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BRIM PTON.

B E R K S H IR E .

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k elly’s

a.m. & 12.35 p .m .; dispatched at 10.55 a.m. & 6.10
and game farm , under th e management of the Brimpton Trout and Gam e Farms Lim ited. W illiam Arthur
p.m. ; sundays, 5.50 p.m
Mount esq. M .P., J.P. of W asing Place, near Reading, Pillar L e tte r Box, Hyde End, cleared at 9 a.m . & 5.45
and Peter Dollar esq. are the principal landowners.
p.m. & 11.30 a.m. on sundays
The soil is peat in the Kennet valley, with loam and
gravel m ixed on the high lands ; subsoil, gravel. The Pillar Letter Box, Black N est, cleared at 10.35 a m - &
5.25
p.m. & 11.25 a.m. on sundays
chief crops are wheat, barley, clover and beans. The
area is 1,683 acres of land and 22 of w ater; rateable Public Elem entary (Endowed) School (mixed), rebuilt
& enlarged in 1862 on a site originally given by the
value, £2,322; the population in 1901 was 389.
Sexton, W illiam Collins.
late Earl of Falm outh & added to by the late Jam es
B lyth esq. for 97 children; average attendance, 80;
Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— John Henry Sydney Stair,
William John Du Bois, master
sub-postm aster. L etters arrive from Reading at 7.15
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Ford Thomas, The Beeches, Brimpton Butcher W m .Three Horse Shoes P.H
B ulkley Misses, Black Nest cottage,
common
Cox Grace Lilian (M rs.), shopkeeper
Brim pton common
Cox Henry, farm er, Glebe farm
Hall Miss, Brimpton house
Bulkley Mrs. The Gables, Brimpton Hedley Basil, Brimpton lodge
CuTtis Edwd.boot ma. Brimpton com
common
Taylor Rev. Charles Joseph B.A. Foster James, farmer, Holdways frm
Cherry Vice-Adm iral George Henry,
Inwood Chas. farm er,H yde End farm
Vicarage
Highfield, Brimpton com m on; &
James Tom , saw m ills.Brim pton m ill
CO M M ER CIA L.
Naval & M ilitary club, London W
L eg g John Bruce, plum ber & glazier,
Cherry John W illiam
Banbury A rth ur, farm er, Boot farm
East view
Cornwall Gilbert Edward, Oakleigh
Bowden Henry, farmer, Manor farm McMullen Kenrie Jas. motor engineer
Cornwall Misses, Oakleigh
Brim pton (The) Trout & GameFarms Mildenhall James Thomas, cowkeepr.
Dollar Peter, Black Nest
Lim ited, brown, Loch Leven &
Brimpton common
D rury Mrs. Highfield
rainbow trout rea re rs; visitors are Staniford Geo. shopkpr. & coal dir
Eastwood Major Hugh de Crespigny
welcomed & those wishing to in­ Stockwell George, cowkeeper, Stan­
D .S.O. Hyde End house; & Naval
spect the trout should write to
ford farm
&
M ilitary & C avalry
clubs,
P. G. Freeman, sec
Tanner Charles, baker
London W
Brown Frank, farmer, Shalford farm Tim m s John, farm er, Hyde end
B R O A D H I N T O N , see Hurst.
B U C K L A N D is a pleasant village and parish near the register dates from the year 1679. The livin g is a
road from Faringdon to Abingdon and extending to Ox­ vicarage, net yearly value £ 157, with 54 acres of glebe
fordshire, from which it is separated by the Isis, 3! and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bristol, and
miles north-east from Faringdon, 10 west from A bing­ held since 1910 bv the Rev. Robert Lionel Cairns Newdon and 14 from Oxford, in the Northern division of the house M.A. of Keble College, Oxford. The Catholic
county, hundred of Ganfield, petty sessional division, church, dedicated to St. George, is a building in the
union and county court district of Faringdon, rural E arly Decorated style, and was erected by the late S ir
deanery of the Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Robert Throckmorton bart. Here is also a Baptist
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary chapel. The Rev. J. Wrote left land to the yearly
is a cruciform building of stone, w ith a battlemented value of £10 as a repairing fund for the church ; the
nave of the late Norman period, chancel rebuilt in the Southby fam ily also left land, now of the yearly value
14th century, transepts, north transeptal chapel, south
£ i 3’ ^hich sum is distributed to poor parishioners
porch and a central em battled tower containing a clock on St. Thomas’ Day. Buckland House, the seat of S ir
and 6 b e lls ; the tenor is dated 1721, the treble was Maurice FitzGerald bart. C .V .O .. D .L ., J.P. and Lady
given by W. Graham Niven esq. in 1898, and the others FitzGerald, is a handsome mansion in the Italian style,,
date from 1636: the chancel has a panelled oak roof with built in 1757 from the designs of Wood, of Bath, con­
