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D IR E C TO R Y.]

BERKSHIRE.

D R A Y T O N is a parish situated on the borders of
Oxfordshire and on the road from A bingdon to N ew­
bury, 2$ m iles south-w est-by-south from Abingdon,
miles north from Steventon station on the G reat W estern
railway, in the Northern division of the county, hundred
of Ock, p etty sessional division, union and county court
district of Abingdon, rural deanery of Abingdon, arch­
deaconry of B erks and diocese of Oxford. The W ilts
and B erks canal passes through this parish.
The
church of St. Peter is a b uilding of stone, consisting of
chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and an em ­
battled western tower containing 8 bells and a c lo c k :
the chancel was erected in 1872, Chiefly at the cost of
the late vicar, and has a stained window representing
The C rucifixion: the south porch, added in 1879, is fu r­
nished w ith gurgoyles of carved stone, and in the p ave­
ment is the following inscription inlaid in lead, “ Keep
thy foot when thou goest to the house of God j ” ; these
improvements were effected under the superintendence
of the late Mr. E. Dolby, architect, of A bingdon : the
font is a plain cylindrical work of Norm an date : in the
north wall of the la d y chapel there is an aum bry, and
in the south w all a credence and p is c in a : there are also
two other piscinae in the church : in d ig g in g a v au lt in
the church in the year 1814 the workm en cam e upon
some elaborate and beautiful old carvin gs in alabaster,
representing The Betrayal, The Scourging, Th e C ru ci­
fixion (now m issing) and The E ntom bm ent of Our
Saviour, The Adoration and The A n n un ciation : there are
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .

Beak Capt. W m . Edwd. G othic house
Beesley Mrs. Adelaide
Bishop Misses, Applecroft
Chapm an Rev. Frederic Jn. V icarage
C larke W a lter B. B riar meade
G reville Louis G eorge, Manor house
Hobson Thom as F ., J.P. Lim e Close
Holt F. J. The G range
Hyde Mrs
Martin Miss E lizabeth, The C ottage
Stone Miss

EARLEY.

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200 sittin gs, about half being f r e e : the ch urch yard cross
was restored in 1871. Th e earliest ex istin g register
dates from 1754, the earlier ones having been destroyed
at the great fire of D rayton in the year 1780.
The
livin g is a vicarage, separated from St. Helen, A b in g ­
don, by O rder in Council, N ovem ber 4th, 1867; net
yearly value ¿ 13 0 , w ith residence, in the g ift of Lady
W antage, and held since 1908 by the R ev. F rederic John
Chapm an, of S t. Bees. H ere are B ap tist and W esleyan
chapels. T he charities am ount to about £22 yearly,
and there are five cottages for the poor a t a v ery small
rent. Th e Manor House, an an cien t m ansion, is the
residence of Louis G eorge G rev ille esq. Lady W antage
is lady of the m anor. T h e soil is lo am y and c la y ; sub­
soil, g ravel and clay. T he chief crops are w h eat, barley,
beans and turnips. The area is 1,845 acres of land and
6 of w a te r; rateable value, £ 2 ,6 16 ; th e population in
1911 was 513.
Parish C lerk, W illiam Webb.
Post Office.— M rs. L ily W allin, sub-postm istress. L e t­
ters arrive th rou gh Abingdon a t 7.10 a.m . & 12.55
p.m . ; dispatched a t 7.5 a.m . & 2.40 & 7.20 p.m . ;
box cleared at 7.20 p.m . Steventon, 1$ m iles distant,
is the nearest m oney order & telegrap h office
P illar Box, a t D rayton M ill, cleared at 7.5 a.m . & 2.25
& 7.25 p .m . ; sundays, 7.15 a.m
Elem entary School (boys, girls & infants), b u ilt in 1874,
for 130 children ; A lb ert Sandys, m a s te r ; Mrs. L . F.
Sandys, in fan ts’ m istress

COMMERCIAL.

Bradfield W illiam
Edward, m iller
(w ater) & agricu ltu ral seedsman,
Vale of Berks A g ricu ltu ra l seed
establishm ent
(letters
through
Steventon)
Carpen ter Joseph, joiner
C audw ell Gordon, farm er, Manor frm
Caudw ell Selw yn, farm er,S m ith ’s frm
Chandler W m .E dw d.W h eatSh eaf P.H
C larke W alter B. & Son, brick, tile
& drain pipe m anufacturers, lim e
burners, sand & g ravel m erchants

& m akers of pressed red faced
bricks
Darvill F rank Chas. baker & groeer
Dunsdon Edwin, coal dealer
Fisher Charles, blacksm ith
Hine Sarah Ann (M rs.), shopkeeper
L anning Charles H. grocer
M attock Robert B. carpenter
Robertson C harles, beer reta ile r
Sallis W illiam Henry, Red Lion P.H
W inter Charles, buiider
W inter Robert John, shopkeeper
W interbourne C harles, lau n d ry

