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R o b in so n O w e n , b e e r r e t a ile r . C h a p e l s tr e e t
S e a r le y A lfr e d , d r a p e r , M a r k e t p la c e
S im m o n s G e o r g e , sh o e m a k e r , H ig h s tr e e t
S m it h A lfr e d T h o m a s , t r a v e lle r , C u x h a m ro ad
S m it h E l i , d a iry m a n , G o r w e ll
S m it h H a rry , b e e r r e ta ile r , C h a p e l row
S m it h J a m e s , fa r m e r , P y r to n field
S m it h M a tth e w , w a t e r c r e s s g r o w e r , B ro o k s t r e e t
S t a c e y C h a rle s , b e e r r e ta ile r , C h r is tm a s C o m m o n
S t a c e y F r e d e r ic k , c y c le a g e n t, H ig h s t r e e t
S ta n m o r e G e o r g e , c h im n e y sw e e p e r, T h e G o g g s
S to n e A r t h u r S id n e y , r e g is t r a r of b irth s, d e a th s & m arr ia g e s fo r W a tlin g t o n s u b -d is t r ic t & r e lie v in g officer
W a tlin g t o n d is tr ic t , H e n le y u nion, v a cc in a tio n officer,
c o lle c t o r to th e g u a r d ia n s & sc h o o l atte n d a n ce o fficer
S t y le s F r e d e r ic k , fa rm e r, L o w e r fa rm
T a p p in F r a n c is A b r a h a m , c a r t in g c o n t r a c to r & jo b ­
m a s t e r ; b r a k e s , w a g o n e t te s , b r o u g h a m s , tra p s & c. at
re a so n a b le c h a r g e s , B ro o k s t r e e t
T a p p in F r e d k . A lb t. ( tr u s te e s o f), f a r m r s . C h e s tn u t frm
T h o m p so n A g n e s ( M r s .) , b u tc h e r , S h ir b u r n s t r e e t
T h o r n H a r r y F r a n c is , b r e w e r , B ro o k s tr e e t
T o o v e y T h o m a s , b o o t m a k e r. H ig h s t r e e t
T o w n H a ll (J n . H y . M a t lo c k ,c le r k to th e P a r is h C o u n c il)
T r in d a ll & S o n , m o to r & c y c le e n g in e e rs , c y c le m a n u ­
fa c t u r e r s & g e n e r a l s m ith s , H ig h stre e t
T u l l e t t J o h n G e o r g e , g a r d e n e r to A r t h u r H e n ry R e n sh a w esq. J .P . W a tlin g t o n p a rk
T u r n e r J o h n , c h im n e y sw e e p e r, C h u r c h s tr e e t
V e r n o n Jo h n H e n ry , in s u ra n c e a g e n t, C h a p e l s tr e e t
W a lk e r W a lte r , fa r m e r . H o m e fa rm
W a tlin g t o n B r e w e r y ( H a r r y F r a n c is T h o r n , p r o p r ie to r ) ,
b re w e rs . B ro o k s t r e e t

W a tlin g to n C o n s e rv a tiv e & U n io n ist A s s o c ia tio n (M a jo r
C . J. B o y le J .P . c h a ir m a n ; A r t h u r L e t t , ho n se c)
W a tlin g to n C r ic k e t C lu b ( E . J . B u r m e s te r , sec)
W a tlin g to n & D is t r ic t M in ia tu r e R ifle C lu b ( A r t h u r
L e t t , s e c .) , S h ir b u r n s tr e e t
W a tlin g to n G a s & C o k e W o rk s (A lfr e d G . B a te s, p ro p r.),
C h u rc h street
W a tlin g t o n H o r t ic u ltu r a l S o c ie t y ( R e v . S . C . S a u n d e rs
M .A . sec)
W a tlin g to n L e c t u r e H a ll C o . L im it e d ( A r th u r L e t t , se c .),
H ig h s t r e e t
W a tlin g to n W o r k in g M en ’ s C lu b ( A r t h u r L e t t , ho n.' se c .),
H ig h stre e t
W a ts o n J o h n & S o n s, la n d a g e n ts , a p p ra is e rs & in s u r ­
an c e a g e n ts , E s ta t e s ’ o ffice, B r itw e ll ro a d
WTeed o n B r o th e r s , co al m e r c h a n ts , C h u r c h s t r e e t &
R a ilw a y s ta tio n ; ch ie f o ffice, G o r in g
W h e e le r & C r u m p , p lu m b e rs & g la z ie r s , H ig h s tr e e t
W h e e le r A r t h u r F . p lu m b e r, H ig h s tr e e t
W h e e l e r H e n r y W i l l i a m R o b e r t , b u ild e r & g e n e ra l
c o n tr a c to r , B ro o k s tr e e t
W h e e le r L ilia H . ( M iss), d re ss m a k e r, S h ir b u m stre e t
W h it e W illia m , c h a ir t u r n e r , P a te m o r e la n e
W ig g in s H e r b e r t R ic h a r d , f a r m e r , L a m p
W ig g in s P h ilip , fa r m e r , H ig h s t r e e t
