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Adam s Jas. Jsph. farm er, Manor fm
C H U R CH E N S T O N E .
CHALFORD.
Palm er Rev. W illiam Jackson M .A. Adam s John, stationer, & post office (L etters are received through ra­
Bell P.H
ping Norton.)
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V icarage
B lackwell Sarah Ann (M rs.), assistant Busby Bernard, farm er
COMMERCIAL.
overseer
BROADSTONE
A llen Jam es, farm er, L ey's farm
Bolton Edwd. J.P. frm r.L itch field fr m !stu p p les G eorge H e n r y , ' ,
Hawes Sidney, farm er
Claydon Frank, saddler & harness m a
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to A.
Brassey esq
H aw tin Joseph, carpenter, farm er & C ollett C harles, farm er
CLEVELEY.
parish clerk
G lover
G eorge,
schoolm aster
&
Bell Robert, farmer
H uckin W alter, Crow n P.H
collector of incom e tax, School ho
H unt Henry, farm er
H awtin W m . clerk to Parish C ouncil C la rid g e Thom as Edwin Hiatt cow
keeper
M atthews F rederick, saddler
Paxford W alter W illiam , cycle agent
S ansbu ry John, blacksm ith
Peachey Fredk. L itch field A rm s P.H H iatt M ary (M rs.), shopkeeper
G A G IN G W ELL.
S om erton C harles, shopkeeper
Regan Owen James, Harrow P.H
Som erton Henry, carrier
Bell Robert, farm er. Abbey farm
S an sbury John, blacksm ith
Law A rth u r, farm er
Tom bs W illiam , farm er
Taplin A rth u r P. baker
Parsons N athaniel, farmer
Wells Jane (M iss), grocer
N E A T EN STO N E.
RADFORD.
Bolton Edward J.P. L itchfield farm
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Hel1® R ev - Antllony (Catholic)
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John,
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COM M ESCIAL.
C ollett Daniel, farm er & m iller (w tr) Convent of Sisters of Charity of St
A bb ott Thom as H enry, boot m aker
Paul
Adam s Jam es A lexander, grocer, Penson F rederick, farm er
S ouch Lew is, Shrew sbury A rm s P.H Parsons N athaniel, farm er & landownr
draper, baker & butcher
E P W E L L , see Swalcliffe.
E W E L M E is a beautifully situated village and parish,
3^ m iles south-w est from W atlin gton term in al station
on the Princes Risborough and W atlin gton branch and
4 east from W allin gford term inal station, both branches
of the G reat W estern railw ay, and 10 north-w est from
Henley, in the Southern division of the county,
hundred of E w elm e,
p etty sessional division
of
W atlington, union and county cou rt d istrict of W al­
lingford, ru ra l deanery of Aston and archdeaconry and
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. M ary, standing
on elevated ground, is a fine battlem ented edifice of
stone, flint and brick, of the Perpendicular period, re­
b u ilt b y W illiam de la Pole, first D uke of Suffolk K .G .
in the 15th century, and consists of chancel w ith south
chapel and north aisle and v estry , clerestoried nave,
aisles, north and south porches, and a low em battled
western tower containing a clock and 5 b e lls : the
chancel of two bays is separated from the nave by a
rood-screen and has on the south side the chapel of
S t. John, w ith a carved roof of Spanish c h estn u t; be­
tween this chapel and th e chancel is a panelled altar
tomb to the m em ory of Thom as C haucer, son of the
poet, M .P. for O xfordshire, 1400-2 and 1405-14, and
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1408-15, ob. 1433,
and M aud or M atilda B urghersh, his wife, ob. c. 1437;
on the slab of P urbeck m arble form ing th e top of the
tom b are figures in brass of a knight and his lady with
four shields of the arm s of R oet and B u rg h e r sh ; a
restored inscription runs round th e m argin and on the
sides are arranged 20 other sh ield s; th e tom b was re­
paired and some of the m u tilated shields replaced in
1843 b y John Kidd M .D. som etim e R egius Professor of
Medicine at Oxford, and M aster of the Ewelm e A lm s­
houses, which office has been held by the R egius Pro­
fessor of Medicine since 1628 ; there is also a large high
tom b of alabaster to Alice, daughter and heiress of
Thom as Chaucer, who was betrothed to S ir John Philip,
and subsequently w ife of Thom as (de M ontacute), E arl
of Salisb ury, killed at Orleans in 1428, and next
of W illiam de la Pole, first D uke of Suffolk K .G .
who died at Ew elm e 20 May, 1475; th e tom b bears a
full-length recum ben t effigy of the duchess, coroneted
and w earing th e G arter on th e left arm , and on each side
are eigh t canopied com partm ents, enclosing winged figures
bearing sh ield s; within the lower stage, which is open
and filled with panelled tracery, is an em aciated figure of
the Duchess, wrapped in a sh ro u d ; above rises an elabo­
rately-carved flat canopy, divided by four pinnacles
carrying little oaken im ages, and adorned on either side
w ith nine dem i-figures of angels and beatified ecclesiastics
alternatelv. and a floriated c re s tin g : in the north aisle
is a rou gh slab of Purbeck m arble, said to m ark the
place of interm ent of M ichael de la Pole, 3rd E arl of
Suffolk, slain at A gincourt, 25 Oct. 1415; and in the
chancel a m utilated inscription to Sam uel E verard M.A
rector of Swyncom be, 1666-88 ; near it is a m em orial to
W illiam Duke A.M . also rector of Swyncombe, d. 1695; ir.
