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H ^ S S r * a r d e n s (D. 1. M se- S
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Bowden Henry, coach builder
Coker Ernest, Bell inn
M a c F a r ^ e mDaS | r v i u e , m anager *
Dearlove George John, baker & grocer.
Post office
Edwards Jn. frm r. Coldharbour farm
veyor & quarry owner
!Wise Isaac Jam ^ E
C U D D E S D O N is a parish and village on the river
been m em bers of one of the universities and have taken
Thame,
miles south from W heatley station on the
a degree ; in 1877 a cottage house for four students
Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch of the G reat was b uilt near th e church g a t e ; the Rev. Jam es
Western railway and 6£ south-east from Oxford, in Buchanan Seaton M .A . p rin c ip a l; Rev. Philip H enry
the Southern division of the county, hundred and petty i^oyd M .A
v ic e -p rin c ip a l; R ev. Frederick M erivale
sessional division of Bullingdon, union of Headington,
M olyneux M .A. chaplain. Th e readin g and recreation
county court d istrict of Oxford, rural deanery of Cud- room, erected by p ublic subscription, for the working
desdon and archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford.
The men of Cuddesdon and Denton, stands on a piece of
church of A ll Saints is a fine cruciform building of ground rented from M agdalen College.
Cuddesdon
stone, originally of the Transitional style, b ut now in ia la c e , the episcopal residence of the Bishop of O xford,
part Early E nglish, w ith la ter additions, and consisting is a fine and com m odious mansion surrounded b v a
of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south and west small p a rk : the attached chapel, erected by Bishop
porches, transepts and an em battled central tower, with WUberforce in 1846, is in the Decorated s ty le ; all the
pinnacles and a low recta n gu la r tu rre t at the north­ windows are stained ; the original palace was b u ilt in
west angle, and containing 6 bells, three of which are 1035 by Bishop B ancroft, b ut was burned in 1644 bv
dated 1617 and the others respectively 1677. 1709 and order of v,olonel W illiam L egge, then governor of
1795, aim
l u c i e is a
a, sanctus
^ a iiu iu s bell
u e ii u
a o e a 1748
17 4 0 : the church
and there
dated
Oxford, lest it should afford shelter to the P a rlia­
appears to have been originally b u ilt about 1180; the m en tary fo rc e s ; in 1675-6 it was reb u ilt by Bishop
west doorway, a very good exam ple of L ate Norman Fell and finally com pleted by the sam e prelate in 1680.
work, dates from about 1200; the south doorway, tho Magdalen and Q ueen’s Colleges, Oxford, are th e p rin ­
north transept walls, one clerestory window and the cipal landowners. The soil is sand and loam ; subsoil,
stair turret of the tower, w ith other portions, m ay c ay, gravel and sand. The chief crops are wheat,
be of 1180: the aisles w ere added about 1240, and beans, oats and barlev
The area is 951 acres of land
have arcades of three arches on either s id e ; about and 5 of w a te r; rateable value, ¿ 1 ,8 7 6 ; the population
1350 the low side walls were raised. Decorated windows in i p « was 274 in th e c iv il and 461 in th e ecclesias­
inserted and a south porch erec te d : the chancel is tical parish, in clu d in g Denton and C h ip p in gh urst.
Late Perpendicular, c. 1500, and has a very good
B y Local Governm ent Board O rder 7,868, dated Dec
stained east window of four lights by Mr. C. E . K e m p e : 24, 1878, Vent Farm , Pelfrance, and part of Holton Wood
the remaining windows display the emblazoned arms were transferred from Cuddesdon to Holton, and a de­
of various bishops of O xford: on th e south side are tached p art of the parish added to F orest H ill for civil
two rude openings, w ith pointed arc h e s: the upper part purposes.
of the tower, together w ith the nave roof and some of
the internal fittings, belongs to the reign of James I. :
Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.— W alter P a u l M itchell, sub-postin the north aisle is a curious low-side w in do w :
m aster.
Letters through W h eatley, Oxon, arrive at
the font is plain and round, on a modern b a s e : there
7.30 a.m . & 4.15 p.m . ; dispatched at 9.10 a.m . & 6.40
are 250 sittings: a lofty cross w ith a base of five
p.m . ; sundays, arrive a t 7.30 a.m . ; dispatched at
steps stands in the churchyard.
The register dates
11.25 a m
from the year 154r. The livin g js a vicara g e, annexed
since the Reformation to the bishopric of Oxford, from
C H IP P IN G H U R S T is a ham let.
