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O XFO R D SH IRE.

Cokethorpe Park is the property and residence of Capt.
Guy Feilden J . P . ; the m ansion was b u ilt by Sir Simon
Harcourt kt. is t V iscount H arcourt, and lord chancellor,
about 1711, and is a fine building about x m ile south­
east of Ducklington church, in a park of 170 acres,
and for some tim e the residence of the poet G ay.
Parish Clerk, Noble Spindlow.
Schools.
(m ixed), erected, w ith school house, in
1858, & enlarged in 1897 & 1902, for 136 c h ild re n ;
John W illiam W estwell, m aster
The children at Hardwick also attend Ducklington school
HARDWICK is a parochial chapelry, and for civil
purposes, a separate parish,
m iles south-east on the
west bank of the river W indrush, and consists of four
farm-houses and a few cottages. Th e church of St.
M a r y the Virgin, standing in Cokethorpe P ark, a little
east" of the mansion, is mentioned in early records so
E le m e n t a r y

D U CK LIN G TO N .

D i m s T E W is a p arish and pleasant Tillage, 2* m iles
west from Somerton station on the Oxford and B irm ing­
ham section of the G reat W estern railw ay, 2* south from
Deddmgton, and 8 m iles n0rtli-east-by-n0rth from Woodstock, m the Northern division of the county hundred of
Wootton, Wootton N orth p etty sessional division, union
and county court district of W oodstock, rural deanery of
Woodstock and archdeaconry and diooese of O xfird.
The church of St. M ary M agdalene is a plain b uildin g
of stone, chiefly of the D ecorated period, and consists of
chancel nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch
and a low western tow er of P erpendicular date con­
taining 5 b ells: the arcade is lofty, and the capitals
the piers are ornamented w ith heads : on the south
;ide are two round-headed doorways of the 13th cen­
tury 1 the font is dou btfully T ra n sitio n al: the church
Md affords m
by
H e" ry W - Dashwood bart,
burial?dft ?
. n 88' The re" ister of baptism s and
burials dates from the year 1654 ; m arriages, 1656: butthe register is generally deficient from 1695 to 1747
the living 1, a vicarage, net yea rly valne / 12 2 w ith
&
“ « “ . « * ° f Capt. Robert H e n r? S e v e r n
ashwood, and held since 1902 by the R'ev. A lb ert

93

LS a\
f° nt- and in the porch are three chained
w k iS’
.
^ emPis’s Im itation of C h rist,” ‘-T h e
Whole D u ty of Man ’ and “ Nelson’s Feasts and F a s t s - ”
m 1874 the church was restored and enlarged by the
addition of a north aisle, at a cost of ¿650 , and has
sittin gs for 100 persons. The President and Fellows of
S t J oh n s College Oxford, who are lords of the manor
Felffiws
ali, e8q’ are
a" dthetheprincipal
W arden land­
and
Fellows off W adham hn
College
owners. Area, 442 acres ; rateable value, ¿ 5 7 3 • popula­
tion in 1911 was 96.
W all L etter Box. H ardwick, cleared at 12.35 & e <r0 d m
on week days only

Fox A rth u r E. farm er, Olaywell
G len ister George, Bell P.H
H arvey C harles, head gardener to
Bartlett Christopher, B arley park
C apt. G u y Feilden
Feilden C ap t.G u y J.P. Cokethorpe pk Holtom G eorge H enry & Sons,m illers
Holtom Wm. W atkins, Y ew T ree ho
(steam
&
w ater),
Ducklington
Tristram Rev.
C h risto p h er M.A.
steam roller m ills
(rector), Rectory
Lock A rth u r, shopkeeper
Waefelaer Gerard, Manor house
Prio r F rederick, gam ekeeper to Oapt.
G u y Feilden
C O M M E R C IA L .
R apley A lb ert A braham , boot repr.
Adams Thomas, cowkeeper
L ittle Ducklington
Barrett Arthur, blacksm ith
R eading Room (Rev. c . T ristram
Castle Alfred W. shoe m aker
hon. sec)
Collis Albert, baker
S m ith A lb ert Cannon, farm bailiff to
Druce Henry, cowkeeper
Capt. G u y Feilden, Home farm
PRIVATE RE SID E N TS.

DUNSDEN AND E Y E .

far back as 1376, where it is called the little church
(ecclesiola) or chapel of Cokethorpe, and is said to have
been long annexed to the church of D ucklington : it is
a small stone building, consisting of chancel, nave of
two bays, north aisle, porch and a small tower at the
north-west angle of the nave containing 3 b ells: there

S m ith A rth . D. S trickland Arm s P.H
Strainge Christopher, farm er
T aylor G eorge, farm er, C ou rse h ill
T rem lin W illiam , basket m aker
W ellbelove F rederick, aparts. Lee cot
W hite Ernest, farm er, B arley park
Wilsdon E dw in, farm er, Manor farm
H AR DW ICK.
C O M M E R C IA L .