D R Y S A N D F O R D is an ecclesiastical parish formed of O xford, and held since 1911 by th e R ev. John H enry
in 1867 out of the c iv il parishes of S t. Helen W ithout, K irk b y M .A. of Q ueen’s C ollege, O xford, who is ols*
Abingdon, and M archam ; i t is 3 m iles north-w est from vicar of, and resides at, Shippon. T h ere is a B ap tist
Abingdon, in the N orthern division of the county, chapel at C oth ill. The trustees of the late B enjam in
Abingdon p etty sessional division, union and county H enry Morland esq. and M iss L en th all are th e «hief
court district, A bingdon ru ral deanery, B erks arch­ landowners. The soil is v a rio u s ; subsoil, brash. The
deaconry and O xford dio cese; it includes C othill, a chief crops are wheat, barley and oats and root erops.
quarter of a m ile south, a ham let in th e civil parish The entire area is 730 acre s; the rateable value of the
of M archam and is called D ry Sandford to distinguish civil parish of Shippon and D ry Sandford is ,£3,750;
it from Sandford-on-Tham es (O xon), only 5 m iles the entire population in 1911 was 247.
distant. F or poor law, school and ra tin g purposes,
Parish C lerk and Sexton, P ercival K in g.
this place is included in the civil parish of S t. Helen
W ithout, created in 1894. The church of S t. Helen, Post & T. Office, C oth ill.— Andrew G eorge Ashfield,
consecrated in 1855, is a b u ild in g of stone in th è
sub-postm aster. Letters from Abingdon by m essenger,
E arly E nglish style, consisting of chancel, nave, south
arrivin g at 6.55 a.m . & 12.5 p.m . ; retu rn in g at 12.5
porch and a w estern tu rret containing 2 b ells: in
& 7.10 p .m . M archam is th e nearest m oney order
the church is a m arble tab let to M rs. M u trie, a
office
considerable benefactress to the parish : there are 170 W all L e tte r Box, D ry Sandford, cleared 7.30 a.m . &
sittings, 140 being free. The register dates from the
6.45
p.m . week days & 9.45 a.m . sundays
year 1855. The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value Endowed School (m ixed), erected in 1869, & enlarged
¿ 140 , w ith 9 acres of glebe, in th e g ift of the* Bishop
in 1898, for 71 children ; M rs. C ecilia A ndrew s,m istrss
f W estbury Charles & Son
m illers
D R Y SANDFORD.
COMMERCIAL.
(w ater & steam )
Ashfield Andrew G eorge, gardener to
Salter Rev. H erbert Edward M .A.
Messrs. D auglish & Tom kinson
Manor house
Dauglish (M aurice John M .A .) &
C O T H ILL.
W alker Miss
Tom kinson (Raym ond M .A .), p re­
Edmondson A rth u r, fanner, C hurch Dauglish M aurice Jn. M .A. C oth ill ho
paratory school
farm , Manor farm & Sandford farm Tom kinson Raym ond M .A. C othill ho Maiden Joseph, plasterer
W alker Septim us, farm er
Marks E rn est, carpenter
EARLEY
(or E rleigh) is an ecclesiastical parish
G eorge Porcher and h is tw o d a u g h te rs; and there is
formed A pril 28th, in the year 1844, out of Sonning another m em orial window to M rs. F rances S t. A ubyn •
parish, and com prising th e lib erty of E arley and part
the church affords 500 sittin g s : a lych g ate was erected
of W oodley, in the E astern division of the county, about 1902, as a m em orial to Charles Stephens J.P .
Charlton hundred, W okingham p etty sessional division at a cost of £250. T he reg ister dates from the year
and union, Reading cou nty court d istrict, Sonning rural
1844. The livin g is a vicarage, net income £270, in ­
deanery, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
clu din g 2 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in the g ift
At E arley is a station on the R eading and Reigate of the vicar of Sonning, and held since 1904 by the
branch of the South E astern railw ay and on th e South
Rev. W illiam W eekes Fow ler M .A ., D .Sc. of Jesus
Western line from R eading to London, about 2 m iles College, Oxford, prebendary and canon of Lincoln, and
south-east from Reading and 40^ by rail from London.
surrogate. Bulm ershe C ourt, the p rop erty of Capt.
The church of St. Peter, consecrated Sept. 21st, 1844, Jam es S t. Law rence W heble J.P . and occupied by
is an edifice of brick, in the E a rly E n glish style, con­ Joseph Rushbrooke esq. is a m ansion of stone, standing
sisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, vestry, in its own p ark -lik e grounds and com m anding fine views
organ cham ber, south porch and a tower at the n orth ­ of the surrou nd in g country. T h e district of E arlev
west angle, containing one b e ll: in 1882-3 the transepts contains several properties of note and in terest ; the
were removed and aisles and a new chancel and other ancient dom ain of W h itekn ights, form erly possessed by
additions m ade, at a cost of £4,338 : the east window the D ukes of M arlborough and fam ous for its elegant
is stain ed ; the west window is a m em orial to the Rev. gardens, has been parcelled out into several properties ;