East Hendred
The village is on East Hendred Brook, which flows from the Berkshire Downs to join the River Thames at Sutton Courtenay.Just over 2 miles (3 km) south of the village is Scutchamer Knob, the remains of an Iron Age long barrow.The parish had five manors: The Heraldic visitation of Berkshire gives the descent of the Arches family,[2] originally D'Arches, Latinised to de Arcubus.[9] The Eyston family were recusants who remained Roman Catholic following the English Reformation, and this has had a strong influence on the history and development of the village.It has a rare working example of a 16th-century faceless clock, which as well as chiming and striking plays the Angel's Hymn by Orlando Gibbons every three hours.The Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred houses artefacts, archives and photographs from the village's history.
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