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HANNfcY.

B E R K S H IR E .

Jam es M acdougall M .A. vicar 1849-92 : the pulpit dates
from 1649: the ch u rch has been restored at a cost of
about £2,300, and affords 290 s ittin g s: in the church
porch are two stone coffins, pinnacles and gurgoyles,
rem oved from the church at th e restoration . The
register dates from th e year 1564. Th e livin g is a
vicarage, w ith 74 acres of glebe, n et yea rly value £216,
« ith residence, in th e g ift of the Dean and C hapter
of S alisb u ry, and held since 1912 by the Rev. E dm und
Robert N evill B .A . of Lincoln College, O xford, and
F .S .A . There are ch arities of
about £26 yearly for
educational purposes and distrib ution in bread. The
principal landowners are New C ollege and Magdalen
C ollege, O xford. Th e land is part freehold and part
leasehold. The soil is loam ; subsoil, clay and gravel,
l'he chief crops are w heat, b arley, beans and turnips.
The township com prises 1,334 a c re s; rateable value,
£ 1 ,7 8 9 ; the population in 1911 was 323.
B y Local G overn m en t Board O rder, 20,689, dated
M arch 24. 1887, two detached parts of W est Hanney,
known as H anney M eadow and Dead Man’s Hand, w ere
added to E a st Hanhey.

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b uildin g of stone, in the P erpendicular style, erected by
subscription, from designs by th e late G . E. Street
esq. R .A . and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and
a western gable bell-cot w ith one b e ll: there is a
stained glass w indow, erected by M rs. G . B. Anderson
to the m em ory of her h u s b a n d : there are sittin gs
for upwards of 160 persons, 125 bein g free. There is
also a chapel belonging to the hom e m is sio n ; m inisters
various. Th e p rin cipal landowners are Lady W antage
and the M essrs. F loyd and Pow ell. Th e soil is loam ;
subsoil, clay and white gravel. The chief crops are
wheat, barley and beans. Th e area of th e township is
2,194 acres, com prising 600 acres of very rich arable
land and 6 of w ater ; rateable value, £ 3,039; th e popu­
lation in 191 x was 378; the entire area of the parish is
3,503 acres, and the population in 1911 was 701.
By Local G overn m en t Board O rder, 20,689, dated
M arch 24. 1887, two detached p arts of W est Hanney,
known as H anney M eadow and Dead Man’ s H and, were
added to th is township, and two portions of W antage
p arish, known as R oxley and Lindsey, w ere also annexed.

