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diocese of O x fo rd ; these townships lie to the south
of the G reat W estern railw ay, w hich has a station
h ere; the W ilts and Berks canal passes through. E ast
Challow is one m ile w est from W antage. Th e church
of S t. Nicolas is a sm all edifice of stone, consisting
of chancel, nave, south aisle, and a sm all tower (built
in 1884) and containing 2 bells and a clock added in
191 x, in com m em oration of th e coronation of His
M ajesty K in g G eorge V. ; the D ecorated east window,
of three ligh ts, has flowing tr a c e r y ; the chancel arch
is E a rly E nglish, and th e nave is separated from the
aisle by an arcade of three good arches of the same
p erio d ; the aisle is m o d e rn ; the w est doorway is
modern, but has an E arly E nglish stoup on the south
s id e ; the font is plain and c y lin d ric a l; th e church
was enlarged and restored in 1858, when m any details
of the old b uilding were destroyed, and m uch of its
beauty m a r r e d : there are 165 sittin gs. Th e register
dates from the year 1712. The livin g is a vicarage, net
yearly value ¿23 5, w ith 9 acres of glebe and residence,
in the g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1900
by the Rev. H enry Jam es Moore Sanders, Assoc, of
King’s College, London.
H ere is a Mission hall.
There form erly existed between this village and W an­
tage an obelisk, placed a t the end of an avenue stretc h ­
ing to C ircourt, in the parish of D en ch w o rth ; some of
the stones, it is said, m ay be seen in a paved pathw ay
east of the church. A t W oodhill is an old house, occu­
pied by Mr. Sharpe, and containing an ancient fire­
place, over w hich are the initials of Richard and M ary
Bray, and the date 1676. H ere are the extensive
works of M essrs. N alder and N alder L im ited , for the
m anufacture of agricu ltu ral im plem ents.
Stephen
W illiam M. S ilver esq. is lord of th e m an o r; the
E cclesiastical Com m issioners and W . B. W asbrough esq.
are the principal landowners. Th e area of E ast Challow
is 1,657 a c re s; rateable value, .£6,139; the population
in 191 x was 490.
The population of th e ecclesiastical parish in 1911
was 581.
By Local G overnm ent Board O rder 20,689, dated
March 24, 1887, W arm an cottages &c. were transferred
from Letcom be R egis to E ast Challow.

C H IE V E L E Y .

E ast Challow Elem entary sch ool'(m ixed ), b u ilt in 1856 &
enlarged 1892, & again in 1899, for 150 ch ild ren ;
Miss E thel B eatrice Y in ce, m istress
W E S T C H A L L O W is 2^ m iles n orth-w est from
W antage. Th e ch urch of S t. L aurence is a plain stru c­
ture chiefly in the D ecorated and P erpendicular styles,
and consisting of chancel, nave, north porch of wood
and an E arly E n glish bell-eot on th e w estern gable,
containing 2 b e lls ; th e chancel is P erpendicular ¿nd
has a pre-Reform ation screen ; th e north doorway is
Transition Norm an, and the porch P erp en d icu la r; the
church was restored in 1892 at a cost of £ 4 15 ; the
com m union plate includes a pre-Reform ation paten and
a chalice of the 17th c e n tu r y ; there are 66 sittin gs.
Th e reg ister dates from the year 1653. N early opposite
the vicarage house is an old house, called “ The C ol­
lege,” perhaps origin ally the abode of a p riest. Lady
W antage is lady of th e m anor and chief landowner.
T h e soil is stron g c la y ; subsoil, blue clay. T h e crops
are wheat, beans, oats and turn ips. T he area, is 1,070
a c re s; rateable value, £ 3 ,3 7 7 ; th e population in iq ir
was 209.
B y Local G overnm ent Board O rder 20,689, dated
M arch 24, 1887, a detached p art of Sp arsh olt was added
to W est Challow.
Post & Telephone Call Office, E a st C hallow .— F ran klin
B arn ett, sub-postm aster. L etters th rou gh W antage
arrive a t 6.45 a.m . & 12.5 p .m . ; dispatched a t 8
& i x . 15 a.m . & 5.30 & 7.40 p .m .; sunday, 10.30 a.m .
Telegram s dispatched, b ut not delivered. W an tage is
th e nearest m oney order & telegrap h office, r m ile
distant, for delivery
Post Office, W est Challow .— Jam es H ennan, sub-po st­
m aster. L etters th rou gh W antage arrive a t 7.45 a.m .
& 12.30 p .m . ; dispatched a t 7.45 & 11 a.m . & 12.30,
5.15 & 7.25 p .m .; sunday, 10.5 a.m . C h ild rey, half a
m ile distant, is the nearest m oney order & telegraph
office
Challow Station W all Box, cleared at 4.45 & 8.55 p .m . ;
sunday, 10.30 a.m
The children of W est C hallow attend the schools at
E a s t Challow & C h ild rey
Challow Station .— A rchibald Claude Drew, station m astt

