West Coulston. Baynton. Tinhead. Edington. Coombe. Enford. Fifield
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DIRECTORY.] 553 ETCHILHAMPTON. [WILTS.] • - Pearce lacob, 1armer & miller, Ivy Miles William, blacksmith Edington. mill; & at Tinhead Oram WiIlialll & J aUles, farmers Littlewood Rev. Samuel, :B.D. [vicar], Potter John, shopkeeper Pearce Jacob, farmer & miller; & at Vicara~ Price John, farmer Ivy mill, El1ington COMM ERCIAL. White David, boot & shoe maker PepIer John Crook, farmer Applegate Henry, farmer Pepler Philip, farmer Al'plegate Joseph, farmer Baynton. Pike Edwin, Lamb inn Ashley Reuben, farmer, shopkeeper & Cochran Robert Alexander, Baynton Pike Jacob, carpenter & builder postmaster house RobertsAndrew,surveyor& landsteward Batbard l\Iary (Mrso), farmer Smith Jolm, farmer, Baynton farm for Simon Watson Taylor, esq Carter Edward, farmer. Housecroft Tyler John, farmer, Baynton farm Slade Maryann (!\Irs.), shopkeeper Carter Elizabeth (Mrs.), coal haulier Stokes Wm. shoe maker & shopkeeper Dean Wm. farmer, SoutiJdown tarm Tinhead. Turner Geor~e, George inn House George, shopkeeper Boulter Mrs Hurle John, carpenter • Flooks Robert, harness maker West Coulston. Jordan George, Plough inn Grant George, lime burner Millard John, White Horse Hales Eliza (Miss), shopkeeper Hobbs Jane (Mrs.), farmer Miller Jephtha, haker & shopkeeper Hall EH, shoe maker Hobbs Simon, shopkeeper Newman J ames, farmer Hobbs Thomas Nelson, farmer Perrott John, carpenter Newman James John, jun. farmer, Hobbs WiIliam, farmer Pike Joseph, carpenter & wheelwright Churcbfarm Lewis William, farmer Pike Stephen, Bell inn EISEY (with the tithing of WATER EATON), is a parish, Hyde Wyndham Beadon, M.A., ofSt. John's College, Cam· in the Northern division of the county, hundred of High bridge. The Earl of St. Germans is 100'd of the manor and worth, county court district of Swindon, diocese of Glou chief landowner. The soil is clay and loam. 'l'he chief cester and Bristol, al'chdeaconry of Bristol, Q'ld rural crops are pas ture. The extent of the Eisey tithing is 590 deanery of Cricklade, union and parliamentary borough of acres, and the population in 1871 was 74, and of Water Cricklade, 2 miles east from Cricklade. 'fhe river Thames Eaton, 1,250 acres, with a population of 132. Combined passes through the parish. 'fhe church of St. Mary is a gross etltimated rental .£3,998; rateable value, .£3,584. small plain modern Gothic building, will seat 150. The Parish Clerk, William Roseblade. register dates from 1571. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Latton, joint annual value £300, with residence, Letters through Cricklade, which is the nearest money order in the gift of the Earl of' St. Germans, and held by the Rev. office COMMERCIAL. IGantlett John, farmer, Water Eaton IHowse Edmund, farmer Akers Mary (Mrs.), frmr. Water Eaton Godwin Robert, farmer, Water Eaton Ruck Henry, farmer ENFORD (or AVENFORD, as it stands between Upavon poor " of the parish. Several barrows areobservable in the and Netheravon, on the river Avon) is a parish, in the fields and downs of this parish; and in the grounds of Southern divildon of the county, hundred of Ellltub and Chisenbury Priory, or De la Fosse, may be traced what is Everleigh, Pewsey union, Devizes county court district, called the Gladiator's Walk. Ambrose Hussey Freke, esq., diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Wilts, and rural is lord of the manor of Compton; Andrew Baden, esq., is deanery of Potlerne, 7 miles south from Pewsey and west lord of the manor of Long Street. The principal land from Ludgershall: it consists of the tithings of COMPTON, owners are Sir Edmund Antrobus, bart., Ambrose Hussey ENFORD, and FIFIELD, on the west side of the river, and Freke, esq., the Earl of Normanton, Major Poore, Andrew of those of' EAST CHISEN:BURY, LITTLECOTT, LONG Badell, esq., ~1 iss Grove, and John S. CU::lse, esq. The soil STREET, and COOM:BE, on the east. The church of All is light and chalky; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are Saints is a handsome structure, with a square embattled wheat, barley, and oats. The parish contains 7,880 acres, tower, and consists of chancel and naye and was rebuilt including the tithing of Fifield; gross estimated rental, (182.5-1831) on the site of the former church, which was .