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B E R K S H IR E .

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B E E D O N is a village and parish 7 miles north from here by Mr. W alter Money F .S .A . of Newbury. L a d y
ewbury and 3 north-west from Hampstead Norris sta­
Wantage, of Lockinge Park, is lady of the manor and
tion on the N ew bury and Didcot branch of the Great
principal landowner. The soil is various, principally
Vestern railw ay, in the Southern division of the county, clay and chalk mixed ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops:
hundred of Fair Cross, petty sessional division and are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,012 acres,
county court d istrict of Newbury, union of W antage, including woods; rateable value, £ 1,2 5 2 ; th e popula­
ru ra l deanery of Newbury, archdeaconry of Berks and tion in 1901 was 232.
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas, formerly
STANM ORE is a ham let three-quarters of a mile*
a chapel to Farnborough, is a small building of flint
and rubble in the Transition Norman style, and con­ north-west; in April, 1815, a large bell-shaped barrow
sists of chancel and nave, south porch and a western here, called by the villagers “ Burrow-hill,'* was opened
bell-cote, containing 5 b e lls ; the east end has three by the late Charles E. Long esq. then resident at Lan g­
Transition Norman windows, with dog-tooth ornament ley Hall, and at the depth of about 10 feet some remain.«*
and banded shafts between the lig h t s ; the chancel arch, of burnt bones, with fragments of a funeral urn were
w ith its corbel shafts, as well as the north doorway, met with, below which the floor of the barrow was
belong to the same p erio d ; the south doorway is Early reached and found to be pierced by seven perpendicular
E nglish ; the church was restored in 1882, at a cost of holes, about a foot deep, cut in the solid chalk and each
£800, under the direction of Mr. Edwin Dolby, architect, containing a deposit of charred wood.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Curtis.
of Abingdon, and was re-opened 22nd July, 1882, the
cost of the repair of the chancel having been entirely Post Office.— Alfred Taylor, sub-postmaster,
L e tte rs
defrayed by Lord and Lady W antage; there are 125
”
’ "Newbury, arrive at' 6.45
‘
through
a.m. & 2 p.m. for
sittings, 75 being free. The register dates from the
callers only; dispatched at 6.25 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ;year 1732. The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value
on sundays delivered 6.45 a.m. & dispatched 5.10.
£ 155. including 36 acres of glebe, with residence, in the
p.m. Chievelev, 3 miles distant, is the nearest money
gift of Lady Wantage, and held since 1909 by the Rev.
order & telegraph office
C harles John Thomson B.A. of Jesus College, Cam bridge. Pillar Letter Box. Church, cleared at 6 p .m .; no colIn 1877-8 a quantity of Roman antiquities, comprising
lection on sunday
fragm ents of Samian, Durobrivian and other fictile ware^ Elementary School (m ixed), erected 1876, & altered ir
together with bones and skulls of the short-'horned ox,
I 5°9 to accommodate 90 children ; average attendance!
goat and red deer and a variety of other remains
7 2 « Richard Pickett, m aster; Mrs. Pickett, m istress
belonging to the Eom ano-British period, were discovered Carrier— Robert Dale, to Newbury, tues. thurs. & sat
H uxham W illiam Hy. Stanmore ho
Prism all & Co. grocers, butchers^
C O M M ER CIA L.
Slade George W illiam , Old Manor
bakers &c
house
Dale Robert, carrier
Slade George W illiam , Manor &
Thomson Rev, Charles John B.A. Goodman W alt.Brice Edwards,painter
Langley Park farms
V icarage
H uxham Wm. H y.frm r.Stanm ore frm Stephens Francis, farm er, Stanmore
B E E N H A M is a parish and village, 9 miles west- | nell B.A. of Keble College, Oxford. Here Is a Primitivethe S mfh
T .Headinr« , and 8 eas‘ fro,m Newbury, in Methodist chapel. Beenham House, the seat of Capt
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1 0 * of ‘ he manor a n i
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of Bradfield,
Reading
p etty sessional
division
and 1 Ä
principal landowner, is a large square mansion of brick
county court district, rural deanery of Bradfield, arch­ facing the Bath road, and stands within a park of about
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The Alder- 150 acres. The soil is clay and loam ; subsoil, gravel.
maston station on the Hungerford branch of the Great The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is
W estern railway, 45 miles from London, is in the parish. 1,805 acres of land and 12 of w a te r; rateable value*
The church of St. Mary is a modern edifice of flint, with £3,716 ; the population in 1901 was 508.
stone dressings, in the E a rly English style, consisting of
Parish Clerk, Joseph Hatto.
chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an em battled west­
ern tower of red brick with pinnacles and containing 6 Post Office, Beenham Village.— Charles James Layley,
bells : the organ was presented by the late vicar ; the
sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Reading at 7.30
church was struck by lightning and partly burnt in the
a.m. & 1.30 & 6.25 p.m. ; dispatched at 7.45 a.m. &.
year 1794 and rebuilt in 1796; it was enlarged and re ­
T-35 & 6.30 p.m. ; sundays, no collection. Beenham,
stored in 1859 : there is a monument to the Rev. Thomas
i | miles distant, is the nearest monev order & tele­
graph office
Stackhouse, vicar here from 1733, who wrote a “ History
of the Bible,” and an “ Exposition of the Creed,” with Beenham M. O. & T. Office is in the parish of Padwortlr
other works, and died n t h Oct. 1752; Haines records a
brass here to W illiam Carter, gent, 1586 : there are 240 Elem entary School, built in 1840, enlarged in 1892 &
again in 1910, for 145 children ; average attendance,
sittings. 170 being free. The register dates from the
118; William Robert Todd, m aster; 'Mrs. V ictoria
year 1562. The livin g is a vicarage, gross yearly value
Voice, mistress & Miss May Hinkley, infants’ mistress;
£ 159 , w ith residence, in fhe gift" of the Rev. Thomas
Aldermaston
Railway Station, Geo. Jones, station master
H ext Bushnell M .A. of Shanklin, Isle of W ight, and held
since 1907 by the Rev. Gilbert Duffus Sutherland Bush- Carrier to Reading.— Johnson, sat
Bushnell Rev. G ilbert Duffus Suther­ Gvles Edward,farm er, Hall Place frm People’s Refreshment House Associa­
land B .A . (vicar). Vicarage
Hall Frederick, stud groom to Capt.
tion Lim ited (The) (Edwin Hood1*
Freeling Charles Edwd.Beenhamlodge
Wm . Who at Waring J.P. Park Urn
manager), Bath road
K eal Charles, Church cottage
Hare & Hounds, The People’s Re­ Sim m s Arthur, head gardener ti>
Oldbury Miss, Rose cottage
freshm ent House Association Ltd.
Capt. William Wheat Waring J.P
W arde W illiam Henry, Stonehurst
Bath road
Todd William Robert, schoolm aster
Warin^ Capt. W illiam Wheat J.P Holloway George, blacksmith
& assistant overseer
Beonham house
Hood Edwin, beer retailer
Tomlin Albert. Edward, gardener to'
W aring Mrs. The Grange
Keal Ann (M rs.), Awberv farm
C. E. Freeling esq
CO M M ER CIA L.
Lavley Charles Jam es,grocer & baker. Ward William, builder,Stone cottage
Claridge W illiam ,farm bailiff to John
Post office
W igm ore Fdk. shopkpr. & beer retlv
Strange esq. Gravel P it farm
Lavley Geo. Warman, farm er. Hill W igmore George, Six Bells P.H
Godwin Thomas C. farmer
Foot farm
B E S S E L S L E I G -H is a parish on the Toad from O x­
ford to W antage and Faringdon, 4$ miles north-west
from Abingdon and 5^ south-west from Oxford, in the
Northern division of the county, hundred of Hormer,
petty sessional division, union and county court district
of Abingdon, and in the rural deanery of Abingdon,
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
The
church of St. Lawrence is a small building of stone,
chiefly Late Norman, consisting of chancel, nave, south
porch and a western bell gable, containing 2 bells
dated 1655; it affords an example, almost unique in
thi« county, of an unrestored interior; the pews and
fittings of the nave being of the Stuart period, those of
the chancel Georgian : there is an inscribed slab to Sir
John Lenthall lint. ob. 8 Nov. 1681 : the church was
restored by Speaker Lenthall in 1632, and by his des­

cendant W illiam John Lenthall in 1788: there are ioo<
sittings, 70 being free. The register dates from the
year 1689. The living is a rectory, net yearly value
£105, with residence and 24 acres of glebe, in the g ift
of Miss Lenthall, and held since 1895 by the Rev.
Edward Mewburn W alker M.A. and Fellow of Queen’s
College, Oxford. The charities are £10 10s. yearly.
The Besils or Bleselles fam ily, according to Leland, who
visited this place on horseback in the reign of Henrv
VIII. (Itinerary, vol. vii. 167), came out of Provence,
and were “ men of activitye in Feates of A r m e s ;” thev
I came into possession of this manor by m arriage, in
1350, and one member of the family. Sir Peter Besils,
gave the stone for the building of Borford bridge, at
Abingdon, in 14*6, and left houses for repairing the
bridge and roads; the last direct heir of this family