STREATLEY, a parish in the hundred of MORETON,
county of BERKS, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Wallingford,
containing 590 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese
of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 7- &>
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. Streatley is supposed
to have taken its name from its situation on the ancient
Iknield-street, or Ickleton Long, as it is here called,
which crosses the Thames from this place to Goring in
Oxfordshire. Eight boys and girls are taught to read
and write for an annuity of £2. 5., the bequest of Mr.
Richard Tull. Here was formerly a convent of the
Dominican order, part of which was remaining a few
years since.