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HAGBOURNE.

B E R K S H IR E .

lierd on W est Hagbourne b ill, and is now in the pos­
session of Mr. L . G. Slade, of Aston Upthorpe. Mr.
Philip Aldworth, of Frilford, and Mr. Dennis Napper, of
Didcot, are the principal landowners here.
Coscote is a ham let half-a-m ile west from East Hagfcourne.
NORTH H AGBOU RNE (known also as New Town) is
the name given to a collection of houses, which have
increased in num ber during some years past, and now
form a village on the northern border of the parish,
a b ou t a quarter-of-a-m ile from Didcot Junction station
on the Great. W estern railway. The church of St.
P eter, in North Hagbourne, is a building in a plain
E arly English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles,
north porch and an em battled western tower containing
one bell: the church was dedicated 29th June, 1890, and
com pleted, and the bell dedicated October 18th, 1898:
there are 250 sittings. The Rev. the Hon. Edward
Reginald Lindsay M .A. of Magdalen College, Oxford, has
been curate in charge since 1909. There are also W es­
leyan and Prim itive Methodist chapels. The population
is included in E ast Hagbourne.
Parish Clerk, John Napper.
EAST

HAGBOURNE.

B aker Rev. W illiam Robert B.A.
(vicar), Vicarage
B ell Robert Anning, Upper Cross
Cordery W illiam , Oakbuurne house
K ingsbury
Gerald Francis, Hagbourne grange
N apper Edward C
Napper Frank, L im a house
Pilch er Mrs
Scott-Sm ith Jam es S
Stevenson Fred J. Kingsholme
Thorne Wm . Bezly M.D. The Yew s
W akefield Mrs. Frances E. Low er frm

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Post, M. 0 . & T. Office, East Hagbourne.— Albert
Edward Mobbs, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from
Didcot, Berks, at 6.35 & 11.5 a.m. & 2 p.m. ; de­
liveries, 7 & 11.10 a.m. ; Sundays, 7 a .m .; dispatched,
9.35
a.m. & 1.55 & 7.10 p.m. ; sundays, 11.10 a.m
Letter Boxes, with tim es of clearing.— North Hagbourne,
9.30 a.m. & 2.10 & 9 p.m. ; sundays, 9 p .m .; West
Hagbourne, 8.30 a.m. & 1.50 & 6.55 p.m. ; sundays,
10.45 a.m
Elem entary Schools.
Church (m ixed), built in 1874, for 157 children; aver­
age attendance, 93; Edward John Packer, m aster;
Mrs. Elizabeth Packer, assistant m istress; Miss Ash,
assistant m istress for infants
North Hagbourne, built in 1871, enlarged in 1892, &
further enlarged in 1894, for about 250 children; aver­
age attendance, boys & girls, 175; George R. McFarlane, m aster
Carriers to : —
Abingdon— Frederick Keep & Hawkins Bros, of Didcot,
mon. wed. & sat
W allingford— Job Sawyer, tues. & fri. & Hawkins Bros,
of Didcot

! Napper Ernest, Fleur-de-Lis P.H. &
blacksmith
\Napper Frank, undertaker & farmer
! Napper Job, farm er, Coscote
1 Napper John, carpenter
INapper Jn. Pether, frm r. The Filberts
Robbins James, beer retailer
j Sawyer Job, Boot inn & carrier
J White Ernest, butcher
W hite W illiam Hy. saddler & rope ma
'W in ter John, farm er, Haddon farm
W EST HAGBOURNE.
Buckeridge Frank
Edwin

1 Bullock Rev.

COMMERCIAL.

COMMERCIAL.
Allen Charles W illiam , farm er, H ag­
bourne Down farm
A bbott Frederick, farm er,M anor farm
Dearlove Ezra, farm er,Lim e Tree frm
Andrews Alfred, thatcher
Buck el Charles, baker & grocer
veep Thomas, farmer & shopkeeper
B utler John, Travellers’ W elcome P.H j Napper Joseph F.Horse & Harrow P.H
IReeves James, farm bailiff to Philip
C h ild John, wheelwright
Aldworth esq. Y ork farm
Cordery W illiam , farm er
jTooze Thomas, W heatsheaf inn
D orm er Stephen, farm er, Coscote
Godfrey Charles, carpenter, & G rey­
! NORTH HAGBOURNE or NEW
hound inn
TOWN.
Holliday Francis, frm r. Parsonage frm
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
H olliday John Clarence, farm er &
landowner
Î Lindsay Rev. Hon. Edward Reginald
Keep Frederick, carrier
j M .A. (curate). The Parsonage
M ills Richard, farm er
Belcher Frederick
Mobbs A lbert Edward, grocer, Post off Shaylor Miss, Busby house

COMMERCIAL.

