Littlewick Green, Berkshire
Historical Description
Littlewick Green, a hamlet in Hurley and White Waltham parishes, Berks, 3½ miles W of Maidenhead. It has a Church of England school, used also for divine service on Sunday, and a Congregational chapel.
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Evangelist
The church of St. John the Evangelist, erected in 1893 from designs by Mr. E. J. Shrewsbury A.R.I.B.A. of Maidenhead, is a cruciform building of blue Pennant stone, with Bath stone dressings, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, vestries, west porch and a turret containing two bells; and was erected and endowed by Miss Frances Elizabeth Ellis, of White Waltham Place, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Ellis, as appears by the inscription on a brass on the west wall: the east window is stained, and there are 225 sittings.
Methodist
Wesleyan Chapel
There is a Wesleyan chapel, with sittings for 120 persons.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Littlewick Green 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:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Berkshire 1532, 1566, and 1665-6 is available online.