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B E R K S H IR E .

BARRHAM.

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FTnnevbone A rth u r, saddler & har-1 Langm ore H erbt. Richard M .B ., B.C. Slade Leonard G illott, farm er,T horp e
farm
m aker
1 Cantab., M .R .C .S .E n go., L .R .C .P .
ness uiajvci
florsm an Francis, bead train er to j Lond.
physician
& surgeon & S tran g e F rederick, w agonette pro­
prietor & jobm aster
Major John G . M orris
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m edical officer & p u b lic vaccinator,
Jervis C harles, Boot inn
Aston d istrict, W allin gford union
A V I N G T O N is a p arish on the riv er K en n et, about an escutcheon suspended in th e porch, all m em orials
2i m iles east from H ungerford and 2 w est-by-north of the B erkshire fam ily of Jam es, now represented by
from the K in tb u ry station on th e G reat W estern ra il­ Lord N orthbourne, of B ettesh an ger, K e n t: th e avails of
way, 6£ west from N ew bu ry, in th e S outh ern division the ch u rch are of g rea t th ickn ess, and the windows
of the county, hundred of K in tb u r y-E ag le, H ungerford are deeply splayed, and fo u r are filled w ith stained
p etty sessional division and cou n ty cou rt d istrict, H un ­ g la s s : th e chancel retain s a square aum bry, a piscina
gerford and R am sbury union, ru ra l deanery of N ew ­ and a b eau tifu l s e d ile : in th e ch urchyard is a fine
bury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. tom b to Sim on Raw lins esq. of Bridgcom b, Uffington,
The R en n et borders th e parish on th e south. The 1762, and A nne, bis w ife, 1764: there are 80 s it­
church is a good exam ple of the Saxon style and is tings. The register dates from th e year 1725: the
believed to have been dedicated to S S . M ark and earlier records, then kep t in the M anor house, w ere
Luke, from sym bols of these saints in th e s a n c tu a ry ; destroyed by fire in th at year. T h e benefice is a rec­
it date« f r o m 'th e 9th century, and consists of chancel, tory, net yea rly value £198, in clu d in g 6 acres of glebe,
nave, north transep t and a south p o rch : there was w ith residence, in the g ift of S ir F ran cis B u rd e tt b a rt.
anciently a bell tu rre t
at the w est end containing and held since 1906 b y th e Rev. W illiam H enry
one bell, b ut a sm all cross was substituted some Blackwell, of S t. Bees. T h is m anor, in th e tim e of
years ago, and the bell rem oved to a place within Edward the C onfessor, belonged to a fa m ily named
i:he r o o f : the whole stru ctu re form s an elongated G un n er, or Gonnere, and im m ed iately a fter th e C on­
p arallelogram , on a scant foundation, th e four walls q uest, to Richard Puin geant (A n g lo -S a x o n ic e: B igge),
inclosing an area 75ft. long by 15ft. broad, or five the supposed founder of the c h u r c h ; then to the
w idths in length, and of these five square spaces one Longespees, E arls of Salisb ury, who appear to have held
forms the sanctuary, one the choir and three the it from the reign of H enry I I . ; a t a la te r period; it
n av e: the sanctuary is divided from the choir by was in the fam ilies of C ov en try and C hoke or C hokke,
also of A bingdon, who recorded th e ir p edigree and
pilasters, intended to sustain a sem i-circular arch,
Richard
which seem s never to have been con stru cted : the chan­ arm s at the visitation s of 1566 and 1664-6.
cel is separated from the nave by an arch of 15ft. Choke, of A vin gton , 2nd son of S ir R ich ard Choke
span, rich ly ornam ented w ith roses and dog-tooth and kt. Justice of the Com m on Pleas (1471)’ m a rrie d Alice,
zigzag m ouldings and grotesque h e a d s : the centre of dau gh ter and heiress of R ob ert C oven try, of A vin gton ,
the arch has undergone a sin gular depression, pro­ e s q .; h is grandson F ran cis was k n ig h ted in 1643;
bably owing to the la tera l pressure of th e arch itself la tterly it was in th e possession of W illiam Jones esq.
and the absence of any in tern al p ier or extern al b u t­ of R a m sb u ry M anor, W ilts, whose eldest da u g h ter,
Elizabeth, m arried W illiam L a n g h am esq. (afterw ards
tress, as well as to the incom plete state of the originally
projected stone v au ltin g of the chancel roof, th e ribbed Jones), created a baronet in 1774; on h is death w ith ­
out
issue, in 1791, th e estates passed to E lean or, the
groins of w hich are ornam ented w ith beak-heads and
flow ers: the south door of the nave is a good exam ple 2nd da u g h ter, w ife of F ran cis B u rd e tt esq. in suc­
cession
to whom th e m anor passed to S ir Francis B u r­
of a shafted Saxon arch, w ith bead and dog-tooth
ornam ents, b u t was m u ch m u tilated in th e 16th cen­ dett b art. J .P . b u t now belongs to H um p h rey Jeffrey
tu ry by the erection of a porch b y Richard Choke, then W alm esley esq. J .P . Th e Manor H ouse, now (1914)
lord of the m anor, about 1574 : th e font, a rem arkable occupied by M r. John Bishop, is surrounded by a very
specim en of Saxon w ork, is cylin drical, and has a ancient wall, w ith hand-cut stone copin g, supposed
cable m oulding round its upper e d g e ; th e low er p or­ to have once en circled som e m on astic h o u s e ; th e
tion is arcaded, and has in the arcading th irteen rudely present m ansion was b u ilt in 1725, th e earlier, erected
T h e soil is
sculptured figures, m ost of them in ecclesiastical v e st­ in 1574, havin g been destroyed by fire.
