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BEGBROKE.

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STEEPLE B A R T O N will be found under theletterS.
W E S T C O T E B A R T O N will be found under the letter W.
BECKIfEY is a parish and village, 4 miles south­ register dates from the year 1703. The living is a
east from Islip station on the Bicester and Oxford sec­ vicarage, net yearly value ¿175, in the gift of Mrs.
tion of the London and North Western railway, and 5 JNuia Cooke, and held since 1894 bv the Rev. Philip
miles north-east from Oxford, on the borders of Otmoor, Valentine Doyne M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge.
in the Mid division of the county, hundred and petty Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Croke’s Almshouses were
sessional division of Bullingdon, union of Headington, erected in 1636 by Sir George Croke kt. of Waterstock,
county court district of Oxford, rural deanery of Islip one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for
and archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford. The ecclesias­ four poor men and as many poor women of this parish
tical parish of Horton-curn-Studley was taken out of and of Waterstock and Chilton (Bucks); the yearly
this parish in 1880. The Roman road from Alcester to income arising from land and money in the funds is
Dorchester passed through the parish, and considerable about ¿96, of which £20 is paid to the minister of
remains of it may still be traced, particularly across Horton-curn-Studley; from a charity left in 1764 by
Otmoor, and in some arable land on the hill and in a Margaret and Stephen Wheatland to the parish of Stan­
direct line from it. The church of St. Mary is an ton St. John, a yearly sum of about £6 i9 assigned for
ancient building of stone, in the Late Decorated and educational purposes. The Rt. Hon. Sir Fras. Leveson
Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, Bertie P.C., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., G.C.B. ambassador
south porch and a central embattled tower containing at Paris, who is lord of the manor, and Mrs. Cooke are
a clock and 5 bells, and a sanctus bell hangs in a small the principal landowners. The soil is sand and clay ;
foliated niche or opening on the east side: the chancel subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
isgood Decorated, dating from about 1320, and has an beans and oats. The area is 3,610 acres of land and
east window of three lights, with flowing tracery and 10 of water; rateable value, £2,618; the population in
side windows in the same style, in'the heads of which 1911 was 248 in the civil and 282 in the ecclesiastical
remain some beautiful fragments of 14th century glass; parish.
one on the north side filled with stained glass in 1894, Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Henry Wing, sub-postmaster.
isnow a memorial to the Rev. George Theophilus Cooke Letters through Oxford arrive at 8.20 a.m. A 2.25
B.D. vicar 1847-94; there is a plain piscina: the tower p.m.; dispatched at 11.5 a.m. A 5.30 p.m.; sundavs,
•,ssupported on plain recessed arches and has a parapet
arrive 8.20 a.m. ; dispatched 10.30 a.m
«nd cornice of Perpendicular date: the staircase to the County Police District Station, Beckley; Wm. H. Reed,
tower isin a.round turret at the north-east angle, with
constable in charge
conical roof and finial: the nave is Perpendicular, of the
STOWOOD, formerly a distinct parish, is now a ham­
time of Henry VII. and has two arches only on each let of Beckley under the “Divided Parishes Act, 1882”
side, on clustered pillars with moulded caps : the aisles (45 and 46 Viet. c. 58). The Crown, the EaTl of
ere Decorated and Perpendicular, and the south aisle Abingdon, who is lord of the manor, and Herbert
retains image brackets at its eastern end : each aisle has J. Parsons esq. of Elsfield, are the principal land­
a hagioscope, but that in the north aisle is now built owners. The area is 593 acres; rateable value, £196;
npj the font is a plain cylinder of stone, placed against the .population in 1911 was 34.
me north-east pillar of the nave, attached to which is a Elementary School, for 100 children; Henry Tossell,
small stone desk supported by a shaft with moulded
master
cap: attached to the south-east pier is a wooden desk, Carriers to Oxford.— William Willis, daily except tues.
