SULKAMPSTEAD-ABBOTTS, a parish in the
hundred of READING, county of BERKS, 7 miles (S. W.
by W.) from Reading, containing, with the tything of
Graisley, 364 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, to
which, in 17B2, that of Sulhampstead-Bannister was
annexed, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 6. 0., and
in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of Queen's
College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
The river Keunet runs through the parish.
There is a Sunday school for the children of both parishes,
superintended by a benevolent lady, who has endowed
it with £573. 5. 3. three per cent, consols., also
a school-room and house for the master and mistress.