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Estate village, recorded in Domesday and originating from a Saxon estate; in the 19th century associated with the Waterhouse family
Yattendon village - recorded in Domesday. The church of St Peter and St Paul dates from the 15th century. Other interesting features include the moated site and several 15th -16th century listed buildings. For a general discussion of the village see Mee's Berkshire <1>.
Astill lists Yattendon as a village with a market in the medieval period - 1258, granted by Peter de Yattendon <2>; there are also a couple of documentary references to medieval fairs <7><13>.
Yattendon was closely associated with the architect Alfred Waterhouse who bought the manor in 1876 <11>. He built a house at Yattendon Court (later rebuilt) as well as many other buildings in the estate village. His wife set up an Arts and Crafts guild (the Yattendon Metalworking Class) making copper items in the late 19th century.
The first Lord Iliffe acquired several smaller estates between 1925 and 1940, resulting in the business known as the Yattendon Estate; this retains ownership of most of the village in the early 21st century <15>.
| --- | Vincent, J E. 1906. Highways and Byways in Berkshire. p399. [Monograph / SWB146918]
https://archive.org/details/highwaysbywaysin00vinciala (Accessed 07/06/2016 [1919 edition]) |
| --- | Greenaway, R G. 2014. Yattendon for Vistors. [Unpublished document / SWB149452] |
| --- | 1839. Sales Particulars: The Yattendon House Estate in Frilsham, Hampstead Norreys and Yattendon. [Unpublished document / SWB149546] |
| --- | 1846. Yattendon Tithe award and map. [Map / SWB149820]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD1%2f159%2f1 (Accessed 10/02/2022) |
| <01> | Mee, A. 1939. Arthur Mee's Berkshire. p255. [Monograph / SWB10279] |
| <02> | Astill, G G. 1978. Historic Towns in Berkshire: an archaeological appraisal. P8. [Monograph / SWB10869] |
| <03> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p226-30. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <04> | Hadcock, R N. 1968. Rural District of Bradfield (Berkshire), Official Guide. [Monograph / SWB14015] |
| <05> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 61a. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <06> | Channer, N. 2004. Newbury: Living Memories. p83-84. [Monograph / SWB147337] |
| <07> | Letters, S. 2003-2009. Online Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. [Website / SWB147588]
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.html (Accessed 25/09/2015) |
| <08> | Weston, R. 1773. A Plan and Survey of the Lordship of Yattendon with part of Hampstead Norreys and Frilsham…. [Map / SWB12903]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEX1190%2f1&pos=1 (Accessed on 27/07/2023) |
| <09> | Smith-Masters, Rev J E. 1929. Yattendon and its Church. [Monograph / SWB10288] |
| <10> | Greenaway, R G. 2004. Yattendon for Vistors. [Unpublished document / SWB13404] |
| <11> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p741. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <12> | Timmins, G. 2012. Yattendon - A Village History. [Unpublished document / SWB148388] |
| <13> | Dils, J and Yates, M (ed). 2012. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire (2nd Edition). p36-37 Markets of medieval Berkshire by Jeremy Sims. [Monograph / SWB148708] |
| <14> | Greenaway, D. 2007. Around the Valley of the Pang. p65-67. [Monograph / SWB147222] |
| <15> | Greenaway, D and Ward, D (ed). 2003. In the Valley of the Pang. p140-8 Yattendon Estate: a modern country business by Nigel Petter. [Monograph / SWB14177] |
| <16> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p125-130. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| MWB4098 | 1 THE SQUARE, YATTENDON (Building) |
| MWB4099 | 2 THE SQUARE, YATTENDON (Building) |
| MWB4100 | FORGE COTTAGE, YATTENDON (Building) |
| MWB4092 | 'Miraculous Well', Yattendon (Monument) |
| MWB16421 | Nachededorn (Compton) Hundred (Place) |
| MWB4096 | Saddlers Cottage, The Square, Yattendon (Building) |
| MWB4093 | Site of YATTENDON KILN (Monument) |
| MWB4095 | Site of Yattendon Tithe Barn (Monument) |
| MWB4089 | St Peter and St Paul's Church, Yattendon (Building) |
| MWB4097 | The Old Saddlers Cottage, The Square, Yattendon (Building) |
| MWB19967 | The Well House and The Close, Yattendon (formerly the Reading Room) (Building) |
| MWB19966 | Village Hall, Yattendon (Building) |
| MWB4088 | YATTENDON (Place) |
| MWB17288 | Yattendon Farm & The Grange & Manor Farm Cottages (Monument) |
| MWB4090 | Yattendon Manor Moat (Monument) |
| MWB4094 | YATTENDON WHEELWRIGHT'S YARD (Monument) |