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Mr. Edm ond Bradstock gave a m essuage & 38 acres of I Elem entary? s ^ ° ‘|18^ I11” d^ b “ y ldren ; M rs. Baldw in,
i — a in fee In
& enlarged in ioyu,
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land
to fnnnd
found aa Free
Free sch
sch ool:
ool; the
the income
income is now
m istress
applied in support of the E lem en tary schools here
& at S utton C ourtenay
Pullen E dw ard, farm er, Manor farm
Bullock Jesse, Black Horse P.H
C ham berlin Jas. W illiam , Barnards
Davis Sarah (M rs.), farm er, Rad- Tam e W alter, farm er, H ill farm
Douglas G. W . The Old Parsonage
Tom pkins Sydn ey C . assistant over­
cott farm
Tom pkins Frederick G eorge M .A
seer, K illarn ey
Johnson John, C arpen ters’ A m is P.H ,
Tom pkins Miss, C ham brai minor
Painter John W ya tt, frm r.B rid g e frm | F in er Sarah (M iss), shopkeeper
Tom pkins Sydney Chas. K illarn ey
1655 published a work en titled “ D elphi Phoenicizantes,”
A P P L E T O N is a parish bounded on the w est by the
illu stratin g the connection between the heathen m y th ­
I«is, which separates it from O xfordshire, about 4$
ologies and scripture history, and in 1702 another
m iles north-w est from Abingdon and 6 south-w est from
work relatin g to the M osaic n arrative of the C reatio n :
Oxford, in the N orthern division of the county, hundred
he
died in A p ril, 1707. Th e Manor H ouse, owned and
of Ock,’ p etty sessional division, union and cou n ty court
district of Abingdon, ru ra l deanery of Abingdon, arch ­ occupied by the Rev. C harles F . Reeks M .A . and
supposed
to have been b uilt in th e reign of H enry II.
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e church
of St. Law rence is a plain edifice of stone, in the E arly is the m ost ancient in th e county, and retain s a
E nglish style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisle, south doorway in the N orm an s ty le ; i t was fo rm erly su r­
chapel, north and south porches, and an em battled rounded by a m oat, part of w hich has been filled
western tower containing 10 bells and a clock strik in g up. Th e m anor of A ppleton was successively in the
the h o u r s : in the church are several m em orials to possession of th e fam ilies of F itz W arin e, Caston,
the fam ilies of the present and form er lords of the P e ty t and F e ttip la c e : it was p urchased of th e Hanleys
m anor, in clu d in g one to S ir Joseph F ettip lace, who by an ancestor of Robert S o u th b y esq. : th e p rin cipal
was knighted by Queen E lizabeth at W oodstock, in landowners are th e trustees of the late M rs. W eaving,
1575, d u rin g one of her “ p rogresses,” and died in Mr. Joseph Cowderoy R ichards and S t. John’s College,
1593; there is also a brass, w ith em aciated effigy in O xford. Th e soil is loam and clay. T h e ch ief crops
a shroud, to John M idrington, gen t. 1518, and his are w heat, barley, beans, oats and roots. T h e area,
wife D orothe, who after his death, “ toke relygyon in in cluding the township of E aton, is 2,059 acres of land
ye m onastary of S y o n :” the church was p artially re ­ and 18 of w a te r; rateable valu e, £ 2 ,264; th e population
stored in 1883 at a cost of £ 6 76 : th ere are 250 sittin gs. in 1911 was 493.
E aton tow nship is one m ile north.
The register dates from the year 1569. Th e liv in g is a
Parish C lerk and S exto n , C u th b ert G eorge W h ite.
rectory, net yearly value £302, w ith residence and 26
acres of glebe, in the g ift of the President and Fellows Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Tom S tallard , sub-postm aster.
of M agdalen College, O xford, and held since 1914 by
L etters arrive from A bingdon a t 8.5 a.m . & 1.35
the Rev. Francis Charles Robert Jourdain M .A . of
p .m . ; dispatched a t 11.30 & 6.25 p .m . ; sunday de­
that college.
Here is a sm all W esleyan chapel.
livery, 8.5 a.m . ; sunday collection, 10 a.m
There are charities connected w ith the parish, pro­ W all L e tte r B ox, E aton, cleared a t 8.20 a.m . & 7.15
ducing about £180 a year for church, poor and
p .m . ; sunday, 10 a.m
school, and 3 acres for providin g fuel. Frederick C ounty Police, W illiam W akefield, constable in ch arge
Charles Southby, of Carnarvon, le ft in 1907 charities E lem en tary School, endowed in 1709 by Thom as Lane
to the value of £100, for the aged sick poor of
& others, w ith £ 1 3 y e a rly : th e school w ill h old i n
A p p leto n ; the m oney is distrib uted by the rector
children ; W a lter H. H ew itt, m aster
and churchwardens under a schem e of th e C h arity
C arriers.
Com m issioners.
E dm und Dickinson M .D. of Merton
College, O xford, and some tim e physician to K ing Abingdon— Tom S tallard & Charles E ynstone, m on.& fri
Charles II. was born at A ppleton in 1624, and in Oxford— Tom S tallard, wed. & sat
Eynstone C harles, carrier
Gam m on Joseph, insurance agent
Hewer John T . farm er, Manor farm
Hicks Brothers, grocers
Holifield G eorge & Sons, plum bers,
glaziers & p a in te r s ; m otor car,
traction engine & th rash in g m a­
chine for hire
Lay George, Three Horse Shoes P.H
C O M M E R C IA L .
Perry Jam es, Plough P.H
Bennett Richd. & Sons, hurdle m krs Richards Joseph Cowderoy, farm er &
landowner
Brown Ralph, T hatched tavern
Seeley Joseph, m arket gardener
Clanfield George, farm er
Dymock Edwd. m arkt, grdnr. & btchr Squires E liza (M rs.),m arket gardener

