42 BITTOY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S :BI'rTON is ap. extensive parish, in a fertile valley and Bitton township £14,9°9 7s.; the population in 189:1: was on the London road, is d~vided from Somerset on the 3,023. south by the river Avon, 6 miles east-by-south from DEACH, 2 miles north-east; UPTON CHEYXEY, I Dristol and 6 west from Dath, and 112 from London, with north-east; :NORTH COM~lON, 2 north; and GRD1S­ a station on the Bath extension of the Midland railway, Bu"RY, I~ north-west, are villages here. in the Southern division of the county, upper division of the hundred of Lang-Iey and S,,"ineshead. Keynsham Post & M. O. &; T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance union, petty sessional division of Lawfords Gate, Dristol Office, Bitton. WaIter Thomas Buckland. sub-post­ county court district, rural deanery of Bitt{)n, arch­ master. Letters arrive from Dristol at 6.55 a.m. & deaconry and diocese of Dristol. The parish contains the 2.10 p.m.; sundays 6.55 a.m.; dispatched at 7.15 a.m. & following hamlets, Hanham, 2 miles north-west; Old­ 4.20 6.25 p.m. ; sundays 4.20 p.m land Common, :I:! north; and Kingswood, 3 north-west, Post Office, Willsbridge.-Egbert Jenkins, sub-post­ all of which are given under separate heads. The master. Letters arrive from Dristol at 7.50 a.m. & Doyd brook runs through the village. The church of 2.8 & 6.40 p.m.; dispatched at 9.55 a.m. & 4.25 & St. l\fary is an ancient building of stone, in the Norman, 6.35 p.m.; sunday 4.25 p.m. Ditton is the nearest Early English and later styles, consisting of chancel, money order & telegraph office nave, north chantry, and a fine embattled western tower, Post & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, of Perpendicular date, with a stair turret, and pinnacles, Oldland CDmmon.-James John Thatcher, sub-post­ and containing 6 bells: the north chantry retains three master. Letters arrive from Bristol at 7.15 a.m. & canopied sedilia and a piscina: most of the windows are 2.15 p.m.; dispatched, 1,5 & 6.25 p.m. week days only. stained; there are about 500 sittings. The register dates Ditton is the nearest telegraph office from the year :1:571. The living is a vicarage, gross SCHOOLS. yearly value £221, including- 6 acres of glebe, with resi­ dence, in the gift of the Bishop of Dristol, and held since A School Doard of 5 members was formed August 8, 1850 by the Rev. Henry Nicholson Ellacombe M.A. of 1883; A. Ladd, Kingswood, clerk to the board; Wm. Oriel College, Oxford, hon. canon of Bristol, rural dean Adams, Oldland Common, attendance officer of Ditton, and surrogate. Here are Wesleyan, Free Board, Upton Cheyney, for 100 children; average attend. Methodist, Primitive Methodist and Congregational ance, 76; lIfiss Norah Panizza, mistress chapels. There is a meeting place for Plymouth Drethren National (mixed), Bitton, built in 1827, for :1:20 children; at Oldland OJmmon, and a Congregational chapel at Upton average attendance, 31 bOYil, 30 girls & 42 infants; Miss Cheyney. At Oldland Common is 'a large corset factory, Emma Fry,mistress. By deed enrolled in Chancery these owned and worked by Messrs. Chas. Bayer & Co. of premises were conveyed to the vicar & churchwardenn Dristol, and employing 250 hands; in the Golden Valley of Ditton for ever, by virtue of two Acts passed in the there are the extensive paper mills of Messrs W. & J. 5th & 8th of Victoria, as a school for poor persons of Sommerville Limit-ed, employing 200 hands; Mr. John this parish, and no other purpose; the school is always Richard Hawkins has also a brewery here. Ditt-on Hill to be in union with the National Society 4& under the is the residence of William Sommerville esq J.P. Bitton control of the vicar. Grange, WilIiam Sommerville esq. jun. J.P. Beach house is Board, Oldland Common (mixed & infants), under Bitton the residence of Mrs. Evans. Upton house is occupied by School Board, established in 1844 as a British school the Rev. Chas. J oseph Parker M.A. honorary canon of Glou­ for 350 children, in 1895 the school was rebuilt at a cester. The trust~es of the late John J. Whittuck esq. cost of £3,000; average attendance, 106 boys, 83 and Edward Stafford Howard esq. of Thornbury Castle, girls & 130 infants; Frederick Pope, master; Rosena are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Wiltshire, mistress J. Whittuck Whittuck esq. the Rev. Canon C. J. Parker National, Oldland Common (mixed &I infants). established M.A. ()f Gloucester; John Dush esq. of Clifton and the in 1837 for 200 children; average attendance, 81 boys vicar. The .soil is loamy; subsoil, rock and coal. The & girls & 65 infants; William George .A;usten, master; chIef• crops are wheat, barley• and oats, and about one- Mrs. Ada Lisle Dowding, mistress half of the land is in pasture. The area of the entire Railwav Station, Robert Ravenhall, station master parish is 7,156 acres; township, 3,355; rateable value ot Carrier.