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Barlow Mrs. Red H ill cottage
Bishop James, Hampstead park
Schmidt V ictor

B E R K S H IR E .

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V: ..vjr Alexander, fisherman to Lord Punter Frederick A ugustus, farm er.
Craven
Plum b’s farm
Gammon Robert, gardener to James Schm idt Victor, sub-agent to the E a rl
Bishop esq
( of Craven
COMMERCIAL.
Goddard Hy. farm er, W atermans frm Sm ith
Benjam in, m iller (w ater),
Burton James Isaac, carpenter
wheelwright
j jack man W illiam , head gamekeeper) Ham pstead m ill
Clark W illiam , farmer, H ill farm
) to James Bishop esq
Taylor W m . H. cowkeeper, Holtwood
Coleman John Bennett, Old W hite Parr John Henry, photographer
Thatcher W illiam Richard, farm er.
Hart P.H
j Punter Frederick, plum ber & glazier i The Elm s &, Holt wood
H A M P S T E A D N O R R I S (or Hampstead Norreys) in several other parts of the parish remains of skele­
is a village and extensive parish with a station on the tons and spear-heads have been found, which seem to
Didcot and Newbury branch of the Great Western rail­ indicate that it was a place of considerable im portance
way, opened in April, 1882, and is 7 miles north-east in the tim e of the British and Roman periods. In a
from Newbury, in the Southern division of the county, part of G rim sbury Forest, locally termed “ Fence
hundred of Faircross, union of Wantage, petty sessional Wood,” at the foot of the hill, a few hundred yardsdivision and county court district of Newbury, rural on the north or H erm itage side of the forest, a piledeanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of Berks and dwelling was discovered some years ago at a depth of
diocese of Oxford. The parish was enclosed by Act four or five feet below the surface, and consisted of
of Parliam ent in 1771- The church of St. Mary is an baulks of rough oak tim ber, about 18 feet in len gth ,
edifice of stone exhibiting a m ixture of Norman and supported by vertical posts at their extrem ities, and
Early English architecture and consists of chancel, by a stouter one in the centre, also 18 feet long ^
nave, south porch and a low battlem ented western altogether, more than two wagon loads of oak tim ber
tower containing 7 bells and a clo ck : there is a tre- were taken out and the solid earth or clay was found
foiled piscina, supported on a shaft and sedilia formed to be at a depth of about 7 f e e t ; it is inferred that
in the sill of a window; the stair to the rood loft this structure m ay have been the platform of an.
remains and in the porch is a sto u p : the nave roof is ancient dwelling. This manor was held by the fam ily
dated 1 6 3 5 : in 1879-80 the church was restored at a of Norris, or Norreys, in the reign of Henry VII. ; the
cost of ¿ 1 , 5 3 1 , the walls of the church and tower place had been previously known as Hampstead Cifrebeing carefully repaired, the interior enlarged, a new wart, from a family of the latter name, who possessed
chancel arch erected and the whole interior re-seated : it in the time of Henry III. and then as Hampstead
the old font is of Purbeck stone, ornamented with carved Ferrars for a like reason. There are two manors, Lady
crosses, but is now disused: the original early font was Wantage, of Lockinge Park, being the lady of one and
removed in 1780 to the church of Stone, Bucks, and the Harry Weber e»sq. lord of the oth er; Messrs. John Dewe,
present font was given when the church was restored: R. W. Cooper and J. A. Betts, and the Rt. Hon. G. W .
there are 292 s'„tings, 282 being free; the remaining Palm er P.O. of Marlston House, are the principal land­
10 are appropriated. The register dates from the year owners. The soil is stony, clay and gravel; subsoil,
1538. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value ¿200, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The
with 135 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of parish contains the ecclesiastical parish of H erm itage,
Lionel Dewe Lowslev esq. and held since 1897 by the 3 miles south; and the hamlets of Little Hungerford, 2^
Rev. Horace Adiel Lowslev M.A. of Wadham College, south ; Bothampstead. i j w est; E ling, 1 south; Langley
Oxford. There are Wesleyan and Prim itive Methodist Hall, 2^ w est; W orld’s End, 3 w est; and W ell House, 5
chapels here.
The charities amount to about ¿ 2 1 south. The population of Hampstead Norris, H erm itage
yearly, which is distributed in clothing and money. and the hamlets in 1901 was 1,144, anf^
the ecclesi­
About 3 miles to the south of Hampstead Norris and astical parish 760; the area is 6,042 acres; rateable
near the Ham let of Well House is a hill fortress called value, ¿4,937.
