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B E R K S H IR E .

BRIMPTOJf.

[ k e l l y ’s

Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.— John Henry Sydney Stair,
sub-postm aster. L e tte rs arrive from B eadin g at 7.15
a.m . & 12.35 P m - ; dispatched at 10.55 a.m . & 6.10
p .m . ; Sundays, 5.50 p .m
”

j Pillar L e tte r Box, B lack N est, cleared at 10.35 a m - &
j 5.25 p .m . & 11,20 a.m . on Sundays
( Public E lem en tary (Endowed) School (mixed'}, reb uilt
] & enlarged in 1862 on a site origin ally g iv ep by the
late E arl of F alm outh & added to by the la te Jam es
P illa r L e tte r Box, H yde E nd, cleared at 9 a.m . & 5.45
B ly th esq. for 97 ch ild ren ; W illiam John V errall,
p.m . & 11.30 a.m . on Sundays
! m aster
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

Barron M iss, B rim pton cottage
B u lk ier Mrs. T h e G ables, Brim pton
com m on
C h erry V ice-A d m iral G eorge H enry,
H ighfield, B rim pton C o m m o n ; &
N aval & M ilitary clu b, London W
C h erry John W illiam
C orn w all G ilb ert E dw ard, O akleigh
C orn w all Misses, O akleigh
D ru ry Mrs. H ighfield
E astw ood M ajor H ugh de C respign y
D .S .O . Hyde End hou se; & Naval
&
M ilita ry
&
C avalry
clubs,
London W

Brown F ran k, farm er, Shalford farm
B utcher W illiam , blacksm ith
C ox G race L ilia n (M rs.), shopkeeper
Cox H enry, farm er, G lebe farm
C u rtis Edwd.boot m a. B rim p ton com
Fleet Charles, cowkeeper
Foster Jam es, farm er, H oldways frm
Inwood Chas. farm er,H yde End farm
Jam es Tom , saw m ills,B rim p ton m ill
CO A IR E R C IA L .
L e g g John B ruce, plum ber & glazier,
E ast view
Andrews
C harles
G eorge,
Three
M ildenhall Jam es Thom as, cowkeepr.
Horse Shoes P.H
B rim pton common
B anbury A rth u r, farm er, Boot farm
Bowden Henry, farm er, Manor farm Norm an & Howard, coal m erchants
B rim pton (The) T rou t & G am eFarm s Tanner Charles, baker
Tim m s John, farm er, H yde end
Lim ited

Ford Thom as, The Beeches, Brim pton
common
H all M iss, B rim pton house
Hedley Basil, B rim pton lodge
K in g W illiam Jam es, B la ck n est; &
Conservative club, London S W
Taylor Kev. Charles Joseph B.A.
V icarage

B R O A D

H IN T O N -,

see H urst.

