DlBEO'l'OB V, J BERKEL!.Y, 41 hunting visitors. The Berkeley Hunt .Agricultural the castle, is the property of Lord Fit,.hardinge; it is Society holds an annual show on .August Bank holiday, about 336 acres in extent, and is used ""' a deer park. of cattle, horses and dairy produce, the cheese show Lord Fitzhardinge and James Croome-Jackman esq. being the largest in the county. The trade consists J.P. of Brearlstone House, are the principal landowners. chiefly in coals, timber and dairy ·produce. Fairs are Newport Towers is the seat of Thomas Gadd Matthews held on the 14th of May and second Monday in esq. J.P. The soil is various, with sand and clay; sub­ December, for cattle and pigs, and m~u·kets are held on soil, mar!, clay and gravel. The land is chiefly pasture. the first Wednesday in each month exoepting May and The areas are :-Berkeley, 57 acres; .Alkington, 4,100 December. The Cobtage Hospital, established in I 877, acres of land and 14 of water; Breadstone, I,I99 acres and in 1886 named "The Berkeley Hospital," has nine of land and 3 of "at er; Ham and Stone, 4,397 acres of beds and two cots, and is now managed by a con1mittee land, 14 of water, 256 of tidal water and 542 or fore­ of which Lord Fitzhardinge is president. .Adjoining the shore; Hamfallow, 2,861 acres of land, 9 of water, 18 hospii>al are four almshou.ses, erected and endowed in of tidal water and 29 of foreshore; Hinton, I,852 acres 1899 by Georgina, Lady Fitzhardinge, as a memorial to of land, 62 of water, 426 of tidal water and r,rSs of her husband, Francis William, znd Baron Fitzhardinge. foreshore; rateable values :-Berkeley, £2,825; .Alking:­ who died 29 June, 1896. There are numerous charities. ton, £8,099; Bread stone, £2,716; Ham and Stone, amounting in the whole to £130 yearly. Edward Jenne1 £6,847; Hamfallow, £s,Joi; Hinton, £17,897; the M.D. (Edin. and Oxon.), F.R.S. who introduced the prac­ population in I9II was: Berkeley, 826; .Alkington tice of vaccination, was born here May 17, 1749, being tithing, r mile east, 815; Breadstone tithing, 2 miles the son of the Rev. Stephen Jenner, then vicar of Ber­ north-east, 130; Ham tithing, half a mile south, and keley; he died JannDursley, who having espoused the cause of King Stephen found under a separate heading. in opposition to the Empress Matilda, was, on the acces­ The population of Berkeley ecclesiastical parish in sion of Henry 11. deprived of the title and estates, which 1911 was 5,o4o. were then conferred in 1154 upon Roberl Fitzhardinge, By an Order in Council gazetted .April 4th, I9II, part a wealthy citizen of Bristol, who assumed the title of Baron of .Alkington, with a population at the I9II census of de Berkeley. The ringing of the curfew-bell at 8 p.m. 276, was transferred to .All Saints, Stone, ecclesiastical during the winter months is still maintained. parish. Berkeley Castle, the residence of Lord Fit,.hardinge, is one of the most ancient and interesting feudal for­ SHARPNESS, port and village, in the tithing of Hin­ tresses yet remaining in England; it was rebuilt in the tun, in this pHrish, will be fuund under a separate heading. latter end of the 12th century by Prince Henry (afterwards Parish Clerk, Thomas Eyles. Henry II.) and the above-named Robert Fitzhardinge, Post, M. 0. &; T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office and has remained in the possession of his descendants down (Letters should haYe Gloucestershire added).