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D IR E C T O R Y .]

B E R K S H IR E .

various, p rincip ally lim estone. Th e crops are a succes­
sion of grain . The area is 5,929 acres of land and 33
of w a ter; rateable valu e, ,¿ 9 ,11 3 ; the population in
1911 was 1,103.
Chaw ley, three-quarters of a m ile n o rth -e a st; Deancourt,
n o rth -east; Sw inford, 3 m iles n orth -w est;
Henwdod,
m iles so u th -e a st; F itcham pstead, i j m iles
north-west, and R ockley, i j m iles south, are ham lets.
Parish Clerk, E dm und Holifield.
Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.— P ercy Frew in, sub-postm aster.
L etters arrive from O xford at 7.35 a.m . & 2.15 p.m . ;
dispatched at 2.15 & 7.30 p .m . ; no delivery on
Sundays

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Pillar L etter Box, C haw ley, cleared 1 . 5 0 & 7.35 p.m .
daily, Sundays excepted
W all L e tte r B oxes.— D e a n C ou rt, c l e a r e d 9 a.m . & 2 . 2 5
& 1 0 . 3 5 P - m . ; S u n d a y s , 1 0 . 3 5 P m - ; Oaken H olt,
cleared 8 a.m . & 2 . 1 0 & 1 0 . 3 5 p.m . ; Sundays, 1 0 . 3 5
p .m . ; Sw inford, c l e a r e d at 5 . 3 0 & 1 0 . 1 5 P - n a . ; S u n ­
days, 1 0 . 1 5 P-m
Elem entary School, founded in 1 8 6 1 , for 1 5 3 children ;
th e school-room w ith m aster’s house, was b u ilt by
the Rev. th e Hon. Charles F . 0 . Spencer M .A . vicar
1850-61; Thom as Jam es Cole, m aster
C oun ty Police, Charles Saunders, sergean t

Packford H enry A lfred T . Pink hill
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Ross Charles John, Oaken H olt
B ellam y Frank A rth . M .A ., F .R .A .S . S hipley W alter W illiam , Uplands,
Chawley Farm house
Cum nor hill
Bennett Benj. Glen Durran, Chaw ley S tark ey C yril E. F .,M .A .O xon . Stroud
Bennett B enjam in G eorge, R id g e­
C ro ft (postal address, E ynsham ,
ways, Cum nor hill
Oxon)
Bennett F rederick W. A. Norman- W ilkinson Rev. A rth u r D udley M .A.
hurst, Chawley
V icarage
Bennett Lionel, E lm croft, Cum nor hi
C O M M E R C IA L .
Burden Fdk. Crookham ho.C um nor hi
Busby E dw ard J. Cum nor hill
Abel E llen E lizh . (M rs.),frm r.F arm oo r
Colegrove Alfred, Nab end, Chawley A m algam ated Radio T eleg rap h Co.
Coppock Mrs. E m m a, Chawley
L im ited (dem onstration station)
Griffiths A lfd. E. Rocklands, Chawley Blake Ralph, m arket gardener
Hardwick Joseph, The Red house, B uckingham G eorge, coal dealer
C um nor hill
Butterfield
F rederick M.
farm er,
Hay ter Jam es Law rence, Cranborne,
H ill End farm
Cum nor hill
C haw ley T im ber, Brick & T ile W orks
James A rchie W illiam , The C halet,
Lim ited, brick m anufacturers
Cum nor hill
Didcock Frank, coal dealer
James D avid, Park view , Cum nor hi D rewett A ylm er, wood dealer
Jervois Miss A m y E. Cum nor place
Franklin A rth u r A u g u stu s, farm er,
Lanchbury W illiam E . Rose lawn,
R ed house (postal address, B otley,
Cum nor hill
O xford)
Lawley H ugh, The N idus, C um n or hi Franklin Boycott W illiam , farm er,
M inty N orm anE .W roxeter,Cum nor hi
Farm oor

Franklin Edwin T. farm er, Farm oor
Franklin Thom as J. B. wool m er­
chant, Sw inford (postal address,
E ynsham , O xford)
H ickm an A. T. Lon gleys farm
Holifield E. & Son, plum bers
Home for Feeble M inded G irls (Miss
H aigh, m atron), C haw ley
Jam es E liza (M iss), farm er
Jam es Robert, V ine P.H
May Fredk. A rth .farm er, B rad ley frm
M ortim er F rederick J. m arket gardnr
N eale W m .T .B ear & R agged S taff P.H
N ixey W illiam J. Dean court
P ratley Geo. farm er, Wood End farm
Saunders Jem im a (M rs.), grocer
S m ith John, joiner
Stubbs D avid, farm er, Denmans frm
T yrrell Frank, farm er, Chaw ley
W alker
Percy,
farm er,
Rockley
F ield farm
W astie A. farm er, M ount Pleasant
& W estfield farm s
W ebb G eorge, farm er, Farm oor
W igm ore C ec il,farm er,C h ild w ell’s fm
W ise H enry G eorge, farm er, Dean crt

