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in the south aisle of W an tage church. The principal
landowners are L ad y W antage, E dw ard Orm ond esq.
and R. Floyd esq. The soil is deep lo a m ; subsoil,
gravel and clay. T h e chief crops are w heat, beans and
clover. The area is 1,782 acres of land and 9 of w ater ;
rateable value, ,£10,323; the population in 1911 was 590.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, Joseph Wood,
p.,st & T. Office.— Frederick H earm an, sub-postm aster.
Letters delivered from W antage at 7 a.m . & 12.15
R E S ID E N T S .

H A G B O U R N E E A S T a n d W E S T is a parish con­
sisting of the township of E ast H agbourne and liberty
of W est H agbourne, in the N orthern division of the
county, hundred of M oreton, p etty sessional division,
union and cou nty cou rt d istrict of W allingford, rural
deanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of Berks and dio­
cese of Oxford. E ast H agbourne is 6 m iles west-bysouth from W allingford, 2 south-east from D idcot Ju n c­
tion station on the G reat W estern railw ay, and i£ from
Upton station on the Didcot, N ew bu ry and W inchester
branch of the same li n e ; W est H agbourne being within
th ree-quarters of a m ile. E ast H agbourne is situate 011
a stream called in Saxon tim es “ H acca’s-brook,” from
a person of that n a m e ; there is a charter of K in g
Alfred w hich m entions 'both “ Haocan B urn ” and
“ H acca-Broc,” as m ay be seen in K em b le’s “ Codex
D iplom aticus E lvi S a x o n ici; ” this stream is derived
from a spring risin g in the old m oat near the Manor
Farm , and never known to be dry. In Dom esday the
place is called “ H acheborne ” and was held at the tim e
of the G reat S u rvey b y W alter, son of O th eriu s; Rainbald de C ircestre (C irencester) also held land here of
the king. The m anor is said to have been given by
Henry I. to the m onastery of C irencester, w hich he had
founded. H ere the P arliam en tary arm y under the E arl
of E ssex was q uartered on the 24th of M ay, 1644. The
church of S t. A ndrew , in E ast H agbourne, is a building
of stone and rub b le in m ixed styles, consisting of chancel
and nave of six bays, both clerestoried, aisles, north
and south porches, an em battled w estern Perpendicular
tower, w ith a stair tu rre t and on the roof a unique bellcot, w ith canopy and pinnacles, in w hich hangs one
sm all bell, the b elfry containing a fine peal of 8 b e lls :
the chancel is in p art Transitional, and has a good open
tim bered roof w ith carvings of in terestin g ch aracter, a
locker, trefoiled piscina and a large Perpendicular east
w in d o w : the north aisle or chapel was b uilt by John
York, as appears from inscribed brasses still rem aining
in i t ; the earliest is that of “ C la ricia W yndsore, for­
m erly lady of W esthakborn, and wife of John Y o rk ,
who caused this chapel to be m a d e ; ” she died M arch,
1403; th e second com m em orates John Y o rk him self,
“ founder of this aisle,” who died 15th July, 1413: there
is a th ird inscription to John Y o rk (probably a son of
the foregoing) and Johanna his w ife, both of whom
died 5th of Septem ber, 144 5: i*1
aisle is also a
handsome m arble m onum ent to John Phillips esq. c a r­
penter at W indsor C astle to G eorge I. and I I . ; he ac­
cum ulated considerable prop erty in the neighbourhood,
m ost of which, by purchase from his representatives, is
now the p roperty of L a d y W antage, and there is some
stained glass and a D ecorated piscina • the south aisle
is Perpendicular, and retains a piscina and a hagio­
scope : the chancel arch and the arcades on the south
side are Transition N o rm an ; the north arcade of the
nave has three E arly E nglish arches, b ut the aisle i t ­
self is Decorated, and has a door of the same d a t e ;
the nave has a flat open tim b ered roof, which with the
clerestory, is L a te P erp en d icu la r: the low er part of
the rood screen rem ains, w ith the staircase and the
original d o o r: the pulpit and octagonal fon t are both
P erp en d icu la r: in the chancel there is a fine Jacobean
brass to “ C h ristian K eate, wife and widow of H ugh
K eate, of H odcott, in the county of Barkes, g e n t .; ” it
has kneeling figures of both, w ith four sons and four
d a u g h ters; he died 23rd M arch, 1613, “ and was buried
in the parish chancel of W e s tild sle y ; she died 14th
A ugust, 1627; ” “ W illiam K eate, th eir you n gest sonc
erected th is m em oriall.” The ch u rch was substantially
repaired and well restored in 1859-60, under the super­

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p .m . ; d is p a tc h e d a t 1 1 . 5 a .m . & 4 . 1 5 & 7 . 3 0 p.m . ;
S u n d a ys, 9.55 a .m . W antage is th e nearest money
order office
W all L e tte r Boxes, W antage Road station ; hours of c o l­
lection, 1 0 . 5 0 a.m . & 4 & 7 . 1 5 p.m . ; S u n d a y s , 9 . 4 0
a.m . G rove B ridge, hours of collection, 1 1 . 1 5 a.m . &
4 . 3 0 & 7 . 4 5 p .m . ; S u n d a y s, 1 0 . 1 0 a.m
E lem en tary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1 8 9 0 , for 130 c h il­
dren ; Russell H arvey, m aster

