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Moore, .some time vicar here), nave, west porch and a
turret on the western gable containing one b e ll: the
east window is sta in ed : there are 200 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1839.
The living is a
vicarage, net income £130, with residence, in the gift
of the Provost and scholars of Oriel College, Oxford,
and held since 1873 by the Rev. Edward Thorp B.A. of
Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Here is a Prim itive Methodist
chapel, erected in 1881. The Provost and Fellow's of
Oriel College, Oxford, are lords of the manor and prin­
cipal landowners. The soil is a rich lo a m ; subsoil,
clav, sand and gravel. The crops are the usual cereals.
The area is 2,547 a c re s ; rateable value included with
Farin gdon; the population in 1901 was 350.
W A D LEY is a ham let, one mile south on the south of
th e road from Faringdon to Abingdon. Wadley House,
th e residence of John Richard Ralli esq. is an ancient
mansion of stone, in the centre of a fine domain, once
the property of the Abbey of Stanley Imperatricis,
W iltshire, so called from its foundress, the Empress

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M aud ; the estate passed in the reign of Henry VI.
into the hands of Oriel College, Oxford : at the period
of the Reformation the house was occupied by Sir
Thomas Unton kt. whose descendants resided here till
the commencement of the 17th ce n tu ry; Queen E liza­
beth visited it in 1574 and K in g James in 1603.
Thrupp Ham let is 2 miles north-west on the banks of
the Isis, which here divides the county from Oxford­
shire. A Mission room was built in 1880, the site being
given by the late Mr. George Adams, of W adley, and
conveyed to the vicar and churchwardens of Littlew orth
exclusively for the use of the Church of England.
Parish Clerk, Henry Pusey.
Post Office.— George Telling, sub-postmaster. Letters
through Faringdon arrive at 6.50 a.m . & 1.5 p.m.
(for callers); dispatched at n . 5 a.m . & 6.45 p .m .;
Sundays, 12.10 p.m . Faringdon, 2 miles distant, is
the nearest money order & telegraph office
Elementary School ‘ (m ixed), erected about i860 & en­
larged in 1890, for 78 children ; average attendance,
70; Mrs. L. Cyphus, m istress

Adams Stanley, frm r. Smokedown fm Morbey George, farm bailiff to G.
Adam s & Sons, Haremore farm
Adams Victor Gerald, frm r.W adley lo
Church George, farmer, Manor farm Porter Fredk. farm er, Puckerty farm
Cyphus Jesse, organist & master of Richens Albert, farm er, Thrupp
Richens Edward, farm er, Spotted Cow
night school
C O M M ER CIAL.
Richens Frederick, haulier
Goddard Boaz, cowkeeper, Thrupp
Adam s George & Sons, farmers,Royal Hodgkins Alfred, Fox & Hounds P.H ¡Tanner John, farm er, Park farm
‘Telling
Geo. blacksm ith, Post office
Langham Fanny (M rs.), shopkeeper
Prize farm , Wadley
Adams Mrs. Wadley lodge
Jervis Mrs. Haremore
Ralli John Richard, Wadley house
Thorp Rev. Edward B.A.