m ents : two are bishops in palls— one seated and one in lig h t la n d ; subsoil, g ra vel or chalk. T h e ch ief crops
are wheat, b arley and oats. Th e p arish com prises 1,177
attitude of b en ed ictio n ; two are bishops in copes—
one w ith crozier and one w ith p astoral sta ff; two are acres of land in two farm s, and 8 of w a te r ; rateable
priests in albs— one w ith hands crossed in prayer and value, £ 1,0 0 6 ; the population in 1911 was 113.
Radley, i f m iles north, and B ow ling G reen , 2J mile9
one in the em brace of the fie n d ; two are priests givin g
each other the kiss of p e a c e ; two are ecclesiastical north, are h am lets w ithin th is parish.
Sexton, W illiam Harrison.
lawyers in copes— one w ith b rief in hand and one w ith a
Lord Chancellor’ s w i g ; the foul fiend, w ith horns and Letters th rou gh H ungerford, arrive about 7.20 a.m . &
6.50 p .m . ; Sundays, 7.30 a.m .
K in tb u ry is th e
cloven feet, is tw ice re p e a te d ; and the 13th is in ­
nearest m oney order & telegraph office, about 2 m iles
describable, except as probably representing Boethius,
distan t
or some other decollated saint, w ith his head in his
own h a n d s; behind the font stands an an cien t slab, W all L e tte r B ox cleared at 7.20 a.m . & 6.50 p.m . ;
sunday, 7.30 a.m
with a strikin g b ut rudely incised C alva ry cross upon
its upper h a lf ; the only m onum ents of im portance The children of th is place atten d the school a t K in t­
bury, to w hich parish A vin gton is affiliated.
in the ch u rch are three slabs on the chancel floor and
Blackwell Rev. W m . Hy. R ectory
| Bishop Jn.farm er,M an or House farm | G ore Jam es, farm er, R a d ley farm
B A L K I N G , see Baulking.
B A B K H A M is a parish and v illag e 2% m iles sou th ­ Oriel C ollege, O xford F .3 .A ., F .R .H is t.S . and diocesan
west from W okingham and 6 south-east from Reading, inspector of schools. A llw rig h t’s c h a rity of £ 3 yearly
in the E astern division of the county, p etty sessional is for bread and G lasspool’s c h a rity of £199 i°s- is for
division and union of W okingham , hundred of C h arl­ coals. Th e poor’ s allo tm en ts w ere p urchased b y the
ton, cou nty cou rt d is tric t of Reading, and ru ra l deanery late John W a lter esq. for betw een £400 and £500 and
of R eading, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of O x­ the m oney in vested in th e £ 2 ! per C ent. C o n so ls ; the
ford. The village is a v ery ancient one, and is m en­ in terest is expended in coals for th e benefit of the poor.
tioned in th e D om esday S u rv ey and in th e Abingdon Th e Manor House, a red b rick m ansion, w ith pleasant
Chronicle. I t was granted to th e abbey of Abingdon grounds and shrubberies, is th e residen ce of A . N.
in A.D . 941, and can therefore claim an existence of G arlan d esq. John W a lter esq. is lord of th e m anor.
nearly 1,000 years. The ch u rch of S t. Jam es, reb u ilt Th e p rin cipal landowners are th e W a r Office, E . M.
between 1861 and 1864 on the foundations of the old S tu rg es esq. and A . N. G arlan d
esq.
T h e soil is
church, is an edifice of flint w ith B ath stone dressings, in gravel and c la y ; subsoil, London clay. T h e chief crops
the E arly E nglish style, and consists of chancel, nave of are w h eat an$ barley. Th e area is 1,383 acres of land
four bays, transepts and a south-w est tow er w ith spire, and 5 of w a te r; assessable value, £ 1 ,3 2 7 ; th e p op u la­
containing 4 b e lls : the chancel and tran septs were tion in 1911 was 261.
added in 1887 by the late John W a lter e s q .: there is an Post Office.— G eorge H arris, sub-postm aster.
L etters
interesting m onum ent of the 14th c e n t u r y : the church
arrive from W okin gh am a t 7.25 a.m . & 5.25 p .m . ;
plate includes a chalice bearing the date 156 1: the
Sundays. 8.10 a.m . ; dispatched a t 9.30 a.m . & 6.30
church was restored in 1887, and the chancel reb u ilt, at
p.m . ; Sundays, 10.15 a.m . A rborfield C ross, 1 m ile
a cost of £4,800, and has now 200 sittin gs.
T he r e ­
distant, is the nearest m oney order & telegrap h office
gister dates from the year 1538, and is in a good
state of preservation.
The livin g is a rectory, net Th e School has been un ited to th a t of A rborfield,
situated in th at parish, & the children of th is place
yearly value £260, w ith 22 acres of glebe and resi­
attend there
dence, in th e g ift of John W alter esq. and held since
1886 by the Rev. P eter H am pson Ditchfield M .A. of C arrier to R eadin g— F rederick B ayliss, daily except wed