DIREarORY.] . DIDMARTON. 137 tion in this case was to the Holy Trinity or possibly to St. was 712. Apperley Court, the property and seat of .A.1ger­ Peter; the stone is now on one of the interior walls. A non A. de L. Strickland esq. RA., J.P. stands on an monastery is said to have been founded here by Doddo, elevated spot, commanding an extensive prospect over the Duke of Mercia, in honour of the Virgin iMary: this adjacent country. The .goil is a. deep red loam, but vary­ settlement, it appear&, was destroyed by the Danes, but ing on the higher gxounds, the greatest pari of which is the monastery was rebuilt and colonised anew as a house used as pasture. of the Benedictine order, c. 980, and was subsequently bestowed by Edwam the Confessor on the Abbey of St. WALTON is a hamlet, 2 miles south­ Denis, near Paris, thus becoming an alien priory. After east on the high road from to and the suppression of alien priories by Statute 2 Hen. V. Cheltenham, from which there are many picture-sque and (1414-15), the monastery was granted by Hen. VI. to beautiful views of the surrounding country. Eton College, founded by him in 1440: Edw. IV. however, Sexton, William Henry Margxett. revoked this gift and gave it to the college of Fotheringay, Post Office, Deerhurst.-Mrs. Harriet Haine-s, SUb-post­ but it was afterwards restored to Eton and finally granted mistress. Letters arrive through Tewkesbury at 7 to Tewkesbury Abbey; and at the Dissolution, 34 Hen. a.m.; dispatched 4.15 p.m. Postal orders are issued VID. (1542-3), it was granted to William Throckmorton. here, but not paid. Tewkesbury is t'he nearest money St. .Alphege, Archbishop {)f Canterbury (1005-12), mur­ order & telegxaph office dered by the Danes 19 April, 1012, was sometime a monk Post Office, Apperley.-William Colwel1, sub-postmaster. of this house. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who Letters arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched ab 4 p.m. thl'ough hold the manorial rights, .Algernon Augustine de Lille Tewkesbury, which is also the JJParest money order Strickland esq. B.A., J.P. and the Earl of Coventry are office; postal orders are issued here, but not paid; chief landowners. nearest telegraph office, Combe Hill APPERLEY is a. large hamlet, I! miles south, in the SCHOOLS. lower division Qf the hundred of Westminster: it lies on National, Apperley (mixed), built in 1858, with residence the east bank of the , and some parts of it for mistress, for 44 children; average attendance, 40; are subject to inuncLations. The chapel of ease here, & is supported by A. Strickland esq.; ::Mrs. Milsom~ erected in 1856, is a. structure of brick in the Byzantine mistress style: in 1896 extensive alterations and additions were made, at a cost of about £1,500, under the direction of F. National (mixed), Deerhurst, built in 1856, for 80 C. Penrose esq. architect, of London, and there are now children, with residence for master; average attend- about 150 sittings. The soil is loamy marl; subsoil. clay. ance, 68; Sidney JQhn Gillett, master There is a large proportion of pasture land; thE.' chief Carrier.-Ralph Crook, to Tewkesbury, wed. returning crops are wheat, beans and seeds. The area is 2,859 same day; to Gloucester, sat. returning same day j to acres; rateable value, £5,576; the population in 1891 Cheltenham on thurs. returning same day DEERHlURST. Ciifford Henry, White Lion P.H.~ coal Wells Elizabeth (Miss), farmer Lysons Rev. Daniel George M.A. dealer & blacksmith Rymer John G. farmer, Grey hill Vicarage Crook Henry, but.cher Whithorn Mrs Crook Ralph, earner DEERHURST WALTON. Philips William, farmer, Priory farm Clut'terbuc~ !Vm.frmr. Whitefield ert Boughton WaIt. Thos.Salters Hill vii Whithorn Wm.frmr.AbbO'tts Court fm Colwell Wllliam, farmer, baker & Gordon John H. Hoo villa beer retailer, Post office Leach Alfred, Walton house APPERLEY. Cull C. A. & F. M. (Misses). farmers, Clift Wm. R. frmr. Walton Hill farm Dipper John, Apperley green New house Counsell John, farmer. Curzey farm Legh Mislt Cornwall, Apperley house Dipper JQhn, farmer Godwin Louis, blacksmith Strickland Algernon Augustine de Dipper Wiliiam, farmer Pope H. J. farm bailiff to George Lille RA., J.P. Apperley court Hanby Ellen (Mrs.), farmer Hone esq. Red House farm Hanby James, farmer Pope