Burson W illiam , B aytree P.H
B utler Thom as, Bell P.H
C ollingborn H enry Caleb, farm er,
Barw ell farm
C ollins Chas. H erbt. farm er,E lm s frm
G iles E lizabeth (M rs.), shopkeeper
G odfrey Henry, w heelw right
Goodale W illiam H enry, dairym an,
C O M M E R C IA L .
assistant overseer & clerk to the
Breakspear Robt. frrnr. Bosley's in n
Parish Council
Burson A lb ert, farm er, Steptoes &
Hearm an Fdk. gro. & baker. Post off
Monks farm s
P R IV A T E

Bosley M iss, G rove cottage
E llis Rev. W illiam P. (W esleyan),
Brookside
Howard Rev. S tan ley Heddon M .A.
(vicar), V ica rage
Stevenson Mrs. B ridge house

HAG BO UR N E.

Ireson H enry,coal m erchant, W antage
Road station
O dy Noah, dairy farm er, B ridge farm
Prince A lb ert, w atch & clock m ak er
Robins Sidn ey, farm er
Sim s W alter, V olun teer P.H
Stephens Thom as, farm er, Bradfield
Stevens W illiam , m iller (w ater)
T am e Josiah, farm er, W h itgreen frm
W alker P ercy W . farm er
Wood Joseph, parish clerk

intendence of W. J. Hopkins esq. arch itect, at a cost
of £1,500, includin g ,£210 laid out by the E a rl of
Craven (form erly lo rd of the m anor) in th e rep airs and
restoration of the c h a n c e l: th ere are 474 sittin g s, all
being free. Th e reg ister dates from the year 1662.
The liv in g is a vicarage, net yea rly value ¿ 18 4 , w ith
residence, in the g ift of L a d y W an tage, and held sinee
1878 by the Rev. W illiam R ob ert Baker B .A . of C orpus
C h risti C ollege, C am bridge. H ere is a P rim itive M etho­
dist chapel. A b urial ground, com p rising one acre, was
opened J u ly 3rd, 1896, some distance w est of the church
and below the railw ay em bankm ent. N o rth -east of the
ch urch and in th e v illag e stands a fine cross on lofty
s te p s ; the tall sh aft has on one side, at th e foot, a
wide deep n iche, and above it a sm aller one, w ith traces
of a can op y; it is now surm ounted by a cube of stone,
with sundials on three sides, and on th e fourth an
inscription illegible from b e lo w : on th e east side of
the village, at th e cross roads, opposite th e “ T ra vellers’
W elcom e ” inn, are the rem ains of another cross, placed
on a h ig h m oup d; and the base of a th ird is in the
hedgeside in the ham let of Coscote. T h ere are some
extrem ely picturesque and good exam ples here of tim ber
and plaster, or tile-fron ted houses, several of w hich
have been very carefu lly restored. Th e tota l am ount of
charities, from several legacies, is about £80 annually.
L ad y W antage is la d y of the m anor of E ast H agbourne
and principal lan dow n er; M r. F ran cis H olliday and Mr.
John C laren ce H olliday are the other ch ief landowners.
The soil is strong, black and lo a m y ; subsoil, rubble.
The crops are wheat, b arley and beans. Th e parish is
noted for its ch erry orchards, and w atercress is la rg ely
grown here. The area of E ast H agbourne is 1,758 acres,
and of W est H agbourne 1,057 a c r e s ; rateable value of
E ast H agbourne £8,059, an<l
W est Hagbourne
£ 1 ,5 4 5 ; th e population in 1911 was, E ast H agbourne
1,287, W est H agbourne, 143.
W est H agbourne is a lib erty one m ile south-west.
“ H ere was form erly a c h u r c h ; and one of the fields
is still called C h u rch C ro ft.” In 1893 a sm all bronze
celt, in rem arkable preservation, was found by a shep­
herd on W est H agbourne h ill, and is now in the pos­
session of Mr. L . G. Slade, of Aston Upthorpe. Mr.
Philip A ldw orth and M r. Dennis N apper are the prin­
cipal landowners here.
Coscote is a ham let half-a-m ile w est from E a st H ag ­
bourne.
N O RTH H AG B O U R N E (known also as New Town) is
the nam e given to a collection of houses, w hich have
increased in num ber d urin g some years past, and now
form a villag e on the northern border of the parish,
about a quarter-of-a-m ile from D idcot Junction station
on the G reat W estern railw ay. Th e ch u rch of St.
Peter, in N orth H agbourne, is a b u ild in g in a plain
! E arly E n g lish style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles,
north porch and an em b attled w estern tower containing
one b ell: the church was dedicated 29th June, 1890, and
; com pleted, and the bell dedicated O ctober 18th, 1898:
I th ere are 220 sittin gs. T he Rev. C ecil H olt M andell
Jones has been curate in ch arge since 19x4. T here are
also W esleyan and Prim itive M ethodist chapels. The
population is in cluded in E ast H agbourne.
Parish C lerk , John Napper.
Post, M. O. & T . Office, E ast H agbourne.— A lb ert
Edward Mobbs, sub-postm aster. L etters arrive from
Didcot, B erks, a t 6.35 & 11.5 a .m .; d eliveries, 7 &
11.10 a .m .; Sundays, 7 a .m .; dispatched 9.30 a.m . L
2 & 7.20 p.m . ; Sundays, 11.10 a.m