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LONGWORTH.

B E R K S H IR E .

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k e l l y ’s

D.D. of E dinb urgh U n iversity, and hon. canon of E n glish and there is a Perpendicular wooden p u lp it :
C h rist C h u rch , O xford. H ere is a C ongregational there are 100 sittin g s. The registers of this chapel
chapel, erected in 1848, seatin g 200 persons, also a have entries of baptism s and burials from 1700 to 1812 ;
P rim itive M ethodist chapel. T here are several ch ari­ and of m arriages from 1754 to 18x1, previous to which
ties, am ong w hich is th e in terest of £630 in the £23 entries were m ade in the Longw orth registers. There
p er C ent. Consols, bequeathed by H. F lu d yer esq and is also a W esleyan chapel here. Th e area is 1,203
annu ally divided am ong 20 poor p eo p le; a sum of acres of land and 4 of w a te r; rateable value is £1,448 ;
£200 in the New £ 3 per C en ts, producing £ 5 yearly, the population in 1911 was 164.
le ft by M r. John C arter, farm er, for the education of
D R A lrC O T T M OOR is a township in this parish, on
pooi- ch ild ren ; and a bequest b y J. Dewe, of £108
Consols, in support of a Sunday s ch o o l; D avis’ charity the north-east, in the union of Abingdon and hundred
of
Ock. Here is a W esleyan chapel. Th e President
is a field of 8 acres, producing about £ 8 , distributed
in bread and clothing. Richard D oddridge Blackm ore and Fellow s of St. John’s College, Oxford, are lords of
the
m anor and prin cip al landowners. T h e area is
M .A. E x e ter College, O xford, the celebrated author of
1,054 a c r e s ; rateable value, £ 8 49; the population in
“ L orna Doone,” was born in th is parish June 9th,
1911
was 190.
1825. He died at Teddington, M iddlesex, Jan. 20th,
Parish C lerk, W illiam G u est Rivers.
1900, and was there b uried by the side of his wife.
Post,
M . 0 . & T . Office.— Enoch W ebb, sub-postm aster.
S ir Clarendon G oldin g H yde J .P . who is lord of the
Letters arrive th rou gh F aringdon a t 8.25 a.m . & 3.45
m anor, the trustees of th e late Capt. John Blandyp
.m
. ; dispatched at 9.45 a.m . & 5.45 p .m . ; Sundays,
Jenkins, G u y W eaving, W illiam Dewe and John Edw ard
dispatched at 11 a.m . Letters for D raycott Moor
C h urch esqrs. are the p rin cip al landowners. Th e soil
th rou gh Abingdon arrive at 8.15 a.m
th rou gh ou t the parish is m ixed and ranks am ong the
b est land in B e rk s h ire ; subsoil, sand. The chief crops Post Office, C harney B assett.— Thom as G odfrey, subpostm aster. L etters through W antage arrive at 8
are w heat, barley, beans and turn ips. T h e area is
a.m . & 5.45 p .m . ; box cleared a t 9.55 a.m . & 5.55
2,283 acres of land and 8 of w a t e r ; rateable value,
p .m . w eek days only. Stan fold-in -the-V ale is the
£ 2 ,5 79 ; the population in 1911 was 507 in the c iv il and
n
earest m oney order & telegraph office, 3^ m iles
861 in the ecclesiastical parish.
distant
C H A R N E Y or C H A R N E Y B A S S E T T is a chapelry
W
all
L e tte r Box, D raycott Moor, cleared 2.50 & 6.5
annexed to th is parish , about 3^ m iles south from
p.m . ; S u n d a y s , 10.45 a m
Longw orth village and
north-w est from W antage
Road station on the G reat W estern railw ay, on the Police Station, F rederick Jeffries, constable
riv er Ock. The chapel of S t. Peter is an ancient edifice
P ublic E lem en tary Schools.
of stone of the N orm an period, consisting of chancel,
nave, north aisle, south porch and a Jacobean double Lon gw orth , erected in 1850, for 135 c h ild re n ; Isaac
Cross, m aster
•bell-cot of stone containing 2 b e lls : the east window
is P e rp en d icu la r; both doorways are Norm an, that on C harney B assett, erected in 1871, for 85 children &
since enlarged for 99 ch ild ren ; Mrs. A lice Atkinson,
th e north side havin g a rich ly-carved tym panum ,
m istress
rep resenting a robed figure between two grotesque
C arriers from —
anim als, apparently griffins, w ith in a border of addorsed
scro ll-w o rk : th e south doorway has a kind of cusped Longw orth— W illiam R ich in gs, to Abingdon, daily, e x ­
cept
tues.
;
W
illiam
R. Sim m onds, to Abingdon,
border, supporting rudely-carved heads, all w ithin a
mon. ; to Oxford, wed. & sat
cable m o u ld in g : th e chancel arch is also N o rm a n : the
nave has a ^Perpendicular roof of low p itch and j C harney B assett— R obert W oolford, to Abingdon, m o n .;
Transition D ecorated w in dow s: the fon t is plain E arly 1 to W antage, wed. & sat. & O xford, fri
Cox D avid, baker
LO N G W O R TH .
Dewe W illiam , farm er & landowner,
(M arked thus * receive th eir letters
Martens farm
th rou gh A bingdon.)
Drew H enry, nurserym an
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Drew Jas. grocer & assistant overseer
•B lew A lfred 8. W estfield house. Floyd Jam es Hy. Lam b & F la g P.H
South m oor
Green Jam es, baker & beer retailer
C rum W illiam G raham J.P . Long- H iggs Frederick, Blue Boar P.H
w orth m anor
•H u tt Henry, farm er, B ullock’s pits
T lo y d W illiam , H augh house
Painton B art, carpenter
H yde S ir Clarendon G old in g J .P . Painton John, b utch er
Longw orth house
•P a lm er F rederick W . W aggon &
Illin gw o rth Rev.Canon John R ich ard­
Horses P.H
son M .A ., D.D. (rector), R ectory
Prince Geo. rose grow er & seedsman
"Prince A lfred Edward
Rant & Co. grocers
• T r o tt Rev. Thom as H enry M .A. Richings Jesse & A lbert, stonemasons
(cu rate), S outh moor
Richings W illiam , carrier
W eaving G u y
Sim m onds W illiam , m arket gardener
•W e ller-P o ley
F rederick
W illiam , W eaving G u y, farm er, Shepherd’s ho.
Southm oor lodge
(postal add. near C harney.W antage)
C O M M E R C IA L .
Webb Enoch, grocer, Post office
B atts A lfred , farm er, S udb ury farm
Brooks G eorge, blacksm ith
D R A Y O O T T MOOR.
B roughton Jesse, shopkpr. & coal m er
H eath house,
C h u T ch John E dw ard, farm er & lan d­ W ain w right Josiah,
S outh moor
owner, Home farm

