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The Manor of Alderton 3rd edition
fabric” 397 . Joseph Neeld rebuilt the Church and made a new vicarage. Three
of the original bells were recast and a new one made 398 and another
commemorates Mary Neeld, Joseph's mother 399 .
Commemorative plate in the Church was donated by the Rev Goddard 400 ; an
alms bowl marked “1853 Edward Hungerford Goddard bapt d January ye 18 th
1854 For Alderton Church Wilts” 401 and a platen marked with 1857 hallmarks
and inscribed “Cecil Vincent Goddard bapt d Febuary ye 28 th 1858 For Alderton
Church Wilts” 402 . (The only other plate described by Nightingale was from the
time of Charles Gore – Thomas Roffe 403 bought a chalice for the church that
was inscribed “Thomas Roffe of Alderton Church Warden Bought this
Communion Cupe cost Three Pounds Anno Domini 1663”
Joseph Neeld also built, and endowed, a school for the village. It was
constructed from material of the old church. In Goddard’s time the
schoolmistress was Jane White; from his description she was a formidable
woman “Jane was an admirable disciplinarian if not a good penwoman 404 …the
face of Jane White was enough to keep order in any school” 405
397 Goddard Rev F. et al, (1928) Alderton alias Aldrington Parish Notices of
Aldrington Parish to be kept in the parish chest W&SHC 1678/8
398 The inscription on the new one reads “I was cast AD 1843 when the church was
restored by Joseph Neeld esq. Lord of the Manor”
399 Goddard Rev F, et al ibid
I (Treble) "I'm put here to make a peal
And sing the praise of Mary Neal"
"In memory of Madam Mary Neeld"
400 Nightingale, JE (1891) The Church Plate of the County of Wiltshire pp208-9
401 This was the Rev EH Goddard who became a well-known and important local
historian.
402 Nightingale JE (1891) ibid. Cecil Vincent was later Vicar of Chideock, Devon in
1890.
403 In the list of landholders in 1665 (see Appendix 2 Table 4 ) there is a Rolfe, this
may well be a misspelling of Roffe and this is the same person.
404 Goddard F (printed 1928) Reminiscences of a Wiltshire Vicar : 1814-1893
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