Wargrave, Berkshire

Description
Wargrave, a village and a parish in Berks. The village stands on the right bank of the Thames, in a pleasant valley, amidst beautiful scenery, 2 miles N by W of Twyford station on the G.W.R., 3 SE from Henley, and 7 NE from Reading. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Twyford (R.S.O.) Acreage of the civil parish, 4462; population, 2027; of the ecclesiastical, 1845. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £200 with residence 1/2 The church is an ancient building of flint, brick, and stone, in the Early Norman, Lancet, and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, N porch, and an embattled western tower with hexagonal turrets at the angles. There are several useful charities.