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CHILTON.

B ERKSHIRE.

and 3 children, 1703-23, w ith in scription in L a tin , and
below an inscription to H ead P lo tt, of Upton, gent,
grandson of A dam Head, d. Novem ber 7th. 1765; on
the arcade is a m arble tab let to E lizabeth , wife of Head
Plott, buried M ay 24, 1773; Annie, wife of Thom as
Torke, b uried D ecem ber 17, 1756, and A nnie, w ife of
Richard H opkins, d. M arch 21, 1807: th e stained east
window is a m em orial to the Rev. E dw ard Morland
Chaplin M .A . a form er rector, who died June 1, 1877,
and there is a sm all m em orial window to M ary G. R.
Chaplin, d. 9th July, 18 71: in the ch urch yard, east of
the aisle, are three alta r tom bs to the K napp fam ily
of B lew bury and C h ilton , 1754-1817: near the porch is
a coped tom b to the Rev. C h arles G aisford M .A . rector,
d. 1st A u gu st, 1857, and by the entrance to the rectory
grounds is a m arble cross m ark in g the grave of the
Rev. E. M. C haplin M .A. 19 years rector, inscribed to
him self and others of his fa m ily ; and a cross to Miss
Susan M o rlan d : there is an alta r tom b and m ural
tab let to the G oddard fam ily, 1742-1800; coped tom bs
to the fam ily of L a y, 1815-75, an^ other m em orials to
the fam ilies of Stevens, 1854-72; G u y, 1885, and Lewinton, 1803-9: on the east side of the ch urch yard is a
lich-gate, surm ounted by a cross: the church affords
100 sittin gs. The reg ister dates from the year 1584.
The livin g is a rectory, net incom e £270, w ith residence
and 70 acres of glebe, in the g ift of the trustees of the
late G. B. M orland esq. and held since 1877 by the Rev.
Anthony Thom as M orland M .A. of T rin ity C ollege, C am ­
bridge. H ere is a P rim itive M ethodist chapel. Thom as’s
charity is £336 6s. 8d. £2$ per C en t. Consols, the
interest to be d istrib u ted in bread. A little distance
below the church, on the south side of the village,
stands what still rem ain s of the M anor house of the
Lattons, ancien tly called “ L a tton ’s P lace,” b u t now
com p letely m odernized and converted into a farm
residence: up to about 1878 or la ter, the house sur­

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rounded three sides of a sm all courtyard, and had two
oak panelled rooms, one of which, on the ground floor,
possessed a n early p erfect carved cornice, bearing the
quartered shield of the Latton fam ily, who removed
here from Upton in the reign of H enry V II. but
having purchased, in 1542, w ith other p rop erty, the
manor of K ingston Bagpuze, th ey settled there until
about 1670, when John, son and h eir of Thom as L a t­
ton, of K ingston, sold the estates and rem oved to
E sher, in S u rrey, b ut the fam ily is now extin ct. The
house now consists only of th e centre and west w in g ;
the whole of th e woodwork, tog eth er w ith some fra g ­
m ents of stained glass, was sold by th e landlord to°a
local dealer in antiques at Abingdon, for £ 1 6 , in order
to pay for repairs, and a v ery fine and m assive table of
oak, fo rm erly in the kitchen , is said now to be in the
hands of some person at Chippenham . John Latton
esq. of C hilton , was representative in Parliam en t for
the c ity of Oxford in 1529, and subsequently held the
offices of trea su rer and governor of the In n er T e m p le ;
he died 30th M ay, 1548, and his brass, w ith effigies of
him self and Anna (Y ate), his w ife, is in the church of
St. M ichael, Blew bury. Race horses are trained here.
Lady W antage is lady of th e m anor and ch ief land­
owner. T he soil is chiefly chalk and lig h t g r a v e l;
subsoil, chiefly chalk. T he chief crops are w heat, barley
and roots. The area is 1,448 a c re s; rateable value,
£ 1 ,4 x 5 ; and th e population in 1911 was 224.
P a rish C lerk and Sexton, Jam es Green.
Post & T. Office.— H arry H. Pyke, sub-postm aster.
L etters arrive th rou gh Steventon at 8 a.m . & 2.30
p .m .; 7.30 a.m . on Sundays; dispatched at 11.30
a.m . & 6.20 p.m . ; sundays, 8.30 a.m . W est Ilsley is
the nearest m oney order office
E lem entary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1870, for 60 c h il­
dren ; M iss Frances Thom as, m istress

Lu cas Joclyn M orton, Manor house
Cundell Leonard A. racehorse trainer
Morland R ev. A nthony Thom as M .A. G reen Jam es, assistant overseer
R ectory
Hall Job, draper & grocer
c o m m e r c ia l
Harris W illiam John, farm er
O liver H enry E dw ard (M rs.), farm er
B erry W illiam , Horse & Jockey P.H
P la tt W illiam J. racehorse trainer
Bolton A lfred , gam ekeeper to J. M. 1Prior John, carrier
Lucas esq

P yke H arry H. grocer & baker, Post
office
Ray Charles, racehorse trainer, The
Bungalow
Spiers Brothers, farm ers
Spiers G eorge, Rose & Crown P.H
S piers Hy. sporting correspondent
Spiers Jam es, tu rf correspondent

