TIDMARSH, a parish in the hundred of THEALE, county of BERKS, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from Reading, containing 139 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £5. 2. 6., and in the patronage of Robert Hopkins, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is partly Norman and partly in the early style of English architecture, the doorway being a particularly fine specimen of the former; the ceiling of the chancel is of panelled oak, and adjoining it are two slabs of blue marble, with ancient brasses.