WITTENHAM (LONG), a parish in the hundred of
OCK, county of BERKS, 5 miles (N.W.) from Walhngford,
containing 496 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £12. 18; 0., and
in the patronage of the Rector and Fellows at Exeter
College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to Allsaints.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
The parish is bounded on the north by the Thames. A
and lands in other parts of the county,
belonged to the college of St. John the
Anne, in the city and priory of Norton, Cheshire; and to
the county of Flint and now income of upwards of £400. In
Thomas Famer A who had been forty years
of the school, bequeathed a sum of money for
of certain scholars, as exhibitioners,
of Oxford, until taking the degree of
master-s salary; but these two being
None, except the king
founder, have claims to admission on the
rents reside withm the chatounaat
institution afford to any of the schopelry,
instruction not immediately connected with the
prosecution of their studies in Greek, Latin, and the
doctrines of Christianity. Its statutes, in some respects,
are similar to those of Harrow, but in the most essential
points they are the same as those of St. Paul's school,
London. The master is elected by the twelve feoffees
appointed under the will of the founder, assisted by
certain of the inhabitants, and approved by the bishop
and the master of the King's school, Chester. The
school-house, which was rebuilt about a century ago, is
a substantial structure of brick and stone, with a porter's
lodge attached, having also a commodious suite
of apartments, occupied by the master, with a spacious
class room over the school. The King is visitor.