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OXFORDSHIRE.

the hands of 12 trustees. In the vicinity of Bloxham
Grove a Roman coin of “Antoninus Pius,” in good I
preservation, was dug up in 1840 and other Roman
remains were discovered some years later. Lord Saye
and Sele is lord of the manor, and the trustees of the I
late W. H. Warriner esq. (ob. 19x5) and Eton College
are the principal landowners. The soil is rich, com- :
posed of red and sandy loam, fine arable and pasture’;
land;
: the crops of th
the usual kind. The area o
nf it.h
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a
parish is 3,140 acres; rateable value, ¿7,427; the
entire population of the parish in 19x1 was 1,335.
Parish Clerk, William Bradford.
Sext-on, John Robbins.
Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephone Call & Telephonic Ex­
press Delivery Office (to places within a limited
distance).— Thomas W. Simpson, sub-postmaster
Letters arrive from Banbury at 6.40 a.m. & 2.30
p.m. ; dispatched at 11.55 u.m. & 5-*o & 7.10 p.m. •
collection on Sundays, 10 a.m.; delivery at 8.30 a.m ’
Wall Letter Boxes cleared at 11.55 a nx.’ & 5.20 p.m.;
Station road, cleared at 11.40 a.m. & 5.10 p.m. ■ S u n ­
days, 9.55 a.m

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boys who go directfrom school into the business of life:
the school buildings, designed by the late G. E. Street
sq. R.A. & erected at a cost of upwards of ¿28,000,
comprise a large school room, chapel, class rooms,
dining hall, masters’rooms, matron’s department, sick
room, bath room & dormitories, & will hold about 180
boys: there is a preparatory department for boys
of 8-10; also a gymnasium, a detached hospital,
fives court, workshop with lathes & a carpenter’s shop,
& immediately adjoining is a cricket field of five and a
half acres in extent: the premises were enlarged in
1864 & 1869 & the chapel was built in 1871: the
property was conveyed in 1896 by the Rev. P R
Egerton, the founder, to the Provost & Fellows of St.
Nicholas’College, Lancing, with a view to securing it
for its original object, though at present the school is
without endowment, beyond the value of the property
itself; there are about 80 boys, nearly all boarders.
Visitor, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford;
the trustees are Lord Kenyon, Sir Arthur Percival
Heywood bart. Sir Offley Wakeman bart, & H. Martin
Gibbs esq.; the Rev. Roy Macgregor Grier M.A.
of Oxford University, head master; Rev H R
Willimott M.A. chaplain; A. Child B.Sc., C. J. Wilson
PUBLIC OFFICERS.
M.A. Rev. J. F. Shaw M.A. (classics), C. T. Blanshard
Assistant Overseer, Thomas Francis
M.A. (modern languages & mathematics), C. E.
Clerk for the Feoffees. Thomas Francis
Burgess M.A. (English) & C. Allen (commercial sub­
Relieving & Vaccination Officer, Bloxham District &
jects), assistant masters; Percy W. Golding Mus.Bac.
Registrar of Births & Deaths, Bloxham Sub-District
organist & music master; Sergt. Grinter, drill in­
Banbury Union, Henry Lyon Golbv
structor; Arthur Boissier M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. medical
officer
SCHOOLS.
Elementary (mixed), for 300 children; with an endow­
All Saints’, originally built in 1853 by the Rev J. W
ment of ¿16 5s. yearly left by Mr. Job Faulkner;
Hewitt M.A. was purchased in 1859, refounded &
William Bradford, master; Miss Butli Barnes, infants’
opened in January, i860, by the Rev. Philip Reginald
mistress
Egerton B.C.L., M.A. & is especially intended to give a Railway Station, Frank Owen Coppage, station master
sound general education on public school lines in the rriers to & from Banbury.— Henrv Coleman ‘Wagon
distinctive principles of the English Church & chiefly to Ca&
Horses,’daily; Ralph Barrett, ‘'Angel,’daily
Residents at All Saints’ School.
COMM ERCIAL.
Hall William, plumber & glazier
Allen C. (assistant master)
Adkins Arthur, painter
Blansharcl C. T., M.A. (asst, master) Adkins William, builder i& contractor Hall William (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Burgess C. E., M.A. (assist, master) All Saints’School (Rev. Roy M.Grier, Hall William L. farmer, Eton house
Hambidffe John Henry, farmer
Child A., B.Sc. (assistant master)
head master; Rev H R Hawtin Richard, Joiners’Arms P.H
GoldingPercy W., Mus.Bac. (organist M.A.
