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B E R K S H IR E .

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B O I T R T O N is a township and now a p arish form ed in i £1.700. A chapel, b u ilt by the late Henry T u ck er esq
1867 out of the civ il parish of Sh riven h am , situated on of Bourton House, and now the property of C. K.
th e W ilts border, three-quarters of a m ile south-by-w est B utler esq. J .P . was opened O ctober 19th, 1851, by the
from Shrivenham station on th e G reat W estern railw ay, la te Hon. and Rev. B ap tist W . Noel M .A . and will
6£ m iles north-east from Swindon and 7 soutli-w est-by- seat 150 persons. S ix alm shouses, of stone, in the
south from F arin gdon , in the N orthern division of the Pointed style, were erected and endowed b y th e late
cou nty, hundred of Shrivenham , p etty sessional divi- John B aker and John T u ck er. G reat quan tities of
sion, union and cou nty court d istrict of Faringdon, rural fossils of various kinds w ere at one tim e dug up here
d eanery of the Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of In the centre of th e villag e stands an ancient cross.
B erks and diocese of Oxford. Th e W ilts and Berks Bourton House, a handsome m ansion in th e Jacobean
style, com m anding extensive view s, is th e property
canal passes throu gh. Th e
parish is supplied w ith
w ater from A shbury. Th e Faringdon R u ral D istrict and residence of C y ril K endall B u tler esq. J.P . who is
C oun cil have a storage tow er erected in 1902-3, w ith a the p rin cipal landowner. V iscou nt B arrin gton is lord
tank capable of holding 10,000 gallons. T he church of th e manor. T h e soil is p art loam and c la y ; su b ­
of S t. Jam es, b u ilt by p ublic subscription on a site soil, clay. The land is chiefly pasture. The area is
given by Thom as T uck er esq. who also contributed 1,253 acres of land and 7 of w a te r; rateable value,
£500 to its erection, is an edifice of
stone in the £ 6 .52 6; the population in 1911 was 296.
Sexton and P a rish C lerk, R obert Peacey.
D ecorated style, consistin g of chancel, nave, south
p orch and a western b ell-gable containing 2 bells : the Post Office.— W illiam E dw ard Sm ith, sub-postm aster.
organ, presented by the first v icar, was opened M ay
L etters through Shriven h am , B erks, arrive at 7 a.m .
22nd, 1881 : in 1907 a v e stry was b u ilt on the north
& 4 p .m .; dispatched at 8.45 a.m . & 7.30 p .m .;
side, and heating apparatus provided, at a cost of
S u n d a ys, 10.30 a.m . S hriven ham , 2 m iles d istan t, is
ab ou t £300: the church was restored in 1878, and
the nearest m oney order & telegrap h office
affords 140 s ittin g s: a ch u rch yard , the g ift of Mr. J.
T . Painton S m ith, was provided in 1897. The register ! School, w ith playground attached, erected in 1908 at
th e expense of the endowm ent fund at a cost of
dates from th e year i860. Th e liv in g is a vicarage,
about £2,000, for 100 ch ild ren ; W . R. D avid, m aster
n et yea rly value £ 114 - w ith residence, in the g ift of the
L o rd Chancellor, and held since 1899 by the Rev. Jam es C arrie r.— John Sm ith, from A sh b ury to Swindon, passes
B ates. A new vicarage was b u ilt in 1897 at a cost of ; th rou gh on m on. & fri
p r iv a t e

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A m es W m . H erbt, C h urch F arm h o i Arke'.l A lb ert V icto r, farm er
B ates Rev. Jam es, V icarage
C ox G eorge, estate carpenter
Bedford-Pim
L ieu t,-C o l.
E dm und ¡D ixon G eorge, farm er
H ugh (late R .F .A .), Bourton End Dixon Joseph, b lacksm ith
B u tler C y ril K en d all J.P . Bourton ho D ixon W alter, carpenter
B u tler M ontague S. D ., C .V .O ., Deaney G. gardener to L ieu t.-C o l. E.
H. Bedford-Pim
C .I.E . The Manse
H awkings A rth u r H. farm er
S m ith Mrs. The Grove
Hawkings
Jam es D. farm er
T a y lo r C ap t. B ingham A ., D .S .0 . The
K in g Sidney, farm er, M anor farm .
G range
Lower Bourton

Knapp Frank, estate stonemason
M aisey W alter, coal agent
Manners A rth u r C. farm er, Swan hill
M ortim er Joseph, thrashin g m achine
owner
M ortim er W m .th rash in g m ach.owner
Phillips John, assistant overseer
Sm ith W m . Edwd, grocer, P ost office
Starke E dw ard H. gardener to C.
K . B u tler esq. J .P
Wilson A braham , m arket gardener

