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M ILTON.

B E R K S H IR E .

[ k e l l y ’s

12.5 & 7.20 p.m . ; sunday, 9.40 a . m . ; & at Drayton
M ill, 7.15 a.m . & 2.20 & 7.25 p .m .; sunday. 7.15 a.m
E lem en tary School, founded in 1796, & endowed by the
Rev. G eorge W arner, late rector, w ith a sum yielding
nearly £68 y e a rly ; Joshua L . W hite, m aster

Post Office.— G eorge M artin, sub-postm aster. Letters
arrive throu gh Steventon & delivered, 6.45 A 11.30
a .m .; S u n d a y s , 6.45 a .m .; dispatched at 7 & n -55
a.m . & 2.15 & 7.35 p.m . ; S u n d a ys, 7 a.m . Steventen , i m ile d istant, is th e nearest m oney order &
telegrap h office
C arriers to A bingdon.— Charles Henry Chainey & Tom
W ilkin s, da ily, except thurs
W all L e tte r B oxes.— M ilton H ill, cleared 11.40 a.m . &
Chainey Charles H enry, carrier
K in g M rs. Rose cottage
B arrett Lo uis A rth u r, M ilton farm
Cooper H um phrey Reuben,stonem asn
Penton H arry J. Th e Firs
B etteridge M rs. The Hollies
Edm onds C harles Nash, farm er, Hos­
B etteridge Richd. Hopkins, M ilton h ill!S in g e r A . M ortim er, M ilton hill
p ital farm
Squire
G
eorge
F
rederick,
L
ittle
croft,
Bradfield John Richard, E xw ick
G errin g Richard Jesse, w h eelw righ t
M ilton hill
Evans M rs. L y n , M ilton cottage
Haywood
H arold E dw in, farm bailiff
T
yrrell
Th
e
M
isses,
Fern
cottage
G ib bs Misses, Hom e farm
to A. M ortim er S in g er esq
Usborne H y. Fras. Home F arm cot
G odfrey Mrs. Reuben
H
ew
itt
H
orace,
Red Lion P.H
C O M M E R C IA L .
Haywood H arold E dw in, H orner ho
Jackson” Rev. H arry H am ilton M .A. Betteridge Richard H opkins, farm er M artin G eorge, baker, Post office
Port
W
illiam
J.
b uilder
& landowner. M ilton h ill
(recto r), Rectory
W hitehead F rederick W . Old Pack
Johnston M iss. Secretary's cottage. Bradfield Owen, farm er
Horse
P.H
.
M
ilton
b ill
! Cannon G eorge, farm er
M ilton hill
M O E E T O N is a parish
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and village, 4 m iles
- 3 m iles
•
«•
west from —
W allingford,
east■from
Didcot June~
tion station on the G reat W estern railw ay, and 7^ m iles
north-w est from A bingdon, in th e N orthern division of
the county, hundred of M oreton, p etty sessional d ivi­
sion, union and cou n ty cou rt d istrict of W allingford,
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------------r u t « deanery
U « « .« . of
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rural
allin gford, archdeaconry, of
Berks
and diocese of Oxford. T h e church of A ll Saints is a
stru ctu re of flint w ith stone dressings in th e later E arly
E nglish style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays,
south aisle, south porch and a w estern tow er, 56 feet
high, containing 5 b e lls ; at th e south-east angle is a
handsom e chapel called ‘'S ta p le to n 's C h a n tr y ,’ erected
in the 13th century, w ith a window retainin g some
ancient stained glass and a piscina form ed in a splay
of the east w in d o w ; a deed of E dw ard III. ex ists givin g
perm ission to S ir M iles Stapleton to alienate 25 acres
of land for use of th e p riest of this c h a n try ; the chancel
walls are decorated w ith modern p a in tin g s : there are
two stained windows, and a reredos of coloured m arbles,
w ith a representation of th e Crucifixion in the centre,
w rou ght in m o s a ic : a portion of the rood stairs and the
doorway re m a in s : th ere are 260 sittin gs. T he register
dates from the year 1558. Tho livin g is a vicarage, net
incom e £ 1 7 7 , "with residence and 38 acres of glebe, in
th e g ift of the Archdeacon of B erks, and held since 1909
by
R ev.
D> th
t i lee -IV
cv. fFerdinand
c i u n i d i i u iF rancis
i auus F
i leet M .A . of W orcester
*
C ollege, Oxford. Th e E cclesiastical Com m issioners are