Willimott M.A.chaplain; for assist­ Haywood Frederick, market gardener
& music master)
ant masters see above)
Heath Benjamin, farmer
Grier Rev. Roy Macgregor- M.A. Arlidge Rose (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Heath Ernest, insurance agent
(head master)
Ayres
Henry,
shopkeeper
Heath
Henry, tailor
Shaw Rev. John Francis M.A. (assist­ Banbury Industrial Co-operative So­
Hemmings Ernest, wheelwright
ant master)
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(Horace
Horley
William Goodwin, baker
Willimott Rev. Hugh Rudolph M.A. Carter, manager)
Horn Elizabeth (Miss), laundress
(chaplain)
Barrett Ralph, carrier
Jelleyman
Emma (Mrs.), laundry
Wilson C. J., M.A. (assistant master) Bartlett Richard, carpenter
Manning William & Sons, plasterers
Batts & Son, boot makers
Manning
George,
plasterer
P RIVATE R ESID EN TS.
Baughen Thomas Henry, shopkeeper Manning Hubert, farmer
Aplin Oliver Vernon F.L.S. Stonehill Bennett Thos.Ernest,White Lion PrH Marston Ernest W. beer retailer
Bolton William, boot & shoe maker Mawle Caleb, farmer
Austin Miss, Cherry cottage
Bradford William, organist to parish Mawle Mark, farmer
Ayling Francis Horace, Sunnyside
church & collector of taxes forBlox­ Mold Miss, shopkeeper
Cayley John George, Manor house
Cherry James R
ham, Milcombe & Wigginton, Ban Morgan & Son, saddlers
bury road
Chipperfield Miss
Morgan John, butcher
Bradshaw Norman, farmer
Dean John, Humber house
Page John Tims, baker
Cannings Walter, baker
Dickinson John Theodore
Palmer
coal merchant
Haddon Miss
Carter Benjamin (Mrs.), shopkeeper hillips William,
Joseph Russell, blacksmith
Carter Jonathan Lovell, insurance agt P
Hambidge John H. Kenneth house
Pointer Thomas, baker
Hopkmson Geo. Hy. St. Mary’s lodge Cherry George & Frederick G.millers Pridham Frederick L.M.S.S.A.,
(water), Upper Grove mill
Hyde John Derby, The Cottage
L.R.C.P., (M.R.C.S. surgeon
Cherry James Robert, farmer
Mar““ i"’Alex’J'P'Th6 Hermitage Clifton Alexander David, beer retailr Rivers Harry, Hawk & Partridge P.H
Robinson William, farmer
u V ? ev' Willi“ Dunn D.Litt , Clifton Noah, builder
nr . Crreenlands
Salmon William Hancock, farmer
Coleman Henry, carrier
MerrifleId Mrs. Comberford house
Savage Jane Esther Ann (Mrs.),btchr
Ummanney Miss
Collins John William, thatcher
Simpson Thomas William, grocer, &
Philippi Antoine Henry Robert, Blox­ Fisher Herbert, Red Lion P.H
post office
ham house
Fowler Robert Henry, carpenter
Smith Charles William, beer retailer
Francis Thomas, assistant overseer & Taylor Charles, coach builder
f S m f e r il“ ' Tie Padd0CkS deputy registrar of births & deaths Thurlow Hy.Rt.Elephant &Castle P.H
Triestmaa ,Miss
for Bloxham sub-district of Ban­ Townsend Arthur, nurseryman, Ban­
bury union
bury Road nursery
Sn«J'u?mpion PercJ’
close French Frederick James, butcher
Treadwell Harry, tailor
Vmv n ’ se Bank villa
Gascoigne John Stowe, blacksmith
Tustain Harold, farmer
Vicarage
He"r’
V M X (vicar)’ Golby Henry Lyon, relieving & vacci­ Tustain Sidney, farmer
White Miss
nation officer’Bloxham district,Ban­ Welford Wm. & Sons, coal mers.Statn
bury union & registrar of births & Wise Albert, thatcher
Miss, Ivy cottage
deaths Bloxham sub-district
Wise Harry, carpenter
Haddon Thomas & William, farmers Woodward Henry, coal merchant
an ecclesia,t;™i a
anci ln i855 tvas formed into ham, Banbury and Bloxham petty sessional division,
bury. 2 milo I Pans^ ou^ °f the civil parish of Adder- union and county court district of Banbury, rural
and Chplfcr.H!. r0m ^dderbury station on the Banbury deanery of Deddington, archdeaconry and diocese of
2 south frnm ^ s®c^10n °f hhe Great Western railway, Oxford. In 1894 a new system of drainage was laid
fche NortW? Banbury and 21 north from Oxford, in down throughout the village, at a cost of over ¿600.
division of the county, hundred of Blox- The village is lighted by gas supplied from Banbury.