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re m ain : the south transept is Early English, with a known as Hanney Meadow and Dead Man's Hand, were
trefoiled p iscin a: the north transept, above which the added to E ast Ham.ey.
tower rises, has a Transition Norman arch opening to
Parish Clerk, Henry Clinch.
the n a v e ; its east window and piscina are Decorated
and there is a curious old staircase to the b e lfry : the Post Office.— Mrs. Rosamelia Shepherd, sub-postm is­
tress. Letters arrive from W antage at 7.5 a.m . &
nave has five Decorated arches on the south side, the
1.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 3.40 & 6.45 p.m. ; Sunday,
columns supporting these being of modern d a te : the
7.45
a.m . East Hanney is the nearest money order
south aisle is Decorated and has a richly panelled para­
& telegraph office, one m ile distant
p e t : the lower part of the tower is Transition Norman,
the upper portion Perpendicular and the bell frame is
E A ST H A N N E Y is situated on the Letcom be brook, a
dated 1605 : the north doorway is Norman and has an
E arly English porch, the south doorway Decorated : in feeder of the river Ock, about 7 miles south-west from
Abingdon
and 3^ north from W antage The W antage
the chancel is a brass, with effigy, and m utilated m ar­
ginal inscription to John Seyes, rector, c. 1370; besides Road station on the Great Western railway is about a
others to H um phrey Cheynie, of W est Woodhay, with mile from the village, and the W ilts and Berks canal
effigy in arm our and 12 English verses 1537 ; Sir Chris­ 2 miles. The chapel of ease of St. .James-the-Less is a
topher Lytco t (knighted in 1591 by Henry IV. of Bour­ building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, erected by
bon, king of France and Navarre), high sheriff of Berks. subscription,
_ , from . designs by the late G. E. Street
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d. 1599; with effigies of him self in arm our and his esq. B. A. and consists of chancel, nave south porch and
wives Jane (Essex) and Catherine (G rey); John Avsh- a western gable bell-cot with one bell: there are sitcombe, of Lyford, gent. 1592, with figures of two wives, !‘ n!?s for upwards of 160 persons, rjc being free, lh e re
ten sons and four d
daughters:
Avshcombe. i 18 s0 a
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belonging tn the home im .sion . o maughters; and Oliver Ayshcombe.
lh e principal landowners are Lady
gent. i 6 i t , and his wife Martha (Y eate), four sons and sters various.
W
antage,
Capt.
J.
A . Morrison M.P. oi Basildon Park,
two daughters: there are also marble monum ents to
John Ayshcombe, 1655, with arm s; E . Scrogg, 1784; and the Messrs. Floyd and Powell. The soil is loam ;
and H. Popham, 1752: in the south transept are brasses subsoil, clay and white gravel. The chief crops are
to Thom as Mellisborne, 1002, two wives and three wheat, barley and beans. The area of the township is
d a u g h te rs; in the nave is a tablet to Edw. Bowles, 2,194 acres, comprising 600 acres of very rich arable
1685, and his wife, Elizabeth Bowles, 1718, aged 124 land and 6 of w a te r; rateable value, ¿2,910 ; the popu­
y e a rs : there is a stained window in the south side of lation in 1901 was 430; the entire area of the parish is
the chancel to the m emory of Helen Macdougall. d. 3,503 acres, and the population in 1901 was 772.
By Local Governm ent Board Order, 20,689, dated
October 21st, 1887. and others erected by the Rev.
James Macdougall M.A. vicar 1849-92: the pulpit dates March 24, 1887, two detached parts of West Hanney,
from 1649: the church has been restored at a cost of known as Hanney Meadow and Dead Man’s Hand, were
about ¿2,300, and affords 290 s ittin g s : in the church added to this township, and two portions of W antage
are two stone coffins and in the vicarage garden are parish, known as Roxley and Lindsey, tvere also annexed.
several stone! coffins, pinnacles and gurgoyles, removed
By Local Government Board Order, No. 37,966, dated
from the church at the restoration. The register dates 1st April, 1898, the Urban and Rural parts of East
from the year 1564. The living is a vicarage, with 74 Hanney were united.
acres of glebe, net yearly value ¿256, with residence, in
Parish Clerk, Dothan Orpwood.
th e gift of the Dean and Chanter of Salisbury, and held
since 1908 by the Rev. Ian Grant Cameron M .A. of Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Miss Mary Ann Stevenson,
sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from W antage at 7
Selwyn College, Cam bridge.
