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LONGCOT.

B E R K S H IR E .

Wesleyan chapel. Viscount Barrington is lord of the
m anor and principal landowner. The soil is strong
clay, stone brash and good pasture la n d ; subsoil, clay.
The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips.
The area is 1,894 a c re s ; rateable value, ¿2 ,2 75 ; the
population in 1901 was 256.
Fernham is a township and will be found under a
separate heading.
Parish Clerk, Joseph Lawrence.
Foreman James Alfred, Longcot house
Hawes Rev. Bernard McNaughton
M .A . (vicar), Vicarage
Killeen Daniel H. The Homestead
Mitcheson Miss, Rest cottage

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Cox Albert E. farm er, Longcot farm
Cox Henry John, farm er, Bowles frm
Cox Sophia (M rs.), farm er, Ivy ho
Cox Walter, farm er, Scarboro’ farm
Curtis Joseph, horse slaughterer
Dean Thomas, farmer
CO M M ER CIA L.
George Jas. farm er, Cleveland farm
B rittain Joseph, shopkeeper
Griffen Fredk. K ing k Queen P.H
Chatterton Chas. farmer, Church frm Harris W illiam & Edmund, farmers,
Collett Aaron, farm er, Nutford lodge
Field farm

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L O N G W O B T H is an extensive village and parish, 7
miles east from Faringdon, 8 w est from Abingdon and
10 from Oxford. The Isis separates this county from
Oxfordshire and forms the northern boundary to the
parish, which is in the Northern division of the
county, hundred of Ganfield, p etty sessional division,
union and county court d istrict of Faringdon, rural
deanery of the Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary,
an edifice of stone, is partly E a rly Norman and partly
of' the succeeding Transition Norman and Decorated
styles, and consists of chancel, nave w ith clerestory,
separated from the aisles by arcades of Transition
Norm an and E arly English arches, three on either
side, a sm all chapel north of the chancel, used as a
vestry, south porch and an em battled western tower
Containing 5 bells and a clo ck : some of the windows
are Decorated, others Perpendicular: the tower appears
to have been added early in the latter style, the east,
north and south piers being inside the ch u rch : the
sanctuary rails and reredos exhibit good oak carving
of the same period : both aisles are D ecorated: the
font is E arly E nglish and circu la r: on the south Early
English porch is a sun dial, dated 1621; in the chancel
are brasses to John Hinde, a form er rector, ob. 1422,
with half-length effigy; Richard Y ate, ob. 1498, and
Johanna, his wife, ob. 1500, w ith effigies; and Eleanor
Godolphin, ob. 1565, also w ith effigy: in the chapel or
M arten’s aisle is a m ural m onum ent to Sir Henry
Marten knt. LL.D . judge of the H igh Court of
A dm iralty and of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
and Dean of Arches, ob. 1641 : there are 200 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1558, and contains
the following entry of the baptism of John Fell, dean
of C h rist Church and Bishop of Oxford, 1676-86:
“ John, son of the righ t worshipful Sam uel Fell, rector
of Longw orth, baptized July 16, 1625.” The livin g is
a rectory, with the cha'pelry of Charney Basset
annexed, net yearly value ¿540, w ith residence, in the
g ift of the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College,
Oxford, and held since 1883 by the Rev. John Richard­
son Illingw orth M.A. and late Fellow of th at college,
D.D. of Edinburgh University, and hon. canon of
C h rist Church, Oxford. Here is a Congregational
chapel, erected in 1848, seating 200 persons, also a
Prim itive M ethodist chapel. There are several chari­
ties, among which is the interest of ¿630 in the ¿2£
per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by H. F ludyer esq and
annually divided among 20 poor p eople; a sum of
£200 in the New £ 3 per Cents, producing ¿ 5 yearly,
left by Mr. John Carter, farm er, for the education of
poo’1 children; and a bequest by J. Dewe, of £108
Consols, in support of a Sunday school; Davis’ charity
is a field of 8 acres, producing about £ 8, distributed
in bread and clothing. Richard Doddridge Blackmore
M .A. E xeter College, Oxford, the celebrated author of
“ Lorna Doone,” was born in this parish June 9th,
x325_ He died at Teddington, Middlesex, Jan. 20th,
1900, and was there buried by the side of his wife.
Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde, who is lord of the manor,
the trustees of the late Capt. John Blandy-Jenkins, Guy
W7eaving, W illiam Dew&-and John Edward Church esqrs.
are the principal landowners. The soil throughout the
parish is m ixed and ranks among the best land in
B e rk sh ire; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are wheat,
barley, beans and turnips. The area is 2,282 acres of
land and 8 of w a te r; rateable value, ¿2 ,5 7 9 ; the
population in 1901 was 479 in the civil and 810 in the
ecclesiastical parish.

