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D I R J S C I O K Y .]

B E R K S H IR E .

LONG WORTH.
Dewe William, farm er & landowner,
Martens farm
{Marked thus * receive their letters
Drew
Henry, nurseryman
through Abingdon.)
Drew Jas. grocer & assistant overseer
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Floyd James Hy. Lam b & Flag P.H
♦Blew Alfred S. Westfield house. Green James, baker & beer retailer
South moor
Higgs Frederick, Blue Boar P.H
Floyd William, Haugh house
*H utt Henry, farmer, Bullock’s pits
Hyde Sir Clarendon Golding, Long- Painton Bart, carpenter
worth house
Painton John, butcher
Illingworth Rev.Canon John Richard­ *Palm er Frederick W. Waggon &
son M .A., D.D. (rector), Rectory
Horses P.H
♦Powell Edgar Oliver, Roadside farm *Powell Edgar Oliver, Roadside farm
Prince Alfred Edward
Prince Geo. rose grower & seedsman
♦Trott Rev. Thomas Henry M .A. Rant & Burgis, grocers
(curate), South moor
Richings Jesse & Albert, stonemasons
W eaving Guy
Richings Philip, stonemason
Richings W illiam , carrier
Simmonds W illiam , m arket gardener
C O M M ER CIA L.
Batts Alfred, farm er, Sudbury farm Weaving Guy, farmer, Shepherd’s ho.
(postal add. near Charnev.Wantage)
Brooks Henry Albert, blacksmith
Broughton Jesse, shopkpr. & coal mer Webb Enoch, grocer, Post office
•Church John Edward, farm er & land­
D R A YCO TT MOOR.
owner, Home farm '
Cox David, baker
W ainwright Josiah, Heath house,
Dean James, bepr retailer
South moor

MAIDENHEAD.

117

C O M M E R C IA L .

Baker W illiam , farm er
Bunce Harry, shopkeeper
Cox & Sons, boot repairers
Giles John W. farmer, D raycott farm
Godfrey Samson, wheelwright &c
Hobbs Thomas, farmer
Holifield A rth ur, plumber
Thatcher Matthew, m arket gardener
Toon George, grocer
Weaving G uy, farm er, Southmoor fm
CH AR N EY B A SSE TT.
Partridge Mrs. WThite house
Rickards Richard, Manor house
C O M M E R C IA L .

Belcher George, carpenter
Bond Joseph (M rs.), carrier
Godfrey Thos. carpenter, Post office
Hill John Vivian, m iller
Kerridge W illiam,
blacksm ith, &
Chequers P.H
Parker W illiam , shopkeeper
Pinnell Mark, farmer, Loader’s farm
Rutland Henry, Horn inn
Whitfield Britford, butcher
Woolford Robert, carrier

