SUNNINGWELL, a parish in the hundred of HORMER,
county of BERKS, 2 miles (N.) from Abingdon,
containing, with part of the chapelry of Kennington,
277 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in
the king's books at & 12. 14. 7., and in the patronage
of Sir G. Bowyer, Bart. The church, dedicated to St.
Leonard, is an ancient structure of a singular form, and
contains a monument to the memory of Bishop Jewell.
The village is pleasantly situated on the banks of the
Thames, across which there is a wooden bridge.