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B E R K S H IR E .

D IRECTORY.]

^ 153 , 'with
acres of glebe and residence, in the g ift
of the Bishop of O xford, and held since 1909 by the
Rev. Bernard H ubert P a tch M .A. of H ertford College,
Oxford. C herbu ry cam p, trad ition ally the site of a
palace of C nut or C anute the Dane, stands a m ile and a
half eastw ard, in Charney Bassett parish, and is an oval
earthwork, about 310 yards in length, w ith th ree m ounds
and three m oats surrounding it still clearly m arked.
The ancient m anor of Pusey is said to have been held by
the Puseys from a period anterior to the Conquest, by
th e form of tenure called “ cornage ” or horn service,
and trad itio n a lly under a gran t from C a n u te ; the horn
preserved at Pusey House is 24^ inches long and 12 in
circum ference, a rich brown colour, and is m ounted
w ith silver g ilt, the m iddle band having two sm all feet
and bearing this inscrip tion : —
“ I K y n g Knowde yeue Uyllyam Pecote
thys hom e to holde by th y lond.”
The fam ily of Pusey became extin ct in the m ale line on
the death of Charles Pusey in 1710 ; his nephew, John
Allin, to whom the estate was bequeathed, thereupon
assumed the name of Pusey, but on his death w ithout
issue the property descended to his sisters and nieces,
Anson Misses, Pusey house
Patch Rev. Bernard H ubert
(rector), Rectory

M .A.

COMMERCIAL.

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t and was even tually settled on the Hon. Ph ilip Bouverie,
Dephew of M rs. Allen Pusey, and son of Sir Jacob
Bouverie, 1st V iscou n t Folkestone.
Sidney E dw ard
Bouverie-Pusey esq is lord of the m anor and sole land­
owner. P usey House, the property of P h ilip F ran cis
B ouverie-Pusey esq. and the residence of the M isses
Anson, is a plain mansion of stone, having a fron t w ith
two bays, and was erected in 1753 u n der the direction
of M r. John Wood, arch itect, of B ath . The soil is
lo a m ; subsoil, various— coral, rag, sand and gravel.
The ch ief crops are the usual cereals and roots. The
area is 1,040 ac re s; rateab le value, £70 6; the popula­
tion in 1911 was 113.
Sexton, H enry E ld ridge.
L etters th rou gh Faringdon office arrive 8.15 a.m . & 2.30
p.m . B uckland is the n earest m oney order & tele­
g rap h office, about
m iles distan t
W all L e tter Box, cleared a t 10.20 a.m . & 6.20 p .m . ;
S u n d a y s , 11.35 a.m
Th e children attend the schools at B uckland & C harney
B assett

C arriers— Boucher, Faringdon, passes th rou gh on wed.
& sat. & Brown, Faringdon, passes throu gh on mon. &
thurs

Hilson John, estate bailiff to Philip L arge Sidney John, farm b ailiff to
Francis B ouverie-Pusey esq
H.
C .C h and ler esq.Pusey Lodge fm
Jones C harles, gardener to Misses Lyford G eorge, gam ekeeper to Misses
Anson
Anson