C O M M E R C IA L .

Baker W illiam , farm er
Bunce H arry, shopkeeper
Cox & Sons, boot repairers
G iles John W. farm er, D raycott farm
G odfrey Samson, wheelw right &c
Hobbs Thom as, farm er
Holifield A rth u r, plum ber
Toon G eorge, grocer
W eaving G uy, farm er, Southm oor fm
C H A R N E Y B A SS E T T .
P artridge M rs. W hite house
C O M M E R C IA L .

Belcher G eorge, carpenter
G odfrey Thos. carpenter, Post office
K e rrid g e W illiam H. Chequers P.H
Parker W illiam , shopkeeper
Pinnell M ark, farm er. Loader’s farm
Robert Sarah Ann (M rs.), shopkeeper
Rutland Henry, Horn inn
W hitfield Britford, butcher
Woolford Robert, carrier

L Y F O R D is a civil parish form ed J u ly 11, 1845, out livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value (in cludin g the
of the p arish of H an n ey; it is on the river O ck, 5 m iles chaplaincy of the alm shouses) £ 110 , with residence, in
north from W antage, 4 north-w est from the W antage the g ift of W orcester College, Oxford, and held since
Road station of the” G reat W estern railw ay, and 8 west 1897 by the Rev. Frederick H ill C u rrie M .A. of Wadham
from Abingdon, in the N orthern division of the county, College, Oxford. Th e earliest notice of this place is in 944,
hundred of Ock, p etty sessional division, union and w hen’ K in g E dm und gave land here to A51feg, between
cou nty court d istrict of A bingdon, ru ra l deanery of the river Ock and C h ild rv brook; the abbey of A b in g ­
W antage, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. don had also land in this parish from 1032 till the
The church of S t. M ary is a sm all edifice of stone of D issolution, when a portion thereof passed to John
the E a rly E n g lish period, consisting of chancel and Y a te , of Charney, gent, m erchant of the staple, and
nave, north porch and a wooden bell-cot at th e w est some tim e of L v fo r d ; this fam ily was afterw ards of
end, on a good E a rly fram e w ork of four cham fered B uckland, and recorded th eir pedigree at the V isitation
posts, w ith braces, form in g alternate ogee and Pointed of Berks in 1566 and 1664: in 1581, E dm und Cam pian.
arches and containing 3 b e lls ; there are low side the fam ous Jesuit priest and some tim e a Fellow of
windows on both sides of the chancel, w hich has an St. John’s College, Oxford, took shelter at the Grange
E arly E n glish piscina and stone s h e lf: in the north here, then occupied b y M rs. Y a t e s : here he preached,
w a ll'is a"5lo c k e r : th e chancel arch, some tim e since and here, after m uch searching, he was captured in a
destroyed, has now been restored ; in the north jam b secret cupboard and taken to the T o w e r: in 1765 the
Manor House estate was purchased of the Greenaways
of the arch are the rem ains of a h agiosco p e: the font
bv the trustees of M rs. Sarah E aton, and in 1775 was
of plain E a rly E n g lish work is octagon al: the church
conveved bv them to W orcester College, Oxford. Here
was restored in 1875 at a cost of £ 1,10 0 : there are 100
are 20 alm shouses, founded in 1611 by O liver Ashcombe,
sittin g s. The reg ister dates from the year 1845. The