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Burgis Daniel, shopkeeper Monk Henry, farmer, Woodside farm WyattEmma(l\Irs.),George&Dragonp.H Bush William, collector of rates & taxes, Parritt John, builder Blenheim cottage Piggott Richd. coffee tavern Hare Hatch. Carter Joseph Goss, butcher Pritchell Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, Bartley George Christopher Trout M.P. Clewer Edward, bricklayer Church st The Retreat; & St. Margaret's house, Crubtree Hy. beer retailer, Holly cross Russell Henry, carman & contractor Victoria street, Westminster sw; St. Dell Caraline C:~lrs.), Bull P.R Silver Edward, blacksmith, Up. CuIham Stephen's club s w & Constitutional Eales Paulina Josephine (Miss), draper Smith Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper I club w C London French William, cab proprietor Soames William, chemist Jeune Francis Henry, Hare Hatch lodge Fife Henry, Horns P.R. Cockpole I Street William, Hurdle Makers' Arms Rigby Alfred, Wakefield cottage Gandy William, shopkeeper P.R. Young Oliver, Hare Hatch house Gladdy Charles, shopkeeper Surrey John, hair dresser A'Bear John Burton, farmer, Hill farm Heaks David, van proprietor Treacher Thomas & James, blacksmiths Chandler William, Horse & Groom P.H. Hobbs Samuel, North Star P.R Vidler William, farmer, Cockpole farm Chapman Robert, Queen Victoria P.R Holmes William, farmer Watson Charles Edward L. R.C.P. Edin. Rixon Charles, Queen Adelaide P,R Jones John, farmer, Dean Pitt farm physician & surgeon, Ash Tree house . King Henry, lodging house keeper Wheeler John, farmer, Highfield farm . Lambourne Eliza (Mrs.),Greyhoundp.R WheelerLeonardJn.farmer,King's farm Crockford Thomas, blacksmith Maycock Charles, cowkeeper, Lake cot Wicks George James, White Hart P.R Hussey Rosanna (Mrs.), carpenter MaynardHenry, farmer, Wyatt & Son, coal merchants Trendell Thomas, shopkeeper W ASING is a parish 7~ miles south-east-by-east from Iappropriated. The register dates from the year 1730. The­ Newbury, 10 south-west from Reading and 2 south from living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge station on the Great Western railway, in the £120, with residence and 26 acres of glebe, in the gift of" Southern division of the county, hundred of Faircross, petty William George Mount esq. ::ILP. and held sinc:l 1881 by the sessional division, union and county court district of New- Rev. John Butler Burne M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, rural bury, rural deanery of Hradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and dean of Bradford. Place, the seat of William George diocese of Oxford; it is separated from Hrimpton by the river Mount esq. M. P., D.L., J .P. lord of the manor and principal Auburn, over which is a bridge of 3 arches. The church of landowner, is a modern mansion of brick, sitnated in an St. 'Nicholas is a small edifice of rubble stone, consisting of extensive park. The soil is gravel; subsoil, clay. The chief chancel, nave, south transept, south porch, and a central crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 690 acres; turret containing 2 bells: the chancel, which is Early English, rateable value, £714; the population in 1881 was 80. was thoroughly restored about the year 1876: the east win- Sexton, Arthur Englefield.

