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EAST HENDRED.

B E R K S H IR E .

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Thursday, to rem ain to the world's e n d ; there are other
By Local Government Board Order 20,690, dated
charities am ounting to nearly £100. Hendred House, March 24, 1887, Rowstock Farm was transferred from
the seat of John Joseph Eyston esq. J.P. is pleasantly Sutton Courtney, in Abingdon union, to East Hendred.
situated near the centre of the v illa g e ; attached to
Parish Clerk, Joseph Besley.
the mansion is an ancient chapel, dedicated to St.
Sexton, George Tombs.
Amand, the existence of which can be traced back to
1256 and which probably existed at an even earliei Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Robert Davies, sub-post­
m aster. Letters received through Steventon, Berks,
d a te ; it is the private chapel of the Eyston fam ily,
arrive at 6.40 a.m. & 2.10 p.m. ; Sundays, 6.40 a.m. ;
and previous to the building of the Catholic church
dispatched 11.20 a.m. & 6.45 p.m . ; Sundays, 10.20
was used for public serv ices: it is a plain structure,
а.m. & open on Sundays from 8.30 to 10 a.m. for
with a fam ily pew in a gallery, some old glass and
telegrams
several carved stone figures. Down House, the pro­ Wall Letter Box, near Church, cleared 11.20 a.m. &
perty of Lady W antage, of Lockinge Park, and now
б.40 p.m . ; sunday, 11.20 a.m
occupied by A. K . Loyd esq. K .C ., D .L ., J.P. isam o d ern
Letter Box, Rowstock, cleared 12 noon & 6.40 p.m. •,
mansion surrounded by a park of about 90 acres.
sunday, 9 a.m
There are five manors, of which John Joseph Eyston
Elem entary Schools.
esq. J.P. the Warden and Fellows of New' College,
Church (m ixed), built in 1862, for 117 children; aver­
Oxford and Lady W antage are the owners. Alexander
age attendance, 105 ; Bertram Everest Newman,
W illiam Hall esq. of Barton, Oxon, has also purchased
nfaster; Miss A. C. Locke, Miss E . Buckland & Miss
m anorial righ ts on the “ K in g's Manor.” Lady W an­
Fisher, assistant mistresses
tage and J. J. Eyston esq. are the principal landowners.
Catholic
(m ixed), built about 1862, for 78 children-,
The soil is chalk and lo a m ; subsoil, principally chalk.
average attendance, 36; Miss Raab, mistress
The chief crops are the usual cereals and roots. The
area is 3,196 acres; rateable value, £3,590; the popu­ Carriers.— W illiam Hiskins, to Abingdon, mon. & fri. ;
to Wantage, wed. & sat. ; W illiam Woodley, tolation in 1901 was 74S in the civil and 740 in the
Steventon station, daily
ecclesiastical parish.
Hobbs Geo. farm er, Harfield farm
Morton Miss, Park cottage
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Hunt Charles, shopkeeper
Pearson John A. St. Amands
Beesley Mrs
Sheard Thomas F. M. Yew Tree cot­ Jackson Ralph, Eyston Arms P.H
Besley Joseph, The Poplars
Lineham Matthew, stud groom to
Billyeald Arthur, K ing's manor
tage, Newbury road
John Joseph Eyston esq
Styles Joseph, Wood’s farm
Coates W alter, Cherry Tree cottage
Martin Ernest Rt. draper & fru iterer
Webb Matthew, Downside
Cowdery Mrs
Prior Isaac, fishmonger
W est Mrs. Warner
Deakin Harold, Woodbine cottage
Sheard Thos.F.M. artist, Y ew Tree cot
Woods Edward
Denniss W alter, Bose cottage
Sm ith Frederick Adolphus, farm er.
COMMERCIAL.
Denniss W illiam , Fern villa
Besley Richard, carpenter
Home farm
Dobell A rth ur
Sowdon HarryWilson,frmr.ManoT ho
Eyston John Jsph. J.P. Hendred ho Bradfield Robert, m iller (water)
Stibbs
John, bricklayer
G ill Rev. Cecil Hope M .A. (rector), Chasney Harry, Plough P.H
Collins Edward Thos. insur. agent
Stibbs Richard, builder
Rectory
Hazel Commander James R .N ., J.P. Day Harris, farm bailiff to J. J. Stibbs Richard, jun. beer retailer
Waldock Henry (Mrs.), grocer
Eyston esq. Abbey Manor farm
Rowstock house
W atts S. & Sons, farmers
Loyd Archie K irkm an K .C , D .L ., Denniss John, baker
Freed Francis,head gardener to John Webb Matthew, artist, Downside
J.P. Down house
West George, grocer
L uck Rt. Rev. Mgr. Canon Thomas
Joseph Eyston esq
W illoughby Henry, farmeT, H ill frm
Harrison Arthur, engineer
V .G ., M R. (Roman Catholic)
Woodley Wm. blacksm ith & carrier
Hiskins W illiam , carrier
Martin Mrs

