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FARINGDON.

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Luckes Herbt. Jas. farmer, H ill frm .Troup John Gordon, farmer, CrockBullock Joseph, horse slaughterer
ham heath
Phillips Henry, aparts. The Cedars
Glark A rth ur, tim ber haulier
Pocock A rth ur, farm er, Vanners frm W heeler John W illiam , baker
Cottrell John, farmer
W hitington & Son, nurserym en &
Pocock
W
illiam
,
farm
er,
Glebe
farm
Heath Chas. farm er,W heatlands frm
seedsmen, The Nurseries
Heath Fredk. farm r.Enborne St. frm Thatcher Chas. Fowler, farmer, Skin­
W ithers Thomas, Craven Arms P.H
ners G reen; & at Oare
Heath Geo. Thos. farmer,Boam s frm
Levy Jesse, blacksm ith
E N G L E F IE L D
is a village and parish, one mile by the patron. There are 265 sittings. The register of
north-west from Theale railway station on the Great baptisms and m arriages dates from the year 1567:
W estern railway, 42J miles from London, 5 west from burials 1569. The livin g is a rectory, net yearly value
Beading and 3 south from Pangbourne station, in the /310, with residence, and 26 acres of glebe, in the
Southern division of the county, hundred of Theale, gift of J. H. Benyon esq. and held since 1904 by th e
Beading petty sessional division, Bradfield union, county Rev. Granville Gore Skipw ith M .A. of Jesus College,
court district of Beading, rural deanery of Bradfield, Cambridge. There is a charity of £27 yearly, le ft by
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. This an unknown donor, for apprenticing poor children;
- gift of £2 f o r bread on St. Thomas’ day.
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A D 871. The church of St. Mark, restored in 1857, | in 1893, and has a steam fire engine and ™ ™ u s appara
and the chancel rebuilt at the sole expense of the late . tus.
James H erbert Benyon esq. J.P. and E°rd
R Benyon esq is a building of flint and stone, consist- , Lieutenant of Berks, is lord of the m anor and principal
fng of c h a n c e l w ith north aisle, nave, south aisle, south landowner; his residence, Englefield H o u s e , a _ ; fine
porch and a western tower with broach spire, contain- Tudor mansion, charm ingly situated on a gently rising
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in 187 ‘. t h e n o r t h slope of the fine deer park, facing south and overlooking
aisle was added to the chancel in 1514, and is known the valley of the Kennet, its many turreted pinnacles
as the Englefield chapel, having been for a series of giving it a noble appearance ; it was built by one of
years the burial place of that fam ily, which became the Paulet or Powlett fam ily, bu t reduced and m odern­
extinct on the death of Sir Henry Charles Englefield ized by one of their descendants, Paulet W right esq.
bart. 21 st March, 1882; Sir Thomas Englefield knt. and has also been renovated and refaced by the present
Speaker of the House of Commons in 1496, and in the owner, who has added a new entrance hall, and con­
Sir
first Parliam ent of Henry V III. the founder of the verted the old hall into a m agnificent library.
chapel, is here b u rie d ; his monument, an elegant altar- Francis Englefield being attainted of high treason in
1564,
the
manor
became
the
property
of
Sir
Francis
tomb, surmounted by a canopy and once bearing brasses,
stands on the north side of the communion table; and Walsingham K .G . Secretary of State to Queen E liza­
there is also in the chapel a monument to Sir Francis beth; on one occasion the Queen visited this house, and
Englefield bart. ob. October 16, 1631, and Jane (Browne) Sir Francis, in order to save Her Highness the trouble
his wife, with effigies of both, kneeling at a desk, and of ascending the staircase, built a gallery 120 feet long,
of several children, besides other m onuments of the so as to reach the level of the hill outside at the back
Englefield fam ily: there is also a monument to Charles of the house; this gallery, reduced to 90 feet by
Benyon, lieutenant in H.M .S. “ A jax ,” killed while at­ modern alterations within the house, is now used, with
tem pting to board a French vessel off the Isle of E lb a ; Mr. Benyon's permission, for parochial meetings, school
on the north wall is a m ural tablet of black marble, with fêtes and similar useful purposes ; from the second
epitaph by Dryden, to John Paulet, fifth Marquess of storey of the building, along its passage, an exit is
Winchester, of Basing, Hants, who held Basing House gained to the park outside : a portrait of Queen E liza­
for four years for K in g Charles I. but the mansion being beth, presented by herself in com m emoration of this
