CHIEVELEY, a parish in the hundred of FAIRCROSS,
county of BERKS, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Newbury,
containing, with the chapelries of Leckhampstead,
Oare, and Winterbourn, and the tythings of Courage
and Snelsmore, 1842 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese pf
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £26. 11. 3., and
in the patronage of W, Capel, Esq., and W.T.Wasey,
Esq., alternately. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
In 1759, Thomas Henshaw granted an annuity of £ 10,
together with a school-house at North Heath, for teaching
ten boys and ten girls; and in 1805, Catherine
Mather bequeathed £800, producing £40. 5. per annum,
for educating six children of each sex, now applied for
the instruction of thirty-four boys and girls.