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St Mark's Church
St Mark's Church

Ethelred of Wessex defeated the Danes in a skirmish at Englefield in AD871. The Englefield family however lived here before then, as mention is made of them in the reign of King Egbert in 803. It is also recorded that an Oratory or Chantry was then in existence in the Parish. This might have been sited further down the village where there is still a Chantry Lane.



The Church at Englefield is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey but there are records of a church in the second half of the twelfth century. William Englefield, the patron, granted the advowson to Reading Abbey but repented of his gift which took place in the time of Abbot Joseph (1173-80). In 1239 there was a lawsuit which arose from a dispute between the Rector of Englefield and the Abbey. We know no more, except that Sir William Englefield intervened and finally a settlement was reached under which the Abbey gave up all right of presentation, which was afterwards held by the Englefields.

I left my DSLR at home and spent the day trialing my new Canon PowerShot SX240 HS. It's very good and can be used in places where a DSLR creates too much attention.

Postwork software used Adobe Lightroom 2.7 Photomatix Pro 4.6 and Adobe CS 5

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Taken on: May 30, 2012
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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX240 HS, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec, 7.8mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX240 HS
Lens: 4.5-90.0 mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length: 7.8mm
ISO: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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