DIRECTORY. . CHANDLEHS FORD. 147

CHALTON (or Cha.lkton) is a parish on the Sussex ancient ecclesia.. tical manor, the rector being' lord of the border, i miles north from Rowland's Castle station on manor, and the interesting "Court Books" of courts ihe direct Portsmoqth line of the London and South baron held by the rector's steward are still preserved. Western railway, 5! south from Peters-field and 6 north The rnanor of Chalton appears to be co-extensive with from Havant, in the Eastern division of the county, the upper half of the hundred, which has an hundred of Finch Dean, petty sessional divi· area of w,s6o acres, and consists of the parishes of &ion and county court district, union, Chalton, Clanfield, Catherington, Idsworth and Blend­ rural deanery of Havant and archdeaconry and diocese worth, formerly known a.s the " Five Manors." Capt. of . The church of St. Michael is a 13th Sir Eustace Clarke-Jervoise hart. of Idsworth House, ct>ntury ~>tructure of flint and stone, in the Early English is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The style, consisting of chancel, nave, ohantry chapel on soil is light; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, &Outh side, north porch and an embattled west-ern tower barley and oats. The area is 1,749 acres; rateable containing 3 bells: the chancel retains a low-side win­ value, £1,3II; the population in 19II was 155, exclusive dow: in r8g6 a new organ was provided by Sir Harry of Idsworth tithing, which will be found under a Cla.rke Jervoise, 5th bart. (d. I9ll ), at a COSt Of upwards sepM'Ilte heading. of £230: the church was re-seated and much improved Parish Clerk, Eli Porter. in 1879 and 189'2: there are 150 sittings. The registers, including Idsworth, date from 1538 ; they have been Post Office, near the Church. Charles John Sutton, -well kept, and are particularly clear and lPgible through­ sub-postmaster. Box cleared at 9· 10 a.m. & 5.30 out. The living is a consolidated rectory, formed in p.m.; Sundays, g.ro a.m. Letters from , 1767, and consisting of Clanfield and Ohalton with the Hants, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & 3.20 p.m. Horndean, chapelry of Idsworth annexed, joint net yearly value 2! miles distant, is the nearest money order & tele­ £572, including x8 acres of glebe, with residence, in graph office • the gift of Mrs. Westall, and held since 1907 by the Elementary School (mixed), with residence for mlS· Rev. William Hawksley Westall, of St. Edmund Hall, tress, for 50 children; average attendance, 23 ; Miss (hford. On the downs are many barrows. Chalton is an Gwendoline 'Vilson, mistress

Brown A. Samler Edney Ernest .Albt. farmer, Manor fm 1 Sutton Charles John, grocer & sub- Westall Rev. Willium Hawksley, The Pargeter Robert, farmer, Wick farm postmaster :&Mtory Smith A.rthur, Red Lion P.H

