TILEHURST, a parish in the hundred of READING,
county of BERKS, 2 miles (W.) from Reading, contain-
ing 1760 inhabitants. The living is composed of a
rectory and vicarage, united in 1586, in the archdeaconry
of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the
king's books at £21. 15. 2., and in the patronage of
Mrs. Sophia Sheppard. The church, dedicated to St.
Michael, is a plain brick structure, containing some
ancient brasses, and a sumptuous monument to the
memory of Sir Peter Vanlore, Knt., who died in 1627-
A chapel of ease has been lately erected at Theale, in
this parish. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. This extensive parish is bounded on the
north by the Thames, and on the south by the river
Kennet. There are National schools for , children of
both sexes, erected and supported by Mrs. Sophia Sheppard.
Richard Lloyd, the learned Bishop of Worcester,
was born here, in 1627; he died in 1717.