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OXFORDSHIRE.

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a parish which includes the townships and villages of East and West Adderbury and the
chapelry of Milton, and is in the Northern division of
the county, Bloxham hundred, Banbury and Bloxham
petty sessional division, Banbury union and county court
district, rural deanery of Deddington and archdeaconry
and diocese of Oxford. The Oxford canal passes the
parish on the east; it is separated from Northampton­
shireon the east by the Cherwell. The area of the entire
civil parish is 3,987 acres of land and 41 of water; the
population in 1911 was 1,353 of the civil and eccle­
siastical parish.
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held smce 1913 by tlie fiev. Charles Fiennes Cholmondeley M.A. of that college. The Wesleyan chapel, erected
!■" ,J93’o3' ■ seat 200 Persons- The Feoffees’ or Town
Lands Charity belonging to East and West Adderbury and Milton now administered under a scheme
ot the Charity Commissioners framed in 1871, pro­
duces a net sum of ¿180 a year, which is applied
in unequal proportions to the repair of the church
a”dthe relief 0f the Poor- HeniT Wilmot esq. son
of bir Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Athlone, was
created Lord Wilmot of Adderbury by King Charles I.
29 June, 1643, and Earl of Rochester by Charles II
3 Dec. 1652; he was the father of Henry Wilmot, the
ADDERBURY EAST is on the Sor brook, a tributary 1
itty but profligate Earl of Rochester, and ranker of
of the river Cherwell and on the road from Oxford to w
Woodstock park, where he died July 26, 1680. In the
Banbury, with a station on the Banbury, Chipping p
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ron stone quarries, some of which are worked
Norton and Cheltenham section of the Great Western byriMsehssarrse.iCochrane
Company (Woodside) Limited,
railway, 3 miles north-west from Aynho Park station on of Round Oak, Staffand
. Cotefield is the residence of
the same Company’s direct line from London to Bir­ Sir Leigh Hoskyns bs
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mingham, 3| miles south-by-east from Banbury, 19 was built by one of the Bustard
family. Oliver Stockton
north from Oxford and 83 from London. The church esq. is lord of the manor and hol
s an annual courtleet.
of St. Mary, which stands on elevated ground, is a The principal landowners are dNew
College, Oxford
cruciform edifice of various dates, chiefly Decorated, Hugh Cawley esq. J.P. Walter Wilson
sq. and the
consisting of chancel with vestry, clerestoried nave of Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The soil ie
s red loam;
four bays, aisles, transepts, north and south porches subsoil, clay and rock. The crops are wheat,
ley,
and a western tower with spire and pinnacles, contain­ oats, beans, swedes and potatoes. The area ofbarEas
ing a clock and 8 bells: the chancel, a work of the Adderbury is 2,022 acres of land and 36 of water; ratet­
Early Perpendicular period, was built by William of able value, £5,797; the population in 1911 was 858.
Wykeham, who, in 1385, gave this vicarage to New
College, Oxford, of which he was the founder; his bust Sexton, James Parrott.
and armorial bearings, carved in stone, appear on the Post, M. 0 ., T., Telephonic Express Delivery Office &
external wall over the east window as well as on the Telephone Call Office (to places within a limited
woodwork of the roof: on the north side of the chancel distance), Adderbury.— Charles Keyte, sub-postis the original vestry with a room over it, reached by a master. Letters through Banbury arrive at 7 & 11.30
newel staircase, and an oriel window: the transepts a.m. & 4.25 & 7.35 p.m.; dispatched at 9.25 a.m. &
retain arcading of the Early English period: in the 4.45, 6.25 & 7.50 p.m. ; Sunday, delivery at 7.5 a.m. ;
north transept is an aumbry and in the south two dispatched at 4.45 p.m
piscinae: the nave has a fine timber roof and Decorated Pillar Boxes.— Church, cleared at 8.15 a.m. & 12.5 &
stone porches: there is a brass of a man in armour
7.45 p.m. ; Sundays, 4.40 p.m. ; Twyford Garden
wearing a collar, and his wife, c. 1460; another to , Estate, cleared at 9.35 a.m. & 4.55 & 7.55 p.m.;
Jane, wife of George Smythe, 1508 ; this latter is ! Sundays, 4.55 p.m
dated Feb. 30th; an inscription on brass to Roger Police Station, John Bradbury, constable
Wells, merchant, and his wives Joan and Agnes, and Fire Engine House, Mill lane, Robert Beasley, jun.
