Chieveley

"CHIEVELEY, a parish in the hundred of Faircross, in the county of Berks, 4 miles N. of Newbury, its post town, and 4.1 from Ilsley. It comprises the chapelries of Care, Winterbourn, and Leckhampstead, and the tythings of Courage, Snelsmore, and North Heath. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Oxford, value with the curacies of Care, Winterbourn, and Leckhampstead annexed, £1,460, in the patronage of James Dand, Esq., and Miss Wasey alternately. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early English style. There is a National school for both sexes at North Heath. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Baptists have each a place of worship. The charities amount to £86 per annum, of which Henshaw's school has £16." "COURAGE, a tything in the parish of Chieveley, in the county of Berks, 3 miles N. of Newbury. There is a large tract of common. "LECKHAMPSTEAD, a chapelry in the parish of Chieveley, hundred of Faircross, county Berks, 7 miles N. of Newbury, its post town, and 3 N. of Chieveley. The village is considerable, but chiefly agricultural. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage* of Chieveley, in the diocese of Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a modern edifice, in which is a circular font encircled by a scroll of foliage. The Marquis of Downshire is the sole owner." "OARE, (or Cure), a chapelry in the parish of Chieveley, hundred of Faircross, county Berks, 5 miles N.E. of Newbury, and 5 from Ilsley. The village is small and chiefly agricultural. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage* of Chieveley, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is a small edifice, without a tower, not capable of containing more than 70persons. The Society of Friends have a burial-ground. "SNELSMORE, a tything in the parish of Chieveley, county Berks, 4 miles N. of Newbury." "WINTERBOURN, a chapelry in the parish of Chieveley, county Berks, 3 miles N.W. of Newbury."

From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003

In 1839 Eliza Gibbons stitched her silken sampler of Chieveley Church. The sampler eventually ended up with another branch of the family after Eliza's death, and was offered to our local auctioneers Dreweatt Neat early in 1996. Discover how the sampler returned home after it was purchased by Mr Victor Pocock. The sampler was sent to the Textile Conservation Centre at Hampton Court Palace to be cleaned and conserved; the work on its restoration was done by Tarja Bennett. The sampler made by Eliza Gibbons contains many references to the Bible and other religious books, which are listed together with references to their sources on this page. See http://NeedleworkSamplers.com/Chieveley/ According to folk lore Shamans become associated with trees. In Chieveley, there was a tree known as the Woden Tree (presumed to be Woden or Odin, the chief of the Norse gods).

Permission to use the sampler text.

My request: On Saturday, August 21, 2004, 2:51:13 PM, you wrote: I am producing a cd charting the history of people with the name Brind, or as much as I can find out about them. Some of them come from Chieveley and I want to have a section people can click to about Chieveley. I would like to include your picture of the Chieveley Sampler and the following text. Would this be acceptable? I am offering the cd to anyone who wants it for free. Jonathan Brind

In 1839 Eliza Gibbons stitched her silken sampler of Chieveley Church. The sampler eventually ended up with another branch of the family after Eliza's death, and was offered to our local auctioneers Dreweatt Neat early in 1996. Discover how the sampler returned home after it was purchased by Mr Victor Pocock. The sampler was sent to the Textile Conservation Centre at Hampton Court Palace to be cleaned and conserved; the work on its restoration was done by Tarja Bennett. The sampler made by Eliza Gibbons contains many references to the Bible and other religious books, which are listed together with references to their sources on this page. See http://NeedleworkSamplers.com/Chieveley/

On Sunday, Aug 22, 2004, at 23:09 Europe/London, Rosemary I H Powell wrote:

Hi Jonathan, Sounds like an interesting project you have going! I am quite happy for you to use the text you have quoted, but the sampler is not mine so you will need to have permission from Victor Pocock to use the picture. I don't have his address to hand, but will look it out for you in the next day or so and send it on. He is very interested in local family history, so he will problably be very interested in your project! Regards, -- Rosemary I H Powell chieveley@needleworksamplers.com