PURLEY, a parish in the hundred of THEALE,
county of BERKS, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Reading,
containing 196 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £ 12. 17. 85., and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is a very neat structure.