Letcomb-Bassett (All Saints)

LETCOMB-BASSETT (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wantage, hundred of Kintbury-Eagle, county of Berks, 3 miles (S. W. by S.) from Wantage; containing 293 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1562 acres, of which about 20 are pasture, 9 woodland, and the remainder arable. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 0. 2½.; net income, £215; patrons, the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1772. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Dean Swift, during his residence at the rectory in 1714, wrote his pamphlet entitled Free Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs, printed in 1741.