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Victor William Bates Van de Weyer, of New Lodge, practically forms part of the town of Witney, and consists Winkfieltl, are the principal landowners. The soil is of one long street diverging from Bridge street and ex mixed; subsoil, clay and stone~. The chief crops are tending along the high road to Oxford. There is a cereals. The area, as altered, is 2,857 acres of land and Wesleyan Mission chapel here. 10 of water; rateable value, £3,936; the population in Sacristan at St. :Mary's, John Seacole. 1901 was 470, including 6 officers and 131 inmates Sacristan, Holy Trinity, John Humphris. in Witnev- workhouse. Newland, a district in the civil parish of Cogges, Sexton, St. John's, Curbridge, J ehu Smith. OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0., T. & T. M. 0. 0., P. P., E. D., S. B. & I. & Retire in I909. A. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, I High st.- John Knight Albert L. N. Long Mrs. Annie Westley Adams, postmistress Frederick ::.\'Iiddleton Arrivals.-London, South & West of England, Oxford & Officers. North of England, Scotland ~ Ireland, 7 a.m. ; Lon Clerk, Robert Frederick Cuthbert, 28 Bridge street don, Oxford & all parts, I2.25 & 5.25 p.m.; no Treasurer, William Sadler Miller, Gillett & Co.'s Bank, delivery at 5.25 p.m. on tuesdays 30 Market square Departures.-Local rural district, 5· I5 a.m. ; London, Medical Officer of Health, Charles Coles M.D., D.P .H. Oxford & all parts, 9.40 a.m. I2 noon & 2-40, 6.50 & I2 Staverton road, Oxford g.2o p."m.; with extra stamp, g.25 p.m.; local to Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, William Geo Ea ton, Ducklington, Newland, Standlake, North Leigh, Hailey, wo High street Leafield, Minster Lovell & South Leigh, I p.m. ; on Collector, Charles Davis, 24 High street sundays, there is only one delivery at 8 a.m. & dis patches at 6.50 & 9.2o p.m WITNEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. The office is open from 7 a .m. till 9 p.m Meets at the Witney Guardians' Board Room of the Work 'l'Plegraph office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on week house, thursday fortnightly at 11.30 a.m. days; sundays, 8 to 10 a. m. : money orders are The following places in the Faringdon (Berkshire) union granted & paid from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m are included in the Witney Rural District: Grafton, There are Wall Letter Boxes at Bridge street, cleared at Kelmscott, Langford, Little Faringdon & Radcot. The 9 & 11.15 a.m. & 2.I5, 5, 6.20 & 8.5o p.m.; sundays, area. is 5,4I8 acres; rateable value in Sept. 1906, 6.25 p.m.; Cemetery hill, cleared at 7-I5 a.m. & 6.15 £4,593 ; the population in 1901 was 686 p.m. ; sundays, 8.30 a.m.; Church green, cleared at Chairman, John Bryan, South Leigh, Witney 9 30 & 11.45 a.m. & 2, 5, 6.25 & 9.50 p.m.; wndays, Clerk, Nathaniel John Graham Ravenor,22High st.Witney 6-45 p.m.; Corn street, cleared at 9.25 & II-45 a.m. Clerk for Highway Purposes, Henry Temple Bavenor, 22 & 2, 4.3o, 6.20 & 9·5 p.m.; sundays, 6.40 p.m.; High High street, Witney street, cleared at g.15 & II.30 a. m. & 2.2o, 5, 6. IS & Trea~urer, William Sadler Miller, Gillett & Co.'s Bank, 8-45 p.m.; sundays, 6.30 p.m. ; West End, cleared at 30 Market square, Witney 9 & 11.15 a.m. & I.So, 6.20 & 8.40 p.m.; sundays, Medical Officer of Health, Charles Coles M.D., D.P.H. 6.15 p.m.; Wood green, cleared at 9 & 1I.I5 a.m. & 12 Sta.verton road, Oxford 2, 6.20 & 8.45 p.m.; sundays, 6.20 p.m Highway Surveyors, David William Henry Powell, Briza Post Office, Curbridge. Alfred Allsworth, !!ub-post Norton, Bampton S.O. & George Wallis, Bampton S.O master. Letters arrive from Bampton S.O. at 7·45 Sanitary Surveyor, .A.lbert Leopold Napoleon Long, 8g a.m.; dispatched at 7.30 a.m. & 7.25 p.m. ; sundays, Corn street, Witney 7.25 p.m. Witney, 2 miles distant, is the nearest Sanitary Inspector, Albl'rt Joseph Basford, Roslyn, Wood monr:v order & telegraph office stock road Post Office, Newland.