B O X F O R D -c u m -W E S T B E O O K
is a p arish and he lived is still standing. On the road at th e north end
village, on the road from N ew bu ry to Lam bourn, with of the parish is a boundary stone of th e parishes of
Boxford, W elford and L eck h a m p stea d ; th is Toad is
a station on the Lam bourn V a lley railw ay and is 4
m iles north-w est from N ew bury, in the Southern d iv i­ called “ H angm anstone la n e ” from th e follow ing legend :
sion of the county, hundred of Faircross, p e tty ses­ A m an having stolen a sheep, was carryin g it w ith its
sional division, union and county oouri d istrict of N ew ­ hind legs round/ his neck, and sat down to Test on
b u ry, archdeaconry of B erks, ru ra l deanery of N ew ­ the large boundary sto n e ; th e sheep stru g g le d and
b u ry and diocese of Oxford. Th e h am lets of Boxford drew him backwards, and he was found in th e m orning
and W estbrook lie on eith er side of the riv er L a m ­ stran gled by the hind legs of th e sheep. Capt. H enry
bourn. The church of S t. Andrew is an an cien t edifice Lin dsay Archer-H oublon is lord of the m anor and
of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, G eorge B aylis esq. and the trustees of S ir Richard
north aisle, south p orch and a low em b attled w estern S utton are the principal landowners. T he soil is m ixed
tow er of flint and brick, reb u ilt about 1670 and con­ g ravel and chalk ; subsoil, loam and chalk. T h e chief
tain in g 5 bells and a c lo c k : in the ch urch is a m on u­ crops are w heat, barley, oats and turnips. Th e area
m en t of clunch or h ard chalk, inclosing a black m arble is 2,807 acres
land and 12 of w ater ; rateable value,
slab inscribed to the Rev. Jam es A n derton , rector here, £2 ,496; the population in 19x1 was 516.
who died in 1672: th e n orth aisle was b u ilt in 1841
W E S T B R O O K is a tith in g in th is parish adjoining
by th e Rev. John W ells, then re c to r: the church was
restored and reseated, and a new organ was erected Boxford on the west.
Parish C lerk, A lfred Taylor.
in 1909 at a cost of £ 1,5 0 0 : th ere are 270 sittin g s,
a ll b ein g free. T h e reg ister dates from th e year 1558. Post, T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.— Thom as
Cruse, sub-postm aster. Letters arrive from N ew bury
T h e liv in g is a rectory, net yearly value £500, in clu d in g
at 7.10 a.m . & 1.15 p .m .; dispatched at 12.20 & 5.50
21 acres of glebe and residence, in the g ift of the
p .m . ; no sunday delivery. Stockcross, 2\ m iles dis­
R ev. C harles N. E dgin gton M .A . late rector, and held
tan t, is the nearest m oney order office
since 1904 by the Rev. W illiam N orth Andrew s M .A.
of T rin itv College, C am bridge. H ere is a chapel for Post Office, W ickh am H eath.— W illia m P earce, sub-post­
W esleyans ; there is also one for P rim itive M ethodists on
m aster. L etters th rou gh N ew bury arrive at 7.20
W ickham H eath. The benefactions to th e poor are— the
a.m . & 12.50 p.m . (callers only); Sundays, 7.10 a .m .;
rector pays 13s. 4d. at every E a s t e r ; M r. G regory
le tter box cleared at 12.45 & 5 -5° P m - ; Sundays,
Irem on ger gave £ 2 7 by w i l l ; M rs. W ayte gave 6s. 8d.
9.35
a.m . No sunday delivery, but letters m ay be
p ayable y e a r ly ; M r. Richard W hare gave £30 by w ill;
called for 7.10 to 8.10 a.m . Stockcross is th e nearest
M r. W illo ugh b y gave an annuity of 20s. by w ill, dated
m oney order & telegrap h office
1610; John Shepherd gave £20, the interest to be paid
C arriers.— W illiam Pearce & W illiam Thom as Pearce,
to poor widows ; these sum s are invested in th e £2^ per
W ickham H eath to N ew bury
cent. Consols. O liver Sam son, the B erksh ire Quaker,
who spent a considerable tim e in prison for refusing to Parochial School, Boxford (m ixed), b u ilt in 1871, for
xoi children ; W illiam Evans B .A . m aster
p ay tithes, resided here, and the farm house in w hich
Munday E d ith (M rs.), farm er, Own­
C arrell H enry, b utcher
BOXiFORD.
ham farm
A ndrew s Rev. W illiam N orth M .A. Dodd W m . farm er, H igh S treet frm
Pearce
W illiam , shopkeeper & carrier,
Froude G eorge, farm er, Hunts green
R ectory
Post
Office, W ickham heath
H
am
blin
W
m
.
&
Sons,m
illers
(w
ater)
B aylis George. W vfield
Thom as,
carrier,
Heath W illiam (M rs.), farm er, O wn­ Pearce W illiam
G ilk s Jam es M. W ickh am heath
W ickham heath
ham , W ickham heath
H am blin F rederick, C oom sbury
Radbourne W illiam , blacksm ith
U llithorne M rs. Ownham , W ickham Hobbs P h ilip , farm er, M ill house
H uzzey John, farm er, W ickham hth T hatcher Tom H illier, farm er, Rowheath
b u ry farm (letters v ia C hieveley)
W ilson E dw in, C o u rt
Oak farm Lovegrove A lfred, cowkeeper, W ick ­
W aylen E m ily (M rs.), shopkeeper
ham heath
(letters th rou gh C hieveley)
W
ilson Edwin E dw ard, farm er, C ourt
Lovegrove
H
enry,
shoe
m
aker,
W
ick
­
C O M M E R C IA L .
oak & Bradley Wood farm s (letters
ham heath
B averstock W alter,farm er,B oxford ho
via Chieveley)
M
erritt
Francis,
B
ell
inn,
&
farm
er
B aylis G eorge, farm er, W yfield