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BERKSHIRE.

GR A Z E L E Y .

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1.50 p .m . ; dispatched at 11.20 a.m . & 6.55 p.m . ; P ub lic E lem en tary School (m ixed ), erected in 1872, for
sunday9, arrive 7.25 a m. ; dispatched a t 9.30 a.m .
80 c h ild ren ; Miss M. E. Barnacle, m istress
G reat Shefford, 2 m iles distant, is th e nearest money T h e carriers between N ew bury & Lam bourn pass through
order office
the village
(Marked thus * receive their letters
C O M M E R C IA L .
Meikle Jam es & Son, farm ers,M aiden
throu gh H ungerford.)
Cow per-Coles
Sam uel R
farm er,
C ourt farm
Parsonage farm
M iell A n n ie (M rs.), farm er, M aberley
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Denton C harles A lexander, builder
Pocock H enry Jam es, baker
•A ldridge M ajor Jn. J.P . Inholm es lo Denton E llen(M iss), frm r.& blacksm th Pounds Fras. w heelw right. Lone Barn
Herbert C apt. Percy, Pounds farm
Flower H enry, shopkeeper
Rogers Thom as, assistant overseer
Hobbs Vernal, The Bungalow
Hobbs Vernal, train er of racehorses, Sm ith C harles A p sley,farm er, Cranes
Palmer Miss, S p ring v illa
The Bungalow
& Pounds farm s
Purefoy C apt.H y. B agnell,Pounds frm •H u gh es A rth u r N. farm er, Good­ Spackm an Joseph H avelock, farm er,
Soames Charles E. G old h ill house
ings farm
Manor & G oldh ill farm s
Spackman
Joseph
H avelock
J.P. Looker F rank, b ailiff to Mr. E rn est W aldron S. A. (M rs.), postm istress
Manor house
B row n,W arren farm (postal address, W ale Jam es, woodm an
Tudor Rev. John Lechm ere M .A.
Lam bourn)
W aterm an C h arles,Q ueen ’s A rm s P.H
(vicar), V icarage
•M anchester G eorge,farm er, Poughley
Wheeler G eorge
& Low er Poughley
G O O S E Y is a village and chapelry in the c iv il parish 1914 by the R ev. E dw ard W ynn H untin gford M .A. of
of Stanford-in-the-Val.1, 4 m iles north-w est from W an t­ M erton College, O xford, who resides at S tan ford-in -th eage, 5 south-east from Faringdon and a m ile north from Vale. The h istory of this place m ay be traced to an earlier
Challow station on the G reat W estern railw ay, in the date than th at of any oth er in the d is t r ic t ; it was
Northern division of th e county, hundred of Ock, petty given by Off a, K in g of M ercia, about 785, to the abbey
sessional division, union and county cou rt district of of Abingdon, in exchange for their beautifu l isle of
W antage, rural deanery of Vale of W h ite Horse, arch ­ Andersey, ly in g south-w est of th e a b b e y ; and a cell
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. T h e church
was established here by the m onks, the site of w hich
of A ll Saints is a sm all edifice of stone, in the E arly is now occupied by a house n ext to the s c h o o l; the
English style, consisting of chancel and nave, and a manor here supplied th e abbey w ith cheese. L ieu t. turret on the western gable, containing 2 bells : the ch an ­ Col. Jam es H. O liver, C ap t. R. J. E . O liver B ellasis
cel has a curious E a rly E nglish piscina, and eastward a and R. D. O liver esq. who are lords of the m an or, and
square lo ck er; the w all plate is ornamented w ith a row the tru stees of th e la te J. H. Pocock esq. are th e
of trefoil-headed p a n e ls : there is no chancel arch : in principal landowners. T h e soil is K im m e rid g e clay,
the nave are some good corbel heads and a plain E arly w ith a th in sup er-stratum of g ravel and loam ; sub­
English s to u p ; outside is one good buttress of like date, soil, clay. T h e land is chiefly in pasture. Th e area is
and in the churchyard the base of a cross ; in the porch 968 a c r e s ; rateable valu e, £ 1,610 ; th e population in
is a shield w ith the arm s of Hyde ; the church doorkey 1911 was 128.
is E arly E nglish, and the oldest in the d is t r ic t ; the font
P arish Clerk and Sexton, B ritford Belcher.
is octa g on al; in the chancel is a stained window given
by Dr. C hristopher W ordsworth, late Bishop of Lincoln Post Office.— W illiam Joseph Dawson, sub-postm aster.
