Tidmarsh

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Tidmarsh
Village and civil parish
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Area7.02 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
Population501 (2011 census including Sulham)[1]
• Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference[[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SU6374]
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREADING
Postcode districtRG8
Dialling code0118
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Tidmarsh is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Its development is mainly residential and agricultural, and is centred on the A340 road between Pangbourne and Theale. The 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. Tidmarsh shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Sulham. In 2021 the parish had a population of 414.

Geography

Its elevation ranges between Template:Cvt in the north-east, and Template:Cvt AOD in the western projection. The vast majority of the parish (more than 90%) is at more than Template:Cvt above the River Pang. Much of the main street is between Template:Cvt above the river level.

Woodland covers less than a tenth of its total area but about a quarter of the western or south-western higher ground. The Pang flows north through the village and then through the Moor Copse Nature Reserve on its way to join the River Thames at Pangbourne. In December 2006 the reserve was doubled in size, to about 57 hectares (140 acres).[3] The Tidmarsh and Sulham circular walk, about Template:Cvt long, 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 (about 7 mi or 11 km south), either to Dorchester-on-Thames (about 10 mi or 16 km north)[citation needed] or a river-crossing at Pangbourne.[citation needed] If so, however, the southern portion has been straightened in later years.[citation needed] The earliest mention of Tidmarsh was in 1196.[citation needed] 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.[4] The 18th century successor to the mill is now Grade II listed and converted to domestic accommodation.[5] There are multiple World War II pillboxes surrounding Tidmarsh, which made up part of the GHQ Line.[6]

Notable buildings

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St Laurence's Church
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The Round House

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]

Another historic building is the Grade I listed, 12th century church, which is dedicated to St Laurence. The church is particularly notable for its Norman south doorway, "very rare 13th century polygonal apse"[citation needed] and 13th century lancet windows. The church was restored and modified in the 19th century.[10] The old rectory dates from 1856.

Other notable buildings include the Grade II listed Round House and Mill House.[11][12]

Governance

There are two tiers of local government covering Tidmarsh, at parish and unitary authority level: Tidmarsh with Sulham Parish Council and West Berkshire Council. The parish council is a grouped parish council, also covering the neighbouring parish of Sulham. Parish council meetings are generally held at Tidmarsh Village Hall.[13]

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

Notable people

Notable residents include author Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) and painter Dora Carrington (1893–1932), who lived in the Mill House between 1917 and 1924,[14] and mathematician John Pollard (born 1941).[15] Carrington painted the Greyhound Pub sign in the village.[citation needed] Rex Partridge, renamed Ralph by the Bloomsbury set,[16] also settled at Tidmarsh and formed a very 'Bloomsbury' trio with Lytton and Dora.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Location of Reading West and Mid Berkshire". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  3. ^ Natural World Spring 2007 p10: "Ratty's Paradise joins eight new reserves"
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tidmarsh History". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tod marsh Pillboxes". pillbox-study-group.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Greyhound pub". historic england.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blaze destroys 13th Century pub". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
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  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tidmarsh with Sulham Parish Council". Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tidmarsh Mill". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."John M Pollard's Home Page". Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  16. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Mill at Tidmarsh: bohemian days leave a rich legacy". www.telegraph.co.uk.

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