Four Characters from Georgian Newbury

A look at four characters of note from Penny’s latest book – Georgian Newbury.

Penny Stokes has lived in the Newbury area for 40 years, during which time she has researched, written and published on numerous places, people and events of West Berkshire. Twenty years ago she gained a MSc in English Local History from the University of Oxford. From 2006-16 she edited the Berkshire Family Historian. She has written a number of local histories covering, amongst others, the Newbury Weekly News, Dolton’s corn merchants, Hamstead Marshall and Greenham Common.