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Post Office.— Frank Janies Miller, sub-postmaster.
Letters through Faringdon arrive at 7.30 a.m. & 12.5
p.m . ; dispatched at 6.10 p.m . ; Sundays, 11.50 a.m .
Shrivenham , 3 miles distant, is the nearest money
order & telegraph office
Elem entary School, Longcot & Fernham , built in 1872,
for 172 children ; average attendance, 76 ; Daniel H.
Bird, m aster
Carrier.— Mrs. Jessie Packer, to Swindon, mon. ;
P'aringdon, tues, k fri. ; Wantage, wed
Jefferies Frank, hurdle maker
Miller Frank James, grocer,Post office
Packer Jasper, beer retailer
Packer Jessie (M rs.), carrier
Pope W illiam Henry, relieving & vac­
cination officer & registrar of births
& deaths Shrivenham sub-district,
Faringdon union
Thatcher W alter, farm er
Wilson Frank, farm er, Stone farm

CH AR N EY or CH A R N EY B A SSE TT is a chapelry
annexed to this parish, about 3^ miles south from
Longworth village and 5^ north-w'est from W antage
Road station on the Great Western railway, on the
river Ock. The chapel of St. Peter is an ancient edifice
of stone of the Norman period, consisting of chancel,
nave, north aisle, south porch and a Jacobean double
bell-cot of stone containing 2 b e lls : the east window
is Perpendicular; both doorways are Norman, that on
the north side having a richly-carved tym panum ,
representing a robed figure between two grotesque
animals, apparently griffins, within a border of addorsed
scroll-work: the south doorway has a kind of cusped
border, supporting rudely-carved heads, all within a
cable m ou ld in g: the chancel arch is also N orm an : the
nave has a Perpendicular roof of low pitch and
Transition Decorated w indow s: the font is plain Early.
English and there is a Perpendicular wooden p u lp it:
there are 100 sittings. The registers of this chapel
have entries of baptisms and burials from 1700 to 1812^
and of m arriages from 1754 to 181a, previous to which
entries were made in the Longworth registers. There
is also a Wesleyan chapel here. The area is 1,005.
acres of land and 4 of w a te r; rateable value is ¿1,448
the population in 1901 was 163.
D RAYCO TT MOOR is a township in this parish, on
the north-east, in the union of Abingdon and hundred
of Ock. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The President
and Fellows of St. John’s College, Oxford, are lords of
the manor and principal landowners. The area is
1,055 acres; rateable value, ¿8 4 9 ; the population in
1901 was 168.
Parish Clerk, W illiam G uest Rivers.
Post & M. 0 . Office.— Enoch Webb, sub-postm aster.
Letters arrive through Faringdon at 8 a.m. & 3.10
p .m .; dispatched at 9.45 a.m . & 5.45 p.m. ; Sundays,
dispatched at 11 a.m. Letters for D raycott Moor
through Abingdon arrive at 8.15 a.m.
Kingston.
Bagpuze is the nearest telegraph office, about 2 milea
distant
Post Office, Charney Bassett.— Thomas Godfrey, subpostmaster. Letters through W antage arrive at 9.5
a.m. ; box cleared at 6.10 p.m . week days only.
Stanfold-in-the-Vale is the nearest money order &
telegraph office, 2 miles distant
Wall L etter Box, Draycott Moor, cleared 2.50 & 6.5
p.m . ; Sundays, 10.45 a.m
Police Station, Frederick Jeffries, constable
Public Elem entary Schools.
Longworth, erected in 1850, for 135 children; average
attendance, 75 ; Isaac Cross, master
Charney Bassett, erected in 1871, for 85 children &
since enlarged for 99 ch ildren ; average attendance,
56; Mrs. Alice Atkinson, mistress
Carriers from—
Longworth— W illiam Richings, to Abingdon, daily, ex­
cept tues. ; W illiam R. Simmonds, to Abingdon,
mon. ; to Oxford, wed. & sat
Charney Bassett— Mrs. Bond, to Abingdon, mon. ; to
W antage, wed. ; to Oxford, fri. ; Robert Woolford,
to Abingdon, m o n .; to Wantage, wed. k sat