancient font, and some ancient brasses.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
