Stanford-Dingley (St. Denis)
STANFORD-DINGLEY (St. Denis), a parish, in the union of Bradfield, hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 10 miles (W.) from Reading; containing 151 inhabitants. It comprises 941a. 2r. 36p., of which 654 acres are arable, 85 meadow and pasture, and 129 woodland. The soil is clay, alternated with chalk and gravel; the surface is hilly, and the lower grounds are watered by the small river Fawley. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 1. 8., and in the patronage of Miss A. Baldock: the tithes have been commuted for £270. 6., and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally in the Norman style.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.