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BEK K SH IK E .

LONG WORTH.

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of Keble College, Oxford.
Sneyd’s ch arity of ¿ 1 4 1911 was 264 in th e c iv il and 391 in the ecclesiastical
yea rly is for the school; A ldw orth ’s, of ¿ 8 , provides ¿ 6 parish.
for the deserving poor, and ¿ 2 for the parish clerk*;
By L ocal G overnm ent Board O rder 20,688, dated
there is also poor’s land of 7 acres. In 1882 the late M arch 24, 1887, th e h am let of W est G in ge was tran s­
Lord W antage erected a subscription reading room for ferred from E ast Lockin ge to Ardington.
the inhabitants.
Lockinge House, the seat of Lady
In 1903, by O rder in C oun cil,W est Lockinge was trans
W antage, lady of th e manor and sole landowner, is a ferrod for ecclesiastical purposes to E ast Lockinge.
handsome mansion of red brick w ith stone dressings, in
D epu ty Parish C lerk and Sexton, F rederick Herm an.
m ixed styles, standing in beautiful grounds w hich have Post Office.— Henry Prior, sub-postm aster.
Letters
been very skilfu lly laid o u t; the bouse contains a fine
arrive from W a n ta g e ; deliveries com m ence at 6.25
collection of pictures by old and modern m asters, and
a.m . & 1.45 p .m . ; Sundays, 6.45 a.m . ; dispatched
other works of art. The soil is clay, chalk and lo a m ;
at 10.40 a.m . & 1.35 & 7.35 p .m . ; sundays, 9.35 a.m .
subsoil, blue sand, chalk and chalk m arl. Th e crops are
A rdin gton , 1 m ile d istan t, is the nearest m oney order
the usual cereals.
The parish, which includes the
& telegraph office
tith in g of Betterton, com prises 2,073 acres of land and E lem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1861, & enlarged,
10 of w a te r; rateable value, ¿3 * 12 9 ; th e population in
in 1898, for 100 ch ild ren ; H enry B urgess, m aster
Keble Rev. G eorge C larke M .A. (rec­ E ast Lockinge Club Room (Henry Prior Jam es, grocer
tor), Rectory
Prior, caretaker)
Q uaTterm aine A lb ert, b la ck sm ith
W antage Lady, Lockinge house
H arris E dw ard, head gardener to Som ers A lfred, stud groom
W hittle M atthew
L a d y W antage
W elsh A ndrew Thom as, electrician toC O M M E R C IA L .
M cLaren John, head gam ekeeper to
Lad y W antage
Eady C harles H enry, assistant agent
L a d y W antage
W yatt Jn. house stew ard, L ockin ge ho
farm steward to L ad y W antage
W E ' S ' T L O C K I N G E is a ham let 2 m iles east from
W antage, in th e Northern division of the county, hun­
dred, parish, union, p etty sessional division and county
court district of W antage : it consists of one farm and
a few cottages. In 1903 by O rder in Council this ham ­
let, for ecclesiastical purposes, was united to E ast
Lockinge. L ad y W antage is the principal landowner.

Th e soil is clay, blue sand and lo a m ; subsoil, b lue sand.
The crops are wheat, b arley and beans. T h e area is 837
a c re s; rateab le value, ¿ 1 ,1 3 4 ; population in 19 11, 56.

