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property for many years. In the spring of 1866 the estates and the lordship of the manor were sold by the trustees of the Rev. J. J. Miller (in whose family they had been for about ninety years) to Mrs. Prescott, widow of the late Mr. William Prescott, banker, and the property now belongs to Mr. Prescott Decie, who married the only surviving child of Mr. and Mrs. Prescott. The acreage of Bockleton proper is 2,749, exclusive of wastes and roads. Soil, a cold stiff clay, not very fruitful, but serviceable for breeding young stock or sheep. Roads and cultivation much improved, surface undulating and pleasant. Bockleton Grove (of oaks) lies high, and is a well-known landmark. Among the old names in the parish are the Upper and Lower Quinton - suggestive of the ancient Roman game of that name.

Value of the living, £127; Mrs. Prescott, patroness; Rev. R, Mence, perpetual curate; population, 346. The church is something better than the average of rural edifices, and was handsomely restored some two or three years ago by Mr. Woodyer, architect, the cost being met partly by a rate, but chiefly by the late Mr. Miller and his family. There are Norman doorways in the north and south walls, with arcade work of the same period, also some Early English and other interesting features with monuments and stained-glass windows. Two venerable yews in the churchyard are very noticeable. A national school, established in the parish in 1814, by the Rev. T. E. Miller, was the earliest in the district. There is no dissenting chapel of any kind in the parish, which seems to nave been exceedingly well cared for.