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CATMORE.

B E R K S H IR E .

[ k e l l y ’s

m anor and sole landowner. Th e soil is c la y ; subsoil, I L etters through W an tage, arrive a t 9.10 a.m . W all
chalk. T h e chief crops are the u su a l cereals. T he ! L e tter Box cleared at 6.15 p .m . ; Sunday, 10.50 a.m .
B righ tw alton is th e nearest m oney order & telegraph
area is 710 acres ; rateable value, £ 5 13 ; the population
office, 2 m iles distant
in 1911 was 78.
j
C
hildren
from here attend school at B rightw alton
P arish C lerk and Sexton , Jam es Hedges, Th e Rectory.
Day N athaniel
C ubs P.H

A dam ,

The F ox &1 Hedges Jam es, wood d ir.T h e Rectory 1H untly F rederick, bailiff to G eorge
B aylis esq
is a villag e and parish, on the and some dorm itories over, w ith lancet-shaped winroad from W antage to H ungerford, 9 m iles north-w est i d o w s; in an angle between th ese and th e large
from N ew bu ry, 7 south from W antage and 9 south from window over th e doorway is th e figure of a m onk in a
W antage Road station on the G reat W estern m ain line, s ittin g posture, w ith the head inclined to the le ft and
and 3 m iles south-east from Shefford station on the 1 restin g on h is h a n d s; in 1796 a l arge heap of earth
Lam bourn V alley railw ay, in the N orthern division a t th e back of the farm was rem oved and throw n into
of th e county, hundred of K in tb u ry E agle, p etty pits about the farm and w ith it some quantities of
sessional division, union and cou n ty cou rt d istrict of hum an re m a in s ; there are also rem ain in g the ruins
W antage, ru ra l deanery of N ew bury, archdeaconry of of the chapel, in m oving the foundations of w hich the
Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of St. lid of a stone coffin s lig h tly bevelled was discovered
Andrew is a building of stone of Norm an date, con­ w ith the inscription, “ Hieronim us R obertus, Prior
sistin g of chancel and nave under one roof, south porch Prim us ” ; th is m em orial is now at E a st Hendred, but
and a low western tower containing 3 bells and there the stem and base of the cross upon it are w a n tin g ;
is also a S anctus b e ll; th e upper p art of the tower is durin g the years 1 8 6 7 - 7 2 other discoveries w ere made,
P erp en d icu la r; at the north side is a square stair including a sim ilar lid or slab of Caen stone, also
tu rre t, and on the western side is th e date 1637, when bevelled and bearing th e fu ll len gth figure of a p riest,
it was probably re p a ire d ; the south doorway is good w ith the hands joined beneath a floriated canopy, sup­
N orm an work w ith finely-carved chevron ornam ent, ported by angels, the figure datin g from about 1 5 0 0 ;
and on the rig h t of the entrance is a stoup -n ich e; the in the ruins of the chapel were also found a carved
tower arch is in p art Norm an, h ut has a Perpendicular corbel of elegan t design, a la rg e portion of the arch
ogee h ea d ; the windows are chiefly Norm an or of a doorway, a piscina and fragm en ts of a clustered
T ra n sitio n al; there is a m em orial window, erected in colum n and encaustic tiles, one of which bore th e word
1904, to C om m ander C otesw orth R .N . and another, “ M agdalene” ; tw elve quarries from a stained glass
presented in 1906 by M rs. W roughton , in m em ory of window in th e priory are now in the entrance porch
her you ngest son, C h ristop h er C. W ro u g h to n ; in the at Prior’s C ourt, havin g been rem oved h ith er by the
tower is an ancient font, discarded about 181 x, when late Mr. J. T. W asey, then lord of the m an o r; these
the original N orm an font was found and resto red ; the exh ib it curious figures of men, wom en and m on keys;
c h u rch contains m onum ents to th e W roughton fam ily the w ell of the m onastery is deep and la rg e, but the
water is v ery p o o r; hoards of m oney have been dis­
and others to the Nelsons, form erly lords of the m a n o r;
am ong the la tte r are m em orials to M ary Nelson, 1618, covered in th e adjoining woods and on the m an or; in
18 i t m any coins w ere found in a p it at Field Coppice,
and to D orothy, wife of W illiam Nelson esq. “ cheefe
p rothonotarie of the com m on pleas,” 1619; the church and in 18 2 5 a pot containing 800 coins of th e Em perors
Constantine
(A.D. 3 0 6 ) , Julian (A.D. 3 6 1 ) , G ratian
was restored in 1881 at a cost of £582, and an organ
was provided in 1898 at a cost of £ 1 5 0 : th ere are 200 (A.D. 3 6 7 ) , Valentinian (A.D. 3 7 5 ) and others was
found
by
some
labourers about 24 yards from th e N ew ­
sittin gs. In the church yard is an ancient b ut m uch
bury ro a d ; subsequently a p arty of gipsies, encam p­
dilapidated cross, two oblong m onum ents and a flat
in
g
in
M
argaret’s
Head, discovered there another hoard
stone w ith a raised cross thereon. T h e reg ister, which
date« from th e year 1538, is an unin terrup ted record o f° the reputed value of £ 3 0 0 . Th e charities include
from th a t period and in good p reserva tio n ; it has the Saunders' of £ 9 5 a year and a house, w hich is devoted
follow ing unique e n t r y :— “ Thom as Nelson, sone of to educational purposes and cloth in g of four poor boys ;
Thom as Nelson, N ov. 8, 1644
T h is was the Thom as Wynne’s of £ 1 0 a y e a r; and C oventry's bf £ 1 , and
Nelson th at fo u gh t two dragoons in H angm an Stone there is an allotm ent of 12 acres, producing £ 1 0 yearly,
lane in the tim e of the C ivil W ars, and was never well which sum is distributed in coals. W oolley (W ulvely)
Park, th e seat of Philip M usgrave Neeld W roughton
afterw ards
a la ter en try in L a tin records the p la n t­
in g of a yew tree in the ch urch yard by H ugh Pocock, esq. contains a handsome mansion situated on a beautiful
slope
; th e park is very extensive and w ell wooded ; the
then v icar, on Feb. 20, 1694; th is tree, however, does
not now exist. T h e liv in g is a vicarage, n et incom e of deer park extends over an area of 1 1 6 acres. Philip M.
N.
W
roughton esq. J.P . who is lord of the m anor, and
£250, w ith 21 acres of glebe and residence, in th e g ift
of th e Dean and C h ap ter of W estm in ster, and held W. L. Lu cas esq. are the principal landowners. The
soil
is
principally chalk ; subsoil, chalk and rock. The
since 1910 by the Rev. John Douglas Lord. H ere is a
W esleyan chapel. In this parish, about
m iles from chief crops are w heat, barley, oats and turn ips. The
the village, once stood the celebrated m onastery of area is 3 ,4 0 0 acres ; rateable value, £ 2 , 7 1 9 ; the popu­
P ou ghley, founded by Ralph de C hadw orth about 1160, lation in 1 9 1 1 was 49Parish Clerk and Sexton, H enry Bailey.
in a w ild and secluded spot, on th e site of a low ly little
herm itage, in a dale hard by a forest side, at a place Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xp ress D elivery Office.—
Charles Spanswick, postm aster. L etters arrive from
called “ E lm sfordsm ere,” for canons regu lar of th e order
W antage at 8 a.m . & 2 p .m .; sam e on Sundays; dis­
of S t. A ugustin e and dedicated to St. M arg aret; the
patched week days, 3.15 & 5.30 p .m .; Sundays, 10.45
revenues of the p riory a little before its suppression
am ounted to £ 7 1 10s. 7d. ; it was subsequently given,
a.m
W
all L e tte r Box, W oolley park, cleared 3.40 & 6 p.m . ;
23 H enry V III. (1531-2), to th e abbot and convent of
sundays, 11.30 a.m
W estm in ster, in exchange for 100 acres of land (a
E
lem
en tary (m ixed) School, enlarged in 1851, for 74
portion of w hich now form s S t. Jam es’s park), con­
children ; Miss A da M ary H arriss, m is tr e s s ; Miss
veyed by th a t house to th e k in g , havin g been su r­
M ay Bradley, assistant m istress
rendered b y John Som er, th e la s t prior, Feb. 14th,
1524; the ch ief portion of th e existin g rem ains has C arriers.— John Uzzell, to N ew bury, mon. tues. thurs.
& sat. ; W illiam Thom as, to W an tage, w e d .; to N ew ­
been converted into a farm house, in clu d in g w hat was
bury, daily
fo rm erly th e kitch en w ith an oven and cooking places

