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since I88x by the Rev. Henry George Cavcndish Browne Westmancote is a small village and hamlet on the B.A. Trinity College, Dublin. The allotment system is south declivity of Bredon hill, 4i miles north-east from extensively carried out here on the glebe land; nearly 300 'fewkesbury and I mile north-east from Bredon station on persons being occupiers of small plots. The charities periodi­ the Bristol and Birmingham section of the Midland railway. cally distributed to the poor amount to £47 a year; and in There is a Baptist chapel, with a. small endowment for tbe the village are almhouses for 8 poor widows, the inmates of maintenance of a Sunday school. Miss Martin is lady of the which receive 6s. each per week and fuel: this charity was manor and principal landowner. The soil is loam ; subsoil, reorganized by the Charity Commissioners in I884 and the clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans income is £Ioo yearly. On the manor farm is a remarkably and fruit. The children of this place attend Bredon large barn, supposed to have been an old tithe barn. The school. rector, who is lord of the rectory manor; "'llliam Dyer esq. PosT, M. 0. & 'f. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. of Bickerton Court, Much Marcle, Herefordshire, who is -William Trapp, postmaster. Letters arrive through lord of the manor of the other portion of the parish ; the Tewkesbury at 7.30 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; dispatched at Earl of Coventry ( lord-lieut.) and Miss Martin are the S- p. m. ; sun days at I 1. a. m principal landowners. The soil is loam, sand and clay ; so so subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are corn, fruit, PosT OFFICE, Norton-by-Bredon.-George Alien, receiver. vegetabl88 and flowers, with a large portion of excellent Letters through Tewkesbury arrive at 9· rs a. m. ; dis- meadow and pasture. The area of the parish is 5,8I8 patched at 5 p.rn. ; sundays, arrive & dispatched at acres; rateable value, £9,369; the population in r88r was II a. m I,473· PILLAR BOXES, Waterloo, cleared at 5-35 p.m.; Westman- Parish Clerk, David Stew. co te , 5.20 p.m.; K'ms h am, 4.IO p.m MrTTON, 2 miles south, was formerly a chapelry, aml SCHOOLS:­ some remains of an ancient chapel still exist. KINSHAM is I mile south-east. Here is a Nonconformist chapel at A School Board of 5 members was formed February I7, present disused. r888; H. A. Badham, Tewkesbury, clerk to the board N orton-by-Bredon is ,a hamlet I mile north-west. Haneocke's Endowed School (boys), built in r845 & endowed The area is I,og acres; rateable value, £ , S ; the popu- 'with £I30 yearly: the school has been re-organized by 4 2 3 3 lation in I88I was 210. 'fhe chapel of ease here to the the Charity Commissioners & £36 yearly is applied in parish church of St. Giles, Bredon, is an edifice or stone in maintaining 12 scholarships of £3 each, for 6 boys & as the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, many girls, tenable in any public school in Bredon & the nave, south porch and an embattled western tower of Nor- adjoining hamlets, but at present there is only sufficient man date containing a clock and 6 bells : it was completely to maintain two of the scholarships, the balance being restored in I883 by subscription, at a cost of £r,.')oo, when absorbed by various expenses; the school will hold go the chancel and nave were entirely rebuilt in the Early children; average attendance, 40 ; Luke Hindmarsh, English style, Mr. F. Preedy, of , being the architect: master in the church is a tablet with arms to Wiiliam and Mary 'fhe Girls' School, erected in I876 & .enlarged in I89o at a Hancock (I68S-I7I9) : there are 150 sittings, so being free. cost of about £ r,ooo, will hold ISO girls & infants ; ayerage Rev. Frederick William Knox: M.A.of Trinity College, Dublin, attendance, 85; Miss Alice Maud Brooks, mistress ; Mis~ has been curate in charge since r884. The register dates Aldridge, assistant mistress from the year I74S· Railway Station, Charles Ravenhall, station master & goods Parish Clerk, William :Miles. agent National S~hool (mixed), erected in I876, for 40 