C H I L T O N F O L I A T T is a parish fo rm erly p artly 1 Viet. c. 73), by L ocal G overnm ent Board’s Provisional
in Berks b ut p rincipally in W iltshire. Under the pro- O rdeis Confirm ation (No. 12) A ct, 1895, the Berkshire
visions of the “ Lo cal G overn m en t Act, 1894” (56 & 57 I portion was added to the c iv il parish of Hungerford.
C H O L S E Y , in Domesday, “ C elsea,” is a v illag e and
p arish, separated from Oxfordshire by th e riv er Tham es,
m iles south-w est from W allingford and half a m ile
from the new Cholsey and M oulsford station on the G reat
W estern railw ay, opened in 1893 in lieu of the former
station at Moulsford, and now the jun ction for the
branch to W a llin g fo rd ; extensive sidings have also been
constructed h e re ; it is in the N orthern division of the
county, hundred of Moreton, p etty sessional division,
union and county court d istrict of W allingford, and in
the ru ral deanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of Berks
and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of St. M ary is a
cruciform b uilding, w ithout aisles, and consists of ch an ­
cel, nave, transepts, south porch and an em battled
central tower containing 6 b e lls : th e tower was restored
in 1909 at a cost of over £30 0: the ancient church
having been burnt down by the Danes, an E a rly Norman
edifice was b u ilt on the s i t e ; some traces of the older
edifice, consisting of burnt stones &c. were found when
the chancel was restored in 1873 : the chancel is veTy
fine E a rly E nglish, w ith five lancets on south and three
on north side and a good east window w ith three
lig h ts p artly filled w ith stained g la s s : th e m assive
piers supporting the arcade are E a rly Norm an, b ut th e
upper p art of the tower is Decorated and has an
octagonal sta ir-tu rret of the same date w ith a pyram idal
ro o f; the south doorway of the nave is also Norman,
with zigzag and billet m ouldings and sculptured caps,
and the door retain s its original iron work ; the nave
has two windows on the north side, and also two long
and narrow N orm an windows on the south side : in the
nave and south tran sep t are several brass inscriptions,
the earliest of w hich , in Norm an-French, is to “ John
Barfoot de C helseye,” who died 8th Oct. 13 61; another
and later brass com m em orates Sir John G ate, one of the
earliest vicars, who died 21st July, 1394; in the ch an ­
cel is an interestin g brass, som ew hat m u tilated , to John
M ere, also a form er v ic a r of th is church, w ith effigy in
eucharistic vestm en ts and h oldin g a c h a lic e ; he died
13th June, 1471 : the church was p artly repaired in 1849,
and th e chancel and transept were restored in 1878 at
a cost of £ 1,3 0 0 : d urin g the year 1886 th e south tran-

sept was fitted up for daily s e rv ic e s : th ere are about
350 sittin gs : in th e churchyard is a yew tree, th e trunk
of w hich is about six yards in circum ference. The
register dates from th e year 1679. The livin g is a
vicarage, net yearly value £270, w ith residence, in
the g ift of the Lord Chancellor, and is at present
(1915) vacant.
M r. W alter C arter is iir propriator
of the great tithes.
H ere is a B ap tist chapel. The
charities am ount to £ 3 yearly, w hich is given in
money to the poor. K in g Ethelred founded a m onastery
here in 986, as an atonem ent for the death of his
brother, E dw ard the M artyr, m urdered at Corfe Castle,
by Queen E lfrid a in 978 : traces of the foundations and
surrounding m oats still rem ain on a farm now in the
occupation of Mr. H. C. H u n t: the fab ric was de­
stroyed by the Danes in 1006, when they burnt Reading
and com m itted other ravages in the county. H enry I.
granted the manor to Reading A bbey, and the Abbots
had a seat here. Lollingdon is also a m oated residence,
and shows some traces of an tiquity. On th e afternoon
of Saturd ay, Jun e 18th, 1887, a portion of the villag e
near the railw ay was destroyed by fire. There is a
! hotel, w ith stablin g, near th e railw ay station. Th e soil
I and subsoil vary. The ch ief crops are w heat, barley
and beans. Th e area is 4,427 acres of land and 11 of
w a ter; rateable value, £ 2 4 ,716 ; the population in 191 x
was 2.248, w hich included 854 in the L u n atic A sylu m ,
of whoTir'758 w ere patients.
W interbrook, 2 m iles north-east, is part of this parish.
Parish C lerk. W. N. Goodey.
Sexton, Job G eorge Finch.
Post, M. O. & T. Office (letters should have Berks
added).— M iss Florence Sheldon, sub-postm istress.
Letters arrive direct from London, 7 a.m . & 12.50
p .m . ; dispatched at 7 & 10.50 a.m . & 4.20 & 7.25 p.m
W all L e tter Boxes.
Capps lane, cleared at 10.55 a -m- & 4.5 & 7.30 p.m . ;
sundays, 11.15 a.m
Cholsey & M oulsford R ailw ay station, cleared at 10.45
a.m . & 3.50 & 7.20 p.m . ; sundays, 11.5 a.m