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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - 1899

Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire - 1899

DIRECTORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. HANSLOPE. 95

believed to be an original portrait of the patriot, John school added in 1886; it now holds 90 children; aver-

Hampden, one of OliveI' Cromwell, several others un- age attendance, 76; Miss Wilson, mistress

identified, and some drawings by Mieris: the remains of Carrier to High Wycombe.-William Theobalds, fri

the Hampden library include a large 4to Bible, for- LITTLE HAMPDEN is a village 7 miles north from

merly belonging to Philip Cramwell and containing High Wycombe, 5 east from Princes Risborough rail-

minute records of that family: the parish church is way station, on the Wycombe, Thame and Oxford

situated in the grounds nearly adjoining the house. The branch of the G. W. railway and 3 south-east from

manor was originally granted by Edward the Confessor Great Missenden station, on the Metropolitan Extension

to the family of Hampden, in which it continued until railway. The church (dedication unknown) is a very

1754. The Earl of Buckinghamshire, whose ancestor, small but ancient building of stone and dating from

Sir John Hobart K.B. married, c. 1655, Mary, 6th about 1250, and consisting of chancel, nave and north

daughter of John Hampden, is now lord of the manor I porch with bell chamber over containing one bell: the
and sole landowner. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, I chancel was rebuilt in 1859; on the south side of the

chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The chancel is a handsome piscina and an ancient stone

area of the united parishes is 2,413 acres; assessable figure of a bishop with a crozier in his left hand; his

value, £2,371; the population in 1891 was 446. right hand being uplifted in the act of benediction:
the ori~inal altar slab still exists: there are. 2$ si~tings.
Sexton, Fred Atkins.

Post Office.-John Ward, sub-postmast~r. Letters The regIster dates from the year 1550. The hvmg IS con-
solidated with the rectory of Great Hampden. The lady

through Amersham by foot messenger, arrIve about 8 of the manor is Mrs. Trevor-Battye.

a.m. & 12·35 p.m. (callers only);&sundays, 8 a.mk. eLetlt 's through Great MI' ssenden R.S.O. Wh 'lCh I.S the
Letter Box cleared at 10·55 a.m. 3·40 p.m.. wee nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive about
dhays; b12t .20 tp.m..d sunGdayst. MPiostald ord&ersP a.re IssRu'ed 8 a. m. b u t t ehre 'IS no st at ed t'Ime for delivery•
ere, u no pal. rea ssen en rmces IS- There is no receiver Or letter box in the parish; the
bfofiroughb tahre bthet neariel st dm' onety order & telegraph nearest 'IS at Ha'lf-way Houes,Wendover Dean,
o ces, 0 a ou 4 m es Istan ll.

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miles east, which is cleared at 5.40 p.m. week days

National School (mixed), built in 1843, with an infants' only

GREAT RA....\fPDEN. Brown John, Iblacksmith Turner Free. beer retailer &; woodman.

Brown Moses, farmer, Cobbler's hill to the Earl of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Earl of D.L., J.P. Brown Thomas, farmer, Bottom Walker In..Tacob, blacksmith, Bottom

Rampden house; Grosvenor club, Deadman James. farmer & carpenter Ward John & Sons, grocers, Post office

London SW James Georg-e Tubb, farmer, & land LITTLE HAMPDEN.
Marshall Henry Meres, Rectory agent to the Ea.rl of Buckingham-

MarshalI Rev. Alfred M.A. (rector), shire, The Home farm Brown George, Rising Sun P.H

Rector's house, Fern's farm :Martin Char:es, farmer Dell Thomas, farmer, Common

COMMERCIAL. Redding George,farmer,Honor End fm Redrup John, farmer

BIackwell B{!njamin, faxmer Theobalds Wm. farmer & carrier Redrup Leonard, farmer

HANSLOPE is a large parish and village on the yearly for the poor, and there is an allotment of six
borders of Northamptonshire, 4 miles- north from the
Wolverton station on the London and North Western aeres yielding £9, which is given away in blankets. New-

railway, 6! nOl"th-west from Newport Pagnell, 5 north man's charity of £6 yearly is for bread. Hanslope Park,

frOIIll Stony Stratford, and 10 from Northampton, in the the seat of Edward Hansl{)pe Watts esq. J.P. is about
Northern division of the county, hundred, petty ses-
sional division, union and county court district of New- 70 acres in extent and contains two small ponds; the
port Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, arch-
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The house is a substantial mansion of stone. Hanslope Lodge
church of St. James the Great is an ancient edifice of
the Norman and Early English periods, consisting of is the residence of Mrs. Walpole. The manor of Tathall
chancel, with south aisle, nave, with cleresrtory lighted by
six windows- on either side, aisles, north and south anciently ibe~onged to the family of Tathall and after-

porches, and a lofty battlemented western tower, with wards to the [Lanes; it was sold by Sir WilIiam Wake

panelled and croeketed pinnacles at the angles, and con- bart. who inherited it by female descent from the Lanes,
taining a clock and 5 fine bells; the spire, built of
Ketton stone, A.D. 1409 by Thomas Knight, then rector, to Edward Watts esq. who acquired also by purchase from
and reaching, together with the tower, a height of 200
the Howe famrily the nm.nors of Stoke and Singleton,
feet, was struck by lightning June 23rd, 1804, and
subsequently rebuilt at a cost of £1,000, the total which formerly belonged to: c1:he Pigott family. Edward
height now being 186 feeb; flying buttresses,
Hanslope Watts esq. who is IDrd of the manor, the Cor-
pierced with quatrefoils, support the spire, which
has two tiers of windows and richly crQcketed poration of Lincoln and Earl Carrington P.C., G.C.M.G.
ribs; in the chancel are considerable remains 01
Norman work; a fine doorway in the north wall, with are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed; subsoil,

zigzag and other ornaments; the nave is- separated from stones. gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat,
the aisles by arcades of four arches; the chancel arch
is plain Norman but rises from fine piers with good barley and roots. The area is 5,784 acres of land and 17
capitals; only two Early English windows now remain,
and part of /the church, including the tower, is Perpen- of water; assessable value,. £16,628; the population in
dicular; in the Trou~hton chapel are some memorials to
that family, including a brass to the parents of Richard 1891 was 1,489. .
Troughton, and a second to Maria, daughter of Thomas
Birchmore, 1602, besides four stones from which the By an Order of the Joint Committee of the Bucks and
brasses have been removed; in March. J884, a memorial
window was placed in the chancel; there are 600 sittings. Northamptonshire County O:Juncils, confirmed by Local
Government Board Order, 15 Oct. 1894, that portion of
The register dates from the year 1570. The living is a
vicarage with the chapelry 01 Castle Thorpe annexed, Hanslope parish in Northamptonshire was transferred to

joint net yearly value £135, with 21 acres of glebe and Hartwell parish in that coun. ty.
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held
since 1892 by the Rev. William Jardine Harkness M.A. Sexton, Edwin York.
of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Corporation of
Linooln are the improprietors of the great tithes. Here Post, M. & T. 0., T. M..0., Express Delivery, Parcel
are two Baptist chapels, one erected in 1809 and seating Post, S. B. & Annuity .& Insurance Office.-George
200 persons, and another, built in 1867, with 100 sittings: Cox, sub-postmaster. Letters received through Stony
there is also a Wesleyan chapel and Salvation Army Stratford arrive at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched at 12.20 &;
7.20 p.m. week days; sundays, arrive at 8.15 a.m.;
barracks. The feoffee estate of 61 acres produces £182 dispatched at ra.30 a.m

Schools.

A School Board of 5 members was formed' 20 May, 1871;

G. Cox, clerk to the board; Jacob Feaosey, 7 High street,

attendance officer
Board, built in 1872, for 206 children; average attend-

ance 191; William Quixley, master; Miss Margaret
Mary Wright, infants' mistresS'
National, built in 1865, for 100 children; average attend-
ance. 90, with an endowment of £9 14s. yearly, left by
Lady Pierrepoint; Henry J.' Wood, maBter

Oarrier.-Edwin Eakin9, to Northampton, man. wed. &;
sat.; to Newport Pa-gnell, :thurs.; to Stony Stratford,fri

EastI' William Alfred Watts Edward Ranslope J.P. Hans- Ayres Elizh. (Mrs.), wheelwrt.Long st
Harkness Rev. William Jardine M ...!. lope park Ayres Jane (~frs.),shopkeeper,Long st
Branson Arthr. farmer, Bullington end
(vicar), Vicarage Wilson Mrs Branson John, builder
Rutherford WiIliam GeOl'ge
Walpole Mrs. Hanslope lodge COMMERCIAL. Bushill William, farmer, Milford Leys

Attwood Henry. Globe P.H

96 HA:NSLOPE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [ KELL'Y'S

Carpenter &; Co. farmers, Church end Newberry Henry, rate collector &; Smith William. farmer

Cheekley John, farmer, Lincoln lodge assistant overseer Stimson Johu, farmer

Churchill Richard, Black Bull P.H Nicholls Benjamin, Green Man P.H Stones John, farmer, Long street

Cooke Benjamin, farmer Patterson John, farmer, Tathal end Tomkins Fredk. faTmer, Green farm

Cooke James, shopkeeper Paybody Wm. beer retailer &; farmer Tompkins A. & F. butchers

Cooke Robert, farmer Payne Samuel, farmer Vorley Charies, shopkeeper

Courtman Tom, blacksmith Priestley George, farmer, Spinney Wallinger Jas. farmer, Rose Lane fm

Cox Emma (Mis's), shopkeeper Lodge farm Webb Stephen & Geo. frmrs. Ivy farm

Cox Henry, builder Rose John, builder We,bb Edward, coal merchant

Eakins Edwin, carrier, Malt Mill lane Russell George J. farmer, Park farm Webb Wm. agricultural impLmnt. ma

Easte WiIliam Alfred L.S.A. surveyor Rutherford Wm. George L.R.e.p. &; S. Wbitbread Geo. Frederick, carpenter

Feasey Jacolb, market gardeur.& florist 11'1'1. surgeon &; medical officer &; "'""hiting Bros. farmers

Greenwood Jemima (Mrs.), grocer pubEc vaccinator, No. 7 district, Willis Arthur, grocer, draper &; wine

Riggins Emma. (Mrs.), Swan P.H Newport Pagnell union merchant

Hopkins WilIiam baker, High street Sansome Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wils{)n John, farmer

Hutchings George, farmer, Forest fm Sawbridge Thomas, butcher Woodlandl Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Kerridge Josiah Smith, Cock P.H Slade Jehu, farmer, Green end Woodland Joseph, Greyhound P.H

Markham Frank, farmer Smart William Thomas, farmer York Edwin, shoe maker & sexton

Moss Samuel, blacksmith Smith Charles T. Watts Arms P.H York Henry, baker

Neil John, boot & shoe maker Smith Michael, farmer

HARDMEAD is a parish 5 miles north-east from in the gift of C. E. Lamplugh esq. ()f Mentonp, and held

Newport Pagnell terminal stamon on a branch of the since 1856 by the Rev. Bartlet George Goodrich RA. of

London and North Western railway, 6! south-east University College, Oxford, rural dean of Kewport and

from Olney sta,tion on the Bedford' and Northampton surrogate. The payment in lieu of the TQwn Land

branch of the Midland railway, and 8 from Bedford, in amounts to £2 yearly, which is distributed in roal.

the N01'lthern division {)f the county, hundred, P6'tty George Shedden esq. Qf Ryde, Isle of Wight, who is lord

sessional division, union and county court district of of the manor, and Mrs, R. C. Shedden are the land-

Newport Pagnell and in the rural deanery of Newp<>rt owners. The soil is clay. The chief crops are wheat,

Pagnell, archdeaoonry of Buckingham and diocese of barley and roots. The area is 1,209 acres; ass-essable

Oxford. The church of St. Mary, built in the 12th value, £861; the population in 1891 was 90 in the civil,

century, is a small edifice of stone chiefly in the Early and 79 in the ecclesiastiC'al parish.

English style, and consists of chancel, nave of three bays By Local G<Jvernment Board Order 18,130, dated

with c1erestory, aisles, south porch and low embattled March 25, 1886, a detached part of Hardmead was added

western tower containing 5 bells, only 2 of which are to Emberton.

now in use; the church was res'tored in 1861 and Parish Clerk, Charles Bason.
contains some memorials of the Catesbys, including a

br8lS'S to Francys Catesby, youngest son of Antony Cates- Letters through Newport Pagnell arrive at 8.45 a.m.

bye, of Whyston esq. 1556, with effigy in civil dress and Wlall Letter Box cleared alt 5 p.m. week days; New-
an inscription; ther~ are 96 sittings. The register dates port Pagnell is the neares-t money order & telegraph

from the year 1536. The living is a rectory, net yearly office, 5 miles distant

value £100, including 20 acres of glebe with residence, The children of this pal'i~h attend the Astwood school
I IGoodrich Rev.Bartlet Geo.M.A.Rectry Mundy James & Caleb, farmers
Wait Thomas, farmer, Church farm

Lee Al'thur, farmer, Lodge farm Wait Jame-s, farmer

HARDWICKE is a parish, Qn the road to Bucking- acres; assesssable value, 1,899; the population in 189]

ham, 4 miles north of Aylesbury, its nearest railway sta- was 183.

tion, and 13 south-east from Buckingham, in the N()rthern Parish Clerk, Reuben Stranks.

diViision of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, petty ses- Letters through AyleslbuTy arrive alt 8 a.m. & 2.20 p.m.

sional division, union and county court district of Ayles- Wall Letter Box cleared at 10.50 a.m. &; 6.5 p.m.;

bury, rural deanery of Mursley, archdeaconry of Bucking- sundays, 1I.5 a.m. \Vhitchurch is the nearest money

ham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary is order &; telegraph office, about 1 mile distant

a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting Free Schools (boys & girls), built in 1871, for 120, & en-

of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch and a western dowed by the late Dr. Bridle, who bequeathed a legacy

8quare embattled tower containing S bells and a sanctus for the education of 18 boys &; 12 girls, since which the

bell and a south porch; in the south aisle is a very administration of the bequest has been reorganized by

curious monument to Sir Thomas Lee knt. dated 1616; the Charity Commissioners; the endowment now pro-
there are also seven ,tablets to former rectors of this duces £115 yearly, of which four-ninths goes to the
parish: at the east end of the aisle is a piscina; the maintenance of school & the remainder, five-ninths, to
church was restored in 10872-3 under the supervision of the clothing of children &, the master's salary &c.;

the la1e G. E. Street esq. R.A. at a cost of nearly £4,0001 average attendance, 56; David Roberts, master; Mrs.
when several stained wind'Ows were inserted, principally Martha Roberts, mistress
through the munificence of Peter Reid esq. of the Stock Carrier to Aylesbury. Joseph Hughes, mono wed. &

Exchange; there is also a memorial window to the Rev. sat.; Alfred Simonds, wed. &; sat
Christopher ErIe M.A. reotor from 1833, and a bra,ss
eagle lectern has been placed in the church as a. memorial WEEDON is a hamlet of the parish of Hardwick, 3
to Pihilip Cazenove esq. by his son, Henry Cazenove e1sq. miles north from Aylesbury and 14 south-east horn
who died 1894; on the north side of the nave is a stained Buckingham. The poor's allotment of 28 acreS' is the
window commemorating- the silver wedding of Mr. and property of Earl Fortescue. About two-thirds of WeedoD
Mn. Cazenove; a font was presented about 1893 by Miss and one-lthird of Hardwick belong to the Rothschild
family. Weedon is a meet for the Rothschild hounds.
C. M. Yonge; there are 360 sittings; in the churchyard
The poor of tllie hamlet have £20 yearly distributed.
is a lych gUite, and on the south side is a monument Lilies, the seat of Vernon Brittain esq. is a mansion of red
recQrding the re-interment by the late Lord Nugent, of brick, with stone dressings, erected in 1870 and SJtanding
247 persons killed at the battle of Aylesbury, March in a well-wooded park and grounds of about 100 acreos.
21st, 1642, which had been found on a field near Ayles- containing fine trees and shrubs. A service is held here

bury. The regiSlters date from the 16th century and are every Sunday evening at the school by the Rev. Charles
very imperfect. The living is a rectory, net yearly Drake Backhouse L. Th. of Durham, curate in charge. The

value £700, derived from 477 acres of glebe, with resi- Wesleyan chapel was built in 1854, and has a burial
ground attached; the Primitive Methodist, built 1892,
dence, in the gift of New College, Oxford, and held since
1899 by the Rev. John Thoodore Norris Lee M.A. will seat 150 persons. The area is 1,796 acres; rateablt
of Trinity College, Cambridge. !Here is a Mission value, £2,882; the population in 1891 was 420.
hall, built in 1883, and seating 150 persons. Two r-harities
of £3 each are annually distributed in hread to the poor. Post Office, Weedon. John Fleet, sub-postmaster. Let-
ters through Aylesbury arrive at 7.10 B.m. & 1.55
Smne gigantic Saurian and other fosS'il remains dis- p.m.; dispatched 11.10 a.m. &; 6.20 p.m.; sunday~,
II.20 a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not
covered here were presented by a late rector to the
paid. The nearest money order &; telegraph office is at
Museum of Practical Geology, in Jermyn street, Lc,ndon.
Whitchurch, 3 miles distant
The WM'den and Fellows of New College, Oxford, who

are lords of the manor, Lord Cottesloe, and Leopold de

Rothschild esq. of Ascott Park, are the principal land- School (infants), erected! a.t the sole expense of Mr~.
owners. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, clay. The Cazenove, &; presented to the parish in 1877, for 80

chief crops are wheat, beans and hay. The area is 1,213 children; average attendance, 25; Miss Alice Fleet,milt

DffiECTORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. HAVERSHAM.

R.AJRDWICKE. WEED ON. Fleet John, tailor, Post oflice

Lee Rev. John Theodore Norris M.A. Backhouse Rev. Francis Drake L.Th. Griffin Arthur, baker
(curate in charge) Griffin Harry, farmer
Rectory
Brittain Vernon, Lilies H0nour J:1mes, wheelwright

COMMERCIAL. Griffin St.ephen Jackman John, blacksmith

Bates William, farm bailiff to Henry Harvey Edward John Janes Thomas, farmer, Manor farm

Brazier esq. Manor farm Seamons Mrs Kingham John, far'ner, Uectory farm

Crook Walter Edmund, farmer Thorn Mrs Lacey Henry, Five Elms P.H

Hughes Charles, cattle iealer Thorne Rudd George Paine Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer.

Hughes Joseph, farmer Baker William John, head gardener to Weedon lodge

Hughes Selina (Mrs.), shopkeeper Vernoh Brittain esq Rolls Edmund. grocer, overseer &;

Kirtland William Willie, shopkeeper & Bell Hrbt. Sidney, frmr. Weedon hill rate coHector

Bell inn Brooks Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Seamons Willia.m. Whe3t~heaf r.R
Buckin~ham William, shJpkeeper ~imonds Alfred, carrier
Miller George, boot malier

Todd James, farmer Clark Henry, calf dealer Watkins Charles, builder

Webb Andrew :Beattie, cattle dc.)]er Clift Edward John, farmer,Weedon till Watkins Joseph, fanner

HARTWELL is a parish 2 miles south-west from bequeathed in 1868 by Cecelia, wife of the late John
Aylesbury station on the GTeat Western, Metropolitan Lee J.JL.D. of Hartwell House, is distributed to the poor
and London and North Western railways,and 7! north-east in coals. There are several remarka.ble springs in this

from Thame, in the Mid division of the county, hundTed, parish, one of which has attracted much notice (In account

petty ,sessional division, union and county court district of a building constructed .over it, which is in the Egyptian
of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Aylesbury, archdeaconry style, froill a design by ~Ir. Joseph Bonomi A.R.A. and
of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. T!le church, bears illilcriptions composed after the style of the sacred
which is named in honour of The Assumption of the hieroglyphics of the Mizraimites by Mr. Birch, formerly

Virgin Mary, and stands in Hiartwell Perk, was rebuilt, of the British :Museum; :bhe coS't of erection was doefrayed

on the old foundations, after the model ef t,Le chapt.er- by the late lord of the manor. Hartwell House came into

house a,t York, by Sir William Lee. 4th bart. his uncle, the possession of the Lee family in 1570 through a ft·male
Sir William Lee kt. P.C. Lord Chief Justice of the King's branch of the H'3iIIlpden family; the present building,

Bench, who contributed £1,000, and his uncle Sir George a spacious mansion, was modernised by Sir \Villiam Lee.

Lee kt. P.C., LL.D. who gave £5°0; the structure, 4th !lart. and contains a large apartment, formerly used
comple,ted in 1756, is an octa.gon, of fine stone, with as- a private chapel; the interior of the mans~on is
square towers on the east and west, the former con- richly adorned with carved work, the grand stairc:l~e
stituting the chancel and the latter serving as a vesti- and muniment room deserving particular notice; the
bule; there is one bell; in the east window are shields museum contains several antiquities and fossil remain·.

of the arms of the Rampden, Lee and Harcourt families, I chiefly obtained in the neighbourhood; in the grounds

and at the intersections of the mullions the crests of I are several statues and monuments, including an eques-

Hampden and Lee; a memorial window was erected by trian statue of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, who

the Misses Lee in memory of their eldest brother, Lee died 31st March, 1751. Louis XVIII. {)f France, during

PerciV'al Lee, who died lilt Versailles; 'llnd rthere is his exile, resided in this house from 1807 to 1814. Col.

another to John Lee LL.D. who- died' Feb. 25th, 1866; Edward Dyke Lee J.P. the present possessor, is lord of

the ceiling'. richly ornamented with tracery, is a splendid the manor and sole landowner. The soil is rich loam;
piece of workmanship; the font is of stone, on a wooden subsoil, sand, limestone and Kimmeridge clay. T'he

pedestal, and the pulpit and reading desk are of oak, chief crops are wheat, beans and oats, but the land is

after designs by the late G. E. Street esq. R.A.; the principally grazed. The area is 912 acres of land anll

church affords 80 sittings. The register dates from the 6 of water; assessable value, £2,356; the population in

year 1551. The living is a rectory, net annual rent- 1891 was II8.

charge £223, in the gift of Col. E. D. Lee, and held Parish Clerk, George Clark.

since 1892 by the Rev. James Law Challis M.A. of Trinity

College, Cambridge, surrogate, & F.R.A.S. who is also Letters through Aylesbury arrive at 7 a.m. Wall Box.
vicar of :lnd resides at Stone. There is a charity, bein~ the Hartwell House, cleared at 9.45 a.m. & I. IS & 6.10

interest of £II7 given to the poor of this place by King p.m.; sundays, 12.20 p.m. Stone is the neare~t money

Louis XVIII. of France. The interest of £100 in Consols, order & telegraph office, about half a mile distant

GUIDey Thomas J.P Olark Thomas, shopkeeper & market Miles Polly (Mrs.), market gardener
R( bins William, gardener w Col.
Hickson Samuel Alfred Einem, Lower gardener, Sedrup

Hartwell Day James, boot maker to Bucks Edward Dyke Lee, Hartwell h011«e

Lee Col. Edwd. Dyke .T.P.Ha.rtw~llho county asylum, Sedrup Rogers Joseph, grazier & miller

Smith Edwin Philip, capt. 4th battalion Edwards Arthur Eli, tailor to Bucks (water), Haydon mill; & at Aylesbry

Bedfordshire Regiment. OldRectry county asylum SHe John, farmer. Sedrup & Calley

Smith-Dorrien l\fis<;l, Hal'tw~n cc-ttage Locke Ullhert Wmiam, brick &; tile farm 3

COMMERCIAL. maker, lime burneJ.' &; coal mer- Todd 'William, land steward to Col.

Carter Thos. Hy. farmer, Cold harbour chant; &; at Aylesbury Edward Dyke Lee

HAVERSHAM is a parish in a fertile valley on the along' the hollow verge of the tomb, a rose; the figure
river Ouse, two miles north-east from the Wolverton is believed to represent Elizabeth (de la Plauuch), 2nu
station on the London and North Western 1"ailw~y, 14 wife of Sir John de Ulinton, 3rd Baron Clinton, who died
from Northamption, 15 from Bedford, and 3! south-west in 1423; the tomb was repaired by D01'O'thy, wife of
from Newport Pagnell and in the Northern division of Maurice Thompson esq. in 1665; there is a bras<;l to.
the county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and Alticia Payn, 1421, wife of Thomas Payn esq. one to John
county court district of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery ~Iaunsell gent. 16°5, several tablets to former rectors and
of Newpol't P'clgnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham and members of the Greaves family, and a memorial window"
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary is an edifice erected in 1897, to the Rev. Arthur Bruce !,'razer M.A.

of stone. consisting of chancel, clereS1toried nave, aisles, rector 1856-89; a oarved oak eagle lectern was presented'

south porch and an embattled western tower containing in 1867 by Miss Hooper; there are 220 sittings: the
4- bells; the tower, south porch, piers and arches of churchyard was enlarged in 1869 by a portion of land, the·
nave, and one or two windows, Ilre Early English, some gift of the lord of the manor. The l'egister of baptlsm~
windows are Decorated, and the cler.estory and remaining dates from the'year 1665; marriages, 1685; burials, 1670'

parts of the church Perpendicular; there are seven hand- The living is a rectory, net yearly value £200, including i

some srtJained windows; during the restoration in 1857 acres of glebe, with residence, which was greatly impJ'()ved

a highly decorated Norman arch and piscinre in the chancel in 1861-62, in the gift of and held since 1889 by the Rev.

and lady chapel were discovered; a.ttached to the pulpit Benjamin Legge S'Ymonds M.A. of Corpus Christi col-

is a curious iron hour glass frame, supposed ,to date from lege, Cambridge. The Rev. Alban Greaves RA. who is:

the time of the Protectorate; on the north side of the lord of the manor. the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Divett Havter'

chancel is an altar tOJIllb of alllJba.ster, standing und'el' a bart. :M.P. of South Hill Park, Berks, John Matthew

lofty ond elegant double-feathered' arch, enriched with Knapp esq. of Little Linford, and Mr. John Henry Pik&

crockets, and lined with panelled tracery; on the tomb are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed; subsoil.

ilt the reeUIDlbent effigy of a lady. her head resting- on oats and beans. The area 1,616 acres of land and 18 of

cushions supported by angels, and her feet on 1\ lion; wat.er; assessable value. £4,42°; the population in 1891

the side of the tomb is divided into six trefoil-headed was 224.

niches, each containing a statuette, and above each, Post Office. Mr8l. Harriet Gascoyne. SUb-postmistress•.

BUCKS. 7

9ff HaVERSHAM. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Letters through Wolverton R.S.O. arrive at 7.5 a.m.; for Haversham &; Little Linford; AJIred Nathaniel

dispatched at 7.15 p.m. week days; sunday's, 9.0 a.m. Nicholson, of NewplOrt Pagnell, clerk to the board ;&

Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Wolverton attendance officer
is the nearest money order &; telegraph office, 3 miles
distant Board School, built. in 1861, for 70 children; average

.A. United Distric,t School Board was formed 31 Oct. 1876 attendance, 47; William IH.. Boon, master; Miss Bertha

Hughes, mistress '

Greaves James Billinghurst Emily Ann (Mrs.), Grey- Gascoyne Harriett (Mrs.), shopkeeper

SymondS' Rev Benj.Legge },iLA..Rectory hound P.H Greaves Jas. farmer, Hopcroft farm

Teage-Dixon W. A. The Manor Oarr John, miller Pike John Henry, farmer & landowner

Courtman Charles, black5mith Scott William, farmer

HAWRIDGE is a parish and village on the borders' of from 1725; burials, 1727. The living is a Tectory, net
Herts, 3 miles north-west from Chesham station on the yearly value £138, with residence and 28 acres of glebe,
in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and l.eld since 1898
Metropolitan Extension railway, 3! miles west from Berk- by the Rev. William Smith Norris M.A. of Worcester
hamstead, 4 south from Tring and II from Aylesbury, in College, Oxford. The trustees of the late Rev. Henry ,
the Mid division of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, union Anthony Jeffreys M.A. (d. 1897) are lords of the manor,
and the principal landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil,
of Aylesbury, petty sessional division and county court clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and
distlict .of Chesham, rural deanery of Wendover, arch- barley. 'fhe area is 1697 acres; assessable value, [683;
the population in 1891 was 214.
deacoLry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The
church of St. Mary is an edifice of cut flint with stone Parish Olerk, Henry Bowden.
dressings, in the Early English style, rebuilt in 1856 under Nationall School (mixed), built in 1874, enlarged 1694, for
the direction of Mr. W. White, architect: it consists of
chancel, nave, transept, south porch and small western 80 children; average attendance, 72; Mrs. Lucy Bow-
bell turret containing 2 bells: there is a circular Norman den, mistress
,font, some memorials of the Seare family, and a monu- Letters from Berkhamstead arrive at 8.35 a .; Pillar
Letter Box cleared at 5.45 p.m. week days 9.45 a.m.
ment to Dorothy (Kitson). wife of Sir Thomas Pakington sundays. Berkhamstead is the nearest money order &;
telegraph office, about 3! miles distant
kt. and subsequently of Thomas Tasburgh esq. lord of
this manor: she died in 1577: the church affords 100

sitlings. The register of baptisms and marriages, dates

L.ister Mrs. Rectory Fenn John, Rose & Crown :P.H Redding George, farmer

Norris Rev. Wm. Smith M.A.(rector) Fincher Frederick, poultry breeder Sermour Thorpe, farmer

Staniford Rev. Joseph Hobbs John, farmer, Hawridge court Thorn Sa1'3h (Mrs.), Shopkeeper ,

Darvell William Henry, wheelwright Pocock Hannah (Mrs.), blacksmith Wright Harry, Full Moon F.H

lIAZLEMERE, a scattered parish surrounded by a of Queens' College, Cambridge. The manorial rights are
dense woodland of great beauty, was formed in 1847 under vested in the Crown. The tms-tees of the late James
x and 2 Will. IV. cap. 38, from the adjoining parishes of Walker Williams, Mrs. Heatley and Samuel J. Newman
High V\'ycombe, Penn and Hughenden, and is now, under and Henry Williams esqrs. are the principal landowners.
Lord Blandford's Act, a separate ecclesiastical parish; it The soil is chiefly clay; subsoil chalk. The chief crops
is 2 miles north-east from Wycombe station on the aTe wheat, barley and clover. The entire area is 4,480
Maidenhead and Oxford section of the Great Western rail- acres; rateable value included with that of the parish of
way, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of Des- High Wycombe; the entire population in 1891 was 766.
'borough, 2nd division of Desborough petty s'essional divi- Sexton, Jabez Hunt.
sion, the county court district of High Wycombe, Post Office.-Jabez RandalI, sub-postmaster. Letters
rural deanery of Wycombe, archdeaconry of through High Wycombe arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched

Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church at 4.25 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not
of Holy Trinity, erected in 1845, is a very small paid. High Wycombe is the nearest money order &
edifice of brick, in the Romanesque style, consisting of an telegraph office, 3 miles distant. Wall Box at Four
eastern apse, nave and a bell cote over the western Ashes cleared at 5.45 p.m. daily except sundays; Wall
entrance containing 3' bells: there are 150 ilittings. The Box at Terriers cleared at 8. IS a.m. & 6 p.m. daily ex-
regist-er dates from the year 1846. The living is a cept sunday
vicarage, net yearly value £260, including 3 acres of glebe, Kational School, built in 1847 &, enlarged in 1887, for 126
with residence, in the gift of the trustees of Miss Carter, children; average attendance, II5; :Miss J. E. Reeve,
and !held since 1889 by the Rev. James Morgan West M.A. mistress

PRIVATE RESIDESTS. COMMERCIAL. Kash Amos, beer retailer

Bailey WaIter, Terrier's green Barton Charles, farmer Nash William, farmer, Cock-pit hall

Bridgewater Francis M. Terriers ho Brooks Thomas, farmex Randall Jabez, shoe maker, Post off

Leadbetter Mrs. Hazlemere park Buckle Rebecca. (Mrs.), shopkeeper Stevens Edwin, farmer, PrimrC)se hill

Newman Samuel J. Brands house Crlpps Henry, beer retailer &, Four Ashes-

Reynolds Thomas John, Totteridge ho Dean Edward, beer retailer Tucker John, farmer, Lit. Totteridge

'West Rev. James MorguIl M.A.. Dennis John, farmer Tucker William, grocer

Vicarage Evans Richard, grocer Turnham Henry, farmer

Wheeler Robert, St. John's Lambert William, Dolphin P.H Wingrave Henry, farmer

Wheeler Mrs. The Firs Matthews WaIter, Red Lion P.H Wright Stephen, farmer

•YO)IDg Herbert, Carlton vinas Miles Charles, Crown P.R

HEDGERLEY iSI a village and parish 5 miles north 1312. In the vestry is a table of the Ten Command-

from the Slough station, on the main line of the Great ments, painted on canvas, and repaired in 1772, with an

Western railway, 6 north from Eton and 7 north from illustration of a breach of each: there are 200 sitting!!,

WindSQr, in the Southern division of the county, hundred 150 being free. The register dates from the year J538.

and petty sessional division of Stoke, union of Eton, The liV'ing is a rectory, net income [134, with residence

county court district of Uxbridge, rural deanery of Burn- and 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Henry Stevenson

ham, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. and held since 1890 by the Rev. John Henry Mat1Jhews

'The church of St. Mary the Virgin, srtanding on the brow M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Traces- of 8

of a. hill, is a structure of flint and rubble, in the Early Roman camp are to be seen here. Hedgerley Park is

{)ecorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch the seat of Mrs. H. Stevenson, who is lady of the manor

'.md an emb:l.ttled western tower containing 3 bells, and and principalla~downer. The soil is rich loam and gravel;

'Was rebuilt in 1852 at a cost of [1,800: the pulpit, read- subsoil, cha:Ik. The chief crops are oats, wheat and hay.

ing-desk and communion rails are made of wood, the gift The area is 1,090 acres of land and 7 of water; assessable

C)f Henry Liggins esq. which had for nearly two centuries value, £1,222; the population in 1891 was n8.

~ormed part of the parish church of Parham in Antigua, Sexton, Frederick Taylor.

'West Indies, destroyed by an earthquake in 1842: the Post Office.-:Mrs. Annie Jeffery, SUb-postmistress. Let-

1iea.ts are all of oak: King Charles n. is said to have ters arrive through Gerrards Cross R.S.O. at 7 a.m. &;

'Visited this church, and noticing once that the communion from Slough direct at LI5 p.m.; dispatched at 9 a.m.

'table was without a cover, took off his cloak and laid it & 6 p.m.; sunday, 9.15 a.m. The nearest money order
con the table; part of the cloak has been framed and & telegraph office i~ at Farnham Common, 2 miles dis-

-g'azed, and now hangs on the waIls of the church: there tant

h a palimpsest brass with effigy to Margaret Bulstrode, National School (mixed), with residence for mistress,

-dated 1540, but which was formerly in the Abbey of Bury . built in 1844, enlarged in 1896, for 60 children; average

St. Edmund's as a memorial to Abbot Thomas Totyngton, attendance, 32; Miss Sarah Hughes, mistress

DmECrORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. HILLESDEN. 99

Innis John Bowden Stephen, White Horse P.H WaIters Mary (Mrs.), farmer

Matthews Rev. John Hemy M.A. Church of England Farm Home for Wood John, bailiff to Mrs. Stevenson,

Rectory Waifs & Strayli (William Waterer, Colley Hill farm

Stevenson Mrs. Henry, Hedgerley pk master), Court farm

HEDSOR is a parish on tlhe riven Thames and Wick, re-arranged and decorated, and there are now some fine

I! miles south from Bourne End station, on the Maiden- carved oak stalls and mural painting~ of considerable

head, Wycombe and Oxford branch of the Great Western merit: the church affords 150 sittings: the churchyard

railway, 3~ south-west from BeaconsE.eld, 6 south-east presents an unusually simple appearance, from the fact

from High Wycombe and 4 north from Maidenhead, in the that all the tombstones are level with the turf, which

Southern division of the county, hundred of Desborough, custom has always prevailed here, and only from 12 to 18

Marlow petty sessional division, Wycombe county court inches square, :simply bearing names and dates. The

district, Wycombe union, rural deanery of Wycombe, register dates from the year 1678; many earlier entries

ardhdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The are inCluded in the registers of Little Marlow. The living

church of St. Nicholas, one of the smallest in the county, is a rectory, net yearly value £72, with residence, in the

is beautifully situated on a hill 303 feet above the level of gift O'f the Bishop of Oxford (one turn) and of Lord Boston

the sea, within Hedsor Park, and is a structure of chalk (two turns), and held since 1880 by the Rev. Morgan Ed-

and :flint with stone facings in the Decorated style, con- ward Kirkland ~1.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. There

sisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, baptistery, and west are charities of £2 annual value. Hedsor lH!ouse, re·

porch: a set of a tabular chimes were given by F. D. built in 1862, the seat of Lord Boston D.L. is

Lambert, jun. esq. in memory of his wife at Xmas, 1888: a noble mans-ion of white brick with stone dres-sings,

the date of the original structure is uncertain, but it is in the Italian style, and is situated on an eminence

on record that" John Stephens was presented t{) the living affording on the south-west a fine view of the river

by the King in 1403:" according to a somewhat eccentric Thames: the house is surrounded by extensive and

inscription on a tomb at the west end of the church, it tastefully laid out pleasure grounds, in which, on the

was "re-edified" by Roland Hynd, then owner of the I summit of a hill, stands an ornamental castellated build~
manor, in 1575: a north aisle was added and th~ church I ing overlooking Cookham: the square tower was erected .

restored generally by George, 4th Lord Boston, In 1862: ! by George, 3rd baron Boston, in memory of King George

a canopied reredos of stone enriched with mosaics, sur- Ill. Lord Boston is lord of the manor and principal land-

mounting a communion table of carved cedar with marble' owner. The soil is gravelly loam; subsoil, sand. The

top has since been erected; the front is divided by small land is wood, arable and pasture. The area is 531 acres

columns and arches into seven c'ompartments, fi~led in of land and 11 of water; assessable value, £1,633; the
with paintings on china of our Blessed ~rd, the four population in 1891 was 184.

Doctors of the Church and St. Hugh and' St. Nicholas; Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act,"

the chancel !'creen, of oak with brass gates, was erected 'Well End has been transferred from Hedsor to Little

to Florance George Henry, 5th Lord Boston, who died 3rd }Iarlow.

January, 1877: there are several memorial windows, a Parish Clerk, Joseph Weston. *
tablet to ~land Hynd and one erected by Frederick, 2nd
Baron Boston in 1801 to Nathaniel Hooke author of a Letters through Bourne End S.O.; those marked

Roman HistQ;y, who died 19th July, 1763, ~nd is buried through Wooburn S.O. usually arrive at 8.~0 a.m. The
here: in 1886 considerable alterationS' were made in the nearest money order & telegraph office 1S at Bourne
church, a baptistery was erected on the site of the old End S.O. I~ miles distant
,

porch, and a. new porch built at the west end of the Wall Letter Box cleared at 7 p.m. week day,s onlY

aisle: the stone pulpit is adorned with quatrefoils, mosaic National School (mixed), a brick building to hold 50

work and marble bosses, and there is als{) a brass lectern children; average attendance, 20; Miss Clara Martin,

and seven sanctuary lamps: the interior was also mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. *Kirkland Rev.Morgan Ed.M.A.Rctry Keen GeOl'ge, watercresli growar, 2

Roland villas
Lunnon Thomas & William, p.tiJer ~
Boston Lord D.L. Herusor house &:; COMMERCIAL.

Carlton & Travel'lers' clubs, BiJlinghurst Charles J eSSl', farmer, millboard manufacturen & millers

London SW Hedsor farm (s1eam & water), Hedsor !llllls

Gold Henry D.L., J.P Hepworth Montagu, resident agl'ut to Wood John, steward to Lord lloston,

Hepworth Montagu, The l'riory Lord Boston, The Priory The Cottage

HILLESDEN is a parish 3 miles north-west from window of sixteen lights, to the Judge family, consisting

Clayton station on the Oxford and Bletchley branch of the of subjects from the parables, was erected in 1875; the
London and North 'Western railway, and about the same earliest portion of the church is the tower, which is

distance north from Calvert station on the Great Central much less rich than other parts: the nave has gooel

railway, 3! south from Buckingham, 7 west from Winslow piers and arches, a clerestory lighted by a series of
and 16 north-east from Dicester, in the Northern diT'ision pierced panels extending across its whole length and a

of the county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and panelled roof: the north porch has a canopied niche over

county court district of Buckingham, rural deanery of the outer doorway: there is a fine alabaster tomb with

Claydon, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Ox- full-length effigies of Thomas Denton and his wife, 156o;

ford. The church of All Saints, rebuilt, except the tower, and monuments to Dr. William Denton, 1691, physician

in 1493 and in great part restored in 1875 by the late Sir to Kings Charles I. and ll.; to Sir Alexander Denton

G. Gilbert Scott R.A. who presented the fine vaulted kt. one of the Justices of the King's Bench, d. 22 Mar.

ceiling of the porch and its four pinnacles, is a very fine 1740, and Catharine his wife, 1733; Alexander Denton

specimen of the Perpendicular style, built both within esq. 1574, and Mary his wife, 1576; Alexander Denton

and without of wrought ashlar, and is one of those rare esq. 1698, and others of that name 17°1-14; Elizabeth,
churches which bear evident tokens of having been wife of Thomas Isham esq. 1667; Thomas Isham gent.
designed and erect~d under some special and superior 1676; George Woodward esq. ambassador to Poland,
influence, carried out in every part with such extreme who died at Warsaw 1735, and is here buried; the Hon.

care as to excite the greater admiration the more closely Godfrey Boate, one of the Justices of the King's Bench
it is examined, its greatest charm lying in its beautiful in Ireland, 1722, and Mary his daughter, 1772, wife of

grouping and in the faultless elegance of its detail: it Godfrey Clayton esq. 1745; Francis Drake esq. 17°1;

consists of chancel with cbantry chapel on the north Mary (Rowe) Viscountess Hillsborough, 1742; Mrs. Eliza-

side, nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and a western beth Hayes, 1702, and others: at the top of the chancel

embattled tower cont::tining 6 bells: the whole building walls, under the ceiling, are a number of stone fi~rei

is surmounted uy an embattled parapet, and at the representing a choir of angels; those towards the east have

north-east angle of the chapel is an octagonal turret. musical instruments, the others have scrolls of mllsic in

with a panelled and embattled parapet, at the angles of their hands: on each wall is a piscina: a fine canopie1i

which are crocketed pinnacles, and from within the!'e rood screen divides the chancel and nave: the formel"

rises an open lantern, formed by crocketed ogee ribs, contains massive oak choir stalls, and in the tower

springing from each pinnacle, meeting in the centre and are three old paintings of Moses, Aaron, and the

terminating in a finial; within the turret is a staircase arms of William Ill.: the church was restored in 1874-5

leading to a room overlookin~the church: at the east end at a cost of £2,365. and re-opened June 16th, 1875, and
of the south aisle is an ancient stained window of eight further restorations were carried out about 1893 at a

lights, each of which is supposed to represent some cost of £636: in the churchyard is the octagonal fluted

incident in the legendary life of St. Nicholas, to whom, shaft of a fine cross of the 14th century, much mutilated,

a(cording to Lysons, the church was dedicated; another rising from a bold and well-designed base of three steps,

BUCKS. 7-

100 BILLESDEN. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

and retaining part of the beautiful group of niches; the ancient stone implement, supposed to be an nnfinishe<f

cross is 7 feet 7 inches high and derives additional quern or handmill; it is a large slab of stone, having

interest from its standing near the grave of the Royal- in the centre a cup-like hollow about 10 inches in

ists who fell at the siege of Hillesden House, March 3rd, diameter, in which is inserted a lid without handle; it

1643: the church door, originally ibelonging to the old was found some years ago whilst digging a drain; Mr.

lUanor house, still retains the marks of bullets: there are Barge also has a very perfect calf-bound volume of

200 sittings. The churchyard was extended on tho north accounts relating to the estate of Sir Alexander Denton,

side ill 1898. The register dates from the year 1594. found about 1860 built up in an old wall at the ManoI'

The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £200, with farm, and mentions among other items, the cost of

residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of sending a messenger to London in 1665, the year of the

Christ Church, Oxford, and held since 1868 by the Rev. great plague. Charles Morrison esq. of Basildon Park,

Robert Holt M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Berks, is lord of the manor, the Dean and Chapter of

of Christ Church, Oxford. The vicarage house, which Christ Church, Oxford, are the owners of the tithes and

is in the Domestic Gothic style, was built by the present of about 200 acres of land; Charles Morris esg. and Capt.

incumbent in 1870. The parish consists of scattered Sir William Cecil H. Domv-ille bart. R.N., C.B. of The

farms and a few cottages. In January, 1635, and again C"'hantry, Ipswich, are the principal landowners. The soil

in November, 1822, this place and the neighbourhood is principally clay; about three-fourths of the land i8

are said to have been visited by shocks of earthquake. pasture. '1'he area is 2,600 acres of land and 6 of water;

Hillesden House was during the Civil war garrisoned in assessable value, £3,°32; the population in 1891 was 197.

1641 for the king, being then the seat of Sir Alexander L h h k' l ' &
Denton kt.; in 1643 it was attacked by and surrendered etters t roug Buc -mg lam arnve at 8 a.m. 4 p.m.
'Wall Box cleared at 5.50 p.m. week days only. The
to the Parliamentary forces, who destroyed it by fire, nearest money order & telegraph office is at Steeple
Sir A. Denton, Col. Smith, besides two field officers and Claydon, about I! miles distant
divers captains, being amongst the prisoners: a portion
of the old wall still remains: it was rebuilt at the Parochial Srhool, built in 1867, by George Morrison e~q.
Restoration, but taken down again when the estate was for 50 children; average attendance, 26; ~Iiss ~I. L.

.sold to the lat,e Duke of Buckingham. Mr. Fred T. Gibbard, mistress

llarge, farmer of this parish, has in his possession a very Carrier to Buckingham.-Ephraim Jeffs, wed. & sat

Cowper '1'he Misses, Nut1ey Coates Nathaniel, farmer, Lower farm Lepper Alfred, farmer
Holt Rev. Robert M.A. Vicarage
Coat.es Nath. jun.farmr.Stocking wooo Lepper Charles, farmer
COMMERCIAL.
Coates Thomas, farmer, Plank's farm Lines Margaretta (Mrs.), farmer
Adams Andrew, farmer, Home farm
Barge Frederick Thomas, farmer Evered George, farmer, Wood farm Perrin Thomas Henry, blarksmith
Barge George \V. bookseller
Hedges William, farmer, Manor farm Staley Thomas, Plough P.H. & shop-

Jeffs Ephraim, carrier keeper

HITCHAM is a parish, li miles north-east from value from 160 acres of glebe £360, with residence, in.

Taplow station on the main line of the Great Western the gift of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, and
railway, 2! miles north-east-by-east from Maidenhead held since 1873 by the Rev. George Frewer M.A. of St.
and 6 miles north-west from Windsor, in the Southern John's College, Cambridge. Here is a Mission Room for

division of tho county, hundred and petty sessional divi- meetings and lectures. Blythe \Vood House is the seat
sion of Burnham, union of Eton, county court district of George Hanbury esq. J.P. John Bevill Fortescue esq.
of 'Vindsor, rural deanery of Burnham, archdeaconry of of Droprnore, is lord of the manor; William Henry
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Grenfell esq. of Taplow, Harvey Ranking esq. and
Mary is a small building of stone, brick and flint, dating George Hanbury esq. are the principal landowners. The
from the 12th century, and consists of chancel, nave, soil is gravel; subsoil, loam. The chief crops are wheat,

south porch and an embattled western tower containing oats and barley. The area is 1,478 acres of land and 6
3 bells: there are three windows retaining fragments of of water; assessable value, £5,448; the population in
ancient stained glass, and three modern stained win- 1891 was 512 in the civil and 453 in the ecClesiastical
dows, one of which, in the chancel, was erected in 1887: parish.

there is a monument with kneeling figures to Roger Parish Clerk, William Horwood.
Alford, hiS' wife, son and daughter, 1580, and Post & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity &; Insurance Office.-

one with a recumbent figure !in marble to Sir J. Howard, sub-postmaster. Letters through Maiden-

William Clarke kt. 1624; a monument to George Cruick- head arrive at 7.30 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Box
shank, 1765; a urass with effigies of Nicholas Clarke cleared 12 &; 7.30 p.m.; sunday, 11.15 a.m. Taplow is
and two children, 1551; and brass to Sir Francis Clark the nearest telegraph office, I mile distant
knt. 1631: there are 120 sittings. The register dates Kational School (mixed), built in 1872, for 96 children;

from the year 1608. The living is a rectory, net yearly average attendance, 75; Miss Anness E. Salter, mistress

Frewer Rev. George M.A. Rectory . Ranking Harvey Lever WiIliam, farmr. Shdep;lotc farm
Quick Samuel, beer retailer
Hanbury George J.P. Blyth~ Wood ho Horewood William, cab p\'oprietor Webster In. &; Geo. farmers, Hi] frm
Irby Hon. Cecil Saumarez, IHtcham Howard James, shopkeep~:- Williams William, builder

grange Langham Robert, coal agent

HOGGESTON is a village and parish 31 miles soutl.- rectory, net yearly value £300, with 80 acres of glebe and'
east from Winslow station on the Bletchley and Oxford residenc~, in the gift of the Provost and Fellows of 'Wor-

branch of the London and North Western railway and 8 cester College, Oxford, and held since 1886 by the :Rev.

north-east from Aylesbury, in the Northern division of Charles Henry Tomlinson M.A. formerly Fellow ana

t,he county, Cottesloe hundred, Winslow petty sessional 'l'utor of that college. Thomas Gataker B.D. a great

division and union, Buckingham county court district, scholar and divine of the reign of Charle& n.

rural deanery of Mursley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and rector of this parish, who died 20th ~ov.

and diocese of Oxford. The church of SS. Peter and 1680, and his 'SOn and successor, CharleS! Gataker.

Paul, or oi the Holy Cross, is an ancient edifice of stone equally celebrated a~ a critic and divine, who died'

in the Transition style of the 13th century, consisting of Nov. 10th, 1701, are both buried in the chancel.

<:hancel, nave of three bays, aisles, north porch and a In the village is a Reading-room, open during the winter

western tower with shingled spire containing 4 bells: it evenings. The Earl of Rosebery K.G., P.C., :F.S..A. is

'\'tas restored, the chancel rebuilt and enlarged and fitted lord of the manor and owns all the land w~th the ex-

with carved oak stalls and the nave with oak benches in ception of the glebe. The old Manor House, a pictur·

1882 at a cost of £1,35°: there are memorials of the esque building, with a good panelled room, massive oak

Mayne family, and a tomb erected to Sir William de stairs and fine chimneys, is occupied by Mr. Illick

Bermingham, the founder of a chantry here, of whom Morris. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, clay. ThlJ

there is also an effigy, holding in the hands a model of land is principally pasture, but wheat and beans ar&

8 building, perhaps representing the church: the original grown in small quantities. The area is 1,570 acres:

Decorated oak framing supporting the belfry and one of rateable value, £1,906; the population in 1891 was 166.

the original Norman windows on the south side of nave Sexton, Thomas Hopkins.

remain, but the latter is now blocked: there is a piscina
and remains of the rood stairs in south aisle and a Letters through Winslow arrive at 7.15. Wall Letter
piscina and double sedile in chancel: the stone cross Box cleared week davs at 3.20 p.m.: sundays at IO•.~O
a.m. Winslow &; Whitch'uch are the nearest money
formerly in the churchyard is now built into the wall of order &; telegraph offices, both about 3~ miles distant
the porch: the church contains one or two specimens of
the old tussock-hassocks: there are 120 sitting-so The ~ational School (mixed), for 50 children; average at-

register dates from th~ year 1547. The living is a tendance, 26; Mrs. Grange, mistress

DIRECTORY. ] BUCKINGHA1\ISHIRE. BORrON. 101

Tomlinson Rev. Chnr:cs Hemy 2\-I..A. Dancer Frederick & Henry, farmers, Morris Blick, farmer, Manor house

Rectory Hogges·ton cottage Puipps :Frederick, b:acksmith

.Baylis Edwd. Hy. farmer, Town house Knight Henry, Rose & Crown 1~.H Sear Frederick, shopkeeper

Bliss Matthew, farmer, Hurdlos grove. Knight J esse, butcher Simms Thomas, farmer, Maynes hill

HOGSHAW-cum-FUL:BROOK (or Fullbrook) is a the manor, William Baring Du Pre esq. of Wilton Park,

parish 4 miles south-west from Winslow station on the Beaconsfield, Sir Edmund H. Verney bart. of Claydon,

Bletchley and Oxford branch of the London and North and Bernard Thomas Fountaine esq. of Stoke Hammond,

'Western railway, 10~ south from Buckingham and 8 are tIle principal landowners. The soil is clay and sand;

north from Aylesbury, in the 1\"orthern division of the subsoil, clay. The chip.f crops are wheat, barley and

county, A.shendon hundred, Winslow petty sessional divi- beans, with a considerable quantity of pasture. The area

sion and union and Buckingham county court district. is 1,030 acre-s; rateable value, £1,472; the population in

'fhe Aylesbury and Buckingham railway passes through. 1891 was 78.

Here was formerly a church, but no vestige of it now

fllmains. The parish consists only of six farm-houses Letters through 'Winslow, the nearest money order k

and a few cottages. 'fhe Duke of Leeds, who is lord of te:egraph office, arrive at 8.30 a.m

ICherry Frank, farm bailiff to Messrs'l Curtis Annie (Miss), farmer Fulbrook Curti,s Robt. farmer. Low. Hogsh:nv
'1'aylor & Roberts Curtis John, farmer, Upper Hogshaw Hughes John Beecham, farmer

HORSENDON is a parish half-a· mile west from the hexagonal font was shown in the Exhibition of 1851

l'rinces Ri:.borough station on the Th3me and Oxford and has emblematical carvings: there are mural tablets

branch of the Great Western railway and 7 north-west to the Grubb family, and one to Thomas Anderton esq. ;

from High Wrcombe, in the Mid division of the county. there are 70 sittings. The register of baptisms date"

in the hundred and petty sessional division of Aylesbury, from the year 1663; marriages, 17°7; buria:s, 1637.

union of Wycombe, county court district of High W)'- The living is a discharged rectory with the vicarage of

eombe, rural deanery of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Ilmire, ~nnexed in November, 1865. net income £179, with

Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. 17 acres of glebe, in the gift of L. Jaques esq. and Mrs...

