"This annual supper, which includes fathers as well as mothers, took place at the Boys’ School on the evening of New Year’s Day. Upwards of 90 were invited, but the weather was not at all propitious for the old and delicate.

On the 2nd of August a dead of transfer was completed, by which about eighteen acres of glebe land adjoining the Vicarage grounds and Churchyard were annexed to the living of Hampton Hill. It has long been thought that more provision should be made, out of the continually increasing funds of the Vicarage of Hampton, for the needs of the parish of Hampton Hill, which, containing nearly half the population of the old parish had received towards its endowment no more than 12 acres of glebe.

Although at the present moment this land will afford little substantial benefit to the incumbent, yet perhaps, at no very distant date, it may be required for building purposes, and its value largely increased. By this means an endowment would be secured to the living, and it would no longer be dependent upon the somewhat objectionable method of raising funds by pew-rents. This is a matter which is of considerable importance, not only to the Vicar, but also to the parishioners, whose spiritual needs will be thus more effectually and permanently provided for; and we are sure they will join with the Vicar in offering their thanks to the Rev. B. Digby Rain, as present Vicar of Hampton, for the facilities which he has afforded towards carrying out the scheme, and the personal sacrifice which he has made."

Source: The Hampton Hill Parish Magazine - 1889 October

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