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HENDRED (EAST or GREAT), a village and a parish in Wantage district, Berks. The village stands near a small affluent of the river Thames, 2 miles S by W of Steventon r. station, 2¾ N of the Ridge way, and 4¼ E by N of Wantage; was formerly a market town, and a seat of cloth manufacture; is now a picturesque and interesting place; and has a post office, ‡ of the name of East Hendred, under Wantage, and a fair on 12 Oct. The parish comprises 3, 099 acres. Real property, £5, 432. Pop., 889. Houses, 186. The property is divided among a few; and formerly belonged chiefly to the abbeys of Sheen, Reading, and Abingdon. Hendred House is the seat of Charles Eyston, Esq.; has belonged to his family since the 13th century; is adorned with ancient monograms; and contains relics and memorials of Sir Thomas More. A chapel, called the chapel of St. Amand, is attached to the mansion; dates from about the year 1291; has always, like only other two chapels in England, been used for Roman Catholic worship; and is of early English architecture, with very thick walls. Remains of a monastery connected with Sheen abbey, and comprising a later English chapel and a small monastic house, now used as a granary, are at the entrance of the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £550.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is ancient; was rebuilt and enlarged in 1861; has an embattled tower, with ancient chimes; and contains a lectern of the 13th century, and several ancient brasses. There are church schools, built in 1859, and charities £110. Two abbots of Abingdon were natives; Robert de Hendred and Richard de Hendred, both of the 13th century.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | East Hendred AP/CP Wantage RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place names: | EAST HENDRED | GREAT HENDRED | HENDRED | HENDRED EAST | HENDRED EAST OR GREAT | HENDRED GREAT |
| Place: | East Hendred |
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