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B E R K S H IR E .

LAM BOURN.

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to the Dean and C hapter of S t. P a u l’s, which are still
U P P E R LA M B O U R N is a tithin g, 1 m ile north-w est.
held (though the days appear to have been changed) The ch urch of S t. Lu k e, b u ilt and consecrated here,
on October 2nd and Decem ber 4th, for sheep, horses and w ith a b urial ground, in N ovem ber, 1868, by the late
cattle. In the m ark et place is a fine Perpendicular Bishop W ilberforce, is a sm a ll edifice of red b rick, in
cross, consisting of a tall plain shaft, -with canopied the E a rly E n glish style, consisting of chancel and nave,
head, raised on octagonal s te p s : the canopy once con­ the chancel only being con secrated: there are 100 s it ­
tained figures, which had been m uch defaced, b ut re ­ tings. A bo u t 1 acre of land was consecrated here in
stored c. 1899, by the Rev. Robert Vaughan-H ughes 1913 for Lam bourn cem etery. H ere is also a W esleyan
M A. of Chepstow , la y re c to r : the steps are com para­ chapel, b u ilt in 1859.
tively m odern, and appear to have been p a tc h e d : it
is said th a t form erly there was another cross here, W all Box cleared week days 6 p .m . ; Sundays, 8 a.m
on the spot now occupied by the w eigh in g m achine,
BO CK H A M P TO N is a tith in g , 1 m ile east.
This
and known as S t. A ntholin’s cross. L am bourn Place,
the p roperty of th e trustees of th e late Col. Charles m anor was an cien tly held b y the ten ure of G rand
Grove E dw ards, of W icklesham , now (1915) unoccupied, S erjea n ty, th e lord having to m ain tain a pack of h arriers
is a fine E lizabethan m ansion, erected in 1843 on the for the royal h u n t at the K in g ’s c h a rg e ; it was for
site of the ancient residence of th e H ippisley fam ily, some tim e in th e fam ilies of De B athe and Teyes, and
itself trad itionally b uilt on the site of a Saxon palace in 1468 M arg aret (B eaucham p), wife of S ir John Talbot
belonging to K in g A lfred the G re a t; u n til 1893 the K .G . 1st E a rl of S h rew sbury, died seized of i t : it was
hall contained a collection of arm our, said to be the subsequently in the G arrard fam ily, and at the be­
largest p rivate collection in the c o u n tr y ; one of the gin n in g of the p resent cen tu ry was held b y H enry
suits form erly belonged to S ir W illiam T em ple and Richard (Fox) 3rd Baron H olland. Th e E arl of C raven
subsequently to Lord P a lm ersto n : there were also is now lord of this m anor. T h e principal landowners
portraits of C harles I. W iclif, and S ir Thom as Horde, a are S ir H erbert Barnard F .S .A . and S ir F ran cis B urdett
Parliam entarian, pictures by G ainsborough and S ir bart.
Joshua Reynolds, and an old wassail bowl, form erly
B L A G R A V E is a tith in g , <z\ m iles south. Th e E arl of
belonging to the E arls of H untingdon, and reputed
to be of the tim e of Robin Hood, 1189-99, besides m any C raven is lord of the m anor, an cien tly held b y the
fam
ilies o f De B athe and Teyes. T h e principal lan d­
other rare c u rio s itie s : the whole collection was sold in
1893 for upw ards o f ¿4,000. On th e downs,
m iles owners are H. C . G ooch esq. and S ir Francis B urdett
bart.
north of Lam bourn, are W ayland S m ith ’s Cave, W hite
Horse H ill, and Uffington Cam p, descriptions of which
H A D L E Y is a tith in g , 2 m iles south-w est. The E arl
are given under the headings of Uffington and W antage. of Craven is lord of the m anor. The p rin cipal land­
Near here are also the “ Seven Barrow s,” so called, a owners are M rs. W illiam H ippisley, the Rev. Theodore
group of tum uli on the downs about two m iles north de Lan dulp h S p rye, and the Rev. Jam es F rancis.
of Lam bourn, some 20 in num ber, which have been
E astb u ry and Woodlands S t. M ary are ecclesiastical
proved, from excavations m ade by Dr. W ilson and Mr.
E. M artin-A tkins, in 1850, to be th e sepulchres of parishes form ed from L am bo urn c iv il parish, and will
Ancient B rito n s ; one of these, standing ap art from the be found under separate headings.
rest, w ith a h eigh t of 10 feet and a circum ference of 360 Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xp ress D elivery Office.
feet, co/itained a large num ber of B ritish urns a r­
Lam bourne (letters should have Berks added).—
ranged round the sides, one of w hich m easured 13
R ich ard Sum m erfield, sub-postm aster. Letters arrive
inches in h e ig h t: th e oth er barrow s exam ined afforded
at 4.40 a.m . & 12.30 & 5 p.m . ; box closes 12.10 p.m .
