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CCOiiHAM .

B E R K S H IR E .

[ K t L L Y ’s

i G arcke E m il, Ditton house
Peto M ary Jane (M rs.), farm er, Can- ( Jordan A lbert E rn est, dairym an
A rth u r
A ntonius
Andrews, Kersey A lexander Henry, H artw ells
non co u rt (letters th rou gh M aiden­ Loch
j Riego M ichael del, W h ite cottage
m
ark
et
gardener
head)
Meade W illiam , beer retailer
P ryer W illiam H enry, grocer
C O M M E R C IA L .
N igh tingale W illiam , cattle dealer
T a ft H enry, builder
North Tow n W orkin g M en’s C lub Brown G eorge, Golden B all P.H
Woo Wen A rth u r E. boat builder
(M iss Cham bers, ac tin g hon. sec)
Cooper J. K . & Sons, b rick & tile
N O RTH TOW N.
Ridout Celia (M rs.), beer retailer
m akers
(L etters th rou gh M aidenhead.)
S tacey T . & Sons, ballasters
Cornw all C laude, laundry
French W illiam W atkins, Moorside
Distin John, shopkeeper
P IN K N E Y S G R E E N .
G ardner E rn est M .P ., J.P . Spencers
W eall W m . farm er, Pinkneys farm
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
C O M M E R C IA L .
W illiam s John, beer retailer
Cooper W alter, H indhaye
G ardner R obert, The H arrow P.H
G R E A T C O X W E L L is a village and parish, 2 m iles
south-w est from Faringdon, 4 n orth -east from H ighworth. 1 4 south-w est from Abingdon, in th e N orthern
division of the county, hundred, p e tty sessional division,
union and county cou rt d is tiic t of Faringdon, rural
deanerv of the V ale of W h ite Horse, archdeaconry of
Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of St. G iles is
an ancient b uilding of stone, consisting of chancel, nave,
north porch and a battlem en ted western tower, w ith
crocketed pinnacles at th e angles, containing 5 bells,
dated 1 7 3 8 ; the chancel, restored by the E arl of Rad­
nor in 1 8 8 1 , at a cost of £ 2 5 0 , is good plain E arly
E nglish w o r k ; the east window^ of three lancets is
flanked on each side by a plain C lic h e ; and there is
also a niche over th e com m union table, w ith a locker
on each s id e ; in the south wall is a piscina, w ith a shelf
and low-side w in do w ; the nave, restored in 1 8 8 2 at a
cost of £ 4 0 0 , has Perp en dicular windows on the south
s id e ; there is a w estern gallery and th e rem ains of a
tu rre t leading to the rood lo ft ; at the jun ction of the
chancel and nave is a sanctus bell g a b le ; the tower,
15 feet square, is E a rly P erp en d icu la r; there is a brass
with effigies and inscription to W illiam M orys, farm er,
and Joan, his w ife, 2 sons and a daughter, c. 1 5 0 0 ;
and inscriptions to R obert R ussell, gent, citizen and
draper, of London, 1 6 3 0 ; A nn, wife of Thom as Mores,
1 6 3 2 ; and M argaret, w ife of Frances Mores, 1 6 7 5 , an­
cestors of Edward Row e M ores D.D., F .S .A . the an ti­
q u a r y ; to R obert Spindler, 1 7 4 3 ; Frances, wife of Bond
Spindler M .A. rector of S t. M artin ’s, Oxford, 1 7 4 3 ;
and to W a lter M athew, 1 6 9 8 ; in the church is also a
m em orial to the Rev. David C ollyer B .A. for n early so
years vicar here, and a benefactor to the parish, and to
M aria, his daughter, wife of H enry S te v e n s ; he died
2 1 O ctober, 1 7 2 4 , and was the author of the “ Sacred
I n te r p r e te r :” there are 1 4 0 sittin g s.
T he reg ister
Th e livin g is a discharged
dates from the yea r 1654
vicarage, net yea rly value £122, w ith residence and 50

acres of glebe, le t at £46, in the g ift of the Bishop ot
O xford, and held since 1912 by th e R ev. W a lter Boldero.
A C ongregational chapel was erected here in 1875,
and has 100 sittin gs.
T h e P a rish Reading Room ,
erected in 1900, a t a cost of over £400, and opened
Decem ber 12th, 1901, occupies a site presented by
the late Hon. Duncom be Pleydell-B ouverie (d. 1909),
and contains a lending library, bagatelle table &c.
Pinsent’s ch arity, in which the parish of C oleshill also
participates, is for apprenticing poor children. On the
top of B radbury H ill, a short distance from the village,
on the north side of the high Toad from Faringdon to
H ighw orth, are the rem ains of a fortified cam p of a
circular form , 200 yards in diam eter, and surrounded
by a ditch of 10 yards wide. Contiguous to th e village
is a farm house, the rem ains of a religiou s establishm ent
of Cistercians, founded by the abbots of B eaulieu, in
the New Forest, to whom K in g John g ranted this
manor in 1200 ; th e barn is 156 feet in len gth and 45
feet in w idth, w ith a spacious porch on one side and a
sm aller one on the other ; the Toof, h igh -pitch ed, and
internally presenting, from its peculiar construction, a
very singular perspective, is supported by tw o ranges of
wooden pillars restin g on pedestals of stone. The Hon.
Mrs. M. E . Pleydell-B ouverie is lady of the m anor and
principal landowner. The soil is various ; subsoil, clay
and oolite rock. Th e chief crops are w heat, beans,
barley and turn ips. The area is 1,435 a c r e s ; rateable
value, £1,668 ; th e population in 1911 was 284.
Parish C lerk, Henry Belcher
Post Office.— Robert A nthony Robey, sub-postm aster.
Letters th rou gh Faringdon, arrive a t 7 a.m . & 1.45
p.m . ; sunday, 7 a.m . ; dispatched at 6.35 p .m . week
days & 12.15 p .m . Sundays.
Faringdon, i f m iles
distant, is the nearest m oney order & telegrap h office
E lem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1864, for 62
children, w ith a sm all endowm ent of £20 from P in ­
sent’s c h a r it y ; M iss G oldby, m istress

