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DENCH w o r t h

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B E R K S H IR E .

Pickerin g
Rev.
Charles
M .A. (vicar), V icarage

[ k e l l y ’s

Jonathan j Dearlove A rth u r, grocer. Post office
braney YYalter (M rs.), farm er, North
Denchworth farm
C O M M E R C IA L .
H em m ings H arry W. beer retailer
B arrett F rederick Richard. F ox P .H 'H onour W a lter G eorge, farm er
D E N F O R D is a ham let of K in tb u ry c iv il parish, and
in 1S33 was formed into an ecclesiastical parish . I t is
about 2 m iles north-east from H ungerford station on the
G reat W estern railw ay, in the Southern division of the
county, K in tbu ry-E agle hundred, H ungerford p etty ses­
sional division and county court d istrict, H ungerford and
Ram sbury union, N ew bury rural deanery, archdeaconry
of Berks and diocese of Oxford. H oly T rin ity church,
which adjoins Denford House, was erected and endowed
by the late G. C. C herry esq. in 1832, and is an edifice
of stone in the Decorated and P erpendicular styles, con­
sisting of nave, south porch and a rich ly carved and
em b attled eastern tower, w ith pinnacles and spirelets,
containing one b e ll: there are 75 sittin gs. Th e registei
dates from the yea r 1832. Th e livin g is a perpetual
S&wbridge
C apt.
E dw ard
B ridgm an, Denford house

1Jefferies Hy. frm r. L o w .C irco u rt frm
:L ay Benjam in, shopkeeper
. L a y G eorge, farm er, Hide farm
| Moon Thom as, haulier
W alker Jn. Fruin, farm er. Manor frm

curacy, net yea rly value £66, in the g ift of Apsley
C h erry-G arrard esq. and held since 1894 bv the Rev.
John F rederick Charles Denning M .A. of T rin ity College,
D ublin, and chaplain of H ungerford union, who resides
at H ungerford. The m anors of H igh and Low Denford
were form erly the prop erty of the Longespees, E arls of
S alisbury, and afterw ards of the Lords L ovell and
H olland; th ey are now the p roperty of Apsley CherryG arrard esq. Denford House, a m ansion of the Classic
style, and the property of A psley C h erry-G arrard esq.
of Lam er Park, H erts, is the residence of Capt. Edward
Henry B ridgm an Saw bridge. The population in 1911
was 116.
Letters through H ungerford about 2 miles distant, which
is the nearest m oney order k telegraph office

H enry j Blackman C haries Abednego, farm er, I Booth Joshua,frm r.D enford Manor frm
I N orth farm
IR ay H arry, farm er, Low er farm

