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B A LD O N M A R S H .

OXFORDSHIRE.

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each sidebart. is the residence of Henri Favarger
and de la Mare above; and below, those of Henry VIII. : esq. ; in the park are some remains of the old parish
the piscina is Decorated, and there is also an aumbry : church of Nuneham Courtney, comprising part of a fino
on the tower arch, removed here from the chancel, are Early English window, a lancet window and a tomh
two monumentsin a debased Gothic style, to friends with effigies of Sir Anthony Pollard kt. 1577, and
and relatives ofSir Christopher Willoughby bart. and Philippa his wife, 1606. Major Six* John Christopher
on the side of the chancel is a monument with twisted Willoughby bart. who is lord of the manor, and Queen'scolumns and a long Latin inscription to Ann, wife of College, Oxford, are the principal landowners. The soil
John Crawley D.D. 1701 and daughter of John Pollard is light sand; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are
and Susanna (Danvers), his wife; on the floor are two wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area is 829 acres;
stone slabs with brasses, one of which bears the rateable value, ¿1,075; the population in 1911 was 253.
Parish Clerk, Edmund Gooding.
quartered coat of Danvers, and an inscription to John
Danvers, of this place, ob. 1651; the other is inscribed Post Office.— John Jones, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive
to John Bridges D.D. Bishop of Oxford, 1603-18, and
from Oxford at 7.35 a.m. & 12.50 p.m.; dispatched at
displays a shield of his arms impaling those of the see: i-5o, 5.5 & 7.p.m.; Sundays, arrive 7.35 a.m.; dis­
there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year patched 2.15 p.m. Nuneham Courtenay is the nearest
*559- The living is a rectory, net yearly value £184, money order & telegraph office
with residence, in the gift of Sir John Christopher Wil­
School, founded in 1771, by Elizabeth Lane,
loughby bart. and held since 1912 by the Rev. Henry Elementary
for 6 boys & 6 girls, & rebuilt in 1897 for 62 children;
Arthur Goodwin M.A. of St. Catharine's College, Cam­ Miss
L. Cooper, mistress
bridge. The charities amount to about £15 yearly,
which sum is given away in coal. Baldon House, an Carriers.— Harry Osborne, to Abingdon, on mon.; Edwd.
ancient mansion of brick, standing in a small park, Druce, wed. & sat.; to Oxford, wed. & sat
Favarger Henri, Baldon house
Carter Alfred (Mrs.), market gardnr Lord Elizh. (Mrs.), farmr. Hill farm
Osborne Harry, carrier
Goodwin Rev. Henry Arthur M.A. Druce Edward, carrier
Fisher Christopher, Seven Stars P-H Quelch Alfd.frmr. Durham Leys frm
(rector), Rectory
Green Herbert, gardener to Henri Sheldon Horace, blacksmith
COMM ERCIAL.
Barber Leslie, farmer, Vicarage farm Favarger esq
B A L D O N TOOT (or Toot Baldon) is a parish 4 of a Perpendicular cross and a yew tree of some age:
miles south-east from Littlemore station on the Oxford |there are 168 sittings. The register dates from the year
and Wycombe section of the Great Western rail- :1579. The living, formerly a peculiar of Dorchester
way, 4 south-west from Wheatley station on the same Abbey, is a discharged vicarage, held since 1912 with
line, and about the same distance north-west from Baldon Marsh, net yearly value ¿32, in the gift of
Culham station on the Great Western line from Didcot Maj. Sir John Christopher Willoughby bart. Wilmot's
to Oxford, and 3 south-east from Oxford,in the Southern charity of ¿2 yearly is appropriated to the relief of
division of the county, hundred and petty sessional the poor who are not in receipt of parochial aid: the
division of Bullingdon, union and county court district of poor’s allotment of Marsh Baldon provides ¿8 yearly
Abingdon, rural deanery of Cuddesdon, archdeaconry and for the poor of this parish. The Provost and scholars
diocese of Oxford. The Baldon brookflowson theborders of Queen’s College, Oxford, who are lords of the manor,
of the parish. The church of St. Lawrence, standing on Major Sir John Christopher Willoughby bart. and the
Hon. Lewis Harcourt P.C., M.P. are the chief
an eminence, is a small but ancient edifice of stone in Right
proprietors. The soil is variable and includes
the Transition Norman and Early English styles and landed
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and clay; subsoil, Oxfordshire clay. The
consists of chancel, nave and aisles under the same roof, chief crsand
e wheat, barley, oats and beans. The
south transept, south porch and a gable bell-cote at area is 1o,p5s65ar
a
cres; rateable value, ¿1,331; the popula­
the west end containing 2 bells: in the chancel are
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two small square lockers and a piscina: the nave has
arcades of four Early English arches on each side on LITTLE BALDON is a hamlet, 2\ miles
massive piers, with boldly foliaged caps, the eastern­ Sexton, William Barrett.
