BRADFIELD, a parish in the hundred of THEALE, county of BERKS, 8 miles (W.) from Reading, containing 946 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £19. 7. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. H. Stevens. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. A monastery was founded here by King Ina, before 699, but nothing further is recorded of its history.