Grim sburv Castle, remarkable for its strength, the
Parish Clerk and Sexton, Eli Quelch.
extreme beauty of its situation and the skill displayed
in its construction; the rampart is of circular form Post & T. Office.— Hubert James W right, sub-post­
master. Letters arrive from Newbury at 7.50 a.m. &
having two entrances, one on the north and th e other
12.55
p.m. ; dispatched at 10.55 a.m . & 7.20 p.m. ;
on the south side, the form er being reached by a
Sundays, arrive 7.50 a.m. ; dispatched 10.10 a.m..
narrow sunken ro ad ; the fortifications on this side,
Yattendon
is the nearest money order office1
consisting of a deep ditcli and loftv bank, are of a
formidable character, and opposite the entrance is a Constable in Charge, Albert George Elsbury
mound, perhaps used for reconnaissance; the fortress School (m ixed), erected in 1845 & enlarged in 1899, fo r
is nearly inaccessible on the northern and western
143 children; average attendance, 100; Miss Isabel
sides, being defended by morasses, and before the
Furm age, m istress; Miss Mary Bartlett, infants’
country was drained the whole of the valley must
m istress
have been under water, as is evident from the peat
Carriers to : —
deposit; within the ramparts, on the right side„ by Newburv— George Fulker, tues. thurs. & sat. 0.30 a.m
the south-east corner, is a beautiful spring of excellent ; Readm«-1— George Fulker, sat
water, which is never known to be d ry; the adjoining I
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hamlet derives its name from this spring. The Pang j Railway Station, Albert Robbins, station master
stream also rises in this parish. About 1833, in a field j Herm itage is an ecclesiastical parish formed out of
on Well House Farm and about half a mile from this , this civil parish and will be found under a separate
spot, the remains of a Roman villa were discovered; ' heading.
Betts Jn. Arnott, farmer, Manor frm Hathrill Charles, beer retailer
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bosley Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper. Hazell George, carpenter
Betts John Arnntt, Manor honsQ
World's End (letters via Beedon)
Herbert Owen, Railway hotel
Cooper Robert W illiam . Wvld court
Burgess Eli James, grocer & draper Herman W alter, grocer & baker
De V etrie George T. Dennis, Eling
Holmes John, coal dealer
Hawkins Major Henry Theodore Bn shell George. W hite Hart P H
Butler Louisa (Mrs.), farmer,World's Kim ber George, shopkeeper
Winton house
End (letters via Beedon)
Louslev Jethro, sanitary inspector toJohnson Capt. Ronild Ma\son, Town­
Chapman William Henry, farmer.
the W antage Rural District Council:
send house
Lowsley Rev. Horace Adiel M.A
Bothampstead farm
& assistant overseer, Roselands
f" 'ov 'r R >bt. Wm. frmr. Wyld court Morton Annie (Miss), farmer
Vicarage
De Vetrie George T. Dennis, steward Pvke G eorg?. Coach & Horses P.H.
Scrivener Mrs. Parsonage house
to Rt. Hon. George W illiam Palmer
World's End (letters via Beedon)
Tunniciiffe Francis W hittaker M l).
J.P. Eling
Onelch Martha (Mrs.), blacksmith
The Litton
n
j^hn. farmer. Haw farm
Simmons Philip, farmer. Oak house
COMMERCIAL.
Weedon Brothers, coal & coke mers
Allen Edward, Langley Hall inn. Evans George Charles, grocer
Fowler Mark, farmer
Woodley Wm. watch ma. & bee frm r.
World's End
World's End (letters via Beedon)
.Barlow Hy. hurdle ma. & timber rl Fulker George, carrier
F>rt
Robert,
insurance
agt.Riseholm
e
W right Hubert J. shipkpr. Post office.
Barlow John, carpenter
H A N N E Y is a parish consisting of the townships of way, 4 north-north-west from W antage and 7^ south­
East and W est Hanney, in the Northern division of the west from Abingdon. The church of St. James the
county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and Great is a fine cruciform building of stone, consisting
county court district of Wantage, rural deanery of of chancel, nave of five bays, south aisle and an em ­
battled tower on the north side containing 7 bells and a
Wantage, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford
clock: the chancel is poor and Late Perpendicular: the
W E ST H AN N E Y is about
miles north-west from chancel arch Earlv English and very acute, with good
the W antage Road station of the Great W estern rail- corbel sh afts; a blocked hagioscope and rood-loft stairs-