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Pl}~n'Ce-Brown esq. Thomas Ark~ll esq. of Stratton St. Wilts added.) Letters arrive by road at 7 a.m. & Margarets, and the Earl of Craven. The soil is loamy; dispatched at 8.35 p.m. Postal orders are issued subsoil, clay. The chief crops are oats, ba.rley and here, but not paid. The nearest money order &; tele­ rootS. The area is 2,444 acres; rateable value, £1,608; graph office is at Aldbonrne, 3 miles distant the population in 190I was 232. Elementary School (mixed), rebuilt in 1885, for 90 Parish Clerk, Thomas Pressey. Fost Office. William Richard Aldridge, sub-postmaster. children j average attendance, 'H; Mrs. E. Palmer, (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. mistress

Shepperd Rev. Wm. (curate in charge) I Arkell Thomail, farmer, :Manor Ho. fm Hussey Oharles Herbert, farmer COMMERCIAL. Bush William, farmer, Finche's farm Leach Charles, beer retailer .Alder Charles, farmer & shopkeeper 00le8 Edward Lewis, farmer, Bailey Miell Albert, farmer, Ford farm Alder J obn, shopkeeper & carpenter Hill farm Scott John, woodman .A.ldridge William Richard, blacksmith, Dobson William, Red Lion P.H Woodley Henry, insurance agent &, sub-post office Everett Stephen & James, farmers is an ancient borough, large since 1874 by the Rev. Matthew Robert Edmeades M.A. village and parish, completely surrounded by forest and of Trinity College, Oxford. Here is a. Wesleyan chapel. woodland, and extending to the border, with A charity of £10 yearly, for apprenticing boys born a station on the Newbury and Bath section of the Great within the limits of the parish, was left by Sir .A.nthouy Western ra.i.lway, 7 miles s'Outh-east from Marl~orough, , in 1694: Cox's charity of £8, for educating .5 south-west from Hungerford and 66 from London, in poor children in the parish, is derived from land. A Kinwardstone hundred, petty seSSIOnal division of Marl- pleasure fair is held on the 26th and 27th of July. The borough and Ramsbury, Hungerford umon and county Marquess of .Ailesbury is lord of the manor and sole land­ court distriot, rural deanery of Marlborough (Pewsey owner. The soil is clay; subsoil, chalk and green sand. portion), at"ohdeaconry of Wi11Js and . The chief crops are wheat, barley &c. The area is The Wansdyke passes through the parish, and the Ken- 3,95° acres; rateable value, £3,926; the population in net and Avon canal flows through the north-east part. 1901 was 877 in the civil, and 739 in the ecclesiastical The church of St. Mary is a building of stone of Late parish. Norman architecture, ood consists of chancel with aisles. Parish Clerk, Henry Ryroan. nave of four bays, no'l"th and soutili transepts, :lnd an Sexton, George Hart. embat,iled western tower containing 6 bells and clock: East and West G.raft.on, together with Marten, Wilton, in the south transept is an ancient monument, with re- Wexcombe, Wolfhall, Crofton and part of Kingward­ cumbent figure: in the chancel is a fine altar tomb, with stone, formerly in this parish, have been formed into recumbent effigy, to Sir John Seymour, father of Lady a , and will be found under the heading of Jane Seymour, ob. 1536, and a brass plate, with 00- East and West Grafton. ,graved effigy, to John Seymour, brother of Lady Jane, Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., E. D., P. P. & A. ob. 1510: there is a stained window in memory of Sir & I. O. Great Bedwyn. - MTS. Fanny .A.bery, sub- Thomas Fellowes knt. and a window on the north side, postmistress. Lettel"S arrive from Hungerford at 7.40 given by Lord Ernest Bruee, in 1873, in memory of his a.m. & 3.45 p.m.; dispatched at to.55 a.m. &; 5.40 son Goorge: the east window was filled with good p.m.; sunday, 10.55 a.m etained gla8ls by the 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, in School. memory of his father: the church was restored in 1854, Elementary (mixed), built in 1835, witili residence for oat the cost of the 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury and parish- master, for 190 children; average attendance, 120; ioners: there are 500 sibtings. The register dates from Edward Robt. Pole, master; Mrs. Emma. Pole, mist the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value G,reat Western Railway Station, Thomas Taylor, station '£260, in the gift of the Marquess of .Ailesbury, and held master Crofton Rev. Henry Francis (curate) Durdin Hobert Charles Garde L.R.O.S. Lewis Wm. Raymond, Cross Keys P.H Durdin Robert Charle9 Garde L.B.C.P.I. physician & surgeon, & Liddall William, plumber, painter &c Edrneades Rev.Matthw.Rt.M.A.