BINFIELD, a parish in the hundred of COOKHAM,
county of BERKS, 3 miles (N. E.) from Wokingham,
containing 1057 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £18. 17. 1., and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. A National school is endowed with
about £23 per annum. Pope, the poet, in the early part
of his life, resided with his father in this village, where
he wrote his poem entitled " Windsor Forest." Traces
of a large iritrenchment, called Caesar's Camp, supposed
to have been occupied by Julius Caesar during his invasion
of Britain, are still visible.