BEENHAM, a parish in the hundred of READING,
county of BERKS, 8 miles (W. S. W.) from Reading,
containing 437 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £7. 17., and in
the patronage of Mrs. Stevens. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. The navigable river Kennet runs
in the vicinity.