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about £ 1 7 9 : some rem ains of wall-paintings and other
features of interest have been carefu lly preserved: the
nave and tow er were restored by the p arish ion ers: there
are 200 s ittin g s : in the churchyard is a Perpendicular
tomb and a fine yew tree. T he reg ister dates from the
year 1615. Th e livin g is a vicarage, united about A.D .
1215 to th e vicarage of Burford, join t net yearly value
£ 170, including 200 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in
the g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1907
by the Rev. W illiam Charles Em eris M .A. of New C ol­
lege, Oxford, who resides at Burford. Here is a W esleyan
chapel, erected in 1861. S ir G eorge Fettiplace, of Swinbrook, 5th and last bart. who died 8 April, 1743,
left £ 2 yea rly for bread, which is paid annually by the
Bishop of O xford, and in 1884 Job Lew is le ft £ 1 15s.
yearly for bread, to be given aw ay 011 E aster S un day in
each year. S ir Richard B iddulph M artin b art. is lord
of th e manor.
T he landowners are Lord Redesdale
K .C .B ., G .C .V .O . and Mr. Thom as W alker, th e E cclesi­
astical Com m issioners and Eton College.
Th e soil is
stone b ra s h ; subsoil, rock. T h e ch ief crops are wheat,
barley, oats and turnips. Th e area is 1,848 acres of
land and 5 of w a ter; rateab le value, £ 1 ,8 1 3 ; the popu­
lation in 1911 was 291.
Parish C lerk , Joseph P ratley.
Letters through B urford, Oxon, the nearest m oney order
& telegraph office, arrive at about 7.15 a.m . Wall
L e tter Box cleared at 8.20 a.m . & 6.25 p.m . week days
only
E lem en tary School (m ixed), erected in 1874 on land
given by M r. A braham Stratton, who also gave £100
towards the b uildin g, for 120 ch ild ren ; M iss E m m a
Cooper, m istress
O m nibuses to & from Burford & Shipton railw ay station
pass through three tim es daily
COMMERCIAL.
Hopkins C lem en t, dairym an
P RIVATE RE SID E N TS.
Betts Annie (M rs.), laundress
Hopkins John, bee keeper
Buckingham Mrs. Providence lodge
Clapton G eorge, farm er, Capps lodge Hopkins Robert, dairym an
Gutch Rev. Alfd. Leslie B .A .(cu rate), IC urtis Am os,°M asons’ A r m s P .H
Jeffries Ohas. A rth . farm r. The Elm s
Trentbam cottage
Forest Lu k e, roundabout proprietor
Keylock Thom as, h au lier
Porter John Wise
Francis W illiam , carpenter
Mace H arry, shopkeeper
Rouse Mrs. The Limes
G entle Turn er, farm er, W esthall hill Pearman Jn. H arvey, frm r. Upper End
Stone Mrs. Lady Ham
G illett A ugustine, farmer, Waterloo
Pearm an Th os.W m .frm r.W esth all h ill
Williams Miss
G illett Thom as G eorge, m anure agt. Pearm an W m .H y. farm er,W esth all hi
Pool house, W esth all hill
W illiam s Jas. C arpen ters’ A rm s P.H
G A R S I N G T O N " , in Dom esday “ Gersedune,” is a churchyard is entered th rou gh an old lych gate, and
parish 2$ miles south-w est from W h eatley station on on th e south side is a large yew tree. T h e re g is te r
the Oxford and Princes R isboro’ section of th e G reat of baptism s and m arriages dates from the year 1652;
Western railway, and w ith a m otor ra il halt on the burials, 1653. Th e liv in g is a rectory, n et yearly v alu e
Oxford and W ycom be section of th e G reat W estern £410, w ith residence and 22 acres of glebe, in th e g ift
railway, 5 south-east from Oxford and 48 from London, of T rin ity College, Oxford, and held since 1912 by
in the Southern division of th e county and p etty th e Rev. Edward H astings H orne M .A . of th a t college.
sessional division of Bullingdon, union of H eadington, Th e W esleyan chapel was erected here in 1886, a t a
county court district of Oxford, ru ra l deanery of Cud- cost of £225, and has 200 sittin gs. T h e readin g and
desdon and archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford. The recreation room was b u ilt in 1905, at a cost of about
church of St. M ary is an ancient buildin g of stone in £150.
Here are th e kennels of th e C h rist C h urch
mixed styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, b eagles; Tuesdays and Fridays are h u n tin g days. In
south porch and a low w estern tow er of Transition N or­ the centre of the v illag e stands th e lofty sh aft of a
man date, probably about A.D . 1200, 42 feet in height, cross raised on four steps. This villag e was th e head
with a plain parapet, and containing a clock and b e lls : quarters of S ir Thom as F airfax on the night of M ay 1,
the chancel has Decorated windows, the w esternm ost on 1646, previous to the siege of Oxford. W estbrooke and
each side being lowered and transom ed to form low side Malbon’s charities am ount to £ 3 5s. yearly for bread.
windows, and there is a p iscin a: the Transitional chancel The Manor House, an old 16th cen tu ry building, is
arch is large and lo fty, w ith recurved m o u ld in g s: the in the occupation of Philip M orrell M .P. M .A ., J.P .
