218 !COMB. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'S church of St. Mary is a building of stone, chiefly in the divided between this and the neighbouring parish of Early English style, and consisting of chancel, nave, south Stow-on-the-Wold. Icomb Place, the old manor house. porch and a western -tower containing 4 bells: the chancel built by Sir John Blaket's father, and afterwards pur­ retains a piscina and attached to the nave is a south chased by Col. William Cope, is now the residence and chapel, built in the 15th century as a burial place for property of Samuel Matthews Simpson esq. by whom i~ the Blaket family, and retaining a piscina: beneath the has been restored: the refectory is panelled with oak in south window is a recumbent marble effigy of Sir John the linen pattern and bears traces of colour; 11 room in Blaket knt. said to have fought at the battle of Agin- the attic story has a ship painted in distemper on the wall. e<>urt, October 25, 1415, representative in Parliament for The manor of Icomb belongs to the trustees of the late Leicestershire 1407-10 and 1413-14 and a resident at Dr. Hayward, of Stow-on-the-Wold, and that of L~urch Icomb Manor House, who died in the year 1431; in front Icomb to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The chief of the tomb, under pointed arcades, are several sculp- landowners are the trustees 'Of the late Dr. Hayward, E. tured figures of saints and other personages, the Eternal Reynolds, Richard Kibble esq. and Mrs. Reynolds. The Father and Son appearing in conventional style in the soil is stone brash and clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. The centre: there is also a monument to William Cope esq. chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 1,156 and his wife, the Lady Elizabeth Cope (nee Fane), cire. acres, divided into the hamlet of Icomb, with 651 acres, 1691, wid'Ow of his kinsman, Sir John Cope bart. of Han- and Church Icomb, formerly in Worcestershire, with 506 well, Oxon: the interior of the church was thoroughly acres; these tW'O portions are separately rated, Icomb, restored in 1870 under the directions of Mr. Hopkins, £595, Church Icomb, £575. The population in 18'91 architect, of Worcester: there are sittings for 120 persons. was Icomb hamlet, 15; and Church Icomb, 120. . The register of baptisms dates from the year 1545; mar- Sexton, William Turfrey. riages, 1563; burials, 1602. The living is a rectory, net Post Office. Mrs. Ann Phillips, sub-postmistress. Let- yearly V'lllue £90, including 96 acres of glebe, with resi- ters from Stow-on·the-Wold S.O. arrive at 9.15 a.m. dence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, &; are dispatched at 5 p.m. week days only. Postal and held since 1883 by the Rev. Herbert John Randall 'Orders are issued here, but not paid. Stow-on-the- Marston M.A. of Hatfield Hall, Durham University. The Wold, 3 miles distant, is the nearest money order &; Rural Institute and Reading Room was built in 1892 by telegraph office subscriptions. There are charities of £33 yearly, derived National School (mixed), built in 1871, for 37 children; from land left in 1691 by William Oope esq. and equally average attendance, 15; Miss N. Hughes, mistress Johnson Joseph ICollett Thomas, shopkeeper Simpson Samuel Matthews, farmer Marston Rev. Herbert John Randall' Hambidge Robey, shopkeeper Smith Brothers, farmers M.A. Rectory Lane Richard, farmer Turfrey William, farm bailiff to Mrs. Simpson Sam!. Matthews, Icomb place Rural Institute &; Reading Rooms Reynolds Smith Charles Frederic (E. C. Stephens, hon. sec) IRON ACTON is a village and parish, on the river os. 3d.. Until 1828 there stood in the grounds of Acton Laden, and on the road from Bristol to Stroud, bounded House the remains of an ancient oak, from which it is on the south by the river Frome, with a station on the said the place in part derived its name. Miss Cailtle Thornbury branch of the Midland rail;way, Ii miles north­ is lady of the manor. The principal landowners are the west from Yate junction, 3! miles west-north-west from trustees of the Rev. Johu Mayer, and there are several Chipping Sodbury and 9 north-by-east flrom Bristol, in small landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil, prin­ the SQuthern division of the county, Grumbalds Ash cipally coal and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, and Thornbury hundreds, Chipping Sodbury union and barley and roots. The area is 2.944 acres of land and county court district, Thornbury petty sessional divi­ 8 of water; rateable value, £5,466; the population in sion, rural deanery of Bitton and archdeacQnry and diocese 1891 was 1,034. of Bristol The church of St. J ames is an ancient build­ Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act, ing of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chan­ 1882," Nine Elms, 3 detached part of Iron Acton, 'Was cel, nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and an em­ transferred to Alveston baWed western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: in the church is a hamlet be:onging to one ..