112 . . (KELLY's mntaining 6 bells, a fifth being added in xB87, and another esq. The principal landowners are the Earl of Carnar­ in 1897: there are 240 sitLngs. The living is a rectory, von, who is lGrd of the manor, the trustees of the late­ with the chapelry of Newtown annexed, joint net income William Howley Kingsmill esq. and Mrs. Fox. The soil ia. £4oo, with residence and x88 acres of glebe, in the gift of various, chiefly gravel and chalk hills, with alluvial soil in ~he Earl of Carnarvon, and held sinoe x88g by the Rev. the bottoms; there is also a considerable extent of down. Alexander Colvin Blunt M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, land. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The hon. canon of Winchester and rural dean of . area is 5,267 acres; rateable value, £4•973; the popu­ Here is a Primitive Mlethodist chapel, erected x864 and lation in 1891 was 779· rebuilt in 1894, for go persons. 'l'he parish room, erected Wergs, 1 mile north-east, Whitway, r! north-by-west, in 18go, as a memorial to the late rector, Canon Palmer's Hill, Heatherwold, Earlstone and are­ Portal, is of red brick, and will hold about 300 ; places in this parish. coffee and reading rooms and a caretaker's cot­ Sexton, Mrs. Hannah Wait. tage are attached. Applications for its use for enter­ tainments should be made to the rector, who is chair­ Post Oflit•e. J oseph Tucker, sub-postmaster. Letters. man of a governing body of six trustees. Petty arrive from Newbury at 6.4C: a.m. & I p.m.; dis­ sessions, for Kingsclere division, are held at the " Car­ patched at 7 a.m. & 1.10 & 6.20 p.m.; sundaya~ narvon Arms," Whitway, monthly; and the board 5.20 p.m. Postal ordel"s a.re issued here, but not paid. of guardia.ns of the Kingsclere union meet at the The nearest money order ufli~e is at & tele­ same place once a fortnight in winter and once a graph office, for collection at Burghclere railway station. month in summer, for particulars ~;ee Kingsclere. & Newtown, 2 miles distant, for delivery This place seems to have been a Roman station. Wall Letter Boxes, 'Ca.rnarvon Arms,' cleared 7.50 p.m.; On the summit of Beacon Bill, which is 870 feet sundays, 7.50 p.m. & Yewtree Cross road, cleared 12.40 in height and about a mile to the west, are the & 5.20 p.m.; .sundays, 12.5 p.m remains of a British encampment, and to the south are School, built in 1837, with residence for the master, &. the Seven Barrows. Adbury Park is bhe seat of Mrs. enlarged in 1877 & 1894, for roo children; average Fox: the mansion is surrounded by extensive and pic­ attendance, 104 ; & supported by subscription, with an tm:esque grounds, and commands a chaJ'IILng prospect. ~ndowment of £xo yearly; Thos. Jas. Kelleway, mad Mrs. .Arkwright has also a pleasant residence here, called Adbury House. Burghclere Manor House, the property Railway Stations. of tbe Earl of Carnarvon, is a fine old residence in extensive Burghclere, William Henry Lane, station master grounds, and at present occupied by Charles Hen. Woods Highclere, Arthur Drinkwater, station master coMMERCIAL. Heath Jam~ (~rs.), farmer PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Alien J emima(Mrs. ),cQwkpr. Sheepwash Keep John, farmer, Heatherwold .Arkwright Mrs. Adbury house Bacon Francis, architect, EaTlstone May Maria. (Mrs.), frrnr. Duncnft fxm Bacon Francis, Ea.rlstone Barber Wm. cowkeeper, Ayres cotts Mercer George, farmer, West street Blunt Rev. Canon Alexander Colvin Berry Joseph, boot maker, Whitway Owe•1 William, farmer & bricklayer~ M.A. & Lady Susanna, Rectory Brown Daniel, farmer, Dods farm (Jx,lrove farm Clindh Mrs Ohuroh Ernest, farmer, Ridgemoor Palmer Jas. farmer, Earlstone farm Dunn John, Whitway Collins Thomas, Carna.rvon Arms P.H. Pave:v Wm.shopkpr. & baker,Whitway FanShawe Rear-Admiral Arthur Dal- Cook Edward Nathaniel, coal dealer & Sheennan Harriet (Mrs.), blacksmit!JIP rymple, Adbury holt shopkeeper Whitway Fox Edward Herbert J.P. Adbury pk Cope Grace (Miss), dress maker, Weir Sheldrake Herury,farmer,Cooper's farm Fox Mrs. Adbury park Vale house Smith Henl"ietta & Louisa (Misses),. Fox William F. Ad bury park Cox Ann (Mrs.), fanner, Whitway dress makers Hearne The Misses, The Yews Eeles Charles Buxcey, farmeT Smith Daniel, farmer, Well St. farm McDeTin()tt Rev. Corne1ius William Fl-ack .A.:.iae Elnzabeth (Mrs.), shopkpr Smith Edward, blacksmith M.A. (curate), Parish rooms Flack George, beer retailer Storie William, forester to Earl of Marshall Colonel Henry, Newtown hill F()trder Benjamin J. & Son (Thomas Oarnarvon, Whitway h()use Maunsell Maj.-Gen. Thos.The Cottage Cope, manager), lime burners Tucker Jo.seph, farmer, Post office Plenty Edward Pellew Grist Thomas, farmer, Well street Wait James, cowkeeper, Ayers cottage• Southby .Arthur J.P. ., Harding George, farmer, Shee.pwash Wait Le-vi, butcher & farmer Adbury Harris Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer Wallis Chittern, farmer, Ivory farm Woods Charles Henry, Burghclere Hart Thomas, shoe maker & farmer Wentworth Sam, frmr.Burghclere frm Manor house Head Ge-orge, builder White Hy. blff. to Mrs. Fox, Adbury

