DIRE(JTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. LOWER tEMINGTON. 227 170 acres of glebe and fees £350, with residence, in the 18g1 was 3,363, of which over 2,553 are within the borough gift of Mrs. Neviles Wyatt, and held since 1884 by the limits of Cheltenham. Rev. Reginald Edward Trye M.A. of University College, Parish Clerk and Sexton, Neighbour Pearman. Oxford, who is non-resident; the Rev. William Clifford Aston M.A. of Christ Ohurch, Oxford, has been curate in Post & M. O. 0., S. R k Annuity &; Insurance Office.- 18 Miss Lucy Pearman, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive charge since 95, and is also sinecure rector of Beeston, from Cheltenham; delivered at 7 a.m. &; 3.30 p.m.; Norfolk. The Parish HmI, erected in 1896-7, is a build- d" d &; 6 ing of stone, used for church purposes, entertainments Ispatche at 10.15 a.m. ·35 p.m. Telegraph office at Moorend, Clleltenham, 1 mile distant &c. Leckhampton Court, the property and seat of John Hargreaves esq. who is lord of the manor and principal Wall Letter Box, Leckhampton hill, cleared at' IQ a.m. landowner, is an ancient mansion ()f stone of the 16th &; 6.20 p.m. week days only &; Pilley lane, cleared at century, commanding an extensive view over the vale. 10.10 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m The soil is part clayey and part sandy loam; subsoil, National School (mixed), built about 1830, for "I50 child. gravelly and stony and in some parts clay. The chief ren; average attendance, I17; there is a residence for crops are wheat and barley. The area. of the parish is the master; Barnard George Thompson, master; Miss 1,900 acres; rateable value, £20,323; the population in Florence M. Bort'on, mistress l'R1VATE RESIDENTS. Walker Robert, Firs BirakEll Leckhampton Hill Quarries (John Allen Miss, Cliff villa Webb Harold, Hilltop Weaver, agent) Aston Rev. William Clifford M.A. Witts Geo. Backhouse J.P. Hill house Poorman Arth. farmr.Collum End frm (curate in charge), The Rectory Pearman N6ighbour, registr8lr of births Barnard Major Robert Cary, Bartlow COMMERCIAL. & deaths for Charlton Kings sub-dis- Barnett Dominico, Cliff cottage Ballinger Mary (Mrs.), laundre,ss trict, Cheltenham union; & parish Bousfield Miss, Ashmeade lodge Hicks Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Church frm clerk, Quarry croft Caudle Frederick Hicks Frederick, farmer, Leckhamp- ShephelJ.'d Henry, farmer, Cliff cottage Dimmer George, Cotteswold ton farm Smith Lionel, farmer, Broadlands fnrt Fisher Edwin, Undercliff Jordan Henry & Co. coal me.rchants; Stanbridge John, farmer Hargreaves John, Leckhampton court whanres, Leckhampton &; Oharlton Ursell William, jun. market gardener Marshall Charles, Oraigside (:ottage King's G. W. Rly. s-tations; central Weaver Phillip, f8lrmer, Warden. hill Murrell Edward, Rockholme offices, 12 Promenade, Cheltenham Sharpe William, Ferncliff Pearman Lucy (Miss), shopkeeper & (For other residents, see Che.ltenham.) Taunton In. Rd. Cromwell, ASlhmeade postmistress, Post office LEIGH is a parish, intersected by the old road leading in 1887. Charities of about £30 yearly value, derived from Gloucester t(} Tewkesbury, 5' miles north from Glou- from land, are devoted to church purposes, and a sum of cester, d south from Tewkesbury and 5. north-west £5 is distributed to the poor. The Dean and Chapter of from Cheltenham; it is in the Northern division of the Westminster hold the manorial rights, and the landownen county, lower division of the hundred of Deerhurst, are Col. William Alex. Hill D.L., J.P. of Tovil House, union, petty sessional division and county court district Maidstone, Thomas Holland esq. and John Page csq. of Tewkesbury, rural deanery of Winchcomb and arch- The soil is rich clay; subsoil, clay, marl and limestone; deaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The meadows of there is a large proportion of pasture land. The chief crops this parish, through which the canal from the Severn are wheat, beans and roots. The area is 1,4°8 acres; to Coombe Hill runs, are subject to frequent inundations. rateable value, £3,217; the population in 1891 was 337. The church, now called St. Catherine's, is an t>difice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chan- EVINGTON is a hamlet in t.he lower division of West- eel, nave, sm.all south transept, south porch and an em- minster hundred. battled western tower containing 