carved bosses, and on the south side are sedilia and sisting of a lofty square central block with rusticated
piscina : there is a small but excellently carved marble base, and a projecting bay with pediment carried on
slab representing the “ Adoration of the S h ep h erd s;” four columns, and two wings, each term inating in an
and adjoining is a sepulchre containing an altar tomb octagonal bu ild in g; attached to the house is a welland a b ra ck et: a triangular inclosed niche on the north wooded deer park of 130 acres. Barcote Manor, th e
side contains a curious casket enclosing the heart of property and residence of Archibald Thornton West
W illiam Holcot, whose ancestors owned the manor of esq. J.P. (high sheriff for Berks), erected in 1874, is a
Barcote from 1292 to 1575, and some records of the mansion in the Tudor style, the view from which north­
fam ily are inscribed on a m ural monument in the south wards embraces portions of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and
tran sep t: Holcot himself was a lay preacher after the Gloucestershire. Carswell Manor, one m ile west, is
Reformation, but recanted to escape persecution in the the residence of Francis M. Butle4r esq. The principal
reign of Mary, and by his will directed his heart to be landowners are Lady FitzG erald (lady of the manor o f
interred h e re : there are four stained windows in the Buckland), Archibald Thornton W est esq. J.P. (loid of
chancel, and one in the nave, erected in 1896 by the manor of Barcote), Mrs. J. L. Butler (lady of the
W illiam Niven esq. F.S.A. late of Carswell, in memory manor of Carswell) and the trustees of the late Sidney
of his w ife: in the north transept is a brass to John Coles esq. (Newton estate). The soil is a rich sandy
Y a te esq. and Mary (Justice), his wife, ob. 1578, loam ; subsoil, various, clay, sand and gravel. The
with effigies of both and of 12 children : there is chief crops are the usual cereals and roots. Buckland
also a m ural monument of marble to Sir Edward contains an area of 3,409 acres of land and 46 o f
Y ate bart. who died c. 1645, an^ to members of w ater; rateable value, £4,595; the population in 190c
his fam ily, who recorded their pedigree and arms at was 665.
the Visitation of 1664-6; in the nave are numerous
Barcot, or Barcote, is 2 miles west.
tablets to the Southby family, of Carswell, dating from
1603, and whose pedigree is found inthe same V isita­
Carswell is one m ile and a half north-west.
tion ; both transepts contain a piscina : the south porch
Parish Clerk, Edward Whiting.
still retains its original oak door: the font is Perpen­
dicular : in 1890 a new vestry and organ chamber were Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Edward G. Carter, sub-post­
erected, and an organ and brass eagle lectern presented
master. Letters arrive from Faringdon at 7 a.m. &
by the late W . W est esq. J.P. the latter being a
2 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.45 a m - & 5-55 P-iR- ; dis­
patched sundays, 11.15 a.m
m emorial to his wife, Clara Jane, d. 1888, and in 1892
the Barcote aisle was elaborately decorated in glass
Police Station, Edward J. W iggins, constable
m osaic by Messrs. John Powell and Sons, of Whitefriars, London, at the cost of the late W illiam West Elem entary School (endowed) (mixed & infants), erected
in 18 57 & enlarged in 1896, for 226 children; average
esq. J.P. of Barcote, the whole work being intended to
attendance, 105 ; & supported in part by an endow­
illu strate th e praise of God by His created w o rk s: the
m ent of £1,000 left in land & Consols by Mr. J.
aisle has been repaved with colored marbles, and pro­
Stephens, & by other benefactions of the Southby
vided w ith oak benches, finely carved : the church was
restored in 1870 by subscription, and has 400 sittings,
fam ily, now producing £33 a y ea r; John Lewis.
Fletcher, master
all being free except those in the transepts. The
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Fletcher Philip, Newton house
Butler Mrs. Carswell manor
A rthur Rev. Chas. (Roman Catholic), Eyston Charles T. The Cottage
Newhouse Rev. Robert Lionel Cairns
The Presbytery
FitzGerald Sir Maurice bart. C.V.O.
M.A. (vicar), Vicarage
B utler Francis Mourilvan, Carswell
D .L ., J„P. (The K n igh t of K erry) Pearce James Ratcliffe, May cottage
manor
Buckland house
Ross Col. Henry Steuart Lockhart
Butler Miss, A udley house
FitzGerald Lady, Buckland house
J.P. Old Manor house