D E N C H W O R T H is a parish situated on a feeder of him self, and a L ife of C h rist by Ludolphus Saxe,
the river Ock, about 3 m iles w est from W antage Road written in 1330; an altar cloth, worked at St. M ary’ s
station, 2J north-by-w est from W antage, p artly in the Home, W antage, was presented b y Miss Pye and frien d s;
Northern division of the county, hundred of Ock, and the brass lectern is a m em orial to M r. W alker, 33 years
p artly in th at of W antage, p etty sessional division, ch u rch w a rd en ; the oak pulpit was designed by M r.
union and county court district of W antage, and in the A.
B. A llin , arch itect, W a n ta g e; other g ifts have been
rural deanery of W antage, archdeaconry of Berks and m ade by H. B. Hyde esq. Mrs. W alker, of the Manor
diocese of Oxford. The church of S t. Jam es, thoroughly House, W . B. H yde esq. and o th e r s ; th e east window
repaired in 1852, under the direction of the late G! E. is s ta in e d ; in the chancel is a stained window p re­
S treet esq. R .A . is an ancient cruciform edifice of m ixed sented by the H yde fa m ily in 1902, and in the windows
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south of the south tran sep t or chapel are a num ber of ancient
chapels, and a tower on the north side, containing 4 shields of arm s restored by m em bers of th e H yde
bells, dated 1624, 1733, 1868 and 1869; th e chancel is fam ily, and one placed by H. B. Hyde esq. to his
E arly E nglish, and has sedilia form ed in th e sill of the p arents: there are 150 s ittin g s: in the churchyard is
south-east window ; the nave has Perpendicular windows an ancient cross, the head of which was renewed by a
and a L a te r o o f; the south doorway is a good exam ple form er v icar, and at cross roads in the village th e base
of Norm an work ; the tow er is apparently E arly E n g ­ of a chippin g cross.
Th e earliest date in the old
lish at the base, the upper p art being rath e r poor P er­ registers, which are m uch m u tilated , is 1538 ; there is
pendicular : in the south chapel are some m em orials to also a register of briefs from 1707 to 1740. Th e livin g
the G earing fam ily and in the chancel are brasses to is a vicarage, net yearly value £ 13 5 , derived from 54
O liver H yde esq. 1516, and Agnes, his w ife, w ith effigies;
acres of glebe, w ith residence, in the g ift of the Provost
W illiam Hyde esq. in arm our, 1557, and MargeTy and Fellows of W orcester College, O xford, and held
(C ater), his wife, 1562, w ith 12 sons and 8 daughters, since 1912 by th e Rev. Charles Jonathan P ick erin g M .A .
and an inscription ; and W illiam H yde esq. 1567, also of th at college. There is a coal and clo th in g club for
in arm our, and his w ife A li c e ; the inscription of the the poor, and two sets of allotm ents, one called “ Poor’s
Hyde brass of 1557-62 is a rescript or palim psest “ of piece ” and the other belonging to th e v icar, which are
great historic value, and fortunately c o m p le te ;” it cultivated as field gardens. A branch of the F ettioriginally belonged to Bisham A bbey, and has on its places, also of Fernham , C hild rey and Besilsleigh,
proper obverse side an inscription com m em orating the resided here in the 17th cen tury, and recorded th eir
laying of a foundation stone, by K in g E dw ard III. afteT pedigree in the visitatio n of 1664-6. The Provost and
the b attle of Halidon H ill, near B erwick, 1333, at the Fellows of W orcester College, O xford, are lords of th e
request of S ir W illiam de M ountagu, who founded the manor. The principal landowners are W orcester and
abbey in 1336 ; there is another brass to W illiam Say,
M agdalen C olleges, Oxford. T he soil is stiff c la y ; sub­
I493* robbed of its shields and effigy, and the church soil, clay. The ch ief crops are w heat, barley, oats and
also contains various monum ents to the fam ilies of beans. Th e area is 1,041 a c r e s ; rateab le value, £3,776.
G eering and F r o g le y ; in the chancel is a m onum ent Th e population in 1911 was 182.
erected by the Rev. Richard L yn ch Cotton D.D. provost Post Office.— A rth u r Dearlove, sub-postm aster. L etters
of W orcester College, Oxford, 1839-81, to his two
through W antage arrive at 7.55 a.m . & 6.50 p.m . ;
b ro th ers: there is also a hagioscope in the north chapel,
dispatched at 7.55 a.m . & 6.45 p .m . su m m er; 7.55
and faint traces of a rood-loft and a hagioscope ; a
a.m . & 6.10 p.m . w inter. No delivery on sundavs.
library of 150 ancient books, form ed in 1693 by the Rev.
W antage is the nearest m oney order office & G rove
Ralph Kedden, vicar, Mr. G eering, churchw arden, and
the nearest telegraph office
Mr. E dw ard Brewster, stationer, of London, two of
which are chained, and form erly in a room over the Elem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1858, on a site
church porch, was transferred to the vicarage at the
given by W orcester C ollege, for 56 children ; in 1726
restoration of the church ; it included an edition of the
a sum of £50 was bequeathed by R ich ard G ilg rasse,
“ Golden L egen d,” printed b y Caxton in 1483, and now
of Denchworth, to educate poor children of th is
in the Bodleian, and a copy of C ran m er’s Bible, dated
p a r is h ; a field allotted in lieu of th is m oney now
1541, now in a glass case in the church, and s till retains
produces £ 6 yearly, & tim b er sold produced £50, now
four volum es of Thom as Aquinas, one of H om ilies, a
invested in 2§ per cent. C o n so ls; M rs. Florence A.
copy of B urnet on the A rticles, given by the Bishop
W heeler, m istress