dow and two others in the chancel are stained: there is a 1 Letters through Reading arrive at 8 a.m. The nearest handsome brass lectern: there are II2 sittings, mostly 1 money order & telegraph office is at Burne Rev. John Butler M. A. Rectory I Mount William George M. P., III.A., D. L., J.P. Wasing place WATCHFIELD (anciently WACRENESFIELD) is a town- William Murray 1I1.A. of Queen's College, Oxford, and sur1'o­ ship in the Northern division of the county, parish and gate, who resides at Shrivenham ; the Rev. George Domvile­ hundred of Shrivenham, petty sessional division, union and Chetwynd Wheeler M.A. of Keble College, Oxford, is curate_ county court district of Faringdon, rural deanery of the Vale There is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The Earl of Rad­ of White Horse, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of nor and Viscount Barrington are lords of the rr..anor and Oxford, 3! miles south-east from Highworth, 4~ south-west chief laudowners. The soil is stone brash; subsoil, clay_ from Faringdon and 2 north-by-east from Shrivenham The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley and turnips. The station on the Great Western Railway, separated from Wilt- area is 1,517 acres; rateable value, £1,899; the population shire by the river Cole, on which is a mill. The church of in 188r was 361. St. Thomas, erected by subscription in 1858, is a small edifice Parish Clerk, Thomas Knapp. of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting Letters through Shrivenham R.S.O. the nearest money order of chancel and nave and a western bell-gable containing I & telegraph office, arrive at 6.30 a.m bell: there are 150 sittings, all being free. The register WALL LET'fER Box cleared 7.30 p.m. week days only dates from the year 1858. The living isa chapelry annexed Infants' School, erected in·I867. for 47 children; average to Shrivenham, joint net yearly value £2II, in the gift of the attendance, 30; the elder children go to Shrivenham; Lord Chancellor, and held since 1859 by the Rev. George Miss Sarah Bradshaw, mistress Wheeler Rev. George Domvile Chet- Fereman Jas. Albt.farmer, Castle farm I Morley Percy (Mrs.), day school wynd II1.A. [curate] Giles John, farmer, West )Iill farm I Pocock David, grocer & builder Hazell William, carpenter Twine Jas·Jn Edward, Royal Oak P.R COMMERCIAL. Hickman George, farmer Webb Frederick, blacksmith Ball George, grocer & draper, BristOl Looker Geo. miller (water), West mill Williams Lucy (Mrs.), beer retailer grocery, drapery & provision stores Manners Alfred, farmer WELFORD, anciently Weli,qford, the "willow-ford," families of Mundy, Archer and others: the church has been is a parish with the chapelry of WICKR.AlI[ and the hamlets very carefully restored: on the south side of the church­ of EASTON, WESTON and HOE BENHAM, in the Southern yari is an ancient cross, consisting of an octagonal shaft on division of the county, hundred of Faircross, Newbury and a square base, surmounted by an ornamental rounded head: petty sessional division, union and county there are 350 sitting-s, all of which are free. The register court district of Newbury, rural deanery of Newbury, arch- dates from the year 1559. The living is a rectory, with deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford; WeHord is 6 miles the chapelry of Wickham annexed, tithe rent-charge £ 1,265, north-west from Newbury and 3~ north-north-east from net yearly value £867, including 200 acres of glebe, with station, on the river . The church of residence, in the gift of Christopher Armytage Nicholson St. Gregory, built of flint and stone, consists of chan~el, esq. of Balrath, co. Meath, Ireland, and held since 1879­ nave, aisles and a circular western tower with octagonal by the Rev. Alfred Stephen Batson M.A. of St. Alban spire, containing 5 bells and clock: the chancel and nave are Hall, Oxford. The rectory house, situatedin Wickham, has Early English and the south aisle and south porch, as well been rebuilt in the Gothic style, and contains many beauti­ as some of the windows, Perpendicular: the tower, a thir- ful works of art: attached to it is a very large conservatory, teenth century Early Eng-lish work, is almost unique in its in which are preserved some portions of stone work taken way and is circular for the greater part of its height, but from Welford church at the time of the restoration. near the top of the upper stage becomes octagonal and is Thomas Sheafe, rector here, who died in 1639, was the­ surmounted by a ribbed octagonal broach spire with eight author of "A Plea for Old Age." There are, perhaps, few coupled I:'pire lights under triangular heads: the sedilia English villages presenting an earlier or more continuous afford a good example of the style peculiar to the reign of history than Welford; the Romans, it is evident from Henry Ill. and the font is ~ingular from its Norman form the numerous coins and relics found here, frequented it.. and Early English details, the sixteen interesting arches even if they had no permanent settlement; and there are surrounding it presenting- evidence, as is supposed, of a extant various Saxon charters by successive monarchs, 'Transitional character: the church also contains a monu- the chief interest of which lies in their minute descrip­ mental slab, supposed to be that of the founder, and an altar tion of then existing boundaries. At the time of the tomb to Anne, daughter of Sir ·Wil1iam Read kt. 1585, wife, Domesday Survey, 1083-6, Welford, then called" Waliford,'" first to Sir Adrian Fortescue (knighted 18th February, 1503), was in the hundred of Roeberg (Rowbury),with two churches, and next to Sir Thomas Parry K.B. Treasurer of the Queen's and seems to have been a prosperous place. The manor Household; here are also mural and other monuments to the belonged, from the tenth century, to the abbot and convent