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BO D IC O T E .

OXFORDSHIRE.

The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of
stone, originally Early English, but now chiefly of the
15th century, with some portion of Decorated work of
the 14th, and consists of chancel, nave of three bays,
aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower
with pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells: in the
chancel is a memorial window to George Warriner esq.
d. 30 Dec. 1845 : tho church was repaired in 1844, and
affords 370 sittings, 208 being free. The churchyard
was enlarged in 1893, and consecrated by the late Rt.
Rpv. Francis Paget D.D. Bishop of Oxford, 1901-11.
The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the
year 1563 and burials 1567. The living is a vicarage,
net yearly value £260, with residence and 22 acres of
glebe, in the gift of New College, Oxford, and held
since 19x2 by the Rev. Hugh Newell Fowler M.A. of
that college. Bodicote Grange is the residence of Ernest
Samuelson esq. M.I.C.E., J.P. ; Bodicote House that of
John Frederick Starkey esq. D.L., J.P. and Red House
that of the Hon. Mrs. Caroline Molyneux. Oliver James
Stockton esq. is lord of the manor. The principal land­
owners are the Warden and Fellows of New College,
Oxford. Rhubarb, henbane, belladonna and poppies for
medical purposes were formerly cultivated hereto alarge
extent: rhubarb was first introduced into the neigh-

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bourhood of Banbury about the year 1777 by Dr. Willi«
Hayward, an apothecary of that place, who died in1»m
and the cultivation was continued from that time unt'i
recently by the Usher family, and now by Messrs. Ushe
and Golby. Here was born, in 1616, John Kersey *
teacher of mathematics, and the author of some math/
matical works and of an English Dictionary. The are"
is 1,288 acres of land and 11 of water; rateable value3
^3*859; the population in 1911 was 657.
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Sexton, John Higham.
Post, M. O. & T. 0 . Telephone Call & Telephonic Ex
press Delivery Office (to places within a limited
distance).— William S. Miles, sub-postmaster. Letterthrough Banbury arrive at 6.25 & xi a.m. & 7 u m •
dispatched at 9.50 a.m. & 5.35 & 8.15 p.m. Sundays,
delivery, 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.20 p.m.
Elementary School (mixed), built in 1849, & enlargedin
1892 & again in 1900, at a cost of £250, for 180 chil­
dren ; Albert Ridge, master
Carriers to & from Banbury.— Leonard Bailey & John
Higham, daily to 4Leathern Bottle,’ & Harry Castle
daily to ‘Wagon & Horses,’Banbury

