330 ~W ALCLIPFE. OXFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'd to the north of the village are the. remains of Mad the south side, forming a porch and containing 3 bellll: ma.rston Oamp, a British work, penwgonal in S'hape, and the chancel retains an aumbry, two. low-side window.!!, covering an area of more than 5 acres. .At Lower Lea, and a piscina under an ogee arch, and on the north the property and residence of Mr. P. J. Flowar, is pre side of the east window is a trefoiled niche: there are served a large collection of Roman coins, found at various floor st,ones inscribed }>o William Pagett, gent. 1780; times on that farm, and· there is a su'bterranean passage Mary Matthews, 1758; Joseph Matthews, 1785; Williarn leading from the house to the Madmarston camp. Lydiatt, 1733, and others to the families of Dix, 1700-7, Swalcliffe Park, of about so acres, now the residence and Gocdwin, r6g4-1715: the south chapel is divided of Col. H. C. ~orris M.V.O., J.P. is the property of from the nave by an arcade of two arches, springing Wenman .Aubrey Wykeham-Musgrave esq. of Thame fmm a single column, and has a piscina: the font is Park, who is lord of the manor. W. A. Wykeham-Mus octagonal, on a circular base; the north d(){)r is built grave esq. New College, Oxford and the Misses Forster up: t1he pulpit and ['eading desk are carved and a-re are the principal landowners. The soil is light red sand apparently of Jacobean date: ·there are 200 sittings. The and brash; subsoil, rock and sandstone. The crops are register of baptisms dates from the ·year 1577; mar general '.flhe area of the parish is 1,679 acres; rateable riages, rsso; burials, I-584. The living is a rect·ory, value, £1,851; the population in rgor was 255 in the annexed to the vicarage of Sibford Gower. The Primi civil and 755 in the ecclesiastical parish. tive Methodist chapel here will seat 150 person-s. There Sexton, Thomas Lambley. is a fuel allotment of ro acres for the p-om of this town Post, M. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. & A. & ship, producing £14 yearly, and the chapel land yields [5 a year for repairs. John H. N. Page esq. is lord of I. O:ffice.-Miss Patience Wells, sub-po.stmi~tress. Let tlhe manor. The principal landowne·rs are T. G. Mill ters through Ban bury arrive at 7 a.m. & I. ro p.m. ; ward and T. B. Reading esqrs. New College, Oxford, dispatched at 9·55 a.m. & 5.40 p.m and t,he vicar. The soil is light and sandy. The crops Elementary School (mixed), erected in r€52, to hold 70 are general. The area is 1,139 acres; rateable value, children; average attendance, 40; M.iss .Ade, mistress £1,447; the 1JDpulation in 1901 was 217. Carrier to & from Ilanbury.--George Hayne;;, to the Post O:ffice.-Ed.win Turner, sub-postmaster. Letters 'Fvx' through Banbury arrive at g.r5 a.m.; dispatchBd at EPWELL is a township and village in Vhe civil parish 3-45 p.m.; no delivery on sunday. Sibford Gower is of Swalcliffe, situated in a hilly district, on the border the nearest money :order office, 2~ miles distant, & of Warwickshire, 7 miles west-north-west frDm Banbu['y S•henington, 2 miles distant, the nearest telegraph office and 3~ from the village of Swalcliffe. The church of St. Anne, which ~tand.s on a rising ground west of the Elementary School (mixed), for roo children; average village and wa.s originally Early English, is a small attP.ndance, 34; Mrs. Alice Claydon, mistres-s building of stone, now ohiefiy of the Deoorated and Carriel' to & from Banbury.-Richard Alcock, 'Leather Perpendicular periods, consisting of chancel, nave, sout.h Bottle,' mon. thurs. & sat aisle or c-hapel and an embattled 14th century tm~·er on
