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O XFO R D SH IRE,

bsoil various. The chief crops are oats, w h eat and
beans 'with larger proportion of p asture than arable.
The area is M 9° acres of land and 9 of w a te r; rateable
value £3,076; the population in 1911 was 210 in the
civil and 210 in the ecclesiastical parish.

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dispatched at 11 a.m . & 4.45 p.m . on week days only.
Farnborough (W arw ickshire), 2 m iles d istan t, is the
nearest m oney order & telegraph office
E lem en tary School (m ixed), erected in 1877, for both
parishes & holding 80 c h ild ren ; Mrs. E d ith Dodimead,
m istress
Post Office.— John P a rritt, sub-postm aster.
Letters C arrier to & from B anbury.— Francis W illiam M iller,
through Banbury arrive at 7.10 a.m . & 3.50 p .m .;
to th e ‘ P lou g h ,’ t'hurs. & sat
Hoggins Rev. A lbany Charles B.A. Goode Geo. & John F. farm ers
Mold Jam es, blacksm ith
(vicar), Vicarage
H aw tin John, farm er
Neal George, farm er
c o m m e r c ia l.
L am bert John, farm er
Nichols Frederick, farm er
Astell George, farmer
Langford Jesse & Joseph, farm ers
Nichols Josiah, farm er
Bates George, beer retailer
M iller Francis W illiam ,
carrier & P a u lin g E d gar Sidney, farm er
Fox Andrew, farm er
Sun R isin g P.H
C L I F T O N H A M P D E N is a parish and village on 14th century arches, w ith plain m ouldings, continuous
the road from W allingford to Abingdon, i j m iles east to the b a s is ; th e south arcade has three arches of
from Culham station, on the O xford and B irm ingham Transition N orm an date, and at its eastern end is a
section of the G reat W estern railw ay and 3$ east-south­ sm all D ecorated chap.el, w ith T ran sition Norm an pis­
east from Abingdon, in the Southern division of the cina : at the w est end are two lan cet windows, and
county, Dorchester hundred, Bullingdon p etty sessional between them rises a tall b uttress carryin g the belldivision, Abingdon union and county cou rt district, rural t u r r e t; a good porch, in the D ecorated style, has been
deanery of Cuddesdon and archdeaconry and diocese of added on the south side, and a v estry entrance at the
Oxford. The parish is bounded on the south by the east end of the north aisle, and a t the entrance to the
river Isis, here crossed by a substantial brick bridge of ch urch yard on the north is a substantial open-tim bered
six pointed arches, w ith groined recesses, erected by lych-gate of carved o a k : there are 170 sittin gs. T h e
Henry Huchs, 1st Lord A ldenham , in place of th e old reg ister dates from the year 1572. A G othic cross
ferry. The church of St. M ichael and A ll Angels, and steps form ing a new entrance to the churchyard
beautifully situated on a cliff at the bend of the river, has been erected in m em ory of the 1st Lord Aldenham .
is a small edifice of stone, in the Tran sition al and The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value .£420, w ith
Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, residence, in the g ift of Lord A ldenham , and held since
south porch and an elegant open tu rre t on the western 1898 by the R ev. R egin ald G ibbs M .A. of K eble College,
gable with a slender spire and containing 5 b e lls : the O xford. N oye’s charity, bequeathed in 1831, consists o f
church was restored in 1844, under the direction of the £1,000 in Consols, the interest of which is distributed
late Sir Gilbert Scott R .A . by the 1st Lord Aldenham , annually at C hristm as in coal. L o rd Aldenham , of the
of Aldenham, H erts, in accordance w ith th e w ishes of Manor House, is lord of th e m anor and principal lan d­
his father, George H enry G ibbs esq. who died at Venice, owner. Th e soil is g ra v e l; subsoil, lig h t gravel. The
21 Aug. 1842, and to whom a fine tomb w ith a re­ chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and oats. Th e area
cumbent portrait effigy has been placed in the chancel, is 1,228 acres of land and 17 of w a te r; assessable value,.
which also retains two sedilia and a piscina, and is .£2,052 ; th e population in 1911 was 305.
separated from the nave by an elaborately worked brass
Parish C lerk, H enry Bennett.
screen, with figures in bronze, designed by the late Sir
G. G. Scott R .A . and erected on the addition of the Post, M. 0 . & T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.
—
Philip Charles F ran k lin , sub-postm aster.
Lettersnew aisle: the reredos is of m osaic work and repre­
th rou gh Abingdon arrive at 7.10 a.m . & 12.30 p.m . ;
sents the institution of the Blessed S a c ra m e n t: the
dispatched
at
9.40
a.m
.
&
12.45
&
6.45
p
.m
vestry and organ cham ber was erected in 1864: the
roof of the nave, continued over the chancel, is a re ­ E lem en tary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1847, for 120 ch il­
dren ; W illiam Thom as C resw ell F .R .H .S . m aster
storation of the old Decorated roof, b u t w ith additional
ornaments introduced : the north aisle was enlarged in C arrier— W . W elstood, to O xford, wed. & s a t . ; A b in g ­
1866, and is separated from the nave by three Decorated
don, mon. & fri
PRIVATE RE SID E N TS.
