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11 4 J l e t c o m b e R E G I S .

B E R K S H IK E .

M .A. of th at college.
Here is a Wesleyan chapel.
Ih e re are charities of £8 yearly for educational pur­
poses and about £8 for distribution in money and kind.
11n s parish contains objects of interest to antiquaries;
one of these is Letcom be Castle, so called, its ancient
and proper name being “ Sagsbury ” (A .S. secge, a
soldier) ; this is a large and nearly circular British
encampment of about 26 acres, from which the hill to
the south of the village has received the name of Castle
H ill ; the cam p, situated on the highest point of the
ridge, 700 feet above the sea level, is on the right hand,
shortly after crossing the road from W antage to Hungerford, and near what was once an old inn called the “ Red
House ; ” it is stated to have been defended by a double
ram p art or ditch, with one entrance only on the east,
the entrenchments and ditch covering about 8J acres
m o r e ; another object of interest was the curious moat
w hich surrounded the Moat House, but this has now
been filled u p ; the house is a modern structure, occupy­
ing the site of what is supposed by some to have been
a royal hunting box in the days of K in g John. The
honour and manor of Letcombe Regis, which comprises
also the hamlet of E ast Challow, is believed to have
belonged to K in g Alfred, and had an extensive civil and
crim inal ju risd ictio n ; it afterwards became the pro­
p erty of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, from whom
it passed, in 1869, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners;
it was for centuries granted out on leases, the lessees
being styled "L o rd Farm ers," but in 1885 the copyholds
were enfranchised and the freehold of the manor, as well
as the picturesque water m ill and trout stream, became
the property of the late Stephen W illiam Silver esq.
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

F air Capt. A rth u r Edward Balfour,
Letcom be manor
Fox Frederick, Park villa
Latham Rev. John Mere M .A.Vicarage
Philips Edwin, Ch&let
Pirie George Lawrence, Courthill
Reeves Richard, Lake End
Sibary W illiam , The Manor farm
Sim s W illiam , Laburnum house

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(d. 1905): the court rolls are among the most ancient
in the kingdom and some of the wooden tallies used on
the occasion of holding the courts in the T e ig n of
Henry III. (circa 1216-1272), are still in perfect preser­
vation and may be seen, as well as the Court Rolls of
the same reign, in the Public Record Office, London.
The land is freeh o ld : the great tithes belong to the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The principal landowners
are Stephen William Miles Silver esq. A rthur Henry
Ward esq. Philip Aldworth esq. and Silvesters trustees.
The soil is chalk and green sand ; subsoil, chalk and
rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.
The area is 2,155 ac?es of land and 3 of w ater; rateable
value, £2,359; the population in 1901 was 435 in the
civil and 516 in the ecclesiastical parish.
By Local Government Board Order 20,689, dated
March 24, 1887, Warman's Cottages were transferred
from Letcombe Regis to East Challow, and by the same
Order, and at the same date, Letcombe Field was added
to Childrey.
East and W est Challow townships, in this civil parish,
have been formed into an ecclesiastical parish and will
be found under a separate head.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, William Stanley.
Post, M. 0 - &. T. Office.— Thomas Alder, sub-postm aster. Letters through W antage arrive at 7 a.m.
&; 12.50 p.m. & dispatched at 8.40 a.m. & 12.50, 2.10
& 7.25 p.m . ; sundays, 12.40 p.m
Elementary School (m ixed), erected in 1856 & enlarged
1890, with teacher’s residence, for 80 children ; aver­
age attendance, 5 1 ; Miss Ada Mary Roberts, m istress
Carrier— Frank Bunce, to Wantage, every week day

Villiers Viscount, Antwicks manor ; Morton Charles,racehorse trainer, The
Manor farm
& Turf, W hite’s & Bachelors’ clubs,
London
Pratt Frederick Charles, racehorse
C O M M E R C IA L .
trainer, Old Manor house
A lder Alice (Miss), confectioner
Sansum Alfred, Greyhound P.H
¡Alder Thomas, shopkeeper. Post office Sims Henry, beer retailer
Brown Mary Ann (Mrs.). beer retailer Southwood Albert, engineer to V is­
Bunce Frank, carrier
count Villiers
Bunce Henry, builder
Wallis Arthur John, dairyman, BabLawrence Wm. Chas. grocer & baker
lakes park
Letcombe Regis Reading Room (Frank
Bunce, treasurer)

