BEDFORDSHIRE - 1890

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON. 85

County Magistrates for Luton Petty Public Analyst, Theophilus Redwood, Fisher street, Red

Sessional Division. Lion square, London w.o

Crawley John Sambrooke esq. Stockwood park, Luton, Borough Surveyor, William Henry Leete, Town hall

chairman /Head Constable & Inspector of Weights & Measures, David

Adye Rev. Francis William, St. Michael's manor, St. Albans Jaquest, Police station, Waller str.'-et

l3lundell Henry esq. Hart hill, Luton Veterinary Inspsctor, Haydon Leggett F.R.c.v.s. ror Park st

.&andreth Henry Chernocke Gibbs esq. Houghton hall, Sanitary Inspector, Henry Impey, Town hall

Dunstable Collector of Ra.tes & Overseer, Thomas Poulter, Town ball

l3rown Henry esq. Highfield, Luton Collector of Tolls & Accounts, Charles Weston, Town hall

Crnwley Franeis esq. Stockwood park, Luton Town Hall Keeper, Charles Weston

Cumberland John esq. Park square, Luton Baths Manager, William Frost

Green John William esq. The Larches, Luton Inspector of }.leat; Fish & Fowi, Geo-rge Dmrant, Town hall

()aldey George esq. Lawrence End, Luton Town Crier, William Irons, 21 Melsom street

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Henry SLt.utAolnbans All.1' ance FI' r~ & rHa0n1ycoeak t
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Arthur
Wright John Irving esq. Hart Hill house, Luton
Bnt1sh Empire Life, C. Clarke, Cardiff rd: ; J. E. ~rnold,
Clerks to the Magistrates, Frank Chapman Scargill, &
Hutchinson William Lathorn Browne Lathom, .King street .Grosvenor coll~~e, Rothesay r' t. &A.F. Austm~62 Card1gan st
Petty Sessions are held at the Court house Stuart street City of L~ndon ~Ire, T. G: Hnbbs, 2 8 Che~pside
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eo rge st
Humbershoe, Streatley, Sundon, Studham, Totternhoe, M. Clayton,
Whi snade & the hamlets of the arish of Luton J.
P P 45 Collmgdon st. & W. W. Merchant, Brook st

Borough Magistrates. Midland Counties, J. C. Conder, 17 Market hill

'The Mayor for the time being & for the year succeeding National Proyident, W. G. Holyoak, Castle st.; W. C. Hasel-
grove, Chapel st. ; H. E. Lockhart, 59 Bute st
his term of office

Anstee William, The Tythe, Dunstable Northern, W. Austin, Upper George st. ; C. E. Horn, 34

Blundell John Hight, Winfield ho. Borough green, Sevenoaks Bute st. ; C. H. G. Knowles, Oakdene, Castle st. ; W. H.

Boown Frederick John, Beechurst, Luton Leete, 29 Stuart st

J3rown Henry, Highfield, Luton . Norwich Union, G. Bailye, Union st
Cumberland John, Park squa-re, Luton
Ph~nix Fire, F. J. Brown, Windsor st.; H. 0. Williams, New

Higgins Johnt Upper George street, Luton Bedford road ; H. H. Gregory, Rothesay road

Kershaw John Jefferson, Bedford house, Luton Rock Life, C. W. Deacon, Cheapside; & W. W. Tearle

Mees Charles, Langley lodge, Luton Royal Exchange, H. E. Lockhart, 59 Bute st

Phillips William Richards, The Lancrts, Luton Scottish Union, William C. Haselgrove, Chapel st

'Tomson Robert Smith, Hart hill, Luton Standard Life, W. Austin, Upper George st

W.ebster Arthur Thomas, The Mount, Luton Sun .Fire & Life, E. A. Cumberland, Park square

Webb William, Napier house, Luton Westminster Fire, E. How, King st.; H. Robinson, Stanley

.Clerks to Magistrates, Frank Chapman Scargill & Hutch- st. ; F. W. Langley, Leagrave

inson William Lathom Browne Lathom, King street Public Establishments.

Meetings are held at the Court house, Stuart street, wednes- Bedfnrdshire Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Park street

day & saturday, at n a.m (C Co. Capt. J. H. Tibbs; F & G Cos. Capt. A.

Corporation. Carruthers ; David Thomson M.D. surgeon ; Sergeant
James Plummer, drill instructor)
!889-90. Borough Police Office & Station, Woller street, David

MaYOR-Peter Alexander J aquest, head constable, I inspector, I detective, 4 ser-

ALDERMEN. geant & 21 constables
Bute Hospi~al, Dunstable road, Joseph Anthony SimonsM.D.
"-*Alfred Toyer North Ward.
David Thomson M.:o., c. M. Horace Sworder L.R.c.P.Lond.
I §Edwin Oakley
& Francis William Clark L.R.C.P.LOnd. medical officers;
"*Peter Alexander East Ward
Chas. Hy. G. Knowles, hon. sec.; Mrs. Mary Hart, matron
I §Henry Blundell
Chamber of Commerce, Free Library, Manchester street,
-*John Higgins West Ward.
John Irving Wright, president; William Hoyle, sec
I §Thomas Puddephatt
W.A.RD OR RETURNING ALDERMEN. Corn Exchange, Market hill

North. County Court, Court hom,e, Stuart street, His Horror William
Haworth Holl Q.c. judge; Richard Cooke, registrar; Harry
Alderman Toyer
James Jenour, high bailiff; Samuel Impey, sub-bailiff;
East.
Henry Holyoak, broker; the court is held monthly; the
Alderman Blundell district comprises the following places :-Barton, Gadding-
ton (Beds & Herts), Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Kens-
West. worth, Luton, Streatley, Studbam (Beds & Herts), Sundon,

Alderman Higgins

C 0 U N C I L L 0 R S. Totternhoe & Whipsnade, with the hamlet of Humbershoe

North Ward. Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress

iGeorge Hart ItThomas Smart Amendment Act, 1888, Edward Anthony Cumberland,
*Arthur Smart
t John Spratley Park square; John Richard Eve, 2 George street, Luton;

_jAndrew Love 1 *Asher Hucklesby Albert Gulleridge; James Brown & Ambrose Derbyshire

East Ward. of Dunstable

tCharles Wright tCharles Tomalin County Police Station, Stuart street, Edmund Tydeman,
superintendent; r sergeant & n constables
t Arthur Wesley Cox *Arthur Barrett

tSamuel Bird *George Edward Harman Court House, Stuart street

tWilliam Randall West Ward. Fire Brigade, chief station, 29 Stuart street, sub-stations,

I t.John Webdale ro Havelock road & 5 Langley street; Edward Taylor,

tThomas Butlin Taylor *Thomas Cox bon. supt. ; William Henry Leete, capt. ; the brigade

tJohn Canon Conder *Thomas Fordon consists of a foreman, deputy foreman, 2 sergeants, 9

Marked thus t retire in 1890 privates & 6 reserve men
Marked thus t retire in 1891 Free Library, Manchester street, David Wootton, librarian

Marked thus* retire in 1892 General Cemetery Co; office, 58 Dunstable road, Joseph

Marked thus § retire in 1891) Hawkes, sec

Elective Auditors, William Deacon & Frederick J osiah People's Park

Hucklesby Plait Hall, Cheapside

"The General Meetings of the Corporation are held at the Public Library, Williamson street, David Wootton, libra-rian

Council chamber, Town hall, every alternate tuesday at Stamp Office, at the Post Office, Oheapside, Patrick Flynn

6 p.m Town Hall, George street, Charles Weston, hall keeper

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARY LUTON UNION. ·'

AUTHORITY. Board day, alternate mondays, at the Workhouse, II a.. m.

'Town Clerk & Clerk to· the Urban Sanitary Authority, The Union comprises the followin2' parishes viz. :-Barton-

George Bailey, Town hall in-the-Clay, Caddington (Beds) & Caddington (Herts),

Deputy Town Clerk, George Sell, Town hall Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Humbershoe, Kensworth

'Treasurer, Benjamin Seebohm, George street (Herts), Luton, Streatley, Studham (Beds) & Studham

Medical Officer of Health & Surgeon to Borough Police, (Herts), Sundon, Totternhoe &Whipsnade; the population

Horace Sworder L.R.C.P.Lond. Durham house of the union in r881 was 3. 9,500; rateable value, £192,724

86 LUTON. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Clerk to the Board of Guardians & Assessment Committee, I Primitive Methodist, Higbtown, Rev. Joseph Harding,

William Austin, Upper George street, Luton minister; 7 & 11.3oa.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m

Treasurer, Benjamin Seebobm, Luton Primitive :Methodist, llrache street, ministers various ; ro.3o

Relieving Officers, Luton district, William Gardner, 69 a. m. & 6 p.m

Liverpool road, Luton; Dunstable district, Henry William Wesleyan Methodist, Albert ron.d, ministers various; 10.30

Fetch, Albion road, Dunstable a. m. & 6 p.m

Vaccination Officers, Luton district, John Gardner, Langley Wesleyan Methodist, Chapel street, Rev. Joseph Hammond

street; Dunstable district, Henry William Fetch, Albion & Rev, Henri Arnaud Scott, ministers; 10.30 a. m. & 6

road, Dunstable p.m. ; mon. & wed. 7 p.m

Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Barton district, Altred Wesleyan Meth(,)dist, Church street, ministers various ; IO. 30

Ellison Muncaster L.R.C.P. Edin. Barton-le-Cley; Dunstable a. m. & 6 p. m

district, G. Wyndham Murphy B.A., M.B., M.ch. The Wesleyan Methodist, Wallerstreet, Rev. WilliamL. Appleb)·

Lawn, Dunstable; Houghton Regis district, Augustus & Rev. William Waters, ministers; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m.;

1.\:I:orcom L.R.C.P.Edin. Montpelier house, Dunstable; Lea- week days various

grave district, David Thomson M.D., C.lf. 37 Castle street, Wesleyan Methodist, North street, Hightown, ministers

Luton; Luton district, Kitt Tomson, Langley street, various; ro.3o a. m. & 6 p.m

Luton ; Markyate district, Charles V\'illiam Beresford, Salvation Army Barracks, Manchester street, 7 & n a.m.

Markyate Rtreet 3 & 6 p.m

Superintendent Registrar, William Austin, Upper George Schools.
street, Luton
A School Board of 9 members was formed in 1874 for the
Registrars of Births & Deaths, Luton sub-district, John
Gardner, Langley street; deputy, Williarn Gardner, Luton municipal & extra municipal parts of the borough;
Luton; Dunstable sub-district, William Henry Fetch, William Hoyle, Wailer street, clerk to the board; Henry

Albion road, Dunstable; deputy, John Gardner Lord Sell, 57 Wellington street, attendance officer

Registrars of Marriag-es, Luton district, Joseph Hawkes, 58 Board, Eiscott (mixed & infants), for 6o children; averag&

Dunstable road ; deputy, Thomas Carruthers; Dunstable attendance, 51 ; John Deane, master
district, W. P. R. Southam, Dunstable; deputy, W. Board, Chapel street, for 238 boys, 210 girls & 270 infants;
average attendance, 260 boys, 216 girls & 200 infants;
Inwards, Dunstable
Workhouse, Dunstable road, a brick structure, 200 feet John Thomas Needham, master; Miss Eliza Jarn;an,

square, erected in 1836, at a cost of £4.500 & will hold mistress ; Miss Meggie Raffle, infants' mistress. A new
400 inmates; Rev. James O'Neill B.D. chaplain; Malcolm
class·room is now (r89o) in the course of erection
Alex. Rankin M.D.Glas. medical officer; G. Brandon, Board, Hitcbin road, for 250 boys, 200 girls & 25I infants ;

master; Elizabeth Brandon, matron average attendance~ 210 boys, 261 girls & 200 infants: the:

excess attendance of girls is met by using the infants'

RuRAL SANITARY AuTHORITY. school; John Henry Hackett, master; Miss Annie Boase,
mistress ; Miss Harriet J ane Stickley, infants' mistress
Meets at Workhouse every month at Io a.m. Board, Langley street (girls & infants), for soo children;
average attendance, 348 ; Miss Annie Kilburn, mistress ;
Clerk, William Austin Luton, Upper George street, Luton Miss Margaret Rogers, infants' mistress
Treasurer, Benjamin Seebohm, Luton Board, Leagrave (mixed & infants), for 150 children; ave-
Medical Officer of Health, Augustus Morcom L.R.C.P.Edin. rage attendance, So ; William Green, master
Board, Wailer street (boys), for 300 boys; average atten-
1.\:I:ontpelier house, Dunstable
Sanitary Inspector, J. Anstee, Dunstable

dance, 299 ; Henry Charles Middle, master

ScHOOL ATTENDANCE C01HMITTEE. Parish Church, Queen square (boys & infants), built in

Meets at Workhouse every month at ro a.m. I857, for soo children; average attendance, 470; Thomas.
Ellery, master ; Miss Emma Garrett, mistress
Clerk, William Austin, Upper George street, Luton Christ Church, Buxton road (boys, girls & infants), built in
Attendance Officer, William P. Freeman, Dunstable 1869, for 300 boys, 300 girls & 200 infants; average

Public fficers. attenrlance, 300 boys, 270 girls & 150 infants; William
Henry Hyder, master; Miss Matilda Hunt, mistress;

Assessor & Collector of Taxes, Thomas Poulter, Town hall Miss Martha Lodge, infants' mistress

Collector of Poor Rate, Thomas Underwood, Church street New Mill End (mixed & infants), for 100 children; average

Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, Alfred Ewens, Park st. west attendance, 70

Stamp Distributor, Patrick Flynn, Post office, Cheapside New Town (girls & infants), erected in 1873, at a cost of

Superintendent of County Police, E. Tydeman, Stuart street [350, for 550 children; average attendance, 73; Miss

Annie Potter, mistress

Places of Worship, with times of Services. Old Bedford road (mixed), erected in r883, for 218 children;.

St. Mary's Church, Church street, Rev. James O'Neili, average attendance, 190; Miss Annie Morrison, mistres!l
vicar; II a. m. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m St. Matthew's National, Havelock road, built in 1873, for-

St. Matthew's Church, Hightown, Rev. F. L'Estrange JOO children; average attendance, boys 230, girls 215 &
Fawcett R.A. vicar; Rev. John Fulton HoodB.A. curate: infants 205 ; George Newton Barton, master ; Miss Emily
Pheasant, mistress ; Miss Jane Harrison, infants' mistress

10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m St. Mary's Hall School, Church street (girls), for 300 girls;.

Christ Church, Upper George street, Rev. Elgood George average attendance, 202 ; Miss Mary Wells, mistress
Punchard D.D. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m. ;
Newspapers.
daily, 8 a.m. & 8 p.m

Holy Trinity, Biscott, Rev. Robert Fisher M. A. vicar Luton Times & Bedford Advertiser, Cheapside, Alfred Atkinst

Mission Church of the Saviour, Russell street, Rev. Alfred proprietor, published on friday

Bowyer Sharpe lii.A. curate in charge ; 8 & I I a. m. 3 & Luton Reporter & Beds & Herts News, Park street, Robert.
6.30 p.m.; last sun. in the month, tburs. & holy days, Nicol Christie, publisher, published friday

7 a. m. ; tues. & holy days, 8 p.m. ; wed. 8.30 p.m Railway Stations.
St. Mary Help nf Christians Catholic Church, Castle street,

Rev. Joseph Aloysius O'Connor, priest; 11 a. m. 2, 3 & Great Northern, Upper Bute street, Henry Vincent Cavillt

6.30 p.m.; first sun. in each month, 8.30 & 11 a.m,; station master

daily, 8.5o a.m Midland, Hightown road, Samuel Green, station master

Friends' Meeting HousA, Castle street, ministers various ; :\Iidland, Leagrave, George Ward, station master

11 a.m. 6 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m Conveyance.

Baptist (Ebenezer), Hastings street, Rev. Alfred Cook,

minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m HITCHIN-Omnibus from the 1 V\'heatsheaf,' Church streett

Baptist (Bethel), Chapel street, ministers various; 10.30 on tues. at 8.30

a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7.15 p.m Carriers, with inns they call at· & days of departure.
Baptist, Park street, Rev. James Henry Blake, minister;

ro.3o a.m. &6 p.m.; four evenings weekly 8 p.m Frederick Henry Ruffell, agent, London & North Western

Baptist, Wellington street, Rev. Frederick Joseph Feltham, railway, carriers to all parts of the kingdom, George st

minister ; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p. m. ; m on. & wed. 8 p. m BARTON--Hall, Brown, Reed & Martin, from ' Crown &.

