Calcott Park, Berkshire

Historical Description

Calcott Park, a seat of the Blagrave family, in Berks, 3 miles WSW of Reading. It once belonged to John Kendrick, who bequeathed £7500 to build the Oracle at Reading, and was the scene of the romantic marriage of his descendant, the " Berkshire lady" to Benjamin Child.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Calcott Park are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Berkshire papers online:

• Reading Mercury
• Windsor and Eton Express
• Berkshire Chronicle