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L IT T L E W IT T E N H A M .

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Elliott Mrs. Somerton house
W TNKFIELD
i Bailey George, farm er. Dairy farm
,
, «„o,» *Bailey Geo. H. saddler, Maiden’s grn Haves-Sadler Mrs. W estfield lodge
(Marked thus * should be addressed | #t>
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w
frryvpl mer.
mpr Mt
p 1(.asant Keppel Rear-Adm iral Sir Colin Richd.
♦Barker
Jas.
gravel
Mt.Pleasant
K .C .V .O ., C .B ., D.S.O. Grove lo
Bracknell.)
Bedford Elizh. (Mrs.), beer retailer
For the other residents see Ascot
♦Brown Geo. b u ild e r; & at Bracknell Lewarn Mrs. Aspley
Maynard Rev. H erbert Martin M.A.
& Bracknell.
Druce George, blacksm ith
The Vicarage
Elliott Aubrey H. S. estate agent,
»,x vA fB RESID ENTS.
Miller Charles Reginald Cecil, Brock
Ryemead
Ashfr Sauiuel Garcia D .L. Ascot pi.
H ill house
Hawthorn Daniel, sexton
(postal address, Ascot) ; & 30 ♦Jenden Thos. s h o p k p r ; Maiden’s grn Osman Henry Mitchell, Poplar view
Perceval
Brock hill
Berkeley square, London W
Jennings D avid,farm bailiff to Gilbert
' Mrs.
w
B la k i ston" Mrs. The# Rectory
Gordon Blane esq. J.P. Foliejon pk^Thackrah Miss, St. Ronan s
‘ Brown George, Maiden’s green
|
c o m m e r c ia l.
Corkran Col. Charles Seym our J.P. Knight Alexander, carter
♦Marks W alter T. grocer & baker
!
grocer
Winkfield Place
♦Druce Richard, Winkfield Street
“
ellErotd
be“
Bowyer Frederick Win. frm r. Row frm
Bow ver Sidney, coach builder
Elliott Aubrey H. S. Ryemead
Mil ward- Gervaise, land agt. South lo Bvovine Rev. Francis Deshon^ M.A.
Esher Viscount G .C .B ., G .C .V .O .,
Noves W illiam , coal mer. Hope farm
preparatory school, Lamhrook
D .L.. J.P. Orchard L ‘-a ; & The Ranee Joshua, beer retailer,Crouch l a , 1—
r-—
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p H
Roman Camp, Callander N.B
♦Slowgrove Jacob W. beer r e t a i le r , j gejm Jame*u W hite H oise F J i
2 Tilney street W '& Brooks’s &
Maiden’s green
Hawkins Mary (M rs.), shopkeeper
Marlborough clubs S W & T urf Stone A lbert Edward, W hite H art inn H- ¡ford
¡¡» ^ k e e p e r
club W, London
Temple Stephen, boot & sh oem aker q io tch m g s Wdlnm im.. P.H
Ferard Charles Agace M .A., J.P.
farm
Winkfield manor (postal address, Wheeler Leonard, carman, Winkfield
Moir Andrew, farm bailiff to Charles
Ascot)
W IN K FIELD ROW.
Agace Ferard esq. W inkfield Manor
McCreerv Richard, Foliejon pork
Pratt Lieut.-Col. Lord George M m ray Letters received through Bracknell.
cottage (postal address, Ascot)
J.P. Meadow bank
Nicklcss Daniel, shopkeeper
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Osman
Charles, builder & collector
Ridley Miss, Oak cottage
Aucland Mrs. Acacia lodge
Van de W eyer Col. V ictor William Berney Mrs. The Hollies
of poor rates
Bates J.P. & Lady E m ily, New lo Browne Rev. Francis Deshon M.A Osman James Jeffery, collector of
Young Mrs. Tory hall
income tax
Lambrook
Pitcher Frank H. laundry
c o m m e rc ia l.
Castle Trevor, Box farm
Winkfield Reading Rooms (John C.
* Adams Austin G. farm er. Plan- Druce Miss. Chavey down
Tipper sec)
ner’s farm
1Elliott Hugh P. Somerton lodge
W IN T E R B O T J R N E , see Chieveley.
