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==Church==
The Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist is aisleless and built about 1130 with two three-light [[Tudor period]] ornately carved windows and with its vestry and porch having been added in 1890. A smaller Tudor window is pictured above, with two lights on the south-east square tower façade, above the font, which does not have the entrance. The roof of the nave was largely replaced in the 19th century.<ref name=bh/> Rare features include the Norman chancel arch and north and south doorways, the semi-domed apse and the 18th-century monuments.<ref>[[John Betjeman|Betjeman, John]], ed. (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South''. London: Collins; p. 114</ref> It is [[listed building|listed in the top category of listed building, Grade I]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1155386|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref>
The church's [[advowson]] was from [[Pamber Priory|Priory of Monk Sherborne (Pamber Priory)]] by the year 1291 when various of its tithes and donations provided the Prior's pension.<ref name=bh/> Upon the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] the advowson was exercised by the Crown until the 19th century. A parish [[rentcharge]] totalling £250 in 1848 was received by the rector, the parishioners [[tithe|having commutated the tithes]]; the parish [[glebe]] stood at {{convert|28|acres|km2}}.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp525-530 'Padfield'] A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)]] (London, 1848), pp. 525–530. Accessed 10 December 2014.</ref> By 1923 the rector's patron was the [[Lord Chancellor]].<ref name=bh/> The ecclesiastical parish is united as part of the [[benefice#Church of England|benefice]] of Stratfield Mortimer, Mortimer West End and Padworth which has four churches and two church schools. The church alternates its Sunday service between 9 am Eucharist and 6.30 Evensong.<ref>[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/padworth-st-john-the-baptist/ Stratfield Mortimer and Mortimer West End Benefice: Parish of Padworth (St John the Baptist)] [[The Church of England]] Accessed 10 December 2014.]</ref>▼
▲The church's [[advowson]] was from [[Pamber Priory|Priory of Monk Sherborne (Pamber Priory)]] by the year 1291 when various of its tithes and donations provided the Prior's pension.<ref name=bh/> Upon the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] the advowson was exercised by the Crown until the 19th century. A parish [[rentcharge]] totalling £250 in 1848 was received by the rector, the parishioners [[tithe|having commutated the tithes]]; the parish [[glebe]] stood at {{convert|28|acres|km2}}.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp525-530 'Padfield'] A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)]] (London, 1848), pp. 525–530. Accessed 10 December 2014.</ref> By 1923 the rector's patron was the [[Lord Chancellor]].<ref name=bh/>
==Demography==
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