Michael is a plain edifice of stone in the Perpendicular Jaques, and held since 1898 by the Rev. John Edwin

st)le, rebuilt in 1765 on the site of the old church, and Varley M.A. of Durham University, who resides at Lash-

il'estored 1869, and consists of a chancel and nave under lake House, Thame. Horsendon Manor House (rebuilt in

'one roof and a low embattled western tower containing 1810) was garrisoned for King Charles by Sir John Den-

one bell; in 1765 the then existing church having ham; from him it passed to the Pentons and afterwards to

'become decayed, a faculty was obtained from the Bishop the Grubb family, who sold it in 1838 to the Duke of Buck-

of Lincoln to take down the nave and tower and out of ingham and Chandos: it is now the residence of Leonard

ilie materials to erect another tower at the west end of Jaques esq. J.1'. who is lord of the manor and principal

tile chancel. and this was accordingly done at the ex- landowner: a portion of the moat of the original mansion

pense of John Grubb esq. at that time patron: the old still exists, and there is a small ornamental lake in the

church extended as far as the stables, the eastern or grounds. The soil is loamy; subsoil, rag. The chief

front wall of which occupies the site of the western end crops are wheat, barley, turnips and mangold wurtzel ~

of the church or tower: the old church door key was there is also good grazing land. The area is! 532 acres;.

dug up under the threshold of the stable in 1812; the assessable value, £929; the population in 1891 was 39.

lock is still upon the church door; the east window is . ..
siained: in 1869 the church was extended eastwarus Lette;s f~m 'Irmg, through Prmces Risborough S.O.
under the direction of Mr. W. White, architect: t.he wh~ch lS the nearest money order & telegraph office.

benches are of English oak with poppy heads; the le("- arrlve about 8 a.m

tern, reading-desk and pulpit are also of oak, handsomely Wall Letter Box, near the church, cleared at 5.30 p.m•

.carved: in the south wall of the chancel is a piscina; week days only

Jaques Leonard J.P. Horsendon house I Fo:ley Wm. farmer, Lit. Horsendon

:HORTON is a. village and parish, separated from Mid- 1571. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £425, de-
odlesex by the river Colm~, 1! mile.s north from the rived from 244 acres of land allotted in lieu of tithes, with
Wraysbury st~tion on the London and South Western residence, in the gift of Lieut.-Gen. O. L. C. Williams,
railway, 3 south from the Great Western railway station and held since 1896 by the Rev. Arlhur :Fearon Assoc.
K.C.L. and surrogate. The church estate of 3a. 2r. 16p.
at Langlley, 4! east from Windsor and 1 south-west with houses, produces £175 19S. 4d. yearly. There
from Colnbrook, in the Southern division of the county, are two charities, the ID.terest of £420, £20 left by
hundred and petty sessional division of Stoke, union of Mrs. Gossett and £400 by Mrs. Wagstaff, which is
Eton, county court district of Windsor, rural deanery given away in blanketSl and flannel. Milton resided
of Burnham, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese here at one time on his father's estate; the house was
lJf Oxford. A large portion of Colnbrook was ecclesias- pulled down about 1798. The principal landownHs arc
tically separated (June 14, 1853) from Horton to form LiE.'Ut.-Gen. Owen Lewis Cope Williams, of Temple
part 0{ the consolidated chapelry of Colnbrook. The House, Bisham, who is lord of Horton manor, and Avery
Tyrrell esq. who is lord of the manor of Berkin. The
church of St. Michael is an ancient structure of flmt soil is loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are
faced with .stone, chiefly in the Norman, Early English, and wheat, oats, barley and roots. The number (If acres
Ferpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three is 1,346 of land and 21 of water; assessable value, £3,801 ;
bays, south aisle, south porch and an embattled western the population in 1891 was 824, of which 433 are attached
to the parish church.
Itower containing a clock and 5 bells, the existing 3 being
rrehung and 2 new bells added in 1898; there is a fine north Sexton, Peter Arch.
doorway of Late Norman date and a Tudor porch: the
tthurch was thoronghly restored in 1875-6, when the south

aisle was rebuilt, the church re-seated with oak benches Pest Office.-Walter Harris, sub-postmaster. Letters are
and the entrance porc.h and chapel re~tored, ~t a total c~st
trf [:.1.,876 :t~8 east wmdow, erect~,m 188~, lS a m~~onal forwarded by foot messenger to Slough at 8 a.m. 2.15
to Jo~n J\lllton, the. aU~hor of Paradlse. Los.t, who
~mce l.lved here; ~llton s mother,. who died ID. 1637, & 6 p.m.; sundays, 9.30 a.m. through Colnbrook;
18 burled h~re, an~ l~ th~ c~ancel 18 a flat ston.6 to her
mem(JI'Y With thls lllscnptlOn :-" Beneath thls stone delivered at 8.30 a.m. & 12.30 p.m. Postal orders are
lie the remains of Sarah, the wife of John Milton:" issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order

& telegraph office is at Colnbrook, 2 miles distant
_ . ., . .
lSatlOnal Scb?ol (mIXed), built m 1875, enlarged m 1891•

,there are memorial windows to the Rev. R. G. Foot, 1876, for 95 children; average attendance, 82; Claud P.
Annetta Chatry de la }-osse, Edward and France!! Tyrell Summerhayes, master

"'Snd Edmond 'femple 'Vatson: the church affords 180 Carrier to London.-Frederick Morgan, from C()lnbrook,

-siUings, go belllg free. The registar dates from the year mono wed. & fri. returning tues. thurs. &; sat

Cookson Algernon, Rorton lodge Tyrrell Avery, Berkin m~llor Davies WEliam, Crown P.B
Dunham James Robert, Five Bells P.R
Davids Capt. John Lenthal, The :Mi~i COMMERCIAL.

bonse , Abbott George, boot &; shoe maker Gurney James, pig dealer

learon Rev. Arthur Assoc.K.C.L. Barker Georg-e, brass &; iron foulld.~r; Harris WaIter, shopkeeper, Post office'

(rector &; surrogate), Rectory every kin':l of engineers? castings, Hutt J('seph, farmr.&; marKet gardpnr

'Passingha.m Georg-e Wm. Milton ho o"namental fencing, palisading &c.; Lampard Emily (Mrs.), beer retailet'

Reeve Mrs. The Cedars terms moderate, Horton brass &. Loveg-rove Martha (Mrs.), blacksmith
'1'oyle Mrs. The Wilderness iron w~r~s
Radcliff Charles Amos, Brookfield . Reffell Alfd. Millridge &; New Butts fmlt
Steven! Mn Home Close
Brown Wilham. baker Rllffell .T~St,ph, farmer, )fan.)r (arm

jClark Henry, farm bailiff to A. Tyr- Stapps George, market gardener

"Taylor Charies J.P. Horton manor rell esq Smith William (Mrs.), dress maker-

102 GREAT BORWOOD. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

GREAT HORWOOD (or Harwood-cum-Single- Oxford, and held since 1889 by the Rev. John Chevallier,
borough) is III township, village and parish, 2! miles of Trinity College, Cambridge M.A. and formerly fellow
north from Winslow station on the Oxford and Bletchley of New College, Oxford. The Congregational chapel,
branch of the London and North Western railway, 6 built in 1823, will seat 200 persons, and has a school
south-east from Buckingham and 6! south-west from attached; the Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in
Stony Stratford, in the Northern division of the county, 1875, has 120 sittings. The poor's land consists of 27a.
Cottesloe hundred, Winslow petty sessional division and Jr. 3p.; the other charities amount to about £13 a
union, county court district of Buckingham, rural year. The 'Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford,
deanery of Mursley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and are lords of the manor and hold a court baron annually.
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. James is an The landowners are William Selby-Lowndes esq. of
ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave ''''"haddon, Lord Addingt<ln V.D. New College, Oxford,
of 4 bays, aisles, north chapel now used as a vestry, Mrs. R. W. Jon,)s, and others. The soil is stiff clay, with
organ chamber, north and south porches and an em- beds of gravel. 'rhe entire area is 3,154 acres; rateable
battled western tower with a turret at the south-west value, inclmive of Singleborough, £4,600; the entir&
angle, terminating in a spirelet; the tower contains a population in 1891 was 639.
clock and 7 bells: the windows of the chancel are very
fine examples of the Decorated style, the nave and tower SINGLEBOROUGH is a hamlet, comprIsing six lord-
being Perpendicular; the church retains four piscinre, ships, 3 miles north from Winslow and 5 east from
Buckingham. The area is 809 acres.
triple sedilia, a brass to H. Virgin, priest, dated 1487,
and two monuments of the Barker family; the church Parish Clerk, Thomas Tompkins.

'Was thoroughly restored in 1874 and half an acre added Wall Letter Box. cleared 3.45 p.m.; sunday, 9 a.m
to the churchyard at a total cost of £5,500; in 1884
the church was provided with lamps from designs by Post Office.-Mrs. Maria North, sub-postmistress. Let-<
Mr. J. Oldrid Scott, architect, and in 1885 the east ters through Winslow at 7.30 a.m. Box cleared at
window was filled with stained glass, and a reredos of 4.5 p.m.; on sundays at 9.40 a.m. Postal orders ar61
mosaics erected at the cost of the Rev. Simon Thomas issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order
& telegraph ('ffice is at Winslow, 3 miles distant
Adams M.A. rector 1839-89: there are 448 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1600. The living is a rec- National School, erected in 1864, by subscription, for
150 children; average attendance, 95; .Alfred Rich, cer-
tory, net yearly' value £300, including 136 acres of glebe, tificated master; Mrs. Rich, mistress

in the gift of the Warden and Fellows of New College,

GHEA.T HORWOOD. Cutler J oseph, cattle dea:er Stevens Thomas, bricklayer

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Denchfield Frederick Richard, farmer Stevens William, carpenter

Chevallier Rev. John M.A. (rector) Egleton Edwin, grocer Tofield Edwd. farmr. Briars Bank fnn
DenchEeld Misses, Ivy bank
Guttridge William Elmes William, blacksmith Viccars Mark, farmer
Hanson Mrs
Johnson William Hanson J oseph, baker & farmer ViccaI'ls William, farmer
I(,emp Mrs. M. A
Nelson Ambrose Hardwick John, beer retailer Viccars William John, farmer, Manof
Sear Edmund
Selbie Mi;;:s Hurst Georg-e, boot maker Ward James, farmer, Park Hill farm
'fattam Thomas
Viecars Mrs. AralJeRa. Ivory Frederick, game dealer Warren George, wheelwright
Viccars Mrs
Viccars Mrs. William, sen Linnell John W. tailor Willison Ann &; Martha (Misses),
Young Mrs
Young Mrs. J oseph Kimble Nathan, frmr. Chur.~h Hill frm drapers &; grocers

COMMERCIAL. King Richard, coal dealer Wilmore Alfred E. miller & fannel'

Arthur James, Swan P.ll Lee J ames, sarldler (wind & steam)
Barefoot William, farmer
Baines Frederick, butcher Line Joseph, butcher &; farmer Young Robert, farmer
Clarke Abraham, butcher
Clarke Robert, tailor Lomath Jane (Mrs.), Crown inn, &

farmer SINGLEBOROUGB.
Mead Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Munday Ceorge, f:uIl1t3r Flowers Edward

Munday Mark, frmr. Greenway farm Clark Emanuel, farmer

Munday Newman, beer retailer' Cleaver George, farmer

Munday Richard, c:lrpenter Dover Thomas, farmer

North M:lria. (Mn.), shopkc('].'er & George J onas, farmer

beer retailer, Post office Hall William, Six Lords P.B

Saunders Alfd. Jhorsme1•1ehr, baker & farmr Burst Thomas, farmer
Sfar Edmund, Kimble Nathan, farmer

LITTLE HORWOOD is a village and parish 11 and resides at Horwood Parva, an ancient building,
miles north from SWllJlbourn station on the Oxford and surrounded by pleasant grounds. The church land con"
Bletchley branch of the London and North Western
railway, 2! north-east from Winslow and 9~ from sists of about 3 acres, now let for £9 a year. The
Buckingham, il). the Northern division of the county, herd of Alderney cows, formerly bred hel·e, was con-
Cottesloe hundred, Winslow petty sessional division and sidered the finest in England, and the butter wa&
union, Buckingham county court district, rural deanery forwarded for the use of the Royal household; thi&
of Mursley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of herd was dispersed about 1866, but an equally good,
Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient build- though smaller herd, is still mainta.ined:. William
ing of stone, in the Early English style., consisting of Selby-Lowndes esq. of Whaddon Hall, who is lord of
chancel, nave with arcade of four arches, south aisle, the manor, and Mrs. Dauncey are the principal land-
south porch and an embattled western tower containing own-ers. The soil is light and clay; subsoil, clay and
5 bells; in the church is a hagioscope: on the north gravel, but varies greatly in many places. The chief
wall is a fresco painting; the church was thoroughly crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 1,950

restored in 1889, at a total cost of £1,35°, under the acres; the rateable value, [2,638; the population iD
supervision of Messrs. J. P. St. Aubyn and Wadling, 1891 was 304.
architects, London; the restoration of the chancel being
effected at an expense of [350 by Mrs. Dauncey, in Wood End is a part of this parish.
memory of her late husband, P. Dauncey esq.: there Parish Clerk, Jesse Grainge.
are 140 sittings. The register dates from the year 1568. Post Office.-Horace TIling, sub-postmaster. Letters-
The living is- a vicarage, net yearly value [150, in the gift
of the Church Patronage Society, and held since 1877 by through Winslow arrive at 7 a.m.; dispatched at
the Rev.Franciil Robert Wellard Malpas RA. of Trinity Col- 4.45 p.m.; sundays at 10.15 a.m. Winslow is th&
lege, Dublin. :Mrs. Dauncey is lay rector and impropriator n('arest money order &; telegraph office, 3 miles distant
Parochial School, founded in 1872, on a. site given by
the late P. Dauncey esq. (d. 1888) for 80 children; aver-
age attendance, 45; Miss Isabella Wells, mistress

Dauncey Mrs. Horwood Parva. Goode Christopher, farmer TIling John, farmer

Malpas Rev. Francis Robert "\Vellard Grainge Francis, farmer Illing Matthew, {arm bailiff to Mrsl

B.A. Vicarage Grainge Gerrard, carpenter & build el' Dauncey

COMlIERCIAL. Grainge Je,sse, farmer King William J farmer

Ash Henry (Mrs.), farmer Guinge Wiaiam, farm~r Mead Henry, Old Crown P.R

Ash John (Mrs.), farmer Hanson John, farmer, )Yood end Fbillips Newman, farm bailiff to

Baisley John, farmer HeacJ.r Jesse, farmer , George Wig-~~y esq

Ba.tes James & Richard, farmers Ho,nvood Wm. Shoulder of Mutton P.H Shillingford' Th<lmas, grocer &c

Chapman Gaius, farmer, Moat fa-rm rfing Edward, farm('r Tofield Edward, farmer

Fairm::m Philip, shopkeeper Illing Horace, groCE.'r, Post office Wake George, farmer

JDIRECTORY. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. - 103

EUGHENDEN.,(O·



HUGllENDEN is a widely scattered parish. in a insignia. of the Garter from the Earl of Beaconsfield's

picturesque spot surrounded by a woodland of extra- stall in St. George's chapel, Windsor, have been re-

ordinary beauty. about 2 miles north frpm High \,yy- moved to Hughenden, and placed over the seat fo:rmerly

rombe station on the Maidenhead and Oxford section of occupied by him in the chancel: the family vault of

the Great Western railway. in tho Mid division of the Lord Beaconsfield, in which his body is laid, is at the

county, part:y in the hundred of Desborough and partly eastern end of the De Montfort chapel, which adjoins

in the libl.H'ty of Brands Fee. which latter lies within the chancel, but outside the church and against the

the hundred of Aylesbury. second! division of Des- church wall are three. granite slabs commemorating

borough petty sessional division. union and county cour~ Mary Ann Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield, wife of

district of High Wycombe. rural deanery of Wycombe, Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, d. Dec. 15th, 1872; James Disraeli

archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The esq. third son of lsaae Disraeli, d. Dec. 3rd, 1868, and

church of St. Michael and All Angels. which dated Sarah, relict of James Brydge.s Williams, d. Nov. nth,

frc>m Norman times. having fallen into decay, was 1863, who bequeathed her property to the Earl, and

thoroughly restored! in 1874-5. 1880-1 and 1890. under was here. interred by her own wish. In 1892 a pulpit

the direction o.f Sir A. W. Blom.fi.eld M.A.. A.RA. at a of marble and. alabaster was erected as a memorial tg

total cost of £8,612. of which £5.350 was contributed the late James Searight esq. previously mentioned.

by the late James Searight esq. of Lancaster Gate, The stone font is Late Norman and dates from about

Hyde Park, London; the church consists of chancel, the 13th century. There are. 324 sittings, about 50 of
na.ve of three bays, north aisle. south porch and an which are appropriated. The register dates from the

embattled tower at the north-west angle, with low year 1559. 'rhe living is a vicarage, net income £191,.
pyramidal roof and containing 8 bells, two of which with residence, in the gift of Coningsby Ralph Disraeli

date from the time of Edward Ill. two from that of esq. M.P. and held since 1893 by the Rev. Robert WaIter
the remaining four having been CMt in the Carew Hunt M.A. of Merton College, Oxford. TheI'&-
Charles n.

present reign: the roof throughout is new; the chanccl are Primitive Methodist chapels at Naphill and

has been entirely re-arranged and is separated from the Cryers Hill. 'rhe Dormer family gave the parish.

nave by an open wrought-iron screen: there are memorial four cottages near the churchyard and Ellen, Coun-

windows to Sir William Norris Young, 5th bart. lieut. tess Conyngham, who owned the manor in 1806,

23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers. killed at the .A.lma, Sept. bequeathed £100, but this £100 was expended by G..

20th, 1854, aged 21, and his brother, Sir George John vote of vestry in 1845 on the repairs of the almshouses:1

. Young, 6th bart. RA. who also died in the Crimea, the only fund now existing for their repairs is the-

Oct. 22nd, 1854, aged 19; to Lucy. wife of T. J. interest of £70, vested in the Charity Commissioners,.

Reynolds esq.; Mr. and Mrs. Norris, of the Manor and the interest of £500 to be paid to the poor residing'

H(mse, James Williams, his wife Henrietta Catherine, in three of them, the parish clerk to occupy the fourth;!

Ann, wife f)f James Walker Williams, of High Wy- the same benevolent lady also left £3,333 Stock, th~

combe, and to JamBS and Sarah Elizabeth Searight and dividends to be paid all1lUally in sums of £20 each

their son James: III the north aisle is a stained window, to the vicar of Hughenden and four poor clergymen of

given by Sir Samuel Wilson to commemorate the escape Bucks whose livings were respectively less than £100

of the Queen from an attempt on her life at Windsor, yearly; she likewise left the interest of £1,000 to be

March 2nd, 1882; in the chapel are several extremely distributed in sums of £10 each to poor widows of

interesting monuments to the de Montfort and Welles- deceased clergymen of this county: Gregory's charity of

burne families; there is one good brass to Robert £2 yearly is for bread, and there is also a sum of from £7

Thursbe, priest. 1493, and other memorials to Ellen to £8 yearly from a farm at Towersey, left by Katherine-

(Merret), wife of the Right Hon. Henry, 1st Earl Pye, for educational purpose.s. The manor of Hughende:n>.

Conyngham, 1816, by G. Garrard RA.; to the family was purchased! by the late Earl of Beaeonsfield K. G.

of Widmer, 1782-18°3, former owners of Rockhols, and in 1847, and is now the property and residence of hi8

to Sampson Roe, 1786. Since the death of the Earl devisee Coningsby Ralph Disratili esq. M.P.• D.L.• J.P.;\

of lleaconsfield, April 19th, 1881, the interior walls of the Manor House, standing on an eminence commanding .

the chancel have been exquisitely decorated, several llr fine view o[ the Wycombe valley, is a mansion of

fine 'Stllinp-d windows inserted, and other valuable gifts brick with stone dressings, in a species of J aeobean

bestowed upon the church as memorials to that style; on the south side facing the terrace is the drawing

lllustrious ~tatesnlan; of these, the first, III order of room, which contains a portrait of Her Majesty, a Royal

time, consi",ted of two bells, presented by Robert 1Yarner gift to the Earl, and also one of the late V~scOuntes8

esq. and dedicated August 20th, 1881, thus completing Beaconsfield; the east front looks towards the park and \

the peal of 8 bells: the magnificent east window was contains the library, chiefly rich in historical works: por-

erected by LnrdJ Rowton, Sir Nathaniel (now Lord) traits of friends of the late Ead adorn the hall and stair-

Rothschild and the late Sir Philip Rose bart.: the case: the well-wooded park of 140 acres is watered by a

stained west window was erected by the subscribers to stream, and on the crest of a hill, between the two Tinkers-

the Hughenden Memorial Fund. The mural paintings Woods, is an obelisk erected to the memory of lsaac

in the sanctuary, also fOlming part of the memorial to D'lsraeli, father of the Earl, who resided at the Manor

the late EaT!, and contributed from the same fund, House in the adjacent parish of Bradenham: on the'
occllpied a number of skilled artists for a considerable base is an inscription to his memory, and another to

period, and may worthily be ranked among the choicest the Viscountess Beaconsfield. Coningsby R. Disraeli

specimens of ecclesiastical art; they include the figures esq. M.P. the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Sir Williom-

of the four greater prophets and of the Evangelists, Lawrenc-e Young bart. Samuel J. Newman esq. of Hazle-

with other figures illustrative of the nine orders of mere, Major Hewett, Mrs. Leadbetter, Sir Philip Frederick:

angels, the whole being surrounded! and inclosed by grace- Rose bart. of Rayners, and Miss Southwell, are the princi-
fully arranged designs of Eastern fruits and flowers: pal landowners. The soil is chiefly gravel; subsoil, chalk.
on the south side of the church a very fine window has The chief crops are wheat and! barley. The area is-
been placed by the undergraduates of the University 5,823 acres of land and 5 of water; assessable value,.
of Oxford: the decoration of the south wall of the [7,107; the population in 1891 was 1,765, of which 910
chancel, representing the Adoration of the Magi, has are in the ecclesiastical parish of St. Michael and .AD
also been completed. In the chancel, and near to the Angels.

seat formerly occupied by Lord Beaconsfield, is the Naphill, 2! miles north-west, has a Mission hall; this
monument erected by Her Maj esty the Queen; this place, and North Dean, are parts of this parish. Part of
is of white Sicilian marble, with a central quatre-foiled Great Kingshill, 2! miles north-west, is included in the
panel, inclosing a profile portrait in relief of the late ecclesiastical parish of Prestwood.
Earl, by Mr. R. C. Belt; above are the arms of the

deceased peer, and below, on a tablet surrounded by a Sexton, William Hussey.

wreath of oak leaves, beautifully wrought in marble, Post Office, Cryers Hill.-William Fountain, sub-post-
master. Letters through High Wycombe arrive a~
is the inscription following:-

TO 7 a.m. Box cleared at 5 p.m. Postal orders are issued

THE DEAR AND HONORED MEMORY here, but not paid. High Wycombe ~s the nearest

OF money order & telegraph office, 3 Iniles distant

llENJAMIN, EARL OF llEACONSFIELD, Hughenden road Pillar Box cleared 5 p.m
THIS MEMORIAL IS PLACED llY

HIS GRATEFUL SOVEREIGN AND FRIEND, Post Office, Naphill.-Thomas Lee, sub-postmaster.
Letters through High Wycombe. Box cleared at 5.15
VICTORIA. R.I. p.m.; sundays, 10.20 a.m. Postal orders are issued
here, but not paid. West Wycombe is the neaTest
uXINGS LOVE HIM THAT SPEAKETH RIGHT."- Pr01Jerbs xvi. 13.
money order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant
FEBRUARY 27, 1882.

By command of the Queen, the banner and other

104 Hl:GHEl' DEN. BUCKINGHA1\iSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Kational School, Naphill, built in 1862 &; subsequently Kingshill School, built in 1874-5, at a cost of £1,300,

enlarged at a cost of nearly £600, by the late James chiefly furnished by the late James Searight esq.

Searight esq. for 160 children; average attendance, for 160 children; average attendance, 87; George F.

103; Miss Alice Todd, mistress Hemming, master

HUGHENDEN. Gomm George &; Harris, farmers, Wild John, Harrow P.H

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Pipers farm Wood Wm. White Lion P.H.Cryers ID

Disraeli Coningsby Ralph M.P., D.L., Harding Alfred Benjamin, farmer, NAPHILL.

J.P. Hughenden manor; &; 7 Park Green farm
place, St. James', & Carlton club, Hatt John, Sportsman's Arms P.H. Culver George, Maud cottage

London SW North Dean Free Alfred George

Hewett Major John Maddy Moore J.P. Kimber George, farmer, Church farm Pickop Mrs

Uplands & Bottom House farm Steele Mrs
Runt Rev. Robert Waiter Carew M.A. L~e Thomas, farmer, ~oseley farm Allan Wm. Edwd. frmr. & dairyman
Vicaragu LIsler Geo. farmer, iELadmere far~ Baldwin Edwin, engineer
:Kewman Samuel J. Brands house Martm lle~ry & Bedford DavId, Dawe~ Sarah (Mrs.), Wheel P.H
Parsons Charles, Hughenden cottage far~ers, PIggots fa:rm ~ H~;dmg James, f~rmer
'1Yeller William Springfield lodge Martm Jas. wheelwrIght, :North Dean HIli John, Black LIOn P.H
, Nash William, farmer, Manor farm Hunt Alfred William, grocer

COMMERCIAL. Plumridge Geo. chair ma. North Dean King George, farmer & dairyman

Anderson Edwd. farmer, :Korth Dean Stone Esau, farmer, 'Warren farm Lacey Richard, shopkpr. & baker

Biggs Geo. bldr. & farmer, King's hill Tucker Fredk. G. carpntr.Cryers HI Lee Thomas, grocer, Post office

'Clark Richard, farmer, Lower Dean Ward John, farmer, Lower Warren Puddifoot Henry (Mrs.), beer retailer

.Evans Richd. blcksmth. Cryers Hill Ward Thomas, registrar of births & Ranee Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer

Fountain William, grocer, Post office, deaths for Wycombe sub-district &, Smith Brothers, stone cutters

Cryers Hill surveyor \Yilliams Arthur, farmer

HULCOTT is a sequestered village and parish on the has been placed in the chancel, at the cost of the rector:

Herts border, nearly 2 miles from Marston Gate station in 1898 a window was placed in the chancel by the rector,

on the Aylesbury and Cheddington branch of the London in memory of his mother, Elizabeth Ann Bonus:

and North Western railway and 3 north-west from Ayles- there are 92 sittings, 20 of which are reserved. The

bury, in the Mid division of the county, hundred, union parish register dates from the year 1537. The sue-

and county court district and petty sessional division of cession of rectors of this parish has been traced up to

Aylesbury, rural deanery of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of the year 1270. The living is a rectory, net yearly value

':Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of All from 200 acres of glebe £170, with residence, in the gift

Saints is an edifice in the Early English and later styles of Leopold de Rothschild esq. and held since 1864 by the

.and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north porch and Rev. Edward Bonus LL.M. and M.A. of Corpus Christi

':a low western turret of wood with octagonal broach spire college, Cambridge, who is also rector of Buckland. Leo-

.containing 3 bells: the chancel and nave are Decorated, pold de Rothschild esq. of Ascott Park, who is lord ot

but the piers and arches of the nave and some other the manor, and Lord Rothschild are the principal land-

parts are plain Early English: there are piscinre in the owners. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, same. The

chancel and aisle; the latter has a hagioscope, and also chief crops are wheat and beans, but the greatest por-

contains a plain altar tomb, said to bet that of Benedict tion of the parish is grazed by dairy stock. The area is

Leigh, one of the lords of the manor, buried in 1547, 737 acres; assessable value, £1,035; the popUlation in

but the inscription has been defaced and the brasses 1891 was 108.

removed: the stained east window was the gift of the Parish Clerk, 1Yilliam Menday.

twplrIheeesnedn'Ittrhreeectc'Itrooonro:(.s0thf we techrheeu r cI ht wasG resEto' reSd t in t1862-3 uRndAer Letters rec'eIved at 8 a.m. through AyIesb ury, which I.S
raeneewed', t'he I.nre teerI.Oersq.r efitt' ed' the nearest money order & telegraph office

-with oak benches and the chancel with stalls: in re- Wall Box cleared at 6.20 p.m. on week days only; no

moving the p:aster from the walls, the entrance to the post on sundays

Tood loft was discovered built up in the south-east angle Church of England School, built in 1862, for 27 chil-
of the nave; more recently a communion table of stone dren; average attendance, 12; Miss Augusta Maria
-and alabaster supported on Devonshire marble columns 1Vadsworth, mistress

'Bonus Rev. Edwd.LL.:M., M.A.RectryIGough William Scott, farmer jHill Joseph, higgler

Elliott George, farmer Griffin Harold, farmer, Grove farm Seamons Ada (Mrs.), grazier

IBSTONE is a parish 91 miles north-west fr-om High since 1878 by the Rev. Henry Joscelyne M.A. of Kew

Wycombe station on the Maidenhead and Thames sec- Inn Hall, Oxford. Ibstone House, the seat of Mrs.

tion of the Great Western railway, 9 north from Henley, Brewis, is a modern stuccoed building on an eminence,

8! north-west from Marlow, in the Southern division of and affords good views of the neighbourhood. Here is

the count.y, hundreds of Desborough and Pirton, Des- a Primitive Methodist chapel. 'The Warden and Fellows

borough (1St division) petty sessional division, union and of Merton College, Oxford, who hold the manor, and Mrs.

county court district of Wycombe, rural deanery of Wy- Brewis are the principal landowners. The soil is chalky;

combe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Ox- subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and

ford. This parish is now wholly in Bucks, the part pre- oats. The area is 1,121 acres; assessable value, £1,112;

viously in Oxfordshire having been transferred to the the population in 1891 was 286.

former county. The church of St. Nicholas is a plain Under the provisions of the" Local Government Act,

building of stone in the Norman and Early English styles, 1888,"' by IJocal Government Board Provisional Order,

consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western dated September 30, 1895, the whole of Thstone civil parish

turret cllntaining 2 bells: the doorways and chancel arch is now in Bucks.

are of Norman date, the chancel and nave are Early Sexton, Philip White.

English: there is a fine old carved pulpit: there are 120 Post Office.-Mrs. Mary Simmonds, sub-postmistress.

sittings. In the churchyard there is a remarkably fine Letters arrive through Tetsworth at 8.45 a.m.; dis-

)"ew tree supposed to be about 1,000 year~ old. The patched at 5.15 p.m. The nearest money order &i

register dates from the year 1665. The living is a rectory, telegraph office is at Stokenchurch, 3 miles distant

united to Fingest, joint net yearly value £226, with 107 :National School (mixed), with an endowment from the

acres of glebe and residence, in the alternate gift of the Goring Heath trustees, will hold 50 children; average

Bishop of Oxford and Merton College, Oxford, and held. attendance, 35; Miss Catherine A. Scales, mistress


Brewis Mrs. Thstone house . Beazley Waiter, miller (wind), Cop- Simmonds Mary (Mrs.), Post office

Joscelyne Rev. Henry M.A. Rectory stone mill West Arthur, farmer, Twigside

COMMERCIAL. Cbilton John, beer reUr. &; shopkeeper White John, farmer, Hill Corner farm

Bloxsidge James, Crown P.H Pitcher Samuel, farmer

ICKFORD is a village and parish on the borders of division, Thame union and county court district, rural
Oxfordshire, from which it is separated by the river deanery of Waddesdon, archdeaconry of Buckingham
Thame, 2 miles from Tiddington station, on the Wy- and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas is a
combe, Thame and Oxford branch of the Great Western small but ancient building of stone in mixed styles,
railway, 4 north-west from Thame, 5 south from Brill, principally Transitional and Early English, consisting of
14 south-west from Aylesbury and 10 east from Oxford, chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and awes-
in the Northern division of the connty, in the hundreds tern tower containing 3 bells: in the chancel is an Early
of Ashendon and Ewelme, .A.shendon petty sessional English piscina, with a projecting basin, and a low-side

DIRECTORY,] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. IVER. 105

window, and the church still retains some remains of Draycott, formerly a hamlet of this parish, but
ancient glass: there are 150 sittings. The register situated in Oxfordshire, in the hundred of Ewelme, now

dates from the year 1731. The living is a rectory, net forms part of Waterstock in that county, but for eccle-

yearly value £225, with 16 acres of glebe and residence, siastical purposes still remains part of Ickford.

in the gift of Mrs. A. H. Turner, and held since 1895 by Parish Clerk, William Lester.
the Rl'v. Thomas Archer Turner M.A. of Emmanuel
College, Cambridge. Gilbert Sheldon D.D. Archbishop Post Office.-George Tapping, sub-postmaster. Letters
received through Thame at 8.30 ; dispatched at 4.50 ;
.of Canterbury 1663-77, was sometimes rector here. sundays, arrive 8·35; dispatched at 10·45 a.m. Postal
There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1825 and seating 120 orders are issued here, b11t not paid. The nearest
persons. Phillip's charity of £10 yearly is for clothing. money order office is at 1Vorminghall &; the nearest

.J. W. Stephenson esq. who is lord of the manor, William

Henry Ashhurst esq. of Waterstock, Oxon, and Mrs. telegraph office at Thame, 4 miles distant

.Parsons-Guy and Alfred Fuller esq. are the principal Infants' School, for 40 children, held on the rector's

landowners. The soil is alluvial; subsoil, clay. The premises; average attendance, 28; Miss Esther Jane

land is principally pasture. ,The chief crops are wheat Wood, mistress
and beans. The area is 1,249 acres; rateable value,. The elder children attend the school at WorminghaIl

£2,848; the population in 1891 was 345 in the civil, and Carrier.-Edward Honour, to Thame, tues.; to OXford,

364 in the ecclesiastical parish. wed. &; sat

Chandler J ames Brickwell Albert, grocer &; boot maker' Neale J ames,grocer 1;; market gardener

'Fuller Alfred, Manor house Freeman Harry, butcher Parsons-Guy Mrs. farmer, Grange frm

:Fuller Mrs. The Hollies Freeman William, bricklayer Pullen Mary (Mrs.), blacksmith

Parsons-Guy :Mrs. Grange Fuller Alfred, farmer, Church farm Rolfe George, bricklayer

Turner Rev. Thomas Archer M.A. Garner Frederick, carpenter Slade Edward, carpenter &; joiner

Rectory Garner William, rate collector Slade William, wheelwright

Grant Christopher, Rising Sun P.H Tapping Geo. bakr. &; grocr. Post off

cmIMERCIAL. Honour Edward, carrier Thornton Martha (Mrs.), rent collctr

'Brazil Thomas, blacksmith &; beer ret Hutt John, farmer Woods Samuel, shoe maker

IL:MIRE (or Ilmer) is a small parish on the borders of register dates from about the }'ear 1600. The living is a
Oxfordshire, 2 miles north from the Bledlow station on the vicarage united with Horsenden, under an Order of

Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch of the Great Council, November, 1865, joint net yearly value £180, in
Western railway, 3 west-north-west from Princes Ris- the gift of L. Jaques esq. and Mrs. Jaques, and held
borough, 9 south-west from Aylesbury and 5 east from since 1898 by the Rev. John Edwin Varley M.A. of Dur-
Thume, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of ham University, who resides at LasWake House, Thame.
Ashendon, Aylesbury petty sessional division, union of The rent of about 2 acres of land, bequeathed by a former
Wycombe, county court district of Thame, rural deanery I Earl Stanhope, is devoted to the repair of the church.
of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and dioce8e General Raper, who is owner of the manor, and MillS

of Oxford. The church of St. Peter is a small building :\Ioreton are the principal landowners. The soil is stiff
.J)f stone in the Perpendicular style, with traces of ear~ier loam and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
work, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and an wheat, beans and barley. The area is 697 acres; assess-

unsightly wooden belfry at the west end containing 3 able value, £823; the population in 1891 was 48.
bells: the piscina and rood screen still remain, and there Parish Clerk, Richard Belgrove.
is an ancient stone font: the chancel was rebuilt and the Letters received through Tring, via Princes Risborough,
nave restored in 1859-60, under the superintendence of which is the nearest money order &; telegraph office.
the late G. E. Street R.A. diocesan architect, at the cost of Letters delivered about 8 a.m. Wall Letter Box, near
the late Rev. William Edwards Partridge, vicar from 1833 the church, cleared at 8 a.m. week days only
.and further restored in 1893: there are 100 sittings. The The children of this parish attend the school at Longwick

Belgrove Richard, sen. farmer IGOOdchild Thomas, farmer Kingham Geo. farmer, Lower farm
Gomme George, farmer
Hill Alfred, farmer, Manor farm

IVER is a large parish and scattered village on the The number of in-patients for the year ending- March,

Middlesex border, 16 miles from the Marble Arch, Lon- 1898, was 65; matron, Miss Hannah Elsby. The Home
don, 2 west from West Drayton station, on the Lxbridge for Aged Poor, built in 1898, as a memorial to the Rev.
branch of the Great Western railway, 3:1 north from Coln- W. S. 1Vard, late vicar, and his family, is for the recep-

brook and 2! south from Uxbridge, in the Southern tion of seven aged parishioners, viz. two couples and three

division of the county, hundred and petty sessional divi- single persons, who must have not less than 3S. or more

,sion of Stoke, union of Eton, county court district of than 6s. per week if single, and not less than 5s. or more
Lxbridge, rural deanery of Amersham, archdeaconry of than 10S. if married. The poor's allotments of 37 acres

Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The river Colne yield £23 16s. yearly for fuel; Sayers' charity of £30,
floW's through the parish, to the eastward of which passes interest of £1,000, is for bread, and others amount to
the Grand Junction canal with a branch from Yiewsley £25 yearly. Courts leet and baron are held every two
to Slough. The church of St. Peter, restored in 1848 years. Richings Park, now the seat of Lt.-Col. Charles
at a cost of £2,800, is a building of flint in mixed styles, Meeking M.A., J.P. and formerly in the possession of
from Early Korman to Perpendicular, consisting of chan- Lord Bathurst and the Duchess of Somerset, was the
.eel, clerestoried nave, with two Norman bays on the resort of Pope and the wits of his age; one of the walks
north side and three Early English bays on the south, is still known by the name of "Pope's walk." Bangors
aisles and an embattled western tower containing a clock is the residence of Tonman Mosley esq. D.L., J.P. and
and 6 bells, tuned and rehung in 1866 to celebrate the Lady Hilda Mosley; Huntsmoor Park of Richard Ste-
.completion of the 50th year of the ministry of the Rev. phens Taylor esq. J.P.; Woodlands of Viscount Curzon
IYilliam Sparrow Ward M.A. late vicar of the parish: M.P., .T.P. and the Manor House of George Wills esq.

the chancel retains piscinre and sedilia; and the stair- Lt.-Col. Charles Meeking, who is lord of the Rectory
-case to the rood loft also remains: there is a monument manor, Viscount Curzon M.P. Christopher John Hume

to Lady Mary Salter, 1631; and two memorial windows, Tower esq. of Brentwood, Essex, Maj. Edward C. S.
one to Mary, wife of C. J. H. Tower esq. d. 1865, and Tompson, J. A. Tompson esq. Edward Lovejoy esq. and
another to Christopher Tower esq. of Huntsmore Park, Tonman Mosley esq. are the principal landowners. The soil
d. 1884, and to Lady Sophia Frances (Brownlow-Cust), is loamy; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat,
his wife, d. 21 Dec. 1882: a handsome reredos and oak oats, beans, barley and clover. The civil parish contained
(lallelling in the sanctuary, the gift of Lt.-Col Charles 6,399 acres of land and 68 of water, but has been re-
.!Ieeking, was erected in 1892 to his mother, Mrs. duced by the formation of Gerrard's Cross civil parish;
Meaking, of Richings Park: during the period 1896-8 a assessable value of present area, £24,446; the population
.new organ and heating apparatus have been provided, in 1891 was 2'476, of which 1,575 are in St. Peter eccle-
the west gallery removed, and a new oak lobby, vestry siastical parish.

and staircase to the tower erected at a total cost of over IVER HEATH is an ecclesiastical parish, formed July

[,1,000: there are 550 sittings. The registers date from 22, 1862, out of a portion of this parish. The church of
the year 1605. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value St. Margaret is a structure of brick, faced with flint, in

£80, with residence, in the gift of Lt.-Col. Charles Meek- the Early Decorated style, and consists of chancel and
ing, and held since 1890 by the Rev. Septimus Hebert nave, with a low embattled tower on the south side con-
M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cflmbridge. A village hall taining a clock and 2 bells :there are ten stained windows:

was opened in 1881, and there is also a Wesleyan mission the chancel floor has been relaid, and a new table and
-hall. The Cottage Hospital, opened in 1875 for the marble steps provided at the cost of Mrs. Summers and
parishes of Iver, Langley and Denham, has beds for 9 her sister, Miss Whip: the church affords 300 sittings.

patients and is supported by voluntary contributions. I The register dates from the year 1862. The living is a

106 IVER. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

rectory, net yearly value £120, with 4! acres of glebe 1Little Robert esq. Oakley house, Slough

and residence, in the gift of Lt.-Col. C. Meeking, and Meeking Lieut.-Col. Charles, Richings park, CoIn..

held since 1891 by the Rev. William Mann Statham. The brook, Slough

area of the Heath portion of the parish is 2,000 acres; Mos.}ey Tonman esq. Bangors, !ver

the population in 1891 was 7,42. Nash John Hartopp esq. D.L. Wellington lodge, Sloull'h

Shredding Green, I mile west-by-north and Thorney, Usborn Samuel esq. F.RC.S.Eng. Maisonette, Dat;het.

I mile south, are hamlets; at the latter is a chapel of Windsor

ease, a brick structure, consisting of chancel and nave Prior Henry Laurence esq. RA. The Priory, Datchet.

and affording 80 sittings. Windsor

Parish Clerk, !ver Heath, William Cooper. Secker Edward Onslow esq. Denmark house, Slough

IPost, M. & T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Swithinbank Harold Wm. esq. Denham Court, Uxbridge
Post, S. R & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Thomas Taylor Charles esq. Horton manor, Slough
Fox, sub-postmaster. Letters are received from Ux- Taylor Richard Stephens esq. Huntsmoor park, Iver.

bridge & delivered here at 7.40 a.m. & 12.15 & 5 p.m.; Uxbridge

dispatched at 9 a.m. & 3.15 & 6.40 p.m.; sunday at Tompson Major Edward Carrier Smith M.A. Mansfield"

II.IO a.m Iver Heath, Uxbridge

Wall Letter Boxes.-Shredding Green, 6.30 p.m.; sun- Tompson John Alfred esq. M.A. Dromenagh

days, IQ-45 a.m.; Church, 9·5 a.m. & 3.20 & 6.50 Watson James esq. I Clifton crescent, Folkestone

p.m.; sundays, II.20 a.m ",Villes Col. Geo. Shippen, Cippenham house, Burnham

Post House & T. O. !ver Heath.-Edwin Allison, sub- Woodbridge Henry William esq. The Lodge, St. An-

postmaster. Letters received at 7.40 & n.50 a.m.; drews, Uxbridge

sunday, 7.40 a.m.; dispatched at II.45 a.m. & 5.45 The chairmen, for the time being, of the Eton and Slough

p.m.; sunday, IO.I5 a.m. Postal orders are issued Urban District Councils, and of the Et{)n Rural Dis.

here, but not paid. Uxbridge is the nearest money trict Council, are ex-officio magistrates

order office Clerk to the Magistrates, George Henry Charley, II

Wall Letter Box, !ver Heath, cleared at 6.5 p.m.; sun- Mackenzie street, Slough

day at IQ.30 a.m Petty Sessions are held at the Village hall, !ver, every

alt':lrnate saturday at II a.m. & at the Police

CO'U'NTY MAGISTRATES FOR STOKE HUNDRED. station, Slough, every wednesday at I I a.m

Barvey Sir Robert Grenville bart. Langley park, Slough The places in the petty sessional division are :-Colnbrook,
AllhusenAugustus Hy. Eden esq. ~LP., D.L. Stoke court, Datchet, Denham, Eton, Fulmer, !ver, Langley,
Hedgerley, Stoke Pages, Slough, Horton, Wraysbury
Stoke Poges RS.O & Wexham

Pigott Sir Charles Robert bart. D.L. Wexham park, Schools.
Slough

Bennitt Col. William Ward, Stoke Green house, Slough A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1895; Wm.
Bryant Wilberforce esq. Stoke park, Stoke Poges RS.O Garner, jun. clerk to the board; Jeremiah Jones, school
Dent Edward esq. M.A. Fernacres, Fulmer, Slough
attendance officer

de Sulis Henry Rodolph esq. Ivy 10. Iver Heath, Uxbridge Board, built in. 1895 for 200 boys, 200 girls and 135 in-
Dickson James esq. Larchmoor, ·Stoke Poges RS.O
fants; average attendance, 131 boys, 125 girls & 106

Freeman George Mallows esq. Q.C., B.A. The Grange, infants; W. F. E. HaITis, master; Miss Ada Wallis,

Wraysbury, Staines mistresil; Mi'8JSI Margaret Whitewright, infants' mistress

Gilbev William Crosbie esq. The Lea, Denham, Uxbridge Iver Heath (mixed), built in 1872, for 100 children;

Good William esq. Churchmead, Datchet, Windsor average attendance, 84; W. Ounsworth, master; Miss

Riggins Captain Charles Clarke, Upton park, Slough Woodford, infants' mistress

Hortin John Henry esq. Heath lodge, !ver, Uxbridge Carriers. J. Marks, from his house, Iver to Uxbridge,

Howard-Vyse Howard Henry esq. D.L. Stoke Place, daily, sundays excepted; William E. Goddard, to Ux-

Stoke Poges R.S.O bridge direct, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Mosley Tonman D.L., J.P. & Lady Bullock In. coal mer. Shredding green

Hilda, Bangors Bullock Robert, shopkeeper

Barrett Ernest, Brightfield, Heath Newmnn HOI'ace Townsend RA.,M.D., Burge Henry, grocer

Bodley GeorgeFrederickA.R.A.,F.S.A. L.R.C.S.I. (physician & surgeon, Burge Meshach, farmer, Lea farm

Bridgefoot retired), Delaford house Burrows George, shopkeeper

Churchill Dowager Lady Jane, Coppins Nicholay John Augustus, Iver grove Carter Frederick, butcher

Clowes Miss, Sunnyside Pearce George Price, Grove house Catt John, Stag & Hounds P.H.Heath

Court Mrs. Iverfarne Ransdale George L. Milton house Chadwell Rd. Bennett & Sons, bldr.

Curzon Viscount M.P., J.P. Wood- Reed Charles, !ver croft Chaney Joseph Edward, baker

lands; 20 Curzon street W, &; Carl- Reed Edward Baron, Yew villa Choules Leonard, draper

ton,Marlborough &; Travellers' clubs Rhodes Miss, !ver lodge Cooper William, beer retailer, Heath

SW; Constitutional club WC; &; Statham Rev. Wm. Mann (rector of Dance Joseph, beer retailer

Bachelors' & Turf clubs, W, London St. Margaret's), Heath Davis William, farmer, Isle of Wight

Dallas Mrs. Warren house, Heath Taylor Richard Stephens J.P. Hunts- farm, Oak end

de'Salis Henry Rodolph, Ivy Idg.Heath moor park Dunton Charles, farmer, Heath

Dickenson Mrs. Delaford Tidy Thos. A. Laurel cottage, Heath Dunton Edward, hay & straw dealer

Edwards James Dosell, St. John's Thorpe Charles, Ickburgh &; beer retailer

Fox Thomas, Hill house Tompson Major-Gen. Wm. Dalrymple Durbin Alexander, grocer

Garrard Frederick Blackall, Sandstone, C.R Iver house Fletcher John H. butcher

Heath Tompson John Alfred J.P. Dromenagh, Fox Thomas &; Son, grocers,Post office

Garrard George H. Lambourne,Heath Heath Goddard William Edward, carrier Ai

Goldsworthy Mrs. Heath Ward Mrs. Come house fiy proprietor

Grimsdale G. Fernley Ward W. Henry, Colne house Gray Chas. markt. gardnr. Thorney

Harman Mrs. Park lodge, Heath Wills George, Manor house Gray William, beer retailer, Heath

Hartshorne The Misses, The Elms Young Rev. C. J. Radford M.A. The Gudgeon Rbt. frror. Blanchard farm

Heathcote The Misses, Ronnd coppice, Orchard Hall John, farmer

Heath COMMERCIAL. Hart Geo. mkt. gardnr. Colnbrook rei

Bebert Rev. Septimus M.A. (vicar), Andrews Robert, farmer, Wood Lane Hutton Cape, beer retailer

Vicarage farm, Heath Hyde Jas. market gardener, Heath

Bortin John Henry J.P. Heath lodge Axten Thomas, baker !ver, Langley & Denham Cottage Hos-

Hull William, The Lea Baker WaIter ll. blacksmith pital (John Miller M.R.C.S. Eng.,

Lavin Michl.Drury, Heatherden,Heath Batchelor In. farmer, Colnbrook road L.RC.P. Lond. medical officer; Ed-

Loveday William Thomas :F.G.S. The Billinghurst William Jas. bricklayer ward Lovejoy, hon.sec. & treasurer;

Brambles, Heath & beer retailer Miss Hannah Elsby, matron)

Lovejoy Edward, Grange Boreham Emma (Mrs.),Red Lion P.ll. Iver Co-operative Society (John Fork-

Meeking Lieut.-Col.Charles };I.A., J.P. Shredding green naIl, manager) •

Richings park. (Letters through Bewden George, Chequers P.H Johnson Alfred, saddler

Colnbrook, Slough) Bowler Edward, market gardener Jones Harry, carpenter

Miller John, Cranmere house Bowler Hy. market gardener, Heath Langton David &; Sons, plumbers

Minns Frederick, Willows Branford Wm. (Mrs.), beer ret. Heath Lloyd William, saddler

Montgomerie Lady Sybil,Potters cross, Buckland Maria (Mrs.), beer retailer Marks Jonathan, boot & shoe maket

Heath & shopkeeper, Heath Mead William & Co. Limited, brick

Moon Henry, Norwood farm makers &; farmers

DIRECTORY.] BUCKINGHA11SHIRE. • IVINGHOE• 107

Miller In. M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Pullin A. (Mrs.), registrar of births & Stanborough Joseph, Mansfield farm,

Lond.surgn & medical officer to Cot- deaths, & vaccination officer for !ver Heath

tage Hospital, medical officer &!lub- sub-district Stock Frederick, market gardnr.Heath

lic vaccinator, Iver district, Eton Ralph Frederick, Swan P.H Studds W. & J. farmers &, brick mas.

union &, certifying factory surgeon, Raymont Richard, Bull P.H !ver court

Cranmere house Reed Edward Baron, brick maker Thrift Alfred, carpenter, Heath

Miller Thomas, farmer, Parsonage Reeves George, farmer, Slade farm, Timms James, shopkeeper

farm, Shredding green Thorney Timms Thos. markt. gardener, Heath

Morton George, grocer Reid R'obert Henry, hay & straw dlr. Tripp William, blacksmith, Heath

Munday William, chimney ,sweep,Hth Lovegreen house Ward W. Henry R.I.B.A. architect,

Murdock Robert, farmer, Little Sut- Robinson William, assistant overseer &: Colne house; &, 64 Charlotte street.

ton farm collector ofQueen's taxes & estate agt Fitzroy square, London W

Murray Arthur John, beer retailer, Roffey Charles Edwin, beer retailer Wells James, land steward to Lieut.4

The Fishery, Thorney weir Sceeny John, shopkeeper Col. Charles Meeking, Sutton farm.