Josiah, shQpkeeper COMMERCIAL. Moore Henry, shopkeeper Robins ·William, jun. farmer Andrews Charles, basket maker Powell J'ohn, farmer Smith George, frmr. Walton Hill farm .Andrews George, basket maker Roberts Thomas, basket maker Hanby Charles, farmer Baylis Joseph, tailor Robinson .Alfred, carpenter Wesl:ion Wm. Charles, farmer, Notcliff Clifford Henry,jun.frmr.Box Tree frm Robinson William, carpenter DIDBROOX is a. village and parish, 3 miles north- I held since 1871 by the Rev. William Darke Stanton M.A. north-east from Winchcomb, and 6! south-east from I of Exeter College, Oxford, who is also vicar of and resides Beckford station on the Evesham and Ashchurch branch I at Toddington. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1838. of the Midland railway, in the Northern division of the I The Earl Qf Wemyss and March is lord of the manor. and county. lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, Winch- I owns all the land with the exception of Wormington comb petty sessional division, union an~ county court Grange estate and a portion of the Toddington estate. district, rural deanery of ,Campden, archdeaconry of The soil consists of stiff clay; subsoil. clay and gravel. Cirencester and diocese of Gloucester. The church of St. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area of George, built by William of Whitchurch, last abbot of ! the township is 1,528; rateable value, £560; the popu­ Hailes, 1475, is a building of stone in the Perpendicular: lation in 1891 was 141. style, consisting of chancel, nave, west porch and an em- I By a Local Government Or@r dated March 25, 1883. battled, western tower with pinnacles and containing 4' Wormington Grange, a detached part of this parish, was bells: the founder's tomb, a stone coffin, with very beauti- . amalgamated with Stanton and another detached part to ful cross, chalice and missal carved thereon, is ~n the I Stanway. north wall of the church: the stone font wai made and I Parish Clerk .Alfred Wallis. given by the late Mr. William Edwards, churchwarden,' . in 1858: the east window is filled with old glass '::ollect~d I Wall. Letter Box, cleared lI;t 5 p.m. Letters receIved from by the Rev. H. B. Pruen: there are ISO sittings. The I WIDchco~b R.S.O. which lS the ne.arest money o1"der register, including Pinnock and Halles, dates from the office, arrIve at 7·45 a.m. Stanway IS the nearest tele­ year 1556. The living is a vicarage. with the rectory of I graph office Pinnock-cum-Hyde and the chapelry ()f Hailes annexed, I School (mixed), built i~ 1870, with residence for Inistress, united joint net yea1"ly value £173, including 37 acres of for 96 child,:ren; average attendance, 40; supported in glebe, in the gift of the Earl of Wemyss and March, and part by Lord Sudeley; Mrs. .Alcock, mistress Weston A. E. D. St. Aubyn, The Cot HotJ.lic~ Frank, blacksmith Launchbury In. Wilkins, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Horlick Julia Ann (Mrs.), wheelwright Scarlett Joseph, farmer Higgins John, farmer, Fields farm Horlick WaUer (Mrs.), baker Staite Charles, carrier DIDMARTON is a parish and village, on the Bath diocese of Gloucester. The river Avon takes its rise in and Oirencester road and on the Wiltshire border. 6 this parish. By a. Local Government Order which came miles south-west from Tetbury station, on the branch into operation 25th Maroh, Ifr83, the entire parish of Old­ of the Great Western railway from Kemble junction and bury-on-the-Hill was amalgamated with Didmarton. The 7 north-west from Wickwar station on the Birmingham church of St. Michael and .All Angels, erected in 1871, at and Bristol section of the Midland railway, 8 west from a cost of about £2,500, is an edifice in the Gothic style, Malmesbury and 22 south from Gloucester and 102 from consisting of chancel, nave, north transept, north porch London, in the Eastern division of the county, upper and a turret containing one bell: there are sittings for division of Grumbalds Ash hundred, Tetbury union and 2150 persons. The church of St. Lawrence is an ancient petty sessional division, Malmesbury county court district, building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting rural deanery of Hawkesbury, archdeaconry of Bristol and of nave, north aisle. north porch and a central wooden