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HAM PTON G A Y .

OXt'OKDiSHIKK.

[ k e l l y 's

m onum ent w ith kneeling figures to the B arry and sand. The land is half arable and half pasture, and ■
Fenner fam ilies, 1665 : th e church was reb uilt in the chiefly in the occupation of Mr. H enry Isaac Bartlet1*
last cen tu ry and sk ilfu lly restored in 1859 *n
E arly who resides at T he F arm . The area is 675 acres of lan!i
E nglish style, and now affords 100 sittings. Th e register and 9 of w a te r; rateable value, £ 1,2 9 3 ; the p o p n ^
D
of baptism s dates from the yea r 1622; m arriages, in 1911 was 45.
Parish C lerk, Joseph W elsh, who resides at Thrnnt)
1657 ; b urials, 1621. Th e livin g is a donative vicarage,
net yearly value £2,0, devised by the Rev. T . Hindes in Kidlington.
1768. in the gift of W adham College, Oxford, and held L etters th rou gh Oxford, via K idlin gton , arrive at 9 am
& 4.30 p.m .
Bletchington, 1 m ile distant, ¡8 ^
since 1898 by the Rev. G eorge Duncan M .A. of that
nearest m oney order & telegraph office
college, who is also rector of and resides at Shipton-onW
all
L
etter
Box
cleared
at 8.50 a.m . & 4.30 p.m.; SUn.
C herw ell. The W arden and Fellows of W adham C ol­
days, 8.50 a.m
lege, O xford, who are lords of the m anor, and Viscount
The
children
of
this
parish
attend the school at BletchV aientia M .P ., C .B ., M .V .O . are th e principal land­
ington
owners. The soil is clay and s a n d ; subsoil, clay and
B artlett H enry Isaac, farm er, H am pton G ay farm
H A M P T O N P O Y L E , in Dom esday, “ H antone,” is legged kn ight in m ail arm our, tem p. Edward
I. atl(1
a parish and v illag e on the C herw ell, i£ m iles north- perhaps representing W alter de la Poyle, and of a lady
east from K idlin gto n station on the Oxford and B ir- in along m antle, w ith
her feet ona dog, conjectured
m ingham section of the G reat W estern railw ay, throu gh to represent C atherin e, widow' ofEdm und Bede,
and
lady of the m anor, d. 1489; there is also a brass to
th e village of Kidlington, and across the meadows
John
Poyle
esq.
d.
31
Oct.
1424,
and
E
lizabeth,
his
wife;
about the same distance from Islip station, on the
B letch ley and Oxford branch of the London and North the ch urch was restored in 1865, and has 100 sittings.
W estern railw ay, 4^ east from W oodstock, and 7 north The reg ister of baptism s dates from the year 1540;
from Oxford, in the M id division of the county, hundred m arriages, 1545; burials, 1544. The living is a rec­
of Ploughley, p etty sessional division of Bullingdon, tory, net yearly value £100, including 24 acres of
union and county court district of W oodstock, rural glebe, w ith residence, in the g ift of and held since
deanery of Islip and archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford. 1897 by the Rev. Sam uel Thorn G w illiam Assoc.K.C.L.,
The church of S t. M ary, which occupies a secluded F .R .G .S . Thom as de la Poyle w as vicar here in 1306!
position at the w est end of the village, is a sm all but Viscount V aien tia M .P ., C .B ., M .V .O . who is lord of
ancient building of stone in the E arly E n glish and the m anor, and the trustees of the late Capt. George
Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and Knapp are the p rin cipal landowners. The soil is mixed;
a tu rret at the west end containing 2 bells : the east the land arable and pasture, in parts gravel and in
window, of three ligh ts, is a rem arkably fine exam ple other portions clay. T he area is 800 acres of land and 7
of the transition from E arly E nglish to Decorated of w a te r; rateable value, £ 1,0 2 7 ; the population in
and has good geom etrical t r a c e r y ; the chancel arch is 1911 was 116.
of the la tter period, c. 1350 : th e nave is separated from
Sexton, Jerem iah Sperrin.
the north aisle by an arcade of two arches, on octagonal
Pillar L etter Post cleared at 9.25 a.m . & 5.40 p.m.;
pillars, w ith capitals bearing dem i-figures, w ith their
Sundays, 4.55 p.m . Letters from Oxford, via Kid­
arm s interlocked : on the south side are two Decorated
lington, arrive at 7.30 a.m . & 4.15 p.m. The neared
arches springing from a flat p ie r : in the north aisle,
m oney order & telegraph office is a Kidlington, ij
reb u ilt about 1380, is a fine Perpendicular recess w ith
m iles distant
an open crocketed canopy ; and here is a sm all pillar
The
children of this parish attend the schools at Kid­
piscina, the basin of w hich rests on a hum an h e a d : in
lington & Bletchington
the north aisle are two m onum ental effigies of a crossKerwood Frank, farm er
Gw illiam Rev. Sam uel Thorn A .K .C . Baker Joseph, farm er
K irtland H enry J. Bell inn
F .R .G .S . T h e Rectory
C ollett A lb ert John, farm er
W ixon W illiam , farm er
Hedges
Thom
as,
farm
er
Page Thom as, Th e C ottage
H AN D BO BO TJQ H
(or
H anborough), called
in
Dom esday “ H aneberge,” is a villag e and parish, bounded
on the north and east by th e riv er Evenlode, w ith a
station on the Oxford and W orcester line of the G reat
W estern railw a y, 67 m iles from London, 5^ north-east
from W itney, 4 south-w est from W oodstock and 8£ north­
w est from O x fo rd ; the p arish is divided into C hurch
H andborough and L o n g H andborough, and is in the
Mid division of th e county, hundred of W ootton, p etty
sessional division of W ootton S outh , union and county
court d istrict of W itney, ru ral deanery of W oodstock
and archdeaconry and diocese of O xford. Th e church of
SS. P eter and P aul, stan din g on an elevated site, is
a fine b uilding of stone, in the N orm an, E arly E n glish
and Perpendicular styles, w ith some Decorated windows,
and consists of chancel w ith north chapel, clerestoried
nave, aisles, north and south porches and western tower
of three stages, w ith quatrefoiled parapet and octagonal
spire 132 feet in h eigh t, and containing a clock and 5 bells,
Tehung in 19 11: the chancel, origin ally E arly E n glish , has
a circu lar headed au m bry and a sepulchral recess on the
south side ; the chancel arch is also E arly E n glish , and
is filled by a screen, w ith rood loft and stairs com plete,
datin g from about 1460: the p rojectin g canopy is
panelled w ith bosses and has an elaborately carved
cornice, w ith a w avy stem of vine leaves and g r a p e s ;
the whole retains traces of colour and g ild in g ; the
nave is Perpendicular and is separated from the aisles
by arcades of three arches on each side, sprin gin g from
octagonal fluted p ie r s ; the clerestory is ligh ted by
square-headed windows, three on each side ; th e font, of
Perpendicular date, is octagonal, w ith panelled sides and
has a pedestal of th e same shape ; the pulpit is of the
same period, w ith elaborate oak tr a c e r y ; the outeT
walls are Norm an and retain th eir original doorways :
the north doorway, rich ly worked, has some curious
sculptures in the tym panum , including a figure bearing
a key on the shoulder, and perhaps intended for St.
Peter, a lion restrained by a hand, and th e Holy
Lam b with fla g : the church contains a brass w ith
recum bent shrouded effigy, four L a tin verses and an
E nglish verse translation, to A lexander _ Belsyre B.D
resided here 1554-67 and first president of St. John’s

