Examples of clay roof tiles produced in this area for the nearby Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (near modern Silchester) can be seen at Reading Museum.

[1] In the 19th Century, two brickyards were on either side of the road near The Plough, continuing a tradition dating from Roman times.

It is a desirable location, resulting in upper quartile house prices typical of rural Hampshire.

They were temporary "homes" for the long distance drovers, moving their cattle to London, and the great fairs and markets of England.

Tadley was on the route to the fairs of Blackbush, Farnham, Croydon and Kingston, and London's Smithfield market.

The church of St Stephen on Silchester Road is part of the Deanery of Basingstoke and the Diocese of Winchester and is linked to the parish of Bramley.