Enborne (St. Michael)
ENBORNE (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Newbury, hundred of Kintbury-Eagle, county of Berks, 2¼ miles (W. S. W.) from Newbury; containing 384 inhabitants. It comprises 2486a. 2p., and is crossed by the Kennet and Avon canal. The custom of free bench prevails. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10, and in the gift of the Earl of Craven: the tithes have been commuted for £450, and the glebe comprises 80 acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.