WILTSHIRE - 1895

38 BRADFORD-0~-AVON. WILTSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Gore & Sons, builders, 13 & 50 St. Ma.rgaret street Newbury 'William, market gardener, Halt road

G<>re Agnes (Miss), dress maker, Trowbridge road Nichols Albert, grocer & patent medicine vendor, &

Gravett Henry, manager of gas works, Frome Toad agent for W. & A. Gilbey Limited, wine & spirit

Green Sl. marine store dlr. & boot repairer,s6 Newtown merchants, 4 Market street

Green Wi:liam Clavey, collector & assessor of taxes & Norris William, chemist, 14 Silver street

collector .of rates for Broughton Gifford, Woolley Grn Oborne Emily (Miss), dress maker, I7 Bath road

Gulley William, farmer, Trowle (postal add.Tl'owbrdg) Orman Tom, Plough P.H. I Regent place

sGuy George, grocer, 18 St. Margaret street Otridge Alfred, boot maker, 36 Wine street
Owen Sarah (Mrs.), tea rooms, 5 Bullpit
Haines Albert, saddler, Wine street
Hale Frank, farmer, Belcombe farm, Newtown Patrick Charles, collector to the guardians & registrar

Hale Joseph, dairyman, 7 Silver street of births & deaths for Bradford South-eastern sub-

Halliday Mark, agent to the Kennet & Avon Canal district, 8 W oolley street

Navigation, Lock house, Frome road Pearce Mary Ann (Mrs.), coal mer. 14 St. Margaret 11t ·

Handcock Alfred H. manager of Wilts & Dorset llank Pegler Mary Ann (Mrs.), aparts. Woodside, :Frame road
Limited, 2 Church street
Penny William, grocer & baker, 3S Newtown
Hanny Maria (Mrs.), laundress, 10 Trowbridge road
Perry Hannah (Mrs.), laundress, Woolley
Barman John, New Bear P.H. 29 Silver street
Perry Henry, farmer, New road
Hart Charles, watch maker, 6 Church street
Pickard Job, hay & straw dealer, 38 St. Margaret street
Hart Florence (::\irs. ), dress maker, 26 Market street
Pinchin John, farmer, Frankleigh farm

Hart James, upholsterer, 26 Market street Pond Mary Victoria (Mrs.), farmer, Crop frm.Holt t•oad

Hart Micah, plasterer, 22 Coppice hill Portch George, tailor, 14 Shambles

Hayne Selina (Mrs.), mi:liner & draper, 3 Church street Primrose League (Habitation No. 777) (Mrs. Mallinson.

Hayward 1.Villiam, cowkeeper, 72 Trowbridge road hon. sec.), 2I Church street

Head Tabitha (Mrs.), laundress, 70 Trowbridge road Randell George, coal dealer, 26 Bridge street
Hellard Bessie (~Irs. ), apartments, IS Market street
Randell Jas. barge owner & coal mer. I6 Frome rood

Hendy Rowland, harness· ma.kPr, 5 Church street Randall James, jun. stationer, bookseller, printer &,

Heritage George, New Inn P.H. 69 Trowbridge road news agent, 44 St. Margaret street

Hill Athelstane, photographer, .5 Trowbridge road Ra.wling Charles, distributor of stamps, printer & sta-

Hillier Emma (:Mrs.), George inn, 41 W oolley street tioner, Post office, II & 12 Market street

Hillier Rowland, market gardener, Bradford Leigh Reddrop Thomas, commercial traveller, 7 Belcombe pl

Hole Alfred Herbert, King's Arms P.H. I & 2 Coppice Richards James, cabinet maker, 28 ·winsley road

hill; good stabling & accommodation for travellers Ricketts Matilda (Mrs.), apartments, 7 Newtown

Holly Henry, greengrocer & nurseryman, 8 Shambles Rimer John, tailor & outfitter, 30 Silver ·street

& Sladesbrook Robinson "\Villiam Arthur, insurance agent, I Lorne

Howell Frederick Charles, p:asterer, 84 "\Vhite hill villas, Junction road

Humphries 'l'homas, shopkeeper, sr "\Voolley dreet Rodger Isaac Knibb, conf€ctioner, 23 St. Margaret st

Hunt Emma (Miss), draper, 27 Silver street Rose James, draper, 3 Market street

Hyland "\Vil~iam Andrew, inland revenue officer, 10 Poul- Rossiter Fredk. Masons' Arms P.H. & brewer,r7Newtwn

ton terrace, Trowbridge road Rossiter .Julia Annie (Mrs.), Old Bear P.H. I7 Silver st

Independent Order of Oddfellows, The Loyal Marquis of Rowett Richard, manager of the Capital & Counties

Lame Lodge, No. S9I3 (F. Rich, sec.), r Church st Bank Lim. & treas. to the urban district councH k

Independent Order of Rechabites (No. r8r2) (George the union & rural district council, Bank ho. Church st

Tucker, sec.), Sladesbrook Rudman Elizabeth (Mrs.), china dealer, 6 Shambles

.Tames Mary (Mrs.) & Edith (1\.fiss), dressmas.Sladesbrk Rudman Ellen Maria (Miss), dress ma. 4 Church street

James Helen (Mrs.), laundress, Woolley Rudman Geo. refreshment rooms, 3 St. Margaret street

James Simeon, boot maker, 11 Sladesbrook Rudman James, boot & shoe maker, 4 Church street

Jennings John Edward, insurance agent & deputy regis- Rudman Kate (Mrs.), farmer, I7 Ashley road

trar Bradford south-eastern sub-dist. 3 Tl'owbridge rd Salmon Alexander, corn. traveller, 29 Trowbridge road
Jones· Charles John, solicitor, perpetual commissioner & Sa.:ter Charles Samuel, hair dresser, 9 Market street
commissioner for oaths, Town Hall chmbrs. Church st Sartain James, dairyman, r8 "\Voolley terrace
Jones Herbert H. grocer & patent medicine vendor, & Scammell Austin, ironmonger, '7 Market street
agent for W. & A. Gilbey Lim. wine & spirit mer- Self William, BeJ P.H. & brewer, 6 Newtown & builder,.
chants, 8, g, Io & 40 Silver street
Junction road

Jones Isaac, builder, quarry owner k lime burner, Sheppard Herbt. E. picture frame ma. 8a, Church st

19 Frome road Sheppard Jabez, apartments, 24 Bridge street

Kelcher Joseph, Lamb inn, 2 Si~ver street Suby & Keen, boot & shoe makers, 24 Market street

Kennet & Avon Canal Navigation (Mark Halliday, agent; Silcox Eli, apartments, 12 New road

William Dyke, lock keeper), The Lock, Frome road Simister Wm. Rising Sun P.H. & brewer,26 Winsley rd

Kitley Joseph, coffee tavern, I Market street Sims John, boot repairer, 8 Regent place

Knight J-ob, farmer, Budbury Smith W. H. & Son, news agents, Railway station

Knight John, builder, Frame road & 'Vhite hill Smith Aaron, umbrella repairer & tobcnst. 36 Silver ,s;

Knott Florence (Miss), dress- maker, 28 Trowbridge rd Smith Henry, apartments, I Kingston road

Kyte John, furniture dealer, I9 St. Margaret street £mith Janet (1\Irs.), dress maker, 6 Coppice bill

Lane Sydney Septimus B.A. boys' boarding school, Smith John, builder, 6 Coppice hill

Avonfield, Trowbridge road Smith John William, Royal Oak P.H. 39 Silver street

Ledbury Francis Row:.and, tailor, I I St. Mar~aret street Smith Mary Ann (Mrs.), laundress, Bradford Leigh

Liberal Club (T. W. Coupland, sec.), St. Margaret st Sparks James, solicitor, perpetual commissioner & oom•

Long Albert William, builder, 46 N ewtown missioner for oaths, & clerk to the magistrates, Town

Long Alfred William, tailor, 21 Market street Hall chambers, Church street

Long Edmund, furniture dlr. & upholsterer, 2 Shambles Spencer George, Moulton & Co. Limit-ed, india rubber

LGng John, carpenter, 38 Frame road manufacturers, Kingston road

Martin' John, mil:.wright, & brass & iron founder, 24 Spencer G. & T. Brewery Limited, brewers & maltstersp

Bridge street Whitehead's lane

Mattick Benjamin Chard, farmer, I8 Ashley road StampOffice(Chas.Raw:ing,distributor), II & 12 Market st

Mattock Wm. Henry, Seven Stau P.H. 71 Newtown Stevens Edward Isaac, chimney sweeper, 17 Barton orchd

Mayell Alfred, builder, 45 & 46 St. Margaret street Stevens James, chimney sweeper, 65 White hill

Mayell George, shopkeeper, 37 Market street Stokes Henry, farmer, Leigh Grove farm

Mead Hy. Rose & Crown P.H. & boot ma. 2 Kingston rd Stokes Sidney, collector & assessor of taxes & collector

Merrick Henry, barrister, r Bath road to the urban district council, 26 Huntingdon Btreet

Merrett Emily & Alice (Missef<), stationers, 4~ Silver st Summers Charles, blacksmith, 23 Market street

Midland Railway Co. Goods Depot (Walter Chatterton, Summers Frederick, blacksmith, 40 St. Margaret street

agent), 12 St. Margaret street Summers Henry Aland, coal merchant & barge owner,

Miles Wiiliam, Barge inn, 4I Frome road 7 St. Margaret place & The Lock

Milsom John, painter, Bullpit Summers William, baker & confectioner. 4 Shamb:es

Mitchell William, farmer, Cumberwell farm Suttan & Co. parcels carl'iers (William Dotesio, agent),.

Mizen Thomas, wheelwright & smith, Bridge street IS Silver street

Mock Edward, shopkeeper, 2I St. Margaret street Tayler Geo. Christr. & Herbt. Paget, surgeons,Church 11l

Moore Tom, carpenter, 26 Church street Tayler Herbert Paget M.A., M.B. sur.geon, Abbey ho.

MorriS' Henry, chimney sweeper, 57 Newtown Church street

Mould George, Plough inn, Bradford Leigh Taylor Thomas & Emanuel, wine & spirit, hop & ale &

)fundy Annie (Miss), dress maker, 4 Coppice bill porter merchants, 19 & 28 Silver 6treet

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Tayi.or Fanny (Miss), teacher of music' , 5 Sladesbrook Ward & Taylor, woo:len cloth manufacturers, Church

Taylor Edward, t€nt & marquee, sack & rope maker & str€et & Abbey mills

cocoa nut matting manufacturer, tents & marquees Water Works (Herbert .A. .Adye, manag€r), Town Hall

for s!Le or hire, Silver str€et chambers, Church street

Taylor James, quarry owner & lime burner, Stanley Watkins E. F. (Miss), ladies' college, Avon house,

villa, Junction road Kingston road; careful preparation for the university

Technical Education Committee (Wilts Oounty Council) examinations, the College of Preceptors, the Royal

(Wm. Edward Watkins F.R.H.S. science teacher & Academy of Music, Trinity College of Music &; South

sec.), Frome road Kensington; terms upon applicatlion

Temperance Hall (D. J. Coward, caretaker), Sladesbrook \Vea.verLewis,Queen's Head P.H. &; brewer,2St.Margrt.st

Thcmson John Anstruther Mulville L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. \Vebb Arthur, commercial traveller, 31 Bt. Margaret st

surgeon, & medical officer to the union & medical \Vest George, carter, 21 Frome road

officer & public vaccinator, No. r district, Bradford West Wilts Benefit Society (Rev. W. N. C. Wheeler,

union, & certifying factory surgn.Manvers ho.Kingstn.rd sec.), Church street

Townsend James, pork butcher, 25 Newtown White Thomas & Jesse, carpenters. 21 Coppice hill

Tucker George, plumber & painter, 37 Wine street Wilkins Brothers, brewers & maltsters &; mineral water

'fucker George, shopkeeper, 20 Newtown !llilkers, Newtown

Turner George, plasterer, 15 Trowbridge road \Villcox George Francis, watch maker, 27 Market street

Turner John, carpenter, 4 N€w road \Vills Charles Henry, grocer, baker & ale & porter .

Uncles Berkeley, agricultural implement ma.Trowbrdg.rd dealer, 4 Bath road

Uncles Mark, boot maker, 42 Silver street Wil:son \Valter Henry, chemist, 3 Silver street

Unit€d Patriots' National Benefit Society (T. B. Butt, Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limit€d (branch) (Alfred

sec.), 29 Silver ;;treet H. Handcock, manager) ; open 10 to 3 ; 2 Church

Vennell Frederick Joseph, shopkeeper, 32 Bath road street; draw on London & Westminster Bank Lim.

Vennell Lucy (Mrs.), ~partments, 2 Sladesbrook London E C

Venton Ella M. (Miss), ladies' school, 6 St. Margaret's pl Wilts (rst) Rifle Volunteers {E Co.) (Capt. T. H. Clark;

Vincent Jsph. frmr. Trowle (postal address,Trowbridge) John McLea.n, drill instru('tor), Armoury, Silver st

Viner Samuel, baker & shopkeeper, 1 Huntingdon street 1Viltshire Friendly Society (Frederick Simms, steward).

Wake George, farmer, Widbrook 26 Coppice hill

Wallington Albt. com. trav. r Stanley vls. Junction rd 1 Woods Alfred, butcher, 4 Silver street

NORTH BRADLEY is a parish comprising the tith- c:ay. The aroo is 4,036 acres, which is prinoipally pas-

ings of North Bradley and South·wci.ck, in the 1Vestern ture; rateable value of North Bradley, £5,305, and of
division of the county, hundred and petty ses-sional Southwick, £,5,097; the population in r8g1 was r,837-

division of \-Vhorwellsdown, union of 1Vestbury and 8og in Bradley and 1,028 in SQuthwick, including·
Wnorwellsdlown, county court dis•trict of Trowbridge, RoadhiU. The population of :North Bradley eccles~nstioal

rural deanery of Potterne (Bradford portion), archdea- parish lin r8gr was r,s6o.

conry of Wilts and dioce!'le of Salisbury: North Brndley Yarnbrook is a .hamlet three-quarters of a mile south-

is 2 miles south from Trowbridge statiJ(:m on the Great east. Here is a Baptist ooapel, built in 1873, to.

'\Vestern railway, 3 north-we<S•t from \Veostbury, 7 north hold 200.
from W'llrminoster and 7 north-eJa-st from Frome. The
river Bliss flows through the southern porHon of the Southwick tithing is r! miles weslt. Here is a Baptist.
parish. The church of S't. Nicholas is of mixed archi-
tecture, built of &tone, anodJ corus•ists of chancel, nave of chapel, erected in r8r5, to hold 200; there is also a
six bays, tran:septs and aisles, south poroh and an Particular Baptist chapel, erected in I86I, to hQld I50.
e.mbattled western towoer, containing 6 fine toned bells,
Son:thwick Manor ·Oourt woa·s the residence of Archbishop

Stafford; it is surrounded iby a moat: the ruins of the

chapel may still be troced: it is now occupied as a

which were rehnng in 1894, at a cos't of £,2oo: it was farm house.
restored about the year r863 at a cost of nearly [,2,ooo, Sexton, Philip Arnold.

:raised by suboscript•ion : the east and west windDws, and Police O:msta11Yle, William David James, S.outhwick
under a
also one in the north aisle oand one in th e s anct uar v• l..Aaldrye RDadhill ecclesioastioal parish wi.:J. be fcund
the church contains· a mon u m ent toQ Separate head.
t~~mined:

Emma, d. 1446, mother of John St-afford, Bishop of Post Office.-~Irs. .Ann Brookman, sub-po;tmistrf>SS.
Wells·, 1425, and Arc~bishop of Canterbury, 144~, and a Letters .through Trowbridge, arrive at 7 a.m. &. 6.45
mural monument toQ John TrenC'hard. the author, ob.
1723, and several to the Long family, Henry Long, 1727, p.m. ; ·sunday, 7 a.m. & are dispatched at 9 a.m. &
6.45 p.m. ; sunday, 9 a.m. Trowbridge is the nearest
EHen Long, 1752, and William Long, 1773: there Js a money order & telegraph Dffice. Postal orders are

remarkable old Gothic font: there are 278 sittings. The issued here, but not paid
Post Office, Southrwick.-Job Long, sub-postmaster.
register dates frDm t·he year 1665. The living is a
Letters through Tr·owbrid,ge, which is the nearest
vicarage, tithes commuted at £6.~o, averag~ £48.'\, net money order & telegraph office. Letters arrive at 7.30
yearly value £,2~8, with 4 acres of glebe and residencf>, a.m. & 7.10 p.m.; sunda-y, 7.30 a.m. only; d~spatooed

in 'the J!ift of Winchester College, and he:d s"nc.e r885

by the Rev. Wyndham Arthur Scinde Merewether M.A. at g.r5 a.m. & 7.15 p.m.; sunday, g.rs a.m. only.
of Oriel College, Oxfordo. St. Thoma~.', Southwick, a Postal orders are is.sued here, but not paid
Wall Letter Box, Yarrubrook, cleared -8.40 a.m. & 6.20
chapel of ease to St. Nicholas. is an iron building, con- p.m. week days only
sisting of chtancel, ~mall turret with a bell~ there are
120 slittings. The Bapti.st chapel, built in 1779, and Schools.
enlarged in 1803 and· ro831, "'ill hold 400. There is an
olmshou.se for four poor persons, with a monthly allow- .A. School Board of 5 members was f<Hmed 21 June, r88o;

nnce of x8's. each, founded [n I8IO by Arohdeacon Rev. W. A. S. Merewether, thou. clerk to the board;

Dau.beny, who alS'O built, in r8r8, the <vioor's poor house Alfred Hall, attendance Qfficel'
NatiDnal (mixed), built in r<88~ & en".nrged in 1894, with
for 6 poor persons. A charity Df £,3 was given house for mistress·, fur 132 children; average attend-
by :Mrs. Rachael Long, in poor families of
1 s71 , to six
tJ:lis pari.sh. W. H. Long esq. M.P. of RDod AshtDn ance, 100; Miss Mary Jane Smith, mistress

House, !i-s· lord of the manor. The principal landowners National, Southwick (mixed), erected in r867, with house
are Winchester Oollege, Sir William RDger Brown J.P. for mistre~s. for 153 children; average at-tendance,

of Highfield, Hilperton, and W. H. Laverton esq. J.P. of 12o; :Miss· Mary Jane Wilkins, mistress

LeigbJOOn House, WestJbury. The soil is clay; subs'Oil, Oarriers to Trowbridge pass through daily

NORTH BRADLEY. Robinson Herbert, Little Common Culvershouse Henry, builder

'*(Marked thus postal address West- Rodway Wm. Stenson, Woodmarsh ho Culvershouse Ja ne (Mrs . ) 1 Old Ring of
Stafford Mrs. Cremont Bells P.H. brewer
&

bury.) Summers Mrs. Frith house Culverhonse Sidnev, builder
Trickey Mrs. Old Rectory Dainton Charles, N• ew Ring of Bells
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Ashenhurst Benjamin, Woodmarsh COMMERCIA.L. P.H. & brewer

l<'rancis J ames, East Lynn Adams Jonathan. miller (steam & Davis Frederick, picture frame maker,

Francis William, The Willows water) & farmer, Yarnbrook Woodmarsl!.,

Hanson Rev. John (Baptist) Axford Joseph, farmer, Brokerswood Elms Joseph, shopkeeper, Yarnbrook.

Keevil Miss, The Firs Bristow David, farmer, Park Elms Martha (Mrs.), laundreEs,

Long .John, Broadleigh house Brookman ARn (Mrs. ),stationr.Post off Woodmarsh

Long Miss, The Laurels Butcher Peter, farmer, Woodmarsh *Farr George, farmer, Brokerswood

Merewether Rev. Wyndham .Arthur Cook .Alfred, smith, Yarnbrook Farr Job, shopkeeper

£cinde M..A.. Vicarage • Culverhouse .Arthur, shopkeeper Francis John, farmer, Home farm

40 NORTH .HRADLEY. "\YILTSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Francis Letitia(Mrs. ),frmr. CutteridgP ~sevier J oseph, farmer, Brokerswood Giles Elizabeth (Mrs.), Royal Oak

Francis Sidney, iarmer, Druces 3tafford William J<'rancis, butcher P.H. & butcher

Francis Wm. Keevil, farmer,Overcourt 3ummers Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Giles William, farmer & thatcher

Giddings Geo. farmer & cheese factor fnrner Frederick, baker, Yarnbrook Greenhill Jsph. farmer, Mutton's mrsh

Hall Alfred, relieving officer, No. 2 lVebb Rbt. carpntr. & beekpr. Yarnbrl! Hiscock Arthnr, farmer, Greenfielrl

district, & registrar of births & VVoods George, farmer, Pound farm Holland Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker

deaths & vaccination officer for Holland George, fariner

Bradley sub-dist. Westbury union SOUTHWICK. Holland Job, shopkeeper

Hall Elizh. Ann (Miss), dress maker (Marked thus * postal address, Road, Fiolland William, smith
Hall Rachel (Miss), dress maker Bath.) Huntley James, shoe maker

Harrington John, gamekeeper to Sir Doel Mrs. Ashmore house Hnntley Job, carpenter
W. R. Brown J.P. Brokerswood Huntley John, shopkeeper

Hobbs Geo. carpentr. rate & tax coli Pickard: l\Irs. Green villa Jackson James, farmer, Pole's hole

Hobbs Noah Thos. carpent·er & farmer Rickman Rev. William Francis A. Jackson Jas. jun. farmr. Road commn

Hussey Samuel, boot repairer (curate), Poplars house Jones Alfred, carpenter & wheelwrght

Hutton John William, beer retailer COMMERCIAL. Kite John, shopkeeper

Jackson Hannah (Miss), farmer Amer George, farmer, Pound farm Linzey Edward, brick maker

Keevil Edward Frowd, farmer, Organ Bailey Charles, farmer, Manor farm "Marsham Job, farmer, Dunkirk

pool (resides Semington) Barnes Thomas, thrashing machine & :Werrett William, stone mason

Knight William, farmer, Rank steam rollers propr.&engnr.Beech ho :\files Mary Ann (Mrs.), Swan inn

Lane Thomas, road contractor & Bennett John, stone mason Randall John, farmer, Hooper's pool

farmer, Yarnbrook Bennett Samuel, newsagt. & shopkpr Rawlings George, farmer, Road corn

Long Richard, farmer, Willow grove Coombs vVilliam, farmer, Berryfield Reakes William, farmer, Court farm

MClody & Son, brewers, Yarnbrook Deacon Benjamin, farmer, Home farm Reading Room & Social Club (Rev.

Moody Stephen John, Long's Arms Doel FrPderick, farmer, Pole's hole "\V. F. Rickman M.A. hon. sec)

P.H. & brewer, Yarnbrook Doel .Job, farmer, Blue barn .Smith Edward, road contractor

Moore Chas. Pike, maltstr. & hop mer Doel John, road contractor, Goose st Townsend 1Villiam, New inn

Pike Henry, farmer, Brook house Doel Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Norris Townsend vVilliam, farmer, Odessa

Randall James, boot repairer hill (postal address, 1Vestbury) Vincent Benjamin, farmer, Groves

Reading Room (Gideon Watts, sec) Doel Uriah, road contractor & farmer, Webb Hedley Geo. Fleur-de-Lis P.H

Reynolds James, Rising Sun P.H Flaxfield West Richard, farmer, Park farm

*Rogers Frnk. beer retlr. Brokerswood Forrest 1Villiam Edward, farmer 1Veston Edwd. Jn. carpenter & painter

Rogers Frdk. Wm. farmr. Manor farm Gerrish Simeon, farmer, Hogginst{)n 1Vindel1 Ephraim, carpenter

*Sains·bury John, farmer, Silver street Giddings Mark, farmer, Hooper's pool *vVindell James, farmer, Road corn

*Sainsbury Lmbrt. beer rtlr.Brokrswd Giles Annie (:~Iiss), laundress .*Windell John, farmer, Road common

BRATTON is a pari~h for' all purposes, formed in 1894, on ground given by the Marquess of Bath. Here is s
BaptiSit, als{) a small We•sleyan chapel. In 1889 a public
it having been an ecclesiastical parish sinCB 1845• out of hall was built, whlich is us-ed for ooncerts and meetings,
Westbury, and is situated among the downs on the and will seat 150 people. There is an iron foundry,
roo.d fr·om WestJbury to Devizes, 3 miles e-ast-by-north where agriculture! implements are manufactured. The
from Westbury station on the Salis·bury branch of the

Great "'Western railway, in the ·wesi•ern division of t.he :Marquess of Bath F.S.A. lord• of the manor, and C. N.
oounty, petty sessional division of Trawbridge, 1Vestbury P. Phipps esq. of Chalco.t, are the principal landowners.
union and county court district, rural deanery of Wylye The soil is good loam on green sand; subsoil, chalk.
(Heytesbury porti'()n), arohdeaconry of Sarum and dio- The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, and there are

ce·s-e of Salisbury. The church of St. James is of stone, num€rous apple orchards. The area is 3,574 acres;
in the Early English style. consiS'ting of chancel, nave of rateable value, [3,840; the porfulation in 1891 was 6o6.
four bays, transept•s, aisles, and square embattled westerr,
Parish Clerk, Henry Hol!mvay.
tower containin!~? 4 bells: it was rest{)red, re-seated and
newly roofed in I86o, at a coSit of about £goo, from desigm: p ost , .m...... 0 • & T • 0 ., S . B., E xpress Der·1very & Annu1'ty

& Insurance Office.-George cro~o;, sub-postmaster.

by the architect-s, Scott and Wyatt: there are several Let·t•ers arrive through 1Vestbury & are de:ivered at
s·tained windows; one at the easrtem end representing
7· 10 a. m. & 3 p.m. ; d1' spat ch ed a t I2.40 & 6.5o p.m. ;
the f{)ur greater prophets and the f{)ur evangelists, and
the eastern window representing the Birth, Death and & 10.55 a.m. on sundays
Resurrection: the church will s·eat 200 persDns. The Schools.

register dates from the year 1542. The living is a National (mixed), enlarged in 1877, for 70 children;
vicarage, net yearlly value £270, including 3~ acres of avemge attendance, 58; Miss Mary Elizabeth Bridge-
glebe, with re-sidence, in the gift of the vicar of West- man, mis-tresos

bury, and held s.ince 1875 •by the Rev. Ste.phen Hall British (mixed), ·built in I844, for Ioo children; average
Jacob, Theol. Assoc. of King's College, London: the attendance, 46; Miss Lilian Jane Matilda Applegate,

vicarage house was erected in I 863, a·t a cost Df £ I,6oo, misiress-

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. 'Jurgess Thos. threshing roach. propr Pocock Alfred, farmer, Melbourne frm

Fry Rev. William (Baptist) C'alloway Benjamin, farmer Pocock Isaac, farmer, Lower farm

O:everley Geo. Gifford, frmr.Manor fm Public Hall (Thomas Reeves, sec)
Jacob Rev. Robert Stephen, Th.Assoc. Cornish ,,~m. farmer, Birchanger frm Reeves R. & J. & Son, manufacturers
K.C.L. (curate), Vicarage
Cross George, shopkeeper, Post office of & agents for all kinds of agricul-
.Tacob Rev. Stephen Hall, Th.Assoc. Dermer Harry, farmer
K.C.L. Vicarage tural implements,general machinists

Flower Geo. carpent.er & wheelwright &iron&brass fndrs.Bratton iron wrks
•Parsons George Gooden, Rose cottage Flower George, shopkeeper
Reeves Henry, 'l'he Butts Reevps Edward, seedsman

Reeves Robert, Melbourne house Hobbs William Pike, Duke inn Reeves William, market gardener

Reeves Thomas, The Beeches Holloway Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr. & bakr Richards Henry, farmer, Dunge farm

Hurle James, farmer Scull Edward, farmer
Seagram Wm. Heathcote, Bratton ho Marsh Geo. butchr. & frmr. Redlands Scull Edwin, market' gardener
Sparks John Goodman
Merritt Charles, farmer Scull John, farmPr
Whit-aker John Saffery, The Yew Trees Merritt John, bricklayer
Smith Henry, cowkeeper

COMMERCIAL. Parsons Geo. Gooden L.R.C.P.Lond., Waiter George, farm bailiff to J. S.

M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon, Rose cottage Whitaker esq

Burgess Frank, !!hoe maker Pepler Thomas, blacksmith Whitaker Jn.Saffery,frmr.Grant's frm

BREMHILL (or Ilremlble) ds s large parish and vil-1 vicar, Archdeacon Drury: in the chancel is a monument
•lage, 2 miles north-wes:t from Ca!ne terminal station of to the last Hungerford of Oad:nam, d. 1698: the font. of
e branch of the Great 'Vestern railwny and 4 east from this church d-ates from 'the y-ear n8o: there are sittings
Chippenham, in the North Western division of the county, for 250 pers{)ns. The regis·ter dates from March 28,
Ohippenham hundred, Calne petty sessional division, r~gr. The living is -a vicarage, with the rectory of
union and county court district, rural deanery of Ave- Highway annexed, joint gross yearly value [632, with
bury (Avebury portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and r-esidence, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and

diocese of Salisbury. The Ilerks and Wilts canal runs lb.e!d since r868 by the Rev. Edward Paroissien Eddrnp

through this parish. The church {)f St. Martin is a M.A. of Wadh'am College, Oxford, canon and prebendary
etone building, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays. of Salisbury and rural dean of Avebury. In Bremhill,
aisles and sDuth porch, and emibattled western tower Charlcote and Foxham, there are free libraries, the gift
with pinnacles, cont>ainirug 6 bells, in the First and of Lord Ednnmd G. P. Fitzmaurice; there are corn~
Third Pointed styles: a handsome s'bained wind{)W wa:J modioug. and convenient reading rooms, supplied with
placed in the church in I864, in memory of the late the chief daily and weekly papers. The principal land..

DIREC'l'0RY.] 'WILTSHIRE. BlUNKWORTH. 41

owners are the Marquess of LansdDwne, whD is lord of patched on sundays at 9 a.m. The nearest money

the manor, Lord HoughtDn and Sir John Poynder order & teil.egraph office is at Ohippenham. Postal

Dic.kson-Poynder bart. M.P. The .soil is the Oxford c:ay orders are issued here, but not paid

and calcareous grit of the upper oolite, presenting

varieties of loam, brash and clay; subsoil, sand, clay Schools.

and stone brash. The chief crops are whewt, barley and Xa.tional, built for Bo children; average attendance, 45;

beans. The area is 5,665 acres; rateable value, misress (vacant)

£Io,on; the population in 1891 was I,ogo in the civil Lady Lansdowne's, Foxha.m, lbuilt for 108 children;

and 1,048 in the ecclesiastical parish. Part of this average a.ttendance, 47; Miss Oatherine H. Potter,mist

parish has been added to the ecc:esiastical parish of Brittish, East Tytherton, ·erected in 1871, for 6o chil-

Derry Hill. dren; average at.tendance, 40; Miss Edith Swaine,mist

Charlcote tithing, 1! miles north. FOXH..lM is a chapelry, 6 miles nort!h-west from Calne
Sperthill (Spirt·hoill, or Spurthill), tithing, 2 miles and 5 miles north-east-by-east fr<lm Chippenham, on
north-by-east. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. the Northern .Avon. The old church of St. John has
hpE>n nnllP<l down: a new church was built in I88o: it
East Tytherton tithing is 2 miles north-west, Where
there is taitMhion~raivsia1n m·S~eltetl ement, found ed in 1745. is in the Early English ·style, consisting of chancel, nave
'Tick north- west. and south porch; the cost, which was £2,300, was

Parish Clerk, J'Dseph Pontin.

Post Office, Bremhill.--John Howard Palmer, sub-post- defooyed principally by t•he Marquess of Lansdowne;

master. Lett.ers arrive from Calne aa.tm7..35Thae.mn. e; ardeiss-t 1Yilliam Butterfield esq. was the arehitect. There is .a
patched s at Calne. Postal chapel for 'Vesleyans. The Marquess of Lansdowne 1s
rut 7.m15onpey.mo.;rd sunday,
telegrap er office is lord of the manor and pr.incipa! landowner.
h&

orders are issued here, fbut not paid Parish Clerk, John Stockham, at Foxham.

Post Office, East Tytherton. Mrs. James Gregory, sub· Letters through Oalne arrive at 7.15 a.m. & 6 p.m
postmistress. Letters for East Tytherton arrive from 'Yall LettPr Box cleared at 6.40 p.m. Sutton Benger is
Chippenham at 8 a.m. ; dispa·tched at 6 p.m. ; dis- the neareslt money order & telegraph office

BREl'iffiiLL. Freegard John, farmer Carpenter Crline. (Mrs.),frmr. Gate fm

.Jefferys Robert, farmer Carpenter ·william, farmer, West end
Eddrup Rev. Edward Paroissien M ..A. Vines Wm. (~Irs. ),frmr. Cbarlcote hill Free Library & Reading Room (Rev.
(vicar prebendary of Salisbury &
rural dean), Vicarage EAST TYTHERTO~. B. F. Turner M ..A. hon. sec)
Hawkius George, farmer
Turner Rev. Becher Freeman 1\I..A. Charlton Hon. Mrs
(curate) La Trobe Rev. Frederic HayesEd wn. Orchard,frmr. Gotshill frm
(:Moravian) Havward Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer,

COMMERCIAL. \Iills Thomas 0Sea .~.er Stockham Marsh farm

Free Library & Reading Rooms (Jacob RRooggeerrss MTh1' ossmesas Hodgson Mary .Ann (Miss), coal mer-
F Vines, sec.; Jn. H. Palmer, librarn) chant, Foxham wharf

reeth Geo. farmer, Hanger Park farm Broomfield JamPs, baker & grocer :\Iatthews Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retlr

Fry 1Vil1iam, baker C'hesterman William, farmer Pegler Henry, farmer, Elm farm

Hammond Robt. farmer, t'nderdo\\n Gregory James (Mrs.), Post office Pocock Josiah, farmer, Cadnam manor

Hand Francis, blacksmith Hollis Elizh. l\Iary (l\Iiss), ladies' schl Provis Mary Ann (.~Irs. ), grocer
Hayward Charles, Lower Hanger farm
Palmer Francis 1Vm. Dumb Post. inn J efferys J ames, farmer
Kight Paul, shopkeeper SPIRTHILL.
Palmer Jn. Howard, carp. & wheelwt :\-Ierritt John, blacksmith

Pavy Charles Thomas, miller (water), Mintv Jn. Fras. farmr. Hare Street fro Jeffreys Mrs. Ivy house
Hazeland mill
SP1i.pmkpikn1' nJsohTnh,omfaarsm, efra,rmBeern,cBroefntcroft ::s-ormJ an William, boot maker Ing William, farmer
T urk Wm. H enrv, farmer, Underdown Jefferys Frederick, farmer, Side row
Vines Jacob,frm;.Manor&Vicarage fms PTilwnnmigaesr FCrheadrelre1s·ckE,dwcaarrpde,ntseurrveyor J efferys Samuel, farmer, Nash house
W00d V\~·11rIam, f B b 'd Turk Frederick, farmer
armer, arn n ge

Whale William, farmer, Stanley bdge FOXHA~f. WICK.

CH.ARLCOTE. Fry Mrs. Lock villa Cleverly Henry, farmer

Free Library & Reading Room (Frank COi\IMERCIAL. Eatwell David, farmer
Freegard Geo. farmer, Monument frm
:Freegard, sec.; :Mrs. Cleverly, librn) Amor Joseph, farmer, .Avon farm

:B:REMILHAM (or Oowgate), formerly a parish, was, average tithe rent-charge £104, gross yearly value
by an ord~r which came into operation March 25, 1884, £106, in the gift of Lady Northwick, and held since
for civil purposes, apportioned ibe·tween Brockenborough, r893 by t•he Rev. George Lewis PiU B..A. of University
Foxley and St. Mary 1Ye-stport; it i& on the river .Avon, College, Durham, who is also rector of and reside.s at
2 miles west-south-west from Malmesbury terminal sta- Foxley. Capt. Geol'lge Lindsay Holford, of Weston Birt
tion on a branch <lf the Great Western railway and 10 House, Gloucestershire, is lord of the manor and the
north-west from Chippenham, in the Northern division of principal landowner. The soil is brashy; subsoil, clay.
the county, hundred, petty session11l division, union and The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots and grass.
county court district of Malmesbury, rural deanery of The area and rateable value of this place is included in
MaJmesbury, archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of Malmesbury and Foxley ; the population in 1891 was 44·
Gl'Oucester and Bris.tol. The church has been pulled
down, but the ground lis s.till used as a cemetery : there Letters are delivered by Malmesbury postman about 7
is a small st<lne building used as a mortuary chapel. a.m. Malmesbury is the nearest money order & tele-

The inhabitants alttend the church of Foxley. The re- graph office

gis'ter dlates from the year qgo. The living is a rectory, The children attend the school at Foxley

Garlick Richard, farmer

B:RlNXWO:RTH with GRITTENHAM.

ERINKWORTH is a parish and village, pleasantly situ- year, gross income £goo, net £8oo, with 146 acres of
ated on the high road from Swindon to Malmesbury glebe and residence, in the gift of Pembroke College,
and watered by a tributary of the .Avon, 5 miles north- Oxford, and held since 1861 by the Rev. William de
west from Wootton Bassett station, on the Reading and Quetteville M ..A. formerly fellow of that college. There
Eath section of the Great ·western railway, and 6 south- is a chapel of ease, built in Callow Hill lane in 1889, to
east from Malmesbury, in the North Western divisinn seat So persons. Here are Congregational and Primitive
• of the county, hundred, union, petty sessional division Methodist chapels. The churchyard was closed as a
and county court district of ~Ialmesbury, rural deanery burial ground by Order in Council in October, 1887,
of Malmesbury, archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of and a cemetery formed close by, the cost of which,
Gloucester and Bristol. The church of St. Michael and £350, was defrayed out of the rates; it is under the
All .Angels is an ancient stone structure in the Early control of a burial board of 9 members. The charities
English style, consisting of a chancel, nave, aisles, south are £,15 a year, devised by the will of the late Mr.
porch, and a square embattled western tower containing Weeks: £xo of this are given in shillings to the poor
5 bells: the chancel has been (1889) restored by the of the parish, and £5 are paid at Christmas for the
rector at a cost of £700 ~ there are two hagioscopes free instruction of ten poor children: £7 19s. 8d. the ·
and an ancient communion table in this church: there second charity, consists of the dividends arising from
are 320 sittings. The register dates from the year sums invested in the funds, which, under the will of the
1653. The living is a rectory, in the gift of Pembroke late Mrs. Hannah Nicholls, are to be expended in the
College, Oxford; tithe rent-charge commuted £742 a purchase of blankets to be distributed to the poor.

42 BRINKWORTH. \VILTSHIRE. [ KBLLY'S

Lady Winchcomb gave £t a year charge on land, 'for Parish Clerk, Henry Jennings. I

the purchase of books for the children of the poor. :Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

Penn's Lodge, I! miles north-east, was once the pro- John Elliott, sub-postmaster. Letters through Chip-

perty of the famous William Penn. The Earl of Suffolk penham arrive 7· 15 a. m. ; dispatched 6.55 p.m.

and Berkshire is lord of the manor and principal land- Wootton Bassett is the nearest telegraph office
owner of Brinkworth. The representatives of the h. te

Lady Holland are owners of the manor of the tithing A School Board of 5 members was formed February 3•

of Grittenham. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay; the land 1887; M. H. Chubb, Malmesbury, clerk to the boar•l;

is principally in pasture ; the area is 5,464 acres ; rate- Frederick Sutton, attendance ofllcer

able value, £10,837; the population in 1891 was 1,185 Board School, is a large building, erected jn T863, for
with Grittenham.
140 children; average attendant:e, 100 boys ,'V; g-ir~s &

Grittenham is a tithing and manor, with 230 inhabi- 40 infants; having, in addition to the principal school

tants, in which the late Lady Holland erected a school- room, a class & an infants' school room, & teacher's

church, licensed by the bishop,. which will seat Bo [ house annexed; George Cross, master; Mrs. Cross,

persons. mistress

BRINKWORTH. Greenhill Rd. T. frmr. C1itchbury grn Sheppard J oseph, smith

Hatton Wm. farmer, Sunday Hill fm Skull Elijah, farmer

Corke :Miss Hatton Wm. Waggon & Horses P.H Sly John, farmer, 'Voodside

de Quetteville Rev. Wm. M..A..Rectory Hiscock Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer Smith Thos.frmr. & butchr.~Ialthouse
Haddow Rev. Wm. (Pil'im. Meth) Hitchcock Henry, miller (steam), Spencer C'haries, baker
Hanks Joseph Pyke Brinkworth mill
Spencer William, shopkeeper

Matthews Joseph Hosier SydneyHeflbt.frmr.Dovery's fro St.range ·"William, farmer

Stratt()IJ: Mrs. Wi:li.am, Crosby house Hunt Wm. farmer, Stopper's hill Sutton Frederick, farmer

Stratton Miss Iles Mark, farmer Walker James, horse dealer

Stump Thomas Jones David, fa.rmer, Lodge farm Webb John, farmer, Callow Hill farm

COMMERCIAL. Keene Wa:ter, farmer, Penn's l{)dge West Elizabeth C~Irs.), farmer

.Amore Jn. frmr. Hulbert's Green fm Knapp Douglas, farmer, Longman's GRITTENHAM.

Ayres Henry, farmer Street farm

Ball Sidney Charles, farmer Large Thomas, farmer Clarke Francis, farmer, Grove farm
Ba.rkham John, baker
Mapson James, farmer & cattle dealer Oollingbourne ~fiss, farmer

Bishop Jacob, farmer, Sunday hill Mapson Ralph, farmer, Rookery farm Coster Thos. farmer, Ivy House farm

Burrows Charle·s F. Three Crowns P.H Matthews Alfred, Suffo:k Arms P.H Godwin David, frmr. Grit.tenham ho

Cemetery (M. H. Chu'blb,:Malmesbury, Matthews Jsph. frmr. Windmill hou!\e Gough Thos.Jn.frmr.Cleesley Hill fm

clerk to the burial board) Matthews Richard, farmer Hart Robert, farmer

Chequer Edmund, wheelwright,builder Matthews Riohard, farmer, Yorks Hiskins James, Trow Lane farm

& contractor Moody Emma (:\fiss), shopkeeper Mapham James, agent to Lady Hol-

Clark Henry, farmer Ody vVm. farmer, Fritter's '\Yell frm land's representatives

Clifford Thomas Herbert, black<smith Pinnell George, carpenter Mapson Thos. farmer, Gt. Wood frm

Dunn Wm. lli:Jyal George P.H Potter Daniel, farmer, Roselands Matthews Alfbert, farmer

Dykes Thomas, grocer &c Potter vVm. farmer. Latimer's farm Nichol1s John, farmer

Elliott Jn. grocer & draper, & post ofi Richard·son Thomas. shoe maker NichoUs Robert, farmer

Franklin John, bake.r Rnmming William Jas. farmer, Pitt's Nicholls Thomas, farmer

Gay George, farmer Lands farm Rumming Jn. farmer, Pennel's place

BRITFORD (or Burford) is a parish and village on were struck at Treves and Carthage. The principal

the river Avon, 2 miles south-east from Salisbury, in landowners are the Earl of Radnor and Francis Michael
the Southern division of the county, hundred of Cawden Ellis Jervoise esq.; the latter is lord of the

and Cadworth, petty sessional division of Salisbury and manor. The soil is· light loam; subsoil, chalk. ·
Amesbury, Alderbury union, Salisbury county court dis- The chief crops are wheat, hay and turnips. The area
trict, rural deanery of Chalke (Chalke portion), arch- is 3,127 acres of land and 74 of water; rateable valuP,

deaconry of Sarum, and diocese of Salisbury. The £5,484; the population in 1891 was 918, including 10
church of St. Peter is a cruciform structure built of officers and 232 inmates in Alderbury workhouse. The
rubble and stone in the Decorated style, having chancel, population of the ecclesiastical parish in I 891 was 382.
nave, aisles, south porch and transepts, with a very Sexton, Thomas Harris.
large but l'Ow square embat'tled tower of Chilmark and Longford is a hamlet, ~! miles south. Longford
green sandstone, springing from the intersection and Castle, the seat of the Earl of Radnor, was erected in
containing 5 bells, the gift of the Jervoise family: it 1591 by Sir Thomas Gorges: it is in a well-wooded
contains a mausoleum of the Bouverie family and a park of 250 acres, near the banks of the Salisbury Avon;
monument to Henry (Stafford) 2nd Duke of Bucking- it is a large, handsome structure of stone, havin~ cir- -
ha:n, beheaded at Salisbury, 2 Nov. 1483: the church cular turrets at each angle, and contains a collection of
was restored and reseated in 1873: the new oak choir pictures by some of the most distinguished masters: it
stalls in the chancel are copies of the remains of the was greatly improved and enlarged by the late earl.
14th century work: in the nave are three very curious
semicircular arches which are said by competent autho- East Harnham is a part of the civil parish of Britford.

rities to be lli:Jman work in situ: the east window is but has been formed into a separate ecclesiastical

stained, representing, in three lights, The Way to the parish, forming a suburb of the city of Salisbury: par-
Cross, The Crucifixion, and the Taking Down from the ticulars and the names of residents in this district will

Cross, with corresponding types below: there are .z4o be found under the head of Salisbury.
sittings. The register dates from the year 1573· The Post Office.-Louisa Musselwbite, sub-postmistress.

living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £7.34• Letters through Salisbury are delivered at 7 a.m.;

net income £210, with residence, in the gift of the Dean dispatched at 8.30 p.m.; snndays, delivered 7 a.m.;

and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral, and held since 1894 dispatched 7.50 p.m. East Harnham is the nearest
by the Rev. Thomas John '\Voodall. The Alderbury money order & Salisbury the nearest telegraph office
union workhouse is in this parish; for particulars CJI Alderbury Union House, Rev. Henry Briggs M. A. chap-

union see Salisbury. A large sheep and cattle fair is lain; Levi S. Luckham M.R.C.S., L.S.A. medical
held in this parish on August 12th, Britford was a officer; William Robert Wickes, master ; Mrs. Emma

Roman settlement. Four Roman coins of the errt ot Wickes, matron; Miss Emma Turner, schoolmistress

Constantine and Constans were picked up in the debris National School, built in 1836, for 130 children; average

of the church during the restoration in 1873, which attendance, 37; Miss Susan Snelgrove, mistress

BRITFORD. Mus,selwhite Thomas, farm bailiff to Folkestone Viscount M.P., J.P. Long-

Mr. John Taunton, Manor farm ford castle; & 2 Balfour place, Park

Oldham Joshua, The ){oat Pile Edward, dairyman lane, London W

Strat.ton Mrs. Bridge cottage Pile James, farmer, Upend farm Hardinge Hon. Robert (sec. to the

Woodall Rev. 'fhos. John, Vicarage Witt Luke, biacksmith Earl of Radnor), Longford farm

COMMERCIAL. LONGFORD. Hulbert Charles, resident ag'ent to the
Earl of Radnor, Longford park
Ashford Edwin, farmer, Bulls Hole fm

Attwater John Gay, farmer & dairy- Radnor Earl of D.L.• J.P. Longford Ward Henry William F.R.H.S. head

man, Bridge farm castle; & 52 Grosvenor fitreet, W ; gardener to Longford• castle

Drake Georgs. farmer, Dogdean farm Carlton & St. Stephen's clubs,

Gilbert Wilberforce, baker London SW

:BROAD CHALXE, see Chalke.

DffiECTORY.J WILTSHIRE. 4 3BROKE~BOROCGH.

:BROAD HINTON is a parish, on the road from his Garter and Crest, richly painted on black satin,
Wootton Bassett to Marlborough, surrounded for many framed and glazed, who died lord of the manor: there
are some excellent modern stained windows: there are
m1les by open downs, 4 miles south-east from Wootton sittings for 270 persons. The register dates from the
Bassett station on the Swindon and Bath section of the year 1604. The living iS' a vicarage, tithe commuted at
Great Western railway, and 7! south-west from Swin- £382, average £285, net income 1,122, with 26 acres of
don, in the Eastern division of the county, Marlborough glebe, and residence, in the gift of the master of St.
petty sessional division, union and county court dis- Nicholas Hospital, Salisbury, and held since 1894 by the
Rev. Robert Campbell Crokat M.A. of Keble College,
trict, rural deanery of Avebury (Avebury portion), arch- Oxford. In this parish are several charities: one, called
deaconry of Wilts and diocese Df Salisbury (partly in Smith's charity, amounting to about £18 yearly, arising
the hundred of Silkley and partly in Kingsbridge). from land at Stoughton, Leicestershire, left in 1626, dis-
The church of St. Peter-ad-Vincula is an old stone tributed in coal, clothing and bedding; also an appren-
building of Early English architecture, with nave (partly tice fund, amounting to about £12 yearly, arising from
built on previously existing foundations), chancel, organ farm rents, left in 1741 by Mrs. Elizabeth Benet. Sir
Henry Bruce Meux hart. of Dauntsey, is lord of the
chamber, added in r88o, vestry built in 1843, and south manor and principal landowner. There is a reading
porch of 14th century date, having a square embattled room with parish library, instituted by the vicar and
western tower of Perpendicular style with pinnacles and supported by honorary and other members. The soil is
containing 6 bells and chiming apparatus: the roof of black mould; subsoil, white stone. The chief crops are
the nave is a fine oak specimen of combined hammer wheat, oats and turnips. The area is 3,009 acres; rate-
and tie-beam construction, erected in 1634; the edifice able value, £2,386; the popU'la.tion in 1891 was 372.
itself was completely restored in r88o, at a cost of By an Order, dated March 25, 1884> a portion of this
£2,300, when some interesting relics were discovered, parish was taken to form the parish of Broad Town.

all old monuments retained, the rood-loft staircase Deputy Parish Clerk, George Turner.
opened out, and the tower, previously unsafe, made
Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
secure: the pulpit and seats were added at a partial
restoration in 1843, when a western gallery was re- Mrs. Kate Witt, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive by
moved: in 1882 the churchyard was en:arged: a hand- foot post from Swindon at 7.40 a.m.; dispatched at
some lych-gate was erected in 1884: there is also a 6.40 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at ·wroughton
life-size alabaster figure of Colonel Francis Glanvil, dated
1645: also a curious monument to Sir Thomas and
Lady Wroughton and their eight children kneeling,

much mutilated, each having lost the hands, excepting School, with residence for master, built in 1846, en-

Lady lVroughton, dated 1597: there is also a fine mural larged in 1882, for 70 children; average attendance,
tablet to Sir John Glanvil, Speaker of the Short Parlia- 63; it is endowed with £2o yearly by the late lord of
ment, who was buried in the chancel, date 1661: also a the manor, Thomas Benet esq.; Christopher F. Mann,
memorial of the great Duke of Wellington, consisting o~ master

Brown Mrs. Washbourne Dulllford Stephen, farmer Hunt Henry, Crown P.H

Crokat Rev. Robe1·t Campbell M.A. Eatweil Thomas, ca.rpenter Hussey John, farmer, Norborne farm

Vicarage Hacker Isaac & Son, grocers & bakers Reading Room (Geo. Penny, ooretakr)

Hacker William,. farmer St.aplef<lrd Charles, far.rier

COMMERCIAL. Hicks Chades, saddler Strange James, Bell P.H

Hiscocks John Henry, farmer, Weir Theobald George, farmer, Uffcott

Austin Edwin, haulier Horton Fredk. John, farmer, Uffcott Turner George, shopkeeper

Banks John Surgeon, blacksmith Huish Charles, mason Vines Frederick, farmer, Uffcott

C<lckrain Arthur, carrier Huish Hariett (Mrs.), coffee tavern Witt Henry, shopkeeper

Crees Thomas:, farmer, Manor farm Humphriesisaac(MN. ),,frmr. Cock.roost Witt William, haulier

:BROAD TOWN is a parish, formed in 1846 out •)f in the year 1869 and remodelled by the then vicar, Rev.
Broad Hinton and Cliffe Pypard parishes, and in 1884 W. H. Schwade B.A. Here are Primitive Methodist
made a civil parish; it is on the road from Wootton and Wesleyan chapels. The principal landowners are
Bassett to Marlborough, 3 miles south-by-east from Brasenose College, Oxford, the trustees of the Broad
Wootton Bassett station, on the Great Western railway, Town Charity, Viscount Bolingbroke and H. N. Goddard
8 south-west from Swindon, in the Northern division of esq. of Clyffe Manor. The soil is clay; subsoil, white
the county, petty sessional division of Cricklade, Swin- stone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. and

don county court district, Avebury rural deanery (Ave- pasture land. The area is 1,982 acres; rateable value.
bury portion), archdeaconry- of Wilts and diocese of £3,104; the population in 1891 was 483.
Salisbury. Christ Church is a modern stone building,
in the Early English style, and has a nave, western bell Parish Clerk, James Simmonds.
Post Office.-Henry Bathe, sub-postmaster. Letters
cot, one bell, and stained east window: there are 324
sittings. The register dates from the year 1847. The through Swindon via Wootton Bassett arrive at 7.15
a.m.; dispatched at 6.45 p.m. Broad Hinton is the
living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £124, net £1o1,
with residence and 2 acres of glebe, in the gift of the nearest money order office; & telegraph office at
vicars of Broad Hinton and Cliffe Pypard alternately, \Vootton Bassett
and held since 1876 by the Rev. George Pilgrim Toppin Pillar Lettel" Box, Broad Town lane, cleared at 7 p.m
M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. The late Rev. A. School (mixed), with residence for the master, erected
J. W. Morrison, vicar, erected the vicarage house from by the late Rev. A. J. W. Morrison. vicar, for go
children, & enlarged, in 1892, by the addition of a
the designs of the Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, rector
of Ringmore, Devon; it was nearly destroyed by fire class-room; average attendance; 71; Henry B. Child,
schoolmastel"

Eatwell Charlesf Springfield house Eatwell Chas. farmer, Springfield ho Miles William, farmer

Spencer Mrs. Whiteway farm Fyson Mullard, farmer Newman Charles, coal merchant

Toppin R&v.Geo.PilgrimM.A. Vicarge Hart Saml. (exocs. of), brewers Newman Jaoob, .sh<le maker

Welch Thomas, Cotmarsh Hinder Henry, baker Palmer Goorge, b-ricklayer

COMMERCIAL. Hunt Robert, grocer Parwns Simeon, farmer

Bathe Henry, grocer, Post office Little Geo. Queen's He11d P.H.& frmr Picket.t. William, farmer, Thornhill

Bathe Maurice, ca.ttle dealer Maskell John, farmer, Barn hill Price Thomas, farmer, Cotmarsh

Brewer William, blacksmith Maskell John, jun. farmer, East farm Price Wm. Sam. farmer, Manor fa.rm

Brown George, farmer, Hambrook Matthe.ws Theophilus, farmer Reeves Paul, wheelwright

Oheo.sterman Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Miles Ebenezer, frmr. Broad Town la Simmonds William, shopkee.per

Collins Goorge, farmer Miles Thomas, carpenteT Tuck Edwd. farmer, Lower Ham farm

:BROXENBOROUGH is a village and pariS'h on the The church of St. John the Baptist is a stone building
in the Early English style, consisting of a chanool, nave
river Ingleburn, and adjoiilling Gloucestersthire, about s! and IWrth aisle, n<~rth pDrch and small wooden turret:
there are i!littings for 200 per!!IOns. T•he register dates
miles south-east from •retbury and 1i north~west from from the yea·r 1778. The living is a chapelry, annexed
Malmesbury t-erminal station of a branch of the Groot to the vioora.ge of Charltcm, j<lint gross yearly value
Western railway, in the North-Western divisi<ln of the £470, net £4oo, including 40 aores of glebe, in the gift
coun;t.y. hundred, petty ses.sional division, union and of tJhe Lord Ghancellor, and held since 1876 by the Rev.
JO<hn Ferdinand<l Collins M.A. of Corpus Christi oollege,
county court district! of Malmesbury, rural deanery of Oxiord. who resides at Cha.rlton. There is a Primitive

Malmes·bury, archdeaoonry of Bristol and diocese of Methodist chapel, erected in 1873· The Malmesbury
Gloucester and Bristol. By an Order of the County Union Workhouse is in this parish. This place was a
Council, da.ted July 10, 1894, Brokenborough was made
Roman settlement. The Earl of Suffolk and Berksh:i!'e
into two parishes called Brokenb<lrough Within, and in-

eluded in the Malmesbury Urban District. and Broken-

bQ.l"'ugb Without, within the Malmesbury Rural Distriot.

