82 BAGBOt'R:XE. BERKSHIRE. (KELLY's both, witJJ. four sons and four daughters; he died 23rd ' "Here was formerly a church; and one of the fields is March, 1613, "and was buried in the parish chancel of s·till called Church Croft!' Westildsley; she died 14th .August, 1627; " William Oo·scote is a hamlet ha:f-a-mhle we&t from East Hag- Kea.te, their youngest sone erected this meDidcot New esq. architeC't, at a oost of £1,soo, includ:ing /.,210 laid Town) is the name given to a collection of houses, whi-ch out by tihe Earl of Craven (formerCy lord of the manor) have increased in number during some years past, and in the repairs and restora.tion of .tihe chancel : there are now form a small village on the northern border of th(f 474 S!it•tings, all being free. The regi:>ter da:bes from the parish, about a quarter-of-a-mile from Didcot Junction year r662. The living is a vicarage, net yearly station on the Great Western railway. The church of value £143, with residence, in the gift of the St. Peter, in North Hagbourne, is a building in a plain present vicar, and held since I 878 by the Rev. Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, William Robert Baker B..A. of Corpus Christi Col­ north porch, and an embattled western tower containing­ lege, Camb11idge. Hel'e is a Primitive l\Ietfuodist chapel. one bell : the church was opened 3oth June, I 8go, and .A short distance north-east of the church, in the village, completed and the bell dedicated Oct. 18th, 18g8: there is a fine croSIS on lofty steps ; the tall sha.ft has on c·11e are 250 sittings. There is also a Primitive Methodist­ side, at ·the foot, a wide deep niche, and above it a chapel. The population is included in East Hagbourne. smaller one, with traces of a canopy; it is now sur­ Parish Clerk, James Pether mounted by a cube of stone, with sun-dials on three Post, M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office .. sides, and on the fourth an inocripbi10n illegib:e from East Hagbourne.-Frank George B. Dew, sub-post­ below: on the east side of the village, at the cross roads, master. Letters arrive from Didcot R.S.O. at 7·5 a.m. oppos!ilie the " T,rnvellers' 1Ve~oome " inn, are the re· & 1.40 p.m. ; dispatched at 12.25 a.m. & 7· 10 p.m. m3Ji,ns of another cross, placed on a hig-h mound ; and Didcot station is the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles the· base of a third is in the hedgeside in a road north distant of the viTila.ge. There are &~me extremely picturPsque Letter Boxes, witlh times orf clearing.-Nortlb. Ragbourne., and good examplers here of timber and pla&ter, or tiled­ 12.50 & 9 p.m.; sundays, 9 p.m.; West Hagbourne, frontad houses, several of which, the property of Lol'd 6.55 p.m.; sundays, 10.30 p.m Wantage, have been wry carefuKy reSitored. The to1.al amount of charities, from several legacies, is about £8o Schools. annuaUy. Lord Wa;ntage Y.C., K.C.B. is lord of t.he Ohurclh (mixed), 'bui1t irn 1874, for 190 chi1dn'en; anr­ manor of East Hagbourne. and prmc~all landowner ; age attendance, 105; James Goodall, master; Miss Charles Morrison esq. of Basildon Park, Maj. Matthew Jane Hughes, mistress; Miss Alice Mills, asst. mistress Pilcher, Mr. John Holliday and Mr. Robert Rich are the North Hagbourne, built in 1871, enlarged in 1892, & fur­ other chie! landownei"s. T'h~ 1soil is strong, black and ther enlarged in 18g6, for about 250 children; average lOOillly; subsoi!l, rubble oh~k. The crops are whe,at, attendance, boys & girls, Ig6; George R. McFarlane, barley and beans. The parish is noted for its cherry master; Misses .Ada Cautwell & Frances Wells, assist­ orchards, and watercress is largely grown 'here. The ant mistresses area of East Hagbourne is. 1,758 acres, and of ·west Hag­ bourne r,o57 acres; ra•teab[e value of East Hagbourne Oal'lriers to:- [7,328, and of West Hagbourne £r,550; the population Abingdon Fredk. Keep & Daniel West, mon. wed. & sat in 1891 was, Eas't Hagbourne 1,297, West Hagbourne 157. Wallingford-Daniel West, tues. & fri.; Job Sawyer, tues. West Hagbourne is a liberty 1 m~le routh-we.st. & fri EAST HAGBOURNE. Napper Edwd. frmr. & miller (water) COHYERCIAL. Baker Rev.William Robert B . .A. (vicar), Napper Frank, carpenter, undertaker, Andrew Thomas