Congregational Ch urcb, King street (varant) minister ; 10,30 Anchor,' daily, except tues ,

a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. 8 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m CLOPHILL-Upton & Doggett; 'Plough,' mon. thurs. & sat

Christian Mission Gospel Hall, Williamson street, ministers FLITTON-Harris, from 'Horse & Jockey,' mon. & sat

various; 1I a.m. & 6.15 p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m.; sat. MAULDEN-Sharp, ' Plough,' m on. thurs. & sat

8 p.m NoRTHALL--Sanders, 'Bell,' mon

Union Chapel, Castle street, Rev. Harry Collinge, minister; TonDINOTON-Smith, 'Bell,' mon

10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. & wed. 8 p.m WonuRN-Williams, George hotel, mon

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. LUTOX. 87

Luton.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brown Henry J.P. Highfield Cumberland John J.P. Park square

Aitken James, Villa rd. Old Bedford rd Brown Joseph, 72 Hastings street CunninghamAlex.Crawford,r9Russell st

Alexander George, 88 Church street Brown Miss, 48 Park street Dancer Joseph, 136 Park street

Alexander Peter, Brook street Brown Mrs. 76 Church street Davis Edward, roo Castle street

Alford Walt.Cromwell vils.Cromwellrd Brown Mrs. West vil. Upper George st Davis Mrs. 27 Church street

Alldred .Tohn William, Cardiff grove Brown Samuel, 7S Chapel street Davis Samuel, 37 Rothesay road

Alien Henry, Cardiff grove Brown William Henry, Hart hill Davis William, Holley walk

Alien Miss, George street west Browning George, Cardiff grove Dawson Charles, 37 Park street west

Allen Philip, ro2 Church street Bryers Benjamin, Rothesay road Day Alfred, 9 Rothesay road

Anstee Mrs. Grove road Buckle James, Salisbury road Day John, 49 Waller street

Anthony John Rakes, Crawley road Buckmaster Frederick, Brook street Deacon Edwin, Dunstable road

Anthony Stuart, 57 Rothesay road Bunker Mrs. 67 Chapel street Deacon Mrs. 13 Russell street

ApplebyRev.Wm.L.[Wes.],38Napierrd Burge John, Hart hill Deamer Mrs. 6 Grove road

Arnoid Frank, Brook street Burgess Charles, Winsdon road Dean Mrs. 30 Regent street

.Arnold Henry, II3 Stuart street Burgess Frederick, 77 Chapel street Dearberg Frederick Wm. 93 St.uart st

ArnoldJn.Edwd,Grosvnr.coll.Rothsy.rd Burgess Mrs. 9 Dumfries street De Palbe His Excellency Christian

Arnold Philip, 26 Rothesay road Burgess Mrs. 4S Rothesay road Frederick & Madame, Luton Hoo

.Asher William, Milton road Burgess William, III Park street Dickens Mrs. 63 Church street

Atkins Alfred, 42 Castle street Burgoyne Sidney, 6 Mill street Dimmock Edward, Cardiff grove

.Attwood Alfred Edwin, Stanley house, Butcher Joseph, Cardiff road Dimmock William, Stock wood crescent

Dunstable road Butler Edward, 35 Church street Dixon William, Guildford street

Austin George, Garfield house, King st Butler William, 12 Guildford street Dockrill John, Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Austin William, 63 Collingdon street Butterfield Daniel, Brook street Douglas Mrs. StockwooJ crescent

Aylett George, 18 Napier road Cain George, II Rothesay road Drewitt James, 33 Park street west

Ayre Miss, 46 Inkerman street Cain Thomas, 38 Rothesay road Drewitt Mrs. 54 Park street

Bailey Charles, Cardiff grove Cannon William, Salisbury road Duffield William, Winsdon road

Bailey George, Union street Carrington George, Adelaile terrace Durler Henry, Dunstable road

Bailey Mrs. 48 Inkerman street Carruthers Thomas, 3 George st. west Durrant George, 97 Chapel street

Bailey Richard, 49 Collingdon street Carter Frederick, Cardiff grove Eames Thomas, 32 Upper George stre2t

Baisley Mrs. 6 Langley street Carter Mrs. so Inkerman street Edmunds Mrs. 28 Church street

Baker Sidney, Cromwell road Cawdell William, 62 Rothesay road Edridge Mrs. 7 Victoria street

Barber Miss, 97 Park street Cawdell William James, Belmont oilla, Ellerd Mrs. 21 Church street

Barford George, York street New Bedford road Ellery Thomas Bickle, 5 Crescent road

Barford Abraham, New Bedford road Chandler William, 47 Park street west Elliman Thomas Jas. New Bedford rd

Barford William, 24 New street Chantler Richard Philip, King street Elphick James, I Manchester street

Barrett Mrs. 39 John street Child Arthur Robert, 29 Collingdon st Elton Thomas, 29 Havelock road

Barrett Mrs. Thomas, Crescent road Clark Francis William, Melson street Ethrington James Hy. 54 Wellington st

Barrett William, 34 Liverpool road Clark James, 55 Park street Eustace Jeffrey, 42 Liverpool ro::td

Barry Thomas, 12 Union street Clarke Charles, Cardiff road Evans Mrs. 33 Rothesay road

Bartlett Charles, r8 Bute street Clarke Frederick Jacob, Hart hill Ewen Alfred, The Linchet, Hart hill

Bartlett Edwin, Upper George street Clarke Isaac, 48 Guildford street Ewen Amos Simeon,Grove cot.Farley hl

Barton GeorgeNewton, 17 Havelock rd Clarke Thomas, Salisbury 1oad Ewen Frank Wm. Corner ho. Chapel st

Baskett Mrs. 28 Napier road Clarke William, 29 Church street Fairey John, 74 Inkerman street

Bassett Mrs. 7 Rothesay road Clayton Edmund, 4 Crescent road Fah·hurst William, 84 Inkerman street

Bates Charles, 5 Victoria street Coales William Dennis, 22 Langley st Fardon Thomas, Hart hill

Batson William Day, 3S Collingdon st Cole Miss, 29 Rothesay road Fawcett Rev.F.L'Estrange B.A. [vicar],

Bavister Arthur Edward, 23 Chapel st Coleman Francis, 50 Castle street Hightown

Bavister David, Crawley road Collinge Rev. Harry [Baptist], Lason Feltham Rev. Frederick Jsph.[Baptist],

Beale Mrs. 41 Park street west house, Castle street Liverpool house, Dunstable road

Beasley Mrs. 4 Melson street ConderJn.Canon,LimeTree cot. Castle st Fisher Henry, 31 Inkerman street

Beck Frederic Waiter, Cardiff road Conder Thomas, Hart hill Fleming Robert Melvin, George street

Beecroft Charles Sidney, The Limes, Congreve James, New Bedford road Flint Joseph, 22 Rothesay road

George street west Conolley Mrs. 8 Grove road Flint Mil"s, 8 Victoria street

Beecroft Frederic, 48 Rothesay road Cook Rev. Alfred [Baptist], Farley rd Flitton William, Buxton road

Beecroft Henry, George street west Cook Mrs. Frank, 16 Union street Flynn Patrick, Cardiff grove

Bennett George, 44 Wenlock street Cook George, 32 Upper George street Fossey Joseph, 32 Park street west

Bennett Sidney, Stockwood crescent Cook Heber, Holley walk Foster Thomas, 3r Stuart street

Biggs Mrs. Cardiff road Cook Michael, Cardiff road Fowler William, Stockwood crescent

Bigmore Thomas, 44 Rothesay road Cook Mrs. 41 Collingdon street Franklin Mrs. Holley walk

Bird Arthur Godfrey, Crawley road CookRchd.Thos. Westfield,Dunstable rd Franks Miss, 32 Havelock road

Bird Charles, Cardiff grove Cooke Francis W. Stockwood crescent Fraser William, Crawle\· road
Bird Samuel, Stockwood crescent •
Cookson Charles, 30 Napier road Freeman John, r6 Russell street

Blake Rev. Jas. Hy. [Baptist], Brook rd Cookson John, 31 Park street west Freeman Mrs. 7 Inkerman street

Bleeze Henry Ralph, 10 Wailer street Cookson Mrs. 49 Wellington street Fyson William, 37 Havelock road
soBligh James, Inkerman street Galer Thomas David, II Russell street
Cooper Henry, Queen street

Bliss William, 6r Liverpool road Gopleston ATthnr, New Town street GardnerFras. Guildford ho. BuryPark rd

Blows Philip Fowler, Grove road Coplestone Ed win, r6 Rothesay road Gardner William, r2 Rothesay road

Blows William, 6o Rothesay road Corder Wm. George, rs Havelock road Garrard John, 33 Cardiff road

Blundell Henry J.P. Hart hill Cornwell Mrs. 33 Castle street Garrard Mrs. Cardiff grove

Blundell Mrs. 1 Church street Costellow Frederick, 9 Cardiff road Garrard William, Upper George street

Bolton Edwin, 35 Upper George street Costin Alfred, 19 Inkerman street Gates John, George street

Bone Joseph, 6 Rothesay road Cotchin Charles, Dunstable road Gates Miss, 2 Victoria street

Bonfield Herbert, 32 Wenlock street Cotchin John, Crescent road Gates William L. George street

Booth Arthur, 31 Cardiff road Cotchin William, 7r Liverpool road GathardMrs.Cromwell vils.Cromwell rd

Boston William, roo Collingdon street Cottis Miss, 81 Wellington street Gentle Amos, 22 Victoria street

BroughtonJu. Ths.Mulberry lo. Union st 1 Cowell Charles, Dunstable road Gibbons Henry, Hart hill

Boutwood Edward, 9 Blyth place Cowsill Charles Henry, 66 Cardigan st Gibbs George Frederick, Cromwell rd

Boutwood Mrs. Cardiff road Cox Arthur, 32 Melsou street Gilder Charles, Cardiff grove

Boutwood Thomas, 83 Wellington st Cm:: Arthur Edward, Bury Park road Gilder George, Napier road

Boutwood William, Napier road Cox Frederick, Cromwell road Gilder William Everard,66 Guildford st

Bower Ernest David, 16 Wellington st Cox Job, Dunstable road Giles Arthur John, Cromwell road

Bower Thomas Henry, 25 HavelQCk rd Cox Joseph1 13 Napier road Gilfillan Misses, Milton ho. Dunstable rd

Briggs Mrs. rs Inkerman street Graft Mrs. ro6 Collingdon street Gilbam James, 3 Crescent road

Brooke Horace Geo. Upper George st Crawley Frnncis J.P. Stockwood park Gittrow Jesse, 35 Havelock road

Brown Alfred Henry, Stuckwood cres CrawleyJn.SambrookeJ.P.Stockwood pk Gladwell Ernest, 12 Wailer street

Brown Charles, Cardiff road Crew Mrs. 20 Napier road Godfrey Joseph, Cardiff road
Brown Frederick, 34 Napier road •
Cumberland Anthony, Hart hill
Godfrey Mrs. Soloman, 19 Rothesay rd

Brown Frederick John, Beechhurst Oumberland Edward Anthony, Park sq Goodwin John William, 36 Park st. west

88 LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Gordon Henry, 40 Rothesay road Jaquest David, 6 Dunstable road O'Connor Rev. J oseph .Aloysius [Catho-

Goujon Edmund, 30 Rothesay road J arvis J oseph, Windsor road lic], Victoria street

Grace Daniel, 6 Union street Jennings Joseph Henry,Upper George st Oliver Samuel, 4 Park street west

Gray 8idney, 31 .Alma street J ohnson Georgs Mercer, Livingstone Olney Thomas, Brook street

Greatorex Eyland, Cardiff road villa, Napier road Olney Thomas, 51 Rothesay road

Green Edward, Hart hill Johnson James, 86 Inkerman street O'MalleyDavid Jsph.M.D. 2oHavelock rd

Green John William J.P. The Larches Johnson Robert, Crawley road O'Neill Rev. James [vicar, rural dean

Gregoire Mrs. 2o Victoria street Johnson Samuel, 4 Wellington street & surrogate],The Vicarage, Church st

Gregory Henry, Rothesay road Johnson Thomas, Rothesay road Ordish George, 42 Rothesay road

Gregory Isaac, 59 Stuart4treet Johnstone Andrew, 27 Melson street Osborne Charles, Brook street

Gregory Mark, 5 Russell str~. Jones Charles, Stockwood crescent Page Alfred, 45 Langley road

Gregory Wil!iam, 86 Collingtorl\ltreet Jones Mrs. Crawley road Palmer Thomas, 27 Alma street

Graver Mrs. George street west Keast J ames, 87 Guildford street Palmer William, Cromwell road

Gunn Hugh, Cromwell vils.Cromwell rd Keeling Alfred, Moorside, Bedford road Parsons George, 3 Blyth place

Gunn Mrs. 26 Melson street Keens Thomas, I6 Grove road Parsons Mrs. Stockwood crescent

Hadley Samuel, 57 Liverpool road Kershaw John Chadw~k, Careleon Parsons Williarn, 27 Havelock road

Hall Ephraim, George street west Keston Henry, Peel street. Partridge John Linnell, 2 Crescent rd

Hammond Rev. Joseph [Wesleyan], Kilburn Mrs. 56 Dunstable road Passmore George Shapland, Aller

Endsleigh, Dunstable road Kilby George, 2 Blyth place house, Stockwood crescent

Hammond George, Court street King Charles, 23 Church street PauliTheophilus lsaac Wm.Guildford st

Harden Arthur, 29 Cardiff road Kingham Joshua, 9 Liverpool road Pauli William Kirman, 16 Victoria st

Harding Rev. Joseph [Primitive Metho- Kingston George, 153 Wellington street Payne Arnos, 53 Liverpool road

dist], 74 Wenlock street KnowlesCharlesHenryGough, Oakdene, Pearman Mrs. Cardiff grove

Harding George, 10 Langley street Castle street Pearson William James,13tockwood cres

Harris Thomas, 25 Rothesay road Knowles William, New Bedford road Pedder Thomas, Cardiff grove

Hart Baxter, Bury Park road Lake William, 66 Chapel street Pedley.Alfred George,23Park street west

Hart Ernest Willi<tm, Guildford street Lambie John Burgess, Farley Hill Pedley Henry, 70 Alma street

Hart William, 9 Upper George street hfluse, Farley road Pepper William, Castle street

Haselgrove Richard, 3I Rothesay road Lane Edward, II Cumberland street Percival Frank Ellard, Hart hill

Haselgrove William Case, Chapel street Lane John, 8 Park street west Perkins Thomas, 64 Collingdon street

Hawkes Henry, Park square Lane Mrs. Upper George street Phillips Henry, Cromwell road

Hawksworth Mrs. 81 Guildford street Langford Henry, Bury Park road Phillips William Richard c.E. The

Hearn Mrs. 20 Regent street Langham Mrs I3 Williamson street Lancrets, Dunstable road

Henchman Mrs. 54 Dunstable road Latchmore George, George street Pickering George, Chequer street

Henson Francis Morley, 3 Buxton road Lathem Frederick, Crawley road Piggott Henry, 28 Rothesay road

Hewitt Mrs. Milton road Leacey William, 16 Grove road Pike Henry, 3 Regent street

Hide Henry, Collingdon street Leete William Henry, 29 Stuart street Pilbeam Mrs. Crawley road

Higgins George Hodgson, 3 Rothesay rd Leggett Haydon, Leaside house, Park st Pilgrim Alfred, 145 Wellington street

Higgins James, Upper George street Lewis Samuel Thomas, 2 Stuart street Pitkin Frank, 3 New Bedford road

Higgins John, Upper George street Lightfoot Richard, 6 Victoria street Plummer Charles, Cardiff road

Higgins Walter, Stuart street Lingard Mrs. Cardiff road Plummer Frederick, 24 Rothesay road

Eiggins Wm. Hiram, 93 Wellington st Loots Charles, 115 Park street Plummer Matthew, Grove road

Higgs Mrs. 10 Rothesay road Lott Miss, Waldeck road Plummer Mrs. 97 Stuart street

Hilton Edward, 20 Rothesay road Lousley Leonard, 32 Guildford street Plummer William, Cardiff road

Hilton Mrs. Cardiff road Love Andrew, Cromwell road Pope Samuel, 6I Stnart street

Hilyard Edwin, 71 Chapel street Lunn Mrs. 54 Wellington street Poulter Thomas, 46 Dunstable road

Rinson Mrs. Crawley road Lye Thos. Molzeard ho. New Bedford rd Primett William, 34 Langley street

Hobbs Thomas George, 41 Castle street Lye Wltr.Thos.TheFirs,New Bedford rd Prior Mrs. IS Napier road

Holehouse William Hy. 9 Liverpool rd McCall Robert, 18 Mill street Pryer John, 22 Napier road •

Holyoak Henry, 23 Castle street Makepeace William, Collingdon street Puddephatt William, Stockwood cres

HolyoakWm.Geo.Lea vil. NewBedfordrd Mann Mrs. Cardiff •g-rove Punchard Rev. Elgood George D.D.
Honour Mrs. 8 Waller street Mardle J oseph, 44 Guildford street [surrogate], Christ Church vicarage,

Hood Rev. John Fulton B.A. [curate of Marsh John Ransom, Napier road r Dunstable road

St. Matthew's], Hart hill Marshall.George, 8 Blyth place Raban Mrs. Cardiff road

Hopewell Miss, Stuart street Mayes George, 42 Regent street R.adford John, 92 Chapel street

Hopkins Mrs. 99 Park street Mayles Israel, Brook street Randall David, Cromwell road

Hopkins Thomas Wm. 64 Guildford st Mayles William,Ivy house, Union street Rankin Malcolm Alex.M.D. Wellington st

Horn Henry, II Cardiff road Mayne Henry James, Crawley road Rankin Mrs. I75 High Town road

Horton Jabez, Old Bedford road Meadows John, Cardiff road Redwood Samuel, Napier road

How Edward, King street Mees Charles, Langley lodge, Union sL Reid Frederick Arthur, 79 Chapel street

How Mrs. 18 Havelock road Merchant Waiter, Brook street Reynolds Bassett, 7 George street west

How Robert, King street Merrett John, I Cardiff road Roberts James George, Napier road

Howard Alfred William, 9 Guildford st Meyer Arnold, Cromwell road Roberts William, 9 Stuart street

Howe Miss, Napier road Meyer Charles, Brook street Robinson Mrs. Hart hill

Hoy Charles, 4 Blyth place Middle Henry Charles, Stockwood cres Robinson Mrs. 24 Park street west

Hoyle William, 105 Stuart street Miles Sidney, I3 Cardiff road Robinson Mrs. I3 Rothesay road

Hubbard Arthur, Napier road Miller Walter, 7 Cardigan street Robinson Thos. Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Hubbard John, Napier road Minet John Cross, 3 Union street Robinson Wmiam, 77 Church street

Hubbard Joseph, Grove road Moon John, I I I Guildford street Roe Mrs. Holley walk

Hubbard Mrs. 33 Liverpool road Morgan David, 76 Inkerman street Rogers Charles, Cardiff grove

Huckle Thomas, Crawley road MorleyMrs.Villa road, Old Bedford road Rollings Geoffrey, 94 Wenlock street

Hucklesby Albert, 31 Havelock road Morris Edward James, 58 Rothesay rd Rose George, Salisbury road

Hucklesby Asher, Lea Side villa, New Morris James, 8 Melson street RossonMrs. Laurel viL NewBedford road

Bedford road Morris William J ames,I4 Rothesay road Rosson Wm. Thos. 29 Upper George st

Hucklesby George, 24 Melson street Morrison Mrs. Robert, Napier road Samm Alfred, 62 Dunstable road

Hucklesby Thomas, New Bedford road Mote Mrs. 35 Liverpool road Samm Mrs. Stockwood crescent

Hudson Joseph, Cardiff groYe Mugleton Thos. Blundell, 14 Park st. we SaundersGeorgeJoshua, I5Russell street

Hunt Charles, Cardiff road Murray Patrick W. R. Stockwood cres Saunders James, 49 Rothesay road

Hunt George, Cardiff road Neal James Alexander, 41 Rothesay rd Scargill Frank Chapman, Bramingham

Hunt George, Ppper George street Neve Waiter, Upper George street shott
Hunter Mrs. 94 Cardigan street Newman John, Cardiff road
Scott Rev. Henry .Arnaud LWesleyan],