44 BROKE.XBOROL'GH. 'WILTSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is Parish Clerk, Joseph Wood.

brashy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barl·ey Post Office. John Gladwin, sub-postmasterr. Letters

and roots. The area of the parish is 2,458 acres; rate- arrive at l7\Iaal.mmes.;burdyis, pawtchhicehd at 8. IS p.m. Letters
through is the neavest money
able value, £3,003; the population in I89I was 38I, in-
eluding 82 officers and inmates in the Ma1mesbury work- order & telegraph office
house.
lV.all Letter Box, clear.ed 8.25 p.m. daily
Quobwell is t.hree-quarters of a mile east. By an

order dated March 25, I884, a part of Bremilham parish School, built for 40 children; average attendance, 27;

wa.s amalgrumruted with this parish. Miss Alice E. Gladwin, mistress

Bailey John, farmer Gladwin John, blacliJsmith, Post office Pinkney Jryseph, shopkeeper

Chamberlain Frederick, farmer Knapp Maurice, farmer, Foss farm Pinniger Henry, farmer

Fry Wm. Red Bull P.H. Sherston rd Large Thomas, farmer Poole Harry, farmer, Boakly

Garlick Charles, farmer, Church farm Mills Francis, baker Smith Martha (:Miss), dress maker

Godwin William, farm bailiff to Chas. Mustoe Jsph.Rose&CrownP.H.& gTOCr Wood Stephen, farmer, Gilboa

Garlick esq Pincott Thomas, butcher

BROMHAM is a parish, 3 miles north-east from Seend poet, who died at Sloperton Cottage, Cb.ititoe, 25th :Feb.

.station on the Newbury a.nd Ba.t1h sect.ion of the Ckeat 1852; the wes·t window, by Constable, of Cambridge,

·western railway, 4 north-west from Devizes and 4 east- was .evected by subscription to his memory, and a plain

by-north from Melksham, in the Eastern division of the stone slab Illi1rlus his grave and that of his two chil-

county, PortJterne hundred, Devizes petty sess.ional divi- dr"Bn: Mrs. Moore, relict of t·he poet, was also buried

.sion, union and county court district, rural deanery of here in the year I865, and is oommemorasted by tha

Avebury (Oa.nnings portion), .archdea.conry of Wilts and s!Jained east window: the int.e:cior was restored and

diocese of Salisbury. The ancient houses of the village, renewed, and a stone pulpit and reading desk erected
built of timber amf brick, are ranged irregularly on one about I843: there aroe 400 sirttings. The register d~tes

.side of an unpaved stree•t;, facing the church on the east from the year 1566. The Jiving is a rectory, commuted

and south. The church of St. Nicholas, is a building of tithe rent-charge £820, average £624, gross income

stone in the Lancet and Perpendicular styles, consisting £764, nffi; £6oo, including I6o acres of glebe, with resi-

of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, south tran- dence, in t·he gift of and held since 1857 by the Rev.
sept, sout•h-east~Brn chapel, •south porch and an embat- Edward Betenson Edgell M..A. of Balliol College, Oxford.

tled central tower '\titJh octagonal spire, no feet in Here are Bapt.rst, lVesleyan Methodist and Primitive

height, containing a clock and 6 bells, hung at a cost of ::\iethodist chape!ls. On a gen.tle declivity, at the lower

£6oo ~ the chancel was entirely rebuilt in 1865 in the part of the village, is an almshouse of six tenement.s,

Lanoet style, at the cost of the rector: it retains a with a Latin inscription recording ibs foundation in the

· credence wit1h trefoil-headed arch, and a hagiosc0pe: year I612 (roth of King James), by a member of the

the reredos is arcaded, and has marble shafts: the rest Bayntun family. Roman remains have been discovered

of the chu.roh is Perpendicular: the chapel, which i'l the here from time to t.ime: in I84o, the late J. S. Money

most interesljjjng portion, was built by Richard Beau- esq. F.S.A. found po·rtions of a Roman villa, including

cha,mp, znd Baron St. .A.mand (d. ISo8), who founded part of a tesselated pavemenrt, bat·hs, pottery, two ur:ns,

the.·ein a chan<try dedci.oated to St. Mary and St. Kicholas: containing human bones, and various Roman coins. The

it has an embatt.led parapet, with crocketed pinnacles, Old Manor House, an exceptionally fine s.tructure, was

panelling and shields of arms: in the centre of the east erected by Sir Edward Baynrton du.ring the reign of
wall, above the roof, is a richly designed canopied niche, Hen·ry VIII. but was, in 1645, burnt by t~he Royalists

the flat ceiling is divided into thirty-two compartments, under Sir Charles Llcyd. James I. sojourned here in

painted and gilt, and profusely decorated, and a-gainst I6r6, I6I8 and 162I. Rowdeford House, the sPat of

the east wall is a canopied niche, and t1here are sedilia, Lieut.-·Col. Thomas Duncan William Dunn, is a modern

formed in the sill of a window on tihe south side : the bualding. Tlhe manor was given by WilJiam Rufus tG

chapel opens to the ohance-1 by two lofty Perpen.iicular Battle Abbey, SuS/Sex, and was subsequently held by the

al"dhes, a similar one communicating "ith the transept: Roohe, Beauchamp and Baynton families, a.nd afterwards

in the centre of the chapel stands a large tomb, 1>ith a by thDse. of Rol•t and Starkey. In I864 the. estates were

full length recumbent effigy of a knig-ht in armour, in sold, the purchasers being the Croown and the l.a.toe Major

excellent preservation, representing Sir Roger Tocotes, or John W. G. Sp.icer, the fa.ther of Capt. John Edmund

Touohet, who married tJhe widow of WiHiam Beauchamp, Philip Spicer, of Spye Park, who is lord of the manor.

Ist baron St. Amand (d. I457): there lis also a canopied The soil is sand; subsoil, red sand. The C'hief crops are

tomb to his wife Elizabeth, and on an upright slab wheat, barley a.nd peas ; the latter are extensively culti-

within the canopy is a brass kneeling effigy of a female vated for the Batili market. The parish cont•ains 3,593

in the costume of tille period (oiroa 1490), and a I"ep;re- acxes; rateable value, £5,486; the popula.toion in 189I

sentation of t.he Holy Trinity, formerly in a matrix was, in the civil pa.rish, I,I37; and in the ecclesiastical,

above: immediately opposa.te, ag-ainst the south wall, is 932.

a canopied tomb to Sir Edwa.rd Bayruton kt. ob. I578, Part of this parish, including Spye Park, is in the
with brass effigieS~ of himself, his two wives, and two eccleJsias·tioal parish of Chittoe.

out of three childll'en, all kneeling; and on the floor is '"~esthrook is half a mile novth-west; Nether Street, 1

a brass effigy of John Baynton, ob. I5I6, cousin and heir mile east; St. Edith's MaTsh, I mile south-oo!Jt; Hawk

of Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Lord St. Amand: beneath St.reet, ha.If a mile south-easrt.

too east window of this chapel are five reces.ses, three p,arish Clell'k, Jasper Davis.

of whiah contain ta.ble•ts to Sir EdwM'd Baynton kt. ob. sp ost , .~..·f . 0 . "._" T . 0 ., .B., E xpress Delivery "._" Annu1· ty
& Insurance Office.-Fil'ederick Minity, sub-postmaster.
°·I 67°; H enry Baynton, ob. I6gi; and J hn Baynton, ob.
Lettell's received from Ohippelllham at 5th. 1e0rea.ism . &5
17I6; and there is anot.her to Lady Anne Wilmot, ob. a dis-
p.m.; dispatched thereto at 9.5 p.m.;
1703, besides many memorials to various membe·rs of patoh to Rowde at 9.10 a.m
the Baynton family: the chapel has a stained ea~ w.in-
dow, erected in memory of John Bayntun Starky, who

died in Ausrtl"alia, by his widow : the t·ransept has a Schools.

stone-groined r-oof, with a long pendant in the centre: Na·tional (mixed & infants), built in I867, at a cost of

the poroh .is embattled, and on the west is a stair lead- about £goo, for I74 ohildren; average 311:tendance,

ing to a parvise above: three windows on the north side 126; Goorge King, master; Miss :Kelly King, infant0'

of t1he ohancel are s!Jained : on the tower is a curious m.istress

figure of a slmleton, cut into the north wall, a:o.d near it, British (mixed), l\Irs. Clara Brutler, mistress
surrounded by a scroll, a skull and cross...bones, with Oa.rriers to Deviz.es, passing through, call at the Bell inn,

the inscription, " Death is swallowed up in victori": in St. Edith's Marsh, in the morning & on their return in

t·h-e churchyard rest the remains of Thomas Moore, the the afternoon

Butler Goorge, Nether Street COMMERCIAL. • 1Cripp~ Frank, brewer

Dore Henry, Yew Tree cottage .Akerman John Wm. baker & grocer Davis Charles, hair dresser

Dunn Lieut.-Col. Thomas Duncan Billington Wm.frmr.Abbotts'W{)Od fro· Davis Edwin, shoe maker

William, Rowdeford house Boulter William, brick & tile maker Davis George, butcher

Edg-ell Rev. Edward Betenson M.A., Bromham Fruit Farm Limited (F. Davis Isaac, market gardener, St.

J.P. Rectory W. Vallis of Calne, sec) Ediths mar,sh

-Gee M.rs. The Firs, Nether Street Butler George, farmer & market gar- Dore Henry, assistant overseer

Lewis Thomas dener, Still's farm Duck William, blacksmith
Orchard Edward Butler James, farmer Fennell Reuben. hurd~e marker,Ponnd

Prowse Capt. George James William Butler Jesse, baker & grocer Gregory Frank, cowkeeper. Nether Sti

J.P. St. Ediths Curnick John & A:bert, farmers, Hatter Henry, Greyhound P.H
Starky Mrs. Battle house I Nether Street
IHayward Jsph, frmr.St.. Ediths marsh

DIRECTORY.] WILTSHIRE. BULFORD. 45

Hope Coffee Tavern (Mrs. Fry,cartkr) Palmer Daniel. shopkeever Webb Noah, boot maker

Huglhes Frank, smith & butcher Perrett Wm. & Reginald, farmers Webb William, builder

Hughes JaiS. mkt. grdnr.The Common Perrett James, farmer Webb Wm. market gardener, Hawk st

Hughes \Vm. farmer, Hobb's farm Pocock Edward, farmer \Veston \Vm. faimer, Nether Street

Hunt Benjamin, blacksmith Powney \Villiam, builder Wheeler James, shopkeeper

King F.red, markt. gardener,Nether St Rawlings \Villiam, beer retailer Wiltshire Jesse, boot & shoe maker

King James, family grocer & draper Ruddle William, harness maker Wootton Edwin, mrkt. gardnr. & frmr

King John, builder Sansom Frederick, farmer \Vootton Jas. fa.rmer, Nether Street

King Thos. carpenter & wheelwright Seager Frank, Bell inn,St.Ediths mrsh Wootton John, farmer, :Maple'•s farm.

Long Jn. & Son, wood turnrs.Loop hi Treise William, farmer, Nether S·treet Sandridge hill

Minty Fdk. grocer & baker, Post off Watts Richard, frmr. Hawk Street fm Wootton Sidney, farmer,Sandridge hl

Mitchell Edward, market gardener Webb Frank, farmer, The Common Working Men's Olub (FrankButler,seo)

BROUGHTON GIFFORD is a parish 2 miles west £wo, the interest of which is distributed among the poor

from Melksham station on the Corsham and Holt branch of the parish at Christmas. A very full -and complete
of the Great Western railway, 3! north-east from Brad- history of the paiish of Broughton Gitl'ord was written
ford, 5 south from Corsham, and 98! from London, in by the Rev. Prebendary "Wilkinson and published in 1859
the Western division of ·the rounty, Bradford hundred, in the "Wiltshire Archreological and 1'\atural History
petty sessional division and union, Melksham county Magazine." There was a Roman station near some

court district, rm'al deanery of Potterne (Bradford por- ground called Bradleys, where many coins of the later
tion), a.rchdeaconry of \Vilt.s and diocese of Salisbury. empire have been found. There are three houses of
The church of St. Mary is an ancient structure of stone some architectural pretensions in the village-.Ylonkton,
in the Perpendicular style, having a chancel, nave, aisles, the old house at the Cross, and another on the common;

south porch, and square western tower, having immense the firs.t is said to have been erected by the Earl of

buttresses, a turret and an embattled parapet containing Hertford, son of the Lord ProtectoT Somerset, to whom
2 bells.: the aisles are separated from the nave by pointed the manor of Monkton came on ·the suppression of the
arches, the pillars of which are different-three on the Priory of Monkton Farleigh; the second was built by

south side being octangular, and four en the north Sir John Horton, lord of the manor, in the year 1629;
cylindrical, with an •ovolo moulding: these, with other and the third by William Harding about the year 1700.
paits of the church, show that an ancient structure of Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse hart. J.P. Df :Manor house,
Norman times once existed heTe, and that the present MonktDn Farleigh, is lord of the manor and principal
building was erected probably in Henry VII.'s reign, landowner. The soil is fine mould, lying on gravel, which
some of the old materials ha.ving been worked in: there rests on clay, with a subsoil of a heavier clay. Agrioultural
is a curious old brass to Robert Long: the church was industry in this parish consists principally of dairy farm-
thoroughlY~ repaired and restored by subscription in ing, and it is said that some of the best land in the
1878 at a cost of £2,ooo and has 250 sittings. The ' county for grazing purposes is the pasture at Monkton

register dates from the year 1665. The living is a by the side of the river Avon. The parish cont·ains

rectory, average tithe rent-charge £342, gross yearly 1,694 acres, of which 26o are arable and the remainder
value £386, net £331, with 32 acres of glebe anci resi- pasture; rateable value, £4,673; the population in 188I
dence, in the gift •of the Lord Chancellor, and held Eince was 613.
1877 by the Rev. Alan Brodrick M.A. of Exe•ter College, Post Office.-Mrs. Sarah Skeen Gore, receiver. Letter-s

Oxford. Here are \Vesleyan and Particular Baptist through Melksham, two deliveries, 7.30 a.m. & 5-35
chapels. Here is a charity of Ann Harding and Betsy p.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest money order
Paradice, who left, on July II, 1786, £19 yearly to & tele•graph ·office is at Holt. Postal orders aie issued

educate 20 poor boys or girls (this is given to the here, but not paid

National school), and £6 yeai"ly to be distributed at Wall Boxes cleared 7 p.m. & Broughton common 8.15

Christmas between 10 poor persons who have no.t re- a.m. & 7.10 p.m

9eived parish relief: Mrs. Purbeck left by will £5 yearly, National School (mixed), built in 1856 & enlarged in 1871
to be distributed at Christmas, in sums of ss. each. to & 1893, with residence for master & mistress, for 128

the most deserving and necessitous families. On .April children; average attendance, 95 ; :Mr. Moses Thomas.

:24th, r88o, Mrs. Elizabeth Sly left by will the sum of master; Mrs. Anne Thomas, mistress

Bennett Alfred, Hollybrook house Gore Henry Jacob, Bell inn Mortimer Obed, grocer &c

Brodrick Rev. Alan M ..A. Rectory Green Frederick, tailor ~fortimer Seth, market gardener

Burbidge Mrs Green Simeon, tailor Mortimer William, baker

Sawyer John, Gifford hall Green Tom, tailor Pocock Henry John, farmer

Spackman Mrs Harding Edward, carpenter & smith Pocock Hubert, farmer, The Cross

Harding Jas. carpenter & wheelwright Powell Charles & George, florists

COMMERCIAL. Harding William, carpenter Rawlings J ames, dairyman

.Alexander John, mason Keen Frank, shopkeeper Sawyer John, farmer. Gifford hall

Bishop John Henry, farmer, Common Keen William, farmer Sims Edward (Mrs.), farmer

Blake Alfred, farmer, Monkton Keevil James, farmer, Leechpool & Spackman Richard, frmr. Hawthorn vii

Collett John, boot maker Frying Pan farms Spackman William, frmr. Egerton vil

Collett Tom, Fox & Hounds inn Marks Sidney, coal dealer Spackman Waiter, farmer, Church fm

Ferris Samuel, farmer, Mill farm Merrett Frank, thatcher 'Vebb 'Villiam, farmer

Gerrish George, dairyman Merrett Hubert, thatcher ·white George, farmer

Gerrish Stephen, farmer Mortimer .Aaron, coal merchant \Vickham Henry, contractor

Gore Edwin Albert, mattress maker Mortimer Abel, grocer &c

BULFORD is a parish and village on the east bank sittings. The register dates from the year 1645. The

of the Avon, 6 miles north from Porton station on the living is a vicarnge, average tithe rent-charge j,212, net

n: ain line of the Lond·on and South ·western rail"\\' ay, yearly value £u8, in the gift of James Ledger Hill esq. and

I! north-east from Amesbury, and 9 north from Salis- held since 1887 by the Rev. Cecil No.rth Arnold M.A.

bury, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Clare College, Cambridge. Here is a Congregational

and petty sessional division of Salisbury and .Amesbury, chapel, with a Sunday school attached. Near the village,

union of Amesbury, Salisbury county court district, lying in the Avon, which flows through it, is a stone,

rural deanery of Amesbury (Amesbury portion), arch- supposed to be o.f the same description as those at

deaconry of Sarum and diocese of Salisbury. The church Stonehenge. James Ledger Hill esq. who is lord of the

of St. John the Evangelist is an ancient structure of manor, and Miss Seymour are the principal landowners.

stone and brick in the Early English style, consisting The soil is light and chalky; subsoil, chalk. The chief

of a chancel, nave, north transept, south porch, and crops are wheat, barley and 'Oiats. The area is 3,543

squa:re western tower containing 2 bells: tpe church was acres of land and 14 of water; rateable value, £1,667;

partially re•stored in 1879, the seats in the nave and in 1891 the population was 341.

transept being lowered, the pulpit placed in its original Parish Clerk, William Hedges.

position and a new reading desk and lectern provided: Post Office.-Mrs. Jane Rowden, sub-postmistress. Let-

the prayer book was the gift of George Melsome e.sq. ters through Salisbury, Vla Amesbury, arrive at 7.30

of Watergate House, in this parish: in 1891 an organ a.m. & 1.30 p.m. Box cleared at 11.25 a.m. & 6 p.m.

was added at a cost of £150: a brass altar cross and week days; sundays, 3.20 p.m. Amesbury is the
vases were given by Mrs. Hill and the site ~ven by Mr.
nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders
Hill for a. new vicaiage ; the cost of building, which
aie issued here, but not paid
was raised by subscriptions and grants from the Eccle-

siastical Commissioners and the trustees of Queen Public Elementaxy School (mixed), erected in 1874, with

Anne's bounty, amounted to £1,891; there are 200 a house & garden for the mistress, for 6o children ;

46 BuLFORO. WILTSHIRE. [ KELLY's

o.vera.ge attendance, 48 ; Mrs. Mary Ann Knight, mis· & sat. about 9.30 a.m. ; returning the same day;
tress. Milston children also attend this• school
Carriers- to Salisbury.-Herbert Toomer, on tues. thurs. Samuel Rumbold, on tues. thurs. & sat. at 9 a.m.
returning same day

.Arnold Rev. Cecil North M.A. (vicar) Hooper James, farmer, Upper & Lower RowdenJane(Mrs.),shpkpr.&Post office

Hill James Ledger J.P. Manor hous~ fam1s (postal address, Milston, Rumbold Samuel, Rose & Crown P.H.

Melsome George, Watergate house Salisbury) & carrier

Pinn Rev. John (Congregational) Lake Robert, blacksmith & shopkeeper Sturgess William, bricklayer

Bailey John, painter & glazier Melsome George, farmer Swadden William, shopkeeper

Candy Hannah (1frs.), shopkeeper

· :SULKINGTON is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in at Keevil. The Wesleya.ns· ha.ve a chapel here, built •
1884 out of the parish of Kee.vil, 3 miles south from about 1840, to hold xoo. Here are the remains of a.n
Seend station on ·the Great ·western railway, 6 ~outh old market cross. Thomas Gaisford: e;;q. of Offington,
from Devizes and 7 east from Trowbridge, in the Western 'Vorthing, Sussex, is lord of the manor and: principal
division of the county, hundred and petty sessional' division /landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and brash.
of Whorlwellsdon, Westbury and Whorwellsdon union The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats, but princi-
and Trowbridgd county court district, rural deanery of pally pasture. The area. is 973 acres; rateable value,
Potterne (Potterne portion), archdeaconry of Wilts, and £x,93S; the population in 1891 was
diooose of Salisbury. The river Avon flows to the south Parish Clerk, Simo!ll Wilkins.
of the parish, and in part forms its boundary. Christ
Church is a plain stone structure in the Go•thic Lettm-s through Devizes, arrive at 8.30 a.m. The nearest
style, consisting of chancel, nave and western belfry money order & telegraph office is a.t Seend. Wall
with I bell: there are 100 sittings. 'fhe register Letter Box cleared! at 6.30 p.m

dates from the y.ear I86o. The living is a. vicarage, National School (infants), for 20 children; average
yearly value [ISO, in the gift of the vicar of e.ttendance, 17; Miss Ada Lambert, mistress
Keevil, and held since I883 by the Rev. Edward Cham- The boys & girls attend the schools at Keevil & Seend
berlaine M.A. of ·worcester College, Oxford, who resides Carrier to Devizes.-George Golding, thurs

Hillier Miss, Rose villa Crees Henry, farmer Puckridge Samuel, fam1er
Newman Mrs Golding George, carrier & farmer Rose John, farmer, Poplars
Hillier Ham, farmer Rose Maria (Mrs.), baker & grocer
COMMERCIAL. Jefferies Joseph, carter White Hy. mllr. (water),Bulkington ml
l\fatthews George, carter Wilkins Simon, boot maker
Axford John, Bell P.H. & brewer Oram Joseph, carpenter Wiltshire James, carter
Barnes Elizabeth (Mrs.), smith
Burbidge Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper

:SUR::SAGE is a village and parish, on the road from I875 the late Archdeacon Stanton bequeathed £2oo, the
Marlborough to Salisbury, 5~ miles east from Pewsey, interest of which is to be spent in gifts of clothing to

6 south-east fro•n Marlborough, 17 east from Devizes and the poor. The Kennet and Avon canal passes, under

70 from London, having within the parish, and I mile north- the railway station, by a. tunnel a quarter of a mile in

east from the village, the Savernake Junction station length; on the canal are two locks, wharves and a

of the Berks and Rants extension branch of the Great goods station. The Burbage and Easton Friendly

Western railway and I west from Grafton station of Society has' 200 members, having a capital of [3,780;

the Midland and South Western junction railway, this members at 65 years of age are pensioned off and cease

company having also running powers through Savernake paying to t.he fund. The Marquess of .Ailesbury is lord

station; it is in the Eastern divi8ion of the county, of the manor and principal landowner. The soil •is

Kinwardstone hundred, petty sessional division and green sand; subsoil, chalk. Chief crops, wheat, barley,

county court district of Marlborough, Pewsey union, oats and roots. The area iSI 3,685 acres; rateable value,

rural deanery of Marlborough (Pewsey portion), arch- [4,40I; the population in 1891 was x,213.

deaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The church Parish C1erk, Thomas Nutley.

of All Saints is a Perpendicular and Early English Leigh Hill is a hamlet 2 miles north and Durley is

building of stone and flint, rebuilt in x8s4, excepting also a hamlet 2 miles north-east.

the tower: it has a chancel which retains a piscina and Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity
sedilia, nave of five bays with clerestory, aisles, south & Insurance Office.-John William Billiard, sub-post-
porch, and an embattled western tower containing a master. Letters arrive from Marlborough & are de-
clock and S bells : there are eight stained windows, one
in the chancel being to the late Bishop of Salisbury livered at 6.I5 a.m. & s.xs p.m.; sundays, 6.IS a.m.;
(Denison) : in I876 a .south aisle, called the Stanton dispatched at 9.40 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; sundays, 7.30 p.m
chapel, was added to the chancel and the interior of the Post Office, Leigh Hill.-Thomas Roberts, sub-postmas-
church renovated, as a memorial to .Archdeacon Stanton,
who was for 23 years vicar of the parish: the church is ter. Letters arrive from Marlborough & are deliver-ed
seated with open benches, and has 400 sittings. The at 6 a.m. & 4 p.m. ; sundays, 6 a.m. ; dispatched at
churchyard was extended by all! addition of half an 10.20 a.m. & 7·SS p.m.; sundays, 7·5S p.m. ~ostal
acre of land in 1891. The register dates from the year orders are issued here, but· not paid. The nearest
xs6I. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- teleg-raph office is at Savernake railway station
charge [276, gross yearly value [363, net £22s, in-
Wall Letter Box, Durley, clear-ed at 6.30 a.m. & 7 p.m. i
sundays, 7 p.m

cluding s! acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Schools.
the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since I8go by the National (mixed), bui~t in I856, for ISO children; aver-

Rev. William Augustine Heygate M.A. of New College, age attendance, II8; Charles Hannath, master

Oxford. Here is a Wesi.eyan chapel which will seat National (infants'), built in I86I by George, Marque8s

700. There are charities of the yearly value of [72 of Ailesbury, for 120 children; average attendance,

17s. 6d. In I 8os, Philip Pearce bequeathed the sum of 62; Miss Agnes Hibberd, mistress

£2,ooo, the interest of which, after deducting the sum Railway Stations.
r£Wr·1sl't101m, fa1o·snr
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is given in coals to the poor and for education. In , Carriers to Marlborough, pass through on sat

(Marked * postal address Leigh Hill, Bailey Henry Charles, shopkeeper Chandler John, farmer

Marlborough.) Bain Henry Richard, Savernake Forest Cox George, tea dealer

*Baker Charles, Durley hotel & refreshment rooms, Rail- Cox Geo. Fras. beer retlr. Stibb grn
way station Crook Enoch, farmer, Bowden
Curtis William, The Elms Banning John, blacksmith Fairlamb & Butler (Misses), ladies;
Belton Sabina (Mrs.), dressmaker,
Farquhar James M.D East sands school, Westcott
Fall & Sons, coal merchants, steam
Heygate Rev. Wm. .Augustine M.A. Brooke Mary (Mrs.), coal merchant,
(vicar) Westcott plough & thrashing machine owners,
The Wharf
Hillard John Burbage & Easton Friendly Society Fall John Ward, assistant overseer
Farmer William, shopkeeper & baker,
Ingram Thomas F. Golden land (Charles Hannath, sec) Ram alley
Burden Henry, White Hart inn Farquhar James M.D., O.M. surgeon,
*:Merriman Edward Baverstock, Durley Burrough John, boot repr. East sands

Stone Jonathan Glass, East sands

Sturton Rev. Chas. Jas., B.A. (curate)

COMMERCIAL. Burrou~h Wm. Hy. crpntr. & shopkpr & medical officer & public vaccina·

Allford Charles, tailor *Chandler William, deer keeper to the tor, Pewsey union, No. 3 district

Bailey Henry, builder & contractor Marquess of Ailesbury, Durley Gee Jarnes William, f¥IUer, Sudden

DIRECTORY.] WILTSHIRE. CALNE. 47

GiddingsPolly(Mrs.),drssmkr.Eastcott Jackman Henry, farmer, East sands *Pocock Thomas, shopkeeper, Durley
*Green John, dairyman, Durley
J efferies Louisa (Mrs.), dressmaker Popejoy George, carpenter & whlwght

Green Rellben, farmer, Westcott J olmson Frank, grocer & baker Read George Jas. farmer, Manor ho

Grist Oliver, boot maker *Kennet & Avon Navigation (Henry *Savernake Estate Office, Marquess of

Highett John & Sons, grocers & coal Merritt, lock keeper), Brimslade Ailesbury's (Edwd.Baverstock Merri-

merchants, Stibb green Lee Jn. beer ret. & shpkpr. East sands man, agent; Charles Baker, sub-

Harding James, bailiff to the Right Lewis George, farmer, Kinwardstone agent), Durley

Hon. Lord Ohas. Fredk. Brudenell- Lewis John, farmer Skittral Geo. hurdle & wood crib ma

Bruce, The Laundry Mann James, jun. shoe maker Smith Frederick Thomas, china, glass

Hilliard John William, grocer, draper, Marsh "\Villiam, market gardener & hardware dealer

patent medicine vendor, Post office New Stphn. baker & shpkpr.East sands Spackman James, boot & shoe makel'

Hilliard Thomas, farmer, East sands Norris Henry Charles, New inn, brewer Tasker James Lansley, black•smith

Hoare Oliver, baker & shopkeeper & maltster Village Stores (Miss Higgin, managrss)

Hope J ames, coal merchant Noyes Jas. grcr. draper & ironmongr Vines Broom, farmer, Harepath

Hope Joseph, mrkt. grdnr. Marr grn Offord Charles, tailor

BURCOMBE is a parish and village, 2 miles west Rev. Calcraft Neeld Wyld, who is also Prior of St.
from Wilton station on the London and South Western John's Hospital. This seems to have been a Roman

and Great Western joint railways, and 5 west from settlement. The principal landowners are the Earl of
Salisbury, in the Southern division of the county, hun- Pembroke, who is lord of the manor, and the Prior of
dred of Cawden and Cadworth, petty sessional division the Hospital of St. John. The soil is principally chalk;
of Salisbury and Amesbury, Wilton union, Salisbury subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat and barley.
county court district, rural deanery of Wilton, archdea- The area is 1,423 acres; rateable value, £3,061; the

conry of Sarum, and diocese of Salisbury. The church population in 1891 was 330 in the civil and 305 in the
of St. John, formerly a chapel of the Priory of St. John ecclesiastical parish.
at Ditchampton, in this parish, is a small and very Parish Clerk, James Uphill.

ancient stone building, consisting of chancel, nave of Ugford is a hamlet, half a mile east.
four bays, north aisle and low, square, flat-roofed tower, A portion of the hamlet of Ditchampton is within the
with one bell: it was completely restored in 1858, when limits of this parish, but, being adjacent to Wilton, the
the aisle and a vestry were added : the chancel is ex- names of persons residing there will be found under
tremely small: the east window is s·tained and is of three Wilton.
lights: on the south side of the chancel are two memorial Post Office.-James B. Hibberd, sub-postmast~r. Let-
windowS': there are 170 sittings. The earliest register ters arrive from Salisbury via Wilton, at 7.30 a.m.;
bears date r682. The living is a vicarage, average tithe dispatched at 8.30 p.m. Barford St. Martin is the

rent-charge [30, net yearly value £59• with residenc·e, nearest money order & Wilton the nearest tel. office
in the .gift of the Prior of the Hospital of St. John at National School, built in 1876, for so children; average
Ditchampton, in this parish, and held since 1894 by the attendance, 34; Miss Mary Smith, mistress

SOUTH BURCO)ffiE. Wootton George, The Ship P.H Wyld Rev. Calcraft Neeld (vicar)

Carpenter Joseph, Manor house NORTH BURCOil-IBE. Carpenter George, farm bailiff to :Mr.
Carpenter Joseph, farmer J ames E. Rawlence
Spearing George, miller & baker
French Major General Arthur C.B., Drew Martin, farmer

R.M.A. Ugford

BUTTERMERE is a parish and small village, on the with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and

border of the county, on an eminence overlooking the held since r86g by the Rev. William Esdaile Burkitt

county of Berks, 5 miles south-east from Bedwyn station B.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. Henry Oscar Kidman

on the Great Western railway, 12 south-east from Marl- esq. who is lord of the manor, Henry Gough esq. and
H. D. Woodman esq. of the Manor House, Ham, are
borough, and 5!! south from Hungerford, in the Eastern the principal landowners. The soil is a strong clay and
flint; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats
division of the county, Kinwardstone hundred, petty and' barley. The area. is 1,502 acres; rateable value,
sessional division of Everley and P.ewsey, Hungerford
union and county court district. rural deanery of Marl-

borough (Pewsey portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and £548; the population in 1891 was 141.
diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. James, re- Parish Clerk, Charles Cummings.

stored in 1852, is a plain edifice of stone in the Early Letters through Hungerford arrive oaftfic9e, a.m. Shal-
English style, and consists of chancel and nave, south bourne is the nearest money order & telegraph

porch with tower and spire in the centre containing one office at Hungerford. Ham is the nearest post office
bell: there are sittings for 86 persons. The register
dates from the year 1727. The living is a rectory, Letter Box cleared at 5·45 p.m

gTOss yearly value from tithe rent-charge {,2gB, average Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1872, for 25 chil-
£226, net income £153, including I~ acres of glebe, dren; average attendance, 25; Miss Jane White, mist

Burkitt Rev,. William Esdaile :B.A.JKidman Henry Oscar, farmer &; land-~ North Thomas, farm bailiff to Henry

Rectory owner, Buttermere manor Gough esq

CALNE.

C.A.iLNE is a. very ancient muncipal borough, market called " Calne Within," the remainder of the .original
town, e.nd the head of a union and petty sessional Calne parish to be known in future as " Calne \V1thout,"
division, with •a terminal st-ation on a branch of the , which see. The town is lighted with gas by a company,
Grerut Western railway from Chippenbam, opened 3rd of ' and supplied by a limited company with water obtained
Novemiber, 1863; it is on the old road to Bath and from rock springs in the parish of Cals·tone Wellington,
Bristol, 88 miles from London by road and roo by from whence it flows through pipes ~y gravitation direct
railway, 19 east from Bath, 30 north from Salisbury, 8 to the town. A reservoir has been constructed to supply
north from Devizes and 6 east from Chippenham, in the the mills- which would otherwise !have suffered.
North Western division of the county, Calne hundred, .A. scheme of .sewerage was carried out about r88o,
rural deanery of AvC~bury (Avebury portion), archdea.- and has since been altered and improved at a cost of
conry of Wilts e.nd diocese of Salis,bury. The towp is a about £6,ooo; the sewage is- conveyed by gravitation
borough by prescription, but received a charter or a to an outfall about 2 miles distant, where it is passed
confirmation of then existing privileges from Hen. III. ; through filter beds, and the pure effluent falls into the
under the provisions of the "Municipal Corporations, river.
Act, 183.5" (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76), the Corporation was I The borough returned two memlbers to the Parliament
reformed, and now consists of a. may<>r, four aldeTmen of 1295, and again in 13oo-r, and from 1304 to 1307;
and twelve councillors, who aot also as the Urban Sani- after this date its representation in Parliament appears
tary Authority. In 1889 the borough was enlarged, to have been for a long time very irregular, but it strill,
under the Local Government Board's "Provisional when represented, continued to return <liwo members,
Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1889" (52 & 53 Vict. until the passing of the ''Reform Act, 1832 '' (2 & ~
c. 146); the Local Board of He.aHh was then also merged in Wm. IV. c. 45), by which the number was reduced to
the municipal council, and, 0111 March 25th, r8go, the are'S one, and under the provisions of the "Redistribution of
within the borough was created a separate civil parish, Seats Act, r885 " (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), the representa~

48 CALNE. 'WILTSHIRE.

tion of the borough was merged in that of the north- Co. Limited ; this firm kills over roo,ooo pigs annually.

west division of the county. Mr. Edward Ward Maundrell has considerable agricul-

In the neighbourhood are a nurruber of springs, suffi- tural engineering works. There are branches here of

cient in their united: strength to turn several corn mills, the Capital and Oountie·s. Bank Limited and the Wilts

and which, with other streams, constitute the head of and Dorset Banking Co. Limited.

the river Ca[ne or Marden, which flows through the The market, formerly held on Wednesdays, is now

centre of the town and joins the Avon near Chippenham. disconrtinued.
The church of St. Mary the Virgin, standing in the The Literary Institution and Free Library has a

middle of the town, is a large edifice in the Transition library of r,8oo volumes: 'there is also -a Friendly

and Perpendicular styles, with .some porbiong. of modern Society, and in connection with it a Juvenile Friendly

date, and: consists of chancel, with cha·pels, nave, aisles, Society: the Oddfellows', who purchased the building in

south porch, the chapel of St. Edmund Rich, formerly 1893, hold their meetings here.

called the "Horse market," and a tower, rising over A branch navigation from Calne unites the '\<Viltshire
one of the transepts, and containing a clock with chimes and Berkshire canal wi'th !that of the Kennet and Avon.
and 8 bells: the original centrad tower fell in 1628 : the The Hospital for Infectious Diseases, in Northfield!i,
arcades between the nave and aisle are Norman; the was erected by the Urban and Rural Sanitary Authorities

clerestory Perpendicular ; the chancel is in part in the in 1887, on a site given by the Marquess of Lansd<rwne;

Renaissance style : the stalined eaS't window was pre&ented it is of brick, and contains 4 wards, with beds for 20
in 1891 by Miss Maria Gabriel: the reredos, of Oorsham
stone, designed by Mr. J. L. Pearson R.A., F.S.A. and patients; it also has a de·tached lodge for the matron
illumin~ted in gold and colour, was the gift of Mrs. and a mortuary.
Murray, of Castle House, Calne : there are several other
stained windows and a fine pulpit, and in r882 a new Oharities.-The Church land·s consist of 3a. 3r. op. in
Northfield and 3r. 34P· rin Abberd, ·the rents of which
organ 'W-as provided : the church also retains an ancient are paid t'O the churchwardens, and applied by them for
pa.rish ches•t banded with iron: the church was restored church purposes. Finamore's charity consists· of a nut-
and enlarged in 1864 by Mr. Slater, architect, at a cost
of £1,10o, and further restored in 1882-;:1 under the charge of 4os. yearly on certain property in High street,
direcbion of Mr. J. L. Pearson R.A., F.S.A. when a
screen was erected between the aisle and St. Edmund Calne, formerly the Crown inn ; this· sum is now J•aid
Rich's chapel and a new porch built, and in 1891 the to the treasurer of Oalne Boys' National School. Dr.
chancel was widened, the total cost amounting to Swad!ien's charity comprises a rent-charge on certain
£2,300: there are now Boo sittings. The register dates property at Great Horwood and Singleborough, in the
from the year 1527. The living is a vicarage, gross county of Bucks, of £4 yearly, disrtributed by the four
yearly value [778, with residence, in the gift of the aldermen of the borough '·for the use of the poor of
Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1865 by the Rev. honest conversation " in the parish of Calne, as directed
John Duncan M.A. of Aberdeen University, canon and in the original bequest. Smith's charity consists of a
prebendary of S~lisbury and surrogate. A portaon of ~hare in the profits of property situate in the pa;ish of
this parish was, on August 14, 1879, for ecclesiastical
purposes -.mnexed to the adjoining parish of Cherhill; Longney, m Gloucestershire, and is applied for the
other portions by Order in Council, 2nd December, 1887,
were added to the parishes of Calstone Wetlington and benefit of the poor of the parish. The Baydon land.s
Illackland und Heddington. comprise 27a. 3r. x6p. s·ituate in the parish of llanlon,
Wiltshire, the rents of which are distributed h the
vicar and churchwardens and 4 representative trustees.
2 each being appointed by the ve·stry and the town
council re'Spectively. Foreman's charity, established by

The Society of Friends have a meeting house in Wood Robert I•'oreman for educational purposes, is repres('Il'ted
street, erected in 1816, with 150 sittings. by the rent of ground ca!Qed Cl<otly, in the parish of
Calne, which is paid to the trustees of the Boys' ~Iiddle
'J.'Ihe Free Church, in Church street, erect~d in 1867, Clas.s schDol. Dr. Towrrson's alm·shouse·s consist of B
houses situate a't Calne, in which persons· appointed by
at a cost of £6,ooo, has sitting!!· for 300 persons.

The Wesleyan chapel, Silver street, erected in 1876, at
a cost of £2,200, will seat 400; a new organ was pro- the vicar reside free of rent. Sir John Ernle's charity,
founded by Sir John Ernle kt. formerly of '""hetham,
vided in 1893.
The Baptist chapel, ca.stle street, rebuilt in 1815, has near Oalne, who conveyed the property at Calne to
350 sittings. Zion Baptis·t chapel, Wood street, erect-ed trustees for the maintenance of "four poor women,
widows of the parish of Calne," nominated by the vicar
in 1836, will s·eat 250 persons.
and churchwardens. Harris's chnrity : this charity con-
The Primitive Methodist chapel, The Quarry, has 200
sittings. This sect has als'O a meeting room in Wood sists of £ r,ooo, bequeathed lby the late Mr. Henry

street, built in 1893. and seating rso. Harris and now invested in 2£ Consols•, in the name·s

The Nonconformist Cemetery, in the Bath road, con- of trustees, the interest on which is distributed annually
t-ains about one acre of land, given by the Marquess of by the town council among 'the poor of the parish of
Lansdowne : it has a. mortuary chapel and a caretaker's Caine, in the shape of great coats, cloaks and blankets.
Joseph Harris's charity of £zoo, bequeathed in 18gr,
lodge.

'rhe old Town Hall, which stood on the Market hill, and invested bv testator's direction in the shares of the
was taken down in 1882, and the site was then given to Calne Water Company, is administered by the town

the town by the Marque•ss of Lansd{)\\ue to be kept as council. The Town Stock chari'ty is represented by

en open space for ever. The new Town Hall, erected on £226 os. 8d. in.vested in z£ per cent. Consols, the
the site of the old Town mill, which was purchased by dividends whereon are annually distributed among the
the corporation, is a build!ing of stone in the Tudor poor of the parish by the town council. The charity

style, and contains the Corn Exchange, Council Cham- formerly invested in the Calne Savings Bank, consists of

ber, Assembly Rooms, Magistrates' Room, Police Station [76, the interest of which is annually distributed by the
(with 2 cells), Volunteer DriLl Hall and Armoury. The churchwardens among the poor of the parish. Weeks~

cost of the site and building was £9,365, of which charity originally consisted of certain property which, in

£6,sos was given by vDluntary subscriptions. 1846, W'as sold for £450, and the proceeds invested in

The municipal insignia consists only of e. mayor's 3 per cent. (now 2£) Consols, the dividends thereon, now

chain and 'badge and a borough seal; the former, of amounting to £14 ss. 8d. yearly, are annually distributed

silver gilt, was· made in Birmingham in 1881, and pur- among the poor widows of the parish of Calne. Hunger-

chased in r883 by the Corporation for £43; it consists ford charity was founded by 'V'alter Hungerfmd esq. of

of fifteen links and a pendent oval badge, surrounded by StudJey, in Calne parish, who, in 1845, granted an

scroll work of oak and ohlve leaves, surmounted by a annuity {)f £2o out of certain messuages, lands and'

cherub's head and inclosing the town arms: gu. a castle hereditaments at Calne, Blackland and Heddington, " for

towered, be>tween 2 osrtrich leathers, and 1 in ba&e arg. the recovery, support or maintenance of any sick,

The borough seal, of silver, is circular, and bears the wounded or maimed people of the said parish of Calne :"'
arms as above, and a marginal inscription, with the this charity, th~ present income of which is [31, is

date 1836; this seal is apparently a copy of s-eals distr\buted "from time to time" by the minister,

existing in the r6tlb. and r8th centuries. The corporation churchW'ardens tand two members of tlb.e Calne town

has a fine two-handed silver loving cup, with cover, council.

ornamented with repousse work, and presented in r86o The public recreation ground at the Anchor, given to

by the Earl of Shelburne, and there is also a silver gilt t.he corporation in 1890 by Aid. Thomas Harris J.P. was

snuff-box, given by Lord Shelburne in 1851; it is opened in 1891; it consists of about 6 acres, and has a

elaborately engraved, and bears the borough arms on splendid cycling track, cricket ground, tennis courts, a

the lid, between the dates 1696 and 1720. The mayor's pa.vilion and a caretaker's lodge. The new thoroughfare

robe is of purple or chocolate coloured cloth, faced with called "Ivy walk" was presented to the town by A.ld. T.

sable fur. Harris in 1887.

The most impmtant branches of trade in this t-own In 1894 the Marquess of Lansdowne presented to the

are the two large establishments for curing bacon, corporation a piece of land 70 feet by 30, adjoining the
belonging to Messrs. Oh?-rles and Thomas Harris !j.nd river Marden, for th~ purposes of a publio bathing plact.

DIRECTORY.-l 'VILTSHIRE. C.ALNE. 49

On the 24th of October, 1882, a disastrous flood, sup- of the parish, immediately over}ying the middie oolite;

posed to have been occasioned; by an unusual storm of the l'oniand beds being absent and the chalk occurring

1·ain on the hills, occurred here, during which the water in the extreme portion (}f the parish to the east. A. bed

rose to the height of 4ft. ~n. at the post office: from of the coral rag containing a coarse kind of freestone is

about 6 a·.m. until I p.m. gradually subsiding until 6 worked in the town, and affords a tolerably good bm~ding

p.m. when the usual level of the stream was reached. stone : this bed is famQiUS for the remains of echinidm

The principaJ landQiwners are the Marquess of Lans- (sea-urchins, star-fishes &c.), and other fossiis found in

downe, who is lord! (}f the manor, Sir John Poynder it. The land in the district is chiefly in pasture, but

Dickson-Poynder bart. M.P. Lord Houghton and Major not entirely so, there being a considerable portion of

Clement Walke1·-Heneage V.C. the sandy soil under the plough. Wheat and beans are

The soil is chiefly sandy, except in the valleys, which gro<wn on the heavier portion, and barley and roots on

dip into the Oxford clay. the lighter. The Marquess of Lansdowne has a large

The parish of Calne occupies a part of the middle tract let on the all()tment system. The area of Calne

oolite series of rocks, and contains all the members of "Within is 356 acres; rateable value, £ I0,253; the popu-

that goological division-coral, rag, coarse sandstone, lation in 1891 was 3,495, including 86 officers and in-

alternating- with beds of clay and sand. The lower green- mat·es in the workhouse.

sand and Kimmeridge clay are found on the eastern side Sexton, Henry Henly.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, &c.

Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity Treasurer, John Haines, Capital & Countie:o Bank

& :Insurance Office, Market place.-:Miss Sarah Eliza- Borough .Auditors, .Maurice Hol.ley & John J. Boden

beth Baily, r.ostmistre•ss. Letters arrive from all parts Medical Officer of Health, Donald Campbell M.D., C.M.

by mail cart at 4.30 & I0.30 a.m. I & 6 p.m.; de- High street

liveries at 7 & 10.40 a.m.; LIS & 6.10 p.m.; London, Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Geo. Drewett, Curzon st

Bath, Bristol &c. 9 a.m.; London day (ChippeHham), Hon. Superintendent of Fire Engines, E. W. Maundrell,

"10.20 a. m. London, Chippenham, Devizes &c. at r. IS engine house, The Wharf

p.m.; North of England, Ireland & Scotland, South- Coflector, William Lambly Tucker, Market hill

-ampt:m & South-·West of England, Bath & Bristol, at Weighbridge Clerk, Edward Cossins, Patford street

4 p.m.; London & all parts at 9.15 p.m. Money orders Hall Keepe.r, C~arles F. Cue, High street

are granted & paid at this office from 9 till 9

Wall Letter Box, Wiood street, cleared week days only Public Establishments.

at 9·S5 a.m. 12.55, 3·35 & 8.40 p.m Cemetery (:Xonconformist), Bath road, John Chappell,
hon. sec. ; "\Villiam Moore, curator
Wall Lettel' Box, Marsh, cleared, week days, at 8.30 a.m.
& 7·4:> p.m. & 10 a.m. sundays County Court Office, Market place His HonoT C. F. D.

Wall Letter Box, Silver street, cleared, week days only, Caillard, judge; William Rogers, registrar & high
at 8.20 & Io. 10 a. m. 1. ro, 3.50 & 9 p.m bailiff; Bert.ram J. Spackman, deputy registrar;
Frooerick Smart, sub-bailiff. The County Court is
'Pillar Letter Box, London road, cleared week days only, he•ld at the Town Hall every alternate month. The
at 8 & ro.5 a.m. 1.5, 3-{5 & 8.55 p.m district comprises ·the following places :-Blackland,

County Magistrates for Calne Petty Se·ssional Division.

Lansdowne ~[arquess of K.G., G.1\LS.I., G.M.I.E., Bowood, Bremhill-Bupton, Calne, Calstone, Catcomb£:,
G.C.M.G. Bowood park, Calne, chairman
Charlcote, Cherhill, Clack, Cliffansty, Compton Bassett,
'Valker-Heneage Miajor ClementJ V.C., D.L. Compton
hous~, Compton Bassett Carton, Derry Hill, East Tytherton, Foxham, Goatacre,

Browne Henry esq. Blackland park, Calne Heddington, Heddington Wick, Highway, Hillmarton,
Harris Herbert Jas. Bowden esq. Hill ho. Chippenham
Harris Thomas esq. South place, Calne Litt1ecott, Lyneham, Marsh Lane, Mile Elm, New
Rudge Lieut.-UJl.
Smith Henry Herbert, Buckhill, Calne Zealand, Preston, Quemerford, Ratford Bridge, Sandy

Clerk to the Magistrate.s, Bertram John Spackman, Lane, Spirthill, Stanley, Stockley, Studley, Tockenham
The S•trand
Petty Sessions are held atl the Town Hall, on the third Row, Theobald Green, Tossells, Whetham, Wick Hill

monday in the month, at II a.m. The following places & YatCJsbury
are included in the petty sessional division :-Black-
land, Bo•wood, Bremhill, Calm~, Calstone Wellington, For Bankruptcy purposes this Court is included in tha.t
Cherhill, Compton Bassett, Heddington, Highway, Hil-
marton, Yatesbury of Swindon ; Henry Coggan Tombs, 32 High street,

Swindon, official receiver

County Police Station, Town hall, Market place, Thomas

Gross, inspector & I constable .

Inland Revenue Office, John P. O'Gorman, officer, I

Yearle villas, London road

Town Hall & Corn Exchange, Market place; Charles

Francis Cue, High street, keeper

Borough Magistrates. Rural District Council.
The 1\Iayor & Ex-Mayor.

Clerk, George IS13ac Gough. Meets at the union every alternate board day after the
Pebty Sessi(}ns are held at the Town Hall, fortnightly. geneTal business of the board.

CQirporation. Clerk, Bertram Spackman, The Strand
Treasurer, John Haine>s, Capital & Counties Bank, Calne

I894-9S· Medical Officer of Health, Donald Campbell M.D., C.M.

Mayor-Alderman Henry Wilkins. High street
Ex-Mayor-Alderman John Dommett Bishop. Sanita.ry Inspector & Surveyor, John Godfrey, Queme.r-
Deputy Mayor'-Councillor William Alexander '\'Vebb.
ford house•, Quemerford

Aldermen. Calne Union.

tThomas Harris I ~John Bownas The union comprises the following places :-Bowood,
t John Dommett Bishop §Henry Wilkins Bremhill, Calne, Calne without, Cherhill, Compton
Bassett, Heddington, Highway, Hillmarton & Yates-
Councillors. bury. The area of the union is 29,324 acres; rateable
value in I894,£51,28o; the population in I891 was 8,509
tSamuel White Bennett tEdward Maundrell
Board day, every alternate wednesday, at the Work-
tJohn William Carpenter tWilliam Tucker house, at n a.m.

tFrederick W. Pinniger *George Chivers Clerk to the. Guardians & Assessment Committee,
Bertram John Spackman, The Strand
tHenry Woodward *Frederick C. Henly
Treasurer, John Haines, Capital & Counties Bank, Calne
tJames Heaven *Noah Webb RB'lieving & Vaccination Officer for the Union, William

.+Thomas Hillier *William Alexander Webb Francis Eattell, Lickhill road
Collector to the Guardians, Wm. Fras. Eattell, Lickhill rd
Marked thus t retire in I895· ~iedical Officers, No. I district, Donald Campbell M.D.,

Marked thus t retire in I896. C. M. High street, Calne; No. 2 district, William
Andrew Hayes, Elm grove, Silver street
Marked thus * retire in I897· Public Yaccinator for the Union, Donald Campbell M.l).,
C.)f. High street
Marked thus § retiN in 1898.
WILTS, 4
Meetings are held quarterly at the 'l'own Hall at 7 p.m.
& for sanitary business the third monday in every
month at 6.30 p.m

Town Clerk & Clerk to the l'rban District Council,
George Isaac Gough, Church street

l>O CALNE. \YILTSHIRE. [ KELLY's

Superintendent Registrar, Bertram John Spackman, and premises at Calne. TwOi ·exhibitions, respectively

The Strand, Calne; deputy, Frederick Charles Henly, of £'2-o and £18 yearly, at Queen's College, Oxford,

High street given by Sir Francis Bridgman, for the benefit of boys

Registrar of Births & Deaths, Calne sub-district, William born in the county of Wilts, and educated in this

F. Eattell, Lickhill road school, have been lost. A scheme is now (1895) about

Deputy Registrar of Births & Dea.ths & Registrar of to be issued bY' the Charity Commissioners for the

Marriages, Cornelius Clark, Church street better management Qf this school : the school was

Workhouse, Northfield, a building, in the Italian style, rebuilt about 1840; John Bownas, maste;r

of native stone, erected in 1847, at a cost of about St. Mary's Church of England, middle cla&s school for

£5,ooo & is for 145 inmates; Rev. Preben<1ary John girls, The Green, was commenced in 1873 by Miss

Dunca.n M. A. chaplain; Donald Campbell M. D. medical Eleanor Gabriel, under the direction of the vicar of

officer; Frederick Baker, master; Mrs. Baker, matron Calne; 1\'Iiss Dyas, mistress. It has an original en-

School Attendance Committee. dowment of £5oo, to which has been added (1894}
£I,ooo for scholarEhips by Miss Eleanor N. Gabriel;

Meets at the union every alternate board day after the Mrs. Murray has also given an endowment of £200

general business of the board. The Orphan Home for Middle• Class Boys was founded in

Clerk, Bertram John Spackman, The Strand 1873 &; is supported by Miss Maria Gabriel; the boys

Attendance Officer, William Francis Eatteil, Lickhill road attend the National school
National Endorwed (boys), The. Green, built in 1829, for

Public Officers. 203 children; average attendance, 100; the school is

Clerk to Commissionetrs of Property, Land & Assessed endowed from W oodroffe's charity, consisting of a
Taxes, George Isaac Gough, Church street rent-charge of £2 Ios. payable out of certain lands
in Tytherton, Chippenham, Langley Burrell and Har-
Collector of Taxes, William Crook, 9 Lansdowne row de.nhuish, given for the purpose of teaching five poor
Town Crier, }'rederick Smart, Lickhill road bQ~ys; John J ames Boden, master

Places of Worship, with times of services. National (girls), The Green, built for 73 children; aver-

St. Mary's Church, Rev. Prebendary John Duncan M.A. age attendance, so; Mrs . .A.lbert Beazley, mistress
vicar; Rev. Claude C. Parker M.A. Oxon. curate; Infants', Mill st.reet, built for 140 children; average

holy communion 8 a.m. ; matins, 10.45 a.m. ; chil- attendance, 76; Mrs. Bridges, mist-ress
dren's service, 2.45 p.m. ; evensong, 6.30 p.m. ; saints' In 1855 the Right Hon. Hungerford Baron Crewe con-
days, holy communion, 8 a.m. ; daily matins, IC? a.m. ;
veyed 31 perches of land at Stockley, in CaJne parish,
evensong, 5.30 p.m as a site for a school for poor children, and a school-
Free Church, Church ·street, Rev. Robert G. ·wheeler room & school mistress's house. have since been
built thereon: in 1856 the Ecclesiastical Commis-
:'~LA.; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m sioners conve•ved to the vicar of Calne the site of the-
Friends' Meeting House, ·wood st.; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m present Boys' & Girls' National Schools, two d-welling-
Baptist, Castle street, Rev. 1Yilliam H. I. Page, 10.45 houses and gardens near, and a piece of ground with
the infants' school and a dwelling-house and premises
a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; man. & thurs. 7.15 p.m in Mill street
l3aptist (Zion), Wood st. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 7 p.m Juvenile, Wood street, built in 1854, for about 100 chil-
Plymouth Brethren, ·wood street, 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 dl'en; average attendance, 70; Miss Emma P. Beau-
champ, mistre.ss
p.m.; man. & thurs. at 7.30 p.m British (mixed), Church street, built in 1868, for 261
Primitive Me.thodist, London road, Rev. Thomas Sadler, children;. average attendance, boys & girls qo, &;

minister, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m infants go ; J ohu Edward Wood, master; Miss Phrebe
"\Yesleyan, Silver street, Rev. Henry J. Blasdale, 10.30

a.m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 7 p.m

Schools. Perry, infants' mistress

Borough School Attendance Committee. Technical School, on the Green, erected in 1894, at a
cost of £ 1,5oo
Meetings are held at the Town Hall the first thursday
in the month at 7 p.m. Railway Station, rebuilt & much enlarged in 1893; J oseph
Thomas Ludgate, station master
Clerk, George isaac Gough
Attendance Officer, William Francis Eattell, Lickhill road Carriers to :

Bentley's Endowed, The Green (known as the " Middle Devizes-Llewellyn Jas. (omnibus), thurs. returning the-

school") was endowed by John Benilley with a rent- same day; Waiter Woodfoll'd, tues. thurs. & sat. at

charge of £35 Ss. 4d. issuing out of ce.rtain lands at 9.30 a.m. from his house, London road

Be·anacre, Melksham, a rent-charge of .£14 ns. Sd. Water Conveyance to Bath & Bristol-Wilts & Berks

issuing out of two closes called Hilly Leases, and other Canal Lessees

property «t Hardenhuish, Langley Burrell and Chippen- Carrier to the Railway Company-James Cresswell Wall,

ham, 'Viitshire, and the mastetr's house, schoolroom of Bristol

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Drew Henry, Lickhill road HayesWm.Andrew, Elm gro. Silver st

Baily Henry, New road Duncan Rev. John ~LA. (vicar, pre- Henly Frederick Charles, Market hill

Barnes Mrs. Shelburne road bendary & surrogate), Vicarage, Henly Henry C. Curz.on ,street

Barton Charies Herbert, Honey- Mill street Henly Mrs. Curzon street

garston cottage, Oxford road Dyas Miss, The Green Henly Miss, Curzon street

Beaven James, Alma villa, Lickhill rd Eastmead Mrs. 3 Kerry crescent Henly Miss, The Green

Beazley Mrs. Carlton vil. Shelburne rd Edwards· George, London road Hewer Rupert C:ifford, Ra<.e cottag~,.

