DIRECTORY.] BERKSHIRE. BOYNE BILL. 35 l\1azey Edward, shoe maker R:-mt George & Co. grocers & bakers Robinson William, farmer Napper Freclerick, farmer Richardson Susan Jane (Miss), prh-ate Rumsey John. farmer Pepall George. watercress grower day school for children Saunders William Curtoys, farmer Pether Edward, carpenter Robinson Rd. farmer & miller (water) BOURTON is a township and ecclesiastical parish form9d, The Baptist chapel, built by the late Henry Tucker esq. of in 1867 out of the civil parish of Shrivenham, in the North-j Bourton House, was opened October 19th. 185I, by the late ern division of the county, hundred of Sluivenham, p3tty Hon. & Rev. B.1ptist W. Noel M.A. and will seat 250 persons. sessional division, union and county court district of Far- The late Messrs. John Baker and John Tucker built and ingdon, rural deanery of the Vale of White Horse, arch- endowed SIX almshouses; they are of stone, m the Pointed deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford, thrce qnarters of style. Great quantities of fossils of various kinds have a mile south-by-west from Shrivenham station on the Great formerly been dug up in this village. In the centre of the ·Western railway, 6~ miles north-east from Swindon and village stands an ancient cross. Bourton House, a hand­ 7 south-west-by-south from Faringdon, situate on the Wilts some edifice, commanding extensive views, is the residence border. The Wilts and Berks canal pasS3s through. The of :\1rs. Tucker. Viscount Barrington is lord of the manor church of St. James, built by public subscription on a site and Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Lawrence are principal land­ given by Thomas Tucker esq. who also contributed £500 owners. The soil is part loam and clay; subsoil, clay. to its erection, is an edifice of stone in the Decorated The chief crops are wheat, beans, oats, clover and turnips. style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and western The area is I,251 acres; rateable value, £4,797; the popu­ bell-gable containing 2 bells: the org-an, presented by the lation in 1881 was 284. present vicar, was opened ~Iay 22nd, 1881 : there are 130 Letters through Shrivenham RS.O. which is also the nearest sittings, all being- free. The register dates from the year money order & telegraph office, arrive at 7 a.m "1860. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £98, WALL LETTER Box cleared 7.20 p.m. week days only including 36 aeres of glebe. with residence, in the gift of the School, erected in 1842 atthe expense of the late John Baker, Lord Chancellor, and held since 1867 by the Rev. John Joseph Tucker, Henry Tucker & John Tncker, for 69 Batchelor Kearney ~r.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. children; average attendance, 58; John Phillips, master Batt :\:Irs Dixon Eleazer, blacksmith Phillips John, National schoolmaster Kearney Rev.John Batehelor M.A. [vicar] Dore William, farmer Povey Thomas, shopkeeper Mansfield Rev. Robert William[Baptist] Ellis Thomas, coal agent Richards Joseph, scripture reader Tucker Mrs. Bourton house Keevil Noah, farmer, Upper Bourton Hichens Thomas, farmer, Grove farm 'Vatson }oIl'S Keevil S::tmuel Carter, farmer Trueman "'illiam, wheelwright Lawrence Isaac, farm bailiff ·Wilson Abraham, head gardener to COMMERCIAL. Lea Charles, farm bailiff Mrs. Tucker Allaway John, farmer Locker Sarah (:\1rs.), shopkeeper Wilson Abraham (Mrs.), boot & shoe dlr Beasant J ames (Mrs.), dress maker I}IortimerJsph.thrashing machine ownr :BOXFORD-cum-WESTBROOK is a parish and the Berkshire Quaker who flpent a considerable time in village on the road to Lambourn, 4 miles north-west from prison for refusing to pay tithes, resided here, and the cot­ Newbury, in the Southern division of the county, hundred tage in which he lived is still standing. On the road at the of Faircross, petty sessional division, union and county north end of the parish, conjectured to have been the Roman court district of Newbury, archdeaconry of Berks, rural road from Spin<e (Speen) to Wanting (Wantage), is a deanery of ~ewburyand diocese of Oxford. The Lambourn boundary stone of the parishes of BOj(ford, ·Welford and rh-er separates Boxford and Westbrook. The church of St. Leckhampstead: this road is called" Bangmanstone lane" Andrew is an ancient edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, from the following legend :-A man having stolen a sheep, nave, north aisle, south porch and a low embattled western