W ilk in s o n G e o r g e , fa rm e r, G o r w e ll
W ils o n C h a rle s H e n ry , w a tc h m a k e r , H ig h s tr e e t
W in fr e d W a lt e r , b u tc h e r , H ig h s t r e e t
W is e P e r c y , R e d L io n P .H . C o u c h in g s tr e e t
W ise W illia m , la u n d r y , S h ir b u r n stre e t
W o rle y H e r b e r t E d g a r , h a ir d r e s s e r . H ig h s tr e e t
W r ig h t C h a r le s F r e d e r ic k , d r a p e r , M a r k e t p la c e

W E N D L E B T J R Y is a p a rish and v illa g e on th e road
fro m B ic e s te r to O x fo rd , 3 m ile s s o u th - w e s t fro m
B ic e s te r sta tio n on th e A sh e n d o n a n d A y n h o P a r k
s e c tio n o f th e G r e a t W e s te rn R a ilw a y C o m p a n y ’ s new
tn a in lin e fro m L o n d o n to B ir m in g h a m , 2,| m iles s o u th ­
w e s t fro m B ic e s te r s ta tio n on th e B le t c h le y an d O x fo rd
b ra n c h o f th e L o n d o n a n d N o r th W e s te r n r a ilw a y , an d
also w ith a h a lt fo r th e s y s te m o f s te a m t r a m s fro m
O x fo r d to B ic e s te r, a n d 10 n o rth -e a s t fro m O x fo rd , in
th e M id d iv is io n o f th e c o u n ty , h u n d re d a n d p e t t y
se ssio n a l d iv is io n o f P lo u g h le y , u n io n a n d c o u n ty c o u rt
d i s t r i c t of B ic e s te r, r u r a l d e a n e ry of B ic e s te r a n d a r c h ­
d e a c o n r y a n d d io ce s e o f O x fo rd . T h e c h u r c h of S t. G ile s
is a b u ild in g of sto n e , c o n s is t in g a t p re s e n t o n ly of
c h a n c e l, n a v e a n d t r a n s e p t : th e a n c ie n t c h u r c h , a
c r u c ifo r m s t r u c t u r e , b e c a m e m u c h d ila p id a te d in 1639,
w hen th e s o u th tra n s e p t w a s w h o lly r e m o v e d : th e
r e m a in in g p o rtio n s, w ith th e ex cep tion o f th e to w e r,
b e in g a fte rw a rd s d eem ed in cap a b le of re p a ir, w e re tak e n
d o w n an d a d e b ase d ed ifice ere cte d in 17 6 1, c o n sid e ra b ly
s m a lle r th a n it s p r e d e c e s s o r : in 1902 th e ch u rc h w as
re s to re d u n d er th e s u p e rv isio n o f J . O ld rid S c o t t esq.
a r c h ite c t, o f W e s t m in s t e r , a t a c o s t of a b o u t £ 1,0 0 0 , new
c h o ir s ta lls of oak w ere p ro v id e d a t a c o s t o f £ 6 0 , and
a h e a tin g a p p a ra tu s and h a n g in g la m p s s u p p lie d a t a
f u r t h e r c o s t o f £ 1 1 0 : th e o n ly re m a in in g an cien t
fe a tu re s a re an E a r lv D ec o rate d w in d o w , th e P e rp e n ­
d ic u la r so u th d o o rw a y an d a b ra c k e t on th e north
s i d e : t h e t o w e r has n o t y e t been r e b u il t : th e ch u rch
a ffo rd s o n ly 125 s i t t i n g s : in th e c h u r c h y a r d a re th e
rem a in s o f a cro ss. T h e r e g is te r d a te s fro m th e ye a r
1 5 7 9 ; th e re is also an a lp h a b e tica l in d e x to th e r e g is te r ,
co m p ile d , w it h n o tes, b y th e R e v . R o b e r t W e lb o m e

M .A . re c to r h e re 1730, t ill h is d e a th in O c t. 1764,
and in c lu d in g all th e e n trie s fro m 1579 to 1738. T he
liv in g is a r e c to r y , n et y e a r ly v a lu e £ 1 4 6 , w ith resid e n ce,
a r is in g ch ie fly fro m Tent of 200 a c re s of g le b e , in t h e g ift
of t h e D ean and C h a p te r of C h ris t C h u r c h , O x fo rd , and
h e ld sin ce 1902 b y th e R e v . H e n ry W illia m G re ssw ell
M .A . of H e rtfo rd C o lle g e , O xo n. A c h a r it y o f £ 4 16s.
y e a r ly , g iv e n b y deed of feo ffm en t b y W illia m B ro w n in g ,
re c to r, in 15 73 , is d is tr ib u te d in m o n ey . A s u m o f £100
w as le ft b y th e R e v . G . D . B o w les M .A . v ic a r 1866-1902,
w h ic h h a s been in v e s te d b y th e C h a r it y C o m m issio n e rs,
and t h e d iv id en d s are d is tr ib u te d a m o n g s t t h e p o o r 0!
