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286 SOUTH WRAXALL. ~ Wall Letter 'Box; Lower Village, cleared et 9·30 · a.m. & I Elementary School (mixed), built in 18.p, for Co child- -,.2o p.m.; sundays at 9·30 p.m ' ren; average attendance, 61; Mis~r E. M. DoT"ey, mist Cox E. Richardson .J .P. South Booy Daniel, carpenter Li~eral Club (William B. Smith,sec.; Wraxall manor · Crees Albert, farmer William Dorey, ste~ard) Penon David G. Wraxall house Harold Mary (Miss), dress maker Overton Charles, farmer Pinchin Misses, The Yews Hill James, gamekeeper for E. Poole Leonard Rossiter, farmer,Cour~ Pinckney Erlysman M.A., J.P. Wrax- Pinckney esq Rudman Thomas, farmer all lodge Hill John, farmer, Home farm Smith Thomas, blacksmith Pratt Rev. Joseph William James Hitchings Morrice, farmer, Furlong Taylor Jn. Alfd. farmer, Manor farm B.A. (vicar) Hosier Hubert, farmer, Nor.bin (let- Tucker Frank, farm bailiff to W, H. COMMERCIAL. ters should be addressed Atworth) Greenhill eEq. Pond farm Betteridge George, Long's Arms P.H. Institute & Reading Room (John & grocer Godolphin, sec) is & parish and village, on the road of Winchester and William Frederick Codrington esq. from to , 3 miles south from Swindon are lords of the maMr. Much of the land belongs to station on the Great Western railway, 6 east from Wootton the Charter House, London. The soil is clay, sand and .Bassett and 9 north from Marlborough, in the Northem marl; sub.so:il, clay. The chief crops are grass, wheat, division of the county, in a ueta<;hed portion of the bun- barley and roots. The area is 7•099 acres of land and dred of Elstub and Everleigh, and partly in Kingsbridge 16 of water; rateable value, £'14,481; the population in hundred and county court district, petty sessional divi- 1901 was 2,448. sion of Swindon, Swindon and union, and Overtown tithing is one mile -south-east; Elcombo in rural deanery, North Wilts archdeaconry tithing, one mile west; Salthrop tithing-, 2 miles south­ and Bristol diocese. The church of St. J obn the Baptist west; Westlecott tithing, 2 miles north. and St. Helen is an ancient edifice of stone, consisting of Parish Clerk, Alfred Thomson. . chancel, nave of .three bays, aisles, south porch, and an Post, M. 0. & T. Office. William Pickett, postmaster. embattled western tower with pinnacles containing 5 bell:~: , Letters· through Swindon, arrive at 5 a.m. &; us there are several tablets to the Benet family, one datmg p.m, & dispatched at 2.30 & 8. 45 p.m from 1613, and seven stained windows, including one Post Office, North Wroughton.-Robert James Honey, erected in 1898 by the Pavy family, and another placed sub-postmaster. Letters through Swindon are dis- in 1907 to Mrs. Rae and her daughter: a new oak patched at 2.40 & 8.40 p.m. The nearest money ord•'!' roof was provided for the chancel in 188o, at a cost & telegraph office is at Wroughton of £55o: the church affords about 450 sittings: in Wall Letter Boxes. Woodham house, cleared 2.25 & the churchyard is a fine old yew . tree. . . The register . 7.50 p.m. ; Oh· urc h H'llI , 8 p.m • dates from the year 1653. The 1Ivmg 18 a VICarage The School Board formed. in 1877 was dissolved by and rectory, net income £307, with 46 acres of glebe the Education Act of 1902, & tne Schools are now con· and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bristol, and trolled by a Board of Manag'rs; William Hanc:>ek, held since 191I by the Rev. Archibald Charles Clark- Wroughton, correspondent; Josepb Davis, attendan~ Kennedy M.A. of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Here are officer Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. There are Schools. charities of {,17, left in 1743 by Thomas Benet and his childi·en· sister, Miss Elizabeth Benet; the former left £2o Elementary (Endowed), built in I867, for .176 , annually for the parish school and the £17 (before men- average attendance, 147; & supported m part oy an tioned) being the interest of £3oo invested in land; Miss endowment ?f £2o ~ea~ly) John Morton, master Elizabeth Benet left £200, invested also in land, which Elementa~y (girls), bmlt m 1878, at a cost of [,_2,200, f?r brings in about £7 yearly, and is given to poor gnls. . 