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Summary

Place name recorded in Domesday Book

Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000525: Hamstead Marshall Park

Other Statuses and Cross-References

• Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 03939.01.000
  

Monument Type(s):

• VILLAGE (To 1068 AD and From 1086 AD)

Full Description

'Hamesteda'/'Hamestede' recorded in Domesday. The name means 'homestead'. Domesday records that the land was held from the king by Hugolin the steersman. The village became the chief residence of William the Marshal, earl of Pembroke, in the 13th century (the given NGR is for the church).

Sources and further reading

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Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

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