Description
Enborne or Enbourne, a parish in Berks, adjacent to the Kennet and Avon Canal. 2 miles from Woodhay station on the G.W.R., and 3 SW by W from Newbury Post town, and money order and telegraph office, Newbury. Area, 2501 acres; population, 442. The Enborne river divides the parish on the S from Hants. A curious custom of free bench to a widow formerly prevailed in Enborne manor, is humorously described by Addison in the Spectator, and has been superseded by an equivalent in money. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £293 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Craven. The church is ancient, and was well restored in 1893. There is a small Primitive Methodist chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
