Inkpen (St. Michael)
INKPEN (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Hungerford, hundred of Kintbury-Eagle, county of Berks, 4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Hungerford; containing 743 inhabitants, and consisting of 2759a. 3r. 2p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 14. 7., and in the gift of J. Butler, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £615, and the glebe comprises 12 acres. There is a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyans.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.