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------_. _.------a curate, and he afterwards selected this as his last resting­ 2,110 acres; rateable "alue, £4,873; and the population in place. The re~ister dates from about 1678. The living is a 1871 was 260. rectory, the tithes of which have been commuted at £394 SILKSTEAD is partly in this parish and partly in that of per annum with residence; in the gift of the Bishop of . SHAWFORD is partly in this parish and partly , and hel(i by the Rev. Charles Wickham. On in that of Twyford. the remaining portion of the Down there are some barrows, Parish Clerk, Jacob l\Iundy. and at the north-western extremity are traces of Oliver Cromwell's temporary encampment,when, two centuries ago, .. he bombarded the Castle of Winchester, thengarrisoned and POST OFFICE.-Jolm Wakely, receiver. Letters arrive defended for the King. Here is a National school for boys from Winchester at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 7 p.m. on week and g'irls, which has been enlarged and restored. The days & sundays at 12 noon. 'fhe nearest money order entire parish belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester offices are at Winchester & Twyford and the Right Hon. Sir William Heathcote, bart.; they are Collector of Rates ~ l'axes ~ Assessor, Robert Seager also lords of the manor. The soil is chalk; subsoil, chalk. Lyne The chiefcrops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is National School, Miss Amelia Groundsell, mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Lyne Robert Seager, farmer, Compto]} Burfitt Charles farm, collector of rates & taxes & Hall Capt. Edward Baldwin James, maltster & brewer assessor Lyne Robert Seag-er Bayliss John, Bridge 'inn, Shawford Sillence Clementina (Mrs.), farmer, Wickham Mrs. Shawford Birt Richard Toomer, gamekeeper to New Barn farm Wickham Rev. Charles [rector] Robert Seager Lyne, e8q Sutton Elizabeth (Miss), lodging house, W orthington lVIrs Etheridge Charles, blacksmith Shawfol'd

CORHAMPTON is a small village and parish, 4 miles altar, and to have been removed at some remote period. The north-east from Bishop's Waltham station, 10 north.west register dates from 1677. The living is a vicarage, annual from Fareham, and 63 from London, byroad, in the Northern value about £129, in the goift of Mrs. King Wyndham, and division of the county, lower half of the hundred of Moon held by the Rev. Harloe Robert Fleming, M.A., of Trinity Stoke, union and petty sessional division, BisllOP'S College, Dublin. There is an endowed school for eight free Waltham county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of boys, under the will of a Mr. Collins, but the children of Winchester, and rural deanery of Bishop's Waltham. Cor­ this parish are now educated at Exton school, erected hampton closely adjoins Meon Stoke and Exton, which form by the joint subscriptions of the two parishes. On the almost one town on the Meon river. The church (name Dowu are barrows. Preshaw House, the residence of unknown) is an ancient structure of stone, in the Saxon WaIter J. Long, esq., J.P., is pleasantly situated in the style, having a bell-cot containing 2 bells; the chancel arch parish. Richard King Wyndham, esq., who is lord of the is pure Saxon; there is a stone chair built up with the manor, and WaIter J. Long, esq., are tIle principal land­ south wall of the chancel, and two tablets to the memory of owners. The soil is chalky loam; subsoil, chalk, stone and the Long family, and one to the memory of John Henry flint. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area. Campbell Wyndham, esq.; the walls have ribs of stone. is 2,291 acres; gross estimated rental, £2.073; rateable­ There is an ancient yew tree in the churchyard, which value, £1,799: in 1871 the population was 182. measures 26 feet in circumference: it is presumed to be Parish Clerk, James Selwood. 1,000 years old; under the tree is an oblong stone, bearing­ five crosses, and which is suppo8ed to have been the Saxon POST OFFICE &c. see :Meon Stoke PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Long WaIter Jervoise, J.P. Preshawho Parson David, farmer Fleming Rev. Harloe Robert, M.A. Wyndham Richard King, Corhampton Singleton Levi, farmer, Lomer farm [vicar], Vicarage house Taner John, farmer

eOSHAM, see WIDLEY.

eRAWLEY is a villalre and parish, 5 miles north-west Rev. George Morris and Mr. George Pern, and Philipo from Winchester station, 72 from London, and 4 east from Vanderbyl, esq., are the landowners. The Ecclesiastical Stockbridge, in the Northern division of the county, Commissioners are lords of the manor. The soil is loam;. Buddlesgate hundred, Winchester petty sessional division, subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. union and county court district, diocese and archdeaconry The area is 3,607 acres; gross estimated rental, £3,824; of Winchester, and rural deanery of Winchester. The rateable value, £3,394; and the population of the civil church of St. 1\1ary is of considerable antiquity, and parish of Crawley in 1871 was 411. exhibits an appearance of the Early English style, and has On Crawley Down is a barrow. chancel and nave, with square tower and 5 bells, and has Parish Clerk, John Gruncell. been re-seated. The register dates from 1649. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of HuntoD annexed,joint yearly Talue £850, with 9 acres 2 roous of glebe, and residence, in POST OFFICE.-George Godwin, receiver. Letters from the patronage of Queen's College, Oxford, and held by the Winchester at8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.15 p.m. The nearellt Yen. Philip Jacob, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, money order office is at Winchester. No sunday post archdeacon and canon of Winchester. The property lately Parochial School, Miss J essie Todd, mistress possessed by LordAshburton, 1\1essrs. Bright and R. Waight, CARRIER TO WINCHESTER.-Andrews & Barter,wedncs-­ has been purchased by Adam Kennard, esq., who, with the day & saturday, 8 a.m PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Rawlins George Godwin George, shopkeeper & tailor Courtney J acob H Reeves Henry Grace Louisa (Mrs.), Fox ~ Hounds Druitt Rev. WiIliam, Rookly house COMMERCIAL. Gutsell George, shopkeeper Goater Henry Allee William, farmer, Rookley Hawkins Samuel, wheelwright Jacob Yen. Philip, M.A. [rector] Barter George, carrier House Frederick James, farmer, New Kennard Adam Davis Sarah (Mrs.), blacksmith Barn farm MannersRev.Fdk.Browne,B.A.[curate] Freemantle William, blacksmith J ewell Peter, beer retailer Paige Mrs Goater Henry, horse trainer Pern George, landowner & farmer

• CRONDALL (or CRONDELL) is a large village and 1845, at a cost of nearly £1,900, and 3g-ain repaired in the extemive parish, in the Northern division of the county, year 1871, at a cost of £800. The register dates from the hundred of Crondell, Odiham petty sessional divisiGn, Hart- year 1567. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £593, in ley Wintney union, Farnham county court district, diocese the gift of St. Cross Hospital, Winchester, and held by the and archdeaconry of Winchester, and rmal deanery of Rev. William Dann Harrison, M.A., of Worcester College, Odiham, 3 miles west-north-west from Farnham and 45 from Oxford, wlJO is also vicar of and resides at South Stoneham. London, and is divided into four titbings-viz., Crookham, The rectorial tithes, commuted at £1,963 a year, are noW Crondall and Swanthorpe, DippenhaIl, and Ewshott. The under the control of the trustees of St. Cross Hospital, church ofAll Saints isa large handsome edifice in the Norman Winchester. Elizabeth Oliver, houllekeeper to Henry Max­ style,advancingtoEarlyEnglish,consistingofamassive brick well, esq., of Ewsbott House, gave a sum, which at present tower at the east end, chancel and nave; the interior is a amounts to £1,238 15s. 2d., £3 per Cent. Consols, for the beautifulspecimen ofNorman architecture; it was restored in purpose of educating boys of the poor inhabitants of the