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Sunninghill (St. Michael)

SUNNINGHILL (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Windsor, hundred of Cookham, county of Berks, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Chertsey; containing 2062 inhabitants. The parish comprises 3213a. 3r. 16p., of which 562 acres are arable, 875 meadow and pasture, 907 woodland, 595 heath, 206 in homesteads, and 66 road. The soil is chiefly sand, with some portions of peat mould; the surface is much undulated, and the scenery pleasingly varied. Two chalybeate springs in the gardens of an inn called Sunning Wells, were formerly in great repute, and adjoining them is a room which was provided for the accommodation of visiters. The noted race-course of Ascot Heath is situated in the vicinity. The living is a vicarage; net income, £328; patrous and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church was lately rebuilt, at an expense of £3000: in the churchyard is a yew-tree, supposed to have been planted before the Conquest. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a national school is supported partly by an endowment of £43 per annum, of which £40 were given by Augustus Schutz, Esq. At a place called Bromehall was a small convent of Benedictine nuns, founded before the reign of John, and which was deserted by the sisters in 1522.

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

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