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968 MINE1'Y. 'WILTSHIRE. (KELLY'S Telling Thomas, farmer Townsend Wm. farmer,Sandbourn frm Westmacott Henry & &muel, farmers Tidma.rsh William, farmer & carrier Vizer .Ann (Mrs.), farmer Westmacott Robert, farmer Timbrell John, butcher Vizer Daniel, farmer Whitting John, farmer MONCKTON DEVERILL, see DEVERILL. MONKTON FARLEIGH with FARLEIGH estate, called the Buries, at Bishopstrow, near Wal."minster WICXis a parish and village, situated on theSomersetshire (in later times the property of the Gifford and Brockler border, 2! miles south from Hox station on the Great families, and now of Sir J. Dugdale Astley hart.): it was Western railway, si east from Bath and 4 north-by-west completed and further endowed by her son, the third from Bradford, in the western division of the county, in the Humphrey de Bohun, who married Margaret, daughter of hundred, petty sessional division union and county court the Earl of Hereford: the revenues at the Dissolution were district of Bradford, rural deanery of Potterne Bradford £217 os. 4d. : the cellars under the Manor House are be portion, archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. lieved to have been part of the original priory, but the house The church of St. Peter is a stone buildinJ! in the Norman itself has undergone so many changes that it is difficult to and Early English styles, and consists of a chancel and nave, recognise anything thoroughly ecclesiastical. The spring north porch and ancient western tower containing 3 bells: which supplied the convent is sheltered by a little stone the west ~indow is stained in memory of the late rector, building, with pointed stone roof of the Early English period, Mr. Erow~, and there is one on the south to his wife, called" The Monk's Conduit," standing about a quarter of and that M the north to Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, of the a mile north-west of the Manor House. The Manor House Manor House: the pulpit is of the date of Elizabeth; and is now the seat of Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse hart. J. P. : the tradition in the parish is that Bishop Jewell was accus- Bishop Jewell died in this house in 1571. The principal tomed to preach in it during his frequent visits to the manor, landowners are Sir Charles Parry Hob house hart. ,J. P. Henry at that time the property of the Bishops of Sarum : there are Spackman esq. and the heirs of Henry Hancock esq. J.P. sittings for 150 persons. The register dates from the year The soil is sand, stone brash and clay; subsoil, clayey. The 1570. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £196 with chief crops are wheat, roots, beans and barley. The area residence, in the g1ft of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held is 1,916 acres; rateable value, £3,281 ; the population in since 1885 by the Rev.George Herbert Moberly M.A. formerly 1881 was 412. fellow of Corpus Christi college, Oxford, prebend of Alton Sexton, Alfred Brooks. Borealis in Salisbury Cathedral. There is a small charity SuB-Pos·r 0FFICE.-George Godwin, receiver. Letters left by Mr. Blinman, for the supply of fuel to the poor at through Bradford. Box cleared at 8.45 a. m. & 6.45 p.m.; Christmas. There are celebrated free stone quarries on sunday, 8 a.m. Batheaston is the nearest money order Farleigh Down, Monkton Farleigh derives its prefix from & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, but not there having been formerly here a priory of Cluniac monks paid of the Order of St. Benedict, dedicated to St. Mary Mag- WALL LE1TER Box, Farleigh Wick, cleared at 7.50 a. m. & dalene, and forming a "cell" subordinate to the priory 7· 10 p.m at Lewes: it was founded by Maud, daughter of Edward of National School (mixed), built in r886, with residence for Salisbury, and wife of the second Humphrey, Baron de mistress, for roo children; average attendance, 70; Miss Bohun, about the year 1125, and by her endowed with an Anne Hopkins, mistress Monkton Farleigh. Bucknell John, farm bailiff to H. Pickford John, dairyman Hobhouse Sir Charles Parry hart. J.P. Spackman esq Reakes Herbt.Sml.farmer,Churchfarm Monkton Farleigh Manor house God win George, baker,provision dealer, Sweetland Jn.King'sArms P.H. & brewr Moberly Rev. Prebend George Herbert & post office Farleigh Wick. M.A.. Rectory Hyatt Wm. blacksmith & wheelwright BlickWm.Albt.Fox &Hounds P.H.