Payne Wm.Baylis.frmr.Hardings farm Shepherd John, beer retailer, Thorney (Letters through Langley, Slough)

Plested WaIter, wheelwright Smith Jas. farmer, White ho. Heath Woodley Arthur, cattle dealer, Heath

Price & Co. paper manufacturers, Smith George, farmer & market gar- Woolbridge Henry Wm. farmer, Iver-

Thorney mills dener, Shredding green moor farm

Prior Edward,North Star P.H.Thorney Sparrow William, farmer, Love green

IVINGHOE is a small town of considerable antiquity Sir WaIter Scott named one of the most celebrated of
and a parish, comprising the hamlets of Ivinghoe Aston, his novels, "Ivanhoe," from this place. Earl Brownlow
Horton (in part), and parts of Little and Great Seabrook: is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Courts
it is partly encompassed by the Chiltern Hills and 2 baron and leet are held annually for this manor; WaIter
miles south-east from Cheddington Junction station Grover esg. steward; G . ..A.. Bates, court bailiff. A large
on the main line of the London and North Wes- portion of the soil is chalky; subsoil, chalk and clay. The
tern railway, 33 from London, 61 south-east from area is 4,821 acres; rateable value, £7,855; the popu-
Leighton Buzzard, 4t' north-by-east from Tring, and lation in 1891 was 1,277' but has since been reduced by
9 east from Aylesbury, in the Mid division of the transfer of parts of the parish to Herts.
the county, hundred of Cottesloe, petty sessio'nal division
of Linslade, nnion and county court district of Leighton HORTON is a small hamlet be:onging to the parishes
Buzzard, rural deanery of Ivinghoe, archdeaconry of of Ivinghoe, Edlesborough and Slapton and Oheddington,
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The Grand Junction 2~ miles north-west from Ivinghoe and half-a-mile north
canal passes near here. from the 'Cheddington Junction station on the London
and :North Western railway. Church services are held
St. lMargaret's and; RingshaJI, formerly hamlets in this in the school-room: there is a:'.so a small Wesleyan
parish, have been, by Local Government Board's Provi- chapel.
sional Orders Act No. 17, transferred to Herts, and
Letters through Leighton Buzzard arrive at 9 a.m. Wall
added to ~ettleden. Letter Box cleared at 6 p.m

The church of St. :Mary is a fine cruciform building The children of this place atte'nd the schools at Ched-
mainly of th~ 13th ,~entury, but with windows and door- dington &, Slapton
ways of the 14th cl'ntury, C'on:;isting of chancel, clere-
storied nave and transepts, aisles, north, south and 1"est Carrier-'\Villiam Sander, to Leighton Buzzard, tues
porehe!; and a central ('mbattlerl tower with spire,
IVINGHOE ASTON is a scattered ham:et of the parish
containing a clock and 6 bells, recast in 187.'1 from
the original peal of 5, and a sixth hell added, of Ivinghoe, I! miles north-east. Churoh of England
at the cost of the parishioners, in memory of a f(}fmer
vicar: the tenor bell, dated 1628, was inscribed "Sacra service is held in th3 School room in the afternoon of the
manet Ohristi plebisque religio vana:" t'he carved oak 2nd and 4th Sundays at 3 p.m. rI'he Wesleyan chapel
roof is a particularly handsome specimen of the Late here, !built in 1831, seats 200 persons; attached is a.
Decorated period, with figures of angels: the present Sunday sdhool, built in 1869. il\Iany of the inhabitants
clerestary is Perpendicular, !but traces of the original are employed in the ,straw p:ait !business and duck breed-
circular sexfoil windows of the o~d clerestory may still m• g.
be seen in the nave, whilst in both transepts they re-
main in their entirety: some of the 'benches have tall Letters through Tring arrive at 9 a.m. Wan Letter Box
poppy heads: in the c'hurch are several monuments to cleared at 5.40 p.m. &, sundays at 10.15 a.m
the family of Duncombe, former:y of Barley End House
in this parish: there is also in the chancel a table tomb, National School (mixed), built in 1809, for 40 children;
'With recumbent effigy, vested as conjectured to represe'nt average attendance, 30; Miss Green, mistress
a priest, Peter de Ohaseport, rector here 1241-54: in
ilie south transept is a brass to John and Alice Hunger- SE.AJ3fROOK (divided in two parts, called Great and
Little Seabrook) is a hamlet of Ivinghoe, Cheddingt<ln
ford, 1594: the pulpit, a richly carved and ancient piece and Pitstone, lying between the London and North
of cinquecento workmanship, is of oak and retains its Western railway and the Grand Junction canal, 1~ miles
hour glass stand: a stained east window was erected in west from Ivinghoe and I south from Cheddington sta-
1868 to the memory of John William, second Earl Brown- tion. The soil produces good wheat crops.
low, who died at- Mentone, 20th Feb. 1867: the chancel
screen is of carved oak in the style of the 14th century, Post &; :M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.
and has on the pediment fig-ures of Our Saviour, St.
},fichael and St. Gabriel: the bapt'istery has oak parquet Ivinghoe.-Miss Dorcas Andrews, sub-postmistress.
Letters are received through Tring at 7.10 a.m.;
floor and a. triptych, representing the "Incarnation," dispatched at n.5 a.m. & 6.15 p.m. Cheddington is
the nearest telegraph office, 3 miles distant
flanked by two cherubim, after Fro. AngeEco: the floor
of the sanctuary is laid with mosaic: there COlJ'"NTY MAGISTRATES FOR LINSL.A.DE PETrY
SESSIONAL DIVISIO~ SITTING HERE.
are 467 sittings. The register dates from the
Jenney Stewart William esq. Drayton Beauchamp lodge.
yeaI' 1559. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value Tring, chairman
£250, including 188 acres of glebe, with residence, in the
gift of Earl Brownlow, and held since 18q6 by the Rev. Orkney Earl of, Wing, Leighton Buzzard
Treffry Harvey M.A. of New College, Oxford. The Bap- Finch Henry esq. The Gables, Linslade, Leighton Buzzrd
tist chapel, erected in 1804, will seat 350 persons: the Freeman Stewart esq. Wing, Leighton Buzzard
Hart Pl:ilip esq. Wing, Leighton Buzzard
Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1866, has sittings for 500. Wi:liams Jose-ph Grout esq. Pendley manor, Tring
The Town Hall is an ancient and interesting structure,
and adjoining it is the Police Station. Pleasure fairs Clerk to the Magistrates, Samuel Stallon, Hemel
are held here on the 6th of May and the l]th of Octo- Hempstead
oer. The charities, by different bequests, amount to
about £24 annually, which are g-iven in money to the PeNy Sessions are !held for Ivinghoe sub-division of
poor on t'he first Saturday in November. The church Lins~ade petty sessional division in the Town hall, on
lands produce about £12 a year. According to tradition, the last saturday in every month at II a.m

one of the Hampdens lost this manor for striking the The following places are in the Ivinghoe 6ub-divisio'n:-
B:ack Prince a blow with his racket when they quarrelled Cheddington, Dagnall, Drayton Beauchamp. Edles.
at tennis- borough, Horton, Ivinghoe, Ivinghoe Aston, Marsworth.
Northall, Pitstone & Slapton
Cl Tring, Wing and Ivinghoe
Police Station, Griffiths Davies, sergeant-in-charge &
Hampde'n of Hampden did forego, 3 constables
Fol' striking of ye Prince a blow,
.And g~ad he might escapen so." Town Hall, GTiffiths Davies, keeper

108 IVIKGHOE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [ KELLY's

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services. Wesleyan, Ivinghoe, 2.30 .& 6 p.m
.st. Mary's Church, Rev. Treffry Harvey M. A. vicar;
Wesleyan, Horton, 2.30 .& 6 p.m
1I a.m. .& 6 p.m.; daily service, 8 a.m. all the year
Wesleyan, Ivinghoe Aston, 2.30 .& 6 p.m
round; holy communion 8'30, 2nd .& 4th sundays, mid-
day 1St .& 3rd National School (mixed .& infants), built in 1865, for 200
Bap:ist, 10.30 a.m . .& 2 .& 6 p.m
children; average attendance, 180; Arthur Hann

master; Miss Worsdale, mistress '

IVINGHOE. Horwood Emi~v (Mrs.), shopkeeper RORTO~.

Harvey Rev. Treffry M.A. Vicarage Keable James William, blacksmith 1 Brandom James, farmer
Roberts Henry ~Iann
iron fence maker Buckmaster Albert Alfred, farmer
COMMERCB.L.
North Edwin, shopkeeper Foxon And'rew, KinO"s Head P.H

Parradine C. duck breeder .& dairymn Ruff James, farmere

Andrews Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Parsons John, tailor ·Warren Frank, farmer

Bailey Joseph, farmr. Wardscombe fm Payne John, asphalter lVINGHOE ASTON.

Bailey Wm. farmer, Vicarage farm Payne Robert, beer retailer
Putnam Arthur George, shopkeeper A!shby WaIter, farmer
Bates Henry, boot .& shoe maker
Bromly John R. King's Head hotel Roberts .& 'Wilwn, brewers, maltsters Brigginshaw Frederick, shopkeeper
.& spirit .&cyder mers.Ivinghoe brwy Draper Chas. Carpenters' Arms P.R
Cato John, beer retailer Heley William, Swan P.H

Cole J. inland revenue office Rogers Henry, cattle dealer
Rogers William. carpenter, .& registrar Horn Cornelius, shopkeeper
Cook George, boot maker of births .& deaths for the Ivinghoe Horn David, grazier

Deeley Louis. carpenter Horn Ethered, grazier

Dollimore Arthur, baker ~ub-district
Simmons J esse Thomas, Brovmlow Horn J oseph, grazier
Elliott David, butcher &; carrier Ruffett J esse, grazier

Elliott Phillip, butcher, draper, shop- Arms P.H
Simons Char:es,farmer .& miller(wind) Sander William, grazier .& carrier
keeper & beer retailer

Foxen Thomas, brick .& tile maker Simons William, beer retailer SE..\.BROOK.

Gale Arthur Thomas, farmer Town Hall (Griffiths Davies, keeper) Archer Ernest George, farmer

Heley Andw.plumber &; glazier.& frmr. Turney Ambrose, baker Harrowell Alfred, duck breeder

.& insurance agent Warren Geo. straw dealer .& shopkeepr Simmons John, farmer

GREAT and LITTLE KIMBLE form a parish in conducted here every Sunday afternoon by the rector. A

the Mid division of the county, hundred, petty sessional reading-room was also added in 1897.

6.ivision and cou'nty court district of Aylesbury, union of Sexton, Daniel BEckett.

lVycombe, rural deanery of AyleSibury, archdeaconry of Letters through Tring by foot messenger from Butler's

Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. By a Local Govern- Cross arrive at 8 a.m. .& a second delivery from

ment Order, dated March 25, 1885, all the pari.sh of Princes Risborough at 1.20 p.m. Wall Letter Box,

Litt~e Kimble and a part of Little Hampden were amal- by the church, cleared at 6.20 p.m. week days .& 4.20

gamated with Great Kimble, the parish to be designated p.m. sundays. The nearest money order .& telegraph

Great and Little Kimble. Great Kimble is a qua1't~~· cf office is at Butler's Cross, Ellesborough, about I! miles

a mile south-east from Little Kimble station, on the distant

A.ylesbury branch of the Great Western railway, 31 National School for Great .& Little Kimble, built about

mi~es west-south-west from Wendover, and 6 south from 1837, for 90 children; average attendance, 84; Wm.
AyleSbury. The chul'c'h of St. Nicholas, situated on an Fassnidge, master
Carrier to Ay~esbury. John Spittles, wed. .& sat
eminence and thoroughly resf(>red and reseated in 1876-81

Dt a cost of [3,543, is an ancient embattled building of
i1.int and stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chan- LITTLE KIMBLE is a village, with a station on the

eel with aisles of .two bays, nave of four bays, aisles, Aylesbury branch of the Great Western railway, 3 miles

south porch and a large embattled western tower, with west-by-south from Wendover, 2! nOl'th-north-east from

a corbel table of heads supporting the parapet and con- Princes Risborough and s! south from Aylesbury. The

taining 5 bells: in the chancel is a handsome window, church of All Saint.s, Little Kimble, is a £mal'. but an-

painted by Sir Robed Frankland-Rus£ell bart. of Thirk- cient building of stone, probab:y dating from the end of
le'by, Yorkshire, Who died nth March, 1849, one to the tfue 13th century, and chiefly in the Decora~ed style: it
Rev. John Steward, a former vicar, and another, erected consists of chancel, nave, 'north and south porches and a

ion 1892 by the parishioners and friends, to the Rev. bell gable at the west end containing 2 bells: the east

Edwa;rd Keating Clay RA. vicar 1878-91: the font is a'nd west windows are stained, and on the north side of

Norman and richly carved: there are 200 sittings. A the Chancel is a memorial window to .the Rev. Samuel

large tumulus behind the church, ca.'.led "Dial hill," was Thomas Chapman, rector here from 1·810: five other

opened by the late vicar in 1887, and found to be an windows in the church retain fragments of ancient stained

ancient burial place, in which some relics were met with. glass: the pu·.pit, reading-desk and open seats are of

The register dates frem the year 1664. The living is a oak: on the walls of the nave are some ancie'nt paintings,

rectory and vicarage, joint net yearly value [150, in- now nearly Obliterated: the floor of the chancel retaillS

eluding 46 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift {)f the some ancient tiles, much defaced: there are two piscinre.

Earl of Buckinghamshire. and held since 1'891 by the Rev. one in the east wall and the other in the south wall of
Arthur Kennet Hobart-Hampden M.A. of New College, the nave: the font is a'.so anciEnt: the church was re-
Oxford. There are 4a. 21'. 30P. for the benefit of the poor. stored and reseated in 18 75-6, at a cost of [1,300 and
Mrs. Frankland-Russell Astley, of Chequers Court, EBes- affords 70 sittings. The register dates from the year
borough, who is "ady of the manor, Sir AstIey Paston 1657, but is very imperfect. The living is a rectory,

Qooper bart. of Gadesbridge Park, Hemel Hempstead, nnited to the vicarage of Great Kimble. Here is a

Major Clement Astley Paston Cooper of the Lockers, Dissenting cllapel, which serves for all denominations.

Hemel Hempstead, the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Lord The poor's a.'!.lotment consists of la. 2r. of land.

Rothschild, J. Plaistowe and J. Parrott esqrs. and H. V. Lady Mede is the residence of Henry Vivian Gibson-

Gibson-Craig esq. are the principalla'ndowners. The soil Craig esq. J.P

varies; on the high lands chalk and flints, IQwlands stiff
clay; subsoi!, chiefly clay. The chief crops are wheat, Letters through Trill'g by foot messenger from Elles-

beans, barley and oats; a great portion of the lowlands is borough arrive at about 7·30 a.m. & a second delivery

pasture. The area is 3.410 acres; asse!,sable value, from Princes Risborough at 1.20 p.m. Butler's Cross,
£4,054; the population in 1891, Great Kimble, 395; Ellesborough, is the nearest money order .& telO'raph
Litee Kiml>le, 170. office, about I! miles distant
e

Wall Letter Box, Little Kimble church, cleared week

Marsh, 21 miles, and Kimble Wick, 21 miles north- days at 11.30 a.m. .& 1.30 .& 6,3° p.m.; sundays at.

west are hamle1s. At Marsh is a small Mission room, 4.24 p.m .

built in 1894, and seating about 70 persons; services are Railway Station, John Tame, station master

GREAT KIMBLE. Crook James, farmer, Marsh Hannell Thomas, Swan P.R

('Marked thus * receive letters from Darvill George Willoughby, farmer, Langston Thomas, farmer, Long Down

Ayleslbur,y.) Manor farm Little Charles, farmer, Grove farm Ai

Hobart-Hampden Rev'. Arthur Ken- Durling Frank, Bear & Cross P.B..& Kimble Wick

net M.A. Rectory grocer Mead William. farmer, Kimble 'Wick

COMMERCIAL. East Ebenezer, farmer, Kimble wick Orchard Alfred, cowkeeper, Marsh

Allnutt John, Prince of Wales P.H. East William, farmer Orchard Joseph, farmer. Kimble wick

"Marsh *Girling John. farmer, Marsh Pitcher Henry, farmer, Grange farm Ai

Callam WiIliam, farmer, Little Marsh *Higgin.s Peter, miller (water), corn Marsh Hill fann

-Conque&t Henry, farmer, Marsh d~aler .& mealman, Marsh miE.s ;:,"'immons Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper

DffiEarORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. L.A~E END. 109

LITTLE KIMIBiLE. Morris Mrs. Brook cottage Hailey Richard, farmer, Brook farm

Cheese Mrs. Rectory Murray Mrs. Bonnybrook Rayner Thomas, farmer

Gibson-Craig Henry Vivian J.P. Lad)' Ohilton Frederick James, Crown P.H. Stopps Benjamin,farmer,assistant over--

Mede & grocer seer & surveyor & assessor of taxes

Guy NIl'S Hailey John, shopkeeper *Stopps William,iarmer,High Holborn
IKINGSEY, a parish formerly in Bucks, has by Local transferred to Oxfordshire, and will be found in Kelly's
Government Board Order, dated October 27, 1894, been I Directory of that county.

LACEY is an. ecclesiastical parish formed August I, through Princes Risborough S.O. arrive at 7.45 a.m.
1851, from the civil parish of Princes Risborough, and
comprising the hamlets of Lacey Green, Loosley Row & 12.45 p.m.; dispatched at 10.55 a.m. &; 4.55
and Speen, in the Mid division of the county, hundred
and petty sessional division of Aylesbury, union and p.m.; sundays no delivery except to callers from 8 to
county court district of High Wycombe, rural deanery
10 a.m.; mail dispatched at 9 a.m. The nearest
of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese
of Oxford. Lacey Green is 2~ miles south-south-east telegrap~ office is at Princes Risborough, 3 miles distant
from Princes Risborough station on the Thame and
Oxford branch of the GTeat West.ern railway and 12 miles Post Office, Speen.-William Plumridge, sub-postmaster.
south-east from Aylesbury. The church of St. John
the Evangelist, opened in the year 1826, is a plain LetterS' through Tring, via Princes Risborough, arrive
cruciform building of flint with stone dressings-, con-
at 9.10 a.m.; dispatched at 4.5 p.m. week days only.
sisting of apsidal chancel, added in 1871, nave, western
porch, and. ~ bell gable at the junct~o~ of chancel and Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Loosley
nave contammg: one bell: there are sIttmgs for 400 p~r-
sons. The regIster dates from the year 1826. The hv- Row is the nearest money order & Princes Risborough

ing is ~ vicara~e, yearl.y value, including gleJ;>e ([n.o) the nearest telegraph office, 4 miles distant

and reSIdence, m th~ gIft of the rector of P!I~CeS RIS- Wall Letter Box, near the school, Lacey Green, cleared
borough, and held smce !897. by the Rev.. ~~am Rob-
s?n M.A. of DUl'ha~ UmversI~Y. The PrImItIve Metho- at 4.35 p.m. week days only
dIst chapel, erected m 1855, WIll seat ISO persons. John
Fo~rest esq. J.P. the War~en and Fellows of Mert.on Schools
~ollege, Oxford and Fred~n~k ~. Clark esq. are prm-
cIpal landowners. The sod IS light and chalky; sub- National, Lacey Green, built in'185 1, &; enlarged. in 1885
soil, chalk and clay. The chief crops are barley, oats &; 1898 for 120 children; average attendance, 88; Alfred
and turnips. The area is 1,923 acres; rateable value Brown A C P master' Mrs Brown mistress
included with Princes Risborough; the population in
1891 was 1,049. National, Sp~e~, built &, partly endow'ed in 1862 by Mrs.
Grace, for 70 children; average attendance, 38 ; Miss
Sexton, Jesse Hawes. Louisa Critchley, mistress

Post & M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity & Insurance Office, Endowed, Loosley Row, built in 1862 by Mrs. Grace, fo?

Loosley Row.-Alfred Ward, sub-postmaster. Letters 80 children; average attendance, 40; &; endowed with

the rent of a small farm at Naphill Common, given by

Mrs. Grace, which is shared with the school at Speen;.

Miss Agnes Hewitt mistress

-'. a haml~t on the " Hills,
LqOSLEY ROW IS Chiltern

! mIle north-west: .The BaptIst. chapel here, erected
m 1862, has 250 sIttmgs; there IS also a foundry.

SPEEN is a hamlet three-quarters of a mile south-
east. Here is a Baptist chapel, ~rected in 1813, with

a residence f()r the minist.er.

L.A,CEY GRE&"l. Watson Miss, Loosley hill Ohilton Free, farmer &; beer retail6/l"

Clark Frederick Aldridge, Gracefield .?~MMERCIAL. G()~~ Free, chair maker, &; King

Carder Rev. Benjamin In.B.A.(curate) Anderson WIlham. cattle dealer Wrlham P.H

Forreost John .T.P. Grimsdyke Barefoot James, carpenter Janes Boaz, farmer

Robson Rev. William l'vLA. Vicarage l3urroughes George, farmer Janes Geo. Plough P.H.Flowers boUm

cmmERCIAL. Cheshire George, miller (wind) Pearce George, blacksmith, Flower's

Brown Phineas shopkeeper Dormer Eli, beer retailer bottom William, chair maker a
Biggs Owen, builder Dormer George. fa['mer Plumridge

Currell Free bricklayer Floyd George, shopkeeper shopkeeper, Post office
Dell Sarah '(Mrs.), 8hopkeeper Floyd John, beer retailer R~dgley Free, chair turner

Floyd Dan boot maker Gomme Sarah &; Sons, ironfounders Rldgley George. shopke€pel' &; baker
Floyd PeU:r, farmer L~cey Jane CMrs.), beer retailer R~dgley ~ilIia~, chair turner

Ginger Ann (Miss) beer retailer Rlxon Jesse, Sprat P.H RIX()n Eh, chaIr turner
Hawes George, far~er Steve~s Ver~o~, tailor Saunders George, farmer, Speen farm
Hawes JeoSse,parish clerk &; shoe makr Tomkms ~~lham. farmer Saunders Wm. farr,ner, Flowers bot·tm

.Tanes Hezekiah, baker Turner WIlham, hurdle ma.ker SteveIlJs Robe!t, taIlor
Pars~ow Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Tyler Thoma1s, farmer &; tImber mer Ward Cornehus, carpenter
Nash William, farmer Ward Alfred, carpenter &; shopkeeper, Ward Charles, carpenter

Reading Room (George Floyd, sec) Post office Ward Edward, carpenter
Saunders .Tohn, farmer Ward George, carpente~ .

Saunders John William, carpenter SPEEN. Wedlock Jalll.eS,farm balhff to Thomas
~. PaNons esq
i'aunders Wm. frmr. Small Dean fm Harris()n Rev. William (Baptist) .
Anderson Ernest Edwd. wheelwright Wh~tney Albert J~hn, chaIr tu~er
Tilbury Seth, shopkeeper & builder &; overseer, Darvill's hill WhltneY Geo. chaIr turner,Darvill's hI

LOOSLEY ROW. Anderson J ane & Son, farmers, Dar- W000 Albert, chair back maker

Bousfieldl Rev. Alfred M.A. Loosley ho vill's hill Wood John, shoo maker

LANE END is a village and ecclesiastical parish esq. F.R.S. and was inserted by his children; a west

formed February 5th, 1867, out of the parishes of Great window to William Henry Sandby esq. was placed ia
Yarlow. Hambleden, Fingest and West Wycombe, chiefly 1887: there are 330 sittings. The burial ground at-
situated in the first-named, 3 miles south-west from tached to the church has been considerably enlarged.
West Wycombe station on the High Wycombe, Ayles- The register dates from the year 1832. The living is
bury and Thame branch, and 4 north-west from Great a vicarage, net yearly value [230, with residence, in the-
Ma-rlow terminal station on a branch of the Great Wes- gift of the rector of Hambleden, and held since 1889 by
tern railway and 5 west from High Wycombe, in the the Rev. Francis Lochee 1\ash M.A. of New College, Ox-
ford. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1865: the old-
Southern division of the county, hundred of Desborough, chapel is now used as a school. At Moor End is a
petty sessional division of Desborough ISt division, Gospel Mission Hall, built in 1888. The inhabitants are
county court district of High Wycombe, rural deanery mostly engaged in the manufacture of chairs, and there is
of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese an iron foundry and agricultural implement works. Wy-
of Oxford. The church of the Holy Trinity was re- combe Court, the seat of Arthur E. Smithers esq. is a
built in 1878, at a cost of [3,300, in place of the mansion in an Oriental style, surrounded by beautiful
undulating grounds, and is sheltered. on the north by
former structure, erected about 1832: the present church
is of brick and flint with Bath stone dressings, in the Fining Wood and on the east by Widdenton Park Wood,
which is the highest ground in the county, and from its
Gothic style of the 13th century and consists of chancel, elevated position commands extensive views over Berks
nave. vestry, organ chamber, north porch and a tower and Surrey. Sir William Robert Clayton bart. of Harley-
containing 6 bells: the ancient roof of the nave was ford, Marlow, is lord of the manor. The principal land-
brought from an ecclesiastical building formerly stand- owners are Sir Robert John Dashwood bart. of West Wy-

ing near the bridge at Great Marlow, and is of the 14th combe House, Lieut.-General O. L. C. Williams, of

century; there are several stained windows, one of Temple House, Bisham, and Henry William Cripps esq.

which, on the north side, was transferred from the old

church; the east window is r memorial to James Luke

110 LANE E~D. BUCKINGHAl\ISHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Q.C. of Beechwood, Marlow. The soil is sandy; sub- school, enlarged in 1889 &; again in 1899, for chil.
soil, gravelly. The chief crops are wheat and barley. dren; average attendance, 133; John James Bullock,
The area is 1,270 acres; the population in 18gI was master
1,288. Wesleyan (mixed), built in 1834 &; enlarged in 1889, for
130 children; average attendance, IIO; James Henry
Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Davies, master
Parish Clerk, 1Villiam Bownea.
Post, S. B. &, Annuity &; Insurance Office.-1Villiam
Carriers to:-
Plumridge sUb-postmaster. Letters arrive from High
Wycombe at 8.20 a.m. &; 1.30 p.m.; dispatched at 1. 15 Wycombe Joseph Sworder &; James Cutl~r, mono wed.
fri. &; sat
&; 4-40 p.m
Henley-J. Sworder, thurs
Wall Letter Box, Bolter end, cleared at 1.25 &; 4.50 p.m Thame-J. Sworder, tues
-

Schools.

!'ational (mixed), established in 1832, as an endowed

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cutler Owen, chair back maker, Bol- Lacey Wm. farmer, Finings,Bolter end

.A.dHciochkfiellJdt. ter end b ack Meaks Wm. beer retailer &; blacksmth
Col. Herbert Burrows, Cu tler R euben, cha'~r maker Morr'lS Char1es, . .pr.oV.IsI.On
grocer mer
IXI

Bg . Co Cut:er James, carner Morris Frank, butcher
t·ouwens . Lleut.- 1. Lambart HBIlry Day Edwin J. beer retailer &; shopkpr Piercey Albert. farmer, Deans farm
.T P. F~~:st grove Dean David, beer retailer, Park lane Piercey .A.llan, Chairmakers' Arms P.R
~
snhso~nv. ls"es Loohee ~I..A. . Goodchild Fredk. Chas. beer retailer Piercey Edward Albert, Old Sun P.R
!'a Fraos. Vicarage Goodchild Sarah Jane (Mrs.),tobbcnst Plumridge William baker mealman &,
SPIlumnkdgF-e dGkeorEgde Ed1wdmM f Harman H enry, sma11ware dealer shopkeeper, Pos't 0 ffice '
WSIoDO~O~l dhtct~senrA~erthJu'uamr Eesm. T~dl,!eoc~omrbeoe,or~~maugrrmtest Harris Edward, harness maker; &; at Sears Henry, beer reta~ler, Moor end
Old Peacock P.H.
Hambleden &; SSleoacrosckJoFhrn~dbeereicr kreEtadimleurn&d; ,buaiglednetr to
Harris Harry,

co age, 0 er en builder &; wheelwright &; brick &; tile H. W. Cripps esq. Q.C. Moor farm

co:mIERCI.A.L. maker, Bolter end Smith George, build'er

Abram Henry, dairy, Stockwell Hawkin!\ Joseph! beer retaile1-" . Smith Ri.chard, chair manufacturer &;
,A.udrey James, smith, Moor End Hobbs ~alter, Iron founder, agncul- saw mills
.

Avery Eliza (Mrs.), patent medicine turallmplement manufactr. &; farmr Stevens George, boat rail maker

vendor Hogg Roads, butcher Stone William, temperance hotel

Reeson Charles, dairyman House Frederick, beer retailer Sworder Joseph, grocer &; carrier

Brazil Thomas, butcher Jarvis Robert, baker &; mealman Turner Frederick, dairyman &; baker

Bristow Albert, dra,per Jarvis William, boat rail maker Varley Sarah (Mrs.),Clayton ArmsP.R

Brown John, carpenter &; joiner Judge Joseph. boot maker Wethered Thomas &; Sons Limited,

Cutler Elizabeth (Mrs), shopkeeper Lacey George, farmer, Watercroft, brewers (E. A. Piercey, agent)

Cutler Frederick, painter Cadmore End Wr~ght William, farmer

LANGLEY MARISH (or St. Mary's) is a parish present mansaon of stone was erected by Charles, 3rd

with a station on the Great Western railway, 2 miles Duk~ of Marlborough, in 1755, from whom R. B. Harvey
east from Slough, 16 from London by rail and I8! by esq. great grandfather of th~ present owner, purchased

road, in the Southern divi'sion of the county, hundred the estate in 1788: it contains a fine suite of rooms and

and petty sessional divisioI1J of Stoke, union of Eton, large entrance hall and a number of valuable pictures,

cQ-unty court district of Uxbridge, rural deanery of amongst others a full length portrait of Mrs. Siddons by

Burnham, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Sir Joshua Reynolds, two of Lady Hamilton by Romney,

Oxford, and comprises a portiQn of the town of Coln- and a large collection by Canaletti and Angelica Kauff·

brook which is included in the ecclesiastical parish of mann; there are also two interesting pictures of the

Colnbrook. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of battle of Ramillies (23 May, 1706) and Bouchain (13

flint and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle Sept. I7II), formerly the property of the Duke of

and an embattled western tower of brick containing a Marlborough; the mansion stands in the centre of a

clock and 5 bells: the nave dates from about 1200: varied and finely-timbered park of about 383 acres,

the north aisle and chancel from about 1280: the containing a lake, a noble avenue of oaks and some

chancel is separated from the nave by an oak screen and remarkably fine cedars and stocked with deer including

there is one stained window: in 1613, Sir John Keder- a herd of white deer. The Black Park, the property of

mister, knighted at Hampton Court, 3 Oct. 16°9, and Sir R. G. Harvey bart. situated on rising ground at

then owner of the Langley estate, obtained a grant the northern extremity of Langley Park, comprises 530

from the Dean and Canons of Windsor to erect a pew acres, and is almost entirely covered with firs, tra-

or chapel adjoining the church, and also gave a small versed by sequestered walks and containing a beautiful

library containing books of divinity, which is for the free lake. Sir R. G. Harvey bart. who is lord of the manor,

use of the clergymen of the county and parish: in this John Nash esq. and Lieut.-Ool. Charles Meeking, of

chapel are monuments to David Harvey, 1788; Robert !ver, are the principal landowners. The soil is loam

Bateson Harvey, 1825; a brass to Thomas Harvey, 1802; and clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops

and other memorials to Louisa Harvey, 1823; Sara are oats, beans and barley. The area was 3,907 acres of

Richardson, 1824; Sophie Harvey, 1836; Charles Harvey land and 30 of water, but has been reduced by the forma-
1845; Robert Harvey esq. J.P. d. ID May, 1863; and tion of Ger.rard's Cross civil parish? a~sessable value of
Diana Jane (Creyke) wife of Sir Robert B. Harvey, d. present pansh, £24,162; ~he populatlOn m 1881 was 2,474,

1866 and Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, d. 23 March, Hor.semoor Green, I 1;Uile east-by-south, .George Green,
1887: in the chancel is a monument, with kneeling I! miles no:rth ~d Middl~ Green, 11 miles north, are

figures, to John Kedermister, his wife, 2 S{)ns and 3 pllins of this parIsh.

daughters, 1558, and another to EdmWld Kedermister, Parish Clerk, Thomas Henry Baldwin.

his wife, 3 sons, 5 daughters and 4 infants laid by .
their sroe, 16°7: there are 550 sittings, 300 being free.
The register dates from the year 1643. The living is a Post, M. O. &; T. 0., ~. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel
vicarage, gross yearly value £260, net £100, with resi-
dence, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and Post, S. B. &, AnnUlty &; Insurance Office, Langley.-
held since 1891 by the Rev. Wm. Francis M.A. of Exeter Joseph Albert. Lane, sub-postmaster. Letters from
S~ough are delivered at 6·45 &; n.IO a.m. &; 8.20 p.m.;
dlsI?atched at II a.m. ~ 3. 10, 7 &; 8.15 p.m.; sundays,
College, Oxford. John Nash esq. of George Green, is delivered at 7 a.m. &; dispatched at II a.m

the lay impropriator. There are th~e.e sets of al!Dshouses Post Office George Green.-Mrs. True S or Sur
for 14 fpersodn' st, l'abn1?dtinonu.me.Aro. u0s0cuhratrItbIaersopnroI.dSuchmeIgd abhout b -postID' .lstress. L etters receI.ved from PSlough;madne,-
ere
£ 100 or IS r 811
livered at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched at 12 noon &, 6.50 &;
annu~ly.. The Village Hall, at. H~rsemoor Green and :8.30 p.m.; sundays, dispatched 10.30 a.m. Postal
the MisslOn Hall at Newtow~•.bmlt m 1889-90 , at a cost
orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest

of £849, are used .for rehglOus and other purposes. money order &; telegraph office is at Wexham 2 miles
Langley Park Working Men's Club, at George Green, distant
t

was built in 1892 by the Misses Harvey, in memory of

the late Sir Robert Bateson Harvey bart. of Langler 'Wall Letter Boxes, Middle Green, cleared at 1.30 &; 6.15

Park. Langley Park, the seat of Sir Robert Grenville p.m.; sWlday, 10.15 a.m.; The Priory, cleared at 8

Harvey bart. J.P. formerly one of the royal parks, was &; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; sunday, 10.15 a.m. The

granted by Charles I. together with the manor of Cedars, cleared 3.20 &; 6.45 p.m.; sWlday, 8.45 a.m.

Lang-ley, to Sir John Kedermister, who had previously Newtown, cleared at 8.25 a.m. & 4 p.m.; sunday,

at his own charge built the chief lodge therein; the 8.15 a.m

DIRECTORY. ] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. LATIMER. III

Schools. Board, George Green (infants), built in 1859, &:, enlarged
in 1800 for 62 children; average attendance, 58; Miss
A School Board of 5 membel'S was formed 30 March, Lucv Rowlatt, mistress

1874; Thomas H. Baldwin, Middle Green, clerk; Infant's', Horsemoor Green, built in 1875, & enlarged
George Essen, ~liddle Green. attendance officer· 1892, for 100 children; average attendance, 100; Mrs.
Board, Middle Green (mixed), built in 1875, for 180 boys Annie Adams, mistress
& girls & enlarged in 1894 to accommodate 248; average
attendance, 126 boys & 194 girls; Leslie H. Taffs, The children at Newtown attend the schools at Slough &l
master; Mrs. Mary Taffs, mistress Middle Green

Railway Station, Frederick Richards, station master

LAXGLEY MARISH. Carter James, Crooked Billet P.H Bartlett WiIliam, The Cedars

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. lEssen George, boot maker & school Cantrell Mrs
Il'rwd Robert, Melton \"ilIa. attendance officer Collins William E. W. Langley place
Evans John, market gardener Cridlan Mrs. The Laurels

CoIlins Mrs. '1'he Priory Ford William, steward to Sir R. G. Hopkinson John E. Raymond house

Francis Rev. William M.A. Vicarage Harvey bart Hunt Miss, Graylands

Harvey Sir Robert GrenvilIe bart. Fryer Samuel, beer retailer Major Mrs. Firs

J.P. Langley park Gibson Edward Athelstone, coal mer- Pattison Simpson, The Hermitage

Irving George, Home farm chant, Langley station Pfeiffer Carl, Foxboro' lodge

Lloyd F. G. Langley house Gibbons Benjamin, brick maker Ravilions James, I Richmond villas

Morris Archibald S. The Poplars Holdship Rd. blacksmith, George grn Turner Harry
N~sh ~ohn, Re,ctory, Georg~ green Huddle George, beer retailer
N~ght~gale MISS, The AcaCIa Van Tromp Ernest Geo. Langley lodge

Trving George, market gardener COMMERCIAL.
N~ghtlDgal~ Rd, Thos., ~he Bungalow Langley Park Working Men's Club Billington Arthur, butcher
PIgott-SmIth, Rev. William (curate), (George Green) Burton John, boot maker

The Old VIcarage MacGregor David B. grocer Chadwell Benjamin, plumber

Randall Harry L. Southend lodge Mackenzie Oolin, George P.H Collins Eleanor (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Scott George B. The Cottage Mitchell John, Red Lion P.H Crook John William, wheelwright

Seden John Morris Archibald S. solicitor Dolby George, Harrow P.H
Sey~our Alfred, The Grange
Pain Thomas, baker, George green Griffiths Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper

Shendan Mrs. Southend Manor ho Peek George, brick maker, Station Iver Co-operative Stores (branch) (In.

StedaU Mrs. Langley broom Pithouse David, North Star P.R Forknall, manager)
Soovenson ~~s. Temple grange.
Plank Hannah (Mrs.), beer retailer MacGregor David B. grocer, Post office

Tennant PhilIp Charles, Park stIle Richards Frederick, station master Major Richard Hammond, farmer,

Tr,ueU Mrs. The G.rove Scott Geo. Alderson, farmer,Trenches Langley farm
Wllbraham Mrs. B~rchfield Seymour Alfred, farmer, Middle grn Morgan Henry, baker

Woodhous,e The MIsses, Langley furze Smith William, brick maker Miller John M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.

Young Wilfred A. Ormond house Studds W. & J. brick makers Lond. surgeon,medical officer & pub-

COMMERCIAL. Summersly Harry, shopkeeper, Lang- lie vaccinator, Langley district,Eton

Adams George, grocer & baker, Lang- ley New town union &:, certifying factory surgeon

ley New town Veitch James &:, Sons, nurserymen & Moss Francis, farmer

Barton Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper, seed growers (Gea. B. Scott, man) R'eeve Anne (Mrs.), tobacconist

George green Willett William, brick maker Seymour Brothers, farmers, Parlaunt

Baldwin Thomas Henry, assistant Williams & Son Lim. brick makers Park farm

overseer, clerk to School Board, HORSEMOOR GREEN. Silver William, grocer
Treacher Sarah (Mrs.), blacksmith
Middle green

Blinco James Moses, market gardener PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wolfe Matthew, The Plough P.H

Cave E. A. & Co. Limited, brick mas. Bacon Mrs Wilkinson William, beer retailer

(Charles Chapman, manager) Barnes Mrs. 2 Richmond villas Wright John, William IV. P.H

LATHB URY is a parish and village pleasantly situated inscription to the. donor, Mrs. Margaret Andrews, ob.

S miles north-east from the Wolverton station on the 1666: in the nave and aisles and to a slight extent in

London and North Western railway and three quarters the chancel, are remains of mural paintings in

of a mile from Newport Pagnell, on the Wolverton and "tempera," of the 14th and later centuries to the 17th

Newport PagneU branch of the same line, in the North- century; brasses are recorded here to Richard Davies,

ern division of the county, hundred, petty sessional of Kynant, Montgomery, gent. ob. I661, and to :Mrs.

division, union and county court district of Newport Mary Davies, ob. 1686, wife of Isaiah Davies, rector of

Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry this parish and son of Richard Davies above-named: the

of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The river Ouse, church was thoroughly restored in 1869, and in 1894 the

which encompasses the parish on three· sides, and tower was new-roofed: there are 200 sittings. The

separates it from Newport Pagnell, is crossed by a stone register of baptisms and burials dates from the year

bridge of three arches and the parish is connected with 1690; marriages, I754. The living is a vicarage,

Sherrington by another bridge, also of three arches. net yearly value £208, with 25 acres of glebe,

The church of All Saints is a building of stone of the and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter

Norman and later periods, consisting of chancel, nave, of Christ Church, Oxford, and held since I889 by the

aisles, south porch and a low western tower of Norman Rev. Thomas Edward Lawrence M.A. of Jesus College,

date, erected about A.D. II20, with battlements added Oxford. Lathbury House, the "residence of William

at a later period, containing 4 bells and a clock: the Trevor esq. is a mansion of stone, seated in a small park,

south aisle is of the time of Henry IT. and the rest of and has a fine lawn and' shrubberies. Mary Isabella,

the church belongs to the reign of Edward lIT.; one of Viscountess Hood, of Rothwell Grange, Northants, who

the pillars on the south side of the nave exhibits a is lady of the manor, and the trustees of the late Capt.

curious carving of an Oriental character, the design for Long R.N. are the prinCipal landowners. The soil is

which was perhaps brought home by some crusading gravel; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat,

knight: another Norman pillar in the south aisle has a barley and roots. The area is 1,030 acres of land and 26

capital with grotesque figures of birds pecking at of water; assessable value, £1,524; the population in

foliage: a flat carved slab, representing an attack made I89I was 146 in the civil and 152 in the ecclesiastical

by the serpent or evil spirit upon some animal, was parish.

found in 1869, embedded in one of the square piers of Sextoness Miss Jane Dear .
the nave: the steps to the rood loft are in good preser- '

\"ation and there is a low side-window: there are sedilia Letters through Newport Pagnell arrive at 6.30 a.m.;

and piscina and some good 14th century glass in the dispatched at 9·45 a.m. & 1.55 &; 6.55 p.m.; sunday,

south window of the chancel, which is paved with blac\.. II.50 a.m. Newport Pagnall is the nearest money

and white marble throughout, and has an interesting order &:, telegraph office, about I mile distant

Lawrence Rev. Thomas Edward M.A.\Coales Francis, Gallards farm /Whiting Mrs

Vicarage Trevor William, Lathbury house

LATlMER is a parish, on the borders of Herts and on in the Mid division of the county, petty sessional divisiol1~­
the River Chess, formed by an order of the County Coun- and county court district of Chesham, hundred of Burn·
eil, August nth, 1898, out of the parish of Chesham, I~ ham, union of Amersham, rural deanery of Amersham.

mileq north from Chalfont Road station on the Metropoli- archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. ThE:'

tan Extension railway, 3! south-east from Chesham, 5~ ecclesiastical parish was constituted May 15, 1868. The

from Rickmansworth and d north-east from Amersham, church of St. Mary Magdalene, built in I84I at the cost

112 LA'fIMER. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

of the first Lord Chesham, from designs by Mr. Blure 5 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of Lord Ches·

and rebuilt in 1867 from the designs of the late Sir G. ham and others, and held since 1891 by the Rev. Frederic

G. Scott R.A. is an edifice in the Gothic style, consist- Charles Impey Long M.A. of New College, Oxford.

ing of apsidal chancel, transepts, vestry and organ Latimer House, the property and residence of Lord

chamber, south porch and a turret over it containing Chesham, is a large mansion of red brick with stone dress·

one bell: the chancel has a credence and stone filedilia ings, in the Elizabethan style, and stands in a well-wooded

011 each side: the prayer desk and lectern were the gift park of 800 acres, through which runs the river Chess.

of the Rev. Burgess Bryant M.A. rector 1857-89, and the Lord Chesham is lord of the manor and sole landowner.

kneeling carpet was worked and presented by Lady The soil is gravel, flint and chalk; subsoil, gravel and

Chesham and other ladies: there are memorial windows chalk. The land is now chiefly in pasture. The area is

in the apse to Charles, 1st Baron Chesham, d. Nov. 900 acres; rateable value, £1,5°4; the population in

loth, 1863; Catherine Susan, his wife, d. Dec. 14th, r891 was 170.

1866; and to the Hon. AIgernon William Cavendish, Sexton, Arthur Hudson.

second son of the late Lord Chesham, d. April :29th, Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel

1865, besides other stained windows on both sides and a Post, S. B. &:;, Annuity & Insurance Office.-George "[fi,

memorial west window, erected in 1887, to William sub-postmaster. Cleared at 10.45 a.m. & 4.45 p.m. OD

George, 2nd Lord Chesham, d. June 27th, 1882, and week days &:;, 4 p.m. on sundays; letters delivered from

Henrietta Frances (Lascelles), his wife: the land re- Chesham S.O. by foot post at 8.30 a.m. & I p.m.;

quired for the extension of the building, as well as in sundays, 8.30 a.m

part for the enlargement of the churchyard, was given Schools.
by Lord Chesham: the whole church has been refitted

with new benches and affords 220 sittings. The register Parochial (mixed), for 92 children; average attendance,

of baptisms dates from the year 1782; marriages, 1755; 75; & supported by Lord Chesham; Edward Stevens,
burials, 1784; the previous registers are at Chesham. master
The living is a rectory, united to the vicarage of Flaun- Chesham Board School (infants), Ley hill, for 60 chil-

den, Herts, April 4th, 1876, net yearly value £2°5, witb dren; average attendance, 45; Miss Dawson, mistrest

PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Atkings James, steward to Lord Gurney Henry, farmer, Great Whit&

Chesham End farm

Byng The Hon.Lady Susan, The Dell fm Hawkins David, farmr. Cowcroft frm

Chesham Lord J.P. Latimer house; & COllBIERCIA.L. Hawkins David, jun. farmer, Quill

Guards' &; Marlborough clubs SW Adkins John, farmer, lVoad farm &; Hall fFm

& Turf club W, London Gallard's farm Neville George, head gardener

Long Rev. Frederic Charles Impey Gee William, farmer, White End Park Oldham Joseph, gamekeeper

M.A. The Rectory farm Uff George, tea dealer, Post office

LAVENDON is a parish and large village on the road of an acre was formed in 1895, at a cost of [,300; it;

from Olney to Bedford and on the borders of Bedford- is under the control of the Parish Council. In

shire, 2 miles north-east from Olney station on the Bed- mthoisnsptarraitsuhmw) ams oannksabfboeuyndoefdPrienmtohnestrreaitgennsoiaf nH(ePnrraytunm.
ford and Northampton branch of the Midland railway,

9~ west from Bedford, 12 from Northampton and 8 by John de Bidun, in honour of St. John the Baptist:

north-east from Newport Pagnell, in the Northern divi- at the Dissolution there were II canons, 20 servants and

sion of the county, hundred, petty sessional division, 8 inferior servants and the revenues were estimated at

union and county court district of Newport Pag-neIl, £79 I3s. 8d.; the building appears to have becom~

rural deanery of Newport PagneIl, archdeaconry of Buck- ruinous before 1534, but the bells and lead from the

ingham and diocese of Oxford. '1'he church of St. Mary roof realized over £73: the abbey church is said to have

is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of six stood in a close above the house, but no remains new

bays, aisles, north porch and an embattled tower, re- exist. The rent of about 9 acres of land and thre~

pnted to be of Saxon origin, and containing a clock and cottages was left by an unknown donor for the repairs

5 bells: the east window and the easternmost on the of the church and amounts to about £20 yearly. The

south side of the chancel are Perpendicular and on the trustees of the late B. S. Brookes esq. who are lords of

same side is a Perpendicular piscina: the chancel arch the manor, Geo. Denis Farrer esq. of Brafield, and Chas.

is plain: the south arcade of the nave consists of three Anthony Chester esq. of Chicheley, are the chief land-

acute but plain arches springing from round piers with owners. The soil is mixed; subsoil, stone and gravel.

square imposts: the arches in the northern arcade are The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips.

similar but less lofty and are all of Transition Norman The area is 2,346 acres of land and 7 of water; assessable

character: in the south aisle is a recessed niche and a value, £2,437; the population in 1891 was 654 in th&

piscina: the south doorway is Early English, with a civil and 665 in the ecclesiastical parish.

Perpendicular porch and parvise over it: the font is By Local Government Board Order, 18,130, dated

octagonal, with panelled tracery and flowers on the sides March 25, 1886, a detached part of Lavendon was trans-

of the basin: there are mural tablets in memory of two rerred to Warrington.

former rectors, dated respectively 1654 and 1670, and Sexton, J oseph Panter.
inscribed brasses to Katherine, wife of Thomas Newton

esq. 1680, and to James, eldest son of Thomas Newton Post Office.-Mrs. Elizabeth Bamford, sub-postmistress.

esq. and barrister of the Inner Temple, 1690: the Letters arrive through Newport Pagnell at 7.35 a.m.

stained east wbdow was given by Mr. Benjamin S. &; 3.45 p.m.; dispatched at 8.35 a.m. & 4.15 p.m. weel.

Brookes, of the Grange, and another by Mr. H. Coles: days &; 9.15 a.m. sundays. Postal orders are issued'

the church was thoroughly restored in 1859 at a cost of here, but not paid. The nearest money order &; tele-

£800, under the direction of Mr. W. Butterfield, graph office is at Turvey, 3 miles distant

architect, and in 1892 a new organ was erected at a cost

of £160 by the parishioners: there are 300 sittings. Schools.

The register dates from the year 1574. The living is a A School Board of 5 members was formed 29 Sept.

rectory with Cold Brayfield annexed, joint net yearly 1894; Rev. George Pochin Soames M.A. clerk to the

\Talue £180, with residence, in the gift of the trustees 01 board

the late Francis Larken Soames esq. and held since 1875 Board (infants), built in 1875, for 64 children; average-

by the Rev. George Pochin Soames M.A. of Caius Col. attendance, 48; Miss Annie L. Kitchener, mistress

lege. Cambridge. There are Baptist and Primitive Buard (mixed), built in 1875, for II2 children; average

Methodist chapels here. A Cemetery of three quarters attendance, 62 j Samuel Freeston, master

Billing Mrs Church John, farmer Johnson Wi1liam, butcher

Drage Miss, Rose cottage Claridge Wm. Henry, Green Man P.H Lay George, wheelwright

Soames Rev. George Pochin M.A.(rec- Cotton Reub('n, boot milker Lay Henry, mQson

tor), Rect-ory' Fielding Thom:ls, butcher Lay .Tames, grocer &; draper

Hall George, Horseshoe P.H Lay Richard, carpenter

COMMERCIA.L. Harley William, shopkeeper &; farmer Osborn Joseph, blacksmith

Bamford Elizabeth (Mrs.),shopkeeper, Hives Henry, carpenter Osborn Wm. miller, Lavendon mills

Post office Uolmes Ohades, farmer, Sixteen Parriso Henry, farmer

Ilattams Robt. farmer, Snels:m farm Acre farm PhiIIips Albert Edward, farmer

Billing .Alfred, farmer, Castle farm Ingram Herbert, boot &; shoe maker Rainbow Dorclk" (Mrs.), baker

Brook~ Benjamin, George inn Johnson G('orge, farmer Taylor Henry, shopkeeper

Brooks Benjamin Jsph. grocer &; baker Johnson Henry. farmer, Uphoe farm Wood - , farmer, Northey faI1l1

Oemetery (William Lawrence, clerk) Johm~on Hy. Vincent, farmr.Park farm



lllRECJ1ORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL. 113

LECKHAMSTED '(or Lekehampstead) is a parish on Mr. S. Tompkins, and held since 1883 by the Rev. Herbt.

the borders of Northants and on a feeder of the river Chilton Tompkins M.A. of :New College, Oxford. 'rho

.ouse, 5 miles north-east from Buckingham station on rectory, erected in 1836, is a handsome residenco

the Oxford and BletcWey branch of the London and situated on an eminence, and surrounded by 9 acres of

North Western railway, in the Northern division of the shrubbery and meadow. Lawrence Baker esq. who is

county, hundred, petty sessional division, county court lord of the manor, Richard Cotton Cavendish esq.

ilistrict and union of Buckingham and in the and William Henry Bullock Hall esq. of Six Mile Bottom,

Tural deanery of Buckingham (second portion), Newmarket, and Lord Penrhyn are the principal land-

archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. owners. The soil is mixed, clay and gravel; subsoil,

"The church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone various. About two-thirds of the land is pasture, the

in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of remainder arable; there are about 193 acres of wood-

"four bays, north aisle, south porch and an embattled land. The area is 2,561 acres of land and 10 of water;

western tower containing 5 bells, 3 of which were added assessable value, £3,612; the population in 1891 was 302.

·in 1897, The Jubilee Bell, one to commemorate the 50th Letter~
year of the Medical &; Benefit Club, and one given by the Post Office.-Walter Hurst, sub·postmaster.
children of the parish to the rector: there are three sedilia arrive from Buckingham at 8.50 a.m.; dispatched at
<nnd a piscina, and a slab with effigies in brass of three 4.40 p.m. week days &; 10.40 a.m. on sundays. Postal

"t'hildren-and a Latin inscription to Reginald Tylney esq. orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money

who died in 1506: in the north aisle is a full-length order office is at Wiken &; telegraph office at Lillingston~

recumbent figure of a knight in armour: a new organ Dayrell, 3 miles distant

was erected in 1886 by the rector and parishioners: National School (mixed), erected in 1837, for 80 chil-
there are 258 sittings. The register dates from the dren; average attendance, 46 ; Mrs. Ellen Hurst, mist
year 1558. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £280,

-including 78 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Carrier to Buckingham.-Arthur Hurst, tues. &; fri

Tompkins Rev. Herbert Chilton M.A. Gregory AIfd. & Eli, frmrs. Lodge fm Neeve George, farmer

RectuTY Hurst Arthur, carrier Tc.mpkins Arthur, farmer

-Amos Albert George, shopkeeper Hurst 'WaIter, wood dea1er &; farmer, Tompkins Rosa Ellen (Mrs.), farmer

oBull Edwin, Chequers P.H Post office Tumpkins Shadrach, farmr. &; grazier

lCanvin Matthew, coal merchant Hurst Wm. Thos. furmr. Manor frm "\Yarner M~ry Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

LEE is a parish, 3 miles south-east from Wendover, dence, in the gift of In. Plaistowe esq. and held since 1895
and 3 south-!5outh-east from Great Missenden stations on by the Rev. Jas. Pownall Britton Theo. Assoc. K.C.L.
the Metropolitan Extension railway, 3~ from Wen- John Plaistowe esq. who is lord of the manor, and Arthur
doveI', 6! east-by-south from Little Kimble station Lasenby Liberty esq. D.L., J.P. are the principal land-
on the Aylesbury branch of the Great Western O1rners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, brick. earth and
ll'ailway and 4! north-west from Chesham, in the chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The
Mid division of the county, hundred and petty area is 478 acres; assessable value, £587; the popula-
.sessional division of Aylesbury, union of Amersham, tion in 1891 was II9.
1lounty court district of Chesham, rural deanery Swan Bottom District of "\Yendover is now ecclesiastic-
-of Wendover, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese ally a part of Lee.

.(If Oxford. The church of St. John the Baptist, erected Parish Clerk, George Stone.
in 1868 at a cost of £1,300, in place of the old church,
.now used as a Sunday school, is a small edifice of brick Post, Telegraph &; Express Delivery Office.-Geo. Stone,
.in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, raYe, sub-postmaster. Letters through Great Missenden
vestry, south porch and a western bell gable containing B.S.O. arrive at 7·55 a.m. &; 12.25 p.m.; dispatched
~ne bell of great antiquity, having been cast at the at 7·55 a.m. &; 12.25 &J 4·45 p.m.; sunday, no mail or
latter end of the 13th century: there are ISO sittings: dispatch. Postal orders are issued here, but ./lot paid.
in the churchyard is a very large and ancient yew tree. The nearest money order office is at Great Missenden

1.'he register dates from the year 1678. The living is a The children of this parish attend the National school at

vicarage, gross yearly nlue £145, net £121, with resi- Lee Common, in the parish of Great Missenden

llritton Rev. James Pownall Clark Harry, farmer &; overseer &; rate Holland William, farm bailiff to A.. L.

Th.A.K.C.L. Vicarag{' collector, Church farm Libertyesq

'l.iberty Arthur Lasenby D.L., J.P. Gomm WiIJiam, shopkeeper Rose WiIliam, farmer, King's Ash

Manor house H:mce John, farmer &; pheasant Saunders J esse, Cock &; Rabbit P.H

B('ewn John, pheasant breeder, Mid- breeder, Hawthorn farm Thompson George, blacksmith

Bucks game farm Hedges Fredk. Lee Gate P.H.&; farmr '

LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL is a parish, 4! miles rounded by a pleasant lawn. The Rev. John Lang-ham

.north frem Buckingham station on the Oxford and Dayrell's charity, the interest of £300 in Consols, is for

lUetcWey branch of the London and North Western rail- clothing; there is also another charity, the interest of

way, in the Korthern division of the county, hundred, £63 Consols, for coal. Lillingstone House, the property

petty sessional division, union and county court district of A. J. Robarts esq. and now the residence of the Hon.