Hunter William Henry, Warden villa, Newman Mrs. Chapel street 44 Rothesay road

New Bedford road Nichols Mrs. Cromwell road Sear Mrs. Cardiff grove

Hyder William Henry, I7 Russellstreet NormanRev. WilliamEglesfield Bathurst Sears Mrs. 104 Church street

Iles Ernest, 9 Grove road M. A. [curate of Christ Church], 41 Sell George, 58 Wellington street

Impey James, 20 Russell street Cardiff road Seymour Miss, Dunstable road

Impey John, Waldeck road Norman William, Cardiff road Shackleton Alfred, Grove road

Impey Samuel, Stockwood crescent North Eliah, 3l Collingdon street Sbackleton Henry Thomas, Leinster

Inwood Henry, Hart hill Norwood Urban, Brook street house, Stuart street

Ivory Miss, 3 Victoria street Nott Edwin, 34 Rothesay road Sharpe Rev.Alfred Bowyer M.A. [curate

James Mrs. Stockwood crescent Oakley .Albert, High Town road in charge of St. SaYiour's mission], 79

Jaq_uest Alfred William, Cardiff road Oakley Frederick, 107 Stuart street Wellington street

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. 89

Shane Henry, Stockwood crescent Sworder Edward Robert, 'White Hillho Warren George, 36 Rotbesay road

Shepheard J oseph, II Blyth place Sworder Horace, Durham ho. George st Waters Rev. William [Wesleyan], 21

Shoosmith Frank, 37 Liverpool road S warder Thomas, Holly lodge Rotbesay road

Simmons Andrew, r6 Liverpool roa1 Tavener William, 96 Church street Weatherhead Joseph, 13 Blyth place

Simons Joseph Anthony M.D. Linden Taylor Thomas, Brook street Weatberhead Samuel, Hart bill

house, George street west Taylor William, 41 John street Weatherhead William, 54 Rothesay rd

Simpson Frederick, Spa cot. Farley rd Tearl Levi, I3 J\Ielson street 1Vebb Arthur, 53 Rotbesay road

Slough Alfred Edmund, 42 Inkerman st Tearle George, 35 Cardiff road W ebb Edmund, Stockwood crescent

Slough William, 82 Castle street Tearle John, 45 Park street W ebb Ed win, 39 Rothesay road

Small Miss, 23 Rothesay road Tearle Mrs. Joseph, 69 Chapel street Webb Frederick, 16 Napier road
Temple George, I IS Guildford street Webb Frederick, 18 Rothesay road
Small Oliver, so Dunstable road

Smart Arth. The Elms, New Bedford rd Thompson Albert, Cardiff grove Webb Mrs. 13 Regent street

Smart Mrs. Cardiff grove Thompson Frederick, 3 Grove road Webb William, Napier ho. Napier road

Smart Mrs. 32 Rothesay road Thompson Joseph, Napier road Webdale John, Napier road

SmartThomas,Elm villa, NewBedford rd Thompson Mrs. 53 Guildford street Webdale Mrs. Cromwell villa, New

SmartThos.jun.Jersey ho.NewB~dfrd.rd Thomson David 1\'l.D. 37 Castle street Bedford road
Smart William, ss Rothesay road Webster ArthurThomas J.P. The Mount
Thurnham John, Havelock road

Smith Daniel, 67 t:ituart street Thurston Frederick, 24 Napier road Welch George, 151 Wellington street

Smith David, 35 Park street west Tomalin Charles, Holley walk Welch Thomas, 22 Dumfries street

Smith John, 30 Church street Tomkins Charles, 47 Liverpool road Wells Sidney, Grove road

Smith Joseph Brown, George st. west Tomkins William Robert, I Blyth place Wenham Henry, r Russell street

Smith Miss, 17 Church street Tomson Kitt, Langley street Westley Charles, 68 Collin,gdon street

Smith Mrs. Wenlock street Tomson Robert, Bedford house Whittamore Hy. Geo. 77 Adelaide st

Smith Richard, 25 Church street Tomson Albert Smith, Hart hill Williams Herbert, New Bedford road

Smith Sidney Waiter, Brook street Tomson Walter Bolton M.D. Park st. we Williams Mrs. 29 Park street west

Smith Thomas, 53 Park street Toyer John, Bury Park road Winfield Walter, 88 Collingdon street

Snoxell James, 30 Castle street Toyer Jonah, Napier road Wing Mrs. 7 Napier road

Southam Miss, 4 Rothesay road Trott Arthur, 25 Guildford street '\\'ingrave Miss, ror Stuart street

Sprague Henry, 35 Alma. street Trott James, Hart hill Witham Arthur, 75 Cardigan street

SpratJey Charles, 14 Blyth place Trustrum William, Stockwood crescent Wootton Mrs. George street

Spratley Jphn, Brook street Turner Ed ward Robert, Cardiff grove Worboys George, 31 Collingdon street

Spurdens JHrs. Stnckwood crescent Underwood Waiter, Stockwood crescent W orsley Saml. J oseph, 99 Wellington st

Squires Harry, Brook street Wales Miss, Montgomery villa, Dun- ·wren Frederick, 12 Liverpool road

Squires James, Cardiff grove stable road Wren Mrs. 79 Church street

Staddon John, Cardiff road Waller Charles Ede, Union street Wreh William, 19 Churrh street

Stanbridge Harry, Grove road Waller Walter, Hart hill Wrigbt George, Cardiff road

Stent William Jarvis, I8 Victoria st Walls Rev. Charles J oseph [curate of Wrigbt John Irving J.P. Hart Hill house

Stock John, I75 vVellington street Christ Church], Rothesay road Wright Miss, r8 Union street

Strange George,Farley house, Farley hill Walsh Edward, Hart hill Wright Mrs. St. John's college, New

Stratford Edward Douglas,7 Crescent rd Walsh William, 9 George street west Bedford road

Street Miss, 8 Rothesay road Ward Henry, 33 Church street Wrigbt Thomas, 56 Wellington street

Swain Miss, 3 Russell street Wardill Geo. Jackson, 25 Park st. west Wright William, 40 Tavistock street

Sworder Arthur, Hart hill Wardill William, 25 Park street west Yarrow Charles, 27 Inkerman street

Sworder Arthur T. Hill foot Ware Bethel, Cardiff road

COMMERCIAL. Andrews Albert, fish dealer, 12 High Town road

Abbott Geo.Saml. straw hat mannfr. Villa rd. Old Bedford rd Andrews Edward, chimney sweep~r, 76 Castle street

Abbott Florence (Miss), milliner, Cowper street Andrews John, straw bat manufacturer, 43 Cardigan street

Abbott Nellie (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 7 Dumfries street Andrews Margaret (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Bailey st

Abbott Robert Hill, commercial traveller, Grove road Andrews Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. 43 Liverpool rd

Abbott Sarah (Mrs.), Blacksmiths' Arms P.H. 202 Park st Andrews Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 61 Cardigan st

Abrahams Elizabeth (:Mrs.), milliner, Io Victoria street Andrews William, straw hat manufacturer, 48 Cardigan st

.Abrahams Henry, straw plait merchant, bleacher & dyer, Ansell Emily (Miss), straw hat machinist, 52 Queen street

16 Waller street; dye w0rks, I38 High Town road Ansell James, baker, 17 Castle street

Abrahams John, straw hat manufacturer, 15 North street Anstee Robina (Mrs.), dress maker, Salisbury road

.Abraham Mary (:viiss), straw hat machinist, Round green Antbony John Rakes, straw hat manufacturer, George st

Adams Charles, gas fitter, 41 Hitchi;n road Archer Charles, hat block maker, Stuart street

Adams Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging honse, I4 Melson street Archer Charles, straw hat block maker, 6 Russell street

Adams Sarah (Miss), straw hat machinist, 30 Liverpool rd Armitage Thomas, King's Head P.H. Bitchin road

Adcock James, Burton Arms P.H. Cobden street .Armitage Thomas, straw hat blocker, 35 Lea road

Adcock Wi!Jiam, Prudential insurance agent, gr Guildford st .Armstrong Eliza (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. ro Park st. west

Aimes & Sons, boot makers, 17 Park square Arnall Stephen, straw hat manufacturer, 107 Park street

Akers Frederick Richard, straw hat block ma.. Church street Arnall Stphn. Edw. straw hat manufr. Cheapside & Wailer st

.Alderman Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, St. Ann's road Arnold Francis & Co. straw hat manufacturers, I King st

Alexander & Son, drapers, 33 Wellington street Arnold Philip & Co. straw plait merchants, Cheapside

.Alexander George, tailor, r r Cheapside Arnold Charles, shopkeeper, 84 Boyle street

Alexander Peter, hat & tip lining manufacturer, 8 King st Arnold Eliza (Mrs.), straw bat manufacturer, Ashton street ,

Alexander William, draper, Church street Arnold Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 55 Wenlock st

.Alford W. & Co. wholesale & retail grocers, tea dealers & Arnold Henry, packing case maker, New Bedford road

provision merchants, & agents for W. & A. Gilbey, wine Arnold John Edward, classical & mathematical academy

& spirit merchants, George street & Langley street (boys), Grosvenor college, Rothesay road

Alldred John Wm. principal day schl. for boys, Cardiff grove Ash Abel, Richard Ill. P.H. 9I Castle street

Allen Arthur 'Thomas, straw hat blocker, 5I Castle street Ash Frederick, tailor, g8 Wenlock street

.Allen Benjamin, shopkeeper, 77 Duke street Ashby George Andrew, straw hat manufacturer, 45 North st

Allen George, shopkeeper, Queen street Ashby John Andrew, straw hat blocker, 130 High Town rd

Alien Maria (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, t7 Adela~de terrace .Ashton Isaac, bricklayer, Waldeck road

Allen Sarah (Mrs.. ), dress maker, Castle street .Ashwell Betsy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Dunstable place

.Allen Sophia (~Iiss), straw hat finisher, 53 Burr street Askew George, straw hat manufacturer, 70 Collingdon st

Allen Thomas, baker & corn dealer, genuine home-made & Askew William, straw hat manufacturer, 72 Collingdon st

d1gestive whole-meal bread, cakes of every description, Atkin George Wm. sewing machine engineer, II Princess st

families waited on daily, Ashton road & Arthur street Atkin Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, 70 Prmcess street

Alien Thomas, shopkeeper, Dunstable place Atkins Alfred, bookseller, bookbinder, stationer, news agent,

Alien Walt. mineral water manufacturer & farmer, Castle st fancy repository. printer, lithog-rapher, artists' colorman

Allen William, carpenter, Salisbury road & music seller & publisher of the "Luton Times & Bed-

Alien William, dairyman, I5 Park street west fordshire Advertiser," Cheapside

Allingham Henry, engine fitter, 77 Hastings street Atkins William, straw hat manufacturer, 29 North street

Almond Dean, zinc & iron plate worker, plumber & gasfitter, Attwood Alfred E. straw hat manufacturer & straw plait mer.

Barber's lane chant, 7 Cheapside

Almond Elizabeth (Miss), dress & mantle maker, ladies' own Attwood William Gardner, grocer, 13 Church street

materials made up, 49 Alma street Auborn Robe~;t, straw hat manufacturer, Princess street

Anderson Mary (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 62 Burr street Austin Elizh. & Margt. (Misses), dress makers, II Church st

Anderson Tom, grocer, 55 Stuart street Austin George, hair dresser, II Castle street

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Austin George~ hair dresser, 5 Park street west Bean Henry William, linen draper, 56 &58 Park street

Austin William, solicitor, clerk to guardians, rural sanitary Beck Frederic Waiter, solicitor, see Neve & Beck

authority, school attendance committee & assessment Beckingham Fras. Kimber, confectioner, roB, Wellington st

committees of Luton union & supt. registrar, Luton Bedfordshire Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion (C Co.

district, clerk to Caddington & Humbershoe Cemetery Co. Capt. J. H. Tibbs ; F & G Cos. Capt. A. Carruthers);

sec. Straw Hat Manufacturers' & Plait Dealers' Association, head quarters, Park street

principal Conservative agent for South Beds, Upper Beds & Herts Building & Advance Co. Lim. (David George

George street Pearse, sec.), Manchester street

Axtell Alfred, straw plait merchant, Waller street Beecroft & Co. drapers & outfitters, George street & Bute st

Ayre Frederick, confectioner, 12 Manchester street Beecroft & Sons, valuers & accountants, 2 Bute street

Bachini Edward, hat block maker, Napier road Beet Ellen (Miss), ostrich feather cleaner, Stanley street

Bachini Peter, straw bat block maker, 22 John street Bell Waiter, tailor, 14 John street

Bacon George Thomas, wholesale &family grocer, tea dealer Bellott George, hosier, 23 Park square

& provision merchant, 38 Wellington street Bellshaw Charles, plumber, 52 Wellington street

Bailey Charles Bedford, shopkeeper, Hibbert street Beninman William George, shopkeeper, 84 Atbert road

Bailey George, solicitor & commissioner to administer oaths, Bennett Benjamin, straw hat manufacturer, George street

town clerk & clerk to the urban sanitary authority & Bennett John, shopkeeper, 34 Castle street

solicitor to the school board, Union street Bennett John, shopkeeper, Hit.chin road

Bailey George, watch maker, 28 Park street west Bennett William, hair dresser, 29 Cumberland street

Bailey John, tailor, Barber's lane Bent George, provision dealer, 42 Chapel street

Bailey John Lane, shopkeeper, 19 High Town road Bent George, shopkeeper, 52 Brunswick street

Bailey John Thomas, straw hat manufactr. 55 Collingdon st Betts George, grocer, & post office, roo Park street

Bailey Samuel, stationer, I2 Bute street Biddies William, The Highlander P.H. Windsor street

Bailey Thomas, straw hat blocker, 71 Hastings street Bigg William, boot warehouse, 9 Manchester street

Bailey William, plumber, I Groye road Biggs Charles, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk

Baker James & Son, straw plait bleacher & dyer, Chapel st Biggs Edward, straw dyer, Church street

Baker Frances Elizh. (Miss),straw hat machinist, 16 Melson st Biggs George, straw bat manufacturer, Holley walk

Baker James, straw plait bleacher & dyer, 4 Russell street Bigmore Thomas, straw hat manuracturer, Cbeapside

Baker J oseph, greengrocer, Stanley street Bingham Ann (Miss), straw hat finisher, 49 Princess street

Baker Joseph, photographer, 37A, Bute street Bingham Arthur, grocer, Park square

Baker Richarcl, milliner, 10 Wellington street Bingham Emma (Mrs.), draper, 97 High Town road

Baker Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, Chequer st Bingham George, straw hat manufacturer, 13 Court street

Baker Sidney, architect, Cromwell road Bingham Job, straw hat blocker, Collingdon street

Baker William, straw hat manufacturer, 29 Buxton road Bircham William, blocker, 12 Wood street

Baldwin Fredk. straw bat manufacturer, III Wellington st Bird Charles, plumber, I3 Collingdon street

Bailey E. Ellis, photographer, 19 Castle street Bird Charles, straw manufacturer, 139 High Town road

Bandy David, park keeper to John Sambrooke Crawley esq. Bird Daniel, butcher, 102 High Town road

J.P. London road · Bird Daniel, butcher, York street

Barber Carrie Longstaff(Mrs. ), straw hat manufr. r6 John st Bird Daniel, straw plait buncher, I3 New Bedford road

Barber Joseph, farmer, Round green Bird Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house, 21 Collingdon street

Bardeau Philip, boot & shoe dealer, 3 Chapel street Bird Waiter D. bespoke boot maker ; aU kinds of boots

Barford Abraham, straw hat manufacturer, 28 & 30 John st made to order & repaired, country orders promptly exe-

Barford Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. Vicarage rd cuted, 124 Wenlock street

Barford Frederick, straw plait merchant, Williamson street Bites John, tailor, 84 Collingdon street

Barford GeOI"ge, straw hat manufacturer, Windmill street Blackabey Georgc, hair dresser, 40 High Town road

Barford Jacob, straw hat manufacturer, I Cardington street Blamforth Thomas, boiler maker, Pondwicks

Barford Josiah, straw hat manufacturer, 93 Guildford st Bland William Henry, machinist, 45 Lea road

Barker George, straw bat manufacturer, 17 Windmill st Blazeley Gertrude & Mason Fanny (Misses), dress makers,.

Barker Jesse, shopkeeper, 58 Chapel street 26 Mill street

Barker Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, High Town road Bligh Ann (Mrs.), hat tip lining manufr. 86 Wellington st

Barker William, straw hat manufacturer, 38 Inkerman st Bliss Joseph, shopkeeper, 47 Chase street

Barnard Samuel, shopkeeper, 62 Castle street Bloomfield Waiter, baker & pastrycook; all kinds of cakes,

Barnell Hy. Wm. straw hat tip & lining manufactr. York st pastry, buns & scones fresh daily, quality guaranteed~

Barnes Albani (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 41 Alma street prompt personal attention given, 63 Stuart street

Barnes Jane (Miss), lodgings, 7 Mill street Blows John, grocer, I Melson street

Barnes John Thomas, assistantsupt. to Prudential Assurance Blows Wesley, straw hat manufacturer, Cheapside

Co. Limited, particulars relating to this insurance may be Bloxham Henry, commercial traveller, 101 Wellington st

had by applying, New Bedford road Blundell Bros. outfitters, general drapers, house furnishers

Baron John, straw hat machinist, 73 Hasting3 street &c. I2, 14 & 30 George street & 2 Cheapside

Barrett Arthur, shopkeeper, 33 Dudley street Blyth Thomas, tailor, 48 Collingdon street

Barrett Arthur, straw hat block maker, I6 Langlay street Boardman Harry, sewmg machine agent, Inkerman street

Barrett Francis J abez, tailor, II Park street west Boardman Mary (Miss), dress maker, Inkerman street

Barrett Fredk. Geo. straw hat manufacturer, 43 Princess st Boddington William, grocer, 96 Park street ·

Barrett George, solicitor, 5 Union street Bodsworth John, straw bat manufacturer, 135 North street

Barrett James, shopkeeper, Cobden street Bodsworth Samuel, Jolly Toper P.H. Round green

Barrett William James, ironmonger, Park square Bolton George, dairyman, 62 Wenlock street

Bartlett Charles, straw hat manufacturer, 20 Bute street Bolton John, Foresters' Arms P.H. Chapel street

Bartlett James, bird stuffer, 3I Dumfries street Bond Edwin, baker, 65 Burr street

Bartlett Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Upper George st Bond Japhet, grocer, 33 High Town road

soBarton Albert Charles, pork butcher, 70 High Town road Bone Edwin, dairyman, Queen street
Barton Edward, straw hat manufacturer, Chase street
Bone James, straw bat manufacturer, 25 North street

Barton Emma (Mrs.), straw hat machinst, 26 Langley place Banner Joseph, shopkeeper, 49 Tavistock street

Bass Edward, straw hat manufacturer, 79 High Town road Banner Minnie (Mrs.), straw hat manfr. 8r High Town rd

Bass James, straw hat manufacturer, 33 Cobden street Boon Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, r8 Cobham street.