Chandler H. Ravner, frm r. Pusey frm
R A D L E Y is a parish on the west bank of the Isis, brother, as S ir G eorge Bowyer, of Radley, B erks, for
which separates it from O xfordshire, w ith a station on his g alla n try in the victory achieved by Lord Howe on
the G reat W estern railw ay and jun ction of the branch the 1st June, 1794, when he commanded as rear-adm iral,
line to Abingdon, 58 m iles from London, 2\ north-east and lost a leg ; he eventually succeeded to his broth er’s
from Abingdon and 4^ from Oxford, in the Northern baronetcy in A p ril, 1799, and died 6th Decem ber, 1799;
division of the county, hundred of H orm er, p etty ses­ his son, S ir George Bowyer, 6th bart. of R adley and
sional division, union and county court district of 2nd of Denham, succeeded, and the property next
Abingdon, rural deanery of Abingdon, archdeaconry ol descended to his son, the late S ir G eorge Bow yer bart.
Berks and diocese of Oxford ; it includes the liberty of D .C .L . on whose death (7th June, 1883) both baronetcies
Thrupp and W ick and part of th e township of Kenning- passed to his n ext brother, S ir W illiam Bow yer bart.
ton. The church of St. Jam es is a b uilding of stone, of B righton, who died M ay, 1893, and was succeeded by
wholly in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, his nephew, the present Sir G eorge Henry Bow yer bart.
nave of three bays, south transept, south aisle, modern who in 1901 disposed of the manors of R adley and S u g ­
south porch of wood and an em battled western tower worth to Mrs. Dockar-D rysdale, who is the p rin cipal
containing 6 bells : the south aisle and chancel are both landowner. Th e soil is various and consists of gravel,
em b a ttled ; the la tter has two p in n acles: again st the clay and stiff lo a m ; subsoil, princip ally gravel. The
south w all of the chancel is a handsome m onum ent to crops are a succession of grain. Th e area of th e entire
S ir W illiam Stonhouse bart. who died 5th February, parish is 3,684 acres of land and 22 of w a t e r ; rateab le
1631, and E lizabeth (Powell), his w ife, w ith effigies of value, ^15,750. Th e population of the c iv il parish in
both, carved in alabaster and coloured, sm aller effigies 1911, in cludin g the occupants of S t. P eter’s College, was
of th eir children being placed at the s id e s ; the Latin 927, and of the ecclesiastical parish , 680.
inscription was w ritten by A lexander G ill D.D. head
Under the provisions of the “ D ivided Parishes A c t,”
m aster of S t. Paul's school, London, the tutor and
detached parts of S t. N icholas and St. Helen parishes
friend of the poet M ilton ; a Norm an font, discovered 1
(Abingdon) were added to Radley, and by Local G overn ­
on a neighbouring farm , was restored to the church in 1 m ent Board Order, 18,177, dated M arch 25, 1885, de­
1840: a reredos was erected in 1909, in m em ory of the ! tached parts of the la tter parish , near Pum ney F arm and
Rev. A rth u r W. M alim , p riest in charge of this parish
Goosey Mead, were transferred to S t. H elen (Abingdon) ;
1886-7, b y his w ife Joan : an avenue of lim es leads to
by the same Order and the same date two detached
the west doorway in the to w e r: the churchyard contains
parts of Sonningwell, known as the Isle of W ig h t and
some good altar tombs, and a large yew tree on the
Kennington V illage, were annexed to R adley and Egrove
north s id e : the late S ir G eorge Bowyer b art. who died
Farm from South H inksey.
7th June, 1883, is buried in a vau lt in the c h u r c h : the
Thrupp, i j m iles south, and W ick,
south-west,
church w’as thoroughly restored in 1902, at a cost of
over ^1,500, when the tim b er roofs w ere again exposed, I form a liberty.
the transep t p artly reb uilt, and the interior restored,
Parish Clerk, W illiam E arls.
and there are now 150 sittings.
The register dates
Post & T. Office.— W illiam M achin, sub-postm aster.
from the year 1599, and contains several entries of the
Letters through Abingdon arrive a t 7.40 a.m . & 1.10
burials of soldiers who served in the P arliam entary and
p .m .; dispatched at 9.40 a.m . & 1.15 & 6.55 p .m .;
R oyalist arm ies. The livin g is a donative vicarage, net
Sundays, arrive 7.45, dispatched at 8.45 a.m . ; office
yea rly value £42, w ith residence, in the g ift of the
open on Sundays for telegrap h ic business, 8.30 to 10
Council of R adley. College, and held since 1898 by the
a.m
. The nearest m oney order office is at Abingdon
Rev. Charles Boxall Longland M .A. of W orcester College,
Oxford, who is also vicar of Kennington. D avis’ charity W all L e tter Boxes.— C h urch , cleared at 10 a.m . & 12.30
&
7.25
p .m .; Sundays, 9.10 a .m .; Station , 7.5 a.m . &
consists of the income arising from ¿10 0 and is for
1.25 & 6.40 p .m .; Sundays, 7.5 a .m .; Low er R adley,
three great c o a ts ; the B ristow ch arity is given in
cleared
7.30 a.m . & 1 & 6.45 p .m .; sundays, 8.45 a.m
blankets to deserving parishioners. A djoin in g Sugw orth
farm in this parish is the Oxford U n iversity 18-hole
golf course. W ick H all, the residence of Mrs. DockarD rysdale, was considerably enlarged and im proved in
1889-90, and again in 1895-6, two new wings being
a d d e d ; a large and ancient brick building, form erly
used as a granary, has been m oved bodily for a distance
of 90 feet and placed on a new site so as to serve as a
billiard-room , and handsome entrance gates erected.
The m anor belonged to the abbot and convent of A bin g­
don, and after the Dissolution was purchased by G eorge
Stonhouse esq. of the Board of Green C loth in the
reign of E lizabeth : in 1792 the m anor passed by will
to Captain, afterw ards A dm iral Bowyer, brother of Sir
W illiam Bowyer b a T t . of Denham, B ucks, and created a
baronet 8th Sept. 1794, during the lifetim e of his

R adley College.
Th e college of S t. P eter, Radley, opened June 9, 1847, &
incorporated by Royal C h arter in 1890, is situated in
R adley Park, 5 m iles from Oxford, 2 from Abingdon &
half a m ile from R adley station on th e G reat W estern
r a ilw a y ; the b uildings consist of R adley H all itself,
form erly the seat of the Stonhouse & Bow yer fam ilies,
dorm itories, school room w ith separate class rooms &
private studies & a detached san ito riu m ; the new
chapel erected on the site of the old one in 1895, at a
cost of about _£i2,ooo, is an edifice of Ted brick chiefly
in the P erpendicular style, from designs by S ir T . G .
Jackson b art. M .A ., R .A ., F .S .A . & contains a h an d­
some carved wood reredos & a fine o r g a n ; there is