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•H arris F rederick 0 . clerk of the
S heaf Mrs. The H om estead
C allin gh am W alter, nurserym an
works, E astham pstead Park
Stevenson John, M artin ville
C arder H enry, insurance agent
Thorb urn S ep tim us S m et,01d Brack- *C u rry A lb ert H enry, resident estate Hay John, head gardener to Right
Hon. Lord H aversham
nell house
agen t to th e M arquess of Down
shire, W est gardens, E astham p- Headington W m .Dow nshireArm s P.H
Treadw ell Jam es R Th e Bungalow
Loader Jam es, farm er, N ash ville
W aterfield Philip G ay. Bramshaw
stead Park
Dean Joseph, farm er, S treet Lane frm Pearce A rth u r John, land steward to
R ig h t Hon. Lord H aversham , South
•Dennison W alter, gardener to M ar­
c o m m e r c ia l .
H ill Park farm
quess of Downshire, E astham pstead
Beaver M artha (M rs.), shopkeeper
Treadw ell Jam es R. highw ay surveyor
Park
to th
__e R u ral D istrict Council, The
Beckingham W a lter J. farm er,C hurch G ale John, farm er. Peacock farm
S tile farm
G ale Joseph, farm er, Manor farm j B ungalow
•Brow n E rnest John. jun.
fa r m ; Goodey Thom as, G reen Man P.H
iT u rvey G eorge, decorator
b ailiff to Marquess of Downshire, ‘ H arris E dw ard, head gam ekeeper to
(For rem ainder of nam es see
Eastham pstead Park
M arquess of Downshire
B racknell.)
E A T O N H A S T I N G S is a sm all parish, separated and held since 1 9 1 1 by the R ev. A lu red John de Den
from O xfordshire by the riv er Tham es, 3^ m iles n orth ­ Denne B .A . of Selw yn College, C am bridge. Sir A lex ­
west from Faringdon, in th e N orthern division of the ander Henderson b art. M .P., J.P . is lord of the manor
county, hundred
of S h n ve n h am ,
p e tty sessional and chief landowner. Th e soil is strong c la y ; subsoil,
division, union and cou n ty court d istrict of Faringdon, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and oats.
rural deanery of the V ale of W h ite Horse, archdeaconry The area is 1 , 5 5 3 acres of lan d and 1 7 of w a t e r ; rate­
of Berks and diocese of O xford. T he church of St. able value, £ 1 , 6 2 4 ; th e population in 1 9 1 1 was 1 4 9 .
Sexton. F red Reason.
M ichael and A ll A ngels is a sm all but ancient edifice
of stone in the Norm an and E a rly E n g lish styles, con­ Post Office.— M iss Anna H. Apps, sub-postm istress.
L etters th rou gh Faringdon arrive about 7 a.m . & 1
sistin g of chancel, nave and a w estern tu rre t, contain­
p .m .; dispatched at 8 . 5 5 a.m . & 6.15 p .m .; Sundays,
ing one b ell: the chancel was restored in 1870 and the
arrive 7 a.m . ; dispatched, 9 . 1 5 a.m . T he nearest;
nave in 1872, at a tota l cost of ^750, and a vestry
m oney order & telegrap h office is at Faringdon, 2%
added in 1895 on the north side of the c h u rch : there
m iles distan t
are five stained windows and a m em orial to Henry
E
lem
entary School (m ixed), erected in 1 8 7 4 . b ut super­
Beeke, rector 1670: the church affords 100 sittin gs.
seded in 1 9 0 2 by new school erected at th e expense
The register dates from th e year 1500. Th e livin g is a
of S ir A . Henderson b art. for 8 0 children ; M iss K . R.
rectory, net yearly v a lu e .£245, and residence, in the
Apps, m istress
g ift of S ir A lexander H enderson bart. of B uscot Park,
H ill Owen, farm er, K ilm ester's &
Crosland W alter J.P . T h e G range
Bowker Frank, farm er, Rhodes farm
P h illip ’s farm s
Denne Rev. Alured John de Den B .A. C am bridge W illiam Jam es, estate
(rector), R ectory
, clerk to S ir A . Henderson bart. Porter Hedley V icars, A nchor inn
Stratten W m . farm er, C rab tree farm
c o m m e r c ia l .
; M .P., J.P . H eckford lodge
Apps Anna H. (M iss), shopkeeper, Clack Thom as Savin, farm er, Lower
Post office
House farm
E N B O E N E is a p arish one m ile north-w est from
W oodhay station on the G reat W estern railw ay,
m iles w est-south-w est from N ew bury and 8 east from
H ungerford, in the Southern division of th e county,
hundred of K in tb u ry-E ag le, p etty sessional division,
union and cou n ty cou rt d istrict of N ew bury, rural
deanery of N ew bury, archdeaconry of B erks and dio­
cese of Oxford. The church of S t. M ichael, standing
on a sligh t elevation by th e side of th e road leading
from N ew bu ry to H am pstead M arshall, at the head
of a ch arm in g valley, is an ancient edifice of flint, con­
sistin g of chancel, nave, south aisle, n orth porch and
western bell-cote, supported on early wooden fram e­
work, and containing 2 b e lls ; th a t there was at one
tim e a north aisle is evident from th e piers and arches
of an arcading form erly b u ilt in to the north w all, but
uncovered in 1893, and now form in g p art of the new
north a isle : these have good N orm an caps and b ases:
the chancel is E a rly E n glish , w ith lan cet windows at
the sides, and a debased Perpendicular east w in d o w :
there is a double E a rly E n g lish piscina, w ith a locker
a t the b a c k ; the chancel arch is N orm an, b ut has
undergone som e a lte ra tio n ; the nave and south aisle
are separated by an arcade of three E arly Norm an
arches, w ith circular pillars and scu lp tured c a p ita ls ;
in the aisle are some v ery E a rly oak benches, and the
walls disclose some traces of p a in tin g ; the font is
cylindrical and a rc a d e d : the ch urch was th orough ly

