MORETON (SOUTH), a parish in the hundred of
MORETON, county of BERKS, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from
Wallingford, containing 364 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £12. 15. 5., and
in the patronage of the University of Oxford, in trust
for the Principal and Fellows of Magdalene Hall. The
church is dedicated to St. John. A small stream runs
through the village, and upon it there are three papermills.