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[.] . 598 POST OFFICE GENTRY. Bonner Joseph, butcher & grazier Plumb Elizabeth (Mrs.), schoolmistress Clifton Rev. Rnbert Cox, M.A. Irector] Collingridge John, Railway tavern Plumb Samuel, blacksmith Sergeant Rev.OswaldPattison [curate] Godwin Williom, farmer Pnllen John, gardener,seedsman&tailor TRADERS. Hore Hannah (Mrs.), baker & shopkpr Smith James & Samuel, farmers Adams Thomas, shoemaker & shopkpr Hore John, 8choolmaster Wakelin William, farmer Baldwin Elizbth.(Mrs.), schoolmistress Horwood John, farmer & miller Weaver Daniel, carpenter Berridge Isaac, farmer & surveyor JohnsonReuben,carpntr.&wheelwright Letters through Woodstock arrive at 9 a.m. by foot messenger, who returns at 5 p.m Endowed Schools (boys'), John Hore, master; (girls'), 1 CARRIER To .-Jame!l Hayward, from Lower Mrs. Elizabeth Plumb, mistress; (infants'), Mrs. Eliza- ! Heyford, passes through moo. & thurs beth Baldwin~ mistress 1 SO'ULDER.l\1' is a in the Hundred of Plougbley is a mile from the village, which is pleasantly situatecl on and Union of , 7 miles north-west from Bicester, the south side of Aynhoe Park. There are quarries of plank 1 south-east from Aynhoe, and 7 south-west from , stone in and adjoining tbe parish. William, Duke of Suffolk, in . The church, dedicated to St. Mary, slain in 1449, held, with Alice his wife, a portion of the is a stone structure of various styles of architecture; the lands. W ordsworth the poet was a constant visitor here tower is early Norman, having walls of considerable thick· during the incumbency of his college friend the late Rev. ness, but inclines from the perpendicular; the nave has a Robert Jones; and here he composed some of his sonnets, clerestory, and is parted from the south aisle by three Some Saxon remains, consisting of urns, brass straps, and pointed arches resting on round columns; the windows of bone ornaments, have recently been dug up in the neigh· the aisle are elaborate specimens of early decorated work; hour hood, and are in the possession of Sir H. Dry den. the porch and the aisle to which it opens have each a There is a boys' school, with an endowment of £7 per ]JOinted arched doorway; the chancel is modem. The annum. The soil is fertile, clay and loam near tbe Cher­ living is a rectory, in the diocese and archdeaconry of well, sand and stone brash on the high ground, divided Oxford, value £550, in the gift of St. John's College, into arable and pasture. There are charities of the annual Cambridge; the Rev. Lawrence Stephenson, D.D., is the amount of about £30. Population, in 1851, was 619; acre­ incumbent. The Cherwell flows through the parish, but age, 2,270. • Crook Mr. Henry Bliss William, miller Hurlston James, farmer Dolman John Thomas, :M:.D Blizard John, shoemaker Jones Thomas, farmer East Mr. William Boddiogton John, baker Lake Joseph, carrier Googh the Misses .Boddington Robert, carrier MayoJoseph, farmer Hill Mrs Bonner John coal merchant Merry Thomas, baker&; miller Hughes Mr. Seth CliffordCharles, 'Bull'1Head,'&carrier Neale Matthew, stonemason Hurlston Mr. James Clifford John, farmer Neale Samuel, 'Crown,' & carrier Kilby Mr. Spencer Cotterill John, carpenter Parker Micbael, blacksmith Sotham Mr. Thomas Cox Thomas, stonemason Plumb John, blacksmith Stephenson Rev.Lawrence,n.D.Rectory Coy John, wheelwright Rodnight Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer TRADERS. Crook Henry, eorn dealer Rouse William, shoemaker Bates John. tailor East William, farmer Sweatman William, tailor Bates Thomas, carrier Fathers Geor!(e, stonemason W aldroo Daniel Hem us, grocer&drapar Bates William, carpenter Fathers William, painter & plasterer Warmington George, drill & threshing Bignell Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner French Charles, shoemaker machine owner Bird John, butcher Gib bard George, 'Fox' Welford Amos, shoemaker Letters through Brackley I National School, Thomas Hore, master CAitRIERs:- 1tThomas Bates, to Banbury, mon. & thurs.; & Bicester Robert Boddington, to Oxford, sat toes. & fri SPE:LSBtr:RY, with the Hamlets or DBAl\1', monument exists. The famous Earl of Rochester is also PtrLWEL:L and TASTON• buried in the church. Charles Henry, Lord Viscount Dillon SPELSBURY is a parish and village 2l miles south-west is . from Enstone and 72 from , in the Hundred of Chad- DEAN is a of Spelsbury, 4 miles from Chipping linJ!ton. The living is a vicarage, value £211, in the diocese Norton, and three-quarters from Spelsbury. The chief of Oxford, and in the gift of Christ Church College, Oxford; property in it belongs to Oriel College, Oxford. the Rev. John Williams, M.A., is the incumbent; the Rev. FULWELL is· a hamlet to Spelebury, 2 miles north-east Charles Carey, M.A., curate. The church is in very good from the village, half a mile south from Enstone, and 69frorn repair, with a tower, near the river Evenlode. Here is a London. Charles Henry, Lord Viscount Dillon, is lord of Free school for 60 children, clothed and educated at the the manor. expense of Viscount Dillon. The population, in 1851, was TASTON is a hamlet to Spelsbury, half a mile north-east 578. The ancient family of Sir Henry Lee, Bart., are from Spelsbury;o 2 from Enstone, and 71~ from London. buried in the church, to whose memory a very handsome Charles Henry, Lord Viscount Dillon, is lord of the manor. Spelsbury. TRADERs. Boyd Thomas, gardener & local agent Carey Rev. Charles, M.A. Rectory Butcher John, farmer to Viscount Dillon Benfield Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Collett William, farm Collins Thomas, farmer CorwoodEiizabeth (Mrs.),schoolmistrs Garner John, farmer Jott Thomas, farmer Curwood James.scboolmaster Howse James, shoemaker Letters through Enstone Edingborougb Hugh,shopkeeper Martin John, miller Taston. Hiett Thomas, farmer Sturdy Charles, farmer TRADERS. Hirons George, farmer Letters through Claridge Mary (Mr11.), farmer H umfris George, miller, Spelsbury mill E'ulwell. Harris John, farmer Lay Charles, ' Chequers' Dillon Charles Henry Lord Vl9count, Hernes Robert, farmer Pratt Robert & James, farmers Ditchley house I vings Am os, carpenter & wheelwri~rl1t Letters through Charlbury TRADERs. Mace Robert, blacksmith & sbopkeepcrr Dean. Atkins Edward Joy, farmer, Ditchley Tennent William, farmer Franklin Richard, esq. Dean house Home farm Letters through Charlbury STADBA'MPTGX is a parish in the Hundred of Dor- surmounted by four pinnacles; the consolidated living, chester and Union of Abingdon, 8 miles south-east of value £153. The parish comprises 620 acres 2 roods 23 Oxford. The living is a perpetual curacy, consolidatP.d poles, and the population, in 1851, was 383; C. Peers, with that of Chislehampton, in the Esq., is lord of the manor. The parish is bounded by the and patronage of Charle.s Peers, E~q.; the incumbent is river . Here is a Day school for children of botb the Rev. William Parker Perry, M.A. The church is a sexes, supported by C. Peers, Esq.; also a J)lace Qf small structure1 with nave, chancel, and square tower, worship for the Particular Baptists,