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CHIEVELEY.

B E R K S H IR E .

•rops are w heat, barley, oats and roots. T he entire
area is 9.2x7 acres ; and of C h ieveley tow nship, 5,328 ;
rateable value, £ 6 ,6 36 ; the population in 1911 was
i.066 in the township and 1,293 in the ecclesiastical
parish.
Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.—
G eorge W illiam Shepherd, sub-postm aster. L etters
th rou gh N ew bu ry, arrive at 6.10 a.m . & 12.35 p .m . ;
dispatched at 10 a.m . & 6.45 p .m . ; sunday, arrive
6.10
a.m . & dispatched 5.30 p.m
P illar L e tte r Box, Oxford road, cleared at 7 p.m . ;
sunday, 5.45 p.m
G eunty Police, E rnest Pounds, sergeant
O A R E (or O ure) is a ch apelry of C hieveley, 2^ m iles
from C hieveley and 5 north from N ew bury. Th e chapel
of S t. Bartholom ew is a plain edifice of stone in the
Perpendicular style, con sistin g of chancel, nave, south
porch and a western tu rre t of stone containing one b e ll:
there is a stained window on th e south side, erected to
the m em ory of four little children of the Rev. John
E llill Robinson M .A. vicar of C h ieveley 1837-82: the
church was thoroughly restored and reseated by the
Rev. J. E. Robinson in 1852, and affords 60 sittin gs. The
churchyard has fine spreading yew trees, and m em orials
to the B u tt, T aylor. W allins and T u ck ey fam ilies.
T here is also a sm all b urial ground, long since disused,
belonging to the S ociety of Friends. W illiam A rth u r
Mount esq. M .P., J .P . and E dw ard J. S. W asey esq.
J.P . are th e p rincipal landowners.
L etters received th rou g h N ew bury
W IN T E R B O U R N E is a chapelry in the parish of
C hieveley, 2J m iles south-w est of C hieveley and 4 n orth ­
west from N ew bury. Th e church of St. Jam es, seated on
an em inence, is an edifice of flint w ith stone dressings,
in the E a rly E nglish style, consisting of chancel, nave,
aisles, south porch and an em battled western tow er of
brick containing 2 b e lls : in the ch urch is a m onum ent
•f m arble, w ith arm s, to Ph ilip W eston esq. ob. June
9. 1729, and on the floor are m em orials to the South by,
C H IE V E L E Y
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

A ttlee Rev. Bernard Henry Bravery
M .A ., B .D . (vicar), V icarage
F airh u rst Jam es A shton M .A .A rlin g ­
ton m anor
H eath Sidney, Downend
Johnston Geo. A rth. J.P . Broomdown
Le G rice Charles H enry, Coom be ho
M artin-A tkins E rnest E dw in J.P.
Downend house
Mathews Sidney J. M iddle F arm ho
Oldham Mrs. Freshfield, Downend
Pigot A lb ert Hance, The C ottage
Pocock John W ernham , Th e M ount
M ontagn-Pollock S ir M ontagu Fredk.
hart. Bnssock wood
Prism all John, The M aypole
Rayner O scar W . M anor house
S m ith W m . Law rence, Prior’s court
W asey E dw ard John Spearm an J.P.
B rad ley court
Wilson Henrv, A rlington grange
W im berley Rev. C harles Irv in e M .A.
C h ieveley house
W inter Mr9. L abu rn um villa
C O M M E R C IA L .

B arrett Thom as, shoe m aker
Broad E dw ard G eorge, farm er, Priors
C ou rt farm
B u tler R ichard, saddler
Cham berlain C harles, dairym an
Clark W illiam H enry, gardener to Sir
M ontagu F. M ontagu-Pollock bart
C larke John, farm er, G reen’s farm
Flack A rth u r W illiam , beer retailer

C U R R ID G E is a h am let and tith in g , i \ m iles south­
east from Chieveley. The school-room , a buildin g in
the Pointed style w ith a residence for the m aster and
m istress, erected by the late M iss W asey and her sister,
the late M rs. Stackpoole, is licensed for divine service.
Edward John Spearm an W asey esq. J.P. is the p rin ­
cipal landowner.
Downend, three-quarters of a m ile north, is a place in
Chieveley.
Sub-Post Office.— W illiam
Dowling,
sub-postm aster.
L etters arrive th rou gh N ew bury at 7.30 & 11 a.m . ;
dispatched at 7.30 & 11.30 a.m . & 6 p .m . ; Sundays,
7.30 a.m
Wall L e tte r Box, Downend, cleared at 6.30 p.m . ; S u n ­
days at 11.50 a.m
Snelsm ore is a ham let and tith in g
m iles south.
Pillar L e tter Box, Snelsm ore, cleared at 12.25 & 6.1®
p.m . ; sunday, 9 a.m
Parish Clerk, Thom as M iles.
E lem en tary Schools.
C hieveley, b u ilt in 1896 & altered in 1910 for 185
children ; A lb ert H enry Hale, m aster
C urridge (m ixed), b u ilt for 60 children ; M iss R oberts,
m istress