Bass Matilda (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 56 Hastings street Bootes .Alfred, tailor, 15 Guildford street

Bass Philip, straw hat manufacturer, 24 York street Booth Arthur Frederick, straw bat manufctr. 23 Bute stree1>

Bass Richard, butcher, Dudley street Booth George, lodging house, 20 Liverpool road ·

Bass Robert, straw bat manufacturer, Io Bridge street Boutwood & Harden, straw hat manufacturer, George st

Bass Thomas, packing case maker, 2 Melson st. & Bute st Boutwood & Harden, straw hat mannfctr. Upper George st

Bass Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 76 Hitchin road Boutwood Emma (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 5I Alma st

Bassill Edward, straw hat manufacturer, 19 Chobham street Boutwood Samuel, Exchange P.H. Wailer street

Batcbelor Joseph, straw plait merchant, Cheapside Bowden Mary (Miss), lodging house, 12 Park street west

Bates Albert, shoe maker, r8 Collingdon street Bower Ernest David, surgeon dentist, r6 Wellington street

Bates Thomas, shopkeeper, 70 Cobden street Bowler Charles, tailor, Manchester street

Bates William Jeffery, tea dealer, 13 Park street west Bowler Frederick, butcher, 35 Regent street

Batson Alfred, builder, IOA, Liverpool road Bowler John, straw hat manufacturer, Vicarage road

Batsonn Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, 35 Collingdon st Bowler William Ireland, Horse & Groom P.H. Manchesterst

Bauer Francis (Mrs.), dress maker, 12 Boyle street Bradshaw James, shopkeeper, Adelaide street

Bavister Alfred, plumber, 47 Park street Bramall Francis (Miss), dress maker, Brook street

Bavister Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 25 Brunswick st Brandorr Ernest, confectioner, 143 Wellington street

Bavister Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 24 Inkerman st Brandon James, straw hat blocker, r Foundry lane

Beale William Frederick, hosier & hatter, I8 Hastings street Brandon John, fruiterer, 45 Chapel street

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. LUTON. 91

Brandon John, grocer. 35 Boyle street Burgess Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, 64 Hastings st

Brasier William, straw hat manufacturer, King street Burgess Clara (Miss), straw hat finisher, 88 Princess street

Brazier Ann (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 9 Brache at Burgess Frederick, mineral water manufacturer, 3 Oxford rd

Breadsell Thos. Ed\fin, straw hat manfactr. 26 Guildford at Burgess Job, shopkeeper, Brache street

Brewer Alfred, straw hat blocker, ro Russell street Burgess John, hat tip & lining manufactr. 42 Hastings st

Brewer George, straw bat manufacturer, 133 High Town rd Burgess Moses, straw hat blocker, 142 High Town road

Brewer William, straw hat blocker, 6 Burr street Burgess William, straw hat manufacturer, 84 Princess at

Briars Ernest, grocer, High Town road Burgoyne Henry, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside

Briden James, shopkeeper, 98 Chapel street Burleigh Robert, straw hat manfr. Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Briers Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, Chobham street Burnage George, straw hat manufacturer, 16 Wenlock st

Brightman Charles, straw hat manufacturer, Salisbury road Burnage Walter, straw hat manufacturer, St. Ann's road

Brightman Daniel, straw hat tip & lining manufacturer, Burnard John Byford, beer retailer, Park street

22 High Town road Burnard Louisa (Mrs.), Queen's Head P.H. Chapel street

Brightman George, shopkeeper, r New Bedford road Burnett Henry, ribbon warehouseman, 54 Collingdon street

Brightman George, straw hat manufacturer, New Bedford rd Burnett William, Four Horse Shoes P.H. 8o Park street

Brightman Joseph, carpenter, 20 Mill street Burrows Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, 6 Dudley street

Brighi;man Williaro, boot maker, 36 Cumberland street Burrows James, shoe maker, 6 Dudley street

Brightman William James, butcher, 8 Wellington street Burrows Martha (Mrs.), dress maker, 31 Regent street

Brightman William James, provision dlr. 20 High Town rd Burrows Thomas William, tailor, 29 Regent street

Brinkler Henry, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside Butcher William, pawnbroker, 8 & 10 Bute street

Brinklow Elizb. (Mrs.), straw bat manufactr. 24 Regent st Bute Hospital (C. H. G. Knowles, hon. sec.; Mrs. Mary

Brinklow Sarah (Miss), dress maker, Boyle street Hart, matron), Dunstable road

Brinkler William, straw hat blocker, 2r Inkerman street Butler Charles, shopkeeper, Salisbury road

British & Foreign Bible Society's Depot (Mrs. Sarah Butler Samuel, lath render, 72 High Town road

Menlove, agent), Castle street Byers Richard, Wheelwrights' Arms P.H. Guildford street

Brooke Horace George, solicitor, Upper George street Byfield William, straw hat manufacturer, Lea road

Brooks Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, North street Byway Charles, straw hat block maker, 73 Windsor street

Broomfield John, baker, 1 Salisbury road Cadger Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, New Bedford road

Broomfield Richard, pork butcher, 6 Hitchin road Cadman Frederick, butcher, Havelock road

Broomfield Richard, Sugar Loaf P.H. New Town street Cain George & Co. straw hat manufacturers, George street

Broughton John Thomas, straw hat manfctr. George street Cain David, hair dresser, 85 High Town road

BROWN &. GREEN LIM. patentees & manufacturers of Cain David, hat manufacturer, 3 Williamson street

The Gem portable cooking stove, Cain Edward, straw hat manufacturer, Old Bedford road

close & open fire Cain Frances (Miss), straw hat manufacturer, 6g Hastings st

kitcbeners, & all Cain Frederick, Plough P.H. George street

kinds of heating Cain Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 45 Castle street

stoves, register & Cain Henry, baker, 7 New Bedford road

tiled stoves, iron Cain Herbert, Moulders' Arms P.H. Park street

fencing, cast & Cain J ames, lodging house, 19 :Mill street

wrought iron gates, Cain Lizzie (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, Vicarage road

columns, hot water Cain William, blacksmith, High Town road

pipes, coils, bath- Cain William, straw hat manufacturer, 47 Stuart street

room fittings, block- Cain William James, blacksmith, Chapel street

soing machines, hat Cain William Wailer, fruiterer, 24 Manchester street

pans & steam appa- Camp Ann (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Boyle street
ratus, WINDSOR Campion Emily {:.Wiss ), dress maker, 55 North street

STREET, Luton. London show rooms, 69 Finsbury Cane Thomas, tailor & taxidermist, 36 Wellington street

pavement E c Cannon Charles, greengrocer, 6o Park street

Brown Henry & Sons, timber & slate merchants Cannon Francis, wheelwright, Church street

B'rown & Son, architects, Market hill C.ur Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road

Brown Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Collingdon street Carrington F. & Son, tailors, 4 Castle street

Brown Edward, straw hat manufacturer, II Inkerman st Carrington Alfred, tailor, 70 Church street

Brown Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, Vicarage road Carrington Arthur, Star & Garter l'.H. Princess street

Brown George, haberdasher, 64 Castle street Carrington William, gasfitter, ro Hastings street .

Brown George, straw hat manufacturer, Dudley street Carruthers Brothers, straw & felt hat manufacturer, r5 &

Brown George Denby, pianoforte tuner, 8o Wellington st 17 King street & George street west

Brown Henry, shopkeeper, Burr street Carter Charles, str~w hat manufacturer, Stanley street

Brown Henry, timber merchant, 5 Rothesay road Carter Ellen (:'viiss), straw bat finisher, 47 Inkerman street

Brown Henry Cumberland, solicitor, see Nicholls & Brown Carter George, shopkeeper, 29A, Albert road

Brown Herman, grocer, 83 Langley street Carter George, straw hat manufacturer, 39 Wellington st

Brown John Henry, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Carter John, straw bat manufacturer, Salisbury road

Brown Mary (Mrs.), ladies' day school, Cardiff road Carter Marianne (:Mrs.), shopkeeper, 29 Albert road

Brown Mary (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 18 Liverpool rd Carter William, dairyman, 123 North street
Brown Richard, shopkeeper, rs Hibbert street
Carter William, grocer, 90 High Town road

Brown Roland, straw hat manufacturer, 6r Boyle street Carter William, straw hat manufacturer, 82 Inkerman st

Brown Samuel, engineer, 6 Blyth place Cartwright Frederic, solicitor & commissioner for oaths.

Brown Sophia (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 5 Cardigan street corner of Bute street & Guildford street ; & at Dunstable

Brown Walter, hair dresser, 4 Bute street Causby John, shopkeeper, 19 Burr street

Brown William, straw hat manufacturer, 22 Cardigan st Causton Thomas, straw hat manufactr. 140 High Town rd

Brown William, straw hat manufr. 104 Collingdon street Cavers John, draper, Union street

Brown William, straw hat manufacturer, 9 Dudley street Cawdell Mary Ann (Mrs.), tobacconist & agent for Brock's

Brown William, straw hat manufacturer, 133 Wellmgton st fireworks, George street

Brown William Henry, miller (steam), Great Northern Cawdell Susan (Miss), straw hat machinist,, 25A,Collingdon st

mills ; office, Guildford street Cawdell William, hat box & case maker, Upper George st

Browning Edgar, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk Cawdell William James, builders' merchant, Collingdon st

Bro~ning George, straw plait mer. Plait hall, Cheaps1de Chalkley Charles, baker, 194 North st.reet

Brummage Emma (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. Hitchin road Chalkley Frederick, furniture dealer, 18 Stuart street

Brundall John Thomas, boiler maker, 78 Princess street Challice George, greengrocer, 6o Hastings street

Bryan Martin, watch maker, 79 Boyle street Challis Charlotte (.Miss), baker, 27 Adelaide street

Bryan Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 79 Boyle street Chamber of Commerce (John Irving Wright, president;

Bryce Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 24 Queen st William Hoyle, sec.), Free Library, Manchester street

Buckingham George, carpenter, 21 Collingdon street Chamberlain Jane (Miss), tobacconist, 12 Chapel street

Buckingham Thomas, carpenter, 4 High Town road Chambers Arthur, shopkeeper, Brunswick street

Buckr~dge Henry, chimney sweeper, 6 Upper George street Champkins Henry, straw bat blocker, Collingdon street

Bucknrlge Henry, shopkeeper, 4 Boyle street Champkins Peter, straw hat blocker, 38 Taristock street

Bull Ellen (Mrs.), dress maker, 17 Adelaide street Champkins Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 48 John st

Bullock Albert Samuel, coal mer. Bute street & Guildford at Chandler Charles, butcher, 43 Burr street

Bunker Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, Stanley street Cbantler Rwhard Philip, chemist, Park square

Bunn George, builder, 5 New Bedford road Chapman Daniel, umbrella repairer, 21 John street

Bunny James, straw hat manufacturer, York street . Chapman Edwin, shopkeeper, 186 North street

Bunyan Joseph, general dealer, 74 Chapel street Chapman Frederick, french polisher, 15 New Bedford road

Burditt Francis Noel, stationer, 47 Wellington street Cbapman Robert, straw hat bloeker, ro Regent street

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Cheesman Thomas, draper, 86 & 83 High Town road Cooke George, butcher, 12 Hastings street

Cherry James, straw hat stiffener, 74 Hastings street Cooke Richard (firm, Cooke & Sou), solicitor & registrar of

Cherry Jonathan, shopkeeper, 6r Albert. road county court, George street west

Cherry Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 37 Waller street Cooke Richard Edward, solicitor, see Cooke & Son

Cherry Waiter, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk Cooke William, straw hat manufacturer, 9 Foundry lane

Chesham Robert, working gardener, w Dumfries street Cookson & Co. straw hat manufacturers, King street

Chesham William, straw hat manufacturer, 73 Burr street Cookson John, straw hat manufacturer, 14 & r6 King street

Cbilds J ames, shopkeeper, Surrey street . Cookson Martha (Miss), dress maker, 49 Wellington street

Chilton Free, engineer, machinist & cycle agent, 19 .Ade- Coombes William, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk

laide street. See advertisement Coombs Richard, straw hat manufacturer, 77 Lea road

Chilton George, shopkeeper, 22 Spring place Coope.r L & J. straw hat manufacturers, King street

Christie Robert Nicol, proprietor of the "Luton Reporter & Cooper Amos, straw hat blocker, 72 Princess street

Beds. & Herts. News," Park street Cooper Charles, baker, 31 Bute street

Chubb John, boot maker, 74 Albert road Cooper Charles, tailor, 194 Wellington strest

Church FrederiCk Wm. hat tip & lining manufr. 9 Waller st Cooper Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, King's road

Church Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 3S Hudson street Cooper George, shoe maker, 85 Boyle street

Church Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Windsor street Cooper Henry, straw hat manufacturer, So Princess street

Clare John, straw hat manufacturer, Chapel street Coop3r John, straw hat manufacturer, 21 Langley road

Clare Samuel Jabez, boot maker & grindery dealer; repairs Cooper Philip Arthur, fishmonger, 72 Park street

of all kinds executed promptly & reasonably, 89 Church st Cooper Sidney Charles,straw hat manufactr.Old Bedford rd

Claridge Jas. Allen, straw bat manufacturer, 17 Wenlock st Cooper Waiter, straw hat blocker, 55 Lea road

Claridge Lewis Henry, Clarence hotel, Upper George street Coo)"ler William, shoe maker, 55 Liverpool road

Clark Asa, sewing machine maker, 14 Hastings street Cooper William, shopkeeper, 31 Guildford road

Clark Francis William L.R.C.P.LOnd. surgeon, Melson street Copelston Alfred, straw hat manufactr. 2 Upper George st

Clark Frederick, shopkeeper, 30 New Town street Copleston & Son, straw hat manufr. 26 Bute st. &Waller st

Clark Jane (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 66 Burr street Copleston Alfred, straw hat manufactr. New Town street

()lark Richard, baker, 72 Chapel street Copleston Sophia (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 5 Peel street

Clark Arthur, greengrocer, II Windsor street Corney Thomas, lithographer, 29 Wellington street

Clarke Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, 79 Stuart street Cornwall Brothers, hat block makers, Pikes close, Castle st

Clarke Elizabeth (Miss), laundress, 32 Liverpool road Cosby William, beer retailer, Wenlock street

Clarke Emily (Mi.ss), straw hat machinist, Stanley street Cosier Harriet (Mrs.), wholesale paper, plain & fancy box &

Clarke Emily (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 50 Cardigan st tip & lining manufacturer, 65 Uuildford street

Clarke Emily (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, IO John street Costin Ruth (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, Cheapside

Clarke George, tailor, 28 Hastings street County Court (Richard Cooke, registrar; Harry James

Clarke J oseph, straw hat manufacturer, Collingdon street J enour, high bailiff), Court house, Stuart street

Clarke Philip, shopkeeper, 174 High Town road County Police Station ( Edmund Tydeman, supt. ), Stuart st

Clarke Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 73 Boyle street Coupees Edwin, straw bleacher & dyer, Old Bedford road

Clarke Walter, egg merchant, 55 Langley road Cowley fl-eorge, Temperance hotel, Church street

Clarke William, farmer, The ::\Iodel farm Oowley Robert, builder, r8 Park street west

Clayton Enoch, The Freeholders' P.H. 45 York street Cowper Commercial TemperanceHotel(close to the stations;

Clayton Janet (:.\irs.), straw hat blocker, 47 Collingdon st this hotel affords good accommodation at reasonable

Clayton John, straw plait dealer, 45 Collingdon street tariff ; good beds) (proprietor, Samuel Heath), Cheapside

Clegg Philip Watts, herbalist, Park lane Cox Wallace & Arthur, builders, 32 Melson street

Cobb Septimus, Royal Oak P.H. Round green Cox Alfred Frederick, greengrocer, 2 Princess street
Cockayne Mary (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 94 Collingdon st Cox Arthur, straw block maker, ss Hastings street

Cole Alfred, boot maker, Park street Cox George, shopkeeper, Round green

Cole Charles, straw hat manufacturer, 53 Adelaide street Cox Henry, shopkeeper, 5 Stuart street

Cole Edmund, North Star P.H. Dudley street Cox James, shopkeeper, 76 Chapel street

Cole John, The Windmill inn, Windmill lane Cox Joseph, sen. coal merchant, Bute street

Coleman Charles, beer retailer, 3 New Town street Cox Thomas, insurance agent, Cheapside

Coleman Frederick John George, family & commercial hotel Cox Walter Harry, straw hat manufacturer, 57 Wailer st

& posting house, George street Crawley William, baker, 44 Langley street

Coleman Montague, saddler, r6 Church street Crease Henry, boot maker, Dunstable place

Coleman Susan (Mrs.), shopkeeper, New Town street Creasey & Son, boot makers, I r Guildford road

Coleman Waiter, grocer, 3 North street Crick William, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk

Coleman William, carpenter, 176 North street Crisp Thomas, baker, 44 Hitchin road

Coleman William, feather dyer, 5 Tavistock street Croft Frederick, straw bleacher & dyer, 32 Wellington st

Coleman William, The Yorkshire Grey P.H. Windmill street Croft George, straw bat manufacturer, 55 Guildford street

Coles Mary Ann (Mrs.), pork butcher & sausage manufac- Cross Arthur James, grocer, 29 Hitchin road

turer, 37 Albert road Cross Susan (Mrs.), dress maker, 75 Lea road

Coles Richard, dairyman, Windson road Crouch David William, confectioner, 35 Wellington street

Collie James, shopkeeper, 38 Collingdon street Croxford Lucy (Mrs.),Bricklayer's Arms P.H.High Town rd

Colling & Co. lithographers & hat tip & lining & ticket Crozier Agnes (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 8 Liverpool road

manufacturer, 39 King street Cumberland Jn.& Sons,auctionrs.surveyrs.&valuers,Park sq

Collings Thos. Geo. straw hat manufacturer, sr Guildford st Cumberland Annie (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Ashton st

Collins Matthew Francis, Cock P.H. Park street Cumberland William, straw hat manufacturer, Holley st

Colson John, grocer, 2 Liverpool road Cunningham Alexander, draper, 75 Wellington street