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W E S T H E N D R E D is a parish, intersected by a ford, who are owners of the manor, which they
stream which falls into the Thames near Monkey acquired in exchange from Henry V III. in 1536, and
Island, about 3^ m iles east from W antage and 3 south Lady Wantage are the principal landowners. The soil
from Steventon station on th e G reat W estern main is clay, chalk and lo am ; subsoil, clay and chalk. The
line, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, chief crops are the usual cereals and roots. The area
petty sessional division, union and county court dis­ is 1,999 acres of land and 3 of w a te r; rateable value,
trict of Wantage, rural deanery of W antage, arch­ £4,490; the population in 1911 was 338.
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church
E A ST G IN G E is a hamlet belonging to this parish, a
of Holy T rinity is a very ancient building, some por­
tions of which are of Norman d a te ; it conshts of mile south, consisting of two farms. Lady W antage
is
lady of the manor and principal landowner.
chancel, restored in 1881, nave of three bays, aisles,
Parish Clerk and Sexton, Stephen Bartholomew.
south porch and a western tower containing 6 b e lls ;
th e font is octagonal and bears date 1630 ; there are Post Office.— James Watson, sub-postmaster. Letters
two stained windows to the Reeves fam ily and some
through Steventon, Berks, arrive at 7.15 a.m, & 2.45
fine and ancient oak fittings : the church has 150 sit­
p .m .; dispatched at 10.55 a m - & 6.15 P m - & 9-55
tings. The registers date from the year 1578, and
а.m. sunday. The nearest money order & telegraph
contain several instances of collections made for the
office is at East Hendred, 2 miles distant
Protestants in Poland and elsewhere, for the redemp­ Wall Letter Boxes.— Hare inn, cleared at 11.5 a.m. &
tion of captives taken by the Turks, and for the
б.25 p.m . ; Sundays, 10.5 a.m. ; Ginge, cleared at
sufferers by the Great F ire of London in 1666. The
7.20 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; Sundays, 7.20 a.m
livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value £200, with resi­
School (mixed), erected with teacher’s residence in
dence, in the g ift of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,
1853, for 80 children; average attendance, 46 ; Wm.
and held since 1905 by the Rev. Cyril W illiam Em m et
Perry, m aster; Mrs. Perry, mistress
M .A . of that college. There is also a small Wesleyan
chapel. Hayward’s charity of £2 14s. is for fuel. The Carrier.— Chasney, to W antage, wed. & sat. returning
same day
President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, OxQuartermaine Frank, The Hare P.H
p r i v a t e RESIDENTS.
c o m m e r c ia l
Rivers Mary Anne (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Dauglish Col. George Victor, West
Saunders Thomas, beer retailer
Alder
Albert,
watercress
grower
Hendred manor
E lio tt Miss, Ginge manor (letters Chasney Wm. Jas. shopkpr. & carrier Simonds H. & G. Lim ited, brewers
(James Watson, representative)
Cleaver William Thomas, farmer,
should be addressed Wantage)
miller, hay, straw & cattle dealer, Sm ith Frederick, farmer
Einm et Rev. Cyril Wm. M.A. (vicar),
Staincliff Mary (Mrs.), farm er
Sparsholt court
V icarage
Watson James, baker, coal merchant,
Sm ith Sir Cecil Harcourt LL.D Dixon Alfred, farm er. Hill farm
corn, hay & straw dealer
G inge house (letters should be ad­ Eltham Philip, bricklayer
Watts S. & Sons, shopkeepers & frmrsEltham Rosina (Mrs.), shopkeeper
dressed Wantage)
Kim ber John, farm er, College farm
W illiam s George, Moor farm
H E B M I T A G E is an ecclesiastical parish formed Aug.
7th, 1840, out of the parish of Hampstead Norris,
com prising the hamlets of Well House and Little Hungerford, and has a station on the Didcot, Newbury and
Winchester ra ilw a y ; it is 4 m iles north-east from New­
bury and 3 south-west from Hampstead Norris, in the
Southern division of the county, hundred of Faircross,

union of Wantage, petty sessional division and county
court district of Newbury, rural deanery of Newbury,
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The
church of the Holy Trinity, built in 1835, is an edifice
of brick, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and
a western turret containing one b e ll: there are 140
sittings. The register of baptisms and m arriages dates