Leckhampstead, Berkshire

Description
Leckhampstead, a village and an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1882 out of the civil parish of Chieveley, Berkshire. The village is 3 miles NW of Chieveley village, and 7 1/2 NNW of Newbury station on the G.W.R. Post town and money order office, Chieveley; telegraph office, East Ilsey. Population of parish, 302. The manor was given by Edward II. to Piers Gaveston. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £83. Patron, the Vicar of Chieveley. The old church stood about a mile from the village. The new church stands in the centre of the village, is a building of flint and brick in the Gothic style, consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a bell-turret, and contains wood-work and an ancient font taken from the old church. Hill Green and Thicket are places within this parish.