B T J C K L A N D is a pleasant village and parish near the restored in 1870 by subscription, and has 400 sittin g s,
road from Faringdon to Abingdon and extending to O x­ all being free except those in th e tran septs. The
register dates from the year 1679. Th e livin g is a
fordshire, from which it is separated by the Isis,
m iles north-east from Faringdon, 10 w est from A b in g ­ vicarage, net yea rly value £ 15 7, "with 54 acres of glebe
don and 14 from Oxford, in the N orthern division of the and residence, in th e g ift of th e Bishop of B ristol, and
county, hundred of G anfield, p etty sessional division, held since 1910 b y the Rev. Robert L ion el C airns Newunion and county court d istrict of Faringdon, rural house M .A. of K eble C ollege, Oxford. Th e Catholic
deanery of the V ale of W h ite Horse, archdeaconry of ch urch , dedicated to S t. G eorge, is a b u ild in g in the
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. M ary E arly Decorated style, and was erected by the late Sir
is a cruciform b uilding of stone, w ith a battlem ented Robert T hrockm orton bart. H ere is also a B aptist
nave of the late Norman period, chancel reb uilt in the chapel. Th e Rev. J. W rote le ft land to the yearly
14th cen tury, transepts, north tran sep tal chapel, south value of £ 10 as a rep airin g fund for th e church ; the
porch and a central em battled tow er containing a clock Southby fam ily also le ft land, now of th e yearly value
£ j 3> "which sum is distributed to poor parishioners
and 6 b e ll s ; the tenor is dated 1721, the treb le was
given b y W . G raham N iven esq. in 1898, and the others on St. Thom as’ Day. Buckland Houses the seat of Sir
date from 1636 : the chancel has a panelled oak roof w ith M aurice F itzG erald bart. C .V .O ., D .L .. J.P . and Lady
carved bosses, and on the south side are sedilia and F itzG erald, is a handsome mansion in the Italian style,
p is c in a : there is a sm all but excellen tly carved m arble b u ilt in 1757 from th e designs of Wood, of Bath, con­
slab representing the “ Adoration of the S h e p h e rd s ;” s istin g of a lo fty square central block w ith rusticated
and adjoining is a sepulchre containing an altar tomb base, and a p rojectin g bay w ith pedim ent carried on
and a b r a c k e t: a trian gu lar inclosed niche on the north four colum ns, and two w ings, each term in ating in an
-side contains a curious casket enclosing the heart of octagonal b u ild in g ; attached to the house is a wellW illiam Holcot, whose ancestors owned the m anor of wooded deer park of 130 acres. Barcote Manor, the
Barcote from 1292 to 1575, and som e records of the prop erty and residence of C apt. A rch ibald Thornton
fa m ily are inscribed on a m ural m onum ent in the south W est J.P . erected in 1874, is a m ansion in the Tudor
tra n s e p t: H olcot him self was a la y preacher after the style, the view from w hich northwards em braces por­
Reform ation, b ut recanted to escape persecution in the tions of Berkshire, O xfordshire and G loucestershire.
reign of M ary, and by his w ill directed his h eart to be Carsw ell Manor, one m ile w est, is the residence of Francis
interred h e r e : there are four stained windows in the M. B utler esq. Th e p rin cipal landowners are Lady
chancel, and one in the nave, erected in 1896 by FitzG erald (lady of th e m anor of B ucklan d), C apt.
W illiam N iven esq. F .S .A . late of C arsw ell, in m em ory i A rchibald Thornton W est J.P . (lord of the m anor of
of h is w ife : in the north tran sep t is a brass to John Barcote), Mrs. J. L . B u tler (lady of th e m anor of
Y a te esq. and M ary (Justice), his w ife, ob. 1578, Carsw ell) and th e trustees of the la te Sidney C ole esq.
w ith effigies of both and of 12 children : there is (N ew ton estate). Th e soil is a rich sandy loam ; sub­
also a m u ral m onum ent of m arble to S ir Edward soil, various, clay, sand and gravel. Th e chief orops
Y a te b art. who died c. 1645, and to m em bers of are the usual cereals and roots. Buckland contains an
h is fam ily, who recorded th eir pedigree and arm s at 1 area of 3,409 acres of land and 46 of w ater ; rateable
the V isitation of 1664-6; in the nave are numerous ' value, .£5,029; the population in 1911 was 682.
tab lets to the S outhby fam ily, of C arswell, dating from
Barcot, or Barcote, is 2 m iles west.
1603, and whose pedigree is found in the same V isita ­
Carsw ell is one m ile and a half north-west.
tion ; both transepts contain a piscina : the south porch
Parish C lerk, Charles Pearce.
still retains its original oak d o o r: the font is Perpen­
Post,
M. 0 . & T . Office.— Edward G. C arter, sub-post­
d ic u la r : in 1890 a new vestry and organ cham ber were
m aster. L etters arrive from Faringdon at 7 a.m . &
erected, and an organ and brass eagle lectern presented
2.5
p .m . ; dispatched a t 10.45 a.m . & 5.55 p.m . ; d is­
by the la te W . W est esq. J.P. the la tte r being a
patched Sundays, 11.15 a.m
m em orial to his w ife, C lara Jane, d. 1888, and in 1892
the B arcote aisle was elaborately decorated in glass Police Station, Robert E . G ibbs, constable
mosaic b y Messrs. John Powell and Sons, of W h ite- Elem entary School (endowed) (m ixed & infants), erected
in 1857 & enlarged in 1896, for 185 children, & sup­
friars, London, at the cost of th e late W illiam W est
ported in p art by Stephens’ L eg acy of £1,000 le ft in
esq. J.P . of B arcote, the whole work bein g intended to
land & Consols by M r. J. Stephens, & by other bene­
illu strate the praise of God by His created w o rk s : the
factions of th e S outh by fam ily, now producing £50 a
aisle has been repaved w ith colored m arbles, and p ro­
vear ; John Lew is F letch er, m aster
vided w ith oak benches, finely carved : th e ch urch was
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

A rth u r Rev. Chas. (Rom an C atholic),
The P resbytery
B ouverie-Pusey P h ilip F ran cis, N ew­
ton house
B u tler Francis M ourilyan, Carswell
manor
B u tler M iss, A udley house
B u tler Mrs. C arsw ell m anor
E yston Charles T. The C ottage
F itzG erald S ir M aurice b art. C .V .O ..
D .L ., J.P. (The K n ig h t of K e rry),
Buckland house

C arter W illiam G iles, assistan t ovrsr
Ch urch George, farm er,A sh tree farm
Fletch er Fred, farm er, Th e Glebe
F letch er Jam es J.P . farm er, C ars­
well m arsh
Fletch er John Lew is, organist
G e n in g F rederick, farm er, Carsw ell
Home farm
C O M M E R C IA L .
Allibone G eorge, head gardener to Godfrey John, builder
Godwin
Joseph, blacksm ith
C apt A . T . W est J .P
G ough Jam es, head gardener to the
A yres A rth u r, beer retailer
B uckland estate
Baker G eorge, estate stonemason,
Buckland estate

FitzG erald Lady, B uckland house
Newhouse Rev. Robert L ion el Cairns
M .A. (vicar), V icarage
Pearce Jam es R atcliffe, M ay cottage
W est C ap t. A rchibald Thornton J.P.
Barcote m anor
W heeler M iss, Som erset cottage