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Watkins, from ., passes through Bristol at 9 a.m. Baylis, daily II a.m.; Gough, tues. thurs. & sat. 9 returning at +30 p.m. tues. thurs. & sat a.m.; return at 4.30 p.m.; Underhill, daily II a.m. return 7 p.m Hammond George, Blue Bowl P.R Williams John, draper, land &; income .A.L:MONDSBURY. Harcombe Amelia (Mrs.), postmistress tax collector & parish clerk PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hendy Clara (Mrs.), farmr.Woodlands Young George, stone mason Hinton George, carpenter OVER. Baker Hiatt, Oaklands Hunt Charlotte (Miss), ladies' school Cann-Lippincott lWbert C. Over court Clarke Henry Vaughan, Brygowan J effries Charle's, boot & shoe maker Frost Walter, Hill crest King Francis, farmer, Haise farm Griffin Edwin, farmer, Court farm Hillier William, Cattybrook Leonard Robert Cecil M.D. surgeon of Virgo Joseph, farmer, Over House frm Leonard Robert Cecil M.B the Memorial Institute & Convales- EAST COMPTON. Machen Miss, The Institute Ce'1l.t Home Pitts John Master Thomas William Chester D.L., Lippiatt James, boot & shoe maker COMMERCIAL. J.P. Knole park Lippiatt Reuben, tiler & plasterer Collins William, draper & grocer Master Col. Thomas William Chester, Luton George, farmer, Court farm Garrett Henry, farmer, Washing Pool jun. J.P. Knole park Luton William, farmer Hudd William, beer retailer Miles Rev. Chas. Oswald M.A.Vicarage Machen Mary (~ss), matron of the Lansdowne Henry, farmer Miles Mrs. Prospect house Memorial Institute & Convalescent Lippiate William (Mrs.), shopkeeper Pacey Thomas, Beach house Home Purnell George, blacksmith COMMERCIAL. ~Iemoria1 Institute & Convalescent Richards Charles, farmer Attwell Luke, stone mason Home (~ss Mary Machen, matron) Rosser George, farmer Bailey Hy. farmer, Gaunt's Earthcott Mountstephen George, farmer Virgo George stone mason (letters through Winterbourne, Mullett Uriah, farmer West Thomas: carpenter Bristol) Parker J as. farmer, hill P.A.TCHW.A.Y 'IJircombe Jacob, farmer Parker Philip, farmer • -:d3iss Frederick, commercial traveller & Pearce Edwd. blacksmth. & wheelwgt Fisher Frederick, The Elms assistant overseer for , Pea-rce William, farmer Willway Septimus, The Elms Hampton Rugman Wm. farmer, Hortham farm COMMERCIAL. ""I>Bl'()WU Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Skinscott Stephen, news agent Barton .A.1phonzo, farmer, Callicroft frm _ > Brown William. shopkeeper Tarlor Edwin, farmer, 'Gaunts Earth- Chandler Richard, grocer & post office Bracey George (Mrs.), laundress cott (letters through Winterbourne, Dowding GOO.Edward,coal mer.Station Carey Willlam, market gardene'r Bristol) Duck Henry, farmer . Cattybrook Brick Works (E. E. Street Thomas .A.ugustus, farmer, Gaunt'a Faux Richard, market gardener mgr.; W. H. L. Durnsford, sec) Earthott (letters through Winter- Fishlock Thomas, fiy proprietor Chandler Arthur, grocer bourne, Bristol) Gifford James Edward, saddler Chapman Wm. Swan hotel & farmer Thomas In. farmel', Woodhouse farm Hopkins A.ustin, farmer Cooper William, bakeT" & shopkeeper Thomas John, shopkeeper Hopkins Levi, farmer England Daniel, potato dealer Thomas William, farmer Humphries Joseph. New inn F.H England Henry, haulier Thomas William, farmer, Hempton Lambert Fredk. Railway inn P.R Farr William, farmer, Knap House frm Weaver Obed, farmer, Lower Knowle Pearce William, blacksmith Fox Edward, farmer, Bowsland farm Williams Fredk. assistant overseet' &.. Reynolds Joseph, plasterer & shopkeepr Hall Rodney, farmer, Hempton farm clerk to parish council, l'J'ownsend ho Thompson John Greenwood, shopkeepr ALSTON is a hamlet belonging to the parish of Over- turret, containing a clock and one bell: it was restored in bury, in 'Worcestershire, 2 miles south from Beckford 1621 and again in 1'8,80, at a cost of £1,000, and affords station on the Midland railway, and 5 north-west from roo sittings. Samuel Gist-Gist esq. of Warmington Winchcombe, in the Northern division of the county, Grange, Didbrook, Cheltenham, is the chief landowner. upper division of Kiftsgate hundred, Winchcombe union, The s()il is chiefly elay; subsoil, clay. The chief crop! county court district and petty sessional division, rural are wheat, beans and roots. The area, including Little deanery of llredon and archdeaconry and diocese of Washbourne hamlet, is r,060 acres; rateable value, 1,'543; Worcester. Alston was formerly in Worcestershire, but the population in r'89r was 62. under the Acts 2 & 3 William IV. cap. 64, and 7 & 8. . 'Victoria cap. 61 was transferred to Gloucestershire. St. Letters receIved through Tewkesbury arrIve about 9 a.m. ; Mary's, ~ chapel of ease to Overbury, is a building of letters collected 4.30 p.m. Nearest mo-ner order office, .•stone in the Gothic style of the r4th century, consisting Beckford; telegraph office, Beckford statlOn . ,of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a wooden The children of the parish attend the school at Alderton Attwood Charles, farmer 100dacre Charles, farmer, Up. Farenl Price Julia (Mrs.), farmer Grimmitt Samuel, farmer Peart Williiam, shopkeeper _ is a village and parish, containing the the population in r891 was 759. Nine Elms was trans­ hamlet of Earthcott and part of the hamlet of Rudg- ferred to this parish from , under the" Divided way, and is on the Gloucester and Bristol road, 2 miles Parishes Act r882." south from Thornbury terminal station of a branch of the ' Mid~and railway, 7 west-s()uth-west from Wickwar, 9 EARTHOOTT is a hamlet 2 miles south-east. north from Bristol and I r7 from London, in the Southern RUDGWAY is a hamlet half a mile west, partly in this division of the county, Lower Langley and Swineshead and partly in OIveston parish. hundred, Thornbury union, petty sessional division and Parish Clerk, Mrs. Emma Webb. • county court district, rural deanery of Stapleton, arch. , \2aconry and diocese of Bristol. The old church of St. Post Office, Alveston (Railway Sub-Office. Letters sho11ld ~elen is an ancient building of stone, in the Early English have R. S. O. Gloucestershire added.)-Stephen Annj .tyle, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an em­ postmaster. Mails arrive from Gloucester via. I battled western tower, but the church is now used only at 6.35 a.m.; 3.30 p.m. from Bristol via Thornbury; . for funerals. The new church of St. Helen, situated about dispatched at 9.45 a.m. via Thornbury, 4.10 p.m. to , a mile north, was erected in 1885, at a cost of £3,675, and Bristol, 6 p.m. to Gloucester via Oharfield, &. 7.40 p.m. r~S a building of stone in the Decorated style, con- to Bristol via . Postal orders are issued here, sisting of chancel, nave and an embattled tower, con­ but not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph taining a clock and 6 bells; there are 300 sittings. The office is at Thornbury register dates from the year r742. The living is a vicar. Post Office, Rudgway (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should -.age, net yearly value £239, including 24 acres of ~lebe, 'in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, and held have R.S.O. Gloucestershire added.)-William Biddle, ,since r887 by the Rev. Edward Lang:ey M.A. of Oaius postmaster. Mails arrive from Gloucester via Charfield .College, Oambridge. Here are Wesleyan and Primitive at 6.45 a.m. ; from Bristol via Thornbury at 3.45 p.m.; Methodist chapels. Charities of £5 10S. yearly value, dispatched at 9.30 a.m. &.. 4 p.m. to Bristol via Thorn­ .are given to poor women. Lieut.-Col. Henry Thomas bury, 5.55 p.m. to Gloucester via Oharfield &.. 7.50 p.m. .Salmon D.L., J.P. of Manor, is lord of the to Bristol via Patchway. The nearest money order l;j manor, and Thomas and Edward Bush esqrs. are chief telegraph office is at Toekington landowners. The soil is in parts light loam; subsoil, Rudgway.-Wall Letter Box cleared at 8.45 a.m. & 8 p.m limestone; in others stiff loam; subsoil, clay. Coral lime­ Earthcott.-Wall Letter Box cleared at 2.30 p.m. Letters stone abounds in the neighbourhood and supplies the lower should have Winterbourne, Bristol, added Jevel with quantities of lime. which is much prized. The National School (mixed), built for 140 children; average chief crops are wheat. barley" potatoes and some land in attendance, 90; there is a house for the teachers; pasture. ThE! area is 2,553 ac!'es; rateable value, 1."5,016; Samuel Tutt, master