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piscina, and in the north-east angle a curious stone
bracket, opposite a p riests’ door ; here also is a door
form erly leading to the rood-loft : th e south transept,
or S t. C atherine’s chapel, belonged form erly to the
Fetyplaces, and here was a ch an try, founded in 1526
by W illiam F ettip lace esq. in honour of the Blessed
T rin ity, Our L ad y and S t. K ateryn , w ith provisions for
a cantarist or ch ap lain ; it contains a piscina, some
fragm ents of good stained glass and curious c o rb e ls ;
there is a p riests’ door, and traces of another doorway
leading to a curious sm all stone pulpit p rojectin g from
the wall by the side of the tr a n s e p t: the fon t is cy lin ­
drical and consists of a leaden basin 10 inches deep,
surrounded on the exterior b y 12 sm all figures of
bishops, m itred, and carryin g a crosier in one hand
and a book in the other, upon a m assive stone b a s e ;
the windows of the church gen erally retain consider­
able rem ains of stained glass, representing “ T he S alu ­
tation,” “ The Adoration of the M agi,” “ Th e C ru c i­
fixion,” and “ The A scension,” w ith arm orial d e v ic e s :
and there are a num ber of ancient and in terestin g
monum ents of the W
W alrond,
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xryngeston,
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Fettyplace, Englefield, and other fa m ilie s ; these include
a very fine canopied brass, w ith effigies in heraldic
dresses, to W illiam Fynderne esq. 1444, an d his wife
Elizabeth (C h ilrey), widow of John Lord Kyngeston,
with a curious inscription round the edge, of 20 Latin
verses; near th is is the brass of a priest, c. 1480; a
brass w ith effigies and p artial inscription to W illiam
Walrond, gent, and his w ife E lizabeth, c. 1480; a
priest, c. 1490, w ith c h a lic e ; a curious brass to Joan
(W alrond), wife of Robert Strongbow , 1507, in a shroud,
with seven E nglish v e rse s ; and brasses to John K yn ges­
ton esq. 1514, and Susan his w ife ; Thom as Walrond,
gent. 1480, and his wife A lice (E nglefield), 1477; Bryan
Roos L L .D . (rector), 1529, in academ ic d ress; A gnes,
wife of John Fynderne, 1441; W illiam Feteplace and his
wife E lizabeth, 1516, founders of the ch an try, w ith
shield s; and a m atrix of a civilian and his w ife, c.
1380; in the south transep t is a m arble canopy, with
brass effigies of a m an and his wife risin g from th eir
graves, and a m utilated shield of F e tip la c e : in the
north transept is a fine tom b, w ith the effigy of a crosslegged knight, under a rich ly ornam ented ogee arch,
supposed to com m em orate Sir E dm und de C helrev,
1372: the organ was provided in 1902 as a m em orial to
Her late M ajesty Queen V ictoria, and new choir stalls
have been presented by M rs. Cornish : the chancel and
nave, both of which retain some fine specim ens of floor
tiles, were thoro ughly restored in 1875-6, a t a cost of
£1,700; the north transept was restored by the late
Sir John G ibbons b art. M .A. (d. 1893) and the south
transept by Q ueen’s College, O x fo r d : on the first S u n ­
day in L e n t the F ettyp lace serm on is preached, for
which a sum of 6s. 8d. is allowed to the preacher by
Queen’s College, O x fo r d : the curfew is s till ru n g here
at 8 p.m . from O ctober to F e b ru a r y : there are 250
sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The
living is a rectory, net yea rly value £400, derived from
560 acres of glebe, besides 3J acres in hand, w ith resi­
dence, in the g ift of the Rev. R. J. W alker, and held
since 1905 by th e Rev. F rederick W alker Macran D.D.
of T rin ity College, Dublin. H ere are W esleyan and
Prim itive M ethodist chapels, and alm shouses for a canR E S ID E N T S -

C H I L T O N is a sm all b ut p icturesque village and
parish, p leasantly situated on a rise of the Downs, about
7 m iles south-east from W antage and 2 m iles east from
Upton station on the Didcot and W inch ester branch of
the G reat W estern railw ay, in the Southern division of
the county, Com pton hundred, Ilsle y p etty sessional
division, union and county court d istrict of W antage,
rural deanery of W antage, archdeaconry of Berks and
diocese of Oxford. The church of All Saints is a small
building of stone, of th e E a rly E n glish and later periods,
consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, south aisle,
south porch and a w estern tower w ith open em battled
parapet and sm all gabled pinnacles and containing 6
bells and a sanctus b e ll: in 1892 th e tenor bell was
recast and two new bells added ; a clock which strikes
the hours w^as also placed in the tcveer at the same
tim e; the chancel was restored in 1876 under the direction of the late G. E. S treet esq. R A. : the south aisle
appears to be E arly E nglish, and is divided from th e

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Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.— Ralph O liver L egge, sub-postm aster. L etters th rou gh W a n tag e; deliveries com ­
m ence at 7.10 a.m . & 12.45 p .m .; sundays, 7.10
a . m . ; dispatched at 7 & 10.45 a m - & T2-45> 5.5 & 7.5
p.m . ; Sundays, 9.50 a.m
P ub lic E lem en tary School.
The children of W est Challow atten d this school & E ast
Challow
Council School.
C hildrey (m ixed), b u ilt in 1912, for 138 children ; Ralph
M ills, m aster

