FINCHAMPSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of
CHARLTON, county of BERKS, 3 miles (S.S.W.) from
Wokingham, containing 552 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £ 12. 9. 4. The
Rev. Ellis St. John was patron in 1819. The church
is dedicated to St. James. Henry VI. granted a charter
for an annual fair on Whit-Monday and the two following
days, which has-fallen into disuse; but at West-court,
Within the parish, there is a fair for cattle on April 23rd.