.of Buckingham, and in the rural deanery of Buckingham Mrs. Archibald Douglas-Pennant, is ·a quadrangular man-

(first portion), archdea.conry of Buckingham and diocese sion with a portico of four pillars; it is pleasantly

of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient situated and surrounded by a park of about 20 acres, a

edifice of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, feeder of the river Ouse forming a part of its boundary.

nave of three bays, south aisle, south porch and a plain Tile House, the seat of Abraham John Robarts esq. D.L.,

and low western t-ower containing 3 bells, repaired in J.P. the lord of the manor and principal landowner,

·18g5 at a cost of £42: in 1868 it was thoroughly restored is a building in the Late Tudor style, situated on an

and a north aisle, organ chamber and vestry added, eminence. The soil is clay; about two-thirds of the

nnder the superintendence of the late G. E. Street esq. land is pasture and one-third arable. The arM is 1,871

R.A. at the sole expense of A. J. Robarts esq.: in the acres; assessable value, £1,961 8s. 3d.; the population in

chancel is an altar tomb, with life-size effigies of a man 1891 was 273 in the civil and 280 in the ecclesiastical

and a woman, ob. 1571, and on the south side of the parish.

tomb effigies of thirteen children, with a Latin inscrip- Parish Clerk Samuel Dunklev
tion, in good preservation; there is also a brass to Paul ' •.

Dayrell, ob. May 29th, 1491, and to Margaret, his wife. Post, Telegraph &; Express Delivery Office. John Warner,

-and one to an ecclesiastic, with a mutilated effigy and SUb-postmaster. Letters arrive through Buckingham

the date, April 6th, 1491, and a tomb with a black at 7.50 a.m. & 1.50 p.m. week days &; 7.55 a.m. sun-

'trlarble top to Mrs. Frances Wilkes: a stained east win- days; dispatched at 12.35 noon &; 5 p.m.; sundays, II

odow was erected in 1894 at a cost of £100, and in 1896 oa.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid.

a new choir vestry was built at a cost of £135: the church Buckingham is the nearest money order office

affords 90 sittings. The register dates from the year A new parish school, of stone &; red brick, with master's

1584. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £145, residence attached, was erected in 1889 by .A. J.

"\Vith residence, in the gift of A. J. Robarts esq. Robarts esq. for 80 children; average attendance, 33;

and held since 1872 by the Rev. Richard Dayrell Alfred Bishop, master

Lie.Theol. of Durham University. The rectory is an Carriers to Buckingham. William Henson, daily; &;

-4Ulcient mansion of stone covered with ivy and sur- Abraham Hurst, mono wed. hi. &; sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. \DOUglas-pennant Hon.Mrs. A. Lilling-\Robarts Abraham Jcbn D.L., J.P.

])ayrell Rev. Richard L.Th. Rectory stone house 'file house

BUCKS 8

114 LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

:Rennett Thomas, blacksmith IClarke Stephen Valentine, Fox &; Hurst Isaac, farmer
Bishop Alfred, assistant overseer Hounds P.H. &; farmer Needham William, g'lazier

Clarke Edward, farmer &; grazier,. Hay Percy Huntley,farm bailiff to A.J. 'Warner John, shopkeeper, Post office

Hat,C'h Hill farm 1 Robart:oo esq lYinterburn James, farmer

Clarke Septimus, farmer, Mano1' !~.rm

LILLINGSTONE LOVELL is a parish, extending poor children of this parish, and of Woolston, in

en the east and north to the border of Nurthampton- Warwickshire; the interest of £100, invested in land,
shire, a feeder of the river Ouse dividing the parish and now producing £6 yearly, which is given to the

from Lillingstone Dayrell; it is 5! miles north by east poor on St. Thomas' day; the interest of £54, arising
from Buckingham station on the Bletchley and Banbury from forest money, invested in £21 per Cent. Consols,
section of the London and North Western railway, in and distributed in coals; and the interest of £200 in

the Northern division of the county, hundred of Plough- Consols, bequeathed by the Rev. W. Lloyd, late rector,
ley, petty sessional division, union and county court dis- and distributed among the poor. Major James BogIe

trict of Buckingham, and in the rural deanery of Delap J.P. of The Manor House, is lord of the manor and
Buckingham (first portion), archdeaconry of Buck- sole landowner. The soil is clay; the land is pasture
ingham and diocese of Oxford. The ,church of St. and arable in about equal portions. The area is 1,26~
Mary is an ancient building of stone, in the Norman acres; assessable value, £1,207; the population in 1891

and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave of was 156.
three bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower, Parish Clerk, Benjamin Linnell.
covered with ivy and containing a clock and 4 bells: Post Oflke. Francis Buckingham, sub-postmaster. Let-
the east end of each aisle was formerly a chantry chapel, ters arrive through Buckingham at 9 a.m. & 3 p.m.;

and the piscinre and sedilia remain: there are three dispatched at 12 noon &; 4.20 p.m. week days; sundays
brasses, and several monuments to former proprietors: at 10.20 a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not
the church was restored in 1891 at a cost of £1,100, and paid. The nearest money order office is at Buckingham
affords 100 sittings. The register dates from the year &; nearest telegraph office at Lillingstone Dayrell, 2

1558. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £184, miles distant
with 40 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Major Parish School (mixed), erected in 1852, for 60 children;
James B. Delap, .and held since 1898 by the Rev. William average attendance, 30; Miss Fanny Chalke, mistress
Algernon Darling. The charities include the interest of Carrier to Buckingham.-Abraham Hurst, mono wed. fri.
£300, invested as a rent-charge on land, for apprenticing &; sat.; &; to Towcester, tues

Darling Rev. Wm. Algernon, Rectory Godfrey William, farmer Roddis Solomon, farmer

Delap Major James BogIe J.P. The Holton William, farmer, Eley's farm Warner Samuel, dairym&n

Manor house Hurst Abraham, carrier Warner William, farmer

Culley William Henry, farmer Robinson George Eady, farmer .~

GREAT LINFORD is a parish and scattered village, is an endowment for widows and old couples resident in

on the banks of the Ouse, with a station on the Newport the six almshou8eS; the remaining £10 is for education:

Pagnell branch of the London and North West€1'D rail- Lady Pritchard's charity now produces £17 15s. yearly,

way, 2 miles south from Newport Pagnell and $2 from which is expended in gifts of £1 to each almshouse, £X
London, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, to rector and £1 to sexton or clerk at Christmas: the

petty sessional division, union and county court district remainder (originaJly left for apprenticing poor boys) is

of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, now administered under a scheme of the Charity Com-

8Il"chdeaconry of Buclcingham and diooese of Oxford. missionens. Miss M. B. Cape's charity, producing £10

The Gxand Junction canal p8isses through. The 3S. 8d. yearly, is dirstributed in sums of £1 each to

churoh of St. Andrew is an ancient edifice of stone, in widows and old men past work and not resident in the

the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, almshouses: the balance is expended in blankets &c. for

aisles, south porch and a western tower containing 6 the most needy. Miss Ann Cape's charity, producing

bells: in the church there are three very fine brasses: I, £14 17s. is for tJhe support of the church and the Sun-

to Roger Hunt and Jo'hane, his wife, 1473, at whose ex- day school and for a treat to the scholars. William

pense the church was paved, with effigies in civil dress, Francis Edolph Andrewes Uthwatt esq. is lord of the manor

eight alter'nately rhyming lines, and an invocatory in- and principal landowner. The soil is mixed; subsoil.

scription; 2, Thomas Malyn and Elizabeth, his wife, gravel, clay and stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley

1533, with effigies in civil dress; 3, John Uvedall gent. and roots. The area is 1,787 acres; assessable value,

and Anne, his wife, 16II, also in civil dress, with in- £2,980; the population in 18g1 was 481.

scription to the latter only: the church was restored in Sexton, William Wain.

1884-5 at a cost of about £700, and a new organ was Post Office. Valentine Pol:ard, sub-postmaster. Letti!rs

erected in 1887: there are 173 sittings, mostly free. received through Newport Pagnell arrive at 6.45 a.m.

The register of baptisms dates from the year 1657; mar- &; 12.40 p.m.; dispatched at D.20 p.m. Postal orders

riages, 1654; 'burials, 1658. The living is a rectory, are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order

net yearly value £219, with 2D acres of glebe and resi- & telegraph office is at Stantonbury, 2 miles distant

dence, in the gift of W. F. E. A. Uthwatt esq. and held National School (mixed), erected in 1874, at a cost of

since 1876 'by the Rev. Sydney Herbert Williams LL.M. £500, partly contributed by the late Rev. W. .A.. Uth·

of Queens' Caliege, Cambridge. The Oongregational watt M.A. for 90 children; average .attendance, 88;

chapel, erected in 1833, affords 40 sittings. Sir W. Edwin Whittaker, master

Pritchard's charity produces £34 yearly, of which £24 Railway Station, James King, station master

Baily Joseph COMMERCIAL. Hartup Jesse, jobbing gardener
Hedges William, farmer
Fmnis Mrs Arris Edmund, farmer Kemp Christopher, plumber & painter
Rose George, shopkeeper
Samuel William John, The Cottage Bartholomew Henry, photographer Sapwell Edwin, farmer, Marsh farro.
Shakeshaft William Brice, farmer
Uthwatt Mrs. Ivy house Beckett Ellis, grazier &; farmer Souster William, blacksmith
Supple Charles, markl!t gardener
Uthwatt Wm. Fras. Edolph AndTewes, Bird Henry, grazier

Manor house Boswell William, Wharf inn

Williams Rev. Sydney Herbert LL.M. Claridge William, Nag's Head F.H

Rectory Davis Joseph, Black Horse P.H

LITTLE LINFORD is. a parish on the Ouse, over esq. and held since 1895 by the Rev. Ernest Richard Sill,

which is a bridge of one arch, I! miles west from New- of Queen's College, Birmingham, and F.RG.S. John

port Pagnell station on the Wolverton and Newport Pag- Matthew Knapp esq. J.P. of Buckingham. gate, London, is

nell branch of tJhe London. and North West-ern railway, lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is mixed;

4i from Stony Stratford, 14 from Northampton, 14 from subsoil, gravel, clay and stone. The chief crops are
Bedford, and in the Northern division of the county, hun- wheat, beans, barley and oats. The area is 712 acres Ilf

dred, petty sessional division, union and county court land and 15 of water; assessable value, £1,087; the

distric~ of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport population in 1891 was 70.

Pagnel1, arChd-e8Conry of Buckingham and diocese of .
Oxford. The chapel of St. Leonard is a small and plain Letters th;ough Wolverton RS.O. arrIve at 9 a.m. &; 1
but ancient building of 'Stone, consisting of chancel, nave :p.m.; dIspatched at 9 a.m. &; 7 p.m. Newport Pa~ell
and a low south porch, with turret and 2 bells: in the l~ the nearest money Qrder & telegtaph office, xi miles

ehancel are several marble 1:abJ.ets to tJhe Knapp family: dIstant

there are about 100 sittings. The register dates from the This parish is included in the iHaversham United Dis-

year 1757. The Hving is So vicarage, net yearly value trict Sohool Board, formed 21 Oct. 1876; the childreD

£160, with residence, in the gift of John M. Knapp attend the .sChool at Haversham

Bowyer Major Wentworth Grenville Sill Rev. ErnestR, F.RG.S. Vicarage fTayler George, farmer
RE. Little Linford hall

DmEGrORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. L:3SLADE. 115

LINSLADE is a parish adjoining Leighton Buzzard, Wall Box, Canal bridge, cleared 8.35 &i u a.m. 12.10,

bounded on the east by the river Ousel, which seyarat.s 2.30, 5.30, 8 &; 9.30 p.m.; sUlldays, 7.30 p.m

the counties of Bedford and Buokingham: it is in the Wall Box, Railway station, cleared at 8.35 &; 1I.0 a.m,

:Mid division of the county, three hundred of Cottesloe, 12.20, 2.30, 5.30, 8.0 &; 9.30 p.m.; ,sundays, 7.30 p.m

the head of a petty sessional division, union and county Wall Box, Southcote, cleared at 7.5 p.m.; su'nday,
court dilltrict of Leighton Buzzard. rural deanery of 9.40 a.m
Ivinghoe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of

Oxford. COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR LINSLADE PETTY
SESSIONAL DIVISION.
This parish is governed by an Urban District Council

of nine members, formed in , under the pro-

visions of the" Local Government Act, 1894" (56 and 57 Finlay Lt.-Col. .Alex. Manor house, Little Brickhill, Bletcb.

Vict. ch. 73). ley, chairman

The church of St. Barnabas, erected in 1849, Orkney Earl of, Wing lodge, Leighton Buzzard

is a building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting Cotes Oharles esq. Burcott lodge, Wing,Leighton Buzzard

of Chancel with a vestry opening into it on. the south Finch Henry esq. The Gables, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard

side, nave of four bays, north porch, south aisle, and a Fountaine Bernard Thomas esq. Stoke house, Stoke

western tower with low spire added in 1868, and con- Hammond, Bletchley ..

taining 5 beils, form€rly in 1Jhe old church tower: the Freeman William Russel Stewart esq.-D.L. Old Manor
stained east window is a memorial to Elizabeth Sarah house, Wingrave, Aylesbury


Hadley, d. 1872: a new organ, the gift; of Henry Finch Jenney Stewart William €sq. Drayton lodge, Tri'ng

esq. of The Gables, Linslade, was erected i'n 1889 at a Lovett Percival Cosby Ernest esq. The Cottage, Soul.

cost of £1,4°0: there are 600 sitting9. The register bury, Leighton Buzzard

dates from the year 1690. The living is a vicarage, net Rothschild Leopold de esq. D.L. Ascott, Leighton Buzzard

yearly value £130, including 18 acres of glebe and re- Javal Paul Cremieu esq. Beausite, Linslade, Leighton

sidence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and !h€ld Buzzard

since 1889 by the Rev. Oharles Edward Dandridge M.A Selby-Lowndes Meyrick Edward esq. Mursley, Winslow
of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, who is also Lec- Williams Joseph Grout esq. Pendley manor, Tring
turer in Pastoral Theology at St. .A.idan's College, Bir-
kenhead. The old church of St. Mary, a building of the The Chairmen, for the time being, of the Linslade Urban
Decorated and Perpendicular periods, is now used for &; Wing Rural District Councils are ex-officio magis-
burials and in summer for divine worship; it consists of trates
chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower contain- Clerk to the Magistrates, John Newton, LeightoIl
ing one bell: in 1898 this church was beautifully restored
Buzzard

at the sole cost of Henry Finch esq. :the churchyard was Petty sessions are held at the Police court, Wing road,

enlarged in 1893 by ! acre of ground, giv>en by Sir A. D. the 1st monday in the month at 10 a.m. and at the
Hayter bart. and a new boundary wall built by public Town hall, Ivinghoe the last saturday in every month

subscriptio'n: it contains the remains of a cross: the at 1I a.m

church, with the manor house and a smaller house The following Iiaces are i'ncluded in the petty sessional
near, form the old village of Linslade. The Baptist division: Aston Abbots, Oheddington, Cublington,
chllipel here, erected in 1843, will seat 300 Rer·sollS: the
Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1861, affords 400 Dagnall Edlesborough, Grove, lvinghoe, Linslade,
sittings. The village, now rapidly assuming the pro- Marsworth, Mentmore, Northall, Pightlesthorne or Pit-
portions of a town, is contiguous to the Leighton railway
stone, Slapton, Soulbury, Stewkley, Wing, Wingrave

station on the London and North Western railway and Police Station, Wing I'd. Inspector Bunker &; 2 constables

adjoins the town of Leighton Buzzard. The Gralnd Junc- URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.

tion canal passes through this place, occupying 26 acres

of the parish. The petty sessions for the Ivinghoe bench Meets at Council Room, Leighton road, the first &; third
of the Linslade division are held here. Two .small chari-
friday in every month.
ties, left under the wills of Mrs. Peacock a'nd Sir Andrew
Officers.
Corbet bart. of Moreton Corbet, Salop, produce £3

yearly, and the Had~ey bequest amounts to £4 5s. yearly, Clerk, Robert John Platten, Bridge street
Treasurer, Francis Bassett, banker, Leighton Buzzard
and Miss O. Lawford's to £2 10S. yearly, which is dis-

tributed in money to poor widows. Dr. Lawford's charity, Medical Officer of Health, Henry William Adrian Sandell
producing £1 9s. yearly, is spent in blankets for the
L.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. 28 Lake street, Leigh-
poor. Here is a police station with three cells for pri- ton Buzzard

soners, a house for the inspector and a police court. Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, Thomas Brown

The Right Hon. Sir .A.rthur Divetb Hayter bart. of

Southill Park, Berks, is lord of the manor and principal Schools.

landoWD€r. The soil is principally sand; ,subsoil, sand- A School Board of 5 members was formed 21 June, 1871;
sto'ne and ~avel. The chief erop~ are wheat, oats and
barley. The area is 1,667 acres of land and 26 of water; A. Blake, clerk to the board; Benjamin Franklin, at--

rateable value, £21,236; the population in 1881 was tendance officer
Board School (boys), built in 1£74, &; €nlarged in 1893,.
1,724; in 1891 was 1,982.
Southcote is a 'small hamlet, included in the. parish of for 170 children; average attendance, 140; William
Oarter, master
Linslade, one mile south, and adjoins Leighton Buzzard Board (girls &; infants), built in 1842, at a cost of £965,
on the west. for 100 girls &; 90 infants; average attendance, 100
girls &; 100 infants; Miss Kate Bulmer, mistress; Mis.
Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel

Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office. Thomas
lloyd, sub-postmaster. Letters through Leighton Buz- Eliz8ibeth Botsford, infants' mistress

zard delivered 7 &; 9.45 a.m. &; 3.30 &; 6.15 p.m.; dis- Leighoon Buzzard Railway Station, Robert Anthony Dun-

patched, 8-:,5 &; II a.m. &; 12.20, 3, 5.30 &; 8 p.m leavy, station master



LINSLADE. Hadley Mrs. Brooklands Street Mrs. Np.w road

PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. HaITis Johnstone Delavil John, Tattam Edward, New road

.A.bbott Thomas, Mentmore l'{)r.d Bridge house Tavener Mrs. The Acacias

.Arden D'luglas, Mentmore road Johnstone Frederick, Vicarage road Theobald Miss, N3W l('ad

Brooke Mrs. New rOdd King Mrs. Harcourt Watkins William, 'TIhe Elms

Collingwood J Bnssington house Lawrence Joseph Thomas, Binfie1d Wabb James, Beaufort ho. Wing road'

Cooper Samuel, FerDside couse, Stoke road Yirrell Thomas, Bridge street

Cremieu-Javal Paul J.P. Beausite Lievesley Miss, New road OOM:MERCIAL.

Dandridge Rev. Charles Edward M.A. Mead Matthew WaIters, Buxton house Abraham Mark, beer retailer

(vieal") Merry Mrs. New road Abbott Thos.coal dlr.& machine owner

Dennis Woodrow, New road Platten Robert John, Bridge street Bl-nnett William, Tl:'mperance hotel,.

Emery Edward, Clifton ho. Wing road Price .Alfred. Wuburn cuttage Canal bridge

Faulkner Jr.m.es, Old road Richardson Oharles, Southcott .avenue Blake Alfred, registrar of marriages~

Field William, Wing road 8a.unders Edwd. Percy, Mentmore rd New road

Finch Henry J.P. The Gables Simpson Mrs. Linslade house Blundell John, builder, Old road

Gatehouse John, Wing road Sloan John Thame, Waterloo road Bc.dsworth Job, saddler
Blantom Th":>mas, miller (~team) ~
Grant Rev. Alfred Jas. (Baptist), The StevPll8 Thomas, Wing villa.

Bridge Stratford Mrs. New road coal merchant

BUCKS.

116 LINSLADE. BUCKIKGHAl\lSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

I>rigg!! Edward, grocer & provision LangfordGeo.baker &; confctnr.New rd Powell William, boot maker, Wing rd

merchant, New read Lane Thomas WilIiam W. photo- ,Powley E. smith, The Bridge

Briggs Henry, livery stables graph er, Old, road Randall John, machinist, O;d road

Buckmaster Ml'~. farmer, M~nor ho Large Joseph Jerome, road contractor Read & Co. cycle manufrs.The Bridge

Carter Charl'tJS Edward, bakr,r & con- & granite merchant, Church road RoIlings Alfred, tailor, Old road

fectioner, Old road Lawrence Edwd.Kephant & Castle htl Rollings Ernest E. hairdresser &; tobac-

Collyer John, boot maker, Old road Lawrence Joseph Thomas, archit~ct & conist, Old road

Cook Albt. Edward, boot ma. New rd surveyor, Bridge street Sheerman James, Hut P.R

Chandler George, baker, Wing road Lloyd Thomas & Son, tcoksellers, Post Sloane Jehn Thame, architect &; sur-

Dimmock 'William, hairdresser,New rd office, New road veyor, Waterloo road

Dorman Fanny (Mrs.), ladies' school, Lloyd Sidney H, teacller of music &; Spiers Joshna, beer rtlr. Old Lins~ade

:New road organist of St. Barnabas', New rd SteVlllll', Samuel, The Ship, Wing rd

Dowse George A. dairyman Loaka!! Frederick, 1x>ot· & shoe maker, Stone Frederick, butchl'r

Elliott Edwm, butcher Canal terrace Stone William, butcher, Wing road

Everett David, dyer & cleaner,New rd Mabbutt. Ann (Mrs.), miHiner, New rd 'l'attam Edward, wine & spirit wer-

'Faulkner William, builder, Old road Mabbutt. Emily (Mrs.), milliner & chant, New road

J1ellows,Morton &Clayton Lim.carriers dress maker, Canal terrace Taylor William, grocer

Forster Institute ('1'. Lloyd, sec) Mabbutt Henry, grocer, New road Tooley A. W. &; Son, corn & coal mer-

lJ."o"lbrook Alfred, painter & decorator, Mabbutli Thomas, plumber, Old road chant, Old road

Ship road Mabbutt Willlam, plumber, New road Turney Richard, coal merchflut

'Ga~e Annie (Mrs.), draper, Old road Markham Geo. baker, Waterloo road Tustin Martin In. Railway htl. New rd

"Garland Henry, grocer Martin .John JefIery, nursery &; seeds- Watkin Bros. building material dealrs

'Green Emily (Miss), dress ma. Old rd man, Wing road Webster George, tailor, Wing road

'Green Susan (Mrs.), grocer, Old road Mead Henry Matthew, upholsterer Yirrell Thomas, stone, marble &;

· Greenway Kate (Mrs.), greengrocer, Mead James, shopkeeper, Old road monumental mason, builder,

New road. \1eager John, smith &; farrier, New rd builderS" material, brick & sand

•Groves George 1. Clarendon hotel Morgan & Co. Lim. coach builders merchant, brick &; tile manufctr.;

Hulser Ezra, Buckingham Arms P.R. Newton John, solicitor, clerk to magis- & at Bletchley

Old road trates, to the commissioners of taxes Yirrell William, butcher &; Bedford

Harris Johnstone Delavil In. L.R.O.P. fur the division of Cottl'sloe, to the Arms P.H

&; S.Edin.physician & surg.Bridge ho board of guardians, to the school at- SOUTHCOTE
lIarwood Charle"l, milk dlr. Ship ruad tendance &; assessment commit~es C t h' M'
.

Heady Joseph, coadh dblur.ildWielr l~ road of Leighton Buzzard union & clerk to 0 c mg lSS
Hopkins Thos. cllttlE Leighton Buzzard rural dist. council Goodbun Harry, Southcote house

Howe James, Stag's HeM P.R Packwood Charles, New Eus~()n P.ll COMMERCIAL.

lIowe Mary Ann (Mrs.), confectioner, Parrot .Albert Jas. shopkeeper, Old Id Birdsey Thomas (exors. ()f), farmer

New road PearSQn Sml. White Hors.e P.R.New I'd Burroughs Edward, stud groom to

I[:,o-HomreopathiclnstituteLim.New ord Platten Robert John, assistant over- Leopold de Rothschild esq

King Edith (Miss), dress ma. Old rd 5.eer & rate collector & clerk to the Merry William, farmer
Lane Joseph, grocer, Old road . urban district council, Bridge street Scannell Kate (Mrs.), Hare P.R

LONG CRENDON, in the 13th century a. market partial'y restored in I8go-gI, at a. cost of £I,68g, under

town, is a large and scattered parish, bounded on the the direction of Sir Arthur Blomfield M.A., A.R.A.,

€ast and south by the river Thame, which separa~s it F.S.A. architect, since which the north and south tran-

from Oxfordshire, 3 miles north from Thame 'Station on septs and the pillars have been restored at a cost of £800:

the Maidenhead and Oxford section of the Great Western there are 225 sittings. The register dates from the year

railway, 4! south-east from Brill, g! south-west from 1562. The living is a vicarage, net; yearly value, arising

Ay~esbury, and 13 east from Oxford, !in the Northern divi- from 162 acres of glebe, £200, with residence, in the gift

sion of the county, hundred and petty sessional of and held since 188] by the Rev. Frederick Esse Ogden.

division of Ashendon, union and county court dis- The Baptist chapel, erected in 1853, will seat 500 persons,

trict of Thame, rural deanery of Waddesdon, arch- and has attached a large burial ground; Thomas Buckle,

deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. sexton. The Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840, seats 200.

,]"he village is chiefly remarkable for the length The Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1866, has ISO

ll11d varying character of its principal street and its sittings. The lecture hall, erected in I8gI by public sub-

picturesque old houses. The churoh of St. Mary is a scription at a cost of about £400, is held by trustees,

large cruciform building of 8'tone in the Ear:y English, Mr. Albert R. Shrimpton being the acting trustee: it is

Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chan- also used for public meetings, and will seat about
eel, nave of three ~ays, aisles, north, south and west 200. The several charities are distributed by

'porches with stone seats, and an embattled central tower trustees according to a prescribed scheme: Sir

with hexagonal turret at the north-west ang:e and con- John Dormer's of £30 was left for the restoration and

taining 8 bells, recast in 1]68: the fabric still retains repair of the Dormer aisle and tomb: the surp:us is

many portions of Early English work, .especially in the distributed in doles of IS. to poor persons over 60 years

. chancel and north transept: the east window, originar.y of age. Hart's charity, producing £4 2S. Id. yearly, is

consisting of three lancets, was debased some time after spent in apprenticing poor children. Canon's charity of

1]40: but in I8go a new rose window of Early Decorated £1, Trott's of IOS. and Westbroke's of I5s. yearly have

character was erected and filled with stained glass by been thrown into a general fund, from which 45 poor

· Mr. Rerbert Dodwell, of The Manor, as a. memorial to persons receive IS. each at Christmas. In the parish, on

his mother: the side windows are still lancets, and there the bank of the Thame, are remains of Notley Abbey,

is an Early English piscina, with stone shelf, in the built and endowed by WaIter GifIard, second Earl of

"outh wall, and a low stone sedile on the south side: in Buckingham, and Ermengarde, his wife, in the year

the north aisle is a Decorated tabernacle with crocketed II62, for canons of tIDe Order of St. Augustine: the estate

canopy, and a blocked low-side window: the rood screen, a has been for three generations in the possession of the

Perpendicular work, was taken down in 1835 and con- Reynolds family, who ,still reside there. Near the church

vel' bed into a pew, now removed: the stone font is is an ancient half-timbered house, known as "Staple

Early Perpendicular: its basin is surrounded with sunk Hall," dating from a period anterior to the reign of

. quatrefoils inclosing heads of saints and angels, and the He'nry VII. and probably once a storehouse for wool

'base is carved with lions and foiiage: the tower piers I belonging to the Dormers, of Thame and Crendon: it in-
were strengthened, c. 1626, and again in 1897: during the c:udes a large hall, used for over 400 years as a court

Civil war the tower appears to have been made use of house by the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The old

for military purposes and observation: in the south tran- manor house, now occupied by Herbert Dodwel1 esq.

sept, which is parted from the rest of the church by a at the extreme west end of the village, is a mansion of

neavy oaken screen, an a~tar tomb with recumbent the Tudor period, but has undergone alterations. WaIter

effigies to Sir John Dormer, of Dorton, ob. II Mar. 1626, GifIard, Earl of Longueville and Buckingham (ob. II02),

and his wife, daughter of John GyfIard, of Ohillington,ob. built a casUe at Crendon, of which he was lord. The

'9 Sept. 16°5: the tomb has been restored at B consider- Warden and Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford, the

ab'e expense out of the charity funds by order of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Lady Kinloss and Herbert

judge of the county court: there are also two other Dodwell esq. J.P. are owners of the manor. Courts leet

monuments and brasses to John Canon, 1460, and Agnes and baron are held annually on the Thursday in Whitsun

h18 wife, 1468, with II children: some years since the week by the first three, each taking the third year alter-
8kele'on of one of the monks of Notley, sewn up in folds nat~ly. Herbert Dodwell esq. Henry Reynolds esq. All

of stout leather, together with a rosary, were found in Souls College, the trustees of the late Col. Stone and M!.

0. brick vaulted grave in the nave: the church was 'Walter B. Crook are the chief landowners. The soil IS

DIRECTORY. ] BUCKINGHAl\1SHIRE. "LOUDWATER. 117

partly loam and clay; subsoil, clay and partly sand. The Treasurer, C. Pigott, London &; County Bank, .A)lesbury
chief crops are wheat, barley and beans; clover is largely Medical Officer of Health, ""Villiam Dy• son Wooi L.R.C.P.
grown; the land is about two-thirds arable and one-third
pasture. The area is 3,341 acres of land and 7 of water; &; S.Edin. 50 St. John street, Oxford
.assessable value, £4,375; the population in 1891 was Sanitary Inspector, Henry Howland
1, 187. County Police, High street, E. Thorne, constable

Sexton, George Mortimer. Schools.

Post &; M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office.- A School Board of 5 members was formed 14 ~ov. 1873;

William Henry Hunt, sub·postmaster. Letters received E. Parker, Thame, clerk to the board; Robert Crook,
through Thame at 7 a.m. &; I p.m.; dispatched at attendance officer
10.40 a.m. &; 6.25 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is Board, erected with mast€r's house in 1877, at a cost of
at Thame, 3 miles distant aoout £2,5°0; it will hold 240 children; average at-
tendance, 173; Frederick Hill, master
LONG CRENDON RGRAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. Infants' School, built in 1898, for 130 children; average
attendance, 90; Mrs. Beatrice E. Hill, mistre'ls

Meets at the Board Room of the W'orkhouse, Thame, on Carriers.

Thursday after the last Board of Guardians' meeting in 'Yalter Shrimpton, wed. &; sat. to Oxford

each month, at 12 noon J ames Hillsdon, to Thame, daily; to Aylesbury, wed. &;

Clerk, ""Villiam Parker, 16 Corn market, Thame sat. Both carriers return the same day

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Crook Robert, shopkeeper Lawrence A:fred, chimney sweeper

Castle William Merry, The E:ms Crook Walter Briaris, farmer, Madge's Lay William, Eight Bells P.H

Cooper Rev. James L. (Baptist) farm Lecture Hall (Albert R. Shrimpton,

Dodwell Herbert, .1.P. The Manor Dawson Robert A. bootmaker acting trustee)

Hitchman John Croft house Daxon Jane Elizabeth (Mrs.), Star inn LoveIl Benj.Rising Sun P.H.Easington
Dod well David, farmer, ~Iead farm Mortimer George, thatcher &; sexton
Love(}'rove Mrs'
Ogde~ Rev. :Frederick Esse, Vicarage Dodwell Francis, ~a~mer
IDodwell Henry W~lham, grocer Murrell George, beer retailer

Reynolde Henry, Notley Abbey Pearce Frederick, baker

Rush Beaumaurice, Field farm Dodwell John. Chl'lstopher, farmer Pearce Philip, wheelwright

Shrimpton Miss Dodwell Loms, farmer, College farm Ray James, muffin maker &; baker

Stone Mrs. Manor house Dodwell Owen, baker Ray Thomas, baker

COMMERCIAL. Dover ""Yilliam, coal merchant Reynolds Henry, farmer &; landowner,

Dunkin George, beer retailer Kotley abbey
Arnott Maria (Mrs.), b:acksmith Dunklin Thomas, beer retlr. &; farmer Rose Francis William, grocer
Balding George, shoe n:;aker
Elton George, butcher Saundel's Thomas, farmer &; poultry
Betts John, grocer &; baker
Farnsworth Henry, Castle hotel breeder, Prospect house
Blake Benjamin, hay &; straw dealer &; Hillsdon James, beer retlr. &; carrier Shrimpton Albert Richard, baker &;
farmer, Hux:ey house
HiIisdon Thomas, miller (wind) musical instrument dealer
Bodle John,ChurchillArmsP.H.High st Hinton Robert, beer retailer, farmer &; Shrimpton John, bper retailer
Brick &; Tile Works (Wm. Blane,mgr) overseer
ShrimptonAugustus,assistant overseer
Briscoe Gaius, Loot &; .shoe maker, Humphreys Charles, farm bailiff to Smith ""ViIIiam, Crown inn
Rose cottage
Herbert Dodwell esq Timms William, blacksmith

Cannon Thomas, bEer retailer Hunt Thomas, shopkeeper Webster Henry John, saddler

Cook Maria (Mrs.), grocer Hunt Wm. Hy. shopkeeper, Post office Wilson Emanuel, wheelwright

Crook Harry, Angel P.H Jackman George, cattle dealer . Wilson William John, builder

LOUDWATER is a village and hamlet of Wycombe, view is obtained of the river Thames. Sir Robert John

but a separate ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1866, and Dash'wood bart. of West Wycombe Park, is lord of the

is on the road from London to Oxford and on th~ river manor, and Earl Carrington G.u'M.G. is the principal

Wick, with a station on the Wycombe, Aylesbury and landowner. The soil is chalky; subsoil, chalk and flint.

Thame branch of the Great Western railway, 31t miles The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is

from London, 2! miles south-east from High Wycombe, 704 acres; the population in 1891 was 1,214,

7 north from Maidenhead and 3 west from Beacomfield, Parish Clerk, John Tapping.

in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Des- Post, ~I. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel
borough, 2nd division of Desborough petty s~ssional Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office.-~Iiss F.lizh.
division, union and county court district of High Wy- Baker, sub·postmistres~. Letters arrive through High
combe, archdeaconry of Buckingham, rural deanery of Wycombe at 7 &; 11.50 a.m. &; 7.40 p.m. for callers
Wycombe and diocese of Oxford. The church (name only; dispatched at 10 a.m. &; 5·55 &; 7.55 p.m
unknown) is a structure of brick, and was er€eted,
together with the adjoining parsonage house, in 1788 Post Office, Flackwell Heath.---B-eorgp Austin, sub-post-
and endowed with the sum of £1,200 by William Davis master. Letters arrive from High Wycombe, 8.10 a.m.
esq. who left, at his death, Oct. 17th, 1818, the further &; 12.10 p.m.; dispatched, 9'.40 a.m. &:; 5.40 p.m. Postal
sum of £400 towardS the endowment of the living: in orders are issued here, but nQot paid. Loudwater, I mile
1804 the founder added a south transept: the north distant, is the nearest money order &; telegraph office
transept, vestry and vestibule were erected in 1835 by
voluntary subscription: the chmch now consists of Wall Letter Box, Station road, cleared at 9.45 a.m. &;

5.35 p.m

nave, transepts and a small turret, surmounted by a Schoo~s.

vane and containing one bell: the entrance is at the east The Wycombe Parish School Board erected here, in
end: the font was presented by R. G. Hennell esq. in 1874, • some handsome school buildings with' dwellings
1866: there are 400 sittings, 250 being free. The re- for the master attached
gister dates from the year 1866. The living- is a vicar-
age, net yearly value £240, with residence, in the gift of Board, for 480 children; average attendance, 337; Thos.
trustees, and held since 1897 by the Rev. Sidney Gurney. Corke, master; Mrs. Corke, mistress
There is a Wesleyan chapel at Flackwell Heath, seating
about 300, a Baptist chapel, with 150 sittings, and a School (infants'), Flackwell Heath, enlarged in 1892, for
Temperance hall, seating about 200. From Flackwell 100 .children; average attendance, 74; Mrs. Sarah .Ann
Abbott, mistress

Heath, a portion of which is in this hamlet, a beautiful Railway Station, Frank Tompkins, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. - Gibson George Edward, Three Horse

.A..shdown Charles Edward Ani'tiss George, builder Shoes P.H. Flackwell Heath

Batchelor Mrs. Flackwell heath .A..shdown Charles E. paper manufac- Hancock Thomas (Mrs.), Beech Tree

Birch Charles, Fennell's lodge turer, Loudwater mill P.H. &; shopkeeper

Curtis Henry, Hillside Austin George,baker,Post office,Flack· Heath William,chimney sweep€r,Flack-

Ford Ernesi H. Snakeley house well Heath well Heath

Ford Thomas Birch Baker Edward, beer retailer Hedley George Henry, leather 'board

Gurney Rev. Sidney (vicar),Vicarage Baker Elizabeth (Miss), Post office manufacturer, Hedge mill

Hedley George Henry, Mill house Baker John, blacksmith Jennings Francis James, builder

Hooper Monard, Sunnycroft Blackmore William, boot &; shoe maker .lennings John Thomas, grocer, :Flack-

Johnson Nassau Edward, Riversleigh Briant William Henry, grocer &; baker well Heath

Kempson Mrs Eryant J oSi'Tlh, boot &; ;:hoe stores Joiner Thomas, blacksmIth
Soper Berkeley Watson, Kingsleigh ho Eggleton James, l\Iagpie r.R. Flack- Lacey David, farmer &:; Toad Qurvc-yor
Monk &; Co. plumber;:, decor~tors, hot
Stone Charles, Oak lodge well Heath

Townsend Miss, St. Ann's Ford T. B. Lim.blotting paper mnfrs water fitters &; builders

118 LOUDWATER. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Marchant Henry, beer retailer Saunders John James, grocer Sheldrick ehas. grocer, Flackwell Hth

Morse Arthur, harness maker Saunders Richard, Crown P.H Tapping In. shoe ma.Flackwell Heath

Oliver Rebecca (Mrs.), sh:>pkeepar Scott Arthur Victor, Cherry Tree P.H. Underwood Arthur Edwin, Green Mall

Partridge Helen (Mrs.). Happy Flackwell Heath P.R. Flackwell Heath

Union P.H Soper &:, Co. blotting paper manufac- Weller Thomas, Oxford Arms P.H

Roberts Arthur, farmer, Prospect viI turers, King's mill Wingrove Freeman, shopkeeper

Salter J ames, grocer, Flackwell Heath

LOUGHTON is a parish and village, 21 miles north to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria,
from Bletchley station on the main line of the London and are let at a nominal rental to poor parishioners.
and North Western railway and 3! south-east from Stony Parke's charity, founded by a former rector, now

Stratford, in the Northern division of the county, hun- yields about £40 a. year, half of which is appropriated to

dred, union and county court district of Newport Pag- the repair of the church fabric and other church pur-
nell, Stony ,Stratford petty sessional division, and poses and the other half to the poor: Binyon's charity of
in the rural deanery of Buckingham (second por- £5 a year is for the apprenticing of poor boys; Mrs.
4iion), archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Whitworth's charity of £2 17s. 4d. yearly is expended on
<Oxford. The London and North Western railway clothing for the aged poor. WaIter Cadman esq. who is
:has a siding for goods here. The church of All lord of the manor, the rector, the Stratford and BrougMon
.Saints is an ancient building of stone, chiefly in the charity trustees, W. F. Smith esq. the incumbent of Mark-
Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south yate Street for the time being, Mr. Samuel Hines and the
aisle, south porch and & western tower containing 4 trustees of the late Mrs. Mercer are chief landowners.
bells: in the chancel are tablets to the Crane and The soil is strong clay; subsoil, limestone. The chief
Athawes families, and above the communion table is a crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area. is
painting, by Gonzales, of the Two Disciples at Emmaus, 1,535 acres; assessable value, £10,4°7; the population
presented by the Rev. John Athawes, rector from 1833, in 1891 was 348.
and father of the present rector: the greater portion of Parish Olerk, Richard Bird.

the church as well as the choir was reseated in 1886 at Post &i M. O. 0., Parcel Post, S. B. & Annuity &; Insur-
a cost of £88, defrayed by the Parke charity and by ance office.-Mrs. Sarah Anne Kitchener, sub-postmis-

private subscriptions: an organ was erected in 1864: tress. Letters are received through Bletchley Station

there are 220 sittings, ISO being free. The register at 7.40 a.m. &; 6.25 p.m.; dispatched at 7.20 a.m. &;
dates from the year 1707. The living is a rectory, net 6.5 p.m. & on sundays at 7.20 a.m. The nearest tele-
yearly value £170, arising from 295 acres of glebe, with graph office is at Stantonbury, 3 miles distant
residence, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridgp., Wall Letter Box, London road, cleared at 7.30 a.m. &;

and held since 1883 by the Rev. John Thomas 6.15 p.m. & on sundays at 7.30 a.m
Athawes M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge. A rectory Board (formerly National) School (mixed), erected in

house was built in 1868 on a site bequeathed with 1867, at a cost of about £400, for 70 children; a new
33 acres by the Rev. John Athawes, formerly rector. class room for 40 children was added in 1894; average
'The Baptist chapel. a structure of brick with free- attendance, 70; & now under the Shenley &; Loughton
stone facings, was erected in 1884, and will seat 200 United District School Board, who have & lease of the
persons; attached is a Sunday school, holding 80 chil- school; Miss Ellen Annie Hescroff, schoolmistress;
dren. Four cottages were erected in 1897 by subscription Miss Gertrude Kitchener, infants' mistress

.Athawes Rev John Thos. M.A. Rectry Cadman WaIter, farmer &:, overseer, Holt Charles, Bell inn

Bignell Frederick Wells Loughton manor Inns Thomas (exors. of), farmers

.(Jadman WaIter, Loughton manor FoxIey William, shopkeeper Kitchener George & Sons, bakers

OOMMERCIAL. Fuller William, carpenter Kitchener Charles, overseer

Benbow Alfred, shopkeeper Gurney Jess:l, farmer, Rectory farm Negus Henry, wheelwright

Bird Richard, carpenter Gurney William, farmer Punter Samuel, farmer, L~)Ughton 10

Bodley David, butcher Higgs John, blacksmith Stubbs &:, Brown, coal, builders' &;

Bodley William, Fountain inn Hines Samuel, Talbot inn agricultural mers. Loughton siding

Cartwright Alfred, beer rtlr.&; shopkpr Hines William, assistant overseer Wells Alphreus (Mrs.), shoe maker

LUDGERSHALL is a large village and parish on the 1368-1374. The Wesleyan chapel here, built in 18#

Oxfordshire border, 5i miles south-east from Bicester will seat 150 persons. W. Spiers's charity of £8 yearly

station on the Bletchley and Oxford branch of the Lon- is for coats and gowns, given annually to six of the most

.don and North Western railway, 6 west from Quainton deserving aged men and women in the parish; and Mrs.

Road station, on the Metropolitan Extension railway, 2 Cole's of £1 12S. is for distribution in coal to the poor.

'north from Brill and about 12 north-west from Ayles- Miss Martin is lady of the manor. Earl Temple, the

Ibury, and in the Northern division of the county, hun- rector and T. Stone esq. are the principal landowners.

-dred and petty sessional division of Ashendon, union of The soil is loam and clay; subsoil, clay. The area is

Aylesbury, county court district of Bicester, rural 2,728 acres; assessable value, £3,OII; the population in

-deanery of Waddesdon, archdeaconry of Buckingham 1891 was 382 civil and 422 ecclesiastical.

~nd diocese of Oxford. The" Akeman" Street passes K~GSWOOD, fo~erly fores~ land, . a hamlet, about
through the north of the parish. Two brooks, whose
liource is on Muswell hill, flow through this parish. The IS
2 ~iles from the I?arlsh church, mcluded on the Roy.alty of
church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone and BrIll ~nd approprIated to th: Crown; t~e ~rea IS 261
l'ubble, erected in the early portion of the 14th century, acres, assessable value, £ 28 4, the populatIOn m 1891 was
principally in the Early English and Decorated styles,
and consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, 4°T(estecehwGlC:rken, dao~nCl:Uenntdleyrwcoalolde)d. ". "

south porch and an embattled western tower containing 5 Touchmg-Wyke, is also
a ha~let It ~lles north-east. . .
bells: the inner arch of the south porch is deeply re- ParIsh Clerk and Sexton, 'WIlham East.

cessed and has a shield at each corner: the font is of Post Office. George Williams, sub-postmaster. Let-

Norman date: in the chancel is a brass to Anne Englishe, ters received through Aylesbury at 9.20 a.m. & dis-

wife of Michil Englishe, who was sheriff of London in patched at 4.10; sunday, 10.15 a.m. Postal orders are

Tt:?3 and died 29th May, 1565, at the age of 95 years: issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order &;
t;na ehurch was restored in 1889 at a cost of £1,220, and telegraph office is at Brill, 3 miles distant

affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. National School, built in 1846, for 72 children; average

The living is a rectory, net yearly value £300, with 300 attendance, 55; John Brooks, master; Miss Gertrude

acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Hon. Edwd. Brooks, mistress

Grenville Gore-Langton, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Carriers. Edwin Faulkner, to Aylesbury, wed. &; sat. &;

Frdk. Fras. Morgan M.A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. The Bicester, on fri.; Joseph Stevens, to Oxford, thurs. &;

celebrated John Wyclif was rector of this parish A.D. Aylesbury, sat

Morgan Rev. Frdk. Fras. M.A.Rectory Edmonds Sarah (Miss), shopkeeper Mole In. Wm. farmer, Rookery farm

COMMERCIA.L. Faulkner Edwin, carrier Mole Joseph, farmer, Minns farm

Bond John & Charles, farmers Faulkner John Allen, farmer Palmer William, farmer,Mercers fa1'IXl,

Cannon John, farmer, Sharp's hill Griffin Mary (Miss), farmer & beer Kingswood

Cannon William, farmer, Tetchwick retailer, Kingswood Parker William. farmer, Glebe farm

Chowns Geo.frmr. Burborough's frm Holt In. &:, Thos. farmers, Tetchwick Reynolds In. (Mrs.), frmr.Tetchwick

Coles John Betts,Five Bells P.H.&frmr Holton Jonas, farmer Roberts Edwin, Bulllz Dutcher P H

East William, White Hart P.H Jones Josiah, farmer, Yewtree farm Stevens Joseph, carrier

Edmans William, farm bailiff to Wm. Lamborn Richard, farmer Williams George, tailor, Post officI'

. Adams Mole Edward, farmer, Peartree farm

DIRECTORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. MARLOW (GREAT). 119

LUFFIELD A:B:BEY, formerly extra-parochial, is Abbey of Westminster; no traces of it now remain. Sir
now a parish, partly in Northamptonshire, 7 miles
nortll from Buckingham atation on the Bletchley and Edmund Giles Loder bart. of Whittlebury, Towcester, is
lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is cla.y
BanbUl'Y section of the London and North Western rail- and gravel; subsoil, various. About two-thirds of the
way, in the Northern division of the county, petty ses-
-sional division, hundred, union and county court district land is pasture; the remainder arable. The area is
of Buckingham. Here was once a Benedictine priory,
2r4 acres; assessable value, £r84 r9s.; the population in
founded in 1124 by Robert Bellomont, 3rd Earl of r891 was 7.
Leicester of that name; but owing to its poverty it was
Letters through Towcester, which is the nearest money
suppressed in 1494 by Henry VII. and annexed to the order & telegraph office

Clarke Ellis, farmer

MAIDS MORETON is a parish, one mile north-east east window, but in 1898 a new stained east window was
from Buckingham station on the Bletchley and Banbury
erected to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, at
section of the London and North Western railway, in the
a ccst of £200; the interior was also re-seated with open
Northern division of the coun,ty, in the hundred, petty
sessional division, union and county court district of oak benches in r892, and a new carved oak pulpit presented
lJnckingham, and in the rural deanery of Buckingham
(first portion), archdeaconry of BUCkingham and diocese by Dr. Edward Harold Browne, Bishop of Winchester
of Oxford. The river Ouse and a branch of the Grand
Junction canal pass through the parish. The church of (r873-9r) as a memorial of his 'Parents, who are buried
St. Edmund wa9 built about the year 1450 by
two ma~den sisters of the Peyvre or Peover family, under the tower; the restoration of the nave, begun at the
from which circumstance the village takes its name;
same time, was completed in r887, at a cost of £1,300, of
it is a very elegant structure in the Perpendi.
which amount £650 was contributed by Miss Turner
enlar style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south
porches, and an embattled western tower containing 5 Andrewes, of Southfield; there are 220 sittings. The
bells; the windows were once filled with stained glass,
the greater part of which was demolished by the soldiery register dates from the year r558. The living is a
of Cromwell, who otherwise damaged and profaned the
building; there is still the remnant of a representation rectory, net yearly value £205, derived from 231 acres
of "the Last Supper" on the south wall of the chancel,
under a richly carved canopy; the figures, however, of glebe and houses, with residence, in the gift of Miss
bave been sadly defaced; the roofs of the porches and
tower entrance and vestry room are richly groined in Turner Andrewes, and held since r877 by the Rev.
stone; the font consists of a circular basin, ornamented
with carved work on the outer side, and supported On a Bolton 'WaIler Johnsto~e M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.
'Plain octagonal base; in the middle of the nave is a
large marble, on which were the effigies of the maiden The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1869, will seat 80
sisters in brass, but nothing now remains but two small
.escutcheons bearing fleurs-de-lis; there are several persons. ScoWs charity, consisting of the interest of

ancient monuments and brasses, and on the north side is £r58 2S. 6d. is given in bread to the poor on Sundays;
a plain monument of white marble in memory of the
Hon. Mrs. Penelope Verney, first wife of Hon. Richard ScoWs charity of £ r6 3S. 9d. in 21 per Cent. Consols,

Lord Willoughby de Broke, who died August 31, 1718; is for apprenticing poor children of the parish. The
the inscription is as follows;-
poor's allotment consists of 26 acres of pasture land in
"Under this stone doth lye
lieu of "common rights," and is let at £50 B year.
As much virtue as could die,
Which, when alive did vigor give Elmer's charity of £3 a year is for the assistance of poor
To as much beauty as could live."
. parishioners, £2 a year in the case of a man and £1
'The chancel was restored and beautified in r882 by the
for a woman. There are also church lands, producing
present rector, at a cost of upwards of £380, when the
whole of the floor was relaid, and the magnificent eano- varying amounts, for the repairs of the church. The
pied sedilia, one of the chief features of the church,
earefully renovated I the old stained glass existing in present Manor House, built in r883, a mansion of red
various windows was collected and incorporated in the
brick with stone facings in the Queen Anne style, is,the

residence of Arnold Burrowes esq. Miss Andrewes, who is

lady of the manor, the Warden and Fellows of All Soulll

College, Oxford, and the Baroness Kinloss are the prin-

cipal landowners. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil,

gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans.
'I'he area is r,357 acres of land and.9 o~ water; assessable
value, £2,577 r9s. 9d.! the poulatIOn In r89I was 444·
Sexton, Sydne~ Dame!s.
.
1'OS& Office.-:-Mlss Elizabeth. North, sub-postmistre~s.
Letters arrIve through Buckingham at 6.30 a.m.; dlS-
patched at 1.50 & 5.50 p.m. week days & II.50 a.m.

sundays. Post-al orders are issued here, but not paid.

The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Buck·

ingham, 2 miles distant

Parochial School (mixed & infants), erected in r854. for

94 children; average attendance, 65; John Eales,

master; :Miss Florence Eales, infants' mistre!ls

PRrvATE RESIDENTS. Ward George Jnhnson Isabella (Miss), beer retailer

Andrewes Miss Turner, Southfield COMMERCIAL. Jones Alfred, farm bailiff to H. Bull

Bull Henry Edward J.P. Moreton ho Butcher Martin, 'butcher & beer retlr esq; J.P

llnrrowes Arnold, Manor house Clarke Stephen Valentine, farmer Meades John, farmer

Johnstone Rev. Bolton WaIler M.A. Colley William John, boot maker Nicholls Geor~e, haulier

Rectory Collins Wm. Buckingham Arms P.H Rainbow William, Wheatsheaf P.H

Mountfort Mrs. Laurel house Dancer Edward James, farmer Roberts .John, blacksmith

Newman Miss, The Elms Gough In. jun. farmer & miller (watr) Stanley Mrs. Louisa, shopkeeper

Ridgeway Mrs Gough In.Rt.farmer & commission agt Ward Ehzabeth Adam (Miss), baker

Tyzack Samuel, Moreton lodge Grant· Edwin, baker Watkins Hy. W. police constable

MARLOW (GREAT) is a town, 32 miles from Act, r885" (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), the repres-entatioll
London, 5i south-west from High Wycombe, 25 south. of the borough was merged in that of the county. The
east from Oxford, 5 north by west from Maidenhead town is lighted with gas from works the property of a.
and 7 east from Henley, with a terminal station on a company. and supplied with water from works at the
branch from Bourne End! of the Maidenhead and Ayles- chalk pit, Oxford road, the property of The Marlow

bury section of the Great Western railway; it is in Water Company; the supply is obtained from a solid
the Southern division of the county, hundred of Des- stratum of chalk, by a boring r20 feet below the
bo.rough, petty sessional division of De.sborough first sea level. By a Local Government Board Order which
division, union of Wycombe, county court district of came into operation March 25, r885, a part of the parish
High Wycombe, rural deanery of High Wycombe, arch- of Lewknor-up-Hill, Oxfordshire, known as Ackhamp·
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxfo;rd. The stead, was amalgamated with Great Marlow, the re-
town is pleasantly situated on the Thames, here crossed maining portion being added to Stokenchurch.
by a suspension bridge connecting the town with
Ilisham, Berks. The Weir, near the bridge, is semi- By a Local Government Board Order which came into
-circular in form, and between it and the mansion called operation Oct. r896, the whole ecclesiastical parish of
'" Thame~ Bank," is Marlow lock, which has an average Great ~Iarlow was divided for civil purposes into the
fall of 5 feet, and is about 4 mile.s above Cookha.m; the parishes of Marlow (Urban), comprising the area. of the
lock is substantially built, but is inconveniently narrow. Ud-an District, and Great Marlow parish, which consists
of the remainder of the old parish, and includes Bovingdon
.Adjoining are extensive beech woods, and the surround-
fug scer.ery is remarkable for its beauty. Great Marlow Green, Harleyford, Lane End &c. The urban district is
formerly returned two members to Parliament; under governed by the Marlow District Council of nine members.
formed in r896 under the provisions of the "Local
the provisions of the "Representation of the People
Act, r867" (30 &:; 3r Vict. c. I02), the number was Government Act, r894" (56 and 57 Vie. c. 73). Great
Marlow parish is controlled by a Parish Council of nine
reduced to one; and by the "Redistribution of Seats
members. The town is known as Marlow for postal and

120 MAR LOW (GREAT). BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

other civil purposes, but it is still Great Marlow for. endowment of £30 yearly for the boys' and girls' Sunday

ecclesiastical purposes, and the railway station is also school, derived from funds invested for that purpose by-

called Great Marlow. members of the Wethered faIDl1y; and charities amounting-'

The church of All Saints, rebuilt in 1834, on the site to a considerable sum are distributed to the poor. Loftin'll

of the olrl church, erected circa IIOO, and situated on the charity, left June 7th, 1759, by William and Benjamin

bank of the river, is an edifice of yellow brick with stone Loftin, of Great Marlow, consists of a farm known as-.

dressings in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, con- "Copy Green," and a sum of £308 28. 8d. Consols,.

sisting of chancel, na.ve of five bays, aisles, and a lofty for the. apprenticing of 24 poor boys There are also-

tower with crocketed spire containing 8 bells: the chancel, six almshouses, founded and endowed by John Brink'-

erected in 1876, contains a handsome :reredos and five hurst esq. in 1608 for poor widows, with a weekly

stained windows, one of which is a memorial to the Rt. allowance of three shillings to each and a small piece

Rev. Robert Milman D.D. bishop of Calcutta (1867-76) and of garden ground, and in 1887 two more houses were-

vicar of Great Marlow, 1862-7, who died at Rawul Pindi, added by the late Joseph Henry Rolls esq.; the charit)~·

India, March 15, 1876, and there are tablets to the Clay- of Mrs. Peers Williams, amounting to about £45 a.

ton, Cocks and Morris families. During the years 1881-2, year, is distributed to the necessitous poor at Christmas.

the galleries were removed and arcades erected in the in sums of five shillings each. Thomas Wetllered esq.

nave: in 1889 the nave was new-roofed and the interior who died in 1815, gave the rents of two houses and his-

re-seated: in 1898-9 the spire was thoroughly restored and heir-at-law the sum of £200 £2£ per Cent. Consols~

surmountei by a bronze cross: there are 580 sittings. In in lieu thereof to secure the same, fo,r blankets to tha

the churchyard is a lofty monument to Henry Hugh poor at Christmas. Mrs. Sarah Wethered, in 1852~

O'Donel Clayton esq. who died in 1857, and a tombstone gave £700 Consols to be distributed in beef to poor

to John Richardson, the famous itinerant showman, who widowers and widows at Christmas. Susannah Hone, in.

was born at :Marlow in 1767, and died in Southwark, 14 1853, gave £190 14s. 2d. Consols, the dividend to be

Kov. 1837. The register dates from the year 1592. The distributed by the vicar and churchwardens a.t Christmas.-

living is a vicarage, net income £220, with glebe (£10) to) twelve poor men and twelve poor women, and to chil-

and residence, in the ~ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and dren who attend regularly at the Sunday schools in th&

held since 1890 by the Rev. Herbert Oakes Fearnley Whit- parish. Joseph Henry Rolls bequeathed £6 annually to

tingstall M.A. of Kew College, Oxford. The Ecclesiastical be given to six poor men and six poor women; Mrs. Ann.

