636 WOO LA VINGTO~. SUSSEX. (KELLY's (as Woolavington and West-Lavington); that which is Parish Clerk, Woolavington, George Challen. known as W oolavington is the older portion of the parish; the other part, West Lavington, joins Midhurst, WEST LA VINGTON.-The church of St. Mary Mag­ and the Midhurst station of the L. B. and S. C. Railway dalen is of stone in the Decorated style, and was is within this portion, which forms for a considerable consecrated 27 November, I85I; it has a turret contain­ distance the eastern boundary of the high road from ing 3 bells, and affords 200 sittings : in the churchyard Midhurst to Chichester, so that now it is usual to is the tomb of Richard Cobden esq. M.P. the eminent describe the division thus-Woolavington, near Petworth, politician and statist, who died .April znd, 1865. The .and West Lavington, near Midhurst: detached portions register dates from the year rBsr. The living is a ()f the parish near Fernhurst and Terwick have been vicarage, net yearly value £150, with residence, in the added to those parishes for civil purposes, and the gift of James Buchanan esq. J.P. and held since rgoB by (lntire old parish is divided for civil purposes into East the Rev. Charles Alfred Knibbs Hockey Th.A.K.C. Lavington and West Lavington. The church of St. Sexton, West Lavington, William Karn. Peter, Woolavington, rebuilt by the late Dean Randall, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, with Post Office, Lavington.-George Challen, sub-postmaster. a turret containing one bell: there are brasses to the Letters through Petworth, arrive at 7·45 a.m. & I & late Samuel Wilberforce D.D. Bishop of Winchester 5.30 p.m.; dispatched at IO a.m. & 6.5 p.m.; sundays, {r86g-73), killed by a fall from his horse, I9 July, arrive at 7·45 a.m.; dispatched at I2.25 p.m. Graff­ 1873, and to various members of his family: the ham, I~ miles distant, is the nearest money order & church affords ISO sittings. The register dates from telegraph office the year r668. The living is a rectory, annexed to that Wall Letter Box, Norwood, cleared at 6.30 p.m of Graffharn, joint net yearly value £283, with residence, Wall Letter Box, West Lavington, cleared at 5.20 & 7 :in the gift of James Buchanan esq. J.P. of Lavington p.m Park, and held since r873 by the Rev. Rowley Lascelles Letters for West Lavington, received through Midhurst, B . .A. of Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at Graff­ which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, 'ham. At East Lavington is a small iron chapel arrive at 7 a.m used by various preachers. Lavington Park is the Wall Letter Box, Midhurst station, cleared I2. Io, 6.40 & property and residence of James Buchanan esq. J.P. ; 7·So p.m the mansion was built by John Sargent esq. about Public Elementary School (mixed), West Lavington, 1794; the grounds around extend to the South Downs. built in r853, for so children; average attendance, .J. Buchanan csq. i!' lord of the manor and chief Iand­ 18; Miss Lizzie Paine, mistress ()Wner. The soil is chalk, chalk mar!, clay and sand sub­ soil. The area is-East Lavington, 1,720 acres; rateable The children of Woolavington attend the school at Graft­ value, £r,26o; West Lavington, 04 acres of land and ham 4 of water; rateable value, £I,997; the population in Midhurst Railway Station (L. B. & S. C.) is in the 1901 was-East Lavington, r65, and West Lavington, 283. parish vf West Lavington; Harry Tickner, station mast WOOL.A VINGTON. Bulloch Lieut.-Col. Peter Clouston Dale Wm. apartments, Chichester rd .Buchanan James J.P. Lavington Park V.D., J.P. Pendean Dell Henry, artist, Summers bury, J"upp Colin Kingsley Chamberlain Mrs. The Old cottage, Chichester road Ely Samuel, head gardener to James Chichester road Edwards Gregory, apartments, Broad­ Buchanan esq. J.P Fish Miss, Branksome, Chichester rd oak, Chichester road Gable HarTy, farmer, Norwood Fisher Richard Chester J .P. Hill Top Edwards James, apartments, Fern- Harding Charles, dairyman Hockey Rev. Charles .Alfred Knibb!'l dale, Chichester road ' Hysom George, farmer & assistant Th.A.K. C. (vicar) Francis Bros. frmrs. Cost.ers Mill frm overseer, Norwood Lucas Misses, Oaklands house Ginman Robert, carpenter .Shaw George, stud groom to J ames Nunn Mrs. Chichester road Jays A.lbt. farmer, Highstanding frm Buchanan esq. J.P. Home farm Stent Isidor, Cobden's cottage Rawles Robert George, farmer Stuckey Frank, head gamekeeper to Simmons William Fitzroy, gardener James Buchanan esq. J.P COMMERCIAL. to Lieut.-Col. P. C. Bulloch Bartlett Harry Samuel, insurance 8mith Edward Thomas, farmer WEST LAVINGTON. ag-ent, Chichester road 1 Sparks William, apartments, St. PRI"VATE RESIDENTS. Burt Frederick Charles, farmer Clair, Chichester road Briager William, Chichester road Bridger Percy, farmer, Ball's farm

