Vale of White Horse Directory 1908-1910

Names from Directories for Kingston Bagpuize

The Victorian-Edwardian Village

Kingston Bagpuize [Berks] is a parish and village in the hundred of Ock, union and county court district of Abingdon, archdeaconary of Berks.,and diocese of Oxford, 8 miles from Faringdon. Stations: Wantage Road 5 miles; Abingdon 6; Oxford 9. Lord of the manor John Blandy Jenkins Esq., Senr., J.P.,D.L. for Berks.

The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, and the living is a rectory, net value about £220.
Patrons, the President and Fellows of St John's College, Oxford. Rector, Rev.J.H.Sweet-Escott,M.A., appointed 1891. Hours of Divine service on Sundays 11a.m. and 6.30pm. Other services on special days, and at the various Church seasons.

In 1880 the church was partially restored, and reseated in oak, and the chancel raised and laid with encaustic tiles.

Population in 1891, 208; in 1901, 186 acreage 1,080 acres: rateable value £1,254.5s.8d. Post town Abingdon. Post, telegraph, and money order office, James Jeffries, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 8a.m. and 1.30.p.m., despatched at 3 p.m and 6.15 p.m. weekdays, 10.55 a.m. Sundays. The kennels of the O.B.H. are in this village.

Ballard, Mrs Martha		Martin, E., coachman to Mr E.A.Strauss
Ballard, Charles, blacksmith		Ricketts, W., carpenter
Drake, W. Tyrwhitt, Master to OBH,Southmoor House		Russell,L.B.
Farmer W., kennel huntsman to OBH		Sharps, Wm., butler to Mr. E.A.Strauss
Graham Guy, Race Farm		Southam, P., farmer, Rimes farm
Haines, James, May Bush, Newbridge		Strauss, E.A.,M.P., Kingston House
Hartigan,R., second whip OBH		Swan, Thomas, stud groom to OBH
Holifield, Arthur, plumber & glazier, Southmoor		Sweet-Escott Rev. J.H. the Rectory
Hookes W., gardener to Mr. E.A.,Strauss		Taylor, James, butcher and baker
Jefferies, James, Post office		Treadwell, Mrs.
Keep, Frederick, market gardener		Wigmore, A., publican, Hind's Head
Lane, F.G., schoolmaster		Woodbridge, W., saddler, &c.
		Woodward H.C.S., M.B.,B.C., Stonehouse

The Victorian Village of Draycott Moor [Southmoor]

Draycott Moor [Southmoor]- Billings Directory 1854

Giles, Mr Geo		Hissey, W., Farmer, Old Lamb
Barlow, Chas - Shoemaker		Hoare, The Misses, Ladies Seminary
Bartlett, Richard-Tailor and Woollen draper		Kimber Francis, Farmer
Birch, Anthony,Corn Dealer		King, Charles, wheelwright & farmer
Cheer, James, Manor Farm & Thames Side		King, Charles, wheelwright & farmer
Church, Rd., Farmer		Mallam, Miss Susanna
Clarke Henry, carpenter & shopkeeper		Neals, Victualler & farmer, Lamb & Flag
Clark, Benj. carpenter & shopkeeper		Shepherd Geo., Farmer
Clark, Thomas, carpenter		Shepherd Geo., Farmer
Hissey, John, Farmer		Woodbridge, Henry, Farmer, Newbridge Farm

'The Old Berkshire fox hounds were kennelled at the junction and I clearly remember them 'singing'.

'I'm told they sing when they are happy. Singing is quite different from barking'.

'The heart went out of the village when the hunt moved to Faringdon --no hounds bayed at the moon and a lot of people lost most of their incomes'

Tim Weaving & Sybil Beard - taken from 'Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor - a Sense of Place' available from Longworth History Society

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