C<lmmissioners are owners of the great tithes, amounting West, 55s. annually to poor widows of 60 years of age and.

to £670 yearly. The church of the Holy ..Trinity, conse- upwards; the Rev. John Cleobury, a. flannel garment tt)

crated in 1852, is a building- of flint, with stone quoins and three poor men and three poor women, and 5s. to the-

dressings, consisting- of chancel, nave, north aisle, south parish clerk for keeping his tomb clean kc. the balance oi

porch, and a turret containing one bell; on the south dividend to poor persons in sums of 2S. 6d. each;

side of the nave is a monument of alabaster and marble, Thomas Rolls, 30s. yearly to six aged persons; and H_

to Col. Alexander Higginson, d. 1855: the chancel walls Pendleton and Agnes Friar, each 20S. annually for dis-

and roof are decorated in colour, and the east and west tribution to necessitous persons; Robert Boothby~

windows and four others in the chancel and one in the lOS. each to ten poor persons; Rchard Daven-

nave are stained: the reredos is of alabaster and Caen port, £5 (charged on Court Gardens estate) for five poor'

stone with panels of gold and coloured mosaic: there w~dows; Thomas Drew, £2 12S. for the di~tribution or

are 200 sittings. The Catholic church, in St. Peter's 2d. 10avE's fortnightly to 12 persons; Sarah Hawes, £1(»..

street, and dedicated to St. Peter, was founded by the Consols for children regnlarly attending Sunday schools;

late C. R. Scott-Murray esq.' and opened in 1846; it there is also the Parish General Charity, comprising the.

is an edifice of flint and stone, from the designs of POOl'S Estate and the Turville Charity, a sum of £138.

the elder Pugin, and consists of chancel, nave, north lIS. 9d. given in doles to the poor; and 1Yilliam Wil..

aisle, lady chapel, and small turret with spire containing loughby's gift. of £8 6s. 8d. once in 5 years. Harleyfonh

one bell; the pulpit and font are of Caen stone; the House, the seat of Sir William Robert Oayton bart. M.A.,

chancel has a handsome reredos, and all the windows D.L., J.P. built in 1715, is a mansion of red brick of

are stained; on the south side of the nave is a canopied the 80tyle of the reign of Queen Anne, and stands on

tomb to members of the Scott-Murray family, whose the north bank of the Thames, at the foot of a well-

vault is in the churchyard adjoining; there are also timbered park; in the rear are well-timbered grounds,

!>chools and a school house, built from designs by the and a noble terrace overlooking the river; the hous(\'"

younger Pugin. The Baptist chapel, Glade road, erected contains some -of the best productions of Sir Peter

in 1885, has 250 sittings. The Cong-regational chapel, Ox- Lely, also family paintings by Sir Thomas Lawrence"

ford road, was rest.ored and reseated in 1863, and has 400 Sir William Beechey, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Romne.y and

!>itting;;; the Pl'imitive Methodist chapel in Chapel street, George Stubbs R.A. including a life-sized portrait of.

-seats 2';0 persons; the Wesleyan chapel in Spital street, Sir Robert Clayton kt. M.P. and lord mayor of Londollt'

to which Sunday schools were added in 1885, at a cost of in 1680, and one of Sir William Clayton bart. d. 1834-

1.400, will seat 250 persons. The Town Hilll, at the top of commander and a munificent supporter of the Royal Buclw

High street. erected in 1807, is a building of stone, with a Yeomanry. Gyldernscroft" the seat of Gen. Sir George

turret and clock; the basement forms a meat market, and Wentworth Alexander Higginson K.C.B., J.P. west o£o

also comprises an engine house belonging to the Volunteer the town, is an ancient house, the entrance hall cf.

Fire Brigftde; the upper room, which belongs to the Crown which is adorned with many trophies of war. Remnantz,

hotel adjoinin~, is generally in use as a billiard room, but a little to the west of th~ tlfWn, the property of Thomas-

is also mE'd for public meetings and will hold 350 Owen Wethered esq. J.P. and now the residence of Johrr

persons. The Police Court and Station, in Trinity road, Danvers Power esq. J.P. is a noble pile, with an ancient'

was erected in 1869, and here the county magistrates clock tower; in a well-wooded park south of the house is a

hold petty sessions. The paper mills of Messrs. William remarkahle yew hedge: the house was formerly occcpied

'Wr4!ht and Sons, lmd the brewery of Messrs. Thomas as the Royal Militarv College, established at Marlow in 1799-

Wethered &; Sons Lim. employ many hands; there is and removed: to Salldhurst in 18Il. Seymonr Court,

olso a chair facwry; and embroidery, satin stitch work also the property and now the residence of Thomas Owel1'

and the making of 'bahv linen is also extensively carried Wetllered esq. J.P. stands on an eminence one mile north.

on; the l\ll'rlml'nham Pottery. on ~farlow Common, was of the town, and is said to have been the birth-

.f'stablished in 1897 (nlllrad DreB-sler, director). A fair place.. about 1500, of Lady Jane Seymour, daughter

for catt.lp. is held on the 29th and 10th of October, which of Sir John Seymour, of Wolf Hall, Wilts, and one of

-is g-enf'r:Jllv well attended. The Great Marlow Institute. the Queens of Henry VIII. and mother of Edward VI.

estlllblh:hed in 185:1, contains over 1,300 volumes of useful Highfields, the residence of Arthur D. Cripps esq. is

and standard works, and is sunplied with books of refer- beautifully situated on an eminence surrounded' by-

ence, newspapers and periodicals; in 1887 a site was given extensive and well-laid-out plea.sure grounds, planted

hy Lieut.-Gen. Owen L. C. Williams J.P. upon which in with shrubs and evergreens. Spinfield, the residence of

1889-90 a new Institute of brick in the Gothic style, was Robert Hay Murray esq. J.P. is a fine mansion of red.

erected, at a. cost of about £1,5°0, and' comprises brick in the Italian style, situated on a commanding

librl.'rv, newspaper, reading and recreation rooms; a height, overlooking a well-laid-ont lawn; the ~rden.

rlrawilJg class is taught here in connection with thE' Art, contains a. fine conservatory a'Jd greenhouse stocked with.

Departmput at South Kensing-ton. Adjoining the Insti- choice exotics. Both these houses afford delightful river:

tute is the Armonrv and head quarters of the 1St Bucks views. Court Garden is the residence of Robert Griffin

Rifle Volunteers. The music room in St. Peter's litreet esq. J.P. Thames Bank, the residence of Thomas Somere-

will hold 300 people. The" Crown," the" Chequers ,. and Cc:cks esq. J.P. is pleasantly situated close to the riverp

the" George and Dragon," in Hig-h street; the "Grev- which at thi'l point is singularly beautiful. The Marlo:,,"

11oun<1:' in Snittal street: the" Fisherman's Retreat," in Rowing Oub have a boat-house near the bridge. SIr

~t. Peter's street; and the" ,Compleat Angler." on the William Rohert Clayton bart. who is lord of the manor...
Berks side of the river, are excellent hotels. There is an Lieut.-General Owen Lewis Cope Williams, of Templ~

DIRECTORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. MARLOW (GREAT). 121

House, Bisham, ThomaiS Wethered and Sons, General The area. of Marlow Urban parish and district is 8:;2

Sir G. W. A. Higginson K.C.B., Robert Hay Murray esq. acres; assessable value, £15,616. The area of Greai
Robert S. R Hammond-Chambers esq. Q.C. The Ecclesias-
tical Commissioners and University College, Oxford, are Marlow parish is 5,505 aCTes; assessable 'Value, £5,921.

the principal landowners. The soil is flint, chalk, gravel The population of the ancient parish in 1891 was, civil

and loam; subsoil, various. 5, 28 3; ecclesiastical, 4,778.
Parish Clerk, Henry Wildsmith Badger.

OFFICJ.A.L ESTAnLISInIE~TS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, &;c.

Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., ExpresS' Delivery, Parcel' Sanitary Inspector, Surveyor &; Collector, Richard Welli-

Post, S. R &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, High street.- come, High street

~ohn Richard Langdon, postmaster. Let~ers are de- PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS
hvered ut 7 & 10 a.m. 3.40 & 7 p.m.; dIspatched at .
9.45 & 12 a.. m. & 3,40, 7.50 & 8,4° p.m.; sundays, County Police Station, Trinity road, George Marks, sergt

7.50 p.m Music Room, St. Peter's street, Thomas Croxon, keeper
COU~TY l\IAGIBT&A.TES FOR THE PETTY
Greab. M~rl()w Institute, Institute road, Lawrence J.
SE. SS.IONAL,DIVISIO~ OF DESBOROUGBJ HUNDRED.
°.m...aSrmlOIWtheoJutnt a· gheonH·OsSep~ItaI, Cambn'dge road, J hn Dunbar-
Hlggmson Gen. SII' George ":entworth Alexander K.C.R Dickson M.D., M.Ch. & Francis John Fitzgerald Culhane
G:yld~rnscI'oft, Ma~l~w (chUlrm~n)
M.R.C.S.Eng. medical officers; Mrs. Dickson & R.

SmIth The Hon. Wilham FrederlCk Danvers M.P., D.L. Griffin esq. J.P. hon. secs

Greenla~ds, ~-I~nley-on-Thames Town Hall, High street

Clayton SII' Wllham Robert bart. M.A., D.L. Harleyford, Volunteer Fire Brigade, Town hall, C. Page Dye, capt. ;

Marlow Goorge Frith, foreman; Thomas H. Wright, hon.

Beever William Freder·ick Holt esq. RA. Yewden, Ham- treasurer; James Henry Deacvn, hon. sec.; & 20 meu

bleden, Henley-on-Thames VOLU~TEERS.
Cocks Thomas Somers esq. D.L. Thames bank, Marlow

Cripps Charles Alfred esq. 1.LP., Q.C., B.C.L., M.A. Par- First Bucks Rifles (comprising I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 &:; 8'

moor house, Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames CompUllies); head quarters, The Armoury, Institute-

Cripps: Henry Wm. esq. Q.C., M.A. Beechwood, Marlow road; Hon. Col. Lord Addington, V.D. commanding;

Ellames John Pattison esq. Manor house, Little M.arlow, Alfred Gilbey V.D. major; Capt. William Owen, adjt. ;

Marlow Hon. Capt. J. C. Hedges V.D. quartermaster; Rev. O.

Ford Frederick' Thomas esq. Kimber's house, Braywick, H. Wethered M.A. &; Rev. C. C. Dawson-Smith, acting

Maidenhead chaplains; So. I Co. Capt. F. O. Wethered, com-

Frye Frederick Charlwood esq. The Platt, Bourne End, manding; W. P. Wethered, capt..; T. G. Lunnon V.D.
lieut.; Sergt.-~ajorEdward Baldwin, drill instructor
Maidenhead

Gilbey Alfred esq. Wooburn house, Wooburn PUBLIO OFFICERS.
Griffin Robert esq. Court garden, Marlow
Harter Percival La Trobe esq. Stoney Ware, Bisham, Assessor &; Collector of Queen's Taxes, Christopher
SF arks, Staticn road
Marlow
HOBre Stafford O'Brien e.sq. D.L. Turville park, Henley- Clerk to the Commissioners of Property, LUlld & Incom&
Taxes, Arthur Devereux Cripps, High street
on-Thames
Collector of Rates &; Assistant Overseer, Reuben Nereus
Hudson. Robert William esq. Danesfield, Marlow
Kearley Hudson Ewbanke esq. M.P. Whittington, Med- Smith, Marlow fields
Medical Officer of Health, Wycombe Rural District, John
menham
Lellmann Rudo:ph Chambers esq. Fieldhead, Bourne Dunbar Dickson M.D., ~I.Ch. Institute road
Medical Officer &; Public Vaccinator, Bisham &; Hurlev
End, Maidenhead Dalziel esq. M.A. Fawley court, Districts, Cookham Union, John Dunbar Dickson M.D.•,
Mackenzie William
1.LCh. Institute road
Henley-on-Thames
Mackenzie William Roderick Dalziel esq. Sunny close, Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Nos. 4 & 12 Dis-
tricts,Wycombe Union,Francis John Fitzgerald Culhane
:Fawley, Henley-on-Thames
M.R.C.S.Eng. High street
Murray Robert Hay esq. Spinfield, Marlow
Registrar of Births &; Deaths for Marlow Sub-district"
Power John Danvers eS<}. Remnantz, Marlow
Scott-Murray Charles Aloysius esq. Manor house, Ham- Wycombe Union, Mrs. L. R Russell, West street;
deputy, Thos. Aug. Dunham, Carlton villa, Station I'd
bleden, Henley-on-Thames Relieving & Vaccination Officer & School Attendance
Thomas John esq. Bridge house, Wooburn
Officer for ~o. 2 District, Wycombe Union, Thomas
Wethered Francis Owen esq. ~h street, Marlow Augustus Dunham, Carlton villa, Station road
Wethered Thomas Owen esq. Seymour court, Marlow
Williams Lieut.-Gen. Owen Lewis Cope, Temple house, Town Crier, Edward Hatton, West street

Bisham, Marlow PLAOES OF WORSHIP, with times of services.

The chairmen, for the time being, of the Marlow Urban All Saints' Church, Rev. Herbert Oakes Fearnley Whit-
&; the Hambleden Rural District Councils are ex-officio tingstall ~.A. vicar; Rev. James N. Blagden B.A. Rev.
magistrates Stephen Miller Winter RA. Rev. Gerald Monteath
Clerk to the Magistrates, Arthur Devereux Cripps,
Thompson B.A. &; Rev. Harry Morton Gorham M.A.
High street curates; holy communion, 8.15 a.m.; matins & ser-
Petty Sessions are usually held at the Police court, mon, II a.m.; children's service, 3 p.m.; evensong.
6,30 p.m.; week days at 8 a.m. & 6 p.m.; saints' days,
Trinity road. on alternate thursdays at 11 a.m. Places holy communion, 8.15 a.m.; matins, 11 a.m.; even-
in the division are :-Fawley, Fingest, Hambleden,
song, 6 p.m
Hedsor, Ibstone, Marlow (Urban), Great Marlow, Little Holy Trinity, Trinity road, served from All Saints'; 3rd
Marlow, Medmenham &; Turville. And for indictable
offences every week day sundays in the month, holy communion after matins,

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. other sundays 7 a.m.; every sunday, matins 11 a.m.;.

Meets at the Institute on first Monday in each month at evensong, 3 p.m
St. Peter's Catholic, St. Peter's street, Very Rev. Canon
7 p.m.
Chairman, Waiter Lovegrove Bernard Smith, priest; mass on sundays 11 a.m.; on
Vice-Chairman, Francis John Fitzgerald Culhane holidays 10 a.m.; on week days 8.30 a.m
llaptist, Glade road, Rev. J. E. Joynes, pastor; II a.m.
Alfred Joseph East IRetire in April 1900. •
& 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m
John Tudor
Congregational, Oxford road, Rev. Fred. Tavender B.A.r

James Plumridge RD.; 11 a.m. &:; 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m

John Samuel Carter IRetire in April 1901. Primitive Methodist, Chapel street, Rev. G. N.:>rmandale;
Joseph Dorsett 11 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; mono &:; wed. at 7 p.m

Alfred Davis, jun Wesleyan, Spittal street (High Wycombe Circuit), Revs.
W. Earl &; R. Philipson, ministers; Rev. Samuel Green,.
IRetire in April, 1902.
supernumdrary; 10.30 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; tues. &:; thurs.
Frances John Fitzgerald WaIter Lovegrove 7.15 p.m

Cnlhane Alfred Ilsley SCHOOLS.

Officers. The Borlase School, originally founded as a Blue Coat.
Clerk, Arthur Devereux Cripps, High street School in 1624 by Sir 'William Borlase kt. (in memory
Treasurer, Geo. Loosley, Stephens &:; CO.'s Bank, High st of his son, Henry Borlase esq. M.P. for Marlow),
Medical Officer of Health, John Dunbar Dickson M.D., to provide education in reading, writing & arithmetill
for 24 poor boys, & instruction in lace making for 24
M. Ch. Insitute road

122 MARLOW (GREAT). BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

poor girls, from the parishes of Great Marlow, Little National (boys), High street, built in 1851, for 200 boys:

Marlow & Medmenham. The school was carried on average attendance, 158; ThCl's. S. Oarpenter, master
under the provisions of his will until the year 1878, NationaJ, (girls & infants), St. Peter's street, built in

when the Oharity Oommissioners reorganized it under 1869 &; since enlarged to hold 200 girls & 150 infants;

a new scheme as a second-grade school. with an ex- average attendance, 159 girls & JI9 infants; Miss H.

hibition of £30 a year, & twelve foundation scholar- ThimbIethorp, mistress; Miss E. Hunt, infants' mist

ships open to boys who have been educated in any of National (infants), Oxford road, for 200 children; aver-

the elementary schools in Great Marlow, Little MarIow age attendance, 148; Miss Lucy Higging, mistress

.& Medmenham. In 1884, the school received from :Mixed, Bovingdon green, for 80 children; average at-

the Oharity Oommissioners an endowment of £3,661, tendance, 51; Miss Emma. Mary Southan, mistress

derived from the sale of an estate called "Martins Catholic (mixed), St. Peter's street, built in 1845, for

Olose;' since this date the premises have been en- 100 children; average attendance, 90; Miss Crow-

larged at different times by the addition of workshops ther, mistress

& a laboratory & a school chapel: the school will now Railway Station, William Holt, station master

hold 200 boys, & has a yearly income of about £150; Omnibus from the Crown hotel to & from Marlow station

Edwin William Clark M.A. Oxon. head master; assis- Great Western Railway Oo.'s Carting Agents, Porter &;

tant masters: Rev. H. M. Gorham M.A. O. W. Newton Son, Station yard

M.A. H. R. Evans RA. A. E. Johnson RA. B. E. Oarriers to:-

Prichard B.A. E. P. S. Benson, T. W. Lardner Reading-Samuel Smith, from The Plough P.H. every

A.RA.M. (music), H. Endsor (violin), H. Bayfield wed• .& sat. returning same days

(drawing), Sergt. Palmer (drill) Wycombe Samuel Smith, fri. returning same day

:PRIVATE RESIDENTS Faulkner Arth. Cowling, The Laurels, Pitt Mrs. Springfield cot. West end

• Beaumont rise Porter Wm.Thos.Wood Lea,Station rd

Adams Miss, The Acorns, Institute rd Fish Miss, High street Power John Danvers J.P. Remnantz

Aisbitt Miss, Darlinghurst, Chapel st Fry Mrs. Glade cottage, Glade road Prichard Bertie E., B.A. The Hostel,

Anthony Miss, High street Galloway Miss, Wylverley, Station rd High street

Atkinson Mrs. The Rookery Gorham Rev. Harry Morton M.A. Ranken Mrs. Bayne, Weston house

Ayres Mrs. Oxford cot. Oxford road (curate), West street Richardson Sedgwick Edwin, Urban

Bargh John Charles, Fernlea, Beau- Greenwood Mrs. The Limes, Glade rd house, Institute road

mont rise Griffin Robert J.P. Oourt garden Robinson Joseph Arthur, Station road

Barton Miss, Wood View house, Beau- Hammerton Misses, Kenton villas, Rolls Mrs. Kenton house, Victoria rd

mont rise Glade road Rush Mrs. Burnham villa, Glade road

Benson Edgar Percy Stewart, West st Hanson Hy. Jas. Tilecotes, Oxford rd Saunders Wm. Melrose viI. Glade rd

Birch Miss, Leek house, Glade road Harding Mrs. Beiumont villa, Beau- Segrave Edwin, High street

Blagden Rev.Jas.Neville B.A.(curate), mont rise Sellman Thomas, Glade road

St. Martin's, High street Harris Mrs. West End gardens Shaw Richard, Fairfold vil. Station rd

Bridgman James, Station road Harvey Mrs. Wylverly, Station road Smallbones Jas. Ingleneux, Glade rd

Burns Thos. Clyde vil. Station road Henderson Thomas, New road Smith Very Rev. Oanon Bernard

Burrows Wm. Verona vils. Glade rd Hewett Miss, High street (Catholic), St. Peter's street

Carter .Alfred, West street Higginson Gen. Sir. George Went- Smith Lawrence John,Rose villa,Beau-

Carter Edwin, Hawthorn villa, Cam- worth .Alex. K.O.B., J.P. Gylderns- mont rise

bridge road croft; & 9 Wilton cres. London SW Smith Reuben Nereus, Beaufort cot-

Carter Thomas, Station road Hoar Percy, Thames cottage tage, New Toad

Clark Edwin Wm. M.A. (head master Hoare Mrs. Bridge house Tavender Rev. Frederick RA. (Lond.),

Borlase school), West street Huggins John Frederick, Weir lodge B.D. (Cong.), Chapel street

Clayton Sir William Robert bart.M.A., Hyde Mrs. Heathers, West street - Thompscm Rev. Gerald M., RA.

D.L., J.P. Harleyford house; &; 29 Jackson Eustace O. St. Joseph's, In- (curate), High street

Great Oumberland place'W &Carlton stitute road Tudor John, West street

club, London SW Johnson Arthur E., B.A. The Hostel, Vernon John, Linden viI. Station rd

Clayton Miss, St. Clare, Station road High street Waithman John, Kensington cottage,

Clifton Matthew In.Stone ho. High st Johnston Miss, High street Glade road

Cocks Miss, The Glade Laking Sir Francis Henry, Blounts Ward George Rolls, New court

Oocks .Alfd.Heneage M.A.Thames bnk Laking Miss, The Old house, West st Ward Mrs. New court

Oocks Thomas Somers D.L., J.P. Langley John, Ha>rthorne villa, In- Webb Mrs. St. Peter's cot. Station rd

Thames bank stitute road Wellicome John, Homerton cottage,

Cook Barnard, Cambridge road Langston W. B. Kenton viIs. Glade rd Eton place

Ooster Miss, Highwall cottage, Sta- Lardner Thomas William, West street Wells Mark, Clifton villa, Glade road

tion road Lindlar Max, Marlow 10. Station rd Wethered Mrs. The Cottage

Creswell Mrs. Albert ho. Chapel street Loosley George, High street Wethered Francis Owen. J.P. High st

Cripps Arthur Devereux, Highfields Maxim Edward, Glenthorne, Beau- Wethered Thos.Owen J.P.Seymour et

Cripps Hemy William M.A., Q.O.,J.P. mont rise Wethered WaIter Percival, High street

(chancellor of Diocese of Oxford &; Mead Mrs. Eton cottage "Yhittingstall Rev.Hrbt.Oakes Fearn·

chairman of Bucks Quarter Ses- Morgan James ·W. The Old Parsonage ley M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage

sions), Beechwood Morris Miss, High street Wild Frank Percy, The Eyrie

Culhane Fras. In. Fitzgerald, High st Murray Robert Hay J.P. Spinfield Wilkinson Rev. Sheldon Robert M.A.

Day Rev.Daniel (Primitive Methodist), Neilson James, High street High street

Institute road' Newman Charles James, Thistle cot. Williams Robert .Alfred, West street

Deacon James Henry, Myneholm Glade road Winter Rev.Stphn.Miller RA. (cnrate),

Dickson In.Dunbar M.D.Institute rd Newton Charles W., ~LA. The Hostel, High street

Donovan Mrs. Bridge close High street Wood Misses, Hillside

DresslerConrad,White cot.Marlow com Nicholson Thos. Goddard B.Sc., M.B. Wright Mrs. Fredk. The Sycamores

Ellis Mrs. Brampton house, High st High street Wright Sydney Havell, The Lawn

Evans Henry R., RA. West street Owen Capt. William (Adjutant 1st Wright Thomas Havell, Thames lawn

Evans Mrs. Evan, Kewfields, Beau- Bucks Rifles), Remnantz cot.West st Yates Oharles Henry, High street

mont rise Patrickson Miss,Fair View ho.Glade rd Yaxle•v Mrs. Panton villas, Glade road.
Fenton Mrs. Elmwood, Glade road Phillips Frederick James, High street

COMMERCIAL. i Baldwin Sergeaut-Major Edward, drill instructor, No. I

Adams John, beer retailer, West street Co. Bucks Rifle Volunteers, The Armoury, Institute rd

Aisbitt Margaret (Miss). ladies' school, Darlinghurst, Baldwin John, coal merchant, Station road

Chapel street Barber Frederick, beer retailer, High street

Allam Sarah (Mrs.), fishmonger, Spittal street Barnard Arthur Ernest, grocer & cycle agt. Chapel stree~

AlIen Thomas, shopkeeper, Queen's road BartIett Koah, grocer, West street

Andrews Arthur, hair dresser, Spittal street Batting Alfd. Edwd. &; Sons, house furnishers, Market 5q

Badger Hy. Wildsmith, confectnr. & parish clerk, High st Batting & Sons, ironmongers, engmeers,smiths, plumbers,

Badger Joseph, fancy repository, Market square gasfitters, hot water fitters, electricians, gun &; lock

Baigent George James, Royal Oak P.H. & carling agent smiths &; implement & machine agents, West street

&; contractor, Bovingdon green Baxter John, beer retailer, Chapel street

Bailey Geo. C. tobacconist, hairdresser &; newsagt.High st Beckett J ames, carpenter, Dean street

Baker Caroline (Mrs.), colonial meat stores, Spittal st.; Denning Joseph, ironmonger, High street

&; at Queen's square, High Wy~mbe Benning- Mary Ann (Mrs.), greengrocer, High street

lJaker Charles Blackford, clothier, Spittal street Betts William, lodging house, The Deanery, St. :peter's st

DIRECTORY. ] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. MARLOW (GREAT). 123

Ilidmead David, grocer &c. High street Deacon Jas. Henry, architect &; survey()r, High street

Birdseye John, baker, Spittal square Dean William, carman &; contractor, Spittal street

Blackwell John, blacksmith. Quoiting place Death &; Son, bakers &; dairymen, West street

Blake Rebecca (Mrs.), carver & gilder, West street Dewey Jane (Mrs.), leather seller, Chapel street

Borlase School (Sir W. Borlase's). Edwin William Clark Dickson John Dunbar M.D., M.Ch., L.R.C.S.I. surgeon &;

M.A. master; for names of asslJstant masters see entry medical officer & public vaccinator Bisham & Hurley

under Schools . districts, Cookham union & medical officer of health

Bonnett George, apartments, Beaulieu, Glade road Marlow Urban & Wycombe Rural District Councils, In-

Bowles Richard, shoe maker, Spittal street stitute road

Bowles Thomas, beer retailer, Dean street " Dormer James, gTeengrocer, York ;road.

Bowles Sarah (Mrs.), fruiterer, Quoiting place· Dormer James, shopkeeper, Queen's road

Boyer Alfd. Edmd. grocer & post office, Station road Dorrell Thos. steam threshing machine proprietor, Fern

Bradshaw Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, High street villa, Station road

Bradley John, beer retailer, Spittal street· . Dorsett Jsph. grocer, tea dlr. & bacon curer, Market sq

Bray John & Son, carmen & contractors, StatIOn road Drye Charles, coach builder, see Warner & Drye

Bridgeman .Albert George, florist & seedsman, Station rd Dukes Emma (Miss), china &; glass dealer, West stree\

Britnell George Henry, grocer &; Ileer ret. Quoiting sq Dukes George Frederick, insurance agent, York road

Brodey Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Oxford road . Dukes Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, York road

Brooks James Bird, farmer, Finnemoor Dunham Thomas Augustus, relieving & vaccination officer

Brown .Alfred, tailor, West street & school a~tendance officer for 2nd distriot, Wycombe

Brown William Henry, confectioner, High street union & deputy registrar of births & death9 for Marlow

Bryant John, greengrocer, Spittal square sub-district, Carlton villa, Station road

Buckinghamshire Chair Co. Limited (Reuben Nereus Duplock Walter A.P.S. chemist & druggist, High street

Smith, managing director), St. Peter's street Dye Charles Page. dispensing, family &; photographio

Bucks (1St) Rifle Volunteers (comprising I, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, chemist; printing works & stat:oner; glacier decoration

7 & 8 Companies) (Hon. Col. Lord Addington V.D. warehouse, High street

commanding; Capt. William owen, adjutant; Hon. East .Alfred James, furniture dealer, West st. &; High st

Capt. J. C. Hedges V.D. quarter-master; No. 1 Co. East Charles, basket maker, Spittal square

Capt. F. O. Wethered, commanding; W. C. Wethered, East Henry, fruiterer, Dean street

capt.; T. G. Lunnon V.D. lieut.; Sergeant-Major Ed- East James, marine store dealer & boot maker, West st

ward Baldwin, drill instructor); head quarters, The East Sidney F. beer retailer, Dean street

Armourv, Institute road Eborn Henry, insurance agent, Oxford Il"oad

Burgess jane Ellen (Mrs.), dress maker, Oxford road Fisher William, butcher, Market square

Burton Benjamin, farmer, Harleyford Fleet .Albert Gea. colonial meat stores, West street

Burton Frederick William, dairyman, High street Flint John 'farrant, tailor, York road

Campbell 1Iirian (Miss), farmer, Homers Flint Samuel, baby linen manufacturer, West street

Carr Richard, beer retailer, Dean street Fc:ster John, beer retailer, Wycombe road

Carter Charles Henry K. baker & confectioner, West st. Fowler George Wm. baker & confectioner, West street

& High street Fox Herbert W. temperance hotel, High street

Carter Emma (Mrs.), butcher, Spittal street Freegard Louisa (Mrs.), dress maker, '"Vest street

Carter Frederick, Plough P.H. Little Marlow road French EJiza (Mrs.), aparts. 2 Laburnam vils. Glade rd

Carter John Samuel, builder, Chapel street Frewing Henry, umbrella maker, High street

Chalk Sydney J. ironmonger &c. see Newman & Chalk Fryer George, coffee house, Market square

Chequers Hotel (family &c.) (W. T. Shaw, pro- Gas Works (A. D. Cripps, sec)

prietor), High street Gibbon Daniel M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, West st

Chilton James, farmer, Bencombe -.. Gibbs James, beer retailer, Dean street

Clark Henry &; Sons, butchers, West street Gill Wm. Hy. apartments, Thames villa, Station rd

Clark Daniel, marine store dealer, York road Gillett Abram, farmer, Burford farm

Clark William Robert, butcher, High street Gillett Henry Chas. beer retailer, Dean street

Clarke Arthur Joseph, solicitor, High street Goodey John, beer retailer, Oxford road

Clarke Daniel, solicitor, High street Grace ~Iichael & Son, grocers, Dean street

Clifford William, apartments, St. Martins, High street Gray James, tailor, High street

Clifton Matthevv .John. grocer & wine &; spirit mer- Gray Thomas, lock keeper

chant, High street Great Marlow Institute (L. J. Smith, jun. hon. sec.; J.

Clisby Fred Kent, gunsmith, Chapel street . Janes, librarian), Institute road.

Cockayne Ann (Mrs.), apartments, 2 St. Clare, Station rd Greatrix John, greengrocer, Station road

Cole William Eades, Cr0wn family & commercial hotel Green Joseph Thomas, wheelwright, Chapel street

Coleshill Augustus, 'l'he Horns P.H. Chapel street Guttridge Wm. hair dresser &; fancy repository, High st

Coleshill Frederick, beer retailer, Bovingdon green Harman Bernal, chemist, Market square

Ccleshill George, greengrocer, Dean street Harman Philip Robert, beer retailer, West street

Collins Henry, gasfitter &; smith, Spittal st. & Chapel at Harraway Wm. Three Horse Shoes P.H. Burrows grove

Collins Jasper, cycle agt. Market square, & ironmonger, 9 Harris n. chimney sweeper, Oxford road
West street Harris Henry, saddler, Spittal street

Copcutt Charles, butcher, Chapel street IIarvey John, chimney sweeper, Spittal square

Copestake Brothers, dairymen, Glade road Hatton Edward, bill poster & rown crier, West street

Coster Edmund, grocer, High street & West street Ratton John Dennis, boot maker, West street

Cotterell James, beer retailer, Dean 'street Hatton WaIter Edward, insurance agent, West street

Couchman Matthevv. timber merchant, saw mills & Hawkes Frederick, saddler, West street

engineer, Victoria road Hawkins Edwin, estate bailiff to Sir William Robert Clay-

Crake & Sparks, insurance agents, Chapel street ton bart. Harleyford

Cresswell Augustus, farmer, Station road Hawkins Henry Stephen, beer retailer, West street

Creswell Henry, ozier grower, Glade road Heal Lydia West (1Iiss), dress maker, Station road

Creswell Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Wycombe road Heslett Martha (Mrs.), furnished apartments, West end

Cripps Arthur Devereux, solicitor & commissioner for Hester Stephen, general shop, Oxford road

oaths, clerk to the magistrates 1st division, hundred Hide George, linen draper, West street

of Desborough, sitting at Marlow &; to the commis- Hill &; Tugwood, cabinet makers &; upholsterers, High st
sioners of taxes for Desborough division & clerk to Hitchcock Cathenne (Mrs.), aparts.Remnantz cot.West st

Marlow Urban District Council, High street Hobbs William, corn merchant, Oxford road

Cnlhane Francis .Tohn Fitzgerald M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon Hoddinott Elizabeth (Mrs.), Fisherman's Retreat hotel,

& medical officer & public vaccinator, Nos. 4 & 12 dis- close to the river ".rhames, replete with every accom-

tricts, Wycombe union, High street modation for boating & fishing parties, St. Peter's st

Cupper Eliza (Mrs.), apartments, Rye Peck, Thames side Holt William, station master, Beaumont rise

Curtis John, farmer, Low ground Hone James, apartments, Ashurst, Station road

Curtis Martha (Miss), preparatory school, Glade road Ilsley Alfred, provision merchant, High street

Curtis William, farm steward to T. O. Wethered esq.· International Tea Co. (E. Madeley, man.), Market place

J.P. Seymour Court farm .Tones Charles, carpenter, Beaumont rise

Dains George .Albert, hair dresser, West street Kempster Wm. John, baker & confectioner, High street

Davis Alfred, draper, High street Langdon John Richd. postmaster, post office, High st

Davis Alfred, jun. journalist, High street Langston William B. boot maker & agent for the cele-

Davis Henry, greengrocer, Dean street brated "K" boots, High street
Day Arthur Beaumont, insurance agent, Institute road Lardner Thos. Wm. A.R.A.M. professor of music, West ~

124 MARLOW (GREAT). BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Lawrence & Son, auctioneers, land & estate agents & wine Rippington Emanuel, marine store dealer, Chapel strea

& spiri~ merchants & agents for the County Fire & Pro- Rose Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer, Spittal street

vident Life Insurance Companies, High street Rowe Frederick, watch maker & jeweller, High stree~

Lawrence Arthur, auctioneer &c. see Lawrence &I Son Russell L. B. (Mrs.), registrar of births &I deaths fur

Lawrence Arthur L. auctioneer &c. see Lawrence &I Son Marlow sub-district, West street

Lawrence WaIter, head gardener to Gen.Sir George W. A. St. John's Ambulance Association, Marlow centre (John

Higginson K.C.B. Gyldernscroft gardens A. Bloxam, president; Miss E. B. Jackson, hon. sec. &;

Lay 'fhomas, White Hart P.H. Chapel street Dr. Culhane, treasurer), High street

Leach Benjamin, Hare &I Hounds P.H. Red pits Sawyer James, baker & fruiterer, West street

Lt'ster Fredk. Wm. Clayton Arms P.'HJ. Quoiting square Saxby Edward, watchmaker, West street

Loosley George, manager of Stephens, Blandy, Barnett Scott &I Smith, portrait & landscape photgrphrs. High s\

&I CO.'s Dank &I treasurer to the Urban District Coun- Sellman William & Thos. plumbers & painters, High si

cil, High street Sharp James, gardener to Sir W. R. Clayton

Lewis Henry .Tames, a.ssistant'supt. Prudential Assurance Shaw Robert & Sons, pleasure boat builders, steam

Co. Lim. Glade road & eleetric launches & boatS' of all kinds to let on hire-,

Lovegrove WaIter, grocer & provision & wine & spi,rit The Bridge, Thames side

merchant, High street Shaw William Thomas, Chequers family hotel, High st

Lovell Young James, builder, High street Sheppard Ephraim, Greyhound commercial htI. Spittal st

Lunnon John, boot & shoe maker, West street Simpson & Son M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgn. High st

Lunnon Wil1iam, builder, Oxford road Smith Reuben Nereus, assistant overseer & collector of

Maddisolll Thomllis, pork butcher, High street rates, Marlow fields

Marlow C{)ttage Hospital (John Dunbar Dickson M.D., Smith & Co. stationers, booksellers, newsagent~, book-

M.Ch. & Francis John Fitzgerald Culhane M.R.C.S. binders, printers & circnlating library & agents for W.

Eng. medical officers; Mrs. Dickson & R. Griffin esq. & A. Gilbey & Co. Lim. wine & spirit mer~. High st

J .P. hon. sees.), Cambridge road Smith Samuel, carrier to Reading & Wycombe, Oxford rd

~IarloW' Cricket Club (F. O. Wethered, capt.; R. H. SmIth Stphn.(exors.of),corn millers (water),~IarlowmilIs

Smith, hon. sec. &, treasurer), High street Smith William Hunt, draper, Spittal street

Marlow Football Club (E. Shaw, capt.; A. Davis, hon. Spence Sawyer, George & Dragon hotel, )Iarlow bridge

sec.); club house & ground, The Crown hotel Sparks Christopher, builder &. assessor Lt collector of

Marlow Mineral Water 0>. (D. Bidmeoo, prop.), High st Queen's taxes, Station road

Marlow Rowing Club (J. HI. Deacon, capt.; S. W. Spindlo Mary Ann CMrs.), baker, Chapel street

Wright, hon. !Sec.); boat house, The Bridge Stephen~, Blandy, Darnett &; Co. bankers (George Loos-

Mar~ow Water Co. (R. N. Smith, managing director), ley. manager), High street; draw on Lloyds Limited,

New rlJad 72 L-ombard street, London E C

Maskell Charlotte (Mrs.), p'Oulterer & glass & china Stroud George, beer retailer, Dean street

dea~er, West street Stroud James, Chail'makers' Arms P.H. Dean street

l\Iatthews George, coach builder, wheelwright &; cycle Sutton & Co.'s Parcel Office (Bernal Harman, agent),

agent, Station road Market square

Matthews 'Villiam, grocer, West street Sutton Albert Edward, clothier, Post office, West street

Mead George Strange, painter, Station road Tanner William, confectioner, Spittal street

Meakes Joseph & Son, ironmongers, Spittal street 'l'aplin James, florist & nurseryman, Station road

MedIDenham Pottery (Conrad DressIer, sculptor,director), Taylor George Henry, shopkeeper, Queen's road

Marlow common Taylor John Lunnon, insurance agent, Oxford road

Mentor Lily (Mrs.), apartments, The Oaks, Institute rd 'l'hurlow Thomas, architect, High street

Morgan, James & Son, drapers, clothiers & outfitters; Timberlake & Co. cycle makers &; agents, High street

hatters & hosiers; family mourning; boots &; shoes; Toomer R. & Co. Lim. coal merchants, High street

millinery & mantles; tailoring &c. High street Town hall, High street

Morris Thomas, farmer, Barmoor Truss Emily Sophia (Mrs.),Two Brewers P.H.St.Peter·s s~

Music Room (Thomas Croxon, keeper), St. Peter's st Tudor John, estate agent to Lieut.-Gen. Owen Williams,

:Kash Henry John, grocer, Oxford il'oad 'Vest Etreet

National Deposit Friendly Society (Francis Nutt, sec. to Tug-wood Jas. Hy. cabinet mh. &c. see Hill & Tugwood

local branch), Glade road Walker Fredk. Three Tuns P.H. & jobmaster, 'Vest st

National Telephone Co. Lim.; local branch & call room, Walker Henry (Mrs.), embroiderer, Vine cott. Chapel st.
~ High street
Walker Sarah (Mrs.), aparts. Glynde cot. Station rd

Newman & Chalk, ironmongers &c. High street Walker William John, blacksmith, Spittal street

Nicholls Edwin, buildl'I', Quoiting square Wallum John, furniture broker, Spittal street

Nicholson 'fhomas' Goddard B.Sc., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.S. Warner & Drye, coach builders & wheelwrights, High si

Eng. physician &; surgeon, High street Warren George, farm bailiff to Sir F. H. Laking

North James, toy dealer, 'Vest street \Vatkins Henry Jas. Coach & HorseS' P.H. West street

Nutt Francis, tailor, Glade road Watson William, Ship P .H. West strt'et

Osborn E. R. (:\>Irs.), general shop, Deaumont rise Way Robert, cabinet maker & shopkeeper, Station road

Oxford Lane Almshouse & Loftin's Charities (A. D. Way Thomas Henry, beer retailer, Station road

Cripps, solicitor), High street Webb David. corn dealer, Dean street

Page Hiram George, seedsman. West street Wellicome Thomas & Sons, plmbrs. &; paintl'rs,High st

Patterson Thomas, boot maker & apartments., West street 'Vellicome Bonner (Mrs.). antique furniture dlr. High st

Pedder E"ther (Mrs.), genl. shop. 9 Duchess pI. Station rd Wellicome E. (Mr'!.), milliner & draper, High street

Phillips Charles, greengrocer, West street Wellicome .John Wheeler, ironmonger, Chapel street

Plumridg-e Eliza (:\>1l's.), registry office, Spittal street I Wellicome Richard, architect & surveyor & surveyor, in-

Plumridge James, builder, Duke's place spector & collector to the :\>Iarlow Urban District Coun-

Plumridge Wm.Hy.Duke of Cambridge P.R. Queen's 'I'd cil, High street

Porter & Son. coal & coke merchants & carting agents to I 'Yechthanetr~e,d Thomas & Sons Lim. brewers H&ig~hpirsittreme~er&-
the Grt'at Western railway, Railway station Marlow brewery (:\1:. J. Clifton,

Porter Sarah Ann (Mrs.), Railway hotel, Railway station D. Bedmead, High street, agents)

Powell Emma (Mrs.), apartments, Ivy cot. Station rd White David & Sons, farmers, Widmere

Price George. boot maker, Spittal street White Henry, farmer, Marlow Bottom farm

Price Mary Ann (Miss). shopkeeper, Dean street White .Tames, apartments, Beech house, Station rd

Price Thomas, beer retailer, Dean street White John. beer retailer, Chapel strl'et

Pym Annie (Mrs.), registry office. Gbde road Wigginton Robert, coal & wood merchant, Spittal st

pym ThoJ.!1as, Cross Keys P.H. Spittal street \'~ild Frank Percy, artist, The Eyrie

Ransom .Tacob, boot & shoe maker & apartments, 'West st 'Woods George J. fishmonger & poulterer, High street

Read John. Red Lion P.'HJ. West 8treet Wright William & Sons, paper manufrs. ~1arlow mills

Redknap William, engineer, see Meakes &; Redknap Young James, beer retailer, 'Vest end

'Richardson Sedgwick Edwin, watchmaker, High street

LITTLE MARLOW is a parish one mile and a and shops and bounded on the south by the Thame&
half from Great Marlow market place, in the Southern The church of St. John the Bapti~t is a p:ain edifice of

divisi'On of the county, hundred of Desborough, ISt stone in the Norman and Earlv English styles, consist-
division of Desborough petty sessional division, union and ing of chancel, nave of four bays. aisle~. north porch
county court distri.ct of Wycombp. rural dpanery of and a western towpr containing- 3 bells and a clock: it
Wycombe. a,rchdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of I was originally erected in IIgO, but of the ear~ier build·
Oxford; it is a widely scattered p:ace, with a few farms I ing the Ear~y English tower and chancel only remain;

nffiECTORY.] BUCKINGHAj\fSHIRE. MARSH GIBBON. 125

tille nave and aisles, rebuilt in: 1430, were re-seated of land and 10 of water; assessabl~ value, £4,866; the

with open benches, an organ placed in the south aisle population in 1891 was 929. •

lilld the church carefully restored in 1866; a gallery The Abbey Estate, Bourne End, situated chiefly in

and the high square pews were then removed, the this parish and partly in Wooburn, has recently been laid

timber roof of the chancel opened and two elegant out in a very artistic manner: there is a trout stream

Early English windows in the chancel '1'estored; the running through the estate: the property originally

east window is stairued, and there are three others; in formed part of the Abbey farm, where remains of the old

th.e church are many marble tablets to the Nugent, Benedictine Priory, dating circa .A.D. 1200, can still be

Chase and Warren families and an altar tomb with seen: by the construction of a weir, there is now about

brasses to Nicholas Ledewick, ob. 1430: there are 350 three quarters of a. mile of delightful stream available for

sittings. The register of baptisms dates from 1562; navigation, with roads so arranged that the gardens of

marriages-and burials from 1559; these books also in- the houses slope to the water's edge: numerous bunga-

elude the baptisms and burials of Hedsor till about lows and quaint thatched cottages and boathouses have

1590. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £41, been erected.

including 25 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift Under the provisions of the" Divided Parishes' Act,"

of the trustees of the late Samuel Birch LL.D. and held Well End has been transferred from Hendon to Little

since 1892 by the Rev. Arthur Steinkopff Thompson B.D. Marlow.

of Wadham College, Oxford. There are charities of £24 Parish Gerk &; Sexton, Henry Valentine Hussey.

yearly value left by Field-Marshall Sir George Nugent Post Office.-Henry Valentine Hussey, SUb-postmaster.

hart. G.C.B., D.C.L. d. 1848, and Messrs. Allanson and Letters arrive from Marlow at 7 a.m. &; 1 p.m.; dis-

Birch, for distribution in bread and clothing. The Manor patched at 10.20 a.m. & 7 p.m. &; on sundays ai 9.35

Hoase, the seat of John Pattison Ellames esq. J.P. is an a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid.

ancient building, partly in the Elizabethan date, standing The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Mar-

illl its own· grounds on the north bank of the Thames; low, 3 miles distant. Flackwell Heath letters via Wy-

the south front overlooks well laid-out pleasure grounds combe arrive at 8.30 a.m

and contains many noble and ornamental trees. Wes- Post Office, Well End, Joseph Frederick Pepper, sub-

thorpe, the residence of Major Herbert Gordon, is situ- postmaster. Letters arrive from Bourne End S.O. at

ated. in park-like grounds containing several noble cedar 8 &; 11.20 a.m. & 1.40 &; 7.15 p.m.; dispatched at the

tll'ees and has also good pleasure grounds. J. P. Ellames same times; sundays arrive 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6

esq. who is lord of the manor, and Earl Carrington p.m. Postal orders issued here, not paid. Nearest

G.C.M.G. are the principal landowners. The soil is chalk, money order & telegraph office Bourne End, 1 mile

tiint and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, and there distant

is much woodland abounding with bpech trees. A portion National School (mixed), built in 1862 &i endowed by

of Bourne End, Well End and a ~reat portion of Flack- the late Lady Nugent with £9 yearly, it will hold 200

well Heath are in this parish. The Congregational Mis- children; average attendance, 120; William James

sion Hall at Well End, built in 1886, is of red brick and Shergold, master; Mrs. Shergold, assistant mistress

will seat 120. The Upper Thames Sailing Dub has its Flackwell Heath ist a contributory district to the High

head quarters and club-house at Bourne End: there were Wycombe Extra-Municipal School board formed 29

in 1899 upwards of 100 members. The area is 3,318 acres July, 1873, sending one member
.
*Payne Harry Russell, Sunnyhill *Fryer Belham, laundry, Wen end
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Marked thus * receive letters through *Pratt Charles *Horsburgh Joseph Robert, estate

Bourne End S.O *RoseMisses,TheOld Malt ho.Well end clerk to R. H. Tebb esq

Marked thus t receive letters through *Rose Mrs. The Cottage, Well end *Hughes George, Black Lion P.H.

Wycombe. *Shaw Edward, The Bungalow Well end

Andrews Da,id, The Ferns *Smart Mrs. Orchard view Hussey Hy. Val. parish clerk,Post off

*Beley Mrs. Lowther cottage *Stephenson Henry Langton, Cold Millen Humphrey, laundry,Fern house

*Bloxam In.Astley,Vineleigh;Well end Moorholm, Well end *Morgan Charles Henry, Ye Ferry htl

*Brown John Hoyle, The Poplars *Tebb Robert Haden, Priory ford tNuthall Wm. Rd. farmer,Handy cross

*Clark Lyonel, Briar holme Thompson Rev. Arthur Steinkopff *Page Bros. cycle agents

*Olarke Joseph Henry, The Elms B.D. Vicarage *Page Herbert, estate foreman to R.

Ellames John Pattison J.P. Manor ho *West Mrs. Sackville, The Haven H. Tebb esq. Fairlight

*Flavelle Miss, Refton cottage . *Wigginton Robert, The Springs *Pawley George,beer retailer,Well end

*Godfray Miss, St. Helier's *Pepper J oseph Frederick, carpenter &;
*Gooch Mrs. The Abbey
COMMERCIAL. wheelwright, Post office, Well end

Gordon Major Herbert, 'Yesthorpe tBotten Thomas, Green Man P.H. Phillips Chas.King's HeadP.H.&;painter

*Hadfield Miss, Baroda Flackwell heath Roberls Thos. farmer, Spade Oak fm

*Hall Miss, Tythe Barn cottages Brock James, farm bailiff to J. P. *Rolfe Wm..Tames, farmer, Well end

*Hill Mrs. Pollock, Kinbrae Ellames esq. Wood barn *Smith Charles, wood &; coal mcrcht.

*Hollingsworth Alexander T. Fairfield Burrough William, farmer Spring gardens, Well end'

*Hudson Sidney, Tythe Barn cottages tBullock Charles, farmer, Northern tSpringell H. J. farmer, Sedgmoor fm.

+Kershaw William Arthur, Kingsdene wood, Flackwell heath Flackwell heath

*Kirby Mrs. Basildene Calcutt Harry, frmr. Westhorpe farm Taylor George, beer retailer

*Lambert Mrs. The Hollies Clifford William, baker *Upper Thames Sailing Club (C. T.

*Lighton Andrew Hamilton Digby, Cook Alfred, provision dealer Ricardo &; D. Hurley, hon. secs)

Diamond cottage *Curtis William Henry, grocer Ye Ferry Hotel (C. H. Morgan, pro-

*Loibl Charles D. S. Homestead tFassnedge Joshua, beer retailer, prietor); riverside hotel for boating,

!\layer Miss Walnut Tree cottage Flackwell heath fishing & launch parties; every at-

*Millington WaIter, Bourne cottage tFolley William, farmer & shopkeeper, tpnton paid to bank anglers

tPark E. Dickson, Sedgmoor house Flackwell heath

MARSH GIBBON is a parish on the borders of aisle added and the tower rebuilt, and in 1892 a new
OXfordshire, and I mile south from Marsh Gibbon and stone reredos and a stained east window were placed in
Poundon station on the Oxford and Bletchley branch of the chancel at a cost of £160: there are 250 sittings.
the London and North Western railway, about 2 south- The register dates from the year 157U. The living is a

west from Calvert station on the Great, Central railway, rectory, net yearly value £460, with 1I8 acres of glebe
4~ east-north-east from Bicester, and 9 south-west from and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and
Buckingham, in the Northern division of the county, held since 1893 by the Rev. Edwyn Reynolds Massey M.A.
hundred, petty sessional division, union and county court of Exeter College, Oxford, rural dean of Claydon and sur-
di;,trict of Buckingham, rural deanery of Claydon, arch- rogate. The Congregational chapel, erected in 1851, will
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The seat 300 persons; adjoining is a house for the minister.
phce obtains its suffix of "Gibbon" from the" Gibwen" There is a. reading room, supplied with current litera-
family, who had estates here in the 13th century. The ture and containing a small library, presented by Sir

"hurch of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of stone in the Henry Wentworth Acland bart. K.C.B., M.D. of Oxford.
Early En~lish style, consistng of chancel, nave of three Sheppard's charity of £34 17s. 6d. yearly, founded in
hays, aisles, transepts, south porch and an pmbattled wes- 1847, is for education, and there is another charity of

t-ern tower, with pinnacles, containing- a clock and c; bells; about £10 a. year, the rent of a field in the parish of

the chancel was restored by the Rev. T. H. Green, a Piddington, left by an unknown donor for apprenticing.
former rector,. in 186o; there are three piscinre in the A piece of land of about 5 acres was awarded under the

transepts, and monuments to the Guy, Horwood and Inclosure Act of 1841, as a recreation ground, and under
T6wnsend families: in 1880 the church was restored at the same Act another field was set apart, the rent of

lL east of £2,000, when a new roof was fixed, the north which is laid out in supplying coal to the Foor. The

126 MARSH GIBBON. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

trustees of the almshouses at Ewelme in Oxfordshire are Wall Letter Box, Station, cleared at 7.55 p.m. week days;

lords of the manor and the principal landowners. The 7.30 p.m. sundays
soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat,
beans and oats; the land is about one-third arable and National School (boys &; girls), built in 1845, for 170
two-thirds pasture. The area. is 2,815 acres; asse~l!iable children; average attendance, 123; Henry Bowden,
master; Mrs. Helena A. Bowden, mistress
value, £3,623 os. 6d.; the population in 1891 was 696.

