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M IL T O N .

B E R K S H IR E .

Clerke D.D. Archdeacon and Canon of Oxford, who
was 39 years rector here, and died 24th December,
1877; the stone pulpit and a brass plate in the chancel
are also m em orials to the Archdeacon, and there is a
brass to the Eev. Canon George M arshall M .A. rector
here 1875-97; th e reredos of carved oak with painted
panels is a m em orial to the late Mr. B . S. L a m b e rt;
the church affords 250 sittings. The earliest date of
the register is 1654. The living is a rectory, net value
¿ 34 °» "tvith residence and 2 acres of glebe, in the gift
of trustees, and held since 1897 by the Eev. Harry
Hamilton Jackson M .A. of Christ Church, Oxford.
There are charities of about ^85 yearly value, left by
the Bev. M. Eaton, for the poor of Milton, Hagbourne
and Harwell, and distributed by the incumbents of the
several parishes. Milton House, the property of Louis
A . Barrett esq. of Milton Farm, is a handsome m an­
sion in the Jacobean style,, built from designs by
Inigo Jones; in the house is a Catholic chapel. Milton
H ill House, which, with 300 acres, is the property of
Panizzi Preston esq. J.P. is a mansion standing in a
beautifully wooded park of 70 acres. Mr. Preston is
owner and master of the Milton H ill harriers which
m eet twice a week. Milton M ill and the land adjoinr e s id e n t s .

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ing, now in the possession of Mr. John Bradfield, has
descended from father to son without a break for
more than two hundred and fifty years. Louis Arthur
Barrett esq. who is lord of the manor, and Col. Thomas
John Bowles, of Streatley, are the other chief land­
owners. The soil is strong clay and g ra v e l; subsoil,
clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
beansand turnips. The area is 1,46b acres;
rateable
value, ^ 6 ,4 11; the population in 1911* was 363.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, W illiam Pullen. ~
Post Office.— George Martin, sub-postm aster. Letters
arrive through Steventon & delivered, 6.45 & 11.30
a .m .; Sundays, 6.45 a .m .; dispatched at 7 & 11.55
a.m .
& 2.15 & 7.35 p .m .; sundays, 7 a.m. Steventon, 2 miles distant, is the
nearest
money order &
telegraph office
Wall Letter Boxes.— Milton H ill, cleared 11.40 a.m. &
12.5 & 7.20 p.m. ; Sunday, 10.40 a.m . ; & at Draytun
M ill, 7.15 a.m. & 7.25 p .m .; sunday, 7.15 a.m
Elem entary School, founded in 1796, & endowed by the
Eev. George Warner, late rector, with a sum yielding
nearly ^68 yearly; average attendance, 50; Joshua
L . White, master
Carrier to Abingdon.— Frederick Wm. Chandler, daily

|Port W illiam J
Preston Panizzi J.P. Milton Hill ho
! Sm ith Edward Wicks
Squire George Frederick, L ittle croft,
Milton hill
Townsend Frederick Octavius, Y e
Corner house
Tyrrell The Misses, Fern cottage

Chandler Frederick William, carrier
Cooper H um phrey Eeuben,stonemasn
Davies Frank Wm. Bed Lion P.H
Edmonds Charles Nash, farmer, Hos­
pital farm
G erring Eichard Jesse, wheelwright
Haywood Harold Edwin, farm bailiff
to P. Preston esq. Heath farm
King George, builder & contractor
c o m m e r c ia l .
Martin George, baker, Post office
Betteridge Bichard Hopkins, farmer Wall croft William John, haulier
& landowner, Milton hill
Whitehead Frederick W. cycle en­
Bradfield John Eichard, farmer
gineer & agent. Old Pack Horse
Bradfield Owen, farmer
P.H. Milton hill
Cannon George, farmer
H O B T H M O R E T O N is a parish and village, 4 miles priators of the great tithes, amounting to ,£180 6s.
west from W allingford, 3 m iles east from Didcot Junc­ Here is a Prim itive Methodist chapel. The only
tion station on the G reat W estern railway, and 7^ miles charity is th at of Mrs. Ann Noyes, of £ 2 10s. a year,
north-west from Abingdon, in the Northern division of to be applied to the purchase of bread, coals or clothes
the county, hundred of Moreton, petty sessional divi­ for the poor, at the discretion of the vicar and two
sion. union and county court district of W allingford, trustees appointed by the Parish Council. A piece of
rural deanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of Berks land, near the Star inn, ia . 2r. iop. in extent, is held
and diocese of Oxford. The church ox A ll Saints, is a in trust by the m inister and churchwardens, and the
stru cture of flint w ith stone dressings in th e later Early rent is applied to the paym ent of the parish clerk.
E nglish style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, There are four almshouses let at a nominal rent to
south aisle, south porch and a western tower, 56 feet aged parishioners who are members of the Church of
high, containing 5 b e lls ; at the south-east angle is a England, the vicar and churchwardens being the
handsome chapel called “ Stapleton’s C h an try,” with a trustees. The principal landowners are Captain James
window retaining some ancient stained glass and a Archibald Morrison M.P. of Basildon Park, Percv
¡piscina formed in a splay of th e east w indow ; a deed Edward Crutchley esq. of Sunninehill Lodge, and the
■of Edward III. exists giving permission to Sir Miles Misses Hedges, of W allingford Castle. The soil and
Stapleton to alienate 25 acres of land for use of the subsoil are chiefly green sandstone. The chief crops
priest of this ch an try; the chancel walls are decorated are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 1,102 acres;
w ith modern p ain tin gs: there are two stained windows, rateable value, ¿ 1 ,2 9 7 ; the population in 1911 was 261*.
and a reredos of coloured m arbles, with a representa­ Post Office.— Mrs. Martha W ing, sub-postmistress. L e t­
tion of the Crucifixion in the centre, w rought in m osaic:
ters through W allingford arrive at 7.30 a.m. & 1.30
a portion of the rood stairs and the doorway rem a in s:
p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m . & 7 p.m. ; sundays,
There are 260 sittings. The register dates from the
10.30 a.m. Brightwell, 2 miles distant, is the nearest
-year 1558. The living is a vicarage, net income £ 177,
money order & telegraph office
with residence and 38 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Elementary School (m ixed), erected in 1867, for 80
Archdeacon of Berks, and held since 1909 by the Eev.
children; average attendance, 45; Miss Marv Gale,
Ferdinand Francis Fleet M .A. of 'Worcester College,
mistress
.Oxford. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impro- C arrier— James Butcher, fri. to Wallingford
p r iv a t e r e s id e n t s .
H uggins Thomas Wesley
Hill Thomas, beer retailer
Baird Mrs. The Cottage
Worley George, Orchard house
Holloway Henry, blacksmith
Boulter Eev. W alter Cousitt M.A
c o m m e r c ia l .
Leach Alfred, beer retailer
N orth end
Barr John, tax collector & assistant Maycock W illiam, Bear inn
Close Percy John Hamilton, Staple­
overseer, The Cottage
Morris H arryBlakiston,frm r.Park end
ton Chantry
Bidmead John, grocer
Treadwell George W illiam , farm er &
Cozens Thom as, St. Peters
Butcher James, carrier
landowner, Cobbs farm
F leet Eev. Ferdinand Francis M.A H art Charles, farmer, Park End farm W aters James, farmer, Alders farm
(vicar), The Vicarage
H ill Geo. A rth.w heelw right & carpntr W est W illiam Henry, beer retailer
p r iv a t e

Barrett Louis Arthur, Milton farm
Baxter Harry
Betteridge Mrs. The Hollies
Betteridge Biehd. Hopkins, Milton hill
Brown Mrs
Francis Edward John, Milton cottage
G odfrey Eeuben
Hastie Miss. Tetarka cottage
H aw kshaw Major Edward Crichton
B .A ., F .E .G .S . Steventon house,
Milton hill
Haywood Harold Edwin, The Firs
Jackson Eev. H arry Hamilton M.A.
(rector), Bectory

S O U I H M O K E T O y is a village and parish, 3J miles
south-west from Wallingford. 3 miles soutn-east from
Didcot Junction station on the G reat W estern railway
and 4 m iles north-east from Upton station on the Didcot and Newbury railway, in the Northern division of
the county, hundred of Moreton, W allingford petty sessional division union and county court district, rural
deanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxmrd. A brook, fringed with willows, which
takes its rise in Hagbourne, flows through the parish
£ ose by the churchyard. The church of St. John the
Baptist, situated west of the village, is a stone edifice
in the Early English style and consists of two parallel
vestr>'. “Pen timbered south porch and a double

bellcote on the western gable of the south aisle: the
east
end of one aisle forms the chancel- two of the
. Early English windows remain on the south side the
others having been replaced by Decorated and Peimendicular windows; an arcade of five arches divides the
two
portions of the church; the church has oDen
timbered roofs, a good north doorway of the Decorated
period, now walled up, and at the west end the remains
»f a reputed Saxon doorway: there is a stone pulpit
entered by an archway in the w a ll: at the west end
of the church is a slab of black marble inscribed to
Margaret, second daughter of William Tipping of Draycott, ob. May 3, ¡656, and in the south S s le is a mural
monument, to John K irby esq 1839- in the year 1 8 «