Andrews Hubert, grocer & baker
Barguss W illiam A. grocer &c
Beesley Jrm es, dairyman
Belcher Nathaniel, oilman
Bosley W. & B. cycle agents
Bosley Alfred R. butcher
Bull Joseph Benjamin, boot maker
Davis George, jun. farm er, coal &
coke merchant
Dean George, fishmonger
Dennis William, blacksm ith
Dixon John, carpenter
Edinborougb Leonard G. dairyman
Edwards Richard & Son, drapers St
boot factors
Fisher John, boot maker
Fulford John, grocer & baker
H inders :>a Ernest Britland, chemist
Keep Albert, beer retailer
Lawrence John, photographer
Morse James, insurance supt. High st
Pryor Jn. Edwd. gro. draper & baker
Ryman Raymond, fruiterer & coal dir
Seym our Edwd. boot & shoe factor
Shaylor Frederick, carpenter
Sm ith Sidnev, butcher
Stock Mrs. dress m aker
Strange James, boot maker
Sweet Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Wigley Henry, corn dealer
W inter Wm. (Mrs.), grocer & draper

H A M P S T E A D M A R S H A L L is a parish, 3 miles this manor passed by purchase to the Cravens and
north-west from Kin tbury station on the G reat W est­ became one of the chief seats of that fam ily. In 1626
ern railw ay, 4 west-south-west from Newbury, 7 south­ (12th March) Sir W illiam Craven kt. son of Sir W.
e ast from Hungerford, in the Southern division of the Craven kt. Lord Mayor of London 1610 and 1618, was
county, hundred of Kintbury Eagle, petty sessional created Baron Craven of Hampstead-Marshall and in
division, union and county court d istrict of Newbury, 1664-5 Earl of Craven, for services whrich he had
ru ra l deanery of Newbury, archdeaconry of Berks and rendered to his exiled master
during the protectorate
diocese of Oxford. The Avon and Kennet canal, the of Crom well and the losses which he had sustained by
river K ennet and the Great W estern railw ay pass confiscation. The earldom expired on the death of the
th rough the parish. The place received its addition, earl, 9th April, 1697, bu t was revived (18th June, 1801)
according to Ashmole, because it “ form erly belonged in the person of W illiam , seventh Baron Craven. The
to the E arl Marshal of England and was held by the house built by Sir T. Parry having been pulled down,
tenure of the Rod of the M arshalsea.” The church of Sir Balthazar Gerbier kt. began a stately pile of build­
St. Mary is a plain structure of brick and stone, re­ ing after the model of the castle of Heidelberg, which
erected in the tim e of James I. and consisting of chan­ was finished in 1665, but this house was almost wholly
cel, nave, north aisle, north porch and a tower of brick destroyed by fire in 1718. The present mansion, erected
containing 2 b e lls : the chancel is ancient and is built by the Earl of Craven about 1720, has been from time
of flin t: in the church is an inscribed slab laid over to tim e en larged : the deer park extends over more
the tom b of Sir Balthazar Gerbier kt. painter and than 400 acres, with a series of small lakes across i t :
arch itect, who died while on a visit here in 1667: there it belongs to the Earl of Craven, but is in the occupa­
are 150 sittings, 50 being free. The register dates tion of James Bishop esq. The Earl of Craven is lord
from the year 1675. The living is a rectory, united to of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is light
th at of Enborne, jo in t net yearly value ¿445, w ith 81 and gravelly and some portion stiff c la y ; subsoil, clay
acres of glebe, in the gift of the Earl of Craven, and and sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats &c.
held since 1892 by the Rev. Charles Blois Johnson, The area is 1,824 acres of land and 28 of w ater; rate­
of W orcester College, Oxford, who resides at Enborne. able value, ¿ 2 ,11 0 ; the population in 1901 was 244.
Parish Clerk, James Hall.
T h ere is a sm all Congregational chapel, erected in 1809,
and seating 100 persons. The poor’ s allotm ent consists Post Office.— James Hall, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive
from Newbury at 8 a.m. & 5.40 p.m. ; dispatched at
of 3a. 2r. 36p. and one acre of land ¿ 1 in value is
8 a.m . & 6 p .m .; sundays, 11.10 a.m. Kintbury, 3
held by the parish clerk rent fr e e : Rays Mead charity
miles distant, is the nearest telegraph & money order
of 8s. is distributed in money amongst the widows in
office
this parish who receive no income from the poor rate.
The manor, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, belonged School (m ixed), built in 1896, for 40 children ; average
attendance, 30; Mrs. W alter Punter, mistress
to the Parrys, and Sir Thomas Parry, treasurer to the
household of th at queen, built a house h e re : about 1620 Inkpen carriers p iss through the parish