arid the pulpit retains an hour-glass stand : the walls A thurs. ; Thomas Sumner A Alfred Lambourne,
retain traces of colouring: there are 250 sittings. The
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Oooke Mrs
Cooke Sami. Arthur,farmer,Grove frm Payne David, market gardener
Doyne Rev. Philip Valentine M.A. Gatz Mrs. Samuel A. baker
Smith Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Vicarage
Haines Charles, farmer
Sumner Thomas, carrier
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Hall Edward T. Abingdon Arms P.H Wakelin George E. B. carpenter
Auger Francis,.blacksmith
Kirtland John, farmer
Willis William, carrier
Charlett Dick, farmer
Lambourne Alfred, carrier
Wing Henry, shopkeeper, Post office
Coates Henry, farmer,Lowerpark farm Lord George, farmer, Park farm
BEGBROKE is a parish and village on the road from Vincent Coventrie M.A. rector, 1614, d. 13 Feb. 1659;
Oxford ¿0 Woodstock,
miles south-west from Kid­ John Manning, rector, d. 14 Nov. 1680; Thos. Williams
lington station on the Oxford and Birmingham railway, M.A. rector, 1680, d. 9 July, 1686; Richard Tabor M.A.
2$ south-east from Woodstock and 5 north-north-west rector, 16987 d. 24 Mar. 1703-4; Richard Hawkins M.A.
from Oxford, in the Mid division of the county, hun­ rector, 1739, d. 21 Nov. 1764, and Thomas Cooke B.D.
dred of Wootton, petty sessional division of Wootton rector, d. 17 Feb. 1776: the church was partly re­
South, union of Woodstock, county court district of paired in 1846 and in 1892 was new roofed and reseated
Oxford, rural deanery of Woodstock and archdeaconry and the gallery was removed at the same time : there
and diocese of Oxford. The Oxford canal passes on the are 100 sittings. In the churchyard, near the south
The church of St. Michael is a small but ancient door, is the base and part of the shaft of an ancient
edifice of stone, originally Norman, and consists of cross. The register dates from the year 1662. The
chancel and nave, with a low saddle-backed western living is a rectory, net yearly value £148, with residence
tower formerly containing two bells, but now only one: and 37 acres of glebe, in the gift of trustees, who have
ie chancel is Norman and has a small modern east three turns, and the principal of Brasenose College, one
window, which, as well as others in the chancel, is turn, and held since 1909 by the Rev. Andrew Hercules
saiI|ed, one being filled with shields of arms; another, Gillmor M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The rectory
on the south of the chancel, was erected to Thomas house was rebuilt by the Rev. R. Hawkins, about 1740,
oDmson esq. a former resident in and benefactor to but has since undergone various alterations. St. Philip's
e parish, d. 1 May, 1848, and to Margaret, his wife, Priory, formerly the manor house, is an establishment
■..,n .Hoc. 1835; the chancel arch is also Norman, for the novitiate of the Servite Order of Catholics ; the
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anc* embattled mouldings and ornamented church was consecrated in 1902. Sir George John Eger■ sand was taken down and carefully re-set in 1845; ton Dashwood bart. is lord of the manor and principal
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a.bigh-pitched open roof and modern landowner. The soil is loam ; subsoil, clay. The chief
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windows in the Perpendicular style, put crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 577
^°binson, in 1828; the Norman south door- acres; rateable value, £1,562; the population in 1011
nnrtK aS Z1£za&. m °uldings and recessed shafts: the was 93.
man , °L''’a>r is built up; the tower, originally Nor­ Parish Clerk, George Partridge.
ths no it Decarate<l windows: the font is octagonal: in
,y.u ,r 1 waH °f the chancel is a recess with a carved Letters from Oxford, via Kidlington, arrive at 8 a.m.
A 5.10 p.m. Wall Letter Box cleared at 8 a.m. A 5.20
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n, ancient lock, the interior has a flue, and
p.m. ; Sundays, 12.30 p.m. Kidlington is the nearest
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(^ stone coffin, said to have been that of money order A telegraph office, about 2 miles distant
thn v,nreV ln Ibe chancel are several monuments to There is no school; the children of this parish attend
. 7‘ erberts, 1636-1804; and inscribed stones to the schools at Kidlington, Bladon A Yarnton
Gillmor Rev. Andrew Hercules M.A. Ross Rev. Anselm O.S.M. (Catholic),
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(rector), The Rectory
St. Philip’s priory
foorL ReV' A,ph°nsus O.S.M. Glancey Very Rev. Canon M.F.
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