College, Oxford, who died at Handborough, 13 July,
1567 ; and eth er brasses are recorded to the family of
Culpepper, 1580-1616; Joan, wife of Maurice Mericke
gent. 1617 ; C hristopher Ford and Jane his wife, and
Thom as W heeler, her first husband : as well as monu­
m ents in th e chancel to M argaret, wife of Humphrey
C larke esa. of W oodchurch, Kent, 1542 and to Jane,
widow of "W alter Culpepper esq. 1636; the east and
west windows are m em orials to the only daughter of
the Rev. Richard W illiam H iggs D .C .L . Tector 1854-91,
and the reredos is in m em ory of Mrs. Higgs; in 1910
the nave and side aisles w ere reseated with oak pews
and the church restored at a cost of £1,500: there
are 300 sittin g s, m ostly free. In the north-west corner
of th e churchyard are the rem ains of a mausoleu
of the Boucher fam ilv, dating from the beginning 0
the 18th c e n tu ry : there is also a very good example
of a 15th century cruciform headstone, of a patte
now rare. Th e register of baptisms and marriagedates from the year 1560; burials, 1561. The
a rectory, net yearly value £33°»
residence, 1
g ift of St. John’ s College, Oxford, and held sin<* *9
by th e Rev. Robert C uthb ert Steele Bailey M.A.
•
John’ s College, Oxford. The poor’s land 0 10 a .
awarded in 1773, produces £ 1 1 yearly, which, g
with Vallence’s ch arity of £18 yearly, is awnu
in m on ey; th ere are other charities amounting .
gether to about £ 4 a year, w hich is expended in
The Duke of M arlborough K .G . is lord of tb
and principal landowner. The soil is gravel an
subsoil, th e same. The chief crops are the usual1
The population in 19x1 was 853; the area (
,
Long Handborough) is 2,248 acres of lana
w a te r; rateable valu e, £4,784.
Long Handborough, in this parish, on the
^
W itney to W oodstock, is about one mile n
The church, erected at a cost of £1,000, °nA
¡Dthe
by a former Duke of Marlborough, is a bui S ^
E arly English style, consisting of chancel j j a
^
will seat 200 persons. There are also Wes >
Prim itive M ethodist chapels.
Parish Clerk, John Mansell.