Tidmarsh
Tidmarsh is a
village and
civil parish in the
English county of
Berkshire, on the
A340 between
Pangbourne and
Theale. It is just north of the
M4 motorway. It is 5 miles west of
Reading and 40 miles West of
London.
This straight section of the A340 is thought to follow the Roman road from
Silchester, alias Calleva Atrebatum (about 7 miles south), either to
Dorchester-on-Thames(about 12 miles north) or a river-crossing at Pangbourne. It has, however, been artificially straightened in more recent times.
There are two historic buildings. The most conspicuous is the
13th century Greyhound Pub, now reopened following a serious fire in
2005. The other is the
12th Century church of
St Laurence, Tidmarsh. The
River Pang runs through the village on its way to join the
River Thames at Pangbourne.
The most famous people to live in Tidmarsh were the author
Lytton Strachey(1880-1932) and the painter
Dora Carrington(1893-1932). A recent housing development at the north end of the village has been named `Strachey Close`.
The smaller village of
Sulham is adjacent to Tidmarsh on the east side. Further east, Sulham Woods separate the villages from
Tilehurst, the western suburb of Reading.