(vicar) medical officer & public vaccinator Lloyd Benjamin Uriah, stone & monu- Fowle Miss to Great Bedwyn district, Hunger- mental mason 1;0 builder Lushington Sir Godfrey G.O.M.B., ford & Ramsbury union Neale Henry, shopkeeper J .P. Stokke Edwards Chas. farmer, Crofton farm Russell Mary Ann (Mrs.)t stationer Kicholson Miss Edwards 'Sydney, farmer Smallbones Edwin, butcher &; farmer Prince Mrs. The Corner house Evans Wm. In. grocer, draper &; baker Smallbones Oharles, farmer & beer Richens Mrs French William, farmer dealer & draper Bartholomew Thomas, baker Gosling Albert Henry, boot maker Smallbones Georgo, Three Tuns P.H. Eetteridge Arthur William, oarpenter, Hawkins Wm. brick ma. The Downs & baker wheelwright & undertaker Keeble A. d. brick manufacturer; Stone George, farmer, Bewley farm Eetteridge George, thrashing machine offices, Peterborough. See advert Th{lmas James Cope, grocer proprietor & machinist Kerr Andrew, farmer, Manor farm Wells Goorge J. farmer Drew James, assistant overseer & tax Knapp Charles, blacksmith Wentworth Norman King, corn. agent collector Knapp George, coal merchant LITTLE BEDWYN ill a parish and village on the owners. The soil is clay; subsoil, chalky. The chief Berkshire border, I! miles north-east from Great Bed. crops are wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 'Wyn station {In the Great WesteTll railway, 4 south-west 4,333 acres of land and 10 of water; rateable value, from Hungerford, in the Eastern division of the county, £2,610; the population in 1901 was 456, including part Kinwardstone hundred, petty sessiocal division of Marl- of Savernake. borough and Ramsbury, Hungerford union and county At , a hamlet I mile west, is an ancient camp, court district, rural deanery of Marlborough (Pewsey St. Martin's chapel, now used as a barn, and a portion of portion), archdeaconry of Wilt9 and diocese of Salisbury. the Wansdyke; Burwood Heath (or Bud's Heath) is I The Kennet and .Avon canal passes here. The Great mile south-east; 'rimbridge hamlet is 4 miles west. Western Railway Company have erected a bridge over the Parish Clerk, George Humphries. rail:,ay a~d. canal. The. church of ~~. Michael is an Post Office.-Harry Bowsher, sub-postmaster. Letters 8~clent buildmg of ston~ III the Tran.slbon style between arrive from Hungerford at 7. 15 a.m. & 3.5 p.m.; :No~an and Ea;rly English, and conSIsts 01 chancel, nave sundays, 7.40 s.m.; dispatched thereto at II.!20 s.m. &; of. SIX bays,. aIsles, ~o~th porch and a western. t?wer 6 p.m.; sundays, 11. 2 5 a.m. Postal orders are issued WIth ~to!1e spIre contammg 4 bells: there are 27? ~Ittu:gS. here, but not paid. The nearest money order & tele- T.he 1 egIster dates hom the year 1722• ~he liVID!? IS a graph office is at Great Bedwyn, Il miles south-west v~carage, net yearly value fIlo, WIth resldenc~, III the Wall Box at Chisbury cleared at 10.50 a.m. & 5.40 p.m grft of the Marquess of .Ailesbury, and held smce 1893 ' by the Rev. Lewis Arthur Smith M.A. of Queen's College, Elementary School (mixed), built in 1854, with reside~ce Oxford. The Marquess of .Ailesbury, who is lord of the for master, to hold 150; average attendance, 56; MISS manor, and Samuel William Farmer esq. are chief land- Caroline Ford, mistress Cooke Mrs Cope Thomas, farmer, Horsell hill Mason Thomas, smith, Chisbury Farmer Samuel William, Manor house Craig Thomas, farmer, Puthall farm Offer Jane ()fiss), farmer, Chisbury COMMERCIAL. Dixon Edward, Harrow inn Savage Saml. farmer, The Harrow frm Smith Rev. Lawis .Arth. M.A. Vicarage Elder James, fanner, Timbridge farm SmalIbone Edwin, farmer, Burwood Allen James. shopkeeper, Chisbury Farmer Sam!. Wm. farmer, Manor fm heath Eailey Thomas, farm bailiff to Mr. J. Ford Henry, Prudential insurance agt Smith Charles, farmer, Ohisbnry W. Osmond, Knowle farm Gazard Joseph, farmer, Chisbury lane Strond Allan, dairy frmr. Chiibury Dowsher Harry, grocer, Post office Hawkins George, builder Wise CharIeSt shopkeeper