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KIN GS '! OX

L IS L K .

B E R K S H 1E E .

June, 1483) \ iscoun t L i s l e ; their d a u g h ter Elizabeth
was the w ife of E dm un d D udley, whose son John wa.in turn created, about 1528, V iscoun t Lisle and a fte r­
w ards E arl of M arw ick and Duke of N o rth u m b erla n d ;
th is noblem an sold the m anor to W illiam H yde, of
Dench w o rth ; S ir G eorge Hyde K B
of Denchworth,
rem oved here in 1617, and "dying in 1625 was buried
in Sp arsholt c h u rch ; his descendant, John H yde, about
the m iddle of the 18th cen tury, sold the m anor to
A braham A tk in s esq. K ingston Lisle P ark is the pro­
perty and residence of E dm und Stevens esq. J . P . : the
m ansion is a large b uildin g, stan din g in a well-wooded
and un du latin g park, exten din g over an area of 120
acres. The E arl of C raven , who is lord of th e manor,
and E dm und Stevens esq. are the p rin cipal landowners.

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The soil is chalk and green s a n d ; subsoil, c la y and
green sand. Th e chief crops are wheat, beans, oats
and grass. The area is 2,034 acres of land and 6 of
w a te r ; rateable valu e, £2,499; and the population in
1911 was, of K ingston Lisle w ith F aw ler, 263; Old
Field farm and cottages, w ith 24 inhabitants, were
transferred to B au lkin g, M arch 24, 1888, by Local
G overnm ent Board O rder, 21,438.
Post & T. Office.— Charles H ugh Hughes* sub-post­
m aster. Letters through W an tage arrive at 7.55 a.m .
& 1.20 p .m .; dispatched at 10.15 a.m . & 6.30 p .m .;
S u n d a ys, 9.20 a.m . Uffington is the nearest m oney
order office
E lem en tary School (m ixed), established in 1874, for 65
c h ild re n ; Miss M. Rowe, m istress

C a y le y Com m ander H arry Francis Deane F rederick W m. farm er, Hale S m ith Frank, farm er, Kingston com
R .N . Thornhill house
farm (postal address, Faringdon) ¡S m ith W alter Chas. farm er, Faw ler
Stevens Edm d. J.P . K in gston Lisle pk H ughes Chas. H ugh,shopkpr.Post off W etherell Ben, racehorse trainer,
W ilson Rev. G eorge S am u el M .A
Peake H arry, refreshm ent rooms
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Kingston warren
C O M M E R C IA L .
Rebbeck Jonathan, farm er, Home frm W hitfield Henry (M rs.), farm er, FawC obb F ran cis, racehorse trainer
Sm ith Charles Collins, farm er, K in gler farm
Coles Jam es, blacksm ith
) ston common
an cien tly “ C h en eteb erie,” is a large
parish, situated on th e riv er K en n et and in tersected by
the K ennet and A von canal, w ith a station on th e G reat
W estern railw ay, 3 m iles east-by-south from H ungerford and 58^ from London, in the Southern division of
the county, hundred of K in tb u ry-E ag le, p etty sessional
division and cou n ty co u rt d istrict of H ungerford, Hungerford and R am sb urv union, ru ra l deanery of N ew ­
b ury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. It
was an cien tly a m ark et town and had two annual fairs.
The ch u rch of S t. M ary the V irg in is an ancient stru c ­
ture o f flint, stone and brick, in the L a te Norm an,
E a rly E n glish and D ecorated styles, consisting of ch an ­
cel, nave, transepts, south porch and a w estern tower
of L a te N orm an and Perp en dicular date, w ith a plain
parapet, and containing a clock and 6 b e lls : the chancel
i9 divided from the nave by a m assive Norm an arch,
and has a piscina form ed in the sill of a window ; the
reredos is of wood and alab aster carved and illum inated,
and has in the centre a scu lp tured representation of the
“ C rucifixion ; n in the ch urch are several an cient m onu­
m ents to the fam ilies of the p resent and form er lords of
the m anor, in clu d in g S ir John D arrell b art. of W est
W oodhay, ob. 1625; S ir Jem m ett Raym ond and Sir
Jonathan R aym ond, both b y Scheem aker, and to the
S h aw g ; on the south side of th e chancel is a curious
brass w ith effigies to John G unter, b uried 2 Jan. 1624,
and to A lice, his wife, buried a t C iren cester, 18 M arch,
1626, erected by his son-in-law, Joseph P l a t ; and in the
north transep t is a m em orial window to the late F. H.
A ppach esq. of E lcot Park, and m em bers of his fa m ily :
in the chancel is another to Philip Jem m ett, alderm an
of London, 1678 ; and in th e nave a tablet to th e Hon.
C harles D undas, of Barton C o u rt (created 10th May,
1832), baron A m esb u ry of K in tb u ry, a m em ber of the
House of C om m ons for more than half a century and
rep resentative of th is cou n ty d urin g ten successive P a r­
liam ents ; the barony, on h is death, 30 June, 1832,
becam e e x tin c t; his d au gh ter Janet m arried the late
A dm iral S ir Jam es W h itley-D ean s Dundas G .C .B ..
M.P. of Barton C ou rt, who died 30 O ctober, 1862, and
to whom there is a m em orial window in the c h u r c h ;
there is also a brass and window to the Rev. Jam es
W hitley-D eans D undas, and other stained w indows to
John Lidderdale M.D. to whom there is also a brass
tablet, and to Capt. Thom as Dunn, of In g le w o o d ; in
the south transept is an inscribed tab let to W illiam
Shaw, of Inglewood, d. 16th N ovem ber, 1874, and a
m ural m onum ent, w ith figure, to M arg aret, widow of
M ajor-G eneral Dunn R .A . of Inglewood, d. 1890; the
m assive brass lectern was p resented by his widow,
m other and children, in m em ory of C. A . W. D undas ;
the 8tails w ere p u t in as a m em orial to the late vicar,
the Rev. W illiam F raser C am p bell; a new organ was
provided in 1889; the church was restored in 1859
a t a cost of about £800, and again in 1884-5, at a cost
of £ i» 4°°> when the in terior was reseated and a new
v estry b u ilt ; i t was again enlarged in 1905: there are
280 s ittin g s, of which 80 are free. In the churchyard
is a m onum ent of stone, surm ounted by a cross, to the
Rev. F. C . A lderm an, d. J u ly, 1875, one of Aberdeen
g ra n ite to th e Rev. W illiam F raser C am pbell, vicar
1873-86. The reg ister dates from the year 1559. The
liv in g is a vicarage, n et yea rly value £482, w ith 4 acres
of glebe and residence, in the g ift of L ieu t.-C o l. L . G.
O liver, of H eacham , N orfolk, and held since 1886 by the
Rev. A rth u r W illiam H enry Edw ards M .A. of S t.
E dm und H all, O xford, and ru ral dean of N ewbury.
A parish room was erected in 1912 at a cost of ¿700 . A
X IN T B T T R Y .

