John Keble's Parishes

John Keble's Parishes Charlotte M Yonge John Keble's Parishes Table of Contents John Keble's Parishes...............................................................................................................................................1 Charlotte M Yonge.........................................................................................................................................1 JOHN KEBLE'S PARISHES: A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE.....................................3 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................3 CHAPTER IMERDON AND OTTERBOURNE.......................................................................................4 CHAPTER IIMEDIÆVAL GIFTS.............................................................................................................7 CHAPTER IIIREFORMATION TIMES..................................................................................................11 CHAPTER IVPURITAN TIMES..............................................................................................................15 CHAPTER VCUSTOMS OF THE MANOR OF MERDON...................................................................19 CHAPTER VICRANBURY AND BRAMBRIDGE................................................................................25 CHAPTER VIITHE BUILDING AT HURSLEY.....................................................................................27 CHAPTER VIIIOLD OTTERBOURNE...................................................................................................29 CHAPTER IXCHURCH BUILDING.......................................................................................................31 CHAPTER XHURSLEY CHURCH.........................................................................................................35 CHAPTER XITHE GOLDEN DAYS OF HURSLEY.............................................................................42 CHAPTER XIIHURSLEY VICARAGE..................................................................................................45 CHAPTER XIIILATER CHANGES........................................................................................................50 CHAPTER XIVA SURVEY.....................................................................................................................52 CHAPTER XVWORDS AND PHRASES................................................................................................57 CHAPTER XVINATURAL HISTORY....................................................................................................69 BIRDS...................................................................................................................................................70 FLOWERS............................................................................................................................................76 CRUCIFERA.........................................................................................................................................78 CARYOPHYLLEÆ..............................................................................................................................79 ST. JONN'S−WORT TRIBE.................................................................................................................80 CRANESBILL TRIBE..........................................................................................................................80 LEGUMINOSE.....................................................................................................................................81 ROSE TRIBE........................................................................................................................................82 WILLOW−HERB TRIBE.....................................................................................................................84 SAXIFRAGEA......................................................................................................................................84 UMBELLIFERA...................................................................................................................................85 MADDER TRIBE.................................................................................................................................86 COMPOSITÆ.......................................................................................................................................87 GENTIAN TRIBE.................................................................................................................................89 BORAGE TRIBE..................................................................................................................................90 LABIATÆ.............................................................................................................................................90 THE LILY TRIBE.................................................................................................................................94 REEDS..................................................................................................................................................96 GRASSES..............................................................................................................................................96 FERNS, ETC.........................................................................................................................................98 i John Keble's Parishes Charlotte M Yonge This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • PREFACE • CHAPTER IMERDON AND OTTERBOURNE • CHAPTER IIMEDIÆVAL GIFTS • CHAPTER IIIREFORMATION TIMES • CHAPTER IVPURITAN TIMES • CHAPTER VCUSTOMS OF THE MANOR OF MERDON • CHAPTER VICRANBURY AND BRAMBRIDGE • CHAPTER VIITHE BUILDING AT HURSLEY • CHAPTER VIIIOLD OTTERBOURNE • CHAPTER IXCHURCH BUILDING • CHAPTER XHURSLEY CHURCH • CHAPTER XITHE GOLDEN DAYS OF HURSLEY • CHAPTER XIIHURSLEY VICARAGE • CHAPTER XIIILATER CHANGES • CHAPTER XIVA SURVEY • CHAPTER XVWORDS AND PHRASES • CHAPTER XVINATURAL HISTORY • BIRDS • FLOWERS • CRUCIFERA • CARYOPHYLLEÆ • ST. JONN'S−WORT TRIBE • CRANESBILL TRIBE • LEGUMINOSE • ROSE TRIBE • WILLOW−HERB TRIBE • SAXIFRAGEA • UMBELLIFERA • MADDER TRIBE • COMPOSITÆ • GENTIAN TRIBE • BORAGE TRIBE • LABIATÆ • THE LILY TRIBE • REEDS • GRASSES • FERNS, ETC. Transcribed from the 1898 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email [email protected] John Keble's Parishes 1 John Keble's Parishes John Keble's Parishes 2 JOHN KEBLE'S PARISHES: A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE PREFACE To explain the present undertaking, it should be mentioned that a history of Hursley and North Baddesley was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a considerable amount of antiquarian knowledge. It reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy received many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should be re−edited, but ninety years could not but make a great difference in these days of progress, so that not only had the narrative to be brought up to date, but further investigations into the past brought facts to light which had been unknown to Mr. Marsh. It was therefore judged expedient to rewrite the whole, though, whenever possible, the former Curate's work has been respected and repeated; but he paid little attention to the history of Otterbourne, and a good deal has been since disclosed, rendering that village interesting. Moreover, the entire careers of John Keble and Sir William Heathcote needed to be recorded in their relations to the parish and county. This has, therefore, here been attempted, together with a record of the building of the three churches erected since 1837, and a history of the changes that have taken place; though the writer is aware that there is no incident to tempt the readerno siege of the one castle, no battle more important than the combat in the hayfield between Mr. Coram and the penurious steward, and, till the last generation, no striking character. But the record of a thousand peaceful years is truly a cause of thankfulness, shared as it is by many thousand villages, and we believe that a little investigation would bring to light, in countless other places, much that is well worth remembrance. For the benefit of those who take an interest in provincial dialect, some specimens are appended, which come from personal knowledge. The lists of birds and of flowers are both from the actual observation of long residents who have known the country before, in many instances, peculiarities have faded away before the march of progress. The writer returns many warm thanks to those who have given much individual assistance in the undertaking, which could not have been attempted without such aid. C. M. YONGE. ELDERFIELD, OTTERBOURNE, 18th June 1898. JOHN KEBLE'S PARISHES: A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE 3 John Keble's Parishes CHAPTER IMERDON AND OTTERBOURNE The South Downs of England descend at about eight miles from the sea into beds of clay, diversified by gravel and sand, and with an upper deposit of peaty, boggy soil, all having been brought down by the rivers of which the Itchen and the Test remain. On the western side of the Itchen, exactly at the border where the chalk gives way to

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