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Day M ay (M iss), farm er, Brook farm
Day W illiam , farm er
Dennis W illiam , blacksm ith
1Edwards k Son, drapers
E llis E r ic L .K .fr u it grow er,K in g's frm
Froud Elond, boot m aker
F uller Charles, assistan t overseer
: G ardner G eorge, b utch er
Greenwood John S. C. brewer
C O M M E R C IA L .
j H arris G eorge, bricklayer
Barber John, carrier
H itchm an W alter, carpenter, w heel­
Bobart Robert, farm er, Homelea
w righ t, un dertaker k sm ith
Bosley A lfred Read, farm er
H ughes Thom as, blacksm ith
Bosley E rn est M ark, butcher
Jam es Henry, cab proprietor
Bosley W m . Jsph. frm r. M iddle farm ¡Jam es John, baker & grocer
Clark W illiam , Crown inn
Jefferies Thom as (M rs.), dress m aker
Cooper E dw ard, farm er, F olly farm
Keat A lb ert L . grocer & baker
Crackle E dw ard, W hite H art P.H
Lay John (exors. of), farm ers & land­
Day G eorge, farm er
owners, Princes M anor farm
Day Isaac (M rs.), Chequers inn
I Lay Joseph,farm er,B ishop’s Manor fm
Lay Mrs. John
Perry Mrs
Rice Richard
Storr Severn, Le C arillon
T yrrell Frank
T yrrell M isses
W ebster Mrs. Fairlaw n
Wood Mrs

H A T F O E D is a village and parish 3^ m iles southeast-by-east from Faringdon, 3J n orth -east from the
Challow station on the G reat W estern railw ay, 6 south
from Bam pton and 7 north-w est from W an tage, in the
Northern division of th e county, G anfield hundred,
Faringdon p etty sessional division, union and county
court district, ru ral deanery of the Vale of W hite
Horse, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of Oxford.
The church of the Holy T rin ity, erected in 1873-4, at
a cost of £4,000, by the R ev. Sam uel Payn ter M .A.
of Nice, then patron, and consecrated M ay 7, 1874, is
an edifice of stone in the E a rly E nglish style, consisting
of apsidal chancel, nave, south porch and an em battled
tower at the south-w est angle containing a clock and
4 b e lls : there are 120 sittin gs. Th e ancient church of
St. G eorge, a structure of the E arly Norm an period,
and still standing, contains a tom b supposed to be th at
of Sir Robert de H atford, the rep uted founder of the
church, who was lord of the manor in the reign of Henry
III. ; others, however, believe it to be th e tom b of
G ill Rev.
Rectory

W ebley

Hope

95

Thom as C haucer, a son of the poet, who also held the
m an o r: th e south doorway of the nave is a fine exam ple
of N orm an work. T h e reg ister dates from the year
1338. The liv in g is a rectory, net yearly value £ 170 ,
including 52 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in th e g ift
of Sim eon's trustees, and held since 1912 by the B ev.
W ebley Hope G ill, of Q ueens’ College, C am b ridge.
Mr. H enry H. B aylis is the p rin cipal landowner. Th e
soil is prin cip ally a coral r a g ; subsoil, clay, sand,
g ravel and stone. Th e ch ief crops are w heat, barley
and tu rn ip s. Th e area is 993 a c r e s ; rateable value,
£ 7 7 8 ; the population in 1911 was 106.
Sexton, W illiam Russ.
Letters from Faringdon by foot post arrive at 8 a.m .
The n earest m oney order office & telegrap h office is
a t Stanford-in-the-V ale, about 1 m ile d istan t. W all
L e tte r Box, cleared at 8.5 a.m . & 3.5 & 5.55 p .m . ;
no collection on Sundays
E lem entary School (m ixed), erected 1862, for 66 c h il­
d ren ; Miss Johnson, m istress

