Crowthorne (3185). A village and ecclesiastical district in the
parish of Sandhurst. On Norden's map of Windsor Forest (temp. James I)
the name is given to a tree at a point where three of the Walks met,
and the place is also on the boundary of three parishes. Wellington
College and Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum are close to the village.
Cumnor (870). A village three miles south-west of Oxford. The church
is late Norman and Early English with some later work. The tower has
a round-headed west doorway and good Transition tower arch. There
are scarcely any remains of Cumnor Hall. (pp. 77, 102, 104, 114, 120.)
Didcot (420). An important junction on the Great Western Railway 53
miles from Paddington. In the church is an effigy of the thirteenth
century with a mitre, supposed to be that of the first mitred abbot
of Abingdon. The base of the cross in the churchyard is old. (pp. 88,
124.)
Donnington. A hamlet two miles north of Newbury, with a castle and
priory. (pp. 80, 108, 111.)
Earley (10,485), is becoming a suburb of Reading. Whiteknights, a
seat of the 4th Duke of Marlborough, has now vanished and the park
is partly built over.
Easthampstead (1708), a village three and a half miles south-east
of Wokingham, gave its name to one of the Walks in Windsor
Forest. Caesar's Camp (see page 89) is a mile to the south. There
are four windows by Burne Jones in the church. (pp. 89, 90, 135, 143.)
Englefield (315). A village and park five miles west of
Reading. (pp. 77, 139.)
Faringdon (2770). A market town with railway station 70 miles
from Paddington. The trade is mainly in cattle, sheep, bacon,
and corn. (pp. 35, 62, 67, 70, 88, 95, 97, 99, 106, 117, 120, 129,
141, 143.)
Finchampstead (666). A village three miles south-west of
Wokingham. (pp. 96, 98.)
Hagbourne, East and West (1360). Villages near Didcot junction, both
very attractive, with old cottages and half-timbered houses. There
are two village crosses and part of a third. In the church at East
Hagbourne are good examples of Transition Norman and of all the
later styles of architecture. The chancel arch is Transition, the
tower arch and chancel Early English, and the tower Perpendicular in
style. (p. 86.)
Hampstead Marshall (244). A village three and a half miles south-west
of Newbury. There is a beautiful deer park, the house in which was
burnt in 1718 and has not been rebuilt. (p. 137.)
Hampstead Norris (760). A village and railway station on the
Didcot-Newbury line and in the chalk district. The church has a
Norman doorway and an Early English chancel, and the staircase to
the rood-loft remains. (pp. 21, 90, 138.)
Hendred, East and West (1038) are villages between Wantage and Didcot,
both most attractive, with half-timbered houses and churches of mixed
styles but with many points of note. Hendred House with an old chapel
attached is of considerable interest. (p. 116.)
Hungerford (2364). A market town on the old Roman road to Bath on the
river Kennet, a part of the town being in Wiltshire. It is a great
resort of anglers. Charles I was at the Bear Inn, November 1644,
and at the same inn William of Orange met the commissioners from
James II in 1688. (pp. 8, 13, 18, 22, 80, 119, 120, 142.)
Hurley (493). An interesting village on the Thames with old houses,
four miles north-west of Maidenhead. (p. 105.)