CHANDLERS FORD is a growing village and civil ! Po'lt, M. 0. & T. & 'l'elephone Call Office.-William parish, fonned October 1st, 1897, by Local Government Henry Tuersley, sub-postmaster. Letters through Board Order No. 36,892, from a portion of North Stone­ 8outhampton received at 5-45 a.m. & 1.40 & 5·45 ham, Ampfield, , Otterbourne and South p.m. ; dispatched 9·55 a.m. & r.5o & 8 .5o p.m.; Stoneham, and has a station on the and ' sundays, 7·35 p.m Salisbury section of the London and eSouth Western Pillar Letter Hoxes.- road, cleared at 9·5 railway, 2 miles north-west from North Stoneham, 6~ a.m. & 12.50 & 7.40 p.m.; sundays, 7 a.m.; Park east from Romsey and 5~ north from Southampton, in road, cleared at 9.30 a.m. & r.Io & 7·35 p.m.; sun­ the New Forest division of the county (except the part da.ys, 8.20 a.m.; Merdon, cleared 9.30 a.m. & r.15 & taken from North Stoneham), hundred of Mainsbridge, 7·5 p.m.; sundays, 8.20 a.m Hursley union, North Southampton petty sessional Wall Letter Boxes. Winchester road, cleared at g.2o division and county court district, rural deanery of a. m. & 1.5 & 7.15 p.m.; sundays, B.2o a.m.; llursley Southampton and archdeaconry and dioc~e of Win­ road, 9.40 a.m. & I. 15 & 6.20 p.m. ; sunda.ys, 8. ro a.m chester. The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1910. Elementary School (mixed), erected m 1893 & enkuged The chur-ch of St. Boniface, erected in 1904, at a cost in IBgs, for 150 children; average attendance, 134; of £3,400, is of red brick with stone facings, but con­ Lawrence H. Howse, master sists at present only of a nave and a portion of the chancel: there are 230 sittings. The living is a vicar­ Council School (infants), opened in 1909, for 100 chil­ age, net yearly value £216, in the gift of the Bishop of dren; average attendance, 59; Miss Laura Bennett, Winchester, and held since 1910 by the Rev. Rene mistress Pierssene B . .A.. of London University, who had been Railway Station, Thomas Henry Hill, station master curate in charge since 1904 and is also chaplain to Hursley Union Workhouse. There is a small burial County Police, William Trent, constable ground in Hursley road, controlled by the Parish Coun­ Hursley Union Workhouse, in this parish, was erected in cil. At Fryern Hill is a. Primitive Methodist chapel, Igoo & has accommodation for go inmates; John built in 1CJOO. The land is owned by various freeholders, Arthur Barrell, master; Mrs. Lucy E. Barrell, matron but the principal one is Tankerville Chamberlayne esq. • of . The area is 1,837 acres of land and Carriers. 2 of water; rateable value, £8,453; the population in 189r was 451, and 1901, 1,o85, including 4 officers and Winchester Levi Pearce, tues. fri. & sat. ; G. w. 38 inmates in Bursley union workhouse. Taylor, wed. & sat Verger, Charles Taylor. Southampton--George William Taylor, tues. & fri _, PRIVATE RESIDENTS. French Riversdale Sam&<>n,Kynnersley Mead George Henry, Pena.rth (letters Anderson-Morshead Miss, Conisburgh Gongh Mrs. Bray lodge via Otterbourne, Winchester) A.shby Herbert, Oakwood }()dge Gresley Rear-Admiral Richard R.N. Milles-Diamond Harold Victor, The A.she Rev. Thos. M.A., R.N. Ferndale Merrieleas Mount A.tkinson Joshua S. H. Cre~ent view Ha.dley I. Arthur, The Ha;yes Mills John, Sandford villa. .A.velin Mrs. St. George's Hayward Miss. Branksome Montagu-Kite Percy, Dehra. Doon Bailey Miss, St. Agnes Hedges Mrs. Larnaca Nicholson Mrs. Gartnamona Baldock Charles, Rufus lodge Heslop Miss, Crowborough Pank Col. P. D. Lakewood Bell Mrs. Lister house Hilliard Capt. Edwin William George Petherbridge Miss, The Cottage Bennett Capt. Geo. Latham Bla.cker R.N. Oyprns Pierssene Rev. Rene E.A. (vicar), R.N. Ferndale Humphreys Mrs. Mapledene,King's rd The Vicarage Best Robert M.B. Winehester road Keary Capt. Fra.ncis •William R.N. Pinnick Mrs. Erocklesby Bruno Lt.-Col Hngh Watson Bruno, Oldbury Pollock Robert 0. L. Meadow house The Moorings Kingham James Eurton, Woodlan!Ls Purkiss George Edwd.Langleybury lo Callen Jsmes, Ivy dene Lan~aster Clande B. Oakleigh Ramsay-Laye Mrs. Dunoattar Carlisle Major Anthony, Glandwr La.rkins Harry, Woodwa.y Riach Lieut.-Col. M. S. R. Bandrum Coles Miss, Upwood Lloyd Mrs. Penquite Richa.rds Mrs. Argyll lodge Covey Mis!l, Leaholme Longhurst Arthur E. T., M.D. ~or- Ritchie Edward Dugnid M.A., M.B. Dear Edwin D. Hillside mandie house Park road Dixon Col. Sir Hemy Grey K.C.B. Lowrie Arthur Edwin. Cliftonville Robe-rtson Major Bowen, Fair lawn Hazelwood. Lunn Mrs. Bra.ckenh