• DIRECTORY.] 61 COMPTON. [HA.NTS.] • <Jpen timbered roof: it was restored in 1868, at a cost of to the poor of each respective rarish by the rector. The £500, by Lord Portsmouth, the rector, and other inhabit­ land chiefly belongs to the Ear of Portsmoutb, who is also -ants of the parish. The register dates from 1636. The living lord of the manor. The soil is chalk and light loam; sub­ is a rectory, with that ofFarleigh Wallop annexed; annual soil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, roots and value .£895, with residence, in the gift of Lord Portsmouth, grass. The area is 2,150 acres; gross estimated rental, and held by the Rev. Joshua Willoughby Bryan, :B.A., of £2,534; rateable value, £2,307; the population in 1871 Worcester College, Oxford. There is a school board for was 312. the parishes of Cliddesden, Farleigh Wallop and Ellisfield. Parish Clerk, WilIiam Waldren. 6ere is a school, which was endowed by Ann Doddington with .£10 per annum in 1656, for boys and girls of the POST OFFICE.-William Waldren, receiver. Letters de- united parishes. The charities consist of the interest of livered through Basing-stoke at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.50 £247 2s. for the poor of Cliddesden, Farley Wallop and p.m. The nearest money order office is at .Basingstoke Hurstbourne priors, a third of which is distributed annually Endowed School, Mrs. Emma AlIen Dryan Rev. Joshua Willoughby, :B.A. Clirte Henry, farmer Spier William, farmer I [rector] Hawkins David, wheelwright Switsur John, wheelwright COMMERCIAL. Palmer John & Thomas, farmers Switsur William, Jolly Farmer :Budd Francis, farmer Roberts William, shopkeeper Thorpe George, maltster Budd George Kersley,Jarmer Slater George, blacksmith & beer retlr Waldren Richard, shoe maker ·COLBURY is a tithing and ecclesiastical parish, formed of the founder, and is held by the Rev. Robert Bickerdike, in 1872 from the civil parish of Elingo, 1~ miles west from M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. Mrs. Vaudrey is lady of Eling, and 1 mile from the Lyndhurst road railway sta­ the manor and the principal landowner. tion, in the Southern division of the county, Redbridge hl1n­ Parish Clerk, John Purden. -dred, New Forest union, Southampton county courtdistrict, Fordingbridge rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester: it comprises the villages of Colbury and Long- POST OFFICE, Colbury.-Charles Batten, receiver. down. Christ Church is a handsome structure, in the Early Letters received through Southampton, via 'rotten, at 7 English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and small a.m.; dispatched at 7.30 p.m spire with 1 bell: it was erected in 1870, at the cost of SCHOOLS:- the late Frederick Ibbetson, esq. The living is a vicarage, National, Colbury, l\'hss Elizabeth Ann Allen, mistrpss yearly value £250, in the gift of Mrs. Vaudrey, daughter National, Longdoun, Mrs. Mary Ann E. Payne, mistress Colbury. Green James, farmer Green John, farmer :Bickerdike Rev. Robert, M.A. [vicar] Gulliver WilJiam, farmer, Durley farm Harvey George, beer retailer & farmer Croft John Harding John Thomas, boot maker Horsman Robert, nurseryman Wingrove Drummond Lanrrley house Perry William, farmer King Charles, farmer "Wingrove Mrs. Langl~y ho~se Ridges George, boot maker Mansbridge J ames, farmer COMMERCIAL. Seaman Thomas, farmer Mintram William, grocer Batten Charles, grocer, & post office Moody Walter, farmer, Arter'slawn :Bull Charles, farmer Longdown. Payne Betsey (Mrs.), farmer,Ipley frm Dawkins Thomas, blacksmith Edwards George, farmer, New farm Philpot Henry, farmer Green Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper Green Elias, farmer Powell John, farmer· COLEMORE (or COLMER) is a parish, 6 miles south and a porch added: a belfry was erected in 1866, and the from Alton, 55 from London, and 6 north-west from Peters- chancel partly rebuilt in 1874-5. TJle register dates from field, in the Northern division of thecounty, hundred of East 1563. The living is a rectory, with that of Priors Dean Meon, Petersfield petty sessional division, union and county annexed, joint annual value .