History
Just over 2 miles (3 km) south of the village is Scutchamer Knob, the remains of an Iron Age long barrow. King Edwin of Northumbria is said to have killed Cwichelm of Wessex there in the 7th century. Scutchamer Knob was the meeting point of the Shire Moot in the Middle Ages. It is on the Ridgeway National Trail at the southern end of the village.
The parish had five manors: King's Manor, Abbey Manor, Frampton's Manor, New College Manor and Arches Manor. Abbey Manor was a grange of Reading Abbey. Hendred House is the manor house of Arches Manor. One of the local public houses is named after them.
Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred is a small museum in a former 15th century wayside chapel.
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