L I T T L E W I C K G R E E N , a village situated in a
high ly cultivated and picturesque country on the bordeT
of the G reat Bath road and 3J miles west from Maiden­
head, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1894
out of the civil parish of W hite W a lth a m : it is in the
Ea>t?rn division of the county, Beynhurst hundred,
Maidenhead petty sessional division. Maidenhead union,
W indsor county court district, rural deanery of Maiden­
head, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
T he church of St. John the E vangelist, erected in 1893
from designs by Mr. E. J. Shrewsbury A .R .I.B .A . of
Maidenhead, is a cruciform building of blue Pennant
stone, with Bath stone dressings, consisting of chancel,
nave, transepts, vestries, west porch and a turret contabling two bells; and was erected and endowed by
Miss Frances Elizabeth Ellis, of W hite W altham Place,
in m emory of her mother, Mrs. Catherine E llis, as
appears by the inscription on a brass on the west w all:
th e east window is stained, and there are 225 sittings.
The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value £277, with
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held
since 1894 by the Rev. Thomas Henry Wrenford, of St.
Bees. There is a Wesleyan chapel, with sittings for 120

persons. George Dunn esq. of Woolley Hall, is the
principal landowner. Sir G. A. Clayton-East bart. of
Hall Place, Burchetts Green, is lord of the manor of
Ffiennes.
W O O LLEY G R E EN is a small hamlet on the border
of the Great Bath road, in the ecclesiastical parish of
Littlew ick Green, and 3 miles west from Maidenhead
station on the Great W estern railway. The population
in 1901 was 364.
Post. M. 0 . & T. Office.— Joseph Gibbons, sub-post­
master. Letters through Maidenhead, arrive at 8 &
11.15 a.m . & 7.45 p.m. ; sundays, 8 a .m .; dispatched
at 8.55 a.m. & 12.55 & 7-2S p m - ; sundays at 11.30
a.m
; Wall Letter Boxes.— Chalk Pit, cleared at 8.45 a.m. &
\ 12.45 & 7.30 p.m . ; sundays, 11.30 a.m. ; The Holloj way, cleared at 9.15 a.m. & 12.45 & 7-45 p m . ;
sundays, 11.30 a .m .; Maidenhead Thicket, cleared at
1 9 a.m. & 1 & 8 p.m . ; sundays, 11.30 a.m
Elem entary School (m ixed), built in 1875, for 90 children,
& enlarged in 1894 to hold 108 children ; average
attendance, 7 1 ; Miss Benson, m istress
County Police, John Langm an, sergeant
Gilau Lewis, The New house, The
L IT T L E W IC K GREEN.
j Beeslev Ernest Henry, baker
Thicket
t>c cttiw T Butson Edwd. Strange, frmr.Ffiennes
Hannes Julius, Woolley Firs
: Gibbons Joseph, baker, Post office
Henderson
Mrs. H ill cottage
Bannard H enry Ernest,L ittlew ick H ill Richard, fruiterer
Lam bert Lieut. Aubrey R.N. Lane fm
lodge
¡Lowe Charles, cowkeeper
le Poer Trench PowerM. Woolley grange
C arter Mrs. Altm ore
iNeville Alfred. W heatsheaf inn
Rosslvn Earl of, Chetwode, The
E llio tt George Samuel. Chalk pit
¡Park Frederick, beer retailer
T h ic k e t; & Carlton club, London
H eath Archibald Rt. Alfd.The Cottage Raymond Alfred, poultry farm er
S W
Houghton Bovdell, Littlewick bouse
Roberts John, shopkeeper
Lee James, Monro lodge
Stevens James, jun. blacksm ith. The Waithman Frederick, The Glen
Weiss J. F. J. Woolley cottage, The
M nndav L uth er
Holloway
Thicket
St. H ill Mrs. Thim ble
W O O LL E Y GREEN .
Y o u ng Miss, Bath cottage
Sevm our Miss, Berwen
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
C O M M E R C IA L .
W renford Rev. Thomas Henry (vicar)
Coleman Albert Clement, Coach &
V icarage
Dunn George, W oolley H all
Horses
P.H
¡Gardner
Joseph,
Thicket
house,
The
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Bates John Jas. farm er, B artlett’s frm
Thicket
Hughes Hugh, laundry
L I T T L E W O B T H is a small village, with the ham- J nf Oxford Littlerrorth is to the north of the road from
a
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.
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lets of Thrupp and W adley, formed
into
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! Faringdon to Abingdon, a m f e north-east_from Faring- - in
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the 'ccounty,
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Farinedon, rural
rural deanery
deanery of
of the
the j Early
Early English style consisting of chancel (added in
cmmty
is trict'ooff Faringdon,
V ale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese ! .876, at a cost of ¿Soo, defrayed by the Bev. Joseph