~JRE~TOH Y. J OXFORDSHIRE. Hl:RFORD. There are eight almshouses fqunded, according to the House : '' the hall, the landing and passages ·IU~ inscription, in 1457 by Richard Nevill, Earl of War-. panelled and decorated with ,curious paintings, executed .,ick, but in fact by Henry Bishop, and rebuilt in 1828; tllwards the close of the 17th century. This wa!f' at {pur other almshouses, erected by Dr. John Castle in one time the residence of Mrs. Crisp and Mrs. Gask, ·1726, are now incorporated with these; there are also th~ friends of Fanny Burney and her circlo ; it is now various minor charitable beq_uests; the total amount (r9n) unoccupied. for distribution,. iu kind and money is about £93 yearly ; Ahout ha:f a mile south-west from Burford were St. for education! £199; apprenticing, [52; church pur­ Christopher's or Kitt's quarries, from which the stone poses, £47; and for other purposes, about £7 yearly; for the P.olumns, mouldings and tracery of St. Pauh by an order of the Charity Commissioners, dated 1876, Cathedral was chiefly obtained ; the 3ite is now :1 the charities a,re distributed by a body of 12 trustees. favourite spot for pic-nic parties. The .hamletB of Upton and .Signet have a poor's allot­ A.1thur Reginald Hurst esq. of Horsham Park,.. Sussex, ment producing about £7 yearly for fueL and Little Barrington, is lord uf the manor; the prin­ The priory or hospital of St. John the .Evangelist here cipal Lmdowners are Henry Tansley esq. William Hf'nry formerly belonged to the abbey of Keynsham, Somerset­ Fox esq. D.L., J.P. of Bradwell Grove, Mr. John shire; its revenues were valued at the Dissolution at Jacobs and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. £xs 6s. 6d. and the estate was granted in the 35th year The soil is stone brash; subsoil, gravel and rock. THe uf Henry VIII. (1543-4), together with tLe manor, to chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area Edmund Harman, who erected a mansion on the site of of Burford is 753 acres of land and 7 of water; rateable the ancient priory, and on his death Ann, duchess of value, [3,071; the population in 19II was I,ogo. Somerset, and Henry Lee ( ?) of Ditchley, held portions UPTON and SIGNET form a separate civil parish. of the manor; Queen Elizabeth in 1598-9 sold it to Sir John Fortescue, from whom it was purchased by Sir The area. is 2,173 acres of land and 6 of water; rate­ Lawrence Tanfield kt. who rebuilt the mansion, which. able V'alue, £r,76o; the population in rgor was 177. descending to his grandson, Lucius Lord Falkland. was Parish Clerk, David Francis. sold in 1634 to William Lenthall, Speaker of the Long Po8t, M. 0. & T. Office (Letters should have Oxon Parliament; the latter built the curious detached chapel, added).-Robert Goy Foster, postmaster, High street. disused since 1799; in 1Bo8 it was much reduced in Letters arrive from Faringdon by mail cart at 5.32 size: the last msident was William John Lenthall, who a.m. ; London & Oxford Dnly at 1.30 p.m. ; dis­ lived here up to 1827, but alienated the estate in 1829 patcheu -at ro.35 a.m. (London & Oxford only) & 7 to Mr. Charles Greenaway, who never lived there and p.m. to all parts &llowed the place to fall into disrepair; it afterwards Wall Lett~r Box, near Police Station, cleared at 6.20 p~ed to his niece, Miss Youde, who was lady of the p m. week days only manor, and at her death it came into the possession of Mr. Hurst, of Little Barrington, Glos. who sold it COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR B.!MPTON WEST to Colonel F. B. de Sales La Terriere, who now resides PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. there : having restored the mansion, after a neglect of Fox William Henry esq. D.L. Broadwell grove, Burford, close upon a century, the house, as it now stands, has chairman an Elizabethan front of two wings, in the centre of which Butler Capt. Arnold Hugh, Alvescot, Clanfield · is the carved stone porch with two quaint human de Sales La Terriers Col. Fenwick Bulmer, Burford fig11res, believed to represent the family of Harman, Priory, Burford but which now act as supporters to the arms of the East Charles esq. High street, Burford Lenthall~ inserted at a later date; it contains a large Hardcastle John Norman esq. Broughton hall, Lechlade hall in which are seen some of the pillars and arche~ Hunt Francis Durrant esq. M.A. Manor house, Bampton of the original priory, which was standing in 1291, Hurst Arthur Reginald