"Ian Mortimer's edition of the glebe terriers compiled at the insistence of Archbishop Laud in 1634, which contains not only a comprehensive account of church glebe and tithes, but also numerous field names (Bushie Roses and Holly Roses, Coales Piddle, Gooers Hedge, Maple Hays, Sparrow Acre, Stuckwell Foot, Swilly Acre and Thorny Down are just a few) and incidentally tells us of the existence of a poor house in Finchampstead", Berkshire (UK) Local History Association Newsletter, September 2006

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