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OXFORDSHIRE.

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Oxford. The ancient church of St. Nicholas in an edi­ parts: the portion assigned to this township, amountin»fice of stone, principally of the Early English and De­ to about ¿20 yearly, is for a lecture and distribution to
corated periods, consisting of chancel, with vestry and the poor. Knowle Bury, a mound in Chadlington Fields
organ chamber, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch is supposed to be the remains of an ancient camp'
and a tall and narrow western tower of Perpendicular Langston House, built in 1863, by the late J. H. Langston
date containing a clock and 6 bells dating from 1714 to esq.~M.P. and now the property of the Earl of Ducie, and
1841, and rehung 1882 : the nave is separated from the the residence of Lt.-Col. Frederick William Schofield,is
aisles by arcades of four Early English arches on each a mansion standing at an elevation of nearly 500 feet
side, springing from circular piers: the north doorway above sea level and commanding extensive views over
is Perpendicular; that on thesouth sideisround-headed, the Evenlode valley and Wychwood Forest. The prin­
and may be Transitional: the stained east window is a cipal landowners are the Earl of Ducie, who is lord of
memorial to Abram Tyzack Rawlinson, who died in the manor, and St. John’s College, Oxford. The soilis1845, and Eliza Eudocia Albinia, his widow, d. 1863: stone brash ; subsoil, brash Tock. The chief crops are
and there are two others on the north side: the chancel wheat, barley and roots. The area is 3,446 acres of
was rebuilt in the Decorated style about 1850: the land and 4' of water; rateable value, ¿3,055; the
communion table, choir stalls, pulpit and lectern are of population in 1911 was 578.
carved oak: on the south side of the chancel are a DEAN is a hamlet to the north-west, and on a hill
piscina and sedilia: aad there is a mural tablet to near it stands the “ hawk stone,” an isolated monolith
Joseph Rollinson, with Latin inscription, dated 1699: about 8 feet in height.
the east end of each aisle formed a chapel: the piscinae Upper Court, 1 mile north-west, and Lower Court, 1
remain and at the east end of the north aisle are mile west, are in this township.
various ancient mural monuments to the Osbaldeston
Sexton, John Empson.
family: there are 300 sittings. In 1893 the Earl of
Ducie gave a piece of ground to enlarge the churchyard. Post, M. 0 ., T. A Telephonic Express Delivery Office&:
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1561; mar­ Telephone Call Office (to places within a limited dis­
riages and burials from 1567. The living is a chapelry | tance).— Charles Jackson, sub-postmaster. Letters
annexed to the vicarage of Charlbury, joint net yearly j through Charlbury, Oxon, arrive at 7.20 a.m. & 2.55
value ^357, with residence, in the gift of St. John’s p.m. ; dispatched at 10.35 a.m. & 6.10 p.m.; no
delivery on sunday
College, Oxford, and held since 1903 by the Bev. Julius
D. Payne M.A. of that college, and surrogate, who jWall Letter Box (West End), cleared at 10.25 a.m. &
resides at ChaTlbury. The Catholic chapel here, con- 6 p.m. week days only
secrated in 1811, is dedicated to St. Cecilia. There is ,
Elementary Schools.
a Baptist chapel, built in 1840, and a Wesleyan chapel,
erected in 1865, for 140 children; William
erected in 1903. The reading rooms were built by the Mixed,
late James Haughton Langston esq. M.P., DC.L. of Labrum, master
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erected ia i847. for 7s children; Mrs. Edith
Sarsden, who died 19 Oct. 1863. The
of 32 acres and Constable’s close &c. produce together Lodge, mistress
about £34 yearly for repairs. Hemming’s charity con­ Carrier.— Lodge, to Chipping Norton, wed. ; Witney.
