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DIRECTO~Y.] ".ILTSHIRE. WHITSBURY. 255 Harris George, baker k beer retailer' Manners Emma (Mi~s), shopkeeper :Marsh John, farmer, Manor farm Hazell Alfred, farmer :MarS<h George Benoni, farmer Pyle Edwd. Cross Guns P.H. .Avoncliff Holdway Olara (Mr.s.), New inn WHADDON is a parish, 3 miles south-we.st from Long family sinoe 1778: there are So sittings. The 1\felksham and 3 north-east from Trowbridge station on registe-r dates from the year 1652. The living is a dis the Great Western railway, in the Western division of charged rectory, annexe-d to that of Hilpe.rton, avernge the county, Mell~sham hundred, union and county court tithe rent-charge £271, joint gross yearly value £401• distroicl, petty sessional division of Whorwellsdown, rural net £300, in the gift of Waiter Hume Long esq. M.P. deanery of Potterne (Bradford portion), archdeaconry of and held sinoe 1888 by the Rev. Samueol Thoodore Wood Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The river .Avon and the M . .A., B.C.L. of Christ Church, Oxford, who residoes a,t Kennet and .Avon canal pass through the parish. The Hilpe-rton. Wal.ter Hume Long esq. M.P. of Rood .Ash.. church is a smaJl stone building, part.ly Norman, of ton House, is lord of the manor and principal land ancient date, having chanoel and nave, south porch with owner. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. The spire containing 2 bells, and was restored in 1879 by land is chiefly in paSiture. The area is 383 acres; rate W. P. Long esq. when t1he stained east window was able value, £8oo; the population in 1891 was 18. inserted: vhere is a splendid monument to Waiter Long, Parish Clerk, Alexander Fillis. d. 1807, and one piece of sculpture, by Wesrt:macott, is Letters through Trowbridge, arrive at 7.30 a.m. Trow in memory of Miss Katherine Long, of Wraxall : there bridge is the nearest money order office. The nearest is a brass to- Henry wng, d. 1612, and beneath the telegraph office is at Hilperton churc:h is a mausQleum containing the remains of the The children attend the school at Hilperton Golledge Jacob, farmer, Whaddon Grove farm I Redman Jn. farmer, Whaddon farm WHITEP ARISH, on the borders of Hampshire, and barley and turnips. The area is 6,316 acres; rateable on the road to Southampton, is zi miles south from value, £5,693; in 1891 the population was 1,037· West Dean s·tation on the Salisbury branch of the Lon Earldoms, 3 miles south, formerly extra-parochial, is don and South Western railway, and 7 south-east from now a parish with 37 inhabit·ants in 18gr. The area is Salisbury, in the Southern division of the county, 788 acres ; rateabJe value, £416. F:rusrt:field hundred, Alderbury union, Salisbury county Melchet Park was formerly extra-parochial, but is court disrt.rict, Salisbury and .Ame·sbury petty sessional now a parish in Romsey union and .Alderbury hundred. division, rural deanery of Amesbury (.Mderbury portion), Melchet Park is the seat of Louisa Lady .Ashburton; the a.rchdeaconry of Sarum, and diooese of Salisbury. The mansion is a noble edifice of the Composite order, built church of .All Saints is an edifice of flint and stone, in of red brick, reliev-ed with freestone, surrounded with mix·ed styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, lawns and shrubberies, in a park of 539 acres, com aisles, north porch, with a small we·stern wooden belfry, manding an extensive view of the surrounding scenery. containing a clock and 3 bells: in it are several monu The area of the parish is 830 acres; rateable value. ments to the Eyre and St. Barbe families : conside-rable £643; the popula,tion in 18gr was 37· improvem·ents were made in the interior in 1869-70: it contains memorial windows to the Bristow family: there Oowesfield, 2 miles east, Oowesfield Loveries, Alder ar.e 300 sitt·ings. The register dates from the year 1559. ton (or .Alderston), half-a-mile north, Whelpley, r mile The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £140, west-by-north, and Cowesfield Esturmy are tithings. gross yearly value £150, net £120, with glebe (£4) and Plarish Olerk, George Beauchamp. residence, in the gift of Mrs. Durie, and held since r 893 Post & M. 0. 