In Easthampstead there is evidence of local Bronze Age existence in the form of a large round barrow on the top of Bill Hill.[1] The hill itself is also surrounded by an ancient ditch, which has largely been filled in. Bill Hill now forms part of a park next to Downshire Way and it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Easthampsted is mentioned as an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086 as land belonging to the abbey of Westminster St. Peter in the hundred of Ripplesmere.[2] It was a small village of 14 villagers and 8 ploughlands, and had a value of £5 in 1066. By 1070 it was only worth £2.5.
Easthampstead once had its own Rural District. In 1971 the parish had a population of 209.[3] On 1 April 1984 the parish was abolished and merged with Binfield, Bracknell, Crowthorne and Winkfield.[4]
Sport and leisure
Easthampstead also sports some of Bracknell's more interesting features such as the Bracknell Sports and Leisure centre.