Sonning

The OS grid reference points at Sonning Eye which is on the Oxfordshire side of this parish, the other part is in Berkshire

"SONNING, a parish partly in the hundreds of Sonning and Charlton, county Berks, and partly in that of Binfield, county Oxford, 3 miles N.E. of Reading, its post town, and 2 N.W. of Twyford railway station. The village, which is large, is situated on the Great Western railway, at the bridge over the river Thames, which separates it from the county of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlets of Early, Woodley, and Eye. The living is a vicarage with the curacy of All Saints annexed, in the diocese of Oxford, value £451, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has a square flint tower containing eight bells. The interior of the church contains monuments of great antiquity, with five brasses, the earliest bearing date 1434. There is also the district church of St. Peter's, the living of which is a perpetual curacy value £100. This church was erected in 1844 by subscription, and endowed by the late Viscountess. Sidmouth. The parochial charities produce about £185 per annum, of which £30 are the endowment of Sir - T. Riche's school, and £54 arise from church lands. There is a National school for girls. Holme Park House, Earley Court, and Balmirshe Court are the principal residences."

"DUNSDEN, a liberty in the parish of Sonning, hundred of Binfield, in the county of Oxford, 3 miles S.W. of Henley. It is situated near the Thames, and is united to Eye. The village is considerable."

"EYE, a liberty in the parish of Sonning, hundred of Binfield, county Oxford, 4 miles S. of Henley-on-Thames. It is situated on the W. bank of the Thames, and includes Dunston."

[The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]