Category Archives: History

Here is the last part of the timeline of Thatcham. At the beginning of 2000, there were 19,500 inhabitants in Thatcham. Here is the timeline from 2002 to 2007. 2002 Thatchams revived market started trading again. 2003 Cotswold Archaeology excavated … Continue reading →

Thatcham is twinned with Nideggen in Germany. So, what do we actually know about Nideggen? Nideggen is located on the River Rur, in the Eifel hills, 15km from Duren, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is also located at … Continue reading →

St Thomas the Martyr seemed popular in Thatchams past – there was a Chapel built in his name as well as a Fair held in his honour. In 1222 King Henry III issued a fair to be held on the … Continue reading →

There were various improvements in services, new buildings and three recipients of the Victoria Cross in the 1900′s. Here is a brief timeline of events. 1902 During the Boer War William House was awarded the Victoria Cross 1905 Thatcham Police … Continue reading →

In 1125 King Henry I granted the manor of Thatcham to Reading Abbey. He let the Abbots run it and allowed them to run a market in the church on Sundays. This caused a rivalry between the men of Thatcham … Continue reading →

Thatcham had riots, various owners and a reoccurance of the plague during this time period. Here is a timeline for that period. 1540 after Reading Abbey was disolved, King Henry sold the Borough and Manor of Thatcham to Sir John … Continue reading →

Thatcham is in the Guinness Book of Records as it is the oldest continuously inhabited place in Britain. In 1920 workmen discovered the remains of a Mesolithic village (for those who are interested, the Mesolithic period was in the Middle … Continue reading →

Thatcham is twinned with Nideggen in Germany. So, what do we actually know about Nideggen? Nideggen is located on the River Rur, in the Eifel hills, 15km from Duren, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is also located at … Continue reading →

The Bath Road through Thatcham became a major thoroughfare for mail coaches and passenger coaches, many of which stopped in Thatcham and in about 1720 the Theale to Speen Turnpike road was opened. In 1715 the Kennet Navigation Bill authorised … Continue reading →

In the first of this timeline series, we see the origins of the first settlements through to the start of the name Thatcham, right through to the near destruction of Thatcham from Black Death. 8400-7500BC (circa) Mesolithic village was known … Continue reading →