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B E R K S H IR E .

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Loveridge Jam es, beer retailer
C anning A lfred, painter
Leicester M ajor
Children's C ottage Hospital (Miss Palm er Geo. farm er, R am sbury frm
M arriott Sidney, Upover
Piper G eorge, boot repairer
M. K . Cooper, m atron)
Pow ell Thos. Theodore T. Holly bank
Pocock W illiam C harles, shopkeeper,
C lark M & E . (M isses), grocers
Ray M iss, Woodbine cottage
Post office
Collins A lfred, farm er, Poplars farm
St. H elier Lady
Darby E van (M iss),hand loom weaver Purdue A rth u r W ellington, farm er,
Sharp W illiam , D unstaffnage
F isher's farm
Dines W m . J. beer ret. Ashm ore grn
S irad lin g Jam es, H illcrest
(M iss),
ap a rt­
E lliott Fras. Jn. farm er, Ashm ore grn Rowles C h ristin a
Talb ot H erbert S p ry, Red lodge
m ents, The C ottage
England A lfred , grocer
T ay lo r Mrs. C urraghm ore
St.
M
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Home
Fidler & M ilsom Ltd. b rick & tile
V o ller H enry Jam es
for G irls (M iss Isabel W alters,
m akers, Red F ield bouse
W alters M iss, C am pbell cottage
lady
su
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Rev.
W
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Fisher F rederick C harles, builder
W right F red, Doverdale
G rindle T .A .K .C .L . hon. sec. &
Fisher G eorge,
gardener to
S ir
chaplain)
COMMERCIAL.
R egin ald Brodie D yke Acland esq.
S outh B erks B rick , T ile & Potter?
J .P . Ashm ore green
A ldridge H y. farm er, H atchgate farm
Co. Lim ited (F. W. N eate, sec)
F litter A lb ert, coal m erchant
A ttw ood A lb ert, C astle inn
John
Robert,
assistant
Franklin Joseph, m arket gardener, Staniford
Barlow & Sons, tim b er m erchants
overseer & collector of Tates & taxes
Ashm ore green
B arlow W a lter Wm. beer retailer
&
clerk
to
Parish
Council,Ashm
ore
Heath B en jam in Charles, farm er.
B atten Henry, w heelw right
green
Manor farm
Brown F rederick, blacksm ith
Stroud
Jam
es,
jun
.
baker
&
grocer
Heath Harold Duncan, farm er
Burgess H enry, b uilder
Wallis Frank, farm er
Ilsley Joe, farm er
B u tler Charles, beer retailer
Jones Jn.Bastin.frm r.N oT thC roft frm W ells Reginald G eorge,insurance ag t
B u tler W a lter Jam es, builder
C O L E S H I L L is a parish p artly in W ilts, on the of about £25 w ith each hoy or g irl who m ay be
river Cole, w hich separates the W ilts and Berks por­ ap p ren ticed; the incom e of th e ch arity is about £ 1 5 °
tions, 3 ! m iles w est-south-w est from Faringdon, in yearly. In 1901 a Parish R eading Room was erected at
the N orthern division of the county, hundred of the expense of the late Hon. Duncom be PleydellShrivenham , p etty sessional division, union and county Bouverie (d. 1909), and is furnished w ith a bagatelle
cou rt d istrict of Faringdon, ru ra l deanery of Vale of table and other games. Coleshill House, th e seat of
W hite Horse, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of the Hon. M rs. M. E. Pleydell-B ouverie, lady of the
Oxford. The church of A ll Saints is a fine and ancient manor and sole landowner, is a b eautifu l mansion,
edifice of stone, of the E a rly E n g lish period, w ith in ­ erected about 1660 from th e designs of th e famous
serted Perpendicular windows, and consists of chancel, architect Inigo Jones, and is considered a perfect
nave of one bay, north aisle, south transept and an specim en of his s t y le ; its situation, on an eminence,
em battled w estern tow er w ith pinnacles and containing enables it to com m and extensive views of a fertile,
5 bells, dated 1708: the south transept was originally un dulating country, th rou gh which the Cole m eanders
a chapel b u ilt in the la tte r part of the 15th century, and form s the w estern boundary of th e co u n ty ; the
by Thom as Pleydell esq. an ancestor of the present house stands in a park of 250 acres. T h e soil is clay
patron, who died in 1527: th e stained east window, and loam y. Th e chief crops are w heat, beans, barley,
filled w ith glass b rough t from A ngers, was presented oats, m angolds, swedes &c. Th e area is 2,014 a c re s ;
by Jacob, 2nd E arl of Radnor, in 1787 ; and there are rateable value, £ 2 ,0 72 ; th e population in ig i 1 was 312
four other stained w in dow s: there is a sm all b u t in th e c iv il parish and 323 in the ecclesiastical, which
elegant m u ral m onum ent by R ysbracb, to H arriot extends into W ilts.
B y L ocal G overn m en t Board O rder, 13,156, dated
(Pleydell), wife of W illiam , 1st E a rl of Radnor, who
died in 17 5 1; a m arb le m onum ent w ith recum bent Decem ber 20, 1881, Penn C ottages w ere transferred
from
C oleshill to Inglesham .
effigies to S ir H enry P ra tt b art. who died 6th A p ril,
C lerk and Sexton, H artin Mold.