L e tters by foot post from W an tage arrive at 6.15 a.m .
& 1.30 p.m . A rdin gton is the nearest p ost, money,
order & telegrap h office, about 1 m ile distant
H oddinott Sim on, farm er
L O N G C O T is a township of Shrivenham , and was
H eavens, 40 years clerk and 36 years sch oolm aster of
with F ernham township form ed in to an ecclesiastical
the p arish , 1855; the ch urch was p artly restored in
parish in 1846, p leasantly situated in the Vale of
1897 and again in 1910, and affords 220 sittin gs. Th e
W hite Horse, 4 m iles w est-south -w est from Faringdon, reg ister dates from the year 1667. T h e livin g is a
10 north-w est from W antage and 3^ m iles w est-by- vicarage, un ited w ith Fern ham , jo in t n et yea rly value
north from Uffington station on the G reat W estern
¿ 1 9 4 , w ith residence, in th e g ift of the Lord Chancellor,
railw ay, in th e N orthern division of the county, and held since 1914 by th e Rev. A rth u r W illiam Roberts
hundred of Shrivenham , p e tty sessional division, unio'n B .A . of Lin coln C ollege, O xford. Here is a W esleyan
and county cou rt d istrict of Faringdon, rural deanery
chapel. V iscou n t B arrington is lord of th e m anor and
of the Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Berks principal landowner. Th e soil is stron g cla y, stone brash
and diocese of Oxford. There is a branch of th e W ilts and good p asture la n d ; subsoil, clay. The ch ief crops
and Berks canal to a w harf near the village, and a are w heat, barley, oats and turn ips. Th e area is 1,894
sm all trib u ta ry of the riv er Ock, risin g in L ittle Cox- acre s; rateable valu e, ¿ 2 ,2 7 5 ; th e population in 1911
well, bounds the p arish on the south and w est. The
was 334 in th e c iv il p arish and 549 in th e ecclesiastical
church of S t. M ary, an edifice of stone, is a good parish.
exam ple of the E arly E nglish style, and consists of
Fernham is a township and will be found under a*
chancel, nave, north porch, and a m assive western
tower, in the Renaissance style, erected in 1722 and separate heading.
Parish C lerk, D aniel H. B ird.
containing 6 b e lls : in the chancel is a m em orial window
and inscribed brass to Caroline L ouisa H arenc, sister Post Office.— F ran k Jam es M iller, sub-postm aster.
L e tters th rou g h F arin gdon arrive a t 7.30 a.m . & 1.25
of the Rev. E dw ard H arenc, incum bent of this church,
p .m . ; dispatched a t 6 p . m . ; sundays, arrive 7.30 &
who died in 1853: there is also a brass recording the
11.50 a.m . Shrivenham , rt\ m iles d istant, is therefittin g of the chancel as a m em orial to the Rev.
n earest m oney order & telegrap h office
John H ughes M .A. vicar 1853-95: the churchyard
affords a m agnificent view of W hite Horse h ill, ‘ and E lem en tary School, Lon gcot & F ern h am , b u ilt in 1872,,
contains m em orials to the fam ilies of Bowles, 1669fo r 160 ch ild ren ; Daniel H. B ird , m aster
1858; W illiam s, 1766-1800, and F erem a n ; to Anne C arrier.— Mrs. Jessie Packer,
to Swindon, m on. •Com be, 1680; Anne Archand, 1693; and Richard
Faringdon, tues. & f r i . ; W an tage, wed
Roberts Rev. A rth u r W illiam B.A. Cox Sophia (M rs.), farm er, Iv y ho
M iller F ran k Jam es, grocer,P o st office(vicar), V icarage
Cox W alter, farm er, Scarboro’ farm
Packer Jasper, beer retailer
T aylor M iss, R est cottage
C urtis Joseph, horse slau ghterer
Packer Jessie (M rs.), carrier
C O M M E R C IA L .
Dean Thom as, farm er, L on gcot house Pope W illiam H enry, relievin g & v ac­
B rittain Joseph, shopkeeper
G eorge Jas. farm er, Cleveland farm
cination officer & reg istrar of birth s
Chatterton Ohas. farm er, C hurch frm H arris W illiam & E dm und, farm ers,
& deaths Sh riven h am sub-district,
C ollett Aaron, farm er, N utford lodge
Field farm
Faringdon union
Cox A lb ert E . farm er, K in g ’s farm
Jefferies F ran k, hurd le m aker
Th atch er W alter, farm er
Cox Hy. John, farm er, H illview farm Jordan A rth u r, K in g & Queen P.H
W ilson Frank, farm er, Stone farm
L O N G W O R T H is an extensive v illag e and parish, 7
of the sam e p eriod: both aisles are D ecorated : th e
m iles east from Faringdon, 8 w est from Abingdon and font is E a rly E n g lish and c ir c u la r : on th e south E arly
10 from Oxford. The Isis separates this cou n ty from E n glish porch is a sun dial, dated 16 21; in the chancel
O xfordshire and form s the northern boundary to the are brasses to John Hinde, a form er rector, ob. 1422
parish, which is in the N orthern division of the with h alf-len g th effig y; Richard Y a te , ob. 1498, and
county, hundred of G anfield, p e tty sessional division, Johanna, his w ife, ob. 1500, w ith effigies; and Eleanor
union and county cou rt d istrict of Faringdon, rural Godolphin, ob. 1565, also w ith effig y: in the chapel or
deanery of the Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of M arten’s aisle is a m u ral m onum ent to S ir H enry
Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of St. M ary, M arten knt. L L .D . ju d g e of th e H igh C ourt of
an edifice of stone, is p artly E a rly N orm an and partly A d m ira lty and of the P rerogative C o u rt of C an terbury
of the succeeding Transition N orm an and Decorated and Dean of A rches, ob. 1641: there are 200 sittin gs.
styles, and consists of chancel, nave w ith clerestory, The reg ister dates from th e year 1558, and contains
separated from the aisles by arcades of Transition the follow ing en try of the b ap tism of John Fell, dean
Norm an and E arly E n glish arches, three on either of C h rist C h urch and Bishop of O xford, 1676-86:
side, a sm all chapel north of the chancel, used as a “ John, son of the rig h t w orshipful S am uel Fell, rector
vestry, south porch and an em battled w estern tower of Longw orth, baptized J u ly 16, 1625.” Th e livin g is
containing 5 bells and a clo ck: some of the windows a rectory, w ith the ch apelry of C harn ey Basset
are Decorated, others Perp endicular: the tower appears annexed, net yearly value ¿540 , w ith residence, in the
to have been added early in the la tter style, the east, g ift of the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College,
north and south piers being inside the c h u rc h : the Oxford, and held since 1883 by the Rev. John R ichard­
sanctuary rails and reredos exh ibit good oak carving son Illin gw orth M .A. and la te Fellow of th at college,
BERKS.

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