-James Hinton, sub-postmaster. PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Letters are delivered from Witney at 6.20 a.m. & r.so p.m.; dispatched at 9-IS a.m. & 6.IS p.m.; no Athenreum Reading Room & Library, Corn exchange, delivery on sunday. Witney, I mile distant, is the Market square, J. Verney, hon. sec nearest money order & telegraph office Cemetery, Corn street, Robert Frederick Cuthbert, clerk & registrar; Giles Pumfrey, keeper COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR BAMPTON EAST Corn Exchange, I9 Market square, Geo. Walker, hall kpr PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. County Court, 28 Bridge street, His Honor Sir Thomas William Snagge, judge; Robert Frederick Cuthbert, Southby Philip esq. Bampton house, Bampton. S.O. registrar & high bailiff; Frederick Andrews, sub chairman bailiff. The County Court house is a building of stone, Batt Chas. Dorrington M.B. The Hill, Market sq. Witney erected in 1858; it has one large room, in which the Dawkins George Henry esq. Wilcote, Char!bury S. 0 county court is held, registrar's office, judge's retiring F1arly Charles e~q. N ewland, Witney room, clerks' offices & wa.iting-room11 Early Chas. Wm. esq. Woodlands, Wood Green, Witney The county court is held bi-monthly, the day being Mason James Francis esq. M.P. Eynsham hall, Witney appointed by the judge. The district comprises the Smith William esq. Windrush house, Bridge st. Witney following places: -A!'vescott, Asthall, Asthally, Aston Staples-Browne Fredk. Jn. esq. The Elms, Bampton S.O & Cote, Bampton, Black Bour11on, Brighthampton, Upton-Cottrell-Dormer John Herbert esq. Home farm, Brize Nort{)n, Bruadwell, Broughton Poggs, Burford, Cokethorpe, Witney Ohimney, Coggs, Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Wynter Capt. Philip Henry Mascie, The Rays, Ramsden, Eynsham, Filkins, Freeland, Fulbrook, Hailey, Hand Charlbury S.O borough (Church), Handborongh (Long), Hardwick, "The chairmen, for the time being, of the Witney Urban & Holwell, Kencott, Lew, Minster Lovell, Moreton, New Rural District Councils are ex-officio magistrates Yatt, North Leigh, Northmoor: Osney Hill, Ramsden, Clerk to the Magistrates, Henry Temple Ravenor, 22 Shifford, Shilton, South Lawn, South Leigh, Standlake, High street. Stanton Harcourt, Sutton, Swinbrook, Signet, Tayn Petty Sessions are held at the Justices' room, Police ton, Upton, Weald, Westwell, Widford, Wilcote, Witney Station, every alternate thursday, at 2 p.m & Yelford The f.ollowing pll!lces are included in the petty sessional For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in tha~ division :-Aston & Cote, Bampton & Weald, Bright of Oxford, George Mallam, I St. Aldate's street, Oxford, hampton, Chimney, Coggs, Crawley, Curbridge, Duck official receiver lington, Eynsham, Hailey, Hardwick, Lew, Minster Certified Bailiffs appointed under the "Law of Distres1 Lovell, Northmoor, Ramsden, Shifford, South Leigh, Amendment. Act," Henry Charles Habgood, 27 Marks\ Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Witney & Yelford square ; Frederick Andrews, 53 High street & Thomas Walker, Burf:Jrd UREA~ DISTRICT COUNCIL. County Police Station, Church green, Edwin Herberl Meets every 4th tuesday at 7 p.m. Hawtin, superintendent; I sergeant & 8 constables Offices, 28 Bridge street. Fire Engine Station, High street, Herbert Smith, cap!. Members. & 14 men Chairman, Ernest Tarrant. Stamp Office, I High st. Mrs. A. W. Adams, distributor Retire in 1907. Town Hall, Market sq. Mrs. Mary Ann Collier, keeper Isaac 13almon Dingle ' William Smith VOLUNTEERS. Harry Robbins J Ernest Tarrant 2nd Volunteer BattaliCJ.n Oxfordshire Light Infantry (1 Retire in 1908. Co.), Drill hall, Corn exchange, Market square, Capt Lemuel Druce James Swingburn E. N. Bennett M.P. commanding; Thomas Williams, Frcderick M. Green sergeant instructor