1647; and to MaiT (A dam s), his w ife : all the bells
were* reh u n g and a cracked one recast in 1884, at the Post Office.— Richard M archant, sub-postm aster. L e t­
sole expense of Jacob, 4th E arl of R a d n o r: the organ
ters arrive from Swindon via H igh w orth at 7 a.m . &
was enlarged in 1902 at a cost of £ 10 0 : th ere are 250
3.25
p .m . ; sundays, 7 a .m . ; dispatched at to a.m .
sittin gs. The reg ister dates from the year 1559. The
& 8.20 p.m . Th e nearest m oney order & telegrap h
livin g is a vicarage, net yea rly value £235, w ith resi­
office is at H ighw orth , W iltsh ire,
m iles distant
dence, in the g ift of th e E a rl of Radnor, and held Police Station, P ercy Sparks, constable
since 190-7 by the Rev. H erbert H arold Scofield M .A . of
C hrist C hurch,
Oxford. T he Pinsent ch arity, for Pub lic E lem en tary School, erected in 1842, for 84 ch ild ­
ren, & enlarged in 1901 for 114 ch ild ren ; m ainly
apprenticing poor children of C oleshill and^ G reat Coxsupported by the Hon. M rs. P leyd ell-B o u ve rie; M rs.
well, whose parents never received parochial relief,_ by
Sarah M cEwan, m istress
a decree of the C ourt of C h an cery, gives a prem ium
B u tt A lb ert E dgar, farm er, M iddle Howard W illiam , coachm an to the
p r iv a t e r e s id e n t s .
Hon. Mrs. Pleydell-Bouverie
Leaze
Plevd ell-B ouverie The Hon. M rs. M.
M archant Itichard, grocer. Post office
E . Coleshill house. T N 9 H igh- B u tt W m . P. frm r. Ashen Copse frm Parish R eading Room (E. Drew, sec)
Cox G eorge, shopkpr. & assist, oversr
worth
Shaw C yril H agent to Hon. M rs.
Scofield Rev. H erbert H arold M .A. Darlow G eorge, head gam ekeeper to
Pleydell-B ouverie,
estate
office.
Hon M rs. Pleydell-B ouverie
(vicar), V icarage
T N 9 H ighw orth
Drew Edward, blacksm ith
Sm
ith
R
'ch
ard
Sydney
Painton,
fa r­
c o m m e r c ia l .
Edm onds Jam es, estate mason
m er, Collevm ore
Back shall A lfred , head gard en eT to Greenaw ay C harles, blacksm ith
H arris W illiam & Edm und, farm ers, W hite Rr>bQrt. farm bailiff to Hon.
Hon. M rs. Pleydell-B ouverie
Mrs. Pleydell-B ouverie
W orsalls
Baldwin G eorge, w o o d m an to Hon.
Howard A rth ur, estate carpenter
Mrs. Plevdell-B ouverie
C O M B E is a sm all village and parish, in a deep valley Here form erly stood a convent connected w ith the
on the H am pshire border and surrounded by downs, 6 Abbey of B ee in N orm andy. Th ere is a ch arity of
miles south-east from H ungerford station on the G reat about 13s. a year, left by th e late Mr. Skinner, form erly
W estern railw ay, in Fastrow hundred, p etty sessional lessee of th e g rea t tith es, to be given to th e poor either
division of K in gsclere, H nngerford county cou rt dis­ in bread or m oney on C hristm as E ve. A . C. Cole esq.
is lord of the m anor and sole landowner. Th e soil is
trict. H ungerford and R am sbury union, rural deanery
rath er h e a v y ; subsoil, chalk. Th e chief crops are
of K in gsclere and archdeaconry and diocese of W in ­
wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 2,212
chester
Under the provisions of the “ L ocal G overn ­
a c re s ; rateable value, £618 ; th e population in 1911 was
m ent A ct, 1894” (56 and 57 V iet. c. 73), th is parish,
on A p ril 3, 1895, was transferred from Hants to Berks 64Parish C lerk, F rederick Annetts.
for c iv il purposes only. Th e church of S t. Sw ithin is
Post Office.— F rederick Annetts, sub-postm aster. L e t­
a sm all, plain flint fab ric in the E a rly E n g lish style,
ters received throu gh H ungerford are delivered at
consisting of chancel, nave, and a low wooden tower
9.20
a.m . & dispatched at 3.55 p.m . No sunday
at the w est end w ith 3 b e lls: it^was restored in 1881
delivery of letters. Th e nearest m oney order office
bv p ublic subscription at a cost of £ i , 4 9 5 : t^ ere a^e
is at H ungerford, 6 m iles distant, & telegraph office
80 sittings. The reg isters date from the year 15 1°at Inkpen, 3 m iles distant
The liv in g is a vicarage, annexed to th e recto ry of
Elem entary School (m ixed), restored & reopened (1894),
Butterm ere, join t net yea rly v alu e £ 353» w ith J es1'
at the expense of A. C . Cole esq. will now hold 28
dence, in t h e ‘ g ift of th e Dean and Canons of W indsor,
children ; Miss Dingw all, m istress
and held since 1911 b y th e Rev. Charles Rhodes Hall
Carrier to N ew bu ry.— F rederick Annetts, thurs
B .D . of Dnrham U niversity, who Tesides at Butterm eTe.