~ONDER JOHN CANON, auctioneer, surveyor & estate Custance J ames, confectioner, 15 & 17 Chapel street

agent, 17 Market hill Custance Jarnes, straw hat manufacturer, Court street

Conder Thomas, coal merchant, Bitchin road Cutler James, Bute Arms P.H. Collingdon street

Congreve William Wade, straw hat manfctr. 7 Collingdon st Dale Mary Ann (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 77 Guildford st

Conisbee William Henry, butcher, 61 Burr street Dalton George, printer, Cheapside

Conquest Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 41 Albert rd Dalton Waiter, beer retailer, Salisbury road

Cook Albert, baker, 54 Alma street Dalton William, tailor, 74 High Town road

Cook Caroline (Mrs.), straw hat manufctr. 63 New Town st Daniels Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 22 Liverpool rd

Cook Edward, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Melson street Daniels Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, r2 Inkerman st

Cook Frank, butcher, Stanley street Daniels Thomas Henry, tobacconist, 42 Bute street

Dook Frank, straw hat manufacturer, 36 Inkerman street Darby James George, Sportsman P.H. Lang1ey street

Cook George, greengrocer, 7 Alma street Darby :Mary Ann (LYirs. ), tobacconist, Cheapside

Cook George, greengrocer, 27 Castle street Darton John, George the Second l'.H. Bute street

Cook George, straw hat blocker, 17 Hastings street Davis Thomas, butcher, Park square

Cook Henry, baker, 13 High street Davis William, straw hat manufactmer, I Inkermau street

Cook Jason, shopkeeper, 31 High Town road Davis William Henry, straw plait merchant & bleacher &

Cook Jesse William, boot maker, 13 Langley road dyer, 20 Wailer street; dye works, Dudley street

Cook John Frederick, boot & shoe repairer, 29 Hastings st Davison Jane (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 62 Inkerma.n street

Cook Levi, boot & shoe maker, Park lane Dawson Charles, straw plait merchant, 13 Cheapside

Cook Sarah Ann (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Jones' yard, Dawson John, Fountain P.H. Wellington street

Upper George street Dawson William, straw hat manufacturer, 17 Melson street

(Jook William, boot repairer, 14 Russell street Day Annie (M1ss), ~traw hand sewer, 63 Inkerman street

Cook William, straw hat manufacturer, St. Ann's road Day .Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk

Cook William James, grocer, Stanley street Day Charles, hat & bonnet box maker, Vicarage road

Cooke & Son, solicitors, George street west Day Edward John, straw hat blocker, 84 Castle street

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Day Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, 57 Adelaide street Dnrler & Suter, straw bleachers, Upper Cromwell road

Day Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, 84 Castle street Durler & Suter, straw plait merchants,47 & 49 Guildford st

Day George, shopkeeper, 47 Chapel street Durley William, straw hat blocker, 3 Foundry lane

Day George, straw hat manufacturer, 79 Duke street Durrant Albert, straw bat manufacturer, 20 Hitchin road

Day George, straw hat manufacturer, 85 Wellington street Durrant George, inspector of markets, Town hall

Day George, tailor, 64 Wellington street Durrant Thomas, shopkeeper, 37 New Town street

Day James, straw hat manufacturer, I51 North street Durrint David, straw bat manufacturer, I32 High Town rd

Day James, Volunteer P.H. Brache street Eales Wilham, sculptor, Bridge street & Salisbury road

Day John, straw hat manufacturer, 12 Bridge street Eames Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, .Adelaide ter

Day John, straw hat manufacturer, 48 York street Eames William, plumber, 12 Langley road

Day Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Alma street Eames Wilham, shopkeeper, 42 Langley street

Day William, sewing machine agent, 41 Liverpool road Earl & Co. boot & shoe warehouse, I4 Wellington street

Day William, straw hat blocker, Vicarage road Eastmans Lim. butchers (Jsph. Streeter, mangr. ), George st

Day William, straw hat manufacturer, 103 Stuart street Eaton Charles Peter, Robin Hood P.H. New Town street

Day William, Welcome Stranger P.H. Duke street Eaton Emma (1\liss), dress maker, 21 Liverpool road

Deacon Alfred, carrier, 4 Stuart street Eaton John, Masons' Arms P.H. Chapel street

Deacon CharlesWilliam,straw hatmanufacturer,Cheapside; Eayrs John, tailor, 3I Castle street

& corn dealer, II Chapel street Eayrs Nathaniel, tailor & woollen draper, II4A, Park street

Deacon Edwin, jeweller, watch maker & british & foreign Ebbs Eliza (Mrs.), apartments, 67 Guildford street

fancy merchant, 3, 5, 7 & 9 Wellington street Edgington Alfrd.Fredk.Aldridge,fancy drpr.2oWellington st

Deacon George, straw bat manufacturer, 25 Wenlock street Edmunds Geo. Thos. hat tip & lining manfr.84 High Town rd

Deacon Mary Ann (~rs. ), milliner, 4 Stuart street Edmunds Geo. Thos. hat tip & lining mannfr. 24 Hitcbin rd

Deacon "\Villiam, birch merchant, I Rothesay road Edmunds Thomas, jobbing gardener, 36 Liverpool road

Deacon William, straw hat manufr.cturer, 33 Wenlock st Edwards Henry, tailor, Cheapside & Barber's lane

Deamer Florence (Miss), dress maker, New Bedford road Edwards Henry, tripe dresser, Park street

Deamer Mary Ann (Mrs.), fruiterer, New Bedford road Edwins Francis, straw hat manufacturer, 8 Mill street

Dean Thomas, straw hat manufr, Villa rd. Old Bedford rd Elgar Rebecca Margaret (Mrs.), dress maker, 22 Regent st

Dearberg Brothers, straw bat manufacturers,so Bute street Eling Wm. sewing machine manufacturer, 88 Chapel street

Dearden Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, Bolton road Ell .Alfred, beer retailer, 79 .Albert road

Deighton Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 88 Inkerman st Ell Charles, shopkeeper, Vicarage road

Delger Joseph, engineer, 15 Melson street Ellcock William, cabinet maker, 33 Inkerman street

Denbigh Daniel, straw hat manufacturer, 61 Chase street Ellerd Eliza (Mrs.), beer retailer, New Town street

Dennet Emma (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 24 Cardigan st Ellerd William James, plumber, John street

Dennis Frederick, shopkeeper, 3 Wenlock street EJ!ingham Edward, straw haL manufacturer, 3 Cardigan st

Dent Robert, builder, 33 Alma street Ellingham Elizabeth (1\Irs. ), straw hat manufr. 5 Regent st

Deverell John, hatter, 40 Park street Ellingham George Henry, straw hat blocker, 27 Chapel st

Dewy Henry, boys' day school, Collingdon street Ellingham George Hy. straw hat manufacturer, 27 Regent st

Dexter William, baker, 2 Liverpool road Ellingham James, straw hat manufacturer, 26 Spring place

Dible Samuel, tea dealer, Manchester street Ellingham John, straw hat manufacturer, 13 Wenlock st

Dickens Carrie (Mrs.) & Tims Emily (Miss), dress makers, Ellingbam S. (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 26 Liverpool rd

20 Hastings street Elliott M. & Son, straw hat manufacturers, King street

Dickens Alberi Edward, tailor, 20 Hastings street Elliott George, florist, 24 ::.VIill street

Dickens David \Vells, jobbing gardener, 4 Buxton road Ellis Annie (Miss), dress makt>r, Stanley street

Dickens George, st-raw hat manufacturer, so Albert road Ellis l''rederick, straw hat manufacturer, 38 John 11treet

Dickens Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 2 Calling-don st Ellis William, straw bat manufacturer, 30 Inkerman street

Dickens Henrr, straw hat manufacturer, New Bedford road Ellwood Thomas, leather seller, 37 Chapel street

Dickens William, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Elphick James, straw hat manufacturer, r Manchester st

Dickerson Clara (Mrs.),straw hat manufactnrer,99Stuart st Else Alfred William, straw hat blocker, 79 Hastings street

Dickins Charles, boot maker, 61 Adelaide street Else Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, 47 Princess street

Dickinson John Fox, wheelwright, Dunstable road Emerson David, hair dresser, 8 Bridge street

Dickman John & Son, nurserymen, Wenlock street Emery George, baker, 153 High Town road

Dillingham Ann (Miss), straw hat finisher, Edward street Emery Thomas, rope & twine manufr. 155 High Town road

Dillingham Charles, straw hat manufacturer, Up.George st Euinton Edward, straw hat block maker, 3 Hastings street

Dimrnock George & Co. straw bat manufactrs. George st Euinton Emma(~'Irs. ),straw hat manufacturer, 40 Langley st

Dimmock Elir.a (Mrs.), lodging house, 13 Liverpool road Enstace Jeffery & W. straw hat manufacturers, King street

Dimmock James, straw hat manufacturer,rs Cobden street Eustace Emily (Miss), ladies' day school, 48 Dunstable road

Dimmock William, straw bat manufacturer, 14 Mill street Evans .Ana (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 20 Chase street

Dimnock Benjamin,size & glue manufacturer,92NewTown st Evans Austin (1\lrs. ), laundress, Foundry lane

Dixon William, engineer, ironfounder & agricultural imple- Evans Joseph, greengrocer, Church street

ment maker, Guildford street Evans Lucy (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Winsdon road

Dobbs Charles, straw hat manufacturer, IO Melson street Evans Folly (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 68 Windsor street

Dockrill Joseph, straw plait merchant, Plait ball, Cheapside Eve John Richard, land & house agent, architect & surveyor,

Dodson Samuel, beer retailer, 23 Hastings street rating surveyor, accountant, agent for the General Land

Dolby Ann Selina (Mrs. ),straw plait machinist,A.delaide ter Drainage & Improvement Co. & Imperial Life & Fire, 2

Dollimore Samuel, shopkeeper, 103 New Town street George street; & at Bedford & Hitcbin

Donne Brothers, music sellers, Chapel street Everitt George, straw bat blocker, 2r6 Wellington street

Dorrington Jane (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, .Adelaide ter Ewen & Roberts, solicitors, Park street west

Dorrington John, cabinet maker, 26 Park street Ewen Alfred (firm, Ewen & Roberts ), solicitor & official re-

Donld Charles, straw hat & bonnet wire maker (Wm. Henry .ceiver in bankruptcy for Luton, St. Albans & Hertford

Smith, agent), 23 Barber's lane districts, Park street west

Drewett William, engineer, Guildford street Exchange Cafe (Samuel Heath, proprietor), 37 George st

Dring Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 27 Langley pl Eyles George, tailor, 37 Park street

Dryerre David, stationer, 32 Park street Eyles John, straw bat manufacturer, Cardiff road

Duberly George Smith, pharmaceutical chemist,Market hill Eyles Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 26 Victoria street

Dudley Daniel, fishmonger, Manchester street Facer John, coal merchant, Guildford street

Dudley Henry, coal dealer, Ashton road Fairey James, tobacconist, 32 Stuart street

Dudley James, butcher, 44 John street Farks James, straw bat blocker, Hitchin road

Duffield Annie (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, North street Farmer Albert D. pianoforte warehouse, King street

Dumbleton Thomas, shopkeeper, 2I North street Farr Hy. straw hat manufacturer, Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Duncombe T. H. & Co. straw hat manufacturers,Cheapside Farr Matthew, beer retailer. 133 New Town street

Duncombe George, gaiter manufacturer, Park street Farrant Nellie (Mrs.), straw bat machinist, I 1 York street

Dunbam Abraham, shoe maker, 26 Manchester street Faunch John Philip, baker, 20 Manchester street

Dunham .Alfred Henry, shopkeeper, I North street Felks Emma (:\frs. ), shopkeeper, Barber's lane

Dunbam David, builder, go Guildford street Felks William, straw hat manufacturer, I7 Waller street

Dunham Eliza (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, Old Bedford road Fensome Albert Henry, printer, Wailer street

Dunham Eliz1beth (Mrs.), straw hat maker, 25 Hastings st Fensome Ann (Mrs.), straw bat manufacturer, 27 Lea road

Dunham Florence (Miss), dress maker,26 Manchester street Fensome Daniel, chimney sweeper, Foster's yd. Up. George st

DUNHAM PHILIP, builder, Langley road Fensome Emma (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 25 Lea road

Dunham Lucy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 26 Upper George street Fensome George, shopkeeper, 37 Windsor street

Dunham William, buiider, 12 Regent street Fensome Martha (Mrs.), midwife, 5 King's road

Dunton Susan (Miss), milliner, 45 Windsor street Fensome Sidney, baker, Wood street

Dunton William, straw hat blocker, 45 Windsor street Fensome Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Chobham st

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:Field Alfred George, straw hat manufr. 83 Guildford street Garratt Alfred, straw hat blocker, Holley walk

Field Charles, insurance agent, 143 Park street Garrett Albert, shopkeeper, 86 Lea road

Fie;d George, shoe maker, 52 Windsor street Garrett Sidney George, tailor, 12 Langley street

Field Georg·e, straw hat manufacturer, 25 Cardigan street GasWorks(Wm. R PhiBips,engineer&manager), Dunstable rd

Field Henry, straw hat manufactory, 4 Chobham street Gates, Jennings & Gates, ironmongers & grocers, George st

Fie d Richard, straw hat blocker, 23 John street Gazeley Gehazi, straw hat blocker, Vicarage road

Field Tabitha (Mrs.). Wheel Plough P.B:. Park street Gazeley William, blacksmith, 26 Hit.chin road

:Finlinson Elizabeth (Mril. ), dress maker, 9 Mill street Gee Ann (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 15 John street

Fire Engine Brigade (Edward Taylor, hon. supt. ; W. H. Gee Martha (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 17 Liverpool road

soLeete, captain), Chief station, Stuart street Geeves Charles Hussey, cabinet maker, so Hastings street
General Cemetery Co. (Jsph. Hawkes, sec.), 58 Dunstable rd
I<'irebuck William Herbert, painter, John street

Firmin Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, Liverpool road Gentle Amos, straw hat manufacturer, 24 Victoria street

Fisher Elizabeth (Miss), straw hat machinist, Stanley street Gentle Elizh. (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, ro Liverpool rd

:Fisher Waiter, brass finisher, 28 Regent street Gentle Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Salisbury rd

Flavell John, grocer, 22 Manchester street Gentle James, straw plait merchant, Cheapside & Melson st.

Fleckney Thomas, straw hat blocker, 28 Spring place George William Hy. & Co. straw hat manufactrs. Cheapside

Fleming Robert Melvin, dentist, George street George Family & Commercial Hotel & Posting House

Flemons Benjamin John, tailor & outfitter, Manchester st (Frcderick John Coleman, proprietor), George street

Flemons William, corn dealer, 1 Adelaide street George H!'lnr.y, farmer, West Hyde

!<']etcher Alfred, beer retailer, 30 Cardigan street George Henry, straw hat manufacturer, II Cardigan street

!<'\etcher George, boot & shoe maker, 26 New street George William, painter, 36 Melson street

Fletcher William, painter, 70 Guildford street George William, plumber, Church street

Flint Edwin, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Williamson street Gething Joseph, beer retailer, Park street

Flint Flora (Miss), dress maker, 64 Dumfries street Gibbons Unity (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 71 Cardigan street

Flint Joseph. straw hat manufacturer, 3 Upper George st Gibbons Henry, draper & hosier, I & 2 Park square

Flitton Clara (Miss), dress maker, 25 Buxton road Gibbs Arthur, druggist, 15 Wellington street

Flitton Henry, straw hat. blocker, 9 Buxton road Gibbs George Frederick, wholesale ironmonger, George st

Flitton Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 2 Wood street Gibbs Jane (Mrs.), greengr')cer, 47 Hastings street

FluckTheodoreGrabam & Co.strw.& felt hat manfr.44But~ st. Gibbs Lncy (Mrs.), Antelope inn, Albert road

Flynn Patrick, postmaster & stamp distributor, Post office, Gibson John, grocer, 57 Hitchin road

Cheapside Giddings Low, stone & monumental mason, I Crescent rd

Folder William, straw hat blocker, 77 Dumfries street Gilbert Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, 44 Cardigan street

Foley George Henry, plumber, 13 Stuart street Gilbert Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, Stanley street

Fookes Joseph, boot & shoe maker, 86 Princess street Gilbert William, straw hat manufacturer, 3 Mill street

Foote George, Mother Red Cap P. H. Langley road Gilder George Wilcox, straw hat manufacturer, George st

Ford Henry James, boys' day school, Chapel street Gilfillan Margaret, Emma & Lucy (The Misses), ladies'

Ford Richard, builder, 43 Boylestreet school & kindergarten, Milton house, Dunstable road.

