DIRECTORY. J . EAST WORLDHAM. 677

'Bassett Aaron, beer retailer &; deaths, sub-district, Paic" & Son, coal mers. & carriers 1lastin Thomas, farmer, Hatt com union Reading Room (John Dunn, sec) :Bastin William, carpenter, The Mount Dodd William, tailor Pike John, brick maker 'Bradley Rchd. boot ma. Broad layings Dodtl Blandy George, fly proprietor, Scott George, shopkpr. Broad layings Bryant Thomas, farm bailiff to W. Broad layings Scott Joseph, builder C. Ridley ,•:;:q. Hollington House frm Dunn John, grocer, Post office Sheerman Robert James, dairyman !Butt Martha (Mrs.), frmr.Mount fnn Edwards Edwin, carpenter Snook Augustus, butcher & farmer .Canning Chas. frmr. & assist. overseer Gou:ding Charles, shopkeeper Spanswick Geo.Red House P.H.& bakr Carter \Villiam,boot maker, The Mount Head James Henry, builder, wheel- White Earle, farmer, Burley moor Cha:lis Wm. blacksmith, The Mount wright & undertaker White Alice (Mrs.), fanner, Moor Clarkson William, farmer, Zell house HPdgt-r Jas. beer retlr. Broad layings Wilkins Robert, farm bailiff to Capt. Collins John, farmer, Hollington rise Hutchins William, beer retailer H. V. Wingfield-Stratford, Woolton Crocker Charles, blacksmith Ke.~l George, shopkeeper, The Mount HousP farm Cuttin~r Wm.Hy. farmer,Broad layings Lansley Cranley,frmr.Hollington cross Woodrow Chas. brick ma. The Mount Davis James, farmer, The Mount Lock James, farm bailiff to B. F. Workman's Club & Coffee Room, Day WilliRm George, farmer & shop- Barton esq. Burley farm (Alfred Field,proprietor),Andover rd keep~l' & deputy registrar of births WOOTTON ST. LAWRENCE is a parish and Gyrn Castle, Flints, is chief landowner. The soil is pleasant village, 2?! miles north-east from Oakley statioJn loam ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are barley, swedes, -on the Salisbury and Exeter branch of the South clover and sainfoin. The area is 4,4o6 acres; rateable Western railway, and 3 north-west from , in value, £,8,923; the population in 1891 was 945, including lihe Northern division of the county, Basingstoke petty part of the ecclesiastical parish of . &essional division, union and county court district, rural By the Divided Parishes Act six detached parts (.f deanery of Basingstoke, and archdeaconry and diocese of J'vlonk Sherborne, comprising 33 houses and 100 per­ Winchestel'. The parish comprises the tithings of sons in 189I, were amalgamated with this parish fc.r Upper and Lower Wootton, East Oakley, Newfound and civil purposes. Ramsdell. The church of St. Lawrence, an edifice of :iint and stone in the Norman and Early English styles, Ramsden will be found under a separate heading. was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1864, when a. south aisle was added, at a cost of over £,3,ooo: East Oakley tithing is 2! miles south, in which there it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a low is a small Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1868. western tower, oontaining a. clock and 5 bells : there aTe Newfound tithing is 1! miles south. In this hamlet five stained windows, and a monument, with recumbent there is a. small W esleyan chapel. effigy and the date 1677, to Sir Thomas Hooke, together with several mural memorials of the Wither family, long Post & M. 0. 0., S. B., Annuity & Insurance Office.­ eeated in this parish: the church affords about 250 sit­ John Bailey, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from tings. The register dates from the year 155 8. The Basingstoke at 6.45 a.m. &; 12 noon ; dispatched at 12 living is a viearage, net yearly value £155, including 40 noon & 6.25 p.m.; sunday at 11.45 a.m. The nearest acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and tE-legraph office is at Sherborne St. John, 3 mi1es distant. Ohapter of Winchester, and held since 1876 by the Rev. Wal1 Letter Box, Newfound, cleared at 2.20 a.m. & 6.5o Charles Slegg Ward M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cam­ p.m.; sunday at 12.10 p.m. Wall Letter Box, Upper bridge. There is a charity of sos. yearly for the poor. Wootton, eleared at 10 a.m. & 6 p.m Manydown Park, the seat of Sir Edward Percy Bates bart. ;and now occupied by S. E. Bates esq. is a large and A School Board of 7 members was formed September 29th, 