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W E S T IL S L E Y .

B E R K S H IR E .

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k e l l y ’s

E lem en tary School (boys & g irls), erected in 1870, for I C a rrie r.— John W ebb, N ew bury,
93 ch ild re n ; altered in 1909, to aocom m odate 7 5 ;
Abingdon, mon. ; W an tage, sat'
Stan ley C harles R ip p er, m aster
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P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

B arling F rank Bonnor. Hodcott ho
Daniels M iss, R ow les house
H um phery Frank W ., M B . W est
Ilsle y house
H um phery M iss A da, W est Ilsley ho
M cConnell Rev. E dw ard A lexander
M.A. (recto r), Rectory

C O M M E R C IA L .

Barling F rank Bonnor, trainer. Hodcotb house
Bushell Jam es, Harrow inn
Cooper Sidney, blacksm ith
Co-operative Stores (Edwin Hussey,
m anager), grocers
C orry E dw ard H enry, farm bailiff to
L adv W antage, Manor farm

E agles Joseph K ingham , grocer, &
post office
Huzzey Edwin & Son, farm ers,Rowles
farm
H uzzey A m yE .(M rs-), assistant oversr
Jones W illiam , farm b ailiff to F. B.
B arlin g esq
Newton Edw in, beer retailer
W ebb John, carrier

I N K P E N is a parish on the borders of W iltsh ire, 4 1 the boundary between th is county and H am pshire.
m iles south-east-by-south from H ungerford and 3 south W alb ury Cam p, the h igh est point of w h ich is ju s t
from K in tb u ry station on th e R eading and H ungerford outside the parish boundary of Inkpen, is the h igh est
branch of the G reat W estern railw ay, in the Southern point of the chalk range in the south of E n glan d, being
division of the county, hundred of K in tbu ry-E agle, 959 feet h igh . K irb y House, the property and resi­
p etty sessional division and cou n ty court d istrict of dence of L ad y Clarke-Jervoise, belonged at one tim e to
H ungerford, H ungerford and R am sb ury union, rural Thom as B rickenden, who was Reader of G ray’ s Inn,
deanery of N ew bu ry, archdeaconry of B erks and dio­ and Judge of the Lord M ayor’s court, who died in
cese of O xford. The church of S t. M ichael is a small 1664: about 1779 it passed by purchase to the Frankbut ancient stru ctu re of flin t and stone in the E arly land Russells, and subsequently to th e B u tler fam ily.
E n glish and Perp endicular styles, consistin g of chancel, Th e E arl of Craven is lord of th e
m anor and
nave, south porch and a low w estern tower carried on H um phrey Jeffrey W alm esley esq. J .P ., W . D. Brown
four p iers of oak and containing 3 b e lls : it contains esq. and L ad y C larke-Jervoise are the principal lan d­
tablets to the fa m ily of B rickenden, who b u ilt th e re c ­ owners. The soil is m ixed, lig h t and h ea vy; subsoil,
to ry and restored the c h u r c h : th ere are also m em orials clay and loam. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats
to th e B utlers, in clu d in g one to C ap t. Thom as B utler and turnips. Th e area is 2,883 acres of land and 3 of
R .N . lo st on board the “ S carb o ro u g h ” d urin g a hurri- ! w a te r ; rateable value, ¿2,8 2 9 ; the population in 1911
cane in the W est Indies, in 1780: the church was was 693.
extensively repaired and restored in 1896, under the
Sexton, Jam es Rolfe.
direction of Mr. C. C . Rolfe, arch itect, of O xford, when
an oak chancel screen w ith rood was erected and an Post & T. Office.— F ran k W ard, sub-postm aster. Letters
arrive from H ungerford at 7.40 & 10 a.m . 12 noon &
altar tab le of carved and gilded oak p resen ted : the
3.35 p .m .; Sundays, 8.35 a . m . ; dispatched at 10.30
porch is a m em orial to the Rev. John B u tler M .A.
rector, 1838-95, and has a carv in g in low relief of ! a.m . & 5.30 p.m . ; Sundays, 11.15 a.m . K in tb u ry, 3
•• The E n tom b m en t,” from a picture by Taddeo G a d d i: 1 m iles distant, is the nearest m oney order office
there are 150 sittin g s. The reg ister dates from the 1 W all L e tte r B oxes.— L ittle Com m on, cleared at 12.35,
year 1545. The liv in g is a rectory, n et yearly value
4.30 & 5 p.m . ; Sundays at 9.45 a.m . ; Swan Inn,
¿340 , w ith 12 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in the j cleared at 12.20, 4.15 & 5.15 p .m .; Sundays a t 10.55
a.m . ; Low er G reen, cleared at 10.45 a.m . & 3.30 &
g ift of and held since 1S95 by the Rev. H enry Dohree
B utler B .A . of T rin ity College, Oxford. Th ere is a
5.15 p .m .; on Sundays, at 10.55 a.m
P rim itive M ethodist chapel, b u ilt in i860, and a Police Constable, John H eater
W esleyan chapel w ith a Sun day school. Th e in terest I
E lem en tary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1877, for 180
on Basteris ch arity of ¿200 and Mrs. H arriet B u tler’s
c h ild re n ; altered in 1909, to accom m odate 17 3 ;
ch arity of ¿30 0, is d istrib u ted yea rly, in such proporti.on as the trustees th in k proper, to the poor of the I W illiam Jam es, m a s te r ; Mrs. Jam es, in fan ts’ m istrss
parish of Inkpen. In th is parish rises the river Auborn,
which runs in an eastw ard direction till it reaches
H ide E nd, in B rim p ton p arish , then, bending n orth ­
ward, takes an oblique line between B rim p ton and
W asing and falls into th e K en n et a little below W asin g, form in g, th rou gh its course of about 17 m iles,
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

