Description
Catmore, a parish in Berks, near the Ridge Way, 2 1/4 miles WSW of East Ilsley, 8 N from Newbury, and 6 N from Hermitage station on the G.W.R. It includes Lilley tithing, and once had a market. Post town, Wantage; money order office, Brightwalton; telegraph office, Chaddleworth. Acreage, 710; population, 94. The manor has been held for upwards of five centuries by the Eystons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £109 with residence. The church is Norman, without tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