·Fossey Agnes Emily (Miss), straw hat maker, 43 Hastings st See advertisement

Foster Charles, baker, 68 John street Gillam Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 13 Inkerman st

Foster Charles, straw bat manufacturer, 63 Wenlock street Gillam Thomas, grocer, 43 Langley street

Foster Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, Church street Giltrow William, baker, Duke street

Foster Frederick, stationer, 74 Park street Girardet Constant, Melson Arms P.H. Church street

Foster Jabez, tailor, 98 Chu1'l:h street Gladwell James, straw hat manufacturer, 26 John street

:Foster Samuel, baker, 66 John street Godden & Rudd, coal merchants, 40 John street

Foster Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Vicarage road Godfrey Joseph & Co. straw hat manufacturers, King street

Fountain John, boot maker, Cromwell road Godfrey Albert, draper, 3 Albert road

FOWLER WILLlAM, house decorator, authorised gas & Godfrey Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Princess street

water fitter, lead, glass & paperhanging merchant, Park sq Godfrey Alfred, straw plait merchant, 26 Cheapside

Fowler William, straw hat manufacturer, 69 Langleyroad Godfrey Arthur, straw plait dyer, Chobham street

Fox Catherine (Mrs.), lodging house, 58 lukerrnan street Godfrey Frederick, straw bleacher & dyer, Langley street

Fox Joseph, straw hat blocker, 43 Park street west Godfrey George, straw hat manufacturer, 30 Wellington st

Fox Joseph Thomas, straw hat block maker, Barber lane Godfrey George, straw plait dyer, 52 Albert road

Foxley Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, r Hastings street Godfrey George, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside

Frampton John Henry, grocer, 94 New'fown street Godfrey Matthew, straw hat manufacturer,so Wellington.st

Franklin William, straw hat blocker, 34 Regent street Goldsmith Alfred, oil & color man, Market hill

Fraser William, straw plait merchant, 6IA, Bute.street Goldsmith George, shopkeeper, 49 Hitchin road

Free Library (David Wootton, librarian), Manchester street Goldsmith John Charles, dining rooms, 30 Albert road

Freeman, Hardy & Willis, boot & shoe wareho. George st Gomm Rebecca (Miss), straw hat manufacturer,x48 Park st

Freeman Alfred, Engine P.H. 39 Bute st.reet Goodge George, marine store dealer, 46 New Town street

Freeman Joseph, shopkeeper, 28 Chase street Goodge William, tailor, 33 Princess street

Friendly Societies Medical Institute (Francis William Clark Goodman Hannah lMrs.), straw hat stiffener, 19 John st

L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon), open 9 to n a.m. & 5 to 7 p.m. ; Goodman James, straw hat blocker, 32 Elizabeth street

sundays, 9 to ro a. m. Melson street Goodwin John, straw hat manufacturer, 40 Cardigan street

Frith John, Compass inn, Chapel street Goodwin Joseph, dairyman, 24 Foundry lane

Frost Emma (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, Salisbury road Goodwin Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Dudley street

Frost Herbert Nicklin, straw hat manufacturer, 33 Bute st Goodwin Sophie (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 66 Inkerman st

Frost William, carpenter, Buxton road Goodyear William Job, straw hat manufactr. 18 John street

Frost William, swimming instructor, Public baths, Wailer st Goss Mary (Miss), straw hat finisher, So Church street

Fryer Alfred, boot & shoe maker, 71 Castle street Uoudge Jamt~s, sculptor, 14 Holley street

Fryer Alfred Henry, boot maker, r Regent street Gould Edward, draper, 3 Park square

Fryer Henry, shoe maker, 194 Park street Gould Thomas, builder, 7 Hastings street

Fullarton H. jun. straw hat manufacturer, Collingdon st Grace Daniel, confectioner, 20 Park square

Fullarton Henry, lodging house, Collingdon street Graham James William, The Harrow P.H. Cobden street

Fullarton Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Collingdon st Grantbam George, straw hat blocker, 7 Dumfries street

Fullerton William, straw hat manufacturer, Winsdon road Gratton Joseph, umbrella repairer, 67 Wellington street

Funnell Arthur, marine store dealer, :,o Park street Graves Eliza (Mrs.), Globe P.H. Union street

Fyson George, straw plait dyer, Dunstable road Gravestock William, corn dealer, Upper George street

Gadsby Charlotte (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 36 John st Gray Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, 63 Guildford street

Gale Alfred, pawnbroker, 7 High Town road Gray Frederick, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside

Game Samuel, straw hat blocker, Adelaide terrace Gray Humphrey, straw hat blocker, 17A, Chobham street

Game William, hair dresser, Park street Gray James, watch maker, 55 High Town road

Gardner David, straw hat manufacturer, 61 Guildford st Gray Jehu, straw plait merchant, 13 Wailer street

Gardner John, registrar of births & deaths, & vaccination Gray Jesse, straw hat manufacturer, 127 Wellington street

officer for Luton sub-district, go Langley street Gray Sidney, butcher, Guildford street

Gardner Kate (Miss), milliner, 69 Liverpool road Green Edward, Blue Lion P.H. Cumberland street

Gardner Robert, straw hat blocker, 55 Burr street Green John William, brewer, Park street west

Gardner Wm. relieving officer,Luton district,69 Liverpool rd Green Thomas, ironmonger, 81 Church street

Garnby Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 17 Dudley street Greenhill Agnes (Miss), straw bat machinist,73 Dumfries st

Garner Charles (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 20 Melson st Uregory Mary .Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Park street

Gerrard & Staddon, straw &felt hat manufacturers, George Gregory William, butcher, ro5 High Town road

street; factory, 21 King street Gregory William, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Dudley street

Garratt & Cannon, confectioners, George street Griffin Daviu, dairyman, 4 Hitchin road

DIRECTORY.] BEDF,ORDSHIRE. L'C'XOY. 9.5

Gri66 & Gregory, straw & felt hat manufacturers, 28 Bute Higgins Geo. Hodgson L. R.C. P. Eiin. surgeon, 3 Rothesay rd

street & I.A, Waller street Higgins Richard, plumber, JI Mill street

Groom Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, Stanley street Higgins Wm. Hiram, straw plait mer. Upper George street

Groom Charles, shopkeeper, 88 Langley street Higgs Josiah, boot & shoe maker, 73 Chapel street

Groom Jephria Jason, engineer & machinLst, rr Windmill st Hill Daniel, coal dealer, 13 Guildford street

Gronm John, straw hat manufacturer, 9 Windmill street Hill Emma (Miss), straw hat manufacturer, Gordon street

Groom Josiah, straw hat manufacturer, 58 Dumfries street Hill James, beer retailet:-. 63 Wellington street

Grove Social Club (Edward How, hon. sec.), Cardiff grove Hill John, straw bat manufacturer, 18 Upper George street

Griinbaum & Sharpe, straw hat manufacturers, George st Hill John, straw hat manufacturer, 28 Wellington street

Gudgeon Jam~s, brass moulder, 13 Chobham street Hill Jonathan, greengrocer, 29 New street

Gudgeon William, straw hat manufacturer, Langley road Hill Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Burr street

Gunn & \Vildman, straw hat manufacturers, 9 King street Hill Walter James, butcher, 78 Hastings street

Gurney George, carpenter, 49 Liverpool road Hillyard George, grocer, Dudley street

Gurney George, straw hat blocker, 63 Hitchin road Hillyard Marian (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. n Regent st

Gurney John, millwright, Villla road, Old B~dford road Hinds, Fellowes & Fellowes, brewers (J. Shepherd, agent),

Bale Hy. boot & shoe ma. Barber's lane & 107 High Town rd Manchester street

Hale Thomas, grocer, 14 & 16 Hitchin road Hinson Francis Thos. straw hat manufactr.48 Wellington st

Ha1fhead George, painter, 33 Windsor street Hinson William, straw hat blocker, Salisbury road

Hall Ephraim, chemist, George street Hitchcock E. & W. straw plait bleachers & dyers, Waller s1.

Hall William, shopkeeper, 17 Burr street Hoar Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Princess street

Hammett Daniel, greengrocer, r8 Hitchin -road Hobbs' Map of Luton (Thomas George Hobbs, publisher),

Hammond Thomas, baker, I7 Elizabeth street 28 Cheapside .

Hannell John, builder, Cobden street Hobbs Thos. Geo. sewing cotton, gelatines, spirit polish &

Harden Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, Upper George st tissue paper merchant, straw goods manufacturers' ma-

Harden John Tyas, straw hat manufacturer, 56 Bute street terial merchant & agent for Parks' patent basket box, 28

Harding Benjamin, decoratvr, 109 Stuart street Cheapside & 28 & 30 Wailer street

Hardstaff William, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Holdstock Frederick, straw hat manufactr. 90 Princess st

Hargraves Thomas Henry, Enterprise P.H. Elizabeth street Holdstock George, shopkeeper, Bury Park road

Harley John, gardener, III North street Holdstock John, grocer, 196 North street

Harman & Shoosmith, pawnbrokers, furniture dealers & Holes William, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside

general salesmen, 92 & 94 Park street Hollinshead Jobn, farmer, West Hyde

Harmer George, straw hat manufacturer, 35 Adelaide st Holloway John, size manufacturer, 48 Windsor street

Harper Ann (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 35 Buxton rd Holmes Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 131 High Town road

Harris Arthur, greengrocer, 78 Castle street Holt Francis, straw hat manufacturer, 94 Church street

Harris George, baker, 10 New street Holyoak Henry & Son, auctioneers, appraisers, land sur-

Harris Henry, butcher, 32 Manchester street veyors, house, land & estate agents, & brokers to Luton

Harris John, butcher, 1 Cumberland street county court; certified bailiffd under the Law of Distress

Harris John, shopkeeper, 17 Albert road Amendment Act & under the Agricultural Holdings Act,

Harris Reuben, Lea Bridge inn, Lea road 23 Castle street

Harrison Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 40 Regent street Holyoak Wm. Geo. auctioneer & surveyor, 23 Castle street

Harrison James, baker, 6 Castle street Honeybone Richard, watch maker, 5 Park square

Hart George & Son, boot manufacturers, IS Park square Hooker William, straw hat manufacturer, Lea road

Hart Ann J oysy (Mrs.), dress maker, 14 Regent street Hope well Ada (Miss), coal merchant, Bute street

Hart Ernest Wm. straw plait blcacher & dyer, Guildford st Hopkins John, straw hat blocker, Salisbury road

Hart Geo. Leonard, straw hat & bonnet ma. 75 Guildford st Hopkins Thomas, blacksmith, Bute street

HASELGROVE WILLIAM CASE, monumentalist & sculp- Hor1ey Thomas, baker, 53 Bute street

tor, stone mason, stone merchant & contractor, Chapel! Horley Wdliam, baker, New Bedford road

st. ; & at West st. Dunstable & Alma rd. St. Albans, Herts · Horu Charles E. straw plait manufacturer, 34 Bute street

Haswell Chas. The Old English Gentleman P.H. Hitchen rd Horn Francis, commercial traveller, 174 North street

Hawkes & Randall, straw plait merchants, Barber's lane Horn Henry, straw plait merchant, Cheapside

Hawkes Annie (Miss), baker, Church street Horn Henry Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 13 Peel st

Hawkes Fanny (Mrs.), dress maker, Cumberland street Horn Nellie (Miss), dress maker, I57 Wellington street

Hawkes George, draper, I5 Hitchin road Horn William, boot maker, 8o Inkerman street

Hawkes Jane (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 15 Cardigan st Horne Ebenezer, straw hat blocker, 5 Collingdon street

Ha.wkes John, straw hat manufacturer, 74 Princess street. Horsley Charles, straw hat blocker, Vicarage road

Hawkes Joseph, sec. to General Cemetery Co. & registrar Horspool Jesse, carpenter, 79 Wellington street

of marriages for Luton district, 58 Dunstable road Horton Jabez & Co. corn dealers, 3 Cheapside

Hawkes Joseph, straw bleacher & dyer, Adelaide street & Horton Elizh. (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 65 Brunswick st

79 Wellington street Horton Ellen (Mrs.), dress maker & milliner; ladies waited

Hawkes Thomas, fruiterer & greengrocer, r26 Wellington st upon at their own residences, Havelock road

Hawkes William, wheelwright, Guildford street Horton John, straw hat manufacturer, 4I Lea road

Hawkins Charles, straw bat manufacturer, I3 New Town st Horwood James, shopkeeper, 20 Brunswick street
Horwood John, boot maker, so Hibbert street
Hawkins Thomas, shoe maker, 36 Elizabeth street

Hawksworth John, tobacconist, 16 Manchester street Horwood. Joseph, straw hat manufactr.I59 High Town road

Haydon Charles, house decorator, 32 Castle street Horwood Thomas, sewing machine a6ent, 19 Cardigan st

Haydon William, Wheatsheaf P.H. Church street How Ed ward, coal merchant, King street

Haye & Co. straw hat manufacturers, George street How Frederick, shopkeeper, Wenlock street

Haynes Jonathan, boot & shoe maker, 70 Castle street Howard & Cotchin, straw hat manufacturers, 7 Bute street

Hayward, Tyler & Howards,enJineers, iron & brass founders Howard Clara (Miss), milliner, 98 Wellington street

Hayward Alfred, Sugar Loaf P. H. King street Howe Alfred, farmer, Crawley green

Headey Sarah (Mrs.), straw plait merchant, 28 Melson st Howe George, shoe maker, 57 Wenlock street

Hearn Charles, straw hat manufacturer, 2 Holley street Ho we William Albert, farmer, Round green

Hearn Martha (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Salisbury road Howes Thomas Ranson, shopkeeper, Edward street

Heath Saml. Cowper commercial temperance hotl. Cheapside Howick John, Prudential insurance agent, 2 Regent street

Heel John, tailor, 2 r Bute street Howick Mary (Mrs.), dress maker, 2 Regent street

Heley George, boot & shoe maker, 48 High Town road Howkins John, Fox P.H. Dunstable road

Hensman Arthur, straw bat blocker, If Bridge street Howkins John William, beer retailer, 40 Chapel street

Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank (branch of) head ofl'ice, Hoyle William, clerk to the school board & sec. to the Cham-

Hitchin (Sharples & Co. ), (Benjamin SeelJ.ohm, manager), ber of Commerce, School Board offices, Waller street

George street; draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London R c Huckle Lillie, Millie &Nellie (Misses), dress mkrs. Crawley rd

Hewson George, straw hat manufacturer, 57 Queen street Huckle Alfred Horace, straw hat mannfact. 27 Wellington st

Hickman Ebenezer, straw plait mer. Plait ball, Cheapside Huckle Isa.ac, straw bat manufacturer, Upper George street

Hickman George Isaac, Britannia P.H. Burr street Huckle John, boot maker, 15 Reg-Jnt street

Hickman John, tailor, 47 Waller street Hucklesby, Asher & Co. straw bat manufacturers, George

Hickson }iary (Mrs.), lodging hoUS3, New Bedford road street & Bond street

Hide Edward, straw hat manufacturer, 11 Cobden street Hucklesby David, corn, meal & hay & straw dlr. 8 Church st

Hide Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Cobden street Hucklesby Harriet ("Mrs.), straw hat manufact. 6:ivlelson st
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Hide Mary (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 15 Collingdon st Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, 90 Wenlock st
Hucklesby

Hide Samuel, straw hat blocker, 38 Liverpool road Hucklesby Lavi, straw hat manufactr. 2o.A., Chobham street

Higgins A. & F. straw hat manufacturers, 19 Bute street Hucklesby William, straw hat m::mufacturer, 31 Duke st

Higgins H. Ernest & Co. straw plait merchants, 5 Waller st Hudson Albsrt, baker, 6o Cbapal street

Higgins John & Sons, plumbers, Upper George street . Hudson Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, 33 Buxton road

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Hudson Alfred William, straw hat manufacturer, Stanley st' Kight.ley John Ephraim, plumber, 19 Williamson street

Hudson Ernest Wm. sewing machine repairer, Oxford road Kilby Ada (Miss), straw hat manufacturer, 29 Inkerman st

Hudson Frederick, sawyer, 18 Elizabeth street Kilby Fredk. straw hat manufactr. Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Hudson Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Kilby Henry, hat tip stamper & lining manufacturer, wire

Hughes Thomas, boot maker, Stanley street tickets, tissue papers, thread gelatine, blockers' pads &c.

Hugbes William, shoe maker, 141 Wellington street agent for Sun & Star, Ermen & Roby's sewing cottons &

Humpbrey George, sewing machine engineer, 75 Duke st Schmidt's noted polish, 68 & 70 Hastings street

Humphrey Wm. straw plait materials dlr. nsWellingtonst Kitby Isaac, shopkeeper, I7 Burr street

Hunt &Neill, straw hat rnanufacturers, King st. & George st Kilby Samuel, hat tip & lining manufactr. 43 High Town rd

Hunt Emma (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 45 Inkerman street Kimms John, grocer, Taylor street

Hunt Fredk. corn & seed mer. 38 & 40 Castle st. & Victoria st King Ann (Mrs.), greengrocer, 27 Hitchin road

Hunt William, insurance agent, Bury Park road King Anna Maria (Mrs.), umbreUa maker, 7 Park st. west

Hunter Harry, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk King David, straw hat manufacturer, Cardiff road

Hmst Frederick, straw bleacher,z Foster's yd. Up. George st King Frederick, fried fish dealer, High Town road

Hutchins Louisa (Miss), dress maker, 9 Oxford road King Frederick, shopkeeper, 49 North street

Hutchinson Charles, Chequers inn, n2 Park street King George, carpenter, 22 Mill street

Imperial Straw Co. (Alfred Hucklesby, manager), straw King Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 63 Adelaide street

plait merchants, Chea.pside chambers, Cheapside King John, sergeant of police, rz Blyth place

Impey Henry, sanitary inspector; office, Town Hall; res. King John, straw manufacturer, 59 Liverpool road

36 Hibbert street King Thomas, boot & shoe maker, New street

Impey Samuel, sub-bailiff to the Luton county court, King Thomas, shopkeeper, II Hitchin road

Stockwood crescent King William, greengrocer, 10 Guildford street

Impey William, dyer, 32 Langley street King WiUiam, straw hat manufacturer, 25 Regent street

Ingram Louisa (Miss), confectioner, 32 Castle street King William Robert, secondhand bookseller, 3711., Cheapside

Ingram Zilpah (::Yliss), shopkeeper~ Grove road Kingham George, builder, Stanley street

Inns Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 143 High Town rd Kingham John, straw hat tip & lining dealer, 23 Langley st

Inwood Jesse & Co. prov. dlrs. & agents for W. & A. Gilbey, Kingham Lucy (Mrs.), straw hat maker, 55 Hastings street

wine & spirit merchants, 77 High Town rd.& Collingdon st Kirby & Clarke, egg & butter merchants, 27 Windsor street

Inwood Thomas, grocer & butcher, 8 Dudley street Kirby John, carpenter, Dunstable road

Irons & Sons, bill posters, 21 Melson street Kirby Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 45 Princess st

Ives George, straw bat manufacturer, 125 Wellington st; Kirby William, marine store dealer, 71 Burr street

J ackson Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 90 Church street Kiteley Edward, painter, 73 Duke street

Jackson's Patent Water Lifter, Injector &c. (C. J. Worsley, Knifton Edwin, straw hat manufacturer, II Williamson st

sole agent), 41 Waller street Knight Elten (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 58 Brunswick st

Jacobs Julius & Co. financial agents & debt collectors, Knight Leonard, shopkeeper, 63 Albert road

Barber's lane; & at Bedford, Hitchin, & 6 Arthur street Knight Mary (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 56 Inkerman street

east, London E c Knight Robert, boot maker, Back street

Jakins Alfred, butcher, 82 Albert road Knight William Frederick, shopkeeper, Stuart street

Jakins George, shopkeeper, 94 High Town road Knowles Charles Henry Gough, solicitor & commissioner to

James Frederick, greengrocer, 23 High Town road administer oaths, Castle street

James Frederick, sewing machine repairer, 30 Wenlock st Lacey Emily (Miss), saddler, 39 Wailer street

James James, dairyman, 13 Albert road Larey George Abraham, shopkeeper, so Midland road

Janes Joseph, beer retailer, So Dudley street Lacey Moses, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside

Janes William, sewing machine & general engineer, 47.11., Lake Annie (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 16 Collingdon st

High Town road Lamb James, shopkeeper, Ashton road

Janes William, straw hat manufacturer, 22 Boyle street Lambert Annie (Mrs.), Plait Hall hotel, Cheapside

Jaquest David, head constable of borough police & inspector Lambert Arthur John, teacher of music, Salisbury road

of weights & measures, Police station, Waller street Lane, Lambie & Cain, straw hat manufacturers, George st

Jarvis Jane (Miss), straw hand sewer, 49 Inkerman street Lane Ann (Mrs.), boot maker, 64 Langley road

Jarvis William, beer retailer, 94 Hastings street Lane Edward, carpenter, Church street

Jeakings Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 5 York st Lane Jane (Miss), lodging house, 17 Mill street

Jeakings William, grocer, 59 High Town road Lane John, linen draper, 46 Chapel. street

Jeffrey Albert, shopkeeper, 30 Cumberland street Langham Ann &Harriet (Misses), ladies' school, 13 William.