Parish Clerk, Isaac Parker. Carriers to:-
Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel

Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office.-William Bicester-Arthur Burgess, tues. frL &; sat. at 10 a.m
Justiee, sub-postmaster. Letters received from Bicester
at 8 a.m. &; for callers at 3.30 p.m.; dispatched at 4.20 Buckingham-Jaines Burgess, mon

&; 7.25 p.m Railway Station.-Henry Charles Batchelor, sfatiDn mstl'

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Harding Benj. boot &; shoe maker Parker John, castrator &; farmer

Barker Rev. John Henry (Cong.) Heritage William, builder Parker Richard, farmer

Massey Rev. Edwyn Reynolds .M.A. Herring John, farmer Phipps Henry 'l'homas, farmer .

(rector, rural dean &; surrogate), rnnes Jesse, general dealer Phipps Thos. Hy. farmer &; landowner

Rectory Jones David, farmer Phipps WaIter Augustine, forage con...

Phipps Mrs J ones William, baker tractor

Simms Mrs Judge George, farmer Plater John C. Swan P.H

COMMERCIAL. Judge Thomas, machine owner Reading RDom &; Recreation Society

Baldwin Edward, tailor Justice &; Heritage, machine owners, (Henry Bowden, hon. sec)

Batchelor James, farmer, Home farm Post office Shaw John, butcher

Batchelor Jas. Sarn!. White Hart P.H Kilby John, farmer Stevens William, farmer &; farrier

Brown John, farmer, Manor farm King Henry, farmer Tompkins Albert, coal dealer

Burgess Arthur, carrier May Edward, farmer Tompkins Elizabeth (Mrs.), Plough

Burnell John, farmer Medcraft Thomas, coal dealer inn &; farmer

Busby Algerine Frank, butcher Miller Henry John, farmer &; land~ Tompkins Richard, farmer

Butler Charles, Greyhound P.'H owner, Mason farm Tompkins Thomas, farmer

Butler Frederick, butcher Parker Alfred, farmer Tompkins William, blacksmith &; frmJ'

Cross William, butcher &; shopkeeper Parker Frank, farmer Tcmpkins William, grocer

Culley William, grocer Parker George, farmer 'Waddup Vincent, farmer

Gough Thomas, wheelwright Parker Jesse, baker Young In. Red Lion P.B, &; tailor

FLEET MARSTON is a small parish consistin~ of window was the gift of the late Mrs. Bickersteth, wife
three farms and several cottages, on the road from of the Very Rev. Edward Bickersteth D.D. Archdeacon
Aylesbury to Bicester, about 3 miles north-west from of Buckingham 1853-75, and subsequently Dean of Lich~
Aylesbury stations on the Great Western, Metropolitan field. The church was thoroughly restored in 1868-9,
Extension and London and North Western railways, in at a total cost of between £700 and £800: the pulpit
the Mid division of the county, petty sessional division, and all the chancel fittings are of oak: there are 50
union and county court district of Aylesbury, hundred sittings. The register dates from the year 1630. The

of Ashenden, rural deanery of Waddesdon, archdeaconry living is a rectory, net yearly value £130, with glebe

of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The line from (£10) in the gift of and held since 18g8 by the Rev.
Aylesbury to Buckingham section of the Metropolitan Christopher Ridley B.A. of the University of London,
Extension railway, sweeps round the eastern boundary who is also chaplain to the County Asylum at Stone, and
of the parish, passing very near the church. The parish resides at Aylesbury. The land is freehold. The princi-
lies in the low flat, where the watershed from Stewkley pal landowners are Christ Church and New College, Ox-
and WhitehuI'ch receives the drainage from the high ford. The soil is heavy, stiff clay; subsoil, .same; the
ground of Quainton and Oving, and passing underneath land is nearly all grazed. The area is 934 acres; rateable

the elevated ridge of Upper Winchendon, forms a tribu- value, £1,452; the population in 18g1 was 51.
tary of the Thame, hence the name of Fleet Marston, or Parish Clerk, Joseph Southam.
"running marsh town." The church of St. Mary is a Letters through Aylesbury, which is also the nearest
small building of stone chiefly in the Early Decorated money order &, telegraph office, arrive at 6.45 a.m.
style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a Postman collects on return journey at 7.45 p.m.; no
western turret containing one bell; the stained east letter box

Sanders John, farmer &, grazier, Fleet /Hughes Joseph, grazier, Lower farmjTerry George C. farmer, Putlowes

Marston farm .

NORTH MARSTON is a parish and village, 3! miles of £60: there are 300 sittings. The register of bap. •
south from Winslow station, on the Oxford and Bletchley tisms dates from the year 1639; burials from the year
section of the IJondon and North Western railway, 10 1724 and marriages 1725. The living is a vicarage, net
south-east from Buckingham and 7 north-west from yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of the De~
Arlesbury, in the Northern division of the county, Ash- and Canons of WindSDr, and held since 1869 by the Rev.
endon hundred, Winslow petty sessional division and Samuel Benjamin: James D.D. of Trinity College, Dublin.
onion, Buckingham county court district, rural deanery The Wesleyan chapel here, built in 1864, affords 200 sit-
of Claydon, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of tings; the Primitive Methodist chapel, enlarged in 1872,

Oxford. The church of St. Mary, standing on an emi- has 300 sittings. Sir John Schorne, rector here about
nence, is an edIfice of stone, consisting of chancel, cleres- 1290, Was greatly venerated by the people, and after his

toried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and an death 'was regarded as a saint; and the place, it is said,
embattled western tower of the Decorated period con- became populous and flourishing both on account of the
taining a clock and 5 bells: the original style of the numbers who resorted to a well which he had blessed, as

church seems to have been Early English, but the whole well as of the pilgrims who visited his shrine; the well,
of the south side is Decorated, with a hagioscope and a which still axists, is fed by a spring rising on the spot, and
piscina and triple sedilia in the south wall: the chancel, when filtered is beautifully clear, bright, and sparkling,

a fine specimen of Perpendicular work, is said to have from the quantity of free carbonic acid it contains; an

been built from the offerings of pilgrims who frequented analysis made in 1868 by Dr. Bernays, Professor of

the tomb or shrine of the famous rector, Sir John Chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital, showed that one
Schorne; above the vestry is a chamber said to have litre (1.76 pint) contained 1.081 grammes of salts, which,
anciently been used by the priest whose duty it was to on being boiled, deposited 0.307 grammes of lime car-
watch the shrine, for which purpose a rectangular open- bonate, with a minute trace of magnesia and iron car-

ing has been made through the north chancel wall; from banate; in addition, one litre of the water contained:
this upper chamber a spiral stair gives access to the chlorine 0.0276, sulphuric acid 0.1354, silica 0.0180,

roof: the reredos and stained east window were erected lime 0.0142 and magnesia 0.0900 grammes; somewhat

by H.M. the Queen in memory of John Campden Neild more 1~han gramme of lime-sulphate (gypsum) and

esq. who left her Majesty his property amounting to magnesia-sulphate (Epsom salts) with magnesium

about £25°,000: the chancel was also restored by Her chloride; the remaming salts are potash and sods
Majesty at a cost of £3,000; in commemoration of the carbonate. The poor's allotments consist of about I~
Jubilee year of Her Majesty's reign (1887), the church acres, held in trust by the vicar, churchwardens, over-
was fitted with new warming apparatus at a cost of £100. seers and three elected trustees, "The Clock Land," of

and reseated and otherwise improved at a further cost about 14 acres, is held by the vicar and six elected

of £100 defrayed by the viear: and in the Diamond trustees; these lands produce £26 yearly, which is

Jubilee Year (1897) a new pulpit was erected, at a cost applied to the maintenance of the church and the repair

DIRECTORY.] BUCKIN G HAL'fSHIRE. MEDMENHAM. 127

of the clock, and also towards general church expenses Schorne College, named after Sir John Schorne above-
and the relief and sustentation of the poor of North mentioned, is an educational institution for 100 boys,
:\Iarston. The chief landowners are Lord Cottesloe, founded in the year 1876 by the present vicar, who
Capt. R. R. Cartwright, of Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, acts as warden; Samuel Frank Gerard James M.A.. of
certain colleges in the University of Oxford, the Eccle- Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, head master;
siastical Commissioners, Mr. Henry Ilrazier, of Gran- George Henry Davey M.A. Gaius College, Cambridge,
assistant master, with various under masters. This
borough, Mr. H. J. Holden, Mr. R. Tattam and the vicar. school has added considerably to the prosperity of the
The soil is loam and clay; .subsoil, clay. The greater village
part of the land is in pasture. The chief crops are wheat
and beans. The area is 1,910 acres, which are tithe free; National School (mixed), founded in 1837, for 130 chil-
dren; average attendance, 80;
rateable value, £3,435; and the population in 1891 was master; Mrs. Farrer, infants' mistress
530 in the civil, and 658 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Carriers to:-
Parish Clerk, Reuben Cheshire.
Aylesbury'---G-aius Carter k Josiah Gregory, wed. & sat
Post, M. & T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Winslow-William Ward, daily

Post, S. Il. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Reuben
Cheshire, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through
Wi·llSIow at 7.30 a.m. & 12.40 p.m.; dl'spat ched 10 a.m.
& 4.15 p.m. & on .sundays, 11.45 a.m

Dancer Mrs. Hill house Biggs Thos. dairy frmr. Marston flds Maddams James, beer retailer

Davey George Henry M.A. (assistant Buckingham Albert, butcher Pipkin George, Wheatsheaf P.H

master), Schorne college Carter Gaius, carrier Price Albert George, carpenter &

James Rev. Samuel Ilenjamin D.D. Chapman John, grazier builder, Winkfield house

(vicar, warden of Schorne college), Cheshire Reuben, shopkeeper & rate Price George, baker

Vicarage collector, Post office Price John, builder

James Samuel Frank Gerard M.A. Cheshil'e William, farmer Schorne College (Rev. Samuel Ilenj.

(head master), Schorne college Clarke Harry, farmer James D.D. warden; Saml. Frank

Tattam Mrs. Marston house Davis Thomas, .shopkeeper Gerard James M.A. head master)

COMMERCIAL. Garner James, Ilell inn, & boot mkr Shepherd Edward, dairyman

Gregory George, dairyman Tattam Ralph, grazier

Anstiss Hy. Jas. Armed Yeoman P.H Holden Henry John & Sons, drapers, Ward Tom, carpenter & shopkeeper

Anstiss James, farmer tailors & breeches makers, Shake- Watkins Chas. Edwd. corn dlr. & fDU'

Baker Denchfield, butcher speare house Watkins James, baker

Baker James S. grocer Holden WilliamEdgar,farmer,Brook fm White John, iron fence, implemen~

Baker William, butcher Kibble Edwin, dairy farmer maker & blacksmith

MARSWORTH (or Masworth) is a parish and village 1887 and a llew east window in 1889: the various

on the Herts border, zl miles south from Chedrlington restorations from 1882 to 1891 were carried ou~

Junction station on the London and North Western rail- at a cost of £810: there are 240 sittings:

way, 21 north-west from Tring, 2 south-west from the churchyard was enlarged in 1884. The old

Ivinghoe and 71 south-east from Aylesbury, in the Mid registers were destroyed by fire before 1836, and

division of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, Linslade there are now none prior in date to the year 1720. The

petty sessional division, union of Berkhamstead, county living is a vicarage, net yearly value from 76 acres of

court district of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Ivinghoe, glebe and other sources of £II8, with residence, in the

archdeaconry of Iluckingham and diocese of Oxford. gift of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cam-

The London and North Western railway and the Grand bridge, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Frederick

Junction canal both intersect the parish, the latter William Ragg M.A. of that college. There is a Baptist

having a large reservoir here covering many acres, which chapel. !A Parish Room was built in 1897, at a cost of

is a resort in the season for anglers: the Aylesbury and about £350. The charities for distribution amount to £2

Wendover branches of the canal start from this place. yea.rly. The late Countess of Bridgewater, who died at

The church of All Saints is an edifice of stone and flint Ashridge Park, II Feb, 1849, left £5 a year to be applied

in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular to the schools in this parish. There are three manors

styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle with in this parish, the owners of which are Lord Rothschild,

chantry, south porch, vestry formed out of the north the Earl of Rosebery K.G., P.C. and Miss Margaret

porch and an embattled western tower containing a Chapman respectively, and these, with Earl Brownlow

clock and 6 bells, one of which was recast in 1887: the P.C. and Trinity College, Cambridge, are the principal

nave is separated from the south aisle by three Early landowners. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and

English arches, two others of similar character dividing beans. The soil is marl and gault; subsoil, chalk and

the chancel from its aisle, and all having octagonal mar!. The land is very good, principally arable. The

pillars and caps, but the two easternmost arches were area is 1,185 acres of land and 27 of water; rateable value,

lowered at the end of the 15th century, and most of the £6,723; the population in 1891 was 385.

ancient carved oak disappeared in the early part of the Post Office. John Twigg, sub-postmaster. Letters re-

present century: in the church are several monuments ceived through Tring at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 7.35

to the West and Seare families, whose last representa- a.m. &; 6.35 p.m.; sundays, 11.35 -a.m. Postal orders

tives are buried in this church; there is also an altar are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order

tomb to Edmond West, who died in 1618, with a brass office is at Ivinghoe, & telegraph office at Tring, 3 miles

representing a man in armour lying on a bed and Death distant

striking him with his dart, while his wife and children Wall Letter Box, Startops End, cleared 7.30 a.m. &;

kneel by the bedside, and an earlier brass with the 6.50 p.m.; sundays, II.50 a.m .

inscription, "orate pro animabus Johannis Scelk et National School (mixed), for 90 children; average at-

Cristine uxoris ejus:" a chancel arch was erected in tendance, 50; Miss Millicent Mary Reed, mistress

Ragg Rev. Fk. Wm. M.A. Vicarage Cherry Joseph, canal overseer Pratt Thomas (Mrs.), farmer, Mars-

COMMERCIAL. Collyer Harry, tailor wo~th Great farm

Chapman Mary Margaret (Miss), Pickering Edward, shopkeeper Richards In. Duke of Wellington P.H

farmer, Church farm Plumeridge Frederick, shopkeeper Scott In. White Lion P.R. & shpkpl

Chappin George &; William, farmers Plumeridge Jonathan, Old Queen's Smith John, bee~ retailer

Chappin Job, farmer, College farm Head P.H Smith Anna (Mrs.), Red Lion P.H

Chappin Wm. carpenter & wheelwght Pratt John, farm bailiff to William Thomas Gordon C. engineer to the

. Cherry Edward, canal toll collector Hall esq. Manor farm Grand Junction Canal Co

M:EDMENHAM is a village and parish on the high The church of St. Peter is a building of flint, chalk and
road from Marlow to Henley and on the north bank of stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and

the Thames, and by the river 60l miles from London was restored in 1839 at a cost of nearly £1,ZOO, rhiefly
and 51 from Oxford; nearest bridges: up, Henley 4 defr{\yed by the late Charles Robert Scott Scott-Murray
miles; down, Marlow 3! miles; it is 3 miles west from esq.; it consists of chancel and nave nnder one roof,

Great Marlow Terminal station on a branch of the Great modern south porch and an embattled western tower

Western railway, 4 east from Henley-on-Thames and 8 with turret containing 3 bells: the east window is
south-west from High Wycombe, in the Southern divi- stained, and in the nave are mural tablets to the Murray
sion of the county, hundred of Desborough, 1st division family and a coloured memorial wi'th arms to Mrs.
of Desborough petty sessional division, union and county Anne Danvers, ob. 1677, and there is a. m'emorial window
court district of Henley, rural deanery of Wycombe, on the sonth side of the nave to Henry William Caslon,
uchdeaconry of Iluckingham and diocese of Oxford. and in the chancel are stained windows and brasses to

128 MEDMENHAM. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

the Rev. F. W. Rarris, 19 years vicar of the parish, and being then ruinous. The Abbot of Medmenham was

to Eliza Eleanor Murray: there are inscribed ledger ex-officio epistolar of the Order of the Garter on St.

stones to Francis Duffield esq. d. 1728 and to Francis George's Day at Windsor Castle. During the last

Duffield esq. d. 1758, both of whom were of Medmenham century the abbey was tenanted by a band of men of

Abbey, and each died in the month of May, aged 39; wit and fashion, under the designation of the" Monks of

there also remains a brass to Richard Levyng, ob. 1415, St. Francis," whose habit they assumed, but better

and Alicia his wife, ob. 1419: the church affords 170 known as the "Hell Fire Club;" these, led by Sir

:sittings: in the churchyard, under the southern window, Francis Dashwood bart. John Wilkes and others, con·

is a monument to Ellen, wife of Bransby William Powys verted the abbey into a convivial retreat, and here cele·

esq.: Henry William Caslon, the last of the well-known brated their impious and immoral orgies. The buildings,

family of typefounders of that name, is also buried in which are on the Danesfield estate, consist, so far as they

the churchyard. The register dates from the year 1654. are genuine, of a block in the rear, lighted by mullioned

The living is a vicarage, net income £1°4, with residence windows, and probably of the 17th century: the ivy-

and 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of Robert William Hudson covered tower and an arcade adjoining it are wholly

esq. and held since 1898 by the Rev. Basil Staunton artificial, and of purely modern erection: the fabric was

Batty M.A. of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Danesfield, restored in 18gB at considerable expense by the present

the seat of Rabert William Hudson esq. is pleasantly owner, and it is now available as a riverside residence.

seated on an eminence commanding extensive views; Whittington, the seat of Hudson Ewbanke Kearley esq.

contiguous is the Danish encampment which gave its M.P., J.P. was built in 18gB in the Early Georgian style, on

name to the mansion, and between the church and State the cEff above Hurley Weir,and commands delightful views
.farms is another ancient encampment, within which of the Thames Valley. R. W. Hudson esq. who is lord of

stands a domestic Catholic church, dedicated to St. the manor, and H. E. Kearley esq. M.P., J.P. are the

Charles Borromeo; this edifice, designed in the Gothic principal landowners. The soil is chalk, flint and clay.

style of the 13th century, was the last work of the cele- The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is

hrated architect Augustus Welby Pugin, but is now dis- 2,404 acres of land and 38 of water; rateable value,

used. A new mansion is now (1899) being erected by the £2,7°0; the population in 1891 was 320.

-present owner between the site of the existing house and Bockmer End I mile north and Wood End 2 north-east
the river. The remains of Medmenham Abbey, founded are in this parish.

by Hugh de Bolebec and colonised from Woburn Abbey, Parish Clerk, Joseph Collier.

Deds, are beautifully situated on the north bank of the Sexton, Joseph Bird.
Thames. King John, by a charter dated June 3rd, 1201, Post, Telegraph & Express Delivery Office.-Mrs. Char.
~onfirmed the foundation, and in 1204 some of the lotte Sartin, sub-postmistress. Letters through Mar-
Cistercian monks of Woburn settled here, but did not low arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 12.30 &; 6.10 p.m.;

'long remain; in 1212 a new colonisation was effected by sundays arrive 8 a.m.; dispatched 9.30 a.m. Postal
monks of the same order from Cisteaux, in the diocese orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest
of Chalons, in France. The abbey, dedicated to the
"Virgin Mary, was annexed at the beginning of the 16th . M1
money order office IS at ar ow

century to the Abbey of Bustlesham or Bisham, on the Schools.

opposite side of the river, and its revenues, at the Parochial (mixed), rebuilt in 1898, for ISO children; aver·

"Dissolution, were valued at £20 fis. 2d. the building age attendance, 48; Miss Agnes Murphy, mistress

«Marked thus * should be addressed SW&; Reform &; Devonshire clubs Gibson James, head gardener to R. W.

Wood End, Marlow.) SW London Hudson esq. Danesfield gardens

ilatty Rev. Basil Staunton M.A. White John, Lee cottage Heereman William F. head gardener

Vicarage COMMERCUL. to H. E. Kearley esq. M.P. Whit·
Camp'bell Colin, The Presbytery
Bromley William T. farm bailiff to R. tington gardens

Griffin Almeric, Weybrooks W. Hudson esq. Bockmer Johnson Fred, Abbey hotel

Hudson Robt. Wm. J.P. Danesfield; &; Brown J ames, farmer, Wood End ho Piggott Henry, shopkeeper
5 Seamore place, Mayfair, Lndn W Campbell Colin, agent to R. W. Hud- Sartin Charlotte (Mrs.), grcr.Post off

Kearley Hudson Ewbanke M.P., J.P. son esq. The Presbytery, Danesfield Wright Frederick, Dog &; Badger P.R.

Whittington; & Gwylfa Hiraelthog, *Field George, farmer, Wood End &; &; wood carver

N. Wales; &; 41 Grosvenor place Hawkins farms

:MENTMORE is a village and parish, 2 miles north- seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery KG., K.T.•
north-west from Cheddington Junction station on the P.C., F.R.S., F.S.A. is a mansion in the Anglo-Italian
style, situated west of the village and commanding an
London and North Western railway and 4 south-west extensive view of the Vale Qf Aylesbury; it contains a
from Leighton Buzzard, in the Mid division of the collection of pictures. chiefly of the French school, but
-county, hundred of Cottesloe, Linslade petty sessional there are some fine specimens of the Italian masters from
division, union and county court district of Leighton the Manfrini Gallery at Venice: among' the works of art
-:Buzzard, rural deanery of Ivinghoe, archdeaconry of here are cabinets and marbles of great beauty; tapestries
and other products of the needle and the loom, and a fine
":Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. collection of Limoges enamels. The Earl of Rosebery
Mary is a building of chalk rubble, stuccoed, in the is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The
"Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and consists soil is stiff clay; subsoil, clay. The area is 1,240 acres,
of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch, an an- consisting mainly of dairy and pasture land; rateable
cient vestry on'the north .side of the chancel, and an em- value, £8,654; the population in 1891 was 307.

'battled western tower containing 5 bells: all the roofs are LEDBURN is a hamlet of Mentmore, 2! miles south·
west from Leighton Buzzard. There is a chapel for
open, of good oak, with carved figures: the nave is of
.three bays, the arches rising from piers with embattled
caps and foliated mouldings at the bases: there is a tre-
foil-headed piscina in the south aisle; and in the church

are memorials to the Theed family; the chancel was re- Baptists.
built and the church restored in the year 1858 and re- Parish Clerk, Thomas Mercy, jun.

'opened May nth in that year: the cost of the work, exe- Post, Telegraph &; Express Delivery Office.-Mrs. Caro.
cuted under the direction of Mr. E. Stokes, architect, line Ward, postmistress. Letters through Leighton
being £1,5°0: a fine-toned harmonium was presented by Buzzard arrive at 7.40 a.m.; dispatched at 6.10 p.m.;
the late Baroness Meyer de Rothschild and a communion sundays 9 a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not

cloth by the vicar: there are 150 sittings. The register paid. The nearest money order office is at Cheddington
dates from the year 1685. The living is a vicarage, Wall Letter Box, Ledburn, cleared at 6.45 p.m. week
net yearly value £150, in the gift of the Earl of Rose-
bery KG., P.C. and held since 1868 by the Rev. Charles days; 9·40 a.m. sundays

Septimus Grubbe M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. British School (mixed &; infants), built with mistress's
-The poor share with the neighbouring parishes in Pratt's house, by the late Baron &; Baroness Meyer de Roths-

charity. In the summer of 1862 a remarkably good child, for 80 children; average attendance, 63; it is
medireval jug' was discovered here which has been supported by the Earl of Rosebery; Mrs. Whittaker,

:assigned to the 14th or 15th century. Mentmore, the mIstress

MENTMORE Grubbe Rev. Charles Septimns M.A. Buckmaster J ames, shopkeeper
• (vicar) Darvill John, manager of water worb

-Rosebery The Right Hon. the Earl CClMlIfERCIAL to the Earl of Rosebery
Lewingdon Albert, manager of gas
of KG., KT., P.C., F.R.S., F.S.A., •
works to the Earl of Rosebery
J.P. Mentmore; &; 38 Berkeley sq Aspell John, clerk of the works Nash William, gamekeeper to Earl

W; Brooks' club SW&; City Besent Thomas, farm bailiff of Rosebery

Liberal club E C, London Bonest Arthur, farmer, Manor farm

DIRECrOUy.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. GREAT MISSE:\D.I<.N. 129

Rowe George, S tag inn, wine & LEDBURN. Loke William, farmer
~pirit merchant & brewer
Brandon George, farmer Roads James, farmer, Redboro' farm

Smith James, gardener to the Earl Harrison Cyril H. G. land steward to Sayell Charles, Hare & Hounds l'.n

of Rosebery the Earl of Rosebery

MILTON XEYNES is a village and parish separated he was the father of the celebrated Francis Attcrbnry,
from Great and Little Wolston by the river Ouzel, 3! Bishop of Rochester, who was born here, 16 March,
miles south from Newport Pagnell terminal station on 1662: there is also a brass to Adam Babyngton, rector,
a branch of the London and North Western railway, and ob. 1427: there are 250 sittings, all free, subject to
3l north from Fenny Stratford station, on the Bedford allotment by the churchwardens. The register dates

and Bletchley branch of the same line, in the :Korthern from the year 1559. The living is a rectory, net yearly
division of tha county, hundred, petty sessional division, value £300, including 48 acres of glebe, with residence,
union and county court district of Newport Pagnell, in the gift of George Henry Finch esq. M.P. and held
rural deanery of Bletchley, archdeaconry of Buckingham !lince 1880 by the Rev. the Hon. "Wingfield Stratford
and diocese of Oxford. The church of All Saints, a Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes M.A. and late fellow of New
building of stone, is a fine specimen of the Decorated OJllege, Oxford, chaplain to E'arl Fitzwilliam K.G. and to
style, consisting of chancel with north aisle, nave, south Lord Saye and Sele. The Earl of Nottingham's gift of
porch and a tower on the north side containing a clock £2 is for educational purroses. George Henry Finch esq.
and 5 bells; there are very fine sedilia and piscina, with M.P. of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, is lord of the manor
detached shafts, and rich open tracery in the heads: and owner of the land. The soil is clay; subsoil, sand and
the north chancel aisle, separated from the chancel by gravel. The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley and
an arcade with circular piers and fine moulded caps and oats. The area is 1,899 acres of land and 10 of water;

bases, has a piscina and a very remarkable low-side assessable value, £2,428; the population in 1891 was 207.
window, eastward of the doorway: the porch is one of Sexton, Henry Petts.
the most striking parts of the church, its inner door Post Office.-Leonard Wilson, sub-postmaster. Letters

having rich hanging tracery and other parts the ball through Newport Pagnell arrive at 8 a.m. & I pm.

flower ornament: the sides are open and divided into Box cleared at 5.50 p.m. Postal orders are issued here,
three compartments by circular shafts, above which is but not paid. :Newport Pagnell, 4 miles distant, is the
open tracery: in the church are interred the remains of nearest money order & telegraph office
Lewis Atterbury D.D. rector of this parish from 1657 National School, erected in 1859, for 60 children; aver-
till his death, which occurred by drowning, in Dec. 1693; age attendance, 30; Mrs. Naomi Marie Wilson,mistrpss

Wykeham-Fiennes Rev. the Hon. Bird Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Holmes Thomas, grazier

Wingfield Stratford Twisleton M.A. Claridge Samuel, farmer Howes Thomas, farm bailiff

Rectory Deacon Harriet (Miss), Old Swan P.H Taylor John, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Dover John, farmer Waite Thomas, farmer

Bird Joseph, carpenter Hensman Thomas George, farmer

GREAT MISSENDEN is! a. large and populous is distributed among 40 aged poor. 'rhe Abbey of St.

village and parish, in a delightful valley on the high Mary, anciently situated here, was founded by Sir WIlham
rc,ad from Wendovt-r to. London, with a station on the de Missenden kt. about 1133, for Canons of the Order of
Mlltropolitan railw'ly (Aylesbury extension), and 6 miles St. Augustine; an old register of the Abbey, howevrr,

north-east from \Vycombe station on the Wycombe fixes the date at 1133, and an ancient court-book of

and Oxford section of thl' Great Western railway, 5 the manor, while assigning its foundation to the

Ilorth-we.3t from Ameil'sham and 4 west from Chesham, D'Oyleys, states that it was augmented by the Missen-
in the Mid division of the county, hundred and petty dens in pursuance. of a vow made by a member of that

sl'ssional division of Aylesbury, union of Amersham, family on escaping from shipwreck in the 14th century;

Chesham county court district, rural deanery of Wen- in 1787 the buildings were held by James Oldham Old-
dover, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of ham esq. and in 1815 passed into the hands of Georgo
Oxford. The. abbey oourch of St. Mary is an ancient Carrington esq. and are now the residence of Mrs.

cruciform structure in the Early English style, consist- Carring-ton; the revenues were estimated in 1534 at 1261
in~ of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, 14s. 61d. yearly. Dutchlands is occupied by the Hon.

n(}rth and south porches, transepts and So low embat.tled Mrs. Cecil Molyneux Howard. Mrs. Carrington, who

western tower containing 6 bells, the earliest being is lady of tihe manor, the Earl of Buckinghamshire,

dated 1603: the tower was originally Early English but Thomas W. Tyrwhitt-Drake esq. of Shardeloes, .Amer-
has been much modernized: the piers and arches of the sham, Lord! Dormer and Thomas Honnor esq. are the-

nave are Decorated, with good moulded caps: there are principal landowners. The. chief crops are wheat, oat!!,
various inserted! Perpendicular windows, and the cleres- barley and: roots. The soil is alluvial, with a. chalk.
tory is a,Iso of that date; on the north side of the base, abounding in the deposit of flint and shells. The-
area amounts to 5,812 acres, chiefly arable, with seme
chancel, about 7 feet from the. ground, is an arcade of meadow and woodland and 7 of water; assessable value,
Pointed! arches with small detached pillars: there are £8,984; the population in 1891 was 2,385 in the civll
parish. A population of 958 of the civil parish is in-
mural tablets to the Bois and Dormer families, 1637-1]29, cluded in the ecclesiastical district of Prestwood.

one of which exhibits 1Ii bust undeil' a circular arch, com- Parish Clerk, William Cox.

posed of books: the east window is a memorial to Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcer
Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance O.ffice (Sub-OfficI.'.
G. Carrington esq. and was erected by his widow, who Letters should have R.S.O. Bucks added).-Frederick
also placed one in the chancel to her father and mother; Longman, postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.15 & 9.50'
a.m. & 5.50 p.m.; dispatched at 9.50 & 11.50 a.m. &
there is a brass in the north transept to the Rev. Joshua 4,30, 6,30 & 7.50 p.m

Greaves M.fA.. vicar 1854-<85, and a memorial window to

Prances Sarah, his wife: the church is now {1899) under-
going restoration at an estimated cost of £2,500, and
affords 300 sittings, 100 being free. The register dates
from the year 1694; burials, 1678. The livin~ is a. vicar-

age, net yearly value £160, with I acre of glebe and resi- COUNTY MAGISTRATE'S FOR THE AYLESBURY
dence, in the gift of the trustees of the Countess of PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.

Huntingdon, and held since 1891 by the Rev. George
Edwin Wilson M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The Carrington Geo. esq. The Abbey, Great Missenden R.S.O'
Ba.ptist chapel, a building in the Oassic style, was Garrett-Pegg John William esq. Chesham house, Ches-
erected in 1778; there is another at Hyde Heath, and ham Bois, Chesham R.S.O
a Primitive Methodist chapel at Lee Common. The Leake Robert esq. Little Missenden abbey, Little Mis~en­
Town Hall, erected in 1879 at a Co.st of £1,200, passed den, .Amersham
in 1886 into the hands of Thomas Parsons esq.; it is Liberty Arthur Lasenby esq. D.L. The Manor house,
used for all kinds of entertainments; and will hold 300 Lee, Great Missenden R.S.O
persons. Fairs were formerly held on E'aster Tuesday and Lowndes Wm. esq. LL.B., D.L. The Bury,Chesham R.S.O
the Monday after Old Michaelmas day, but are now Tyrwhitt-Drake Capt. Thomas Henry, Little Shardeloes..
abolished. .Almond's charity of £18 yearly and Gregory's .Amersham
of £5 for the poor of the parish; Boys' charity of £17 is Tyrwhitt-Drake Thomas Wm. esq. Shardeloes, .Amersham

for apprenticeships; the inter~st of £1,000 Consols given Clerk to the Magistrates, Frederick Bayford Parrott fl@q.

by W. Dent esq. in memory of his daughter, wife of a Bourbon street, Aylesbury.

former vicar, is devoted to the support of the parochial Petty Session9 for this portion of the petty sessional

echools and the interest of £300 left by Miss Douglas divi8ioI1 of the Three Hundreds of Ayleil]>u,"y, corn·

BUCKS. ~

130 GREAT MISSENDEN. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

prising Great & Little Hampden, Great & Little Mis- 58 boys, 56 girls & 48 infants; William Heny, master;
ssenden, are held in the Hall on the 2nd or 3rd mon- Mrs. Charlotte Heny, mistress
day in the month at 11
Conveyance to London.-Carriages always ready from
Schools. Buckingham Arms hotel to meet all trains when ordered

National, built in 1874, for 300 children; average attend- Carriers to

ance, 50 boys, 45 girls & 78 infants; George William Aylesbury.-Sim:lOn Peedle, wed. & sat
Cowan, master; Miss Edith Botting, mistress High Wycombe.-Horace Dean, tues. & fri
Ballenger (inf&uts'), for 30 children; average attendance, London.-Henry Harding, leaves tues. returning thurs.;

7; Miss Emily Beeson, mistress Henry Peedle, leaves thurs. returning sat
Lee Common, built in 1874, enlarged in 1883, &

again in 1893, for 230 children; average attendance, Metropolitan Railway Station, Wm. Green,station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cook John, poultry dlr. Lee common Nash David, White Horse P.R. Wy-

Barlow Thomas M.D. Mobwell house Crawley Elizabeth (Miss), ladies' combe heath

Beecham Mrs. Rose cottage boarding school, Elmhurst Nash Job, farmer, Ballenger
CaFlliorws WI.lliam R. W.S. , F.R.G.S. T he DDaanncceerr JTamhoems,ass,hbolapckkpsrm. l'Ptho,tHteurnst'Rs ogwn NaWshycLomawbreenhceea,th saddle tree maker,

Carrington George J.P. Missenden Dell William, farmer, Rignold farm Nash William, blacksmith
Abbey Douglas Robert, grocer, High street Neighbour Thomas, The George P.H

Carrington Mrs. Missenden Abbey Donald Harry Cecil, farmr.Bloomflds Oakes George, White Lion P.R
Douglas 'William, farmer, & registrar Page Edwin, farmer, Sedges farm
Clark Miss, High street of births & deaths for Missenden Page William, farmer, Hyde heath
Clarke Ralph Potter, The Holli~
sub-district, Amersham union Parsons Geo. beer ret. & wheelwrght

Crawley Miss, Elmhurst Eedle George Adams, shoe maker Payne Alfred, coal & corn merchant &;
DDoarret y;MR:ersv. . TWheilliLaamur(eBlsaptist) Fassnidge Ann (Ml's.), laundry railway agent; & at Wendover. See
house Yean Archer, farmer, Hyde heath advert
Gurney Richard M.B. Prospect FilLy Alfd. beer retlr. BaIlenger com Pearce Daniel, farmer, Hyde heath
HHoerwbaerrdt MHorsn.. HMavrse.nfiCeledcilloMdgoelyneux, Fleet & Turner, hay & straw dealers, Pearce James, poultry dlr. Lee com

Dutchlands High street Pearce William, Crown P.H
Living Robert M.D. Hill house Fletcher Thomas, farmer, Potter's row Peedle Henry, carrier
Fraser Michael Bruce, Lamb P.H. Peedle Joseph, blacksmith

OR ea ke sl e yR- Feivs.h e rS aGmeouregl e, BTenhle'amGianb,lesT h e Potter's row farmer, Lee common Puddiphat George, farmr. Hunt's lY'M1
Gates John R Purssell Rchd. farmr. GreatKing'sElh-i-
Hollies, Kingshill Geary George, farmer, Lee common Putman Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retlr

SSSmtmeveaaerntthsmWMainrllsiMamr,s Flint hall Geary Thos. frmr. Ballenger Gro. fm Randall William, coal merchant
Greaves Leighton, frmr. Peterloey frm Reading Samuel, farmer, Town farm

Turner Edgar Oliive M.B Green Elizabeth (Miss), draper Rodwell Edward, shopkpr. Lee com

Wilson Rev. George Edwin ~I. A Green William, station master Rodwell Fredk. farmer, Lee common
Vicarage . Grover George, shoe maker Salter Alfred L. frmr. Lit. Kingshill

Gunnell Benjamin, builder & decora- Sanders George, tailor & draper

COMMERCIAL. tor & undertaker Saund-ers Jesse, farmer

Aston Alfred, beer retailer, High street Gunnell V.'illiam, shopkeeper Sear 'William, boot & shoe maker

Eatchellor Amelia (Mrs.), farmer, Hance Thomas, beer retailer Sills Henry, turner, Ballenger com

Hyde heath Harding Henry, carrier Spittles In. Harris, watch mll.High st

Beck Septimus F. land agent & sur- Hearn Samuel, farmer, Road farm Stephens Cornelius, butcher, Presto

veyor & agent County Fire office, Heath George, shopkeeper wood common

High street Hodges George, draper, High street Stroud John, bird stuffer

Bedford Lewis B. grocer & agent for Holloway Frank, baker & beer retailer, Talmer Maurice, baker, Lee common

W. & A. Gilbey Limited, wine & Lee common Taylor Daniel, shopkeeper

spirit merchants Hornby Benjamin, farmr.Cudsden fm Taylor Isabella (Miss), fancy repos

Beeson Arthur, farmer, Potters Row Ingram Edmund, painter Tilbury William, painter & ironmngr

Beeson WaIter, farmer, Park farm, Ingram Joseph, jun. plumber Tombling Naomi (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Potter's Row Ives George, butcher Tompkins Thos. farmer, Potter's RQw

Reeson 'Walter, mealman, High street Jarvis Alfred, farmer, Hyde heath Townsend Sarah (Mrs.), draper

Blunt William, beer retailer Jarvis Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Turner Edgar Olive M.B.Lond.,

Botting W. & S. grocers, High street Jenningis William, turner, Prestwood M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. sur-

Brown William, farmer, Hunt's grn common geon & medical officer & public vac-

Bucks & Oxon Union Bank Limited Jeskins James, poulterer,Potter's Row cinator, Missenden district, !mer-

(sub branch) (Edwin Wood CHlrke, Jeskins John, jun. hay dealer sham union & 6 district, Wycombll

manager); open every thurs. from Kempster Evan,poultry dlr.Hyde hth union

2 to 4; draw on the London & West- Kempster Henry, Barley Mow P.H Walker Anoie (Mrs.), dress maker

minster Bank Limited, London EO King Caleb James, ironmonger Walker Thomas, wheelwright

Burton Ephraim, Temperance hotel, Langston John, saddler & harness ma Webb Arthur, shoe maker

High street Laurens Fredk. chemist, High street Welch Frederick, butcher

""Butler Robert, beer retailer Lewington George, grocer & draper, White George, estate agent &; auction-

Cariavan Katharine (Mrs.), The Lee common eer & agent Sun Fire office, High st

Plough P.H Loe Frederick, Red Lion iP.'H Whitney James, poultry dealer, Bal-

Cattermole Harry James, Black Horse Long Job, bootmaker lenger common

P.H. Mobwell Longman Edwin, Buckingham Arms Wilkins William, frmr. Ballenger fnn

Clark F. & Sons, bakers, High street hotel, family & commercial,High st Wingrove Benjamin, farmer, Deep mI

Clark James, family baker & Home Longman Fredk. post office, High st Wood Alfred, farmer, South heath

Farm Dairy & farmer, High street Madoery John, beer xetlr. Ballenger Worcester George, farmer, Hundridge

Clay WaIter, 'butcher, High street Mead Abel, brickmaker, Hyde heath Wright 'l'homas, farmer. South heath

CoIlins JOhn, boot maker, Lee com Nash Oharles, blacksmith Young John, beer retailer, High st

LITTLE MISSENDEN is a village and parish, in 188r at a cost of £372, of which £200 was sub-
near the Misbourne stream, 5 miles north-east from scribed by the late James Henry Bird esq. who also
Wycombe station, 0'I1I the Wycombe, Thame and Oxford gave the stained east window as a memorial to hi.
branch of th" Great Western railway, 3 south-west from wife, besides two others in the transept: in the church
Chesham and 2! from Great Missenden, and 3! west is an inscribed tablet to Mr. Bird and his wife: the
from Amersham station, all on the Metropolitan Ex- ancient key of the church is preserved in the vestry:
tension railway, in the Mid division of the county,
hundred and petty sessional division of Aylesbury, uruion there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the
o()f Wycomhe, Chesham county court district, rural deanery year 1559. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
of Amersham, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese [,145, with 10 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of
of Oxford. The church of St. John the Baptist is a Earl Howe, and held since 1879 by the Rev. William
small and plain building of stone in the Norman style, ffolliott RA. of Trinity College, Dublin. Chrisi Church,
consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, trMlsept and a lofty Holrner Green, was erected in 1894, and is served froIll
western tower containing 5 bells: there is a fine Norman Holy Trinity, Penn Street. There is a Baptist chapel at
f(Jnt and two brass inscriptions to the Styles family, of
Holmer; the church was repaired in 1853 and reseated Holmer Green, erected in 1877, another at Little Kings-
hill, erected in 1814, and a Wesleyan chapel. The Little
Missenden Children's Home at Grange farm, for 16 chil-

DIRECTORY. ] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [,ITTLE MISSENDEN. 131

dren, was established in 1889 by Miss Porter, a relative House, Reading, and Sir Philip Frederick Rose bart.

of the vicar, for the reception of destitute children, who D.L., J.P. of Rayners, Penn, and Frederick Butcher esq.

are ultimately trained for service; Mrs. Wright, matron. of Chesham. The soil is clay and chalk. The chief crops

lIt 1B67 Miss Charlotte Raine left the interest of £2,000 in are wheat, oats and barley; there is some woodland.

the Lambeth Waterworks to be distributed half yearly The area is 3,210 acres; assessable value, £4,601; the
among 10 poor people, but since that date a further be- population in 1891 was 1,136 in the civil, and 711 in

quest of the interest of £2,000 has been made, and the the ecclesiastical parish.

number of recipients is now 20. The lare J amI'S Henry I Bray's Green, I mile east; Holmer Green, I! south-

IHrd esq. who died 31st August, 1884, in the 70th year of we~t; Beamond End, I mile south; and part of Little
his age, left property in the hands of the vicar and King Hhill, 2 miles west, are in this parish; the remainder

churchwardens of the parish, the rents of which (pro- of Little Kingshill is in Great Missenden. A. boarding-

vided that the tablet erected in the church is kept out committee, of which the vicar is the secretary, is
fixed and in good order) he directed should be applied maintained in this parish: the children here boarded

as follows: 15s. yearly to 16 poor deserving families are sent from different London unions and placed out
for coals; 50 quartern loaves of bread, on or near at various cottages under the supervision of the committee.

the 8th of January, and 50 more on or near the 3rd Parish Clerk, Mrs. Sarah Olliff.
of March in each year, to the poor {If this parish: he Pos~ Office.-James Garroway, sub-postmaster. Letters

also left various sums for the preaching c.f two com- arrive from Amersham at 7 & 11 a.m. &; 5 p.m.; dis-

memorative sermons in this church every year by the patched at 8.50 a.m. & 3.10 & 6.50 p.m. Postal orders
vicar, on the Sunday next the 31st August and on are issued here, but not paid. Amer~ham.is the neatest
the Sunday following 7th December; and for remunera- money order & telegraph office, 3 mII~s dIstant
tion to the clerk, organist, choir and bell-ringers: at the Post Office, Holmer Green.-FrederIck Tuc~er, sub-
close of 1921 the property len will yield more than postmaster. Letters ~hrough Amersham arrIve at 8.20

double its original value, and. the testator direets that a.m. & 5.50 p.m:; dIspatched at 10 a..m. & 6.5 p.m.
then, after the payment of the specified bequests, the Postal orders are Is~ued here, but not paId. The nearest
trustees shall distribute the surplus according to the~r
good! judgment to the most d'eserving poor of the money order.office.ls at Penn & telegraph office at Penn
parish. Mr. William Line, in 1775, left two meadows ,Street, 3 mIles dIsta~t
.and an orchard to provide one 3d. loaf to 6 of the oldest ..
inhabitants attending Divine Service on Sundays, also "all Letter Boxes.-LIttle KlllgshI11~ ~·55 a.m. 12.25
a 2d. loaf to the clerk for delivering the same. Mrs. & 5.30 p.m.; sunday, 2.10 p.m.; 1'\ag s Head, cleared

at 7·5 a.m. 1.5 & 5·55 p.m.; sundays, 2·55 p.m.; &

Beamond End, 1.15 a.m. & 5.50 p.m. week days only

Sarah Bates, in 1787, left £100 3 per cent. Consolidated Schools
Bank Annuities to the poor. Little Missenden Abbey,
the property of the trustees of Seth Smith, is now the .
residence of Robert Lenke esq. J.P. Missenden House,
the residence of Capt. John Otway Cuffe, is a very pic- A School Board of 5.members was formed 7 Oct. 1886;
T. J. ~ey~olds, HIg?- ":yco~be,. clerk to the- board;
turesque building of red brick, standing in its own grounds the parIsh IS. a contrIbutIon distrIct to Chesham School
of about five acres and containing a valuable collection of Board, .sendlll!: I ~embe~
paintings by old masters, some rare carvings, old and .

Board, Little KingshIll (mIxed), erected III 1887, for

80 children; average attendance, 66; William Ashby,

modern china and an antique Greek lamp, dug up at master . ..
Cnidus in Caria. Greece, by Dr. Blaxall, of H.M. S. "Vig-i- Church, Holrner Gre~n (mfants'), built III 1845, for 80

lant," and nresented to the Rev. 1. Barton, of Hinton children; average attendance, 21; Mrs. Anne Higgin,

House, by whom it was given to Capt. John Otway Cuffe. mistress
The principal landowners are Earl Howe, who is lord of ~ational (mixed), entirely rebuilt in 1898, at a cost of

the manor, Thomas William Tyrwhitt-Drake esq. of Shar- [,1,000, for 130 children; average attendance, 94; Miss

deloes, Amersham, Capt. Darby-Griffith, of Pad worth Ellen Ritchie, mistress

LITTLE MISSENDEN. COMMERCIAL. Spicer Frederick, baker, Lit.Kingshill
Taylor Goorge, farmer, Manor farm
(Marked thus t receive their l~tters Archer Charles, farmer Tilbury Joseph, shopkeeper

through Great Missenden R.S.O.) Baker Thomas, Full Moon P.H .West Charles Henry, Red Lion P.H

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brooks Thomas, farmer, Beamond end West Waiter, Nag's Head P.H

tBeck Septimus F. The Mount, Lon- Children's Home (Miss Porter, hon. Winter Albert, farm bailiff to G. Mar-

don road sec. & treas.; Mrs.Wright,matron), shall esq

:Hoone George, Belsize, Little Kingshill Grange farm IWinter Thomas, farmer, Boot farm

tCook Joseph B. London road Clayton Caroline(Mrs.),The CrownP.H HOLMER GREEN

Cuffa Oapt. John Otway, Missenden ho Craft William, farmer, Hyde heath .
tDonald Harry Cecil, London road Dean Christina (Mrs.), shopkeeper, He~ry Mrs. S. Clements
Elliot Joseph, Beamond end Little Kingshill Wrlght Mrs. The Laurels

ffolliott Rev. William B.A. Vicarage Dean Horace, carrier, Little Kingshill OOMMERCIAL.

Gascoigne Henry, Fincher's house Elliot Joseph Fredk. frmr. Town farm Beal George Denis, shopkeeper

Hurlock WaIter Hodsoll, Manor house Fleet Walter, beer retailer, Hyde hth llond Thomas, farmer

tIsham Miss, Glenfield Garroway Jas. blacksmith, Post office Dancer & Hea,rne Bros. chair manu-

tKol Mrs. London road Hazel Henry, 'stag & Hounds P.H facturers, upholsterers, saw mills &;

tLeake R'obert J.P. Little Missenden Hazel Thomas, beer retailer timber merchants

Abbey Hewitt Chas. beer ret. Lit. Kingshill Darve-n George, boot maker

tNelson Mrs. London road Keen Joseph, wheelwright James George, beer retailer

Robinson Rev. Josiah (Baptist), Little Parslow Thomas, farmer, Copmer James William, chair turner

Kingshill Pearce David, shopkeeper, Hyde heath King Reuben, farmer

tShepperson William F.R.G.S. Long- Redding' Thomas, farmer, Africs & Leech Frederick, miller (wind)

field; & Royal Societies & Australa- 'Grange farms Pearce J effrey, beer retailer

sian clubs, London Ridgewell Charlotte (Mrs.), florist Tilbury Alfred, beer retailer

Sibley John, Willmore Ripley John, farmer Tilbury John, farmer •

tSmith Mrs. London road Ripley William, farmer, Spurlongs end Tucker Frederick, baker, Post office

Whitby Capt. George, The Limes Sibley Brothers, millers (water &; Wingrove William, beer retailer

tTIlIitby Arthur G. London road steam) &; farmers Winter Samuel Thomas, farmer

MONKS RISBOROUGH is a parish and village, and consists of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles,
separated from the nave by arcades of four bays, a small
li miles north-north-east from Prince8 Risborough north transept, south porch, vestry and organ chamber
(added at the restoration), and a western tower con-
station on the Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch of taining 6 bells; the framework of the belfry was en-
the Great Western railway and 2 miles south-west from
Little Kimble station on the Aylesbury branch of the tirely restored and a sixth bell added in 1884 at a cost
same line, 5 south-west from Wendovel" and 7 south of nearly £200, raised! by subscription: a. portion of
from Aylesbury, 9 north-west from High Wycombe, in
the Mid division of the county, hundred and petty ses- the ancient rood-screen remains under the chancel arch:
sional division of Aylesbury, union and county court
district of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham, rural there is a brass, dated 1431, to Robert Blundell, a former
deanery of Aylesbury and diocese of Oxford. The
church of St. Dunstan is a noble structure of flint and rector: in the porch is a portion of the old stoup and
stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, in the north aisle part of a canopied recess of the 15th
century, richly carved, and a portion of the rood loft

also remains: the font is a good example of the Nor-

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132 MONKS R13BOROUGH. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

man. Transition style: the stained east window was Askett lies half a mile north-east and has a Baptist.
presented to the church in 1864: the stained west window chapel, built in 183~, with a small burial ground at-
was erected by the parishioners and friends to· the Rev. tached.
H. W. J. Beaucharnp, 23 years rector, who died January
25th, 1863; in the south aisle is a stained windOW: and Cadsdean is a mile east, at the foot of the ChiIterns~
in the transept is a memorial window to Dr. Samuel Meadle is I mile north-east; and Whiteleaf, three-
Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford (1845-69) and aftenvards
quarters of a. mile east-south-east, near the base of the
of Winchester (1869-73) d. 19 July, 1873; the church Whiteleaf Cross hill, on which is a gigantic cross, 80
was restored in 1863-4 at a cost of nearly £2,4°0, under
the direction of the late G. E. Street esq. R.A. and was feet long by 72. feet wide, on a triangular base, the
re-opened in May, 1864: there are sittings for 332 per-
sons. The register dates from the year 1587. The living total length being 230 feet, and the width at the base
is a rectory, net yearly value £376, including 430 acres
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Ox- 340 feet, cut into the chalky side of one of the eminences
ford, and held since 1898 by the Rev. WiIliarn Wood D.D. of the Chiltern range; by the Inclosure Act, 9 Geo.
and late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, and hon. canon
of Christ Church. Before the inclosure, which was com- IV. this "ancient memorial or land mark" is declared
pleted in 1839, the inhabitants of the parish had the
privilege of cutting beech wood from off a hill called" the to be public property, and the lord of the manor is
Shrubs," which right was at that time exchanged for 27a.
31'. 6p. of land allotted in different parts of the parish for required to keep it in repair j there is a similar cross
the convenience of the poor parishioners, to whom it is
let, and the rents are laid out in coal for distribution in the parish of Bledlow.
at Christmas: the trustees of the allotments are the
rector, churchwardens and parish constables for the Sexton, Joseph Gunn.
time being. The Rev. Humphrey Hody D.D. rector
Owlswick is a small hamlet of the parish of Monks
here 1702, left £100 in 1706 for apprenticing poor boys
of this p3lrish, and the Rev. William Quarles D.D. Risborough, from which it is 2 miles north-west. At

further augmented this fund in 1727 by £150: the Owlswick is a school chapel, erected in 1866 by the
latter also left 40s. yearly for the education of at least
four poor boys. The Earl of Buckinghamshire, who rector with the aid of subscriptions from the proprie-
is lord of the manor, Lord Rothschild, Mrs. Winslow,
the rector and the Warden and Fellows of Merton Col- tors of land: services are held here on alternate Sun-
lege, Oxford, are the principal landowners. The soil
is various, hard cha:k, loam and clay; subsoil, clay days at 3 p.m. .
and stone. The chief crops are barley, oats, turnips and
Letters through Tring, via Princes Risborough, arriv&
beans. The area is 2,872 acres; assessable value, £4,043;
the population in 1891 was 810. at 8.15 &; 10.45 a.m. Princes Risborough is the nearest

money order &; telegraph office, about half a mile distant

Wall Letter Boxes, near the school, cleared week days at

10.40 a.m. &; 6.1$ p. m.; sundays, 4.15 p.m.; Askett,

cleared week days, 6.18 p.m.; sundays, 4.18; Meadle,

cleared week days, 4.30 p.m.; sundays, 8.30 a.m.; &;

Owlswick, cleared 4.50 p.m. week days only

Schools.

