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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. iv. DEO. ie, 1911.

Winchester group may be the 300 of Sweor- dora ; and the 600 hides each of the East and West Willa may possibly be the origin of the groups round Basingstoke and Wallop. Now that we have proceeded thus far, wider deductions at once offer themselves. May not the northern half of Hampshire be the extreme southern limit of the Chiltern- dwellers' country ? If so, their 4,000 hides would occupy a compact area on both sides of the Thames, thus :

North Hampshire 1200 hides.

Central and East Berks... 1200 South Oxford (Chil tern)... ? 750 South Bucks ,, ... 750 ,, Hertfordshire (Tring) ... 100

According to Mr. Baring's ' Domesday Tables ' there were 1,180 hides in Berkshire from Bray westward to Kintbury, 748 in the Aylesbury and (present) Chiltern hundreds of Buckingham,, and 100 in Tring. The Oxford hidage I have not been able to study, but the Chiltern Hundreds of that county were the " 4| hundreds " round Bensington or Benson, an ancient royal manor ; and the remaining hides may perhaps be found in Thame and Dorchester. The Berkshire 1,200 divide into two groups of about 600 hides each. The remainder of Berkshire (excluding Abingdon Abbey's 100 hides of Hornier) had 1,212 hides, apparently the 1,200 hides of the Unecungga (or Wantage). If the Berkshire hundreds be arranged somewhat differently, viz., upon the lines of the old rural deaneries, the following hidages result : Reading (451) and Walling- ford (117), 568; Newbury, 654; Abingdon (the north end of the county, including Wantage), 1,280. J. BBOWNBILL.

INSCRIPTIONS IN BURIAL-GROUND OF ST. JOHN'S, WESTMINSTER,

(See ante, pp. 302, 403.)

IN my earlier articles I gave the inscriptions on headstones in this burial-ground. I now record those on

STONES LYING FLAT. EAST WALL.

Beginning at the south end.

163. Jane Brocken, d. Aug. 16, 1804, a. 18. Also Jane, w. of Mr. John Brocken, mother of the above, d. Aug. 1, 1818, a. 67. Also Mr. John Brocken, d. Aug. 4, 1833, a. 76. Also Mr. George Brocken, d. Mar. 25, 1837, a. 52. Mrs. Mary Ann Brocken, d. Feb. 23, 1846, a. 6(3).

164. Richard Hillary, [s. of] Hillary, of [Horsefe]rry Road, d. 19 Feb., 1843, a. 6 mths. Also Mr. Richard Hillary, f. of the above, d.

2 April, 4, a. 5(2).

165. Mrs. Jane, [w. of] [J]ohn H[owis] of fMill]- bank, d., a. 71. Also the above Mr. John Howis, d. 14 Feb., 1808, a. 76.

166. The family of John and Elizabeth Apple- ford. Six children who died from 8 days to 12 years and 5 weeks old: Ann, d. 11 April, 1803. Harriot, d. 13 April, 1809. James, d. 8 Aug., 1814. Sarah, d. 16 Aug., 1814. Charles, d. 1 Sept., 1814. John, d. 11 March, 1817. Also Alfred Anthony, d. 20 Oct, 1817, a. 2 yrs. 1 m. Eliza, d. 18 March, 1823, in her 13th year.

167. Elizabeth, d. of James and [Eliza]beth Monnington. Also Thom[as] [Monn]ington, [who died in in]fancy. Also Mr. J Monnington, f. of the above, d. 19 July, 1831, a. 67. Also Mrs. Susanna Washington, d. of the above, d. 2 Aug., 1831, a. 35. Also Elizabeth Monnington, w. of the [above] Mr. James M. . . .in her 75th year.

168 a. 57 yrs Also Sarah St[anton],

w. of the ....who departed this. .. .September the.... aged 61 yrs. Also Mary Baldwin, sister of the above Sarah Stanton .... departed this life 30 Dec.,, aged 78.

169 ber, 1814 Fanny Hewson, (widow?)

of the above, (15) May, 1836, a. 78. Also

of. . . .bertson. . . .to the above,. . . .Dec., 1842, a..

170 Langley, Esq., [of La]ngley Lodge

in the.... of Tipperarv, Ireland, .... d. 16 June, 180-, a. 46.

171 Miles a. 66. Also the body of

Mrs. Mary Miles, w. of the above Mr. John Miles, d. 12 Oct., 1819, a. 46. Also the above Mr. John Miles, d. 25 Feb., 1829, a. 86.

172. Isaac Wilkinson, late of Knightsbridge, d. 10 May, 1802, a. 52. An affectionate husband, a tenderilfather.

173. Mary Gallant, d. 30 Sept., 1739, a. 6(1). Also William Gallant, husband of the above, d. 30 Oct., 1755, a. 78.

174. [Illegible.]

175. [Illegible.]

176. Mr. Val ne Chittock, d. 13 Nov., 1786, a. 50. Sarah Chittock [died] 10 May, 1796, a. 58. Also Mr. William Chittock, d. 28 Nov., 1834, in his 69th year. Harriot, w. of Mr. John Chittock, of this p., d. Jan. 19, 1836, a. 63. Catherine Matilda, w. of the above Mr. William Chittock, d. Feb., 1838, a. . Mr. John Chit- [tock] d. April ... .in his 77th year.

177 Morris, of this p., d. Jan., 1812

, and Ann his w., d. at Staines, 11 Oct.,

1833, in her 79th year.

178. Charles Heath, builder, of Bentinck Street, St. Mary le bone, d. Sept. 8, 1804, a. 76. Susannah Heath, w of the above, d. April 7, 1784, a. 62. And four of their chn., namely, 2 sons and 2 daughters, the eldest of whom, Catherine, w. of James Gray, of St. Giles in the Fields, d. Jan. 6, 1778, a. 22.

Let not thine eye this tomb inspect And still the duty of thy Soul neglect. Also Mrs. Sarah Millard, niece to the above Mr. Charles Heath, w. of Mr. Thomas Millard, Corn Factor, of St. Marylebone, d. 12 Dec., 1818, a. (5)8. The above Mr. Thomas Millard, d. 27 May, 1825, a. 65.

179 Thomas

180. [Illegible.]

181. Mary Ann Hollands, d. June 7, 1810, a. 7. Frederick Hollands, d. Feb. 11, 1821, a. 5 yrs. 9 mths. John Hollands, f. of the above, d. Sept.