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K EAD rN G D IR E C T O R Y — 1 9 1 7 .

is a statue o f R ic h a r d V a lp y D .D . m a n y y e a r s m aster o f the G ram m ar
S ch o o l, w h o d ied 28 M a rch , 1 8 5 6 ; on the sou th side is an a n cie n t sun­
d ial : th ere are 750 sittin g s, alm ost all o f w h ich are free. T h e register
dates from th e y e a r 1605, bu t th e ch u rch w a rd én s’ accou n ts com m en ce
as e a rly as 1430. T h e liv in g is a v ica ra g e , g ro ss y e a r ly v a lu e ab ou t
£ 2 9 0 , w ith resid en ce, in t h e g ift o f the B ish op o f O x fo rd , an d h eld
sin ce 1898 b y th e R e v . R o b e r t P e rc e v a l N e w h ou so M .A . o f W o rc e ste r
C o lle g e an d H o n . C an on o f C h rist C h u rch , O x ford
rural dean of
R e a d in g , an d su rrog ate. T h e ch u rch e sta te p rod u ces £ 2 0 0 y e a rly .
S t . M a i i y t h e V i r g i n C h u r c h , a s tru ctu re fa ced w ith flin t an d ashlar,
in chequ ers, stan d s at the end o f M in ster stre e t, o n a sp ot o n ce occu p ied
b y a n u n n iry , fo u n d e d b y E lfr id a , m o th e r-in -la w o f E d w a rd the M a r t y r ;
th e ch u rch , ,1 o r ig in a lly th a t o f th e n u n n ery , r e ta in s a repu ted S a x on d o o r ­
w a y . bu t w qs re b u ilt in 1551, an d in 1594 th e to w e r w as re b u ilt, a fter
h a v in g been d e stro y e d , w it h it s sp ire, in a g a l e : the ch u rch n o w c o n ­
sists o f ch a n cel, n a v e o f fou r b a y s , aisles, tra n sep ts, sou th ch a n try ,
south p o rch , v e stry and an e m battled w estern to w e r 90 fe e t h ig h , w ith
p innacles at th e an gles, and c o n ta in in g 8 bells an d a c lo c k : th e ch an cel
has a. P e rp e n d icu la r op e n tim b e r ro o f, an d th e n ave a g o o d r o o f of
an e a r ly c h a r a c t e r ; ■the P e rp e n d icu la r fo n t w as g iv e n b y th e V a ch ell
fa m ily in 1616, an d has a p y ra m id a l c ro ch eted c o v e r p r o v id e d a t a
co st o f £ 1 3 0 ; th e arcade d iv id in g th e n a v e an d sou th aisle has sem i­
circu la r arches sp r in g in g fro m circu la r c o lu m n s ; o n th e n orth sid e of
T.he chan cel is an E aster S epulchre o f E a r ly w o r k , and a m on u m en t in
b la ck and g o ld , w it h effigies, to W illia m K e n d r ic k and h is w ife , 1 6 3 5 ;
the steps to th e ro o d lo ft are b u ilt u p in th e sou th w all o f th e chancel
a r c h ; all th e w in d o w s, in clu d in g th e trip le t a t th e east end, are
s t a in e d ; in th e chancel h a n g th e old colou rs o f th e 6 6 th (P rin cess
C h a rlotte o f W a le s ’s R o y a l B erk sh ire) re g im e n t, and a w in d o w has
been erected to th ose o f th e officers an d m en w h o fell a t t h e b a ttle
o f M a iw a n d , in A fg h a n ista n , 27 J u ly , 1880, as w e ll as tw o la rg e brass
tablets in th e n o rth aisle g iv in g the nam es o f th e officers and m e n ;
th ere is a lso a ta b le t in scribed to th o se o f th e 49 th , o r 1st b a tt. o f that
reg im en t, W ho fe ll in the cam pa ig n s o f E g y p t , 1 8 8 2 -3 ; the S oudan , 1885,
and the N ile E x p e d itio n , 1 8 8 5 -6 ; th e v e stry con ta in s som e brasses
in clu d in g a cross tleury and sev eral scrolls t o W illia m B a r o n , 1416, and
an in scrip tio n to J o h n B o o rn e , w h o died in h is th ir d m a y o ra lty , 1558,
and A lic e h is w ife ; in th e n o rth aisle h a n g s th e o ld altar-p iece, attri­
buted t o L u d o v ico C aracci, 1555-1619, and th ere is an a lm s-b ox , dated
1627 ; an d at th e w estern e n tra n ce a ca rv e d o a k screen , d a ted from 1631:
the ch u rch w as re stored in 1863-4, an d t h e ch an cel en la rg ed and nearlv
rebu ilt in 1 8 7 2 ; an d in O ctob er, 1883, an ep iscop al ch a ir o f E n g lish oak
an d w a ln u t w as p r o v id e d : th ere are 1,000 sittin gs. T h e reg ister dates
fro m th e y e a r 1638, and there are also chu rch d ocu m en ts d a tin g - fro m
the 13th cen tu ry . T h e sou th tra n sep t w as fitted u p as a sid e ch ap el in
1914 in memor_v o f C an on G a rry , fo r 22 y e a rs v ica r o f th e parish. T he
liv in g is a v ica ra ge, n e t y e a rly valu e £ 4 0 0 , w ith resid en ce, in th e g ift
o f the B ish op o f O x fo rd , an d h eld sin ce 1912 b y th e R e v . R ic h a r d
W ick h a m L e g g M .A . o f N e w C o lle g e , O x fo rd . T h e list o f r ectors and
vicars d a tes fro m 1173. M a so n ry , su pp osed to b e R o m a n , exists ben eath
the r e cto r y , a n d S axon coin s o f th e 9th ce n tu ry h a v e been d iscov ered
in th e ch u rch y ard , v iz. o f B u rg h re d , K in g o f M e rc ia (853-874), and
C iu ln oth (p ro b a b ly C oeln óth ), A rch b ish o p o f C a n terb u ry (833-70).

S t. S a v i o u r ’ s C h u r o h , W o ls e le y street, is a b u ild in g o f re d b r ic k ,
erected in 1887-8 a t a co st o f £ 5 ,8 9 1 , and co n sistin g o f chan cel, clerestoried