£7,260; rateable value, £6,841; and the population in H\71 destroyed by the fall of the lofty spire; it was struck by amounted to 902. lightning on the evening of the 2nd of March, 1817: the FIFIELD is 1 mile south; the population in 1871 was 57 •. chancel has been rebuilt. The register dates from 1631. Parish Clerk, William Weeks. The living is a. vicarage, of the annual value of .£430, in the gift of Christ's Hospital, London, and held by the Rev. Christopher Flood Cooke, 1\1" .A., ofMagdalen College, Oxford. Letters through Marlborough. The nearest money order There is a Parochial Endowed school, for the benefit of the offices are 1\1, Netheravon & Pewsey children of the inhabitants, the endowment is .£20 yearly. Endowed School, Mrs. Ellen Mould, mistress The Baptists occupy a place of' worship here, belonging to CARRIERS TO :- the lord of the manor, Sir Edmund Antrobns, bart., of DEVIZEs-Thomas Fay, thursday & saturday Enford and Fifield. A small charity, of the amount of MARLROROUGH-Matthew Knight, saturday £2 16s. 2d., is yearly distriuuted in bread to the" second SALISBURy-Matthew Knight, tuesday Enford. Fifield. ll\Iool'e Frank Robbins, farmer Sheppard Stephen, blacksmith& brewer Beauchamp Rev. Ge'orge Christopher Dyke WiIliam, shopkeeper Proctor, M.A. [curateJ om~r Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer • Long Street. Cooke Rev. Christopher 1'lood, M.A. Ba.den Andrew Vicarage Chisenbury. d I COMMERCIAL. Ba en Andrew, farmer & ma tster Carter John, boot & shoe maker Cusse John Stagg, Chisenbury priory Bushell Thomas, shopkeeper Cusse John StagO', farmt'r Cole W10lliam ,carmer CockleJosepb,maion '" ,Ii Holmes Henry, blacksmith Wedge George, blacksmith Daw Thomas, hurdle maker Rawlins Fred.erick, boot & shoe maker Wedge William, beer retailer Dear Jane (Mrs)., day school Sargent Henry, farmer, Enford farm Weeks Wm. plumber, painter& glazier Feltham AHi-ed Henry, White Swan, brewer & builder Compton. Littlecott. Bushell Thomas, farmer ~Ioore Matthew Coombe. Edwards Thomas Henry, farmer Briant Mary Ann (Mrs.). miller Coales Geo. Thompson, farmer &. miller ETCHILHAMPTON is a tithing and village, in the to the rectory of All Cannings. Here is a National school. parish of All Cannings, Northern division of the county, There are two charities; the first is that of Mellsrs. Dor Swanborough hundred and petty sessional division, union chester, bequeathed in 1730, amounting to .£20 28.; the and county court district of Devizes, tiituated 3 miles east- second, that of Edward Bailey, left in 1814, amounting to by-south from Devizes. The church of St. Andrew is a £63; both amounts are invested in .£3 per cent. consols, small but ancient structure, havinfl; a chancel and nave, and and the interest given away triennially, at the discreti()n of turret with 2 bells: in the chancel is an ancient stone monu- the churchwardens and overseers, among the poor of the ment, with full-sized figures of a knight in armour, and a parish. Mrs. Egginton is lady of the manor, and owns • lady by his side, probably of the time of Edward Ill. The the principal portion of the land. The soil is green sand; register dates from 1630. Theliving is a chapelry, annexed subsoil, chalk:, and clay. The chief crops are corn and.