sists of houses and 24 acres at Orsett, Essex, the rent of thurs. ; Oxford, sat
which was left for that parish and Chadlington in equal Police Station, Henry Kinch, constable in charge
Benfield Thomas, mason
Jeffries Chas. farmer (letters through
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Bliss Sarah M.(Mrs.),frmr.The Manor Chipping Norton)
Abraham John George J.P., C.C Chadlington Miniature Bilie Club JohnsonJoseph, Sandy s Arms
Lower court
(Maj. C. A S. Warner, president; Kitchen Francis Arth. mrkt. gardener
Bliss Mrs. The Manor
Lodge David, carrier
J. Herbert, hon. sec)
Field Rev. Thomas Perrott M.A. Clu
ff Jn. blacksmith & beer ret. (off) Manning Bobert Walter, butcher
(curate in charge)
Newbery William, saddler
ollett James, builder & contractor
Matthews Bev. Joseph Henry (Bap- C
Cooper Philip, beeT Tetailer, Mill-End Smith Willis, mineral water manufr
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Southam & Stevens, builders
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Warner Major Charles A. S
Harvey William Edward, grocer, & Townsend Alfred Ernest, farmer
Whitmore Miss
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Charles, baker
clerk to Parish Council, assistant
overseer for Chadlington & Spels- Wheale William John, farmer. East
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bury, deputy supt. registrar for
Abraham John George J.P. farmer, Chipping Norton district & collec- Norton)
Wilks Diana (Mrs.), blacksmith
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Lower Court farm
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254 sittings. The register datesfrom
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C H A L G R O V E . ahciently “ Chalgrave,” i
and village, 7 miles north-east from Wallingford, 5mile; the year 1538 and includes those of the parish ofWarpsg
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north-west from Watlington terminal station on the
Princes Bisborough and Watlington branch of the Great Berrick Salome annexed, net income ¿260, with resi­
Western railway, and about 8 miles east from Culham dence and io£ acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean
station on the Didcot and Oxford section of the same and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, and held since
system, and 1 0 south-west from Thame, in the Southern 1912 by the Bev. Thomas Owen Floyd M.A. of Keble
division of the county, hundred of Ewelme, petty ses­ College, Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected
sional division of Watlington, union and county court dis­ in 1869. A memorial parish hall, named after John
trict of Thame, rural deanery of Aston and archdeaconry Hampden, was erected in 1906 at a cost of ¿500’
and diocese of Oxford. A stream runs through the vil­ the foundation stone of which was laid by Visco®»
lage. The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of Valentia. The charities for distribution in clothing,
stone intheTransitionaland Decorated styles,consisting bread and money amount to about £23 a year; there
of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower are also yearly sums of about £56 for church purpos^
of Perpendicular date containing 6 bells,datingfrom the and £$ for apprenticing. On Sunday, 18 June, i&tr
Civil war: the chancel retains three sedilia and a this place was the scene of a battle between the roy
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north side is verv remarkable hagioscope and on the Ithe course of which the celebrated John Hamp en’ _
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south side a low-side window: the nave is divided from
the aisles by arcades of three Transition Norman arches ceived his death-wound from two musket shots in l
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are some remains of ancient wall-painting and several being unable to reach Pyrton on account of the en
good monuments: in the chancel are several ancient he rode with gTeat difficulty to Thame, where he
brasses, the oldest bearing an inscription, “Thos. son June following, and was afterwards buried at
of Thos. Barentyne,” 14th century, lately re-set; Hampden, in Buckinghamshire: a monument injj^
“Bichard Barantyn esq. 1 4 4 1 , ” with effigy in armour; memoration of the event was erected near thespot* ^
“Drugo Barantyn esq. (with effigy in armour) and his he was wounded, chiefly through the instruments 1.
wives Joan, 1437, and Dame Beatrix, 1446 ”: the church Lord Nugent, and inaugurated on the two hun ^ ^
was restored in 1883, at a cost of ¿2,100, under the anniversary of the battle, June 18th, 18 43: ^
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direction of Messrs. Morris and Stallwood. architects, square pier on a wide base, supporting an
of Beading; during a violent tempest, 5 Jan. 1727, the bears on one side a medallion portrait of the Pa .
steeple of the church was blown down and the bells white marble and an inscription; around the v