Jeffrey Harry, insurance agent, 14 Castle street son street

Jeffrey William, tailor, 14 Castle street Langham Flowers, boot & shoe maker, 8o Hastings street

Jeffs Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, 22 Inkerman street Langley Francis, Hibbert Arms P.R. Hibbert street

Jeffs John Thos. watch ma. & music seller, 4rWellington st Langley James John, gun maker, 51 Bute street
Large Ellen (Miss), straw hat finishE;r, rs Mill street
Jellis William, straw hat manufacturer, rr Peel street

Jeunings Phillip Horley, grocer, Grove road Lathom Hutchinson William Lathom Browne (firm, Scargi\1

Jew EH, marine store dealer, Langley place & Lathom), solicitor & joint clerk to the borough &

Jobnson Charles John, straw bat manufacturer, Cheapside county magistrates, King street

Johnson George Mercer, grocer & provision merchant, u Lathwell John, straw hat manufacturer, 62 Hastings street

Wellington street; 31 Bute street & Chapel street Law Institution (Frank Chapman Scargill, pres. ), King st

Johnson Mary (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Adelaide ter Lawford Frederick, accountant, q Langley street

Johnson Samuel, shopkeeper, 7 Wood street Lawrence Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, Court street

Johnson Thomas Coates, tobacconist, rg Bute street Lawrence Fanny (Miss), straw hat machinist, Stanley street

Johnstone Andrew, woollen draper, 53 Waller street Lawrence George, The Rabbit P.H. Old Bedford road

Jones T. & Co. straw hat manufacturers, 13 Bute street Lawrence John, straw hat manufacturer, 36 Cardigan street

Jones Charles, straw plait manufacturer, IS Bute street Lawrence Mary Ann( Mrs. ),straw hat finisher,64Inkerman st

J ones' Sewing Machines (J oseph Spratley, agent), sewing Lawrence MaryAnn (Mrs.) ,straw hat machinist,42 Dudley st

machine manufacturers, 36 Castle street Lay Isaac, shopkeeper, 48 Midland road

Joslin Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, sinkermanstreet Lazzell Ann (Mrs.), milliner, 27 Guildford street

Judge Matthew, watch maker, r8 Manchester street Leaver Emma (Mrs.), confectioner, roo High Town road

Juggins Elizb. (Miss), straw hat machinist, 53 Inkerman st Lee Susannah & Louisa (Misses), fancy repository, 51:

Jungrus & Co. agents & merchants, 12 John street Wellington street

Keast James, timber & builders' material merchant & corn Lee Edwin, butcher, Park street

& flour merchant, sawing, planing, moulding & steam Lee H. butcher, 51 Waller street

flour mills, Bridge street Leete William Henry, borough surveyor; office, Town hall

Keeling Charles Arthur, ironmonger, Market hill Leggett Haydon F.R.c.v.s. veterinary surgeon & veterinary

Keen Ann (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 10 Cobden street inspector for the borough of Luton, IOI Park street

Kelly Maleolm, draper, 19 Park square Lemmin~.; Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 16 Regent st.

Kenny Albert John, Cross Keys P.H. George street Leverton William, greengrocer, 52 Park street

Kenney Edward, Windsor Castle P.H. Albert road Levi George, draper, 105 Park street

Kent Herbert John, shopkeeper, 57 Lea road Lewin Charles, draper, 41 Dumfries street

Kerridge Alfred Frederick, hat tip stamper, lining & card· Lewin George, straw hat manufacturer, 77 Boyle street:

board box manufacturer, 59 Guildford street Lewis Samuel Thomas L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. surgeon, 2 Stuart st

Kershaw Jn. Chad wick & Co. straw hat manufrs. George st LiddiardJames, Bull P.H. 62 Park street

Kershaw JohnJefferson Lim. straw hat manufrs. 30 Bute st Liddjngton Mary (Mrs.), straw hat manfctr. 68 Dumfries st

Keston Henry, engineer & machinist, Stuart street& Peel st Lightfoot Alfred, butcher, w8 Chapel street

Kidman A. & Co. straw hat manufacturers, 62 Bute street Lightfoot Edwin Ernest, straw hat manufr. 76 Hastings st

Kidman Albert, straw hat manufacturer, 47 Rothesay road Lightfoot Frederick George, saddler, 5 Chapel street

Kidman Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 32 Cardigan st Lightfoot Richard, straw hat manufacturer, 6 Victoria st

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Lindley Charles, boot & shoe maker, Barber's lane Mead William, butcher, 49 Hastings street

Lines Norman, engineer, 7 Guildford street Meares Henry, beer retailer, High Town road

Lines Reuben, straw hat manufacturer, 92 Chapel street Merchant Francis, furniture dealer, 8 :Manchester street

Lines William, gasfitter, Park street west Meredith & Co. straw hat & varnish manufactrs. Cheapside

Linford Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, r Dudley street Merritt Jesse, carpenter, 6o Wellington street

Linger Fred, linen draper, 17 Wetlington street Messenger Wm. straw hat manufacturer, 141 High Townrd

Linger Thomas, straw plait dealer, 33 .Adelaide street Mewes Robert, grocer, 65 Hastings street

Linney John, shopkeeper, 25 Chobham street Middleton Thomas, baker, 24 Dumfries street

Linsell Alfred William, st,raw plait merchant & bleacher & Milan George, dairyman, 29 High Town road

dyer, George street & Wellington street Millard Louisa (Mrs.), Wellington Arms P. H. Wellington st

Locke & Smith, brewers & wine & spirit merchants, Bute st Miller & Son, carpenters, Buxton road

Lockhart Herbert Edward, solicitor, 59 Bute street Miller John, carpenter, 68 Princess street

London & County Banking Co. Limited (John Cross Minet, Milliken Ernest M. A. solicitor, see Ollard & Milliken

manager) (branch), George street ; draw on head office, Mimms Harry, straw hat manufacturer, 8r Dumfries street

21 Lombard street, London E c MinetJn.Cross,mgr.of the London & Cnunty Bank,George st

)London & North Western Railway Parcels Office (Frederick Minney Samuel (Mrs.), feather cleaner, Stockwood crescent

Henry Ruffnell, agent), George street Missenden Mary Ann(Mrs.),straw hat maker,7o Dumfries st

Long Charles, basket maker, Market hill Mitchell Thomas, grocer, 179 Park street

Long Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw bat manufacturer, 19 Dudley st Monk Arthur, grocer, 15 Lea road

Long John, straw hat manufacturer, 24 Wenlock street Monk Henry, baker & confectioner, r9 Park street west

Longstaffe Pattie (Mrs.), straw hat mnfr. r5 Williamson st Monson William Henry, carpenter, 46 Hastings street

Loots Amelia (Miss), ladies' school, roo Church street Moody Annie (Miss), milliner, 23 Chapel street

Loots Arthur William, straw hat manufactr. 88 Hastings st Moody Charles, straw hat manufacturer, 37 Hastings street

Lovell Caroline (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 44 Lea road Moore George, boot & shoe maker, Cowpers passage, Castle st

Lovell William, straw hat manufacturer, 37 Regent street Moore Harry, straw hat manufacturer, 74 Langley street

Lowe John, shopkeeper, 23 Queen street Moore William Benj. boot & shoe maker, 182 Wellington st

iLowin Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 9 York street Mooring Charles, shoe maker, Park street

Luck Charles, shopkeeper, Holley street Mooring John, shopkeeper, 28 Duke street

Luck William, baker, 49 Park street west Mooring Samuel, shoe maker, Church street

Ludgate Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Salisbury rd MoppettCaroliue (.Miss), bookslr. & news agt. Manchester st

Lune William, boot maker, 19 Collingdon street Morley William, shopkeeper, Bailey street

iLunn Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), ladies' school, 54 Wellington st Morris Charles, shopkeeper, 23 Albert road

Luton Conservative Club (Thomas Cane, sec.), 9 Castle st Morris Edwin, hair dresser, 53 Wellington street

Luton Furnishing Co. (J. Isaacs, proprietor), Cheapside Morris Frank Baxter, pork butcher, 31 Wellington street

Luton Industrial Co~operative Society (James Thomas Morris Sarah (Mrs.), grocer, Cobden street

Cookson, manager), 28 Dumfries street Morris Wj]]iam, shoe maker, 31 Boyle street

Luton Iron Foundry Co. (J. S. Aitken, manager), Cobdenst Morton Benjamin, Duke of Elinburgh P.H. Stuart street

Luton Liberal Cluu (Ed win Oakley, hon. sec.), Bute street Morton Geo. Owen, straw hat manufr. 37 Collingdon st

Luton Peers Economic (The) Building Society (Jesse Gilrow, Moss Emily (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 83 Boyle street

sec. ; H. C. Brown, solicitor), King street Moulder John Charles, watch & clock maker, Wailer street

Luton Reporter & Beds & He-rts News ( Robt. Nichol Christie, Moult William, straw hat manufacturer, 63 North street

proprietor; published friday), Park street Mouse Edward, hat block maker, Stuart street

_Luton Time Table(Thos.Geo.Hobbs, publisher),28 Cheapside Mouse James, boot maker, 6 Church street

Lutou Times &Bedfordshire Advertiser (medium for govern~ Mowles Samuel, boot & shoe maker, 22 Bridge street

ment official & legal notices) (Alfred Atkins, publisher ; Moxon John, shopkeeper, 84 Burr street

pubhshed friday), Cheapside Muggleton Mary (Mrs.), ladies' school, 44 Castle street

Luton Wine Co. (H. Pearman, manager), 5 Castle street :Muncey Joshua, baker, Park street

Lye Thomas & Sons, straw plait bleachers & dyers, New Munt, Brown & Co. straw hat manufacturers, Park square

Bedford road Murdoch John G. & Co. general importers & manufacturers

McArthur Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, 68 Guildford street (F. Nicholls, district manager), Cheapside

McGibbon Alexander, boot & shoe ma. 122 High Town road Nash George, straw hat blocker, 89 Dumfries street

l!lcGibney David, Cowper's Arms P.H. Bute street Nash Peregrine, straw hat manufacturer, 15 Peel street

Maddams William, straw hat manufacturer, 6o Princess st Nash Waiter J. George fTtltel Tap P.H. Wailer street

Maffey Caroline (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 7 Liverpool road National Life Insurance Co. (Robert Rambling, district man~

Maitland Kate (Miss), fancy draper, Manchester street ager), Cheapside

Major George, beer retailer, 12 Havelock street Negus John Arthur, grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey,

li'Iates Caroline (Miss), straw hat machinist, Salisbury road wine & spirit merchants, 72 Dumfries street

1\'Iann & Fairer, straw hat manufacturers, r9 Wailer street Neve & Beck, solicitors, Old Bank chambers, Market hill

:Manning David, blocker, 31 Bailey street Neve Walter (firm, Neve & Beck), solicitor & commissione

Mansfield Henry, The Dog P.H. Castle st1·eet for oaths, Old Bank chambers, Market hill

Mardall William L. straw hat manufacturer, 54 Bute street Neville Thomas & Edward, builders, 26 Castle street
Mardell Sarah (Mrs.), straw bat machinist, Vicarage road Neville Em~pa (Mrs.), milliner, ladies' own materials maae

.Mardle Joseph, jun. straw hat manufacturer, r3 John st up in the latest styles, 24 Union street

Mardle Waiter Edward, straw hat manufactr. 73 Stuart st Newbold & Whtte, straw hat manufacturers, Cheapside

::Mares Mary (Mrs. ),gentlemen's outfitter & tailor,George st Newbold George, coal merchant, Cheapstde

Marsh Edward, analytical chemist, I Cheapside chambers Newbury John, baker, 56 Boyle street

Marshall George, shopkeeper, 27 Albert road Newby Charles, blacksmith & farrier, Waller street

Marshall George, straw hat manufacturer, 46 Albert road Newham James, shopkeeper, Old Bedford road

.Marshall James, straw hat manufacturer, 89 Guildford rd Newins Henry, straw hat manufacturer, Collingdon street

Marshall Maria (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Albert road Newland Henry P. corn & seed merchant, Bute street

Martin Hannah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 46 Dudley st Newman James, straw hat blocker, 42 Inkerman street

Martin Isaac, provision dealer, 42 High Town road Nicholls & Brown, solicitors, King street

Martin James, straw plait bleacher, Hitchin road Nicholls Henry,straw hat manufacturer,37 & 39 Elizabeth st

Martin John, grocer, North street Nicholls Isaac, straw hat plait merchant, 29 Bute street

Martin Joseph, straw hat block maker, 41 King street Nicholls John (firm, Nicholls & Brown), solicitor & commis-

-Martin Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 4 Holley street sioner to administer oaths, King street

Martin Walter, shopkeeper, Edward street Nisbet Stroud, engineer, 20 Park. street west

Martin William, boot maker, 6 Edward street Norris Edwin, builder, 86 Hastings street

Mason Robert, straw hat manufacturer, 30 Burr street Norris Henry William, draper, 10 Hitchin road

Massingham Adelaide Louisa (Miss), boot & shoe warehouse, Norris Samuel James, shopkeeper, 53 Albert road

Park square Norris William, baker, Boyle street

Masters M:ary Ann (Mrs.), straw hat machinist,Salisburyrd Northampton Brewery Co. (Wm. Dale, agent), Market hill

Mayes Brothers, coach builders, 37 Stuart street Northover Frederick Charles, grocer, Cheapside

Mayes Frederick, working cutler, 65 New Town street Northwood Charles, straw hat block maker, Vicarage road

Mayles Elizh. Jane (Miss), fancy repostry. 6 Wellington st Northwood Charles Samuel, hat & bonnet block maker,

Mayles Israel, corn dealer, 15A, Dumfries street Plough yard, George street

Mayles William, straw hat manufacturer, George street Northwood John, straw hat manufacturer, 77 New Town st

Mead Eliza (Mrs.), straw hat sewer, 51 Inkerman street Oakley Bros.provision mers.89HighTown rd.& 45Hitchin rd

Mead Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, Wenlock street Oakley Edward, beer retailer, Duke stre~t

:Mead :Kaomi (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 24 John street Oakley Frederick, straw hat block maker, 5 Peel street

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Oakley George, White Hart P.H. Castle street Pepper William, The Queen's P.H. Chapel street •

Oakley John, shopkeeper, 33 Burr street Percival Frank Ellard, straw hat manufacturer, 46 Bute st

Oakley William, straw hat manufacturer, 73 North street Perkins John, straw hat manufactD.rer, Holley walk

Odell Daniel, shopkeeper, 77 Windsor street Perry Albert, straw hat blocker, 62 Cardigan street

Odell John, shopkeeper, 7 North street Perry Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road

Odell Thomas William, hair dresser, 12 Castle street Perry Arthur, straw plait bleacher & dyer, 39 Princess st

Odell William, shopkeeper, 16 Bailey street Perry Sarah (Mrs.), laundress, 17 John street

O'Doherty Rebecca (Mrs.), straw goods maker, 38 Princess st Perry Solomon, bricklayer, 5 Blyth place

Olive James, Volunteer P.H. Peel street Perry William, stone mason, 8 Oxford road

Oliver & Son, woollen drapers, Park square Pestell James Arthur, straw hat blocker, 53 Castle street

Oliver Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw bat finisher, 68 Cardigan st Pestell Rachel (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, Bury Park road

Ollard & Milliken, solicitors, 32 Park street west Pestell Samuel, dairyman, 65 Castle street

Olney Albert, shopkeeper, Hibbert street Pestell William, provision dealer, Vicarage road

Olney Frederick, straw plait dealer, 39 Liverpool road Phillips R. Wm. engineer & mangr. of Gas works, Dunstable rd

Olney John Thomas, fruiterer, IOA, Wellington street Phillips W1lliam Richards c.H. engineer of Water works,

Olney Thomas, draper, 5 Collingdon street High town

O'Malley David Joseph M.D.,M.ch. surgeon, 20 Havelock rd. Philpott Louisa (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, I Chase street

Ordish George & Co. straw goods manufacturers, George st Pickering George, boot & shoe maker, 55 Wailer street

Ormond William, farm bailiff to John Sarnbrooke Crawley Pigott Arthur, butcher, George street

esq. J.P. Farley farm Pigott Ezra, butcher, 36 Park street

Osborn Frederick, baker, 106 Langley street Pigott Henry, butcher, 3 Manchester street

Osborn William, boot maker, 25 Inkerman street Pike Henry, Midland commercial hotel, Manchester street

Osborn Charles H. straw hat manufacturer, 72 Bute street Pike Mary (Mrs.), ham & beef shop, Park square

Osborne Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress & mantle maker, first-class Pinney William, straw hat manufacturer, Cheapside

style & fit guaranteed, Upper George street Pinnock James, shopkeeper, 13 Duke street

Osborne Julia (Miss), straw hat !llachin\st, 12 Victoria st Pitkin Martha (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. 71 Guildford st

Osborne William, baker, r6o Park street · Plason George, provision dealer, 56 Castle street

Ostler W. W. & Co. straw plait merchants, n Bute street Plater Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer, New Town street

Otridge Henry, portrait., landscape & commercial photo- Plater James, greengrocer, 63 Windsor street

grapher & picture frame maker, stationer & news agent, Ploughman George, straw hat blocker, York street

25 Chapel street Plowman Emma (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, r66 North st

Overhill Henry Edward, straw hat block ma. 40 Hastings st Plummer & Son, straw hat manufacturers, 48 Bute street

Padbury Henry, shopkeeper, Adelaide street Plummer Eliza (Miss), confectioner, New Bedford road

Page Alfred, practical upholsterer; furniture repaired, re- Plummer George, straw bat manufacturer, 39 Guildford st

stuffed, covered & polished equal to new ; carpets beaten, Plummer Mary (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. Old Bedford rd

altered & relaid, 44 Park street Plummer Philip, grocer, Vicarage road

Page Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Plummer Sergeant James, drill instructor D, E & F Cos. 3rd

Paine Edward, baker, 24 Hastings street Volunteer Battalion Beds Regiment, Park street

Paine Edward, shopkeeper, Adelaide street Plummer William, straw hat blocker, 43 Inkerman street

Painter James, shopkeeper, Tavistock street Plummer William Sidney, straw hat manufr. 17 Regent st

Palmer Emily (Miss), straw hat finisher, 75 Hastings st Pollard Alfred, shopkeeper, 97 North street

Palmar Emma (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 9 Haveluck rd Pollard George, commission agent, 19 Guildford street

Palmer Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Havelock road Pollard James, shopkeeper, New Town street

Panter Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, George street Poney Thomas, greengrocer, 98 High Town road

Panter William, butcher, 1 Chapel street Pool Catherine (Mrs.), straw machinist, 6o Inkerman street.

