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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stockcross like this:
STOCKCROSS, a chapelry in Speen parish, Berks; 2½ miles WNW of Newbury r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and it has a post-office under Newbury. Pop., 815. Houses, 191. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £125.* Patron, the Vicar of Speen. The church was built in 1839. There are a Wesleyan chapel and two parochial schools.
Stockcross is now part of WEST BERKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST BERKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stockcross itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stockcross, in West Berkshire and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23595
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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