Description
Radley, a village and a parish in Berks. The village stands adjacent to the G.W.R., on which it has a station, near the river Thames, 2 1/2 miles NE of Abingdon, and 4 1/2 S from Oxford. It has a post and telegraph office under Abingdon ; money order office, Abingdon. The civil parish includes also the liberty of Thrupp and Wick, and part of the township of Kennington. Acreage, 2991; population of the civil parish, 733; of the ecclesiastical, 574. Kennington was separated ecclesiastically in 1866. There is a parish, council consisting of six members. The manor belonged to Abingdon Abbey; went, after The dissolution, to Mr G. Stonehouse; passed in 1792 to Captain, afterwards Admiral, Bowyer; and belongs now to the Drysdale family. Wick Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocess of Oxford; net value, £75. The church is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, S transept, S aisle, and an embattled western tower, and contains an alabaster altar-tomb of Sir W. and Lady Stonehouse. St Peter's College is a large Church of England school for the upper classes; was founded in 1847; and includes dormitories, schoolrooms, infirmary, gymnasium, cricket and football grounds, and a bathing-place on the river. It possesses some useful scholarships, and has usually from 150 to 200 scholars.
School Registers
The St Peter's College Radley Register, 1847-1933 is available to browse online. It provides a listing of all boys who attended St Peter's College between those dates, including brief biographical details and scholastic achievements.