WOOLBEDING, in Domesday called "Welbedlinge" in parts of ancient date, but was modernized and or "Ulebading," is a parish lying north and south of the enlarged by Lord Robert Spencer, and afterwards by West Rather, 2 miles north-west from Midhurst station Lord Lanerton in r877: the gardens are very beautiful, on the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, in and contain a marble fountain with a bronze figure nf the North Western division of the county, Easebourne Neptune, formerly in the centre of the quadrangle at hundred, Chichester rape, Midhurst petty sessional divi- Cowdray House. Charlotte Smith, the poetess, resided tlion, union and county court district, and in the rural here .in q86, and on this spot composed her sonnet, deanery of Midhurst and archdeaconry and diocese " To the River .A.run." The principal landowners are of Chichester. The church of .All Saints is a small edifice, Lord Cowdray, of Easebourne, Mrs. Watson, of Minsted, mostly ()f stane, and has a tower containing 3 bells: the Lieut.-Col. Lascelles, John Clarke Hawkshaw esq. of chancel was built about 188o by the Very Rev. W. R. W. Hollycombe, and Nicholas Sadler esq. The soil is Stephens M. A. late dean of Winchester, and rector here chie.fly a sandy loam; subsoil, sandstone. The chief

1876-94: there 111re three stained windows, two of which 1 crops are wheat and barley. The area is I,842 acres are filled with fragments of 15th century glass; and i of land and 8 of water; rateable value, £1,678; the monuments to the Mill, Spencer, Williams, Bouverie and population in Igoi was 289 civil and 177 ecclesiastical. Ponsonby families; one to Edward Granville George, rst Redford is a hamlet in this parish, but for eccle­ Baron Lanerton, .Admiral R.N. d. 8th Oct. 188o, and siastical purposes was, in 1886, annexed to that of Linch, others: the communion flagon of silver, dated 1703, was I distant 2 miles from the church. For names of resi­ -given by Mrs. Elizabeth Otway, widow of the Rev. , dents, see Linch. Humphry Otway, some time rector, and fatJher of Thomas I By Local Government Board Order, 7 houses. with a Otway, the poet: there are 140 l!!ittings. The register population of 29, were transferred from Woolbeding to begins in the year 1547 and contains numerous entries Linch in 1879. relating to the Gray and Mill families. The living is Parish Clerk, Henry Broomfield. -a rectory, net yearly value £rso, with residence and 26 I Letters via Midhurst, the nearest money order & tela­ acres of glebe, in the gift {)f Lieut.-Col. H . .A. Lascelles . graph office, arrive at 7-30 a.m M.V.O., J.P. and held since 1895 by the Yen. Edward i Wall Letter Box cleared at 1.20 & 7.30 p.m. week days ~ighton Elwes M . .A. of University College, Oxford, I only archdeacon of Chichester, and surrogate. Woolbeding Public Elementary School (mixed), built in r858 & en­ House, the seat of_ Lieut.-Col. Henry Arthur Lascelles I larg-ed in 1S8r & 1892, for 94 children; average at- M.V.O., J.P. who IS lord of the manor, is a mansion tendance, 67; Miss Elizabeth Jenkinson, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Ransom Charles, gamekeeper to Lt.- Elwes Ven. Edward Leighton M.A. Col. H . .A. Lascelles M.V.O., J.P (rector, archdeacon of Chichester, Dallyn Arth. Wm ..farmer, Ea~tshaw Tanner Ross Moore, farmer & land & surrogate), Rectory Knight Jn. gainekpr. to Mrs. Watson steward to Lt.-Col. H. A. Lascelles Lascelles Lient.-Col. Henry Arthur Miles Stephen, farmer, Heath Barn Terry & Sons, farmers, Pound farm M.V.O .• J.P. Woolbeding house Palmer William, gardener to Lieut.- Scrimgeour Miss, Pigeon bill l Col. Lascelles