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OXFORDSHIRE.

L IT TLE M O R E.

A d a m s J o h n , sh o p k e e p e r
A v e r y H e rb e rt, b u ild e r
B a m p te n A r t h u r J . G o ld e n B a ll P .H
B a sso n H e n ry , c a rp e n te r
B e e c h a m C h a r le s , co a l m e r c h a n t
B e n tle y C . H . h a ir d re sse r
C a r p e n t e r F r e d e r ic k W illia m , w h e e l­
w r ig h t ( le t te r s t h r o u g h S an d ford )
C h a m b e rs T o b ia s A lb a n , m a r k e t g rd n r
G o rd e ry A n n ie ( M r s .) , la u n d re s s
D a v is G e o r g e , b ee r r e t a ile r & c a r r ie r
F id o e A lfr e d J o se p h , c le r k & stew a rd
of A s y lu m
G o o d e v S a r a h (M r s .) & S o n s, m a r k e t
gard en ers
G ood ey E d w a rd , m ark et gard en er
G o o d e y J o h n , m a r k e t g a rd e n e r

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H o v a rd J o h n H e n ry , b u tc h e r
L im it e d (M iss B a n d , m anager«.; '
H o w k in s T h o m a s , S w a n h o te l, K e n - P a rk s C h risto p h e r, rvheelnrieht
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P h illip s M a rth a ( M r s .) , beer"retail.,
L e w in g to n G e o r g e , G e o r g e P .H
P h ip p s G e o r g e , b o o t m ak er
M a d d o x T h o m a s , s a d d le r
S h eld o n H y . b la c k sm th . & w h e e W f
M a rk s W illia m , g ro c e r
S h e ld o n G e o rg e , u n d e rta k e r
M a rtin J o h n B ro o k s B .A . f a r m e r
T in e g a te E d w in W illia m , tim b e r
M iles L e v i, fa rm e r
V illa g e C lu b & B e a d in g Boom
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O v en d en A lb e r t J e ss e , c a rp e n te r
grocer
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O x fo rd C o rp o ratio n S e w a g e P u m p in g W e lc h W illia m , m a r k e t gardener
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LYNEHAM,

see M ilto n -u n d e r-W y c h w o o d .

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is a p a ris h an d se c lu d e d v illa g e . v a lu e £ 3 7 7 , w ith 5 4 a c re s of g le b e an d residence
1 m ile n o rth -w e st fro m
T ile h u r s t sta tio n , and
1 th e g if t of E to n C o lle g e , an d h e ld sin ce 1883 bv tk
s o u th - b y -w e s t fro m P a n g b o u rn e s t a t io n ,
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w a y , 4 n o rth -w e st fro m R e a d in g , in th e S o u th e r n d iv i­ an d B e n w e ll’ s c h a r it y of 12s. a y e a r is distributed in
sion of t h e c o u n ty , h u n d re d of L a n g t r e e , u n io n of m o n ey . T h e r iv e r h e re a b o u ts affo rd s excellent fishing
B r a d fie ld , p e t t y se ssio n a l d iv is io n o f H e n le y , co u n ty ! fo r b o th p ik e an d p e r c h an d fo r tro u t in th e weir p00f
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b y t h e r iv e r T h a m e s an d s h e lte r e d b y a
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d u r h a m , sh a d e d b y a r o w of p in es n e a rly th e w h o le
a s t a t e ly a v e n u e of a n c ie n t e lm s n e a r ly a m ile in length■
d is ta n c e , fo rm s a p ic tu r e s q u e an d a g r e e a b le p ro m e ­
th e h o u se co n ta in s an in t e r e s tin g co llectio n of pictures,
n ad e : th e n e a r e s t b r id g e u p t h e r iv e r is a t W h it ­ a m o n g w h ic h is a p o r t r a it of M a r th a B lo u n t, youngest
c h u r c h , a b o u t 2& m i l e s ; a n d dow n, a t C a v e r s h a m , 4 d a u g h t e r of L is te r B lo u n t esq . th e “ Parthenia of
m i l e s : t h e r e is a to w - p a th f e r r y a c ro ss th e r iv e r fro m
P o p e ; sh e d ie d in 17 6 3 : d u r in g th e C iv il War this
th e R o e b u c k H o te l, a b o u t a m ile b elo w t h e lo ck . T h e
h o u se w as fo r tifie d in su p p o rt of th e R o yal cause bi
c h u r c h of S t . M a r g a r e t is a b u ild in g of flin t an d sto n e,
S ir C h a r le s B lo u n t k t. g o v e rn o r of R e ad in g , who wai
o f L a t e P e r p e n d ic u la r d a te , c o n s is tin g o f c h a n ce l, n av e,
slain a t O x fo rd , 1 J u n e , 1 6 4 4 ; S ir A r t h u r Aston kt
n o rth p o rc h , s o u th ch a p e l a n d a w e s te rn to w e r of b ric k ,
g o v e rn o r of O x fo rd , s u p e r in te n d in g in person the work
ra ise d 24 fe e t in 1863 a n d c o n ta in in g 6 b e lls, an d a of fo r tific a tio n ; b e in g a t le n g th s u b je c te d to an assault
c lo c k p re s e n te d b y W’illia m TV. an d b e a rin g th e ro y a l
it w as c o u r a g e o u s ly d e fe n d e d , b u t ev en tu a lly had to
in i t ia ls : th e ch a p e l of th e B lo u n t f a m ily , on th e so u th
s u rre n d e r, an d w as th e n p lu n d e r e d by the victors.
s id e , is ra ile d o ff fro m t h e r e s t of th e c h u r c h , b u t its
A t ta c h e d to th e m a n sio n is a d o m e stic C a th o lic chapel,
s t y le , th o u g h L a t e , is s u p e r io r to t h a t of th e ch u rc h
d e d ic a te d to S t . M ic h a e l, s e rv e d fro m C aversham , which
p r o p e r : b e tw e e n th e ch a p e l an d th e n a v e is a m o n u ­
th e p u b lic a re p e r m itte d to a tte n d . E d w a rd F . Riddellm e n t, w it h r e c u m b e n t fig u r e s , to S ir R ic h a r d B lo u n t k t.
B lo u n t esq. is lo rd of th e m a n o rs of Mapledurhani
d. 22 N o v . 16 19 , a n d E liz a b e t h (M o o re) h is w ife, also | G u r n e y a n d M a p le d u rh a m C h a n c e l. T h e soil is chalk
su rro u n d e d b y ir o n r a i l i n g s : h e r e is a lso a b ra s s to
an d g r a v e l ; su b so il, c h a lk . T h e ch ie f crops are wheat,
S ir R o b e rt J ard o lf, 1395 : t h e fo n t is N o rm a n : th e n ave
b a rle y , o a ts an d peas.. T h e are a is 2,989 acres of land
a n d s o u th a is le w ere e n t ir e ly re s to r e d in 1863, an an d 79 of w a t e r ; r a te a b le v a lu e , £ 5 ,0 2 0 ; the popula­
o rg a n c h a m b e r fo rm e d , th e g a lle r y re m o v e d an d th e tio n in 19 11 w as 547.
to w e r c h a m b e r th ro w n in to th e c h u r c h , th r e e w in d ow s
P o st & T . O ffice .— R ic h a r d H e n r y B u rdo n , sub-post­
w ere fille d w it h s ta in e d g la s s a n d a sto n e p o rch and two
m a s te r .
L e tt e r s a r r iv e fro m R e a d in g at 8.35 a.m. k
new w indow s b u i l t : th e o r g a n w as p re s e n te d in 1889
6.55 p .m . ; d is p a tc h e d a t 8.30 a .m . & 6.50 p .m .; Sun­
b y S ir C h a rle s D a y R o se b a r t. M .P ., J .P . of H a rd w ic k
d a y s a t 12.30 p .m . C a v e r s h a m is th e nearest money
H o u se, W h it c h u r c h , w h o also g a v e in 1909 a sta in e d
o rd e r office
g la s s w in d o w in m e m o ry of t h r e e of h is s o n s : th e
in te r io r , in c lu d in g th e ch a n c e l, is d e c o ra te d in p o ly ­ E le m e n ta r y S c h o o l, T re n c h G re e n , e n la rg e d in 1893, for
80 c h ild re n ; M rs. W o o lfa ll, m is tre s s
c h ro m e , a n d a ffo rd s 130 s ittin g s . T h e r e g is te r d a te s

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T h e l iv in g is a v ic a r a g e , n e t y e a r ly

O v e rs e e rs, H . C h o w n & T . W . G im b le tt

H a r t- D a v is R e v. R ic h a r d H a r t M .A ..
J .P . U p p er W a rre n a v e n u e
A u b e r tin L ie u t. J o h n D , R .N . T h e H e w e tt
C h a r le s
E r n e s t,
U p p er
C h a se
W a rren a v e n u e
B ird C h a rle s E d w a r d , O a k le y
J e ss e E d w in J o h n S . A v e n u e h o u se ,
B lo u n d E d w d . R id d e ll, T h e F is h e r y
U p p er W a r r e n a v en u e
B lo u n t M iss, R o se farm
K e n d a ll A r t h u r , E a s t c liff
B ro w n F ra n k R ic h a r d , I s o m e r, T h e M ills H on. A lg e rn o n H e n ry , M a p le ­
W a rre n
d u rh a m h o u se
C a r d w e ll E r n e s t, L v t h a m c o tta g e
T h a c k e r a y R e v . F r a n c is S t.J o h n M .A .
C h a n d o s -P o le M is s , R o s e tta
F .S .A ., F .G .S . ( v ic a r ) , V ic a r a g e
C o zen s S te p h e n , W a rre n co u rt
W e s t C a p t. E r n e s t E d w a rd , B e ls to n e ,
D u ff R o b e r t F r a s e r J .P . M o u n t W a r ­
U p p e r W a rre n a v e n u e
re n , U p p e r W a r r e n a v e n u e
COMMERCIAL.
F id le r M rs. J . C . W a r re n sid e
F illin g h a m G e o r g e , D o rn d en
B eard W m . fa rm er. G re en D ene fa rm
F ra m e W illia m
C h o w n H e n ry , fa rm e r, B la g r a v e farm
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

M AR SH

C h o w n M a r ia (M is s ), frm r.Ohazey frm
C o llin s E d w a rd J a m e s, farmer, Bot­
to m fa rm
C o llin s J o n a s, P a c k H orse P.H
C o x John, ca rp e n te r & blacksmith
D a n ie ls E d w d . fa rm e r, L illy farm
E llio t t J o h n W . fa rm er, Hodmore frm
G im b l e t t T h o m a s , farm er, New farm
H a r r is
D a n ie l,
gard en er to Hon.
A lg e rn o n H . M ills
M a p le d u rh a m M ill, m illers
M o rse J a m e s , fa rm e r, P ark farm
S a u n d e rs W illia m , P ack Saddle P.H
S h a rp e T h o m a s , m a rk e t gardener
S m it h G e o r g e , fa rm er
W e a th e r ill G e o rg e , gamekeeper to
E d w a rd R id d e ll B lo u n t esq

B A L D O N , see B a ld ó n M arsh .

M A R S T O N is a p a ris h a n d v illa g e on t h e r iv e r C h e rw ell, w h ic h fo r m s p a r t o f t h e b o u n d a r y o f t h e p a rish
an d a c ro s s w h ic h t h e r e is a f e r r y to t h is p la c e in
co n n e ctio n w it h th e B a n b u r y ro a d , n o rth o f O x fo rd . T h e
v illa g e is 2J m ile s n o r th -n o r th -e a s t fro m
O x fo rd ,
in th e M id
d iv isio n of th e c o u n ty , h u n d re d and
p e t t y se ssio n a l d iv isio n of B u llin g d o n , u n io n o f H e a d in g ton . c o u n ty c o u r t d is tr ic t o f O x fo rd , r u r a l d e a n e ry of
Islip . a rc h d e a c o n ry a n d dio cese o f O x fo rd . T h e ch u rc h
o f S t . N ic h o la s is a p la in b u t a n c ie n t ed ifice of sto n e,
in th e T r a n s itio n a l and P e r p e n d ic u la r s ty le s , co n s istin g
o f c h a n c e l, c le re s to rie d n a v e , aisle s, s o u th p o rch an d a
lo w e m b a ttle d w e ste rn to w e r co n ta in in g 5 b e l l s : th e

P erp e n d ic u la r c h a n ce l is w e ll p ro po rtio n ed , and has an
ea st w in d o w of th re e lig h t s , w ith a sp ra y of oak foliage
ca rv e d in th e a p e x of th e d r ip s t o n e ; the recess of the
first w in d o w on t h e s o u th sid e is carried down anti
fo rm s a se d ile , an d e a stw a rd of it is a small squarp
p is c in a ; on th e sa m e sid e is a b lo ck ed door, with a
h e a p ' c a rv e d la b e l on th e o u t s id e ; som e fragments 0
a n c ie n t g la s s lin g e r in th e s e w in d o w s : the chancel arc
is T ra n s itio n N o rm a n , and n ea r it is a hagioscope ww*
in g fro m th e s o u th a is le : in th e north aisle m J
a u m b r y : th e n a v e h a s a rc a d e s o f fo u r arches on
n o rth and th re e on th e s o u th sid e, of the same style _
th e ch a n ce l a rc h , b u t n o t e q u a lly e a r ly : the cleres .