stained east window was erected in 1898 by Frederick Mrs. M orrell, of O xford, is lady of th e North End
Parker Morrell esq. in m em ory of his fa th e r: th e nave manor, and Philip M orrell M .P ., M .A .. J.P . is lord
is separated from the aisles by arcades of four arches of th e South End manor. E xeter, Queen’s and Braseon clustered piers, of Transition Norm an date, b u t the nose C olleges, Oxford, and Ph ilip M orrell M .P., M .A.
clerestory has circular foliated lights of the Decorated J .P . are the principal landowners. T h e soil is clay
Pe™>d: the roof is P erpendicular: in the south aisle is and lo a m ; subsoil, g ravel and white lim estone. The
a fine Decorated east window, w ith flowing tracery, and chief crops are w heat, barley and oats. Th e area is
a piscina and doorway of the sam e period, the tim ber 2,233 acres; rateable valu e, £2,988; the population in
porch being of the 15th cen tu ry : in the north aisle is 1911 was 579.
an Early English doo rw ay: the font was given by
Parish Clerk, A lfred Woodward.
ic ard Turrill, clerk of the parish in 1782: there is a
Drass with effigies of all, to Thom as R adley gent. 1584, Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.—
H arry Jam es C lin kard, sub-postm aster. ‘ Letters
izabeth his wife and 10 children, and an ancient slab,
th rou gh W heatley, Oxon, arrive at 7.20 a.m . & 4.45
earing a m utilated cross fleurie and other sculpture,
p.m . ; sunday, 8.5 a .m .; dispatched at 8.35 a.m . &
inscribed
Isabelle de F ortib us g ist i c i ; Dieu
6.5 p.m . ; sunday, 10.50 a.m
nnifa j ime,
m erci’” believed to com m em orate Isabella,
E
lem
entary S ch o o l’(m ixed ), erected, w ith dw elling house
DoJ aughter of Baldwin (de R edvers), 7th E arl of
for th e m aster & m istress, in 1840-1, on a site given
m a°"- *nd 2,nd ^ ife of W illiam de Fortibus. E arl of
b y Thom as P lu m er H alsey esq. of Tem ple Dinsley, at
in
i S
died 1292-3.: th e church was restored
a cost of about £ t , ? o o , & enlarged in 1897 at a cost
a n / / y
®,ev- Jam es Ingram D.D. rector here,
of. £ 23 0 ; it w ill hold 140 children ; Sidn ey G eoffrey
death
o
° f T rinitT College, Oxford. 1824, un til his
G idnev, m aster
rpnp ’ / kept. 1850, when the roofs and fittings were
C oun ty Police, Thom as Edward K ilb y, police constable
crnsoo«, • 3
0ld£inal altar stone, w ith its five
the cttv/h a p.er*ect state, was recovered and rep laced : C arriers to Oxford.— Townsend & Mrs. Joseph Ruffels,
wed. & s a t . ; Mrs. E liza Y eates, mon. wed. fri. &
of *v,' £ oa Teredos was erected in 1913 in m em ory
sat. ; Mrs. Ben C lark e, wed. & s a t .; M rs. Jam es
4 ,, ,
Thom as M. A. rector ,87:1-1912: the
D
ruce, wed. & sat
the
7 al Presented in 1914 as a m em orial to
0 ^ te Joseph G ale esq. There are 350 sittin gs. The
tttJ L B R O O K :

is a parish and village on the road from
o ford to Chipping Norton, i m ile north-east-by-north
fom Burford and 4 south from Shipton station on th e
Oxford and W orcester section of the G reat W estern rail­
way
the
division of the county, hundred of
Phadlington, p etty sessional division of Bam pton W est
nd union and county cou rt district of W itney, rural
deanery of W itney and archdeaconry and diocese of
Oxford. The church of S t. Jam es is an ancient edifice
f stone in the Transition N orm an, E a rly E nglish and
later styles, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle,
with transept or chapel, south porch and a western
tower, of E arly E nglish and Perpendicular dates, con­
taining 3 bells, dating from 1662 and reh u n g in 1892,
at the cost of the trustees of the late Job L e w is : the
chancel has a Decorated east window of th ree lights,
filled with stained glass, in m em ory of Job Lew is, a
benefactor to this parish, who died in 1884: the chancel
aTch is Transition N o rm an : on the south side of the
nave is a round headed recess: th e nave is separated
from the aisle by five plain sem i-circular Transition
Norman arches, springing from short m assive piers : the
south doorway is Norm an, but th e porch E arly E n g lish :
the font, also Norm an, is a plain cylindrical work on a
low base: in the chancel is a fine m ural m onum ent of
stone in the Classic style to the fam ily of Jordan, 1637
to 1672, and a m arble tab let to the Th orp e fam ily, 1695
to 1701: there is also a sm all brass dated 1623; the
church was repaired and new Toofed in 1827, and in
1892 the nave and tow er were com pletely restored undeT
the direction of Messrs. W alker and Son, architects, of
Gloucester, at a cost of £ 6 17, and the chancel, under
the direction of Messrs. Christian and P urd y, architects,
of Whitehall, at the expense of the E cclesiastical C om ­
missioners and Eton College, the cost am oun tin g to