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KINGSCLERE Etc.. - 1830
The Rev. John Mitchell is the present vicar. The charities, besides some of a trifling parochial nature, are a small free school, and another upon the national system. The only seat of consequence in this neighbourhood is Woolverton Park, about two miles hence, on the road to Basingstoke, lately purchased by his Grace the Duke of Wellington. The market is held on Tuesday, and the annual fair on the Tuesday after Michaelmas day, principally for the purpose of engaging agricultural servants. The parish of Kingsclere extends into the hundred of Evingar, and includes the chapelries of Sidmonton and Ecchinswell, together containing by the official returns of 1821, 2851 inhabitants. Post Office, Market-place, Ann Chance Post Mistress. Letters arrive, by foot-post, from NEWBURY, every morning, during summer, at half-past eight, and at half-past nine during winter, and are despatched every evening a six, during summer and five during winter. Gentry and Clergy Carter Miss Elizabeth, Tower Hill St Carter Thomas, gent, Field Gate Curtis John, gent, Foxgrove House Drummond J. esq. Kingsclere Gillam Rev: Isaac, Vicarage Milsome William, gent. North St Poole Charles, esq. Kingsclere Professional Persons Bishop and Thompson, surgeons, Swan Street Hill Jeremiah, surveyor, Market Place. Holding William, attorney Reeves John, surgeon, George St Inns and Public Houses Anchor, John Cooper, Anchor Yard, George St Falcon, John Willis, Duke St George & Horn, Benj. Butt, George St Swan and posting house & excise office, Samuel Austin, Swan St Shopkeepers and Traders Baverstock Elizabeth, milliner and dressmaker, Swan St Bew Eleanor, cooper, Swan St Bradfield Richard, miller, Upper Mill Brown Geo, schoolmaster, Duke St Carter John, corn dealer, Swan St Carter John, sacking and rope and twine maker, Marsh Chamberlain Wm, retail brewer Chance Ann, linen draper and grocer, Market Place Clarke Robt, ironmonger, plumber and glazier and painter, George St Cook John shoemaker &c, Market Pl Coxhead Ann, wheelwright, Swan St Cribb Benjamin, sacking, rope and twine maker, North St Dale Henry, shopkeeper, George St Deane Esther, St raw hat maker, Swan St Drake John, tanner, North St Drake William, brewer, Duke St Hankin George, baker, plumber and glazier and painter North St Head Eliza, shopkeeper, Duke St Hoare Charles, boot and shoemaker, Tower Hill Street Hobbs Elizabeth, saddler and harness maker, Swan St Hutching Richard, baker, Swan St Jennings John, corn miller, Town Mill, Duke Street Miller John, watch and clock maker, Swan St Phillips Mary, tailor, Swan St Roake Jacob, linen draper and grocer, George St Ruddle Ann, shopkeeper Tower hill St Ruddle Henry, carpenter & Maltster, High St Ruddle John, corn miller, Lower Mill Seward James. blacksmith, farrier and parish clerk, George St Sexey Elizabeth. schoolmistress, North St Sharp Matthew, baker, North St Sidery Wm, shoemaker, &c. Market Pl Stroud John, butcher Duke St Twitchin Andrew, maltster, George St Twitchin Jn, ironmonger, Market Pl Wallis John, blacksmith, Swan St Wilson Saml, shoemaker, Swan St Workhouse Marsh, Jno Carter, master, Ann Carter, mistress Carriers To ANDOVER, Benjamin Grubb, from his house North Street, every Saturday morning, goes through Whitchurch. To BASINGSTOKE, Thomas Sellwood, from his house near the workhouse, every morning at nine - & John Thumbwood from the George and Horn, every Tuesday morning. To ODIHAM John Thumbwood (from Newbury) calls at the George and Horn every Tuesday goes thro' Basingstoke To WINCHESTER from the George and Horn, every Tuesday evening thro' Basingstoke |
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KINGSCLERE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD [1842]
Kingsclere is a small market and hundred town in the division of Kingsclere, 55 miles w. by s. from London, 21 north from Winchester, 17½ S.S.W, from Reading, 9 N.E. by N. from Whitchurch, 7 S.E. by E. from Newbury (Berks) and 9 W. by N. from Basingstoke (a Station town on the London and South-Western Railway).