a memorial to Thomas More, 1586: in the chancel captain; William Dale, lieut. & 10 firemen
is buried 7Sir George
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the seat of John Blagrave esq. near Reading, aged
90; in the chancel was also buried Alice (Wild), Railway Station, Albert Cotterell, station master
wife of William Cobb esq. who died 23 Oct. 1627, Carriers to & from Banbury.— Richard A. Plackett, to
and Sir William Cobb kt. interred here 16 March,
‘Coach & Horses;’ C. Wade, to ‘Leathern Bottle,'
1658: there is here also a monument to William
mon. thurs. & sat. ; & William Bason, to Milton, mon.
Oldys D.D. vicar here from 1627, shot by soldiers thurs. & sat
of the Parliamentary army during the Civil war
ADDERBURY WEST township is separated from
in 1645: the stained east window was erected by a Adderbury
“East by the Sor brook. Here is a Congre
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*k0 ^ev-- Charles Alcock M.A. vicar from gational chapel, erected in 1829, with sittings for 150
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and screen have been finely re­ persons, and a Meeting House fortheSociety of Friends.
stored, and the former is reached by the ancient stair­ The principal landowner is Miss (Blunt. The area is
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■ Barnabas, at a cost of £180: the chancel was Wall Letter Box, Adderbury West, cleared at 7.50 a.m.
restored in T834 under the direction of Mr. Buckler, 12 noon & 7.45 p.m. ; Sundays, 4.35 p.m. The nearest
money order & telegraph office is at Adderbury East
arcbitecfc, of Oxford, and in 1886 the church was
thoroughly restored and reseated with oak benches
MILTON
is a hamlet 1 mile west from Adderbury
under the direction of Mr. John Oldrid Scott F.S.A.
rc Reet, at a cost of £2,907: there are 500 sittings. East. The church or chapel of ease, erected in 1856, is
Jim ? church7ard is a monument to William Beaw D.D. a building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave and a
metime major of a regiment of horse in the army of small central tower containing 2 bells, and will seat
infk 6S afterwards a volunteer in the Swedish army about 100 persons: service is conducted on Sundays by
hn G <«ar
Poland during his exile, vicar of Adder- the clergy of Adderbury. The area is 810 acres; rate­
and Bishop of Llandaff 1679-1706. The able value, £1,241 ; the population in 1911 was i6r.
Vina1!« d?Aes fr0EQ the >'ear xS98- The living is a Letters through Banbury arrive at 8 a.m. Wall Lettei
voari
chapelry of Milton annexed, joint net Box cleared at 11.35 a m - & 4-55 p m. week days.
Wifh^ v.j ’ arising from 398 acres of glebe, £300. Bloxham is the nearest money order & telegraph
Q residence, in the gift of New College, Oxford, and office, about 1 mile distant
adderbury east.
Tibbetts Mrs. E. A
Hill-D’Oyly John
Marked thus + receive their letters fHopkins Thomas, Elmdene, Twyford Walker Miss
Wayte Mrs
gardens
through Banbury.
Hoskyns Sir Leigh bart. J.P.Cotefield Wilson Walter, The Lawn
PRIVATE R E SID E N TS.
Martin Mrs. The Green
fWood Stephen Stafford, Belvedere,
Twyford gardens
Bnv,r.l0WvTi£mas- Twyford gardens Meikle Robert William, Hill house
C O M M E R C IA L .
Millar Hy. Clarence,24 Twyford gdns
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Industrial Co-operative So­
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8 Twyford gardens
BrnWf Jhomas, High street
Parker Lady Elizabeth & LadyEvelyn, ciety Limited (branch) (William
Arthur Tyrrell, manager)
Brown1* Charles °yril. The Rookery Greenhill
Arthur
Banwell Obed, butcher
Buck snCSt AddiS°n’ The Green Raymond
fRogers John, 22 Twyford gardens Beasley Robert, carpenter & beer retlr
Oholnin^f^ J P‘ ■A-dderhury hou
fTaylor William Henry A.R.C.O., Billing Francis W. farmer, Water la
A.L.C.M. St. Clare, Twyford grdns Borton Frederick, coal merchant,
Thorne Frederic La Coque M.D., Nell Bridge wharf
Bfrenoh Mrs. The Luche.
J.P. (co. Warwick), Manor house Bray Arthur, carpenter, Wynn cot
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