the centre of the nave is a m onumental slab to Thomas
Broke esq. sergeant-at-arm s to Henry V III. 1518, and
Anne (Bulstrode) his wife, w ith effigies of both, an in
scription and four shields of arms : there are other brasses
to John Bradstane, rector, 1458 ; Henry Morecote, rector,
1467; and W illiam Branwhait, m aster of the almshouse,
1498, all three with demi-effigies ; John Saynysbery,rector,
1454, and first m aster of th e alm sh o u se; Simon Brayles,
chaplain to Alice, Duchess of Suffolk, and rector of
Chidsey, Som erset, 1469; Thom as Vernon esq. 14 7 1;

Robert Esm und esq. 1474; H enry Lee and Alice his
w ife, 1497; John H achem an, 1513 ; Anne, wife of John
Froste, 1585, w ith eight English v erses; and Catherine
Palmer, 1599, w ith ch ild ren : in the chancel is a monu­
m ent to Col. Francis M artyn, who resided at Ewelme
d urin g th e period of th e C ivil W ar, and was instru­
m en tal in p reservin g the church from the violence
of the Parliam entary soldiers, and forbade any person
to enter it except for service on Sun day; the stained
east window was inserted in 1882 as a memorial to the
daughter of th e Rev. W illiam W igan Harvey B.D. rec­
tor, 1872, until his death 7 M ay, 1883; two old gal­
leries have been rem oved : the church was restored in
1832, p artly at the expense of the Rev. Edward Burton
B.D. R egius Professor of Divinity at Oxford and rector,
who died here 19 Jan. 1836, and in 1896 the tower arch
was renovated at a cost of about ¿10 0 , under the direction
of Mr. J. 0 . Scott, arch itect: the church affords 400
sittings. An addition to the churchyard was consecrated
in 1895. Th e register dates from the year 1599 and the
churchw ardens’ books from 1692. The living is a rec­
tory, net yearly value ¿3 9 7, w ith 3 acres of glebe and
residence, in the g ift of the Crown, but must be held
b y a graduate of Oxford ; th e Rev. Joseph Arthur Dodd
M .A. of Corpus C h risti College, Oxford, has been rector
since 1911. Here is a P rim itive Methodist chapel.
W illiam de la Pole, first D uke and fourth Earl of
Suffolk, and A lice h is w ife, daughter of Thomas
Chaucer, of this place, by royal licence dated July 3,
1437, founded an alm shouse, w ith a grammar school
attached, and endowed them originally with 100 marks
(¿6 6 13s. 4d.), b ut afterw ards instead thereof with the
manors of M arsh Gibbon, in B u c k s ; Rambridge, in
Hants, and Conock, in W ilts ; there are now belonging
to this ch arity 4,568 acres of land and houses producing
a large and increasing income ; the mastership of the alms­
house is at present held by S ir W illiam Osier bart.M.D.
as R egius Professor of M edicine in Oxford University, and
there are 13 inm ates, the appointm ent of whom is now
with th e E arl of M acclesfield, as lord of the manor; a
scheme for the m anagem ent and regulation of the alms­
house under trustees was issued by the Court of
C hancery in M ay, i860; the buildings, constructed 0
b rick, are gabled, w ith barge boards, and form a quad­
rangle surrounded within by a cloister, from w^ic^,a
fligh t of steps leads im m ediately into the tower of the
church, the entrance from the street being through a
bold gatew ay w ith stepped b attlem en ts; there is ^
present no gram m ar m aster, th e office not having ^
filled up since the death of the Rev. G. D. Faithful ■■
25 M arch, 1866: the school buildings, of brick,
m ullioned windows and boldly projecting chimneys, a
lent by the trustees to the parish and used as
parochial school, and the trustees of the almshouse
hold the Manor House and certain lands surroumling >
form erly the site of a royal palace here, in which
E lizabeth occasionally resided, and which were pure as
in 1857. E welm e Park, 3 m iles south-east, once a
of the Earl« of E ssex, is now a farm . Weedon’s c
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of ¿ 1 6s. 8d. is given in coal.
In the pans
rem arkably fine spring, form ing a rapid sfcreamJf iei.
em pties itself into the Tham es. The Earl of Ma
field is lord of the honor of Ewelm e. Frank
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esq. and Mr. H. W. Orpwood are the Pr'nCl£ L chief
owners. T h e soil is chalk and gravel on gait. 1
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crops are wheat and other cereals and artificial g ^
There is very little pasture or natural grass.