WALTHAM (WHITE), a parish in the hundred of
BEYNHURST, county of BERKS, 4 miles (S. W.) from
Maidenhead, containing 795 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage, with the rectory of Shottesbrook united, in
the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £ 10. 13. 4., and in the
patronage of Arthur Yansittart, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. Smewin's house, now occupied
by a farmer, is surrounded by a moat, and is said to
have been a hunting seat of Prince Arthur's, eldest son
of Henry VII.: it was also the retreat of the learned
Dodwell, first Camden Professor of Ancient History at
Oxford, and a celebrated writer on ecclesiastical antiquity.
The vicarage-house was partly paved with
Roman bricks, and many Roman tiles, coins, and other
relics, have been found near the church. Thomas
Hearne, the antiquary, was born here in 1678.