[WILTS.] . 436 POST OFFICE Bleeck Rev. William [rector], Rectory IHailstone J acob,carpenter&wheelwright I Letters through Pewsey, which is also Edmonds Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Young William, farmer, .Manor farm the nearest m ney order office BU:L:LAVJ:l\TGTON is a township, village, and parish shows marks of considerable antiquity. There are three in hundred and union, parliamentary Dissenting places of worship-viz., Baptist, Independent,. borough, North Wilt.s, 5 miles south-west from .Malmesbury, and Primitive Methodist; also a school on the National a.nd 7 north-by-we.;t from , diocese of Glou- system. The area is 3,121 acres, and the population, ac­ cester and Bristol, arehdeaconry of Bristol, and deanery of cording to the last census, was 708, including Surrendel, a Malmesbury north. The living is a vicarage, 'Value .£~20, tithing, with 23 inhabitants, I! mile east. Gorse Brook, or including 89 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Eton Gauze Brook, is half a mile north-west ; llradfield, half a College; the Rev. William Carter is the incumbent. The mile north-east. Dunby, Fir Leaze, and 1.\Iarshfield, are church, dedicated to St. Miehael, is a large and hand~ome farms • .structure, with square tower; the interior more particularly PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Flukes John, master of National sooool Sargeant John, collar & harness maker Carter Rev. WiiJiam, M-A.~ [vicar] Gane William, tailor Sealey Aa.ron, blacksmith Carter Miss Goulter William, farme:r & shopkeeper Tanner John, beer retailer COMMERCIAL. Greenman John & Isaac, farmers Toghill George, farmer, Surrendel Bailey James, farmer, Dunby farm Haddrell Joseph, carpenter Whiteman William, shopkeeper Bartram William, farmer, Fir Leaze Hale Elizabeth (Mrs.), Star Wicks George, shopkeeper & baker Beak George, farmer IIatberell William & James, faJ"mers, Wicks Giles, carrier :Bryant Michael, farmer & baker :Bradfield farm Wise Samuel, farmer "Clark Benjamin, Queen's He(td Lane John, farmer Letters through Chippenham. The Cole J oseph, farmer Painter Isaac, farmer nearest money order office is Malmesbury • St Michael's Church, Rev. William Carter, vicar I National School, John Flukes, master .CARRIER TO & FROM B..uH-Giles Wicks, every saturday J:DMJ:STOIIT, PORTON, and GUMB:L:E:DON'. 2;j() are in Idmiston tithing; the acreage, 5,028. William lDMISTON is a township, parish, and scattered village, in Beach, Esq., is lord of the manor. "the Bourne valley, 4l miles from south-east, and PGRTO~ is a chapeiry, tithlng, vill~o-e, and railway sta­ 7 from " north-east, in the hundred of Alderbury, tion on the South-Western Line, a mile south of Idmiston, Amesbury union, Salisbury. county court district, South 5 miles from Amesbury south-east, and 6 froiD' Salisbury Wilts, and ~Salisbury bishopric and archdeaconry, and Ames­ north-east, in the parish of Idmiston. The living is a bury deanery. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry chapelry, annexed to Idmiston. The church of St. Mary is of Porton annexed, value £.307, in the gift of the Bishop of a small ancient structure, with wooden belfry, and has a the diocese; the Rev. Hugh Hodgson, M.A., fs the incum­ nave and chancel, with porcbi on the south-side. The river bent; the ReT. Alfred Robinson, B.A., curate. The church Bourne runs through this val ey. The population, in 1851, ~f All Saints is an ancient structure, with a square wooden was 163. tower, containing 4 bells, supposed to have been built in the GUMBLEDO~, or Gomefdon, is a hamlet in the parish of reign of Henry VII.; it consists of a chancel and nave, Idmiston, three-quarters of a mile south of Porton, in the which are Early English ; clerestory, aisles, and roof are same valley, with a population of76. perpendicular; in -the nave is a monument of the family of SHRIPPLE is a tithing, with a population of 41, about 3 Rowbach, dated 1633, and several marble tablets of the miles east. Bowles family. The population, in 1B51, was 550, of which The chieflandowners are Wm. :Beach, Esq., T. F. Egerton, Esq., I. A. Ingram, Esq., and the Rev. William Bonaker. J:dmtston. :Maffey John, farmer, Parsonage farm Edney Thos. beer retailer & shopkeepel' Robinson Rev. Alfred, B.A. [curate] 1.