5 bells and a clock: Parish Clerk, William Watts. there are several very ancient mural tablets: the Qast Post, Telegraph &; Express Delivery Office. Coombe Hill. window is stained, and there is also a stained window in Mrs. Annie Jackson, sub-postmistress. Letters the south transept: the church was restored in 1885, at through Cheltenham arrive at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched the cost ()f £1,000: there are sittings for 152 persons. at 5.35 p.m. week days only. TOWllsend Place, Cbel- The register dates from the year 1569. The living is a tenham, is the nearest money order office vicarage, net yearly value £223, including 125 acres of Letter Box, Evington, cleared at 5.20 p.m.week days only glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chan(:ellor, National School (mixed), built, in 1862, with residence and held since 1897 by the Rev. Arthur Skidmore Lister for mistress, for 60 children; average attendance, 33; M.A. of Keble College, Oxford. The MisBion church at Mrs. D. Thomas, mistress Oombe Hill, erected about 1890, is a building of wood, Carrier. Green, passes through from Tewkesbury to and will seat go persons; 'hervices are held alternate sun- Gloucester, wed. &; sat. returning same days &; from days at 6.30 p.m. The Wesleyan chapel here was built Tewkesbury to Cheltenham, thurs LEIGH. Bullock Henry, farmer Margrett Ann (Mrs.), Crown inn, Lister Rev. Arthur Skidmore M.A. Clifford William, Swan inn,Coombe hill CoOombe hill Viearage Corbett George, farmer . Newman Charles, blacksmith Chandler Sidney, farmer, Leigh end Court ~ohn, farmer, Staplin~s Roberts Thomas, farme'l" Troughton Albt. C.farmer,Leigh court Earl Huam, farmer, see S'mlth &; Earl Smith & Earl, farmers,Walton grange EVINGTON Finch Amelia (Mrs.), farmer Stubbs Frederick William, blacksmith . Fin~h Rosa.nnah (Mrs.), farIlleJI" Taylor Thomas, carpenter Hoad James, Evington villa Hancock James, farmer Tomlinson John, farmer Roward Joseph, Coombe bank Hancock RichaTd, farmer WaJtham Alfred Oakey, farmer, Leigh Kevern William, Evington cottage Hodgkins Gertrude H. (Miss), private Villa farm COHMERCIAL. school, CoOombe hill Waston Silas, farmer Bevan John, assistant overseer James John, farmer Weston James, farmer Bishop William Henry, farmer JonM Henry. wheelwright, Coombe hill Yarnold Joseph, frmr.Brick House frm Brown John, farmer Moore Ann tMrs.), butter dealer LOWER LEMINGTON is a parish, on the Warwick- Rev. Augustin Williams, of St. David's ColleO'e, Lam­ shire border, 2 miles north-east from Moreton-in-the- peter, surrogate, and also rector of Todenham~ who re­ Marsh station on the Oxford and Worcester branch of sides at 21 Bruce street, Northampton; the Rev. WiJIinm the Great Western railway, and 5 south-by-west frc.m Hartley Moody RA. of Durham University has been Shipston-on-Stour, in the Eastern division of the county, curate in charge since 1896, and resides at Todenham. upper division of the hundred of Tewkesbury, Shipston- There is a charity derived from land devised by Lady on-Stour union and county court district, petty lessional Fane, in the year 1761, yielding about £16 yearly. from division of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, rural deanery of Camp- which an accumulated fund has been formed for the Te­ den, archdeaconry of Cirencester and diocese of Glou- lief of the poOor as occasion requires; there ia dso a snm cester. The church (name unkn(}wn) is a sman but of £4 yearly derived from £100, bequeathed in 1662 by ancient building of stone, in the Early English and Per- Dr. William Juxon, archbish(}p of Canterbury. Algernon pendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, g"outh porch Bertram Freeman-Mitford esq. O.B., D.L., J.P. of Bats­ and a turret containing one bell: on the floor "WIthin the ford Park is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The communion rails is a brass to Charles and Peter GTeviU, soil is a mixture, chiefly of clay and gravel; !lubsoil, clay c. 1636: there are 80 sittings. The register .:lates from and oolite. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and the year 1685. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly roots. The area is 856 acres; rateable value, £692; value £50, with 30 acres of glebe, in the gift of .A. B. the population in 1891 was 75. Freeman-Mitford esq. C.B. and held since 1889 by the Parish Clerk, Joseph Hoare. GLOD. 15*