The town which is situated in a finely wooded and rather hilly district, has nothing in its general appearance to attract curiosity or attention.The principal trade carried on is malting, and the barley grown in the neighbouring hills is considered very fine. A little above the town a beautiful and copious St ream rises, which, within a mile of its source, supplies several corn mills. Lord Bolton of Hackwood, near Basingstoke, is lord of the manor. The government of the town and parish is chiefly vested in the county magistrates, who sit here once a month The parish church of St . Mary is a stuccoed building, with a low tower; the living is a vicarage, in the presentation of Lord Bolton. The Weslyan Methodists have a place of worship in the Market-place, and there is a national school for boys and girls The market is held on Tuesday, and a fair on the Tuesday after Michaelmas day. Kingsclere parish (exclusive of Ecchinswell and Sidmonton chapelries) contained, in 1831, 2,532 persons, and at the last census (1841) 2,732. Post Office, Market-place, Frederick Richard Chance, Post Master.-letters from all parts arrive every morning at half-past nine, and are despatched every afternoon at four. Gentry and Clergy Bishop, Mr. John, Swan St Carter Miss Elizbth, Tower Hill St Curtis, Mr. Edwin., Swan St Curtis Mr. John, Foxgrove House Kingsmill Mr. William, Sidmonton House Milsome, Mr. William, North St Pole Rev. Richard, Wolverton Simonds Blackall, esq. Wolverton House Tanner Rev. James, Tower Hill Professional Persons Brewer Samuel, master of National School Fowler Oliver, surgeon, Swan St Holding William, attorney & clerk to the union, the magistrates, and commissioners of taxes, & superintendent registrar, Elm Grove Inns and Public Houses Anchor, Jeremiah Batt, Anchor Yard, George St Black Horse, Robert Cane, George St Falcon, William Herbert, Duke St George and Horn, Thomas Haynes, George St Swan (and excise office) Samuel Austin, Swan St Shopkeepers and Traders Tilney Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Swan St Bew John, cooper, Swan St Bradfield Richard. miller,, Upper mill Brewer Sarah, milliner and dress maker, North St Chance Frederick Richard, linen draper, grocer, and agent for the Phoenix fire and Pelican life offices, Market Place Clarke Charles, plumber, glazier, and shopkeeper, Newbury Road Cook Mary, boot and shoe maker, Market Place Cribb John, sacking, rope and twine maker, North St Dale Henry, shopkeeper, and registrar of births deaths and marriages, George St Dibley Henry, butcher, Swan St Dodd Henry, tailor, Swan St Drake John, tanner, North St Drake William, brewer, Duke St Garrett Wm. wheelwright, Swan St Gatehouse Thomas, grocer and draper, George St Gurdon John, cooper, Swan St Haukin George, baker, miller, plumber, glazier, and painter, Market Place Hoare Charles, boot and shoe maker, Tower hill St Hobbs George, saddler and harness maker, Swan St Moss Mary, mistress of National School Ruddle Henry, carpenter and maltster, Newbury road Savery Joseph, tailor, George St Seward Charles, blacksmith and farrier, George St Seward John, blacksmith, North St Sharp John, corn miller, North St Sidery Charles, watch and clock maker, Market Place Sidery William, shopkeeper and shoe maker, Market Place Smith Shedrick, gardener and seedsman, Tower hill Twitchin Jno, ironmonger, Market Place Wallis John, blacksmith, Swan St Wilson Saml, shoe maker, Swan St Winkworth John, bricklayer and plasterer, George St Conveyance by Railway The nearest Station is Basingstoke, 9 miles S.E. on the London and South-Western Railway, from whence passengers may proceed to London, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, and intermediate places. Particulars of the various Railway lines are furnished by the Railway Tables. Carriers To ANDOVER, John Cribb, from his house, every Saturday morning; goes through Whitchurch. To BASINGSTOKE, John Cribb, and William Rolf, from their houses, every Wednesday morning. To NEWBURY, Isaac from his house, George St , daily To ODIHAM, Wm. Rolf, from his house Horn St , every Monday & Thursday. To READING, William Rolf, from his house, every Friday night. To WINCHESTER, John Cooper, from the Swan, every Monday Thursday
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