National (mixed), erected in 1855, for 160 children;
average attendance, 75; Herbert Smiter, master; :Miss
Melina Bartlett, mistress

Carrier.-Coles passes through for Aylesbury on wed.
&; sat

MONKS RISBOROUGH. Pauling Leonard (exors. of), farmer, E:dri.jge William, blacksmith

Place farm Hopcroft Thomas, carpenter

Barnett James Thomas, Oak cottage Pauling Stephen,farmer,Parsonage frm Messenger Frederick, shoe maker

Darby Frederick Wm. Cadsdean house Paxton Richard, farmer, Green Haily Orchard Henry, beer retailer

Etherington Mrs. Chestnuts farm Pope Geo. miller (water), Mill lsne ,Poulton Job, shoe maker

Parsons Thomas Rogers, Whiteleaf ho Pattison -, gamekeeper to the Earl Reading Elizh. (Mrs. ),farmr.Hook frm

Wood Rev. Canon William D.D. (rec- of Buckingham Rogers Abe~, painter

tor), Rectory Rogers John, Nag's Head P.H

Taylor Jesse, farmer &; beer retailer, MEADLE.
Redland end
COMMERCIAL.

Baldwin Henry,coach builder &; under- Witney Mrs. poultry breeder East John (exors. of), farmer

taker &; assistant overseer, deputy Wooster Job, farmer Ives Frederick, farmer, Meadle farm
King Stephen, farmer &; carpenter
registrar of marriages &; clerk to ASKETT. Rogers Louisa. (Mrs.) &; Sons, farmers

parish council & assessor of taxes, Clay Mrs. Askett lodge Rogers Owen, boot &; shoe dealer
Whitecliffe Rogers Reuben, Three Horseshoes P.R
Barnett Rebecca (Mrs.), apartments, Stevens Arthur, poultry breeder
Ayres villa
COMMERCIAL.

Beasley Frank, Plough P. H . Cadsdean Ayres Albert, tI' mber merehant VWe'rlel' SophSia (Mh rfsM.)', p)oufltry breeder
Cummings Arthur, blacksmith Ayres John,timber mer.&; wheelwright 1 lams ara \ ISS, armer

East Thomas, shopkpr. Whiteleaf Baldwin Henry, shopkeeper &; registrar OWLSWICK

East Mary (Mrs.) (exors. of), harness of marriages .
Bishop Fras. Rogers,Three Crowns P.H Bett John, Shou~der of Mutton P.R
makers·

Eggleton Elizh.(Mrs.),baker &; shpkpr ChiltonEdward Ralph,farmer &; dealer, Hill OliveI', poultry breeder

Eggleton Joseph, carter, Green Haily Me.adcroft. Humphreys WiIliam Georg~, farmerp
Green Charles, farmer, Monkton farm DarvI1l Leonard, hlggler Manor farm

Hill Rowland, farmer, ChadwelI hill East Horace, pOUltry farmer Little Eustace, farmer, Stockwell la

Hooper Fredk.Red Lion P.H.Whiteleaf Eggleton Ebenezer, baker Williams John, farmer, Stockwell la

Lacey George, butcher Eggleton Jahn, beer retailer Wooster l\Iary (Mrs.) &; Son, farmers

MOULSOE is a parish and village on the top of 8 £100, -with residence, in the gift of Earl Car-

hill, on the borders of Bedfordshire, 3 miles south-east rington, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Daniel

from Newport Pagnell station on the Wolverton and Thomas WilIiam Elsdale M.A. of Brasenose College,

Newport branch of the London and North Western Oxford. The Children's Home here, founded in 18g8

railway, in the Northern division of the county, hun- and supported by Miss Mary Nixon, is for eight orphan

dred, petty sessional divisi'On, union and county court girls, who are trained for domestic service. A charity

district of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Bucking- of £5 yearly was left by the Countess Dowager of

ham, rural deanery of Bletchley and diocese of Oxford. Northampton, for the relief of the poor. Earl Car-
The church of St. Mary is an andent building of stone rington P.C., G.C.M.G. is lord of the manor and chief
in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, cleres- landowner. The soil is mixed, principally a strong

toried nave of eight bays, aisles, south porch and an loam; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are

embattled western 1{>wer containing a clock and 4 bells·: wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 1,652 acres;
the clerest()fy appears to be modern, a8 is the east assessable value, £1,380; the population in 1891 was 214.
window: some of the other windows are of very good
design, but the tracery is not iJnI every case perfect: Parish Clerk &; Sexton, James White.
there are brasses of a. man in armour and a female, c.
Letters arrive through Newport Pagnell at 7 a.m. &; 5
1530, supposed to 'l'epresent Richard Rowthall esq. and p.m. Wall Letter Box cleared at 6 p.m.; sundays at
his wife; the marginal inscription is lost: in 1897 two 11.30 a.m. The nearest money order &; telegraph offic~
stained windows were erected and a carved reredos and is at Newport Pagnell, 3 miles distant

pulpit provided: during the period 1885-go the chapel in Church School, erected in 1871, for 70 children; averagtt

the south aisle and the porch were restored, at a cost of attendance, 42; &; supported by the rent of 14 acreS'

£549: there are 170 sitting-so The register dates from of land left by the Countess Dowager of NorthamptOlJ

the year 1559. The living is a rectory, net yearly value &; producing £20 year:y; Miss Ada Harriss, mistress

DIRECTURY. ] BUCKINGHAl\fSH IRE. NEWPORT PAGN~LL. 133

Elsdale Rev. Daniel Thomas 'Yilliam Cleary Isabel:a (Mrs.), Carington Sinfield Samuel, cattle dealer

M.A. (rector) Arms P.H . White James, carpenter

Irving Mrs Cook William John, farmer, Wood frm Whiting Joseph Evans, machine

Nixon Miss, Rectory Groom Henry, shopkeeper prietor & farmer

O1ildren's Home (Miss Cook, matron)

MURSLEY is a village and parish, once a market 1 affords 215 sittings. The register dates from the year

town, I mile from Swanbourne station on the Bletchley 1578. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £185, in-
.and Oxford branch of the London and North Western c;uding 240 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of
]'ailway, 3~ miles east from Winslow and 9 north-west W. Selby-Lowndes esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev.
from Leighton Buzzard, in the Northern division of the Octavius William Cotton Selby-Lowndes. The Baptist
-county, Cottesloe hundred, Winslow petty sessional chapel, which stands at the bottom of the village, walt
division and union, county court district of Buckingham, erected in 1883 and will seat 150 persons. William
rural deanery of Mursley, archdeaconry of Buckingham Selby-Lowndes esq. of Whaddon, who is lord of the

and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary the manor, Earl Oarrington P.C., G.C.M.G. Edward James
Virgin is a building of stone in the Decorated or Third- Athawes esq. of Nevill House, Chatham, Thomas Beecham
'Pointed style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave esq. and the rector are the principal landowners. The
of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled soil is loamy with some gravel and clay; subsoil, clay
western tower, of much older date, containirng 6 bells: and gravel. The chief crops are ",heUlt, barley and
the nave is separated from the aisles by arcades of beans. The area is 2,971 acres; rateable value, £3,944;

iour arches on either side: the stained west window the population in 1891 was 369.
in the tower was presented by the late Mrs. Pitkin in SALDEN is a hamlet one mile north-east from Mnrs-
memory of her husband, who died in 1862: the reredos ley and 4~ miles east from Winslow.
is elaborately admned with paintings: in the chancel Sexton, John Sharp.
are monuments to Sir John Fortescue kt. M.P. Chan- Post Office.-Joseph Grace, sub-postmaster. Letters

cellor of the Exchequer, ob. 16°7; to his son, Sir through Winslow arrive at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched at
"Francis Fortesque K.B., M.P. sheriff of Bucks, and 9 a.m. & 4. IS p.m.; sunday, 11.35 a.m. Postal orders
..others of that family; and there are some brasses: are issued here, but not paid. Stewkley is the nearest
'the chancel retairns a piscina and sedilia: there are also money order & telegraph office
piscinre in the north and south aisles: the church was National School (mixed), established in 1873, for 70

thoroughly restored in 1867 at a cost of £1,950 and children; average attendance, 50; Alfred Bright, mast

MURSLEY. COMMERCIAL. Kirby Isaac, coal dealer
Maydon Lynch Conway, farmer
Barton Albert, Wrestlers' inn

"Brooks Charles, Mursley hall Brill John, farmer, Primrose hill Reeve David, Windmill P.H. & miller

Farnborough Francis, Manor house Brooks Charles, farmer, Mursley hall (wind)

'Groom Mrs. The Cottage Bryant GeQ. farmr. Church Hill farm Ward William John, blacksmith

Jarman Thomlls, Rose cottage Dickens Ann (Mrs.), Shopkeeper Webb Albert, Green Mlln P.B

Keane Capt. G. W. Spring cottage Fetters William, carpenter

Montefiore Rev. Durban B. (Baptist) Grace John F. butcher SALDEN.
Grace Joseph, shopkeeper, Post office IFranklin John & Syrett Thomas,
~ichardS{}n Mrs. William

'Selby-Lowndes Rev. Octavius WiIliam Grubb Thomas, farmer farmers, Penley Hadley

Ootton, Rectory Bollis George, shopkeeper Hinton William, farmer

"Selby-Lowndes Meyrick Edward J.P Illing John, jun. farmer, Spring grove. White John, farmer .

"HASH is a parish and village, about 3 miles north from H. S. H. Cavendish esq. and held since 1897 by the Rev.

'Swanbourne station on the Bletchley and Oxford section Charles Clare Dawson-Smith. There is a Baptist chape~
~f the Lmdon and North Western railway, 4~ south from erected in 1798, with a small endowment, and sittings for

Stony Stratford and 6 east from Buckingham, in the 50 persons. The poor's land of 38. 3r. 19p. prouuces

"Northern division of the county, Oottesloe hundred, about £6 a year, which is distributed in money; Elmer's

Wim;low petty sessional division and union, county court (Beachampton) charity of £3 )"early is for the support

-district of Buckingham, and in the rural deanery of Buck- of certain pensioners. William Selby-Lowndes esq. or

i.ngham (second portion), archdeaconry of Buckingham Whaddon Hall, who is lord of the manor, Lt.-Cll!. Lord

-and diocese of Oxford. This place was constituted a civil Frederick Fitz Roy, of Wakefield Lodge, Stony Stratford,

parish between 18g6-9, under the provisions of the H. S. H. Cavendish esq. and GeQrge King esq. are the

"Local Government Act, 1894" (56 and 57 Viet. c. 73)· chief landowners. The soil is stiff clay with beds of /?rave!.
The ehurch of All Saints is a small but elegant edifice of There is a chalybeate spring in the village called BIE'tch

:ltona in the Gothic style, from designs by the late G. E. Well. The area is 1,247 acres; rateable value, £1,8]2;

Street esq. R.A. and consisting of chancel, nave and north the population in 1891 was 306.
porch, and a turret containing one bell: the east and
west windows are stained: the foundation stone was Parish Sexton, Frederick Smith.

'laid Nov. 5th, 1857, by the Hon. Richard Cavendish, Post Office. Miss Jane Harwood, sub-postmistress. Let-
.ef Thornton Hall (d. 19 Nov. 1873), who gave the sites ters through Stony Stratford, which is the nearest
for the church, churchyard and schools, and contri- money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.25 a.m.
Ibuted £1,200 to the building fund: the chancel was Box cleared at 5.20 p.m.; sunday, 10.30 a.m. Postal
-consecrated and opened May 10th, 1858, and the rest orders are issued here, but not paid

()f the church in 1861: there are 220 sittings. The National School, erected in 1857, mainly by the late

register dates from the year 1861. The living is an- Hon. R. Cavendish, for 100 children; average atten-

-annexed to the rectory of Thornton, joint net yearly value dance, 63; John Smith, master; Mrs. Annie Smith,

'£168, with 11 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of mistress

Dawson-Smith Rev Chas. Clare,Rctry Cowley Richard, stone & monumental Kimble Harry, farm bailiff to T. P.

JUng Mu mason Willis esq

OOMMERCIAL. Furness John, Three Horse Shoes P.B King Theodore, farmer, BasshiH farm

..Alderman Pibillip, grocer Barrup Edward, blacksmith King William, farmer, Holywell

Beckett Albert, farmer, Round hill Barrup Henry, farmer Knight Alfred, butcher

Ileckett Gaius, Barracks farm Harwood Frederick Selby, baker Tombs Joseph, beer retailer

Brett Thomag, farm bailiff to In.Brett Barwood William, farmer Valentine George, grocer & draper

~ollyer John Ridgway, New inn P.H Hogg Geo. farmer, Red House farm Varney George, hurdle maker

Cowell Wm. Chas. farmer, Church frm King George, farm~r &; landowner Williams John, farmer, Langbridge fm

NETTLEDElf is a parish, reconstituted out of the old ment Board's Provisional Orders Act, No. 17," dated JunIJ

'One of that name, with parts of Pitstone and Ivinghoe, 11, 1895; it will be found in Kelly's Directory of Hert-
, and tramlferred to the county of Herts by " Local Govern-
fordshire. •
~EWPORT PAGNELL is a paris-h and ancient mar-
Aet and UW4>1l town, and the head of a petty sessional Liverpool road, 141 north-east from Buckingham a.nd 4
.divisio'n 1ln& co.unty court district, in the Northern divi-
Jlion of the ~unty, and hundred of its own name, with a from the Walverton Junction station on the main line
terminal statiM on the London and North Wo('!'tern rail- of the London and North Western railway, and is in the
rural deanery of Newport, archdeaconry of Buckingham
"Way, 50 mi~es from London, 4i south from Olney, Id and diocese of Oxford. Newport Pagnell is governed by
an Urban District Council of nine members, formed in
from Northamptdn, 81 north-west from Woburn, on the October I, 1897, under the provisions of the" Local

134 NEWPORT PAGNELL. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Government Act, 1888" (51 and 52 Vict. c. 41, s. 57). Charles IT. has 200 sittings; the Wesleyan chapel was
The town is pleasantly situated on a gentle elevation erected in 1815; the Congregational chapel, originally

near the south bank of the river Ouse at its founded in 16QO, will seat 600 persons; and in Silver street
junction with the Lovat, which runs through the is a small meeting-house for the Society of Friends. The

town, and is crossed by a light iron bridge ut the Cemetery of I acre and 2 roods, laid out about 1861, at a
entrance to the town from London, the road from North- cost of £2,000, is near the church; a portion is allotted

ampton being carried over a stone bridge of five arches to Dissenters, for whom there is a mortuary chapel, the
with a long causeway crossing the Ouse. The town is parish church being used in other cases; it is under th&

lighted with gas by a Company formed in 1874, and sup- control of the Urban District Council. The Cemetery,

plied with water from works at Ash Hill, the property of formerly called" Hill Close," is probably the site of the
the Urban District Council. The adjunctive name" Pag- castle, not far from which it is said a Roman road pas-sed
nell" is derived from the Paganels, the ancient possessors from Linford through Newport Pagnell to Bedford. Th&
of the manor, whose castle here continued a place of Masonic Hall in Silver street, over the Church Institute
great strength till the Civil Wars, when it was gar- and WOl'king Men's Club, is also let for public assemblies,
risoned for the Parliament two years a'nd nine months, and iJs licensed for dramatic performances: it will hold
the force of occupation being under the command, from 250 persons. T'he Police Station, at the southern ex-
1643 to 1646, of Sir Samuel Luke, supposed to be the tremity of the town, was erected in 1872, at a cost of
original of Butler's "Hudibras." The church of SS. about £1,500: it is a structure of red brick, comprising
Paul and Peter ils a noble €difice of stone, in the Early a lofty court room for the petty sessions, retiring rooms
English and later styles, consisting of chance1, 'nave of for magistrates and witnesses, cells, and a dwelling for
six bays, aisles, north and south porches and an em- the inspector. Two neWlspapers are published here every
battled westHn tower, of Perpendicular date, with pin- Saturday. The market day is Wednesday, and a fair
nacles, containing a ciock and 9 bells, to which chimes is held on the 22nd of June. In St. iJohn street is an
were added in 1887: the north porch, dating from the ancient hospital, founded by John de Somery, in th&

reign of Edward Ill. is the oldest part of the bui'ding, reign of Edward I. and dedicated to St. John the Baptist

and over it is a priest's room: the chantry chapel at and St. John the Evangelist: it was refounded by Ann&

the east end of the south aisle is of the same date: the of Denmark, Queen of J ames I. and is 'hence known as

south porch has fine Early English arcading, and there "Queen Anne's Hospital," the foundation being for a

is a'n arcade in the south aisle: in the nave the original master, three males and three females, each receiving 8s.
position of the rood loft is distinctly marked: there are week~y a'nd firing: the annual income iJs about £300, and
~en stained windows, one of which is a memorial to the vicar is always master. The a'mshouses were erected
Robert Co12ison, surgeon, who died April 3rd, 1860, and in 1763 and endowed /by John Revis esq. for seven po15r
another in the tower was erected to the late Dr. Samuel persons: the income, derived from land, amounts to

Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford (18416-70), and of Win- £190 yearly, of which £10 is distributed in bread. The

chester (187°-73), who died 19 July, 1873: there is a Congregational chapel almshouses in Union street, en-
brass in the church, much worn, to a civilian, c. 1440: dowed by Misls Charlotte Beaty in 1851, comprise dwell-

the pulpit, presented by Mrs. Oliver :Massey, is ings for four poor persons. Various ·sums, amounting to

of carved oak supported on a stone pedestal: £100 yearly, are distributed, and there are charities of

an open screen of carved oak separates the chan- £26 for educational purposes and of about £9 for ap-
cel from the nave: in 1867 an organ-chamber prenticing, besides a year~y sum of 8 guineas for the
was built at the end of the north aisle and repair of the organ. Tickford Abbey, the residence of Maj.

a new organ placed in it, the gift of George C{)och Wm. .In. Chesshyre Butler, is a handsome m"nsion of

esq. who also gave the oak choir stang,: the church was stone, situated on the Ouse, in a small but well-wooded

restored in 1828 and in 188o: the 'nave and aisles were park, and is said to occupy the site of an ancient priory of
reseated in the year 1880, the chancel in 1894, in memory Cluniac monks, founded in the reign of William Rufus,

of Mrs. Taylor: a carved <Jak and painted reredos was by Fulk PaganeJ"., and dedicated to St. Mary: it was
erected in 18g6 as a memorial to Mrs. Maul, and brass subordinate to the Abbey of St. Martin at Tours. and

eagle lectern in 1898 in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Butler, was seized as an alien priory by Edward Ill. during the
and the church now affords 1,230 sittings, about half war with France: on its surrender in 1525 its revenues
being free: in the churchyard, which is very beautiful, were estimated at £126 17s. yearly. The Misses Newby,
both from its situation and adornments, is an epitaph by of Castl& Ashby, are ladies of the manor. The principal

Cowper to Thomas Abbott Hamilton, 1788. The register landowners are Messrs. G. O. Price, Joseph Evans Whit-

dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, net ing and William Fleet. The area is 3,396 acres of land
yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of the and 36 ()f water; assessable value, £15,345; the popula-
Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Charles tion in 1891 was 3,788, including 8 officers and 1I8 in-
MacMahon Ottley M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, lIur- mates in the workhouse.

rogate and chaplain to the union. The Baptist chapel, Caldecot is So hamlet I mile sou~h.

erected in 1824, but originally founded in the reign of Parish Clerk, F. Allfrey.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS kc.

Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Finlay Lt. -Col. Alex. The Manor hOoLitoBrickhill,Bletehley
Harter James Francis Hatfei~d esq. D.L. Cranfield court,
Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, High street.
-Joseph Comley Coales, postmaster. Letters from Newport Pagnell
London & all parts arrive by the night mail at 4.5 aom. ; Knapp John Matthew esq. RA. Little Linford hall,
dispatched to Olney at 5.20 aom. The delivery (which
is from all parts) commences at 7 la.m.; 2nd delivery Newport Pagnell
II.40 a.m.; 3rd delivery, 6.20 pom.; & there are mes- Leon Herbert Samuel esq. Bletchley park, Bletchley
sengers dispatched to the villages at 6 a.m. The day Levi William John esq. Woughton house, Bletchley
mail arrives at II aom.; dispatched to Olney at 11.30 Rowla'nd Wi~liam Richard esq. Ropley ho. Fenny StratfrcJ
a.m.; & dispatch of letters for London & the South at Selby-Lowndes Rev. Charles Wm. North Crawley Rectory,
10.5 a.m. & 2.40 & 7.40 pom.; &; night mail for all
parts at 8.25 p.m Newport Pagnell
Taylor Thomas esq. The Cedars, Newport Pagnell
Wall Letter Boxes, Tickford street, cleared at 8.20 a.m. ; Watts Edwd. Hanslope esq. Hanslope pk. Stony Stratford
12.4) &; 6.55 p.m.; sunday, 12.25 p.m. High street, Wilmer John R. esq. 50 High street
cl~ared a,t 8030 a.m.; 12055 & 6055 p.m.; sUllday, The Chairmen, for the time being, of the Newport Pagnen
11.45 .1.111. Silver street, 9.45 & 10.15 a.m. & 201 5,
Urban & Rural District Councils are ex-officio magis-
5·50 & 7.35 p.m trates

COUNTY MAGISTRATES Clerk to the Magistrates, Charles WiIliam Powell.
High street
For the Newport Pagnell Division of the Three Hundreds of
Newport. Petty Sessions held at the Police Station
alternate wednesdays at II a.m.
Tar\'er Rev. Joseph, Rectory, Filgrave, Newport Pagnell,
chairman The p~aces in the division are :-Astwood, Bradwell,
Brafieid, Broughton, Chicheley, Clifton Reynes, Nortb
Burney Henry Edward esq. Wavenden tower, Bletchley Crawley, Emberton, Gayhurst, Hanslope, Hardmead.
Carlile Ja.s. William esq. Gayhurst ho. Newport Pagnell Haversham, Lathbury, Lawndon, Great Linford, Littllt
Carlile Wm. WaIter esq.M.P.Gayhurst ho.NewportPagnell Linford, Milton Keynes, Moulsoe, Newport Pag'nell.
Chester Char" es Anthony esq Newton Blossomville, Olney, Olney Park, PftsOlt
Farrer George Denis esq. Brayfield house, Cold lJrafield, Manor, Ravenstonp, Sherington, Stantonbury, Stoke
Golding~on, Tyringham & Filgrave, Warrington, Wes-
Newport Pagnell ton Underwood, Willen, Great &; Little Woolstone

o

DIREarORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. NEWPORT PAGNELL. 135

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Great Brickhill, Great:! Linford, Great Woolstone, Ha'n-

Meets at the Council chamber, on the first &; third tues- slope, Hardmead, Haversham, La.thbury, Lavendon,
day at 7 p.m. Little Brickhill, Little Linford, Litt~e Woolstone,
Loughton, Mn<ln Keynes, Moulsoe, Newport Pagnell,
Members. Newton Blossomville, Noewton Longville, North Claw-.
ley, Olney, Olney Park Farm, PetJsoe Manor, Rave'n-
Chairman, William Rogers Chantler.

Vice-Chairman, Thomas Robinson. stone, iShenley Church End, Sherington, Simpson, Stan-

Orson Henry Bull IRetire in April, 1900. tonbury, Stoke Goldington, Tyringham-cum-Filgrave,
Thomas Robinson IWa~ton, Warringto'n, Wat'er Eaton, Wavendon, Weston
Underwood, Willen &; Woughton-on-the-Green. The
Edward David Mitchell population of the union in 1891 was 25,613; area,

IRetire in April, 1901. 74,688 acres; assessable value in 1899, £143,483
William Rogers Chantler Joseph Short
Olerk to the Guardians 1& Assoessment Committee, Chas.
Francis Littleboy '\Villiam Powell, High street, Newport Pagnell

Alfred Ballard IRetire in April, 1902. Treasurer, iFrancis Bassett. Leighto'n Buzzard
Thomas Taylor Relieving Officers, Fenny Stratford district, James Hor-
Charles Holland
ton, Fenny Stratford; Newport Pagnell district, Ernest

Officers. P. Ward, Lovatt street, Newport Pagnell; Olney dis-
trict, George Fellows, Olney
Clerk & Collector, Ernest P. Ward, Lovatt street Vaccination Officers, same as Registrars of Bll'-ths &>
Treasurer, Francis Bassett, Leighton Buzzard Deaths
Medical Officer of Health, Melville Macpherson Hailey Medical Officers & Public Vaccinat<lrs, No. I district,
Charles Terry M.R.C.S.Eng. 13 Silver street, Newport
L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. Tickford street Pagnell; No. 2 district, Harry Townshend Wickham
Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, John E. Hargreaves, Pop- M.D., C.M. Tickford street, Newport P,lgnf-ll; No. 3

lar cottage, Station road

NEWPORT RURAL DISTRICT OOUNCIL. district, Charles Terry M.RC.S.Eng. 13 8Jlver street,

Meets at the Workhouse on every ~ternate wednesday at Newporb Pagnell; No. 4 district, Charles Henry Miles
II a.m acting also as the Highway Board.
L.R.C.P.Lond. Stantonbury; No. 5 district, Charles
Olerk, Charles William Powell, High street
Treasurer, Francis Bas,sett, Leighton Buzzard J()hn Deyns M.R.C.S.Eng. Fenny Stratford; No. 6
Medical Officer of Health, Melville Macpherson Bniley
district, Francis J<lhn Grindon M.R.C.S.Eng. Oluey;
I..R.C.P. & S.Edin. Tickford street, Newport Pagllell
Sanitary Inspector, Inspector of Canal Boats &:, Surveyor, No. 7 district, William George Rutherford L.R.C.P.

George William Branson, Netherdale house, The Green 1:rel. Hansl<lpe; No. 8 district, Thomas Ilaniel Hill
Highway Surveyor, William Henry Smith, Olney
Holmes M.D., C.M. Woburn, Beds; No. 9 district,

Morris Fisher Cock L.RC.P.Lond. Turvey, Beds; No.

10 district, Harry Townshend vVickham M.D., C.M.

Tickford street, Newport Pagnell ,

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Superintendent Registrar, Charles Wiriam Powell, High

Cemetery, Ernest P. Ward, clerk to the Urban District street, Newport Pagnell; deputy, Alfred N. Nicholson,
Council
High street, Newport Pagnell
Church Institute &; Masonic Hall Co. Limited, Silver st. ;
George Henry Sampson, secretary Registrars of Births & Deaths, Fenny Stratford sub-dis-

County Court, His Honor Sir Alfred G. Marten Q.C.,LL.D. trict, James Horton, Fenny Stratford; deputy, Thomas
judge; W. R. Bull, Tegistraa-; J. P. Goodwin, high
Usher Gre'en, Fenny Stratford; Olney ,sub-district.
bahff. A court is held here once a mo'nth on friday at
George Fellows, O~ney; deputy, Mrs. Henrietta Fel-
10 a.m. in the magistrates' chamber of the Police Sta-
tion & the following places are within its jurisdiction: lows, Olney; Newport Pagnell sub-district, George Hy.
-Astwood, Bletchley, New Bradwell, Bradwell kb'bey,
Old Bradwe~l, Bow Brickhill, Great BrickhilI, Little Sampson, 93 High street, Newport Pagnell; dE-puty.
Brickhill, Broughton, Calverton, CasHe Thorpe, Chiche-
ley, Clifton Reynes, Cold Brafield, North Cra.wley, Charles Reeve, 2 Lovatt street, Newport Pagnell
Emberton, Gayhurst, Hanslope, Hardmead,Haversham,
Lathbury, Lavendon, Great Linford, Little Liniord, Registrar of Marrialles, George H. Sampson, 93 High
Loughton, Milton Keynes, Moulsoe, Newport· :&a.gnell,
street, Newport Pagnell; deputy, Charles Reeve, 2
Newton Blossomville, Newton Longville, Olney, Petsoe
End, Ravenstone, Shenley Church End, Sherington, Lovatt street, Newport Pagnell '

Workhouse, London road, erected in 1836, is of red brick

& is healthily situated; t.he cost was about £7,000 &>

it will hold 274 inmates; Charles .Austen, master;

iRev. Charles iMaoMahon Ottley M.A. chap~ain; Charles

Thomas Harrington, porter; Miss Edith Knight, female-

industrial trainer

Simpson, Stantonbury, Stoke Go~dington, Fe'nny Strat- School Attendance Committee.

ford, Stony Stratford, Tyringham-cum-Filgrave, Wal- Meets at the Union on Board days.
ton, Warrington, Water Eaton, Wavendon, Weston
Underwood, Willen, Wobur'n Sands, Wolverton, Great a.erk, Chas. Wm. Powen, High street, Newport PagneIr
Woolstone, .!rittle Woolstone &; Woughton .Attendance Officers, Fenny ,Stratford district, Jas. Horton.
For bankruptcy purpos-es this court is included in that
Fenny 'Stratford; Oluey district, George Fellows, Olney

of Northampton, .Alfred Ewen esq. Bedford, official re- PUBLIC OFFICERS. .

C8•1ver Assessor of Taxes, William Henry Taylor, Station road

County Police Station, High street, Charles .Anthony, in- Certifying Factory Surgeon, Charles Terry M.RO. S.Eng.

spector &; 3 constables 13 Silver street

Inland Revenue Officer, Thomas Ives, High street Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes, Charles William

Provident Dispensary, Harry Townshend Wickham M.D. Powell, High street
Henry Cripps Rogers M.R.C.S.Eng. Charles Terry Collector of Poor Rates, George Taylor French, Union st

M.R.C.S.Eng. &; Melville Macpherson Hailey L.R.C.P. Medical Officer of Health to the Fenny Stratford Urban

&; S.Edin. medical officers; Miss .Alice Carr,sec.1Jllion st District Council, Melville Macpherson Hailey ] •. R.C.P.

Quee'n .Anne's Hospital, St. John street; Rev. Charies & .S. Edin. Tickford street '.

MaoMahon Ottley, master; Thomas Taylor, collecting Stamp Distributor, Joseph Comley Coales, 32 High street

governor PLACES OF 'WORSIDP, with times of services.
Stamp Office, 32 High street, J. C. Coales

Volunteer &; Paid Fire Brigade, High street, S. I.. Coales, SS. Peter &; Paul Church, Rev. Charles MacMahon Ottley

captain, 2nd officer & 16 men M..A. vicar; 8 &; II a.m. & 3 &; 6 p.m.; wed. & fri.

YEOM.ANRY CAV<ALRY. II a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; mono tues. thurs. & sat. 10 a.m.
&> 6.30 p.m

:Bnckinghamshire (R()yal Bucks Hussars) (part :;rd Squad- Friends' Meeting House, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs.

ron); Hon. Major Lord Annesley, c<>mmanding; Hon. 10 a.m

Major E. H. E. OJote, sec<>nd in command; Squadron- Baptist, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m

Sergeant-Major Frize, drill instructor Congregational, Rev. Selwyn J. Evans; 10.30 a.m. k 6

NEWPORT P.AGNELL UNION. p.m.; wed. 8 p.m p.m.; mono &> .
Board day Every alternate wednesday at II a.m. at the Wesleyan, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m thu1's.
Mission Hall, 10.30 a.m. &> 6
Board room, Union Workhouse.
7.30 p.m

The union comprises the following parishes: Astwood, SCHOOLS.

Bletchley, Bow Brickhill, Brad'Wp.ll. BradweU Abbey, A School Board was formed in April, 1894, consisting of

Broughton, Castle Thorpe, Chicheley, Clift<Jn Reynes, 9 members; clerk to the board, Charles William

Oold BrafiEf-d, Emlberton, Fenny Stratford, Gayhurst, Powell, High street

136 NEWPORT PAGNELL. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Board School, erected in 1896, for about 1,000 boys, girls Newport Pagnell Gazette, 37 High street; Simpson"

&; infants; average attendance, 221 boys, 286 girls & Son, publishers; published saturday. See advert

202 infants; Orson H. Bull, master; Miss Martha Jupp, OARRIERS to :-

infants' mistress

National, Priory street, built in 1870, for 100 infants; Bedford-Charles Holland, from his own house, mono
averJge attendance, 90; Mrs. Ursula Ruffhead, mistl'ess wed. &; Slit

NEWSP.APERS. Glney-Charles Holland, from his own house, fri

Bucks Standard, 10 John street &; 2 Silver street; James Railway Station.-William Holder, station master
Line, publisher; published sat. See advertisement Omnibus from the Swan hotel to meet the principal trains

Institute &; Lecturers' Gazette, 37 High street; Simpson Newport Pagnell Motor Car Syndicate runs to Olney in

& Son, publishers; published 1st month. See advert connection with Bedford & Northampton trains

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Franklin Miss, The Ferns Rowlatt Mrs. The Mills

Mlfrey Francis, Bury lawn, Union sot Fraser Donald, Tickford< park ISalmons George, 55 Tickford street

Armstrong William, 25 St. John st French George Taylor, Union street ISalmons Joseph, 53 Tickford street
Freshwater Fdk. Fras. 23 St. John st ISalmons Mrs. Oak lodge, Silver street
Barratt Mrs. 23 High street

. Benthall Mrs. Green iodge Goodwin Jsph. Piggott, 32 St. John st Salmons Thomas, Hope 10dge,Silver st

Broomhead Edwin, Shrubbery cot- Hailev Melvi11e Macpherson, 'l'ickford Sampson George Henry, 93 High st

tage, North ·square street Saunders Charles', 74 Tickford street

Bull AustiIIJ Hy. Colvil'ie ho. Lovatt st Handford Mrs. II2 High street Saunders Oharles J. Tickford street

Bull Walter Beaty, Ceda.r holme Jones Herbert, 89 High street Saunders Edmund! J. 30 High street

Bull William Rogers, 2 Ouse bank LeaveI' Mrs. 14 St. John street Savory Mrs. The Cottage, The Green

Bueer John, Merton villa, Silver st· Line James, 76 'l'ickford street SheltonThos. Netley cot. Spring grdns

Butler Major William John Chesshyre, Littll'boy .Frank, 'I'he Limes, North sq Sheppard Miss, 98 High street

Tickford a'bbey Littleboy Mrs. 60 High street Tarry Mrs. 12 St. John street

Church Mrs. Olareville, Station road Merrikin William, 19 Silver street Tayior Fredk. Jas. Lovat bnk.Silver st

Clarke Miss, 95 High street Nicho:son .A.lfd. Nathaniel, 84 Silver st Taylor Thos. J.P. 'fhe Cedars, High st

,Coa:es Francis, Beechwood cottage Ode11 John, High street '1'erry Charies, 13 Silver street

'Coules 'Walter John, 90 High street Odell Mis!', 28 St. John street Thomas Aaron, Lovatt Bank cottage,

Cook D~\Vid, 14 '1'ickford street Ottiey Rev. Charies MacMahon M.A. Silver street

Costur Mi~s, 86 Silver street (vicar, surrogate &; chaplain of Thorne Harry, Bury avenue

-nawkes Miss, 9 St. John street union), 85 High street Townsend Mrs. 20 High street

Dodwell Mrs. 35 St. John street Payne Miss, 96 High street Wickham Hy. Townsend, Tickford st

Eames Mrs. James, 57 Tickford st Pike John Henry, Westbury house WiIkinson Amos, '1ickford street

Eden Ch1rles, The Lodge Powell Charles William, St. John street Wilmer John Robert, 50 rHigh street
IEvans Re\'. Selwyn J. (Congrega- Powe11 William John, St. John st WiImer Mrs. Carlton villa, Silver st
tiona:), The Manse, High street Price George Osborn, The Green

COMMERCIAL. Carr Ann (Mrs.), berlin wool repository, 34 High street

_Adkins John, farmer, The lVoad farm Cemetery (Ernest P. Ward, clerk to the Urban D15trict

Allfrey &; Lovell, brewers & spirit merchants &; mineral Council)

wat,er manufacturers, The Brewery Chantler William R. chemist &; druggist, 2 St. John st

Anthony Charles, inspector of police, High street Chapman Frederick, boot & shoe dealer, 54 High 8treet

Atkins William, jun. earthenware dealer, 8 Silver street Checkley Frank, fancy repository, 3 Silver street

Austin Joseph Gilbert, watchmaker, 45 High street Christian Knowledge Society Depot (James Line), 10

Bailey Art.hur T. tailor, 56 High street St. John street

Bailey John, blacksmith, Union street Church Institute &; Masonic Hall Co. Limited (George

Banks James, chimney sweeper, 90 Tickford street Henry Sampson, sec.), Silver street

Barclay & ,Co. Limited (branch) (Francis Littleboy, man- Church Institute (Rev. Charles MacMahon Ottley M.A.

ager), High street; draw on head office, 54 Lombard president; vice-presidents, F. J. Taylor &; J. R.

street. London E C Wilmer; F. G. Mills, treasurer; C. Meadows, sec.),

Barker Charles, hairdresser & tobacconist, 55 High street Masonic hall, Silver street

Barnes J ames, chimney sweeper, Priory street Coales Francis &; Son, corn, coal &; coke merchants,

Barratt Abraham, rope maker, 77 High street Shipley wharf

Bavington George, greengrocer, 72 Silver street Coales &; Sons, watchmakers, 31 High street

Buder Snsan (Mrs.), Horse & Jockey P.H. 29 Silver st Coales George, cabinet maker, 83 High street

Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, now Barclay &; Co. Coales Joseph Comley, stamp distributor, Post office, 32

Limited Iiigh street

Bennett Mary Ann (Miss), draper, 18 High street CoIl' Harry, baker, 46 Caldecote street

Bettle Frederick Selby, grocer & oil warehouse, 1 High st Cole 'WaIter Jame!, carpenter, 14 Lovatt street

Bettle Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I4 Priory street Cole William, baker, 43 Tickford street

Binyon John Crouch, Anchor hotel, High street Compton John Burnett, tailor, Church passage

Boustead James, coach builder, 5 Mill street Co-operative Stores (Mrs. AIice Prickett, manageress),

Branson George William, sanitary inspector, inspp.ctor of 75 Silver street

canal boats & surveyor to the Rural District Council, Cotton William, boot maker, 39 High street

Netherdale house, The Green County Court (His Honor 'Sir Alfred G. Marten Q.C.,

Bromwich & Son. tailors & outfitters, 40 &; 42 High st LL.D. judge; W. R. Bull, registrar; J. P. Goodwin,

Bromwich John William, tailor &c. see Bromwich &; Son high bailiff)

Bromwich William Martin, tailor &c. see Bromwich &; Son Cousins John, news agent & stationer, 12 High street

Brown Frederick, King's Arms P.H. Tickford ~treet Coverley Wm. bricklayer & stone mason, 85 Tickford st

Buckinghamshire (Royal Bucks Hussars) Yeomanry Cowley William, parchment maker, IOO Caldecote stree'

, Cavalry (part of 3rd Squadron; Capt. Lord Annesley, Danie11s Christopher, furniture broker, 44 Caldecote SL

oommanding .squadron; Squadron-,sergt.-Major Frize, &; 106 High street

drill instructor) Daniells .John, market gardener, Silver street

Bucks Standard (The) (J. Line, proprietor; published Darbe11 Jane (Miss), milliner, 66 High street

at Newport Pagnell sat.), 10 St. John street &; 2 Siiver Darby George, bicycle maker, <Silver street

street. See advertisement Dicks Henry, beer retailpr, 27 Priory street

Bull Walter Beaty, solicitor &; commissioner for oaths, Dickson Henry, shopkeeper, Priory street

Union street Dispensary (Provident) (Henry Townshend Wickham

Bull William Rogers, solicitor &; registrar of county M.D. Henry Cripps Rogers M.R.O.'S.En~. Chas. Terry

court &; commissioner for oaths, Union street M.R.C.S.Eng. &; Melville Macpherson Hailey L.R.C.P.

Bull William, fishmonger, 41 High street &; S.Edin. medical officers; Miss Alice Carr, sec.;

Eullard Alfred (Mrs.), ladies' school, Tickford lod(!e open from 9.30 to 10.30 a.m. &; from 4 to 5 p.m.).

BullaI'd Alfred, dealer in antiques &; farmer, 'l'ickf01'd Union street

lodge &; 16 St.•Tohn street Duncombe John, farmer, Tickford Fields farm

BullaI'd Henry Holland. refreshment rooms, Station roa(1 Durham, Gotto &; Samuel, land agents, auctioneers,

Bunt,ing William, butcher, 01 High street valuers &; surveyors, High- street; &; at Stony Strat-

Bunyan John, painter, I02 Tickford street ford; &; 1 Dengate, Northampton

Burgess &; Son, taiiors, 35 High street- Farrow Jane (Mrs.), confectioner, 6 Silver street

Callow Frank, draper, London house, High street Fisher William, shopkeeper, 34 Caldecote street _

Carr Alice (Miss), sec. to the dispensary, 34 High lltrect Fleet William, butcher, 25 High street

DffiECTORY.] BUCKIN GHAMSHIRE. XEWPORT PAGNELL. 137

I·'ranklin Mary (Miss), boarding house, 130 High street Mills Arthur, beer retailer, 37 St. John street

French George Taylor, collector of poor rates, U:t' on st Mills Thomas Burgess, beer ret. & shpkpr. 28 Silver at

French Robert Joseph, ironmonger, 48 High street Mitchell Brothers (William & WaIter), bakers & grocers,

Frost George, boot maker, 37 &; 39 Tickford street 38 Silver street

Frost Thomas, shoe maker, River side Mitchell Edward David, carpenter, 2 River side

Garratt David, Rose &; Crown P.H. 66 Silver street Mitchell John Holman, carpenter, I Tickford street

Geary James, laundry, Nursery cottage, Tickford street Money Edward, Red Lion P.H. 2 Caldecote street
George WaIter, cabinet maker &; music seller,II4 High st ~Ioore "Villiam James, hairdresser, 71 High street
Newport PagneU Gas &; Coke Co. Limited (WaIter Beaty
Gleave J ane (Mrs.), meal dealer, 101 High street
Bull, sec.; James Whitmee, manager), Caldecote st.;
Goodman Josiah, butcher, 31 St. John street
office, Union street
Goodman Mary (Mrs.), laundress, 9 Church passage
Newport Pagnell Gazette (Simpson & Son, publishers;
G-oodman William, shopkeeper, 13 Priory street
Goodwin Joseph Piggott, auctioneer &; high bailiff for published saturday), 37 High street. See advert

Newport PagneU &; Towcester county court, 22 St. Newport Pagnell Motor Car Syndicate (Lucas Salmons,

JO"lll street manager); offices &; depot, High street

Gotto Frederick Edward, land agent &c. see Durham, Nicholson Alfred N. deputy supt. registrar, High street
Norman J esse, farmer, Caldecote farm
Gotto &; Samuel
Hailey Melville Macpherson L.B.C.P. &; S.Edin. surgeon &; North Bucks Licensed Victuallers' &; Beersellers' Associa-
medical officer of health to the Newport Pagnell t'rban tion (George Henry Sampson, sec.), 50 High street
&; Rural District Councils &; to the Fenny Stratford Odell In.ironmonger,hardwareman &; seedsman,I3 High st
Oldham George James, baker, 20 St. John street
Urban District Council, Tickford street

Hargreaves John E. surveyor &; sanitary inspector to the Paget Bessie (Miss), dress maker, IS Union street

Urban District Council, Poplar cottage, Station road Paine Frederick, tobacconist, St. John street

Harris Henry A. beer retailer, 13 Mill street Pearce George William, Railway Tavern, High street

Harris Thomas George, butcher, 47 High street Pettit Richard, butcher, 5 High street

Hartop Jane (Miss), dress maker, North square Pettit Robert, butcher, 35 Tickford street

Harrison William, Bee Hive P.H. 40 Priory street Phillips Charles, carver &; stationer, 59 High street

Hayllar R. &; Sons, grocers &; wine &; spirit merchants, 8 Plackett Thomas, hay & straw dealer, 65 Tickford streeh

St. John street &; I Silver street Plowman Alfred, wardrobe dealer, 3 High street

Haynes Benjamin, wood dealer, Caldecote street Pool George, farmer, Linford road

Healey William, Bull P.H. Tickford street PoweU Charles William, solicitor, clerk to the guardians,

Hickson William Tear, upholsterer, 70 &; 75 High street the assessment &; school attendance committees &
supt. registrar of Newport Pagnell union, clerk to the
Higgins George, white smith, 19 Union street
magistrates, to the commissioners of taxes, the School
Higgins Thomas, shopkeeper, 100 High street
Board &; Rural District Council, High street
Higgs John, butcher, 78 High street
Hillyard Gaius, Green :Man P.H. &; parchment maker, Powell William John M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon,
St. John street
76 Silver street
Pratt William, fishmonger, &; Three CrownsP.H.St.John st
Hoddle William, boot & shoe maker, 47 IIigh strel't
Price George Osborn, corn, cake, coal & lime merchant &
Holder William, station master, Railway station
brick maker; agent for Webb's seeds &; Proctor & Ry-
Holland Charles, carrier, Clay lane
land's manures, The Green
Home William, beer retailer, Linford road
Price \John A. agent, Norwich & London Accident Assur-
Hunt Bryant, farmer, Lakes lane
Huntley Henry, wheelwright &; carriage builder, High st ance Co.& Northern Fire &; Life Assurance Co.TheWharf
Institute &; Lecturers' Gazette (Simpson & Son, pub- Pryor James, boot maker, 18 St. John street
Puryer Thomas George, confectioner, 67 High street
lishers), 37 High street. See advertisement
International Tea Co. (The) (Francis Derricott, mana- Queen Anne's Hospital (Rev. Charles MacMahon OtHey,
master; Thos. Taylor, collecting governor), St. John st
ger), 43 High street
Read Charles, boot maker,s St. John street
Ives J ames, 'Vrestlers' inn, 5 I Tickford street Reeve Charles, deputy registrar of births, deaths & mar-

Ives Thomas, inland re vdernaupeero,ff=icer&,; High street riages, 2 Lovatt street
JaCkson John Edward, 24 High l5trceb Reynolds George E. grocer, &; agent for W. & A. Gilbey

.'fackson Joseph Charles, greengrocer, 65 High sheet Limited, wine & spirit merchants, 44 High street & 43
Caldecote street
Johnson Reginald William, fruiterer. 64 High stre~t Richardson William, shopkeeper. 29 St. John street
Joyce Ann (Mrs.), lace dealer, 24 High street Robinson John, shoe maker, 7 Priory street
Juffs Mary (Mrs.), upholstress, 7 Silver street Rodwell Robert Charles, farrier, 30 Tickford street
Rose He.neage Alfred, carpenter, Tickford street
Kentish Lemuel, outfitter, 29 High street Rowlatt &; Co. Lim. millers (steam &; water), The Mills
Knight H. &; F. C. butchers, 17 St. John street
Knight James, boot maker, 15 St. John street Salmons & Sons, coach builders, 53 Tickford street
Knowles Georgina Harriett (Mrs.). beer ret. 117 High st
Sampson George Henry, registrar of births &; deaths for
Lawman Charles. baker &; confectioner, IQ High street the ~ewport Pagnell sub-district, & marriages for the
"Lee WaIter W. G. saddler, 62 High street
Leete Thomas, chemist, 17 High street
Levin Alexander, March of Intellect P.H. & butcher, 27 Union, 93 High street
Samuel William John, land agent &c. see Durham,
Silver street
Gotto & Samuel
Levin Frederick G. Dolphin P.H. High street
Line James, letterpress, lithographic & copperplate Sawbridge Joseph, butcher, 53 High street
printer & engraver, bookbinder, bookseller, stationer, Sharp Brothers, clothiers, drapers & tailors, 52 High st
music seller &; newsagent, depot of Christian Know- SheIton John, builder, Spring gardens, Caldecote street
ledge Society. & proprietor & publisher of the Simpson & Son, booksellers, printen &c. 37 High street.
"Bucks Standard" {established 1859), 10 St. John See advertisement
Simpson Lucy (Mrs.), dress maker, Silver street
street & 2 Silver street. See advertisement
Lineham Thos. grocer & pork butcher, 29 Tickivrd st Smart WaIter, hair dresser, 16 ,Silver street
Littleboy Francis, manager of Barclay & Co.'sBank,High st Smith Edward, shopkeeper, 9 Priory street
Smith Joseph Lord, basket maker, 23 Tickford street
London Central Meat Co. butchers, 6 St. John street
Smith William, wheelwright, 39 St. John street
Lord Lucy Emily (Mrs.), saddler, 28 High street
Lovell William George, brewer &c. see Allfrey & Lovell Smith William Tame, cooper, 17 Silver street
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Rev. Josepb
"Loxley Charles, shopkeeper, 22 Silver street
Tarver sec.; depot, J. Line, bookseller) 10 St. John st
McCourtie John, insurance agent, 52 Silver street
Staffordshire Coal Co. (Stubbs & Brown. agts.), Station rd
.Mapley Andrew Frederick, baker, 79 High street
Mapley E:izabeth (Mrs."), shopkeeper, 28 Caldecote st Steele David, general draper, 2, 4, 6 & 8 High street
Swan Family & Commercial Hotel & Posting
Marshall Alfred, tobacconist, 19 High street
Hous. (T. N. Wolstencroft, proprietor), High street;
Mason & Miller, grocers, 9 Tickford street
first-class aCC<lmmodation for hunting gentlemen;
Masters Caleb, shopkeeper, 10 Mill street
Masters Harry James, straw hat maker, 73 Silver street centre for Grafton, Oakley Harriers & other hounds
Syminj!ton Jemima (Mrs.), Chequers P.H. 72 High st
Mayne William, plumber, ,Silver street
Middleton William, draper, house furnisher & carpet ware- Tame George, tinman, 19 St. John street
Taylor Frans. Wm. chemist & insur. agt. 36 High st
houseman, 46 High street
Taylor T. & F. J. mineral water manufacturers, High st
'Middleton William, sen. fruiterer, 3 Station road
Taylor William Henry, assessor of taxes, Station road
Middleton Wm. jun. fruiterer & fishmngr. 93 Caldecote st
Miller Edward, grocer, see Mason & Miller Tebbet Ebenezer, gardener & seedsman, 30 Caldecote n

Miller John, Plough inn, 57 High street Thickpenny James, boot maker, Tickford' street

Nillel' John, shopkeeper, 2 Tickford street Thorne Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundress, Caldecote street

138 lSEWPORT PAG~ELL. BUCKING HAMSHIRE~ [KELLY'S

Terry Charles M.R. C. S.Eng. surgeon & medical officer & Watson Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 14 High street
public vaccinator, Nos. I & 3 districts & medical officer West Edwin, Marquis of Chandos P.H. 27 St. John street
to the workhouse & certifying factory surgeon, Newport West John, butcher, 3 St. John street
Pagnell union, 13 Silver street Whitmee James, brazier, 14 Silver street
Wickham Harry Townshend M.D., C.M. physician &;
Thorneycroft George Walter, photographer, 49 Tickford st
Tole John, watch maker & photographer, 26 High street surgeon, medical officer & public vaccinator, Nos. 2 &;
Tomkins Wm. John, George P.R. 70 Tickford street 10 districts, Tickford street
Wadhams Richard, draper, 38 High street Wilford Benjamin, builder, 74 High street
Wagstaff John Joel, furniture dealer, 7 St. John street Wilkinson Amos M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, Tick-
Waite Thomas Frederick, house decorator, Priory street ford street
Wales Wm. farm bailiff to P. Butler esq. J.P. The Farm Williams John, farmer, Tickford Park farm
Walker John, Neptune inn, 2 North square Wilmer & Sons, brewers, wine & spirit merchants &;
WaIton Henry, grocer, 21 High street mineral water manufacturers, 50 High street
Ward Ernest P. clerk & collector to the Urban District Wolstencroft Thomas Nelson, Swan hotel, High street
Wooding George, Ram inn, High street
Council & relieving officer for No. 3 district, Lovatt st Wright Isaac Lane (exors. of), plumber & painter,9High st
Warr John, carpenter, Mill street York WaIter, baker, 10 Caldecote street
Warr William, carpenter, 19 Union street
eluding 130 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gnft of
NEWTON BLOSSOMVILLE is a. parish and small
George Denis Farrer esq. J.P. and held since 1880 by the
village in a fertile valley on the borders of Bedfordshire, Rev. William Toovey M.A.. of St. Catharine's College, Cam-
separated from Cold Bradfield by the Ouse, and is 3 miles bridge. ThE're arE' charities of £9 yearly for church pur-
east from Olney station on the Bedford and Northampton poses, of which £5 is due to the parish clerk. George
branch of the Midland! railway, 6! north-east from Denis Farrer esq. of Brayfield House, Cold Brafield, is
Newport PagneIl, 9 west from Bedford and 17 from lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is
Northampton, in tbe Northern division of the county, mixed; subsoil, gravel and clay. The chief crops are
hundred, petty sessional division, union and! county wheat, beans, oat8' and roots. The area is 997 acres of
court district of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of land and 17 of water; assessable value, £1,280; the popu-
Newport Pagnell, archdeaconrYl of Buckingham and lation in 1891 was 191.
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas is an
Parish Clerk, John Millward.
ancient edifice of stone in the Decorated and Perpen-
dicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, Letters through Newport PagneIl arrive at 8 a.m. &;
north aisle, south porch andl an embattled western 4.5 0 p.m. Wall Le.tter Box cleared at 4.50 p.m. week
tower of Perpendicular date, containing 3 bells: in days & IO·45 a.m. Olll sundays. The nearest money
the church is 3l piscina; and there is a bra-ss to J ane, order & telegraph office is at Turvey, about I mile dis-
elde.st daughter of John Bodington Clerke, and Bridget,
tant
his wife, 1663; and one other to Bridget, wife of John
Bodington, 1673: the church was restored in 1862, and National School, built by the Rev. Joseph Gould M..!.
affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year
1730. The living is a rectory, net yearly value, £IlO, in- curate of this parish, in 1821, for 50 children; average
attendance, 31; :Miss Mary Hammond, mistress

Haviland Arthur de Percy Ives Evan, carpenter Robinson Joseph Henry, farmer
Skevington Ernest
Toovey Rev. William M.A. Rectory Johnson George, Old Mill P.H Skevington Albert Edward (exors. of),
Davison Charles, farmer
Finch Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper JohnsoI1 Harry & Joseph, builders farmers

Millward Joseph, shoe ma. & shopkpr Taylor Henry, farmer

:Millward William, blacksmith Woods James, boot maker

NE"\VTON LONGVILLE (or Kewington Longue- and there is! a Baptist chapel with sittings for 200

ville), is a parish nnj village 23; miles south-west from persons. AIden's charity amounts to one guinea yearly.