D I D C O T (or D udcote) is a v illag e and parish, w ith a of Didcot, 1641, and her husband, w ith the arm s of
junction station of the Oxford and Birm ingham and Saw yer and Backerton ; to the fam ily of Taylor, 1719-63,
N ewbury and W inchester branches w ith the m ain line of and to C atherine Loder, widow, 1698 ; the church was
the G reat W estern railw ay, 6 m iles w est from W a llin g ­ restored in 1876, at the cost of Rev. J. A. A shworth
ford, 6£ south from Abingdon, 53 from London by rail M .A. rector, 1851-90, and a friend, at a cost of £750,
and 1 0 from Oxford, in the N orthern division of the and in 1904 the vestry and organ cham ber were restored
county, hundred of Moreton, p e tty sessional division, at a cost of £840: the church affords about 200 s it­
onion and county cou rt d istrict of W allingford, rural tings. Th e early register of this parish, which had been
deanery of W allingford, archdeaconry of Berks and dio­ m issing for some years, appeared for sale in Septem ber,
cese of Oxford. The church of A ll Saints is a sm all but 1891, in the catalogue of a Birm ingham bookseller, and
interesting edifice of stone, in the Decorated and P erpen ­ was recovered and restored to the parish by Mr. G. F.
d icu lar styles, p icturesquely situated on high ground Tudor Sherw ood; it contains baptism s 1575-1678, m ar­
north of the village, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, riages 1571-1674, and burials 1568-1679, com prised in 20
south porch and a low w estern tower w ith short pages of vellum . The livin g is a rectory, net yearly
c-ctagonal broach spire, both covered w ith shingles and value £337, w ith residence, in the g ift of the Principal
containing 3 bells : th e nave is of th ree bays and has and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford, and held since
arcades of wide Pointed E a rly E n g lish arches on low 1890 by the Rev. John Brown M .A. of that college. A
clu stered piers, the cen tral pier, again st which th e font wool fair is held on th e first Tuesday in July. The railw ay
is placed, being octagonal and the other two cylindrical, station , which was p artially destroyed by fire in 1886,
w ith caps form ed bv a succession of p rojectin g flat has been reb uilt, w ith an attached residence for the
fillets ; the south aisle is Decorated, and has segm en tal­ station m aster. On the risin g ground south of the
headed windows, w ith reticu lated t r a c e r y ; on the south road leading to W allingford and H arw ell, and south of
side of the nave, slig h tly raised above the floor, on a the station, a large num ber of houses have been built,
stone base, is th e recum bent effigy, in stone, life-size, of form ing a new village, which is within the parish of
a bishop or m itred abbot of the 13th century, under a Hagbourne, and is known as N orth H agbourne, or New
m utilated canopy, and holding a crosier, of which p or­ Town, which see. The Lydalls, or Lyd ells, who resided
tions rem a in ; it was recovered in 1 8 7 5 from th e ch u rch ­ at Didcot in the 17th century, recorded th eir pedigree
yard on the relaying of th e p ath , having been reversed, and arm s at the visitation of 1664; Robert L ydell,
and used to form p art of the p ath w ay ; the iden tity of m entioned above, who m arried M artha, daughter of
the effigy is supposed to be th a t of R alf de Dudcote, John Collins, of B etterton, bein g then 45.
Lady
abbot of A bingdon a b b e y ; at th e south-east corner of W antage, who is lady of the m anor, and Dennis Napper
the south aisle is a piscina, and a little bracket for the esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is chiefly chalk
figure of a s a in t ; the chancel has four Decorated w in ­ d rift and strong black loam ; subsoil, chalk, shale and
dows, all of w hich, as w ell as th e east w indow, are clay. The ch ief crops are wheat, barley and roots.
s ta in ed ; the P erpendicular w est window is a m em orial The area is 1,095 acres of good arable and meadow
to the Rev. John A shw orth A shw orth M .A. 3 9 years la n d ; rateable value, £ 1 1,8 19 ; the population in 1901
rector of th is parish ( 1 8 5 1 - 9 0 ) , C ath erin e his w ife, and was 420 and in 1911, 707.
to John Ashw orth Ashw orth, lieu t. R .N . th eir son, and
Parish C lerk, W illiam Taylor.
retains some fragm ents of old stained glass in the top Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephone Office (letters should have
lig h ts : the reredos is of stone sim ply arcaded, and on
Berks added).— Miss A m y E lizabeth W iggin s, p ost­
the south side of the chancel is a square p is c in a ; the
m istress. L etters arrive by rail at 5.30 & 10.30 a.m .
p u lp it is also of stone, w ith traceried p a n e ls ; th e stairs
k 5.30 & 8 p.m . ; Sundays, 5.30 a.m . ; dispatched at
to the rood-loft rem ain, as also the upper doorway,
10.15
a.m . k 2.30, 4.15, 7.45, 8.30 & 10 p .m .; S u n ­
ever w hich is a curious tw o-lig h t w in d o w ; th e north
days, 9.30 p.m
aisle is modern ; there are floor stones to Francis Dand- W all L etter Boxes, opposite Railw ay station, cleared at
ridge, sen t, 1 7 5 9 ; R obert L yd ell de D ydcott, generosus,
9.50
a.m . k 2.20 k 9.20 p.m . ; Sundays, 9.20 p.m . ; &
1 6 7 7 ; Richard Blake of D udcott, 1 7 0 9 ; Benjam in Banner
in the centre of parish, cleared at 9.50 a.m . k 2.10 &
A.M . fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and 24 years
9.X0 p.m . ; S u n d a ys, 9.10 p.m
rector here, and rector also of W hittington, Lancs. 1 8 1 7 ; E lem en tary School (m ixed), erected in 1896 & enlarged
and to Thom as Collins, and Mary, h is w ife, 1 8 0 0 ; in
in 1903 & a m anual centre added in 1910 for wood­
the ch urchyard, w est of the porch, is a fine old yew,
work k cookery, for 182 ch ild ren ; Edwin T . Owen,
and on its east side a restored cross raised on two
m aster
step«: ; on the exterior w alls are m em orials to the R ailw ay Station , W illiam Jam es W ills, station m aster
fam ilies of Saver, 1 7 2 1 - 3 6 , w ith arm s and m an tlin g ; and C arriers— H awkins B rothers, to Abingdon, m on. wed.
Hayward, 1 7 5 9 - 8 2 ; to M uriel, w ife of E dw ard Saw yer,
sat. ; to W allingford, tues. k fri
Brown R ev.John M .A .(rector),R ectory ' Hawkins B rothers, carriers
(Robins Joseph, grocer
L ever Charles Low thorpe. Sunnyside Hobbs John Edm und, assistan t o v e r-'S m ith W. H. & Son, news agents
Rich Robert
seer k insurance agent. W antage rd Sm ith M ary Jane (M rs.), farm er,
Stevens Mrs. H y.A rth . B ritw ell lodge Jolliffe W illiam , W hite H art P.H
T aylor’s farm
Lewis
H arriett
(M rs.),
Q ueen’s Sm ith Thom as, insurance agent
c o m m e r c ia l .
A rm s P.H
T aylor G eorge, grocer
Beck K endrick, perm anent way in- L u ff man Geo. Junction hotel, Station W alters W illiam (M rs.), Prince of
spector, 1 Station road
Napper Dennis, farm er, Manor farm,
W ales P.H
Davis Geo. ju n .farm r.N ew House frm
& hay & straw dealer
W heeler Charles, Royal Oak P.H
D idcots, railw ay siding proprietors
N apper W illiam (M rs.), farm er
Wyman k Sons L im ited, news agents,
G reat
W estern
Provender
Stores Oxford C o-operative Society Lim ited
R ailw ay station
(W illiam E . Cullen, m anager)
! Perry G eorge, farm er, B lagraves frra
D O N N T N G T O N T , see Shaw-cum -Donnington

DRAYCOTT

M O O R , see Longworth.