Burson Joshua Jn .farm er,C h u rch frm
Dance E li, beer retailer
E arly Joseph, shoe repairer
Froud A rth u r Basil. The H atch et P.H
Froud Jam es, farm er. E ast W arren
Froud Richard E dw d.frm r.T heG rotto
C O M M E R C IA L .
Froud Thom as, farm er
Alder Fredk. farm er, Sym onds farm Heading Robert, grocer
A lder W illiam , carpenter
L egge Hannah (M rs.), shopkeeper
P R IV A T E

Dunn E dw ard Thom as W illiam J.P.
The Manor house
Macran Rev. Frederick W alker D.D.
Rectory
W icksteed Rev. Philip, Old Manor ho

CHILTON.

tarist (now for the schoolm aster) and th ree alm sm en,
m aintained b y Q ueen’s C ollege, O x fo r d ; these a lm s ­
houses w ere origin ally attached to land given by W illiam
F etyplace to this college, for the support of his chantry,
as above m entioned. In 1912 th ree additional alm s­
houses were erected in accordance w ith a bequest from
the late M iss Caroline C oventry. T h e ch arities for dis1 trib ution in m oney and kind am ount to £70 yearly. Th»
Manor House, now the p rop erty and residence of E . T.
W . Dunn esq. J .P . has a good 15th cen tu ry porch, stonem ullioned windows and arched d oorw ays; traces only
of the old hall are now visible, and the b u ttery hatch
is blocked up ; from the tim e of H enry VI. to that of
C harles II. it was in h abited b y the fam ily _>f F ettyp la ce.
of whom John F ettip lace esq. of C h ild rey, was soon after
the R estoration created a baronet by p atent dated
M arch 30, 1661 ; th e title, however, exp ired w ith Sir
G eorge F ettip lace, 5th bart. who died un m arried A pril
8, 1743 ; in a room of this buildin g C h arles I. is said
to have slept on the n ig h t of A p ril 10, 1644, d urin g his
m em orable m arch from O xford to M a rlb o ro u g h : portions
of the bedstead used b y h im were sold som e tim e since
and are now in Bisham A bbey, near M aidenhead : the
house was th oro u gh ly restored and enlarged by W illiam
Schoolcroft B urton esq. all the old oak h avin g been
re-used : a notable featu re is the p rin cipal staircase,
which is en tirely of oa k : the grounds ad join in g are
tastefully laid out and contain one of th e la rg est holly
trees in E ngland. In the village are several other
ancient houses, and not far off is th e “ Pun ch -bow l,” a
curious hollow in the hills, sim ilar to th e “ M anger,”
at W o olston e: of the m anor house of Frethornes, traces
only can now be seen in a field close to the c h u r c h : it
is said to have been pulled down and re-erected on the
hills above a t G reendow n. T h ere are three m anors in
this parish. T h e Rev. R. J. W alker, who is lord of the
manor of F reth orn es, E. T . W. Dunn esq. J.P. lord of
the m anor of Ram panes, form erly held by the Fettyplaco fam ily, the trustees of Joshua Burton esq. lords
of th at of M altravers, L ad y W an tage and the Dean and
Chapter of W inch ester are th e p rin cipal landowners.
The soil is chiefly c la y ; subsoil, chalk. T h e chief crops
are w heat, barley, beans, turn ips &c. Th e p arish com ­
prises 2,923 acres of land and 6 of w a t e r ; rateable
value, £5 ,2 04; th e population in 1911 was 500 in the
civil and 494 in th e ecclesiastical parish.
By Local G overnm ent Board O rder 20,689, dated
March 24, 1887, Letcom b F ield was tran sferred from
Letcom be R egis to C hildrey.
Parish C lerk, G eorge E m blin.

L e g g e Ralph O. cartage contractor
Lovegrove Charles, carpenter
Packer F rederick, b la ck sm ith
Pinnell W alter, baker
P uzey John W . b rick & tile m ak er
Rea M atth ew ,fru it & w atercress grw r
R eadin g Room (R alph M ills, treas)
Treadw ell W illiam , farm er
W earin g G eorge, coal m erchant

nave b y an arcade of two Pointed arches supported by
a single circu lar colum n, w ith a boldly m ounted cap
and b a s e ; th e windows of th e church are chiefly of
the Decorated and P erpendicular p e rio d s ; the south
porch and tow er are m odern : in th e south aisle stands
a font, a deep ten-sided basin hewn out of a solid bloek
of s to n e ; it expands s lig h tly tow ards th e top and is
placed on a circu lar b a s e : in th e north wall of the nave
is a trefoiled niche : in the chancel, on the north side,
is a m u ra l m onum ent of m arble, in th e C la ssic style,
to Richard Knapp esq. reader of the In n er T em p le, d.
June 6, 1716, and Jane, h is wife, d. 5th Septem ber,
r737> an<i two c h ild re n ; above is a shield of arm s, or, a
lion, pass, sable, and in chief, 3 helm ets ; on the south
I side is a tab let in scribed to G eorge K napp, d. 12
j Novem ber. 1809: on the w est side of the chancel arch
■is a m arble m onum ent in the C lassic stvle, erected
! durin g his lifetim e, by Adam Head, to h im self (d. 8th
1 April, 1729); M artha, his w ife, d. 21 D ecem ber, 1735,