esq. Little Barrington, Burford leading from which, through an ook galleried central Jacobs John esq. Mill house, Burford hall, is a fine oak balustraded staircase, with carved Pepper William Frederick esq. Shipton court, Shipton­ spirals and the treads curiously inlaid with rosewood, under-Wychwood, Oxford and a magnificent ball-room, the plast-er ceiling of Wingfield Major Mervyn Edward George Rhys, Barring­ which i~ highly enriched with arabesque work and ton park, .Burford }lendant bosses : the walls are wainscotted and there is Clerk to the Magistrates, Thomds Brown, Sheep street a Jllantel-piece of carved stone: a door at one angle of The following places are included in the Petty Sessional the room leads to a terrace, connecting it with the division: Alvescot, Asthall, Blackbourton. Brize Nor­ chapel, which has windows with elaborate tra.cery: ton, Broad well, Bronghton Poggs, Burford, Clanfield, in rear of the main front is a range of buildings, in­ Filkins, Fulbrook, Grafton, Holwell, Kencott, Kelms­ cluding a room wi.th an exquisite mantel-piece; the cott Langford, Little Faringdon, Radcot, Shilton, ground!! on the north side slope pleasantly to the river Swinbrook, Taynton, Upton & Signet, Westwell & and command a view of Westhall hill and the valley Widford d. the Windrnsh. Special & Petty Sessions are held at the Police station, Among the eminent men connected with this placr Burford, every alternate Saturday at I I a. m may be mentioned Sir William 'ijeechey, the painter born here 12th December, 1753; he became a Royal PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Academician in 1797, was knighted in 1798, and died at Burford Reading Room, George Packer, sec Hamps~ad, 28th Jan. 1839; John Wilmot, the witt~· Burford Recreation· Society, Falkland hall, Frank Higgins, but dissolute Earl of Rochester, born 10 April, 1647; d hon. sec 2(j July, 168o; Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, Cottage Hospital, Upton road, Cyril Thomas Cheatle who•!! father married the daughter and heiress of Sir M.R.O.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. medical officer; Wynd­ Lawrence Tanfield kt. was born here in or about r6ro; ham Hughes, sec. ; Miss Alice Oliver, matron he was sometime M.P. for Newport, ·Isle of ·wig-ht, ann Cn'Unty Police Station (Hampton west division), Edwin in 1641 Secretary of State, but was slain at the first Timms, inspector, & one constable battle of Newbury, 2oth September, 1643. Fire Engine Station, High street, Charles Aldridge, At the corner of Sheep street stands the ancient foreman Tolsey or Custom house, a gabled building supported Stamp Office, Post office, High street, Robert Goy Foster on pillars with projecting windows; there are also .several old houses of some interest, one of which, at PUBLIC OFI<"'CERS . the corner of Priory lane, has a fine oriel window anr'l A~sistant Overseer, George Waiter Matthews, High st was once known as "The Bear Inn;" another, men­ Clerk to Burford Sub-Committee of Oxfordshire Local tioned in a deed of 1590, is called "Cob-Hall," which in Pension Committee, Thomas Brown, Sheep street t6so was an inn, called the " Swan;,. all.A)ld house at Clerk to the Grammar School & Charity Trustees, the foot of the bridge bears an inscription recording its Edward Henry Wyatt, Sheep street !'!'pair in 1576 and gift to the school in rr:;77 hv Simon Collector of Assessed & Income Taxes, Frank Higgins, Wisdom, alderman. Beneath a house in the High 11treet, High street now (rgn) oecnpied by Mr. W. H. Aker·man, is a Excise Officer, Sylvanus Griffiths, Sheep street ioatiltal 1mdercroft in two pcrrtions, divided by a thick Inspector of Police, Common Lodging Houses, under the wall pierced by a wide archway ; the larger half has a cen­ " Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act," "Explosives tral octagonal pier, with moulded base and capital from Act" & " Shop Hours Act," Edwin Timms, Police Ybich the vaulting springs, the ribs being otherwise station 1111pporled by corbels on the walls; the other portion is Inspector of Weights & Measures. Robert D. Douhleday, in tw!S bays, and is similarly groined, with corbels only. Oxforrl In Witney street is a large !tone mansion of Late Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Burford district, 1lenai@!&Bc& character, with a singular embattled para­ Witney Union, Cyril Thomas Cheatle M.R.C.S.Eng. pe" built about 16ga, and known as "The Great. Riverside house