short distance east of the church is an ancient cem etery,
discovered and carefu lly exam in ed by Mr. W alter
Money F .S .A . of N ew bury, and assum ed to be the
“ h oly place ” alluded to in the w ill of W alfgar, a Saxon
thane of Inkpen, to whom , in 931, A thelstan had granted
lands at H am m e : Saxon skeletons are num erous on this
spot, and a num ber of Saxon coins w ere found here in
1762. C h rist C hurch , a chapel of ease to St. M ary’s,
and situated at the southern end o f th e parish, on land
given b y the late E arl of Craven, was consecrated in
June, 1867, and is an edifice of red brick w ith dressings
of B ath stone in the D ecorated style, from designs by
Mr. Talb ot B ury, arch itect, and consists of chancel, nave,
vestry, and a w estern tower w ith spire containing one
b e ll; the chancel is fitted w ith carved benches, and the
east and w est windows w ith six others are s ta in e d ; the
reredos exh ib its an excellent carvin g of the L a st Supper,
and there is a m arble font, presented by M rs. Dunnell in
m em ory of her tw o c h ild re n ; the p ulpit is of Caen
stone, w ith carved panels separated b y m arble shafts,
and was given by H. J. D unnell esq. of Barton C o u r t ;
the church was erected at a cost of £3,650, chiefly
contributed by th e Rev. J. W. D. Dundas M .A. who
also gave the stained windows, w ith the exception of
two presented by the a rc h itec t: the ch urch affords 250
sittin gs, 125 being free. There are W esleyan M ethodist
and P rim itive M ethodist chapels here. Spacious public
baths and washhouses were b u ilt for the use of the
parishioners b y the late M rs. Dunn, of Inglewood, at a
cost of nearly £4,000. E lcot Park, the p roperty of S ir
Richard Y . Sutton bart. is the residence of Richard
J. P. Thom as esq. ; Barton C ourt, also th e prop erty of
S ir Richard Sutton b art. is now (1915) u n o ccu p ied ;
W allington s is the residence of A rth u r S teu a rt G la d ­
stone esq. ; Inglewood House is the residence of
H um phrey Jeffrey W alm esley esq. J.P. Th e m anor of
K in tb u ry A m esb ury belonged to the nuns of A m esbury
or A m bresbury, having been given to them at the first
foundation of th eir m onastery by Queen E lfrid a ; in
1542 it was granted to John C h e y n e ; not lon g a fter­
wards it cam e to the D arrells, from whom it passed
in m arriage in 1617 (w ith the daugh ter and heiress of
S ir John Darrell) to S ir John Elw es, who sold it to
Philip Jem m ett esq. alderm an of London; his daughter
brough t it in m arriage to S ir Jonathan R a ym on d ; it
afterw ards, th rou gh m arriage w ith the heiress of the
Raym ond fam ily, becam e th e property of the Hon.
C h arles D undas, one of the kn igh ts of the shire, who
resided on this estate a t Barton C ourt, and was created
in 1832 Baron A m esbury, of K in tb u ry A m esb ury and
Barton C ourt in Berks, and of Aston’ H all, cou n ty of
Flin t. Sir Richard V . Sutton bart. of Benham Valence,
N ew bury, is the present lord of the m anor of K in t­
b ury A m esbury.
The m anor of K in tb u ry E aton was
given to the nuns of E aton, in W arw ickshire, by their
founder, Robert Bossu, E arl of L e iceste r; it is now the
prop erty of the E arl of Craven. H olt tith in g belongs
to th e E arl of Craven and th at of Barton to Sir R. V.
Sutton b art. T he E arl of C raven , S ir R. V. S utton bart.
Apsley C h erry-G arrard esq. E . A. H anley esq. and H. J.
W alm esley esq. J.P . are the principal landowners. The
soil is chalk and c la y ; subsoil, clay. W h itin g is made
from th e soft upper chalk, w hich is ground into a pulp
w ith w ater and allowed to settle in ta n k s ; bricks are
also m ade here. Th e ch ief crops are w heat, barley,
oats &c. Th e area of the c iv il parish is 7,725 acres of
land and 53 of w a te r; rateable value, £ 1 3 ,5 7 1 ; the
population in 1911 was 1,737 in th e c iv il and 1,621 in
the ecclesiastical parish.