HAMPSTEAD-MARSHALL, a parish in the hundred
of KiNTBURY-EAGLE, county of BERKS, 4 miles
(W. by S.) from Newbury, containing 304 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks,
and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at
£12. 14. 4., and in the patronage of Earl Craven.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Kennet and
Avon canal passes through the parish.