| FROYLE (UPPER and LOWER) form a parish on the road to Farnham, 3
miles west from Bentley station on the Alton branch of the South Western
railway, 3 miles north-east from Alton, and 44 miles by road from
London, in the Eastern division of the county, Alton union, hundred,
county court district and petty sessional division, rural deanery
of Alton western division and archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester.
The river Wey runs through the parish. The church of St. Mary is a building of red brick and stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a square tower with 4 pinnacles, clock and 6 bells: it was rebuilt in 1812, and the chancel restored in 1847: the east window is filled with ancient stained glass; there are four stained windows in memory of various members of the Miller family: an organ was presented by Lady Miller in 1867: the church was reseated in 1888, there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1690. The living is a discharged vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £142, gross yearly value £229, net £185, with residence, in the gift of Sir C.J. Hubert Miller bart. and held since 1876 by the Rev. Henry Castle Floud B.A.of Wadham College, Oxford. The iron church of St. Joseph is served by the clergy of St. Mary's. There is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1862, at Lower Froyle. Froyle Park, a mansion standing in a well wooded park of 150 acres, and is the residence of Charles Frederick Wood esq; it was entirely restored in 1867 by the late Sir C. H. Miller. Froyle House is the residence of Walter Theodore Edward Bentinck esq. The principal landowners are Sir C. J. Hubert Miller bart (who is lord of the manor), and Henry Burningham esq. The soil is clay; subsoil, chalk and clay. The chief crops are hops and cereals. The area is 3665 acres; rateable value, £3,548; the population in 1891 was 729. Parish Clerk, Thomas Robinson. Coldrey, adjoining Froyle, formerly extra-parochial, is now a parish,
with only two houses; its area is 195 acres, the property of George
John Duncan esq. who is lord of the manor; rateable value £355;
the population in 1891 was 15. Post Office, Lower Froyle. Walter Brownjohn, sub-postmaster. Letters
received through Alton; arrive at 8.5 a.m.; dispatched at 5.45 p.m.;
sundays, 11.55 a.m. The nearest money order office and telegraph office
is at Bentley.
Post Office, Upper Froyle. Thomas Robinson, receiver. Letters received
through Alton, arrive 7.25 a.m. & 12.30 p.m. ; dispatched 12.45
p.m. & 6 p.m. ; sundays, 12 noon. The nearest money order office
is at Bentley and telegraph office is at Holybourne. Postal orders
are issued here, but not paid. Church School, built in 1867 at the sole expense of the late Sir
C. H. Miller bart. for 160 children; average attendance, 130; William
Downes, master; Mrs. Alice Downes, mistress. Three children of this
parish are entitled to be educated at the endowed Free school, Holybourne.
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