im p rop riators of th e great tith es, am ounting to £180 6 s .
H ere is a Prim itive M ethodist chapel. T h e only
ch arity is th at of M rs. A nn N oyes, of £ 2 10s. a year,
to be applied to th e purchase of bread, coals or clothes
for the poor, at the discretion of th e vicar and two
trustees appointed by the Parish Council. A piece of
land, near th e S tar inn, 1a. ar. lo p . i n extent, is held
in tru s t by the m inister and churchw ardens, and th e
ren t is applied to the p aym en t of the parish clerk.
There are four alm shouses let at a nom inal ren t to
aged parishioners who are m em bers of th e C h urch of
E ngland, the vicar and churchw ardens being th e
trustees. The principal landowners are the M isses
H edges. The soil and subsoil are chiefly green sand­
stone. T h e ch ief crops are w heat, b arley and roots.
The area is 1,102 acres; rateable value, £ 1,4 0 6 ; the
population in 1911 was 256.
Post Office.— M rs. M artha W ing, sub-postm istress. L e t­
ters th rou gh W allin gford arrive at 7.30 a.m . & 1.30
p .m . ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m . & 7 p.m . ; Sundays,
10.30 a.m . B righ tw ell, 2 m iles distant, is th e nearest
m oney order & telegraph office
P illa r L e tte r B ox, Park end, cleared at 10.30 a.m . & 7
p.m . week d a ys; Sundays at 10.30 a.m
Elem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1867, for 80
children*; M iss M ary G ale, m istress
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, C arrier.— Jam es B utcher, fri. to W allingford
ardener to R e v .! Holloway Henry, blacksm ith
Bum pass E dw ard,
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
! Leach A lfred, beer retailer
F . F. F leet M .A. Rose cottage
C lose P. J. H am ilton, Stapletons
Maycoek W illiam , Bear inn
Butcher Jam es, carrier
Chauntrey
i Morris H arry B lakiston, farm er, Park
F le et Rev. Ferdinand F ran cis M .A. C am pbell John G . beer retailer
1
End farm
Finch F rederick, farm er
(v icar), The V icarage
Treadw ell G eorge W illiam , farmeT &
Ford E rn est G ilb ert, farm er
H uggins Thom as W esley
landowner, Cobbs farm
H art Charles, farm er, Park farm ^
K irb y John, The F ilb erts
H ew itt G. gardener to P. J. H. W ig ley A lb ert Thom as, farm er
Kopp M iss, S t. P eter’s
W
ing G eorge, beer retailer
Close esq
C O M M E R C IA L .
H ill Geo. A rth .w h eelw rig h t & carpntr
Bidm ead John, grocer
S O U T H M O R E T O N is a village and parish, 3^ m iles Field and T a y lo r fam ilies, and at the east end is a yew
south-west from W allingford, 3 m iles south-east from tree of great an tiquity. T he register dates from the
Didcot Junction station on th e G reat W estern railway year 1599- Th e livin g is a rectory, net yea rly value
and 4 m iles north-east from Upton station on the D id­ £ 1 2 1, in cludin g 94 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in
cot and N ew bury railw ay, in the N orthern division of the gift of th e U niversity of Oxford, on th e nomination
the county, hundred of M oreton, W allingford p etty ses­ of th e principal of H ertford College, and held since
sional division, union and county court d istrict, rural 1913 by th e Rev. Louis W aller W illiam B eaufort B .A.
deanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of B erks and dio­ of H atfield H all, Durham . H ere is a B ap tist chapel.
cese of O xford. A brook, frin ged w ith willow s, which T h e ch arities in clude th e interest of £ 10 , and a g ift of
takes its rise in H agbourne, flows th rou gh th e parish £1,000 by the late Edw ard Sherm an esq. a native of
close by the churchyard. The church of S t. John the the parish, and for th e adm inistration of these ch ari­
B aptist, situated w est of th e v illag e, is a stone edifice ties, am ounting to £28 a year for the benefit of the
in the E a rly E nglish style and consists of two parallel poor, the C h arity Com m issioners have fram ed a new
aisles, v estry , open tim bered south porch and a double scheme. To th e w est of th e church is an ancient
bell cote on the w estern gable of the south a is le ; the m ound, probably a b urial tiim ulus. The Manor House
east end of one aisle form s the c h a n c e l; two of the was form erly a m oated residence and a portion of the
E arly E nglish windows rem ain on the south side, the m oat rem ains. T he M isses H edges are ladies of the
others having been replaced by D ecorated and Perpen ­ m anor. The principal landowner is John K irb y esq.
dicular w indow s; an arcade of five arches divides the The land is p rin cipally a ra b le ; the soil is a lig h t
two portions of th e c h u rch ; th e church has open g r a v e l; and th e crops are w heat, b arley and roots.
tim bered roofs, a good north doorway of the Decorated The area, in clusive of the ham let of F u lscot, is 1,350
period, now walled u p , and at the w est end th e rem ains a c re s; rateable value, £ 1 1,5 5 6 ; the population in 19 11of a rep uted Saxon do o rw ay: th ere is a stone pulpit, was 302.
Sexton, H enry W heatley.
entered b y an archw ay in the w a ll; a t th e w est end
Letters
of the church is a slab of black m arble, inscribed to Post Office.— Jason M artin, sub-postm aster.
arrive from W allingford at 6.45 a.m . & 12.50 p.m . &
M argaret, second daugh ter of W illiam Tip p in g, of Dray- j
cott, ob. M ay 3. 1656. and in the south aisle is a m ural
dispatched at 10.50 a .m . & 7.20 p . m . ; S u n d a y s , 9.30
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l e t nr» Tirrold,
T ir p n M
t 1. m
m iiles
l o c distant,
H io t/ m t
ie the
t i p nearest
n P Qr p s t
Aston
1$
is
m onum ent,
to
John
K irb y esq.
1839; in the year ,1849
m oney order & telegraph office
th e east wall was reb uilt, the old wooden tow er pulled
down and two bells were hung in the present bell cote, , E lem en tary/Sch o ol (m ixed), erected in 18
children ; W illiam Jam es L am bert, m a s te r ; Miss
the in terior reseated and a stone p u lp it and font pro­
vided : there are 200 sittin g s, half ap p rop riated : the ! E th el Jones k Miss E lsie Sp ratley, m istresses. There
churchyard contains m em orials to the K irb y , Sadgrove, 1 is a school house attached