Bletchley Junction station on the main line of the Here was anciently a. priory of the Cluniac order,

London and Korth 'Western railway and 10 east from foundedl in the reign of Henry I. by WaIter (Giffard),

Bucking-ham, in the Northern division of the. county, Earl of Longueville. and Buckingham, as a cell to the

hundred, petty sessional division, union and county monastery of St. Faith at Longueville, in Normandy;

court district of Kewport PagneIl, rural deanery (if it was suppressed in 1415 and in 1442 Henry VI. gave

Bletchley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of the priory and most of its lands to the warden and

Oxford. The church of St. Faith is an ancient edifice scholars of Ne.w College, Oxford. The manor now bo-

of stone consisting of chancel, with aisle or chapel on longs to New College, Oxford, and in the ante-chapel

the north, clerestoried nave, aisles, north and south of that College is a brass, erected in 1879, by the pro-

porches, and an embattled western tower containing a sent rector, to William Grocyn RD. rector here 1479

clock and' 6 bells: the piers and arches of the nave to 15°4, fellow of New College 1465, and first publio

and the fine tower arch are Ealfly English: the chancel, teacher of Greek at Oxford, d. 1519. The principal

clerestory and! aisles are Perpindicular: there' are pis- landowners are Thomas George and Shadrach Tompkins

cinre and credence shelves in the aisles as well as in esqrs. The soil is some. light and clay; subsoil, clay.

the. chancel and one of those in the chancel bears the The area is 1,734 acres; assessable value, £2,259; the

arms of William of lVykeham, bishop of WinchesteT population in 1891 was 415.

(1367-14°5) and founder of New College, Oxford: the Post Office.-Henry Horne, sub-postmaster. Letters

font, restored in 1860, has a fine old carved oak cover: through Bletchley Station, which is the nearest money

the church was thoroughly restored during the period order & telegraph office, arrive at 7 a.m. Box cleared
S1I'8t8ti1n-9g1s,. aTt hae croesgtI.Sotfeur pdwaat erdss froofm£1t,h9e5 1y:eathrer1e5.60a.re T2h50e aotrdIeOr·s4°aare.mi.s&su6e·d5 ph.emre.,; bsuunt dnayotatp1a0id. IS a.m. Postal
living is a rectory, net yearly value £275, including 15 National School, built in 1838, for 90 children; average
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of New College,

Oxford, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Henry Charles attendanoo, 63; Miss Alice Mary Ikin, mistress

Blagden M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. The Primitive Carrier to Leighton Buzzard.-Amos Dickens, every

Methodist chapel, built in 1864, will seat 200 persons, tues. &, fri

Blagden Rev. Hy. Chas. M.A. Rectory Hall Thomas, Red Lion P.R Shackshaft Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer

Tupman Miss, Woodbine villa Henley Thomas, farmer Smith Joseph, farm bailiff to Thomas

WaIler Mrs Home Henry, grocer, Pos-t office George esq

Home Joseph, baker Smith William, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Jams William, farmer Tompkins Edmund, farm bailiff to

.Arnold HattiI, farmer Line Richard, shopkeeper Shadrach Tompkins esq

Carter William. Crooked Billet P.H Maclean Lachlan, farmer, Manor frm ""iaison Coles, farmer

Colman }'hilip, farmer Meacham Thomas, farmer Willison Thomas, farmer

Dickens Ahel, baker & shopkeeper Missenden George, farmer Young David, shoe maker

DickE'ns Amos, carrier Powell 'l'hos M.R.C.V.S. vet. surgeon Young Joseph, baker

Green Edmund, blacksmith Read John Thornton, brick maker Ycung .Joseph D. wheelwright

OAXLEY is a small village and parish near the petty sessional division of Ashendon, union and county
border.. of Oxfordshire., 7 miles north-west from Thame cuurt district of Thame, rural deanery of Waddesdon,
station on the Maidenhead and Oxford section of the 8rchdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The
Great Western railway, 2 south-west from Brill, 16 church of St. Mary is a. small but ancient building of
'West frol'1 Aylesbury and 10 west-by-no.rth from Oxford. stone in the Transitional, Decorated and Perpendicular
in the ~orthl'rn division of the county, hundred and styles, consisting of chancel, nave with elBrestory, and

DIRECTORY.] HUCKINGHAMSHIRE. OLXEY. 139

arcades of five bays separating it from the north aisle, £8, which is received by the churchwardens and expended
south transept, south p<>rch and a low western tower m the purchase of greatcoats and calico; Hart's charity
containing 4 bells and having a stair turret at the produces an annual sum of £2 gs. 3d. "hich is retained
south-east angle rising above the tower and capped with by the trustees until it amounts to a sufficient sum
a spirelet and finial: in the south transept is a stained for apprenticing the son of one of the poor labourers in
window of three lights, and the outside wall has a the parish, the premium given varying from £'20 to

cinquefoiIed arcading: in the north aisle are two tombs £25; Clark's charity of £ I annually is applied to the
of the 13th century, one of which bears a cross finely repair of the parish church. Richard Turpin and Ralph
carved! on the upper slab, and on the other are traces Beal conveyed to two trustees and their heirs a parcel
of a brass; some wall painting, formerly whitewa!>hed, of land, consisting of rather more than 6 acres of
still exists: the north wall of the chancel retains a pasture land and) producing a rental of £10 yearly,
Decorated piscina, and the south transept a hagioscope which is also expended in church l"epairs. Charles
and an ancient stone locker: in 1885 the chancel was Aubrey Aubrey esq. of Dorton is lord of the manor
entirely rebuilt at the eole expense of Charles Aubrey and Mrs. Bevan is the principal landowner. The soil is
Aubrey esq.: in 1886 the interior was entirely refloored a deep tenaciou::l dark clay, with various loams; sub-
and reseated, and new heating apparatus affixed, at a soil, gravel and clay. The area is 2,806 acres; assessable
cost of £200, and In 188g the Manor aisle was restored value, £3,163; the population in 18g1 was 449 in the civil
and a new pUlpit, lech;rn and font cover were pro- and 445 in the ecclesiastical parish.
vided. The total cost of these several works amounted
to upwards of £1,065, of which £860 was contributed By Local Government Board Order 19,618, dated March
by O. A. Aubrey esq. the patron: there are 200 sittings, 25, 1886, Shabbington Wood Cottage was transferred from
most of which aTe free. The register dates from the Shabbington t,o Oakley.
year 1726. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
[,240, including residence and 100 acres of glebe (the Parish Clerk, John Brooks.
whole of which is let in allotments), in the gift of C. Post Office.-Richard Ebo,rn, sub-postmaster. Letters
Aubrey Aubrey esq. and held Isince 1896 by the Rev.
James Skinner RA. o( Trinity College, Dublin. The received through Thame via Brill at 8.15 a.m. Box
Poor Folk's pasture of IIS acres produces £102 yearly, cleared at 4.55 p.m.; sunday, 2.30 p.m. The neares-\
wbich is distrihuted among about 34 poor persons of this money order & telegraph office is at Brill
parish, each of whom receives £3 yearly; there is also Xational School, enlarged in 1884, for 122 children;
another allotment, of 4 acres producing an annual rental of number on roll, 126; average attendance, II4; Thomas
J. Gaze, master; ~Iiss A. A. Gaze, infants' mistress
Carrier to Thame.-John Hawes, tues
Carrier to Oxford.-John Hawes, wed. & sat

Boys Miss, Chestnut cottage Hawes George, grocer Measey George, pig dealer

Gaze Thomas G Hawes James, farmer, Common farm Measey Joseph, shopkeeper

Skinner Rev. James RA. Vicarage & Catsbrain Mortemore William, farmer, Ixhill

Hawes John, grocer, baker & provsn. Prentise William, beer retailer

COMMERCIAL. dealer &c Shirley Thomas, Foresters Arms P.R.

,Claydon Henry, blacksmith Hawes Richard, frmr. Oakley common & coal merchant

Evans John, Chandos Arms P.H Honour Aubrey, farmer Shirley Thomas (Mrs.), grocer

Gladdy Maria (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H. Kirby James, farmer, Manor farm lValker Edward, hay dealer

& farmer Kirby Thomas, farmer

OLNEY, in Domesday "Olnei," is a small market removed from St. Mary's 'Woolnoth, London, of which

town and parish in a pleasant valley on the river Ouse, I ne was rector from 1770 till his death, 31 Dec. 1807.
with a station on the Bedford and Northampton branch and interred in Olney churchyard, where a marble tomb
of the Midland railway, 59 miles from London, 4 m:les I has since been erected. The register dates from the
north from Newport Pagnell, 12 south-east from North- vear 1665. The Jiving is a vicarage, net yearly value
. ampton, 12 west from Bedford and 12 south from Wel- £154, including 9 acres of glebe, with residence, in the

lingborough, and is in the Northern division of the I gift of the Earl of Dartmouth, and held since 1856 by

county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and the Rev. John Piercy Langley M.A. of St. John's 001-
eounty court district of Newport Pagnell and in the lege, Cambridge and surrogate. The Baptist chapel here,
rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of founded in 16g-l, and rebuilt in 1893, will seat 500 persons.
Buckir.gham and diocese of Oxford. The town consists 'I'he Particular Baptist chapel, erected in rB63, has sittings
principally of one long street, with a few others branch- for 150; and there .is a Congregational church, erected
ing off from the Market place, an open space in the in 1879, and called the "Cowper Memorial Church,"
centre of the town; but, owing to the prosperity of the with 450 sittings. The trade of the town depends par-
shoe trade here, the town has much increased, es- tially on the agricultural districts in the neighbourhood.
pecially near the rai1way station: the river Ouse bounds but chiefly on t,he manufacture of boots and shoes.

it on the east and south and is crossed on the south by which is carried on here to a considerable extent; there
a stone bridge of 5 arches to Emberton, as well as by is also a large brewery. The market day is Thursday.
an iron bridge constructed in 1894: gas is supplied by A fair is held on Easter Monday; another, called
a. company formed in 1854 and water is derived from "Cherry fair," on June 2gth and 30th, and a third on
springs and wells. The church of SS. Peter and Paul the 13th October. There are 12 almshouses for single
is a. building of stone in the Decorated style, erected women and widows, erected and endowed in 1835 by
during the period 1325-50, and consists of chancel. Misses Ann Hopkins Smith and Mary Smith, of Olney,
nave, aisles, north porch and a lofty western tower two benevolent ladies of the Society of Friends, with
with spire rising to a height of 185 feet, and containing an allowance of Ss. per week to each of the inmates;
a clock and a fine peal of 6 bells: the tower is massive they also left £45 yearly for clothing to poor Dis-
and has octagonal pinnac,les at the angles, and the senters, and £45 to a school: the feoffees' charity, con-
spire is pierced with four tiers of windows, all with good sisting of Peirson's charity and the Causeway estate,
tracery and canopies: the nave is separated from the amounts to about £2°5, which sum is devoted to edu-
aisles by arcade" of five arches on either side: the cational purposes, the maintenance of the Causeway and
chancel is deflected from the central axis towards the to the poor. William Cowper, the poet, on leaving
north, and retains three sedilia rising eastwards and a Huntingdon, resided here from October 14, 1767 to
piscina: opposite is an arched recess, probably an Easter 1786, when he removed to the neighbouring parish of
sepulchrE': the stained east window was presented by Weston Underwood; while at Olney he occupied a
the late Thomas Revis esq. as a memorial to his wife: large house in the Market square with a garden in the
the very fine Perpendicular roof was destroyed about rear; the summer house, in which, according to tra-
1[00 for the sake of the lead, which was sold to pay dition, the poet composed his ballad of "John Gilpin."
for repairs: brasses are recorded as once existing here is sit~ated midway between the house and the rectory,

to ElIzabeth, wife of John Parker, and to Humphry formerly the residence of Cowper's friend, the Rev.

Niccolls, 1654: in 1897 a new reredos was erected as a John Newton, curate here from 1764, and is now covered
memorial to John and William Garrard esqrs. and a new with hundreds of autographs scribbled on the walls;
font was also presented by the vicar in commemoration of some relics of the poet are preserved in the house.
the Queen's Diam{)nd Jubilee: in 1874 the chancel was which, as well as the garden containing his favourite
rest<lred by the Earl of Dartmouth, the patron, under the seat, is shown; here he kept the three hares, the care
direction of t,he late Sir G. Gilbert Scott kt. R.A. at a of which so often relieved his depression, and of which
cost of nearly £2,000. and the nave in 1876-7; further re- he writes :-" the management of such an animal was
storations- were carried out in 1880, 1883 and 1885, the just the sort of employment my case required." The
total cost amounting to £1,316: there are goo sittings, old bridge over the Ouse, built before 1334 and re-
one third being free. In 1893 the remains of the Rev. built in 1819, is the one" that with its wearisome but
John Newton, curate here from 1764, and hill wife, were needful length bestrode the wintry flood;" this bridge,

140 OLNEY. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY'S

"With the exception of part of its north end, was re- PUBLIC OFFICERS.

moved about 1830. An old house at the north end of Certifying Factory Surgeon, Medical Officer &; Public
Vaccinator, :No. 6 District, Newport Pagnell Union,
the town, dating from 1624, was pulled down about Francis James Grindon, M.R.C.S.Eng. High street

1894. "The Great House," a mansion which swod Clerk to the Commissio 1ers of Taxes for the Division of
i>outh of and near to the church, was built by William
Johnson esq. of Olney, 1642-1669, and was for ~everal Barford, Archibald AlIen, High street
-generations in that fami'ly. Not far north of the town Clerk to the Magistrates for the Division of Sharnbrook,
is the site of a Roman station, and in a field, now called
Bedfordshire, Archibald AlIen, High street
"Ash Furlong," between the Lavendon and Warrington Inland Revenue Officer, J. Neil Macmenneman, Hope cot
Registrar of Births &; Deaths &; Relieving &; Vaccination
roads, remains of Rom3n pottery, and coins from the
reigns of Nerva (A.D. 96) to that of Constantine (A.D. Officer, Olney District, Newport Pagnell Union, George
Fellows, Dartmouth road
306) have been met with in considerable abundance, Deputy Registrar of Births &; Deaths, Olney Sub-dis-
<bosIdes a small bronze figure of Mercury. Olney Park trict, Newport Pagnell Union, Mrs. Henrietta Fellows,
!farm, a royal property belonging to the Duchy of Lan- Dartmouth road
-caster, now marks the situation of the land which Ralph, Sub-Distributor of Stamps, Hy. Herbert Booth, Post
office
3rd Baron Bassett, of Sapcote, Leicester, was licensed
~;o empark in 1374; it was formerly extra parochial, but
was formed into a parish in the Newport Pagnell union

"in 1861, although for ecclesiastical purposes it is still SiOHOOLS.
:attached to the parish of Olney. Olney Court, a farm
about a mile north-east of the town, appears to be the A School Board of 7 members was formed 23 March,
site of the mansion of the feudal lords. Courts leet 1875, for Olney, Olney Park Farm &; Warrington;
-and baron are held here once a year at the Bull inn, for Archibald AlIen, clerk to the board; John Mantel, 19
the Earl of Dartmouth. The area of the parish is Market place, attendance officer

'.2,127 acres of land and 26 of water; the population in the Board, High street, built in 1877 &; enlarged in 1884-

parish in 1891 W!lIS' 2,399, and of the town 2,320; assess- for 300 childrpn, at a cost of £2,400; average at-

.able value, £8,513, tendance, 28o; George Edward Eady, master; Miss

The area of Olney Park Farm is 206 acres; assessabla Emma Laura Tong, mistress; Miss Eliza Bowley, in·

value, £85. fants' mistress

WARR1NGTON is a hamlet Il miles north, on the National (mixed), near the church, built in 1847, for

borders of Northamptonshire. The area is 1,003 acres of 174 children; average attendance, 127; William Kinch,

land and 5 of water; assessable value, £644; the popu- master; Miss Rosa Ledger, mistress

lation in 1891 was 69.
OONVEYANOE.
Parish Clerk, J ames Perkins.

Fust, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express- Delivery, Parcel Railway Stat~on, William Grice, station master
An omnibus from Bull hotel meets every train
Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office. (Sub-
Office. Letters should have 8.0. Bucks added).- Newport Pagnell ~otor Car Syndicate runs in connection
Henry Herbert Booth, postmaster.-Letters arrive with NorthamptoIl\ &; Bedford trains

at 6.45 a..m. &; 1.5 p.m.; dispatohed at 8. IQ &; 9·45 Carriers to:
.a.m. &; 6,35 p.m.; sundays, arrive at 6,45; dispatched

-at 9.55 a.m. Money order office open from 7 a.m. to 8 Bedfcrd-Field, from his own house, thurs
p.m Newport Pagnell-Holland, from the' Swan,' fri
PPBLIC ESTABLISHME~TS.
Northampton-Field, from his house to the Wood hill,

~nland Revenue Office, Bull hotel, High street wed. &; sat. 10 mormr.~

Y olunteer &; Paid Fire Br~gade, High street; William Turvey-Bailey, Irom Swan,' to his house, thurs. 4 p.m
Yardley HaiStings-Field, sat
Clarabut, c3Jptain &; 19 men

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hayllar Charles Busby, 26 High street Paggett George, 4 High street

Higgs John, sen. High street Pag-gett Ralph Geo. 118 Market place

Allabarton Frank, 22 Market place Hinde William, Station road Pater John E. Devon cot. High stree'

~~llen Archibald, 17 High street Hipwell Arthur William, Weston road Pebody William E. Bridge house

..AlIen Mrs. Bridge street Hipwell Edward, High street Perry Mrs. 22 High street

Allen Mrs. Weston road Hipwell John Charles, High street Revis Miss, 6 High street

Allwood Mrs. 60 High street Hipwell Mrs. William, Westland Scott Rev. Thomas (Congregational),

lligg Thomas, High street Horwood Mrs. 60 High street High street

Cartwright John Holland, Station rd Hummel W. H. 65 High street Sharp Mrs. Etolia house, Bridge street

.coles Thomas T. ,Springfield house Kitchener In. Thos. Dartmouth road Smith Alfred, Clifton house, High st

J)rage George Herbert, 39 High street Langley Rev. John Piercy M.A. (vicar Smith John, Dartmouth road

Eyles Thomas, High street &; surrogate), Vicarage Whitmee John, High street

{Tibb Mrs. High street Mann Joseph William, Station road \Vhitmee Miss, Dartmouth road

Gibson Charles, 3I High street Manning Miss, 8 High street Wl>ntner Misses, 29 Weston road

{Trindon Francis James, High street Mobbs Mrs. Dartmouth road Wright W. S. '10 High street south

Harris Mrs. 33 Market place Negus John, 113 High street

CO'IMERCI.U.. Cobb Thomas, carpenter, High street

.AlIen Archibald (firm, J. Garrard &; Allen), solicitor &; Cooper Leapidge, coal merchant, High street
clerk to the magistrates &; highway board for the
division of Sharnbrook & to the commissioners of Daniells Emily &; Edith (Misses), dress makers, 28
taxes for the division of Barford &; clerk to Sharn-
brook &; Olney school boards, High street High street

Aspray Sarah (Mrs.), grocer, 92 High street Dawes Samuel, builder &; bricklayer, 6 Church street
Aspray Annie (Mrs.), baker, 24 Market place
llarc1ay &; Co. Lim. (sub-branch) (Francis Littlebox, DimlllOck Charles Barnard, cabinet maker, 15 Market pI

ma!!.), open thurs. 12 W 4, Market place; draw on head Drage Joseph, shopkeeper, Dartmouth road

office, ,S4 Lombard street, Lo'ldon E C Dragll .Tona.than, Rose &; Crown P.H. Market place
'Barnwell William, wheelwright, Weston road
'Bass Thomas, draper &; outfitter, II High street Ellis &; Everard Lim. coal merchants, Railway station
B£&dfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, now Barclay &; Co.
Fellows George, registrar of births &; deaths &; reliev-
Limited
ing &; vaccination officer for Olney district, Dart-
Bellamy William, shopkeeper, 25 Yardley road
'Berridge John, blacksmith, 106 High street mouth road
Booth Henry Herbert, postmaster &; sub-distributor of
Field Alfred, grocer, 10 High s,treet •
stamps, 35 &; 36 Market place
lJoswell Edward, lift maker, 19 Yardley road Field George, carrier, 64 High street
'Boswe11 Joseph, calter, Neartown
lJradford William, farm bailiff to the Earl of Dart- Field Henry A. butcher, 16 High street

mouth, Olney court Field Jail Wm. baker &; mineraJ water ma. 35 High It
Rrooks William, baker, 9 High street
Cattle Geor~e, plasterer, Bridget street Freeman Frederick William, carpenter, 21 WestoD road
Clarabut William, draper 5, &; tailor 6, Market place
Clark Charles, cycle agent, Yardley road Freeman George, boot &; shoe agent, 20 Market place

Freeman Selina (Miss), furniture dealer, Market place

Freeman Thomas, fruiterer, 12 High street

Freeman Wa.lter Steff, carpenter, Market place

Garner Joseph, general draper, 21 Market place

Garrard (J.) &; AlIen, solicitors, High street

Glasspole Lorenzo Bernard, chemist, 23 High street

Griggs George, watchmaker, 35 High street south

Grigg!' Thomas WaIter, wheelwright, Silver end

Gudgen A. &; Co. milIeu (steam &; water), Cowper millt

JDIRECTORY. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. OVIXG. 14l

Grindon Francis James M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A. surgeon & . Olney Gas Co. (D. N. Morgan, sec)

certifying factory surgeon & medical officer & public Olney Fire Brigade (vYilliam Clarabut, capt.), High st.

vaecinator No. 6 District, Newport Pagnell Vuion, Osborn Arthur James, butcher, 20 High street south

High street Osborn Charles Douglas, butcher, 26 High street

Hardware & Oil Cash Stores (proprietors, J. W. & E. Page James, farmer, Weston road

Sowman), hardware dealers & oilmen, 90 High street Paggett Herbert Ernest, Two Brewers P.HL Spout bne..

Harris Arthur William, saddler, 77 High street engineer & cycle maker, High street

Rarris Henry, Saracen's Head P.H. 9 Market place Parrott George William, baker, 28 Bridge street

Harrison Juseph, boot & shoe dealer, Il9 High street Partridge Abel, shopkeeper, 61 Hillh street

Hart Joseph, builder, Station road Pater John E. & Co. coal, coke, salt & slate merchants.;

Hawley Frederick George, cabinet maker, 20 High street steam, plough 6i; thrashing machine owners, High st

Hayllar Charles B. grocer, 24 High street south Perkins Thomas, carpenter, 2 Silver end

Hayllar William, grocer, Weston road Raban George E. plumber, 27 High street

Hellyer John, Boot inn, Bridge street Raban Robert E. baker, 17 Market place

Binde & Mann, boot & shoe manufrs. Midland road Ratcliff OliveI', printer, stationer & booksllr. High st. sth

Binde Edward (Mrs.), grindery dealer, High street Ratcliff William, saddler, 21 High street south

Hipwell & Co. brewers, wine & spirit merchants, High st Redmill George, smith, High street

Hoddle Alfred, butcher, 32 Market place Robinson Elijah, shoe maker, Weston road

Hoddle William, shoe maker, 29 High street south Ruffhead .Tuhn Wal~er, shoe maker, High street south

Hollingshead James, watch maker, 11 High street Sanders Henry, Queen hotel, every accommodation for-

Horn William, Cock inn, 7 Silver end commercial travellers, cyclists & visitors to the district.

Bowson .Tames, chimney sweeper, 37 High street Dartmouth road

Bowson Waiter, farmer, Warrington Sanders Percy G. butcher, Midland road

Huckle Joe, chimney cleaner, East street Sanders Richard, Swan inn P.H. High street south

Johnson Thomas, boot & shoe manufacturer Smith George, lace buyer, High street

Jones Fred, apartments, Midland road Smith John, boot & shoe agent, High street

King Martha (Mrs.), confectioner, High street Smith John, lift manufacturer, Dartmouth road

Knight William Inkermann, stationer, 7 Market place Smith Thomas, basket maker, 22 Bridge street

Knight Thomas William, boot maker, 25 High street Soul John, baker, 71 High street

Knight William Thomas, shoe maker, 14 High street Sowman John William & Edwin (late T. Cooper), agri-

Lineham George, shopkeeper, High street cultural builders, furnishing & general ironmongers.
Litchfield William Thomas, painter, 16 High street sth
oil, color & seed merchants, bicycle & sports agents r

Littleboy Francis (mgr. of Barclay & CO.'8 bnk.),Mrkt. pI special cash discount, 33 Market place

Long:and Thomas, farmer, High street Spencer Charles William, machine maker, High street

Lord John, dairyman & cowkeeper, Neartown Stow Benjamin, dairyman & cowkeeper, Church street

Lovell Edmund Stephen, Old Castle P.H. High street Stratton William, Duke William P.H. High street

Lyman Thomas, fishmonger, Weston road Swain William, baker, III High street

Macmenneman J. Neil, inland revenue officer, Hope cot Talbot 'William, farmer & brick & tile manufr. The Hyde-

Mann Jsph. Wm. boot & shoe mfr. see Hinde & Mann Thompson Joseph, fruiterer & grocer, 2 High street

Mantel John, hair dresser, taxidermist & school attend- '!'hompson Lewis, grocer, High street

ance officer, 19 Market place Timperley Arthur, grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey-

Mapley William Thomas, lift maker, High street Lim. wine & spirit merchants, I High street south

Mechanics' Institute (J. Neil Macmenneman, hon. sec.), Turnell Henry T. shopkeeper, Midland road

High s t r e e t ' Waters Horace, baker, West street

Minney Harry, hair dresser, High street "Vatson Henry, Sun inn, Weston road

Morgan FredeI'ick, plumber, 5 High s-treet'South West Ephraim, lift maker & coach prop. '98 High street

Morgan Daniel Nichols, insurance agent, 53 High street Whitlock George, draper, 22 High street south

Morgan John, tailor, 26 Bridge street Whitmee S. & F. D. bakers, Midland road

MynaI'd AI'thur, boot & shoe agent, High street south Wiffin .Albert J. ironmonger, 90 High street

Mynard WaIter G. Red Lion P.H. High street Wilford William Samuel, bnilder & plumber, High street

Negus John, wheelwright, 13 High street WiIson Franceos (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Midland road

Nichols John, tailor, Weston road Wooton Frederick Henry, Duke of York P.H. High st

Northamptonshire Union Bank Limited (branch) (Alex. Wright Ann (Miss) (exors. of), chemist & druggist, 35-

Eames Parsons, manager); open thursday 12 to 4, & 36 Market place

Market place; draw on Williams Deacon & Manchester Wright George, marine store dealer, Weston road

& Salford Bank Limited, London E C Wright Thomas, Cowper school, High street south

Olney Co-operative Society (Geo. Freeman, mgr.),Mrkt.pl York Susannah (Mrs.), Bull hotel

OVING is a scattered parish and village, seated on an glass, one being the gift of Miss Hill and another the-

eminpnce, about 3 miles north-east from Waddesdon Park gift of 14 priests, and there are two other stained win-

station on the Metropolitan Extension railway, 6 north- dows, one of which was placed in 1889: there are 230-

west from Aylesbury and 5 south-south-west from sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates·

Winslow, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of from the year 1733; marriages, 1780. The living is a

Ashendon, Winslow petty sessional division, union and rectory, net yearly value £260, with residence and 23

county court district of Aylesbury, rnral deanery of acres of glebe, in the gift (}f the Lord Chancellor, and held-

Claydon, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of since 1880 bv the Rev. Isaae Hill M.A. of St. John's Col-

Oxford. The church of All Saints is an ancient building lege, Cambridge. The Primitive Methodist chapel here-

of stone principally in the Early English style and con- affords 200 sittings. Mr. John Hill, of Oving, left by will

sisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, south a. sum of twenty shillings in money and a great coat to'

aisle and small north aisle, south porch and a western the value of twenty shillings, not however, to be given

tower containing a clock and 3 bells, rehung since 1882: to any people in the parish receiving collection, this

the brass of Thomas Richardson, rector here 15°5-23, is benefaction was first received October 5th, 1752; and

now lost: there are two piscinre, and the remains of £3 a year is now assigned the parish of Oving, the

rood stairs in the south aisle: the church was restored greater portion of the income being shared by Wendover

in 1867 and re-opened December 13th, in that year, the. and Brierton. Oving Hous~, the residence of Col.

clerestory windows renewed, the south and east walls, WaIter Caulfeild Pratt D.L., J.P. stands in a command-

of the chancel were rebuilt, a new open roof of pine ing situation overlooking the vale of Aylesbury; the-

fixed and a carved oak screen placed in the south arch: I mansion contains some beautiful wood carving and richly-

the reredos, of alabaster and marble, the communion I decorated ceilings designed, it is said, by Inigo Jones.

table, stalls and prayer-desks and the pulpit, an I The right to the lordship of the manor was disputed
octagonal work in Ancaster stone, were all new: a door- Imore than half a century ago, and the question is not
way on the north side, previously blocked up. was I yet definitely settled. Capt.. H. R. Cartwright, of Up-

opened and now forms the entrance: the restoration of I wood, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, Mr. Baron John

the clerestory was effected at the cost of the Re.. Gates, Mr. J. H. Gny, and Leopold de Rothschild esq. of
William Henry Young M.A. then resident curate and Park, are the chief landowners. The soil is chiefly'
IAscott
now (1899) vicar of North Moreton, Berks, and the I clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are grass and pota~

members of his family: the communion cloth was given I tees. The area is 99<> acres, of which 144 only is arable.. "

by the Hon. Mrs. Caulfeild Pratt (d. March, 1894), and. the remainder being pasture; 8JSIsessable value, £2,212 r

Ithe books by her sons and their tutor: the total cost of the population in 1891 was 364.

the restoration was about £800: the stained east window Parish Clerk, James ShowIer.
was erected in 1882, and more recently the four remain- I Post Office.-Mrs. Mary Evans, sub-postmistress. Letter~

ing chancel windows have also been filled with stained. are received through Aylesbury at 8 a.m.; dispatched

142 OVING. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

5.30 p.m. & on sundays arrive 8.30 a.m.; dispatched National School (mixed), established in 1861, for 70

10.20 n.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not children; average attendance, 68; Mrs. John ShowIer,

paid. 'rhe nearest money order &; telegraph office is at mistress

Whitchurch, 2 miles distant Carrier to Aylesbury.-John Clarke, jun. wed. & sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cannon John, dairyman Fincher Noah, boot. maker

Hill Rev. Isaac M.A. (rector) Clarke Frdk. Black Boy P.H. & butchr Lloyd Emanuel, butcher & farmer

Marks Richard Olarke George, butcher & farmer Nash Ann (Miss), dressmaker

Pratt Col. WaIter Caulfeild D.L., J.P. Clarke J ames, beer retailer Parrott J oseph, farmer & cattle dlr.

Oving house Clarke John, jun. Butchers' Arms P.H. Church farm

COMMERCUL. & carrier Walker Frederick, corn dealer

Clarke William, farmer & dairyman, Walker Frederick, farmer

Bates Mrs. farmer, Crandon farm Cross roads Walker Henry, farmer

Baylis Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper Clay Frederick, farmer Ward Samuel, blacksmith

Bradshaw William, shopkeeper Evans Emanuel, farmer & cattle dlr Watts Charles, pig dealer

PADBURY is a parish and village with a station on living is a vicar,lge, net yearly value £130, including 72

the Banbury and Bletchley branch of the London and acres of glebe and residence, built in 1880, in the gift of

North Western railway, 4 miles north-west from Win- tUB Lord Ch.mcellor, and held since 1895 by the Rev.

elow, 3 south-east from Buckingham and 54 from Lon- Thomas Kensit Norman l\I.A. of Trinity College, Cam-

don, and is in the Northern division of the county, in bridge. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1876, and will

the hundred, petty sessional division, union and county s~at 130 persons. In July, 1643, an engagement took

court district of Euckingham, rural deanery of Claydon, place here between a detachment of Royalists, under Sir

archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. Charles Lucas, and some Parmamentary troops, com-

'1'he parish was enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1795. manded by Col. Middleton, in which the latter were de-

The village stands on an eminence near the London road feated, and the burial. of 8 soldiers is entered in the

and on the Lovatt, a feeder of the river Ouse, over register. :Lace making, formerly the general occupation

which there is a stone bridge of three arches, built in of the women in this parish, now employs but few. Pad-

1826, and uniting this parish and Buckingham. The bury Lodge, the seat of William Frederick Gore-Langton

village is supplied with water by means of 10 hydrants esq. is a mansion of red brick, rebuilt in 1897-8, and sur-

fixed at various points, the water being drawn by gravit- rounded by a lawn of 4 acres. The Warden and Fellows

at,ion from a spring on the Winslow road, abont a ! mile of All Souls' College, Oxford, who) are the lords ~f the

distant. The works were carried out by the Bucking- manor, Viscount Cliiden and Joseph Webb esq. are the

barn Rural District Council in 1894 at a cost of £280. principal landowners. The soil is clay and gravel;

The church of St. Mary the Virgin or St. Matthew is an subsoil, clay. The land is pasture and arable, the

ancient edifice of stone in the Early English and Per- greatest portion being pa.sture. The area is 2,106 acres

pendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four of land, about 1,388 of which are held by yearly tenants,

bays, aisles, south porch and a low e~battled western under the Warden and Fellows of All Souls' College, Ox-

tower t:ontaining 6 bells, rehung in 1879: the chancel ford, and 13 of water; rateable value, £3,565 28. 7d.;

was restored in 1882 from designs by the late Sir G. the JKlPulatiGn in 1891 was 490.

Gilbert Scott kt. RA.. the interior being refitted with P ost , M_ . I.l...i T• O.,T• 1\1• 0 ., ExpresSl Delvi ery, Parce1
choir stalls and communion rails of oak, and new chancel Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office. John AsWey

steps of black and white marble laid down at a total 1\fiddleton, sub-postmaster. Letters received from

cost of £1,075; the massive oak communion table is Bnckingham at 7. 15 a.m. &; 5 p.m.; dispatehed at 7. 15
said to have been given to the church by the young a.m. & 5.30 p.Dl. week' d ays 0 nly
men of the parish in 1634: the communion plate in- 'Vall I"etter Box, Station, cleared at 7. 15 a.m. &; 5. 20 p.m

eludes a silver chalice with cover, dated 1574, and a Xational School (mixed), built in 1840, for 100 children;

silver paten, with the hall-mark of a date between 1618 aVE'rage attendance, 77; William Bowers, master
and 1638, presented in 1876 by the wife of the present
vicar: in 1897 the porch was rebuilt, and the roofs of the Carriers to Buckingham.-ThomlliS Judge &; George
tover, nw'l and aisle repaired, at a cost of £800, under Spatcher, daily

the directi m of J. Oldrid Scott esq. F .S.A.: tliere are Railway Station, L. & N. W. R Joshua Dickinson, sta-

300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The tion master

Broughton Miss H. Delves Bllrton Benjamin, falmer, Folly farm Middleton In. Ashley, baker, Post off

Carey H. Cyril, Dunstall lodge Bang-han Thomas, builder Morris Henry, dairyman

Chapman Thomas, Vine cottage Biddlecombe Alfd. New inn &. farmer Perkins Annie (Mrs.), coal merchant,

Clarke Benjamin, Essex h011se Bull Thomas, beer retailer Station

Elkington Mrs Burr George, Robin Hood P.H Perkins Ellen (Mrs.), farmer

Frost John Burrows William, frmr. Grange farm Rees Rees, farmer, Manor farm

Gore-Limgton Wm. Fredk. Padbry.ldg Burton Jabez, miller, Padbury mill Ridgway Wm. threshing macho propr

Malins Mrs Burton Joseph, farmer, West hill Seal' William, butcher

Norman Thomas Kensit M.A.. (vicar), Olarke George, farmer Smith Henry, builder & contractor

Vicarage Olarke Henry, farmer Spatcher Francis, Blackbird P.B

Perkins Mrs. Lime Tree house . Crook Arthur C. farmer, Padbury hill Spatcher John, beer retailer

Salmon Miss 0 Fletcher Thoma3, shoe maker Stanton James, cowkeepel'

Stratford George Foxley Rebecca (Mrs.), brick maker Taylor Waiter, insurance saent

Swaine Mrs. 'rhe Laurels Gibbard Newman, Red Lion P.H Todd John, White Hart P.R"

Tillier William. Gore villa Guyatt Charles, farmer . Treadwell Ma1'Y (Miss), shopkeeper

COMMERCIAL. King Thomas, farmer & butcher

Arnold William, grocer & draper Kirtland William Sam, blacksmith Warr Oha.s. Bennett, frmr. Yew Tree

PENN is a village and parish near the river Wyck, Curzon families, including one to Esther (Hanmer), first
2 miles south from Loudwater station on the Maidenbead wife of Assheton, first Baron and Viscount Curzon, d.
and Oxford branch of the Great Western railway, 3~ north 2rst July, 1764, and to Lady Dorothy (Grosvenor). his
from Beaconsfield, 41 south-west from Amersham and second wife, d. 24 Feb. 1774; and another monument,
3! north-east from Wycombe, in the Southern division by Bacon, to the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon M.P. for
of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Leominster and Leicester, d. 3 Sept. 1797; there is aIsI)

Ilurnham, union of Amersham, county court district of a memorial to the Rev. Roger Mather, 11 years vicar;
High Wycombe, rural deanery of Amersham, arch- and below the church is the vault of the Fenn famtly:
deaconry of Euckin.gham and diocese of Oxford. The the east window is stained: there are 300 sittings. In
village, which presents a very picturesque appearance, t,he churchyard are several grand old yew trees. The

stands on an eminence and is remarkably healthy; from register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicar-

the tower of the church, which is said to stand at an age, net yearly value £255, with 47 acres of glebe, with

elevation of 600 ft. above the sea level, Windsor Castle residence, in the gift of Earl Howe, and held sinee 1898
and portions of twelve counties may be seen. The by the Rev. Benjamin John Short Kerby L.Th. of Dut-
church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient edifice of brick ham University. The Baptist chapel, erected in 1802, will

and flint with stone quoins, in the Early English style, seat 150 persons, and there is also a Wesleyan Methodist

consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, chapel and a small Reading Room and Institute. Water-

north and south porches and a low but massive western croft is the residence of Sir George Grove C.B., D.C.L.
tower in the Perpendicular style, containing a clock and who is lord of the manor. The principal landowners

5 bells: it contains several monuments to the Penn and are Earl Howe G.C.V.O., C.B. and Sir George Grove.

DmECTORY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. PITSTONE. 143

The land is arable, wood (chiefly beech) and pasture. The Eliza Wheeler, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from

soil is heavy, with chalk and flint. The area of the civil Amersham at 7.30 a.m. &; 1.10 p.m.; dispatched at 1.40

parish is 3,990 acres; assessable value, £4,248; and the &; 5.20 p.m.; sunday. dispatch at 12 noon
population in 1891 was 1,021, of which 671 were in Penn Wall Letter Box at Vicarage, Penn, cleared at 12.50 &;
5.35 p.m.; sunday, 12.10 p.m. Letters for Knotty
Street.
&; Forty Greens are delivered from Beaconsfield RS.a
Knott•v Green and Fortv• Green are hamlets.

Sexton, Alfred Busby. Schools.

a.,Post, M. &; T. T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Church of England, built in 18·W. for 101 children;
Annuity &; Insurance Office.-Mrs. 55; Joseph Dean, master
Post. S. B.&i I average attendance,

PENN. Atkins Samuel, pig &; cattle dealer "'est Thomas, hay dealer

Blythe Edward K. The Knoll Day Henry Lee, grocer &; draper Wheeler E. &; Son, jobmasters &; grcrs

Carter Mrs. Manor house Dean Wm. farmer, Bottom &; Par- Wheeler Eliza (Mrs.), grocer, Post off

Grove Sir George C.B., D.C.L., LL.D. sonage farms Williamson Fras. &; Michael, farmeril,

Watercroft Evans Walter, blacksmith rutnam place

Grove Miss, Swiss cottage Garland Margaret (Miss), dressmaker

Grove WaIter Fredk. J.P. Stone house Garland Mary Ann (Mrs.). Crown P.H KNOTTY GREEN.

Kerby Rev. Benjamin John Short Griffin Thomas &; Son, builders &; con- Brooks Edward, general dlr. &; farmer
L.Th. (vicar), The Vicarage tractors &; horticultural builders Perfect Reaben, farmer
Priest William, farmer, Balil,I'S farm
Larkin Mrs. South View cottage Hancock Edmund, builder
'Morison Miss, Penn cottage King- William Francis, butcher Relfe John, farmer, Sea.graves farm
Pearce Mrs. Grove cottage 'l'ucker George, Red LIOn }l.H
Ware Alfred, The Dell Larkin Frederick, farmer, Penbury &
Holsper Bottom farm Wooster Edwin, farmer

renn Institute &; Reading Room (J.

COMMERCIAL. Dean, sec.; W. F. Grove esq. J.P.

Atkins Arthur, tailor, vestry clerk & president &; treasurer) FORTY GREEN.

assistant overseer Plumridge George, Red Livn P.H Perfect J ames, beer retailer

PENN STREET is a hamlet and ecclesiastical parish, in the gift of Earl Howe, and held since 1886 by the
formed .Tan. II, 1850, out of the civil parishes of renn Rev. John Joshua I.indeman, of the University of Lon-
and Little Missenden, 2 miles north from Penn village,
3~ south from Amersham station on the Metropolitan don. The parish abounds in large, beautiful and thickly
wooded forests of beech, ash and oak. Penn House, the
Extension railway. and 41 north-east from High Wy-
seat of Earl Howe G.C.V.O., a.B. the principal landowner,
eombe station on the Maidenhead Oxford section of the
Great Western railwar. in the Southern division of the is an ancient mansion of brick, situated in a small park
county, petty sessional division of Burnham, union of
Amersham, county murt district of High Wycombe, rural of 34 acres. The soil is clay; subsoil, loam and chalk.
deanery of Amersham, archdeaconry of Buckingham and 'fhe chief crops are barley, wheat, oats and turnips. The
area is 1,900 acres; rateable value is included with that of
diocese of Oxford. The church of the Holy Trinity is renn; the population in 1891 was 671.
a. cruciform building of flint and stone, in the Gothic
style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch Sexton, Daniel Wingrove.
Post &; Telegraph &; Express Delivery Office.-Mrs. Sarah
and a central tower with spire containing 3 bells: there
are brasses in the chancel to Gen. Sir Francis Warde Copestake, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from
K.C.B. and Annabella his wife: the east window and two
others are stained: there are 475 sittings. The register Amersham at 6.50 &; II a.m.; dispatched at 1.35 &; 5.55
dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, p.m.; sunday dispatch at 12.15 p.m. Postal orders are
issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order
net yearly value £138, with 4 acres of glebe and residence, office is at Penn
School (mixed), average attendance, 60; :Miss Carolina
I1oloran, master

Howe Earl H.'C.V.a., C.B. Penn ho. ; Gurney John, farmer; Glory farm Randall Ann (Miss), blacksmith

&; Curzon house, 21 Curz,on street, Hearne Brothers, chair manufrs Widdowson J ames, agent to Earl

Mayfair, London W Hearne Alfred, Hit or Miss P.H Howe C.B .

Lindeman Rev. In. Joshua, Vicarage Hobbs Joseph &; SODS, beer retailers Widdowson John, farm bailiff to Earl
Wingrove Frederick &; potters
Howe

COMMERCIAL. Matthews Brothers, wheelwrights Woodbridge James, farmer

Eggleton Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Parslow Thomas, farmer

PITCHCOTT is a village and parish on an eminence register dates from. the year 1680. The living is a
overlooking Aylesbury and a large. extent of the sur-
rectory, net yearly value £253, including 36 acres of
rounding country, 2 miles north-east from Waddesdon glebe with residence, in the gift of 0. J. Banister esq. and
Park station 'on the Metropolitan Extension railway, held since 1895 by the Rev. Edward Francis Shaw F.RA.S.
7 north-west from Aylesbury and 5 south from Winslow, The pean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, wIlo are
in the Mid division of the county, hundred of Ashendon, lords of the manor, C. J. Banister, Leopold de Roth-
Winslow petty sessional division, union and counby court
district of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Claydon, arch- schild esq. of Ascott, Wing, and William Lowndes esq.
LL.B. of the Bury, Chesham, are the principal land-
deaconry of Buckingham and! diocese of Oxford. The owners. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay. The land is
church of St. Gill'S, a simple edifice of stone in the principally in grass. The area is 924 acres; assessable
Early English style, was restored in 1864, and consists value, £1,253; and the population in 1891 was 41.
of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower
containing 3 bells: a memorial window was erected in Parish Clerk, William Smith.
186~ to Miss Jemima Jane Noble, and another to Emma
Jane Noble, who died! 1861, and there are three other Letters via Aylesbury at 9 a.m. &; 3.30 p.m. Wall
stained windows: the church affords '80 sittings. The Letter Box cleared 5.10 p.m. &; on sundays 10.15
a.m. The nearest money order &; telegraph office is

at Whitchurch, about I! miles distant

• Shaw Rev. Edward Francis F.RA.S. Dancer William, farmer 1White W. farmer, Manor farm

(rector), Rectory Dickins John, Lower farm

PITSTONE (or Pightlesthorne) is a village and parish embattled western tower containing 3 bells; the font is
Norman, the base and basin being escalloped, with a
on the Herts b'lrder, about 7 miles in length and I mile bold cable moulding between them: in the north chapel
is an aumbry and a piscina, and the stairs to the rood
in breadth, 3 miles south from Cheddington Junction loft also remain; the rim is ornamented with roses:
the pulpit, which dates from the 17th century, is of
station on the main line. of the London and North oak elaborately carved: the tesselated floor of the

Western railway, 11 west from Ivinghoe, and 9 east chancel, the various portions of which were formerly
from Aylesbury, in the Mid division of the county, scattered about in various parts of the church, is
hundred of Cottesloe, Linslade petty sessional division, conjecturally Norman: the stained east window was

union of Berkhamstead, county court district of Ayles- erected in 1893 as a memorial to the Rev. Charles Ring
bury, rural deanery of Ivinghoe, archdeaconry of Buck- Hutchinson, 26 years vicar (1855-81): the church was
ingham and diocese of Oxford. The Grand Junction restored in 1893, the chancel by Earl Brownlow, the
remainder by subscription, at a cost of £1,200, and
canal intersects the parish. The church of St. Mary is
an elegant building of stone in the Decorated and Per-

pendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five

bays, north chapel, north aisle, south porch and an

144 PITSTO:NE. BUCKINGHAM~HIRE.

it now affords 174 sittings. The register dates from Post Office, Pitstone Green.-George Mardell, sub.post~
the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value master. Letters received from Tring at 8 a.m. ~ dis.-
£152, including 16 acres of glebe and residence, in the patched at 6 p'm'; sundays, II a.m. Postal orders
gift of Earl Brownlow, and held since 18g6 by the Rev. are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order
George William Rudgard Chaplin Kent M.A. of Queen's office is at Ivinghoe & telegraph office at Cheddington, 2
College, Oxford. By the inclosure award the labouring miles distant
poor have allotted to them, in lieu of their right of com-
monage, 3a. or. lOp. besides four acres for exercise and Wall Letter Box, near the church, cleared at 6.15 p.m.;
recreation. Ashridge House and Park, formerly partly in sundays, II.15 a.m
this parish, has been transferred to Little Gaddesden,
Herts. Earl Brownlow P.C. is lord of the manor and The late Countess of Bridgewater, by will, left the sum
principal landowner. The soil is variable; considerable of £ 10 a year to be applied to the schools of the
portions of it are chalky and unfit for tillage, but other parish, which is appropriated to the sunday & day
parts are arable and pasture; subsoil, chalk. The area schools
is 1,643 acres; rateable value, £3,856; the population
in 1899 was 435. School (mixed), for 140 children; average attendance-,
108; Miss Edmeads, mistress
Sexton, Henry Green.
Carrier.-George J. Groom, from Ivingnoe to London,
thurs.; return sat

Kent Rev. George William Rudgard Gadsden Rowland, commercial travel- J ellis Charles, farmer
ler, Louise cottage Jellis George, Ship P.H
Chaplin M.A. Vicarage
Gregory Georgc, Cllequers P.H Mardell G{o. shopkeeper, Post office
Tompkins Charles
Gregory Zilpha (Mrs.), shopkeeper Moor Charles, blacksmith
COMMERCIAL.
Groom George J. carrier Reeve James, farmer, Church farm

Bailey William, farmer Groom John, farmer 8harratt Marks, miller (steam &.

Cook George, wheelwright Hawkins John Henry &; Joseph, far- water) & corn mer. Pitstone mills

Elliott George, butcher mers, Pitstone Green faxm. Tompkins George, wheelwright

Gilbert Char~es, Bell inn Horn Charles, farmer

PRESTON BISSETT is a parish and village, 4 miles I before the image of St. John the Baptist: the church

south-west from Buckingham station on the Banbury and' was repaired and improved in 1823 and again in 1853,

B1etchley section of the Lmdon and North Western and during the incumbency of the Rev. John Sa'tterthwaite

railway, about 2-& from. Finmere station, and 4 nQrth from Holden M.A. rector, 1863-73, a thorough restoration of the

Calvert station, both on the Great Central railway, and 8! church was undertaken, under the direction of Messrs.

north-east from Bicester, in the Northern division Habershon and Brock, architects, of London, in the

of the county, in the hundred, petty sessional course of which a gallery was taken down, a Hew pulpit

division, union and county CQurt district of Buck- and other fittings provided, and the interior reseated: dur-

inghaw, and in the rural deanery of Buckingham ing the progress of the works many traces were met with

(first portion), 'archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of an earlier Norman structure, including portions of

of Oxford. A feeder of the river Ouse passes through semi-c:rcular window-heads, the bases and capitals of

the parish and here separates the counties of Buck- columns, an,d several fragments of stone with the zigzag

ingham and Oxford. The parish was incIosed by pattern; these have all been built into the wall of the

Act of Parliament in 1781. The church of St. north aisle: the restoration was completed in 1893: there

John the Baptist, standing Qn a rising ground at are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year

the entrance to the village, and almost entirely screened 1662. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £382, in-

from view by surrounding trees, is an object of con- eluding 240 acres of alebe, with residence, in the gift of

siderable interest to the archreologist, from the purity and held since 1874 by the Rev. Charles Bolden RA. of

of its style and unique beauty of its windows, the Christ's College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of Barton

tracery ill! each of which exhibits a different design; Hartshorne, with Chetwode. The Primitive Methodist

it is supposed to have been built about 1320, and is all chapel, built in 1853, will hold 60 persons. Pearse's charity

of one date: it consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, of £100 producing interest £2 16s. yearly, is at present as-

aisles, south porch and a low western tower containing 2 s'.gned for the benefit of the parish, to the Radcliffe

bells: all the details are. of uniformly good Decorated Infirmary at Oxford. In the village is a reading room.

work, the east window of three lights presenting The Baroness Kinloss is lady of the manor. The principal

features of a very excellent Flamboyant character, and landowners are Charles Morrison esq. of Basildon Park.

all the remaining, windows being graceful examples of Berks, the Rev. Charles Bolden RA. and Mrs. Seaton.

the same style, the east wind()ws of the aisles in par- The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, various. The land

ticular exhibiting finely elaborated tracery: on the south is pasture and arable. The area is 1,520 acres; rate..

side of the chancel there are double canopied sedilia able value, £2,368; the population in 1891 was 311.

with crocketed, pinnacles, and there are also th!ree Cbwley is a haInlet of Preston Bissett, about li miles
piscinre, one in the chancel and one in each aisle: the
clerestory windows, three on either side, are unusual; south-east from the village and 4! miles south from Buck-
consisting of circular feathered lights within square ingham..

panels: on the western gable of the nave is a bell- Parish Clerk, J osiah J effry J ones.
cot of stone: in the chancel is a slab once containing the

brass effigy of a female, and an inscription to Ann, wife Post Office.-Mrs. Phebce Bennett, sub-postmistress.

of Edmund Major the younger, gent. ob. 1613; there are Letters arrive from Buckingham at 7.15 a.m.; dis-

modern brass inscriptions to Capt. L. Bolden, 68th DuI'- patched at 5.30 p.m. week days 9nly. Postal orders

ha n Light Infantry, and E. H. Sabin, son of the Rev. are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order

J. E. Sabin, a former rector, to whom there is a mural '& telegraph office is at Tingewick, 2! miles distant

monument; in the chancel still remain inscribed slabs to The National School, to the south of the church, in
Richard Bankes M.A. rector 1674-79, 8tephen Townshend the principal street, &; erected in 1857, is a substantial
M.A. rector, 17°6-24, and John Ford M.A. minister of &; well designed building of brick with stone facings,
Hillesden,ob. 1684: there is also an ancient slab with a cross, & will hold 100 children; average attendance, 47; Miss<
apparently of the time of Edward I.: in the churchyard Mary Anne Morris, mistress
is an altar tomb, commemorating Daniel Whitby, eleven

years rector here, ob. 1674: Thomas Woodward, gent. Carriers to Buckingham.-Miss Emma Cox &; John Cox-
by his will in 1528, appointed his burial in th~s church, hill, daily

PRESTON BISSETT. Cox Emma (Miss), carrier 9heppard John, frmr. Casemore frm
Denny George, sen. shopkeeper Stevens .In. Geo. whlwrgbt. &; builder

Baldwin Mrs Hawes John, The Old Hat P.H Varney Chas. Jas. sanitary insp. t~

Bolden Rev. Charles RA. Rectory Healoy Isaac, farmer Buckingham Rural Dist. Council

Russell Miss, The Poplars Hutchings David, butcher Welford Thomas, White Hart P.ll

Beaton Mrs. Preston villa Jackman George, blacksmith &; agri-

COMMERCIAL. cultural implement agent &; repairer COWLEY.

Jones Josiah Jeffrey, baker Baxge .Arthur John, farmer, Cowly.ldg

Cadd J awes, farmer Nash John, carpenter Lepper Alfred, farmp.r

Cadd William. John, farmer Phillips William &; Sons, coach bldrs. Nicholls Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

Coaney John, assessor &; collector of wheelwrights &; builders Smith William. Thomas,miller &; meal-
taxes &; farmer
Rp.ading Room man, Three Bridge mills


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