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ABINGDON.

B E R K S H IR E .

ance of 7 fellows & 6 scholars in the U niversity of
O x fo rd ; W illiam Bennett, also a form er scholar &
Tesdale’s nephew, le ft lands in W iltsh ire for the edu­
cation of 6 poor boys at the school, k these benefac­
tions were au gm ented by the liberality of Robert
Orpwood, John K en t, in 1604, John B lackn all, in
1625, & Richard W igh tw ick , rector of E ast Ilsley,
B e rk s ; the united benefactions of Tesdale & W ig h t­
w ick, first offered to k accepted by Balliol College
O xford, were subsequently rem oved from th a t col
lege k applied, under le tters p aten t of Jam es I. dated
June 29. 1624, k granted on th e p etition of the Cor
poration of Abingdon, then trustees of the school, to
the reconstruction of the ancient hall of B roadgates,
O xford, into a college, by the nam e of “ Pem broke
C o llege,’’ from Philip (H erbert) 5th E arl of P em ­
broke & E a rl of M ontgom ery K.G-. at th at tim e
C hancellor of the U niversity, and th us the school be­
cam e in fact the foster-paren t of the college; the
fellowships have for some tim e been abolished, and
the scholarships, fixed by th e Oxford U niversity A c t
of 1854 at 5 in num ber, w ith a yearly value of ¿ 5 0
each, are now consolidated into 4 scholarships of the
annual value of ¿ 7 5 , tenable for 4 years, w ith power
k extension to five y e a r s ; th ere are also entrance k
house sch o la rsh ip s: new b uildings, com prising a
school room k class room s, dining hall, library,
m aster s residence & dorm itories for 43 boarders,
were erected in 1869, in A lb ert P ark, on the ou t­
s kirts of the town, from the designs of Mr. Edwin
Dolby, architect, of A bingdon, & to these were added
in 1880 four fine class room s, a m aster’ s common
room , p rivate studies for th e use of elder pupils, k
spacious in firm a ries; k in 1897 a lodge or hostel, for
three assistant m asters, was b u ilt near the entrance
to the school grounds, from designs by Mr. H arry
R edfern, architect, of London, k bears in front a
la rg e carving of the school arm s under a canopy. A
second boarding house was opened in 1900, k in 1902
a new w ing was added, com prising a chapel, g ym ­
nasium , chem ical k p h ysical laboratories, science
lecture room , art room , school office, dark room for
photography k three class ro o m s ; a workshop has
since been ad d ed ; by a schem e of the C h arity Com ­
m issioners, which cam e into operation in Septem ber,
1878, the school is placed un der the control of 18
governors, of whom 3, the M ayor k Recorder of
A bingdon, are ex-officio, n rep resentative k 4 co­
optative ; the subjects of in struction com prise all such
as are tau gh t at schools of the first g r a d e ; the
senior boys are divided into classical & modern sides,
the form er prep aring for the U niversities k learned
professions, k the la tter for the services, m ercantile
life. & exam inations not m ainly c la ssica l: a jun ior
contingent of the Officers’ Train in g Corps was started
in 1914: the school stands in an elevated position
on gravel soil in grounds of about 10 acres, including
a covered playground, & a spacious crick et field; in
1898 and 1908 additional fields of n early five acres
were acquired, k close adjoining is a public recrea­
tion ground of 15 a c r e s : the school has its own
boat club, the Tham es affording exceptional facilities
for boating k b ath in g, k the boys th em selves b u ilt a
school boat-house in 1914. The founder, John Roysse,
died 27 July, 1571, k was buried in the north
aisle of S t. H elen’s, Abingdon, w here his tom b
rem ains as m entioned in the description of that
c h u rch : in 1913 the 350th anniversary of the foun­
dation was celebrated by a g ath erin g of old scholars
k fr ie n d s : the school has furnished nearly all the
m asters of Pem broke C ollege, besides several other
heads of houses, k can rank am ong its alum ni a
large num ber of d istin guished persons am ong the
nobility k m em bers of the learned k m ilitarv pro­
fessions : associated w ith the school is an Old Boys'
C lub, now n um b ering about 200 m em bers. W illiam
M itchell G run dy M .A. A ll Souls C ollege, Oxford
head m a s te r; W . A . Rudd M .A .. S. H. B aker M A ’
£ . „ ? • W rig h t, W illiam B evir B .A . Sydnev Frank
W illis B .A. & H enry F rederick E dgecum be Edwardes
B A . assistant m a s te rs ; R ev. J. H. K irk b v M A
chaplain
5 t- ? elen’s H ig h School for G irls, situated on the
bhippon road, occupies extensive buildings of brick
w ith stone dressings, erected from designs by Mr.
F . L. Pearson, architect, & com pleted k opened in
January, 1906. The buildings are capable of receiving
40 boarders & 160 day pupils. A ttached are ^rounds
of 7 acres, including a hockey field k tennis courts
l b e school is conducted by the Sisters of the C om ­
m u n ity of St. M ary the V irgin in W antage, w ith a
si «ter in charge

[ k e l l y 's
P ub lic E lem en tary Schools.