Beazley "\Villiam Walter, Genesta, Edwards Mrs. 2 Priory villas, New rd London road

Shelburne road Frayling Edmund, Shelburne road Holly Maurice, Fairstowe, Lickhill :.d

Beer William, Lickhill Mad Frayling George, Londlon road Humphries Mrs. Castle street

Bennett Samuel White, Lickhill road Frayling William, Shelburne road Hunt Thomas John, Wood street

Bethell Samuel, Oaklea, Bath road Gabriel The Misses, The Green Keogh Mrs. Shelburne road

Bishop John Dommett, Oxford road Gale William Clare, Wood s.treet Luckett Henry Augustus, The Green

Blasdale Rev. Henry J. (Wesleyau), Gee Mrs. London road Marshman Mrs. London road

Rose oottage, London l'oad Godwin Mrs. Wellington vil. Oxford rd Maundrell Edward, The Green

Bray John, Unity ter. London road, Gough Edwin, Shelburne road Miles William Henry, Wood street

Bridges John, Lickhill road Gough George Isaac, Lansdowne vil. Miller Henry Bond, Lynwood, Shel~

Briscoe Miss, The Green Curzon street burne road

Brya.nt Hy. Symes, Bank ho. High st Gough Louis, Shelburne Mad Mower Mis1s, The Green

l3ull Mrs. Clyde vil. Shelburne road Gough Mrs. Geo. Lawn vil. London rd Murray Mrs. Highlands

Burchell Mrs. The Marsh Gowan Mrs. Church street Nicholls Mrs. Unity ter. Lond.o:n roau

Burt Mrs. Kerry crescent Greenaway Miss, Stanley ho. Wood sL Noon William, New road

Campbell Donal.d M. D. Lornecliiff Gunning WiEiam, Curzon street O'Gorman John Patrick, I Yearle viis.

Caish Thomas, Lickhill road Haddrell Jn. Stanley home, Wood ~t London road

Carpenter J oseph, Shelburne road Hadley Edwin Bernard, Shelburne rd Page Rev. William H. J. (Baptist),.

Chappell John, London road Haines John, Elmfield, Lickhill road Hillfield, London road,

Cleverly Stephen James, Curzon st Harris John M. Chilvester lodge Parker Rev. Claude Campbell )LA.

Cole Mrs. Albany vil. Lickhill road Harris Henry Geo. St. Dunstan's (curate), Church s·treet

Combley Mrs. London road Harris Mrs. Charles, The Woodlands Parry Charles H. Chilvester hill

Craven Mrs. Albany villas, London rd Harris Thomas J.P. South place, Parsons Albert, Springfield.s

Crook J\.lisses, Bellervue ho. Lickhill rd The Quarry Penney Jn. Byron ho. Shelburne l'd

(\:rump }.fiss, The Green Harris Tom, The Grange Pickford Edward, Horsebrook

DIRECTORY.] " 7ILTSHIRE. CALNE• 51

Pinchin Joseph, Kerry crescent .

Selwyn Rev. Reginald B.A. (curate Trolliope Hugh, Castlefi.eld, Curzon ~t

Pinniger Miss, I Priory viis. New Id of Holy Trinity), Albany villas, Tucker William Alfred, London road

Pinniger :Misses, Linden gro. Silver st London road Webb Mrs. Oxford l'Oad

Pinniger Mrs. Patford ho. Patford st Smart Goorge, London road Webb Noah, The Green

Pontin Charles, Nestleton villa Smith-Batten Wm. West Hill house W€bb Wm. Alex. Ingle.Eide, North st

Pontin Waiter, Unity ter. London rd Smith Frederick, The Green Weston Henry Lovell, The Green

Powney Jas. WQodlands cot. Silver st Smith Henry Herbert J.P. Buck hill Wheeler Rev. Robert George :M.A.

Pullein William Rose, Sheldon house, Spackman Bertram John, Beaumont (Free Church), The Green

The Green villa, North street Wheeler Mrs. London road

Rawlings Miss, Ferndale, London rd Spackman Mrs. JDhn, The Green White Mrs. London r<Jad

Redman 'l'homas Edward, Cast1efield Spackman Miss, The Green Wightwick Henry Kjng, The Green

Roynon Wm. Albert vil. Lickhill road Spicer Mrs. Whetham hous•e Wilson Alex. Nicholas, The Green

Sadler Rev. Thomas (Primitive Stevens Fred, London road Wood John Edward, Stanley home,

Methodist), London road Stevens Mrs. The Green Wood street;

COMMERCIAL. Clark John, farmer, Marsh lane

Abr·1hams Aruron, dog t~rainer, London road Cleverley James, boot make<l', High street

Aldrick Frederick Jo1hn, farmer, Coleman's farm Cole James Humphrys, manure manufacturer

Amor Henry, boot .maker, London road Cole James Humphrys, draper, High street

Amor William Albffi't, draper, Church street Cole Richd. Thos. ironmonger, Shelburne ho. London rd

Andrews William, baker, London road Coleman John, vete~rinary surgeon, The Green

.A.ng.ell Frederick, horse dealer, Kew lane Cooper .Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Kingsbury street

.A.ngell Henry, tailor, Church street Corn Exchange, Town hall

.A.ngell Is31!l.C, fruiterer, Ohuroh street Cossins Edwin, boot maker, Patford st.reet

Arohard & Son, tailors, lligh street County Court Office (William Rogers, registrar & high

.A.rchard Edward, pork butcher, Church street •bailiff), The Strand

Arohard N:I!Jhaniel, tailor, Tihe Square Cousins John, baker, Back row, London road

.A:shton Arthur, White Hart P.H. London road Coward James Edward, farmer, Hale farm

Baily Francis, farm&, High Pen farm Crook William, tax collector, 9 Lansdowne row

Baily Sarah Elizabeth (Miss), postmistress, The Strand Oro.ss Thomas, inspector of polioo, Police station

Baker Fr·ede·rick, master of the union Cue Charles Francis, coal merchant, High street

Barnes Geo. Jas. ironmngr. & gasfi.bter, Church street Dairy Company (The North Wilts), Lim. The Green

Beazley Albert Edward, grocer, Church street Davis Henry, grocerr, New road

Beazley Alfred, boot & shoe maker, London road Davis Isaac, shopkeeper, The Square

Beazley John, shopkeeper, The Square Dixon Matthew Wm. Clem·ent, draper, Chu.rCih street

Beazley St.ephen, boot maker, ·wood Sttreet Drew Charles, saddle·r & harness maker, Church street.

Beazley William, builder & contractor, Wood street Drew Goorge, beer retailer, The Marsh

Bennet·t Emily (Mis·s), dress maker, The Gooen Drew Henry, shopkeeper & beer retailer, Wood street

Biffin Alfred, shopkeeper, Hmsebrook Drew Willia.m, carpenter & joiner, Lickhill road

Bishop & Campbell, sUJrgoons, High st.reet Dvewett Albel't Edward, hawlier, Curzon stree-t

Bishop John Domrr.€tt, surgeon (finn, Bishop & Camp- Drewett George, town surveyor & san~tary inspector, Thtv.

bell), Oxford road Recreation Ground lodge

Blackford James Hel'bert, builder, London road Drewe,tt M<ary Elizabeth (Miss), confecttnr. The Strand

Bodman l\IaDtin L. farmer, Lower Beversbrook Eattell William Francis, relieving & vaocinartion officer

Bownas Jn. master of endo·wed middle. schl. The Green for the union & collector to the guardians, school at-

Brewer Nicholas, boot maker, The Squar{l tendance officer & registrar of births & deaths, Lick-

Bridges Henry, farmer, Broads green hill road

Bridges John, farmer, Rough leaze Eyles John, gardener to Mrs. Murray, Oastl€ street

Brown Richard, nurse.ryman &c. Curzon s.treet Fell Stephen & Joseph, bakers & confeotnrs. Church st

Bryant Henry Symes, manager to Wilts & Dorsert Bank, Fell J esse, tailor, London road

High street Jt'erris Samuel, watoh maker & jeweller, Ohurch street ·

Buckeridge .Albert Wilkinson, grocer, & agent for 1Y. & Flower James, farmer, Stockley

A. Gilbey Lim. wine & spirit merchants, lli~·>h sbreet Fol'tune Henry, house decorartor, :Mill srtreet

Burchell Edgar, boot & shoe maker, New road Fortune John, potato dealer, London road

Burgess .Annie (Miss), dress maker, High street Fox Oharles Edwa.rd, Lansdowne Arms htl. The Strand

Bush "\Vm. Edwards, cabine<t ma. The Sq. & Curzon st Frayling Edwin, meat salesman, The Green

Butler Ernest, boot maker, Castle s•treet Freet•h Joseph, farmer, Whitley

Butler Harry, tailor, The Square Gale John, tailor, High street

Cainey Eli, greengroce·r, London road German Elizab ehll (:Mrs.), china & gl·as s dlr. Church st

Calne Cons•titutional Club (John Bownas, sec.; Robert Gingell Edward, wood dealer, London road

~Ioore, manager), Church street Goddard & Sons, butohers, Ohurch street

Calne & Disrtriot Building Society (Thomas Harris esq. Godfrey John, sanitary inspector & surveyor to Tural

president; Francis William Vallis, sec.), Ohurch .s.t district council, Quemerford house, Quemerford

Calne District Friendly Society (George Isaac Gough, Gough George Is-aac, solicitor, commissi<Jner for oaths &

solr. & sec.; John Haines, treasurer), Church stree·t perpetual commissioner, town clerk, clerk to the-

Calne Gas & Coke Co. Lim. (George Isaac Gough, sec. ; borough magistrat-es, clerk to the commissioners of
Edward Pickford, manager)
land & income tax, & solrioitor & sec. to Calne Gas &

Calne Hospital for Infecbious Diseases (Donald Campbell Coke Co. & to Calne District Friendly Soc. Church st

:\I.D., C.:\I. medical officer; Mrs. VioletOO. Rachel Gough Thomas, builder, London road

Taylor, matron & nurse), Northfields Grainger vVilliam, chimney sweeper, Silver street

Calne Liberal Club (Fvancis William Vallis, sec.), High st Gunning Frederick, coach builder, London road

Calne Recreation Ground (George Drewett, caret.aker), Gunning Henry James, hair dresser, Church street

The .Anchor Gunning Mary .Ann (Mrs.), plurrnber & glazier, High st

Calne Water "\Vorks Co. Lim. (Bel'tram John Spackman, Gunning Tom, beer retailer, The Green

solr. & sec.; Henry James Gunning, :man. & collector) Hadley Edwin Bernard, science master, Shelburne ruaci

Campbell Donald :M.D., C.M. (firm, Bishop & Campbell), Haines Alfred, haulier, Lickhill

surgeon; medical officer of No. I district of Calne Haines John, manager of Capital & Counties Bank Lim.

union & public vaccinator for the union, medical officer & treasurer to the borough, union & rural district

to the workhouse & medical officer of health to the council & technical education committee, The Strand

urban & sanitary authority & rural district council, Ha.rris Charles & Thomas & Co. Limited, bacon curers,

High street The Strand & Church street

Capital & Counties Bank Lim. (branch) (John Haines, Hawkins Colin, butcher, High street

manager), The Stra.nd; draw on head office, 39 Hawkins George, boot maker, Kew lane

Threadneedle street, London E C Hayes William Andrew M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond. phy-

Carpenter John William, shopkeeper, Wood street sician & surgeon, & medical officer for No. 2 district,

Carpenter Samuel, stationer, Church streelt of Calne union, Elm grove, Silver scbreet

Chivers George, bldr. & King's .Arms P.H. High street Heath AJfred, printer, stationer & agent for Sutton &

Ohivers George (Mrs.), toy shop, Church sttreet Co. carriers, The Strand

Clark Corneliu.s. chemist, & registrar of marriages & Heabh Alfred (Mrrs. ), registry offioo for servants, The

deputy registrar of bir!Jhs & dea.ths for Calne dis- Strand

trict, Ohurch street :E(enly Fredk. Chas. grocer & deputy supt. reg. High st

WILTS. 4*

52 CALNE. 'VILTSHIHE. [ KELLY'S

Henly Hy. C. architect & land surveyor, Curzon street Smart Fred·erick, town crier, Licklrill road

Henly RYuert, oabinet maker, London road Smart John, dairyman, Broken cro~s

Hewitt l'llnhp, general & fancy draper, gentlemen's out- Smith Frederick, farmer, Sands farm

fitte.r & boot dealer, High street Smith George, shopkeeper, Wood street

Hill John, smith, Curzon st.reet Smit.l;. J a.mes, ahimney sweeper, London road

Hillier Thomas, grocer & baker, Curzon street Srnitth William, farmer, Pinhills & Laggis

Hillier \Villiam, ta.rmer, Lickhill farm Smi.tth-Batten William, surgeon, 1Ve~t Hill house

Hiscock Wm. Perrett, millwright & whlwright. Curzon st Spackman Bertram John, solicitor & commissioner for

Holley Geo. Harris, brewer & beer seller, London ruad oaths, clerk to the magistrates, to the guardians &

Humphries :\brtha (Mrs.), apartments, Ca,stle .street •ass·e~sment committee, to the rural district council &

Hunt Thomas, china & glass dealer, Church street t•o the school attendance & a.;;se~sment committ.ee,

James Llewellyn, job master, Churdh street superintendent regist.rar for Calne di,rl:·rict & deputy

Keevil & Son, corn merchants, Curzon srt. & butche.rs, registrar of the county court, The Sbrand

Church street, Stanley William, plumber & painter, Curzon street

Keevil John Richard, farmer, Berhill's farm Stevens Char1es Robert, shoe maker, Churrh street

Keevil 1Valter, farmer, Conigre farm Rtevens ·wm. John, plumber & derorator, Market hill

IGtching John, meat dealer, London road Strange Henry, farmer, Mile Elm farm

Knott George, farmer, Pen hill Strawson Fred, chemlist, High strPet

Lewis John & Co. drapers, High street Sutton Goo. pork btchr. 2 Lansdowne row, London rd

Limington George, boot & shoe maker, Church street Subton John, builder, Curzon street

Literary InstitUJte (:\Iarquess of Lansdowne, patron; Syms Charles, carpenter, London road

Rev. J. Duncan, president; John Haines, treasurer; Tarrant :\fa•ry .Jane (Mrs.), hardware dealer, The Square

George Isaac Gough, solicit•o.r & sec. ; William :Moore, Taylor Charles, marine store dealer, London road

librarian), Church street Taylor .Tames, tobacconist·, & agent for G. W. Railway

Long Mary Ann prrs. ), laundress, Patford street Oo. The Strand

Ludga.te Joseph Thomas, station mast.er, The Green Telling Frederick, saddler & harness maker, Hig-h street

Manners Geo. threshing maohine propr. Curzon stree·t Thoma.s RiCthard Henry, hair dresser, High street

Martin James, Wheatsheaf P.H. Curzon street Tooley Henry, coal metrclhanrt., Lond{)n road

Maslen Mary (Mrs.), baker, Church street Town Hall & Corn Excthange (Charles Francis Cue,

Matthews James, shopkeeper, New road keeper), Market place

Maundrell Edward 1Vard, engineer, iron founder, mill- Trotman Edwa.rd, smith, Wood street

wright, agricultural implement mfr.& agt.The Fuundry Tucker Sidney, tailor, Market hill

Naundrell William Godwin, farmer, Quobb's farm Tucker Williaxn, tailor, Church street

.~Iesseter David, farmer, Lower Sands farm Tucker William Lambly, Congresbury house school &

Mess·eter John, haulier, Pat.ford st-reet collector of general district rate, Market hill

Miles Arthur, watch maker, Curzon s•treet Ushe.r Samuel Joseph, painter, Ohurch st.reet

Minton .Jane (Mrs.), shopkeepe·r, Church street Vallis Francis William, boot maker, Church street

Morley Chas. cabinet ma. II Lansdowne row, London rd Vine Elizabe,th (Mrs.), farmer, Whitley house

Newbery Ma.ry Elizh. (l\Iiss), ladies' schl. The Green Wakefield Fred, meal f.actor, 18 Lansdowne row, Lon-

_Nonoonformis•t CBlliletery (John Ohappell, sec.; William don road

Moore, curator), Bath road WH~ldron George, agent to Prudential Assurance Co. Lim.

Norman Dat.han, greengrocer, Church street Stanley home, Wood street

'O'Gorman John Patrick, inland revenue offioer, I Yearle 1Veave.r Sa.muel, baker, 5 Lansdowne row, London road

villas, London road ·weaver 'Villiam, Plume o.f Feat•hers P.H. Curzon street

.Orphan Boys' HOiille (Miss Maria Ga.briel, man.),The Grn Webb Julia (Mrs.). shopkeeper, Church street

Park 1Villiam Henry. grocer, London road 'Vebb Thomas, shopkeeper, The Square

·Parry Charles H. auotioneer & estate agt. Chilvester hill 'Vebb William, grocer, High st,reet

·Parsons William, shopkeeper, Curzon street Weston Charles, t.aHor, Kingsbury street

· Pavord David, coach builder, Wo{)d street Weston Edgar, basket mfr. 14 La.nsdowne row, London rd

Pa vv• Richa rd, dai ry man, Beversbrook dairv• , Lickhill rd vV:eston George, builde.r, Lond{)n road The Green
Pe ach Tree Coffee T• avern (Chas. Boulter, man.),1Vo.od st vVeston Henry Lovell, commercial traveller,

Pedwell John, confectioner, High street West•on John, mason, Curzon street

Perkins Ruth (Mrs.). fishmonger, Church street Wes>ton Kate (Miss), apartments, New road

:Pinniger Frederick William, coal, salt, slate & coke mer- Westbon Nioholas, mason, 6 Lansd{)wne row, London rd

chant, Marden house, Wharf, & Railway station Westton William, basket ma.7 Lansdowne row, London rd

Pontin John, grocer, New road 1\7eston William, basket maker, Kew lane

Po>ttow George, corn & seed merchant, The Strand Wightwick Henry King, wine & spirit merchant, The

Powell Isaac, refreshment rooms, Market hill Stores, New road

Pullen Frederick, grocer, Churoh street Wilcox & Son, coal merchants, Railway s•tation

Pullen John (Mrs.), miller (water), Mill street Wilcox Jn. Chas. gardener & seedsman, Churcth street

Pullein William Rose, pr()fesso.r of music, organist of Wi:kins & Son, irorumongers, Hig"h street

parish church & to the Marquess of Lansdowne, Shel- vVilkins Thomas, greengrocer. Churclh street

don house, The Green Williams Eliza Hood (Mrs.), shopkeeper & beer retailer,

Rogers William, pig dealer, Kew lane Church s·treet

Ro-ssiter Thomas Mees. draper, Ohurrh stre·et WiU.s & Dorset Banking Co. Limited (branch) (Henry

Roynon William, china & glass dealer, High street Symes Bryant, manager), High street; draw on Lon-

Bumming J esse, apartments, The Green don & vVestminst,er Bank Lim. London E C

Rut.herford John, carpenter, London road Wiltshire Simeon, grocer, Church street

Rut·herford Thomas, mason, London road Woodford Waiter 1Villiam, coal merchant, London road

'Shepherd .John Henry, beer retailer, Wood street 'Voodward John Henry, farmer, Rookery farm

Singer Fanny (Mrs.), lodging house, Ivy house, Xew rd Young Mary (Miss), d.ress maker, Mill skeet

Slade RobB'rt, woodrnan & game keeper to Lord Hough- Yorke John & Edmund, farmers, Holly ditoh

ton, Chilvester hill

· CALNE WITHOUT is a parish formed by order of half of the 15th century and partly Tudor, consisting of
the Wilts County Council and confirmed by Local chancel, nave, north porch and an embattled western

G-overnment Board Order, which came into operation tower containing one bell : it was thoroughly il'estored

March 25, r8go; it comprises the portion of Calne at a cost of £r,3oo in 1885, when two new bells
original parish not included within the Municipal were added: there are roo sittings. The register dates

borough, and the parishes of Blackland and Calstone from the year 1760. The joint living is a rectory, the
Wellington, beside the liberty of Bowood and part of the two having been annexed November 2nd, r88o, average
parish of Bremhill, and is ii~ the North Western division tithe rent-charge £r78, gross ioint yearly value £327,
of the county, Calne hundred, union, petty sessional net £259, including 70 acres of glebe, with residence,
<iivision a.nd county court district, rural deanery of in the alternate gift of the Marquess of Lansdowne and
Avebury (Avebury portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and the trustees of the late Mrs. Macdonald, and held since

diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Peter, situated r88o by the Rev. George Randolph Hadow M.A. of

in Blackland Park, is a small ancient Gothic -edifice of Jesus College, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel,
~tone, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and bell erected in 1866. A reading room was built in 1883
turret with one bell; there are sittings for 8o persons. by Lord Edmond G. Pettr-Fitzmaurice, to which is at-
'The regi•ter dates from the year I757· Cahtone Wel- tached a free lending hbra.ry, and is supported by
lington church of St. l\hry is very ancient and built of the Marquess of Lansdowne, Lord Edmond G. Petty-
13ath stone, parey in the sty:e prevalent in the latter Fitzmaurice, the rector and farmers of the neigh-

DIRECTORY.] 'VILTSHIRE. CASTLE CO~IBE. 53

bourhood. Blackland Park, of rso acres, and well of native stone in the Gothic style, and consists of

wooded, through which flows the river Marden, con- chancel, nave and organ chamber, and affords 230 sit-

tains a very large oak tree: the mansion is the seat tings : attached is a cemetery of two acres. The Ply-

of Henry Browne esq. J.P. who is lord of the manor of mouth Brethren have a meeting room at Quemerford,

Blackland. The Marquess of Lansdowne K.G., G.C.M.G. erected in r86o, and enlarged in r866 to seat 200 per-

lord of the manor of Calstone Wellington, Lord Hough- sons. Whetham, 2~ miles east ; Stock:ey, 2 south,

ton, Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder bart. M.P. of where there is a Primitive Methodist chapel, and part

Hartham and Henry Browne esq. are the principal land- of Studley, 2~ north-west, with a \Yesleyan chapel, are

owners. The soil is rich loam; subsoil, cha:k. The hamlets and tithings. The ecclesiastical parish of

chief crops are wheat and oats, and some land in pasture. Derry Hill includes a portion of the parish of Calne

The area is 631 acres. Without. Bowood will be found under a separat-e

Parish Clerk, · Caleb Green. heading.

Post Office, Calstone.-Philip White, sub-postmaster. The area of the parish is 9,832 acres of land and 62
Letters arrive from Calne, at 7 a.m. & 6.40 p.m. to of water; rateab:e value, £17,067; the population in
callers only; dispatched at 9.2s a. m. & 7 p.m. ; no
mail on ·Sundays. The nearest money order & tele- 1891 was 2,023

graph office is at Calne. Postal orders are issued Post Office, Quemerford'.-Charles Butler, sub-post-

here, but not paid master. Letters arrive from Calne at 6.20 a.m. & S-30

National School, built in 1870, for 50 children; average p.m.; dispatched at 9-SS a.m. & 7.40 p.m. Postal

attendance, 43 ; Miss Sarah E. Scarlett, mistress orders are issued here, but not pa.id. Calne is the

Quemerford is a tithing, r mile south-east. Holy nearest money order & telegraph office

Trinity chapel of ease here, erected principally at the Holy Trinity School, Quemerford, built in r867, for 128

expense of the Rev. J. Guthrie, late vicar, is a building children; average attend. 123; Hy. Blackford, master

BLACKL.A.ND. QUEMERFORD. Flooks Edward, Talbot inn
Horton J ane (Mrs.), grocer
Browne Henry J.P. Blackland park PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Perrett Paul, tea dealer
Pound Edwin, miller (water & steam)
Barnes J an1es, farmer, Park farm Bodman Misses, Park View house Pullen Alfred, baker
Bridges w·illiam, Melrose Reeves J oseph (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Blackford Henry, cowkeeper Bumming Edwin, farmer, Gate fanu
Wilcox John Chas. grdnr. & seedsmn
Bowsher Frederick, carpenter Dawes Miss, Prospect house
STOC"KLEY.
Bowsher Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeep'lr Drew Miss, Percy villa
Lock Abraham, miller (water), Black- Gough John, Lansdowne cottage
land mill
Hopper Miss
Manners Caleb, farmer, Spra.y's farm Jordan Mrs
Ward Henry, farmer, Blackland farm Kinnett Mrs

CALSTONE WELLINGTON. Solomon Miss Carpenter 1-Iary (Mrs.), farmer
Duck Nathan, baker
Hadow Rev. Geo.Randolph M.A. Retry Woodward Ernle, Quemerford villa Huband David, general dealer

Gregory Tom, Guernsey villa COMMERCIAL.

Anstey Jn. Hy. farmer, South farm Blackford Henry, collector of poor's Maundrell John Henry, farmer
Edwards John \Vesley, mop manufa.c- rates & assistant overseer, Quemer- Rnddle John, farmer, 'Villow brook
turer, Spray's mill ford school
\\"heeler William, Cowleech
Green Edwin, whiting maker Blackford Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer

Gregory John, miller (water & steam) Bodman John Wilberforce, farmer, STCDLEY.
Long Aaron, wood-reeve to the Mar- Quemerford Common fann

quess of Lansdowne Bush Alfred, shopkeeper .A.ngell John Benedict Oliver,Romsey ha.

Maundrell Joseph, farmer, Wellington Bush Jacob, tea dealer

& East farms Cleverly William, smith & farrier 'YYHETHAM.

Reading Room & Library (John Wesley Dew John, farmer, Quemerford farm

Edwards, sec. & librarian) Elliott William, wheelwright Gee J ames vVilliam, farmer

CASTLE COMBE is a parish, 6 miles north-west Congregational and Calvinistic Baptist chapels. A fair

from Chippenham ,station, 6 north from Corsham is held here on May 4th. In the village is a fine speci•·

station, both on the Great 'Vestern railway, and 10~ men of an ancient market cross, consisting of a square-

north-east from Bath, in the Northern division of the stone pedestal raised upon two steps and ornamented

county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and with sunk quatrefoiled panels, bearing shields and roses-

county court district of Chippenham, rural deanery of alternately; from this springs a slender shaft capped

Chippenham, archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of by a finial: at each angle of the platform is a ma.ssive·

Gloucester and Bristol. The church of St. Andrew is stone pier, about six feet high, supporting the wooden

a building of stone in the Early Engli~h and Perpendi- linte:s of a pyramidal roof, covered with tiles. On the-

cular styles, consisting of chancel with clerestoried Castle Hill are the remains of a British encampment

aisles and nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and and the ruins of a castle built in the reign of Henry L

an embattled western tower, with pinnac:es, as feet in The great Roman road, called the Fossway, leading from

height, and containing 2 bells and a clock : the lower Bath to Cirencester, skirts the north-west.ern limit of

stage of the tower forms- the principal entrance: the the manor; the property was held by the Scrope family

body of the church wa.s built, temp. Richard II. 1377 to from the 13th century, but now held by Edward

1399, and the tower in the first half of the 15th cen- Chaddock Lowndes e~q. M.A., D.L.• J.P. lord of the

tury: the stained west window was the gift of the late manor, who resides at Castle Combe Manor Ho-use. The
rector, the Rev. R. C. Christie LL.B. ; under the soil is brash; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat,

belfry is a stone groined ceiling of very elegant design : barley and oats. 'Ihe area is 1,490 acres; rateable

the chancel arch is decorated with the fiQ'ures of saints value. £2,262; the population in 1891 was 4S9·

upon pedestals under canopies: in the gable is a beau- Parish Clerk, William Gingell.

tiful stained rose window, and the east window, consist- Post Office.-James Thomas King, sub-postmaster. Let-
ing of four Early English lancets, is also filled with ters through Chippenham, delivered at 6.30 a.m. &
richly stained glass, as well as all the remaining win- 3.20 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & 9.2 p.m.
dows, 16 in number; one of these, in the Lady chapel, Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The
represents the arms of the lords who successively he:d nearest money order & telegraph office is at Yatton
the manor: there is an altar-tomb, with a recumbent Keynell. Wall Letter Box cleared at ro a.m. & 8
effigy of one of the De Dunstanvilles, d. 1270, ancestors p.m. ; no collection on sundays
of the Scrope family: ther-e are sittings for 430 persons.
The register dates from the year 1653. The living is Xational School (mixed), for ISo children; average at-
tendance of 8I children; the school is principally sup-
a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent-charge £383, ported by Edward Chaddock Lowndes esq. ; Mrs.
Kizabeth Sully, mistress
average £z86, net income £267, including 26 acres of

glebe, in the gift of Edward Chaddock Lowndes esq.

and held since I893 by the Rev. Henry William Jukes Carrier to Bath.-George Snell, wed. & sat. & to Chip-

M.A. of Emmanuel College, CamJJridge. Here are penham on fri

Crouch Mrs. Hillside house COMMERCIAL. Gale John Howell, relieving officer 2nd
district & registrar of births & deaths
Jukes Rev. Hy. William M..A. Rectory,

Lowndes Edward Chaddock M.A., J.P. Arthurs Anna Maria (Mrs.), shopkpr for Combe sub-district of Chippen-

D.L. Manor house Booy John, farmer ham union

Sudlow Algernon Bradfield Thomas, miller (water) Hillier H(>nry, farmer, West way

Tanner John Brinsdon Thomas, haulier & pig dealer Hurley Hy. Old '~"hite Hart P.H. & bkr

Watkins Robert Arundel Brookman John, blacksmith Kidd Ellen (:'.Irs. ), blacksmith

54 CASTLE COMB:E. WILTSHIRE. [KELLY'S

King Jas. Thos. carpenter & post office Pullen Edwin, carpenter Thompson Thomas, plumber &c

Melsom George, plasterer & tiler Snell George, baker Turner James William, Castle inn

Miller Edgar, gamekeeper to E. C. Sparrow Thomas Guy & Wm. George, Watkins Robert Arundel, estate agent

Lowndes esq. M.A., J.P., D.L Salutation P.H. & farmers, Burton to E. C. Lowndes esq. The Shrub

Miller Reuben, gamekeeper to E. C. Sudlow Algernon, surgeon & medical Webb Edwin H. gardener to E. C.

Lowndes esq. M.A., J.P., D.L officer & public vaccinator to the 3rd Lowndes esq

Nowell John, tallow chandler or Combe dist. of Chippenham union Weeks Arthur, farmer, Eastcombe fro

Pearce Edrward, farmer Taylor Daniel, plasterer & tiler Widcombe John Broome, shopkeeper

Pinniger Rebecca (Mrs.), grocer

CASTLE EATON (or Latons) is a village and parish, £625, net £48o, including 89 acres of glebe, with resi-
near the river Thames on the Gloucestershire border, deuce, in the gift of and held since 1892 by the Rev.
4 miles ·east-by-north from Cricklade station on the William James Grant Luckman M.A. of Queen!s College,
Midland and South Western Junction railway, 8 north Cambridge. The interest of £roo, amounting to 55s.
from Swindon and 5 north-west from llighworth, in yearly, left by John Hurst, in r827, is distributed to
the Northern division of the county, Highworth hun- the poor on Good Friday. Col. David Archer, of
dred, petty sessional division, union and county court Lushill House, who is lord of the manor, and Sir Thomas
district of Swindon, rural deanery of Cricklade, arch- Selby Tancred bart. C.E. 46 Inverness terrace, London
deaconry of Bristol and diocese of Gloucester and Bris- W. are chief landowners. The soil is gravel. The chief
t.Ql. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone in crops are grass, wheat, barley and roots. The area is
the Early English style, having chancel, nave of three 1,914 acres of land and 15 of water; rateable value,
bays, north aisle and south porch, with Norman door- £z,r6o; the population in 1891 was 288.
way, having the chevron ornament, and square western Lushill (or Lush Hill) is a tithing, 2 miles south·

tower, with pinnacles and battlements, containing 6 east; Blackford, I mile east.
bells: there is a fine octagonal bell turret over the Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.
chancel arch: in the tower is an ancient marble monu- -John Stratford, sub-postmaster. LetterS' through
ment to Waiter Parker, of Lushill, who died r664: the Fairford S.O. (Glos.), which is the nearest telegraph
stained east window is a memorial to John Gaudy esq. office, arrive at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m.
who died in r857, and four other windows are stained : Lett-ers for Lushill are received from Highworth,
there is a fresco of the Virgin and Child on the north which is the nearest telegraph office for Lushill, &
wall: there are sittings for zoo persons. The register arrive at 8 a.m
dates from the year 1549. The living is a rectory, National School (mixed), built in 1855, for So children;
average tithe rent-charge £417, gross yearly value average_ attendance, 44; John Langford, master

Archer Col. David J.P. Lushill house Greenaway William, Red Lion inn Kibblewhite Charles, gardener to Col.

Lewis Francis, Bridge house Hardinge A.bsalom, farm bailiff to Col. David Archer

Luckma.n Rev. William James Grant David Archer Morgan Geo. frmr. Castle Eaton frm

M.A. Rectory Hardinge Charles Ernest, gamekeeper Stratford John, grocer & blacksmith,

Brindle John, carpenter to Col. David Archer Post office

Giles James Richard, baker & grocer Hardinge Felix John, carpenter

GREAT CHA'LFIELD is a parish, about r! miles tecture ") to be one of the most interesting specimens
from Holt station on the Wilts and Somerset branch of Domestic Gothic architecture in England: it was

of the Great Western railway, 3 north-east from Brad- built in the reign of Henry VI. (about 1460) by Thomas

ford, 3 west from Melksham, 3! from Trowbridge and Tropnelle : the barns and farm buildings on the right
9 east from Bath, in the Western division of the county, were built in Queen Elizabeth's time: it has been con-

hundred, petty sessional division, union and county verted into a farm residence. Within a century the
court district of Bradford, rural deanery of Potterne last descendant of Thomas Tropnelle, an only son, being

(Bradford portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese at man's estate, died by an accident while hunting: he
of Salisbury. This parish has been added to Atworth put a pair of dog-couples over his head, and leaping a

for civil purposes only; ecclesiastically it remains hedge, the end of the couple caught in a bough and kept

separate. The Gambrook flows through the parish. him from the ground till he was strangled; the motto

The church of All Saints, a small but ancient structure of the family was, "Le joug tyra bellement "-sadly

of stone in the Early English style, consists of a chanoel prophetic of the end of the last of this ancient and

and nave, west porch and has a steeple at the western wealthy family. George Pargiter Fuller esq. M.P. is

end containing one bell: ~ handsome stone screen lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is loam

separates the chancel from the nave, and the east win- and brash; subsoil, clay. The land is chiefly us-ed for

-dow is stain-ed: there are 50 sittings. The parish re- corn and pasture. The parish contains 710 acres of

gister commences in the year 1545 and has been kept in arable and pasture land; rateabl-e value, £720; . and a

exact order down to the pres-ent time. The living is a population in 1891 of 63.

rectory, average tithe rent-charge £124, gross yearly The nearest Letter Box is Holt. Letters through Trow·
-value £140, net £u2, with 4 acres of glebe, in the gift bridge. The nearest money order offic-es are at
<lf George Pargiter Fuller esq. M.P. and held since 1878 Holt, Atworth, Bradford & Melksham, equi-distant;
by the Rev. Edward Kingston M.A. of Caius College,
Cambridge, who resides at Melksham. The old Manor telegraph office at Holt

House is said by Walker ("Examples of Gothic Archi- The children of this place attend the Atworth school

Bailey James, farmer 1 Pullen Thomas, farmer, Lenton farm

LITTLE CHALFIELD and COTTLES, formerly and those of Cottles attend that of Atworth. Gottles
extra-parochial, in the Western division of the county, House is now occupied by Arthur Charles Mitchell esq.
hundred, petty sessional division, union and county court J.P. The sole landowners are George Pargiter Fuller
district of Bradford, 2 to 4 miles north from Bradford, esq. M.P. and James Herbert Harris esq. The soil is
about 2 from Holt station on the Wilts and Somerset light brash; subsoil, rubble stone. The chief crops are
wheat, barley and roots.
branch of the Great Western railway, 4 west from
Melksham and 9 east from Bath. In March, r885, by Letters received for Little Chalfield through Trowbridge,
Local Government Board Order, Little Chalfield and Cot- & for Cottles through Melksham. The nearel!t post,
ties were added to Atworth for civil purposes only ; eccle- money order & telegraph office is at Atworth
siastically they remain the same. The inhabitants of
Little Chalfield attend the church at Great Chalfield, The children of this place attend Atworth school

Mitchell Arthur Ohas. J.P. Cobtles ho [ Bush Herbt. frmr. Hobbs Bottom frm \ Gilman James, farn1er
Baily Ernst. bailiff to J. H. Harris esq

BOWER CHALKE is a parish and village, 7 miles ' north porch and square embattled tower, containing a
south from Dinton station on the London and South 1 clock and 3 bells : there are sittings for 280 persons.

Western railway, and 10 south-west from Salisbury, in The register dates from the year 1694· The living is a
the Southern division of the county, hundred of Chalke, vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £74• gross yearly

petty sessional division of Salisbury and Amesbury, value £152, net £r2o, with residence, in the .gift of
Wilton union, Salisbury county court district, rural King's College, Cambridge, and held since 188o by the

deanery of Chalke (Chalke portion), archdeaconry ot Rev. Edward Collett, of St. Bees. Here are Baptist and
Sarum, and diocese of Salisbury. The church of the Wesleyan chapels. Bower Chalks appears to ha~e been
Holy Trinity is a small cruciform building of stone, in the site of a Roman camp, and on the downs are bar-

the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of rows. The Earl of Pembroke is lord of the manor and

four bays, north and south transepts, south ais:es, sole landowner. The soil is chalk and a little green

.JDliBOTOBY WILTSHIRE. OB.A'RLTON.

sand; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley Wall Letter Box, Salisbury road, cleared at 4·35 p.m.;

and oats. The area is 2,g66 acres ; rateable value, sundays 9.30 a.m

£r,9r8; the population in rB91 was 461. National School, built in r842 for 8o children; average

Post Office.-Isaac Habgood, sub-postmaster. Letters attendance, 67; with residence for mistress ; sup·

from Salisbury through London Elm, arrive at 8. ro ported in part by the Earl of Pembroke; James

a.m.; dispatched at 4.30 p.m. The nearest money Caddy, schoolmaster
order & telegraph office is at Broad Chalke. Postal Carrier to Salisbury.-Wm. Williams, tues. thurs. & sat

orders are issued here, but not paid

Collett Rev. Edward, Vicarage Coombs John, farmer Humby George, carpenter
Dimmer John, grocer & draper Penny William, shoe maker

COMMERCIAL. Elliott Jasper, farmer Soffe Miss, shopkeeper watercress
Foyle Thomas, smith & carpenter Targett John, farmer
J3racher Mm·gan, farmer Habgood Isaac, beer retlr. Post office Williams William, carrier
Burrough John, farmer Williamson Robert \V.
Hardiman Edward, smith

"Butler Joseph Henry, fa,.,rrmner Harding Jn.S.frmr. QuidhamStreet fm grower & farmer

.BROAD CHALKE is a parish and village, 5 miles parish. The registers date from the year 1538. The
living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £nr,
.south-east from Dinton station on the main line of the gross yearly value £273, net £230, including 78 acres of
glebe, with residence, in the gift of King's College,
London and South Western railway and 8 south-west Cambridge, and held since r882 by the Rev. Thomas
Neville Hutchinson M.A. of St. John's College, Cam-
from Salisbury, in the Southern division of the county, bridge. Here is a Congregational chapel and a small
chapel for Primitive Methodists. The Earl of Pembroke
hundred of Chalke, petty sessional division of Salisbury is lord of the manor and principal landower. The soil
is chalk; subsoil, same. The chief crops are wheat,
and Amesbury, Wilton union, Salisbury county court dis- barley and oats. The area is 6,904 acres; rateable
value, £3,893; the population in r8gr was 661.
trict, Chalke rural deanery (Chalke portion), arch-
Parish Clerk, Henry Hewett.
deaconry of Sarnm and diocese of Salisbury. The river
sp ost, ".c'vI,. 0 • & T • 0 ., • B ., E xpress De11· very & ,•ti-lt•
Ebele, or the "Chalke stream," runs through the parish. nuity & Insurance Office.-John Hitchings, sub-post·
master. Letters arrive from Salisbury at a. 30 a.m.;
The church of All Saints is an ancient structure f•f dispatched at 5.50 p.m.; on sundays at 10.30 a. m

stone: the chancel, north transept and west door are of National School, with residence for master; 140 children

the 13th century, the nave, tower and south transept on the books ; Thomas Bawden, master; Miss L.

of the I5th: the fabric was restored in I847: lt is '\Vebster, assistant mistress

cruciform, and consists of chancel, nave, nor. th and
south transepts, large south porch and massive em-

battled central tower containing a clock and 6 bells, 4

of which were recast in r874: the font is of the 15th
century: there are fine Early English sedilia in the
chancel, and an aumbry in the north transept: number

<>f sittings r848543 : the churchyard was enlarged and lm-
proved in by the removal of some cottages and the

erection of a lych gate, the gift of Mrs. Rowland Wil- Carriers to Salisbury.-Henry Smith & Morgan, tues.
liams in memory of her husband, formerly vicar of the thurs. & sat

Fisher Major A Barter Sydney, shoe maker Nig-htingale Charles, Queen's Head
P.H. & baker
Hukhinson Thos. Ne•ille 1\I.A. (vicar) Bell George, saddler
Parrett Samuel, farmer
Longman Arthur -Bright James, beer retailer Salmon John, basket maker

Stevens James Burrough Abner, basket maker

Stevens John Burrough William, farmer Sidford Thomas, farmer
Young Mrs
Foyle Thomas, carpenter Smith Henry, shopkeeper
COMMERCIAL.
Hitchings Albert, butcher Stevens Herbert James, farmer, 1\{anor
Arnold Harry, farmer, Stoke farm
Eailey Frank, grocer & draper Hitchings Harry, farmer & Stoke farms

Hitchings Jn. draper & grcr. Post off Stevens John, farmer

Longman Arthur, surgeon Witt Henry, blacksmith

CHARLTON is a parish and picturesque village, 6 John Ferdinando Collins 1\LA. of Corpus Christi college,
Oxford. There is a charity of about £IO yearly to be
n:1iles west-by-south frOJU Minety station on the Swindon divided amongst the second poor. A "convalescent
and Gloucester section of the, and 2! north-east from home" to hold rr children under ten years of age, was
Malmesbury terminal station on a )Jranch of the Great
Western railway, in the North Western division of the erected here in r87o, and is supported principally by
county, Malmesbury hundred, petty sessional division,
Lady Victoria Howard and by subscription. Adjoining
union and county court district, Malmesbury rural
deanery, archdeaconry of Bristol, and diocese of Glou- the village is Charlton Park, the seat of the Earl of
cester and Bristol. The church of St. John the Baptist, Suffolk and Berkshire, who is lord of the manor and
situated inside the gates of Charlton Park, is a stone sole landowner: the mansion, an Elizabethan stone build-
building in the Early English style, consisting of a ing, is seated in the centre of a well-wooded park of
chancel, nave, south porch and central tower containing 6oo acres, and each of the angles is flanked by a tower
of elegant proportions ; the body is surmounted by an
5 bells: in the chancel is a table monument without ornamental parapet, and it contains a handsome picture
gallery, designed by Inigo Jones. The soil is sandy;
inscription, oh which are two recumbent figures, sur- subsoil, clay. The crops are wheat, barley and roots.
-mounted by a canopy, and in the south chapel is the
The area is 4,629 acres ; rateable value, £4,699 ; the
family vault of the Earls of Suffolk: the church was
population in 1891 was 547·
thoroughly restored in r875: the stained west window Parish Clerk, Jacob Porter.
was erected in 1878, in memory of Charles John, Earl of
Suffolk and Berkshire (d. 1876): there is also a stained Post Office.-<Charles Baker, sub-postmaster. Letters
west window, erected in r893, to the memory of from Malmesbury arrive at 6.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 7
Isabella. Countess of Suffolk (d. 1891): there are p.m. summer months, 6 p.m. in winter. Postal
28o sittings. The register dates from the year orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest
x66r. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry money order & telegraph office is at Malmesbury
of Brokenborough annexed, average tithe rent-charge
Fres School, built in r864 for 125 children; average
£348, joint gross yearly value £470, net £4oo,
including 40 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift attendance, gr ; supported by Lady Victoria Howard;
<>f the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1876 by the Rev. John Henry Pimlott, master ; Mrs. Letitia Pimlott,
mistress

Suffolk & Berkshire Earl of D.L., J.P. Convalescent Home (Richard Kinneir Law Luke, hurdle maker

Charlton park; & Turf club W & M.D. medical officer; Mrs. Emily Lea Charles J ames & Sons, fanners,

Travellers' club S W, London Hubbard, matron) & wool dealers

Roward Lady Victoria, Charlton cot Cuss Ernest, farmer, Woodcock farm Lewis Alfred, farmer

Eates Frank James Cuss Hubert, farmer Liles Henry, farmer

Collins Rev. John Ferdinando M.A. Godwin Wm. Scriven, frmr. Street fm Painter Daniel, farmer, Charlton

Vicarage Guest Henry, farmer, Stonehill Painter Edmd. farmer, Great Elm frm

Lewis James, Stonehill Hayward John, farmer, Old park Ponting John, farmer

Pink George Hughes David. farmer, Stonehill Poole George, farmer

Hughes Jabez, farmer, Stonehill Reeves Jacob, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Hughes Wm. farmer, Charlton moor Rudman James, carrier

"Baker Charles, post office Langley Isaac, farmer Rudman Richard, head gardener to the

Eates Francis Edward, land steward to 1Law David, farmer Earl of Suffo:lk & Berkshire

the Earl of Sufl:olk & Berkshire I Law Job, butcher, Hankerton lane Sampson Thomas, wheelwright &:c

56 CHARLTOY. WILTt:;HIRE.

Sealey ,,.ellington, farmer, Braydon Sly John, farmer, Stonehill West William, farme:r-
Selwood Ernest, farmer, Turk's farm Stump William, farmer
Sisum Thos Geo farmer, Banbury hill West Charles, farmer White Geo. Thos. Hol'Se' & Gnoem P.B

Whitting Robert, farmer·

CHARLTON (near Downton) is a tithing and eccle- the year 185r. The living is a vicarage, gri.}Ss yearly

siastical parish, formed out of the parish of Downton in value, £2oo, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of
1851; it is 2~ miles north from Downton station on the Downton, and held since r889 by the Rev. Ckl.ades Le-

Salisbury and Dorchester branch of the London and page Sanders. The Wesleyans have a small chapel

South-Western railway, and 4 south from Salisbury, in here. The principal landowners are the Earl of Radnor
the Southern division of the county, Downton hundred, and Earl Nelson. "\-Valton and Witherington are tithings
Salisbury and Am esbury petty sessional division, Alder- in this ecclesiastical parish. The population in 1891
bury union, Salisbury county court district, rural was 321.
deanery of Wilton, arcbdeaconry of Sarum and diocese
of Salisbury. The church of All Saints is an edifice of Parish Clerk, Mark Wart.
brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Post Office.-George Gooderidge, sub-postmaster. Let-
nave, south porch and western belfry with 2 bells; a
floriated cross surmounts the chancel: in 1891 a north tars arrive from Salisbury at 4· r5 a.m. ; dispatched
transept was added, combining a vestry and organ cbam- at 8.ro p.m.; sundays 7·2S p.m. Downton is the-
ber: there are 167 sittings. The register dates from nearest money order & telegraph office
National School (mixed), with residence adjacent;.
average attendance, 6o; Miss Sarah A. Lanfear, mistrS&

Sanders Rev. Charles Lepage (vicar) Dewey S. Stag P.H Read Josiah, farmer
Warren William, farmer
Bailey Harry, blacksmith Bailey Richard, carpenter

Bailey Josiah, baker &; grocer Read Charles V. farmer

CHARLTON (near Pewsey) is a small village allll Blackwell of St. Bees. Here is a Wesleyan iron mission.
parish on the river Avon, 3~ miles south from Wood- hall, built in 1893, to hold so. Stephen Duck lef~
borough station, on the Berks and Hants branch of the ra. ISP· the rent amounting to about 35s. yearly, is
Great Western railway, 5 south-west from Pewsey and given for a dinner to the agricultural labourers; Francis
8 south-east from Devizes, in the Eastern division of Giffard left, in r8o2, £roo in Consols, the interest tOt
the county, hundred of Swanborough, petty sessional be given in bread on the r8th January annually to th&
division of Everleigh and Pewsey, Pewsey union, county poor. The Earl of Normanton, who is lord of the manor,
court district of Devizes, rural deanery of Potterne Capt. Fowle R.N. and Mrs. S. C. E. Ernle-Erle-Drax,.
(Enford portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of are the principal landowners. The soil is chalky; sub-
Sali.sbury. The church of St. Peter, a stone and flint soil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and
building, in the Early English style, restored in 1858, roots. The area is 1,6n acres; rateable value, £771;.
has a chancel, nave, a square tower with 3 bells, north the population in 1891 was 141.
porch and contains a good mural brass to William Wall Letter Box cleared at 10.4S a.m. & 5.25 p.m. ;
Chancery, ob. 1424, and two screens: there are r6o
sittings. The register dates from the year I69S· The sundays 12.20 p.m. Letters through Pewsey S.O.
living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £g8, arrive at 8 a.m. & 4 p.m. Upavon is the nearest
gross yearly value £2o8, net £r6o, with residence, in money order & telegraph office
the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, The National School at Rushall is for the two parishes
Oxford, and held since 1884 by the Rev. William Henry Carrier to Devizes.-Levi Giddens, of Upavon, passes
through, tues. thurs. & sat

Blackwell Rev. Wm. Henry, Vicarage Chamberlain Benjamin, carpenter, Witchell George, Poor's Arms P.H.

Blackman Henry, thatcher wheelwright, smith & shopkeeper brewer & posting house & licensed

Blackman William, castrator, thatcher Chamberlain Eliza (Mrs.), farmer to let horses & carriages for hire

& cowkeeper Hill Philip Godwin. farmer

CHARNHAM STREET is a tithing in the parish of Hungerford, it will be found in Kelly's Directory nf
and union of Hungerford, Berks, and situated in the Berkshire.
county of Wilts, forming, as it does, part of the town

CHERHILL is a parish and village, on the high road the Marquess of Lansdowne, to commemorate the birtb
frcm Calne to )farlborough, 3 miles east from Calne ter- of the Prince of Wales. Major C. Walker-Heneage V.C.,.
minal station on a branch of the Great Western railway, of Compton House, Compton Basset, who is lord of
and 8 north from Devizes, in the North Western division the manor, and the Marquess of Lansdowne K.G.,.
of the county, Calne hundred, petty sessional division, G.C.M.G. are the principal landowners. The soil is
unicn and county court district, rural deanery of Avebury chalk; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat and
(Avebury portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of oats. The area of the civil parish is r,8r7 acres; rateabl&
Salisbury. The church of St. James is a very ancient value, £r,842; the population in 1891 was 277. The area
edifice of stone in the Early English style, consist,ing of of the ecclesiastical parish, which was enlarged by Order
chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, with square in Council, August 14, 1879, by the addition of a portion
embattled western tower with 4 pinnacles, and containing of Calne parish, is 2,021 acres, with a population ia
4 bells : it was restored and enlarged, under the direction
of the late Mr. S. Gabriel, architect, in the year r863, and r8gi of 349·
has 280 sittings. The register dates from the year 1690.
The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £249, with Oldborough, r mile south, was a British encampment,
residence, in the gift of Mrs. B. P. Campbell-Wyndham, subsequently occupied and enlarged by the Saxons ;
and held since 1891 by the Rev. John Vodin Waiters M.A. Labour-in-Vain Hill is half a mile west; Marsh Lane,.
of Jesus College, Cambridge. On the side of a chalk bill half a mile north-west.
in this parish is the figure of a horse, 157 feet long, cut
out of the turf, and executed in 1780 under the direction Pari!!h Clerk, Stephen Clifford.
and at the expense of Christopher Allsop esq. an eminent
surgeon of Calne, and being the highest land between Post Office. John Barter, sub-postmaster. Letters:
London and Bath, it is visible at the distance of between through Calne arrive at 7·35 a.m.; dispatched at 7 in
20 and 30 miles: there are several similar figures in the summer & 6 in winter. No mail on sundays. Postal
county: on the hill is a column, 125 feet high, erected by orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest
money order & telegraph office is at Calne

National School (mixed), built in 1847, for so children;
average attendance, 43; Miss Emily Squibb, mistress.