1)6 child~en; ave;a~e atte~dance, II5; Miss .Mam upon entering domestic service. Here is a reservoir, Webster 1s the prmc1pal mistress, & has a res1d~nce built by a company, to supply Swindon Old and New attached to. the schoolroom . . Towns with water. The principal seat in the parish is Elementary (mfants), opened .m 1877, fo~ 210 .children; Wroughton House, the property and residence of William average attendance, 125; Miss Ethel Mitchell, m1stres~ Frederick Codrington esq. Elcombe Hall is the resi- Carriers.-Arthur Hills; 'bus to Great Western railway dence of Mrs. Underwood-Fisher. The Dean and Chapter station twice daily l'RIVATFJ RESIDENTS. Elett Tom, farmer, Southleaze Prowse Charles & Son, saddlers Clark-Kennedy Rev. Archibald Chas. Farll?-er Wm,. farmer, Moormead frm Retter Ernest, farmer, Overtown M.A. (vicar), Vicarage Ferris FranCls, farmer, Sa.lthrop farm Ricbards James, shopkeeper Codrington Wm. Fdk. Wroughton. ho French Samuel, beer retalle; Rippin Percy, butcher Croal Daniel, Woodhams Gordon Arthur. horse tramer, The Robinson William, boot maker Dismorr Henry Bertram Paddocks Rudman Emma (Mrs.), blacksmith Fenton Mrs. Wroughton ball Gordon Robt. horse trainer, Warleigh Speake Thomas, hair dresser Hastings Hon. Aubrey, Barcelona ho Horton ~~· John, fanner, Casto'Y frm Strange Simeon, market gardener . Leader Tliomas Richard, Fairwater bo Huff Wilham, boot & shoe repauer Swindon Industrial Co-operative So- Underwood-l''isher Mrs. Elcombe hall Hunt Honor (Mrs.), dress maker ciety (No. I branch) (Archibald · Webb Sainsbury, Brompton villa Hyde John, baker Hawkins, manager) Willis William George Overtown Jones Joseph, g-rocer Tarrant Edward, tailor ' Kerr William Henry, grocer & wine & Tarrant Richard (Mrs.), blacksmith COMMERCIAL. spirit merchant Taylor Charles, haulier Balch Arthur, farmer. Westlecott King Tom & Sons, saddlers Tibbles William John, Ely inn Barrett Hungerford Henry, wheel- King Agnes (Mrs.), grocer Treble Frederick William, tailor wright Lee Edwin, beer retailer Twining Mark, carpenter Borkwood Edward Tarler, chemist Lewis Sarah (M"~), farmer, Hackpen Washbourn Maria (Mrs.), coal dealer Brinkworth Frederick J. farmer Loveday Ernest. butcher & assistant overseer Brown Richard G. farmer,Rectory fro Lovelock Geo. Three Horse Shoes P.H Watts William G. painter Butler George, shopkeeper Maskelyne John, auctioneer Wheeler William Hyet, draper Clifford John, White Hart P.H Maundrell Arth•u E. frmr. Westleaze Williams James S. Three Tuns hotel Collier William, market gardener Newman Jam.-o~, farmer, Chilton Willis Wm. Geo. fanner, Overtown Cowdrey Francis, builder Ody Nelson, farmer, Blagrove farm Wiltshire William Herbert, farmer' Cowley Frederick, carpenter PalsBr William r, farmer, & post off maker & contractor Curtis Frederick, beer retailer Pickett William l!''ocer Winning William, farmer Dismorr Henry Bertram M.R.C.S. Plummer Char]Ps W. D. farmer, The Wiseman William. farmPr, Elrombe Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. physician & Orchard Working Men's Club (Pbilip Dowling. sur5eon, & .nedical officer & public Panting Sotheran, farmer, Wood frm sec) vaccinator, 3rd district, Highworth Porter George, f'ili'penter . Yates Clarence Edward, beer retailer & Swindon union Pritchard Henry. ironmonger (or Wily) is a parish and village, on th. district, rural deanery of Wylye (Wylye 'Portion), arch­ river Wylye, or Wily, with a station on the Salisbnry deaconry of Sarum and diocese of . Th~t and West bury -branch of the Great Western nilwa', 6 church of St. Mary the Virgin, rebuilt in 1844, ia 'ID miles south-east from , to south-east fi .m Pdifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting , 12 north-west from Salisbury and 96 frr m 1f chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and "Bn. em· London, 116 by rail, in the Southern division of th battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a county, hundred of Branch and Dole, Warminster pettv cluck and 4 bells, 3 of which have the following ornaments sessional division, Wilton union, Salisbury county con. t and inscriptions respectively: "1587, Geve Thanks ill