SWALCLIFFE. Gilkes Ira, farmer Clay don William J. boot maker Dix Miss Green John, stone mason Gibbs Thomas, farmer Flower P. J. Lower Lea Haynes George, carrier, coal dealer & Limber Wm. Orofts,frmr. Epwell grnds Gibson Charles J shopkeeper Meadows Henry, beer retailer Moulder Rev. Thomas Jordan M.A. Prophett John, carpenter ~!organ Da\--id, farmer (vicar), Vicarage Quartly William, farmer & cattle Murray John, farm bailiff to William Norris Col. Henry Crawley M.V.O., breeder, Hill farm Taylor esq J.P. Swalcliffe park Taylor John Spencer, farmer Page James W. 0. farmer Taylor John Spencer, The Grange Trevor Chas. farmer, Upper Lea farm Page John Hy. N. farmer, Manor ho Turner Mrs Vice J. S. miller (water) Pickering .Arthur, baker & farmer COMMERCIAL. Wells Hannah (Mrs.), baker Ruffell George, Chandlers Arms Bachelor Mrs. Annie, Stag's Head P.H Wells Patience (Miss), shopkeeper, Tarver Esau, farm bailiff to J. G. Eeley William, blacksmith Post office Spencer esq. Flower P. J. farmer, Lower Lea Taylor Joseph, carpenter Gibs on Charles J. farmer & breeder EPWELL. Turner Edwin, grocer, Post office o! racehones, Swalcliffe stud farm .Alcock Richard, farmer & carrier Walker Richard, blacksmith
SWEBFOBD is 8 parish and viLlage on the river · is for clothing. Swerford Park is the seat of Mrs. Bolton Swere, 2J miles south-south-east from Hook Norton sta- Davis; the mansion stands on an eminence in that portion tion on the Banbury and Cheltenham branch of the Great of the park which is in the parish of Hook Norton. The Western railway and 5 mileS' north-east from Chipping principal landowners are Christ Church, Oxford, Matthew Norton, in the Northern division of the county, hundred Ernest Boulton esq. of Great Tew, Lady King, of Corrard, and petty sessional division of Chadiington, union and I1 Lisbellaw, Fermanagh, who h lady of the manor, Albert couillty court district of Ohipping Norton, rural deanery . Brassey esq. CYf Heylthrop ,pa,rk, and W. Davis esq. of Chipping Norton and arohdeaconry and diocese of 1 The soil is stone brash; subsoil, brash rock. The chief Oxford. The church of St. Mary is a small edifice of crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 1,923 stone miginally of the Decorated period, but now largely acres; assessable value, £1,7or; the population in rgor Perpendicular, and consis-ting of chancel, clerestoried was 3 ro. nave of three bays, north aisle, ·south porch and a Showell hamlet is .2 miles south-west. west~rn tower with Early English broach spire, con- · Pa.rish Clerk, J esse J akeman. taining 8 clock and, 5 bells, ,restored in rBg4, at a cost of about £8o, raised by public sub~cription: the church Post Office.-Mrs. Clara Robins, sub-postmistress. Let- was restored and the north aisle added in 1846 and the ters thl'ough Enstono S.O. arrive at 7·55 a.m. & 4·5 chancel was restored and the fine east winoow inserted p.m.; dispatched at 9.15 a. m. & s.so p.m.; no by the rector in r853: the south doorway, porch and delivery on sunday. Hook Norton is the neares~ font are good Docorated work, and there is a low-~ide money order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant. Wall window: thoo-e are 230 sittings. The register of b~p- Letter Box, ou~ide church, cleared at 9 a.m. & 5-55 tisms dates from the year 1577; marriages, 1579; p.m burials, 1578. The living is a rectory, net yearly value Eltilllenta.ry School (mixed), erected about I85o, for 70 £26r, with residen~e, in the gift of "Magdalen ColleR"e, children; average attendance, 66; Edwin Row!Oll, Oxford, and held since r8g8 by the Rev. Charles Jr.hn master; .Miss Lillian Leigh, mi~tress Sbebbeare M. A. of Christ Church, Oxford. The Pr1mi- 1'Oarriers to Banbury.-Edward Jakeman, to 'Leather tive Methodist chapel, a structure of wood, was built Bottle,' mon. thurs. & s,at. returning same days; Jonab in 1879. The poor's allotment of 20 acres, awarded in l Stockford, same days from 'Catherine Wheel'; French. I 803, prDduces £38 yearly for fuel. Travell's charity to 'Leathe.r Bottle,' thurs
Bolton~Davis Mrs. Swerford park French William Arthur, shopkeeper 'I Rooker William, Masons' Arms P.H Dugard Mis11-, Swerford park Hall Thomas, farmer, Pomfret & A~h I Rose John Henry; shopkeepPT Shebbeare Rev. Charles John ~.A. Hill farms I Rose John Urban, farmer (rector), Rectory Hall Wm. carpenter & wheelwright Stockford George Frederick, farmer COMMERCIAL. Hartley Arthur J. farmer, Fox hill Stockford Jonah, carrier Borsberry Wm. Alfred, blacksmith Hiorns John Thomas, farmer Tartt Thomas, Griffin inn Busby George, farmer, Lands farm J akcman Hannah (Mrs.), carrier White William, shoe rn1ker Butler Thomas, farmer, The Grange Powell Ja.mes, ~tone mason Wise Arthnr, farmer '