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FINCHAMPSTEAD.

Fincham pstead C ricket Cluh
(W.
J. Pratt, hon. sec)
Forge Bros, poultry farm ers, The
Leas (postal address, Everslev,
Winchfield)
Fullbrook A lfred, carpenter & joiner
Goswell Frederick, fly proprietor
G ow ing Charles, farm er, Ridge farm
H alfacre Alfred, carpenter
H olland W alter, ian lfer, Manor frm

B E R K S H IR E .

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Home Arts & Industries (Fincham p­ Peake George, farm bailiff to W.
stead branch) ( 0 . A. J. Goddard,
Simonds esq. Bulloway (postal ad­
manager)
dress, Eversley, Winchtield)
Hoyle F iederick R. farm bailiff to Pratt W alter James,Queen’s Oak P.H
C. E. St. John-Harris esq. Lea frm Ratcliff;’ Robert, farmer, Church frm
Kelsey John R. farmer, Rectory frm Reynolds Bros, farmers, Fleet farm
Loader John, farm er, Shepperland's Slvfield Adam, boot & shoe m aker
farm
Welfare Albert John, New inn
Morgan Charles Louis, poultry ap­ W illiam s W alter Jas. Greyhound inn
pliance maker
W orking Men's Club (Owen A. J.
Goddard, sec)
F R I L F O R D , see Marcham.

F R I L S H A M is a village and parish on the Pang
stream , 13 miles west from Reading, 7 north-east from
Newbury and 2% east from Hermitage station on the
Didcot and Newbury branch of the Great Western ra il­
way, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of
Faircross, union of Bradfield, petty sessional division and
county court district of Newbury, rural deanery of Brad­
field, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The
church of St. Frideswide is an ancient structure of stone
and flint in the Norman style, and consists of chancel,
nave, south porch and an em battled western tower of
brick, containing 2 b e lls : there are 80 sittings, 60 being
free. The register dates from the year 1754. The
living is a rectory, net yearly value £ 135, with 39 acres
of glebe and residence, in the gift of H. F. G. Weber
esq. of Hawkridge House, Newbury, and held since 1869
by the Rev. George Floyd M.A. of Caius College, Cam ­
bridge. The charities amount to £8 16s. yearly. Frilsham House, the residence of Sir W. Cameron G ull bart.

J.P. is a large mansion of red brick, re-built in 1896
from the designs of Mr. S. Gam bier Parry A .R .I.B .A .
Sir W illiam Cameron G ull bart. J.P. is the principal
landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, chalk. The chief
crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 977
acres; rateable value, £ 1,3 79 ; the population in 1901
was 210.
Sexton, William Werrell.
Pillar Letter Box, Common, cleared 8.45 a.m .
p.m
week days & 11.15 a.m. Sundays.
through Newbury arrive at 8.30 a.m. & 12
Yattendon, about i£ m iles distant, is the
money order & telegraph office

& 5.45
Letters
noon.
nearest

Wall Letter Box, Frilsham Farm, cleared at 8 a.m. &
6 p.m. week days & 11.15 a.m. Sundays
Elementary School (m ixed), built in 1898 for 60 child­
ren; average attendance, 40; Mrs. Wm. Perry,m istrss

C O M M ER CIA L.
Saunders Christopher Henry, farmer,
P R I V A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Austin W illiam , head gardener to Sir
Frilsham manor
Duncan Hamilton Watson, Frilsham
W. Cameron G ull barb. J.P
Toms Annie (Miss), baker & shopkpr
manor
Barr Tom Alfred, brick, tile & pot­ Toms George Wilson, carpenter &
Earl Mrs. The Old Parsonage
tery works, tim ber & underwood
builder, The Firs
Floyd Rev. Geo. M .A. (rector).Rectory
m erchant
W yatt W illiam , carpenter to Sir W.
G ull Sir W'. Cameron hart. J.P. Reeve James John, sub-agent to Sir
Cameron G ull bart. J.P.& cycle agt
Frilsham house
W. Cameron G ull
bart.
J.P.
H ughes Mrs. T. E. Coombe Hurst
Home farm