1 Y F O E D is a civil parish formed July n , 1845, out some tim e of Lvford ; this fam ily was afterwards of
of the parish of H anney; it is on the river Ock, 5 miles , Buckland, and recorded their pedigree at the Visitation
north from Wantage, 4 north-west from the Wantage | of Berks in 1566 and 1664: in 1581, Edm und Campian,
Road station of the Great Western railway, and 8 west the famous Jesuit priest and some tim e a Fellow of
from Abingdon, in the Northern division of the county, St. John’s College, Oxford, took shelter at the Grange
hundred of Ock, petty sessional division, union and here, then occupied by Mrs. Y a te s : here he preached,
•county court district of Abingdon, rural deanery of and here, after m uch searching, he was captured in a
Wantage, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. secret cupboard and taken to the Tower : in 1765 the
T he church of St. Mary is a small edifice of stone of Manor House estate was purchased of the Greenaways
th e Early English period, consisting of chancel and by the trustees of Mrs. Sarah Eaton, and in 1775 was
nave, north porch and a wooden bell-cot at the west , conveyed by them to Worcester College, Oxford. Here
•end, on a good E arly frame work of four chamfered are 20 almshouses, founded in 1611 by Oliver Ashcombe,
posts, with braces, form ing alternate ogee and Pointed a native of Lyford, for the poor of East and W est
arches and containing 3 b e lls ; there are low side Hanney and Lyford ; these form a quadrangle, attrac­
windows on both sides of the chancel, which has an tive in appearance, with a chapel on the west side ;
E a rly English piscina and stone s h e lf: in the north the revenue of this charity amounts to ¿300 a year ;
w all is a lo c k e r: the chancel arch, some tim e since and five shillings per week is allotted to each inm ate ;
■destroyed, has now been restored ; in the north jamb divine service is conducted every day by the chaplain,
■of the arch are the remains of a hagioscope: the font who receives £40 yearly. The principal landowners are
•of plain Early English work is octagonal: the church the Provost and Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford,
was restored in 1875 at a cost of .£1,100: there are 100 who are lords of the manor. The soil is heavy clay
-sittings. The register dates from the year 1845. The and loam ; subsoil, clay. The land is chiefly in pasture.
Jiving is a vicarage, net yearly value (including the The area is 772 acres ; rateable value, £740 ; and the
•chaplaincy of the almshouses) ¿ n o , with residence, in population in 1901 was 113.
the gift of Worcester College, Oxford, and held since Letters through Wantage arrive at 7.15 a.m.
East
1897 by the Rev. Frederick Hill C urrie M.A. of Wadham
Hanney is the nearest telegraph & money order office,
'College, Oxford. The earliest notice of this place is in 944,
2$ miles distant
when K in g Edm und gave land here to Jilfeg, between
Tthe river Ock and Childry bro o k; the abbey of Abing­ Wall Box, hour of collection, 6.25 p.m. ; no collection
on Sundays
don had also land in this parish from 1032 till the
Dissolution, when a portion thereof passed to John The children of this parish attend the school at Charney
Y ate , of Charney, gent, merchant of the staple, and
Bassett

C u rrie Rev. Fredk.Hill M .A.Vicarage i Pike Robert, farm er, Manor farm

| Rickards Charles, farm er

M A I D E N H E A 1)
The town is lighted with gas by a company, from
M AIDENHEAD (form erly Maiden-hythe), “ the midway
w harf,” between Marlow and Windsor, is a corporate works on the Buckinghamshire side of the river, and
borough and m arket and union town, and head of a by electricity from works in Brayw ick road, the pro­
petty sessional division; it was within the parishes of perty of the Corporation: water is supplied by the
B ray and Cookham, but on October 15, 1894, was Maidenhead W aterworks Company, whose reservoir at
made a distinct civil parish by Local Government Board Boyne Hill will hold 600,000 gallons, at Cookham Dene
O rder No. 31,898; it is on the right bank of the Thames, 450,000 gallons, and that at Hawthorne Hill 200,000
which is here crossed by a stone bridge of seven arches, gallons; the water is drawn from a chalk well at Castle
erected in 1772 at a cost of £ 20,000 from plans by Sir Hill : in the outskirts are m any good houses, particularly
Robert Taylor, architect, and connecting this place with along the bank of the river. The view from the bridge
Taplow, in Buckingham shire: the town stands on the on either side, but p articu larly towards the town, is
old Bath road, 26 miles from London (by road) and 24 charm ing in the e x tre m e ; between the bridge and
by rail, 13 north-east from Reading, 9 east-by-south Boulter’s lock new suburbs have sprung up called
'from Henley and 6 north-west from Windsor, in the “ Ray Park ” and “ Maidenhead Court.” The country
Eastern division of the county, hundred of Bray, county about Maidenhead, and more especially that of and
-court district of Windsor, rural deanery of Maidenhead, about the woods of Cliveden and Hedsor, a short dis­
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. There is a tance up the river on the Bucks side, is surpassingly
station here on the Great Western railway, which delightful and its popularity not less constant than
crosses the river on a brick bridge of two arches, deserved.
In the reign of Richard II. this place was the scene
designed by Sir Isambard Brunei, the distinguished en­
gineer, and remarkable as exhibiting the greatest span of an encounter between the adherent of the king, who
held the bridge, under the command of Edm und (Hol­
-ever yet accomplished in brick.
The Corporation consists of a high steward, mayor, land), Duke of Surrey K .G . and the followers of Henry,
four aldermen and twelve councillors; two aldermen duke of Lancaster. A t the Revolution the town was
retire every three years, and four councillors every garrisoned with Irish troops, but the townsfolk deyear. The borough has a commission of the P eace; the | d arin g for W illiam of Orange, the defenders fled,
town is controlled by the county police.
' leaving behind their guns and ammunition.