eventually stormed by the Parliam entary forces was visit, still hangs on a wall in the lib ra ry ; in the hall
burnt to the ground; the Marquess died March 6th, and corridor are some exquisite sculptures by Munro,
1674; the monument is surm ounted by a shield of arms Foley, Power and others ; the drawing room is a very
and the motto, “ Donee pax redit te r ris ; ” a portion fine apartm ent, w ith a painted ceiling representing the
of this monum ent, hitherto missing, together with four seasons; in one of the upper rooms is a bedstead
three other sepulchral stones, were discovered in the brought from Gidea Hall, Essex, and said to have been
pavement of the church in September, 1878, dunjng used by Charles I. ; from these apartm ents and from
some alterations then proceeding, and the four slabs ake the tower magnificent views are afforded of the beau­
now fixed upon the su rfa ce; that belonging to the monu­ tiful woodland scenery, which is here the greatest charm
ment of the Marquess hears a long inscription, detail­ of the far-stretching' landscape ; th e gardens are very
ing his public services, m arriages and issu e; the others attractive, and many visitors from the neighbourhood
are inscribed to Honora (de Burgh), his second wife, avail themselves of the opportunity of inspecting them
1661; John Paulet, her eldest son. 1660; in the south on Wednesday during the months of A u gu st and Sep­
aisle is a beautifully sculptured m ural monument to tem ber, permission being kindly given by the proprietor.
Mary, wife of Bichard Benyon esq. 1777- an^ another to Elias Ashmole M.D. of Brasenose College, Oxford, W ind­
Powiet W right esq. 1779; over the pulpit is a m ural sor Herald and a distinguished antiquary, retired to
brass inscribed to Bichard de Beauvoir Benyon esq. this village in 1647 ; during his lifetim e he founded,
1854; in the south aisle, under two obtuse arches in by the bequest of the younger Tradescant. the museum
the wall, are two recum bent effigies: one of these is a at Oxford, which now bears his name, and died at South
stone figure of a knight in full armour, wdth a surcoat, Lam beth, May 18th, 1692, aged 76. The soil is gravel;
and bearing his shield upon his arm ; the other figure subsoil, clay "and chalk. The land is chiefly grass and
is that of a lady in the costume of the 14th century, and woods. The area is 1,408 acres of land and 29 of w ater;
is carved out of a solid piece of o a k ; the arcade rateable value, £2,742; the population in 1901 was 315.
between the nave and south aisle has Early English
Sexton, Seymour Joyce.
arches with very bold mouldings supported on plain
Post & M. 0 . Office.— James Hulford Clavdon, subround massive pillars, with Transition Norman caps;
postmaster. Letters through Beading, arrive at 6.25
in the Englefield chapel is a piscina, discovered in re­
& 11.30 a.m. & 6.10 p.m. ; dispatched at 8.40 a.m. &
moving part of th e wall for the introduction of a window
2.30
& 6.55 p.m. ; Sundays, arrive at 7 a.m . ; dis­
and sedilia ; in 1878 a massive signet ring, of pure gold,
patched at 11.35 a m - The nearest telegraph office
of 16th century date and unusually large size, was found
is
at
Theale,
1 m ile distant
in the churchyard; it bears a sard, engraved with a
helmeted head in profile, inclosed by a cable m ould in g: Elem entary School, built in 1863 & enlarged by the late
Bichard Benyon esq. for 130 children : average a t­
the church was partially rebuilt in 1874, at a cost of
tendance, 80; Charles F. G olding, master
£ 2,200, and restored in 1891, at a cost of .£450, defrayed
Palm er W illiam , farm steward to J,
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
COM M ERCIAL.
H.
Benyon esq. Chalk Pit farm
Benvon James Herbert (lord-lieut.).
Wadds H. B. head gardener to J. H.
Englefield house; & at 35 Pont st. Buckn^H James (Mrs.), farmer
Benvon esq
London S W
Davis F . Stanley, estate clerk of
W orking Men’ s Club (Oliver Hopley,
Skipwith Bev. Granville Gore M.A.
works to J.
Benyon esq
Pocock Fredk. Wm. baker & shopkpr
sec)
(rector), The Bectory

Ka r i n g o o n
FABINGDON (or G reat Faringdon. fnrrneTly Chip­
ping Faringdon) is a well-built m ark°t and union town,
head of a petty sessional division and eonntv court dis­
trict, and parish, with a station (on a branch of the
Great Western railway from Uffington, opened in 1864),

70 miles from London, 14 west from Abingdon, 25
north-west from Newbury, 17 south-west from Oxford,
35 from Beading and 9 south-west from W antage, in
the Northern division of the county, partly in the
hundred of Faringdon and partly in that of ShrivenBERKS.

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