Church Oakley, Hampshire
Church Oakley is a small village and a parish half a mile south of Oakley station and 5 miles west of Basingstoke. The Sandoms and Elwicks come from this village.
 St Leonard's Church
The 1895 Kelly's directory describes ...
The church of St. Leonard is a building of flint, with Bath stone dressings, in the perpendicular style, consisting of a chancel, nave of 2 bays and aisles, and a western tower with four pinnacles containing 6 bells : the pulpit is of alabaster and is finely chiselled: there is a lych gate: the church was rebuilt in 1869, from the designs of T. H. Wyatt esq. at a cost of about £6,000: an organ was purchased by subscription in 1874 ... There are 200 sittings.
1895
The 1895 Kelly's directory states
The living ... held since 1887 by the Rev. Francis Glynne Hume. Mrs A. Bramston left £21 yearly for bread, meat, clothing, or other useful articles to the poor of Deane and Oakley. The Rev. A. Scott Ramsey... has a large establishment with a strong staff of masters for preparing pupils for the army, university and civil service examinations. Malshanger, the seat of Wyndham Spencer Portal esq, J. P. is seated in a well wooded park, and commands an extensive and pleasent view of the surrounding country ... Part of Oakley Park is in this parish, but the mansion is in Deane and is the seat of William Wither Bramston Beach esq. M.P. ... The soil is light loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 1,605 acres ...the population in 1891 was 313.
National School (mixed), for this parish, Deane and East Oakley, built in 1855, and enlarged in 1872, for 120 children; average attendance, 90. George A. Figgins, master.
Railway station: Frederick William Laker, station master.
Farms
- Allen Frdk. farmer. Summerdown frm.
- Fifield Jas. farmer. Little Summerfield.
- Gear H. (Mrs), farmer. Bulls Bushes.
- Lamb Ernest. farmer. Home Farm.
- Lawford Lot. farmer. The Chestnuts.
1927
According to the Kelly directory of 1927:
- The living ... held since 1919 by the Rev. George Herbert Jeudwine
- Marshanger is the residence of Mrs. Walter
- Oakley Manor is the residence of William Guy Hicks Beach esq.
- Population in 1921 was 267
Elementary School (mixed), for this parish, Deane and East Oakley, ... altered in 1910 to accomodate 105 children and again enlarged in 1924, for an additional 60 children; Arthur Percival Ridges, master.
Oakley Railway station: Arthur Phillips, station master.
Farms
- *Allen Frederick James, farmer. Dell farm, Newfound.
- *Allen Fredk. Wm. farmer. Little Summerfield.
- Davy Joseph , farmer. Park Farm.
- White Charles and Albert, Farmer. Bulls Bushes.
References
Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1895 (Archive CD Books).
Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1927 (Archive CD Books).
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