&frmr Bath Stone Firms Limited, quarry Kendall Charles, farmer, Manor farm Cottle James Jeremiah, farmer owners & bath stone merchants; Kendall Samuel Geo. farmer & assessor Doel Edward Hy. farmer & contractor chief office, Corsham of income tax, Manor farm Toogood William, dairyman NETRERAVON is a village and parish situated on 1 avon House is the seat of the Right Hon. Sir Michael Edward the river Avon, 8 miles south from Woodborough station on Hicks-Beach hart. P.c., M.P., n.c.L., D.L .• J.P. who is lord the Great Western railway, 5 north from Amesbury and q of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is very light south-east from Devizes, in the Eastern division of the and chalky; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, county, hundred of Elstub and Everley, petty sessional barley and oats. The area is 5,160 acres; rateable value, divisional of Everleigh and Pewsey, Pewsey union, Devizes £1,808; the population in 1881, with the tithing of Chisen county court district, rural deanery of Potterne Enford bury, was 582. portion, archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. Parish Clerk, John Kemm. The ~hurch of All Saints is an ~ncientstructure, in the Ea~ly PosT, M. 0. 0., T. 0. & S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. Enghsh and Norman st~les: I~ has a chancel, clerestoried . -Miss Maria Sawyer, postmistress. Letters through nave of four bay~ and aisles, w1th 11: s_quare western tower Salisbury,deliveredat 6. 4oa.m. &3.30p.m.; Marlborough, surmounted _by pmnacles an~ contammg 5 bells: t_he west delivered at 9.30 a.m.; dispatched at 9.30 a.m. via Salis- ?oorway! w~uch Is a fine specimen of Norn~an ar~h1~ecture, bury, 3·55 p.m. via Marlborough, 6.5 p.m. via Salisbury 18 the prme1pal entrance : the chancel retams a p1scma and aumbry, and a brass to John Samwell I669 ; the chancel INSURANCE AGENTs.-Norwich Union Fire, A. E. Pinniger, window and the east and west windows of both aisles are Park house, Cadley, Marlborough stained, the east end of the north aisle, which was formerly National School (mixed), built in 1835, for :r2o children; a chapel, retains a piscina: there are 2 6o sittings. The average attendance, 107; Miss Louisa Chivers, mistress register dates from the year 1582. 'l'he living is a vicarage, Police Station, Thomas Rebbeck, sergeant in charge gross yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the CARRIERS:- Bishop of Salisbury, and held since :r884 by the Rev. John James King, to Salisbury, tues. & sat. ; to Devizes, on Givens Kirkaldy Haskett B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. thurs. ; to Woodborough, mon. & fri Here are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels. Nether- Robert Sawyer, to Salisbury, tues. & sat.; Devizes, thurs Baskett Rev. John Givens Kirkaldy Dawes George, head gardener to the Rowe George, miller (water) & baker B.A. [vicar] Rt. Hon Sir M. E. Hicks-Beaeh bart Ruddle Simeon, farmer Hicks-BeachRt. Hon. Sir MichaelEd ward Dowse J ames, saddler & harness maker Sawyer l\'Iaria(Miss ),shopkpr. Post office hart. P.c., M.P., n.c.L., D.L., J.P. I Hussey Thos.Whiting,brewer&maltster Sheppard Jacob, blacksmith Netheravon house; & 11 Downing I King Henry, carpenter & wheelwright Sheppard Joseph, blacksmith streets w & Carlton & Athenreum King James, shopkeeper & carrier Sheppard Nias, edge tool maker dubs, London s w I Kyte Edwin, marine store dealer Smith David, brewer & beer retailer, <."OMMERCIAL. Leach Frank, tailor hay & corn merchant & farmer Buckland Mary (Miss), edge tool maker I1 Matth3ws James, proprietor of thrash- Smith Jesse, general dealer Carter Isaac, grocer & draper ing machine &c Stidston Charles & John, farmers Carter Philip, boot maker & grocer 1 Mortimer John, farmer, Waxland 'filly Henry, tailor Carter Robert, farmer Newton John, land steward to the Rt. Turner Samuel, head gamekeeper to the Curtis George, :Fox & Hounds P.H Hon. Sir M. E. Hicks-Beach hart Rt. Hon. Sir M. E. Hicks-Beach hart Dyke George Trinder, Dog & Gun P.H. Rea David, inland revenue officer WhitmarshJsph.carpntr. & wheelwright & brewer 1 Rebbeck Thomas, police sergeant NETHERHAMPTON is a parish, 1 mile south from church of St. Catheri•1e ;sa plain edifice of flint and stone, "Wilton station and 2! miles west from Salisbury, in the consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and low square Southern division of the county, Cawden and Cad worth western tower with 3 be lis: it was, with the exception of hundred, Salisbury and Amesbury petty sessional division, the tower, restored in 1877 by subscription, at a cost of "\\'ilton union, Salisbury cornt,,- court district, Wilton rural about £r,8oo, and has 18o sittings. The register dates deanery and Salisbury archdeaconry and diocese. The from the year 1735. The liYin6 is a chapelry, which, with .