was carrying it with its hind legs round his neck, and sat tower of flint and brick, built about 1670 and containing 5 down to rest on the large boundary stone; the sheep bells and a clock: in the church is a monument of clunch or struggled and drew him b'tckwards, and he was found in the hard chalk, inclosing a black marble slab inscribed to the morning strangled by the hind legs of the sheep. The Earl Rev. James Anderton, rector here, who died in 1672: the of Craven and Major George Bramston Eyre J.P. of Welford north aisle was built in 1841 for the use of the poor by the Park, are lords of the manor: the latter is the principal Rev. John Wells, then rector: there are 270 sittings, all landowner. The soil is mixed g-ravel and chalk; subsoil, being free. The register dates from the year 1558. The loam and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats living is a rectory, gross yearly value from rent-charge and turnips. The area is 2,307 acres of land and 12 of £867, with 20 acres uf glcbe and residence, in the gift of water; rateable value, £3,157; the population in 1881 was and held smce 1872 by the Rev. George Francis Wells B.A. 5(18. of Christ Church, Oxford. Here is a chapel for Wesleyans ; WESTBROOK is a tything in this parish. there is also one for Primitive Methodists on Wickham Parish Clerk, Alfred Taylor. Heath. The benefactions to the poor are-the rector pays POST OFFICE.-Alfred Taylor, sub-postmaster. Letters 13S. 4d. on e,-ery Easter; Mr. Gregory Iremonger gavp, £27 arrive from Newbury at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.40 p.m. by will; Mrs. Wayte gave 6s. 3d. payable yearly; Mr. Newbury is the nearest money order & telegraph office Richard Whare gave £30 by will; Mr. Willoughhy gave an LETTER BOXES, Wickham heath, cleared at 5.50 p.m. & annuity of 20S. by will, dated 1610; John Shepherd gave Hoxford, cleared at 4.50 p.m £20, the interest. to Le paid to poor widows: these sums Parochial School, Boxford (mixed), built in 187I, for lOO are invested in the £3 per cent. Consols. OliveI' Sansom, children; a\'erage attendance, 57; Miss Monk, mistress Baverstock Walter, farmer I\Ierritt William, Bell inn, & farmer Boxford. Cruse Thomas, shopkeeper Pearce William, coal mer. Wickham hth Baylis George, Wyfield Dodd James, farmer Taylor Alfred, post office, & shopkeeper Ingram Miss, Ownham Dodd John, harness maker & farmer W tb k Leader William, Prospect cottage, Hawkins Joseph, shopkeeper es roo . Wickham heath Heath William, farmer, Ownham Austin George, Westbrook house Sheerman Miss, Ownham Hutt Henry (Mrs.), farmer, Boxford ho Baverstock Frederick (Mrs.), farmer Wells Rev. George Francis RA. Rectory Joyce Thomas, farmer, Hunt's green Brown Frederick, tailor WiIson Edwin, Court Oak farm Knight Thomas, miller (water), Box. Cruse Daniel, wheelwright ford mill Houghton John M. Knapp's farm COMMERCIAL. Lovegrove By. shoe ma. Wickham hth ~Iatthews Richard, farmer, Hill house Adams Robert, blacksmith Lovegrove John,shopkpr. Wickham hth Pocock William, shopkeeper :BOYNE HILL is a long, irregular village and ecclesias- miles south-west from Windsor. The church of All Saints tical parish, formed August IO, 1858, out of the civil parish built in 1857, is an edifice of red, white and black brick, of Bray and comprises the village of Boyne Hill, the outlying with carved stone dressings, in the Early English style and hamlets of Cox Green and Tittle Row, and parts of the town consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a tower with spire, of Maidenhead near the station, but with the exception of together 147 feet in height, erected in 1865 and containing Cox Green and Tittle Row the whole district of Bovne Hill is 8 bells: all the windows are stained and the chancel ha" situatedwithin and forms part of the borough of Maidenhead; carved stalls and decorations: there are 400 sittings, all Boyne HIll is on the south side of the great Bath road, in being free. The register dates from the year 1857. The the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Beynhurst, living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £318, with residence Maidenhead petty sessional division, union of Cookham, united to the church by the cloister, in the gift of the Bishop county court district of Windsor, rural deanery of Maiden- of Oxford, and held since 1877 by the Rev. Arthur Hislop head, archdeaconryof Berks and diocese of Oxford; it is 7 Drummond !f.A. Christ Church, Oxford. St. Paul's mission.