most having a small trefoil-headed niche above the cap : Letters through Oxford ; the nearest money order office
the transept, or chapel, on the south side dates from is Nuneham Courtenay & Sandford-on-Thames the
the 14th century, and has a Decorated window with nearest telegraph office, about 3 miles distant. Wall
slight Temains of stained glass: the doorway of the Letter Box cleared at 1.45 & 6.45 p.m
north porch is Transition Norman : the font is circular Elementary
School, built in 1874 & enlarged in 1886, for
and of Early English date: the church retains a number
of old floor tiles, but these are much worn: in the 60 children; William Lewis, master
churchyard, on the south side, are the shaft and base Carrier.— Edward Druce, to Oxford, wed. & sat
Pibson John, farmer
jBravington William, farmer
Slessor Capt. Arthur Kerr
J Carter Sidney, shopkeeper & higgler Pitson William Harper, Crown P.H
COMM ERCIAL.
Druce Edward,beer retailer & carrier Ryman Howard J. farmer
iHawken R. W. farmer
Arnold James, carpenter
B A L D W I N BEIGHTWELL, see Brightwell Baldwin.
B A M P T O N is a town, township and parish in an piscina of Early English date and a very singular Easter
agricultural district, watered by the river Isis and sepulchre of Perpendicular work in two stages with a
several tributary streams, with a station about 2 miles canopy ; there remain also some fine old carved stalls,
north of the town, on the Oxford and Fairford branch with misereres and benches carved with various heraldic
of the Great Western railway, and is 16 miles west from devices: the north transept has a chapel on its eastern
Oxford, 6 north from Faringdon, 5 south-west from side, within which is a fine recumbent effigy, apparently
Witney and 71 from London, in the Witney county court of the date of Henry IV. (1309-1413), but much muti­
district and union, Mid division of the county, hundred lated ; a canopied niche and two smaller ones: the vert
of Bampton, petty sessional division of Bampton East, fine stone reredos is adorned with figures of our Loro
tural deanery of Witney and archdeaconry and diocese and the twelve apostles under rich canopies: the south
of Oxford. By an Order in Council, dated December transept has two chapels, one on either side; the
30th, 1845, Bampton was divided into three ecclesiastical easternmost is called the Hord chapel from having been
parishes, viz. Bampton (proper), Bampton Aston and the burial place of the family of that name, formerly'
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converging in a spacious market place, and is lighted monument, with effigies and verses, to George Thom son.
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with incandescentgasby the Bampton Gas and Water Co.
Limited, who also furnish the water supply. The church doorway richly carved : the nave is separated from the
of St. Mary the Virgin is a fine and spacious cruciform aisles by arcades of massive character : the roofs are
building of stone, chiefly of the Transition period from open timbered and of the same date: the tower, sup­
Early English to Decorated, the chancel and base of the ported on Transition Norman arches, has four figures
tower being of very Early Norman or possibly Saxon of saints at the angles, in place of pinnacles, and an
date ; it consists of chancel, nave of four bays, cleres octagonal spire rising to a height of 170 feet from te
toried transepts, aisles, three chapels attached to the ground: there are brasses to Thomas Plymmysw°d .
surplice and almice ; Robert Holco
transepts, south porch, a very handsome western porch vicar, c. 1429,
of the date of Henry III. (1216-72), and a central tower A.M. “ venerabilis ac scientificus vir,” vicar 1500,
with spire containing 8 bells, a sanctus bell, or “ ting- cope; and Frances (Gardner), wife of Sir Thomas Bor »
tang,” and a clock: the chancel retains sedilia and of Cote, 1633 : the church was restored in 1870 una