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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beedon like this:
BEEDON, or Budon, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; 2 ¼. miles S of East Ilsley, and 6½ N by E of Newbury r. station. It includes the tything of Stanmore; and has a post office of the name of Beedon-Hill, under Newbury. Acres, 2,004. Real property, £2,251. Pop., 317. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £126. Patron, Sir J. Reade, Bart. The church is good.
Beedon 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 Beedon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beedon, in West Berkshire and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3589
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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