Waiters Rev. John Vodin M.A. Rectory Croker George Jas. Black Horse P.H Rawlings Reginald, miller (water)

Duck Isaac Strong, farmer,Bell farm Rawlings 'l'hos. farmer, Hunts farm

( O~f:\11' RCU I.. Grose Ja!'. farmer, Elm Tree farm Rawlings \Villiam, iarmer, Upper frm

Hewlett George, shoe 1naker Scott Daniel, blacksmith

Ball William, farmer, Manor farm Pontin Abel, estate carpenter Smith John, mason to Major Walker-

Barter John, boot & shoe maker & Pottow William, shopkeeper Heneage

shopkeeper, Post office Rawlings Edwd. farmer, Lower farm Stephens Henry, coal dealer

GREAT CHEVERELL is a parish 2! miles west of St. Peter is an ancient edifice of stone, mainly in the-
from Market Lavington and 5! south from Devizes Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north
11tation, on the Newbury and Bath section of transept, south porch, and an embattled western tower,
the Great ·western railway, in the Eastern divi- with turret, containing S bells and an ancient 24-hour
sion of the county, hundred of Swanborough, Devizes clock, the dial of which only indicates the hours: in the
petty sessional division, union and county court district, chancel is an ancient piscina; also two small deeply splayed
rural deanery of Potterne (Potterne portion), arch- lancets, stained to the memory of the Rev. Edward Gun-
deaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The church ner, ob. r885, vicar of this parish for 20 years: all the

DlBEOTOBY . ] WILTSHIRE. CEILN!BK. 67

other windows in the church are Perpendicular ; the nave the Sunday school and day school. Simon \Vatson-

has a vaulted plaster ceiling; the north transept, which Taylor esq. of Erlestoke Park, is lord of the manor and
principal landowner. 'fhe soil throughout the parish is
was added in 1699, has a flat ceiling divided into 24 com- variable, producing good crops of grain and turnips; sub-
partments by oak beams, with bosses at the intersections ; soil, green sand. The area is 1,840 acres; rateable
the base of the tower, surrounded as it is by irregular value, £,2,301 ; the population in 1891 was 370.
blocks of much-worn and decayed stones, appears to be
of earlier date than the main portion, which is Early Sexton, J ames Hayward.

English : the upper stage is Perpendicular ; there is a Post Office. J oseph Dutch, sub-postmaster. Letters
handsome marble monument in the north transept to from Devizes arrive at 6.45 a.m. & 5·45 p.m. ; dis~
patched at 8.35 a.m. & 7 p.m. Postal orders are issued
.Tames Townsend, ob. 1750, and wife; also a tablet in here, but nGt paid. The nearest money order office is
the nave to Sir James Stonehouse bart. ob. 1795: the at Littleton Pannell & telegraph office is at Market
church was restored and reseated in 1868 at a cost of Lavington

about £,5oo, and has 158 sittings. The register dates A School Board of 5 members was formed December 20,
1875, F. Matthew Lush, Devizes, clerk to the board
from the year 1653. The living is a rectory, t.ithe rent-
charge £,2, gross yearly value £,280, net £,240, with 339 Boar~ School (mixed), built in 1844 & subsequently en-
acres of glebe and residence, and held since 1892 by the larged, for 100 children; average attendance, 70; Mrs.
Rev. John Henry Burn, Theol.Assoc.K.C.L. Here are H. Durnford, mistress

Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. Townsend's charity of Carriers to Devizes-David Wheeler, thurs. from Eding-
ton; Samuel Bristow & Edward Coleman, thurs. from
£8 yearly, derived from land in the parish of Easterton, the village

is for clothing and bread. Townsend's educational

charity of £7 I os. yearly, derived from a tenement and

land in the parish, is now applied in prizes to scholars of

Ashley Joseph Chapman George, shoe- maker Pound George, cattle dealer

Burn Rev. John Henry, 'fheo.Assoc. Coleman Edward, dairyman Price 'Villiam & Edward, farmers

K.C.L. The Rectory Coleman Jas. Miles, grocer & farmer Rogers Edward, farmer

Bushe Erasmus J.P. Manor house Dean Hugh, Bell P.H. & farmer Self Henry, jun. millwright

Hartopp Alick William Dunford Gefford & Sons, m.illwrights Turner Wm. gamekeeper to Simon

COMMERCIAL. iJ farmers Watson-Taylor esq

Batchelor William, shopkeeper Dutch Joseph, builder, Post office Whiting Abraham, farmer, baker &

Bristow Matthew, farmer Dutch Joseph, jun. blacksmith miller (water)

Bristow Samuel, blacksmith & carrier Hawkins Frank, farmer, Manor farm Whiting Isaac, cowkeeper & coal dealr-

LITTLE CHEVERELL is a parish, 1i miles west- Bouverie (d. 16 Dec. 1889), and held since 1868 by the Rev_
south-west from Market Lavington and 6! south from William Powley Nichols M.A. of Worcester College, Ox-
Devizes station on the Great 'Vestern railway, in the ford. The trustees of the Right Hon. Edward Pleydell-
Eastern division of the county, Swanborough hundred, Bouverie P.C. are lords of the manor and owners of the-
Devizes petty sessional division, union and cl)unty court whole of the land in the parish, with the exception of the
district, rural deanery of Potterne (Potterne portion), glebe. The soil is a brown sand; subsoil, green sand.
archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The The chief crops are wheat, barley, potatoes and turnips.
church of St. Peter, entirely rebuilt, with the exception The area is 1,930 acres; rateable value, £,1,232; the
of the tower, in 1580, at the joint expense of the late population in 1891 was 195.
Earl of Radnor and the then rector, is an edifice of grey
stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Parish Clerk, William Beaven.
nave, north porch and a small western tower, in the
Letters through Devizes arrive at 6.30 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.
Perpendicular style, containing a clock placed there in "\Yall Box, cleared at 8.50 a.m. & 7.15 p.m. week days;
I862 and also one bell. The register dates from the year sundays, 9·5o a.m. The nearest money order office i~
at Littleton Pannell&telegraph office at Market Lavngtn
1653. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £405,
~ational School (mixed), built in 1840, for 55 children;
arising from 190 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift average attendance, 30; Miss Mary Williams, mistres~
of the trustees of the Right Hon. Edward Pleydell-

Nichols Rev.Wm.Powley M.A.Rectory Beaven Chas. carpenter & shopkeepe1: Little Cheverell Dairy Co. Limited
Beaven William, beer retailer (Edmund Bazell, secretary), b11tt~
COMMERCIAL. Bolter Sarah Ann (Mrs.), brick maker manufacturers &c

Bazell Charles, farmer & farmer Spiers Jacob, shopkeeper & farmer
Bazell Edmund, sec. of the Little
Coleman Edwd. frmr.Greenman's frm Vosper William S. farmer
Cheverell Dairy Co. Limited Smith Thomas, mason Whiting .Abraham, miller (water)

CHICKLADE is a village and parish, 6 miles north- net yearly value £,129, including 30 acres of glebe, with
west from Tisbury station on the Salisbury and Yeovil residence, in the gift of the Marquess of Bath, and held
branch of the South Western railway, 16 west from Salis- since 1888 by the Rev. John Frederic Homan. Alfred
bury, and 10~ north-east from Shaftesbury, in the Morrison esq. of Fonthill House, Fonthill Gifford, who is
Southern division of the county, Dunworth hundred, Tis- lord of the manor, the trustees of the late Alfred Seymour
bury and Mere petty sessional division, Tisbury union, esq. of Knoyle House, East Knoyle, and Sir Michael
Shaftesbury county court district, rural deanery of Chalke Robert Shaw-Stewart hart. of Fonthill Abbey, are the
(Tisbury portion), archdeaconry of Sarum and diocese principal landowners. The soil is chalky; subsoil, chalk
of Salisbury. The church of All Saints was rebuilt of and flint. The area is 1,041 acres, mostly arable land;

stone in a plain style in 1832: it has a chancel and nave, rateable value, £717; the population in 1891 was 59·
a low square western turret, containing one bell, and will Letters through Hindon, which is the nearest money
seat 120 persons. The register dates from the year 1721. order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.30 a.m
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £I4·h The children of the parish attend the school at Hindon

Godolphin Osborne Miss G. The Homan Rev.•John Frederic (rector) 1 Fry Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Down house French Robert Philpott, farm bfliliff to 1Garland Charles, farmer

Halliday John, Chicklade house A. Morrison esq

CHILMARK is a. village and parish a. short distance 1 liberally : Mr. Wyatt was the architect, who has dis-
southward of the road from Salisbury to Hindon and 1 played great taSJt-e and judgment in blending the new

Wincanvon, 3 miles· north-east from Tisbury and 3 and the old buildings: an ancient Norman doorway, now
north-west from Dinton railway s'l:a'tions· on the Salisbury 1 forming the entrance to a new aisl.e, for centuries stood

and Yeovil branch of the London and South ·western on the south side of the church, entirely ib:ocked up

milway, 12 west from Salisbury and 9 north-east from and disregarded: beneaith a poinrted arch in the s<Juth

Shoaftesbury, in the Southern division of the county, wall of the chancel and in the transept are piscinre in

Tisbury petty ses.sional division and union, Dunworth I good state of preser'V'ation: there are several s1ained:

Ihund:red, Shaftesbury county court dist-rict, rural windows: an east window, representing the Crucifixion,.

deanery of Chalke (Tisbury portion), archdeaconry of has been inserted; also two stained windows, one in
Sarum and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. the S!Quth transept, tlhe other in the north aisle, opposit~
Margaret is an ancient structure, in the Early Eng:ish the porch. In the churchyard, at the principal en1rance,

style, resto0red in 1856: it consists of a chancel, nave of is a lych-gate, of modern construction. The register
four bays, transepts, north aisle and soubh porch, and dates from the year 1653. The li~ing is a rectory, aver-

a noble tower springing from tthe intersection, sur- ag(! tithe rent-charge £329, gross yearly value [345,

mounted with a spire and containing a clock and 6 bells, net about £3oo, including 24 acres of glebe, with resi-

two having- been added in 1877: the reS'toration, costing dence, in the gift of the Earl of Pembroke, and held

£,1,7oo, was defrayed by subscriptions, the late Earl ot since 1804 by the Rev. Griffith Williams, of Jesus Ool-

Pembroke and members of his family contributing lege, Oxford. Most of the land is the property of the-

CBILMARK. 'VILTSHIRE. (KELLY"S

Earl of Pembroke, who is lord of the man<>r. In this Board Order, dated March 25, 1885, a detached part of
parish are grea-t quarries of siliceous limestone, which this parish known as Upper Chilmark Mill was amalga-

have been worked for many centuries, and have yielded ma.ted with East Tisbury.
the stone used in erecting most of the ohurche<s and Verger and Sext<>n, Henry Harding.
other buildings in the southern parts <>f Wilts, as also
in the parts of Dorsetshire bordering on this locality ; Pos't Office.~Levi Bowles, sub-postmaster. LeHers
the walls, buttresses, and other substantial parts of
Salisbury cathedral, and the new spire of Chichester arrive from Salisbury at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m.

The nearest money <>rder & telegraph office is at Tis-
·bury. Postal m"ders are issued here, but not paid

cathedral, are constructed of Chilmark stone. The soil National School (mixed), with class-rooms & master's
is light and chalky; subsoil, chalk and flint and stone.
'l'he chief crops are barley, wheat and turnips. The area residence, erected in 1a6r, at a cos't of £r,ooo, for
108 children; average &ttendance, e8l7S;eaEmdmarukn, dmAisrttrheussr
is 3,145 acres; rateable value, £2,041; the population Seamark, master; Miss Mary Eth
in r8g1 was 487, including Ridge.
Oarrier to Salisbury.-Reginald Tom Viney, tues. & S'at.
Ridge is a tithing, ~~ miles suutl:h-west. Here is a returning ·same day
small Congregational chapel. Ey Local Government

Bennett Edward John, Manor f11.Jm Bowles Levi, quarry owner & stone Jukes Elizabeth (:Miss), shopkeeper

Bennett Mrs. sen. Whitehill cottage merchants, estimates given & all Jukes Harry M. Black Dog P.H

Lewis George M. Chilmark house sizes of the famous Chilmark stone Packer Mary Ann (_Mrs.), farmer,

Williams Rev. Griffith (rector) supplied Ridge farm

Chilmark Stone Quarry (Levi Bowles, Moore Herbert, shoe maker •

COMMERCIAL. proprietor) Pain Samuel, shopkeeper

Eaker Harry, blacksmith Dew John, farmer, Ridge Rowden Matilda (Miss), shopkeep~r

Eennett Edwd. Jn. farmer, ~Ianor frm Flo.ver James, farmer, Ridge Shergold John Henry, farmer

l3landford ·wm. pottery, brick & tile Harding Francis, carpenter Viney Alburn, coal dealer

manufacturer ; works, Ridge Jay Henry, farmer Viney Reginald Tom, carrier

CHILTON FOLIATT is a parish, de~ightfu1ly 1891 by the Rev. Thomas James Scott M.A. of Exeter

situated in a va.le watered by the river Kenn81t, 2! Oollege, Oxford. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Hawkins's

miles oorth-west from Hungerford station on the New- charity of £5 Ss. 8d. yearly is for clothing. Chilt<>n
bury and Bath section of the Great Western railway, House, a fine red brick mansion, is the propel'ty of
and 9 eas•t from Mar1borough, in the eastern division of Francis William Leyborne-Popham esq. and is now oc-

the county, partly in the hundred of Kinwardst·one and cupied by the Rev. Egerton Douglas Hammond M.A.;

partly in the hundred of Kintbury Eagle, Berks, petty F. W. Leyborne-Popham esq. who is lord of the manor,

sessional division of ~Iarllborough and Ramsbury, Hun- and Sir "\ViHiam George Pearce bart. M.P. are chief
gerford union and county court district, rural deanery landowners. 'fhe soil is gravel; subsoil, chalk. The
of :=-.iarlborough (Marlborough portion), archdeae>onry of chie,f crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The

Wilts and diocese of Salislbury. The church of St. area is, ""Wilts, 2,177 and Eerks 1,278 acres; rateable
Mary is a building of stone, in the Early English style, value, ·wilts portion, £r,871; Berks portion, £1,286;

and consists of ch"<J.ncel, nave of four bays and aisles, ootal, £3,157; the population in r8g1 was 525, of whom

with small -embat'tled western square t<>wer with pin- 99 are in Berks.
nacles, containing a modern clock and 5 ·bells : it is in Leverton is a hamlet in the Berks portion. East and

good repair : the pulpit, reading-desk, the organ gallery West Soley are in the Wilts part.
and the whole of the seats are of polished oak: the Parish Clerk, Francis New.

chancel contains several monuments of the P•opham Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. 13., Express Delivery & .Annuity

family: the windows exhibit various figures in stained & Insuranc·e Office.-George New, sub-postmaster.
glass, and the flooring is composed of some rare speci- Letters arrive from Hungerford, delivered at 7 & 11.20

mens of glazed pottery in squares : south of the com- a.m. & 2 & 7.20 p.m.; dispatched at 11.30 a.m. &

munion table is an effigy in ancient armour, in a re- 6.so p.m

cumbent position: there are 400 ,sittings. The register National School, built in 1847, with residence for master
dates from the year 1530. The iliving is a rectory, aver- & mistress, for 250 children; average attendance, go;
age 'tithe rent-charge £785, gross yearly value £595• it was endowed by Miss Smith with a sum of £21;
net £s6o, including so acres of glebe and residence, in J oseph Thomas Sibley, master; Mrs. Rosamond
the gift of F. W. Leyborne-Popham esq. and held since Dobson, mistress

Baring l\""igel, The Weirs Briant Richard, Wheatsh~af P.H Hollister Jane (Miss), shopkeeper

Canning Mrs. Bridge house Erown Frank, jobbing gardener & Hutchins Jn. Ruddle,farmr.Park farm

Hammond Rev. Egerton Douglas l\I.A. seedsman Hunt John, Stag's Head P.H

Chilton house Dobson Charles, blacksmith Mackerel! William, farmer, East Soley

Pearce Sir William George bart.M.P., Gordon William, estate agPnt to Sir New George, shopkeeper, Post office

J.P. Chilton lodge William George Pearce br.rt. M.P., New Francis, carpenter & wheelwright,

Scott Rev. Thos. Jas. M.A. (rector) J.P. New Hayward & assistant overseer

COMMERCIAL. Harris William, shopkeeper Wiggins James, boot & shoe make:-

Baverstock Rchd. farmer,Chilton frm Hellard Charles John, farmer Wilson Ellen (Mrs.), watsr millsr

C H I P P E N H A M.

CHIPPENHAM is a municipal borough, market and the principal streets are High street and Market place.
union t<>wn and head of a county oourt district, and The sanitary arrangements are under the oorporation.
junction st~tion on the Great Western railway, from
which the branch to Calne and to Weymouth starts, and The borough is lighted with gas from works, the pro-
on the river Avon, and connected by a short branch perty of a company, and s_uppHed with water by the
with the "\Vilbs and Berks canal, 93i miles from IJ(mdon, Urban Sanitary Authority.

13 north-eaSit from Bath, 33 north-west from Salisbury, The parish church of St. Andrew is an ancient struc-
10 north-west from Devizes, 10 s.outh from Malmesbury, ture, in the Norm~n, Early Decorated and Perpendicular
7 north from Melksham and 6 north-wes~ from Calne : it styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles,
is in the North Western division of the county, hundred three chapels, west and south porches, and a Late Per-
of Chippenham, rural deanery of Ohippenham, archdea- pendicular western tower, with spire, containing 8 bells

conry of Bristol and diocese of Gloucestl:er and Brist<>l. and sn illuminU>ted clock with chimes: the Hungerford
Chippenham is an ancient borough, and was incor-
chapel has various memorials of the Hungerfords, and a.
porated in IS54 by charter, and a seoond charter was
granted by King J ames II. in 1685 ; under the Muni- monument to Sir Gilbert Prynne (1627); another of the
cipal Corporation Act, 1882, the government is vested chapels was dedicated to St. Catherine: the orga~. which
is of very ancient date, was rebuilt in 1885 : the church
in a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors: it
formerly returned two members to Parliament, but was enlarged and restored in 1878 at a. cost of £6,759

under the "Representation of the People Act, 1867," it 17s. 2d. and has 1,200 sittings. The register dates
returned one <>nly, and by the "Redistribution of Seats from the year 1578. The living is a discharged vicarage,
.Act, 1885,'' it now forms pa:rlt of the north-western with the rectory of Tytherton Lucas annexed, joint aver•
division of the county. The hou~es are well bui:t, and age tithe rent-charge £134, joint net yearly value £xg8,
including 31 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift
of Christ Church, Oxford, and ht>:d since r86r by the

DIRECTORY.] WILTSHIRE. 59CHIPPE~HAM.

Re"". John Rich M.A. late s-tudent of that house, received by Chippenham (about £2o) is dlistributed in

honorary canon of Bristol, rural! dean of Chippenham greatcoats; Richard Sco<tt, in 1661, gave a free school

and also rector of Tytherton KeUaways. house; William Woodroffe, in 1664, gave £5 yearly to

St. Paul's is a separate eccl.esiastical pari&h, formed educate 4 boys; Gabriel Goldney, in 1681, gave £6

in IB55 out of the pa.rishes of Chippenham, Hardenhuish, yearly to purchase coats for 6 honest labouring men;

Kington St. Michael and l.iangley Burrell. The church John Wicks, in 1689, gave land at Pipsmore, the yearly

of St. Paul, situated near the railway s1iation, and rental of which is £23, to purchase linen garments for

erected in IB55, is a. building of stone, in the Gothic poor men and women; Rev. R. Oock, in 1719, gave land,
style of the 14th century, and consi&ts of a chancel, t'he yearly rental of which is £9 9s. to educate 25 girls
cleregtoried nave of 6 bays, aisles, and a. western tower "in the principles of t•he Church of England;" Sir

with a spire 176 fe.et high containing dock, with ohimes, Francis Popham, in 1735, gave land in Christian Malford

and 8 bells : there are sittings for Boo poople. The re- parish, the yoorly rent.al of which is £23, for poor free-

gister dates from the year 1855. The living is a rectory, men; Mary Bridges, in 1764, gave 15s. yearly to educate

average tithe rent-charge £37, net yearly value £120, 2 boys; William Colborne, in 1769, gave £I,Ioo in 3 per

with residence, in the gift of rthe Bishop of Gloucester cent. Consols, for maintaining poor freemen: or their

and Bristol, and held since 1855 1by ·the Rev. Thomas wid()WS living in free houses; Robert Sadler, in 1838,
Augustus Strong M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.
gave £38 13s. 4d. in 3 per cent. Consols, to purchase
The Catholic church, dedicated to St. Mary, erected in " Duffehl cloaks" for elderly women, to be given on his

1855• has 70 sittings. There are two Baptist chapels, one bJ.rthday, 17 October; Miss Ann Bmdbury, in 1838, gave

in High street, seating about 320 perrons, and the other £wo, interest to purchase blarurets; Rebecca Church,

in the New roa.d, erected in 1856, which has 283 sittings. in 1842, gave £304 3 per cenlt. Consols, to purchase

The Congregational chapel, Emery lane, was· erected in "Duffell clQaks" marked "R. Scott" fur poor elderly

1826, and has 450 seats; the whole of the interior was women; William Gundry, in 185I, gave £449 IIS. 5d.

renovated in 1889, at a cost of £3oo. The Primitive in Consols, for coals or clothing, to be di&tributed yearly

Methodist chapel in the Causeway, was erected in 1834, on his birthday, Feb. 14. By a scheme of the Charity

and has 450 sitting.>. The WeSJleyan chapel, Causeway, Oomm:issioners, sanctioned by the Court of Chancery,

erected in 1851, will seat 350 persons. the Ray, Scot•t, Bridges- and Woodroffe charities are

The Cemetery, on the London road, iS> about 3~ acres now merged into one fund, and the income is applied to

in extent, and was formed in 1855. at a cost of £2,500, the education of 7 boys, and by an order of the Charity

illiCluding two mortuary chapels ; it is under the control Commissioners, six houses, left lby Charles Bailey esq.

of a burial board of 9 mem1bers. The old Cemetery, in were sold and the income of the prooeeds is divided

Wood lane, belongs to a company, and is principally amongst a certain number of widows and orphans of

used by Nonconformists. medical men. In 1886 Mrs. William Lewis built 4

The Town Hall, Market, Exchange-room and buildings, aJmsb.ouses and one for a caretaker at Lowden and en-

in the High street, were erected at a cost of about dowed the same for four poor females, to be nominated

£r2,ooo, a.t the sole expense of the late Joseph Neeld by the vicar for the time being.

esq. 10f GrittletDn, who was for many years member for A causesway, 4! miles in leDigth, from Chippenham

the borough of Chippenham, and inolud~ a hall so feet Cliff to Wickb.ill, Bremhill (extending through the

in length; 33 in width and 19 in height, with spacious parishes of Langley Burrell, Kellaways and Tytherton),

ante-rooms ; the hall will hold 350 persons. The Cheese was constructed in the year 1474 by Maud Heath, who

market, which has a frontage of stone towards the High gave to certain 'trus·tees some houses and land in and

street, surm.ounted by the old 'borough arms and the near Chippenham to keep the ~ame in repair : she is

motto, " Unity and Loyalty," was three times• enlarged said by common report to have been a market woman

during the life of Mr. Neeld, at a further cost to him of who, having long felt the inconvenience of a swampy

from £4,ooo t-o £5,ooo. walk, devoted the savings of her life to the purpose of

The market is now held on the second Friday in every providing a good footing for her successors in aU time

month for cheese and cattle, and the fourth Friday for to come : the trustees have extended and renewed the

cattle. ·wool market, last Friday in June. Corn markeL causeway from ·their surplus funds, and some years since

every Friday. 'fhere is an annual C'<llt-tle show ihead the erected an iron bridge across the Avon at Kellaways,

last week in November. In the Market place is a foun- where a raised path, upQn 64 arches, exists for the con-

tain, erected by public subscription, at a cost of £260. venience Qf travellers, enabling them in times of flood,

'fhe principal manufactures are Anglo-Swiss condensed which are. frequent in this neighbourhood, to pass the

milk, •broadcloth and churns ; a tannery, gun and stream in safety : the ca.u&eway is marked with upright

cartridge works and a bacon curing fnctory. inscribed stones at intervals, and a monument to the

The Temperance Hall, in Foghamshire, is a. building donor has been erected at Wickhill.

of stone, comprising a lecture h<all to ihold soo persons, ..Ethelswitha, sister of Alfred: the Great, who had a

workm·en's reading and coffee rooms, refreshment room, residence in Chippenham, was married here to Burhead,

and a residence ii0r the hall keeper: it occupies the site King of Mercia, between A.D. 870 and A.D. 88o.

of an ()ld public house and malt-house, known as the liodowick Muggleton, founder of a sect of reJigio\lS

"White Hart," and ·was erected in 1863, at a cost of enthusiast.s called "Muggletonians," was a native of this

£1,384. parish, where he was born in 1607. John Scott D.D. a

The Institute is a building mainly of local stone faced celebrated divine, canon of Windsor and rector of St.

with Bath stone dres·sings, erected in 1889, at a cost of Giles-in-the-Fie,lds, was born here in October, 1638.

£870, by public subscriptions, Qn land given by the late The parish contains several man'ors, of which the fol-

Sir J()hn Neeld bart. It has three floors which contain lowing gen'tlemen are lords: John Carrick Moore esq.

three rooms of equal size, 50 feet by 30 feet, with F.R.S., F.R.G.S. of II3 Eaton square, London, lord of

adjacent smaller ones for library and lavatory. The the manor of Monkton; Sir Algernon William Neeld

ground floor is us-ed as a recr.eatiiOn room. The first hart. {)f Grittleton, lord of the manors of Fowlewick and

floor, a spacious and h1andsomely furnished apartment, Allington; and Sir Gabriel Goldney hart. of Corsham,

is used as a literary and scientific institution, and the lord of the manors of Chippenham, Lowden, Rowden

second by the school of art. and Sheldon.

Charitie·s :-Thomas Ray, in 1615, left tenements in The lords of the manors are the principal landowners.

Giggin. street, New Sarum, n10w yielding a yeal"ly rental The area of the parish is 6,191 acres; rateable value,
of £15, to be given every fourth year tD th~ poor £26,069.
clot,hiers of Chippenham ; Robert Gale, in 1628, gave The population of the civil parish in 1891 was 5,392,

£20 yearly, to be paid out of the Claypool and Brassing- including 176 officers and inmates in the workhouse, and

ton estates, in the counties of Lincoln and Derby, for of the ecclesiastical parish, 4,961. The population of St.

distribution among the poor of this parish, 2os. to the Paul's ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was 1,413.

vioar for preaching a sermon ()n the day of the distribu- Allington is a hamlet, now forming part of the parish

tion, and 20s. for those who distribute the aforesaid £20, of St. Paul, 2 miles north-west from Chippenham.

"tQ drink withall;" Elizabeth Hawkins, in 1638, left the Stanley and Studley are tithings, and are given in the

interest on £w to be paid on Candlemas day (Feib. 2) to ecclesiastical parish of Derryhill, which extends over a

six poor freemen's widows ; Henry Smith, in tf\42, gave portion of the civil parish of Chippenham.

an estate at Longney, Glouces·ter, yearly rental about Sacristan and Deputy Parish Clerk of St. .Andrew,

£soo, to be divided amongst 23 parishes : the proportion James Balch; St. Paul's, Thomns Selman, jun.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIOXS, &c.

Po&t, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. order & savings bank business, week days, 7 a.m. to
9 p.m. ; annuity & insurance, issue of licences & sale ot
-Charles Frederick Thomas, p()st;master inland revenue stamps, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; ~a1turdays,
Hours of Attendance.-For sale of stamps, p()stal orders, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; for telegraph business, week days,

registration of let:Jters &c. week days, 7 a.m. t.o 9 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; sundars, 8 to 10 a.m
p.m.; sundays, 8 to 10 a.m. For postal order, money

60 CHIPPENH.AM. 'VILTSHIRE.

Outward Mails.-Week Days Only. Northey Lieut.-Col. George Wilbraham D.L. .Ashley

B a&taIthho.me,thB.aWe·'.remisWs~tL.o,;eolsnt&DMd;eotvahnCi1.z'emae1·WenssS,wbee,Fsu.itnrOr,odyh7mo,I'.np5ep'10,e1naCT.hhramao.emmw.l;t.ebBnnt;,oadhatgwBhmen,a tBdheo•S1xi't,BrvoeCnruy·sodtr. 0s1h9&a·2cm&::~.> manor, IBIoexrb, eC1..".h. iepspqe.nKham' mgt on house, Ch1' ppenh am
p rodgers
&c. II a.m.; TRWaoalolbkmoeet sCClaehpyatr.JloeAshlneHxeeasnnqrd.yeLreusBqcek. anLuamamcoo,nrCtk,oa'll'ebihrb·neeeyI,,vCy·0h.1~uC·pphppieepnnphheanammharn

: Clerk to the Magist·rates, Alfred John K·oory, High st:
Bath, Br:stol & the West, Box, C?rsham, Mar·shfield &~. Petty Sessions are held at t.he new Hall, Ohippenham, on
12 noon • Lond?n, O.xford, Rea.ding & ~outJh~mpt{)n' the rst thursday & on the 3rd thursday in the month,

BhCr~alls,nteo,lL, IaW2ceosnctokono, -nsS•uupt.Cteohrn-ip~paB.eernnehg.ae&mrc. t{)wn delivery' Brom- at t·he Town hall, Corsham, at 11.30 a.m. The follow-
ing laces are included in the petty sessional divi-
&; Bc.ra1d2e·n3s°topk.em&. ;So~Bnaet..rh-, sion :p-.Alderton, Allington, Avon, Biddestone, Box,

ford &c. 1:.30 p.m., Wiltsillre, Weymouth, Badimmton D :Cea~·tJe Ccoomihbe, DO'hti~p~~1lam Chr'sctiarnue lMGal·f~t~{1'
&c. 2.15 p.m.; London, Marlborough, Oxf·ord, Read-
ing, Swindon &c. 3 p.m. ; Nort•h of England, Iol'eland, 0 erne, ors .am. .I ri ge, r.ayco Le 'k Iri e-
S~~tl ndb & W ~1e~k• Ba th, B i·st~1·& CD~S·h . Ca1~e,
h &r amu; t.on, HardenhmSih, Kmgt{)n St. MIChae1, acoc , ,ang-
l·ey Fitzurse or Kington Langley, West Kingt{)n, Lang-

ecB71lhr.rvnae1p·e"s"'.'r"aom-"y..e.~te1rS.5so.,.:,.p..',uu..__.S,rt.mthyOh1,e.l..e0l.r;l.v.nhpWS.ceomwoeuus.tatns;1h;taeiLaesmm,Bsopnl';r8td·om0o1cnnm5a·.&1gn;(&rehSu,:~mgo9DuhIettp'pv)hp1.·;GemzWelEn.seo,asasut1·mDu:\ofo~aa:cft1i'rIIenEIyl,rl.wn,eN-.gnsBbM.loauarnarttdhyhen,--,-' . ley Burrell, Leigh Dela.mere, Li:btleton Drew or Lit.t.Je-

t.I_Ne~-nn'oSrtd., ASntdanr1eewy,, NS·te·:"va'·ntl"t~"'o"'{n)n,Stp. eQwus hm· atmon, , SSeuatgtr,.oyn, "B~'Ieanu,(.Jg'.ehr-,

Tytherton, Kelways (Kellaways or Calloes), Tythert.on
L ucas, Norv+<h W raxh a11 & y at·ton K eyne11

Melksham, Tetbury, Badmint.on, Box, Bromham, Borough Magistrates.

Somerford &c. ; Chippenham town & rural deliveries, The Mayor & Ex-Mayor.
12 (midnight)
Clerk to the Borough Magistrates, Francis Henry
Inward Mails.
Phillips, Market place

Hour of Hour :VIagistrates meet at the Town hall when required

Town Delivery Daily of Arrival Corporation.

7.0 a.m. London (night) & all parts... I 894-95.
Mayor, Councillor William Light.
Week days only

(North of England, Scotland & Aldermen.

I Wales ... ... ...... ... ... .... .. . ... 7.40 a.m. *.Alfred John Keary I§William Austin
*Daniel Collen §John Coles Coles
I London, S'hampton & South
g.5o a.m. ~ West of England .............. 8.20 a.m.

1 Caine............................... . 9.30 a.m.

l Bath, Bristol & Corsham....... 9.40 a.m. Councillors
Malmesbur).,....................... . 9.50 a.m.
rBadminton &c•.•• : ...••..•..•••.. 10.30 a.m. *William Light tThomas Mills
Calne &c........................... . 11. 5 a.m.
*William Burbidge tEdmund Mainley Awdry

' London, Swindon &c. ; *William Pound !Charles Robert Stevens
Ireland ......................... 11.20 a.m.
i12.50 p.m. *Charles Reeve tEdgar Neale
lBath, Bristol & Corsham...... 12.10 p.m. tStewart Arthur Cook
Wilts, Wells &c................... 12.40 p.m. t Alfred Barritt Turpin

t William Small tLionel Hasler Marshall

(London; Bath,Bristol,Calne&c 2.10 p.m. Marked ·t.hus * rehire in 1895.

I Marlborough,Melksham,Trow- Marked thus t retire in 1896.
1 bridge, Weymouth &c...... 3.10 p.m.
Marked thus t retire in 1897.
5·45 p.m. ~ Malmesbury, flomerford &c... 3·40 p.m.
Marked thus § retire in 1898.

West of England, Corsham... 4· o p.m. The corporation meet a.t t·he Town hall every seconcl

Bath, Bristol & Calne.......... . 5· o p.m. tuesday in the months of February, May & .August &.

London & Swindon ............. 5·30 p.m. November g.
Audit.ors, Francis William Belcher & Richard Darley
On sundays the first delivery only is made. Officers of the CDrporation & Urban Sanitary Authority.

Branch Office, New road.-Charles Butler, receiver. Town Clerk, Francis Henry Phill!ips, Market place
Letters dispatched at 9.25 a.m. 12 noon, 3, 7, & 9·45 Treasurer, Joseph Lane, Wilts & Dorset Bank
p.m. ; no dispatch sundays Medioal Officer of Health, William Thomas Briscoe B.A.,

Pillar & Wall Letter Boxes, Allingt.on Causeway, Lands- M.D., M.Ch. Market place
end road, London road, Lowden, Rowden hill, Rail- Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, John Lightfoot, :\Ioseley
way sta.tion & Station road
terrace, London road
Collector of Rates, Edwin Thomas, Causeway

County Magistrates for Ohippenham Petoty Sessional Public ES!tablishrr:.ents.
Division.
C6met-ery (New), London road, Francis Henry Phillips.
CDwley Earl, Draycot house, Chippenham clerk to the burial board
Methuen Major-Gen. Lord C.B., C.M.G. 32 Cadogan
Cemet:ery (Old), Wood lane
square, London S '\V County Court, His Honor Camille Felix Desire Caillard,
Dickson-Poynder Sir John Poynder bart. M.P. Hart.ham
judge; Edward G. CJ.arke, chart.ered accountant.
park, CDrsham R.S.O Bristol, official receiver ; Francis Henry Phillips, regis-
Goldney Sir Gabriel hart. D.L. Beechfield house, Cor- trar & high bailiff, :Market pla.ce. The CDunty Court
is held at t·he Court house, Market place, every month,
~ham R.S.O on days fixed by the judg.e; the district comprises the
Neeld Sir Algernon William bart. M.A. Grittleton house, following places :--AU!ingt•on, Avon, Biddestone, Bur-
ton, Bowden Hill, Chippenham, Castle Combe, Christian
Chippenhann 1\falford, Corsham, Corshamside, Derryhill, Ditteridge,
Clutterbuck Daniel Hugh esq.Monks prk. Corsiham R.S.O Draycot Cerne, Ford, Fox.ham, Gastard, Grittleton,
Clutterbuck Edmund Henry esq. B.A. Hardenhuislh park, Gibb, Giddia Halo!, Hardenhuish, Kington Langley,
King.ton St. Miohoael, Lacock, Langley Burrell, Leigh
Chippenham Delamere, L~ttleton Drew, Lowden, Nettleton, Nether-
Coleman Waiter Thomlinson esq. Langley Fiturse, more, North Wraxhall, Not•ton, Pewsham, Sandylane,
Soogry, Sevington, Slaug<ht·erford, Stanton St. Quinton,
Ohippenham Stanley, Sutton Benger, Tytihert{)n Luoas, Tytherton
Coney Lieut.-Col. Arthur Henry, Sunnyside, Box S.O Kelways, Upper Wraxhall, ·west Kingt{)n, '\Vest. Yatton,
Cotes Major Arthur, S.eagry house, Seagry, Chippenham Yatt.on Keynell
Daniell Rev. John Jeremiah, Rect.ory, Langley Burrell, For Bankrupt-cy purposes this Court is included in that
of Bath, Edward Gustavus Clarke, Bank chambers,
Ohippenham Corn street, Brist.ol, official receiver
:Fowler Sir Thomas hart. Gastard house, Corsham R.S.O Certified Bailiffs under the "Law of Distress .Amend-
Fuller George Pargiter esq. M.P. Nest{)n park, Cor- ment Act,'' Charles Brent Pollard, Cook street, Chip-
penham ; William Burbidg-e, Lowden, Chippenham
sham R.S.O CDunty PoliC'e Station, X ew road, Archelaus Barrett,
Fuller John Michael Fleetwood esq. Ne-s.ton park, Cor- superintendent; James Smith, sergeant & 3 constables
Fire Brigade, Market place, David Baigent, captain, &
sham R.S.O
Gladstone Jn. Evelyn esq. M.A. Bowden prk. Chippnhm 12 men
Goldney Gabriel Prior esq. Derriads, Chippenham
Helme Col. Geo. Coope, Rowden house, Chippenham
Hobhouse Charles Edward Henry esq. l\I.P. The Ridge,

Corsham R.S.O
Lowndes Edward Cha.ddock esq. )LA., D.L. Manor house,

Castle Combe, Chippenham

DIRECTORY.] WILTSHIRE. CHIPPENIIAM. 61

Inland Revenue Offices, Post offioe, Market place, George Rural District Council.
Whirt.ehead, supervisor of excise; John Cullen, officer;
Harry William Darke, surveyor of taxes Meets at the\Vorkhouse every month on mon.at 10.30 a.m.
Clerk, Edmund Mainley Awdry, St. Mary st. Ohippenbm
Public ·weighbridge, Duke inn, Market place Hon. Treasurer, Joseph Lane, Wilts & Dorset Bank,
Temperance Hall, Foghamshire, Mrs. Annie Merry-
Chippenham
wea~ther, caretaker Medical Officer of Health, William Thomas Briscoe B.A.,
Town Hall, High street, George Munday, keeper
M.D. Market place
Yeomanry Cavalry. Sanitary Inspector, Arthur Henry Lapham, Wilderness,
Royal Wiltshire (Prince of Wales' Own Royal Regiment)
Corsham
(A Squadron), Major Sir Algernon William Neeld bart.
commanding; Capt. J. R. G. Gwatkin, second in com- Public Officers.
mand; A. G. Freegard, quartermaster; Sergt.-Major
Alfred Lawrence, drill instructor Clerk to Burial Board & Vestry, Francis Henry Phillips,

Volunteers. Market place
:;!nd Volunteer Batt.alion, The Duke of Edinburgh's Wilt-
Clerk to Highw.ay Board, Edmund Mainley Awdry, St.
shire Regiment (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H,
Mary street
K, L & M comparues), head quarters, St. Paul's
s'breet; Battalion staff-Hon. Col. E. B. Merriman Clerk to Oommi ssioners of Assessed Taxes, Alfred John
V.D. commanding; Hon. Lieut.-Col. C. E. H. A.
Colston V.D. & H. Bevir, majors; Capt. A. J. Randell, Keary, High s·treet
instructor of musketry; Major Herbert T. de C.
Hobbs, adjut.ant; J. D. R. Phillips, quartermaster; Inland Revenue Officer, J01hn Cullen

Steward of the Manor of Monkton, Peter Delme Awdry,

High street .

Surveyor to the Highway Board, Arthur Henry Lapham,

The Wilderness, Oorsham

John Dudley Pinnell, quartermaster sergeant Places of Worship, with times of services.

B Company, Chippenham, Capt. F. H. Milsom St. Andrew's (Parish) Ohurcth, Rev. John Rich M.A.
Cadet Corps, Marlborough college, Hon. Capt. Rev. 1V. vicar; 10.4S a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; daily IO a.m

H. Chappel M.A St. Peter's, Lowden, Chapel of Ease to St. Andrew·s;
6.30 p.m
Chippenb.am Union.

Board day, every alternate monday, at the Union St. Paul's Church, Rev. Augustus Strong M.A. rector;
Workhouse at 10.30 a.m.
II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; & from October till March on

The Union comprises the following places :-Avon, Bidde- wed. 7 p.m

stone, Box, Castle Combe, Ohippenham, Christian St. Paul's Chapel, Allington, Rev. A. Strong M. A. :reclor;

l\1Jalford, Colerne, Oorsham, Draycot Cerne, Grittleton, •Services are held at 7 p.m. from October till March

Hardenhuish, Kington St. Michael, Langley Fitzurse St. Mary's Catholic, St. Mary's place, Rev. G. W.

or Kington Langley, ·west Kington, Langley Burrell, Bailey, priest; sun. holy corn. 8 a.m. ; mass 10.30

Lacock, Leigh Delamere, Litt1eton Drew or Lit-tleton a.m. & s·ervice 3. 30 p.m. ; daily mass, 8. IS a.m

St. Andrew, Nwtleton, Pewsham, Seagry, Slaughter- Particular Baptist, High street, I0.30 a.m. & 6 p.m

ford, Stanton St. Quintan, Sutton Beng·er, Tythert{)n Baptist, New road, Rev. John Ernest Tranter, I0.30 a.m.

Kelways (Kelaways or Calloes), North Wraxhall & & 6 p.m. ; man. 7.30 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m

Yatton Keynell. The population of the union in I89I Christchurch Hall, New road, Rev. Hy. Bagley Bardwell,

was 2I,668; area, 58,967 acres; rateable value in 189I, I0.45 a.m. & 6.IS p.m.; mon. wed. & sat. 7.30 p.m

£I43·48S Congregational, Emery lane, Rev. John Morson Rees;

Clerk to the Guardians & .&ssessment Committee, 10.4s a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7·IS p.m

Edmund Mainley Awdry, St. Mary street Primitive Methodist, Rev. Alfred 1Varcup; 10.30 a.m.

Treasurer, Jsph. Lane, Wilts & Dorset Bank, Ghippnhm & 6 p.m.; mon. 7.15 p.m

Relieving Officers, Ist district, Alfred Wright, Landsend, Wesleyan, Causeway, Rev. Gilbert E. Kennaugh; 10.30

Ohippenham ; 2nd distric·t, John Howell Gale, Castle a.m. &; 6 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m

Combe; 3rd district, Joseph Crosse, Corsham Schools.
Vaccina:tion Officers, Castle Combe sub-disrtriot, John H.

Gale, Castle Combe ; Corsham sub-district, J oseph Technical, Causeway, Edwin Thomas, secretary

Crosse, Corsham; Chippenham sub-distriot, Fitz- National, built in I837, for soo children; average at-

herbert White, Market place, Chippenham; Christian tendance, r7o boys, ISO girls & I So infants·; William

Malford, Alfred Wrig;ht, Marshfield road, Ohippenham Marigold, master; Mrs. Mary Marigold, mistress ;

Medical Officers, Box district, Charles Hamor Hill M.D. Miss Eliza Hams, infants' mistress

Box; Cas·tle Com.be district, Algernon Sudlow, Castle British, Wood lane (mixed), built about I86o, for 209

Combe ; Cbippenham district, Mervyn Seppings Wilson children ; averag-e attendance, 20I including infants;

B.A., 1\LB. Chippenham; Colerne district, James Pirie William George Bryant, master; Miss Sarah Williams,

Martin, Box; Corsham district, James Ellis Crisp, infants' mistress

Corsham; Lacock district, Jas. Henry Crisp, Lacock; St. Paul's National, built in 1857, at a cost of £r,8oo,

Pews.ham district, William Thomas Briscoe B.A., M.D. for 360 children; average attendance, 200 boys & x6o

Markeb place, Chippenham; Sutton Benger district, girls & infartts ; Edward Thurston, master; Miss

James Percie Garlike L.R.C.P.Edin. Button Benger Birkbeck, mistress

Public Vaccinat{)ors, Chippenham distriot, W. T. Briscoe Newspapers.
B.A., ~LD. Market place, Chippenham; Corsham dis-

trict, Arthur George \Yood, Corsham ; ot.her districts North Wilts Guardian, High street (Lewis & Sons,

same as )Iedical Officers proprietors; George Shorland, manage;r)

Superintendent Registrar, Peter Delme, Awdry, Hig"~h Devizes & Wiltshire Gazette, New road, published

street, Chippenham thurs. a.t Devizes (G. Simpson, proprietor; Peter

Registrars of Births & Deat<hs, Castle Combe sub-dis- Charles Barnes, district representative)

trict, John H. Gale, Castle Combe; deputy, Thomas
Thompson, Castle Combe ; Chippenham sub-district, Railway Station, H. E. Williams, station master

Fitzherb.ert White, Market place, Chippenham; deputy. Carriers to:-
Arthur H. White, Chippenham; Christian Malford
sub-district, James Percie Garlike L.R.C.P.Edin. But- Badminton-Porter, from Station, daily
ton Benger; deputy, John Buy, Sutton Benger; Badminton, Act-on Turville, Burton, Castle Combe,
Corsham sub-district, A. G. Wood, Corsham; deputy,
Lewin Spackman, Corsham Yatton Keynell-Thompson, from G. W. hotel, mon.
& friday

Registrar of Marriages, ·w. A. Warrilow, Marshfield Badminton, Didmarton, & Littleton Drew-Thompson,
road, Chippenham ; deputy registrar, Robert Baily fri. at 3· rs p.m

Workhouse, Rowden hill, is a structure of stone, built in Bath-Harris, from Wood lane, wed. & sat. returning
I858, at ·a oast of £r3,Ioo, & will hold 40I inmates; same day
Rev. Richard Dawson M. A. chaplain; William Thomas Castle Combe Thompson, man. & fri. ; & Snell, fri
Briscoe M. D. medical officer; James Gane, master; Devizes-Harris, from Wood lane, thurs. 8.4s a.m
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Gane, matron; Miss Mabel Devizes-Townsend, Causeway, thurs. IO a.m
Hullavington-Templema:n, tues. & fri.
Smith, assistant matron
Luckington-Goulding, from G. W. hotel, fri
School Attendance Committee.
Nettleton-Thompson, from G-. W. hotel, mon. & fri

Mee>ts at t.he Workhouse every 6 weeks, at 10.30 a.m. Sherton, Grittleton & Alderton-Goulding, from 'Great

Clerk, Edmund Mainley Awdry, St. Mary st. Chinnenhm Western hotel,' man. & fri

Attendance Officers, The Relieving Officers & Inquiry I Sodbury-Porter, from Station hill, daily

Officers, A. Wright, Chippenham; J. H. Gale, Castle ! Sopworth-Goulding-, from G. W. hotel, man. & fri

Co'Tibe; J. Crosse, Corsham Sutton &; Co.'s, R. :F. llou1ston, High street

62 CHil'PENHAM. "TILTSHIRE. [KELLY'S

CHIPPENHAl\I.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ferris Mrs. Wilton villa, Kcw road [Reeve Charles, 12 Langley road

Alexander John, II St. ~Iary street Freeth Mrs. 28 New road Rich Rev. Canon John M.A. (vicar).
.A.llcorn Herbert, St. :~aul ~tnwt
Freeth Mrs. 2 Park villas, St. Paul st Vicarage, St. Mary street

Fry Wltr.16Landsend pl.Marshfield rd Rich Miss, St. Mary street

Ashe Mrs. I Landsend villas, Marsh- Germain Edward, Brookside, Mersh- Roach Mrs. 1 Park villas, St. l'aul st

field road field road Rogers Frederick, Rowdcn hill
Austin William, 58 Market place
Goldney Gabriel Prior J.P. Deniads Rooke Capt. Alexander Beaumont J.P.

.A.wdry Edmund Mainley, London rd Goodman Chas. Cotham vil. St.Paul st The Ivy

.A.wdry Justly W. The Paddocks Gregory Mrs. 10 St. Paul street Rudman Robert Edwin, q New road

Awdry Peter, Delme, 39 Market place Hammond Mrs. 4 Lansdowne terrace, Sadler George, 7 Ke.w road

Bailey Major George James, The Clift Marshfield road Salway Miss, 25 High street

Bailey Rev. Geo. William (Catholic), Harding Mrs. St. Mary's place Sr·obell Capt. Hy. Avon ho. Pewhill

2 Weston villas, Marshfield road Harris William Alexander, Bt. Paul st Scottl Mrs. Bath road

Baily William, II St. Paul street Harris William Harris, The Elms Selm::m Mrs. New road

Baldwin Joseph, 20 St. Paul street Hathaway George, New road Simpson James, 33 St. Paul street

Bardwell Rev. Hy. Bagley (Baptist), Helme Col. Geo.Coope J.P.Rowden ho Slade Edwin, 29 New road

Orwell house, New road Hetherington Ralph, II New road Slade Mrs. Oxford cottage, Langley r(\

Barrett Wm. Henry, St. Paul street Hiscock Waiter John, I Market place Slade Mrs. Richard, 46 New road

Barton Mrs. Bewley ho. Marshfield rd Hobbs Capt. Herbert T. De C. 'lhe Smith Jacob, 3 Landsend pl. :Marsh-

Baylis Percy, Langley road Limes, St. Mary street field road

Bedford Arthur, 46 Causeway Holland Francis, 26 New road Smith John, New road

Belcher Francis Wm. 24 Market place Holmes Miss, St. Paul street Smith J oseph, Factory lane

Bigwood Anthony, 4 Landsend place, Honniball Thomas, 16 St. Paul street Smith Miss, 11 Marshfield road

Marshfield road Horler Frank, 8 Landsend place, Smith Misses, 7 Landsend pi. Marsh-

Bingley Rev. Edward B.A. (curate of Marshfield road field road

St. Andrew's), St. Mary street Hulbert William, I4 Landsend place, Smith Thomas Anderson, Oak lodge,

Blake Mrs. 30 New road Marshfield road Marshfield road

Bond Charles, 15 St. Paul street James The Misses, I3 Landsend pi. Sp1ers Charles, 27 New road

Bowker Edwin, Springfield house, Marshfield road . Spiller Henry, 8 St. Paul street

Marshfield road Jay Henry Mason M.D. St. Mary st Spiller Mrs. 7 St. Paui street

Bradbury Thomas, Marshfield road Jones Major Aylme:r, Market place Spinke Samuel, Kingston house,

Brewer Hy. 2 Lowden ter.Shelclon rd Kaynes Wm. Hunter's lodge, New rd Causeway

Brinkworth Edward, St. Paul stre.et Keary Alfred John, 24 High street Stacey Francis, Rowden hill

Brinkworth George, Brookfield,Marsh- Kennaugh Rev. Gilbert E.(Wesleyan), Steedman Rev. Herbert M.A. (curate.

field road The Manse Causeway of St. Andrew's), I...ondon road

Brinkworth Miss, Somerset villa, St. King The Misses, Marshfield road Stiles Mrs. 37 Causeway

Paul street Lane J oseph, High street Stokes David John, Rowden hill
Strong Rev. Aug. M.A.St.Paul's rcetry
Brinkworth Jn. Prescot, Vine cottage, Lawrence Alfred, High street

Marshfield road Legg George, Marshfield road Suttorr William, 17 St. Paul street

Brinkworth Wm. Hy. 6 Causeway Lewis John, Albion house, Causeway Swayne Thomas, 24 Causeway

Briscoe Wm.Thos.B.A.,M.D.Market pl Lewis Watson John, 14 St. Paul street Tanner Mrs. Holly villa, St. Paul st

Brotherhood John, Oakleigh hc>use, Little Mrs. 2 Landsend place Tasker Sidney Herbert, 6 St. Paul st

London road Maddock Miss, 2 Lansdowne terrace, Taylor Edwd. Hampton vil. New road

Brown Geo. Fredk. Tally Ho lodge Marshfield road Taylor Francis, Pembridge cottage,

Bryant Wm. George, Marshfield road Manning Henry John, Io New road St. Paul street

Burton Miss,4 Weston vils,Marshfld.rd Marshall Lionel Hasler, St. Mary st Thomas Edwin, 47 Causeway

Carre Mrs.2 Landsend vls.Marshfld.rd Matthews Mrs. Langley road Tranter Rev. John Ernest (Baptist),

Cater Charles, 14 Marshfield road Mattingley Frederick, Brookley house, 64 St. Mary street ·

Chappell Albert, St. Paul street Marshfield road Uncles Mrs. Northbrook,Marshfield rd

Clare Edmnd. Park cot. Marshfield rd Mattingly Mrs. 45 Causeway Vaisey Miss, 6 St. Mary street

Clarke Mrs. The Grove, St. Mary st Mildred Mrs. Lowden hill Warcup Rev. Alfred (Methodist), 53

Cleverley William, I3 St. Paul street Miles Capt. Archibald Edward, Pew- St. Mary street

Coles Elias, Sheldon road hill house Warrilow James Bakewell, 5 vVeston

Collen Daniel, Rowden hill Millar Charles Frederick, :Beaufort vil. villas, Marshfield road

Collen George, New road Marshfield road Warrilow William Austin, Stratford

Connett John White, 3 Lansdowne ter- Millar Mrs. Suffolk vil. Marshfield rd house, Marshfield road

race, Marshfield road Mortimer Frederick, 9 New road Watkins vVm. Rose villa, St. l'aul st
Cook Alfred, London road
Coombs Mrs. Ivy cottage, Ivy l!J.ne Napier Henry, Lowden hill ·watson Thos. Caledonia vils. New rd

Neale vVm. Ellis, 29 Marshfield road Watts Edw:lrd, IO Landsend place,

Cooper John, 27 High street Nicholls Mrs. Rowden hill Marshfield road

Coventry Henry Robert, Monkton park Ollis Benjamin, 5 Landsend place, Webb Nelso:~. Ernest, \Vaterford villa,

Cox Edwin Anselm,Sydney vil.llath rd Marshfield road Factory lane

Crook Robert, IS Landsend place, POallrirsyBTehn·o;' .s .JPaamr ke s, Marshfield road Webb William, 8 New road
Marshfield road co t. Marshfield road Wells William, 11 Landsend
place,

Culliford Mrs. 3 Western villas,Marsh- Pearce Henry, 28 Marshfield road Marshfield road

field road Pearce Mrs. Enfield cottage,London rd Wheeler Mrs. I Western villas,

Dale Jas.6 Landsend pl.Marshfield rd Phillips Francis Henry, 'fhe Palace Marshfield road

Darke Harry vVilliam, The Laurels, Pike Albert, 12 New road White Fitzherbert, Gleneairn, Marsh-

Causeway Pinfield Henry George,I Belgrave viis. field road

Darley Richard, 56 St. Mary street 1\Iarshfield road White George A. H. The Hawthorns,

Day Mrs. 37 New road Poole William, 55 St. Mary street Langley road

Doswell Charles, 9 Landsend place, Porter Edwin, I Lansdowne terrace, Whitehead George, I2 Causeway

Marshfield road Marshfield road Wilson Mervyn Seppings B.A., :M.IJ.

Dowding Francis Edwin, Albion villa, Porter John, 30 St. Paul :~treet St. Mary street

Causeway Porter Mrs. Hart, I Union road Wilson William Alexander, 2 Verona.

Dowling Mrs. 12 Langley road Porter Sydney, 6 Western viis. Marsh- villas, Marshfield road

11uck Thomas, 38 New road field road Wiltshire Henrv, Marshfield road

Eatwell George, 67 St. Mary street Pou'ld Jn. Hampton villa, New road Witts Miss, 2 Belgrave villas, Marsh-

Edmunds Jn. Fredk. 20 St. Mary st Powell John Frederick, St. Paul street field road

Edwards J oseph, London road Prewett Hy. Stephen, II Langley road Wood Richard Bayliffe, 38 Market pl

Elliott Miss, Camden ho. I London rd Ray Robert, 12 Landsend place,Marsh- vVood William Henry, London road

Feaviour Mrs. 2 Causeway field road Wright Alfred, 13 Marshfield road

Ferris Mrs. 2 Belgrave villa, Marsh- Rees Rev. John Morson (Congrega- Wyche Rev. Charles M.A. (curate),

field road tional), Sheldon lodge, Sheldon road · Bath road

COMMERCIAL. Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Factory (Frederick Rogers,

.A.land Thomas, shopkeeper, River street manager), Bath road

Alexander Ann Elizh.& Elizh. (Misses),statnl's.&c.Market pl Ashe Edwin James, grocer, 2q Causeway

Alexander John, grocer & draper, 67 Market place Ashe Lot James, tailor, Timber street

.A.llard Thomas, hatter, 54 Market place .Austin Wm. & Son, butchers, 59 Market place

JDIBEOTOBl' I "~ILTSHIRE. CEIPPE:NB'Al\t, 68

Awdry Edmund Mainley (firm, Wood & Awdry), solici- Clifford Harry, marine store dealer, 22 Cornville

. tor & commissioner for oaths & clerk to the guar- Coates Charles, butcher, 41 Causeway

dians & union, assessment & school attendance com- Cockram William, Old Road inn, Old road

mittees of Chippenham union, & to the highway Coleman Jn. Chas. M.R.C.V.S. vet. surgn. Langley rd

board & rural district council, St. Mary street Coles John Coles, pharmaceutical chemist, grocer &

Awdry Peter Delme, solicitor & commissioner for oaths, wine & spirit merchant & proprietor of Coles's pig

superintendent registrar, under sheriff for county & -powders, Market place

steward of the manor of Monkton, High street Collen Brothers, millers (water), Chippenham mill

.A.ylmore Charles, outfitter, 3 New road Oollett Henry, Rose & Crown P.H. 22 Market place

Bailey Henry~ Bear hotel, I2 Market place Colonial Meat Co. 27 Market place

Baker Frederick, tobacconist, 26 Causeway Comley William, painter & sign writer, 70 St. Mary st

Baker James, Lamb inn, River ,street Connett John White, coach builder, New road

Baker James, farmer, New Leaze farm Cook William & Son, tailors & outfitters, 3 Market pl

Baker Susannah (Mrs.), Five .Alls P .H. I Causeway Cook .Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Marshfield road

Balch James, plumber & painter, 14 Causeway Cook Hannah (Miss), mantle maker, 38 Causeway

Ball Frank, hair dresser, 48 New road Coombs Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, London road

Ball Henry William, hair dresser, 28 Market place Cooper John, manager of Capital & Counties Bank Lim.

Ball Kate Maria (Mrs.), milliner, New road Co-operative Stores (George .Albert Geddes, manager),

Ball Waiter Tom, coach builder, Station hill 28 High street

Ball William, cabinet maker, New road Corcoran Bryan, Little George inn, 2I New road

Banks Frederick, marine store dealer, Timber street Croft William, shopkeeper, Englands

Bardwell Rev. Henry Bagley, boarding & day school, Crook George, prudential agent, London road •

Orwell house, New road Cruikshank Robert, Grammar school, High street

Barnes John, farmer, Stanley lane Culliford Jane Julia (Mrs.), aparts. Ma.rshfield road

Barnes Peter Chas. reporter, Sydney villas, New road Darke Harry William, surveyor of taxes, Mark-et place

Barrett .Archelaus, supt. of county police, New road Darley Richard & John, auctioneers, surveyors & archi-

Baylls Percy (late Jones & Co.), iron & brass founder, tects, 7 Market place

agricultural implement maker, engineer & millwright Davis Noah, cutler, Timber street

& manufacturer of lifting, winding & quarry machin- Dowding & Son, ale & porter brewers, Causeway

ery, The Foundry Downing & Rudman, builders, Old road

Beaven G.eorge & Son, boot & shoe makers, I3 Market Drewitt Mary .Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, Rowden

place & I4 High ,street Ellison Bertha (Mrs.), apartments (furnished), 3

Beazer Henry, boot maker, Hamlet South view, Sheldon road

Bedford .Arthur L.D.S.Irel. dentist, 52 Market place Everett Mary Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Melbourne farm

BelcherFrank & Co.linen drapers & clothiers,23Market pl Fenner .Albert, coal merchant, Railway station

Bence Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Sheldon Fields George, chimney sweeper, I9 Cornville

Bendry Thomas, coach builder, Market place Fisher R. & Go. cooks & confectioners, 47 Market place

Bentley J oseph, baker, London road Freeth 'Ym. (Mrs.), registry office for servants,Timber st

· Beszant Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress ma. 4 St. Mary's place Fry Georgina (Miss), dress maker, Sheldon road

Beszant George, builder, Marshfield road Fry James, farmer, Stanley .Abbey farm

Bigwood.Anthony, brewers' trav.4Landsend pl.Marshfl.d.rd' Gainey Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, Sheldon road

Billett Nahum, blacksmith & engineer, Blind lane Gale Samuel, shoe maker, I Landsend pl. Marshfield rd

Bowker Edwin, coal depot, Marshfield road Gantlett John, watch & clock maker, 9 High street

Bradshaw Wm. Theodore, professor of music, Station hl Gardner William, manufacturing ironmonger, 6 High st

Brinkworth John Trescot & Son, bakers, Marshfield rd Garne Tom, farmer, Lanhill farm

Brinkworth Elizh. (Miss), day school, Langley road George Fanny (Mrs.), linen draper, 68 Market place

Brinkworth George, commission agent, Frogwell Gibbs John, boot & shoe maker, 71 St. Mary street

Brinkworth Wm. Hy. coal & slate mer. The Wharf Great Western Parcel Receiving Office (Herbert Edwin

Briscoe William Thomas B..A., M.D., M.Ch. physician Powell, agent), 62 Market place

& surgeon, medical officer of health for Chippenham Greenman Maud (Miss), shopkeeper, Park lane

urban sanitary district & rural district council & Greenway Daniel, shopkeeper, Lowden

medical officer for Pewsham district & of workhouse & Gregory .A.mbrose, farmer, Forest gate

public vaccinator for Chippenham & Pewsham dis- Griffin William, basket maker, Market place

tricts, Market place Hamblin .A.rthur & Go. coal merchants, Station

British & Foreign Bible Society Depot, Market place Rambling Stephen, medical herbalist, Langley road

Bucknell Harry Geen, watch maker, 57 Market place Hampton Henry, gas works man, Factory lane

Bull Geor.ge, chimney sweeper, Blind lane Harcombe Edward, hair dresser, 46 Market place

Bull William Henry, farmer, Gr.een lane Harcombe Prances Matilda (Mrs.), Great Western hotel.

Bullock Thomas, watch maker, 40 Market place Marshfield road

Burbidge Wllliam, auctioneer, valuer, surveyor, Harding & Son, coal & salt mers. Railway station

land & .estate agent, & public house valuer, Market pl Harris George, coal dealer, Wood lane

Burbidge William, farmer, Lowden Hart Thomas Hill, draper, 45 Market place

Burgess Richard, butcher, 4 The Bridge Hathaway George, churn manufacturer, New road

Burnett Oliver Jennings, grocer, New road Hayes William, tinplate worker, Park lane

Bussell & Pike, corn merchants. New road Hayward Charles, haulier, London road

Butcher Frederick, Whit-e Lion hotel & agent for W. & Henly William, shoe maker, Union road

.A. Gilbey Limited, wine & spirit mers. 4 Market pl Hetherington & Son, tailors, 8 High street

Butler Charles, tea dealer & post office, New road Hewett .Ann & Fras. (Misses), dress makers, 40 Causeway

Butler William, insurance agent, St. Paul street Hibberd James, King's Head P.H. 35 Market place

Capital & Counties Bank Limited (John Cooper, mana- Hickling Sarah (Mrs.), Talbot hotel, 65 Market place

ger), High street; draw on head office, 39 Thread- Higgens .Annie (Mrs.), confectioner, The Bridge

needle street, London E 0 Higgings Caroline (Mrs.), apartments, 26 Market place

Card Edward, pork butcher, Timber street Hiscock Waiter & Co. draprs. & outfittrs. 5 Market pl

Careless Richard, .Angel hotel & posting house, Market pl Hiscock Waiter, dairyman, IS High street

Carpenter Robert Rawlings, cabinet maker, London rd Hodgson James, coach builder, The Butts, London road

Carter .Alfred, dairyman, Lowden & Sandbrook place

Cater Charles, collector of poor rates & to the guardians, Hofland Francis, fishmonger & mineral water marmfac-

14 Marshfield road turer, 17 High street

Chappell Luke, baker, Sheldon road Holloway Thomas, surveyor, York ho. Marshfield road

Chippenham Conservative Reading Room (William Hy. Honniball John, fruiterer & china dealer, 3 The Bridge

Hunt, hon. sec.), 3 High st.reet Horton Robert William, painter, 52 Causeway

Chippenham Fire Brigade (David Baigent, captain), Houlston Robert Fredk. stationer & printer, I2 High st

Market place Howell .Augustus, brick maker, Sheldon road

Chippenham Gas Co. Limited· (William Henry Brink~ Howell Philip, chimney sweeper, River street

worth, sec.; Henry Hampton, manager), Factory lane Hudd Samuel, florist, Foghamshire

Chippenham Technical School, Causeway Hulbert & Son, plumbers & toy dealers, Ig High street

Chippenham Tennis Club (Waiter Thomas Clark, hon. Hnmphries Albert & Sons, wheelwrights lt smiths,

sec.), Market place London road

City & County of Gloucester Equitable Building Society Humphries Geo. florist & nurseryman, 23 High street

(R. Darley, agent), High street Hunt John, baker & grocer, Malmesbury road

Cleaver CharleS' R. George commercial hot-el, 2 High st Hurn Charles, shopkeeper, 53 Parliament street

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Hutchings Joel, outfitter, 49 Market place Powell John Frederick, blacksmith, New road

Iles John, butcher, 32 Causeway Powell Robert, carpenter, Ashes Hamlet

Ireland Edward Germain, furnishing ironmonger & Prewett Hy. Stephen, commercial travllr. 3 Oxford ter

iron merchant, 2I High street Randall Simeon, upholsterer, River street

Jay Henry Mason M.D., M.R.C.P. physician, St. Mary st Rawlings John, dairyman, Gate farm

J<mes Frances (Mrs.), temperance hotel, 2 St. Mary street Read Hy. Geo. bakr. grocr. & corn & meal factr. Lowden

Jones Samuel, cook & confectioner, I3 High street Rebbeck Jsph. Jas. refreshment rooms, Union road

Jones Tom, baker, 40 New road Rich Richard, cattle dealer, Manor house, Rowden hill

J ones William, sign writer, Park lane Rich Richard Pinniger, Railway hotel, Union road

Kearley & Tonge, grocers, 48 Market place Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Prince of Wales'

Keary & Stokes, solicitors, High street Own Royal Regiment(A Squadron) (Major Sir Algernon

Keary Alfred John (firm, Keary & Stokes), solicitor & William Neeld bart. commanding; Sergt.-Major Alfd.
commissioner to administer oaths, clerk to the county Lawrence, drill instructor)
Rowley Benjamin Richard, grocer, Sheldon road
magistrates & commissioners of taxes, High street
Rudman Elizabeth (Mrs.), draper, 43 Market place
Killing James, carpenter, Ashe Pewhill
Rudman Robert, builder, see Downing & Rudman
King Williarn Charles, ironmonger, New road Ryall William, fruiterer, I8 Market place
Kirby John, china dealer, Parliament street
Lane J oseph, manager of Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Salvation Army, Officers Quarters (Miss l\lebel Wilson,
Lim. & treasurer to the corporation, union & rural dis- captain), London road
Salway Elizabeth (Miss), milliner, High street
trict council, High street Salway George Sargent, carpenter, River street
Leonard Benjamin Keene, farmer, Sheldon
Salway John Perry, grocer, 3 Causeway
Lewis George, farmer, London road
Savin Mary Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Wood lane
Lewis John, boot & shoe maker, I7 :Market place
Light William, builder, contractor & building material Selman Thomas, jun. wheelwright, St. Paul street
Shapley Edwin, cabinet maker, 49 New road
dealer, 6 ~ew road
Lightfoot John, town surveyor & sanitary inspector, Mose- Shewring George, farmer, Sparrow farm
Shewring Thomas, shopkeeper, River street
ley terrace, London road
Literary & Scientific Institute (F. W. Belcher, hon. sec.), Shorland George, manager of "North Wilts Guardian,n
5 High street
Market place
Sims Thomas, beer retailer, Lowden
Lloyd Heber, Three Crowns P.H. Causeway
Singer John Robert, grocer & photogrphr. 30 & 3I High st
Long George, general smith, Marshfield road
Long Rosanna (Mrs.),umbrella ma.&tobccnst.6o Markt.pl Singer Manufacturing Co. (Albert Roberts, manager).
55 Market place.
Love Waiter, fish shop, 25 Causeway
Marsh Charles William, basket dealer, 70 Market place Slade Richard & Sons, brewers, Union road
Marshall Lionel Hasler, surveyor & land agent, see Slade Edwin, bill poster, 2 Parliament street
Small William, stationer, Market place
Smith & Marshall
Smallcombe Edmd. Hy. cabinet maker, 34 Market place
Martin Arthur, coffee tavern, 63 Market place
Smart William, beer retailer, Bath road
Matthews Ann (Miss), dress maker, Langley road
Mattingly George & Frederick, saddlers & harness Smith Joseph & Thos. Anderson, tanners, Factory lane
Smith & Marshall,surveyors & land agents, 65 St.Mary st
makers, SI Market place
Mattingly Wm. Frederick, ladies' outfitter, 22 High st Smith Alfred, shopkeeper, Parliament street
Smith Edith (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Marshfield road
Mazor George, watch maker, 53 Market place
Merritt John, brewer & mineral water manufr. River st Smith Henry Herbert, land agent & surveyor, see
Smith & Marshall
Merryweather Annie (Mrs.), coffeerooms, Foghamshire
Smith James, shoe maker, 48 Causeway
Millar Charles Frederick, nurseryman, London road
Smith John, builder, New road & London road
::.VIills Thomas, insurance agent, New road
Smith Lucy (Miss), dress maker, I8 High street
Mitchell James, tinman, 30 Causeway Smith Sarah (Mrs.), grocer, I8 High street
Montague Francis, shopkeeper, Park lane
~!organ Senuah, commercial traveller, Greenaway lane Smith William, greengrocer, SI Causeway
Spiers Edward, silk manufacturer & baker, Wood lane
Morrell James & John, plasterers, Causeway
Munday Geo. tobacconist & clerk to the markt. 4 High st Spinke Samuel, printer, stationer &c. 33 Market place
Kapier Henry Borroughes, land agent & surveyor, 13 Stevens Charles Robert, shoe maker, 2 Market place
Stokes David John, solicitor & commissioner to ad-
St. Mary street
Neale Edgar, chemist & soda water mfr. IO High street minister oaths, see Keary & Stokes
N ewman Elizh. (Mrs.), saddler & harness ma. 20 High st Stokes George, beer retailer, London road
Ne;vport Thos. farm bailiff to Sir G. Goldney bart.Stan~ey Swain Alfred, Prudential agent, 33 Emery lane
Swain Edward, confectioner, 42 Causeway
Nicholls & Co. annatto manufrs. Rowden hill
Norris Thos. Geo. jobbing gardnr. I Lansdowne place Swayne Thomas, builder, Causeway
North-west Wilts Licensed Victuallers' Association (Peter Talbot Hotel (Mrs. Sarah Ann Hickling, proprietress),
Market place
Charles Barnes, sec.), New road
North Wilts Guardian (Lewis & Sons, proprietors; Geo. Tasker Edmund, beer retailer, River street
Tavinor Richard, Pack Horse P.H. London road
Shorland, manager), High street

Obourn Harry, grocer, 69 Market place Taylor Henry, tailor, 39 New road

Obourn James Vear, shopkeeper, 49 Causeway Taylor Armstrong (Mrs.), milliner & dress & mantle

Ockford .Tames, corn dealer, River street maker, 11 High street

Palmer Thomas, Duke of Cumberl~nd P.H. 37 Market pl Taylor Clara (Mrs.), beer retlr. & grcr.33 & 34 Causeway
Parker Thomas, grocer & glass & chma dlr.3I&I6 Markt.pl Taylor Ellen (Mrs.), Swan inn, River street

Pearce & Pearce, grocers & provision dealers, 6 Market pl Taylor Gertrude Georginia (Mrs.), music warehouse,

Pearce GPorge, gasfitter, Foghamshire I3 Market place

Pearce \Villiam Thomas, shopkeeper, 5 St. Mary street Taylor Mary (Mrs.), apartments, 23 Causeway

Perkins James, wine & spirit vaults, 36 Market place Teagle Frederick William, butcher, New road

J'hillips Francis Henry, solicitor, registrar & high bailiff Technical School (Edwin Thomas, secretary), Causeway

of the county court, vestry & town clerk & clerk to the Temperance Rdng. Room (Thos.Mills, sec.),Foghamshire
urban sanitary authority & clerk to the borough school Thomas Charles Frederick, postmaster

attendance committee, Chippenham burial board, Thomas Edwin, rate collector, Causeway

borough magistrates & commissioner to administer Thomas Eneas, apartments, 59 St. Mary street

oaths, Market place Thomas Henry, carpenter, Greenway lane

J'hillips Mathew, haulier, River street Thomas James, whitesmith, 44 Causeway

Phipps Henry George, blacksmith, Union road Tinson James, baker, 4 Emery lane

1'ike Henry, boot & shoe maker, 6 Lansdowne place Titt William, beer retailer, Blind lane

1'ike Henry James, corn merchant, see Bussell & Pike Tompkins Benj. frmr. & water finder, Pipsmore farm

Pinney Mary Ann (Mrs.), Black Horse inn, New road Tonge Gilbert, grocer, see Kearley & Tonge

J'of'ock & Co. cloth manufacturers, Waterford mills Tormay Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, St. Mary street

Pollard Charles Brent, county court bailiff & town crier, Town Hall (George Munday, keeper), High street

66 St. Mary street Townsend Albert, baker, 4 & 5 Causeway

Pollard Emily (Miss), dress maker, 66 St. Mary street Townsend David, greengrocer, 73 St. Mal'y street

Pond George Wm. grocer & wine & spirit mer. I High st Townsend Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, River street

Porter Svdney, photographer, New road Townsend Frederick Henry, shoe maker, River street

Porter William Hart, job master, Station hill Townsend Sophia (Mrs.), apartments, 68 St. Mary street

Pound \Villiam, provision dealer, New road Townsend Thomas, pork butcher, Market place

Powell Henry George, leather seller, 6I Market place Tucker Albert, Prudential agent, River street

Pm,ell Herbert Edwin, hair dreQser, 62 Market place Tucker Frederick, brewers' agent, St. Mary street

DIREOTOBY.] \YILTSHIRE. OSISLEDON. 66

Turpin .Alfred Barritt, chemist, High street Whitehead George, supervisor of excise, Market place.
Wilcocks John Henry, farmer, Patterdown
Vallis Francis, boot & shoe maker, The Bridge Wilks Charles James, beer retailer & baker, New road &

Volunteer Battalion (2nd) Duke of Edinburgh's (Wilt- Timber street
Wilks Edwin, china dealer, 7 High street
shire Regiment) (Hon. Col. E. B. Merriman V.D. Wilson Mervyn Seppings B..A., M.B. surgeon, & medical
commanding; Capt. .A. J. Randell, instructor of
officer for Chippenham district, St. Mary street
musketry; Major H. •r. de C. Hobbs, adjutant; J. Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Lim. (Joseph Lane,

D. R. Phillips, quartermaster. B Co. : Capt. F. II. manager), High street; draw on London & ·West-
minster Bank Lim. London E C
Milsom. commandant; Sergt.-Major Roger Pendle- Wilts & Western Benefit Building Society (John Cooper,
bury, drill instructor) ; head quarters, St. Paul's st agent), High street
Warrilow Jarnes Bakewell, gun, & cartridge maker,
Wiltshire Bacon Curing Co. (The) (Geo. S. Gillett, sec.;
the largest stock in the west; send for my complete Charles Goodman, manager), Old road
list, giving full particulars, Factory lane
"\Varrilow William .Austin, accountant, registrar of mar- Wiltshire Times & Trowbridge .Advertiser (B. Lans-
riages & assistant ()Verseer for Lang~ey Burrell, down & Sons, publishers ; published fri. for sat.),
~iarshfield road Market place; & at Devizes, Trowbridge & "\Varmlaster
Warrilow \Ym. Robt. bicycle & tricycle depot,l\irshfld. rd
Wiltshire Henry, painter &c. New road
Washbourne Frances Jane(Mrs.),corn & seed mer.New rd Witts .Annie (Mrs.), farrier, St. Mary's place
Weakley Henry William, painter &c. Hamlet Witts James, upholsterer, 64 Market place
Webb Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, Sheldon road Wood & .Awdry, solicitors, St. Mary street
Webb William, monumental mason, New road Wood Richard Bayliffe, solicitor, see Wood & .Awdry
Wheeler Hannah (~irs.), confectioner, 50 New road Wood William, fishmonger, 34 & 35 Causeway
"\Vhite .Arthur Herbert, insurance inspector, 4r New road Wood Wm. Hy. clerk to registrar of county ct.London :rd
White Lion Hotel (Frederick Butcher, proprietor), Wright .Alfred, relieving officer, rst district, vaccination

Market place officer for Christian Malford & school attendance
White Fitzherbert, chemist, registrar of births & deaths officer, Marshfield road

& vaccination officer, Chippenham sub-dist. Market pl
White Henry, farmer & miller, Pound farm

"\Vhite Humphrey William, farmer, Cocklebury

.ALLINGTON.

Barrington Mrs. Bulidge house Cowley Hy. threshing machine propr Sage William, farmer
Butler William George
Keaton Thomas, farmer Thomas Harrt.(Mrs.) (exors.of),frmrs
COMMERCIAL.
Matthews Waiter, farmer ·wheeler Wm. farmer, Bumper fnrm
Compton James, farmer
Monkton Rd.Vance, farmr ..\Ianor frm

CHIRTON (Churton, or Cherington) is a parish and almshouses, the Bradford-cum-Freshford charities for

village, s?t miles south-east from Devizes and 2~ south- the same purpose, and the Froxfield charity for lay and

west from ·woodborough station on the Newbury and clerical widows, also Eveline almshouses, Oxon. The

Bath section of the Great Western railway, in the East- lordship of the manor is vested in the Heytesbury trus-

ern division of the county, Swanborough hundred, petty tees. The principal landowners are Miss Mills and Mr.

sessional division, union and county court district of Chandler. The soil and subsoil are green sand. Tlut

Devizes, Potterne rural deanery (Enford portion), Wilts chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 1,8.=;8

archdeaconry and Salisbury diocese. The church of St. acres; rateable value, £1,67r; the population in 18~r

John the Baptist is an ancient and beautiful structure of was 314, including Conock.

grey stone, in the Transition Norman style, consisting Conock tithing is half a mile south-west, situated on

of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south rJOrch aud the road to Devizes and contains the Manor House, an

an embattled western tower containing 5 bell'l; the interesting residence, formerly the property of the "\Var-

south entrance has an elaborately wrought arch, with riner family, now occupied by William Charles Hitch-

zigzag mouldings and a series of animals' heads and cock esq.

other figures surrounding its outer edge : there is a Sexton, Samuel Hayward.
piscina in the chancel, with sedile, and another in the

south aisle of Late Decorated character: the font, which Post Office.-"\Villiam Chivers, sub-postmaster. Letters

is particularly fine, and is evidently coeval with the arrive from Devizes at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5·55

church, bears representations of the Twelve .Apostles : p.m. ; sundays, letters arrive at 8.30 a.m. & arflt

there are six stained windows in the church and two dispatched at r0.45 a.m. Postal orders are issued
in the south porch; also a handsome r8th century stone here, but not paid. The nearest money order & te~e-

monum ent in the north aisle to the de Conock family: graph office is at Woodborough

the church was restored and re-seated in r85o, and has Wall Letter Box at Conock cleared at 6.IO p.m. & on

175 sittings. The register dates from the year I579· sundays at II a.m
The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge
£g irf t43o, f net yearly value £r oa7n,d with residence, in the National School (mixed), erected in 1845, & subse-
the Lord Chancellor, held since r8g2 by the quently enlarged for roo children; average attend-
ance, 6o; Miss Mountenay, mistress
Rev. Henry Thompson .Adam 1\:L.A. of Corpus Cbristi

college, Cambridge. The trustees of different charities Carrier.-Charles Vallis passes· through Chirton to De-

hold land in this parish-the Heytesbury charity for vizes, every thurs. returning same day

PRIVATE RESIDEJS"TS. CO~IMERCIAL. ~ewman Jacob, head gardener to "\Yln_

.Adam Rev. Henry Thompson M ..A. Buckland Frederick, baker Charles Hitchcock esq

The Vicarage Burry .Albert, farmer, Conock Perren Thomas, farmer

Burry .Albert, Conock Burry Rebecca (Mrs.), shopkeeper Snelgrove David, farrr.er

Ferris Mrs. Conock Chandler Thomas, miller ("ater), Staples James, farmer

Hayward 1\Iiss Church mills 'Yells Arthur .Augusta~. New i11n
Wells Diana (Mrs.), ::;hopkfleper
Hitchcock Wm.Chas.~Ianor ho.Conock Chivers William, post office

Jefferies Miss, Old Manor ho. Ccnock Fussell Thomas, grocer & coal dealer 'Yells Henry, farmer

~ash Jacob Hobbs Hailstone James, carpenter 'Vells Sidney, farmt>r

Plummer John Hampshire James, blacksmith Witchell Edward, bePr retailer

CHISLEDON with DRAYCOT FOLIAT.

CHISLEDON is an extensive parish and village, ne.ar s-tone structure, in tht> Norman style, consisting L-f
the road from Swindon to 1\Iarlborough, 7 miles north chancel, nave of four bays, and aisles, south porch, with
from Marlborough and 4 south-east from Swindon, in the embattled square tc,wer with pinnacles containing 5
~orthern division of the county, hundred of Kingsbridge, bells: the chancel is paved with encaustic tiles: there
union. of Highworth, Swindon county court district are several monuments and tablets to the. families of
and petty sessional division of Swindon, rural deanery of ~Iellish, Calley, Browne and Crowdy: there is also a
).Iar;borough (Marlborough portion), archdeaconry of stained window, erected by Mrs. Jolm Browne t01 her
Wilts and diocese of Salisbury: the Midland and South 1ate husband: the church was re-opened in March, 1893,
"\Vest-ern Junction railway runs through the village, con- 1 after restQration, at a cost of over £2,ooo: the tower
necting the London and South Western railway at still remains in an unsafe condition (r8g5): the east,
Andover with the Great Western railway at Swindon; window has been filled with stained glass in memory
the line is comp:eted to Cheltenham and joins the Mid- of H. Calley e.sq. of Burderop Park, by his widow: there
land railway. The church of the Holy Cross is a plain are 292 sittings. The register dates from the year 1641:.

WILTS. 5

66 CHISLEDON. WILTSHIRE. (KELLY'S

The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £So, Letters ·through Swindon, arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dis-
net yearly value. £no, with 74 acres of gleb~ and rei>i- patched at 6.55 p.m. Theife is a telegraph office
dence, in the gift of Major T. C. P. Galley, and held at the station. Postal orders are issued here, but
.since r887 by the Rev. John Henry Galley M.A. of not paid. Wroughton is the nearest money order offica
Emmanuel College, Cambridge. There is a. mission Wall Letter Boxes Badbury, cleared at 6.40 p.m.; Hod-
house, licensed for divine worship, foT the use of liOn. cleared at 7 p.m. ; Ooate, cleared at ro a.m. &
residents at Coate and Snodshill, in which serviOO! 6.30 p.m. week days ouly
i~t held every Sunday: itl has 130 sittings. There are
National School (boys & girls), built in r869, with resi-
places o·f worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and one de.nce for master, by subscription, for 226 children;
average attendance, r6o; John Starrier, mas-ter
belonging to the Primitive. Methodists. The churchyard
was closed by an Order in Council in r879, and a ceme- Carrier.-Oripps, to Marlborough, on sat. ; to Swindon

tery of r! acres was formed in 1877 at a cost of £r,roo, station, mon. & fri
with two mortuary chapels ; it is under the control of
a. burial board of 9 members. There is a charity of £rs Railway Station, Edwin Noble, station master

a year derived from land, left in r659 by Richard Harvey, DRAYOOT FOLIAT is a parish 6 miles south from

vested in and distributed by th~ vicar and churchwardens Swindon station, in the union of Highworth and Swindon,
on St. Thomas' day amongst twenty deserving pari- CCJIUnty court district of Swindon. The· church, having
shioners. The principal seat in the parish is Burderop,
a. noble stone mansion, situate in a small park, the. seat fallen into decay, was removed by order of the Bishop
of Major Thomas Charles Pleydell Galley J.P. rst Life of Salisbury, and! an aisle added to Ohisledon church,'
Guards, lord of the manor. The principal landowners built from materials of the old church in 1572. '!'he
are Major Galley, William Edward N. Brown esq. oi living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge 1:,137. net
The Cottage, and William J. E. Warry-Stone esq. The
soil is chalk, and the subsoil is chalk ; th111 land is chiefly yearly value £r6o, in the gift of .!. L. Goddard esq.
arable. The area is 4,916 acres; rateable value, £s,8so;
the population in 1891 was 1,204. and held since r858 by the Rev. George, Eastman B.D.
who re.sides at 5 Acre lane, Brixton, London; the
Badbury is a tithing, half a; mile north-east, where vicar of Chisledon receives £so as curate. There are
the.re is a Wesleyan chapel; Burderop, a ti.thing, r! miles two farms. Major T. C. PleydeJl Galley and Messrs.
west; Hodson, a tithing, r mile north-west, having a Stratton and William Edward Nicolson Brown are the
Wesleyan chapel; Snodshill and Coate are hamlets, 3 chief landowners. The area. is 705 acres; rat·eable value,

£572; the population in 1891 was 40.

mileS' north. Letters through Swindon arrive at 8.30 a.m. & col-

Pariilh Clerk, John Stainer. lected same time. The nearest money order office
is at Wroughton; telegraph office, Chisledon station

Post Office.-Miss Ellen Sheppard, sub-postmistress. The children attend the school at Ohisledon

Brown CHISLEDON. Sheppard Albert, tailor & assist.oversr Wrench Thomas William Wick
Wm.Edwd.Nicolsn.The Cottage Sheppard Lemuel, blacksmith
Stagg Richard, jobbing gardener COMMERCIAL.

Bourton Charles, farmer,
Buller Arth. Tremayne, Chisledon ho Stallard Amelia (Mrs.), Elm Tree P.H Ohoules Joshua, farmer
Galley Rev. John Henry M.A. (vicar) Toomer & Son, coal mers. Station Choules William, farmer
Hulbert Alfred Benjamin, The Limes Walker Alfred Stephen, haulier
Cox William, butcher
Hulbert Arthur Thomas, The Limes Walker Fras. farmer, Parsonage farm Handy Wm. farmer, Dayhouse farm
Wheeler Mrs. Yew cottage
Willes John, farmer, New farm Hart Joseph, carpenter

COMMERCIAL. Hat1J Agnes (Miss), dress maker

Ashcombe Samuel, hurdle maker HODSON. Little Thomas, beer retailer

Blanchard Geo. frmr. Ohisledon park Baden Harry, Galley Arms P.H Preater Edmund Henry, Plough inn
Walker Robert, farmer 'Vhateley Samuel H. farmer
Breakwell George Hnry, bakr Wirdlam John, brewers' agent Wrench Thomas Wm. surgeon-dentist
Brunsden Henry J. farmer, Snodshill
Bush Henry George, machinist BURDEROP. DRAYOOT FOLIAT.

Cannon Sarah Ann (Miss), draper Galley Major Thomas Charles Pleydell Hussey John Hy. Wallbridge, farmer
Cemetery (John Starrier, clerk to the J.P. Burderop park Lambert Jasper, farmer
Tucker Frederick George, farm bailiff
burial board) Ashford Albert, agent to Major T. C.
Cripps Henry, carrier P. Calley, Burderop cottage to Mr. Joseph Stratton
Curnick Thomas, butcher
Dixon Walter John, grocer Eatwell William, head gardener to COATE.
Freeman Wm. V. farmer, Snodshill Major Galley
Howard Charles, shoe maker Ohoules Ann (Mrs.), Sun inn
Kight George, shopkeeper Weston Thomas, farm bailiff to Major Gosling Jonathan, farmer
Nash Thomas, mason Calley, Burderop farm Gregory J ames, haulier

Pound Charles, Patriots Arms P.H BADBURY. Maskelyne John, farmer, Coate farm
Reading Room (John Stanier,hon.sec) Panter Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Robinson William, boot maker Woolford Mrs. Badbury house Smith Daniel, beer retailer

CHITTERNE ALL SAINTS is a parish on the living is a vicarage, with Chitterne St. Mary annexed,
road from Warminster to Amesbury, 4 miles north-west average yearly value from tithe rent-charge £78, and
£r88 from glebe, joint gross income £x88, net £179,
from Codford ·station on the Wilts, Somerse.t and Wey- in the gift of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of
mouth branch of the Great Western railway, and 8 east Salisbury alternately, and! held since 1884 by the Rev.
from Warminster, in the Western division of the county, Charle·s Avery Pinhorn B.A. of Trinity College-, Dublin,
hundred of Heytesbury, Warminster petty sessional divi- who resideS> a.t Chitterne St. Mary. Sir William Wallace
sion, union and county court district, Wylye rural Rhoderic Onslow hart. is lord of .the manor, and Waiter
deanery (Wylye portion), archdeaconry of Sarum, and Hnme Long esq. M.P., D.L., J.P. of Rood Ashton, Trow-
diocese of Salisbury. The church of Chitterne All Saints, bridge, and Richard Hayward esq. ere the- priillCipal
erected in r86r on a site presented by Waiter Long esq. landowners. The soil is light chalk; subsoil, chalk and
iS' of stone and flint, in squares, in the Perpendicular and flint. The chief crops ar111 wheat, oats· and barley. The
Decorat-ed styles, and consists of chancel, clerestoried area is 4,500 acres; rateable value, [,r,385; the popula-
nave of four bays and aisles, with a handsome square tion in 1891 was 428.
western embattled tower, with pinnacles, containing 5
bells and a clock, the lower portion of th61 .tower forming Parish Clerk, W. F. Brown.
a porch : the chancel is of Bath stone, and has an apsidal
end with 3 stained window: there are several memorial Letters from Bath through Codford St. Mary, arrive at
tablets to the Mitchell family in the porch: the church 8.15 a..m. Wall Box cleared at 5.20 p.m.; in Nov. Dec.
& Jan. at 4.50 p.m. The nearest money OTcl&- &
will sea.t about 530 persons: the Qld churches have both telegraph office is at CodfordJ St. Mary
been pulled down, with the exception of the chancel of
Parochial School (mixed), built in 1869, for 102 chil-
Chitterne St. Mary, which is now used for mortuary
purposes. The register dates from the year r654· The dren; average attendance, 85; Wm.Fredk. Brown, mast

Cuff Mrs Carter Frederick, carpenter Polden Abdon, mason

Hayward Richard, Chitterne house Dean Joseph, farmer Polden Ada Harriett (Miss), dress ma

Dredge Joseph, boot maker Sheppard Stephen, blacksmith

COMMERCIAL. Feltham Hrbt. gen. dealer & farmer Smith Jacob, shopkeeper

Bartlett Geo. (Mrs.), shopkpr. & baker Holloway James, faru1er Smith Hy. John, gen. dealer & carrier

Oa•rter Ann (Mrs.), shoJ?.keeper Polden & Feltham,carpntrs.&wheelwrts Titt Robert Morgan, blacksmith

DIRECTORY.) "\YILTSHIRE. CHOLDERTON (WEST). 67

CHITTERNE ST. MARY is a parish, adjoining the Downs are barrows. "\Va1ter Hume Long esq. M.P. of
parish of Chitterne All Saints, in the West·ern division Rood Ashton, Trowbridge, is lord of the manor and the
o0f the. county, Heytesbury hundred, Warminster petty principal landowner. The soil is light chalk; subsoil,
sessional division, union and county court district, rural chalk and flint. The chief crops are wheat, oats and
deanery of Wylye (Wylye pol'tion), archdea.conry O'f barley. The area is 2,I50 acres; rateable value, .£,546;
the population in 189I was IS4·
.Sarum, and diocese of Salisbury. The church has been Post Office.-William Frederick Brown, sub-postmaster.
pulled down, with the exception of the chancel, now
used as a mortuary chapeil, and a new church erected Letters from Bath, through Codford St. Mary, which
in 1861, at Chitterne All Saints, for the two parishes. is th!li nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive
at 8 a.m.; dispatched, 5.30 p.m. Postal orders are
'The register dates from the year 1651. The living is a issued here, but not paid
The children of this place attend the school at Chi.tt-erne
-vicarage, annexed to that of Chitterne All Saint.s, average All Saints.
Carrier.-Henry John Smith's cart to Salisbury, tues. ;
yea.rly value from tithe rent-charge £78, and £no from to Devizes, thurs.; to "\Varminster, sat.; returning
gllebe, joint gross income £188, net £179, with residence,
in the gift of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Salis- same day

bury alternately, and held since I884 by the Rev. Charles
.A.very Pinhorn B..A.. of Trinity College, Dublin. On the

Cornpton Miss Brown William Frederick, Post office Polden .A.ugustus, shopkeeper
Polden .A.ugustus James, insurance agt
<George Mrs. Chestnut villa Burbidge Charles, farmer Poolrnan William, farmer & beer re·

Jlinhorn Rev. Chas. .A.very B.A. (vicar) Feltham William James, carpenter tailer & egg dealer
Wallis Fdk.farmr.& maltstr.Manor frm
..Beak William James Francis, King's Hinton Robert, tailor

Head P.H. & coal dealer Maidment Frank, baker & grocer

rCHITTOE is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1846, separating the Belgic and aboriginal tribes, called

·consisting of the tithing of Chittoe, Sandy Lane, for- the W ansdyke, commencing on the banks of the

merly a portion of Derry Hill, and portions of the Severn, passed through Spye Park in this parish;

parishes of Bromham, Ca.lne and Chippenham, 5 miles the Roman road, from Bath to Marlborough, also ran

north-by-west from Devizes and 3! south-west from Calne through this parish, and followed for some distance the

terminal station, on a. branch of ·the Great Western rail- track of the Wansdyke. Westbrook House is the property

way, in the Eastern division of the county, Potterne and and residence of Mrs. Gaby. Capt. Spicer, who'

Cannings hundred, petty sessional division. union and is lord of the manor, Mrs. "\Vyndham, M. M•

.county court district of Devizes, rural deanery of .A.ve- Brown esq. of Nonsuch, Chittoe, and Mrs. Gaby

;})ury (Cannings portion), archdeaconry of Wi1ts and are principal landowners. The soil is red sand; subsoil.

-diocese of Salisbury. St. Mary's church, erected in I84S• ironstone. The land is chiefly arable. The area ot

:is a lofty building of stone, in the :Early English style, Chittoe tithing is I,Ioo acres; rateable value, £I,353;

.and consists of chancel, nave, north transept, south population, 226. The area of the whole ecclesias-tical

;porch and a western turret containing one bcll : ,fue east parish is I,7oo acres; the populatidn. in 1891 was sso.
window is stained, as are two others in the chancel, to
Posrt Office, Sandy Lane, George Lane, sub-postmaster.
Renry Charles Schonberg ob. I85o: there are about :zoo Letters through Chippenham, via Bromham, arrive at
sittings, all free. The register dates from the year 1845. 7·45 a.m. & via Lacock, arrive at 4·5 p.m.; dispa.tched
'The living is· a vicarage, gross yearly value £295, net at 9 a.m. & 6.55 p.m. week days; sundays, 9 a.m.
.£287, including I2 acre~ of glebe, with residence, in Postal orde.rs are issued here, but; not paid. The
·the gift of Capt. Johru E. P. Spicer, and held since nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bromham
1886 by the Rev. Henry Herbert Mogg B.A. late scholar
Wall Letter Box cleared at 7.30 p.m.; sun. 6.30 a.m
<>.f. Pembroke- College, Cambridge. Here is a Primitive

lvfethodist chapel; there is' a Particular Baptist chapel There are also two other Wall Boxes in the parish, one

-at Sandy Lane. Spye Park is the seat of Capt. John at Sandridge Hill & one at Westbrook

Edmund Philip Spicel'l J.P.: the Chittoe brook flows National School (mixed), built for so children; avera~e

through it and forms two small lakes. Sloperton Cottage, attendance, 54; & supported entirely by Capt. J. E. P.

in this parish, was formerly the residence of Thomas Spicer : an infants' school will shortly be added to .

Moore, the poet, who died Feb. 26, IB52, and iSI buried in afford additional accommodation for 30 children;

the parish church of Bromham. The ancient earthwork, Ebenezer Daniel "\Vebster, master
•

Brown M. M. Nonsuch house Breach John, farmer Perry Frederick, gardener to Capt. J.

Gaby Mrs. Westbrook house Butler Ernest, farmer, Sandy lane E. P. Spicer

Mogg Rev. Hy. Hrbt. B.A. Vicarage Dunnett -, George inn, Sandy lane Pike Job, farmer

Spicer Capt. John Edmund Philip J.P., Edmunds Henry, farmer, Nonsuch cot Rawlings "\Vm. New inn, Westbrook

Spye park Hatter William, market gardener Rudman Henry, carpenter & grocer

Upham W. .A. Sloperton Holloway William, bailiff to Capt. J. Strange Henry, dealer in poultry &

Wyndham Mrs. Wans house E. P. Spicer . farmer, The Old mill

COMMERCIAL. Lane George, farmer & grocer, Post \Vebb Isaac,mrkt.gardener,Chittoe hth

office, Sandy lane Wootton James, farmer, Maples farm

Ayers James, gamekeeper to Capt. J. Mitchell John, farmer, Manor farm Wootton John, wood dealer, Sandy la

E. P. Spicer, Sandy lane Perrett Brothers, farmers, Sloperton

l3ailey William, tea dealer, Chittoe hth Perrett James, farmer, Westbrook

.

CHOLDERTON (WEST) (formerly Chaldl"ington) There is a charity (founded by Anthony Cracherode esq.

is a parish and village on the Hampshire border, 2! in I753) of £I2 a year; £7 I6s. for free education of I2

miles west from Grateley station on the London and poor children, £I IS. for books for their use, and the

Sou'bh Western railway, 5 east fr,lm Am esbury and n balance to be distributed at Christmas in alms; also

north-ea..st from Salisbury, in tha Southern division of one of £10 a year, founded by Bishop Fraser, for the

the county, hundred and union of Amesbury, petty ses- purchase of warm clothing for Io poor inhabitants.

sional division of Salisbury and Amesbury, Salisbury Cholderton Lodge is the residence of Henry Oharles

-county court district, rural deanery of .A.mesbury ( Ames- Stephens esq. M.P., J.P. who is lord of the manor and

bury portion), arohdeaconry of Sarum, and diocese of chief landowner. The soil is alluvial in the valley ;

Salisbury. The church of St. Nioholas was consecrated subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and

in I85o, replacing an older one, and is a structure of oats. The area is I,66I acres; rateable value, £827;

flint and stone with an open timbered roof: it consists the population in IB9I was I75·

of nave only, with bell turret at the north-west corner
containing one bell, in the Perpendicular style: the Post & T. 0.-Christopher Dear, sub-postmamer. Let•

seats are of oak, beautifully carved with birds, fruit and ters arrive from Salisbury at 8.40 a.m.; dispatched at

flowers: all the windows are stained: the flooring is 5 p.m.; box closes at 4·55 p.m. The nearest money

composed of glazed tiles: the font of the old ohuroh is order office is at .A.mesbury. Postal orders are issued

in the churchyard: there are I22 sittings. The register he.re, but not paid

dates from the year I652. The living is a rectory, NaJtional School (mixed), built in I85I out of the mate·
average tithe rent-charge £2o1, gross yearly value £343• rials of the old church, for 40 children; average at·
<tendance, 42 ; Miss Emma Louisa Rogers, mistress
ne~ £283, with 5 acres of glebe, and residence, in the ..

gift of Oriel College, Oxford, and held since 1892 bv the Carr1er.-Thos. Bundy, to & from Sahsbury, tues. & sat
Rev. Gustave .A.dolph Bienemann M..A.. of tha·t college.

Bewicke Capt. Percy Wentworth, rBienemann Rev. Gustave Adolph 1\LA.!Slater-Browne Rev. Edwd.M.A. (canon

l\Ianor house (rector) · of Salisbury), Cholderton house

WILTS. 5"*

68 CHOLDERTON (WEST), " 7ILTSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Stephens Hy. Chas. M.P., J.P. Cholder- Brieant Ernest Dennis, farm steward Chubb Sarah (Mrs.), Crown P.H

ton lo.& Carlton club, London SW to H. C. Stephens esq. M.P Dear Chris. grocer & baker, Post office!

COMMERCIAL. Brown William Deans, farmer Sellwood Fanny (Mrs.), carpenter

Armstead John, blacksmith Bundy Thomas, carrier

CHRISTIAN MALFORD is a parish and ~>catterecl being £.red by lightning. The living is a rectory, tithe
rent-charge £7oo, average [533, gross yearly ~·alue
village on the Avon, which runs pas1t the churchyard,
and forms the western boundary of the parish, 3 mil~s £797, net £66o, including no acres of glebe, with resi-
south-west from Dauntsey station on the Swindon and deuce, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and
Bath secmon of the Great ·western railway, 6 north-east Bristol, and held since 1890 by the Rev. Jonathan Mayne-

from Chippenham, 8 south-west from Wootton Ba.ssflft, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, and hon. canon.

in the North Western division of the county, North of GloucesbeT. There is also a manor belonging to the.

Damerham hundred, Chippenham petty sessional divi- rectory, at present leased upon three lives, and from.
sion, union and oounty oourt district, rural deanery of which therefore no profit accrues to the living. Hertl is.
Chippenham, archdeaoonry of Bristol and diocese of a Congregational clwpel. Sir Henry Bruce l\Ieux bart_

Gloucester and Bristol. The Wilts and Berks canal runs of Dauntsey Manor House, is lord of the manor and.
through the paris:b. The churoh of All Saints is a very nearly the sole landowner. The soil is a rich loam ;
ancient edifice of stone, in the Early English, Decorated
subsoil, clay; almost the whole of the parish is pasture_
and Perpendicul,ar styles, consisting of chancel, with lady
The area is 2,918 acres; rateable value, .£ 10,519; the-
chapel, nave of four bays, south aisle, north and south
porches, the north poroh being used as the vestry, and popula.tion in 1891 was 586, including part of :Braden-
stoke-cum-Clack.

-an embwttled western tower 185 feet high, with pinna- Parish Sexton, Robert Besant.
cles, containing a clock and 6 bells: the church was
completely restored in 1881: the ancient oak screens, Post Office.-Miss Lucy Hawlcins, mb-po9tmis>tre.ss-_
which divide the nave and south aisle from the chancel Letters from Ohippenham received at 6.30 a.m. & 4
and lady chapel, are of considerable interest: there is
also a remarkable Norman font., which is still in use: p.m. ; dispatched at 9.40 a.m. & 7.40 p.m. No deli-
a stained east window was given in Jan. 1894, to the
memory of Alexander Sutton esq. by his wife and very or dispatch on sundays. Postal orders are issned
brother: the church has sittings for about 330 persons. here, but not paid. The nearEist money order & tele-
'I"he register da.tes from 1653: the earlier regis<ter was graph office is at Sutton Benger
burned in 1693, the house where the curn.te t.hen lived Wall Letter Box is cleared at 9.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m
National School (mixed), built in 1856, for 130 children;
average at<tend,ance, 88 ; Frederick W. Jordan, mast~r;
l\Iiss .1\fatilda Whitemore, assistant mistre.ss

Hiscock John Freegard James, farmer Morgan James, farmer

Mayne Rev. Canon Jnthn. M.A.Rectory Goodway William, blacksmith :\iorris· Mrs. & Sons, tailors

Sutton Mrs Hibberd Thos. farmer, Ridgway farm Newman John, Mermaid P.H. & farmr

COMMERCIAL. Hind Arthur, wheelwright Oram Eliza (Miss), dress maker

Barnes James, cowkeeper Hiscock Wm. Jn. farmr. Beanhill frm Oram ·waiter, beer retailer

Besant Robert, baker Howell John, shopkeeper Rich John, farmer, Malford farm

Cole Frederick, farmer, Dodford farm Hull John, farmer, Swallet farm Tanner Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopk~eper

Cole John, shoe maker Hull Robert, farmer, Thornend farm Titcomb Cornelius,farmr.Paradise frm

:Ferris Fk.Ernest,farmer, Selstead frm Lavington John, baker & shopkeeper Wiltshire Edwin, farmer

CHUTE is a village and parish, delightfully situated sioners are the lay impropriators. The Wesleyans and

on the side of a hill, bordering on Hampshire, 4 miles Primitive Methodists have each a small chapel here.
north-east from Ludgerslrall st.ation on the Midland and There are two bequests for the benefit of the poor,.

South Western Junct.ion railway, 13 south-east from amounting to £u Ss. yearly, for fuel and clothing.
~Iarlborough and 8 north-west from Andover, in the Conholt Park, the beautiful mansion, till recent·ly occu-

Eastern division of the county, Kinwardstone hundred, pied by Lady Charles Wellesley, mother of the present

Everleigh and Pewsey petty sessional division, union of Duke of ·Wellington, but is now sublet by vV. H.