childre~, CARHIERS TO:­ enlarged m I887 to hold 70; average attendance, 39; It is sup~orted by voluntary contributions; Miss Sarah Ann I -Boot~, _wed., & _sat . Kenchmton, mistress TEWKESBURY-Willmm ~m1th & Charles Wh1te, wed. & sat Bredon. Walker Daniel, bricklayer Diaper William, farmer Walker Isaac, stone mason King Mary (;\'lrs. ), shopkeeper PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wasllburne William, news agent Miles Eclmund, shoe maker Brofft Capt. John I<'. Bredon villa White Thomas, grocer Miles William Edward, market gar- Browne Rev. Henry George Cavendish Wilkes David, grocer & pharmaceutical dener & parish clerk B.A. Rectory chemist Perks Job, farmer Davies Rev. Thomas B.A. [curate] Wilkes John, dairyman Phelphes William, farmer & hop grower Finch Miss, A vondale Wilkes John, wheelwright & blacksmith Smith Thomas, farmer GathercoleRev.Ed wd.Colls M.A. [curate] Smith Thomas, shopkeeper Hayworth Mrs Hardwick with Mitton. Trenfield Headley, farmer Holl.stoum Major H ugh J. Bredon lodge Woodward Thos. Best, Hardwick bank Troughton Thomas, shopkeeper Lloyd Mrs Clift William Robert, farmer Watsou William, farmer Martin Henry Samuel, Auburn villa Cornell Hannah (Mrs.), beer retailer Westmancote. Stringer Lt.-Col.Fredk.TheOldMansion Firkins Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Mitton lo 'faylor Miss Hauling J ames, coal dealer Balmford Rev. Edward Whitfield J ames Hewlett Charles, farmer Jenkins Mrs Willettes William Pike Penstone Aaron, farmer, Mitton Smith Charles Hamilton, Wellington lo Walton James, farm bailiff to Joseph Wilkes Tyers, Richmond villa COMMERCIAL. Martin esq COMMERCIAL. Bennett Waiter, shoe maker ' Archer Mrs. shopkeeper Hudden Isaac Randell, Hoyal Oak P.H. Kin sham. Colley Charles, market gardener & butcher Beasley Mrs Co!ley Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Dyer Nathen N. farmer Douglas Mrs. Kinsham villa Cooke George, carpenter, Waterloo Goddard Alfred, shopkeeper Candy FrederiCk Charles, farmer James 'Villiam, farmer Green James, police otticer Hyatt Thomas, farmer Jeans & Roberts, market gardeners, Griffith Annie Rosetta (Miss), milliner Upstone Edwin, shopkeeper Waterloo Hawker William, coal mer. Malvern ho Williams Thomas, shopkeeper MannRobert,market gardener, ·waterloo Horton Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Martin Frederick Henry, fanner Lloyd Hy. coal mer. & assistant overseer Norton-by-Bredon. Martin Henry, market gardener Potter Thomas, baker & shopkeeper Brotheridge Mrs. Elm villa Martin James, farmer Sherwood John, beer retailer Martin Miss, Nor ton house Pearce George, farmer, The Moretons Skinner Wm. market grdnr. & beer ret Knox Rev. Frederick Wm. M.A.[curate] Stait Caroline (Mrs.), dress maker Trapp William, tailor, Post office Stait Stanley, carpenter Upstone William, shoe maker COMMERCIAL. Wallis Wm.Edwd.com.agt.Waterloo vi! Vallender Thomas, farmer Barnes William, wheelwright Wallis William, commercial traveller BRETFORTON is a village and parish, on the Glou- feeders of the Avon flow through the parish, one rbing at cestershire border, and on the road from to Saintbury, and the other two at \\'eston-sub-Edge, in the Campden, in , I! miles south-east from Co~wold Hills. St. Leonard's church, standing in a llquare Littleton and station on the Oxford and Worcester at the south-east end of the village, is a crucifonn building section of the Great Western railway and about 3~ miles of stone, in various styles, fl·om Norman to Late Pcrpendi­ ea!:lt from Evesham stations on the Great Western and cular, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, nortb Midland railways, and Smiles north-west of Campden, in the and south porches, and an embattled western tower of the Southern division of the county, upper division of the I5th century, with pinnacles, containing 6 b~Ls, dated hundred of Blackenhurst, petty sessional division, county 1823 : in I847 the chancel and nave were repairt!d and court district and union of Evesham, rural deanery of Eves- newly roofed and the wall round the churchyard almost ham and a.rchdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. Three wholly rebuilt; the chanca~ was again ra.stored in 18gx and