Samuelson Ernest M.I.C.E., J.P. Draper Annie Eliza (Mrs.), Horse &
P R IV A T E RESIDENTS.
Bodicote grange
Jockey P.H
Baldwin Frederick Benjamin Judge, Spokes Mrs
Fowler Willets Thomas, Plough P.H
Draycott house
Starkey John Frederick D.L., J.P. Golby Charles, rhubarb grower
Butler Ernest, The Homestead
Bodicote house
Guy Thomas Parsons, farmer
Day Edward Rvman, The Limes
Stockton Mrs
Hemmings Albert, farmer,Grange fin
Edmunds Maurice
Thomason Miss, The Cottage
Higham John, sen. grazier
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Fowler Rev. Hugh Newell M.A. Usher Richard, 'Bodicote cottage
Higham John, carrier
(vicar), The Vicarage
Walford Thomas Henry, Fairholm
Luckett Ambrose, boot maker
Fraser Lt.-Col. Edward Alexander,
Mead Mary (Miss), shopkeeper
Bodicote lodge
Miles George William, baker
COMM ERCIAL.
Gardner Miss
Miles Wm. Styles, tailor, Post office
Hawkes William. Castle house
Banbury Industrial Co-operative So­ Morris John, butcher
Mawle Sidney, The Hermitage
ciety Limited (branch) (Fred Bay- Ridge Albert, tax collector
Molyneux the Hon. Mrs. Caroline, lis, manager)
Savins Geo. farmer, Bodicote grounds
Red house
Barratt George, blacksmith
Thacker Thos. Wm. cycle agt.Frogla
Page Miss, Ivy cottage
Bodicote Penny Bank (open on mon- Usher Richard, rhubarb grower
Page Miss A. M. The Elms
days, 4 till4.30 p.m.), School room Walford Thomas Henry, farmer
Bickman Samuel, Manor house
Castle Harry, carrier
Welch William George, beer retailer
Colegrave Henry, farmer
Wootton William, smith
BOTJBTON (GBEAT and LITTLE) are small are general. The population in 1911 was 406, including
villages constituting an ecclesiastical parish formed in Little Bourton ; the area is 1,669 acres of land and 12
1863 from the parish of Cropredy, in the Northern divi­ of water; rateable value, £5,187.
sion of the county, hundred, union and county court
Sexton, John Pratt.
district of Banbury, Banbury and Bloxham petty ses­ Post, T. & Telephone Call & Telephonic Express Delivery
sional division, rural deanery of Deddington and arch­ Office (available to places within a limited distance),
deaconry and diocese of Oxford. Great Bourton village
Great Bourton.— -Miss Nellie R. Cherry, sub-post­
is 1 mile west from Cropredy station on the direct main
istress. Letters through Banbury arrive at 6.40
line to Birmingham of the Great Western railway, 3 m
a.m. & 1.55 p.m.; dispatched 12 noon & 5.40 & 7.40
miles north from Banbury and 25 north from Oxford. p.m.;
no delivery on sunday. Cropredy is the near­
All Saints’church, for some time desecrated, but rebuilt est money
order office
at a cost of about £1,400, and consecrated 18 Nov. 1863,
is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated LITTLE BOURTON is a hamlet about 1 mile south
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south and 2J miles north from Banbury and near the Oxford
porch and a bell-cote on the western gable, containing canal, and has a Wesleyan chapel.
-one small bell: the chancel of the original church, the Wall Letter Box cleared at 12.10, 5.50 & 7.50 p.m. week
only part of it now remaining, retains a simple piscina days only
Elementary Schools.
and locker: the stained east window is a memorial to
Mary Ann Gunn, d. 23 May, 1862: there are 200 Great Bourton (mixed), for the parishes of Great &
sittings: a lych gate was erected in 1882 at the western Little Bourton & Cropredy, erected in 1854, for 160
entrance to the churchyard. The register dates from children; average attendance, no; Frank Rossthe year 1863. The living is a vicarage, net yearly Walker, master
value £275, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Great Bourton (infants), for 40 children ;average attend­
Oxford, and held since 1904 by the Rev. Samuel Ray ance, 21; Miss Lucy Edmunds, mistress. The elder
Standage. Here is a Congregational chapel, erected in children attend the National school at Cropredy
1835, with sittings for 130 persons. The principal land­ Carriers to & from Banbury.— Tasker, to1FlyingHorse,
owners are Mr. Thomas Amos and New College, Oxford.
mon. wed. thurs. & sat.; Pratt, i Reindeer,’ mon.
The soil is red loam ; subsoil, brown oolite. The crops thurs. & sat
GREAT BOURTON.
Mawle George, Bell inn
Pellatt Daniel, Little Bourton house
Amos Thomas
Nichols Strixton, farmer
Tustian Mrs
Boote Jonah
Pratt John, coal merchant & sexton
COMMERCIAL.
Chutter George F. Manor house
Pratt John Henry, shopkeeper
Allitt Thomas, carpenter
Madge Miss, Hill house
Prestidge George, farmer
Barnett Ellis, tailor
Standage Rev. Samuel Ray (vicar), Shirley Edward, Swan inn
Billing John, Plough P.H
Vicarage
Carpenter Charles Frederick, farmer,
Spittle John, farmer
COM M ERCIAL.
Upton Joseph, farmer
Hardwick hill
Allitt Lewis, carpenter
Watson Mary Elizb. (Miss), dress ma Curtis William E. photographer
Allitt Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Elkington John, shopkeeper
LITTLE BOURTON.
Boddington B. James, farmer
Elkington John Joseph, farmer
Brockwell Thomas Leopold, farmer Commin John Ernest
Joyce Ernest, farmer
Godson John (Mrs.), baker
French Mrs
Mobbs Thomas, farmer
Killby Harry, farmer
Palmer William
Tustian Arthur, farmer
B B A D W E L L , see Broadwell.

B R I G H T H A M P T O N , s e e B a m p t o n Aston.