HENDRED (EAST), a parish in the hundred of
WANTAGE, county of BERKS, 4 miles (E. by N.) from
Wantage, containing 863 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's.books at £15. 5. 2., and
in the patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church,
dedicated to St. Augustine, contains a tomb to the memory
of Archbishop Chicheley, formerly rector of the
parish. Here is a place of worship for Roman Catholics,
which formerly belonged to the chantry of St.
Amand. A fair is held on the llth of October. A
branch of the river Isis flows through the parish;
The stewardship of this manor is one of the nominal
offices given for the purpose of vacating a seat in the.
House of Commons. Part of an ancient chapel belonging
to the monks of Sheen has been converted into a
dove-cote. Here are vestiges of a Roman road and a
barrow.