Nias John W illiam , butcher
Boldero Rev. W a lter (vicar), V ic a r a g e , Clare Jam es, shopkeeper
W hitfield M iss, Holloway cottage
j Dixon Frederick E . pain ter
t Reading
_ Room (A rth. G errin g, sec)
c o m m e r c ia l .
i G errin g A rth .fa rm r.C o u rt House fm ! R oberts^W illiam , shopkeeper
Robey Robert A nthony, dairym an, &
Baldwin A rth u r, Royal Oak P.H
Heading John, seed m erchant
post office
B utler Thom as Kelson, farm er, Bad- j Newport B rothers, farm ers
bury h ill
' Newport W illiam , shopkeeper
resides at Faringdon.
Here is also :i B ap tist chapel.
L I T T L E C O X W E L L is a township and chapelry,
m iles south from Faringdon, in the N orthern division of There are ch arities of £ 27 yearly value. The Coles p its,
the county, and in th e parish, hundred, p etty sessional situated a short distance from the village and extending
division, union and county cou rt d istrict of Faringdon, over an area of 14 acres, are objects of considerable
ru ra l deanery of the V ale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry interest, as th ey are supposed to have been habitations of
of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. the ancient Britons ; they num ber about 60, are circular,
M ary is a b uilding of stone, principally of the Norman and vary in depth from 7 to 22 feet. The Hon. Mrs. M.
and Tran sitio n al periods, consisting of chancel, nave, E . Pleydell-B ouverie is lady of th e m anor and principal
south porch and a sm all central bell gable containing 2 landowner. Th e soil is lig h t loam ; subsoil, gravel of a
b e lls ; th e east window has Decorated tracery, and is b righ t yellow hue, w hich is m u ch used for walks and
flanked on each side by cinquefoil-headed n ic h e s ; in avenues'. The chief crops are w heat, barley and turnips.
the south w all of the chancel is a p is c in a ; the nave has T h e area is 887 a c re s; rateable value, £ 1 ,4 3 1 ; th e
a N orm an south door and E arly E nglish and Perpen­ population in 1911 was 225.
dicu lar w in d o w s; over the western g allery is a small Post Office.— G eorge M ulcock, sub-postm aster. L etters
c ircu lar stained w indow ; the pulpit is of oak, richly
th rou gh Faringdon, arrive at 6.30 a.m . & 1.20 p .m . ;
c arv ed : th ere are 120 sittin gs. Th e reg ister dates from
dispatched at 6.40 p .m .; Sundays, arrive 6.30 a .m .;
the year 1582. T h e livin g is annexed to th e vicarage
dispatched 12 noon. Faringdon, i | m iles distant, is
of F a rin g d o n ; jo in t net yea rly value £220. w ith resi­
the nearest m oney order & telegraph office
dence, in the g ift of the trustees of the late Rev. Charles
Simeon, and held since 1909 by the Rev. John Edward E lem en tary School (m ixed), re-opened in 1888, for 50
children":
M iss W akefield, m istress
Cowell M .A . of Corpus C h risti College, C am b ridge, who
¡M ulcock Geo. shoe m aker, & post off
C urtis M atilda (M rs.), shopkeeper
p r iv a t e
r e s id e n t s .
Pike Thom as, poultry dealer
Howson Robert, stone mason
K indersley Mrs. The G rove
! Plum m er A lbt. farm er, Manor farm
K in g A lbert, butcher
Manners M rs. Oakfield
1Wareham A lbert, farm er
K ibb le Charles, Plough P.H
c o m m e r c ia l .
Le M arquand. F .B . (M rs.),E a g le tavrn I
B allard A lb ert E. blacksm ith
C R A N B O T J E N E , an ecclesiastical parish form ed
M arch n t h , 1851, o u t of the parishes of W inkfield,
S unninghill and Old W indsor, is on the border of
W indsor Park. 4 m iles south-w est from W indsor and 3
n orth-by-east from Ascot station on the Reading branch
of the London and S outh W estern railw ay, in the E a st­
ern division of the county, unions of Eastham pstead
and W indsor, p etty sessional division and cou n ty court

d istrict of W indsor, rural deanery of Maidenhead, arch ­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of
St. P eter is a b uildin g of flin t stone in the Decorated
style, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept, south
porch and a western tu rre t containing one b e ll; there
are several stained w in d o w s: the church affords 400
sittin gs, 220 being free. The register dates from th e
year 1850. The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value