Flack M ary (M rs.), dairykeeper, T ot-'
terdown
Franklin Chas. w heelw right, Downend
Freem an H arold, poultry farm er.
Brazier's farm
F ry Brothers, blacksm iths
Hammond F redk. O liver, news agent
H iggin s Jam es, carpenter
H ill G eorge R. assessor & collector of
taxes, assist, overseer & insur. agt
H urley Isaac, farm bailiff to Jam es
Ashton F airh u rst esq. M .A
Illsley Joseph, b rick layer & dairym an
Josev Benj. J. carpenter, Downend
Leach E rn est, baker
M arshall A rth u r, farm er
M arshall
Charles
A llen,
farm er,
W oodside farm , Snelsm ore
M ascall M arg aret (M iss), parish nurse
N ew ill
Jam es
W illiam ,
F ox
&
Hounds P.H.* Snelsmore
Paulin g Robert, cowkeeper, Lon g lane
Pocock G eorge, m ark et gardener,
W h ite house
Pocock W m . Jam es, insurance agent
Prism all & Co. grocers, butchers &
bakers, drapers & outfitters
Regan G eorge, poultry farm er
Sadgrove W a lter A lex, beer retailer
Shefford Joseph, W heatsheaf P.H
Shepherd G eorge W illiam , grocer,
baker, & post office
W eaver John, farm er.R ecto ry, Glebe,
N ew & R adn ell’s farm s
W ebber G eorge H enry, coal m erchant
W ebber W in. farm er, Downend farm
Wilson H v.cattle dlr.-Arlington grange
W in ter Louis, coal m erchant

C H I L D R E Y is a parish about 2^ m iles west from
W antage and 2% south-w est from th e Challow station on
the G reat W estern railw ay, in the N orthern division of
the county, hundred, p e tty sessional division, union and
county co u rt d istrict of W antage and in the rural
deanery of W antage, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese
of Oxford. The Berks and W ilts canal separates this
parish from W est Challow : the nam e is derived from
its situation at the source of the C illareth e brook, b ut
there seem s to be no m ention of it, as a village, in the
old chronicles. The ch u rch of S t. M ary is an ancient
and h igh ly in terestin g cruciform stru ctu re in m ixed
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts and an

[ e e l l y ’s

Head, Spear and Prio r fa m ilie s : the east window is
s ta in e d : the church was com pletely restored and re ­
seated and enlarged by the addition of aisles in 1854,
and has now 200 sittin gs, all being free. W interbourne
Manor is now (X915) unoccupied. Th e principal lan d­
owners are th e trustees of the late S ir M atthew B aillie
Begbie kt. M .A . C hief Justice of B ritish C olu m bia (d.
1894), Mrs. B est and Mr. C harles F. T h atcher. T he
area is 2,112 a c re s; rateable value, £ 1 ,8 1 1 ; the popu­
lation in 1911 was 227.
Letters received th rou gh N ew bury
Wall L etter Box, W interbourne, cleared 12.5 & 6 p .m . ;
sunday, 9 a.m

OARE.
Mathews W illiam B u tt, M anor farm
T aylor Ernest John, farm er, K iln frm
Thatcher Charles Fowler, farm er,
Crosslane farm
Wallen E dw ard, farm er
W IN T ER B O U R N E .
A ldridge Reginald,W interbourne Holt
Maude Ashley Henry J.P . Bussock hi
Moorhouse M iss,W hite cot. N orth H th
C O M M E R C IA L .

Cook A uthorina (M rs.), laundry
Cook W illiam , haw ker
Law rence W yatt, farm er, W intarbourne farm
Newman Stephen, beer retailer
Ranger H arry Sam uel, B lue Boar
P.H . N orth Heath
Streat George, boot m aker
CU R R ID G E .
Borgnis Arnold Howard C ham bers,
Oaklands
Chubb Nicholas Drew, Larchwood
Evans J. Spencer, C urridge house
Lovelock Francis
Pearson Rev. John C overley B .A .
(curate), Th e Parsonage
S tu a rt M iss, Th e Bungalow
C O M M E R C IA L .

Allee John, brick m aker
Deacon John, farm bailiff to Edward
J. S. W asey esq. Copyhold farm
Powell W illiam , New inn

em b attled western tower of Perpendicular date contain­
ing 6 bells and a sm all sanctus bell called “ tin g -ta n g ”
and a c lo c k : the chancel, nave and north tran sep t were
probably b u ilt by the Frethornes and the tower and
south transept added by the Fetyplaces, whose arm s
appear over the w est window : the chancel has a fine
Perpendicular east window’, a double piscina, E arly E n g ­
lish sedilia and a canopied E aster sepulchre ; the chancel
is as wide as the nave, and w ith o u t chancel a r c h ; part
of the rood-loft rem ains, and there are hagioscopes for
each tra n s e p t: the north tran sep t, or S t. M ary’s chapel,
belonging to th e m anor of F rethornes, had a chantry
founded in the 14th c e n t u r y ; in the east w all is a