Hamstead Marshall

Hamstead Marshall is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England.

It is situated in the district of West Berkshire, south-west of Newbury, not far from the Berkshire-Hampshire border.

It is the possible site of Newbury Castle.

The village was, for many years, the home of the Earls of Craven. William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-1697) built a vast palace there, originally intended as a residence for Charles I's sister, Elizabeth of Bohemia though she died before construction began. It burnt down in 1718. The Cravens later expanded a hunting lodge to live in instead.

[edit] Nearby places

Towns: Hungerford, Newbury

Villages: Hell Corner, Gore End, Enborne, Kintbury

Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns: Hungerford \| Newbury \| Thatcham
Civil parishes: Aldermaston \| Aldworth \| Ashampstead \| Basildon \| Beech Hill \| Beedon \| Beenham \| Boxford \| Bradfield \| Brightwalton \| Brimpton \| Bucklebury \| Burghfield \| Catmore \| Chaddleworth \| Chieveley \| Cold Ash \| Combe \| Compton \| East Garston \| East Ilsley \| Enborne \| Englefield \| Farnborough \| Fawley \| Frilsham \| Great Shefford \| Greenham \| Hampstead Norreys \| Hamstead Marshall \| Hermitage \| Inkpen \| Kintbury \| Lambourn \| Leckhampstead \| Midgham \| Padworth \| Pangbourne \| Peasemore \| Purley-On-Thames \| Shaw-cum-Donnington \| Speen \| Stanford Dingley \| Stratfield Mortimer \| Streatley \| Sulhamstead \| Theale \| Tidmarsh with Sulham \| Tilehurst \| Ufton Nervet \| Wasing \| Welford \| West Woodhay \| West Ilsley \| Winterbourne \| Woolhampton \| Yattendon
Other villages and suburbs: \| Aldermaston Wharf \| Ashmore Green \| Bagnor \| Burnt Hill \| Calcot \| Donnington \| Halfway \| Hell Corner \| Marsh Benham \| Shaw \| South Fawley \| Stockcross \| Upper Basildon \| Upper Lambourn \| Wash Common \| Weston \| World's End