Checkendon or Chakenden Oxfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Checkendon, or Chakenden, a parish in Henley district, Oxford; under the Chiltern hills, 4 ½ miles E by S of Wallingford Road r. station, and 7 ½ W of Henley-on-Thames. It has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 3,063. Real property, £2,479. Pop., 357. Houses, 74. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. The church is Norman; and has some old brasses.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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