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Maple-Durham (St. Margaret)

MAPLE-DURHAM (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Bradfield, hundred of Langtree, county of Oxford, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Reading; containing 481 inhabitants. It is situated on the Thames, and comprises 2850a. 1r. 8p., of which 2029 acres are arable, 352 meadow and pasture, and 374 woodland; the surface is undulated, and the scenery pleasingly diversified. The Hall is a handsome mansion in the Elizabethan style, and contains some stately apartments, and an extensive collection of paintings; attached is a Roman Catholic chapel, erected by Michael Blount, Esq., in 1800. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £12. 10.; patrons and impropriators, the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The great tithes have been commuted for £59. 14. 3., and the vicarial for £807. 5. 9.; the glebe comprises 51 acres. The church has been the burial-place of the ancient family of Blount for many generations.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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