wz. ,s- 'DIRECTORY.] WILTSHIRE. M.!LME· BURY • 145 • .Athelstan was buried before the high altar A.D. 940. Mary Chandler, a poetess, was also born here in 1687, At the Dissolution there were 22 monks, and revenues and died at Bath, 11 Sept. 1745 . .estimated at £8o3 yearly; the buildings were then sold The town gives the .title of Earl to the Harris family• .tor £1,500 to William Stumpe, a wealthy clothier, who Ccle Park is the seat of Mrs. Lovell. The mansion pulled down the eastern portion of the church, but pre- stands in a pnk of 47 acres. sented the remainder to the inhabitants for a parish Lady Northwick is lady of the manor of Malmesbury church; the building ap~ears to have been originally and W estport. The prinl}ipal landowners are the Earl ,somewb.at over 300 feet m length, and had a central of Suffolk and Berkshire the Earl of Radnor, Sir R. H. tower, 40 feet square, with a spire said to have been Pollen hart. of Rodbourn~, Mrs. Lovell and Daniel Beak ..21 feet higher th~n tha~ of Salisbury: there was. also a I Hq. .tower of equal dimensiOns at the wesb ~nd, ~mlt over ·.Lhe area of the municipal borough is 178 acres, VIZ.:­ the first two bays of the nave; the total mterwr len~th I St Paul Within, 49 a'Cres ; rateable v&lue, £3•751 : The ~f t~e. nave,. when perfect, was xso feet; the. port.wn Abbey, 33 acres; rateable value, £843; Westport St. ~·ow m use IS about 95 fe~t long. The monastic bmld- Mary within, 91 acres; rateable value, £3,2II. The wgs. were on the ~orth side, and the vaul.ted ~oorway population in 1901 was: St. Paul Within, 1,181; The .leadmg from the east end of the north aisle mto the Abbev 105 and Westport St. Mary Within I,567; total, .eloister is still extant, and retains its Norman arch, 2 ss :' ' • ' with later additions: but of the buildings themselves ' 4 . nothing now remains, save an undercroft forming the :'-'he follo'_Vmg places are m Malmesbury St. Paul lbase of a Tudor house, standing north-east of the church. Without par~sh: . 'l'he historian, William of Malmesbury, born in Somer- Burton Hill, or ~ourton Hill, Is a tithm~ ~nd suburb .setshire, c. 1095 , wa.s precentor of the abbey chuTOh, of Malmes~ury; Milbourne, a. suburb and bthmg, nor~h-, .and died here in II42 or n 43. 'l~he celebrated philo- east; Whitchurcb, half a m1le north; ~yam, I~ md!!IS -sopher, Thomas Hobbes, was born here, 15 April, 1s88, w~st; H~llcombe and Ar:ches, half. a mile south; Crab ~nd the house in which he is supposed to have resided l\~1ll, I ~1le east; Cowbr1dge, 1 m1le south-east; Thorn is st'll standing near the Westport church: he died at Hill, r mile south-west. Hardwick Ha], Derbyshire, 4 Dec. I679, at the age of The area of Malmesbury St. Paul Without is 7,141 .g1, and in the church of Ault Hucknall, DPrbysh·ire, a~res of land and 34 of water; rateable value, £n,197; -,rhere he was buried, there Is a tomb to his memory. 1 the population in I90I was 974· · OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Fost, :M. 0. & 'r. 0. & Telephonic Express Delivery Officers of the Corporation. Office.-Harry Preston, postmaster I Town Clerk, Montagn Henry Chubb, Cross Hayes Mails arrive at 4·35. & II.Io a.m. & at 12.10 & 6.35 j llepnty Town Clerk, Alfred W. Chubb. Cross Hayes p.m. The 1st dehvery of letters commences at 7 , Treasurer, F. G. T. Goldstone, Capital & Counties Bank, a.m., the 2nd at r p.m. & 3rd at 7 p.m. ; on sundays High street at 7 a.m. only M~>dical Ofli.cer of Health, Reginald Mark Moore M.A., 'The box closes for the dispatch of letters as follows:- M. B., B. C. Cantab., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Gloucester st To London & SIJuth, 8.45 & 10·2 5 a.m. ; all parts, Borough Surveyor, Sanitary Inspector & Capt. of Fire .except London, 12.40 p.m. ; North & South post, 2·3°• Brigade Charles Bowman Cross Hayes lane -4-25 & 6.25 ~.m.; last dispatc~ to London & all parts, Collector ~f Rates, William 'aeorge Perry, Kingswall ·6.30 p.m. with extra stamp· till 8.40, but letters for 'l own Crier Albert H. May High street ::all the villages included in the Malmesbury postal l ' ' district m~y be post~d a~ any hour of the night until, . TNTY MAGISTRATES FOR MALMESBURY PETTY 5·55 a.m. next mormng ' C 0 Cr ' . "Town Sub-Post & M. 0. Office, Westport.