Description
Wittenham, Little, or Wittenham Abbots, a village and a parish in Berks, on the Thames, 3 miles from Culham station on the G.W.R., and 4 NW by N of Wallingford. Post town, Abingdon; money order and telegraph office, Dorchester (Oxon.). Acreage, 888; population, 135. The manor, with most of the land, belongs to the Cherry-Garrard family. Ancient camps are on the Wittenham Hills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £282 with residence. The church, which contains some ancient brasses, tombs, and memorials, is in the Early English style.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