W ITTN E R S H , see H urst
W I N T E R B E O O K , see CRolsey.
L I T T L E W I T T E N H A M , or Wittenham Abbot, is north side of the chancel: there are 120 sittings. The
a village and parish on the banks of the Thames, 4! register dates from the year 1538. The livin g is a
miles north-west from Wallingford and 6 south-east from rectory, net income £127, w ith 42 acres of glebe and
Abingdon, in the Northern division of the county, hun­ residence, in the gift of Mrs. Howland, of Bax ter ley
dred of Ock. Abingdon petty sessional division, W alling­ Vicarage, Atherstone, and held since 1904 by the
Rev. Sir John Kingsm ill Causton Key hart. M.A. of
ford
district,
io
r a union
u n io n aand
n u county
<-uuiiiy tcourt
u u u uaouxxv
, u, rural deanery of
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1 1
.
. . "D ft.ilr.-. rt n d /1 1 n c o c o r tf I 1V —
Lincoln College, Oxford. The interest of £30, which
Wallingford,
archdeaconry
of
Berks and diocese of Ox
is
in the hands of the C h arity Commissioners, is dis­
ford. The church of St. Peter is an edifice of stone in
the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave tributed to the poor. The W ittenham hills, twin em in­
and an em battled western tower containing 5 bells: ences rising conspicuously to the south of the village
the east window is a m emorial to th e Rev. Frederick and crowned with clumps of trees, are interesting from
Joseph Hilliard, for 40 years rector h e re : in the church the remains of British or Roman fortifications which
are brasses and other memorials to the Dunch fam ily, encircle the second hill (Sinodun), the fosse and ditch
some of which, until the restoration of the church in with the various entrances being fairly perfect. On the
at the
corner
the rem
1862
m an old
oici m ortuary chapel,
cnapei, he
uc- tree
tree a*
oue w
i n « of the
^ eastern clump -are
...............
- ains
-1862, were contained in
1•
XT' 1: .v,
v, nnnnlatc r>nmnn«pd
and
longing
this
ily,
churchyard,
of
01 20 lines
of
01r English
jduguau verse m couplets, composed
~ r ~ -— ---and
fn
wRif*}i
fit,nr>d
l O n g i n g to
DU fEie
BUIS fo
lfam
iHw
U ilv
U J , which
" “ A U stood
ouvuvx in the churchvard
— .— ->
k
,,* this
+k ,-c structure,
ctniAtnvo a
g building
Vmildincr of
nf some
some size,
size, was
was then
then carved in 1844-5 by the late Mr. Joseph Tubb.
Tubb, of WarWarbut
pulled down and several of the m onuments destroyed, borough G reen ; these verses were printed at length in
the present representatives of the fam ily being un­ the “ Oxford Jou rn al” of June 28, 1890. The manor
willing to repair i t : in the tower below the west window anciently formed part of the possessions of the A bbey of
is an altar tomb of marble and alabaster, with recum ­ Abingdon, but was subsequently held in 1547. as a
riothesley,
bent effigies, and shields of arms and Latin inscrip- grant
grant from
from the
the Crown,
Crown, by
by Thomas
lhom as W
wn
otn esiey, Earl
o u t n a m p io ii xv.vx.
a u u Lord
d u i u Chancellor, and
■
----- —
—
tions amove,
above, out;
one to
esq.. son of W
illiam 01
of eSouthampton
K .G . and
later
Dions
du W alter Dunch covj
■
■
-------n
.
,
„
„
j
A/fowr
Ki'c
vrifo
nH
Tnnp
a
TerM.
erected
bv
esa.
mentioned
above:
the m
arriage
by
John
Barnes
esq.
above
:
by
marriage
Dunch esq. and Marv, his wife, ob. -June 4, 1594’ erected
of
his
sister
to
W
illiam
Dunch
esq.
it
passed
into
that
by his m o th er; and the other to Sir W illiam Dunch kt.
fam ily,
ily, ana
and me
the lorasmp
lordship was
Dunches for -a
ob. Jan. 22, 1611,
1611 erected by his parents, Edm
JSdmund
«as held by the ~
oh.
und and fam
1, - tower is oa cf.AT,o
Anne Dunch: on’ the afloor ofr 1the
stone xrit.n
with long seiica
series of
ui years; W alter Dunch esq.
