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FRILSHAM.

B E R K S H IR E .

F R I L S H A M is a v illag e and parish on the Pang
stream , 13 m iles west from Reading, 7 north-east from
N ewbury and 2^ east from H erm itage station on the
Dideot and N ew bury branch of the G reat W estern ra il­
way, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of
Faircross, union of Bradfield, p etty sessional division and
cou nty court d istrict of N ew bu ry, rural deanery of B rad­
field, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The
church of St. Fridesw ide is an ancient stru ctu re of stone
and flint in the Norm an style, and consists of chancel,
nave, south porch and an em battled western tower of
brick, containing 2 b e lls : there are 80 sittin gs, 60 being
tree- 7 he r a s t e r dates from the yea r 1754.
The
livin g is a rectory, net yearly value ¿ 1 3 5 , w ith 39 acres
of glebe and residence, in th e g ift of S ir W . Cameron
G u ll bart. J .P . and held since 1869 by the Rev. G eorge
Floyd M .A .
of C aius
C ollege,
C am bridge.
The
ch arities am ount to £8 16s. yea rly. F rilsh am House,

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the residence of S ir W\ Cam eron G u ll b art. J .P . is a
large mansion of red brick, re-b uilt in 1896 from the
designs of M r. S. G am b ier P arry A .R .I .B .A .
S ir
W illiam Cam eron G u ll bart. J.P . is the prin cip al land­
owner. The soil is c la y ; subsoil, chalk. Th e chief
crops are w heat, barley and oats.
Th e area is 978
a c re s; rateable value, ¿ 1 ,4 6 3 ; the population in 1911
was 219.
Sexton, W illiam W errell.
P illar L e tte r Box, Com m on, cleared 8.30 a.m . & 5.45
p .m
week days & 11.15 a.m . Sundays.
Letters
th rou gh N ew bury arrive at 8.30 a.m . & 12 noon.
Yattendon, about
m iles distant, is the nearest
m oney order & telegraph office
W all L e tte r B ox, F rilsh am F arm , cleared at 7.30 a.m . &
6 p.m . week days & 11.15 a.m . sundays
E lem en tary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1898 for 63 ch il­
dren ; Mrs. W illiam Perry, m istress

Tolstoy-M iloslavsky
Countess,
The
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Cottage
E arl M rs. The Old Parsonage
C O M M E R C IA L .
Floyd Rev. Geo. M .A .(rector),R ectory Austin W illiam , head gardener to Sir
G u ll S ir W. Cam eron bart. J.P .
W. Cam eron G u ll bart. J .P
F rilsham house
Barr Tom A lfred, brick, tile & pot­
Howell M iss, The Firs
tery works
H ughes Mrs. T. E. Coon;be H urst
Henderson G eorge H ay, steward to
N icholson C apt. D ouglas R. L ., R .N .,
Sir WT. Cam eron G u ll bart. J.P.
A .D .C . F rilsham m anor
Hom e farm

May Joseph, farm er, Coom be farm
Saunders Christopher H enry, farm er,
Shockendon
Toms Annie (M iss), baker & shopkpr
Tom s G eorge W ilson, carpenter &
builder, The Poplars
W yatt W illiam , carpenter to S ir W.
Cam eron G ull bart. J.P. A; cycle a g t

F Y F I E L D is a parish, on th e road from Abingdon to £ 1 4 0 , in clu d in g 2 9 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in th e
Faringdon, 5 m iles west-by-north from Abingdon, and 8 g ift of the President and scholars of S t. John’s College,
south-w est from O xford, in the N orthern division of the Oxford, and held since 1 9 1 1 by the Rev. W illiam
county, hundred of Ock, p etty sessional division, union Francis Thom pson M .A. of th at college. H ere is also a
and county court district of A bingdon, Tural deanery of sm all B ap tist chapel. The charities are of £ i a yearly
Abingdon, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. value. T he President and scholars of St. John’ s College,
The church of St. N icholas, an edifice of stone, chiefly Oxford, are lords of the m anor and landowners. The
in the Middle and T h ird Pointed styles, consisting of soil is a sandy lo a m ; subsoil, calcareous g rit.
The
chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, north or G olafre ch ief crops are wheat, barley, beans and Toot crops. The
chantry, and a m odem we>stern tu rre t containing a clock area is 1 , 6 0 4 acre s; rateable value, £ 1 , 5 6 6 ; the popu­
and 2 bells, was alm ost en tirely destroyed by fire Oct. lation in 1 9 1 1 was 2 5 1 .
27th, 1893, including the m iserere stalls and screen of
Netherton, quarter of a m ile north, and Fyfield W ick,
St. John B ap tist’s chapel and th e Decorated rood-screen:
i\ m iles south, are portions of this parish.
in the chancel is the tomb of L a d y C ath erine Gordon
Parish
Clerk and Sexton, A rth u r B utcher.
(the ‘‘ W hite Rose of S c o tla n d ” ), dau gh ter of Alexander,
3rd E arl of H untly, and widow of Perkin W arbeck, one Post Office.— M rs. F rank K im b er, sub-postm istress.
of the pretenders to the throne in the reign of Henry
L e tters through Abingdon, 7.50 a.m . & 1.5 p.m . ;
V II. ; she died c. 152 7; and in the north or G olafre
sundays, 7.50 a .m .; box cleared 1.5 & 6.15 p .m .,
chantry is the altar-t-omb of S ir Thom as G olafre, lord of
Sundays, 9.35 a.m . Th e nearest m oney order & tele­
the manor, who died in 1442, w ith his effigy in armour
graph office is at Kingston Bagpuze, 1 m ile distant
upon the upper slab, while in the open space below lies
the figure of a shrouded skeleto n ; both these tombs Parochial School (belonging to St. John’s College, O x­
ford) (m ixed), b u ilt in 1873, for 80 children ; M iss
have been dam aged, b ut not irreparab ly ; the restoration
A lice M ary Shakespeare, m istress
of the church was com pleted in Nov. 1894. The early
registers, destroyed by the fire of 1893, dated from the C arriers to Abingdon.— Ew in Fisher & Son, d a ily ; Oxyear 1583. The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value I ford, wed. fri. & sat
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .

C O M M E R C IA L .

Besley L e vi, South view
Crum Mrs. W alter E w in g, Manor ho
Thompson R ev.W illiam Francis M .A.
The V icarage
W arner W illiam
W illiam s C ap t.H en ry R up ert,T h e Firs

Baker W m . B ritford, frm r. Netherton
B arrett Thos. carpntr. & w heelw right
C u lley H erbert, grdnr. to M rs. Crum
Fish er Benj. & Co. bakers & grocers
Fish er Ew in, carrier & m arket gardnr
Fish er W illiam , carrier & coal meT

Johnson Ernest, sm ith
K im b er Jam es W eavin g (exors. of),
farm ers, Fyfield W ick
Kim b er John, farm er, Netherton
Lay W illiam Hazel, frm r. Manor frm
Rogers Richard, carpenter
W hite A lb ert Henry, W hite H art P.H

G A R F O R D , see M archam .
E A S T G A R S T O N (or E sgarston ) is a parish about
3 m iles east-south-east from Lam bourn, w ith a station
on the Lam bourn V alley section of the G reat W estern
railw ay, 7 north from H ungerford station on the same
line, and 9 south-west from W antage, in the Southern
division of the county, hundred and p etty sessional d ivi­
sion of Lam bourn, county court district of Hungerford,
H ungerford and R am sbury union, rural deanery of N ew­
bury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
The river Lam bourn runs through the village and is
rem arkable for generally ceasing to flow in the m onths
of Novem ber, Decem ber and January. The parish was in ­
closed under an A c t of P arliam en t in 1771. The church
of A ll Saints is a handsom e and spacious edifice of flint
and stone, m ainly in the Norman and E arly English
styles, consisting of chancel, w ith a chapel in the n orth ­
east. nave of three bays, transepts, south aisle, south
porch and an em battled central tower containing a clock,
presented in 1889 b y Mrs. K in g Sm ith, and 6 bells, one
of which is said to have been removed here from Fawley.
and a sanctus b e ll; in 1889 the bells w ere re-hung by
public subscrip tio n : the chancel was reb uilt in 1875 b'\
the la y rectors, the Dean and C hapter of C h rist Church
and th eir lessee, S ir Robert B urdett b art. and the chapel
(called the Seym our chapel) by the vicar and hi«
friends ; the chancel is handsom ely painted, and has a
p iscina and sedile form ed out of th e sill of the south

window : the Seym our chapel also has an ancient piscina
and a reredos of oak, arcaded and adorned w ith paint­
in gs : all the windows of th e church are s ta in e d : the
ch urch contains m em orials of the Seym our, G astrell and
E lsyn g fa m ilie s ; the church was restored during th e
period 1876-82, at a cost of ,¿2,300 ; during the restora­
tion in 1882 m any interesting specimens of Norm an
work were discovered, and a m assive font of Norm an
design introduced : there are 200 sittings. Th e register
dates from the year 1554. T he livin g is a vicarage, net
yearly value ,¿260, in clu d in g 53 acres of glebe, w ith
residence, in the g ift of C h rist Church, Oxford, and held
«ince 1901 by the Rev. John Lechm ere T udor M .A . of
E xeter C ollege, O xford. T h ere is a W esleyan chapel
erected in 1830, and a P rim itive M ethodist chapel b uilt
in i860. Thom as P alm er and M ary his wife left £500
Bank A n n uities, the dividend to be distrib uted equally
am ong 30 poor inhabitants. S ir Francis B urdett bart.
is lord of the m anor and principal landowner. Th e soif
is p rin cipally c h a lk ; subsoil, chalk. Th e ch ief crops
are w heat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 4,405
acres of land and 5 of w a t e r ; rateable value, £2,539 i
the population in 1911 was 408.
Parish C lerk, W illiam Woodley.
Post & T. Office.— Mrs. S. A. W aldron. sub-postmistre*s\
L etters arrive from Lam bourn, B erks, at 6.50 a.m . &