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rectory, net yearly value £160, induding 16 acres of glebe. cluding James Stewart, 1St Duke of Richmond K.G. by with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Abingdon, and held Vandyke; Willoughby Bertie, fourth Earl of Abingdon, by since 1881 by the Rev. Henry Duffield Meyrick lILA. of Gainsborough, and his Countess Charlotte (Warren) by Magdalen College, , and chaplain of that college. George Dance RA.; a splendid family group, by Hyacinthe Towards the close of the seventh century the nuns of a con- Rigaud, and a portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales, eldest son vent founded lower down the river, on a sIte called" Helen- of James 1. 'Vytham Wood extends over 700 acres and is stow," about A.D. 680, by Hean and Cilla, or Ceolswitha, delightfully intersected by drives and grassy paths. The the nephew and niece of Cissa, viceroy of Berkshire, came Earl of Abingdon is lord of the manor and sole landowner. and settled here, where they remained until about a century The soil i3 various; subsoil, clay, sand and limestone. The after, when the community was broken up and dispersed chief crops are a succession of grain and grass. The area is during the civil war between Offa of Mercia, and Kinewulf 1,149 acres of land and 16 of water; rateable value, £1,538 ; ()f Wessex. Wytham Abbey, the mansion of the Earl of the population in 1881 was 198. Abingdon, originally erected about the reign of Henry Vr., Parish Clerk, Thomas Hambridge. is now chiefly in the Elizabethan style, but the interior has been much modernized; the gate-house in the centre of the POST OFFICE.-Joseph Mitchell, receiver. Letters arrive front and the hall are, however, fine specimens of ancient from Oxford at 8.30 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; dispatched at work; the drawing-room retains fragments of stained glass 9.30 a.m. & 5. 25 p.m. ; sundays, at 9·55 a.m. The displaying the badges of the Tudors, probably brought from nearest money order & telegraph office is at Oxford .cnmnor: the walls of the various apartments are hung Xational School, erected in 1855, for 40 children; average with valuable pictures, chietly family portraits; and in- attendance, 39; Miss Nancy Green, mistress Abingdon Earl of D.r", J.P. (high Cooper G. W I Hedges Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Abbey farm steward of Abingdon), Wytham Burden Sarah (:\Irs.), White Hart P.H 'Ireland George, farmer, Tilbury abbey; & Travellers club, Pall mall, Coles Benjamin, bailiff to the Earl of Jones George, house steward to the Earl London sw Abingdon Abingdon Meyrick Rev. Hy. Duffield M.A [rector], Greenwoo:i Abraham, gamekeeper to Williams Alfred, farmer & cattle dealer Rectory the Earl of Abingdon YATTENDON is a village and parish 12 miles north-west There is a reading room and coffee room, erected by and from Reading, 7 north-east from Newbury, and 3 north-east maintained at the sole expense of A. Waterhouse esq. RA. from Hermitage and I~ south-east from Hampstead Xorris There is a charity of £2 Ss. yearly, derived from Deane's be­ -stations on the Didcot and :Kewbury branch of the Great quest to the General Municipal charities of Reading. Yatten­ Western railway, in the Southern division of the county, hun- don Court, the seat of Alfred Waterhouse esq. R.A. is a hand­ dred of Faircross, union of Bradfield, petty sessional division some building of red brick, with buff terra-cotta dressings, and county court district of Newbury, rural deanery of Brad- and has a tower 500 feet above the level of the sea, from field, archdeaconry of Berks and , pleasantly which a beautiful view of the surrounding countryis obtained. situated on an acclivity. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is Yattendon has been considered by the historian Carte, and :a building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of later antiquaries, as the" Ethandune " of the Saxon Chroni· chancel, nave, south and west porches and a western tower cle, where, A.D. 878, Alfred fell upon thfl Danes and pursu~ -containing 6 bells: it was rebuilt about 1450 by John Norreys ing them to their camp forced a surrender; in digging the esq. as recorded in an inscription formerly in a window in foundations for Mr. Waterhouse's residence,450 feet above the church and preserved by Ashmole : the chancel arch and the sea level, at about two feet below the surface, 59 pieces rood screen and the stairs leading to the rood loft have been of bronze, mostly portions of warlike implements were found destroyed: the nave windows are Perpendicular: the pulpit and have been carefully preserved by Mr. Waterhouse; the is Jacobean and there is an octagonal font: in the church is date of the deposit was probably anterior to that of the a monument to Sir John Norreys kt. second son to Henry, Roman irruption. A. Waterhouse esq. RA. is lord of the first Lord Norreys of Rycot, ambassador to France and a manor. The principal landowners are W. Dewe, R. Floyd, distinguished military commander in the reign of Queen T. Floyd and J. Breach esqrs. The soil is clay; subsoil, Elizabeth, who died at Yattendon, July 3, 1597; here also is chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. buried, in a vault on the north side of the chancel, the Rev. The area is 1,400 acres; rateable value, £2,158 ; the popu­ Thomas Carte M.A. the distinguished historian, who wrote lation in 1881 was 310. the greater part of his " History of " here and died . " at Caldecot, near Abingdon, April 2, 1574: there are 150 POST ~FFICE.-MISS Ann Martha HerrI~ge,.receIver. Letters :sittings, all free. The register dates from the year 1558. The arrive from Ne~bury at 8·35 a.m., dIspatched at 3.50 living is a rectory, average yearly value of tithe rent-charge p.m. New?u,ry IS the nearest money or.der office. Hamp- £364, with residence and 56 acres of glebe, in the gift of stead Norrrs IS the nearest telegraph office Alfred Waterhouse esq. R.A. and held since 1885 by the Rev. Parochial School (mixed), built for 60 children; average Henry Charles Beeching B.A. o[ Balliol College, Oxford. attendance, 6o; Charles Henry Wordsworth, master BeechingRev. Henry Chas. RA. Rectory Briant J ane (Mrs.), blacksmith Pearce James, harness maker Breach James Henry Fidler Frederic Claxton, estate agent, Saunders Thomas, Royal Oak P.H Bridges Robert lILA., M.B. Manor house Estate office Simmonds George, carman Kllipe Col. William, Everingtoll house Herridge John, wheelwright Ward Reeves Richard, grocer & draper Molesworth Mrs. The Grange Hunter George, gamekeeper to Alfred Wyatt Charles, carpenter Plow Miss, Grange Waterhouse esq. R.A Yattendon Co-operative Stores (John Waterhouse Alfred RA. Yattendon ert Ilsley Charles, carrier Treadwell Gulliver, manager; Fredc. COMlIfERCIAL. Larkum William, Axe & Compass P.H Claxton Fidler, hon. sec.) Breach James.Henry, surgeon & medical New Henry, bricklayer Yattendon Reading & Coffee Rooms officer of health, 5th district, Bradfield Pargiter Richd.~'Iatthews,grocer&baker (Frederick Griffin, caretaker) Ulllon•