Stratfield Mortimer (1405). A village and residential district with
a railway station named Mortimer on the Reading and Basingstoke line,
the nearest station to the Roman town of Silchester in Hampshire.
Streatley (562). A village on the Thames opposite Goring in
Oxfordshire, with which it is connected by a bridge. This is a
very old crossing place and the Ridgeway is directed towards this
point. (pp. 19, 90, 118.)
Sunningdale (1409), five miles south of Windsor, with a station on the
London and South Western, was until recently a district of heath and
pine woods, but it is being rapidly built over and good golf links
attract many visitors. (p. 86.)
Sunninghill (2479). A village and residential district close to the
above. Two chalybeate springs, Sunninghill Wells, were a fashionable
resort in the eighteenth century. (pp. 106, 118, 135.)
Sunningwell (289). A village two miles north of Abingdon. Bishop Jewel
was vicar and is said to have built the singular octagonal porch at
the west end of the church.
Sutton Courtney (1295). A village on the Thames two miles south of
Abingdon. The abbey, the manor house, and the manor farm were buildings
connected with Abingdon Abbey, and are all of interest, dating from
the twelfth to the thirteenth century. In the church the chancel arch
and walls are Transition Norman, the tower arch is Norman. (p. 114.)
Swallowfield (1375). A village on the river Blackwater five miles
south of Reading. The church has a wooden bell-cot with very fine
old timber work. A Bible of 1613 is preserved in the church and Miss
Mitford's grave is in the churchyard. (p. 144.)
Thatcham (2177). A large village three miles east of Newbury which
was once a small town with a market. There is some good Norman work
in the church.
Three Mile Cross. (p. 144.)
Tidmarsh. (pp. 21, 30.)
Tilehurst (5965). A village on the plateau two miles west of Reading
with a considerable brickmaking industry.
Twyford (1106). A small town in Hurst parish four miles north-east
of Reading, with a railway station on the Great Western, the junction
for the Henley line. (pp. 17, 142.)
Uffington (518). A village in the Vale of White Horse about six miles
west of Wantage with a railway station 66-1/2 miles from Paddington,
the junction for the Faringdon line. There is a large cruciform church
mainly dating from the Early English period. The central tower is
octagonal. Uffington Castle is a large earthwork on the chalk downs
close to the White Horse and two miles south of the village. (pp. 5,
7, 86, 88, 98.)
Upton (338). A village with railway station on the Didcot and Newbury
line, two and a half miles south of the former and on the edge of the
chalk district. The church is a small Norman chapel of early character.
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