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L E D W E L L is a small ham let in this parish and one
mile north of the village. There was a chapel here, deÂ
dicated to S t. M ary M agdalene, w ith a graveyard, as
early as 1278 ; the building disappeared long since, b ut
the site can still be traced. L edw ell House, form erly
Known ao i
SARSDEN.
OXFORDSHIRE.
d i r e c t o r y .]
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Admiral S ayer, is now the prop erty and residence _ot
the Bev. F. C. Dillon. There is a P rim itive M ethodist
chapel here.
SA N D FO RD S T . M A R TIN .
311
Parish C lerk, E lish a Norton.
W all L etter Box at Ledw ell cleared at 10.50 a.m . & 6.2®
p.m . week days only
E lem en tary School (m ixed), erected in 1842, for
children ; M iss L ouisa Sim m s, m istress
12®
C arrie r.â E rn est A. Jones, to â W aggon & H orses,â BanÂ
b u ry, mon. & t h u r s .; W oodstock & O xford, wed
LED W ELL.
i Cox W illiam , farm er
Chance, , E dj w _a ar d
F e r g u s o n B .A ., J .P . uI H
a v l l n t F re d ,â b ak â "
â i.
a w K i n s r i e u , u d n .c z
Dillon Rev. F. C. Ledw ell house
Law M iss, Th e C ottage
W son Hatofd C am bell, M anor house H aw tin Anne M aria (M rs.), stationer,
COMMERCIAL.
WiUiams
John E llis C ardigan , H £ « t
^
p>rk {m
(vicar), V icarage
, J a k m a n H y fnnT_ Low6r Gr0TO frm Burson M ary Ann (M rs.), shopkeeper
F inch Sabina (M iss), dress m aker
c o m m e r c ia l.
1 M orris Daniel, m iller (w ater)
G ille tt E dw ard E u stace, farm er
Allen John, farm er
j Painter Henry, farm er
Jones E rn est A lbert, carrier
Cole James, farmer, G rove A sh
Som erton G eorge, grocer
Needle
Oole Wm.Mildon, farm er,Brandon frm 1
T u stian John H y. farm r.H obb
âsHoleW illiam Joseph, beer retailer
SAN DFORD - U P O N - T H A M E S
is a parish,
bounded on the w est b y the riv er Isis, which separates
it from Berkshire, three-quarters of a m ile from L ittlemore station on the W ycom be, Tham e and Oxford section
of the G reat W estern railway, and 2^ m iles south from
Oxford, in the Southern division of th e county, hundred
and petty sessional division of Bullingdon, union of
Abingdon, county co u rt d istrict of Oxford, ru ral deanery
of Cuddesdon, and archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford.
The church of S t. Andrew, b u ilt b y G erri de Planastre
soon after the Conquest, is a plain edifice of stone,
originally Norm an, and consisting of chancel, nave,
vestry, south porch and a w estern tow er containing 6
bells, two of which are dated respectively 1592 and
1606; the walls are those of the origin al b uildin g,
and in the nave the earliest portions are the north
and south doors and a Norm an window . over the reading
desk is a curious carvin g in alabaster, representing the
â Assumption of the V irg in ; â it was dug up in the
churchyard in 1723, w ith its face downwards, and is
assumed to be 15th cen tu ry w o r k : over the church
porch is a tab let inscribed â Condidit m e dom ina Eliza
Isham anno gratise, 1652, P orticus P atron a.â â Thankes
to thy charitie religiouse dame w hich found m e Old &
made me N ew a g a n e : â the fittings th rou gh out the
church have been rem odelled, some of the old benches
with carved poppyheads, dating from 1630, being p reÂ
served: the font, la rge and plain, has been assigned to
the 13th cen tu ry : in the chancel, on the north side,
is a plain recess, and below this an altar t o m b ; on the
south side is a sim ilar tom b, b u t of la ter date, w ith
debased Arabesque carving, and above a m ural m on u Â
ment with arm s to S ir W illiam Powell, of T u tb u ry,
Staffordshire, erected in 1661: the church underw ent
considerable rep air and alteration in 1840, under the
direction of M r. D erick, arch itect, when the nave roof
was raised, several new windows inserted, and the
western tower b u il t : it was fu rth er restored in 1865
by Mr. Jam es Brooks, arch itect, of London, and in 1893
a new vestry was added, at the cost of the w ife of the
Bev. E. D. W hitm arsh D .C .L . vicar 1877-1901. There
are 200 sittings. The register dates from 1572. The
living is a vicarage, net yea rly value £168, in the gift
of Mrs. L ey H ill, and held since 1910 b y th e B ev.
Challenor Norm an Bowen. B assim er
Clapperton G eorge, Elm slea
Balls George
Bead Rev. W illiam Inskip Digby
Shuttleworth M .A . (vicar), St. A n Â
drewâs cottage
COMMERCIAL.
Bartlett F rank
Temple farm
S hortland,
W illiam Inskip D igby Sh uttlew orth Read M .A . of
E xe ter College, O xford.
H ere is a paper m ill, the
property of the U n iversity of O xford, and occupied byMessrs. Cannon and Clapperton L im ite d ; th e site was
form erly occupied by a corn m ill. A m and M ah ieuâ s
charity of ¿ 1 1 is for cloth in g. Th e Precep tory of
K n igh ts T em p lars, founded at C ow ley b y the Em press
M aud, was rem oved to Sandford, c. 1274, and in 1309,
on the suppression of th at order, was tran sferred to the
K n igh ts H ospitallers, b ut on th e dissolution of m onastic
houses, it was g ran ted (33 Hen. V III. 1542) to Edw ard
Powell. Th e existin g rem ains com prise a gabled b uildÂ
ing, w ith a large blocked east window, flanking butÂ
tresses and a L a te P erpendicular doorway, probably the
chapel, b ut now used as a barn ; th e rem aining portion
includes a g atew ay w ith the date 1614, and fragm ents
of arch itectu ral ornam ent, in cludin g a shield bearing a
cross patt6e, th e badge of the T em p la rs; the adjacent
buildings are of Perpendicular date, w ith good m ullioned
windows, and have been repaired and are now ocÂ
cupied as a farm house. T here is good fishing here for
pike, perch and roach. In th e parish are the rem ains of
C h erley M ynchery, or N unnery, founded by R oger de
Sandford in the tim e of H enry II. for nuns of the
Benedictine order, and dedicated to S S . M ary and
Nicholas ; it was suppressed b y W olsey in 1524, when
its revenues w ere estim ated at £23 yea rly ; th e existin g
b uildin gs, now also occupied as a farm house, are of
Perpendicular date ; the seal of the nunnery was found
in 1762 by a neighbouring farm er. M agdalen College
are lords of the m anor and the p rin cipal landowners.
The soil is lo a m ; subsoil, clay. Th e ch ief crops are
wheat, beans and oats. The area is 99^ acres of land
and 10 of w ater ; rateable value, £ 2 ,2 4 1; the population
in 1911 was 360.
Parish C lerk, G eorge Honey.
Post & T . Office.â Mrs. M artha Bullock, sub-postm isÂ
tress. L etters arrive from Oxford at 6.55 a.m . &
12.20
p .m .; dispatched at 2.30, 5.30 & 7.55 p .m .;
Sundays, arrive at 6.55 a.m . ; dispatched at 2.40 p.m_
Littlem ore is th e nearest m oney order office
E lem entary School, b uilt in i860, 1868 & 1905. for 90
children'; M rs. Isobel Sophia B olt, m istress
Beecham Charles, coal m erchant
Benfield & Loxley, brick m anufactrs
Benfield H arry G eo.farm er,R ock farm
B ullock M artha (M rs.), shopkeeper,
Post office
Cannon & Clapperton Lim ited, paper
m an ufacturers
farm er,
S A R S D E iT is a parish and village, skirted on the
south by the riv er Evenlode, 2$ m iles east-by-south
from K ingham station on the Oxford and W orcester
section of the G reat W estern railw ay, 3^ south-west
from Chipping Norton, and there is also a halt on the
same section about a m ile and a half north from the
village, which is in the N orthern division of the county,
hundred and p etty sessional division of Chadlington,
union and county court d istrict of C h ipping Norton,
rural deanery of C hipping Norton and archdeaconry
and diocese of O xford. The church of St. Jam es is
a small cruciform b u ild in g of stone, reb uilt in 1760,
and consisting of chancel and nave, w ith short transepts,
and a tu rret above the north transept, containing one
small b ell: there are 80 sittings.
Beneath the church
is the vault of th e Langston fam ily.
In 1896 the
E ad e W illiam , farm b ailiff to th e OxÂ
ford Corporation
H erring Henry, shopkeeper
M essenger Jam es, beer retailer
M orris W illiam , C atherine W heel P R
N aish Ernest, baker
Osborne WTlliam, tailor
Pether Richard, K in g âs A rm s hotel
church was com pletely restored by the E arl of Ducie
in m em ory of Julia, h is w ife, d. 1895. Th e register
dates from the yea r 1575- The livin g is a rectory w ith
the v icara g e of C h u rch ill annexed, jo in t net yearly
value £307, arisin g from 298 acres of glebe, w ith resiÂ
dence, in the g ift of the E arl of D ucie, and held since
1903 by the Rev. E dm und Joseph Francis Johnson M .A.
of S t. Johnâs College, Cam bridge. Th e poorâ s stock of
about £ 4 yea rly is distributed in m oney at E aster. Sarsden House, the residence of Lord Moreton D .L .. J.P. is
a handsom e m ansion, p rincipally of the Ionic order, and
is pleasantly situated am idst pleasure grounds of about
14 acres. N ear the Home farm is an ancient stone w ayÂ
side cross, in excellen t preservation, and raised en a
fligh t of six steps. The E a rl of D ucie P .C ., G .C V .O .,
J.P . is lord of the m anor and sole landowner. T he soil