Location and general description
Located to the west of Wantage, near Letcombe Regis, East Challow and West Challow.
Buildings
Church of St Mary the Virgin
The churchyard, which contains several HATTON memorials is flanked by the cottage pictured below.
People
The HATTON family
The HATTON family of the Childrey area dealt with the FETTIPLACE family whose family seats were in Letcombe Regis, Berks and Swinbrook, Oxon.
The manor of West Challow in the parish of Letcombe Regis was purchased by one Thomas HATTON and others in 1802. HATTON died in 1804 leaving the manor to be sold for the benefit of his sons William HATTON and Richard Belcher HATTON. [Page & Ditchfield, 1924, n.p.]
One Joseph BELCHER of Sparsholt married Charlotte HATTON of Childrey on 8 May 1800 at Childrey. On 15 Feb 1801 they christened a son Richard Hatton BELCHER
No clear link has been identified with the HATTON family of Widford, Oxon. The IGI identifies a Thomas HATTON born in Childrey about 1709 to a father called John HATTON, however as there is no christening date this could be conjecture. This could be a candidate for Thomas HATTON of Widford.The BUNCE family
The BUNCE family of Childrey had connections with Shilton, Oxon., by the marriage of Ann BUNCE, sister of William BUNCE of Childrey, to Thomas OSMAN. On 5 Jun 1665 she was mentioned in a Deed Poll as Anne OSMAND widow, sister of William BUNCE of Childrey, Berks, yeoman, and of Richard BUNCE of Shilton alias Shulton, Berks, yeoman. Witnessed by Cha. TRINDER, Tho. CROFT, Thomas BUNCE. [Oxfordshire Record Office Catalogue, Bradwell Grove Estate, Oxfordshire, Hey/VIII/i/1]On 11 May 1717, as Anne BECKINSALE, she was leased an orchard and garden in Shilton to James BUSBY for 99 years. [Oxfordshire Record Office Catalogue, Bradwell Grove Estate, Oxfordshire, Hey/VIII/i/4]
They were also connected to the local PIGOTT family, descendents of whom sold the manor of West Challow in the parish of Letcombe Regis, Oxon., to one Thomas HATTON and others in 1802. [Page & Ditchfield, 1924, n.p.]
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Bibliography
- PAGE, William and P. H. Ditchfield (Eds), 'Parishes: Letcombe Regis', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924), pp. 222-228. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62704. Date accessed: 02 February 2008.