Barkham, a village and a parish in Berks, on a small affluent of the Loddon, 2 1/2 miles SW of Wokingham railway station. Post town, Wokingham; money order and telegraph office, Arborfield. Acreage, 1388; population, 284. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, and was held in conjunction with Arbortield in the 17th century; net yearly value, £247 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1862. Amongst its learned rectors may be mentioned Dr John Gabriel (1768-82) and David Davies (1782-1819), the author of an important work, " The Agricultural Labourers Question." The manor house is a pleasantly situated mansion of red brick.