instances both of crem ation and ord in ary burial, bodies
for letters & 12 noon for p arcels; 7.45 p.m . for letters
in the la tter case being interred w ith the knees drawn
& 7-35 l ° r pa-rcels; Sundays, arrive a t 4.40 a .m .;
up to the chin. M em bury F ort, a C eltic earthw ork,
dispatched at 7.45 p.m
with a single vallum , now overgrown w ith trees, is
situated on the borders of W ilts and B erks, being p artly
C O U N T Y M A G IS T R A T E S FO R LA M B O U R N P E T T Y
in Lam bourn and p artly in R am sb ury parish, and has
S E S S IO N A L D IV ISIO N .
been thou ght by Dr. G u est and others to indicate the
site of an ancient town, foundations of ancient bu ild ­
A ldridge M ajor John, Inholm es lodge, E ast Garston,
ings having been m et w ith on this spot. Letcom be
Hungerford, actin g chairm an
Cam p, also called “ S agb u ry,” or “ Saekborough,” is a
B urm ester Capt. Arnold Chas. New town lo. H ungerford
circular earthw ork of about 26 acres in exten t, situated
B u tler W illiam Joseph, W oolstone lodge, Faringdon
on the brow of the chalk escarpm ent overlooking the
Craven Hon. O sbert W m . Ashdown park, Shrivenham
vale to the north, 900 feet above the sea level and
F osbery H y.Jas.W ilson ,T h e G range, E astbu ry,L am b ourn
about 2 m iles south-east of W a n tag e; skeletons’ have
been found on Stancom be Down, near Lam bourn, and P ortal M ajor Edw d. Robert, E ddin gton ho. H ungerford
in a ploughed field a t Maddle F arm , about 2 m iles Spackm an Joseph H avelock, M anor house, E a s t G arston,
Lam bourn
distant from the town. The m anor of Lam bourn was
C lerk to the M agistrates, Reginald Longm ore Barnes,
given by A lfred the G reat to
his wife E alhsw itha,
N ew bury street
daughter of E thelred, a M ercian thane, and she survived1 him four years, dying A .D . 904: at the tim e of Th e P etty Sessions are held at th e M agistrates’ room at
the Police Station, the la st friday in every m onth at
the D om esday S u ryey it belonged to th e C row n - it
11 a.m
was subsequently held by S ir Thom as G randison, 4th
baron G randison, who in 1361 conveyed it to S ir John The places in the p etty sessional division a r e :— E a s t­
reche kt. who died in 1376, and th e m anor afterw ards
bury, E ast Garston, Lam bourn, Upper Lam bourn &
W oodlands S t. M ary
came again to the C ro w n ; i t appears also th at this
m anor, together w ith th at of Upper Lam bourn, had Police Station, Charles H arris, resident s e rg e a n t; & 3
a t some tim e been granted by H enry III. to H enry de
constables
Bathe J u sticia r of E ngland, who died in 1252, and is
buried in C h rist C hurch Cathedral, Oxford, and thence R ailw ay Station, John Richard C h arsley W illiam s, s ta ­
tion m aster
y a fem ale heir to the B o h u n s; in 1543 both manors
were granted b y H enry V III.
to Sir W illiam E ssex kt.
PU B L IC O F F IC E R S.
of Lam bourn and his son Thom as, afterw ards Sir
Ihom as E ssex kt. whose tom b is in the c h u rch : in 1609 Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes & to the Isbury
C h arity Trustees, R egin ald Longm ore Barnes, N ew ­
an A ct of P arliam ent was passed, enabling the rep re­
bury street
sentatives of the E ssex fam ily to dispose of these estates,
and soon after th ey becam e the property of S ir W illiam R egistrar of B irths & Deaths for Lam bourn Sub-D istrict,
H ungerford Union, M iss E th el W inifred Kennard, High
G raven k t. ancestor of th e present owner. The E arl
s t r e e t; deputy, Mrs. E. Kennard
of Craven who is lord of the m anor, S ir Francis B urdett
bart. the trustees of the late Col. Charles G rove Edwards R elieving & Vaccination Officer, Lam bourn D istrict,
H ungerford Union, F rederick B riant Hutchins
and h C. G ooch esq. are the principal landowners,
rh e Parish com prises the town of C h ip p in g Lam bourn
Schools.
and the tith in gs of U pper Lam bourn, E astbu rv and
Bockhampton, B lagrave and Hadley. T h e entire area is E lem en tary (m ixed), Lam bourn, erected in 1850, for 269
<4*865 acres of land, a large portion of which are downs
boys & g ir l s ; a new class room was erected in 1899 ;
R obert W ing, m aster
on which race-horses are trained, and 8 of w ater- rate­
able value, ¿ 1 1 ,0 1 7 ; the population of the civil parish
In fan ts’ school, erected in 1911, for 90 children ; Miss
Donaldson, m istress
including the Woodlands and E astb u ry, in ig rr was!
2*336, and of the ecclesiastical, 1,683.
C arriers.
Parish Clerk, W alter Ralph.
Newbury— G eorge Thom as H ull, tues. tliurs. k sat. &
AJlan Busby, ju n . tues. th urs. k sat