There are charities of
a m. & 1.30 p .m .; dispatched at 3.50 k 6.55 p.m. ;
about ¿2 6 yearly for educational purposes and distribu­
Sunday, 7.30 a.m
tion in bread. The principal landowners are New Col­
lege and Magdalen College, Oxford. The land is part Elem entary School (m ixed), established in 1846, en­
larged 1894, for 235 ch ild ren ; average attendance,
freehold and part leasehold. The soil is loam ; subsoil,
140; H. Leslie Edwardes, m a s te r; Mrs. H. L.
clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
Edwardes, mistress
beans and turnips. The township comprises 1,334 acres;
rateable value. ¿1,8 78 ; the population in 1901 was 313.
Carriers t o : — By Local Governm ent Board Order, 20.689, dated Abingdon— Henry Barrett & Sons, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon
March 24, 1887. ^wo detached parts of W est Hanney, Wantage— Henry Barrett & Sons, ‘Blue Boar,’ wed.& sat
W E ST H A N N E Y
1Prior Henry Wm. beer ret. k shopkpr Dance James Jesse, wheelwright
Cameron Rev. Ian Grant M .A .(v ic a r),) Shepherd Martin, grocer & assistant Dindridg^ Alfred Wm. m iller (water)
Vicarage
| overseer, Post office
Herman Frank, farmer
Pinniger Cockburn Brcome, Manor ho ¡W illis Cyrus, shopkeeper k coal mer H iggs A rthur Edward, bricklayer
Sanford Henry W illiam , Corner house
Holmes James Robins, bookseller,The
E A S T H ANNEY.
COMMERCIAL
Mulberries
¡Anderson
George
Browning
B arrett Henry & Sons, carriers
J.P. Ireson Henry, coal mer. k farm er
Barrett John Parker, bricklayer
Poundcroft
Lodge W illiam , Black Horse P.H
Booker George, beer retailer
i Dandridge Edgar, Robey villa
Long Edgar, baker
Boor Martha (M rs.), The Lam b P.H Finer W illiam
Morse Herbert Christopher, farmer
COMMERCIAL.
B utler Nathaniel, farmer
Parry Eric Thomas, farm bailiff to
Craddock Richard W illiam , farm er
Bason Thomas, Crown P.H
Neville Aldworth esq
Broughton Em m a (Mrs.), shopkeeper Piggott Mary Ann (Miss), shopkeeper
Dorm er Henry, farmer, Lydbrook
Broughton Henry, hurdle maker
F isher W illiam , blacksmith
Stephens Tom Nicholls, farmer
Cooper Florence Martha (M rs.),baker Stevenson Alfd. farmr Yew Tree frm
H iggins John, farmer. Deans farm
Craddock Richard W illiam , farmer. Stratton W illiam , apartments
H iggs Dennis, thatcher
Grange farm
H iggs Esther (Mrs.), laundress
Tombs Eliza (M rs.), The Plough P.H
H A R E H A T C H , see Wargrave.
H A R W E L L is a parish 8 miles west from W alling­
ford, 6£ east-by-north from W antage and
south­
west from the Didcot station of the G reat Western
railw ay, in the Northern division of the county,
hundred of Moreton, petty sessional division, union
and county court district of W antage, rural deanery
of W antage, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of
Oxford. The church of St. Matthew is an ancient
edifice of stone, in the Transitional and Early English
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts,
south porch and an embattled western tower with
corbelled parapet, containing 6 bells and a c lo c k : in
the chancel are double sedilia, and an elegant double
piscina of Early English date, with a projecting drain:
in the church are several monuments, to the fam ilies
,,f Sm ith, Sa\er. Hopkins, Tyrrell. Eaton, Newton,
Elderfield. and K ing, and a brass with effigies to John
Jennens, 1500. and M argaret his wife, with six sons
and five daughters, and a memorial brass to the Rev.
Samuel Mount Jov Sm ith, vicar of the parish for 50
r e a r s ; some portions of fine 15th century stained

g la s s including a number of quarries bearing lions
passant and fleur-de-lis, and a shield of arms, removed
from one of the windows during repairs, are now in
private hands; the shield which has been m utilated,
is that of Richard Plantagenet, younger son of K ing
John, Earl of Cornwall and Poitou, and king of the
Romans, to whom the manor of Harwell belonged,
and bears arg. a lion ramp. gu. crowned or, within
a bordure sable bezantee: at the apex of the east
window there still remains a shield of arms of Pie s
de Gaveston, the hapless favourite of Edward II who
conferred on him the Earldom of Cornwall, which
had become extinct on the death of Edmund Plan­
tagenet in 1300; these arms are— vert six eagles dis­
played or, 3, 2, and 1 : the church was restored in
r867 at th*> expense of the late John Hopkins esq. of
Tidm arsh, and a new organ was provided in 1911, at a
cost of ¿300 : there are about 300 sittings : the church­
yard was closed to interments in 1899. The register
dates from the vear 1558. The livin g is a vicarage, net
yearly value ¿200, including 80 acres of glebe, with