\.CTO.N ILGAR is a tithing. of the Poyntz family, who lived in the reign of Henry L.A.TTERIDGE is a hamlet, li miles north-west. VII.; there is also an ancient m{)nument to Mr. John Parish Clerk, John Fugill. Trewman, dated 1686: in the churchyard are the re- mains of a very handsome but mutilated stone cross Post &; M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office. with steps: the interior of the church was thoroughly -John Fugill, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through restored at the beginning of 1870, and the tower in Bristol at 7.15 a.m. &; 3.15 p.m.; dispatched at 3.45 1892, at a cost of £3,400: there are 300 sittings. 'l'he k 6.50 p.m.; dispatched on sundays at 3.45 p.m. The register dates from the year 1570. The living is a rec- nearest telegraph office is at Frampton Cotterell, 2 tory, net yearly value £500, inc:uding 60 acres of glebe, miles distant with residence, in the gift of Christ Church, Oxford, and Wall Letter Box, at Mudgedown, cleared at 8.55 a.m. &-. held since 1889 by the Rev. George Rickards Browne 5.30 p.m. week days only M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. There are Congre- Police Station, William Tayler &; John Edgington, pO'lice gational and Wesleyan chapels. Fairs are held on April constables 25 and September 13, for cattle, horses, sheep and pigs; National School, erected in 1873-4 by subscription, on when these dates fall on a Saturday the fairs are held a site given by the late rector, the Rev. John Salter, fur on the following Monday. The charities consist of a 180 children; average attendance, 39 boys, 40 girls & 30 sum of £n, arising from land left by Thomas Listen infants; James Chas. Cheddon, master; Mrs. Gertrude esq. which is distributed to the poor in bread. Ray's Draper, mistress gift all £6 15s. derived from the interest on £150 of Railway Station, Andrew Hy. Clutterbuck, station master 4l per cent. Preference Stock in the London, Chatham Carriers to Bristol.-Mainstone, tues. thurs. &; sat.; and Dover Railway Company; and Hayes's gift of £2 White, from Wotton-under-Edge, tues. thurs. &; sat mON AC'DON. Baker Hy. Chas. grocer &; gen. stores Nichols Henry, frmr. Acton Court fm PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barnfield William, farmer, Wotton rd Nichols Samh (Mrs.), shopkeeper Bradshaw Edwin, Ivy lodge Bazer James, farmer, Clay lane Nichols· William Henry, saddle &; har- Browne Rev. George Rickards M.A. Blanchard Albert, Rose & Crown P.H ness maker, &; deputy registrar of Rectory Codrington Sidney, butcher births &; deaths, Iron Acton 1lUb- Callaghan Miss Cook Pharoah, farmer dis·trict, Chipping Sodbury union Cox Mrs. The Laurels Cryer Jane (Mrs.), grocer Owen William, farmer, New lodge GwinneU Alfred Elliott Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Dyer!!' la Panes Joseph, farmr. Box Bush farm Hedges Mrs Fugill Mbt.Stphn. carpntr.pntr.&;grcr Pinnell Henry, market gardener Mainstone James, jun Fugill John, builder, Post office Rugman !<'rancis, farmer, Acton lodge Marshall Mrs. Horm Ray Jordan George, Lamb inn Shepherd Harriet (Miss), farmer. Pike Mrs. Ivy dean Kendall Henry, assistant overseer Mill farm Shipp Miss, Hill house Kendall Solomon, boot &; shoe maker Smith Frederick George, auctioneer Tayler Edwin Mainstone Alfred, shopkeeper &; farmer, Mudgedown farm Wickham Mrs. Henry Mainstone James, boot &; shoe dlr Smith Sidney, frmr. Rangeworthy rd WilIiams John, North End house Mainstone Mark, sho'Pkeeper Tayler Edwin, White Hart P.R COMMERCIAL. Marsh William, mason Taylor Thomas, farmer, Pool farm .Alsop George, farmer Mills Charles, blacksmith Tyler Samuel, pork butcher Amos Edwin, boot &; shoe maker Nichols, Matthews &; Co. auctioneers, Wadley Henry, farmer &; water miller, Amos Gabriel, grocer, Chaingate lane valuers &; estate agents Nibley mill