(rector),

E A S T H E N D E E D is a parish on the road from
W antage to Reading, 2 m iles south from Steventon
station on the G reat W estern railw ay, 4 east from
W antage, in the N orthern division of the county,
hundred, p etty sessional division, union and county
court d istrict of W antage and in the rural deanery of
Wantage, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
The church of St. A ugustin e of C an terb u ry is a b uild­
ing of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of eig h t bays,
aisles and an em b attled w estern tower, w ith open
quatrefoiled parapet and pinnacles, containing 6 very
fine bells, rehung in 1889, and a clock dated 1525, with
q uarter chim es, and rem arkable for its hym n tune
played every three h o u rs : a strik in g feature of the
interior is an arcade of slender piers w ithout arches
separating the two south aisles, of w hich the eastern­
most p ier is o rig in a l; th e E a rly E n glish piers are also
n otable; there is also a canopied rood loft and a lectern
of th e 15th century, and a fine Jacobean p u lp it ; in
the church are brasses to H enry E ld ysley and his
brother R oger E ld ysley, both m erchants, 1439, with
one e ffig y ; to John E yston, 1589, w ith his effigy
in arm our, Jane (B urington or Burton) his w ife, and
5 children and an inscription of 10 v e r s e s ; and one
with inscription only to W illiam W h itw ey, cloth ier and
woolman, 1479: a new organ was provided at C h rist­
m as, 1902: th e church was enlarged and restored in
1861 and affords 405 sittings. The reg ister dates from
the year 1537. The liv in g is a rectory, n et incom e
£400, including 50 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in the
g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1907 by the
Rev. C ecil Hope G ill M .A . of Jesus College, C am bridge.
S t M ary’s C atholic church, erected in 1865, is a buildin g
of stone in the D ecorated style and w ill seat about 200
persons. There is also a Prim itive M ethodist chapel,
and a fine and w ell-appointed parish room , capable of
seating 300 people, w ith a flourishing clu b. This village
was once a populous and th riv in g m arket town and one
of the seats of the cloth m anufacture, and by a charter
of H enry V I. enjoyed various privileges. I t is very p ic­
turesque and is a favourite resort of artists.
The
stewardship of the K in g's Manor in this parish is a
nominal office, in the g ift of th e C hancellor of the
Exchequer, and is one of the offices which m ay bo
accepted for the purpose of vacatin g a seat in the
House of Commons. H ere is an old w ayside Carthusian
m onastery chapel, known as the Chapel of Jesus of
Bethlehem , with p riest’s cham ber and dw elling house

HENDRED.

Long John, C risp in inn
Perry G eorge E dw ard, carrier
Powell C harlotte A lice (M rs.), a p a rt­
m ents, Sunnvside
Pryor Frank, beer retailer
P iv or John Edwd. grocer k draper, &
post office
Rice R ich ard M .R .C .S .E n g ., L .S .A .
surgeon, m edical officer & p ublic
vaccinator for B lew bu ry d istrict,
W antage union, m edical officer to
Post Office k surgeon to South
W estern R ailw ay P roviden t Society
S m ith A lb ert Edw ard, grocer & baker
Thom as Dennis, b utch er
Thorne F ran k, A lm s House farm
T ilby Frank, coal m erchant
T yrrell H enry, farm er
W hite W m . saddler & harness m aker
W illiam s W illiam H . fishm onger

Baylis Henry H. farm er, Manor house
F uller Jam es, beer retailer
attached, datin g from the 15th cen tury, w ith adjacent
m onastic b uildin gs on the opposite side of the road.
From an entry in th e Churchw ardens’ book, dated 22nd
A pril, 1682, it appears th at C ath erin e S p icer had
delivered into the hands of one of th e churchw ardens for
that year £6, to be received to th e w orld’s end, for the
preachm ent of a sermon ; and £ 6 to th e poor of this
parish, to be given in bread by th e churchw ardens to
the poor p resent after the sermon is ended, upon H oly
T hursday, to rem ain to the world’s e n d ; there are other
charities am o un tin g to n early £100. Hendred House,
the seat of John Joseph E yston esq. J .P . is pleasantly
situated near the centre of th e v illa g e ; attach ed to
the m ansion is an ancient chapel, dedicated to St.
Amand, th e existence of w hich can be traced b ack to
1264; it is th e p rivate chapel of th e E yston fam ily,
and previous to th e b u ild in g of the C atholic church
was used for p ublic se rv ic e s : it is a plain stru ctu re,
w ith a fam ily pew in a galle ry, som e old glass and
. several carved stone figures. Down H ouse, the p ro ­
p erty and residence of A . K . Loyd esq. K .C ., D .L ., J.P.
is a modern m ansion surrounded b y a park of about 90
acres. T h ere are five m anors, of which John Joseph
Eyston esq. J .P . and the W arden and F ellow s of New
C ollege, Oxford, are the owners. L a d y W antage and
J. J. E yston esq. are the p rin cipal landow ners. Th e soil
is chalk and lo a m ; subsoil, p rin cip a lly chalk. T h e
j ch ief crops are the usual cereals and roots. Th e area is
! 3,196 ac re s; rateable value, £ 4 ,10 8 ; th e population in
j 1911 was 728 in the civil and 720 in th e ecclesiastical
| parish.
B y Local G overnm ent Board O rder 20,690, dated1
i March 24, 1887, B ow stock F arm was transferred from
S
utton
C ourtn ey, in A bingdon union, to E a s t H endred.
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P arish C lerk, A rth u r H arrison.
Sexton, G eorge Tom bs.
Post, M. O. & T . Office.— B obert D avies, sub-post­
m aster. L etters received th rou gh Steventon, B erk s,
arrive at 6.40 a.m . & 2.10 p.m . ; Sundays, 6.40 a .m .;
dispatched 11.20 a.m . & 6.45 p .m . ; Sundays, 10.20
а.m . & open on sundays from 8.30 to 10 a.m . for
telegram s
W all L e tte r Box, near C h urch , cleared 11.20 a.m. &
б.40 p.m . ; sunday, 11.20 a.m
Letter Box, Bow stock, cleared 12 noon & 6.40 p.m . ;
sunday, 9 a.m