A History of the Parish of Aveton Giffard, by Rev. C. C. Shaw

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Cover
Contents
Forward  1
1.  The town and the River 2

The name of the village  2
Giffard or Gifford  2
The estuary  3
The ford and the bridge  4
The battle of the bridge 1643  4 5

2.  The Parish Church of St Andrew 6

 In general  6
 The churchyard  7
 The porch  8
 The font  8
 The nave  9
 The organ  9
 Music before the days of the organ 9
 The niche on the pillar near the lectern 10
 Walter de Stapeldon  10
 The bells  11
 The clock  12
 The parish registers  12
 The staircase to the rood screen 13
 The chancel  13 14
 Two banners and a standard 15
 The All souls chapel and the old de Lynetone Chantry  15
 Modern memorial gifts  15
 A mystery  16
 The parclose screens  16
 The old parclose screens at Aveton Gifford Church 16  17
 Bequests  18
 The de Lynetone Chantry  18 19  20
 Appointments to the de Lynetone Chantry 21

3.  Rectors and Patrons  22 23  24

 The advowson or right of presentation 25  26  27

4.  The early manors  28

 The manor of Avetone  28
 The Giffard era  28 29
 Ye Borough of Awton Gyfforde  30 31  32
 Ashford  33
 Heathfield  34 35  36
 Stadbury  37 38  39  40 41

5.  The Great Sale  42 43  44

 

6.  The village in the 17th Century 45

 Church Rates  46
 An inventory of the Parish Armour 46
 Church Rate  47
 Loyalty Protestations 1641  48 49
 William Lane  50 51  52
 John Morton (or Martin)  53 54

7.  The 18th Century  55 56

 Inhabitants paying rates 1764 57
 William Stumbles, clockmaker  58
 Archdeacon Froude  59

8.  Rectors and Churchwardens 60  61 62 63  64  65 66

 Tithes  67 68

9.  The 19th Century  69

 Nonconformity  70
 The Pitmans  71 72
 Inhabitants on the village 1850 73
 The masons  74
 Extracts from minutes of the vestry meetings 75  76
 First election to the Parish Council 77
 Parish Council Minutes  77

10.  The School  78

 Early Education  78
 The School  78
 The Rules of the School  79 80  81

11.  Parish Charities  82 83

 Crispin’s Gift  84
 Davey Charity  85

12.  20th Century  86 87

 Organised for war 1939 88
 Raid by Nazi Planes  88
 Victory Garden Show  89
 War memorials  90
 Icy Park  91
 The Rectory and the Church  91 92
 Aveton Gifford Church Rededicated 93  94

13.  Postscript  95 96