HAMPSTEAD (EAST), a parish comprising the
hamlet of Bracknell, in the hundred of COOKHAM,
but chiefly in the hundred of RIPPLESMERE, county
of BERKS, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Wokingham, containing
615 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £9. 1. 3., and in the patronage
of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church,
Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.
There are several chalybeate springs in the parish,
and a Roman military work, called Cssar's camp.