282 WROGGHTON. WILTSHIRE. [KELLY'S Codrington. Elcombe Hall is the residence of Mrs. The School Board formed in 1877 was dissolved by Underwood-Fisher. The Dean and Chapter of Win­ the Education Act of 1902, & the School~ are now con­ che.ter and Mrs. Codrington are lords of the manor. trolled by a Board of Managers; H. Copleston, Much of the land belongs to the Charter House, London. Wroughton, clerk & attendance officer The soil is clay, sand and marl; subsoil, clay. The Schools. chief crops are grass, wheat, barley and roots. The area is 7,099 acres of land and r6 of water; rateable Elementary (Endowed), built in r867, for 176 children; value, £14,514; the population in r9or was 2,448. average attendance, 128; & supported in part by an endowment of £2o yearly; John Morton, master Overtown tithing is one mile south-east; Elcombe Elementary (girls), built in 1878, at a cost of £2,200, for tithing, one mHe west; Sa.!throp tithing, 2 miles south­ 156 children; average attendance, 133; Miss Bray is west; Westlecott tithing, 2 mile,. north. the principal mistress, & ha• a residence attached to Parish Clerk, Richard Austin. the schoolroom Post, :M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & A. & I. Office.-John Elementary (infants), opened in 1877, for 200 children; Pickett, postmaster. Letters through Swindon, arrive average attendance, 135; Miss Et bel Mitchell, miotress at 5 a.m. & r.rs p.m. & dispatched at 2.ro & 8.25 Carriers.-Fred C<lok; 'bn• to Great W!liltern railway p.m stntion twice daily & Edward Hawkins, twice daily PRIVATJ!: BKSID:RNTS. Fall Arthur, grocer' Panting Sotheran, farmer Codrington M~s. Wroughton house Farmer Wm. farmer, Moormead frm Porter Goorge, carpenter Dismorr Henry Bntram Ferris Francis, farmer, Salthrop farm Prowse Charles & Son, saddlers Hastings Hon. Auhrey, Barcelona ha French Samu,.l, be<>r retailer Prow•e James Charles, ironmonger & Leader Thomas Richard, Fairwater h<> Gilling John, farmt'r, Duck's farm insurance agent Toomer Fras. Wm.Fanner,Woodhams Gordon Arthur, h<lrse trainer, The Retter Ernest, farmer, Overtown Turner Rev. John Richd. M.A. (vicar) Paddocks Richards James, shopkeeper Underwood-F'isher Mrs. E!comhe hall Gordon Robt. horse trainer, Warleigh Rippin Percy, butcher Webb Sainsbnry, Brompton 'l'i!!a Hawkins Charles, beer retailer Rndman Emma (Mrs.), blacksmith Willis William George, Overtown Ha;vkins Wm. grocer & beer retailer Stal\'g James Howe, farmer · ·cmnnmcrAL. Hm-ton Hy. John, farmer, Castow frm Strange Simeon, farmer llalch William, farmer, Westlecott Huff WiUiam, boot maker Swindon Industrial Co-operative So­ Barrett Hungerford Henry, whe~l­ Hunt Ho nor (~!rs. ), dress maker cietv (No. r branch) (James Long­ • wri!rht Hyde .John. baker staff, manager) Brinkworth Frederick J. farmer Kembrey ::\!i.ss Aurora, draper Tarrant Edward & Frederick, tailors Bro1<n & Plummer, farmers, Rec- Kerr Wi!liam Henry, grocer & wine & Tarrant Richard (Mrs.), blacksmith tory farm •pirit merchant Taylor Chnles, haulier Butler George, greenv-.,..ocer Kinchin Thos. R. P. frmr. Southleaz~ Tibbles William John, Ely inn Clifford John, White Hart P. H Lane Fre·<lk. Wm. frmr. Parsloes farm lVa•h bourn Maria (Mrs.), coal dealer Collier William, market garden~r Lee E<lwin, beer retailer & assisb.nt overseer Cook Henrv. hair drPsser & carrier L<>wis Sarnh (Mrs ), farmer, Hackpen Westmacott John, grocer Copleston Henry, clerk to the school Lovedav Ernest. butcher Willis Wm. Geo. farmer. Overtown board & attendance officer Lovelock Geo. Three Horse Shoes P.H Williams James S. Three Tuns hotel Curre·y Amos Arth. Hy. ml\rht grdnr Maskelyne John, auctioneer Winchcomb William Baden, brick Curtis Frerlerick, beer retailer :'>hnndrell Arthur E. frmr. Westleaze maker & contractor Dismorr Henry Bertram M.R.C.S. Newman .Tames, farmer, Cbilton Wiseman Wi!liam. fanner, E!combe Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. physician & Ody Nelson, farmer, Blagrove farm Withers Robert, blacksmith sur~eon, & lnedical officpr & puhlif• Pal•er William, draper Working- 'Men's Clnb (Wm. Cook,src) , vaccinator, 