The population in
which it was separated by O rder m Council in 1852; net
1911 was 12. Th e area is 307 acres of land and 7 of
yearly value ¿ 1 6 1 , w ith residence, in the g ift of the w a ter; rateable value, ¿474.
Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1914 by th e Rev.
James Buchanan Seaton M .A. of C h rist C h urch , O x­
D E N TO N is a chapelry in the parish of Cuddesdon,
ford, and principal of the Theological College. The
a quarter of a m ile south-w est. The population in 1911
Wesleyan chapel here was b u ilt in 1887. Cuddesdon
was I5 7 } the area is 545 acres ; rateab le valu e, /"7i8.
Theological College, founded by the late Sam uel W ilberP arish C lerk, H arry G eorge M ortimore.
force D.D. Bishop of Oxford, 1846-69, for the tTainincr
of candidates for holy orders, and opened June 15, 1854^ W all L e tte r Boxes.— Th e V ica rag e, cleared at 9.10 a.m .
& 6.40 j>.m. ; sundays, 11.30 a .m .; Denton, cleared
is a building in the Decorated style from designs bv
a t 9 a.m . & 6.35 p.m . ; sundays, 11.20 a.m
the late G. E. Street esq. R .A . and contains a dininghall and rooms for about 22 students, to w hich °a E lem en tary School (m ixed), established in 1841, for 100
children ; Thom as M artin M artin, head m aster
cnapel, hall and other buildings were added in 1874 as
a memorial to Bishop W ilberforce (d. 19 J uly, 1873)
Carriers to Oxford.— W illiam Dover, mon. wed. fri. ¿3
and in 1904 a new w ing was b uilt ; students m ust have
sat. ; Joseph Cox, wed. & sat
CUDDESDON.
R eading & Recreation Room (Rev.
COMM ERCIAL.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
H ubert Richard H iggs B .A . sec)
Oxford Right Rev.Lord Bishop of D.D. Bell Thom as, farm er, Manor farm
Theological
College
(Rev.
Jam es
(Charles Gore) (chancellor of the Bobart W alter R. m iller (water &
B uchanan Seaton M .A. principal)
steam )
W ing W illiam Henry, B at & B all P H
The Palace6
°f ^
G a rte r) ’
Burgess M. & Son, builders
Cooper Rev. W ilfrid Lingwood M .A Burrows A rthur,saddler & harness ma
D EN TO N .
domestic chaplain to the Lord Cocum Thom as, head gardener to the
Bishop of Oxford)
O’ M alley S ir E dw ard Lough lin J.P.,
Lord Bishop of Oxford
M .A. Denton house
Oox Joseph, carrier
T c u r a te r H “ bert E ichard B A - Dover W illiam , carrier
COMM ERCIAL.
B.e\ P M ip Henry M .A . (vice- Gale H ubert John, farmer, Dove ho
Molv™
?>f ihe TIleologica] college) Hyde Frank, gardener to the T heo­ Buswell H arry Geo. farm er, Denton
M anor farm
logical college
MA t
,V' Frederick M erivale
"liege)
P m °f *he Theological Manley Edwin, gardener to the T heo­ R ym an W illiam , farm er
logical college
S ellar Thom as Richard, cowkeeper
Mott Mr,. The Old vicarage
M itchell W alt. PauRstationer, Post off T u rn er F rederick, blacksm ith
i v l t neT‘ - James B “ A a n a n M .A. Mortimore H arry G eorge, shopkeeper
C H IPPIN G H U R ST.
college) Prl" Clpal ° f the Theological Parsons Lew isA .Th ree Com passes P.H
W heeler A lbert, farm er
north
j Parisl1 and village, bounded on the
separatee ;+ *a
wes^ ^y the riv er Tham es, which
DMcot and ft-rf™"? B el k s ' 0n<1
a station on the
i j m ile ? ; ? ?
Se0tl0n of the G reat W estern railw ay,
* i S n anl
Viila gesouth-south-east from
S o u th e rn
■'3
.o m hondon.
The parish is in the
Bullinvdon I? « '0” o f . the c°un ty, D orchester hundred,
county r-,, , , . 1 sessional division, A bingdon union and
district, rural deanery of Cuddesdon, arch-

deaconry and diocese of Oxford. C ulham bridge, which
crosses the riv er Thames about half-a-m ile north of the
village, at a point where its ancient and modern channels
unite, connects the parish w ith A b in g d o n ; it is sub­
stan tially b uilt of stone, and was origin ally constructed
by th e G uild of the H oly Cross in Abingdon, undei
letters patent of H enry V . dated at W estm inster, 2'
June, 1416, in place of th e previously used, b ut dan­
gerous f e r r y ; the fabric still bears m arks of the