1874, for the Wootton & united district, uregularly-built brick mansion surrounding a. courtyard; which comprises the parishes of Ewhurst, , :a part of the building dates from the 13th century, when it was owned and used by ecclesiastics from Winchester: Tadley, West Sherborne & Wootton St. Lawrence; 1t stands in a park of 250 acres and there are 400 acres of H. F. Wills Chandler, Ba~ingstoke, clerk to the board; plantations, well stocked with game and preserved. the Board sch(}()l is at Ramsdell Tangier Park, adjoining and forming part of the Many- Public Elementary School (mixed), owned &; entirely down estate, includes a house built by Sir T. Hooke supported by Sir E. P. Bates bart.; average attend- in 1662, and now leased to George Herbert Pember esq. ance, So; Miss Whitehill, schoolmistress. This school 1.'hs land is all freehold : Sir Edward Percy Bates bart. of is jn the ecclesiastical parish of PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Binfield Henry, shopkeeper Hunt Wm. beer retailer, East Oakley J..wbery Miss, Cottrell Henry, shopkeeper, Newfound Phillips Sarah (Mrs.),shpkpr.E.Oakley Bates S. E. Manydown park Eckett Emiiy (Mrs.), beer rtl. Newfnd Phillips Wm. b:acksmith, East Oakley Blackburn Charles, East Oakley Follett William, farmer, Home farm, Porter Thomas, shopkpr. East Oakley Hunt George, Newfound East Oakley Smallbone Daniel, shpkpr.Up.Wootton Hyde Thomas, East Oakley Garret Bros. wheelwts. East Oakley Stiles Stephen, farmr. Upper Wootton Pember George Herbert, Tangier park Garrett Wm. carpenter, East Oakley Whatmore Hy. shoe ma. Newfound W11rd Rev. Charles Slegg M.A. (vicar), Golding George, shoe ma. East Oakley Wright George, farm bailiff to Sir E. Vicarage Grt-ethurst Henry Arthur, farmer P. Bates bart COMMERCIAL. Hobbs Thos. frmr. Battledown farm Wyeth Geo. bricklayer, East Oakley "Bailey Jn. grcr. baker & f:r.mr. Post off Holloway Hy. blacksmith, Up. Wootton EAST WORLDHAM is a village and parish, 2 miles to have been the hunting seat of that monarch: old south-east from Alton station on the Farnham and coins and trophies of the chase have been discovered Winchester branch of the London and South Western here. The principal landowners are Henry John Dutton 'railway, 9 south-west from Farnham, in the EasteTn esq. of Hinton House, who is lord of the manor, Mrs. division of the county, Alton hundred, union, county Wickham, Montagu George Knight esq. of Chawton, John ~ourt district and petty sessional division, rural deanery Baigent esq. and the governing body of Winchester Col­ 'Of Alton (western division) and archdeaeonry and dio­ lege. The .soil is malm and clay ; subsoil, rock. The cese of Winchester. The church (not dedicated) has chief crops are cereals, and hops are largely grown here. 1>een rebuilt on the old site, in the Gothic style, the The area. is I,Boo acres; rateable value, £1,492; the popu­ whole of the stonework of the windows and doors lation in 189I was 252. 1laving been carefully replaced: iil consists of chancel, Parish G"'lerk, George Albury. nave and south porch : and has a small western Pointed tower with 3 belils : there are r26 sittings. The register Letters per messenger from Alton, which is the nearest dates from the year 16go. The living is a. vicarage, money order &; telegraph office, arrive at 7 & II a.m. net yearly value f.Ioo, in the gift Qf the President and Wall Box cleared at I.2o & 6.20 p.m. week days; I2.5 Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, and held since 1B97, p.m. snndays by the Rev. James Howard Palmer M.A. of Exeter Col­ Church School (mixed), with residence for the mis­ lege, Oxford. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. Here tress, built, at a cost of £767, in 1864, & enlarged in is a reading room, built in 1893, by John Baigent esq. at r8g7, at a cost of £109, for 6~ children; average at­ "his own cost. King John's Hill in this parish is reputed tendance, 47 ; Miss Charlotte Martin, mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Bicknell James, farmer, Binswood Daigent John, Manor house Bone David, blacksmith Newman Henry, Hnntnns Baigent John, farmer, hop grower & Dryland William, farmer & hop Palmer Rev. Jas.Howard M. A.Vicarage landowner, Manor house grower, Porter's farm HANTS 37