B utler John, beer retailer
F lorey Jam es Frank, farm er
Pickford Thom as Reade, farm er
S m ith W illiam , farm er
Stone Sarah (M rs.), farm er

a l t o w , V
LlncoIn College, Oxford. Th e poor’ s
al »‘ m e n u of 4a. 3r. w ith two other charities produce
R W <a D a 18 dlTst" b u t e d annually in coals. Capt.
H. S. Dashwood J.P . is lord of th e m anor and p rin ­
cipal landowner.
The soil is clay and sand- subsoil
r™ ts
The T
C-h l6f Cr° PS ar6 barIey' " heat- beans ilnd’
X ?
1 ?■
18 1,749 aorea; rateable value, £1,886 •
the population in 19 n was 233
Sexton, Charles G illam .
POr i r t ? fflCre'“ HTnr^ WF iam Cann” g- sub-postm aster.
Letters from London & south through Oxford, via Deddington, arrive at 7.5 a.m . ; from north th rou gh Ban■ury, a in v e at 2 p .m .; dispatched, 10.15 a.m &
J .° ,8UJ d®y delivery of letters. Deddington,
v
A dxstant’ lsMth e nearest m oney order office &
office
1
6 d lsta n t’ the n earest telegraph
E lem entary School (m ixed), b uilt in 1874, for 100 ch il­
dren ; Miss M arian R. C ull, m istress
C arriers.— E rn est A. Jones, th rou gh to B an bury, mon
LSV ? W llham H um phries, through to B anburv
mon. (c thurs

C ?Pl ' Rt-Hy. Seym our J.P C anning Hy. W m . shopkpr. Post off
H ollier John, farm er
Smith Rev. Afbt. M .A .(vica r).V icarage C olegrave John, farm er
Mobbs R obert & Florence (Miss),
C O M M E R C IA L .
French John Henry, shoeing smith
shopkeepers
Brown Cyril & Edward, farm ers,
Goffe W illiam G. (exors.of), farm ers. W arland John, farm er
Lower farm
H ill farm
W elsh Jsph. John, W h ite H orse P.H
b ek m W mlf Ha n a
o°rm a ,ibertS’ in Oxfordshire,
D L ' J P . ,S a la rS e and handsom e resi
cludiS loaning F™
? onni nS.
B erkshire, and in­ d.r„7»8haf T
field Heath n
I
Som ung Com m on and part of Bin- M
m eer,
’r of 36
? ? g nm
“ -P
.° f 300
acres-is MthrsG olding
1 aim
Q u een
s gate,
London,
e nrincipa
which cam . ¡ S i
Heading (E xtension) O rder, i g u ,
landowner. The Parish hall was b u ilt in ,900 at a X
Caversham w?
S j 0?
n 9th NoTember, 1911, part of
b fn iT ' cl
S°d 18 Chalk w ith Hravel here hnd there ;
was formed T n tn
Dunsden and E ye. Dunsden su
subsoil, clay and gravel. Tbe ch ief crops are wheat
26. 1876 »„a “ a ,s ef>arate ecclesiastical parish, M ay barley, oats and peas. Th e area is 4,069 acres of lane
station and a h . 3,
m ’ leS north-east from Reading
s Te r ; fir a t? ? le ,Tu IUe' ¿ 7 .5 9 0 ! th e population
Twyford
v T ? Same dista" ce north-w est from l?n lo4i°iw aW
“"d 3 m ile ?
? 0,1 the G reat W estern railw ay, astioal p lrish ’ 4 m *he hb0rty and 531 in th0
V is io n “ f th,
\ frT
h10" 107, in the Southern
Parish C lerk, Thom as G arrett.
Henley nettv coant5\ hundred of Binfield, union of
court' district of6u 10^
d lv« ion of Henley, county
archdeaconry of
rUra] doaner5' ot Sonning, Post O ffic e— Ernest A lfred W errell, sub-postm aster
Letters arrive from Reading at 6.55 a.m . & 1.20 p .m The church of 411 S 6Tk,slllr e . and diocese of Oxford.
Sundays at 6.55 a.m . ; dispatched at 7.10 a.m . I 6.3c
Robert P alm ..
FA.’ ,
“ nd endowed by the late
p.m.
. sundays, 12.5 p.m . Biufield Heath, r m ile d is­
a structure of g ra y 0? ^ ] 0 Park, Sonning, in 1842, is
tant, is the nearest m oney order & telegraph office
“ Misting of chan??!
“ 5 e EarIy E nSIish style,
W all L e tter B o x e s:— B ird in Hand, cleared at 7.43 a m
turret containing 2
.v”
P°rch, and a western
•tained window, . „ a ?ivS ?
cb?roh has some good
f t S; S® P “ ' V SUi ld ay’ 7 43 »•“ •! p l»y H atch, cleared
v 8.5 a.m . & 6.40 ,p.m .; sundays, 12 .ic p.m • &
es from the year
The register
yearly yaia6 r
be h v in g is a vicarage, net
Sonning Evo, cleared at 10.10 a.m . & 2“.ic: & 6 ^o
p.m . ; sundays, 12.25 & 7-20 p.m
5 car o< Sonning3' . T J . r f? lde.nce. ™ the g ift of the
Herbert, Wigan I? 4
t
? S m C e 1904 b y the H 6r- E lem en tary School b u ilt in ,869, & enlarged in 18 7, &
shan> Park
° { 0 n e l GoUe>te - Oxford. CaverMansion, the seat of W illiam Thom pson
W dliAm Hullcoop^ m aster
aV6rag6 a tt- d “ " - 9' !

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