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D IR E C T O R Y .]
P R IV A T E

B ER K S H IK E .
R E S ID E N T S .

(Marked thus f receive their letters
throu gh W antage.)
Bedwell Mrs. H. W ilson-, Leckham pstead house
B utcher Misses, H ill Green house
Jones Rev. Thom as Odwyn M .A.
(vicar), Vicarage
Kennedy Donald, Leckham pstead m nr
Morison H ector M itchell, H ighfield
Q uelch Miss, E g y p t house
Taylor M rs. H ill Green

B eck ett E zra & Son, builders
B lundy John, blacksm ith u. farm er
tB ristow Annie (M iss), dress m aker,
T h icket
tB ristow Isaac, w heelw right, T h ick et
Deacon H enry J. w heelw right
D unster Minnie (M iss), d istrict nurse,
Cotheys
H ancock Robert, cow keeper
H ill Richard, boot & shoe m aker
H urrell W illiam , farm er, Manor farm

L E T C O M B E B A S S E T T is a parish about 2J m iles
south-w est-by-south from W antage and 4* m iles from
W antage Road, the nearest railw ay station, in the
Northern division of the county, hundred of K in tburyEagle, p etty sessional division, union and county court
district of W antage, ru ral deanery of W antage, arch­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church
of St. M ichael, erected about A .D . 1100, is a building of
stone and flints, in the Norman s t y le : it was lengthened
and a tow er added at the west end about 1260; the
latter is of brick, w ith stone quoins and dressings to the
windows and a stringcourse, and the whole appears to be
clearly the work of the 13th cen tu ry : in 1862 the
church was thoroughly repaired and a south aisle added,
and it now consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north
porch, and an em battled western tower, restored in
1884 and containing 3 b e lls : a Norman font, probably
coeval w ith the original building, is still in u s e : in
1890 two m em orial windows were p ut in to th e late
Rev. W. F irth B.D. a form er re c to r: there are 140 sit­
tings.
The register dates from the year 1564.
The
Tupholm e Rev. W ilfrid Sevm our B.D
(rector), Rectory
C O M M E R C IA L .

A n n itage Sugden E .racehorse trainer
Brewer Richard, farm er, Spanswick

LETCOM BE

C O M M E R C IA L .

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tJan aw ay Richard, farm er, Thicket
Leckham pstead W orking Men’s Club
(Edward H. Bovden, sec)
1'Sm ith H ubert H arold, cycle agent
fS m ith Josiah,grocer & baker,Post off
Stevens Thom as, S tag inn
T aylor W illiam , cycle agent
fT h om as Jehu K en t, insurance agent.
T h ick et
tT k om as W illiam K en t, farm er &
carrier, T h ick et farm & Rookery fm
Ward Thom as I. farm er, Chapel farm

livin g 15 a rectory, n et yea rly value £ 120, in clu d in g 300
acres of glebe, w ith residence, in the g ift of Corpus
Christa College, O xford, and held since 1912 by the Rev.
W ilfrid Seym our Tupholm e B.D. of C orpus C h risti
College, Oxford. Here is a W esleyan M ethodist chapel,
in e p o o rs land of about 8 acres has hith erto been
producing ¿ 4 y e a rly ; the land is freehold. T he p rin ­
cipal landowners are the Provost and Fellow s of Q ueen’s
College, Oxford, the rector and F ro g ley’s trustees. The
soil is prin cip ally c h a lk ; subsoil, ch alk and rock. The
ch ief crops are w heat, beans, barley and turnips. The
area ls 1>63 r acre s; rateable value, ¿ 1 , 1 7 5 ; the popu­
lation in 1911 was 174.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, John C. Glass.
L etters ^through W antage arrive at 7.30 a.m . & 1.15
& 7-45 P-“ - Letcom be R egis is the nearest m oney
xv°ru %r i teIegTaph office, about
m iles d istan t
L etter Box cleared at 9 a.m . & 1.40 & 7.45 p.m .
week days & 9 a.m . on Sundays
E lem entary School (m ixed ), erected in 1858, for 33
ch ild ren ; Mrs. E d ith Ph illips, m istress
far“ er

Richens Christopher, farm er

C h urch ill E m i h f M r T h
,
i ? ichenS J ° hn' farm er- 0oIle^ ia ™
S
. 1 f (M rs.), shopkeeper 'Robson E dw ard, racehorse train er

