Yattendon, Berkshire

Description
Yattendon (anciently Etingdene), a parish, with a village, in Berks, 7 miles NE from Newbury, and 1 1/2 mile SE from Hampstead Norris station on the Didcot and Newbury branch of the G.W.R. It once had a weekly market, and now has a post office under Newbury; money order office, Bradfield; telegraph office, Hermitage (R.S.) Acreage, 1400; population, 326. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor, with Yattendon Court, a fine mansion of red brick with a tower, belongs to the Waterhouse family. In digging the foundations of this house some very ancient bronze weapons were found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £350 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower. The historian Carte resided here.