B y L ocal G overnm ent Board O rder, No. 37,966, dated
1st A p ril, 1898, th e U rban and R u ral p arts of E ast
Parish C lerk , H enry C linch.
Hanney
were united.
Poet Office.— Miss Janet H ill, sub-postm istress. Letters
arriv e from W an tage at 7.30
a.m . & 1.30 p .m . ; d is­ P arish Clerk, W illiam Cox.
Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.— M iss M ary Ann Stevenson,
patched at 3.40 & 6.45 p.m . ; sunday. 7.30 a.m .
sub-postm istress. L e tters arrive from W antage at 7
E ast Hanney is the n earest m oney order & telegraph
а .m . & 1.5 p.m . ; dispatched a t 10.35 a -m - & 3-5° &
office, 1 m ile distan t
б.55 p.m . ; sunday, 9.25 a.m
E lem en tary School (m ixed), established in 1846, en­
E A S T H A N N E Y is situated on the Letcom be brook, a
larged 1894, for 235 c h ild re n ; H . Leslie Edw ardes,
feeder of the riv er Ock, about 7 m iles south-west from
m a s te r; Mrs. H. L . E dw ardes, m istress
Abingdon and 3^ north from W antage. The W antage
C arriers t o : Road station on the G reat W estern railw ay is about a
m ile from the v illag e, and th e W ilts and Berks canal 1 Abingdon— H enry B arrett & Sons, Old B ell, moil
2 m iles. The chapel of ease of S t. Jam es-the-L ess is a W antage— H enry B arrett & Sons, ‘B lue Boar, wed.& sat
Herman F ran k, farm er
H iggins John, farm er, Deans farm
W EST H ANNEY.
H iggs A rth u r Edward, bricklayer
N evill Rev. Edm und Robert B.A. H iggs E sth er (M rs.), laundress
W illis C yru s, shopkeeper & coal m er H olm es Jam es Robins, bookseller.The
(vicar), V icarage
M ulberries
P inniger C ockburn Broom e.M anor ho
E A ST H AN NEY.
Ireson H enry, coal mer. & farm er
Sanford H enry W illiam , Corner house
Lodge W illiam , Black Horse P.H
Anderson Mrs. G . B. Poundcroft
C O M M E R C IA L .
Long E dgar, baker
Dandridge E dgar, Robey villa
B arrett H enry & Sons, carriers
Morse H erbert Christopher, farm er
F ile r W illiam
B arrett John P arker, b uilder
Parry E ric Thom as, farm b ailiff to
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Booker G eorge, beer retailer
N eville A ldw orth esq
Boor M artha (M rs.), T h e L am b P.H B roughton E m m a (M rs.), shopkeeper
Prior H enry W illiam , shopkeeper
Boote Thorpe R ichard, b e e r T e t a i l e r Broughton Henry, hurdle m aker
Cooper Florence M artha (M rs.),baker ;Stephens Tom N icholls, farm er
B utler N athaniel, farm er
Craddock R ich ard W illiam , farm er. Stevenson A. (M rs.), farm er, Y ew
Craddock R ichard W illiam , farm er
Tree farm
G ran ge farm
D orm er H enry, farm er, Lvdbrook
Todd Robert Leishm an, Crown P.H
Dance Jam es Jesse, w heelw right
Eaton A ubrey T . assistant overseer
Tom
bs E liza (M rs.), Th e Plough P.H
Dandridge
A
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W
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m
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(water)
F isher W illiam , blacksm ith
H A R E
H A T C H , see W argrave.
played or, 3, 2, and 1 : the church was restored in
H A R W E L L is a parish 8 m iles west from W a llin g ­
ford, 6J east-by-north from W an tage and 2$ south­ 1867 at th e expense of the late John H opkins esq. of
west from the Didcot station of the G reat W estern Tidm arsh, and a new organ was provided in 19 11, at a
railw ay, in the N orthern d ivision of the county, cost of £30 0: th ere are about 300 s it t in g s : the ch urch ­
hundred of M oreton, p etty sessional division, union yard was closed to interm ents in 1899. T h e register
and county court d istrict of W an tage, ru ral deanery dates from the year 1558. T h e liv in g is a vicara g e, neb
of W antage, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of yearly value £200, in cludin g 80 acres of glebe, w ith
Oxford. The church of S t. M atthew is an ancient residence, in the g ift of M rs. W ebster, of Fairlaw n,
and held since 1906 by the Rev. H arry Crowther,
edifice of stone, in th e T ran sition al and E a rly E n glish
Here is
a W esleyan M ethodist
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, of S t. A idan’s.
Th e parish
cem etery
is situated near the
south porch and an em battled w estern tow er w ith chapel.
late
N
ational
school.
H
ere
are
alm shouses for six poor
corbelled parapet, con tain in g 7 bells and a c lo c k : in
the chancel are double sedilia, and an elegant double widows and other ch arities am ounting to about £200 a
piscina of E arly E n g lish date, w ith a projectin g d ra in : year. W . Paine esq. is lord of the m anor, and th e
in the church are several m onum ents to th e fam ilies President and Fellows of M agdalen College, Oxford,
and the trustees of the late Mr. John L a y , are the
of S m ith , Saver, Hopkins, T y rre ll, E aton, Newton,
is loam and chalk ;
E lderfield, and K in g , and a brass w ith effigies to John principal landowners. Th e soil
subsoil, chiefly chalk.
Th e chief crops are wheat,
Jennens, 1599, and M argaret his w ife, w ith six sons
barley, oats and roots. T he area is 2,403 acres ; ra te­
and five daughters, and a m em orial brass to the Rev.
S am uel M ou ntjoy Sm ith , vicar of the parish for 50 able value, £6,790; th e population in 1911 was 663.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, W alter H itchm an.
y e a rs ; some portions of fine 15th cen tu ry stained
glass, in clu d in g a num ber of quarries bearing lions Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— John Edward Pryor, subpostm aster. L etters arrive from Steventon, B e r k s ;
passant and fleur-de-lis, and a shield of arm s, Temoved
deliveries, 6.50 a.m . & 2.15 p.m . ; Sundays, 6.45
from one of the windows d urin g repairs, are now in
a . m . ; dispatched at 11.20 a.m . & 6.50 p .m . ; Sundays,
p riv ate hands ; the shield, w hich has been m u tilated ,
9.10
a m
is th at of R ichard Plantagenet, you n ger son of K in g
John, E arl of Cornwall and Poitou, and k in g of th e W all L e tte r Box, near the Police station, hours of col­
lection,
11.20 a.m . & 7.5 p .m . ; Sundays, 9.15 a.m
Rom ans, to whom the m anor of H arw ell belonged,
and bears arg. a lion ram p. gu. crowned or, within Elem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1895, for 187
ch
ild
ren
; Charles F u ller, m a s te r; Mrs. G rub b & Mrs.
a bordure sable b e z a n te e : at the apex of th e east
M erchant, assistan t m is tre ss e s ; Mrs. F u ller, infants’
window there still rem ains a shield of arm s of Piers
m
istress
de G aveston, th e hapless favourite of E dw ard I I. who
conferred on h im th e E arldom of Cornwall, which C arriers.— John Barber, to Abingdon, d a ily ; G eorge
E dw ard Perry, to Abingdon, m on. wed. fri. & sat
had become ex tin ct on the death of E dm und Plan­
tagenet in 1300; these arm s are— vert, six eagles dis- C oun ty Police, H erbert T . W itt, constable
pr tvate
r e s id e n t s .
IDay M iss. Th e Chestnuts
Triv M-* Joseph, Th e Beeches
B oochier W yndyard
C row ther Rev. H arry (vicar),V icarg e I Dunn W

! F ry Misses, P illa r house
I G reive B ertrand Jam es W ebster
Howland Mrs. W interbrook house