-Grey, to Bristol. dailY BITTO~. Willliams Mrs. Westover Hoddinott Samuel, farmer, Brittons Wills Mrs. Chestnut cottage farm, Deach PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. !Iook Samuel, Sihopkeeper Alsop Uriah, The Lons Bagshaw John, sexton . Jenkins George, market gardener, Austin Francis Taylor, Avon view Batley William, farmer & assistant Pipley bottom, Upton Cheyney Drewer J ames, Ash house overseer, Hollisters farm, Upton Joiner James, machinist & fitter Bush Fitzroy, Upland house, Beach Brain Aaron & Co. colliery proprietors King Chas.& Son,bldrs. & contractors Dush Lawrence, Hillside house, Upton Brain Aaron, miller (water & steam), Lear James, shopkeeper, North corn' Dush Mrs. George, Upland ho. Beach Boyd mill mon (Pogtal address, Warmley) Davis Martin Luther, Fair view Brain Edwin, farmer, Hia farm Lloyd John R. solicitor, The Dacks Davis WiIlliam, The Villa, Beach Brain Elizh. (Mrs.),frmr.Fifteen acres (Postal address, Keynsham R.S.O) Ellacombe Rev. Canon Hy. Nicholson Bright Henry, cab proprietor Long Geo. & Waiter, plasterers,Court M.A. (vicar, rural dean & surro­ Bright Lewis, markt. gdnr. Church la la.(Postal address, Oldham commn) gate), Vicarage Bright 'V\llliam, farmer Lucas Henry, baker, Swinford Evans Mrs. Samuel, Deach house Bryan Abraham & Robert,carpenters &; Masters Edgar, farmer, Beach farm F:ower Lamrock Francis wheelwrights, Upton Mayne George (Mrs.), frmr. Upton Fry Charles, Eastover Bryan Lewis, frmr. Upland frm. Beach Mayne John, farmer, Upton Gallop H. G. Barrow cottage Bucltland Walter Thomas, grocer & Mortimer Thos. mason & grcr. Upton Hawkins In. Rd. Springfield vil.Upton draper, & Post office Oliver George, farmer, North common Howes Henry H. Hunter's hal1 Bush Char:es "''hite T. shopkeeper (Postal address, Warm1ey) Hudden The Misses, Darrow lodge Bush Frederick, butcher Ollis Thomas 'Oliver, farmer, haulier, Jenkins Charles, East cottage Bush John Nash, smith & ironfounder sack contractor, dealer in hay,straw, Lewis Rt.Mt.Pleasant, Upton Cheyney Bush Lawrence, frmr. Upton Cheyney corn & oil cake, Knig>ht's Folly Lloyd John R. The Backs (postal ad· Caple John Hook,frmr.Fieldgrove frm Panizza Miss, schoolmistress, Upton dress, Keynsham R.S.0) Catley W. bailiff,Golden Valley colliery Prewett Joseph, farmer, The Elms Marten Henry, Avon side (postal ad­ Charter George, beer retailer Ravenhall Robert, station master dress, Keynsham R. S. 0) Cryer Edward, beer retailer & cattle Reed John, farmer, Swinford Mathie Col. David, Laburnum C()t salesman; & farmer, Cully hall Sellick John, farmer, Darton farm Ollis Capt. Thomas O:iver, Knight's Davies Edward A. com. trav. Fonthill Sheere John,farmer, Rock House farm Folly Dore Daniel, farmer, Swinford Shipp Samuel, mason Parker Rev. Charles Joseph M.A. (hon. Dore Joseph, farmer, Swinford Shipp Samuel, shopkeeper &beer retlr canon of G:oucester, diocesan in­ Exley Jsph. Ellis, flock mfr. Swinfrd Sma:lcombe Aaron A. farmer, Lower spector, examining chaplain to the Gibbs Thomas, farmer,Upton Cheyney 'Gully ha,ll Bishop of Gloucester & Dristol), Goodropp Edward, miller (water), Smith Isaac, "''hite Hart P.H Upton house, Upton Cheyney; & at Golden val:ey Sommerville W. & J. Limited, Golden Cathedral house, Gloucester Harris Wa:ter James, grocer, Upton Valley paper mills Sommerville William J.P. Ditton hill Hawkins John Richard, brewer, Sperrin A:fd. frmr. Church Court fnn Sommel'Viille William, jun. J.P. Dit- Springfield brewery, Upton Cheyney Srmes Rosa (Mrs.), White Hart P.B. ton grange Hillman George, beer retailer & (Postal address, Keynsham R.S.O) Stratton Com. Geo. R.N. Fielrllrro. ho grocer, Swinford Tanner John, stone mason, 'Cowhorn Torrance Thomas, De:mont v~a Hi)!man Mary (Mrs.), farmer, 1:pt{)n hill (Postal address,OIdland commn) Vernon William, The Cottage cheyney Ta:r:or Joh:I, shoe maker.