-Miss to the present time: it consists of an outer courtyard, M. M. Ford, postmistress. Letters are delivered at entered through a low, but massive, gateway tower, and 7 & IO a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; dispatched at 9.30 a.m. & once surrounded by various buildings, the foundations ol r.I5, 6.45 (for North & Midlands), 7·45 & 9·45 p.m. which still exist, an inner courtyard, still inclosed by (box cleared for dispatch next morning). Money buildings, and lastly the circu:ar keep, which forms part order office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays, of the north-west side of this courlyard, projecting into letters are delivered at 7 a.m. & dispatched at 6.45 and extending beyond it. Beyond the low embattled wall & 9·45 p.m. (box cleared for dispatch next morning). which bounds the outer ward are terraced gardens, with Sundays, office open 8.30 to Io a.m. for telegrams & lawns, shaded by finely grown firs and cedars : in the letters. Telegraph office at Berkeley Road station fO'I' outer ward hangs a bell, once in a Buddhist temple near delivery of telegrams Ningpo, but brought to England by Capt. Dew C.B. and Wall Letter Boxes.-Berkeley Road station, cleared at presented by him to the first Lord Fitzhardinge. .Another 7·4" a.m. &; 5-45 p.m.; Berkeley heath, cleared 9 a.m. arched gate, with portcullis grooves, conducts to the inner & 6 p.m. ; Wanswell sub-office, cleared at 9 a.m. & ward, which has on the south-east the great hall, 62 6.20 p.m. ; Newport sub-office, cleared at 9·5 a.m. & by 32 ft. and 32 ft. in height; the windows are filled 5-45 p.m.; Breadstone, cleared at 8.20 a.m. & 5.20 with heraldic stained glass, on the walls hang family p.m.; Halmore sub-office, cleared at 5.20 p.m.; Pur­ and other portraits and armour, and over the fireplace ton sub-office, cleared at 9·5 a.m. & 4·55 p.m.; Wood­ are suspended the remains of two standards carried ford, cleared at 9· ro a. m. & 5 p.m.; Ham, I0.3o a.m. at Culloden ( 16 .April, 1746) by the regiment of .Augus­ & 5·4'> p.rn. & Newtown sub-office, cleared at 8.30 tus, 4th Earl of Berkeley K. T. : a wide staircase of a.m. & 6.5 & 8.55 p.m. all week days only black oak leads to the chapel, which retains its original painted roof, and on the wall under the arched JUSTICES OF THE PEiCE FOR BERKELEY PETTY passage leading to it are traces of black letter texts SESSIONAL DIVISION. in French and Latin, taken from the book of Revela­ Fitzha~dinge Lord D.L. Berkeley castle, chairman tions, and dating from about I4oo ; the windows Bennett Charles eVale of Berkeley. In this sicm :-Berkeley, .Alkington, Breadstone, Ham!allow. castle, after experiencing all the indignities and cruelties Hinton & Ham & Stone that could be eonceived, the unfortunate Edward 11. was murdered by his keepers-Sir Thomas Gournay and Lord PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Maltravers-zr September, 1307; above the steps leading Berkeley Hospital (The), Mary-le-port street, Waiter to the keep is an apartment called "King Edward's room," Robert .Awdry M.B. & .Arthur John .Awdry M.R.C.S. and shown as the place where the deed was committed; Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. medical officers; James .A. Peter, but the scene of this murder was more probably the hon. sec. ; :Miss Shipp, matron "dungeon room," which is in the bastion adjoining the Cemetery, Charles Scott B.A. clerk to the joint burial steps on the other side; beneath this chamber is a dungeon committee 28 feet deep. The c11stle was besieged by the Parliament· Police Station, John Tayler, sergeant & I constable ary forces in I645, and surrendered upon honourable terms, but was afterwards given back to George, 8th Baron Berkeley K.B. on condition of its being rendered TERRITORIAL FORCE. incapable of defence ; the castle is open to visitors on Gloucestershire (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Yea­ Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on payment of a manry (B Squadron, Berkeley Troop), Major W. H. small fee ; and the proceeds are devoted to the snpporl o! Playne, commanding; Sergt.-Major Swabey, Slad rd. looal charities. Wycliffe Park, one mile south-west of Stroud, drill instructor