The Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield was set up in late 2003. It is part of the Deanery of The Vale of the White Horse, in the Achdeanery of Berkshire within the Diocese of Oxford. The Benefice consists of seven churches: Longworth, Hinton Waldrist, Buckland and Littleworth situated along the A420 from Oxford to Faringdon and Charney Bassett, Lyford and Pusey lying to the south of the A420.
The Reverend Neal Phair is the Rector of the Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield. Neal, his wife Lucy, daughter Emily and son Henry live in the Rectory at Longworth. The Associate Priest is the Reverend Joy Hance, who lives with her husband Nick in the Vicarage at Buckland. Services are also taken by Tony and Sue Wales who are licenced to distribute Communion by Extension (Sue) and preach (Tony); Richard Waterhouse, a Licensed Lay Minister; Canon Michael O'Connor and the Reverend Julian Harford.
Daily Prayer may be found on: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/dailyprayer