Peasemore

PEASEMORE, a parish, in the union of Wantage, hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 7 miles (N.) from Newbury; containing 309 inhabitants. It comprises 2027a. 2r. 8p.; the soil is generally good, being a rich loam, and the surface is hilly. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 12. 1., and in the gift of Charles Eyre, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £663. 10., and the glebe comprises 65 acres. In the church is a memorial of William Coward, lord of the manor, who, though his income did not exceed £110 per annum, built the tower, and gave the great bell and the communion-plate, besides performing other acts of charity; he died in 1739. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship.