• DIRECTORY.] 263 EAST WOODHAY. [HANTS.] - Hawkins John, carpenter Permain John William & Waiter, Roe WiIliam, carpenter Herbert HRl-vey, painter, plumber &c drapers, grocers, china dealers, meal­ Smith W. thatcher HoarEdwardWilliam,SaddleTs' Arms, men & english & foreign wine mer­ Turner Mrs. blacksmith & harn~ss maker chants, a~ents to the Liverpool &Lon­ Wheeler George, basket & sieve maker Lanfear T. farm bailiff to J. Canning don & Globe Insurance Company Willis Julian, L.R.C.P., M.R.e.S. lIur- MonkWilliam, shoe maker, &post office Pitter John, farmer, Norton geon, & registrar of births & deaths, Palmer William, miller Roe James, White Swan 1st Winchester district WOOD GREEN (formerly extra-parochial) is now 8 £367; rateahle value, £288; the population in 1871 wall parish, in the Southern division of the county, hundred, 336. union, and county court district of Fordin~bridge, 3 miles north-east from Fordingbridge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel; also the remains of 11 ca:,itle, supposed to have been a Roman Letters are received through Salisbury. The nearest money fortification. The area is :35 acres; gross estimated rental, order office is. at Fordingbridge COMMERCIAL. Mist Charles, shoe maker & shopkeeper Witt James, shopkeeper Crooke William, dairymau Poulton James, shopkeeper Wort Albert, shopkeeper Hobbs John, beer retailer Trim George, H orse ~ Groom WOODOOTT is a parish, containing two farm houses M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge. Here is a Parochial and a few scattered cottages, 8 miles south-west from New­ school, supported by the Earl of Carnarvon. Woodcott bury station, 5 north-we:,it from Whitchurch, in the was formerly the residence of the Kingsmill family; the Northern division of the county, hundl'eu of Pastrow, remains of the mansion are still to be seen. The Earl of Kingsclere petty sessional division and union, Newbury Carnarvon is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. county court district, diocese anti archdeaconry of Win­ The soil is rather heavy j llubilOil, chalk. The chief crops che"ter, and rural deanery of Andover north-western are wheat, oats and turnips. The area is 1,350 acres; gros. division. The church (name unknown) is a small fabric, estimated rental, £93~; rateable value, .£887; the popula­ and was rebuilt in 170J, and restored in 1853, apparently tion in 1871 was 74. from the ruins of the old ooe, and within the walls of the Parish Clerk, Daniel Pearce. fiame. The registers are very old,and were originally kept in Latin, the English portion commencing- in 1590. The living Letters through Newbury. The nearest money order office is a donative, annual value £20, iu the gift of the Earl of is at Hurstbourne Tarrant Carnarvon, and held by the Rev. Richard John Burton, Parochial School, Mrs. Eliza Summerbee, mistress Freemantle Jesse, farmer, Lower Woodcott I Horn Wm. farm bailiff to Earl of Carnarvon, Up. Woodcott EAST WOODHAY is an extensive paris., 6 miles also, undf'r the Enclosure Act, 40 acres of (land, vested in south-west from N ewbury statiou, and 58 from London, in trustees, the produce of which iil directed to be distributed the Northern division of the county, hundred of Eving-ar, annually in fuel for the benefit of the poor: a part of the Kin~8Clere union and petty sessional division, Newbury land has beeu sold, under the direction of the Charity Com­ '~ount:r court district, diocese and archdl'aconry of Win­ missioners, and the money invested in the fuuds. The chester, and rural deanery of Anuover north-eastern principal landowners are the Earl of Carnarvon, who is lord division: it is pleasantly situated on the confines of the of the manor, Messrs. Hull, Rev. N. 1. Ridley, M.A., Rev. .county, near Berkshire: the river Eun bounds it on the M. Vavasour, Hon. J. K. Howard, John Lindsey, esq., A. north-west, and the beautiful park and grounds of the Earl B. Heath, esq., trustees of - Sloper, F. G. Saunders, esq., .of Carnarvon on the south-east. The parish ha~ been and John Forster, esq. The soil is various. The chief lorreatly improved within the last few years by the erection of crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 4,966 acres; somehaudsome uetached villas. East Woodhay wasformerly gross estimated rental, £11,264; rateable value, £9,544; .a residence of the Bishops of Winchpster, who had a palace the population of the whole parish in 1871 was 1,494• here, on the spot now called the Park; the Bishops Ken, WooltonHill is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1850. Hooper, and Louth (afterwards Bishop of London) were The church of St. Thomas, consecrated in October, 1849, is formerly incumbents of this parish. The church of St. in the Early Englhh style, and consists of chaucel, nave, Martin wa!l rebuilt in 1822, at the charge ofthe ratepayers: north aisle, with a spire and 5 bells, and contains sitting-s in 1850 the chancel was rebuilt and ornamented, I\t the for 400 persons: the chancel window is of stained glass. ~xpense of the rector and a few friends: the church is in the The register dates from the year 1849. The living- is a i)ld Eng-lish style, has a squ9,re tower at the west, through vicarage, yearly "alue £100 and pew rents, with 12~ acres of which is the principal entrance, and contains a peal of 5 glebe, in the gift of the rector of East Woodhay, and held bells and a clock with chimes, presented hy Lady Louisa by the Rev. Denis Times Moore, M.A., of Exeter College, Howard, of Hazl'lby House: the interior consists of chancel Oxford. National schools, in connection with this church, and nave, containing a handsome mltrble monument, with were established in 1850. The population of the ecclesiastical the figures erect, of Edwar<L Goddard, esq., and Elizabeth parish in 1871 was 751. his wife, formerly of Stargroves House: there are three Parish Clerks (St. Martin), Elijah Adey; (St. Thomas), handsome stained glass windows. The register tlates from John Awbrey. the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Ashmansworth annexed, !!:ross estimated "Value £1,392 per annum, with residence, in the patronuA'e POST OFFICE, North end.-Chas. Holmes, receiver. Letters of the Bishop of Winchester, and held by the Rev. Thomas arrive from Newbury about 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4. 55 p.m l)ou!!.'la~ Hodgson, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. PULAR Box, East end.-Cleared at 4.30 p.m • 'The basin in which Oliver Cromwell's breakfast was served, POST OFFICE, East Woodhay.-Mrs. Knapp, receiTer• 27th October, 1644, at Stargroves House, East Woodhay Letters arrive from N ewbury at 7.30 a.m.; dipatched at (where he slept the night before the Battle of Newbury), is 530 d 11- . h f h . h . b 1 f h . p.m.; 8un ays at . 1> p.m m t e possession 0 t erector, It avmg een etas an elr- P08T& It!ONEYORDBR& TBLEGRAPH OFFIcEkSavings loom to the rectory by the Goddard family. Here is a National school, partly endowed under the will of the Rev. Bank, Woolton Hill.-John Dunn, receiver. Letters .J. Wakefield, the residue being -made up by subscription: arrive from Newbury at Ba.m.; dispatched at 4.55 p.m.; the school house was built in 1B39, by voluntary contribu- 8undays 12.45 p.rn 1ions, aided by grants from the Treasury and the National INSURANCE AGBNT.-Whittington Life, W. Bastin Society. The Wesleyans, Independents and Primitive Police Station, Woolton Hill, David Barnes, constable Methodists have places of -worship bere. The charities are Regist7'ar of Birth., ~ Deaths, Chas. Comyns, Woolton cot £10 per annum, arisin~ from land in the parish ofAshmans- Relieving Officer, Charles Comyns, Woolton cottage worth, left by Mrs. Elizabeth Goddard, to be distributed in CARRIERS TO NEWBURY.-John Joyce, Charles Holmes, linen, at the discretion of the rector and churchwardens; Thomas Taylor & Edwin Burl, every tuesday, thnrs. & sat East Woodhay. Hodgson Capt. H. J. R.N Ridley Rev. Nicholas James, M.A. Hol- Barker Samuel, The Elms, Nortb end Howard Ho~. Jas. K. n.L. Hazelby ho Iington house Forster John Malverleys Howard CecI1 Sung-rove Tarte Capt. Edmund Frederick, The Hassard Col.'Tower house J?rdan Mrs. Oakhurst Berries Hodg-8on Rev. Thomas Douglas, M.A.., Lmdsey John, J.P. Burlyns house _ Wyles Lawrence,Stargroves house .ToP. [recfor] Ramsay George Graham, Stargroves ho Adey Elijah, boot maker, East end •.