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D I R E C T O R Y .]

B L R K S H IR E .

CU RRID GE.
Drake Rev. Algernon Francis B.A.
Borgnis Arnold Howard Chambers,
(curate). The Parsonage
Oaklands
Evans J. Spencer, Curridge house
Brindle Ernest Wm. The Bungalow Lovelock Francis

CHILDREN.

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C O M M E R C IA L.

Deacon John, farm bailiff to Edward
J. S. W asey esq. Copyhold farm
Wise John James, New inn P.H

C H I L D B E Y is a parish about 2^ miles west from Sir John Gibbons bart. M.A. (d. 1893) and the south
Wantage and 2^ south-west from the Challow station on transept by Queen’s College, O xfo rd : on the first Sun­
the Great W estern railway, in the Northern division of day in Len t the Fettyplace sermon is preached, for
the county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and which a sum of 6s. 8d. is allowed to the preacher bycounty court district of Wantage and in the rural Queen’s College, O xfo rd : the curfew is still rung here
deanery of W antage, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese at 8 p.m. from October to F ebru ary: there are 250
of Oxford. The Berks and W ilts canal separates this sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The
parish from W est Challow : the name is derived from living is a rectory, net yearly value ¿340, derived from
its situation at the source of the Cillarethe brook, but 560 acres of glebe, besides 3$ acres in hand, with resi­
there seems to be no mention of it, as a village, in the dence, in the g ift of the Rev. R. J. W’alker, and held
old chronicles. The church of St. Mary is an ancient since 1905 by the Rev. Frederick W alker Macran D.D.
and highly interesting cruciform structure in mixed of T rin ity College, Dublin. Here are Wesleyan and
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts and an Prim itive Methodist chapels, and almshouses for a can­
em battled western tower of Perpendicular date contain­ tarist (now for the schoolmaster) and three alm sm en,
ing 6 bells and a small sanctus bell called “ ting-tang ” maintained by Queen’s College, O xfo rd ; these alm s­
and a clock : the chancel, nave and north transept were houses were originally attached to land given by W illiam
probably built by the Frethornes and the tower and Fetyplace to this college, for the support of his chantry,
south transept added by the Fetyplaces, whose arms as above mentioned. The charities for distribution in
appear over the west w indow : the chancel has a fine money and kind am ount to ¿7 0 yearly. The Manor
Perpendicular east window, a double piscina, E arly E n g­ House, now the property and residence of E. T. W.
lish sedilia and a canopied Easter sepulchre; the chancel Dunn esq. J.P. has a good 15th century porch, stoneis as wide as the nave, and without chancel a r c h ; part mullioned windows and arched doorw ays; traces only
of the rood-loft remains, and there are hagioscopes for of the old hall are now visible, and the buttery hatch
each tran sep t: the north transept, or St. Mary’s chapel, is blocked u p ; from the tim e of Henry VI. to th at of
belonging to the manor of Frethornes, had a chantry Charles II. it was inhabited by the fam ily of Fettyplace,
founded in the 14th ce n tu ry ; in the east wall is a of whom John Fettiplace esq. of Childrey, was soon after
piscina, and in the north-east angle a curious stone the restoration created a baronet by patent dated
bracket, opposite a priests’ d o or; here also is a door March 30, 1661; the title, however, expired w ith Sir
form erly leading to the rood-loft: the south transept, George Fettiplace, 5th bart. who died unm arried A pril
or St. Catherine’s chapel, belonged form erly to the 8, 1743; in a room of this building Charles I. is said
Fetyplaces, and here was a chantry, founded in 1526 to have slept on the night of A pril 10, 1644, during his
by W illiam Fettiplace esq. in honour of the Blessed memorable m arch from Oxford to M arlborou gh : portions
Trinity, Our Lady and St. Kateryn, with provisions for of the bedstead used by him were sold some time since
a cantarist or chaplain; it contains a piscina, some and are now in Bisham Ab'bey, near Maidenhead : the
fragments of good stained glass and curious corbels; house was thoroughly restored and enlarged by W illiam
there is a priests’ door, and traces of another doorway Schooleroft Burton esq. all the old oak having been
leading to a curious small stone pulpit projecting from re-used : a notable feature is the principal staircase,
the wall by the side of the tra n sep t: the font is cylin­ which is entirely of oak: the grounds adjoining are
drical and consists of a leaden basin 10 inches deep. tastefully laid out and contain one of the largest holly
surrounded on the exterior by 12 small figures of trees in England. In the village are several other
bishops, m itred, and carrying a crosier in one hand ancient houses, and not far off is the “ Punch-bowl,” a
and a book in the other, upon a massive stone base ; curious hollow in the hills, sim ilar to the “ M anger,”
the windows of the church generally retain consider- at W oolstone: of the manor house of Frethornes, traces
able remains of stained glass, representing “ The Salua- pnly can now be seen in a field close to the ch u rch : it
tation,” “ The Adoration of the M agi,” “ The Cruci- is said to have been pulled down and re-erected on th e
fixion,” and “ The Ascension,” w ith arm orial devices: hills above at Greendown. There are three manors in
and there are a number of ancient and interesting this parish The Rev. R. .T, W alker, who is lord of the
monuments of the Walrond, Fynderne, Kyngeston. manor of Frethornes. E. T. W. Dunn esq. J.P. lord of
Fettyplace, Englefield, and other fam ilies; these include the manor of Rampanes, form erly held by the Fettya very fine canopied brass, with effigies in heraldic place fam ily, the trustees of Joshua Burton esq. lords
dresses, to W illiam Fynderne esq. 1444, and his wife of that of Maltravers, Lady Wantage, of Lockinge Park,
Elizabeth (Chilrey), widow of John Lord Kyngeston, and the Dean and Chapter of W inchester are the prin­
with a curious inscription round the edge, of 20 Latin cipal landowners.
The soil is chiefly c la y ; subsoil,
verses; near this is the brass of a priest, c. 1480; a chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, tu r­
brass with effigies and partial inscription to William nips &c. The parish comprises 2,923 acres of land and
W7alrond, gent, and his wife Elizabeth, c. 1480; a 6 of w a te r; rateable value. ¿3 ,56 4 ; the population in
priest, c. 1490, with ch a lice; a curious brass to Joan 1901 was 489 in the civil and 483 in the ecclesiastical
(Walrond), wife of Robert Strongbow, 1507, in a shroud, parish.
with seven English verses; and brasses to John Kynges­
By Local Government Board Order 20,689, dated
ton esq. 1514, and Susan his w ife ; Thomas Walrond, March 24, 1887, Letcomb Field was transferred from
gent. 1480, and his wife Alice (Englefield), 1477; Bryan Letcombe Regis to Childrey.
Roos LL.D . (rector), 1529, in academic dress; Agnes,
Parish Clerk, Charles Lovegrove.
wife of John Fynderne, 1441; W illiam Feteplace and his
wife Elizabeth, 1516, founders of the chantry, with Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Ralph Oliver Legge, sub-post­
master. Letters through W antage; deliveries com­
shields; and a m atrix of a civilian and his wife, c.
mence at 7.10 a m . & 12.45 p .m .; S u n d a y s , 7 . 1 0
1380; in the south transept is a marble canopy, with
a.m. ; dispatched at 7 a.m. & 4.20 & 7.5 p.m. ; S u n ­
brass effigies of a man and his wife rising from their
days, 9.50 a.m
graves, and a m utilated shield of F etip lace: in the
Public Elem entary Schools.
north transept is a fine tomb, with the effigy of a crosslegged knight, under a richly ornamented ogee arch, Fettyplace (m ixed), founded in 1732, by Sir George
supposed to commemorate Sir Edmund de Chelrev,
Fettyplace bart. will hold 120 ch ild ren ; average at­
1372: the organ was provided in 1902 as a memorial to
tendance. 35 boys & 32 g ir ls ; Ralph Mills, m aster
Her late M ajesty Queen Victoria, and new choir stalls The children of W est Challow attend these schools &
East Challow
have been presented by Mrs. Cornish : the chancel and
nave, both of which retain some fine specimens of floor Wesleyan (infants), built in 1849, for 70 ch ild ren ; avertiles, were thoroughly restored in 1875-6, at a cost of
age attendance, 25 ; Miss Mary Elizabeth Dawton,.
¿1,70 0 ; the north transept was restored by the late
mistress
p r iv a t e r e s id e n t s .
j Childrey Benefit Society (George Pig- Packer Frederick, blacksmith
Pinnell Walter, baker
Dunn Edward Thomas W illiam J.P. 1 g°tt, sec)
The Manor house
Dance Eli, beer retailer
Puzey John W. brick & tile m aker
Tacran Rev. Frederick W alker D.D. Early Joseph, shoe repairer
Rea Ellen (Mrs.). watercress grower
Rectory
Froud Arthur Basil, The Hatchet P.H Rea Matthew, fruit grower
Vicksteed Rev. Philip, Old Manor ho Froud James, farmer, Warren
Reading Room (George Pigg ott,treas)
i Froud Richard Edward, farm er
Sm ith Arthur, engineer
CO M M E R C IA L.
Froud Thomas, farmer
Treadwell W illiam , farmer
Abler Fredk. farmer, Symonds farm Heading Robert, grocer
Wearing George, coal merchant
Ah
W illiam , carpenter
Legge Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Wheeler Robert, racehorse trainer,
Burson Joshua Jn.farm er,Church frm Lovegrove Charles, carpenter
The Grotto