L etters th ro u g h F arin gdon arrive at 8.20 a.m . & 4.20
and vicar of Stanford-in-the-V ale, 1850-69 : there are 86
p.m . & dispatched at 4.20 & 8.45 p .m . & S u n d a y s at
sittings. The register dates from the year 1850, p re­
10.15 a.m . The n earest m oney order & telegrap h
vious to which all entries w ere m ade in the registers
office is a t Stanford-in-the-V ale, about 2 m iles distan t
for Stanford. T h e livin g is a vicarage, annexed to the
vicarage of Stanford-in-the-V ale, join t net yearly value Elem entary School (m ixed), b uilt in 1853, & enlarged
in 1900, for 54 c h ild re n ; Miss E th el A nnie L a ssam ,
£190, w ith residence and 14 acres of glebe, in th e g ift
m istress
of the Dean and C h ap ter of W estm inster, and held since
Booker A lb ert, farm er
Dawson W illiam Joseph, farm er,
Lay Basil, farm er
Booker R eginald ,farm er,M illaw ay frm
Lay Israel, farm er
post office
Dawson K ate E sther (M iss), The Froud F rederick, farm er, Blackacres S m ith E rn est, farm er, G oosey house
Pound P.H
W hitfield A lb ert, farm er
¡Jefferies K ate (M rs.), farm er
G R A N ’D P O N 'T , a tith in g of the parish of St. A ldate, * included w ith in the extended c ity of Oxford and also
Oxford, form erly in Berks, has, by th e C ity of Oxford transferred to Oxfordshire.
Order, 1889, under the Local G overnm ent A ct, 1888, been *
G R A Z E L E Y , 4 m iles south from Reading, form erly ecclesiastical parish in 1 9 1 1 was 6 7 6 and of th e tith in g
known as “ Lam bwood H ill,” is a tith in g and an eccle­ 3 1 siastical parish, form ed M ay 9th, 1854, out of the
For all c iv il and rateable purposes G razeley is in ­
parishes of Sulham pstead A bbots, Sulham pstead Ban­ cluded in th e c iv il p arish of Shinfield.
nister, and includes the lib erty of H artley Dum m er, in
DID ENH AM , a tith in g of this parish , fo rm erly be­
Shinfield c iv il parish, in the Southern division of the
longed to W iltsh ire, b ut by th e A cts 2 and 3 W illiam
county, hundred and county cou rt d istrict and petty
IV. cap. 6 4 and 7 and 8 V iet. cap. 6 1 it was annexed to
sessional division of Reading, union of Bradfield.
Berkshire, and is ecclesiastically attached to G razeley.
rural deanery of Reading, archdeaconry of Berks and
H artley Dum m er is a lib erty, half a m ile north.
diocese of Oxford. The church of the Holy T rin ity,
erected in 1850, is a sm all stru ctu re of flint, con­
Sexton, John Hancock.
sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a belfry, Letters through R e a d in g ; the nearest money order
containing one b e ll: the east window is stained, and
offices are at Th ree Mile Cross & S pen cer’s W o od ;
there are also two m em orial w in dow s: the church
telegraph office is at Spencer’s Wood, about 2 m iles
affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year
distant
1856. The liv in g is a vicarage, net yea rly value ¿£250, W all L e tter Box, near th e ch urch , cleared at 9.10 a.m .
with residence and 4 acres of glebe, in the g ift of the
& 2 . 1 5 & 7 . 1 5 p .m . ; Sundays, 9 a.m
Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1903 by the Rev. John
Pillar L etter Box, at G razeley cou rt, cleared at 6 . 5 0
Delahaize O uvry M .A. of T rin ity H all, Cam bridge.
a m. & 1 2 . 2 5 & 6 . 5 0 p.m . ; sundays, 6 . 5 0 p .m
Highlands is the residence of John Row ley Horton esq.
P u b lic E le m e n tary School.
and S tanbury of F rederick W illiam A llfrey esq. Janies
M
ixed,
erected in 1 8 6 1 , & enlarged in 1 8 9 3 & again in
H erbert Benyon esq. is lord of th e m anor, and F. W .
1 9 1 3 , for 1 5 0 c h ild r e n ; M isses E m ily A da & M ary
A llfrey esq. and John Row ley H orton esq. are the
A lice W alker & M iss Bond & M iss T urn er, m istresses
principal landowners. The soil is loam ; subsoil, gravel
and clay. The chief crops are w heat, oats and beans. C arriers to R eadin g.— H ounsell, m on. tues. th urs. fri. &
The entire area is 3,267 acres, and of G razeley tith in g
sat. ; W h itburn , tues. th u rs. & sat. & B ye, tues.
519 acre s; rateable value, ¿ 6 9 5 ; the population of the
th u rs. & sat
(Marked thus * postal address,
c o m m e r c ia l .
, G eorge Robt. frm r. Pound G reen frm
Three Mile C ross.)
Alexander W m . G eorge J.P . farm er. \•H ew ett Jas. H y. farm er,M anor farm
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S.
Didenham farm
*N orris H erbert, dairym an, G t. L ea
A llfrey Frederick W illiam , Stanbury Brinklow John, gardener to F. W . *Pease Annie(M rs.), la u n d ress,G t.L ea
De Bath M ajor M ax J. H artley court
A llfrey esq
1Rowe Jam es H. frm r. G reat L e a frm
Horton John Row ley, H ighlands
Bullingharn F ran k C arl, farm er.H art *Shaw
G eorge,
W heatsheaf
P.H .
Jobson Mrs. G razeley court
ley C ourt farm
' Lam bw ood hill
O uvry Rev. John Delahaize M.A C urnick F d k .J n .frm r.G ra v elly bridge! Tice W alter (M rs.), farm er, G reat
Vicarage
Double C harles, black sm ith
Lea H ouse farm