Pewsey, Andover county court district, rural deanery of Medows esq. the owner, to - . Alexander esq. is in this
)farlborough (Pewsey portion), archdeaconry of Wilts parish: the house, which is about 100 years old, was
and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Nic-hola~ chiefly built by Sir Sydney Medows, knight marshal ot

was entirely rebuilt by private subscription in 1871, and England: the park extends over an area of 428 acres.
reopened by the bishop of the diocese 15th August, W. H. Medows esq. is lord of the manor and principal
1872: it is of flint with red brick and stone facings, in landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, chalk. The chief
the Early English style, and oonsists of chancel, n;:~ve crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 3, I Br
and small south tl'ansept, south porch, wit·h west.ern aCTeS; rateable value, [1,862; the population in 1891
tower and spire, and has a clock and 2 bells: there is a was 388.

very fine piscina, with oak leaf and ball tracing within Standen is half-a-mile east; Haydon Hill and Fosbury,
the altar rails, and an ancient Norman font at the west where there is a large camp, 2~ miles north-east ; Honey
end: the chancel was entirely rebuilt in 1869, at a cost. Bottom, 1 mile south-west.
of £soo, by the la.te Thomas EveDett Fowle esq. J.P. of Parish Clerk, Francis Grey.
Chute Lodge, from designs by J. L. Pearson esq. R.A. :

the edifice is sheltered on the south-west by a row of Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Offtce.-

yew trees: there are 288 sitt.ings. The register dates James Sm~t.h, sub-postmaster. Leubers a.rrive from

from the year 1580. The living is a vicarage, average Andover at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5· 15 p. m. ; tela-

tithe rent-charge [225, gross yearly value £254, net graph office at Weyhill
£2oo, including 30 acres of glebe, with residence, in the Wall Letter Box, Upper Chute, cleared at 4·35 p.m
gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1885 by National School, a very handsome flint building, built by

the Rev. Lancelot Ridley M.A. of Lincoln College, Ox- public subscription, aided by a grant from Govern-

ford. A piece of land was added to the churchyard in ment in 1859, for 130 children; average attendance,
1887, and consecrated by the Bishop of Sarum; in the 6o; Miss S. Walker, misbress
churohyard are a water tank and pump, placed there The children of Chute Forest at.tend this school

and given to the poor of the parish by the late vicar, Carr:ier.-William Eyles, to & from Andover, mon. wed.

the Rev. Samuel Conway. The Ecclesias•tical Commis- & fri

Alexander -, Conholt park Brooks William John, farm bailiff to Pearce Thomas, farm bailiff to the

Bulkley T. A. Standen house C. F. Randolph esq. Dean farm Duke of Wellington

Ridley Rev. Lancelot M.A. Vicarage Child Thos. Hall, farmer, Manor farm Scutt Wm. saddler, Upper Chute

COMMERCIAL. Coleman Wm. farmer, Lower Chute Smith James, blacksmith, Post office

Andrews George, Cross Keys P.H. Collins Geo. beer retailer, Lwr. Chute Taplin Fdk. frmr. & oversr.Lwr.Chute

Upper Chute Hopgood Alfred, crpntr. Lwr. Chute Wild Foster, farmer, Lower Chute

Bailey Joseph, farmer, Lower Chute Hopgood Wm.hurdle ma.Honeybottom Wild Frank, farmer, Lower Chute

Batchelor Elizabeth (Miss), baker & Horn Edward, carpenter & wheel- Wild Uriah, shopkeeper, Lower Chute

shopkeeper, Upper Chute wright, Upper Chute Wise Thomas, head gamekeeper to the

Batchelor Julia (Mrs.), frmr.Up.Chute Lee Jas. & Fdk. farmers, Shaw farm Duke of Wellington

Bullock Dan, farmer, Gammon's farm North George, boot ma. Honeybottom Withers Harry, The Star P.H

CHUTE FOREST is a parish 4 miles north-east county court district of Andover, rural deanery of Marl-

from Ludgershall station on the Midland and South borough (Pewsey portion), arclhdeaconry of ·wilts and
·western Junction railWcLy, and 7 north-west from And- diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary, re·
over Town station, on the London and South Western erected in 1875. by Thomas E. Fowle esq. is of flint and
railway, in the Eastern division of the county, Everleigh stone, in the Early English style, and consists of ohancel,
and Pewsey petty ses-sional division, union of Pewsey, nave and south porch, with a western tower and spire

DIRECTORY,] WIL'rS HIRE. CODFOBD ST. MABY, 69

-containing a clock and 6 bells: there are 200 sittings. B. A. Trinity College, Cambridge, J.P. who is lord of the
The register d'<l.tes from the year I8J5· The living is a manor, and Henry Everet·t esq. of Biddesden. The soil
is clay; subsoil, chalk. The ohief crops are wheat,
vioarage, average tithe rent-charge £"II6, gross yearly barley, oats and turnips. The area is 1,930 acres; rate-
able value, £r,I06; the population in 1891 was ug.
value £153, net £go, in the gift of Mrs. T. E. Fuwle,
and held since 1881 by the Rev. George Herbert Engle- Letters through Andover, arrive at 8.30 a.m. Lower
ib.eart M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at
.A.ppleshaw. Chute Lodge, the residence of William

Hugh Fowle esq. B..A., J.P. is a plain red brick building Chute is the nearest post & money order office.
with a stone terraoe, situated in a park of 250 acres. Nearest telegraph office, Weyhill

The principal landowners are William Hugh Fowle esq. The children of this parish attend school at Chut.e villago

Fowle William Hugh B..A., J.P. (bar- Dickerson Henry, farm bailiff to Henry Scutt George, farm bailiff to W. H.

rister-at-law), Chute lodge Everett esq Fowle esq
Henley Henry, farmer & overseer

CLIFFE :PYPARD (or Clyffe Pypard) is a vi~lage fray·ed by H. N. Goddard esq. the patron and lay rec-
and parish, 4 miles south from Wootton Bassett station tor: there are 220 sittings. The register dates from the

on the Swindon and Bath section of the Great ·western year 1576. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-

railway, and 9 south-west from Swindon, in the North- charge £441, gross yearly value £444• n·et £"348, with
ern division of the county, union of Cricklade and !'esidence, in the gift of Horatio Nelson Goddard esq.
Wootton Bassett, chiefly in the hundred of Kingsbridge and held since 1883 by the Rev. Edward Hungerford
Wld partly in that of Cricklade, petty sessional division Goddard M ..A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. The fr-ee
nf Cricklade, Swindon county court district, rural grant of Cliffe Pypard, by Edward I. was made in 1305
deanery of Avebury (.Avebury portion), archdeaconry of to Rcger de Cobham, from whose descendants it came

Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. into possession of John Godda.rd in 1525 : the advowson
Peter is a handsome stone structure of Perpendicular of the vicarage and the rectorial tithes were subsequently
architecture (late Henry VII.), consisting of chancel, purchased by the above John Goddard in the time of
nave, aisles, south porch and a fine embattled western Henry VIII. .A.D. 1541. In 1686, Sarah, Duchess
tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: Dowager of Somerset, bequeathed the manor of Thorn-
each aisle is divided from the nave by an arcade of hill for the foundation of oertain scholarships at Erase-
four columns ; the chancel, originally of Early English nose College, Oxford, and the manor of Broad Town for
work, but altered to Perpendicular at a later period, appl'enticing poor boys of this county. Kear to the
was restored in 1861 by the impropriator and patron, village is a high and very steep rid~.;e or cliff, from

Horatio Nelson Goddard esq. with a memorial east which the place takes its name. Various Roman coins
window to the late vicar and patron, the Rev. Edward have been found in the neighbourhood. The Manor
Goddard, and a side window to other members of the House, a handsome building in the Elizabethan style, the
family of Goddard, to one of whom, who died in 1585, seat. of Horatio Nelson Goddard M..A., D.L., J.P. stands
there is an interesting monument of oak, still in a state in picturesque grounds, presenting in every part views
of good preservation: a screen of fine oak, painted in of h1ll and dale for which the neighbourhood is so re-
the original colours, separates the chancel from the nave, markab;e. Thel'e is a Primitive Methodist chapel. H.
and two rectangu:ar .screens cut off the eastern ex- N. Goddard esq. is lord of the manor of Cliffe Pypard,
tremities of the aisles: in the north wall of the north and Brasenose College, Oxford, of that of Thornhill.
1>isle, under a canopy, is a tomb surmounted by a re- The principal landowners are Horatio Nelson Goddard
cumbent figure, supposed to be one of the family of esq. Brasenose College, Oxford, the trustees of Broad
Cobham, who formerly possessed the manor : the pulpit Town Charity, Sir Henry Bruce Meux bart. the Rev.

is of the 17th century, a good specimen of elaborate Edmund Broome and the trustees of the late Richard
carving; the font, an octagon, of Bath stone, a copy of Stratton esq. The soil is of a clayey nature and green
that of Over, Cambridgeshire, was carved by the Rev. sand; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are

F. Goddard, in 1840: a brass of about 1380, of excellent grass, wheat and beans. The parish comprises 3,193
design, embedded in stone, is laid in the north chapel, acres, of which the greater portion is pasture and one
and is supposed to belong to the Quintin family: a third arable; rateable value, £3,457; the population

monument of costly work in varied marble fills the is 427.
western end of the south aisle, presenting the likeness of Bushton, I mile north-west, and Thornhill, ~~ miles
a carpenter named Thomas Spackman, a native of Cliffe north, are tithings.
Pypard, who, having amassed considerable wealth by Parts of this parish and Broad Hinton have been
his trade, bequeathed the interest of the sum of £I,ooo formed into a separate civil parish under the name of
to the following purposes, viz. : for preserving the Broad Town, which see.
~hove-mentioned monument; secondly, for maintaining Sexton, ·william Ga.le.
a school for the poor children of the parish; thirdly, Letters received through Wootton Bassett, which is the
'for the purchase of loaves of bread to be disposed of nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at

every Sunday after divine service; by an Order in 8.30 a. m.
Council a scheme has been issued for the future manage- 'Vall Letter Box is cleared at 6.35 p.m
ment of this charity: the church was beautifully re- National School (mixed), built in 1858, for So children;
stored in 1874, at a cost of £1,400, exclusive of the average attendance, 53; Thos. .Alfred Pannell, master
chancel, which was restored at a cost of £"I,ooo, de- Carrier.-Thomas Gale, to Swindon, on mon

Goddard Rev. Edward· Hungerford Glass Henry, shopkeeper, Bushton Pritchard Thos. farmer,Wood Hill prk

M ..A. Vicarage Lewis Mary Jane(Miss),farmr.Bushton Smart David, beer retailer, Bushton

Goddard Horatio Nelson M..A., D.L., ~Iarshall Charles, carpenter Smart John, farmer, Bushton

J.P. Manor house ~Iaskill John, farmer, Barnhill farm Smith William, shopkeeper, Bushton

"Tuck Henry, Holly house :\iaundrell Edwd.frmr.Parsonage farm Spackman John Basil, farmr.Cliffe ho

~aundrell Francis, farmer, South frm Tuck Thos. farmer, ·wood Street farm
~lorse & Son, farmers, Manor farm \'\tatts .Alfred, farmer, Bushton
COMMERCIAL.

Decketts "'\.Yilliam, beer retailer )lorse John Edwin, farmer, see Morse Watts Edmond, farmer, Bushton

Ewing Henry, farmer, Bupton house & Son "Vatts James, farmer, Bushton

Gale Thomas, Goddard's .Arms P.H ~ewman Charles, coal dealer, Barton 'Vheeler Joseph, blacksmith

CODFORD ST. MARY is a parish on the banks of by three piers: the chancel arch, which is Norman,
the Wylye, here crossed by a stone bridge of four was for centuries so covered with plaster that its
arches, and on the road from Salisbury to Warminster, beauty was unheeded; the ornament constituting the
:adjoining Codford St. Peter, where there is a station enrichment of the architectUDe is very elaborate; the
on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the chancel aisle, on the south side, serves as an organ
Great Western railway, 7 miles south-east from War- chamber; in it is the Mompesson monument: the panels
minster, I4 north-west from Salisbury and 3 south-east of the pulpit are richly carved in oak and a!'e in good
from Heytesbury, in the Western division of the county, preservation: the communion table is made from the
hundred of Heytesbury, Warminster petty sessional old pulpit of the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford:
division, union and county court district, rural deanery the church was restored in 1879 at a cost of £r,2oo,
of Wylye (Wylye portion), archdeaconry of Sarum and and has 300 sittings. The register dates from the yoear
diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary is a 1653. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from
.stone building, cons-isting of chancel with aisle, nave, tithe rent-charge £345, net income £z8o, including
south aisle, south porch and ancient square western residence and 44 acres of glebe, in the gift of St. J ohn'a
tower, containing 3 bells: the chanc-el is of the Tran- College, Oxford, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Edward
sition style. and the tower is of the 16th century: the Albert Henry .Aston M. A. of that college.. Here is a
aisle is connected with the nave by an arcade supported Congregational chapel, with Sunday school. On the

70 CODFORD ST, M.ARY. '\VILTSHIRE.

$Ummit of Codford Hill, in this parish, is Oldbury & Insurance Office.-Joseph Ford, sub-postmaster.
Camp, an earthwork forming a complete circle and Letters arrive from Bath & Warminster by mail cart
surrounded by a vallum and fosse constructed with at 5·55 a.m. & Bath 4.30 p.m. ; dispatched to Bath
great regularity. Col. .AJrthur Godolphin Yeatman- at 1.10 & to Bath & "\Varminster 7.25 p.m.; on sun-
Biggs R.A. of Stockton House, who is lord of the days at 6.23 p.m

manor, and John Richard Ravenhill esq. are the prin- N t' S ( · ) b· ·
cipal landowners. The 'SOril is light chalk; subsoil, a IOnal chool mixed ' mlt m I875 & en:arged in
chalk and flint. The chief crops are wheat, oats and
barley. The area is I,540 acres·, rateable value, £r,248 ,· I889, with a striking clock, added in I89r, for I20

the population in I891 was 322. children; average at.tendance, 76; Jas. R. Richardson~
Sextoness, Mrs. Oliver.
. master
Post, M. 0. & •r. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & .Annuity
Carriers.-W. C. Bowden & Thring's van to Warmins-
ter, wed. & sat. ; to Salisbury, on tues

Aston Rev. Edward .Albert Henry M.A. public vaccinator for Codford St. Ingram Sydney, saddler

Rectory Peter district & registrar of births & Maidment John, farmer

Chadwick George Frederick deaths for Heytesbury sub-district, Notley Chas. farmer & landowner

Chisman Thomas Warminster union Read Charles, shopkeeper

Flower Henry Cooper Davis John, farmer Reading Room (Henry Holley, sec)

Hayter Mrs Davis John Savage, railway carrier Savage William Lawes, grocer & baker-

Holley Henry, West close Davis William, boot maker Simper George, blacksmith

Roberts Rev. Hy. .Alfred (Cong) Doughty Francis, builder Sims Albert William, boot & shoe ma

COMMERCIAL. Ford Joseph, tobacconist, Post office Wheeler Edwin, grocer & draper, &

Bowden Wm.Chappel,baker & shopkpr Hebden Mary (Mrs.), laundress agent for W. & .A. Gilbey Lim. wine-

Chadwick George Frederick L.R.C.P Hibbert Brothers, drapers & Epirit merchants

Edin. surgeon, & medical officer & Hinton Sarah Ann (Miss), shopkeeper

CODFORD ST. PETER is a parish on the road memory of Miss Ravenhill ~ thel'e is a fine Early Normaa
from "\Varminster to Salisbury, with a station on the font, richly sculptured: and in the chancel a very
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the Great curious Saxon sculptured stone discovered in I864 ~
there are several memorial stained windows and brasses:
Western railway, 6! miles south-east from Warminster the building will seat about 225 persons. The register
and II9 from London, in the Western division of the dates from the year 1681. The living is a rectory,.
county, Reytesbury hundred, Wal'minster petty ~essional average tithe rent-charge £345, gross yearly value £355.
net £3oo, with residence, in the gift of Pembroke Col-
division, union and county court district, rural deanery lege, Oxford, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Douglas
of Wylye (Wylye portion), archdeaconry of Sarum and Macleane M..A. sometime fellow of that college. Col.
diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Peter origi- .Arthur Godolphin Yeatman-Biggs R.A. of Stockton
nally consisted of a chancel, nave, south porch and House, is lord of the manor. John Richard Ravenhill,
William Chisman, Henry King Wightwick and Thomas
square embattled western tower, with pinnacles, con- King Harding, of Ashton Gifford House, esqs. are the
principal landowners. The soil is light chalk loam ;
taining a. clock and 5 bells: it was restored in 1864 and subsoil, chalk and flint. The chief crops are wheat.
a. north aisle added, and connected with the nave by an oats and barLey. The area is r,778 acres; rateable
value, £2,317; the population in I891 was 260.
arcade supported by three clustered piers: the old chan-
eel arch was replaced by a Pointed arch of fine propor- .Ashton Gifford is a hamlet three-quarters of a mile
tions, on carved corbels supported by Devonshire marble west, adjoining which is the Codford railway station.

shafts: the chancel has been l'ebuilt in the Decorated Sexton, William Miness.
Wall Letter Box cleared 6 p.m. week days & 9 a.m. on
style, the original proportions being carefully preserved,
and in the south wall are inserted three ancient sedilia, sundays. Letters from Bath arrive at 6.30 a.m. & 5

which belonged to the old chancel; they are of Early p.m. Codford St. Mary is the nearest money order
& telegraph office
Gothic design: in 189I the interior of the church was National School (mixed), built in 1856, for 8o children;
average attendance, 55; Miss Emma Bullows, mistress:
painted and decorated throughout in the ancient man- Railway Station, Henry Beer, station master

ner, and a list of rectors for six hundred years set up:
the churchyard was enlarged in I889: the communion

table, which is of oak, presented by Bishop Hamilton,

of Salisbury, is approached by three steps, each of

which is paved with encaustic tiles: the pulpit, presented
by Mr. Robert Chapman, late of this parish, is in

PRIVATE RESIDENTS, COMMERCIAL, Ford Joseph, carpenter

.A.nderson The Misses Hinton Charles, insurance agent

Blake Alfred, Ashton villa Barnes Leonard, tailor Lever William, butcher

Harcling Thos.King,.Ashton Gifford ho Carter Mary (Mrs.), laundress Oliver Job, haulier & coal dealeT'

Hulbert Mrs Chisman William, farmer, Manor farm Simper George, blacksmith

Ingram Mrs. Manor house Cottle Waiter, George inn Thornton Kate (Mrs.), dress make·r

Macleane Rev. Douglas M..A. Rectory Dear George, woolstapler Toogood .lane (Mrs.), laundress

Sturgess Mrs Dear "\Villiam, foreman of wool works Turner Wm. beer retlr. & snopkeeper·

'\Vightwick Mrs Dyer James, farmer Warren .Alfred, farmer

COLERNE is a parish and village adjoining the at present bestowed free in allotments of half an acre-

Gloucestershire and Somersetshire borders, 2 miles north to the second poor of the parish : the vicars of Colerne..

from Box station, on the Swindon and Bath section of l\farshfield and Box were trustees of this charity, but

the Great Western railway, 9~ west-south-west from the management has now been modified by the Charity

Chippenham and 6 north-east from Bath, in the North Commissioners. Lucknam, within a park, is the seat of

'West-ern division of the county, hundred, petty ses- Mrs. Walmesley, who is lady of the manor of Euridge;

sional division, union and county court district of Chip- tne Wardens and Fellows of New College, Oxford, are

penham, rural deanery of Chippenham, archdeaconry of lords of the manor of Colerne. The principal landowners

Bristol and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The are Mrs. Walmesley, Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poyndel'

church of St. John the Baptist is an ancient and very bart. M.P. of Hartham, T. D'Arcy Taylor esq., The

beautiful building of stone, in the late Norman and Rocks, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford,.

subsequent styles, consisting of chancel with chantry, and the Charterhouse, London. The soil is corn brash;

nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and a fine Per- subsoil, rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley and'

pendicular embattled western tower, with pinnacles, con,.. roots. The area is 3,910 acres; rateable value, £4,569;:

taining a clock and 8 bells: the church; was thoroughly in 1891 the population was I,o76.

~estored in I875, nnder the direction of Mr. "\Villcox, Euridge, an ancient manor, 2 miles north-east, con-
architect, of Bath, a~ a cost of £4,ooo, chiefly contri- sists of a farmhouse and three cottages.
buted by the late Richard Walmsley esq. and the late . ~astn.p I .. .
'Villiam Poynder esq.: there are sittings for 400 persons, W1ddenham mile .east,, Th1ekwood 1 mile north-esst and
The register dates from the year I562. The living is I~ miles east on the Box brook, are hamlets~

a. vicarage, average tithe rent-charge of £Iso, net in- Parish Clerk, William Holder.
corn~ £I37• with residence, in. the gi.ft of the Warden Post & M. 0. 0., s. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

of New College, Oxford, an?- held smce I876 by the Gideon May, sub-postmaster. Letters from Chippen-
Rev. J<>hn Joseph Strutt B~rd B..A. ~f Jesus qol~e~e,
Oxford.. Here are Congregahonal, B~p~Ist and Primitive ham arrive at 7n.e15areas.tmt.el&eg2ra.4p5h p.m.; dispatched at
Methodist chapels. There are chanties of the yearly 12.5 & 7, The . office is at Box
value of about £16, derived from bequests left in trust Wall Lett~r Box,
ThiCkwood, cleare d at 6.30 p.m. week

for the deserving poor at the discl'etion of the vicar and days only

churchwardens; there are also 25 acres of charity land A School Board of 5 members was formed August II,

DIRECTORY.] • 'VILTSHIRE. COLLINGBOURNE KINGSTON• 71

1875; Henry Baker, clerk to the board; Henry Den- tendance, 70 boys, 63 girls & 77 infants ; William

ley James, attendance officer Atherley Phillips, master; Mrs. Jane Phillips, mistress

National School (mixed), built in 1855, rebuilt 1879 &

again enlarged in I893, for 312 children; average at- Carrier.-Arthur Jenkins, to Bath on wed, & sat

COLERNE. Ings Elizabeth & Florence(TheMisses), Weeks Chas. frmr. Oharterhonse frm

drapers Weeks Mary (Mrs.), farmer

Beard Thomas, Mount Scylla Jefferies John Bryant, shoe maker Weeks Richard Tuckey, bailiff to Mrs.

Bird Rev.Jn.Jsph.StruttB.A. Vicarage Jones Joseph, farmer, Westwood Walmesley

Field Richard Kent Thomas, saddler Weeks Robert, farmer
Lewis Rev. Geo:~~ge Eva.ns (curate)
Walmesley Mrs. Luc·knam Knight Henry Jarnes, farmer • Weeks Thomas, hurdle maker

May Gideon, shoe maker, Post office Williams Thomas, market gardener

COMMERCIAL. May James, carpenter Woodward Frederick William, baker

.A.ust ReUJben & Son, builders & bakrs May Mary Jane (Miss), baker & corn dealer & mealman

Beer Daniel, farmer Maynard George, shoe maker EA STRIP.
Beer John, farmer Mullins Joseph & Hy. water finders

Beer Susan (Mrs.), beer retailer Osborne George, Fox & Hounds P.H Bence Thomas, farmer

Bence Charles, blacksmith Poulson Wm. farmer, Daubeney's frm Mitchell Robert, farmer

Bevan .A.lbert, farmer Pullen Henry, farmer

Bowles James, shopkeeper Pullen Thomas, farmer, Vineyards EURIDGE.

Butler Henry, shopkeeper Randall Charlotte (Mrs.), Six BellsP.H Webb .A.aron, farmer

Butler Jas. wheelwright & shopkeeper Sprules Thomas, shopkeeper , . I OOD
Olark Levi, carpenter Strange Edgar, farmer, Colerne down TH_OKW ·

Coleme Conservative Olu.b (Frederick Stubble George, farmer Bright William, baker

.A.ust, sec) Tanner Hy. shopkpr. & wheelwright Gi:fford Geo. Joseph & .A.lex. farmers

Colerne LilberalOlub(Thos.Sprules,sec) Tanner Wm. farmer, Northwood farm Mitchell George, farmer

Dixon Thomas, blacksmith Tl'anter Frederick James, farmer WIDDENRAM.
Gale Bessie (Miss), draper Webb George, traction engine propr

Hicks Walter, carpenter Weeks Charles, farmer, Watergate Prior William, farmer

COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS (or Lower Colling- Rev. John Dryden Hodgson M..A.. formerly fellow of St.
bourne) is a parish on the River Bourne, with a station Peter's College, Cambridge, and canon and prebendary
on the Midland and South Western Junction railway,
3 miles north-west from Ludgershall, II south-east from of Salisbury. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The
Marlborough, in the Eastern division of the county, hun-
dred of Elstub, Everleigh and Pewsey petty sessional Rev. Charles Francis bequeathed the sum of £xoo, the
division, union of Pewsey, county court district of Marl-
borough (Pewsey portion), archdeaconry of "Wilts and interest to b~ appropriated to the repairs of the church,
diocese of Salisbury. The adjunct of Ducis is derived
from this place having once been parcel of the Duchy of The late Mr. George Hooper bequeathed in 1858 £Ioo,
Lancaster. The church of St. .A.ndrew is an ancient
edifice of flint and stone, in the Early English style, con- the interest of which is distributed in coals to aged
sisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and castellated
widows, and Mrs. M. Hooper, in 1865, left £IOo, the

interest for blankets. There are a great number of
barrows on the down, south of the parish; many ancient

British relics have been found here. The Marquess of

Ailesbury is lord of the manor and principal landowner.
The soil is gravelly loam ; subsoil, chalk. The chief

western tower containing 5 bells and clock: the chancel crops are wheat and barley. The area is 3,427 acres;
was rebuilt by the Rev. W. C. Lukis M.A. a. former rec- rateable value, £I,867; the population in I88I was 426,

tor, and in I877 the church was restored at a cost of and in x89I was 344·
£x,3oo (Sir Arthur W. Blomfield .A..R.A. was the archi- Clerk and Sexton, James Davis.
tect): a stained east window was put in by Mr. John Rus$
in 188o, in memory of his wife, and a west window was Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity &
given by Mr. John Mackrell, to his parents and family: Insurance O:ffice.-Mrs. Sarah Sheppard, sub-postmis-
some ground was added to the churchyard and conse-
crated in 1878: there are 225 .sittings. The register tress. Letters from Marlborough arrive at 7 a.m. &
dates from x64o. The living is a rectory, average tithe
12.25 p.m.; dispatched at 11.45 a.m. 6.50 & 8.10 p.m.;

sundays at 6.so. Telegraph office at railway station
Kational School (mixed), built of white brick & stone, by

rent-charge £468, gross yearly value £535, net £32I, I the Marquess of .A.ilesbury, in 186I, for 120 children;
including 56 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of average attendance, 86; Thomas Carter, master

the Marquess of .A.ilesbury, and held since IB75 by the . Railway Station, John Davis, master

Ferney Miss E. The Limes Ohandler Danl.wood dlr. & hurdle ma Rawlings William, engineer, iron &

HQdgson Rev. John Dryden M..A.., J.P. Chandler John, oowkeeper brass founder, agricultural imple-

(canon of Salisbury), Rectory Collins John, butcher ment maker & drill manufacturer,

Liddiard Mrs. The Poplars Cooke Wm. shopkeeper & hurdle ma Bourne iron works

Mills W. J. The Limes Cottle Waiter, boot & shoe maker Reeves John, farmer, Mount Orleans

Russ Daniel H. The Hermitage Oruse Elizh. (Mrs.), shpkpr.&coal dlr Sheppard Sarah (Mrs.), saddler & har-

Russ Mrs. Court farm Kent .A.nn (Mrs.), laundress ness maker, & shopkeeper, Post off

M:altthews William, shopkeeper Trueman Charles, Shears P.H

COMMERCIAL, Pike George, farmer, Hougoumont White William, Blue Lion hotel
Piper William, farmer, Crawlboys I Wiltshire John Perren, fa;rm bailiff
Bale Jas. grocer, baker & coal dealer Rawlings MaryJane~rs.),grcr.& drpr. to Thos. Levington esq. Court frm

COLLINGBOURNE XIN,GSTON (or Upper Col- register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicar-
age, tithe rent-charge is £320, average £239, net income
lingbourne) is a parish on the river Bourne (which at £2oo, with glebe (£I4) and residence, in the gift of the
Dean and Chapter of Winchester, and held since 1879
this part is only a winter stream), 4 miles north-west by the Rev. Herbert Favell Gibson M..A.. of Exeter Col-
lege, Oxford: the rectorial tithe and rent-charge is
from Ludgershall station and 5~ south from Savernake £I,230, now the property of the Ecclesiastical CiJmmis-
sioners. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. There are two
Junction station, both on the Midland and South Western charities, producing about £70 yearly, one left by
Miss .A.. .A.. Clarke in 1879 and the other by Miss E. Piper
Junction railway, and 9~ south from Marlborough, in the in I89Q, for the benefit of the parishioners over 55 years
of age. The soil is chalky loam; subsoil, chalk. The
Eastern division of the county, hundred of Kinwardstone, chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, turnips and swedes.
The area is 7,125 acres; rateable value, £3,807; the popu-
Everleigh and Pewsey petty sessional division, Pewsey lation in 18gi was 739·

union, Marlborough county court district, rural deanery .A.ughton is a tithing, half a mile north; Brunto-n
tithing, half a mile north-east; Southton, or Sunton Val-
of Marlborough (Pewsey portion), archdeaconry of Wilts lance, tithing, I mile south.

and diocese o-f Salisbury. The church of St. Mary is a Cadley is partly in this parish and partly in Colling-
bourne Ducis parish, I! miles south-by-east.
flint and stone edifice, in the Early English style, con-
Parish Clerk, Henry Walker.
sisting of chancel, nave of six bays and aisles, south porch
Sexton, John Hopgood.
with embattled western tower of very massive propor-
Post Office. Jesse ·Gilbert, sub-postnnaster. Letters
tions, surmounted with pinnacles, which contains 5 bells: arrive by mail coach from Marlborou~h at 7·30 a. m. ;

in the chancel is a very elaborate monument of Sir

Gabriel Pile, of Collingbourne, and his wife, who died

early in the 1]hh century: there is a brass in the church

to Constantine Darell and his wife, bearing the date of

1495: the richly-stained east window was added in 1865

to the memory of Robert and Elizabeth Mackrell, also at
the west end 1s a fine Perpe nodfi~cbuoluatr £wIi,n6dooow,a:ndthteh church
was resto red i n 1861at a cost e chan-

eel in 1862 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as rectors,

at a cost of nearly £400: there are 400 sittin2"s. The

72 COLLJNGBOURNE KINGSTON. 'VILTSHIRE. [KELLY'S

dispatched at 7·5 p.m. The nearest money order & average attendance, 87; under government inspection,

telegraph office is at Collingbourne Ducis having a certificated master; Edwd. G. Drew, ma.ster;

Parochial School (mixed), built in 1844, for 130 children; Miss .Fanny Drew, mistress

*,(Marked thus receive their letters Gauntlett Wm.Bowle,frmr.Brunton ho Pierce Geo. ca.rpenter & wheelwright

through Oollingbourne Ducis.) Gilbert George Hy. assist. overseer Poole James, gamekeeper

Gibson Rev. Canon Herbt. Favell M.A. Gilbert Jesse, grocer, baker & draper, Rawlings Hy. farmer, Southton farm

Vicarage Post offioe *Saunders Jas.Stphn.bakr.gro.& drapr

Redman Henry, Highfield lodge Hale Benjamin, Windmill P.H *Shuttle George, blacksmith

COMMERCIAL. Harding James Henry, farmer Smith Mary (Mrs.), Oollingbourne

Baker Al'thur, relieving & vaccination Hillier Walter, farmer, Brunton Kingston imt

officer & registrar of births & deaths Hopgood Jn. tailor & sexton, Aughton Tovey George, grocer & draper

for Oollingbourne dist.. Homeside. Matthews Frederick, shoe maker Wallis .Archibald, farmer, .Aughton

*Cole Edward G. farm bailiff to Hy. May John, farmer, Manor farm White "\Villiam, carpenter

Rawlings esq. Southton farm :May William, cattle dealer, .Aughton *Wrath Waiter, farmer

Foote 1Vm. grocer & beer ref..Aughton Moss Thomas, shoe maker *Young Wm. T. farmer, Herridge

COMPTON BASSET is a small parish and rural Frederic Ransome. Compton House, a stone mansion
village, 4 miles north-east by road and 2~ by footpath of the period of Charles II. with extensive park and
;from Calne terminal station on a branch of the Great pleasure grounds, is the seat of Major Clement Walker-
"\Vestern railway, 8 south from Wootton Bassett and 86 Heneage V. C., J.P. who is lord of the manor and principal
Jirom London, in the North Western division of the landowner. The soil is chalky; subsoil, chalk. The chief
.county, Calne hundred, union, county court district and crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 2,032
petty sessional division, rural deanery of .Avebury (.Ave- acres; rateable value, £2,878; the population in 1891
.bury portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salis- was 350.

'bury. The church of St. Swithin is in the Norman and Sexton, Charles White.
Perpendicular styles, with chancel, nave of four bays,
aisles, north porch, and an embattled western tower con- Post Office.-Charles ·white, sub-postmaster. Letters
taining 5 bells, and rich Tudor rood-screen: the chancel arrive through Calne at 7·35 a.m.; dispatched at 9·5
was rebuilt in 1866, and a stained window inserted in a.m. & 6.55 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but
memory of the Rev. William Dalby, former rector, and not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office

four stained windows have since been inserted: there are is at Calne

sittings for 250 persons. The register dates from the National School (mixed), built in 1843, for 120 children;
year 1558. The living is a redory, gross yearly value average attendance, 6o; Herbert Bates, master. This
£6oo, net £310, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop school serves for the parishes of Compton Basset &
of Salisbury, and held since 1878 by the Rev. Vincent Cherhill

Ransome Rev. Vincent Frdc. Rectory J Cook William .Arthur, gardener to Legg David, farm bailiff to :Major

Walker-Heneage Major Clement V.C., Major Walker-Heneage Walker-Heneage

D.L., J.P. Compton house Doble James, farmer, Nolands farm Rawlings 'fh•mas, farmer

Eatwell John, farmer, Manor farm Rawlings Thomas, farmer, The Freeth

COMMERCIAL. Ferris Thomas, jun. farmer Uncles Henry, farmer

"Bridges Chas. farmer, Cowage farm Hitchens Benjamin, wheelwright White Charles, Post office

Burrow Ja.s. farmer, The Breach frm Hughes Francis, farmer, Whites farm Wild John, overseer & deputy steward

Bush Wm. White Horse inn, & baker, Paradise Tom, blacksmith to Major Walker-Heneage

COMPTON CHAMBERLAYNE is a parish and the control of a Burial Board of three members. Camp-
village, bounded on the north by the river Nadder, 3
miles south-east from Dinton station, on the London and ton Park is the seat of Charles Penruddocke esq. D.L.,
South "\Yestern railway, 6 west-by-south from W"ilton J.P., F.G.H.S. who is lord of the manor and owns the
and 9 west from Salisbury, in the Southern division of entire pari~h; the mansion, formerly in the style or the
the county, South Damerham hundred, "\Vilton union,
Henry VIII. period, has been altered to Italian; but re-
tains some of its former style: it contains a large number

Salisbury county court district, petty sessional division of family paintings by celebrated artists, including Van-
of Salisbury and .Amesbury, rural de·anery of Chalke dyke, Sir .Antonio More, Lucas de Heere, Dobson &c.:
(Chalke portion), archdeaconry of Sarum and diocese of the carving in the dining-room is by Grinling Gibbons:
Salisbury. The church of St. Michael is a stone edifice, around is a well-wooded and extensive park, part of
close to the manor house, containing remains of Norman which has been a deer-park since .A.D. 1100, and now con-
and Early English architecture: its general style is that tains .about 300 head; there are also two large sheets of
of the late Decorated period, and consists of chancel, nave, water, on which are constantly found quantities of wild
south porch and a small square tower: it has been very fowl. The soil is clay, chalk and greensand; subsoil, the
well restored with an addition of 3 bells, making a peal same. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The
of 6: the chancel contains a tablet in white marble to the area is 1,866 acres; rateable value, £1,930; the popula-
Penruddocke family, who have been interred here since tion in 1891 was 272.
1598, one of whom, Col. John Penruddocke, was be-
headed, by Cromwell's order, r655, for proclaiming Parish Clerk, William "\Vyatt.
Charles II.king: there are sittings for 150 persons. The Post Ofiice.-Edward Purver, sub-postmaster. Letters
register dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicar~
age, average tithe rent-charge £85, gross yearly value arrive from Salisbury at 5 a.m.; dispatched at 8 p.m.
£96, net £75, with residence, in the gift of Charles Pen- The nearest money order & telegraph offire is at Dinton
ruddocke esq. and held since 1884 by the Rev. Dudley Voluntary Church of England School, built in 1855, by
Digges, of St. Bee!!. .A cemetery of half an acre was Charles Penruddocke esq. for 6o children; average
attendance, 54; Miss Adelaid-e King, mistress
Carrier to Salisbury.-Eli Rose, from his own house, on

formed in 1876, containing a mortuary chapel; it is under tues. & sat. returning same days

Digges Rev. Dudley, Vicarage Keevil John, farmer Roberts John, beer retailer & genl. dlr

Penruddocke Chas. D.L.,J.P.,F.G.H.S. Keevil Waiter, farmer Rose Eli, farmer & carrier
Stret•ton James, farmer
Compton park Parker John, wood dealer Wyatt John, hurdle maker

Cemetery (Waiter Keevil, clerk to the Roberts .Arthur, blacksmith

burial board) . l

COOMBE BISSETT is a parish situated on both septs : the church wa:; restored C:uring thl) incumbency
uanks of the river Chalk (Chalk~ or Ebelt> ), which ia of the ltev. W. Briscoe in 1845, when the old rood-
here cross9d by a bridge of three arches, 3 miles suuth- screen was removed, th~ west front extended, the church
we.,t from Salisburv, in the Southern division of the reseated and the south porch built: the rood-screen has
been repla.ced by the Rev, Call()n T. L. Kingsbury (vicar
•
1885-92), -the old materials having been, so far as -pos·
cJunty, hundred of Cawdt>n and Cadworth, petty ses,ional sible, mad!'J use of, and a veS~try has bee:p. formed at the
division of Salisb;uy and .Amesbury, Aideii'bury union, west end : there are about 300 sittings. Theo pari8h
Salisbury county cour~ district, rural deanery of Chalke re[iisters, which are imperfect, date from the yeax 1636.
(Chalke po•rtion), archdeaconry of Sarum, and diocese of The living is a vicarage, witl1 that l()f Homington an-
Salisbury. The church of St. Michael and .All .Angels is
a cruciform building, consisting of chancel, nave of three nexed in 1885, average tithe rent-charge £IIg, gross
bays, aisles with north and south transepts, the south income £.273, ne·t £250, with residence, in the alternate
g-ift of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Salisbury,
transepob being formed out of the lower stage of the and heid since 1892 by the Rev. Richard John. Milner
embattled to·wer, which contains a clock and 4 bells. l\I...i. of Exeter College, Oxford. The charities are £5
'rhe chur.·h exhibit~ q Pcimens of every style of archi- ~early (charged by the late Mr. Hancock, on a.a e~tate
te-cture, from the Transition Norman nave arcade, to
the Perpendicular "ork in the ais:e, 1\indows and tran-

JJ)IBEOTOBY I WILTSHIRE, OOBSEUM. 73

a.t Farley, no'W in the. possession of the Earl of Radnor), · Parish G.erk, William Kimber.

distributed in cash, and the interes.t of £45 (bequest of Post Office.-William Kimber, sub-postmaster. Letters

Mr. Hancock in I845), and of £so (bequest of Mr. arrive by messen.g,er from Salisbury at 7 a.m.; dis-

Feltham in I862), distributed in bread, and the interest 1 p3ltched at 7 p.m. The n.earest rr.oney 'OTder office is

of £wo (bequest of the Misses Fleetwood), to be dis- at East Rarnham, & telegraph office at Salisbury.

tribut.ed in coal in the month of January. The Earl of Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

Radnor and Winchester College are the principal land- National School, built in I845 & enlarged I889, has an

owners. The wil is chalk and gravel; subsoil, chalk. average attendance of I20 children; J os.eph Drake,

The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The master; Mrs. \Villiam Kimber, assistant mistress

area is 2,207 a-cres; rateable value, £I,398; in I89I it Carri<>rs to Salisbury.-John Hewlett & Herbert Lawes,

had 327 inhabitants. tues. t.hurs. & sat

Davis Miss Blake Alfred, farmer Flower Waiter, farmer

Milner Rev.Richard Jn. M.A.Vicarage Dolman Hy. Jas. Fox & Goose P.H Kimber William, Post office

Pinniger Miss Farris George, agricultural imple- Lillington Charles, blacksmith

Read Mrs ment manufacturer & steam plough- Pinniger Christphr.B.frmr.Church frm

Rose George ing proprietor ; ploughing & press- Ralph William, shoe maker

Snow Mrs ing, ploughing, cultivating & drag- Spicer George Lush, baker

COMMERCIAL. ging doll!e on t:he mo.&t• reasona.b:e Willis Jas. gardener to G. Rose esq

Ba,gwell William, baker & gnJCer tel'ms

CORSHAM is a parish and town with a station on rounded by a park of about 400 acres, in which there

the Great ·western railway, 98i miles from London, is an extensive lake ; the mansion contains a good collec-
,3.~ south-west-by-we-st from Chippenham, 36 north-west tion of paintings; Hartham Park, the s.eat of Sir Jchn
from Salisbury, I2 noNh-west from Devizes, 8~ north- Poynder Dickson-Poynder hart. M.P. ; Beechfield, the

east from Bath, 4 north-west from Me:ksham and 7 seat of Sir Gabriei Goldney bart. D.L., J.P.; Monks

north-east from Bradford, in the North Western division Park, the property of Sir Gabriel Goldney, occupied

of the county, hundred, union, petty sessional division by Daniel Hugh Clutterbuck esq. J.P. and Gastard

a.nd county court distrioiJ of Chippenham, rural deanery House, the seat of Sir Thomas Fowler hart. J.P. Here

of Chippenham, archdea.conry of Bristol and diocese of are. two manors, the Royal and Rectory manors; Lord

Gloucester and Bristol. At Thingley, 2 miles east, the Methuen is lord of the Royal manor, which has its bailiff,

V\T1lts, Somerset and Weymouth railway diverges from who is chosen by the tenants, and invested with the

the Great Western railway. The church of St. Bar- power of a coroner ; a court leet is held annually : Sir

tholomew is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Norman, Gabriel Go1!dney bart. of BeechfieJd, is lay rector and

Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel lord of the Rectory man10r. The principal landowners

v:ith chapels, nave of five bays, aisles, south chapel, are Maj.-Gen. Lord Methuen, G. P. Fuller esq. M.P. Sir
south porch, and a southern tower with pinnacles and John Poynder Dickson-Poynder bart. M.P. and Sir Gabrie!

spire, containing a. clock and 6 bells, and on the north Goldney bart. The, so[l is various, subsoil, stony. The

side of the chancel is a mol'tuary chapel, built by the chief crops are wheat., barley and roots. The area is
Tropnell family, and st.i.ll repaired uy the owner of the 6,290 a.cres ; rateable· value, £26,972; the population
Neston estate, of which the 'l'ropnea family we·re for- in I8gr was 3,93 r in the civil, and 3,075 in the eccleoias-
merly the possessors, and a chapel erected in I879 by tical parish.
Lord Methuen for himself and household : the church Verger a.nd Se;xton, Timothy Vowles.

was restored in 1878 at a cost of £s,soo, and ha.s. Boo
sit•tings. The register dates from October, 1563, and PIGKWICK is a tithing half a mile west.

contains the following curious entry-" Memorandum of EASTON tithing and GASTARD (or Gustard) are
Sweets Hole, in Minty Mead, August 4th, I6o6. Here hamlets, the former I mile east and the latter 2 miles
\hlliam Sweet and - Bricker fought with swords con- south-east of Corsham.
cerning a Woman, and in the fray the former was slain
NESTON is an ecclesiastical parish, formed from Cor-
and the latter acqui•tted." The living is a vicarage, sham civil parish, and will be found under a separate
tithes commuted at £3oo, average £228, net income heading.
£237, with 2~ acres of glebe and residence, in the gift

of Lord Methuen, and held since I889 by the Rev. Post, M. 0. & T. 0. & S. B. & Annuity & Insurance

.lames Dunlap Dunlap M. A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. Office (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O.

Th&e are three Congregational chapels, four Baptist, Wilts, added).-Frederick John Bryant, sub-post-

one Primitive Methodist and one Wesleyan, and a meet- master. Letters delivered at 7 a.m. I & 6.30 p.m.;

ing place for the Brethren. The Town Hall, in High dispatched at 9· I5 & II.30 a. m. & 2.45, 6.50 & 9· I5

street, rebuilt in I882 at a cost of nearly £2,ooo, is a p.m.; sundays, 9.15 p.m. \Vall Letter Boxes, at

building of Bath stone, in the. Italian style: on the Station road, cleared at 8. I5 & 10.40 a. m. & 2 &

ground floor are the library, reading, smoking rooms 8.30 p.m.; sundays, 8.30 p.m.; Pickwick road, cleared

and billiard room of the Mechanics' Institute, a coffee at 9.IO & 11.20 a.m. & 2.40 & 9.Io p.m.; Corsham

bar and attendants' room ; an upper floor includes an side, 9·45 a.m. & 2.35 & 9 p.m. ; sundays, 9 p.m. ;

assembly room holding 400 persons, with a platform Gastard, 9.25 a.m. & 6.35 p.m.; sundays, 8.55 a.m

at one end. Pe.tty sessions for the Chippenham division Wall Letter Boxes: Monks Lane, 7 a.m. & 7· 15 p.m.;
aTe held at the Town Hall every third Thursday at II.30 sunday, 7 a.m.; Prospect place, 9·45 a.m. & 7.40
a.m. ; for magistrates and places in the division, see p.m. ; sunday, 9 p.m. ; friary lane, II a.m. & 2.25
Chippenham. A fair is held on the 7th :Mlarch, for cattle
<Jf all kinds. In this and the. adjoining parish of Box & 8.50 p.m. week days only; Moor green, 9.50 a.m.
& 6.45 p.m.; sunday, 9 a.m.; Pickwick, 7·45 & rr.ro
are eX!t-ensive underground quarries of the celebrated a.m. & 2.30 & 9 p.m.; sunday, 9 a.m.; Easton, 8.30
Bath stone, where a large number of men are employoo a.m. & 6.5 p.m.; sunday, 8.30 a.m
by The Bath Stone Firms Limited, and Yockney and Co. Fire Brigade, High street, John Ball, captain, & 12 men
The charities include an a1mshouse for a master and six

aged poor, endowed by the late Lady Margaret Hunger- Public Officers.

ford with £20 yearly for the master, and £30 for the Bailiff of the Manor & Coroner for the Liberty of Cor-

six inmates, wHh rooms; the endowment has been in- sham & Medical Officer Corsham District, Chippenham

creased by Mrs. Alexander ; the Earl of Radnor is the Union, Richard Balch, Lypiatt farm

gDvernor: Lady James' charity, producing about £38 Inland Revenue Officer, John Clatworthy, Box

yearly, is given in blankets and sheets: William Kirby's Public Vaccinator, Corsham District, Chippenham l"nion,

(){ about £48 yearly, is divided between eight poor Arthur George Wood, High street

persons of good character. Under the direction of the Registrar of Births & Deaths, Corsham sub-district,

Charity Commissioners, and with the consent of the Chippenham Union, Arthur G. Wood, High street

Earl of Radnor, a, scheme has been formed, and five Relieving Officer, No. 3 District & Vaccination Officer,

~ustees ha.ve been appointed. The feoffees are trustees of Corsham sub-district, Joseph Crosse

certain lands and funds producing about £I_r:,o vearlv School Attendance Officer for Corsham, William Field

for-Ist, the repair of the fabric of the parish church School Attendance Officer for Lacock, J oseph Crosse

a:nd necessary utensils thereof; 2nd, for affording medical Vestry Clerk & Assistant Overseer, Lewin Spackman,

:relief to 300 families of the second poor dwelling in High street

the parish; 3rd, for the repair of all decayed bridges Places of Worship, with times of Services.
in the pari~h. The principal !<eats in the parish ar·ere-

Cr.rsham Court, the property of Major-Gen. Lord St. Bartholomew (parish), Rev. James Dunlap Dunlap

Methuen C.B., D.L., J.P. but now occupied by Montague M.A. vicar; 8 & n a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 11

Eallard esq, is- an ancient. mansion of stone, partly sur- a.m. & fri. 7 p.m

74 CORSBAli. WILTSHIRE. [KELLY 1S

Baptist, Priory lane, Rev. James Smith; 10.45 a.m. & Ne-w schools in course of erection at Pound pill
6. IS p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m Board, bmlt in r839, for rso children, average attend-

Baptist (Particular), l'ound pill; Daniel Keevill, 10.30 ance, 190; Charles William Churchill, master
a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m Pickwick Board, Pickwick, erected about r8s8, for 220

Baptist (Ebenezer), Velley; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m children; average attendance, 120; Waiter Bamford,
Congregational, Pickwick road, Rev. John William Baker; master
Methuen Board (girls), for 94 children; average at-
10.4s a. m. & 6.15 p.m tendance, 8o; Miss Sarah Watts, mistress
Congregational, Gaslard; 6 p.m National (mixed), Chapel Knapp, erected in 1873, & en-
Congregational, Monks lane; 2.30 p.m larged in 1892 for 130 children; average attendance,
Primitive Methodist, Station road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; 103; William Thomas Forward, master

thurs. 7 p.m Railway Station, Charles Lanham, station master
Wesleyan, Pickwick road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ;
Carrier to Bath. John Hancock, wed. & sat. returning
thurs. 7 p.m same daya
Schools.

.A School Board of 5 members, formed Jan. 6th, 1893;
Henry John Lucas, St. Paul street, clerk to the board;
William Field, attendance officer

CORSHAM. COMMERCIAL. Crisp J ames Ellis, surgeon, & medical

Aust .George, coal dealer, Station rd officer Corsha.m district, Ohippen-

PRIVATE RESlDE~Ts. Aust Sydney, grocer, Pickwick road ham union, High street

.Allard William George, Paul street Ayliffe Jane (Mrs.), saddler, High st Crook George Douglas, draper & out-

Awdry Thos. The Lions, Prospect pl Baines Fras.chemist & booksllr.High st fitter, High street

Baker Rev. John William (Congrega- Baker Edwd. chair ma. .Alexander rd Crosse Joseph, reliev~ng officer, No. 3

tional), Pickwick road Baker John, carpenteil' district, Chippenham union, &

Ballard Montague, Corsham court Ball John, general smith, StatiDn road school attendance officer for Lacock

Barnes James, Hastings road Banks Herbt. Edwd.cab propr.Statn.rd Deverell Annie Melinda (Miss), dress

Bayliffe Mrs. Eastfield, PrDspect place Barns Jas. blacksmith, Providence la maker, .Alexander terrace

Belcher Thomas, Hastings road Bath David, shopkeeper, Priory lane Dewy Hy. insur. agent, South street

Bell Thomas Joshua, Piokwick road Bath Stone Firms Limi·ted, quarry Dinham Wltr. baker & grocer, High sli

Blake Abraham, Hope vil. Station rd owners & bath stone merchants; & Dobson Thos. shopkeeper, South st

Bradbury Ed'wd.PrDspect lo.Prospct.pl at Box; Bradford; Limpley Stoke; Eastmond .Joseph Essery, plum-

Brakspear Harold, The Priory Monkton Farleigh ; Westwood & ber, painter & glazier; drains

Brakspear Wm. Hayward, The Priory Winsley; chief office, Abbey yd. Bath tested, High street

Cannon Henry, Church street Batley Jn. fa,rmer, Pockeredge farm Evans Thos. lime burner, Station rd

Carter .Adam John, South street Batley Wm. cattle dlr. Providence la Farnell Wm. plasterer, Pickwick rd

Ohapman Isaac, Oambridge villa, Pick- Bell Thomas Josh, professDr of music, Field William, tobacconist & tea dlr. '

wick road Pickwick road & school attendance officer, High st

Clamp Miss, Pickwiok road Beszant Wm. Herbt. butcher, High st Flint Maria (Mrs.) & Robert, confec-

Clarke Mrs. Station road Bird Alfred, confectioner, High street t.ibners, High street

Clutterbucki Danl. Hugh J.P.Monk's pk Bird William, beer retailer; good Frankham Hy. carpenter, High street

Cole Mrs. James, Church street stabling & aceommodation, baker & Frith George, farmer, Hollywell farm.

CoDmbs John, Priory lane mea1man, Pound pill (Postal address, Ohippenham)

Crisp James Ellis, High .street Blair William, saddler, High sta-eet Fry Oharles Wm. butcher, High st

Davis Cornelius, High street Boscombe Jas.boot & shoe ma.High ~t Fry George, boot dealer, High street

Dunlap Rev. James Dunlap M.A. Brakspear Harold .A.R.I.B.A. archi- Fry George Toghill Wilkins, farmer,

(vicar), High street tect, The Priory South bank

Dunsdon John, Pickwick road Brett Fredk. Geo. watch ma. High st Goss Geo. Wm.Packhorse P.H.High st

Dunsdon John Thomas, Pickwick rd Bromley Mary Stowell (Miss), roil- Hale John Aug. shoe ma. Priory lane

Dunsdon Mrs. Pickwick road liner, Pickwick road Hall Edwin, hair dresser, High street

Foster Mrs. High street Bromley William Harris-, builder & Hall Thos. Geo. confectnr.Pickwick rd

Freeth JDhn, Prospect p:ace contractor, High street Hancock Benjamin,shoe maker,High st

Gough Hy. :Northleigh, Pickwick rd Bryant Frederick John, agent to Capi- Hancook John, coal dlr. Alexander ter

Gratrex Capt. Tihos. Price, Rose cot- tal & Oounties Bank, & postmaster, Harding Thomas FO'Wler, grocer,

tage, Lacock road !High street Pickwick road

Harris Edward, r Prospect place Bullock Stephen, watch & clock maker, Hatch .Alfred, manager of the Wilts &;

Hatch Alfred, High street · Pickwick road Dorset Bank, High street

!Hawkins Mrs. South place Burchell George, cowkeeper, Paul st Hughes Geo.steward to Lord Methuen

Bore Mrs. Station road Burchell Winefred (Miss), day sc-hool, Hulbert Hy. Jesse, carpenter, High st

Hulbert Miss, Prospect place Paul street Hunt Anna (Mrs.), bookshop, High st

Keevill Daniel, Hastings road Butt Alid. William, tailor, High st Institute Town Hall (JDseph Crosse,

Joyner Fredk. Wm. M.A.Corsham schl ButtDn Wallace Augustus, seedsman & sec.), High street

Laurie Mrs. Pickwick road florist, Station road James Isaac M.R.C.V.S. veterinary

Law John, Veach villa, South street Capital & Count.ies Bank Limited (sub- surgeon, Pickwick road

Little Mrs. Ethelred ho. Church st branch to Chippenham), open d'aily Jones Edwd. watch ma. Pickwick rd

Luchford William, Meadlands (Frederick John Bryant, agent), JoynerFk.Wm.M..A.young gentlemen's

. Manley Mrs. Pickwick road High street; draw on head office, boarding & day school,Corsham schl

Mayo Rev. Robe11t B.A. Ivy house 39 Threadneedle st. London E C Lanham Oharles, station master

Mayo Charles 'I''homas, Ivy hDuse Carey Wm. Jn. Prudntl. agt. Hi"'h st Lapham .Arthur Henry, road surveyor

Neale Mrs. Pickwick road Cawte Geo. Danl. plumber &c. High st & inspector of nuisances for Chip-

Neate Mrs. Hastings road Chapman Edward Jeffry,stone mason, penham rural .sanitary authority,

New :Miss, Priory lane Paul street The Wilderness, Station road

Ogg Miss, Church street Chapman Fredk. grocer, High street Law Ellen (Miss), ladies' schl. High st

Owen Mrs. Station road Churchill Oharles, tailor, High street Law Fanny (Miss), seed dlr. High st

Phillips Miss, Paul street C~arke Wm. coal merchnt. Station rd Littl~ Arth. hair dressr. Pickwick rd

Pillinger Mrs. Pickwick road Coates Henry Bishop, butcher,High st Little Jas. boot & shoe ma. Pickwick rd

Plummer Miss, Sandhurst,Pickwick rd Cornish Ernest, Chequers P.H Lucail Henry John, clerk to the Cars-

Pollard Fredk. George, Pickw:ick road Corsham Conservative Club (Thomas ham school boa.rd, Paul street

Pritchard Miss, Church street Orowther, sec.), Church street Manley Harry, pork butchr. High st

Ring Mrs. High street Col'sham Fir"' Brigad" (John Ball, Matthews Albt. chimney swpr. Paul st

Sainsbury Miss, High street capt.), High street Maynard Jn. Wm. wheelwt.Station rd

Scott John, .Ash vil:a, Pound pill Corsham Gas Co. (Oharles Frederick Merrett Edwin, carpenter, painter &

Sheppard James, Hillside, StatiDn rd Osborne, sec.), Station road upholsterer; funeralll completely

Smith Rev. Jas. (Bapt. ), Pickwick rd Corsham Liberal Club (T'om Weston, furnished, Pickwick road

Southey The Misses, High street sec.), High street Merrett Eli, beer retailer, High street

Story Mrs. Blgh street Oorsham Quarrying Co. (The), bath Merrett Fk.WhiteLionP.H.Pickwick rd

Taylor Mrs. High street stone merchants & masons (Henry Millard Thos. blacksmith, Pickwick rd

West Miss, Pickw:ick road John Luoos, manager) Moore .Arthur James, grocer, High st

Wicks George, Pickwick road Corsham Water "Works Co. Limited Neale Selina (Mrs.), brush maker,

Wood .Arthur George, High street (Lewin Spackman, sec.), High st Pickwick road
Orisp Alfred Henry, solicitor; call Og~ John, Station htl. Station road
Wood Miss, Pickwick road

Yockney Mrs. Pockeil'edge house here mon. wed. k fri. Pickwick rd OsborneChas.Fk.st<>ne masn.Station rd

DIRECTORY.] '\\"lLTSH IRE. CORSLEY.

Osmond Hy. furniture d:r.Pickwick rdl C()ok Joseph, blacksmith PICKWICK.

Pearce Jane (Miss).grocr.Pickwick rd l\Iattick Wm. farmer, Westroy Pk.frm PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Pritchard Mary (Miss), dress maker, :Miller William, farmer, Thingley
Nippress George, farmer, Easton· frm Awdry Rev. Ohar"..es Hill M.A. (chap-
Ohurch street
l'urnell George, Duke of Cumberland Minty Horatio Nelson, frmr. Thingley lain of Hartham chapel, hon. canon
of Bristol, surrogate & diocesan in-
P.H. Priory lane Palmer OharlesRaymond,Roebuck P.H spector of schools),Hartham parsnge
Reakes Herbt. Saml. farmr.Mynte fro Taylor Thos.Elboro,frmr.Easton farm
Ryall Thomas Edward, caretaker, Selman Jame.s R.S.S. general smith; Barker Miss, Greystone C()ttage

Conservative Club, High street repairs executed in all branches of Brown Capt. Lancelot, Guyer'.s house
Smith Charles .A. Methuen .Arms the trade Browning George, Ferndale
Dickson-Poynder Sir John Poynder
family & commercial hotel ; good G.ASTARD.
stabling, High street bart. M.P., J.P. Hartham park; &

Smith Fdk. veterinary surgn. High st Fowler Sir Thomas bart. J.P. Gastard 51 Mount street W & Marlborough
Spackman Henry, linen drraper & house ; & DeV'onshire lodge, Maryle- & Carlton clubs SW, London
bone road NW, & Carlton club, Duck Edward, Vine cottage
grocer, High street Goldney Sir Gabriel bart. D.L., J.P~
Spackman Lewin, vestry clerk &. London SW

assistant over.seer, High ~;;treet Rigden Miss, Olaremont, Linleys Beechfield

Town Hall, High street Tennant Miss, Claremont, Linleys Hulbert Frederick

Town Hall C()ffee Tavern (Messrs. COMMERCIAL. Hulbert Miss, Laurel cottage

Flint., proprietors), High street Aust Edward, quarryman, Velly J ames Henry, Sunnyside

Townsend Henry, painter & paper- Aust Frank, gardener to Sir Thomas Marsh .Alfd. Richd. Geo. The Cottage
Fowler bart. J.P. Chapel Knapp Mayo Miss
hanger, High street
Wakely Josiah, outfitter, High street Bennett Elizh. (Mrs.), frmr.Monk frm Pictor Mrs. Pickwick house, Bath road
"Walton George, as-sistant supt. Pru- Be.szant Wm. Herbt. farmer, Linleys Stevens Thomas, Pearman

dential, Pickwick road Brooks Thomas, steward to Sir Thos. COMMERCIAL.

'Ward Geo. linen draper, High street Fowler bart. J.P. Ohapel Knapp Aplin James Robert, Hare & Hounds

·watts Thos. beer retailer, Priory lane Olaremont College (ladies' boarding P.H.; accommodation for cyclists &

Wheeler Fdk. Ernest, baker, High st school) (Miss .Agnes Tennent LL.A., good stabling

White Thomas, Royal Oak hotel, & L.O.P. & Miss Lauria J. Rigden Ba.rtlett John, carpenter & wheel-

oooper, High street A.L.C.M. principals), Linleys wright, Pickwick road

Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited Collett James, shopkeeper, Linleys Bird Edwin William, farmer

(.Alfred Hatch, manager); open daily, Cook William, miller (water & steam), Blackman Tom, farmer

High st.; draw on London & West- Byde mill Brinkworth Hy. farmer, Stowell farm

minster Bank Limited, London E C Dunsdon Sarah (Mrs.) & Son, far- Brown John, gardener to Sir Gabriel

Wood .Arthur Georg-e,surgeon,& public mers, Court farm Go:dney bart

vreagccisintraatroroffobr•u C()rsham di strict & Gale Benjamin, baker, LinlE"ys Collier Thomas, farm bailiff to F.
ths & deaths for Cor- Hall Lucy• (Mrs.), Harp & Crown Hulbert esq. Park farm
P.H

~;;ham sub-district of Chippenham Hayward Frances l\Iary (Mrs.), far- Dancey Willie, baker

union, High street mer, Boyd's farm Francis William, farmer

Wray Mary (:Mrs.),shopkpr.Station rd Jones John, shopkeeper Pegler Jas. Frankham, Cross Keys P.H

'Vright George, gamekeeper to Man- Lacey .Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr. Linleys Shewring Daniel, steward to Sir John

tague Ballard esq. Folly farm Law Thos. tobacconist, Chapel Knapp Poynder Dickson - Poynder bart.

Yockney & Co. quarry owners &; stone Lewis Waiter, farmer, Lane's end Hartham farm

merchants, The C()rsham Down & Merrett Edmund & Son, carpenters & Stannard Harriett (Mrs.),dres.s makeT,

Box Tunnel stone quarries wheelwrights ; funerals furnished, Pickwick road

EASTON. Linleys Stevens Thomas, Pearman, brewer,
Merrett Da.vid, cas.trator, Velly Pickwick brewery
Kinneir ~-trthur Charles, W estrop
Yew T'ree Coffee Tavern (Miss Mary Stone James, farmer

Tanner Robert, Easton house Fowler, hon. sec) Young Edwin, beer retailer

CORSLEY is a parish on the borders of Somerset- subsoil, sand. The land is partly arable and partly
shire, 4 miles north-west from '\Varminster and south- pasture. The area is 2,961 acres; rateable value,
west from '\Vestbury and 3 east from Frome station on £5,250; the population in 1891 was 926.
the Great Western railway, in the Western division of
the county, hundred, union, petty sessional division and The village of Chapmanslade is partly in this parish
county court district of Warminster, rural deanery of and partly in the new parish of Dilton Marsh, which see.
'Vylye (Heytesbury portion), Salisbury archdeaconry and
diocese. Th~ church of St. Margaret was rebuilt about Eustaces, I mile north; Water, I mile north-east;
1829; it is of stone, in the Perpendicular ~tyle, con- Landhurst, I mile east; Whitbourne Springs, I mile
sisting of nave, with a square tower containing 6 bells: south-by-east; Whitbourne, ~~ miles south-by-east;
there is no chancel: the church was restored and the Dartford, I mile south-west; and Temple, rl miles
south-by-east, ue hamlets in the parish of Corsley.
galleries taken down in r89o: there are 400 sittings.
Parish Clerk, William Tavlor.
The register dat-es from the year r686. The living is Post Office.-Frederick Fricker, sub-postmaster. Letters

a rectory, gross yearly value £r95, net £r76, with 95 arrive by messenger from '\Varminster, at 7.50 a.m. ;
dispatched at 5.50 p.m. & 10.25 a.m. on sundays. The
acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Marquess nearest money order & telegraph offices are at I<'rome,
Warminster & Westbury
of Bath, and held since rBBS by the Rev. Richard Wall Letter Boxes, at Corsley Heath, cleared at 6 p.m.
Edward Coles B..A. of Pembroke College, OxfOTd. The & at Stnrford, cleared at 6. ro p.m
Baptists have a chapel at Whitbourne and the Wes- National School (mixed), erected in 1846 & enlarged in
leyans have one at Lane End. The charities amount to 1875, for 105 children; average attendance, go; .Alfred
£g ros. yearly. The Marquess of Bath F.S.A. is lord Bird, master
of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clay;

Buckenham Mrs. Sturford cottage Down Mark, frmr. Whibbourne springs Rendall Rester (Mr.&.), cowkpr. Temple

Coles Rev. Riohd. Edwd. B.A. Rectory Dred·ge William, stone rn!llson Rendall Jas. shopkeepeT & poulterer

OooksonH.TheodoreJ.P.SturfoTd! mead Ford John, cowke€per RendaJl Sa.rah (Mrs.), coal haulier

Davies Byam Martin, Crosley b.ouse Fricker Fredk. shopkpr. & baker & Rendall Wm. cool dealeT, Leighs grn

Fram-e Ern~st Cla.rke, Sandhayei Post office Singer Jn. fa•rmer, Dertford's Wd.frm

Knight Miss, Leighs- green Green John, farmer, Warrens farm Singe'l" William, farmer, Leighs green

White Miss, Leighs green Haines Sa;rah. Ann (Mis.s), shopkeeper, Smith RobeTt, farmer,Old Court frm

· Willcox Robert, Culver home Lan-e end Sparey Seth, !farmell', Sturford lane

COMMERCIAL. Harding Geo.White Hart P.H.Lane end Taylor .Albert, tailor, Temple
Hooper Jas. shoe mak~r, Leighs green Taylor Oh.arl-es, tailor, Longhedge

.Allard Benj. farmer, ::\ianor farm Mines Edward, !hoe maker, Lane end Viner Arthur, farmex
.Aillard Benj. farmer, ::\1albhouse farm Mines Enos, shopkeeper, Longhed~ Viner Elzbth..Ann(::\irs.),OrossKeysP.H

.Allard Geo. farmer, Huntpnhill farm Open William & William, brick & tile West Frank, shoe mkr. Corsley heath

.Annett Frank, shopkeeper, Lane end makers, RoddenbThl'y White .A,rthur, farmer, Gay's Hill frm

Axford Richard, farmer, Cleyhill farm Pearce Jn.buil&.&wheelwt. Corsly.hth White Henry, shopkeeper, Lane end

BaJl Hy. fa.rmer, ·whitbourne !'prings Reading Room (Alfred Bird, sec.), White JOihn Wiiliam Thomas, farmer,

Bull Hy.Geo.ba;rnessmkr.\\nitbrn.mr Oorsley heatih Court farm

CarpenteT James, farmer, Mill farm Rendell Emanuell, Royal Oak P.H. Wilkins Frederick, blacksmith

[)own: Hy.eoal&timbr.dlr.Corsley heath Oorsley heath, farmer & timber dlT. Wilkins James, market gardener

Dow111 Jas. lime brnr. Whitbrne. springs Temple & Whitbourpe farms

76 CORSTO~. WILTSHIRE. [KELLY'S

CORSTON a tithing of Malmesbury, on the road from Parish Clerk, John Smith.

Malmesbury to Chippenham and intersected by the river Post Office.-Mrs. Jane Neate, sub-postmistress. Letters
through Malmesbury, arrive at 8 a.m. & 3 p.m. ;
Avon, was, with Rodbourne, formed into an ecclesiastical dispatched at 6.30 summer months & 6 p.m. winter;
parish in 1881; it is 2 miles south from Malmesbury Malmesbury is the nearest money order & tele-
terminal station, on a branch of the Great Western rail- graph office
way, in the North Western division of the county, petty
sessional division, union and county court district of

Malmesbury, and in the rural deanery of Malmesbury, RODBOURNE · a pet"1ltho"mf geas0ef, Malmesbury, 2 ml"les
archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of Gloucester and south. Here is aISc ha of stone, in the Early
English style (former.y belonging to Malmesimry, now
Bristol. The church of All Saints, formerly a chapel of
ease belonging to Malmesbury, is a modern structure being a chapel of ease of Corston and Rodbourne parish),
in mixed styles, and consists of chancel, nave and south having chancel, nave, south porch and western tower
containing one bell. Rodbourne House is the residence
porch, with a curious old western turret containing 2 of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen bart. J.P. Near Rod-
small bells: there are 200 sittings. The registers date bourne is Angrove.
from the year r88r ; before that period they were kept
at Malmesbury. The living is a vicarage, net yearly Post Office.-George Baker, sub-postmaster. LeUers
value £go, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chan- t.,brough Malmesbury arrive at 7.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.;
cellor, and held since r88r by the Rev. George Alexander dispatched at 7 p.m. summer & 6.30 p.m. winter.
Johnson M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin: a vicarage

house was erected in 1s8s by the Ecclesiastical Com- Malmesbury is the nearest money order & te:e-
missioners. The principal landowners are the Earl of graph office

Radnor and Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen bart. 'fhe Corston & Rodbourne School (mixed), built in 1872, for

soil is brashy; subsoil, clay. 'fhe chief crops are wheat, Ioo children; average attendance, 49; Miss Mary

oats and roots; the population in 1891 was 452. Waiters, mistress

CORSTON. M!ile1~ 'Dhollli&S, mole catcher Pollen Sir Richard Hunge.rford ba.rt.
Chubb Alfred Neate Ja;ne (Mrs.), Post office J.P. Rodbourne house; & Carlton

Newman Thoma.s, o;hoe makeT & New University clubs, London

Joilmson: Rev. Geo. Alex. M.A.Vicarage Skinn6'1' '.Dhomas, farmer Pollen Charles John Hungerford J.P.

CO!-Il\IERCI.AL. Slade Eliza,be1Jh (Mrs.), beffi' retailer The· Orcil.a,rds

'l'anner Oharles, blacksmith Carter William, farmer

Anstie Geo. Thos. farme.r, Bell farm Tyrr.e:ll Edwa;rd Brooks, farm bailiff Deruly J ames· David, farmer

Bane Fras. Radnor Arms P.H. & frmr to 1V. H. Pooock esq Freeth William, fa.rmeT, Parsloes farm

Dollett A!lll·on, farmeT Weaver Simeon, farme<r RichJas.ca:t'tle' d1r. & farmr.Manorr frm

Denly Frank, farmer Youlllg OhaTles, [armer Smith John, farmer, Angrove farm

Denly Hy.Jn. mi.Her(water),Corston ml RODBOURNE. Smith Wm. farmer, Bottom farm
Denly Jane (Mu.), fa,rmer, Manor frm Thnner George, brick & tile maker

Kaneo Francis, shopkeeper POJ.:eiill Misses, The Orohards

EAST COULSTON is a parish on the road from residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and helu

Westbury to Market Lavington, 6£ miles north-east from since 1894 by the Rev. William Hughes, of St. Bees.

Westbury station on the Trowbridge and Salisbury Simon Watson-Taylor esq. D.L., J.P. of Erlestoke Park,

section of the Great Western railway, and 8 south-west Westbury, is lord of the manor and principal landowner.

from Devizes, in the ·western division of the county, Baynton House, now (1894) unoccupied, is a commodious

Whorwellsdown hundred and petty sessional division, house in the Italian style, dating from 1798, standing

Westbury and Whorwellsdown union, county court dis- in 30 acres of park land, in which is a small lake. The

trict of Westbury, rural deanery of Potterne (Potterne soil is greensand; subsoil, chalk. The ch1et crop is

portion) archdeaconry of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury. wheat. The area is 868 acres; rateable value, L'075;

aThe church of St. Thomas Becket is a very small the population in 1891 was 103.
building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, side Parish Clerk, John Newman.

chapel and western turret containing one bell: the Letters through Westbury, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & 5 p.m.

ohancel was rebuilt in 186o: the church, originally Bratton is the nearest money order & telegraph office.

Norman, was nominally restored in 1842, and has un- Pillar Letter Box, cleared at 11.40 a.m. & 5·55 p.m.

happily thus lost every Norman feature, except a part week days & 9·55 a.m. on sunday

0f one doorway in the south wall : there are 125 sittings. The parish is included in the Edington & East Coulston

The register dates from the year 1695. The living is a United School Board District, formed 8 Dec. 1875

rectory, tithe rent-charge £175, average £132, net Board School (mixed), built in 1876, for 70 children;

Iyearly value £150, including 38 acres of glebe, and average attendance, 28; Miss Josephine Keatinge, mist
Hughes Rev. William, Rectory Newman Ja,s. & Sarah (Miss), far-~Perrett Jn. Goo. farmer, Ooulston frm

mers, Stoke's marsh

CRICKLADE is a market and union town and head company whose works are in Gas lane. There is a town
€rf a petty sessional division, near the Gloucestershire estate called Cricklade wayla.nds, fur paving and im~
border, with a station on the Midland and South Western proving- the town. Cricklade oomprise'S two parishes, St.

junction railway, 4 miles north from Purton station and Sampson's and St. Mary's. The church of St. Sampson

:5 east from Minety station on the Swindon and Glou- is a spacious structure of stone, embracing several

cester branch of the Great Wesltern railway, 52 north- periods of architectural style·s dating from about q8o;
~y-west from Salisbury, 26 north from Devizes, 7 south- it is cruciform, and consi,sts of chancel, nave of three
.east from Cirencester, 8 nol'th-east from Wootton Bassett, bays, taisles, north porch, and a handsome square em-

lil north-east from Swindon and 84 from London, in the batHed tower rising from beautifully proportioned arches
Northern diYision of the county, hundreds of Highworth, at the intersections, surmounted by a pierced parapet
Crickiade and Staple, county court district of Swindon, and pinnacles, on one of which is the Oaiherine Wheel,
rural deanery of Cricklade, archdeaconry of Bristol and finely executed; it contains a striking clock, but no dial,

,(iiocese of Gloucest-er and Bristol. This <bown is plea- and 5 bells: the present vestry was formerly a chapel,
santly seated in a level tract of country on the south built by the Hungerford family: the church was restored
bank of the Thame•s (or Isis), and is of great antiquity. in 1864, under t·he direction of the Rev. Francis Dyson
"The Thames and Severn canal pas.s.es to the north of the M.A. the late vicar, who died in 1887, and to whom the
t·own, and is connected with the Wil'ts and Berks by the stained west window is a memorial: there is also a
North Wilts canal, which passes the town to the south- memorial window in the south aisle 'to Rose :Billinghurs·t,
-wes-t. In 1015 it was taken and plundered by Cnut the 1870: there are several ancient tablets in the north aisle,
Dane, but has not been distinguished by any event of the principal being to Edward Pleydell, 1675; John Nott,
national importance since the Conquest. A high bailiff 1763, and John Bvistow, 1788: there are sittings for 6oo
is appointed for the town 'by a jury at the court-leet of persons. The register dates from the year 1672. The

the lord of the manor: it was a prescriptive borough, living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £471, average
:and from Edward I. exercised the elective franchise Wlith £'358, net income £2go, with residence and 6~ acres of
various interruptions till the reign of Henry VI. from glebe, in the gift of the Doon 11nd Chapter of Bristol,

-which time it regularly returned two members to Par- and held since 1887 by the Rev. Henry James Morton

liament till 1782, when the franchise was extended to M.A., LL.B. of Trinity Hall, Oambridge. The church of
the adjoining divisions of Highwol'th, Cricklade and St. Mary is a stone building, consisting of chancel, oove

Staple, and it included so parishes, but by the "Redis- of three bays, aisles, south porch and a low western
tribution of Seats Act, 1885," the representation was tower containing 4 bells: there is a clock at the oost
merg-ed into that of the coun1ty. The town consists of end of the nave, above the chancel roof: the chancel is

<>ne long street, is well paved and lighted with gas by a divided from the nave by a circular Norman arch of the

.JDIRECTORY WILTSHIRE. CRICKLADE. 77

IIth century, with the chevron ornament: the aisles are Bulley Frederick Pocock esq. Marston Maisey, Fairford

of the Perpendicular character of the 15th century, whlle Dickins'On Capt. Henry Bacon Fector, Ashtoon ho.Cricklde

~the~esotno~w. er is Early English: there are sittings f'Or 220 Goddard Ambrose Lethbridge esq. M.A., D.L. The Lawn~
The register dates. from the year r684. The Swindon

hvmg IS a rectory, average ti!he re~<t-charge £Io, gross Goddard Horatio Nelson esq. M.A., D.L. Clyffe manor,

yearly value £231, net £226, mcludmg so acres of glebe, Wootton Bassett

with re~idence, in the gi~t of the Bishop of Gloucester' Hanbury Edgar esq. Eastrop grange, Highworth

and Bristol, and he~d. smce 1885 by _the Rev. ~ohn Sa41er James Henry esq. Lydiard house, Lydiard :Mil-
McK~ye B.A. of Tnmty C'Ollege, Dublm. There IS a 1 hcent, Swindon

Baptist chap_el, erected in 18$2, _and havin~ 200 sitt:ings; 1 S'tory-Maskelyne Mervin Herbert Nevil esq. 1\LA., F.R.S".

a Oongregaholl'al chapel, •bml't m 1878, ~8w515,th 300 sea.ts; Bassett EDronwensthoCuhsae~lensearesSqw. inMdo.An., F . S ..A. Vasterna-
Primitive Methodist chapel, built _in to hold 250 Trepplin
a

persOI~s ;_ and W~sl~an chapel, built m r87o, and has man'Or, '\Vootton Bassett

2o<? Sithngs. . Cr1ek1ad~ and Woatton Bassett form a Wilson Capt. Wm. R.N. C:yffe manor. Wootton Bassett

unwn, f~r which ~ee 1'\.ootton Bassett. The Town Hall, Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis esq.Hill ho.Purton,Swindon.

eSrte. ctMedarmy arr8e6rt,heWirlel mh'a<ihnds 2o50f apeprrsioonrsy., dIenditchaetepdartioshSo'tf. Clerk t o t.he Magi·st rat es, H arry Bev·u, '\Vootton Bassett

John the Baptist, founded in the reign of Henry Ill. Petty SPsswns are held at the Town Hall the last sat. &;

now converted into private residences· there was also a at the Royal Oak Hotel Assembly Room on the second
hospit~l ded!ic~•te~ t-o the same patron' saint; some land s~t. in. every m?~t~ at I 1.30 a. m. & the parishes &

belongmg to 1t, m St. Sampson's parish is still called p.aces m the dl!vlslon are .A.shton Keynes, Braydon,

the Spital. .A. market fm fat cattle on the third Tues- Broad Town, Oliffe Pypard, Cricklade St. Mary, Crick-
day in each month is well attended; fairs have been lade St. S~mpsorr & Widhill, Eisey & Water Eaton,

wholly discollltinued, with the exception of a pleasure Latton, Leigh, Lydiard Millicent, Lydiard Tregoze.

fair on the 21st of September. Major Henry Smyth, in Lyneham, Marston Maisey, Purt-on, Shorncote, Somer-

1853, gave £r,ooo to the two parishes for the promDtion ford Keynes, Tockenham & Wootton Bassett

of education: it is vested in the hands of five trustees Public Establishments.
for that purpose. There is also Hodge's charity of £s,

to be ~istrib"?-ted to ten poor householders, not receiving PDlice Station, High street, James Albert Brinsdon, in-
parochial rehef; and 100 acres of land were given to the spector, & 4 cons•tables
poor of Cricklade out of the forest of Braydon, when it Town Hall, ThDmas Lansdown, proprietor
was disafforested by King Charles II. now producing

a;bout £r4o yearly, one moiety to be distributed to poor Public Officers.

men and women not receiving parochial relief, the other Assistant Overseer, Thomas· Lansdown

moiety .t~ be di~ided int·o two equal parts, one part to Clerk to the Highway Board, Joseph Sadler Lovett.

apprenhcmg ch1ldren, the other 'to yaupers. The in- High street

terest of £6oo to St. Sampson's and .£4oo to St. Mary's, Collectors of Taxes, John Hollister Franklin, High st. ;:
also the gift of Major Smyth, is laid out annually in the
purchas·e of warm clothing for the poor in November. John Harris, for St. Samps'On'·s
Dunche's charity, consisting of lands, producing about
£23 yearly, to decayed househDlders not receiving paro- High Bailiff, Noah Beldon Langley, High street
~hial. ~elief.. Sir .A.. Hungerfor·d's charity, of £19 yearly,
1s divided mto three parts, two whereof are taken bv Inspector of Police, James .Albert Brinsdon, High street
the par~sh of St. Sampson, and the remaining third by
Medical Officer No. I District & Public Vaccinator Nos.
the pansh of St. Mary : the money is laid out in great
I & 2 Districts, Cricklade & Wootwn Bassett Union~
coat,s, which are given to the poor. Farmor's and Noah Beldon Langley, High s'treert
Barker's charity, of £53 yearly, is distrilbuted to the
second poor of both parishes who are not receiving an" Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages for Cricklade
of the other charities belonging to Cricklade. There is
Sub-district, William Bartholomew Ooleman Horsell,

""High street; deputy, John Barnes, The Common,Purtn

:::iecre'tary to the Feoffees of Wayland Est'ate, John Hol-

lister Franklin

~ Lamn;tas meadow, called North meadow, of 104 acres, Places of Worshiip, with times of services.
mt<O which, from Lammas lto Candlemas, the inhabitants
have the right of turning their cattle. A stone cros·s, St. Sampson's Church, Rev. Henry James Mlorton M.A.•
which formerly stood in the principal street, was re- LL.B. vicar; Rev. .Arthur Gaisford M. A. curate;
11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily at 8.30 a.m.; holy com-
moved into the churchyard of St. Sampson when the old munion, 1st & 3rd sunday 12 noon; 2nd, 4th & 6th
Town Hall was taken down. There is also a stone cross sunday, 8 a.m. ; saints' days holy oommunion, 8 a.m.
in good preservation in the churchyard of St. Marv's
parish. The kennels of the V~e of White Horse homids St. Mary's Church, Rev. John McKaye B.A. rector; 11
are situated here; T. B. Miller esq. is master. Sir a.m. & 3 & 6 p.m
Algernon W. Neeld bart. is lord of the manor of the
Baptist, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m
borough and tithings. The principal landowners are Sir Congregational, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m
Pr1mitive Methodist, 2 & 6 p.m
.Algernon W. Neeld bart. the Hon. Duncom'be Pleydell- Wesleyan, 2.30 & 6 p.m
Bouverie, of Ooleshill House, Highwol'th and the Earl of

St. Germans. The soil is a rich Joam. The land is Schools.
mostly in pa·sture. St. Sampson's parish, which includes
the hamlets of Great and Little Ohelwmth and Calcutt, Near St. Sampson's churchyard is a building erected by
and part of the hamlet of Braydon, contains 6,oo2 acres Robert Jenner, goldsmith, of London, in 1652, for the-
of land and 31 o~ wat~r; rateable value, £12,057; and in purpose of a school; it was for many years used as a
1891 had 1,249 mhab1tants. St. Mary's parish contains poor house ; but it is restored to its original purpos~,
IIJ acres; rateable value, £904; the populaltion in 1891 & used as a boys' school for the children of both
was 427. parishes; boys', to hold 136; average attendance, 91;
Waiter Sugg, master; girls', erected r86o, for IIO
Upper and Lower Widhill are tithings. girls; average attendance, 81; Miss Janet, Johnston,
Parish Clerk Df St. Sampsoll"s, John Joseph Cuss. mistres-s; infants', formerly a Methodis<t chapel, t<>
Parish Clerk of St. Mary's, Robert Hopkins.
hold 100; average attendaooe, 75; Miss Elizabeth
Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Expre·ss Delivery & Annuity
& Insurance Office.-Jame·s Wilkins, postmaster. Let- Green, mistress

ters from London & all parts arriv~ from Swindon at Conveyances.

3 a.m. & 2 & 5·45 p.m. & are dispatched at II.40 a.m. Omnibus to & from Purton station three times a day

oo:r& 3·45 & 9.30 p.m. ; delivered 7 a.m. & 2.30 & 6 p.m. ; M. & S. W. J. R. station; frequent trains from Andover
closes at 9.30 p.m. Money orders are grant~d &
pa1d from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parcels post, dispatched to Cheltenham. Alexander Bowd, station mast-er
at 11.30 a.m. & 3.20 & 8 p.m
Parcels for Cvrii~ckAlanddeofvreorm London (Waterloo) should be
addressed '

County Magistrates for Cricklade Petty Sessional Goods from (Nine Elms) London, should be addressed
Division. vi~ Andover & Bristol, Birmingham & the North, should

Hus•sey-Freke Ambrose Denis ~sq. M..A., D.L. Hannington be addressed (Mid), via Cheltenham

hall, Highworth, chairman Carriers to:-
Archer David esq. D.L. Kingsdown house, Stratton St.

Margaret, Swindon Cirencester-Clark Bros. to the Sun inn, mon. & fri

Archer Li,eut.-Col. David, L'ushill, Highworth Purton-Clark Bros. daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cuss Nevil John, High street 'Fra.nklin Thomas Lewis, High street
Fawkes< M11s. The Priory Gaisford: Rev. A<rthur M. A. (eurate af
Cuss Miss, Calcutt sbreet Frankliill Mrs. High trtreei;
S. Sam.pson's), High sbreet

78 CRICKL.ADE. "1'ILTSHIRE. [ KELLY's

Freeth· Thomas, High street Lowe Miss, Calcutt street Sadller Miss, High street
Harris John, High str~et
McKaye Rev.Jn.B.A.St.M~ry's rectory Stephens Williarn Henry, High street
King William, Mill lane
Mille'r Thomas Butt, Brook house Taylor Misses, High street
Langley Noah Beldom, High street
Mo['kJJl! Rev.Hy.Jas.M.A.,LL.B.Vicarge Thoma,s Lewis James, Common
Lansdown Edwin, Calcutt street
Lovett JoS~e>ph Sadler, High street Reeves William Bevan Wilson Natib.aniel, Calcutt street

Russell George, High street

COMMERCIAL. Kinnett Charles, farmer,· Broadleaze

.A.kers William Jlohn, baker, High street Langley Noah Beldon, surgeon & medical officer, No. I

Barnes Edward George, boot maker, Calcutt street district, & pUJblic vaccinator Nos. I & 2 districts,

Barnes Emily (Mrs.), farmer & cowkeeper, Calcutt Cricklade & Wootton BassB'tt union & high bailiff, com-

Harnes William, carpenter & wheelwright, Forty missioner of income tax & medical officer under the

Bennett Frederick, farmer, Calcutt Factory Act t

Blackwell Edwin, shopkeeper, High street Lansdown George Blake, plumber &c. High street

Blackwell George, sadler, High street Lansdown Thomas, assistant overseer

Bowd Alexander, station master, High street Lmsell Jaanes, Old Bear inn, High street

Brown Henry, shopkeeper, High street Little John, plasterer, Recto·ry lane

Bullock William, farm.er, Hailstone Lovellt Florence & J essie (The l\.lli:ises), private schJol,

Capital & Counties Bank Limited: (sub-branch) (James High street
Wilkins, agent), Post office; draw on head office, 39 Lovett & Son, solicitors, High stre,~t

Threadneedle street, LondQn E C Lovett Joseph Sadler (firm., Lovett & Son), solicitor &

Carter William, farmer, Upper Widhill clerk to the Oricklade highway board, High street

Carter William John, butcher, High street Luoas Olara (Miss), dress maker, Oalcutt street

Olappen Henry, boot warehouse, High street Lucas Edward Albert, boot & shoe maker, High street

Clark Bros. G. W. R. agents & carriers, High street Lucas Joseph, shopkeeper, High street

Clark George Edmund baker, High s•treet Miles Charles, glass & china dealer

Clark George Seymour: coach builder, High street Moorman Frederick, hair dresser, High street
Clark Jacob, dairyman & hay dlr. Fiddle farm & High st 1 Mutlow Richard, carpenter

Clarke Brothers, farmers, Chelworth Nash Daniel, blacksmith, High st.reet

Clifford Frank, cycle agent New Jeremiah, marine store dealer

Clifford Henry. farmer, Chelworth Ockwell .A.lbert Edwd. printer & 11tationer, Calcutt 9t

Clifford John, farmer, Whitehill Ockwell Harriett (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High street •

Clifford Thomas, blacksmith, Oalcutt street Ockwell Jonah, plasterer, Calcutt street

Cole Richard, coal depot, Railway wharf Ockwell Richard, glove & gaiter manufacturer, High st

Cole William Philip, ironmonger & beer retailer, High st 1Ockwell Robert, grocer & baker, Oalcutt street

Cowley .A.rthur, railway agent & coal merchant; & Ody George, farmer, Leighfield

post.ing in all its branches, Hligh street Palmer Stephen, boot maker, High street

Oowley Hu~ert, cattle dealer, High street Peare Thomas, horse dealer, Forty

Cricklade Gas Oo. (Wa1ter Sugg, manager & sec.); Pinnock Peter, stone mason

works, Gas lane Plummer Bros. millsrs (water), West mill

Cullerne John, painter & plumber, High street Plu~mer Ellen (Mrs.), far~er, Stone's f?-rm

Cuss Frederick, farmer & cattle dealer, Calcutt Pontmg Herbert, farmer, :Middle Bury hill

Cuss John Geo. horse & cattle dlr. Abington Court farm Ponting John, farmer, Lower Bury Hill farm, llraydon

Cuss John J. carpenter, Calcutt street Panting Samuel, farmer, W"hite lodge, Braydon

Cuss Nevil John, civil engineer G. W. R. High street Poole Edward & Sons, chimney sweepers

Dawe William, grocer & beer retailer, Forty Ra.tcliffe Thomas (:VIrs. ), farmer, Ravensbrooke farm

Drury Oscar, horse & cattle dealer, Forty (Postal address, Malmesbury)

Evans Edward, farmer, Upper vVidhill Read Henry, faJ.'III1er, Braydon

Ferris Oaroline (Mti.ss), &raper & outfitter, High street Rogers Charles Joseph, watoh maker, High street

Ferris Richard, farm.er, Ohelworth Sadler Henry & Sons, butchers, High street

Franklin John Hollister, draper, High street Selby George, White Lion inn, High street

Franklin Thos. Lewis, builder & contractor, High street Selman Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, High street

Freeth Frederic George, farmer Selman Stephen, farmer & hay dealer, Forty

Freeth Frederick George, farmer, Bourne Lake farm. Simmonds John, marine store dealer

Garner Charles John, saddler & rope maker, High street Sims James, Red Lion inn, High street

Gee Louisa (:VIrs.), clothes dealer, High street Smit.h Arthur, grocer, High street

Giles Albert, shopkeeper, High street Smith Edwin, King's Head inn, High street

Giles .Albert Thomas, coal merchant, Oalcutt stree·t Smith John, farmer, Chelworth

Giles John, butcher, Forty Stephens Harry, baker, High street

Giles Robert, carpenter, The Priory Strange Frank, plasterer

Giles vVilliam Painter, milk dealer, High street Snbto.n James, fancy repos. & refreshment rms. High st

Gleed John, farmer, Common Titley & Crowdy, agricultural engineers; & at Blunsdon

Gleed Mark, farmer, Chelworth Town Hall (Thomas La.nsdown, proprietor)

Goddard Harry, huntsman to Vale of White Horse fxhnds Townsend Joseph, White Hart family & commercial hotel

Goscomb George Fredk. tailor & shopkeeper, High street & posting house; every accommodation for hunting &

Gos'Comb Louisa (Miss), dress maker boating gentlemen; the last hotel on the navigable

Gosling John William, beer ret,ailer, High street Thames; & agent for Smith & Sons, Brimscombe

Griffin Geo.Whlte Horse family & commercia·l htl.High st brewery; High s·trept

Raines Morley, New inn P.H. Oalcutt street Turk lVilliam, baker, High street

Rarman David, haulier, Forty Vale of White Horse Kennels (T. B. Miller esq_. master;

Rarman John, farmer, Forty Harry Goddard, huntsman)

1Iarvey Charles, town crier & bill poster, High street Waite Joseph, farmer, Dudgmoor

Reaven Thomas, farmer, Chelworth '\Vatts Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High street

llicks Raymond, grocer, Oalcutt street ·watts Thomas, farmer, Calcutt

1Iopkins John, farmer, Parsonage farm Welch John, farmer, Common

HorseH vVilliam BartholQmew Coleman, regisirar of Wells Wil!iam, accountant & surveyor, Hig-h street

births, deaths & marriages for Cricklade sub-district, vVestmacott George, farmer, Duchy Rag. Braydon

relieving officer, vaccination officer & collector for the 1Vestmacott Joseph, farmer, Oak farm, Braydon

guardians, High street lVhite Hart hotel (Joseph Townsend, propr. ), High st

J'ohnston Linda (Miss), dress maker White Arthur Bell, chemist & druggist, High street

Johnston vVilliam, rent collector, High street Wilkins James, draper & grocer, & agent for W. & A.

Kempster Edmund, gmcer, High street; & at Purton Gilbey Lim. wine & spirit merchants, & for the Capital

Keveren Alfred, tailor, High street & Counties Bank, Post office, High street

Kilminster Edgar, carpenter & beer retailer, High street Wilks Willia.m, cycle agent, High street

Kilminster Edmund, plasterer, Calcutt street Wiltshire George, draper, High street

Kilminster Elizabeth (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, High st vVoodward William, boot maker, Forty

Kilminster Frank, hair dresser, High street '\Voolford Thomas, market gardener

Knight Thomas, permanent way inspec'tQr to the M. & S. Yeates Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High street

W. J. Railway Co. High street Yeates William Daniel, corn & cake merchant, High st

CRUDWELL is a parish and pleasant village, near a the Swindon and Gloucester branch of the Great West-
small stream on the road from l\Ialmesbury to Ciren- ern railway and 4 north frotn l\Ialmesbury, in the North
cester, 4 miles south from Kemble junction station on Western division of the county, Mal.mesbury hundred,

DIRECTORY.] \VIL'fSHIRE. 7 9DAC~TSEY,

union, petty SJel~sional division and county court district, manor, A. R. Rando:ph esq. William Peacey esq. and

rurol deanery of Maim esbury, archdeaoonry of Bristol the rector, are the principal landowners. The soil i$

and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church of sandy; subsoil, clay and stones. The chief crops are

All Saints, a handsome building of stone, in the Early wheat, barley and roots, and some land is in pasture.

English style, consisting of a chancel, nave, and aisles The area is 4,709 acres; rateable value, £5,422; tha

(running the whole length of the church), a fine square population in r8gr was 778.

weslbern tower with ornamental parapet, and containing Chedglow is a hamlet r mile west. Chelworth hamlet,

5 bells and a clock : the windows are of the r5th and Church Green, I mile north-east; Eastcourt ham-
let, 1! miles south-east; Murcott hamlet, threequarters
century Perpendicular: the church contains some inter-
esting monuments, also some good carving, and was of a mile south.
restored in x88o: a window in the north wall contains
some old glass, representing five of the seven (Catholic) Parish Clerk, J oseph Peer.

sacrament-s; als.o a stained window over the communion Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S.B., Express Delivery & Annuity
table representing the Te Deum was erect-ed in 1887: 1 & Insurance Offiee.~Charles Paine, sub-postmaster.

there are 350 sittings. The register dates from the year Lebters arrive from Malmesbury at 7.30 a.m. ; dis-

x659· 'I'he living is a rectory, with residence, tithe patched at 6 p.m., 5.30 p.m. from NoVJember to :Feb

rent-dharge £570, average £434, net income £390, with Wall Letter Box, Ohedglow, __cleared 5.30 p.m. summer;

63 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of :Mxs. winter, 5 p.m
Lingwood, and held since 1888 by the Rev. William
Schools.
Anslow Sole. Here are Baptist and Primitive Methodist

chapels. Charities producing £22 yearly are distri- 1National, built for 120 children; average attendance, 78;
bnted in coals. K~ear t.he village runs the old foss·e way 1 Thomas Butcher, master

to Cirencestler. Eastcourt House is the residence of·\ There is al&o a small school at Eastcourt, with average

Richard Charteris esq. Earl Cowper K.G. who owns the att.endance of 30; Miss Moors, mistress

Bouverie SeymourPleydell,OrudweJl ho Day Henry C. Plough inn Peacey Wm. Robt. farmer, Chedglow

Charooris Richard, Ea.stcourt house Elsip William Charles, baker Peer Joseph, ca1rpenter & pati"ish clerk

Peacey William, Chedglow Ettles John, carpent.er, Ea.stcourt Peer Joseph, jun. shoe maker

Pettifer St.ephen, Mayfield Freeth Edwin, fatTmer, Murcott, Peer Thomas, shoe maker, Eastcourt
Pettifer Tom VaJ.entine, ~fayfield
Godwin Charles, farmer, Eastcourt Pettifer StepheDJ & Son, manufacturers

So:e Rev. William Anslow, RectorY' Godwin William H. farmer, Ea&tcourt of veterinary chemicals, .sheep dips

Hall William, fM'lller, Eastcourt &c. See advertisement

COXMEECIAL. Hlayeos Reibecca (Miss), baker Pettifetr Toro Valentine F.R.C.V.S.L.

Hayes Froc!Jerick, farmer, Town farm (firm, Pettifer Stephen & Son),

Baker Charles, wheelwright Hinder Hemy, blacksmith veterinary surgeon & veterinary in-

Baker John, wheelwright Hislop R. farmer & land steward to .spector to tlhe Board' of .Agriculture

Blackwell OhM'les, butcheT & deaJer .A.R. Ra.nldolph e.sq.Oatrid'ge, Eastcrt & Wilts County Council

Blackwell Thomas, .shopkeeper Kirug Francis 'William, veterinary sur- Pineger James, frurmer, Chelworth 0

Buckland Thos. farmer, Quelfurlong geon. See advertisement Richmond Geo. butt-er dealer,Eastcourt

Clem.ents Oha.r!les, hunters for hire Large Ernest, farmer, 'West Crudwell S~.mpsoru Jane (:Mrs.), farmer, The
Large John Helllry, fa1rme.r, ~anor 'frm Grove, Ohelworth
Collins E. (Mr.s.), dress maker 0

Orudwell Horticultural&Floral Society La:rge Thomas, farmer, Murcott Saunders Oharues, stone mason

(Mrs.Anslow So:e, hn.sec. ),TheRctry Medlic'Ott William, harness maker Sparrow Edwa1rd, mason

Davis Helllry, Whe1atsheaf inn & brewer Paine Charles, Post office Walker James, grocer & chemist

DAMERHAM SOUTH is a pariSh and village, insured, and otherwis·e reinstate the sufferers generally.

giving name to the hundred, at the southern extremity The industry of weaving was formerly ca.rried on exten-
of the county, on the borders of Hampshire and Dorset- sively here. The principal lando\\ners are Eyre Ooote
shire, 2~ mHes weStt from Fordingbridge s,tatio-n on the esq. of West Park, Rockbourne, who is lord. of thP-

Salisbury and Dorchest-er section of the London and manor, and Mrs. Wallis. The soil is gravel, clay and

South Western railway, and II sout·h-w.est-by-sout·h from chalk; subsoil, same. The chief crops are wheat, barley,

Salisbury, in the Southern division of the county, Ford- oats and turnips. The number of acres~is 4,392; rateable

ingbridge union and couuty court district, petty ses- value, £3,625; the population in r8gr was 532.
sional division of Salisbury and Am~sbury, rural deanery
of Chalke (Chalke portion), archde[iconry of Sarum, and East End, North End, Stapleton, x?f miles west on the
Cranbourne road, and South End are tithings.
diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. George is a
very ancient structure of rubble and s-tone, in t.he Early Lopshill is a farm and a hamlet, the property of Eyre
English style, cons[st.ing of chancel, nav·e of three bays, Coote esq. ; it is mentioned by t.hat name in Domesday
aisles, s·outh porch and square tower wit.h 5 bells, one of Book; Hyde farm is also ment-ioned. One of the Saxon
queens was called Elfleda of Dome.rham, or Damerham.
which bears date 1666: the church was restored in 1857,
and seated with open benches, and has 340 sittings. Parish Clerk, George Tiller.

The regist·er date·s from the year 1678. The living is a Post Office.~George Staples, receiver. Letters arrive

vicarage, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge from Salisbury at 6 a.m.& 3.50 p.m.; delivered at 7 a. m.

£4oo, net £26o, with 135 ac1res of glebe, and residence, in summer & 7.30 a. m. in winter; disp.atched at 6.45

in the gift of Hyndman's trustees. and held since 1862 p.m. ; sundays, 6 p.m. Postal orders are issued here,

by the Rev. William Owen l\I.A. of Hertford College, but not paid. The nearest money order office is at

Oxford. There are Primitive Mett•hodist, W·esleyan, Bap- Rockbourne, & telegraph office at Fordingbridge

tist and Oongregati<mal chapels. In May, r863, about a National School (mixed), built in r8S?; number on the

W.lfourth of the village was burnt down, but the effects of books, 97 ; '\V. Douglass, master

the calamity were speedily remoV'ed, as a sum was
collected, mainly through the exel'tions of the Rev. Carriers to Salisbury.-Hy. Vincent & ·waiter Jerrard,
Ow~en, the vicar, sufficient to rebuild those cottages not • tues. & sat. returining same days.

Owen Rev. William M.A. Vicarage EJ.liott John., !farmer, Lopshill Stevens Sydney, farmer, Bowlesbury

Wallis William Ingram William, sh10pkeeper Taylor -, farmer, Knoll farm

Lewis Hannah. C\iTs. ), Compasses inn Taylor Thomas W. H. sub-agent to

COMMEECIAL. Marsh J01hn & Sons, grocers & bakers Eyre Coote esq

Ambrose GeO'l'ge W. shopkeeper Pe!Tcy John.& Oharles, blacksmiths Tiller Francis, shoe maker

BQiruu:L Henry, market gardener R€ad John, fa•rmei', Lop.shill farm Tille.r Philip, shopkeeper

Britten George, shopkeeper Scamell Mrs. miller (water) Vincent Henry, carrier

Colborne Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Seamell Ma:ry (Mrs.), farmer \Yallis lVilliam, farmer

Coombs Waiter, fa~rmer, Court farm Staples Geo. shoe maker, Post office White Geo. beeT retailer & blacksmith

Elliott George, farmer, Hyde Swples Mary (:\frs. ), dtress maker •

DAUNTSEY is a village and parish on the Lower ancient fa.bric, in the Early English style, consisting of
Avon, 6 miles south-east from Malmesbury and go from chancel, nave of four bays and aisles, north and south
London, in the North Western division of the county,
Malmesbury hundred, union, pebty sessional division and porches and square embattled western tower, with pin-
coll1lfty court district, rural deanery of Malmesbury,
archdeaoonry of Bristol and diocese of Gloucester and nacles, containing a clock and 5 bells : the church con·
Eristbol. Heil'e is the junction sta.tion of the Malmesbury
branch with the Great West.ern railway, which is r! tains some ancient brasses and interesting monuments:

miles from the church. The church of St. James is an on the chancel floor is one of black marble to the Earl
of Pet.erborough, who died in r816 ~ in the north aisle
is a white marble table tomb to Henry Danvers K.G.

Earl of Danby, who died in x6.n, and two modern

80 :OA'UNTSEY. WILTSHIRE, [KELLY 1S

brasses to the Rev. W. F. Elwell M.A. late rector, and Parish Clerk, Leonard Merrett.

• Lieut.-Col. Law: there are sittings for 300 persons. Post Office.-Mrs. Mary Church, sub-postmistress. Let-
ters through Ohippenham arrive at 7 a.m. & 5.50
The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a p.m.; dispatched at 10.10 a.m. & 7.10 p.m. Postal.
orde·rs are issued here, but not paid. The nearest
rectory, average tithe rent-charge £344• net yearly value money order & telegraph office is at Great Somerford

£402, with 45 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift
of W. C. B. Elwell esq. and held since 1875 by the Rev.
Arthur Law M.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge.
There is· a Particular Baptist chapel he.re. Lady Bissett's Wall Letter Box, near Station, cleared 9·35 a.m. &.,

charity, £3o Consols, dividend to be distributed in coal. 6.45 p.m

Daunts•ey Manor House adjoins the church, and is the National School (mixed), with residence for the maste-r,.
s•ea.t of Sir Henry Bruce Meux bart. J.P. who is lord of built in r86o, for roo children; average attendance,
the manor and principal landowner. The soil is various ; 66; almshouses for six perSlons are at.tached to theo
subsoil, clay. The parish consists chiefly of pasture sCJhool; Waiter Burgin Stant()n, master
lands. The area is 3,247 acres ; rateable value, £6,490 ;
the population in 1891 was 409. Railway Station, Samuel J.efford, station master

Law Rev. Arthur M.A. (rector) Freegard Wm. Geo. coal merchant Iles Wm. farmer, Lower Idover farm

Meux Sir Herury Bruce bart. J.P. Giles JOihlll, farmer, Evergreen farm Jefferies Rbt. frmr.Gt.SmHhcott fann

Dauntsoey house Groonman Ann (Mirs. ), shopkeeper Lewis Wm. farmer, Union farm

Hayes Jas. farmer, Middle Gree-n £rm Lowe Ohas. Egbert, assistant overseer-

COMMERCIAL. HibbardJ Jas.Wm.[rmr.Gt. Dairy farm :Matthews Richd.(Mrs,.),farmr,Park fm.

BMne.SJ James·, coal deale'l" Hiskirus• James, farm&, Trow lane Matthews William James, farmer

Ohurch Mary (~1Jrs.), shopkpr.&pO'st off Hitchcock Jacob, farmer, Orew's fa•rm Newth Oharle•s, farmer, Whitlands

Dibbles Ann (Mrs.), farmeil", Good Hollister Oharles, head keeper to Sir Ody Noah, farmer, Great Idover

Monday farm H. B. Meux hart Simmons Theodore, fairmer, Teriss frm.

Fre-egard George, Peterborough Mm.s Hull Frank, fa.rmer, Home farm Skull Abraham, farm bailiff to Sir H.

P.H. & brick & tile maker & farmer Iles Frederick, coal dealer B. :Meux hart

Freegard Wm. farrmer, St. John's frm Ties Jn. Herbt. farmer, Lit. Smithcott Skull Fms. head grdrur.Daunt•sey house-

WEST DEAN is a parish, village and sta.tion on t.he al'ea is 2,813 acres; rateable value, £2,o29; the popula-

Salisbury branoh of the London and South Western ! tion in 1891 was I97· By Local Government Order, the-
railway, 88 miles from London, 8 east from Salisbury portion of the parish in Hampshire, was on March zs~

and 7! north-east from Romsey, partly in the Southern 1893, transferred to West Tytherley parish in Hants.

division of the county and part.ly in Rants, Alderbury Parish Clerk, George William Tubb.
h:undred, Sa~sbury and Amesbury petty s~ssi?nal divi-
swn amd umon, Romsey county co~rt disotnct, rural Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

deanery of Amesl;mry (Alderbury port.wn), archdeaconry William Combs, sub-postmaster. Let.ters from Salis-
of Sarum, and ~wcese of Sali~bury. The ch~rc'h of St. ~. 30
bury arrive at 5p..3m0 a.m. & p.m.; dispatched at
Mary was rebmlt on a new s1te nearer the VIllage than 11 a.m. & 8. 30 .; sunda ys, I.IO p. m. Telegraph
that of the old church, and opened in 1866: it is of brick
and flint, in the Pointed style, and consists of chancel, office is at the railway station 6o ch1.l~ren;
. ..
Parochial School, bmlt m 1868, for averag~

nave, north transept, south porch and western belfry, attendance, 30; Mrs. Sarah J. J ones, II\lStress

with clock and 3 bells: the cost, over £2,ooo, was de- Railway Station, Oharles Alfred Kennett, station master

frayed by subscript.ion: a portion of the old buildi?g Carriers to Salisbury.-Hibberd passes through tues. &

has been converted mto a mortUJary chapel, and contams fri.; Oollins, tues. & sat

the interesting monuments of the Evelyn family: there

are 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. EAST GRIMSTEAD is a chapelry in West Dean
The living is a recrtory, witih the chapelry of East Grim- parish, Wlholly in Wilts, in Alderbury union, and about ~

stead annexed, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge miles west from West Dean. In 1857 1'rinity chapel, !t

£575, average £456, net income £4oo, including 499 building of brick and flint, in t.he Early English style,

acres of glebe and reslidence, in t·he gift of E. Wells esq. was erected on the site of the old one, at the sole ex-

and held since 1886 by the Rev. Edward W.ells B.A. of pense of the late Rev. Francis Glossop M.A. as a chapel

Exeter College, Oxford. Herre is a vVesleyan chapel. of ease to Wes.t Dean; it consists of a chancel, nave,

The charities are £32 yearly, distributed in coals and south porch and small tower, containing one bell, and is

money. William Henry Baring esq. of Norman Court, seated for 68 persons: the chancel window is stained..

WPst Tytherley, Hampshire, is lord of the manor and representillg the Crucifixion. 1'he Earl of Enniskillen is;

principal landowner. The soil is clay and chalk; sub- the principal landowner. The area is 930 acres; rate-

soil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The able value, £1,162; the population in 1891 was 131.

WEST DEAN. Edney Thomas, shopkeeper EAST GRI:MSTEAD.

Harwood William, farmer Gay Thomas

Wells Rev. Edward B.A. Recto•ry Hodd-e~ John, Lion P.H Light Marrk Thoma~

Williams Rev. Edrward Stephelll M.A Reynolds Jrunes, wheelwright Carter John, John Barrleycorn P.H
Sutton Job (the exors. of), farmer Down JOib.n, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Tubb Goorge William, pa.rish clerk Gay Clement, farmer
Wilts & Hmts Dairy Co. (Albert E. Hilllwood John, blacksmith

Beauchamp Geo. faifllier, Windi?ill cot Crook, manageir), Joyce Job, farmer

Bray Wm. gamekpr. to Wm.Barmg esq Woolley John Turton, farmer Penru Charles, !farmer

Ea:st Geo. fu.rmer & timbe;r merchant Wihite J esse, blacksmith

DERRY HILL is a. consolidated ecclesiastical parish, There is a Working Men's Club and Institute, large!y-

formed in 1840, comprising the formerly extra-parochial supported by the Marquess of Lansdowne and Lord Ed-
places of Bowood and Pewsham, and parts of the parishes mond Fitzmaurice. Pewsham House, a brick mansion
of Calne, Bremhill, Chippenham, Corsham and Bishop's in grounds, is the residence of Gerald Lysley esq. The
Cannings, 3 miles south-east from Chippenham, 2~ west landowners are the Marquess of Lansdowne K.G.,
from Calne terminal station on a branch of the Great G.C.M.G. Lord Houghton, John Benedict Oliver AngeU
Western railway, and 7 east from Corsham station on esq. of Rumsey House, Studley, and Mrs. Lysley, of 23

the Swindon & Bath section of the same line, in the North Princes gardens, London, and others. The soil is sand

Western division of the county, county court district and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are the usual
of Chippenham, Avebury rural deanery (.A.vebury por- cereals and roots. The population of the parish in 1891
tion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. w11.s 886; area of Pewsham is now 2,215 acres under the-
The church, called Christ Church, stands in the hamlet Divided Parishes Act; rateable value, £2,651.
of Studley, 3 miles west from Calne and 3 east from Bowood will be found under a separate heading.
Chippenham: it was built by subscription, and conse- Sexton, Henry Hillier.
crated in 1840: it is a stone edifice in a debased style, Post Office.-Samuel Elliott, sub-postmaster. Letters
and consists of small chancel, nave, south porch and received from Calne at 7.20 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; delivered
western tower and lofty spire containing one bell: there on the road to the post office only ; dispatched at 9
are 556 sittings, of which 400 are free. The register a.m. & 7 p.m. ; no mail on sundays. Postal orders are

dates from the year 1840. The living is a vicarage, issued here, but not paid. Calne is the nearest money
average tithe rent-charge £269, gross yearly value £274, order & telegraph office
net £228, including 2 acres of glebe, with residence, in Wall Letter Box, Studley, cleared at 7· 10 p.m.; from 1st
the gift of the vicar of Calne, and held since r889 by the Nov. to 29 Feb. 6.xo p.m.; no sunday collection
Rev. Alfred Lovell Scott M.A. of Brasenose College, National School (mixed), built in 1872, for 150 children;
Oxford. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here. J average attendance, 122; Robert W. T. Scutt, master

DIRECTORY.] WILTSHIRE. LONGBRIDGE DEVERILL. 81

(Marked thus * are in Chippenham I Carpent~r Char:es, cabinet maker Lewis Thomas, shoe maker & assistant

postal delivery.) Cole Daniel, farmer, Hazeland fann overseea-, Sand: cottage

:Bodman J ames Elliott Saml. wheelwright & post office *Pullen Wm.farmr.Midd:e Lodge frm
Lysley Gerald, Pe·wsham house Fortune S31raih (.:\II's. ), coal dealer Ricfu Richard', farmer. Loxwel: fa....-m
Ly.sley Mrs. Pewsham house *Fry Jas. farmer, Stanley Abbey fa.rm Slade Edward, flllrmer
Scott Rev. Alfred! Lovell M.A. (vicar) *Hawt Stphn. Edwd. faTinr.Rook's nest Smith George, The Soho P.H

*Hart Wm.Wnale, frmr.Low.Lodge fm Townsend fl'hos. greengrocer, Studley

COMMERCIAL. Hayter John, Laruwowne Arms P.H Wilbshire Ga.d•, butcher

l1iSib.op Luke, boat builder,Canal locks Hillier Helllry, shopkeeper Wiltsih:ire Gide.on (:~Irs. ), shopkeeper

.Bmdifield Miary (Mrs.), baker Hilli~r James, farmer, Spital farm Wiltshire Naihan, market gardener

*Brinkwrort'hl George, SW1llll P.H *KIJJight William, farm bailiff to ~Irs. Working Men's Club & Institute

!Bull Thos. mark~t ga.rdener, Studiey L)~sley, Groot Lodge flllrm (Mongo Haa1:!, sec)

BRIXTON' DEVERILL (or Deverel) is a village and Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1888 by the Rev.
'Parish, 5 miles south from Warminster station on the George Ellis Cleather M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.
Salisbury branch of the Great Western railway, in the King's College, Cambridge, who are lords of the
Western division of the county, Heytesbury hundred, manor, and the ~Iarquess of Bath are the landowners.
Warminster union, petty sessional division and county The soil is a chalky loam; subsoil, chalk 31Ild flint. The
court district, rural deanery of Wylye (Heytesbury por· chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,6go
tion), archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury; the river acres; rateable value, £x,I77; the population in 1891
Deverill (or Deverel) runs through the parish. The was II2.
church of St. Michael, a stone building in the Early
"English style, was restored and reseated and the chancel Sexton, John Maslin.
lengthened 14 feet in I862 : it consists of chancel and nave
11nd a. western tower, surmounted by a spire, containing Letters through ·warminster, arrive at 8.15 a.m. The
•one bell: there are six stained windows: the church nearest money order & telegraph office is at Warmin-
ster. Wall Letter Box cleared at II.5o s.m. & 6.10

has sittings for 100 persons. The register dates from p.m. & on sundays at 10 a.m

the year 16531· The living is a rectory, gross yearly National School (mixed), built in 1857, for 63 children;
value £334, net £270, with residence, in the gift of the at present closed

Cleather Rev. Geo. Ellis ~LA. Rectory Gagen Hy. John, farmer, ~I·anor fa,rm Pickford Eliza (:Mrs.), f&nne.r, White

Tucke'r Jonathan Rodldirwtt John, shopkeeper & cowkpr C~iff fa.rm & Langley farm

Tucker Mrs. H. E Tudgay J()lhn, shopkeeper

HILL DEVERILL is a parish, on a stream called the I6-f8. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £86,
net £66, in the gift of the Marquess of Bath, and held
Deverill, 3! miles south from Warminster station on the since 1858 by the Rev. John Powell B.A. of Trinity Col·
lege, Dublin, who resides at Boreham, ·warminster. The
Salisbury branch of the Great Western railway, and 4 Duke of Somerset, who is lord of the manor, and Charles
south-west from Heytesbury, in the Western division of Harris Strattlln esq. are the landowners. The soil is
the county, hundred of Heytesbury, Warminster union,
petty sessional division and county court district, rural both saud and chalk; subsoil, chalk and flint. The chief
deanery of Wylye (Heytesbury portion), archdeaconry crops are wheat, oats and barley. '!'he area is 1,541
.and diocese of Salisbury. The church of the Assumption acres; rateable value, £1,198; the population in 1891
of the Blessed Virgin Mary was rebuilt in 1843 in the was I II civil; 129 ecclesiastical.
Early English style : it is recorded that there was a
church here in 1220, built of stone and covered with lead: Sexton, Egbert Robert Smith, Longbridge Deverill.
the present is a stone building, and has a chancel and Lett.ers through Warminster, which is the nearest money

nave, with seats on either side for about 150 persons, order & telegraph office, arrive at 7·45 a. m. The nearesi
is 70 feet long, 20 feet wide, with small western turret Letter Box is at Longbridge ~verill, cleared at 12.25
and one bell, and contains• a stone carved tomb of the & 6.5 p.m. & on sundays at 8.55 a.m
pre·Reformation period to the Ludlow family, formerly The children of this place attend the school at Long-
1ords of the manor. The register dates from the year
Ibridge Deverill
.Allard James, faTmer & mille,r (wateif) I Stmtton Charles
HaTris, landowner Jefferys Stiles Edwd. frmr. Rye hill
Hoddinott Joseph, dairymn.Manor fm I & farmer •

KINGSTON DEVERILL is a parish and village 4 yearly value £250, net £120, with 360 acres of glebe, and
miles north-north-east from Mere, 6! south from War· residence, in the gift of the Marquess of Bath, and held

minster station on the Salisbury branch of the Great since 1885 by the Rev. William Moore B.A. of St. John's

Western railway and 8 south-east from Frome, in the College, Oxford. Here is a 'Vesleyan Methodist chapel.
Southern division of the county, partly in the hundred of Eleanor Hurle, of this parish, widow; in r688 gave £so

Amesbury and partly in that of Mere, Warminster petty to be laid out in land, the profit thereof to the poor for

"Sessional division, Mere union, Frome county court dis- ever. There are in this parish 14 acres of land belonging
trict, rural deanery of Wylye (Heytesbury portion), arch· to the Charity school at Horningsham, called the School

deaconry and diocese of Salisbury, situated in a. valley, lands. The Roman road from Uphill, in Somerset, to

running from east to west, with lofty downs on either Old Sarum, passed through Kingston Deverill, thence

side. The river Deverill comes to the surface here after over the Downs till crossed by the Shaftesbury and War-

having run for five miles underground from Kilmington. minster road near the sixth milestone. The Marquess

T:P,e church of St. Mary was rebuilt, except the tower, of Bath F.S.A.. who is lord of the manor, and the rector

in 1847, the expense being defrayed by the Dowager are sole landowners. The soil is chalk, with some sand;

Marchioness of Bath, the trustees of the Marquess (then subsoil, chalk and flint. The chief crops are wheat, oats
a mi:aor), and the Rev. D. M. Clerk, rector, the parish and barley. The area is 2,651 acres; rateable vah:.e,

contributing £120: it is a stone edifice, in the Early £1,356; the population in 1891 was 234.