] Robinson A rth u r H
Hickman Jesse Brant, boot & shoe m a
Aldenham Lord, Manor h o u se ; & 37 Sm ith M iss, F leu r de Lys
Horwood John Thomas Keen, farm er.
Portland place W ; C arlton &Travelc o m m e r c ia l .
Low Town farm
lers’ clubs S W & C ity Carlton club, B argus H erbert John, blacksm ith
Oxford Co-operative & Industrial So­
E C, London
F ran klin Ph ilip Charles, shopkeeper,
ciety Lim ited
Boyce Herbert R
Post office
P axm an Noah, farm er, Upper Town
Chester Mrs. Bagot, Vine cottage
Freeborn H enry Spencer RichardM .B.,
farm & Home farm
Freeborn Henry Spencer
Richard
C .M .E din .
surgeon,
&
medical W akefield Jam es, P lough inn
M.B. Red house
officer,
6th
d istrict,
Abingdon W alker Edwd. farm er,F ullam o or frm
Gibbs Rev. Reginald M .A. (vicar)
union & assist, inspector of schools
Pott Stanley
to the C oun ty E ducation C om m ittee
¡(7? G G E S (or C oggs) is a parish, £ m ile north from story is ligh ted on one side only by three quatrefoif
vuney station, on the O xford and F airfo rd branch of openings in a square p an el: w ithin the w estern arch,
the Great Western railw ay. N E W L A N D , belonging to opening from th e chancel to th e chapel, stands a large
is civil parish, consists of one long street divergin g altar tomb of th e Decorated period, rich ly worked, w ith
rom Bridge street, W itney, along th e h igh road to the recum bent effigy of a lady, c. 14th cen tury, clad in
•if Vand Practically form s p art of the town of W itney a long robe, the head on cushions supported by angels :
lit
names or® given. H igh C ogges is a ham - the sides are relieved by deeply-recessed square panels,
/ 1
7 ~
*! “. nic
* suuiu-easu,
south-east, unu
and OOgges
Cogges pi
proper containing shields and bold representations <af the
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the church is s itu a te ): the old Manor house, now E vangelistic symbols : th ere is also a m onum ent block­
as a farmhouse, is approached from W itn ey by a in g a window to W illiam B lake, d. 1695: one to Henry
E n S f i extending t0 the riv er W indrush, which here W hite, dated 1677, and other m ural m on um en ts: the
h rfS
Cogffes from W itney and is crossed by foot carved cornice of the roof, w ith corbels of animals
’ M i , I ^ er e,ao1? of lts tTV0 a r m s ; th e parish is in the p laying on m usical instrum ents, is v ery grotesque
siomi 1Vr ian^ e county , W ootton hundred, p etty ses- and effectiv e: the church was restored in 1883, at a
counfv
.B am Pton E ast, W itn ey union and cost of £500,
and affords 200 sittings. In 1897 a
arehrWn
district, rural deanery of W itney, and stone lych -gate was erected at th e entrance to the
Mary if a n ry aad dl° c.ese of O xford. T h e church of St. churchyard, at a cost of £ 7 0 , in commemoration of th6
sistinn- nf ancient edifice of stone, in m ixed styles, con- Diamond Jubilee of H er late M ajesty Queen Victoria.
periof ° l Ch\ncel ,Wlth norfch chapel of th e Decorated The reg ister of baptism s and burials dates from 1653 ;
8in<nilir TnJ6stoned nave, aisles, south porch and a marriages, 1697. Th e living is a vicarage, net yearly
end of thfl
tower, placed diagonally at the west value ^£200, w ith 18 acres of glebe and residence, in
octagonal ahnJ
S(l ua?'e in the lower stage but the g ift of trustees, and held since 1915 bv the Rev.
tells: the m
1
a con’-cal roof and containing 3 Robert W illiam H udgell, who is also chaplain to the
Here was an alien
the i4t,h cenhirv o ° § ePiS t0 -ts chaPel
two arches of W itn ey Poor Law In stitution .
iai»b of one of n
i!*ere 13 a ?anoPied piscina on the p riory of th e B enedictine order, founded in 1103 by
retains it«
- f 6; the east window is D ecorated and one De A rsic, and attached to the abbey of the
the aisles hv o
tra ce ry : the nave is divided from H oly T rin ity , at Fecam p, in N o rm an d y: th e kitchen
°n the sontii n. arcade of two Transition Norm an arches and stu d y of the vicarage house, situated close to
three arehe« nf i ! ’ an,d on tBe north b y an arcade of the church , are th e only rem ains of the p riory now
way of the
r
r da^e : the font and the inner door- existing. Th e m anor house, now a farm , has” some
6 P° rch are also Transition N orm an : th e clere­ E a rly E n g lish windows. T h e charities for distribution