E A S T C H A LL O W .
H arris E m ily (M rs.), shopkeeper
Bennett W alter Lovegrove, H edge hill Harris John W illiam , sanitary in ­
spector & surveyor to W antage
K irkpatrick W illiam Hy. Kirklands
R ural D istrict Council, No. 1 dis­
Nalder E dw ard W illiam
trict, Rock cottage
Reynolds Mrs. Challow park
Hoare
Henry, nurserym an
Stroud Miss, S hirley cottage
Jefferies Chas. farm er, M arsh farm
Wallis A rth ur John, K irkland s
Lovegrove Jsph. G oodlake A rm s P.H
M idwinter H edley D avid, horse dealr
C O M M E R C IA L .
M offatt A lice (M rs.), boarding house
Monk Selina (M rs.), Coach & Horses
Alder Brook, general dealer
P.H
Ball A lfred, painter, Challow road
Frogley Charles H erbert (exors. of), N alder & N alder L im ited ,ag ricu ltu ra l
& m echanical engineers
farm ers, E ast Challow house
Froud Leonard, farm er, C anal farm Sharpe Dennis, farm er, W oodhill frm
Griffin
E lizabeth (M rs.),
haulier. Sim m ons Charles, haulier
Challow road
C H A R L T O N ,
C H A R N E Y ,

or

C H A R N E Y

C H I E V E L E Y is a parish and village w ith the
chapelries of Oare and W interbourne and the tith in gs
of C u rrid ge and Snelsm ore, in the South ern division of
the county, hundred of Faircross, p etty sessional d iv i­
sion, union and county cou rt district of N ew bury, and
in the rural deanery of N ew bury, archdeaconry of Berks
and diocese of Oxford. C h ieveley is on th e road from
Newbury to Abingdon, 5 m iles north from N ew bury, 22
from Oxford and 2 north-east from H erm itage station on
the Didcot and N ew bury branch of the G reat W estern
railway. The church of S t. M ary the V irg in is a plain
building of rubble stone, p artly in the E a rly English
style, w ith some traces of Norm an, and consists of
chancel, nave of five bays, north aisle, south porch and
an em battled w estern tower containing a clock and 6
b e lls : the east windows are s ta in e d : in the chancel and
at the west end are various m em orials to the Pocock
fam ily, and other m em orials to L u cy F in ch er, ob. 22nd
March, 1667-8, and' C atherine Stephens, d. 12th Oct.
18G0; Rev. G eorge W yld, 48 years rector, d. New
Year’s day, 1837; and to Robert H illm an, gent. 1748;
the nave was reb u ilt in 1873, from the plans of Mr.
J. W. H ugall, a rc h ite c t: in th e chancel is an ancient
wood fram e from which the Lenten veil was anciently
suspended : th e churchyard, to which half an acre, the
g ift of W. Fisher esq. was added in the year 1894, is

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W E S T C H A LL O W .
(M arked th u s • postal address
Faringdon.)
Sanders Rev. H enry Jam es Moore
A .K .C . (vicar), V icarage
Burson Joshua John, farm er, Manor
farm & C o rah ill farm
*Cook H arrv John T . P rin ce of
W ales P.H '
♦Frogley W m . farm er, Petw ick farm
G lover G eorge, farm er, Coppice lease
Herman Jam es, tobacconist
♦Hiett W illiam , L eath er B ottle P.H
♦Langford R. S. & Sons Lim ited,coal,
hay & straw & seed m ers. Station
♦Toomer John & Sons L im ited , coal
m erchants, Challow station
W est Daniel Jam es, farm er,G arlan ds

see W antage.
B A S S E T T ,

see Longworth.

surrounded by elms, affords a fine view of the downs
towards the ‘ west, and contains a m assive tom b to
Elizabeth, w ife of Charles Long, ob. 1st Jan. 1767, and
others to th e fam ilies of R athband, Halcom b, Leney,
Basing, Preston, and Sm allbone, and to Joseph W hite.
44 years parish clerk, d. 14 June, 1871 : the chancel
was restored in 1902 at the cost of th e 1st and last
Baron S t. H elier P .C ., G .C .B . (d. 1905): th ere are
600 sittin g s. Th e re g is te r dates from th e year 1560.
Th e livin g is a consolidated vicarage, n et yea rly value
£737, in clu d in g 220 acres of glebe, w ith residence,
in the g ift of Robert B. A ttle e esq. of W estcott,
P utn ey S .W . and held since 1909 by th e Rev. B ernard
Henry B ravery A ttlee M .A ., B .D . of M erton C ollege,
O xford. T h ere are B ap tist, P rim itiv e M ethodist and
W esleyan chapels. Several bequests and endowm ents
have been le ft for the poor, am oun tin g to £40 yearly,
besides £35 for educational purposes and a church
ch arity producing £ 75 yea rly. A rlin gton Manor, the
seat of Jam es A shton F airh u rst esq. M .A. is a fine
mansion of stone, standing on a slig h t elevation in the
m idst of a well-wooded country. The principal land­
owners are E dw ard J. S. W asey esq. J.P . who is lord
of the m anor, W illiam A rth u r M ount esq. M .P., J .P .,
J. A . F airh u rst esq. M .A. and O scar W . Raynor esq.
Th e soil is sandy lo a m ; subsoil, chalk. Th e c h ie f s