George, grocer Vicarage & farmer Be:cJher Goorge, toy shop King Alfred C. Kingsholm.e Napper Job, farmer, Coscote Bosley Alfred R. family butcher; meaJ. Pilcher Matthew, The Grange Napper John Pether, farmer of the best quality only supplied Richard Capt. Oswald, Church villa ~apper William (!Mrs.), F1eur-de-Lis Brown J oseph, harness maker Saunders Mrs P.H. & blacksmith Davis George, jun. farmer, coal & coke COMMERCIAL. Pether James, builder merchant .Abbott Frederick, farmer, 'Manor frm Sawyer Job, ]3oot inn & carrier Day Thos. G. W. Railway inspector .Andrews George, thatcher ''l'hite William Hy. saddler & harness Dixon John, ca.rpenter .Andrews Henry, ginger beer maker maker & rope & twine manufadurer Edlinburgh Joseph, dairyman Bosley .Alfred R. family butcher vVEST HAGBOURNE. Edwards Richard, grocer & draper Buckel Charles, baker, grocer, pro- Antony J3rother F1ranklin Henry, railway engineer~ vision dealer, coal & wood merchant Buckeridg-e Frank, The Manor Monckton house Butler l\Iaria (Mrs.), Greyhound inn Thorne William Bezley Fulford John, grocer Butler John, Travellers' ·welcome P.H Clargo Waiter, shopkeeper Hart Thomas, corn merchant Child Ephraim, wheelwright · Dearlove Ezra, frmr. Lime Tree :farm Lavell J Olb.n G. W. railway engineer Clarke Robert L. farmer, Coscote Justice William, Wheatsheaf inn Luthwaite William, private gardener Cozens 1Villiam, beer retailer Napper Jsph. F. Horse & .Arrow P.H to Henry .Arthur Stevens esq. Brit­ Dew Frank George B. & Sons, grocers, Reeves James, farm bailiff toT. Aid- well lodge Post office worth esq. Yo.rk farm M cLean J ames, tailor Dixon John, farmer & landowner, Par- W oodley John, baker & grocer "Yewman Ohas. Railway Arms P.H sonage farm Parker Mrs. Marv .A.. dress maker Holliday Clarence, farmer DIDOOT NEW TOWN or NORTH Pryor John Edward, grocer & draper Holliday John, farmer & landownel'l Stock James G. W. ticket examiner Keep Frederick, carrier & farmer RA GBOUR..l\'E. Strange James, boot maker Leach Artlhur, farmer Banwell J ames \Yebb Georgina (Mrs.), beer retailer Mills Richd. tim'ber dealer & farmer Chapman Mrs & grocer HAMPSTEAD :MARSHALL is a parish 3 miles r667: there are 150 sittings, so being free. The re­ north-west from Kintbury station on the Great Western gister dates from the year 1675· The living is a rectory, railway, 4 west-south-west from Newbury, 7 south-east united to that of Enhorne, joint net yearly value £445• from Hungerford, in the Southern division of the county, with 81 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Earl of Craven, hundred of Ki'ntbury Eagle, petty sessional division, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Charles Blois Johnson, of union and county court district of Newbury, rural dean­ Worcester College, Oxford, who resides at Enborne. ery of Newbury, archdeaoonry of Berks and diocese of There is a small Congregational chapel. The poor's allot­ Oxford. The .Avon and Kennet canal, the river Kennet ment cons~sts of 3a, 2r, 36p. and one acre of land £1 in and the GreRJt Western rai~way pass through the parish, value is held by the parish clerk rent free : Rays Mead The place received its addition, according to .A.shmole, charity of Ss. is distributed in money amongst the widows because it "formerly belonged to the Earl Marshal of in this parish who receive no income from the poor Eng:and and was held by the tenure of the Rod of the rate. The manor, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Marshalsea." The church of St. l\Iary is a plain struc­ belonged to the Parrys, and Sir Thomas Parry, treasurer ture of flint and stone, re-erected in tlhe time of J ames I. to the household of that queen, built a house here: consisting ~f chancel, 'nave, nmth aisle, north porch and about 1620 this manor passed by purchase to the Cravens a :tower of brick con~aining 2 be~ls: the chancel is an­ and became one of the chief seats of that family. In cient and is built of flint: in the church is an inscribed I626 (r2th March) Sir William Craven kt. son of Sir W. s:ab laid over the tomb of Sir Balthazar Gerb:er kt. Craven kt. Lord Mayor of London, was created Baro'n painter and architect, who died while o'n a visit here in Craven of Hampstead-Marshall and in r662 Ear: of