BERKSHIRE. [KELLY's

EAST HENDRED. BERKSHIRE. [KELLY's

Elementary Schools. Catholic (mixed), built about 1862, for 78 children; Miss Raab, mistres& Church (mixed), built in 1862, for Il7 children; Carriers.-William HiRkins, to Abingdon, mon. & fri.; Bertram Everest Newman, master; Miss A. C. Locke, J to Wantage, wed. & sat.; William Woodley, to mistress Steventon station, daily PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Northcote Mrs. St. Catherine'• Jackson Ralph, Eyston Arms P.H Besley Joseph, The Poplars Sheard Thomas F. M. Newbury road Lineham Matthew, stud groom to Bi!lyeald Arthur, King·s manor Sprig!? S. Woodbine cottage JDhn Joseph Eyston esq Coates Waiter, Southernwood Webb Matthew, Downside Martin Ernest Robert, fruiterer Cowdery Mrs West Mrs. Warner Mulford Barney, beer retailer nenniss Waiter, Rose cottage Woods Edward Prior Isaac, fishmonger Denniss Wi!liam, Fern villa I COMMERCIAL. Rogers John Thomas, racehorse Devaa Gabriel Edward, St. Arnand Besley George, carpenter trainer, Orchard house England Miss, Park cottage Bradfield Robert, miller (water) Sheard Thoma• F. M. artist Eyston John Jsph. J.P. Hendred ho Ohasney Eleanor (Mrs.), Plough P.H Smith Ftederick .Adolphus, f"rmer, Follett Mrs. Bank cottage Collins Edward Thos. insur. agent Home farm Gill Rev. Cecil Hope M.A. (rector), -Day Harris, farm bailiff to J. J. Sowdon HarryWilson,frmr.Manor ho Rectory Eyston esq. Abbey Manor farm Stibbs John, bricklayer Hazel Commander James R.N., J.P. Denniss John, baker Stibbs Richard, builder Rowstock house Duck Robert, grocer & dr2per Waldock Henry (Mrs.), grocer Le Grave Rev. Canon William D.S.O. Harrison Arthur, engineer Watts S. &; Sons, farmers (&man Catholic) Hiskins Wi!liam, carrier Webb Matthew, artist, Downside Loyd Archie Kirkman K.C., D.L., Hobbs GeWEST HENDRED is a parish, intersected by a ford, who are owners of the manor, which they stream which falls into the Thames near Monkey acquired in exchange from Henry VIII. in 1536, and Island, about 3! miles east from Wantage and 3 south Lady Wantage are the principal landowners. The soil from Steventon station on the Great Western main is clay, chalk and loam; subsoil, clay and chalk. The line, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, chief crops are the usual cereals and roots. The area petty sessional division, union and county court dis- is 1,999 acres of land and 3 of water; rateable value, trict of Wantage, rural deanery of Wantage, arch- [4,478; population in rgii, 338. deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church EAST GINGE is a hamlet belonging to this parish, a of Holy Trinity is a very ancient building, some par- mile south, consisting of two farms. Lady Wantage, tions of which are of Norman date; it consists of who is lady of the manor, and .A.. ilL Loyd esq. t:.c. chancel, restored in r881, nave of three bays, aisles, are the principal landowners. south porch and a western tower containing 6 bells; . Verger, George Carter. the font is octagonal and bears date 1630 ; there are two stained windows to the Reeves family and some Post Office.-James Watson, sub-postmaster. Letters fine and ancient oak fittings: the church has 150 sit- through Steventon, Berks, arrive at 7· 15 a.m & 2-45 tings. The registers date from the year 1578, and p.m.; dispatched at 10.55 a.m. & 6.15 p.m. & 9·55 contain several instances of collections made for the a.m. sunday. The nearest money order & telegraph Protestants in Poland and elsewhere, for the redemp- office is at East Hendred, 2 miles distant tion of captives taken by the Turks, and for the Wall Letter Boxes.