B ury street (boys, girls k (Queen street) infants), built
in 1869, for 175 boys, 175 g irls k 140 in fan ts; John A.
Cox, m a s te r ; Mrs. M artha M ary H em m ing, m istress ;
Miss E d ith S alisbury, in fan ts' m istress
Conduit road (in fan ts), b u ilt in 1865. for 173; Miss
L u cy Tun stall R igb y, m istress
Ock street (boys, g irls k infants), b u ilt in 1902 at a
cost of ¿8,500, for 510 ch ild ren ; 200 boys, 150 girls
& 160 in fa n ts ; John Heaton B roxup, m a s te r; M iss L.
A . S tevens, m istress; M iss E d ith M. G ale, infants'
m istress
Abingdon Train in g Centre, opened in 1909 (cooking &
m anual in stru ctio n ); Richard B. Southern, in stru c­
tor ; Mis« M ary Bennett, cookery teacher
St. E dm und s Catholic, Oxford road (& Convent day
school), for 220; teachers, the S isters of M ercy
Newspapers.
Abingdon Free. Press, 25 E ast St. Helen s tre e t; Percival
E.
A rg yle , publisher ; published friday
Abingdon Herald, 41 S tert s t r e e t ; ’ H arry G eorge
Loosley, p u b lis h e r; published Saturday
C A R R IE R S , w ith the inns th ey call at & days of
departure.
Appleford— H awkins Brothers, ‘ Old B ell,’ m on. wed. &
sat. ; Clifford, ‘ Broad F ace,' mon. wed. & s a t .; Keep
daily
Appleton— S tallard , ‘ Blue B oar,’ mon. & fri
Ardington— Chandler, ‘ Blue Boar,’ mon
Aston— F ry, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon
B agley Wood— Bonner, 12 Ock street, wed. k sat
Baldon Poulton, ‘ G eorge & D ragon,’ mon
Bam pton— Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. & fri
Benson— M oores, ‘ L ion ,’ mon
Besselsleigh— S tallard, ‘ Blue B oar,' mon. & fri
Blew bury— F ry, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon
Boar’s H ill— Bonner, 12 Ock street, mon. tues. thurs. &
fri. ; Vasey, ‘ Horse & Jockev,’ wed. k sat
B n g h tw ell— A ndrews, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon
Buckland— Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. k fri
Burcot— M oores, ‘ Lion,’ m o n .; Rogers ‘ Old B ell,’ fri
C harney— W oolford, ‘ L io n ,’ mon
Chilton— F ry, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon
C lifton W ellstood, ‘ Broad F ace,’ m on. k fri.
Rogers,
Old B ell,’ fri. ; Holloway, ‘ Old B ell,’ sat
C oth ill— H icks, ‘ H orse & Jockey,’ mon. wed. k fri
Culham — Poulton, ‘ Old B ell,’ d a ily ; T readw ell, Queen's
hotel, daily
Didcot— Hawkins B rothers, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon. wed. &
sat. ; Atkinson, Queen’s hotel, m on. wed. & sat •
Keep, daily
D orchester— A ndrew s,
‘ Old
B ell,’ m o n .;
Moores
L ion ,’ mon. ; Rogers, ‘ Old B ell,’ fri
Drayton— C alcutt, ‘ G eorge & D ragon,’ fri. ; B arber,
Cock & T ree,’ d a ily ; T yrrell, ‘ Old B e ll,’ daily
Ew elm e— Moores, ‘ L ion ,’ mon
Faringdon— Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. & fri
Frilford— Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ m on. & f r i.; Richings, ‘ L ion ,’
daily, except tu e s .; F ish er, ‘ Old B ell,’ m on. th urs
& sat
Fvfield Fisher, ‘ Old B ell,’ m on. th urs. k sat
G arford— B arrett, ‘ Old B ell,’ m o n .; W oolford, ‘ L io n ’
mon
Hagbourne— H awkins Brothers, ‘ Old B ell,’ mon. wed. k
sat. : Atkinson, Queen’s hotel, mon. wed. k sat
H arwell— B arber, ‘ Cock & T re e ,’ d a ily ; Perry, ‘ H^lly
B u sh ,’ 3 tim es weekly
H endred, E ast— H iskins, ‘ B lue B oar,’ m on. k fri
H ighw orth— Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. & fri
Hinton— Russell, mon
Ilsley W est— W ebb, <T h ree Tuns ’ yard, alternate mon
Kenm ngton A rcher, ‘ L io n ,- d a ilv ; H ill, 18 Lom bard
street, daily
K in gston — Riuhings, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. wed. thurs. fri k
sat. ; Brown, ‘ Lion,’ m on. & fri
L ittle M ilton— Ohown. ‘ Blue B oar,’ mon
L ittlew o rth — Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. & fri
Longw orth— B atts, ‘ G eorge & Dragon,’ mon. & thurs •
Richings, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. wed. thurs. fri. & sat
Lyford— B arrett, ‘ Old B ell,’ inon. ; W oolford, ‘ L i o n ’
mon
M archam — H iggins, ‘ Blue Boar,’ m on. tues. thurs. k
f r i . ; R ichin gs, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. wed. th urs. fri. & s a t .;
Brown, ‘ L ion ,’ mon. & fri
N uneham — W ellstood, ‘ Broad F ace,’ mon
Oxford— A rch er, ‘ P lo u g h ,’ d a ily ; Bonner, 12 Ock street
d a ily ; Trin der, ‘ Black S w an ,’ mon. th urs & fri ■
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W iggin s, ‘ P lo u g h ,’ d a ily ; H ill, 18 Lom bard street’,
daily ; W ellstood, ‘ Broad F ace,’ m on. & fri. ; F ish er’
‘ Ol d B ell,’ wed. k fri