Barnes A lb ert H enry, M aym ead
B ridgem an Mrs. Rose cottage
B uckeridgc M iss, Th e Folly
B uckeridge M rs. M istletoe cottage
B utler Rev. H y. Dobree B.A. Rectory
C larke-Jervoise L ady, K irb y house
Earner G eorge, Y in ■cottage
Fass H enry, Fox hill
H ercom b Miss. W est view
Law less H arry Jam es, H ill view
Osborne Mrs
W eston A rth ur F rancis Anderdon,
Totterdown house
C O M M E R C IA L .

A braham Charles, shoe m aker
A nnetts C harles, farm er
B all E dw ard, beer Tetailer

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Carriers to : —
N ew bury— Thom as L e vy, from Shalbourn, passes through
th urs ; W illiam Rolfe & E rn est O sw ald Rolfe, thurs
I H ungerford— Ernest Oswald Rolfe, sat. & W illiam Rolfe,
I wed. & sat

Hosier Joshua & A rth u r J. farm ers,
Bance W illiam , farm er
Bedford B enjam in, Craven A rm s P.H
K irb y farm
Lawes Charles, Swan P .H .L o w .G reen
Black A m os, horse dealer
Law
rence A lb ert Arnold, farm er,
B uckeridge D avid, farm er & potter
Church farm
C lifton
A lb ert
E dw ard,
assistant
overseer & collector of Tates & taxes Lawrence Richd. farm er, Manor frm
Osborne W m. E d w d .frm r.U pp er G rn
for Inkpen
C ooling A lb ert, farm er. Ham spray Palm er Charles, blacksm ith
Rosrers Edward, beer retailer
Deacon Jam es, boot m aker
Dvmond M ary Jane (M rs.), farm er Rolfe E rn est Oswald, carrier
Edw ards Jam es & Sons, tim ber mers Rolfe W illiam , basket m aker
T aylor Edwin, cattle dealer
E dwards E dw in, carpenter
1W alters
Jam es W illiam ,
farm er,
F aulknor A rth u r, nurserym an
Fox W illiam , brick layer,Low er Green ! Saddler’s farm
Froome F ran cis, farm er, Broadlands W ard Bros grocers, G reat Com m on
W atts Hy. carpenter, G t. Common
Froome John, farm er, N orth croft
H ercom b C harles, w heelw right, The W rig h t O liver, cowkeeper
Hollies

K E N N I N G T O N is a sm all village, and was form ed
into an ecclesia stical parish 16 Feb. 1866, out of the
parishes of R adley and S u n n in g w ell; i t is separated
from O xfordshire by the river Isis and is on the high
road from O xford to Abingdon, 2 m iles south from
the formeT, 4 north from A bingdon and 2 m iles north
from the R adley station on the B irm in gh am and
O xford branch of th e G reat W estern railw ay, in the
Northern division of th e county, hundred of Horm er,
p etty sessional division, union and cou n ty cou rt dis­
trict of Abingdon and in the ru ra l deanery of A bin g­
don, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of O x fo rd ; the
Tham e branch of th e G reat W estern railw ay crosses
the riv er here over a bridge of three arches. The
church of S t. S w ith in , b u ilt and consecrated in 1828,
is a sm all edifice of stone in th e Norm an style, con­
sistin g of nave and a western bell-cot containing one
bell and has been ren o va ted : there are 80 sittings.

The reg ister dates from th e year 1829. The liv in g is
a vicarage, net yearly value ¿ 17 0 , in the g ift of A ll
Souls College, O xford, and held since 1904 by th e R ev.
C harles Boxali Longland M .A. of W orcester College,
Oxford, who is also vicar of Radley, where he resides.
A new church b urial ground, 1 acre in exten t, the
g ift of E d g ar N orton D isney esq. w as consecrated by
th e Bishop of O xford in 1914. E d gar Norton D isney
esq. is lord of the m anor and chief landowner. E grove
Farm , by L ocal G overnm ent Board O rder 18,177, has
been transferred from Radley. Th e soil is principally
stone brash, restin g on the lim estone. T h e crops are
grain in succession. The area is 430 acres ; the popu­
lation in 1901 was 151 and in 1911, 281.
Parish Clerk, W illiam G odfrey.
L etters arrive throu gh Oxford, 8.15 a.m . & 3.30 p.m .
which is the n earest m oney order & telegraph office