Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire

Description
Sutton Courtney, a village and a parish in Berks. The village stands near the Thames, 2 1/2 miles S of Abingdon, and 2 S from Culham station on the Didcot and Oxford branch of the G.W.R., and has a post office under Abingdon; money order and telegraph office, Abingdon. The parish includes Appleford chapelry and Sutton Wick township, and comprises 4322 acres; population, 1489. The manor belongs to Lord Wantage. The manor house is a curious edifice of the time of Edward III., and belonged to the Abbots of Abingdon. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £300 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is a building of stone in the Gothic style. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels.