LETCOMB-BASSETT, a parish in the hundred
of KINTBURY-EAGLE, county of BERKS, 3 miles (S. W.
by S.) from Wantage, containing 280 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and
diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at
£15. 0. 2., and in the patronage of the President and
Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church
is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. The ancient Iknield-street
crosses the Vale of White Horse, in this parish. Dean
Swift, during his residence at the rectory in 1714, wrote
his pamphlet entitled " Free Thoughts on the Present
State of Affairs," but it was not printed till 1741.