Moulsford, Berkshire

Description
Moulsford, a village and a parish in Berks. The village stands amidst beautiful scenery, on the river Thames, on the London Road, 2 miles from Cholsey station on the G.W.R., 3 1/2 S by W of Wallingford, and 11 NW of Reading, and has a post office under Wallingford; money order and telegraph office, Cholsey. The parish comprises 1430 acres of land and 11 of water; population, 150. The railway bridge of two brick arches, each 62 feet in span, here crosses the Thames. The village is a favourite resort of artists, anglers, and boating men, and the trial eights of the Oxford University are rowed on the stretch of water here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £54 with residence. The church, which stands immediately on the right bank of the river, is a building of stone and flint of the 14th century. It was restored under the direction of the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott, R.A., in 1847.