B URIT 0 N is a village and parish 2 miles south from ' Manor House, where his father was living in 1752, when Petersfie:d station, on the London and South Western the future historian matriculated at Magdalen College, railway, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred Oxford; he died 16 Jan. 1794. Ditcham Park, 2 miles­ of Finch Dean, Petersfield union, county court district south-east, and formerly the seat and property of the and petty sessional division, rural deanery of Peters­ C'owper and Coles family, was purchased in 1868 by field and archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester. The Charles Cammell esq. by whom the mansion wa.s much London and South Western railway runs through this enlarged and improved; the estate was sold in 1885 to parish. The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of Laurence Trent Cave esq. ; the mansion was burnt down flint and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south in March, 1888, but has since been rebuilt; the park is. porch, and an embattled western tower, covered with about 100 acres in extent. Nursted House, the seat ivy, and containing a clock and 5 bells: the nave is and residence of John Rowe Bennion esq. was pur­ Norman, of the 12th century, the chancel is Ear:y Eng­ chased by him in 1863 from Gen. Hugonin and is J lish, and retains a beautiful sedile, a piscina and an mile north-east from Buriton and xi miles south-south­ aumbry : the fine rood-screen, erected on the restoration east from Petersfield. John Bonham-Carter esq. ol of the church in 1878, is an exact copy of the former Adhurst St. Mary, is lord of the manor, the Rev. x6th century screen : there are several monuments, in­ Augnstus George Legge M.A. of Bramdean House, Alres­ cluding one to the Bilson family, the earliest name ford, J. Bowe Bennion esq. and Laurence Trent Cave esq. mentioned being that of Leonard Bilson, d. 1595 : J.P. of Dibcha.m Park, are are p~ncipa.l landowners. there are memorial windows to Mrs. J. Bonham-Carter, The soil is various ; subsoil, rock, clay and chalk. The­ d. 1862, Mrs. Sumner, wife of the Rev. John Maunoir chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, oats and hop~. Sumner M. A. rector here 1845-86; she died in 1875 ; The area is 6,422 acres of land and 13 of water; rateable the stained east window was erected in r887 to J. Ban­ value, [6,212; the population in r89r was 1,276. ham-Carter esq.: the oak reredos and a. fine oak eagle Parish Clerk, Harry Bone. lectern were both presented in 1888 as memorials to the Sexton, Henry Welch. Rev. J. H. Snmner: the church was restored in 1878, Post & Telegraph & Express DeliveryO:ffice. John Stubbs-~ at a cost of J,rz,soo, and affords 400 sittings. Edward receiver. Lettel"IS received from Petersfield at 7·55 a.m. Gibbon, father of the historian, is buried here. The & 12.55 p.m. ; dispatcheJ at· 10.40 a.m.2.15 & 6.25 p.m.; register of burials dates from the year 1678 ; baptisms & on sunday arrive at 7·55 a.m. ;leave at n.xo a.m. ThB' and marriages, 1695. The living is a rectory, net yeal'ly nearest money order office is at Petersfield value £430, in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester, and Wall Letter Box, Weston, cleared week days at 7.10- held since 1890 by the Rev. Alfred Whis-ton Frost Martell p.m. ; & on sundays at n.55 a.m B . .A.. of Jesus Oollege, Cambridge. The Primitive Metho­ National School (mixed), erected in r845 & enlarged ill' dist chapel here was erected in 1848 and restored in 1881. x887 at a cost of £150, with a. house for the master On the downs to the west are barrows. Edward Gibbon, adjoining; it will hold xso children; average attend­ M.P. author of the "Decline and Fall of the Roman ance, 136; Alfred Richard Patriek. master; Mrs. Mar,­ Empire," was. the son of Edward Gibbon, of Buriton Pat~ck, mistress