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FARI N G DO N .

B E R K S H IR E .

Sutton & Co
railw ay & general carriers (Messrs.
Stevens, agents), London street
Taylor H enry & Sons, butch ers & fishm ongers, Corn m kt
Taylor E lijah , boot m aker, Southam pton street
Toom er John & Sons L td . coal m erchants, Station yard
T u cker R. & Sons, n urserym en & florists, London’ st. ;
n urseries, Stanford road
Underwood W illiam , jo b b in g gardener
Underwood W illiam John, W h ite H art P .H . G rav el walk
V in cen t & Sons, hau liers, London street
Vincent M ary Ann (M rs.), beer retailer, London street
W alker F rederick , carpenter, G rav el walk
W alker Thom as, painter, G loucester street
W atts A lexander, farm bailiff to Messrs. George Adam s
& Sons, Lodge farm

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W eaver W illiam & Sons, hauliers, G loucester street
Webb G. Cowdery, accountant to Messrs. G . A dam s &
Sons & assistant overseer for Fernham , C orn exchange
W est of England Sack H irin g Co. L im ited (agency)
W estall G eorge S tan ley, baker, Station road
W heeler Louisa (M rs.), boarding ho. M arlborough st
W heeler M ary Ann (M iss), dress m aker, Southam pton st
W hite B rothers, hair dressers & tobacconists,C orn mrkr
W illis G eorge S. confectioner, M arket place
W illis Robert, cycle agent, C oxw ell street
W yles B rothers L im ited , boot & shoe dealers (W alter
H enry W alker, branch m anager), Corn m arket
Y ates T. & Son, cycle agents, London street
l a t e s Thom as & M. hardw are dealers, London street
Y eatm an H enry E dw ard, tailor & hosier, Corn m arket

F A R I N G D O N ( L I T T L E ) , see “ K e lly ’s O xfordshire Directory.'-'
F A R L E Y H I L L , see Swallowfield.
F A R N B O R O T T G H is a v illag e and p arish , pleasantly
situ ated on the Downs, n m iles north from N ewbury,
5 south-by-east from W an tage, 7 south from W antage
Road station on the m ain line of the G reat W estern
railw ay, and 6 m iles east from Shefford station on the
Lam bourn V alley railw ay, in the Southern division of
the county, hundred of Com pton, H sley p etty sessional
division, W antage union and county cou rt d istrict, and
in the ru ra l deanery of W antage, archdeaconry of
B erks and diocese of O xford. Th e 'church of A ll Saints
is an ancient fabric of stone in th e Perpendicular style,
consisting of chancel, nave and fine em battled western
tow er containing a clock and 4 b e lls ; in the church
are several m onum ents of th e fam ily of Price, form erly
residents here, includin g th e Rev. B artholom ew Price,
rector, d. 17 A p ril, 1677, anc^ M ary (G arnham ) his
w ife ; his sons, B artholom ew P rice M .A . rector, 1702-32,
and P etley Price esq. of the H am , W antage, d. Nov.
1723, w ith other ch ild ren ; John P rice esq. of the Ham ,
d. 28 Nov. 1787, and Annie (Robins) his w ife ; W illiam
P rice esq. of C harlton H ouse, W antage, d. Jan. 1792,
an d M ary (Collins) his w if e ; and the Rev. Ralph P rice
M .A . rector, d. 20 Nov. 1779, all sons of th e foregoing
P e tle y P rice e s q .; C harles, 3rd son of the R ev. Ralph
Price, lord m ayor of London and M .P. for the C ity,
w as created a baronet, 2 Feb. 1804; th e chancel retains
a piscina and has also some stained windows, th e east

window being a m em orial to m em bers of the W h ite­
h urst fa m ily ; the ch urch was restored by the Rev.
John W h iteh u rst M .A. in 1883 and 1885 at a total
cost of £550, and affords 100 sittin g s. T h e register
dates from the year 1735. Th e livin g is a rectory, net
yea rly value £200, w ith 76 acres of glebe and residence,
in the g ift of and held since 1893 by the Rev. John
Baron Howes W h iteh u rst B .A . of St. Peter’s College,
C am bridge. The rectory house is an ancient m ansion,
com m anding fine views over the Downs. A ch arity of
£100 provides £ 2 10s. per annum for division am ongst
widows of the parish over the age of 60. Philip
M usgrave N eeld W roughton esq. is lord of the m anor
and p rincip al landowner.
The soil is c la y ; subsoil,
chalk. The crops are the usual cereals. The area is
1,886 acres, of w hich 100 acres are dow n ; rateable
value, £ 9 0 4; the population in 1911 was 152.
Parish C lerk and Sexton, A lb ert A bbott.
Post Office.— Mrs. E va Chappell, sub-postm istress. L e t­
ters th rou g h W antage arrive a t 7.45 a . m . ; dispatched
at 7.45 a.m . & 7.5 p.m . ; Sundays, 11.40 a.m . B rigbtwalton is the nearest m oney order & telegraph office,
2 m iles distant
Police Constable, Charles Ludlow
P ub lic E lem en tary School (m ixed), for 50 c h ild re n ;
M iss Shepherd, m istress