& Z recd.STJ Z Tieep'H| S 1,ATf”dfarm
eri ™ * arm

K irb y Frank Jam es, t a m e r
I Th e Ivies
’
° rSe tram er’
L E T C O M B E R E G I S is a township and parish inter­
m
g
the
site
of
w
hat
is
supposed
by
some
to have been
sected by a feeder of the river Ock, about a m ile and a
a royal hunting box m the days of K in g John
The
I T
anfca§:e M d 3j south-west from
I “ "if m,a ? o r,°i,L e tc o m b e R egis, w hich comprises
W antage Road station on the main line of the G reat
® ba“ ’.et °.f E ast Challow, is believed to have
W estern railw ay, m the N orthern division of the county
hundred of K m tb u ry E agle, p etty sessional d iv ision belonged to K in g A lfred, and had an extensive civil and
union and county court d istrict of W antage, and in the crim inal jurisdiction ; i t afterw ards became th e p ro­
rural deanery of W antage, archdeaconry of Berks and perty of the Dean and C h ap ter of W estm inster, from whom
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Andrew is a small it passed, in 1869, to the E cclesiastical Com m issionersbuilding consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and b e i f f n Pr f " r? r granted out on leases- ‘ he l»33ees
Lord F an n ers,” but in 1885 the copyholds
an em battled western tower containing 6 bells and a being styled
were enfranchised and the freehold of the m anor as well
ond t b i r, i in§: 1th® i° A TrS: th e chancel ^ Perpendicular as the picturesque w ater m ill and trou t stream , became
and the chancel arch N orm an: the windows in the nave
ar® variously Decorated and Perpendicular, and the north the property of the late Stephen W illiam S ilver esq.
and south doorways are E a rly E nglish , to which period (d. 1905) ; the cou rt rolls are am ong the m ost ancient
the tower m ay also be referred : the font is N orm an: m the kingdom and some of the wooden tallies used on
the occasion of holding the cou rts in the reign of
l87ASlttin£S: the churchyard was closed against
interm ents A ug. 3, 1880, and another b urial ground H enry I I I (circa 1216-1272), are still in perfect preser­
S W m<? i
consecrated on land given by the late vation and m ay be seen, as well as the Court Rolls of
u?
esq- The reg ister dates from the rear
I P ’
A , earh?st b,oo]G extending from this date to
097, and long lost, having been discovered some years
since m p rlTate hands. The livin g is a v ic a ra g ef net
yearly value ¿ 195; including 21 acres of glebe, with
residence, in the g ift of Corpus C h risti College, Oxford
and held since 18,8 by the Rev. John M ere Latham

” Ig.n’ i " the Publi0 Record Office, London.
Th e land is freeh o ld : the g re a t tithes belong to the
are stewhe
C “ “ “ 1« 31™ 333- The principal landowners
ire Stephen W illiam M iles S ilver esq. A rth u r Henry
W ard esq. Philip Aldw orth esq. and Silvesters trustees
” 1 “ i - al,k and 8r6en 3 an d; subsoil, chalk and
r o jg
I he chief crops are w heat, barley and oats

T h t*
if ..C0lle«a- H ere is a W esleyan chapel.
There are c h an ties of £ 6 yearly for educational p ur­
poses and about £B for distribution in m oney and kind
Pa” sh c ?n‘ ains O bjects of in terest to an tiquaries-'

valneare? , IS 2’ 15] . acres of, la.nd and 3 of w a te r; rateable
value, ¿ 2 ,3 4 8 ; the population in 1911 was 439 in the
CItj a ir ^ 7 in
ecc^es^ast;ical parish.
B y Local Governm ent Board O rder 20.689, dated

and “n
r
15 L e ‘ ™ “ be CastIe- 30
Its ancient
and proper nam e being “ Sagsbu ry ” (A .S. secve a
soldier) ; this is a large and nearly circular British
encampm ent of about 26 acres, from which the hill to
the south of the village has received the name of C astle
H ill , the camp situated on the h ig h est point of the

finm T ?4’ l 88u W arm an'3 C ottages were transferred
from Lotcom be Regis to E ast Challow . and by the same

shnrM 7 ° r t

t h e s e a Ie T e 1' is o n t h e r % h ‘ h a n d

shortly after crossing the road from W an tage to H unvertord, and near w hat was once an old inn called the “ Red
H ouse; it is stated to have been defended bv a double
ram part or ditch, w ith one entrance only on the east
entrenchm ents and ditch covering about 8A acres
m o re ; another object of interest was the curious m oat

tu C hildrey

dat<>' Letcom be F ield wa3 added

E ast and W est Challow townships, in this c iv il parish,
have been formed into an ecclesiastical parish and w ill
be found under a separate head
Parish Clerk and Sexton, W illiam Stanley,
Post, M. O. & T . Office.— Miss A nnie Ald'er, sub-postm istress. L e tters through W antage arrive a t 7 ,o
a.m . & 12.33 * 7.15 p m . ; dispatched at 8 it
a .m . & r.35 & 8 p .m .; Sundays, 9.30 a.m

LL

r8?,on tS i S?h00i (“ ixed): erected in 1856 & enlarged
1890, w ith tea c h ers residence, for 80 ch ild ren ; Miss
been A I M u n ndteh I*1® M° at H° nSe' b ut this has » » "
, m istress
filled “ P ■the
is a modern structure, occupyCarrier— Frank Bunce, to W antage, every week dav
P R I V A T E R E S ID E N T S .
I'irie
G
eorge
Law
rence
Court,bill
Fair Capt. A rth u r Edward Balfour, Slbarv W i l l i a m Tlaa
u ™mil
C O M M E R C IA L .
Letcom be manor
Fox Frederick, Park villa
Latham Rev. John Mere M .A.Vicarage
Philips Edwin, Chfllet
Club S W - L °nd°n
Bunce H enry, builder

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