   tilehurst  is a suburb of the town of reading in the english county of berkshire. it lies to the west of the centre of reading, and extends from the river thames in the north to the a4 road in the south. the suburb is partly within the boundaries of reading and partly in the district of west berkshire. the part within west berkshire forms part of the civil parish of tilehurst, which also includes the northern part of calcot and a small rural area west of the suburb. == history == tilehurst was first recorded in 1291, when it was listed as a hamlet of reading in pope nicholas iii's taxation. at this time, the settlement was under the ownership of reading abbey, where it stayed until the dissolution of the monasteries. tilehurst became an extensive parish, which included the tything of theale as well as the manors of tilehurst, kentwood, pincents and beansheaf. in 1545, henry viii granted the manor of tilehurst to francis englefield, who held it until his attainder (and forfeiture of the manor) in 1586. the following year, elizabeth i gave the manor to henry forster of aldermaston and george fitton. forster and fitton possessed the manor until the turn of the century, when elizabeth sold it to henry best and francis jackson. over the space of five years, the manor passed from best and jackson to the son of sir thomas crompton, then on to dutch merchant peter vanlore. vanlore built a manor house on the estateâcalcot park. throughout the 17th century the manor passed through the vanlore family to the dickenson family, before being purchased in 1687 by the wilder family of nunhide (builders of wilder's folly) for Â£1,075. pag
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