-Henry Chas. I SESSIONAL DIVISION•. Hinder, sub-postmaster. Box cleared 10. IS & II.so "Baker Hugh esq. Chedglow· manor, Malmesbury a.m. & 2.2o, 6.20 & 8.15 p.m.; sundays, 8.I5 p.m Estcourt Lord D.L. Estcourt, Tetbury Parcels Post.-1st dispatch of parcels, 8.45 a.m.; 2nd Haydon Col. William Henry, Maidford house, Norton, IO.J5 a.m.; 3fd 12.30 p.m.; 4th 2.I5 p.m.; sth Malmesbury 4.20 p.m. ; 6th 6.20 p.m. & 7th 8 p.m.; 1st delivery Hinwood Thomas Lot esq. 2 Ferndale ter. Malmesbury 7 a.m.; 2nd I p.m. & 3rd 7 p.m Luce Charles Richard esq. D.L. Halcombe, Malmesbury :Money Orders are granted & paid from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Luce William Hollis esq. The Knoll, Malmesbury every week day. Postal ~otes 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Miles Col. Charles Napier C.B., M.V.O. Ingelburne ho11rs for savings bank business are the same as money manor, Malmesbury orders :\Iitchell Arthur Charles esq. Highgrove, Tetbury, Glou- "The Telegraph & Telephone business is conducted be- c<>stershire tween the hours of 8 a.m. & 8 p.m.; on sundays from Pollen Chas. Jn. Hungerford esq.Rodbourne,Malmesbury 8.30 to 10 a.m Pollen Sir Richd. Hungerford bart.Rodbourne,Malmesbry 'The post office is clost>d at 8 p.m. every evening; & on Pollen Richard Hungerford esq. Rodbourne, Malmesbury ~nndays at 10 a.m R.mdolph Joseph R. esq. Eastcourt, Malmesbury 'Wall Letter Boxes, Railway station, 10.10 a.m. & 12, 2.25, ~nffolk & Berkshire Earl of, Chnrlton park, Malmesbur}' 6.5 & 8 p.m.; Burton Hill, 10.20 a.m. & 12.20, 2.20, Turnor Lt.-Col. Wyatt Wm. Pinkney park, Malmesbury .6.xo & 7·15 p.nl.; Milhourne, 6.15 a.m. & 7.30 p.m Warner Robert Charles esq. Oaksey, Malmesbury CORPORATION. The Mayor of Malml'sbury & the Chairman of the Rural 1910-1 I. District Council (for the time being) are ex-officio magistrates -Mayor, Councillor Arthur Livesey Forrester. Deputy Maycr, Alderman Thomas Reed. Clerk to the Magistrates, Charles Forbes Moir, High st Aldermen. Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall the first wed­ Retire Nov. Retire Nov. nesday in each month, at II a.m. The following q{e:uy Garlick ............ 1913 I Joseph ~loore ...... ... ... 1916 places are included in the Petty Sessional division:­ ·Tlnm1s L. Hinwood .. r913 I Thomas Reed ............ 191S Alderton, Ashley, Brinkworth, Brokenborough, Chart­ ton, Crudwell, Dauntsey, Easton Grey, Foxley, Gars­ Councillors. don Hankerton, Hullavington, Lea & Cleverton, Long Rotit·e in November, 19II. Newnton, Luckington, Malmesbury Abbey, St. Paul, Ch:ules G. Goode I Matthew Thompson Malmesbury Within & St. Paul Without, Minety, Ed ward H. Loci{ stone I William W oodman Norton, Oaksey, Sherston, Somerford Magna, Somer~ Retire in ~m-ember, 1912: f•}rd Parva,Sopworth & St.Mary Westport,Malmesbury _A' liffe Pearce Bislwp I Arthur Livesey Forrest~r • Henry Farrant William Pouting M.!LMESBURY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retire in 'November, 1913. Meetg at the Malmesbury Guardians Board room, Work­ )lbert Adye I Jam.es .A.. Jones house, on sat. at 1.30 p.m. John George Bartlett Franc:s Herbert Summers Chairman, Lt.-Col. W. W. Turnor, Pinkney park, Mayor's Auditor, Councillor Henry Farrant. Malmesbury Elective Auditors, J. D. Curtis & F. C. Steptoe. Clerk. Montagu Henry ambh, Cross Hayes. Ma:mesbuey "The Corporation meet at the Council chambers, Silver Treasurer, Frederick Geo. Theodore Goldstone, Capital !'treet, on the second tuesday in every month at u a.m & Counties Bank "The quarterly meetings are held at the s::;.me time & M~dical Officer of Health, Reginald Mark Moorl' M.A., place except in March &; November, when the meet. .r M.B., B.C.Cantab., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond. Glou­ ings ar~ on Mar~h rst & NovembeT gth cester strel't ---. WILTS. 10 .