-Hare inn, cleared at n.s a.m. &; sufferers by the Great Fire of London in r666. The 6.25 p.m.; sundays, 10.5 a.m.; Ginge, cleared at living is a vicarage, net yearly value [.zoo, with resi- 7.20 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; sundays, 7.20 a.m deuce, in the gift of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, School (mixed), erected with teacher's residence in and held since 1905 by the Rev. Cyril William Emmet 1853, for 8o children; Mrs. Perry, mistress; Miss M.A. of that college. There is also a small Wesleyan Elsie Pinnel!, assistant mistress chapel. Hayward's charity of £2 14s. is for fuel. The Carrier.-Chasney, to Wantage, wed. & sat. returning President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Ox- same day PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Whistler Regnld. West Hendred manr Qnartermaine Frank, The Hare P.H Elliot Miss, Ginge manor (letters Saunders John, shopkeeper should be addressed Wantage) COMM:F:RCIAL. Saunders Thomas, beer retai!H Emmet Rev. Oyril Wm. M.A. (vicar), Chasney Wm. Jas shopkpr. & carrier Simonds H. & G. Limited, breweTs Vicarag-e Dixon Alfred, farmer, Hill farm (James Vl'atson, representative) Mears Miss, Moor farm Eltham Philip, bricklayer Smith Frederick. farmer Smith Sir Oecil Harcourt LL.D. Eltham Rosina (Mrs.), shopkeeper Watson James, baker, coal merchant, Ginge house (letters should be ad­ Goodey Frederick Henry, shopkeeper corn, hay & straw dealer dressed Wantage) Kimber John, . farmer, College farm Watts S. & Sons, farmers HERMITAGE is an ecclesiastical parish formed Aug. University. Here is a Primitive Methodi't chapel. 7th, 184o, out of the parish of Hampstead Norris, A. K. Loyd esq. K.O. the trustees of the JatP Rt. Hon. comprising the hamlets of Well House and Little Hun- George William Palmer P.C. and Edward Wasey esq. gerford, and has a station on the Didcot, Newbury and are the principal landowners. The soil is flint, gravel Winchester railway; it is 4 miles north-east from New- and sand; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops a1·e wheat, bury and 3 south-west from Hampstead Norris, in the barley and oats. 'fhe area is r,550 acres; the popula­ Southern division of the county, hundred of Faircross, tion in 19II was 460. union of Wantage, petty sessional division and county Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Walter E. Boshier, sub-poot- court district of Newbury, rural deanery of Newbury, master. Letters arrive from Newbury at 6 40 & II archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The a.m. & are dispatched at 10.55 a.m. & 6.35 p m. week church of the Holy Trinity, built in r835, is an edifice days; sundays, arrive, 6.40 a.m.; dispatched u.5o of brick, con8isting of chancel, nave, south porch and p.m a western turret containing one bell: there are 140 Wall Letter Box, Little Hungerford, cleared at 7·45 sittings. The register of baptisms and marriages dates a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; sunday, 7·45 a.m from 18:19; burials, 184r. The living is a vicarage, Council School (mixed), erected in 1913, for 128; John net yearly value £180, with residence, in the gift of Richard Fawcett, master the Marquess of Downshire, and held since 1902 by the Hermitage Station, Thomas Brooks, station master Rev. Arthur Thomas Johnson M.A. of ·Cambridge Carrier.-W. Banee, to Newbury, on tues. thu s. & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hunt Mrs. Bankside Wallace Sir Wil!iam K.C.M.G. The Arnold Mrs. .A.. C. Hermitage house Johnson Rev. Arthur Thomas M.A. Gabled house · Bevan Thomas, Woodside (vicar), Vicarage West Chas. Jas. M.D. Wolverton lo Bowditch Miss Longmore Mrs. The Orchard COMMERCIAL. Brookrnan Mrs. Hope cottage Ludlow Mrs. The Cottage Bance William, carrier Bushell William, Florence villa Marchant Edgar Cardew M.A Harlow William. carpenter Calvert Miss, Rosewood Murrell Heber E. Woodlands Boshier Waiter E. outfitter.Post office iJook William, G!enholme Pocock Edwin, The Mount Briant William Grant, baker Davis Charles Peel, Dravton lodge Sinclair Frank Waldegrave St. Clair, Bur~?ess Eli James, brick maker Fawcett John Richd. Hillside villa The Benhams BnrgPss Matthew, carpenter Hoare Edward, Svdwella villa Sparl