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Tilehurst Manor, Berkshire, England= The manor of TILEHURST is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but it is possible that it was included with other hamlets in the manor of Reading. This seems more probable, since in 1291 Tilehurst is enumerated among the hamlets of Reading. Tilehurst came into the possession of Reading Abbey before the 13th century, and the manor was held by the abbey until...
Monkey Island, Bray, Berkshire, England====Early History===Monkey Island has been in use since at least the twelfth century. Monks resided at Merton Priory at Amerden Bank, a moated site on Bray Lock on the Buckinghamshire bank of the river, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The monks used the island during their fishing activities from 1197. According to some a...
Englefield House, Berkshire, England= ENGLEFIELD was held under King Edward the Confessor by a certain Alwin, and after the Norman Conquest it was apparently granted to William Fitz Ansculf. At the time of the Domesday Survey the overlordship of the manor was vested in William Fitz Ansculf, who also held the neighbouring manor of Bradfield. Englefield was one of a small group of manors which we...