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Edward Cassey and Co.'s history, gazetteer, and directory of Berkshire and Oxfordshire : with an excellent map of each county ; prefixed will be found the population returns of England and Wales, 1851 & 1861 .., 1868
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1OXFORDSHIRE.
3Here is a subscription Fire Engine Society, whose meetings are held at the Hopcroft's Holt Inn; the engine station is at Steeple Aston.
4Letters arrive from Oxford at 3.30 a.m.; dispatched at 9 p.m.
6STEEPLE ASTON
8Bowyer Henry Atkins, Esq.
9Brooks Rev. John Henry, M.A., rector, Rectory
10Creek Mr. Edmund
11Allen Joseph, miller, Cuttle mill
12Barrett William, mason
13Brain William, shoemaker
14Burgess John, cow leech
15Burgin Wm., coal merchant and shopkeeper
16Coles Benjamin, corn dealer
17Coles Thomas, farmer, Brasenose farm
18Creek Edmund, farmer
19Cross Charles, Red Lion, and butcher
20Durran David, grocer
21Durran James, wheelwright and carpenter
22Ellard John, baker
23Fenemore Henry, pig dealer
24Fenemore Joseph, pig dealer
25Harris Richard, musical instrument maker
26Heath Robert, tailor
27Hirons Anthony, farmer and cattle dealer
28Hopcraft Thomas, mason and brick maker
29Keen George carpenter
30Cresswell John Pearson, Esq., M.D.
31Dandridge Miss
32Durran Mr. William
33Wing William, Esq.
34Kirby Josiah, relieving officer and registrar of birth and deaths for Deddington division of Woodstock union
35Leonard William, plumber, painter, and glazier
36Parsons Benjamin, gardener
37Rogers John, blacksmith
38Skelton William Tanner, farrier
39Slatter Phillip, Hopcroft's Holt, and farmer
40Smith James, timber merchant
41Stevens James, carpenter
42Stockley George, gardener and coal dealer
43Thornett Thomas, blacksmith
44Wall William, butcher
45Wells William, shoemaker
46Wing William, farmer, land and estate agent, appraiser, &c.
47Woodford David, grocer
49MIDDLE ASTON
51Cother Wm., farmer and grazier, Manor ho | Lansbury Joseph, shopkeeper
53STEEPLE BARTON
55Is a parish, consisting of three hamlets, STEEPLE, MIDDLE and SESSWELLS BARTON, and distant 5 miles from Deddington, and 7 miles from Woodstock, in the hundred of Wootton, union of Woodstock, and diocese of Oxford. Maiden Bower, a spot well known to the fox-hunter, is said to be a British earthwork. In this parish, on the turnpike road to Oxford, is a heap of stones, the ruin of a Druidical altar, called the "hoarstone."
56The church of St. Mary consists of nave, chancel, and south aisle; the western tower containing five good bells, is almost covered with ivy; there are five graceful Gothic arches dividing aisle from nave. The living is a vicarage, annual value £143, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Marlborough (who has two turns), and Alexander William Hall, Esq. (who has one turn in three.) Barton Abbey, the seat of the Hon. Mrs. Hall, anciently a monastery belonging to Oseney Abbey, is a handsome and commodious building, pleasantly situated, with lawn and a lake in front. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have chapels here. Here is a school, supported by the Hon. Mrs. Hall. The principal landowners are A. W. Hall, Esq., Lord Clifden, and J. Walker, Esq.
57The population in 1861 was 859; the acreage is 2,832. The land is arable. The soil produces good general crops.
58Letters arrive through Oxford at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.40 p.m. Sundays 9.30 a.m. The nearest money-order office is at Lower Heyford.
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