WALTHAM (ST-LAWRENCE), a parish in the
hundred of WARGRAVE, county of BERKS, 5 miles
(S. W.) from Maidenhead, containing 638 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks,
and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at
£7- 6. 8., and in the patronage of Lord Braybrooke.
The church contains a fine monument in memory of
Sir Henry Nevill, one of the gentlemen of the privy
chamber to Edward VI., who died in 1593. A fair is
held on August 11th: a court baron takes place annually
at Wargrave. Michael Wondesford, in 1712, bequeathed
land, now let for £6 a year, which, with a
smaller bequest from Richard How, in 1652, is applied
to the instruction of poor children. A National school
is supported by Lord Braybrooke, the lord of the manor,
who has an ancient residence at Billingbear, in the
parish. In a field between the church and the Bath
road was a Roman station, where coins, xirns, and tiles,
have frequently been dug up.