T' whose m on u^r
, ____ 1. j__ _r t? J
■_ _
■ iL »
T v s o r r m n T lo Tin t-q n
f i f l n O' n t p T' T T ln
arms and inscription to Mary, eldest daughter of Ed­ ment is in the church, married Deborah, daughter and
co-heir
to
James Pilkington, Bishop
mund
Dunch, wife
of W
illiam
muna uuncn,
w n e ssuccessively
u c c e s s iv e ly 01
wm
i a m Winchcombe, w
-u w i
^
_.r
,of , ,Durham
,
I i c p u c It , Sir
UJi W
' w illiam
u i « u i .Dunch kU
^ v . whose
-----------of Bucklebury, and Sir Edward Clarke kt. of Ardington. ^1
(15 0
6 11 -- 77 77 ^) ;; m
hiss nephew,
ob. Oct. 18
arried Marv, daughter
18,* 1846: and another, w ith arms and in- monument
monumen is
' also in the
’ church, m.............................
scription, “ bestow ed” by her to her first husband, 01
0f oir
Sir Henry
nenry L
Cromwell
iu m » w kt.
n.1. of
ia Hinchinbrooke, sister-in•
William
wimam Winchcombe,
wincncom oe, oo.
ob.’ om
Julyy 29, iu
1 6 1i^
1 4 ;: in
m a recess ««
on law of William Hampden esq
esq. of G reat Hampden, Bucks
Bucks,
the north
altar tomb with brass anu
and auiib
aunt vl
of vyxivcx
Oliver Crom welL’ Lord P ro te c to r;’ Edmund
luriiJU side
siue of
ui the
uue chancel
cu»iis;ci is an oum
.
,
—
- ~
• - ellv
v. fam
•!
! - . are Dunch.
t\_u „U
n c i cat,
ir W
m , was
effigy
and- -inscription to the
Kidw
ily; ■
there
eldest
son r,(
of sSir
Willia
illiam
was rranp
made nv
by the
the
also other brasses to this old fam ily on the floor of the Protector governor of W allingford Castle, and subse*
chancel, and th e brass effigy of a priest vested, with in- quently created (April 26. 1658) Baron Burnell, of East
scription to John Churm ound, rector 1433; on the Wittenham , but this title was disallowed at the lienorth wall of the tower are brasses to John Barnes esq. storation: the Dunch fam ily became extinct in the male
“ gentleman porter of the Towne and Castle of Guvsnes line on the death, in 1719, of Edm und Dunch esq. w o
in ffraunce,” ob. at London, 1588, and to his sister Mary, left two daughters and co-heiresses, , Elizabeth
the
wife of William Dunch esq. with effigies (himself in elder, who married Sir George Oxenden bart. M.P. for
armour) and inscription below : there is also a tablet Sandwich, and H arriet, who m arried Robert, 3™ Duke
01
i.VJ.ailCIie&Btri .
x u r X/ULILIX
S H H C here
XIV 1C .w
VCC
^ ~ ~ • in
—
to Henry Carter
.A. 50
years
of Manchester.
The.
Dunch Cestate
a s. bought
OCI M
i*X.JA.
^
H O I S rector,
1CVUVX, and Anne Wilhel----mina, his wife, with their daughters, Mary Ann and 1787 by a Mr. H allett, grandson of the Mr. H allett,
cabinet
m
aker,
of
Long
A
cre,
London,
who
in
1747
Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. W illiam Palm er, vicar of
Yarcombe, Devon, 1819, and memorials to John Sheen, purchased the greater part of “ Princely Canons,"' at
d. June 1, 1783, and to the Cozens family, who still Little Stanm ore, in Middlesex, the famous residence
reside in the parish and neighbourhood: in 1894 a of James Brydges. Duke of Chandos. Mr. H allett pulled
stained window was placed on the south side of the down the fine old mansion, which had been for more
chancel by the late Rev. J. A. Stafford Hilliard B.A. than two centuries in the Dunch fam ily, retaining only
vicar of Tidenham, and rector here 1861-84; and in a small portion (also afterwards destroyed) as a “ sport­
1902 a vestry and organ chamber were added on the ing box.” Apslev Cherrv-Garrard esq. of Lam er Park,