\Iaffey William, carpenter FowlesWm.baker,&managerforGeorge COMMERCIAL. Mitchell James, boot & shoe maker Sutton, farmer Bavage John, blacksmith l\Iitchell Sarah (1.\Iiss), mistress of Na- Laurence William, farmer Blake Edward, farmer, .Manor farm tional school Perry Edwin, grocer & draper, &; farmer Brown J olm, b1·icklayer White Jo~eph, shopkeeper at Ford Cooper Robert, farmer, Shripple Targett Sarah. (Mrs.), farmer Cusse Thomas, farmer Porton. Tulk Wm. station master, Railway statn Goddard John, Plough ~Iaeers Mrs Wintle William, farmer, Porton farm Judd Richard, Lion's Head, Shripple COMMERCIAL. Letters through Salisbury. The near­ Lewis William, parish clerk Crook William, farmer, Gumbledon est money order office is at Amesbury Railway Station, William Tulk, station master %MB:E:R is a_parish in Swanborough hundred, 1neat edifice, in the Perpendicular style of architecture. In union, South Wilts, 6 miles east-by-north from W arminster, the church are two stone effigies representing Crnsaders, 7 south-east from Westbury station, ll2 from London, and also the remains of a chapel. Here is a National school; 4 north-east-by-east from Heytesbury, diocese of ~alisbury, also a place of worship for Baptists. Population, in 1851, archdeaconry of Wilts, and deanery of Potterne. The living was 440; area in acres, 3,033; rateable value, £2,141. is a perpetual curacy, annual value £12-2, with residence, BowLs BARROW is 2 miles south-west, and there are in the gift of the 1.\Iarquis of Bath; the Rev. William other barrows. J)yer, M.A., is the incumbent. The church of St. Giles is a Dyer Rev. William, l\I.A Cruse John, parish clerk Hooper Henry, farmer Fricker Mr. Willia.m, sen Daniell William, tailor&; shopkeeper ~leaden Elijab, boot & shoe maker COMMERCIAL. Dean ~Iatthew, farmt'l" S~aples John, shopkeeper&; blacksmith Bull Henry, filrmer Dean William, farmer TmnaiiDI John, carpenter Cruse Alfred, shopkeeper Fricker William, jun. farmer Letters through Heytesbury, which Cruse J ames, carrier Hayter Edward, Bell, &; miller is also the nearest money order office National School, !Irs. James Staples, mistress CARRIER-Cruse's cart to every alternate thurs.; to Salisbury everyltues. & W arminster, sat. returning same days 1NG:L:E:SHAM 'IJ'PP:E:R and :LO'W:E:Jt. a town- The church of St. John the Baptist is a small, neat edifice. ship, small village, and parish in Cricklade hundred, High- The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Bishop of Glou­ worth union, North Wilts, distant from 3 miles cester and Bristol, value .£295 per annum, with residence; north, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, archdeaconry of the incumbent is the Rev. George Woodbnry Spooner, M.A. :Bristol, and deanery .of Cricklflde, had a population, in Part of this parish was formerly in Berks. 1851, of 136 inhabitants, and contains 890 acres of land. Spooner Rev. George Woodbury, M.A Kirby Anthony, farmer Smith Theophilus, carpenter COMMERCIAL, !Jatthews Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Stratton William, farmer Hemmings Isaac, shopkeeper Nash John, farmer, i.ynt bridge Letters through Highworth, which is Horton John, mrmer, Lower Inglesham Reynolds John, farmer,. Up. Inglesham also the nearest money order office .X:E:EVJ:L with B'IJ'LB.J:NGTOW is a parish comprising archdeaconry of Wilts, and deanery of Potterne, containing, the tithing of Bulkington, in the hundred of , but in 1851, 720 inhabitants, including Bulkington, nnd 2,883 elliefty in the hundred of Whorwelsdown, Westbury union, aexes of land. The living is a vicarage, value £250, in the 4 miles south from }!elksham, 10! from London, 4 eatlt from patronage of the Dean and Canons of Winchester; the Rev. , and 6 west from Devizes, diocese of Salisbury, William Henry Pooke, :M.A., is the incumbent. The church