W h iteh u rst Rev. John Baron Howes
C O M M E R C IA L .
C olby A lfred, shopkeeper
B .A. (Tector), The Rectory
C arter W m .farm b ailiff to P h illip M. Craze F ran k, farm er, Upper farm
N. W roughton esq. Coombe farm Queloh Robert, blacksm ith
Chandler Geo. farm er, Low er farm
G R E A T a n d L I T T L E F A W L E Y w i t h W h a t - Th e liv in g is a vicarage, n et yea rly value £120, with
c o m b e form a parish in th e N orthern division of the residence, in the g ift of Philip W roughton esq. and
cou nty, hundred of K in tb u ry-E ag le, W antage p etty held since 1912 by the Rev. A lfred E dw ard Bevan M .A.
sessional division, union and cou n ty cou rt d istric t, and of S t. John’s College, C am bridge. P h ilip M usgrave
in the ru ra l deanery of W an tage, archdeaconry of B erks Neeld W roughton esq. is lord of the m anor and sole
and diocese of Oxford.
landowner. The soil is principally c h a lk ; subsoil, chalk.
G reat F aw ley is 5 m iles south from W antage, 7 south T h e chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, turn ips and
from W antage Road station on the m ain line of the clover. The area is 2,190 ac re s; rateable value, £1,024 ;
G reat W estern railw ay, and 3^ m iles north from S h ef­ the population in 1911 was 176.
ford station on the Lam bourn V a lley railway. The
L I T T L E F A W L E Y , one m ile south, and W hatcom be, 2
church of S t. M ary, erected in 1866 on a new site, by
m iles south, are ham lets. The old m anor house was
.Mrs. Blanche W roughton and her son, Philip W roughton
b
uilt
in 1614 by S ir Francis Moore, the em inent lawyer,
esq. on the d ism antlin g of th e old ch urch , is a bu ild ­
ing of stone from designs by the late G . E. Street esq. on the site of an older building, of which the cellars
still
rem
ain ; the house was for m any years used as a
R.A . and consists of apsidal chancel, w ith a groined
roof, nave, south porch and a south tower containing farm , b u t has recen tly been restored and the grounds
laid o u t; it is now the residence of M ajor A ngus J.
.2 b e lls ; the p ulpit, screen and pillars of the nave
arcades are of Devonshire m arble, and th ere is a McNeill. Th e ch ief features of the house are its m as­
reredos of Caen stone and m osaics, w ith a group of sive walls, m ullioned windows, Jacobean porch and oak
th e “ C ru cifixion ,” by Earp, the m osaics being by staircase. Th e garden, which was origin ally surrounded
by a h igh wall, contains an old bowling g re e n ; a broad
-S alviati; the old ch urch was the burial place of the
ancient fam ily of Moore, who held both
m anors here avenue of trees m arks the ancient approach to the
house. A t W hatcom be was form erly a m ansion, now
from some tim e after the R eform ation u n til 1765; to
converted into a farm house, w ith a garden containing
this fam ily belonged Sir Francis Moore k t. a dis­
beautiful yew tree w a lk s ; in the adjacent meadow
tinguished law yer, who was born at E ast Ilsley, and
m ay be traced the site of a church, the date of the,
represented R eading in the parliam ents of 1597, 1601
foundation of w hich is uncertain, but it appears from
and 1613 ; he died 20 Nov. 1621 and was buried in Old
the records of inductions in the episcopal registers
F aw ley ch urch , on the rem oval of w hich the v au lt of
that the patronage was in lay hands as early as A.D.
the Moores was opened and th eir rem ains, bound round
1313; on 6th July, 1507, the church or chapel of W h a t­
w ith bands of leath er, w ere found to have been em ­
com be was appropriated to the ch an try of the Holy
balm ed and in
p erfect preservation,
even to the
and Undivided T rin ity in the parish church of Lam fe a tu re s ; his eldest su rvivin g son and heir, Henry
bourn. Th e bells from W hatcom be church are said to
Moore, was created a baronet 21 M ay, 1627, b ut the
have been rem oved to E ast G arston, re-cast and hung
title becam e ex tin ct on the death of S ir Thom as Moore, in the tow er of the church there.
6th bart. 10 A p ril, 1807; in 1892 a m em orial window
Sexton, Thom as Rosier.
was erected to M rs. Bonham , wife of Col. Bonham and
sister to P. W roughton e s q .; th e new west stained Post Office.— Thom as H eighton, sub-postm aster. L e t­
window was erected in 1909 to the m em ory of Stephen
ters from W antage at 7 a.m . & 1 2 . 5 0 p.m . ; Sundays,
and H arriett Brown by th eir ch ild ren ; th ere are 200
7 a.m . & 1 2 . 1 5 P-na.; dispatched at 8.10 a.m . & 6.45
sittin ss. The register dates from the year 1540 and
p.m . ; Sundays, 1 2 . 1 5 p.m . The nearest m oney order
contains entries
relatin g
to
W hatcom be& from
1596. office is at Chaddlew orth , 4 m iles distant
telegraph