Contents

    Acknowledgement
    Foreword by Mr. David Bellamy
    Foreword by Mr. Alan Godsal
    Preface by the Reverend David West

         I   The Early Forest
        II   Going to Church
       III   The Bounds
      IV   Visitations
       V   The Manors
      VI   The Royal Village
     VII   Peace and Prosperity
    VIII   War and Poverty
      IX   Great Houses
       X   Charitable Bread 
      XI   Commuting
     XII   Commerce
    XIII   New Farmland
    XIV  Pleasant Memories
     XV  Recently

Bibligraphy
Subscribers to The Book of Hurst

Features

A Few Words About Hurst by the Revd. A A Cameron
            Ancient Will of a Parishioner
            Account of a Visit to Hurst in 1747 by Mr. James Belchin
            A Royal Visit to Stanlake Park

A History of the Parish of Hurst by the Revd. John C F Wimberley

Reminiscences of Old Hurst by Sam Bullock

Hurst, 1923 - Victoria History History

Ruscombe, 1923 - Victoria History History

Hurst Parish Registers

The 1881 Census for Ruscombe and Hurst Parishes
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The Transcript of the Apportionment of Rent Charge, Hurst Parish Tithes
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Useful Contacts

List of Monarchs
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Sub Chapters

Abingdon Abbey
A Pictorial Tour Through Hurst in the 19th and Early 20th centuries
A Pictorial Tour Through Hurst in the Late 20th Century
A Pictorial Tour Through Hurst in the 21st Century 
Arborfield
            Parish Church of St Bartholomew
Ashridge Manor
Bearwood
            Parish Church of St Catherine
Bill Hill
            Blundell Family Pedigree
            Leveson Gower Family Pedigree
Billingbear
            Aldworth Neville Family Pedigree
Broadcommon
Broadwater
Bullmarsh
Civil War
Colemansmoor
Dinton Pastures Country Park by Rebecca Walkley
Earley
Emmbrook
Haines Hill
            Windebank Family Pedigree
            Bigg Family Pedigree
Halfway House
High Chimneys
Hinton
            Hinton House
            Hyde Family Pedigree
Hurst Garden Allotments by Gerry Siddall
Hurst, Recent Housing Development by Annette Drake
Hurst Grove
Hurst House
            Ward & Harrison Family Pedigree
Hurst Lodge
            Barker & Fairfax Family Pedigree
            Palmer Family Pedigree
Hurst Parish Church
            Tithe Barn
            The Castle
Hurst Village
Hurst Village Society by David Shapland
Lea Heath
Lines Common
Loddon Bridge
Loddon River
Maidenhead
Merryhill Green
Newland
Pound Field
Reading
Ruscombe
            Enclosure & Moat
            Parish Church of St James the Great
Sandford
Silchester
Sindlesham
            Sindlesham Mill
            Sindlesham Baptist Chapel
Stanlake Park
The Thames
Sonning
            Parish Church of St Andrews
            Holme Park
Twyford
            Some Important Buildings
            Twyford Almshouses
            Parish Church of St Marys
            Twyford Mill
            United Reformed Church
Wargrave
Whistley
            Whistley Court Mansion
            Whistley Mill
Windsor
Winnersh
Wokingham
            All Saints Parish Church
Woodley
            Parish Church of St John the Evangelist