F Y F I E L E is a parish, on the road from Abingdon to
Faringdon, 5 miles west-by-north from Abingdon, and 8
south-west from Oxford, in the Northern division of the
county, hundred of Ock, petty sessional division, union
and county court district of Abingdon, Tural deanery of
Abingdon, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
T h o Church of St. Nicholas, an edifice of stone, chiefly
in the Middle and Third Pointed styles, consisting of
chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, north or Golafre
chantry, and a modern western turret containing a clock
and 2 bells, was almost entirely destroyed by fire Oct.
27th, 1893, including the m iserere stalls and screen of
St. John Baptist’s chapel and the Decorated rood-screen :
in the chancel is the tomb of L ad y Catherine Gordon
(the “ W hite Rose of Scotland ” ), daughter of Alexander,
3rd E arl of Huntly, and widow of Perkin W arbeck, one
of the pretenders to the throne in the reign of Henry
V II. ; she died c. 1527; and in the north or Golafre
chantry is the altar-tom b of Sir Thomas Golafre, lord of
the manor, who died in 1442, with his effigy in armour
upon the upper slab, while in the open space below lies
th e figure of a shrouded skeleton; both these tombs
have been damaged, but not irrep a rab ly; the restoration
o f the church was completed in Nov. 1894. The early
registers, destroyed by the fire of 1893, dated from the
year 1583. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
P R I V A T E R E SID E N T S .

Besley Levi, South view
C rum Mrs. Manor house
Thompson Rev.W illiam Francis M .A.
The Vicarage
W arner W illiam
W illiam s Capt.H enry Rupert,The Firs

£150, including 70 acres of glebe, with residence, in the
gift of the President and scholars of St. John’s College,
Oxford, and held since 1911 by the Rev. W illiam
Francis Thompson M.A. of that college. Here is also a
small Baptist chapel. The charities are of £ 12 yearly
value. The President and scholars of St. John’s College,
Oxford, are lords of the manor and landowners. The
soil is a sandy lo a m ; subsoil, calcareous grit. The
chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and Toot crops. The
area is 1,603 acres; rateable value, £ 1,54 8 ; the popu­
lation in 1901 was 297.
Netherton, quarter of a mile north, and Fyfield Wick,
i j miles south, are portions of this parish.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, A rth ur Butcher.
Post Office.— Mrs. Em ily Richards, sub-postmistress.
Letters through Abingdon, 7.50 a.m. & 1 5 p.m . ;
S u n d a y s, 7.50 a .m .; box cleared 1.5 & 6.15 p .m .,
Sundays. 10 9 a.m. The nearest money order & tele­
graph office is at Kingston Bagpuze, 1 mile distant
Parochial School (belonging to St. John’s College, Ox­
ford) (m ixed), built in 1873, for 80 children; average
attendance, 42; Miss Alice Mary Shakespeare, m istrss
Carriers to Abingdon.— Ewin Fisher & Son, d a ily ; Ox­
ford, wed. fri. & sat

C O M M E R C IA L.

Baker Wm. Britford, frm r. Netherton
Barrett Thos. carpntr. & wheelwright
Butcher A rthur, farm er, Netherton
Gulley Herbert, grdnr. to Mrs. Crum
Fisher Benj. & Co. bakers & grocers
Fisher Edwin, carrier & m arkt.gardnr
Fisher W illiam , carrier & coal mer

GARFORD,
E A S T G A R S T O N (or Esgarston) is a parish about
3 miles east-south-east from Lambourn, with a station
on the Lambourn Valley section of the Great Western
railw ay, 7 north from Hungerford station on the same
line, and 9 south-west from W antage, in the Southern
division of the county, hundred and petty sessional d ivi­
sion of Lambourn, county court district of Hungerford,
Hungerford and Ramsbury union, rural deanery of New­
bury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
The river Lambourn runs through the village and is
remarkable for generally ceasing to flow in the months
of November, December and January. The parish was in­
closed under an A ct of Parliam ent in 1771. The church

Johnson Ernest, sm ith
Kimber James Weaving, farm er, Fvfipld Wick
Kim ber John, farmer, Netherton
Lay William Hazel, frm r. Manor frm
Richards Em ily (Mrs.), Post office
Rogers Richard, carpenter
W hite Albert Henry, W hite H art P.H

see Marcham.
of A ll Saints- is a handsome and spacious edifice of flint
and stone, mainly in the Norman and Early English
styles, consisting of chancel, with a chapel in the north­
east, nave of three bays, transepts, south aisle, south
porch and an embattled central tower containing a clock,
presented in 1889 by Mrs. K in g Sm ith, and 6 bells, one
of which is said to have been removed here from Fawley,
and a sancfrus bell; in 1889 the bells were re-hung by
public subscription : the chancel was rebuilt in 1875 by
the lay rectors, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church
and their lessee, Sir Robert Burdett bart. and the chapel
(called the Seymour chapel) by the vicar and his
friends ; the chancel is handsomely painted, and has a