HAGBORNE, a parish in the hundred of MORETON,
county of BERKS, comprising the liberties of East Hagborne
and West Hagborne, and containing 708 inhabitants,
of which number, 524 are in the liberty of East
Hagborne, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Wallingford. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, .rated in the king's bopks
at £15. 10. 7., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £300 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Rev. Richard Meredith. The church, dedicated
to St. Andrew, is a handsome structure in the early.
style of English architecture, with a square tower; the
north aisle was built by John York, who died in -1413.
In the village is a stone cross, surmounted by a sundial.
There is a small sum for the education of children.
A fair is held on the Thursday preceding the
llth of October. ,0n the 24th of May, 1644, the parliamentary
army, under the command of the Earl of
Essex, quartered at this place, on their route from
Reading to Abingdon.