A P P LE T O N .
Jourdain Rev. Francis Charles Robt.
M .A. Rectory
Murray-Robinson Mrs. South lawn
Reeks Rev. Charles F ., M .A. The
M anor house
Richards Joseph C
S m ith Thom as, H ollyhurst

A E B O R F I E L D is a villag e and parish on the river
Loddon, 5 m iles south-east from Reading and 3 west
from W okingham , in the E astern division of the county,
in the hundred of Sonning, p e tty sessional division and
union of W okingham , cou nty cou rt d istrict of R eading,
rural deanery of Sonning, archdeaconry of B erks and
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. B artholom ew is
a b uilding of flint and stone in the E a rly E n g lish style,
erected in 1863 at a cost of upw ards of £4,000, to
which the late Sir W illiam Brown b art. of Liverpool,
was the principal co n trib u to r; it consists of chancel,
nave and north porch, w estern tower and spire con­
taining 6 bells, 5 of w hich are from the old c h u r c h :
the chancel windows are s ta in e d : there are two
m em orial windows to m em bers of th e Towgood fa m ily :
the church affords 220 sittin g s. The old churchy of
St. Bartholom ew, b u ilt in 1256 of ch alk and flint,
stands in the grounds of Arborfield H a ll; it is now in
ruins, the roof, considered unsafe, havin g been taken
down in 1863: the piscina, sedilia and credence table,
as well as some m u ra l p aintings, brasses and m onu­
m ents, re m a in ; the aisles contain tom bs and tablets
to m em bers of the Standen and C onroy fam ilies. The
register dates from the year 1706. Th e livin g is a
rectory, net yearly value £250, w ith residence, in the
g ift of Mrs. H argreaves, and held since 1898 by the
Rev. Joshua Alexander Anderson M .A. of Pem broke
C ollege and R idley H all, C am bridge. Here is a Con­

Squires G eorge, boot repaireT
S tallard Tom , shopkeeper & carrier,
Post office
W alford A . F. farm er
Webb H arold, farm er, Pond farm
W hite & Sons, church b ell hangers
W hite G eorge, blacksm ith
Woodward W illiam , shopkeeper

EATON.
Brown A lb ert, beer retailer
C ornish A lfred, farm er, Manor farm
C ornish S elby, farm er, W est farm

g regational chapel, erected in 1899, seating 200 p er­
sons.
The old m anor house, now gone, is described
in M iss M itford’s “ O ur V illage ” as “ th e old house at
A berleigh ,” and th e Loddon is celebrated by Pope
under th e nam e of “ Lodona.” Arborfield H all, the
seat of M rs. S. H argreaves, is p leasan tly situated on
the banks of the river Loddon, wdth grounds and park.
The p rin cipal landowners are John R. H argreaves esq.
S ir G eorge A rth u r Charles R u ssell b art. and M rs.
B ruce. The soil is clay and graveL; subsoil, London
clay. T h e chief crops are wheat and- barley. T h e area
is 1,456 acres of land and 13 of w a te r; assessable valu e,
£ 1 ,8 1 1 ; the population in 1911 was 234.
N ewland is a lib erty one m ile east. Th e area is
1,170 acres of land and 57 of w a te r; assessable value,
£ 1 ,9 5 4 ; th e population in 1911 was 298.
Sexton, W illiam Cox.
Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.— John H enry M attin gley, subpostm aster. L e tters arrive from Reading a t 6 .5 0 a.m .
& 1.40 & (to callers only) 6.40 p.m . ; delivered 7 a.m .
& 1.50 p .m . ; dispatched at 8.15 a.m . & 12.25, 1 .4 0 &
6.25 p .m . ; Sundays, arrive a t 6.50 a.m . ; dispatched
12 noon
W all B oxes.— Arborfield G range, cleared 8 a.m . &
1.5 & 6.35 p . m . ; Sundays, 12.10 p . m . ; Newlands,
7.30 a . m . & 6.10 p . m . ; S u n d a y s , 7.30 a.m