Mr. Hayward who left it to a relation Robert Floyd on his 1818 death. His family long after were the official patrons of the parish church. His daughter-in-law sold it, in 1903, to Henry Frederick George Weber, previously of Bucklebury, It was then sold, in 1907, to Sir Cameron Gull, of Frilsham House, the other major home and estate in the parish, who thus enhanced his local monopoly on the parish's agriculture land. Economic history The chief crops in the 1920s were wheat, barley and oats. The soil is chalk near the river, but there are beds of clay and sand at the eastern side of the parish. Frilsham Common was inclosed in 1857. The population was at that time purely agricultural. Aside from the varied elevations an aesthetic point made was of the chestnut trees in the north of the church yard by gazetteer compilers in the 1920s. The presence of a watermill is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The current mill building is now converted into private accommodation. Landmarks St Frideswide church dates back to the 12th century with additions in the 15th and 17th century. The tower was added in 1837. The church is a Grade II* listed building. St Frideswide's Well. Just off one of the footpaths in the woods, formerly the common. The Club Room with a football pitch and children's playground. Telephone box, now housing the village defibrillator. Three farmhouses in the parish are Grade II listed buildings, Birch Farm, which dates to the late 16th century; Parsonage Farm, which dates to the 17th century; and Magpie Farm, which dates to the early 16th century. Demography Nearest places References External links Village website Villages in Berkshire West Berkshire District Civil parishes in Berkshire