3rd district, Hig!morth Pirkrtt .Jn. haulier. farmer, & post off Yates Clarence Edward, beer retailer · & Swindon union Pickett William. grocer WYL YE (or Wily) is a parish and village, on the There is a Congregational chapel, erected in r86o, .,..ith river Wylye, or Wily, with a sta.tion on the Salisbury r5o sittings. The charities amount to £25 yearly, and Westbury branch of the Grea.t Western railway, 6 arisint; from land and bequests. There is a. Hall used miles south-east from Heytesburv, 10 south-east from for meetings and entertainment·s, capable of seating WaTminster, 12 north-wt>st from Sali.s bury and 96 fron1 r5o persons, and connected ,.·ith it is a reading room. London, II6 bv rail, in the Southern division of the There are some ancient camps near here, one of ...-hich eounty, hundred' of Branch and Dole. Warminster petty is called "Belbury." The Earl of Pembroke and Mont­ J;essional diviSion, Wilton union, Salisbury county court gomery P.C., G.C.V.O. is lord of the manor and the district. rural deanery of Wvlye (Wylye portion), arch­ principal landowner. The •oil is light loam; snh,oil, deaconrv• of Sarum and diocese of Sa!isburv.• The chalk and flint. The chief crop• are wheat, oats and church of St. Mary the Virgin, rebuilt in 1844, is an barley. The area is 2,305 acre• of land and 9 of water; edifice of stone in the Perpendicular &tvle, consisting rateable value, £2,459; the population in 19or .,.as 411. <>f chancel, ·nave, north aisle, south porch and an em­ Deptford is a tithing, half a mile north, the proper~y battled western tower, "·ith pinnacles, containing a of the Duke of Somerset. clock and 4 bells, 3 of which have the following ornament• Sexton, Henry Haskell. e.nd inscription~ respectively: "1587, G-Pve Thanks tu God"; 1697, and a <hield char!(P<l "·ith three lwlh; nnd Post•, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & A. & I. Office.-Herbert thfl third, a cross with "Ave Maria"; the ancient carvecl Pitcher, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.15 a.m. oak pulpit, with soundinl? hoard and lectPrn, dated t628, & 3.15 p.m.; dispatched to Bath at r p.m. &, to formerly belonged to the old church at Wilton, and wa• Warminster & Bath at 7·5 p.m. week days & 6 p.m. pre<ent.e<l by Lord Herbert: there arfl «ix otnined win­ on sundays. Wall Letter Box, near the church, dows: the rerenos was presented in t8<)7 as a memorial cleared at 12.35 & 6 p.m. week days & 9.30 a.m. to Henry Powell. a son of the late rector: a lvch gate on sundays. was erected in 1885 in memury of t!Je Rev. J. S. Stock­ Elementary School (mixed), built in r8i6 & enlarged iu well, a former rector and his wife: the church will seat T893. with house for master, for 120 children; averagt.' about ~oo persons. The register dat<'s from the year attendance, 78; Job Wootton, master 158r. The living is a rectory, net income [337• incluclin!! 7 acres of ~?lebe, with resi<lence, in the !!ift of tbe Earl Railway Station, Herbert Sidney Hill, station master of Pembroke, and held since 1902 by the Rev. George Carriers.-Whittle, tues. & sat. to Salisbury; to War­ Randolpb Hadow M.A. of Jesus Colleg-e, Cambridg-e. minster, Thring, sat IVYLYE. P~nrurldocke Charles Gray Ern~•t, miller (water) Titt Mis•, Walnut cottage Gnrd Fredt>rick, Bell family & com­ PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. mPrcial hotel; anglers & touring Bristow :lfiss Reil G~org-e, harness maker parties provided Ior; catering, Brown F1·ancis Henrv Bush George, cycle repairer & assist- po~ting- &c Bnrch David, Newton house ant overseer Herring Williom, Swan inn DowMll :Misses Dnughty Snmuol, ~armor & builder H;bberd Brothers, grocers, bakers & Dr>w<lell Thomas. Ha.. le burst Dough~y William Daniel, builder provi~ion merC"hants Fit1.Gerald Gerald Richard Frededck Dowdell J. & Son, coal merchants & Lovett ('harles John. boot repairer (lieut.in AuxiliaryForces),:\1anor ho farmf:!rs • Lu'h Charles & Sidney, farmers, Gay Genrge Flint Lewis, baker, grocer, & oil Wylye faJTil Hadow Rev. George .30Jldolph :\LA. storE"s; agent for Pratt's motor Rect~ry spirit .