SYDMONTON (or SIDMONTON) is a long narrow parish, 7 miles south from Newbury station, 3 west-by-south from Kingsclere, in the Northern division of the county, bounded on the east by Ecchinswell and Newton, Burghclere and Litchfield on the west.

The church of St. Mary lies to the north and is the centre of the parish, erected on the site of the old one, is in the Gothic style, having two or three of the Norman arches of the old church: it consists of a chancel, nave and vestry on north side of chancel, with a tower containing 6 bells : in the church are some beautiful stained glass windows. 

The late Archbishop of Canterbury gave £l?000 towards the expense of the building. The register dates from the year 1844.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Etchinwell, .joint annual value £110 gross, in the patronage of the vicar of Kingsclere, and held by the Rev. Lewis Rugg, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. 

William Howley Kingsmill, esq., J.P., is lord of the manor and the sole landowner: his seat, 

Sydmonton Court, is a handsome and commodious mansion, with extensive grounds and has had many alterations and enlargments and is occupied by Sir Charles Elliot.

To the south of the church there is a terrace from which find views of the North Downs may be seen crossing the intervening valley. Sydmonton Dower House was once owned by the Lord of the Manor but is now leased out.

The population in 1871 was 160.