restored and reseated in 1893 and a new north aisle
added at a total cost of £3,000: there are 250 sittin gs.
The register dates from the year 1666. Th e livin g is
a rectory, w ith th a t of H am pstead M arshall annexed,
joint net yearly value £445, w ith residence and 81
acres of glebe, in th e g ift of the E arl of Craven, and
held since 1892 by the Rev. C harles Blois Johnson, of
W orcester College,
Oxford. Here is a Prim itive
M ethodist chapel, erected in 1844 and reb uilt in 1871,
with sittin gs for 50 persons. There is a poor’s allo t­
m ent of 20a. ir. 22p. and a ch arity producing £ 9 is. pd.
a year for ch urch purposes. The E arl of Craven, whs»
is "lord of the m anor, and Rev. F rederick H arris V alp y
M .A. are the principal landowners. T h e soil is gravel,
clay and lo a m ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
wheat, barley, oats, roots and pasture. The area is
2,483 acres of land and 18 of w ater ; rateable value,
.£4,197; the population in 1911 was 483.
Parish C lerk, John Parr.
Letters th rou gh N ew bury, the nearest m oney order &
telegraph office, arrive at 7 a.m . ; dispatched at 8.45
a.m . & 6.15 p .m .; Sunday, at 11.15 a.m
P illar L e tter Box. Enborne S treet, cleared a t 12.20 &
5.55 p .m . ; Sundays at 9.20 a.m
School (m ixed ), b u ilt in 1876, for 100 ch ild ren ; W illiam
Collins, m aster
Constable in C h arge, H erbert Blunden.

Bullock Joseph, horse slaughterer
Clark A rth u r, tim b er haulier
C ottrell John, farm er
Heath Chas. farm er,W h eatlan ds frm
Heath Fredk. farm r.E n born e St. frm
c o m m e r c ia l .
Heath W altr.W m .farm er,B oam es frm
Bere Edm undJohn.'frm r.Enborne frm L evy Jesse, blacksm ith
Brown E dw ard John, gam ekeeper to Luckes H erbert Jam es, farm er, H ill
the E arl of C raven
& Crockham H eath farm s
p r iv a t e

r e s id e n t s

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F ielder Thom as W. Enborne house
Johnson Rev. Chas. Blois, R ectory
M acdougall M isses, Enborne grange
V alp v M iss, E lm sleig h

E N G L E F I E L D is a villag e and parish , 1 m ile
north-w est from Th eale railw ay station on the G reat
W estern railw ay, 42^ m iles from London, 5 w est from
Reading and 3 south from Pangbourne station, in the
Southern division of the county, hundred of Theale,
Reading P e tty sessional division, Bradfield union, county
cou rt d istrict of Reading, ru ral deanery of Bradfield,
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
This
parish is said to take its name from bein g the site of
a battle fou gh t here between the Danes and the Saxons,
A.D. 871. The church of St. M ark, restored in 1857.
and the chancel reb u ilt at the sole expense of the late
R. Benyon esq. is a b u ild in g of flint and stone, consist­
ing of chancel w ith north aisle, nave, south aisle, south

Phillips Henry, aparts. The Cedars
Pocock A rth u r, farm er, Vanners frm
Pocock W illiam , farm er, G lebe farm
T h atch er Chas. Fowler, farm er, S kin ­
ners G re e n ; & at Oare
W hitington & Son, nurserym en &
seedsmen, The Nurseries
W ithers Thom as, Craven A rm s P.H

porch and a w estern tower w ith broach spire, contain­
ing 6 bells, presented by Mr. Benyon in 1878; the north
aisle was added to the chancel in 1514, and is known
as the Englefield chapel, having been for a series of
years the b urial place of th at fam ily, w hich becam e
extin ct on the death of Sir H enry Charles Englefield
bart. 21 st M arch, 1882; S ir Thom as Englefield knt.
Speaker of the House of Com m ons in 1496, and in the
first Parliam en t of H enry V III. the founder of the
chapel, is here buried ; his m onum ent, an elegant altartom b, surm ounted b y a canopy and once b earing brasses,
stands on the north side of the com m union t a b le ; and
there is also in the chapel a m onum ent to S ir Francis
Englefield b art. ob. O ctober 16, 1631, and Jane (Browne)