0., 8~ B. & .Annuity & Insurance Offioe. by t·he Rev. Julian Pattisson, of Corpus Christi college, Isaac Woodford, sub-posltima9ter. Leobters from Salis Cambridge. Hel'e is a place of worship for 'Vesleyans bury via Downton at 7.50 a.m. & 3 p.m. from Dean; and Primitive Methodists. Charities to the amount of dispatched at 6.10 p.m. ; sun days, letters arriv.e, 7.50 £6 ros. yearly 3Jre distributed in clothing. Broxmore a.m. ; dispa1tohed 10.45 a.m. The nearest telegraph House, the residence of Mrs. Durie, is an elegant and ·Office is at Dean railway station spacious building, and the grounds and scenery around Pillar Letter Box, CQwesfield, 5·45 p.m. & g.15 a.m. sun the house are beautiful and picturesque. Brickworth National School (mixed), built in 1846, for 160 children; House, the property of Earl Nelson, is now occupied by average wttendance, 120; & supported in part by an J·ames .Al·exander Sh.il'll'eff esq. Cowesfield House, tlhe •endowment; William Henry Williams, master; Miss seat of William Frederic Lawr.ence esq. M.P., J.P. stands Emma Olements, mistresS' on the southern slope of the Dean Hill, and commands extensive views over the country, including the New Carriers to:- Forest and the Isle of Wight. Earl Nelson, who is lord Sa1isbury-Lampard, Fulford, J erred & P.enn, tues. of the manor;. Mrs. Durie, Mr. Laurence and Mr. Fort thurs. & sat. ; returning same days a11e the principal landowners. The soil is chalk, sand Southampton-Elkins' cart, tnes. & fri. returning same and gravel; subsoil, chalk. The chie-f crops are whe'<l,t, days Letters marked thus * through Rom- Brown Tom, butcher Jukes James, blacksmith, Earldoms sey, Hants.) Cawsey Henry & John, farmers Keyswel1s Ernest Neville M.B. sur *.Ashburton Louisa Lady, 1\feichet Chrumpion Charles, bailiff to W. F'. geon, & medical officer & public vac park· & Kent house Knightsbridge Lawrence esq. 1\f.P cinator No. I district. .Alderbury London S W ' ' *Clyma Jeremiah, farmer union, W esteria lodge Bourdillon Stafford .Abbotstone Crook Thomas, shoe maker Lockyer Joseph, blacksmith *Davies Cha.rles Fr~dk . .Ashmore house Drake Richard, draper & grocer Martin Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Durie Mrs. Broxmore house Dredge· Charles, farmer Newman Charles, farmer Fort George H. The Oommon E!k~ns John, market gardener Newman James, mealman Keywells Ernst.NevilleM!.B.Westerialo Elkms ~_omas, shopke~per Page George, baker & grocer Lawrence William Frederic M.P.,M. .A., Foot Wilham, wheelwright Penn Thoma-s, beer retailer J.P. Cowesfield house; & 6 St. Fulford George, farmer Pritchard Tom, baker & shopkeeper Ermin's mansions Westminster SW Gay .Albert, farmer Read Geo.Natib.aniel,butcher & beer ret & New University & Carlton clubs, Gill Albert, King's Head P.H Savage Chas. bailiff to G. H. Fort esq London S W Green Henry, farmer Snelgar Frank, farmer Pattisson Rev. Julian, Vicarage Harrison .H.ugh, brick ~a. Cowesfield Stevens James, farmer Shirreff Ja.s. Alex. Brickworth house Hatch Wilham, blacksmith Stride James (MDs.), farmer Hatcher Charles, farmer Symonds Samuel, farmer, Earldoms COMMERCIAL. Hayes James, jun. blacksmith Till Henry, saddler Andrews Henry, carpenter Hayter Jeremiah, farmer Waters Fred, farmer Andrews John, farmer Hinwool Thomas, black9Illith Woodford Isaac, ooker & shopkeeper. Bartlett Jameg, farmer Joyce James, White Hart P.R Post office WHITSBURY is a parish, on the borders of Hamp- house, is in Hampshire. The church of St. Leonard, an shire, 3 miles west from Breamore station on the SaHs- ancient structu:re of rubble and stone, in the Early bury and Dorchester s·ection of the London and South English style, founded in the reign of Henry I. was WeSJtern railway, 8 south from Salisbury and 4 north- restored in 1878 at a cost of £1,550; it consists of chan west-by-north fr()IIO Fordingbridge, in the Southern divi- oel, nave, west porch and square tower containing 9 &ion of the county, Cawden hundred, Salisbury and bells, the gift. of Edward Edwards esq. : the east window Amesbury petty sessional division, Fordingbridge union is stained, and there is also a small stained window in and county court district, rural deanery of Christchurch, the chancel, representing the paroron saint: there are and t~~rchd.eaoonry and diocese of Winchester: a small n8 sittings. The register dates from the year 1714. portion gf this parish, includoing the church and rectory The living is a reotory, average tithe rent-charge £zz8, .