In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Letcombe Bassett like this:
LETCOMBE-BASSETT, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; on the Ridgeway, 2½ miles SW by S of Wantage, and 4 SSE of Challow r. station. It has a postal pillarbox under Wantage. Acres, 1,260. Real property, £1,695. Pop., 283. Houses, 60. The property is subdivided. An ancient camp, called Letcombe Castle, is here on the Ridgeway. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. * Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman; was lengthened, and a tower added, about 1260; was thoroughly repaired, and an aisle added, in 1862; and contains a Norman font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and some charities. Dean Swift retired luther in 1713, and wrote here his ''Free Thoughts."
Letcombe Bassett through time
Letcombe Bassett is now part of Vale of White Horse district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale of White Horse has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Letcombe Bassett itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Letcombe Bassett, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3633
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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