E A S T L O C K I N G E is a parish about 2 miles east- mixed styles, standing in beautiful grounds which have
south-east from W antage and 3 south-east from W ant­ been very skilfully laid o u t; the house contains a fine
age Road station on the main line of the Great Western collection of pictures by old and modern m asters, and
Tailway, which passes through a portion of the parish ; other works of art. The soil is clay, chalk and loam ;
it is in the Northern division of the county, hundred, subsoil, blue sand, chalk and chalk m arl. The crops are
The parish, which includes the
petty sessional division, union and county court district the usual cereals.
of Wantage, and in the rural deanery of Wantage, arch­ tithing of Betterton, comprises 2,073 acres of land and
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church 10 of w ater; rateable value, £2,874; the population in
•of All Saints is an edifice of stone in mixed styles, con­ 1901 was 255 in the civil and 301 in the ecclesiastical
sisting of chancel, nave of seven bays, north aisle, north parish.
and south porches, with a fine Norman doorway and an
By Local Government Board Order 20,688, dated
«embattled western tower containing 4 bells : the church March 24, 1887, the hamlet of W est G inge was transwas restored and enlarged in 1886, at a cost of £3,000, ! ferred from East Lockinge to Ardington.
by the late Lord W antage, when an organ was pro­
In 1903, by Order in Council,West Lockinge was transvided : there are 280 sittings. The register dates from : ferred for ecclesiastical purposes to East Lockinge.
.the year 1546. The living is a rectory, net yearly value
Deputy Parish Clerk and Sexton, Frederick Herman.
£340, with residence, in the gift of Lady W antage, and
Post Office.— Henry Prior, sub-postmaster.
Letters
held since 1903 by the Rev. George Clarke Keble M.A.
arrive from W antage; deliveries commence at 6.25
of Keble College, Oxford.
Sneyd’s charity of £14
a.m. & 1.45 p .m .; sundavs, 6.45 a .m .; dispatched
jeaTly is for the school; Aldworth’s, of £8, provides £6
at 10.40 a.m. & 7.35 p .m .; Sundays, 9.35 a.m.
for the deserving poor, and £ 2 for the parish clerk;
Ardington, 1 m ile distant, is the nearest money order
there is also poor’s land of 7 acres. In 1882 the late
& telegraph office
Lord W antage erected a subscription reading Toom for
th e inhabitants.
Lockinge House, the seat of Lady Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1861, & enlarged
in 189a, for 100 children; average attendance, 72;
W antage, lady of the manor and sole landowner, is a
Henry Burgess, m aster
handsome mansion of red brick with stone dressings, in
Keble Rev. George Clarke M .A. (rec­ Eady Charles Henry, assistant agent,M cLaren John, head gamekeeper t-o
& farm steward to Lady W antage
Lady W antage
tor), Rectory
East Lockinge Club Room (H enry¡Prior James, grocer
Wantage Lady, Lockinge house
Prior, caretaker)
Quartermaine Albert, blacksmith
W hittle Matthew
Fyfe W illiam , head gardener to Lady Somers Alfred, stud groom
C O M M ER CIAL.
W antage
Welsh Andrew Thomas, electrician to
Lady W antage
Cooper Jn.house steward,Lockinge ho
"W E S T L O C K I N G E is a ham let 2 miles east from The soil is clay, blue sand and lo a m ; subsoil, blue sand.
Wantage, in the Northern division of the county, hun­ The crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 837
dred, parish, union, petty sessional division and county acres; rateable value, £ 1,13 4 ; the population in 1901
court district of W antage : it consists of one farm and was 78.
a few cottages. In 1903 by Order in Council this ham ­ Letters by foot post from W antage arrive at 6.15 a.m.
& 1.30 p.m. Ardington is the nearest post, money
let, for ecclesiastical purposes, was united to East
order & telegraph office, about 1 m ile distant
Lockinge. Lady Wantage is the principal landowner.
Hoddinott Simon, farmer
L O N G C O T is a township of Shrivenham, and was
with Fernham township formed into an ecclesiastical
parish in 1846, pleasantly situated in the Vale of
W hite Horse, 4 m iles west-south-west from Faringdon,
10 north-west from W antage and 3^ miles west-bynorth from Uffington station on the Great Western
railway, in the Northern division of the county,
hundred of Shrivenham, petty sessional division, union
and county court district of Faringdon, rural deanery
of the Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Berks
and diocese of Oxford. There is a branch of the W ilts
and Berks canal to a wharf near the village, and a
sm all tributary of the river Ock, rising in Little Coxwell, bounds the parish on the south and west. The
church of St. Mary, an edifice of stone, is a good
example of the E arly English style, and consists of
chancel, nave, north porch, and a massive western
tower, in the Renaissance style, erected in 1722 and

containing 6 b e lls : in the chancel is a memorial window
and inscribed brass to Caroline Louisa Harenc, sister
of the Rev. Edward Harenc, incum bent of this church,
who died in 1853: there is also a brass recording the
refitting of the chancel as a memorial t o ’ the Rev.
John Hughes M.A. vicar 1853-95: the churchyard
affords a magnificent view of W hite Horse hill, a n d
contains memorials to the fam ilies of Bowles, 16691858; W illiam s, 1766-1800, and Ferem an; to Anne
Combe, 1680; Anne Archand, 1693; and Richard
Heavens, 40 years clerk and 36 years schoolmaster of
the parish. 1855; the church was partly restored in
1897 and again in 1910, and affords 220 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1667. The living is a
vicarage, united with Fernham , joint net yearly value
£194, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor,
and held since 1907 by the Rev. Bernard McNaughton
Hawes M.A. of Keble College, Oxford.
Here is a
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