Finchampstead

Finchampstead

Finchampstead's fine parish church is largely of 12th century date and still retains a number of interesting Norman features: a pillar piscina, a font, and an apse, unusual for Berkshire. Stories of Roman remains beneath its floors have led to its claim of being the oldest pub in the country. One legend says that the Emperor Magnus Maximus stopped in Finchampstead on his way to London and thus to the continent to claim his throne in AD 383. He was a Spaniard by birth, but became commander of the Roman army in Britain where he married a local girl and settled down, prior to being elected Emperor by his troops.

http://www.finchampstead.co.uk and http://www.finchampstead-pc.gov.uk