W e n d le b u r y in b re a d . I n t h is p a ris h a re t h e r e m a in s of
th e R o m a n sta tio n jE lia C a s tr a , or A lc h e s te r , t h e m ost
co n sp icu o u s tra c e of w h ic h co n s ists o f a s lig h t ly elevated
m o u nd, situ a te d in a tr ia n g u la r m ea d o w , b o u n d ed b y a
b r o o k : it w as e x c a v a te d in 1776 b y M r. P en ro se , and
fou n d to in c lo s e a p o rtio n of th e w a lls of a squ are
b u ild in g , 3 fe e t in h e ig h t, w ith a te sse la te d pavem en t.
T h e D u k e o f M a rlb o ro u g h K .G . is lo rd of th e m anor.
T h e p r in c ip a l la n d o w n e r is Q u e e n ’ s C o lle g e , O xfo rd .
T h e la n d , s t iff c la y w it h g r a v e l in th e b o tto m , is nearly
e q u a lly d iv id e d in to p a s tu r e a n d a ra b le . T h e a re a is
1,1 4 7 a c re s o f la n d an d 7 o f w a t e r ; r a t e a b le valu e,
£ 1 ,3 8 0 ; th e p o p u la tio n in 1 9 11 w a s 1 7 1 .
P a ris h C le r k , W illia m H o lto n .
W a ll L e t t e r B o x c le a re d a t 5 .1 5 p .m . ; su n d a y , 11.15
a .m . L e tt e r s th r o u g h B ic e s te r, w h ic h is th e nearest
m o n e y o rd e r & t e le g r a p h office, a r r iv e a b o u t 7 a.m
E le m e n ta r y S c h o o l, b u ilt in 1850, fo r 60 c h il d r e n ; Miss
T h ir z a Ib e ll, m is tr e s s
C a r r ie r .— G e o rg e L a p p e r, to B ic e s te r, tu es. & fr i. & to
O x fo rd , w ed . & sa t

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( re c to r). R e c to r y
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K n ip e J o se p h W illia m P h .D . W en d le- H a th a w a y E m ily ( M is s ), la u n d r e s s
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m ile s w e s t fro m H e v fo rd s ta tio n on t h e O x fo rd a n d
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5 m ile s s o u th - w e s t fro m D e d d in g to n an d 7 n o rth
f ro m
W o o d sto c k , in th e N o r th e r n d iv is io n of th e
c o u n t y , h u n d re d o f W o o tto n , p e t t y se ssio n a l d iv isio n
o f W o o tto n N o r th , u n io n an d co u n ty c o u r t d is tr ic t
o f W o o d sto c k , r u r a l d e a n e ry of W o o d sto c k an d a r c h ­
d e a c o n ry a n d d io ce s e o f O x fo rd . T h e ch u rc h o f S t.
E d w a r d is an a n c ie n t b u ild in g of sto n e, in m ix e d sty le s,
it s e a r lie s t p o rtio n s b e ijig N o r m a n : i t co n s ists of ch a n ­
c e l, n a v e , so u th aisle , s o u th p o rch and a P e rp e n d icu la r
w estern to w e r w it h pin n acles and c o n ta in in g 3 b e lls,
r u n g b y m ea n s o f th e s h o rt p ie c e o f w o o d an d h a lf
w h eel u sed in th e 16 th c e n t u r y ; tw o w e re d a te d 1527,
an d th e t h ir d 1756, an d th e re is also a p r ie s t’ s b e ll;
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fra m e in 1904, a t th e co st o f th e M a rsh a ll fa m ily and
t h e ir f r ie n d s : th e ch an ce l r e ta in s a sto n e se d ile and a
sm a ll p iscin a , an d on t h e n o rth sid e a c r e d e n c e : the
ch a n ce l a rc h is T ra n s itio n a l, e a r ly 13 th c e n tu ry , and
has an an cie n t screen w ith d o o rs, p ro b a b ly of the
15 th c e n tu r y , w h ic h h a s been m o st c a r e fu lly resto red ,
and t h e co rn ice o f t h e ro o d lo ft , p a r t o f w h ic h re ­
m ain ed , h a s been ren ew ed and b e a u t if u lly painted in
g o ld and c o lo u rs , th e o rig in a l d e sig n b e in g as nearly
as p o ssib le r e p r o d u c e d : th e re are tra c e s of th e Tood
lo ft s t a i r s : tw o o r ig in a l N o rm a n a rc h e s and piers
o f t h e aisle arcad e re m a in , b u t t h e w in d o w s o f the
a is le are P e r p e n d ic u la r : th e fo n t is N o r m a n : the
c h u rc h w a s c a r e fu lly re s to re d in 1856, u n d e r th e d irec­
tion of t h e la te G . E . S t r e e t esq. R .A . and affords 120
s ittin g s . I n th e c h u r c h y a r d is th e b a se of a cro ss and
h a lf o f a sto n e coffin, fo r m e r ly u sed as a sta n d for the
basin o f th e N o rm a n fo n t, n o w p la c e d on a new b a s e :
th ere is also a la r g e m e m o ria l cro ss of C o rn is h granite