£500, with residence and 28 court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Winchester, and acres of glebe, in the presentation of Mrs. Hervey, and rural deanery of Alton south division. 'I'he name is spelt held by the Rev. Thomas Hervey, M.A., of Clare Colle~e ,in Domesday Book Colemere; Colmer in the registers 1563- Cambridge. There is also a National school on the mixed. 1750, and Colemore in Taxation of Hants, 1334; it has also system, supported by voluntary contributions. George been written Colmar, without any apparent authority. The· Arthur J ervoise Scott, esq., is lord of the manor. The land church (name unknown) is a small edifice, having chancel, chiefly belongs to the Tichborne trustees. The soil is clay; nave, and short tower with 2 bells: the north-eastern por- subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are cereals. The area is ,tion is Norman, and the remainder Early English: the 1,472 acres; gross estimated rental, £1,071; rateable value, chancel screen is of old oak, the Norman tont of Purbeck £945; the population in 1871 was 115. Letters through marble. In1845 the church wasre-seated with open benches, Alton, which is the nearest money order office. Hervey Rev. Thos. M.A. Rectory I Ross Captain James A I Collis Chas. frmr. Field farm I EllwoodJohn, frmr. Manor frm ·COMBE is a sman village and parish, 61 miles from Lon­ of 20s. a year, left by the late :Mr. Skinner, formerly lessee don, and 6 south-east from Hungerford station, in the of the great tithes, to be given to the poor either in bread or Northern division of the county, Pastrow hundred, Hunger­ money. The manor is held by the Provost and Fellows of ford union, and county court district, diocflse and arch­ King's College, Cambridge, who are the sole landowners. deaconry of Winchester, and rural deanery of Andover The soil is rather heavy; SUbsoil, chalk. The chief crops are north-western division; it is situated in a deep valley on wheat, barley, oats, and turnips. The area is 2,226 acres; the Berkshire border, and surrounded by downs. The gross estiI1l8ted rental, £1,712; rateable value, £1,544; church of St. Swithin is a small fabric of great antiquity: the population in 1871 was 220. it has a chancel, nave, and low wooden tower. Theregisters EASTWICK is a hamlet, 1 mile east. are very imperfect. a great part having been stolen some Parish Clerk, Henry Matthews. sears ago. The living is a vicarage, yearly value .£140, with residence, in the patronage of the Dean and CanoDs POST OFFICE.-Henry Matthews, receiver. Letters of Windsor, and held by the Rev. George Pearson, M.A., of received through Hungerford are delivered at 9.45 a.m. & New Inn Hall, Oxford. Here formerly stood a convent dispatched at 3.45 p.m. The nearest money order offices connected with a priory in Picardy. Here is a 17ree school, are at Hungerford & HuriltbourneTarrant supported by King's College, Camhridge. There is a charity Free School, Mrs. Faithfull, mistress Pearson Rev. George, M.A. [vicar] Annetts George, shoe maker & shop- Chillingworth John, farmer COMMERCIAL. keeper Hooper Robert, farmer Annetts Charles, carpenter Batt Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Kimber Ann (Mrs.), farmer COMPTON is a village and parish, 2~ miles south from The church of All Saints is a small Norman structure, Winchester station, 69 from London, situated on the navig- havin~ chancel and nave, with windows of later date: it has a.ble river Itchen, in a narrow dell, open to the east, in the a wooden tower and 3 bells, and ancient Norman font. In Northern division of the county, hundred of Buddlesgate, the churchyard lie the mortal remains of G. I. H untingford, 'llnd petty sessional division, union, county court district, Bishop of Hereford and Warden of Winchester College, and diocese, archdeaconry and rural deanery of Winchester. in the church is a marble monument to his memory; here The South Western railway passes through this parish. it was he commenced the earliest portion ()f his ministry as.