Decorated style, and consists of chancel and nave, with Parish Clerk, Henry Maxfield.

south aisle, which is connected with the nave by an ar· Post Office.-John Carpenter, sub-postmaster. Letters

cade, supported by two Pointed piers, south porch and a arrive from Bath at 7.10 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.45 p.m. ;

square 15thcentury tower having a goodpeal of 6 bells :the on sundays at 10.35 a.m. Postal orders are issued here,
steps of the chancel are paved with encaustic tiles: here but not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph
is a stained east window with three figures and there are office is at Maiden Bradley

four other stained windows, and the west window con- National School (mixed), built in, 1853, for 6o children;

tains some ancient stained glass : there are 120 sittings. average attendance, 40; Mrs. Annie Tanswell, mistress

The register dates from the year 1706. The living is a Carriers to Warminster.-Joseph Stone, thurs. & sat.

rectory, united since 1892 to the vicarage of Monckton & Henry John Meaden, tues. & sat. To Frome.-Hy.

Deverill, average tithe rent-charge £45, joint gross John Meaden, wed

~Ioore Rev. William B.A. Rectory Long Jame.s, pond maker r St.ratton William, far~er, ~Ianor farm

Meaden Henry Joon, carrier 'Drimby Henry, blacksmith
Pullin Cha,s.Hoare,farmr.Newport frm Whit~ Henry, shopkeeper
• _coMMERCIAL. IWhite William, dairyman
Stone Joseph, carrier
Curtis &rr1ett (~rs. ), shopkeeper

LONG:BRIDGE DEVERILL with CROCXERTON.

This is a parish on the road from Warminster to Shaftes- minster union, petty ses<>ional divio:ion and county court
bury,3 miles south fromWarminster station on theSalis- district, rural deanery of 1-Vylye (Heytesbury portion),
bury branch of the Great Western railway, 4 west from archdeaconrv of Sarum and diocese of Salisbury. The
Heytesbury and 8 south-east from Frome, in the Western church of SS. Peter and Paul, is verv ancient, and is
division of the county, South Damerham hundred, War- . supposed to have been consecrated by Thoma~-a-Becket:

WJLTS. 6

82 LONGBRIDGE DEVERILL. WILTSHIRE.

it was restored at the expense of the 1Iarquess of Bath the grounds by Thomas, third Viscount Weymouth.
when the-- gardens were remodelled by Launcelot,
in 1852, and it11 an edifice of stone in various styles, con-
kr.cown as " Capability" Brown: the second Marquess of
sisting of chancel, with the Bath chapel on the Bath built the northern front, from designs by Sir J effrey
north alide and organ chamber and vestry on the south, Wyattville, and the mansion now forms a parallelogram.
clerestoried nave of three bays, with aisles, and has a 220 feet by I8o in dimension, bui~t entirely of freestone:
square Perpendicular embattled western tower with 6
bells, the treble bell by Warner having been added in it is of three stories, the fa<;ade broken by projections.
1882: the aisles are connected with the nave by arcades, with pilasters of Corinthian order on top storey, Ionic
that. on the north having very Early Norman pillars and in the centre and Doric at the base, and the whole sur-
those on the south being 14th century: there is a large mounted with a balustrade on which are statues: the

stained window, representing the Saviour in Glory: here principal entrance is on the southern front and the en-
is the burial place of the 'l'hynne family and there is a trance hall is grand and imposing in its appearance,
monument in the Bath chapel to Sir John 'l'iJ.ynne, tlie rising to the height of two stories, having a. ~at ceiling
with spandril brackets and pendants, and at the lower end
founder of Longleat, ob. 158o, also mural monuments to is a. richly carved screen: the staircase comprises a
first and second Marquesses of Bath and their wives : central flight of oaken steps, 10 feet wide, with two re-
at the south entrance, an elegant lych gate was erected turns, and is adapted tu the style and magnitude of the
by the Rev. Canon W. D. Morrice, a former vicar, in

memory of his children: there are 234 sittings. The building, and is lighted by an octagonal lantern, IS feet
register dates from the year 1682. The living is a vicarage, in diameter, rising from a coved ceiling, enriched with
with the chapelry of Crockerton annexed, joint yearly arabesque foliage : the old baronial hall, used as a dining
value from tithe rent-charge £120, net income £400, in- room, has carved wainscotting, and is hung with arms
cluding 70 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the and trophies of the chase : a fine collection of pictures
Marquess of Bath, and held since 1890 by the Rev. Frederic by Vandyke, Holbein, Lely and Reynolds, including family

Wilson Cooper M.A. of Keble College, Oxford. The portraits, adorns the principal apartments, and there is
church of the Holy Trinity, at CROCKERTON, a chapelry a valuable library: Queen Elizabeth resided here, I575 ;
in this parish, was built of Crockerton stone, in the By- Charles II. 1667 and George III.; Bishop Ken, after

zantine t11tyle, in 1843: it consists of apsidal chancel and the deprivation of his see of Bath and Wells, resided and
nave and small western tower surmounted by a turret died here in 17II and was buried at Frome; he offieiated
containing one bell: the seats, for soo persons, are en- in the small chapel here, and to him is ascribed the
tirely free and unappropriated. There is a Primitive naming of a gap in the woods as Heaven's Gate. The

Methodist chapel at Longbridge Deverill, and Congrega- Marquess of Bath is lord of the manor and sole land-
tional and Baptist chapels at Crockerton; and alms- owner. The soil is light sand and chalk; subsoil, chalk
houses, founded in 1665, by Sir James Thynne, for six and stone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley.
men and two women, each of whom receive 15s. 6d.
monthly. A priory of Black Canons was founded here The area is 3,762 acres; rateable value, £3,882 ; the
by Sir John Vernon about 1270, but had fallen into decay population in 1891 was 730 in the civil parish and 870 in
the ecclesiastical parish, with Crockerton.

(1529), and was sold: ultimately became possessed by Sir Parish Clerk, Arthur Smith.

John Thynne, son of Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset. Sexton of Holy Trinity, Crockerton, Thos. Maxfield.

Longleat, the seat of the Marquess of Bath F.C.A., L.L., Post Office.-Mrs. Emma Louisa Maxfield, sub-postmis-
J.P. in this parish ecclesiastically, but for civil purposes tress. Letters arrive by messenger from Warminster
in Horningsham, was 'erected on the site of the priory at 7.10 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; dispatched at 12.25 & 6.5
by Sir .John Thynne: the foundation was laid in January, p.m. ; on sundaySI at 8.55 a.m. Postal orders are issued
1567, and twelve years elapsed before it was completed, here, but not paid The nearest money order & tele-
rmd it is traditionally asse·rted that the model was ob- graph office is at Warminster
tained from Italy : the mansion is spacious and magnifi~ Post Office, Crockerton. John Harris, sub-postmaster.
cent, standing in a park 12 miles in -circumference, Letters arrive by messenger from Warminster at 6.45
watered by a branch of the river Frome, amidst pleasant a.m. & 3.40 p.m. ; dispatched at I2.45 & 6.30 p.m. ;
woods and scenery, with wide prospects over the adjacent sundays, 9.20 a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but
country: the park contains a herd of deer, and has some not paid. Warminster is the nearest money ord~ &
fine timber, comprising some venerable oaks and some telegraph office
very large Scotch spruce firs, some upwards of I2o feet Wall Box, Crockerton Green, cleared I2.50 & 6.35 p.m.;
high: " Shearwater " Lake, covering 38 acres, is within sundays, 9.25 a.m
the domain, which covers 2,000 acres: Sir John Thynne,
Schools.
the founder, died in I58o, and at the time of his decease

part of the interior was left unfinished, and his son did National (mixed), built in x85x, for too children; aver-

not live to complete the works: his descendant, Thomas age attendance, 8o; Wm. Benjamin 'Vorton, master;

Thynne, who was shot in his coach in Pall Mall, in x682, Miss Kate Smith, mistress

formed the road to Frome, which is planted with elms, National, Crockerton, built in 1850, for 95 children;

and the whole was completed by the first Viscount Wey- average attendance, 48; Sidney Charles Horlock,

mouth: alterations were made in the disposition of master; Miss Elizabeth Thompson, mistress

LONGBR1DGE DEVERILL. Parker Philip, blacksmith G.my William, baker & shopkeeper

Pickford Geo. farmer, Manor farm HaTris Francis George, manu!facturer

Bath The Marquess of F.S.A. Lord- Pickford William, farmer, Long- lvor of machine brricks & machine pre.o:sad

Lieut. Longleat; & 48 Berkeley sq. Smith Egbel't Robert, blacksmith bricks & machine made plain tiles
W & Carlton club, Londoo SW St'Ockle,y Pe~ter, head gamekeeper to Hobbs M111rk, car-rier

Weymoutih. ViscQI\lnb J .P. Longle-at; & the MarqueSis of Bath, Aucomb Hurd John Daniel, farmer

48 Berkeley squa.re W & Carlton Jolliffe George, waterworks engineer,

club, Londlon SW OP.OOKERTON. I Orockerton "\illas
Cooper Rev.Fredc.WilsonM.A.Vicarage Bedfo,rd: ~I1ss, Foxholes Langley Walter vYillie, cowkeeper

COMMERCIAL. Complon :\>Iisos, Thornhill cottage Parker Henry, dairyman, Broadmead
Denmis William, Crockerton green Payne Mary Ann (:\>Irs. ), shopkeeper
Ba'll James, boot & shoe maker

Drown .Aiaron, boot & shoe maker & Gilbert Edwardi Pickford Daniel, farme•r

pork butcher Mangin Rev.JosephW., B.A. (cuxate), Ranger Tlhomas, daci.ryman

Butt George', carpenter Foxholes Reading Room (Harry Parker, sec)

CowJey 'Vm. farmer & coal merchant Mercer Miss, Thornhill cottege Scammell Thomas, bo<Jt maker
Scott Henry, carrier
DufoS€e Alfred George, farmer COMMERCIAL. Toogo01d William, farmer

Dufosee Fanny (Mrs.), George inn Baker John, fa,rmer

DufoS€e Wm. Hy. fa.rmer & brewer Bourne Robert Hooper, farmer & road Webb Ohariles, farmer

FulfordJ 'Vm.Lampard,farmr,Shute fm surveyor, 2 Crockerton villas Webb J<allle<s, farmer

Hintoo Wm.fl!JI'mr.&coal mer.West frm Croft,s Edwin, tailor Whatlery Levi, carpenteT

Ingram Sidnery, saddler Foreman Thomrus, marine store dealerr Wheeler George, carrpenter

Lodlder Henry, daiiryman Ga1'rett Isaa.c, gamekeeper to the Mar- Wh:iJte Arthur Richard·, dairyman

Maxfield Emmru Louisa (Mrs.),post off quess of Bath, Fox holes Wilton Amie Cooper (Mrs.), Bath

)faxfield Rachel (Mrs.), shopkeeper Grmt J ames J oihn, shopk~eper .Alrms P. H

MONCKTON DEVERILL is a parish and village sional division of Warminster, rural deanery of Wylye
(Heytesbury portion), and Salisbury archdeaconry and
situated amongst the Wiltshire hills and on a stream diocese. The parish church, in the Early English style
called the Deverill, 6 mile13 south from Warminster (of which the dedication is not known) was restored
station on the Salisbury branch of the Great Western and the interior decorated in I852: it consists of chan-
railway, and 8! south-east from Frome, in the Southern eel, nave, south porch and square tower with 2 bells:
division of the county, hundred of Damerham South, the nave is sPpnrated from the baptistery by a modern
union of Mere, Frome county court district, petty ses-

JDlREC'l'ORY. WILTSHIRE. DEVIZES. 83

oak screen: in the chancel is a stained window, repre- church are the arms of the Ludlow family, which were

senting scenes in the life of the Saviour, and there are removed here from Hill Deverill by the late Mr. Coker.

four other stained windows: the pulpit has four The Marquess of Bath is lord of the manor and the

panels :-1st, representing Adam in the Deep Sleep; principal landowner. The soil is light clay and chalk;

2nd, The Woman Formed from his Rib; 3rd, The subsoil, stony, with chalk. The chief crops are wheat,

Temptation at the Tree of Knowledge; 4th, The Angel oats and barley. The area is 1,735 acres; rateable

Driving Adam and Eve out of Paradise: there Oil'e sit- value, £857; the population in 1891 was 104.
tings for 100 persons. The register dates from the year Sexton, Henry l\Iaxfield.

1695. The living is a vicarage, united in 1892 to the Wall Letter Box cleared at 6.30 p.m.; 10.20 a.m. on
rectory of Kingston Deverill, iu the gift of the Marquess sundays. Letters through Bath arrive at 9 a.m.
of Bath, and held since 1892 by the Rev. William Moore ·warminster is the nearest money order & telegraph

B.A. of St. John's ·College, Oxford, who resides at office

Kingston Deverill. This parish was once the property National School (mixed), built in 1870, for 6o children;

of Glastonbury Abbey. Upon a house opposite the now closed

Hole Mi1ss ~Iaxfield! Johlll, carpenter, farmer & Trollope Thomas, New inn

Wiltshire Samuel miller (wa;te.r) Wacr-reill Alfred, farmer, Keesley farm

Duntfords Cha~s·. Wm. frmcr-.~fanor fall'm :Mills Ec1ward, carrier

DE ·vIZ f~ S.

DEVIZES is a municipal borough, market, union and finished in 1805) winds through the valley below the

assize town, head of a county court district, railway town, and is carried over a hill by a series of twenty•

station and military centre, on the old road from London nine locks, and, after passing Devizes on the north-

to Bath and Bristol, and nearly in the centre of the west, eventually joins the river Kennet at Hungerford,

county, of which it may be termed the second capital, thus affording means of transit for goods to the eastern

and the chief town of North "Wilts, 88 miles from and western parts of the kingdom.

London by road, 23 north from Salisbury, 6 North from The church of St. John the Baptist, near the castle,

Market Lavington, 7 south from Calne, 7 east from was probably built by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, in the

Melksham and 20 east from Bath, with a station on the early part of the 12th century, and is a building cf

Berks and Rants section of the Great Western railway, stone, originally cruciform, and consisting of chancel,

which joins the main line at Reading and the Wilts and nave, transepts and a central tower ; aisles were added

Somerset section at Trowbridge: it is in the Eastern about 1450, and the chapels on either side of the

division of the county, hundred of Potterne and Can- chancel, about 1480, and in 1863 the nave and aisles

nings, rural deanery of Potterne (Potterne portion), were extended one bay westward: the church, 126 feet

archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury; and long by 68 wide, now consists of chancel, nave of six

is on the flat top of a hill, forming a sort of table-land bays, aisles, transepts, with eastern chapels, north and

of considerable extent and elevation, which stretches far south porches, and an embattled central tower with

away to the west. The town is 5oo feet above the level stair turret, and containing 8 bells, all cast between

of the sea, and from its lofty and exposed situation is 161o and 1747: the chancel, restored in 1844, is Nor-

subject to winds from every point of the compass, man and has an intersecting arcade running round the

hence the air is often cold, piercing and sharp, but dry interior: the aisles are Perpendicular: the north-east

and salubrious. The nature of the soil varies consider- chapel has in the hollow moulding of the east window

ably from the more southern and western parts of the the inscription:-" Orate p bono statu Ricardi Lamb":

county; in the latter stone is abundant, while here all the south-east chapel, a very fine example of Late

traces of it are lost; in this district is found the green Perpendicular, has an embattled parapet, ornamented

sand, one of the beds lying between the chalk and the with Tudor flowers, and square panels enclosing quartre-

oolites, which is very porous and of great thickness. A foils, and in the centre of the east wall, above the roof,

vast number of fossils are found about here. is a canopied niche: the transepts retain the outline of

The town is of great but uncertain antiquity, some the original Norman windows, now blocked up, and the

believing it to be Roman, while, from some fragments north transept shows traces of the doorway formerl!
leading to the rood loft: the east wall of each transept
of rude pottery, and a quern, found on the site of the is pierced by a hagioscope : the tower is oblong in plan ;
of the four arches supporting it, two are semi-circular.
castle, others trace an earlier occupation by the ancient and those on the north and south pointed: the upper
stage is relieved externally by an arcade of sixteen semi-
Britons: it is not, however, mentioned in "Domesday
Book," but it is thought then to have been called
"Kainningham," or the chief town in the manor of

"Kannings." The present name, which is a barbarous circular arches, six of which are pierced for lights : all

Anglicization of the Latin " Divisas," seems to point to the windows in the church, except those in the chancel,

nothing older than the erection of the castle: William are Perpendicular insertions : the east window and three

of Malmesbury, in the 12th century, speaks of the others are stained, and there are many brasses, mural

"Castrum ad Divisas" (the castle of the boundaries), monuments and tablets, including several to the Heath.

and the site on which it was built is at a point where cote and Sutton families: there are 1,o5o sittings.

the manors of Rowde, Potterne and Canning met. The The register dates from the year 1559.

borough of Devizes obtained its first charter from the The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a building of

Empress Maud, the daughter of Henry I. ; it was after- stone 132 feet long by 65 wide, and consists of chancel,.

wards confirmed by her son Henry II. Two members clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and

were returned to Parliament from the time of Edward I. an embattled western tower 91 feet in height, with.

but by the "Representation of the People Act, 1867," pinnacles, and containing 6 bells, four of which were cast ,

it returned only one, and under the provisions of the in 1663, and one in 1696 : the chancel, the most ancient
"Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885," the representation portion, is Norman, and was originally lined within by

was merged into that of the county. The municipal an intersecting arcade, much of which on the north and
borough, from north-east to south-west is 2 miles long, south sides has been cut away to admit of the insertion
one mile broad, and comprises the parishes of St.•John of four Perpendicular windows : the east end of the

the Baptist and St. Mary the Virgin, part of St. James chancel was restored in 1852: the roof is vaulted a:ad

or Southbroom and part of the parish of Rowde ; it is grained in stone: the chancel arch, cut through the

divided into North and South wards, and is governed original Norman wall, is late Perpendicular: on either
side of its western face is a canopied niche, with a
by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 town councillors, who hagioscope beneath: the nave, aisles and tower were
rebuilt by William Smyth, who died 1 June, 1436, and
also act as the Urban Sanitary Authority. The borough is commemorated by a Latin inscription on the nave

has a commission of the peace and a separate court of

quarter sessions.

The town is well paved, drained and watched, and roof: in the centre of the east wall of the nave above

is lighted with gas, and supplied with water by the the ridge of the chancel roof is a canopied niche, with a

Town Council, to whom both the gas and waterworks statue of the Virgin and Child : at the north-east angle

now belong. The waterworks, completed in I 879, at a of the nave is a. stair turret, with both upper and

cost of £n,7oo, are about 5 miles north-east of the lower doorways ~ the tower, 14 feet square within, opens

town, in the parish of Bishop's Cannings. to the nave by an arch 40 feet in height and 10 feet

The Kennet and Avon canal (begun in 1794 and wide, and the lower stage has stone graining: on eithe:t'

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84 DEVI?.ES. 'VILTSHIRE. (KELLY'S

side of the west window, on the outside, is a canopied tion to the peerage; it is constructed of Bath stone, and

niche: the embattled porch has an outer doorway of consists of a plain rectangular base, with a buttress at

Transition Norman date, and a turret stair to an upper each angle crowned with a pinnacle and an octagonal

chamber: the porch was repaired and the upper part D~cl rated spire. This cross has obtained wide-spread

was probably rebuilt in 1612: the east and west notoriety in consequence of the following remarkable

windows are stained: in the chancel is a brass to Anne inscription on the ~ast panel:-" On Thursday, the

Badger, ob. 1871: there are also mural monuments to 25th of January, 1753, Ruth Pierce, of Potterne in

John Garth, M.P. for Devizes I739-64; Major-Gen. this county, agreed with three other women to buy a

William Hull C.B. ob. 1840; Abel Filkes, ob. 1815; sack of wheat in the market, each paying her due pro-

Rebecca Garth, ob. 1785, and others, besides many portion towards the same. One of these women, in

floor stones of the 17th and I 8th ..centuries : there are collecting the several quotas of money, discovered a

799 sittings. The register dates from the year 166g. deficiency and demanded of Ruth Pierce the sum which

The living of Devizes is a rectory, gross yearly value was wanting to make good the amount. Ruth Pierce

£347• net £300, with residence, in the gift of the Lord prot~sted that she had paid her share, and said, .she

Chancellor, and held since 1874 by the Rev. John Hart wisb~d she might drop down dead if she bad not. She

Burges D. D. of Trinity College, Dublin, and surrogate; rashly repeated this awful wish; when, to the conster-

the living comprises the parishes of St. John the Baptist nation and terror of the surrounding multitude, she

and that of the Blessed Virgin Mary, quite distinct from instantly fell down and expired, having the money con-

one another for civil matters, but forming a united cealed in her hand." In the market place also stands

rectory, and designated as the rectory of St. John the a memorial to the late Right Hon. G. Sotheron-Estcourt,

Baptist with the chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary formerly member for the county, President of the Poor

.annexed. Law Board, and founder of the Wilts Friendly Society,

St. Peter's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in x867 consisting of a pedestal of Aberdeen granite, over so

lfrom the parishes of Bishop's CanningSI and Rowde: the feat in height, on which is placed a statue of Mr.

.church, on the Bath road, is a building of stone, erected Sotheron-Estcourt: at the base are water troughs for

in 1866, consisting of chanceJ, nave, south aisle and cattle.

vestry: the south aisle was added in. x884: there are The fairs are on the 2oth and 21st of April, and 2oth

360 sittings. The register dates from the year x866. and 21st of October, for sheep, cattle, toys and ped-

The livin,g is a vicarage, gross yearly vaaue £300, net lery, and are held on the Green. Candlemas fair, Feb.

£2go, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held 14th, is held in Monday ~Iarket street.

since x885 by the Rev. Arthur Charles Devas M.A. of The Corn Exchange, in the Market place, opened on

~rist Church, Oxford, and ch~plain of Her Majesty's the 3rd December, 1857, is a building of stone 142 feet

pnson. long by 46 broad ; the principal front is adorned with

The Parish Mission Room, in Long street, built in four Corinthian columns supporting a handsome cornice,

~8go, will accommodate 100 persons. and in the centre is a statue of Ceres, by Thorp, of

The Catholic church, on the bank of the canal, and Leeds, presented by Christopher Darby Griffith esq.

dedicated to St. Joseph, erected in x865, is a small then M.P. for the borough.

building in. the Gothic style, consisting of nave only, The Savings Bank, near the Town Hall, is a large and

and is 6o feet long and 23 feet wide: the church was well-built edifice of stone, in the Jacobean style, erected

-restored in 1887 at a cost of £7o: there are 200 sittings. in the year 1848, and comprises banking and waiting-

Near the church is a convent, the residence of four rooms, with a large board-room; the remainder of the

sisters of the order of St. Joseph. building is used for residential purposes: the bank is

There are three Baptist chapels : the one in Maryport open for the transaction of business every Thursday

street, founded in q8o, has about 400 sittings: that morning from II to I o'clock, and on Monday evenings

in New Park street, founded in 1838, will s'eat 200 from 6 to 8; and the accumulated funds now (1894)

persons, and one in Sheep street, founded in x85r, with amount to about £so,ooo. A Penny Bank, conducted

65o seats. in the same bui:ding, is open every Monday from 6 to

The Congregational chapel, Northgate street, founded 7 p.m., and has been very succ~ssful; 1\Ir. David Owen

in 1776, has 400 sittings. F.C.A. is the actuary of the Savings Bank and hon.

The Wesleyan chapel, New Park street, founded in secretary of the Penny Bank.

1819, will seat 200 persons. Bateson Conservative Club, New Park street, was

The Friends' Meeting House is now disused. formally opened in 1886, by Mr. Walter Long, the then

The Salvation Army have a hall in Commercial road, member for East ·wilts, and occupies the premises

with accommodation for 200 persons. formerly known as the Bateson Reading Rooms. The

A Cemetery of four acres, at Belvidere, was formed . club is managed by a committee of 15 elected yearly.

in 1878 at a cost of £3,ooo and has two mortuary President, Charles E. H. A. Colston esq. M.P., D.L.,

chapels: a part of the cemetery is reserved for Catholic J.P. ; secretary, Mr. James Turner, Devizes.

burials : it is under the control of a burial board of 27 Three newspapers are published here : the " Devizes

-members. and ·Wiltshire Gazette," the " Devizes and Wilts Ad~

The Town Hall, in St. John street, is a building of vertiser," and the "Wiltshire Telegraph."

stone, with a segmental front adorned with four pillars Her Majesty's prison, on the Bath road, near the

.()f the Ionic order; the upper storey includes the canal, was built in x8ro, and is of a polygonal shape,

Council Chamber of the Corporation, the Grand Jury the governor's house standing in the centre.

room, and the Assembly room, which will hold soo The Wilts County Lunatic Asylum, opened xgth Sep-

persons. tember, x8sr, is a structure of Bath stone, in the Italian

The Epiphany Slessions for the county, and the Spring style,. from _desi~ns _by_ Mr. ~· H. Wyatt, architect_;
-assizes are held here. The Assize Courts, in Northgate the ~1te, :Vlnch IS w1thm a mile of th~ Town Hall, 1s

street, erected in x835, form an important building, in cons1derab.y above the level of the adJacent valley of

the Classic style, the principal front exhibiting a pedi- the. Avo?-, though _rather less so than the town of

mented centre, supported by four Ionic columns rest- Dev1zes 1tself, and .1s well she_ltered on the north-ea;st
ing on an elevated base, approached by a flight of steps, a~d east by the hill of Etch1lhampton, about a t;~nle

on either side of which are win<Ts of considerable extent. d1stant; the asylum has been repeatedly enlarged smce

The Odd Fellows' building in"'Maryport street, erected its first erection,. and will now hold about. 700 patients.

at a cost of about £2,40o, contains a large room for The land belongmg to the asylum cons1sts of nearly

the meetings of the order, which is also let for public 90 acres.

entertainments, and will hold about 300 persons. Here are the extensive works of Messrs. Brown and

The Market }Jlace, which occupies a central position May, manufacturers of portable engines, the tobacco

in the town, is a large triangular space, from which the and snuff factory of Messrs. E. and W. Anstie, who

main street and several other streets' diverge, some of have had erected by :Mr. Henry Ash, builder and con-

which take a very irregular course. An extensive corn tractor, of this town, additional premises in the Market
and cattle market, which is the mainstay of the town is place, from designs by Mr. John Ashley Rand~ll; there

held ,every Thursday. There is also a market on Thurs- lS also the brewery of Wadworth & Company Limited.

days for poultry, butter and vegetables, which was re- Devizes is the head quarters of the Wiltshire Friendly

built and enlarged in 1839, and is well supplied; in Society, founded in the year I828, and which has up-

November, I862, ~ monthly cheese market was estab- wards of roo branches throughout the county: the

lished, and has now become important; the markets are president is Lord Nelson, and secretary Mr. David

under the control of the Corporation. The Market Owen : there is also a very sucoessful juvenile branch,

Cross was erected in x814, from designs by Benjamin founded in the year 1882.

Wyatt, at the expense of Viscount Sidmouth, who was A Literary and Scientific Institution was established

recorder of the borough for 30 years, and represented in 1833, and has now (1894) 200 members.

it in six successive parliaments previous to his eleva- The Museum of the Wiltshire Archreological and

JDlREOTOB\'I WILTSHIRE. so

Natural History Society, situated in Long street, was of the church; but the king, inte:1t upon his destruc-

formally opened by Sir Gabriel Goldney bart. the pre- tion, endeavoured, by cutting off the supply of pro-
sident of the society, on the 8th September, 1874; the vision~, to starve him to death; he eventually, how-

purchase of property, and the cost of its adaptation to ever, effected his escape into Wales. In 1281, Edward

its present purpose, has been met by a subscription from I. stayed at the castle, where he collected his army, pre-

the members: the museum contains the famous Stour- vious to starting to suppress the Welsh rebellion of

head collection of antiquities, formed by the late William tha.t y>ear. In 1419, Humphrey, the "Good" Duke of

ICarrington esq. of Heytesbury and Sir Richard C. Hoare, Gloucester, was a.ppoont-ed governor of the castle: in

of Stourhead; there is also a collection of British birds, 1533, it was visited by Henry VIII. and .Anne Bo:eyn.
a herbarium, representing s·everal thousand Wiltshire It wa~ in. a ruinous state in the reign of Henry VIII.

plants, some fine specimens of British, Roman, and for Leyland who visited it in 1538 wrote "there re-

Roman-British urns, both funereal and domestic, a main-ed yet divers goodly towers in the outer wall of

representative .geological co:lection, stratagraphically ar- the castle, but all going to ruin ; " and he further re-

ranged, an almost complete set of Wiltshire tokens, cords that a part of the structure had been carried

and a valuable library of books. "fully unprofitably" to the building of Old Bromham

Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R..A. was born. at Bristol, House. " The keep or dungeon of it,'' he says•, '' set
13~h .April, 1769, and spent part of his youthful days in _upon .a hill c~st by hand, . is a piece of, work of .an

tlns town, where his parents kept the Bear hotel. mcred1ble cost. ' Lambard, m 1569, says-' From bemg

Devizes is the depot of the ISt and 2nd Battalions of the most gorgeous in Christendom, it is now the most

the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), 62nd decayed."

nnd 99th Foot, which form No. 62 Regimental District; During the Civil War this neighbourhood was the scene

barracks were erected on the London road in 1877-8: of a desperate conflict between the Parliamentary forces,

the staff of the Royal Wilts Militia are attached to the under Sir William Wailer, and the Royalists, commanded

depot. The B Troop of the Prince of Wales' Own by Lord Wilmot on the 22nd of September, 1643: the

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and the C and D Companies king, for some ~onsiderable time after, held the castle

of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's and garrison of Devizes, and contemplated concentrating

"Wiltshire Regime~t, have their head quarters here, the most of his forces here, or in the neighbourhood; but

total strength bemg 185 members. on the 23rd SeptembBr, 1645, Cromwell in person,

There are many charities in the town, founded for accompanied by Fairfax, appeared before the town,

educational and other purposes. Wylde's foundation when the governor, Sir Charles- Lloyd, was forced

for 5 boys; ·woodroffe's foundation, for 10 boys; Ban- speedily to capitulate: after which the castle was

croft's foundation, for 20 boys; Eyle's foundation, for destroyed, by order of Parliament, and the fortifications

6 boys ; Imber's for girls. There are almshouses under of Devizes razed to the ground: this property is now

the management of the Municipal charity trustees for held by Sir Charles Rich bart. who purchased it on its

8 persons; others, controlled by St. Mary's feoffees, for being put up to auction shortly after the death of the

22 persons; and St. John's Almshouses for 16 persons, late owner. On a portion of a site of the ancient fortress

to whom money allowances are also made. there now stands a modern castellated residence, called

The Devizes Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispen- " Devizes Castle,." V.:hi~h was greatly . enlarged, and the

sary, Park road, was established in 1876, and contains grounds by which 1t 1s surrounded Improved at great
cost by the la~e ~r. Leach.
16 beds·, and is supported principally by voluntary con- .
tributions, and was en~arged in 1887 and its benefits ~he populatwn m 1891 w~~-_8t. J~hn the Baphst
extended to several of the surrounding parishes; the par1sh, 1,866; St. _M~ry the vugm pansh, 2,392; part
of Southb~oom withm ~l~e b~ro~gh, 1,850; part o~
number of in-patients in 1a93 was 102. Ro_wde parlsh, 318; ~umclpal hmlts, 6,426; St. James
(without the boroug ), 1•783.
The Hospital for infectious diseases, situated near the Rateable
union workhouse, contains twenty beds. The North

8id~' s~a ~e;. . . Md M kt tt d f dd St. John· ........................................... l 6 10,957
m on ay f ar e s ree , ·an was oun ,e 39 6,728
IS St. Mary•............................••............ j ____

To the north-east is Roundway Down, the abrupt St. James (Southbroom), within & with-
out the borough.....................•........
t,ermination of a long ridge of cha.lk hills stretching
westward from Marlborough: here was the scene of the Rowde, within & without the borough....

defeat, in 1643, of Sir William Waller by the Royalists Totals............................ 5, 952 £ 37,861
under thoevercloomokmina~nd of Lord vVilmot: on its brow, and
near:y the town, are the remains of an Parish Clerks:-St. .John & St. l\Iary, vacant.

a.ncient earthwork or Roman station, and near it is Sexton:-St. John, G. Pike.
SeJ::ton :-St. Mary, E. Rut.ter.
Roundway Park, of 200 acres, with some fine timber,
Sexton :-St. Peter, C. R. Barnes, Bath road.
the seat of Charles Edward Hungerford .Athol Colston

esq. }.LP., D.L., J.P. SOUTHBROOM, or St. James, to the east of the

In a picturesque and romantic situation, to the west of town, and partly within the borough, was former:y a

the borough, formerly stood the ancient Castle of chapelry attached to the parish of Bishop's Cannings,

Devizes, built in the reign of Henry I. by Roger, Bishop but in 1832 was made a separate ecclesiastical parish.

of Salisbury: old writers say that, for ma.gnificence, The church of St. James, standing within the borough,

extent and strength, this castle had not its equal in on the Green, rebuilt, with the exception of the tower,

Europe: in no6, Henry I., on his return from Nor- in 1834, is of stone in the Late Perpendicular style and

mandy, caused his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, consists of chancel, nave of 3 bays, aisles, south and

to be confined here: it seems that in II39• Stephen, west porches and a western embattled tower with stair-

being jealous of the power of Rog-er, Bishop of Salis- case turret and pinnacles, 67 feet in height, and con-

bury, sent his minister, William D'Ypres, to lay siege tainling 4 bells: in the chancel is a credence with trefoil-

to this castle; it was obstinately defended by Nigel, headed arch; on each side of the eas't window are two

Bishop of Ely, a nephew of Roger; but Stephen, under canopied niches; the nave arcade is late Perpendicular:

threat of hanging the son of Roger, obtained possession, the tower is in three stages, the lower stage having a

and found a treasure therein of 4o,ooo marks, besides stone-grained ceiling: the stained east window is a

other valuables. In 1141 Stephen was defeated and memorial to Edward Francis Colston, of Roundway, d.

taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln; the castle then 1847; the stained east window of the north aisle com-

surre!!dered to the Empress Maud, but she was unable memorates the Rev. John Nicholas LL.D. d. 1836, and

to retain it. for having fled hither from vVinchester, his family: the ea.st window in the south aisle was

and still distrusting her safety, ·she caused herself to erected by the officers and men of the 99th (DukB of

be inclosed in a bier, and thus passing out unsuspected, Edinburgh's) Regiment to many of their comrades

made good her retreat to Gloucester. In 1174, Queen killed during the Zulu t-Var in 1879: the west window

Eleanor, the young Queen Margaret, the Earl of Ches- is also stained: there are brasses to the Rev. Benjamin

ter, the Earl and Countess of Leicester, and, one author C. Dowding M..A. d. 1870, and to John Frederick

says, the wives of the Princes Richard and Geoffrey, Nicholls M.D. surgeon to the 3rd battalion Wiltshire

were committed to the castle: Prince (afterwards King) Regiment, d. 1885, and marble monuments to Bridget

John held the castle of Devizes for his brother Richard Nicholas. d. 1752: Edward G. M. Colston, d. 1859,

during his absence in the Holy Land. In 1223 Hubert besides other mural monuments and tablets: there are

de Burgh, the minister of Henry Ill. was a prisoner 592 sittings, all free. The register dates from the year

here, but effecting his escape took sanctuary at the 1572. The living is a vicarage, yearly value from tithe

high altar of St. John's church, from which he was rent-charge £119, net £125, and £186 from the Eccle-

dragged by the roldiers ; the parties engaged in this siastical Commissioners, with residence, in the gift of

sacrilege being thereupon excommunicated by the Bishop the Vicar of Bishop's Canning-s, and held since 1883 by

of Salisbury, the fugitive was restored to the sanctuary 1 the Rev. Charles Edward Benedict Barnwell M.A. of

86 DEVIZES• "riLTSHIHE. [ KELLY'S

•

Christ Church, Oxford. In x887 a parish room was C. E. H. A. Colston esq. M.P. of Roundway Park,
erected by the late Alexander Meek esq. on a site adjoin- Alexander Gran~ Meek esq. of Hillworth House, Misrs

ing the schools, and will accommodate about so persons. Ewart, Broadlees, and Simon Watson-Taylor esq. The

In 1699, several hundred Roma111 coins were discovered area is 2,648 acres; the population in 1891 was 3,633

in this parish on ground belonging to Sir John Eyles (including 159 officers and inmates in the workhouse,

and in 1714 a large urn was dug up on the Green, con- 785 in the Lunatic Asylum, and 204 in the Barracks),

taining twenty-one pocket hous-ehold deities, called by of which x,85o are within the borough of Devizes.

the Romans " Penates," together with a coin of the Parish Olerk, Charles Welch, 36a, Estcourt street.

Emperor Severus. The landowners are the Crown,

OI<'FICIA.L ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0.1 S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity & Insurance Office, 44 Market place.-Thomas
Trolley, postmaster.

Hours of Attendance.-For sale of stamps, registration of letters &c. week day!J, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; sundays, from
8 to xo a.m. Postal order businees, week days, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Money order & savings bank withdrawals, govern-
ment annuity & insurance business & issue of licences, week days, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, till 8 p.m. Savings
Bank Deposits, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Telegraph business, week days, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays, 8 a. m. to xo a.m.

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delivery on Sundays)
London (night) & all parts ..............................

g.30 a.m. { WEEK DAYS ONLY. 8.10 a. m r London: Xorth of England, Scot-
10.30 a. m. land & Wales ; Southampton &
2.15 p.m. • North of England, Scotland & Wales; Southamp-l South West of England
2.15 p.m. ton & South West of England ........................ j 12.55 p.m.
5.10 p.m. 2.5 p.m. j London ; Bath, Bristol, Chippen-
London (1st day) & South East of England ......... '
4.0 p.m. l ham, l''rome &c
Bath & Bristol &c. ..,................... ·: .... ............... _
London (2nd day) ; Ireland, Readmg &c ............ 4·55 p.m.

.Hath, Bristol, Chippenham, Frame, Salisbury, t

Trowbridge &c. ........................................... j

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0t"TWARD MAILS. ------------·----------- Parcels intended for transmission by
Parcel Post must be presented at the
With ordinary With an addi· Counter between the hours at 7 a.m.
tional §d. Stamp
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WEEK DAYS ONLY. g.o a. m. 9· 15 a.m. London (1st day); Chippenham,
10.30 a. m. 2.15 p,m. { Frome, Salisbury &c
Devizes Town Deliyery .................................
12.40 p.m. London (2nd day); North of Eng-
Lo~~7~b~~~t ~~~·).!.~.r.i~-~~::.~~-i~:.~~-~~~:.:~~~-~:} 1· land, Scotland & Ireland ; South-
2.0 p.m.
London (2nd day); Reading, Marlborough &c.. . 2.0 p.m. ... ampton & SouthWest of England
London (3rd day); Chippenham.....................
Bristol & \.Yest of England .•......................... 4.20 p.m. Market Lavington, Potterne &c.
Devizes Town DeliYery ................................ . { (day)
4·5o p.m.
Market Lavington, Potterne &c. (day) ........... . 6.30 p.m. 5·5 p.m. Chippenham
8.4op.m. London (night) & a:l parts
North of England, Scotland & Ireland ; South- 6.45 a.m.
ampton & South West of England, Bath,
Bristol, Trowbridge &c•.............................. ~

Devizes Town Delivery .................................
Chippenham & Salisbury .............................•

DAILY. s.3oa.m. 9.25 p.m.

Devizes Rural Deliveries ..................•........... 9· 10 p.tt.
London (night) & all parts ...........................
Market Lavington, Potterne &c. (night) ........ . 9·45 p.m.

County l\111gistrates for Devizes Petlty Sessional Division. Clerk to the Magistrates, Joseph Jackson, St. John st

Bushe Erasmus esq. Manor ho. Great Cheverell, Devizes Petty Sessions are held at the magistrates' office, St.

Oolston Charle~ Edwall"d Hungerford Athol esq. M.P., John street, monthly, on a tuesday, at n a.m. The

D.L. Roundway park, Devizes, chairman pet.ty ·sessional division comprises the• following parishes:

Dunn Lt.-Col. Thos. Dunoan Wm. Rowdeford, Devizes -.All-Canning~. Allington, Alton Barnes, Beeching-

Edgell Rev. Edward Betenson M.A. Rectory, Bromham, sloke, Bishop's Cannings, Bromham, Chittoe, Ohirton,

Chippenham Cheverell Magna, Cheverell Parva, Easterton, ErlestDke,

Fisher .Albert Bulteel esq. Court Hill ho.Potterne,Devizes Et-chilhampton, Fnllaway, Marden, Market Lavington,

Gwatkin Joshua Reynolds Gasooigne esq. M.A. M11nor Ivi:arston, Patney, Poulshot, Potterne, Roundway,

house, Potterne, Devizes Rowde without Devizes, Stanton St. Bernard, Stert,

Hart Charles Frederick esq. C.E. The Breach, Devizes Tilshead, Urchfont, ·west Lavington, \Yorton

Hunt-Grubbe Capt. Hy. Geo. Eastwell, Potterne, Devizes Borough Magistrates.
Medlicott Henry Edmondstone esq. M.A. Sandfield,

Potterne, Devizes The Mayor & Ex-Mayor

Meek Alexander Grant esq. Hillworth home, Devizes Anstie Edward Benjamin, 31 Market place

Prowse Capt. George James William, St. Edith's, Brom- Anstie Thomas Drown, 21 :Northgate street

ham, Chippenham Baker Henry, Long s-treet

Stancomb Wm. esq. D.L. Blount's court,Potterne,Devizes Brown lVilliam, Church house, Potterne

Stancomb Wm. jun. esq. M.A., S.C.L. Browfort, Devizes Caillard His Honor Jud~e Camille Felix Desire, Wing-

Watson-Taylor George Simon Arthur esq. M.A. Erlestoke field house, Trowbridge

park, Devizes Carless Edward l\icolls, Long street

Watson-Taylor Simon esq. D.L. Erlestoke park, Devizes Chand:er Thomas, Melbourne villa, Bath road

DIRECTORY.] '\VILT::SHIHE. DEVIZES. 87

Fox Thomas Barker, I I Midland road, Gloucester Steep:e Ashton, Stert, Tilshead, Tinhead, Urchfont &

Gillman Charles, Tresco 'Vest Lavington

&ncock Frederick S. ).Iarket place Corn Exchange, Market p:ace, Henry Taplin, 2I Brittox,

Hart Charles Frederick, The Breach collector of tolls

1\i'ay Charles N eale, Seat on, Devonshire Cottage Hospital & Provident Dispensary, New Park road.

Mead George Henry, Monday l<Iarket stneet T. B• .Anstie e>q. consulting surgeon; E. N. Carless

Simpson George, Ardenne, Nightingale lane, Balham, M.B., J.P., G. S. A. Waylen, H. J. MaC'kay M.D. &

London S \Y A. M. Gray L.RC.P.Edin. surgeons; J. Wilshin esq.

Sloper George Elgar, Maryport street treasurer; D. Owen F.C.A. esq. hon. sec.; 0. Shep·

Rlandell John Ashley, Exchange place pard, assistant sec. ; Mrs. Macdonald, matron

Smith George, Northgate house, Devizes County Court, His Honor Camille Felix Desire Caillard.

The magistrates sit every alternate wednesday at the judge; Joseph Thornthwaite Jackson B.A. registrar &

magistrates' office, St. J orhn stree·t, at 11 a.m high ·bailiff; James John Dring, chief clerk. Tha

Clerk to the Magistrates, Jas. Jn. Dring, St. John st county court is held monthly at the Assize Courts.
Northgate street. The following places are included

Corpol"a tiion. in the district :-All Oannings, Allington, Alton Barnes.

1894-95· Beechingstoke, Bishop's Cannings, Bottlesford, Bourton,
Bromham, Charlton, Chirton, Chittoe, Coate, Conock,
Mayor-Alderman George Henry Mead. Devizes, Easrtcott, Easterton, Enford Combe, Erlestoke,
Ex-Mayor-Alderman John Ashley Randell. Etchilhampton, Fiddington, Fittleton, Great Cheverell,

Recorder-Francis Reynolds Y. Radcliffe esq. 1 Mitre Haxon-~etheravon, Hilcot, Horton, Little Cheverell,
Court buildings, Temple, London E C.
Little-ton, Lydeway, Marden, Market Lavington, Mars·

*William Brown .Aldermen. ton, North Newnton, Nurstead, Patney, Potterne,
*George Henry ~lead
+Thomas Chandler Poulshot, Roundway, Rowde, Rushall, Stanton St.
*Charles Gillman tRichard Hill Bernard, St. James (Devize~). Stert, Tilshead, Upavon,
tJohn Ashley Randell Urchfont, ·wedhampton, \Yest Lavington, Wilsford,
Woodborough & Worton

Councillors. F6r bankruptcy purposes this court is included in tha~
of Bath; Edward Gustavus Clarke, Bank chambers,
North Ward.
Corn street, Bristol, official receiver

Presiding Alderman at Ward Elections,Thomas Cbtmdler. Certified Bailiff under the "J.JRw of Distress Amendment.
Act," 'Yilliam CvT~--ard, I3 St. John street, Devizes
*William Robbins §Alfred C. Talbot Devil\es Prosecution Society, S1t. John street; Meek,
*Cornelius Wiltshire !Harry Howse
§Russell D. Gillman !John Rose Jackson & Jackson, treasurers
§Thoma3 S. Helms tWilliam Rose Her 1Iajesty's Prison, Bath road, Richard Kemp, gover-

nor; Edward Nicol:s Car-lesrs· M. B., C. M. surgeon;

South Ward. Rev. Arthur Charles Devas M.A. chap}ain

Presiding Alderman at Ward Elections, Richard Hill. Inland Revenue Oflice-Devizes District-Excise branch;
office, I4 High street; supervisor, Thomas Kendrew;
*John F. Drew 1 §Frank Rendell
*Jonas Strong oflicers, Dan Fairburn & Thomas Hart Gilbert; Stamp
I, tJoseph Clappen Office for Devizes & District, 4I St. John street~
*George S. Waylen tFrank Reynolds Thomas C. Hopkins, distributor
§Richard B. Mullings
XHerbert Biggs Odd Fellows Hall, Maryport street, Frank Matthews.
hall keeper
Marked thus * retire in 1895·
tMarked thus § retire in I896. Town Hall, John street, John George Nott, beadle
Wiltshire Archreologica.I & Natural History Society's
Marked thus retire in 1897·
Marked thus t retire in 1898. Museum & Library, Long street ; E. B. H. Cunning-

The Corporation meet at the Council chamber, Town ton, Devizes, & A. B. Fisher, Potterne, hon. curator&;
hall, every quarter. David Owen F.C.A. 3I Long street, finandal secretary
Wilts County Lunatic Asylum, John. Ireland Bowes.
Mayor's Auditor, Councillor He~bert Biggs, 29 Brittox, medical superin'l:endent; James Wi1son M.A., 1\I.B.•
Devizes C.M. & Edwyn H. Beresford L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.
Eng. assistant medical officers; ltev. John Hart
Elective Auditor.s, Albert Henry Adams, Belle vue, Burges D. D. chaplain; Edward Baverstock Merriman,
Devizes & David Owen F.C.A. chartered accountant, 3I treasurer ; J oseph T. J ackson, clerk to the Villitors ;_
Long street, Devizes

Officers of the Corporabion & Urban Sanitary Authority. James Turner, clerk to asylum
Military.
Tdwn Clerk & Clerk to the UI"ban Sanitary Authority,
Joseph Thornthwaite Jackson B.A. 33 & 34 St. John st Regimental District (~o. 62) Duke of Edinburgh's Wilt-
shire Regiment; Commanding Regimental District,
Treasurer, Hy. Sandell, Wilts & Dorset Banking Ol. Lim Ool. HenTy Collingwood; Depot of Ist & 2nd battalions._
Clerk of the Peace·, Thomas Carnal Hopkins Barra-eks, London road
Coroner, George S . .!.. ·waylen

Chamberlarins, R. B. Mullings & Charles Gillman Station Pav• Office.
High Constables, J. V. Lucos, Market place & Albert Ifurracks, London road.

Joseph RandeJ, Exchange place
·w.Medical Oflicer of Health, Edward Nicolls Carless M.B., Station Paymaster, Staff-Paymaster L. Brockman

C.M. I I Long street (hon. lieut.-col)

Borough Surveyor & Sani<tary Inspector & Inspector ot 3rd Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment

Common Lodging Rouses, Frank George Billingham, (Roya.l Wiltshire 1\Iilitia), head quarters, Barracks.

Market place London road, E. C. A. Sanford, lieut.-col.; Reginald

Sergeall't.s-at-Mace, Andrew Brown & Willia.m Self Barclay, major; Major Harry \V. Rowden, adjutant;

Inspector of Canal Boats, William Romain Hon. Oapt. D. S>trachan, quarter mast~r

Collector of Rate·s, Wimam Henry Bush, Wine street Royal ".iltshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Prince of Wales•

Collector of Market & Corn Exchange Tolls, Henry Taplin, Own Royal Regiment, A Squadron) (3rd Ye0manry

Brittox Brigade); Hon. Major Sir A. Neeld bart. commander;

Town Crier & Beadle, John Geo. Nott, I4 Southbroom pl Capt. J. R. G. Gwatkin, second in command; SPrgt.-

Public Esta;blishments. Major A. Lawrence, drill instructor
2nd Volunteer Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's (Royal

Assize Court-s, Northgate street, Charles Lloyd,caretaker 'Wilt·shire Regiment) (C & D Cos.), ar·moury, Town

Borough Police Station, Town hall, Thomas Lane, in- hall; orderly room, 32 St. John stre-et, Charles Edward

spector, & 4 constables of the county constabulary for Hungerford, lieut.-col.; C Co. Capt. E. B. H. Cun·
borough duty
nington, commandant; G. E. Anstie, lieut. ; D Co.

Cemetery, Belvidere, George Pinchen, Cemetery lodge, Capt. A. J. Randell, commandant; F. W. Giddings &

e;tt.endant; Thos.Carnal Hopkins,clerk to the burial brd W. H. Brown, lieutenants; Color-Sergt. E. Southwood.

Constabulary Sta1tion for the Devizes Divislion of the drill instructor; Surg.-Lieut.-Col. Edward N. Carless,

County of Wilts, head qu11rters, Bath road, Capt. medical officer; Rev. J. Hart Burj!es D.D. acting chpln

Robert Sterne R.N. Tristenaugh, Devizes, chief con- Devizes Fire Brigade.
stable; William Baldwin, superintendent & D.C.C.;

Francis Beauch1amp, clerk & superintendent; with Honorary Officers, A. J. Randell, cavtain; W. E. F.

one inspector & 4 constable-s & a cons'ta.ble is stationed at Thorp A.C.A. sec. & treasurer; J. V. Lucas & G. T.

each of the following p:aces :-All Oannings, Bishop's Smith, lieutenants. The engine & escape are kept

Canning!!, Bromham, Great Cheverell, Keevil, Marden, at the Market hou•e

Market Lavington, Potterne, Rowde, Sandy Lane, The keys are kept by J. Salter, 54 Sew Park street