C H A D D L E W O R T H

M asters E m ily Jane (M rs.), farm er,
B radley Jam es, bricklayer
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S
P urley farm
Lloyd F ras. N evil, Chaddleworth ho B radley M iriam (M rs.), shopkeeper
Lord Rev. John Douglas (vicar), I Bradley Robert G eorge, w atch m aker R eading Room (Sim on Sayer, sec)
Sayer
Sim on, insurance agent
j
& assistant overseer
V icarage
j C arter A lice (M rs.), frm r. Heads frm Sayers M innie (M iss), dress m aker
L u cas W . L. Oakash
Spanswick
Charles, b lacksm ith , &
IC arter James, farm er
Mosdell Mrs
post office
W roughton Philip M usgrave Neeld C hism an W illiam R um sey, farm er,
Uzzell
John,
carrier
W oolley farm
J.P . W oolley park
Dance John New ton, farm er, Pough- j Uzzell W illiam , farm er, Lower barn
C O M M E R C IA L .
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lev farm
V iveash Joseph H v. frm r. H om e frm
Ball Leonard, The
Ibex P.H
BennettT W illiam , gam ekeeper to P. Holland & Sons, farm ers, Manor frm IW atts Ernest, head gardener to
Philip M. N . W roughton esq
M. N . W roughton esq
and other purposes), in th e N orthern division of the
E A S T
an d
W E S T
C H A L L O W , form erly tow n­
ships of Letcom be R egis c iv il parish, were in 1852 county, hundred of K in tb u ry E agle, p etty sessional
form ed into a separate parish (each tow nship m ain ­ division, union and county cou rt d istrict of W antage,
tain in g its own poor and being distin ct for parochial archdeaconry of Berks, ru ra l deanery of W antage, and