Parker Frank, boot maker, 8 Tavistock street Pope Nathaniel, straw hat manufacturer, Stanley street

Parkes Annie (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Langley road J1oulLer Arthur, general ironmon~er, brazier, tin, zinc & iron

Parkins Daniel, builder & contractor, wholesale & general plate worker, locksmith, bellhanger & gasfitter, shipping-

ironmonger & paint, glass & color merchant, High Town cases lined, corrugated iron roofing, 6o Castle street

road. See advertisement J1oulter Chas. gen. ironmngr. 22 Windsor st. & Dumfries st

Parkins Ellen (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 26 Inkerman st Poulter George, straw bat manufacturer, 52 John street

Parkins John, greengrocer, 208 Wellington street Poulter Thomas, assessor & collector of Queen's taxes & col-

Parkins Sidney, sign writ.er, 53 Collingdon street lector of borough rates; office, Town hall

Parkinson William, confectioner, 14 High Town road Poulton Edmund, butcher, Buxton road

Parris William, grocer, 9 Collingdon street Poulton John, butcher, 86 Chapel street

Parrott Edward, straw hat manufacturer, Windmill street Poulton John Davis, butcher, 61 High Town road

Parrott Ellen (Mrs.), straw goods manufactr. 122 Chapel st Poultor Edward, butcher, r26 Langley street

Parrott Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Stuart street Powdrill George, coal merchant, Hitchin road

Parsonil Emily (Miss), dress maker, 62 Cardigan street · Powell George, rope & twine manufacturer, 4 Bridge street

Parsons Thomas, hat block maker, Stuart street Powell Thomas, sack maker, New Bedford road

Parsons Thomas, straw hat block maker, Russell street Powell Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Ashton street

Passmore. George Shapland L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. surgeon, see Powell William, shopkeeper, Park street

Thomson & Passmore Powell William, straw hat manufacturer, 171 North street

Pateman William, cowkeeper, Collingdon street Pratt Albert, carpenter, 70 lnkerman street

Pates Frederick, tailor, 59 Waller street Pratt Cassandra (Miss), straw hat machinist, 32 John street

Pates William, mason, 4 Dumfries street Pratt E!iza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 46 John street

Pauli Tbeophilus Isaac Wm.L.R.C.P.Edin. surgn.Guildford st Pratt John, dairyman, 32 John street

Pauli William Kirman L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, r6 Victoria st PrattMaryAnu(Mrs.) ,straw sewing machinist,g7lnkerman st

Payne Charles, saddler, Park square Pratt Sarah (Mrs.), butcher, 84 New Town street

Payne Helen (Miss), shopkeeper, Edward street Price Rosanna (Mrs.), laundress, r5 Dumfries street

Payne John, The Green Man P.H. 52 Duke street Price Samuel, painter, 8 Hastings street

Peabody Emma (Mrs.), straw hat mannfactr. 52 Cardigan st Price William, Hearts of Oak P.H. St. Ann's road

Peach Frederick, baker, 70 Albert road Pridmore Alfred, watch maker, 44 High Town road

Pearce J. & W. straw plait merchants, Plait hall, Cheapside Prime Frederick, shoe maker, Windsor street

Pearson Thomas H. bookseller & stationer, Waller street & Prime Frederick, straw bat manufacturer, 27 Hastings st

George street Primet Thomas, grocer, York street

Pearson William James, auctioneer & surveyor, Old Bank Primett Waiter, grocer, 34 Langley road

buildings, Market bill Proctor George Thomas, The Railway inn, 2 High Town rd

Peck George, pork butcher, 72 WeUington street Prosser John, carpenter, Bury Park road

Peck Kate (Miss), dress maker, Tavistock street Prosser Walter, hair dresser, gr Hitcbin road

Peck Samuel, straw hat blocker, 65 High Town road J1ruddeu Ernest, straw hat rnanufr. Villa rd.Old Bedford rd

Pedder Albert, saddler, 9 Hitchin road Prudden Julia (Miss), straw hat machinist, 21 Mill street

Pedder Annie Maria (Miss), dress maker, rg Tavistock st Prudden Thos. straw hat man·ufr. Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Pedder Eliza \Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, u Oxford rd Pryer George, builder, Cardiff grove

Pedder Frederick, draper, 78 Church street Public Baths, Wailer street

Pedder James, rope maker, 11 Melson street Puddefoot Levi, straw hat manufacturer, 129 Wellington st

Pedder Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 2r Chase street Puddephatt Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, 51 Princess st. ·

Pedley Frederick John, house decorator, Cheapside & straw plait merchant, Plait ball, Cheapside

Pedley John, plumber, glazier, house decorator, lead & oil Puddephatt Annie (Mrs.), straw hat machtnist, 19 Union st

& calor merchant, paperhanger, gasntter &c.; cheapest Puddephatt Arthur, straw hat lining- manufactr. 56 John st

house in the trade, 8 Stuart street. See advertisement Puddephatt Thomas, builder, Rothesay road

Pedrick James Pote, Salisbury Arms P.H. Wellington street Puddephatt William, shopkeeper, William street

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Puddephatt William A]bert, Albion P.H. 17 New Bedford rd Rowley Harriet (Mrs.), lodging house, 12 Melson street

Puddiphatt Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 74 Cobden street Rudd Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, 14 Victoria street

Pugh Frank, Royal Standard P. H. Dumfries street Rudd William, confectioner, 57 Bute st. & 34 Cheapside

Punter & Child, straw hat manufacturer, 27 Collingdon st Rumball William, Royal Oak P.H. Windsor street

Purkis Frederick, bear retailer, 82 Chapel street Rumbles Daniel, lodging house, 62 Collingdon street

Pysden Walter Henry, shopkeeper, 72 Russell street Rumbles Hannah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 10 Blyth pl

Radford Annie (Mrs.), dress maker, 92 Chapel street Rumbles James, shopkeeper, 90 Wellington street

Rainbow Henry, sewing machine engineer, 43 Duke street Rumbles William, straw hat blocker, 35 Princess street

Rainbow Waiter Albert, grocer, 4 New Town street Rumbles William James, carpenter, 44 Elizabeth street

Rainbrow Fredk. straw hat manufr. & beer retlr. 43 Duke st Rumblow Waiter, watch maker, 6 Hastings street

Raines Wm. Davidson, straw hat manufactr. 46 Cardigan st Rundle F...rederick, straw dyer, 6s Langley road

Rainey Jane (Miss), straw hat finisher, 108 Collingdon st Sach Henry, leather seller, grindery dealer & closed upper

Randall Arthur, bat block maker, 38 Cardigan street manufacturer, 10 Chapel street

Randall William, straw hat manufacturer, 15 Rothesay rd Saddler George, draper, 3 Castle street

Rankin Malcolm Alexander M.n., c.M. physician, & medical Saffory Richard, straw hat manufacturer, Hitchin road

officer to workhouse, 55 Wellington street Sale George, shopkeeper, II7 Wellington street

Rawlins Charles, boot maker, 30 Hitchin road Sale George, straw hat manufacturer, 25 Williamson street

Rayment Arthur, straw plait merchant, Cheapside Samm Albert, shopkeeper, 35 Albert road

Rayment Charles, shopkeeper, Stanley road Sanders John & Son, grocers, 54 Hastings street

Rayment John, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Sanders Amos, builder, 76 Princess street

Read Alfred, tailor, 66 Wellington street Sanders Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper, 53 Langley road

Read John, shopkeeper, Wenlock street Sanders William Emerton, butcher, 10 Castle street

Read Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 41 Adelaide streat Sandon Emma (Miss), straw hat maker, 39 Hastings street

Readhead Charles, shopkeeper, Stanley street Sandon John, otraw hat manufacturer, 27 Brunswick street

Readbead Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 22 Brache street Sapwell Mary (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 56 Co11ingdon st

Redman Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw plait manufr. 36 Langley st Sapwell Stephen, straw hat manufacturer, 43 Collingdon st

Redman Henry, carpenter, 53 Hastings street Sarah J acob, grocer, 63 Lea road

Reed Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, Court street Saunders Charles, tailor, Holley walk

Reeve Charles Thomas, Painters' Arms P.H. High Town rd Saunders Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 19 Langley road

Reeves Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, 21 Hastings street Saunders James, straw hat manufacturer, Cheapside
Saunders John, builder, so Duke street
Reynolds Henry John, Falcon P.H. Park street

Reynolds Thomas, baker, 19 Chapel street Saunders Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 3 Brache street.

Rich Charles, lnkerman Arms P.H. Inkermau street Sauter.Ann (Mrs.),straw basket manuf.& milliner,Cheapside

Richards Harry Scott, straw hat varnish & polish manufac- Savage Fredk. shopkpr. 26 Cumberland st. & 19 Princess st.

turer, Cheapside Savage Frederick John, baker, 19 Princess street

Richardson Samuel, greengrocer, 9 Melson street Scales Clara (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Old Bedford road

Richardson Thomas, straw hat blocker, 66 Castle street Scales James, straw hat manufacturer, 21 Union street

Rickard William, straw hat wire manufacturer, Cheapside Scales William, straw hat manufacturer, 4 Liverpool road

Rickards Wm. st.raw plait merchant, Plait ball, Cbeapside Scales William, straw hat blocker, 16 lnkerman street

Riddle Frederick, chimney sweeper, Langley place Scales William, straw hat manufacturer, Old Bedford road

Roberts Gregory & Co. straw hat manufactrs. 36 Bute st Scargill & Lathorn, solicitors, King street

Roberts William I. & Co. straw plait mers. 27 Wellington st Scargill Frank Chapman (firm, Scargill & Latbom ), solicitor..

Roberts James, shoe maker, 9 William<Jon street commissioner for oaths & joint clerk to the borough&..

Roberts James George, solicitor, see Ewen & Roberts county magistrates, King street

Roberts Levi, tailor, 188 Wellington street Schoeppler Louis, pork butche-r, George street

Roberts William, straw plait merchant, 35 Park st. west School Board Offices (William Hoyle, clerk), Waller street

Roberts William Thomas, maker of american organs ; all Scott James & Sons, straw hat block maker, I Alma street

kinds of musical instruments repaired, 44 Church street Scott Frederick, hat block maker, 3 Collingdon street

Robinson Chas. & Co. straw hat manufacturers, Market hill Scot~ Moses William, straw hat block maker, 20 Inkerman st

Robinson Thomas Thornton & Co. straw hat manufacturers, Scott William, butcher, 21 Hitchin road

Guildford street ; factory, Church street Scrivener & Butler, coal & coke merchant, Great Northern

Robinson Charles (Mrs.), milliner, 148 Wellington street coal depot, Bute street

Robinson Elizh. (Mrs.), straw hand sewer, 54 Inkerman st Scrivener David, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside·

Robinson George, coal merchant, Havelock road Scrivener Ephraim, coffee house, 14 Bute street

Robinson Herbert, grocer, Stanley street Scrivener Epbraim, straw bat manufacturer, 22 Melson st
Robinson James, tea dealer, North street • Scrivener James, straw hat manufacturer, 3 Liverpool road..

Robinson J ane (Mrs.), dress maker, 33 Hibbert street Scrivener William, hair cutter, 28 Manchester street

Robinson Olivia (Miss), shopkeeper, 18 Langley street Scroggs John Clementson, Bell P.H. George street

Robinson William, straw hat blocker, 66 Collingdon street Scrutton Arthur, grocer, II John street

Robinson William, straw block maker, 6 High Town road Seabrooke Charles Washington, seedsman, GeorJe street·

Robinson William, straw hat manufacturer, 8 Buxton road Sear George, baker, Vicarage road

Robinson William, straw hat manufacturer, 4 Hastings st Sear William, carpenter, CQwper street

Rodell ArthurPaul,sewing machine repairer, 17 High Town rd Seebohm Benjamin, manager of Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank,.

Rodell Walter, straw hat manufacturer, 26 York street borough treasurer & treasurer to the union & rural sani.

Roe Daniel, carpenter, 17 Lea road tary authority, George street

Roe Emily (Mrs.), baker, 59 Wellington stre.:Jt Sell C. (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 82 Princess street
Roe John, tailor, 73 Wellington street
Sell F.mily {Mrs.), fruiterer & seed de~ler, 57 Wellington st

Roe William, tailor, 27 Langley street SeU George, deputy town clerk, Town hall

Rogers George, straw hat manufacturer, 14 Cardigan st Sell Harry Isaac, shopkeeper, 9 Princess street

Rogers Robert, corn dealer, Hastings street Sell Henry Lord, school attendance officer for the united

Rogers Robert, corn dealer, 30 Manchester street district of Luton, 57 Wellington street

Rogers Samuel Richard, grocer, tea dealer & provision mer- Sellic Sarah Ann (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Lea road.

chant, George street Semple Charles, The Dew Drop P.H. Upper George street

Rolfe Frederick, straw hat blocker, 52 Guildford street Setcbell Henry, straw hat manufacturers, 34 Albert road

Rollings Bartle Frederick, draper, 46 High Town road Sewage Works (Joseph Imprey, foreman)

Rollings James, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside Seymour Jonathan Francis, farmer, The Brache farm

Rolph George, Woolpack P.H. Castle street Seymour Louisa (Miss), secondhand clothes dealer, 27

Rooms Samuel, straw hat manufacturer, 43 Wenlock street Chobham street

Rosenthall Solomon, china & hardware dlr. 41 High Town rd Shackleton Thomas & Sons, straw hat tip & lining manu·

Ross & Wallace, straw hat manufacturer, SI Guildford st facturer, 8o High Town road

Rosson Charles John, corn dealer, High Town road Shackleton Brothers, straw hat manufacturers, 4 Peal street

Rosson Henry, straw hat mauufr. 90 & 92 Collingdon st Shackleton Henry Thomas, straw hat manufacturers' re-

Rosson Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 51 Hastings st quisites, New hall, Wellington street

Rowe Arthur, saw mills, Guildford street Shackleton Joseph, shopkeeper, 35 Inkerman street

Rowe Ebenezer, straw plait merchant, Cheapside Shackleton Jsph. Walter, hat tip & lining manufr. 6o Lea rd

Rowe Henry, Great Northern inn, Bute street Shackleton Thomas, straw plait mer. Plait hall, Cheapside

Rowe John William, straw bleacher &dyer, 33 Collingdoust Shane John George, straw hat manufacturer, 4 Victoria st
Shane Lizzie (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, ss Burr street
Rowe Thomas, Griffin P.H. 9 Chapel street

Rowell Ebenezer, baker, 22 Hitchin road Shankland George, insurance agent, 20 Langley straet

Rowles Benjamin, dyer & cleaner, 13 Castle street · Sharp Henry, The Gardeners' Call P.H. Hlgh Town ro~d

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Sharp Jane (Miss), boot & shoe warehouse, 61 Chapel st Smith William, shoe maker, Dunstable road

Sharples & Co. bankers, see Hertfordshire Hitchin .Bank Smith Wil\iam Henry, manufacturers' agent, agent for

Shaw Albert, shopkeeper, 41 Church street Charles Dould's straw hat & bonnet wire, 23 Barber's la

Shaw David, tea dealer, 42 Church street Smither Bryan W. draper, 12 Wellington street

Shaw Frederick, straw hat blocker, 27 John street Smoothy Thoma~, shopkeeper, 44 Alma street

Shaw Joseph, Eight Bells P.H. Church street Snaxall James, straw hat manufacturer, 43 Guildford street

Shearmur Fr·ancis, sewing machine manufr. 27 Dudley st Sole John, straw hat manufacturer, 5 Williamson street

Shedd Henry, baker, Manchester street Sole Thomas, grocer, Burr street

Shepard William John, straw hat manufr. 17 Williamson st Souster Lizzie (Miss), straw hat machinist, 35 Hastings st

Shephard Helen (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 35 Bailey street Southam David, straw dyer & bleacber, 4 John street;

Shepherd Edwin, size manufacturer, 41 Duke street works, North street

Shepherd Henry, engineer & agricultural implement maker, Southam Matilda (~rs. ), dress maker, 72 Inkerman street

repairer & agent, Manchester street South Beds Liberal Unionist .Association (H. W. Lathom,

Sherlock John, plumber, 5 Cumberland street sec. & agent), Cheapside chambers, Cheapside

Shoosmith Frederick, boot & shoe maker, 82 Hastings street Southcott Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 79 Dumfries st

Shoosmith Henry Thomas, pawnbroker, 94 Park street Sowice Jane (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, .Adelaide terrace

Ribley George, Crown P.H. Market hill Spence George, boot maker, Park street

Sibley Thomas, beer retailer, Boyle street Spittels George, Grapes P.H. & shoe maker, John street

Sills Annie (Mrs.), laundress, 5S Castle street Spittels Henry, beer retailer, John street

,Sills Daniel, upholsterer, Barber's lane Spittles Georgina (Miss), shopkeeper, 51 George street

,.Sills William, music seller, 52 High Town road Spivey William, baker, Stuart street

.Silsbey George, boot maker, 3 Salisbury road Spratley Henry, hat block maker, 40 Inkerman street

.Simkins William, shopkeeper, 42 Church street Spratley John, sporting & photographic outfitter, tent

Simmons Catherine (Mrs.), haberdasher, 6 Chapel street maker & contractor, hat & bonnet block maker, shop &

Simons J oseph Anthony M.D. physician & surgeon, Lindon warehouse fitter, dealer in wooden ware, iron & india

house, George street west rubber goods & universal agent, John street & Barber's

Simpson William & Son, bakers, Park street lane ; stores, M~lson street; established 1 863

Simpson Albert, shopkeeper, Milton road Spratley John, straw hat block manufacturer, 3 John street

Simpson Alfred, lodging house, 15 Liverpool road Spratley Joseph, engineer & bicycle depot, manufacturer of

Simpson Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, George street the Bayard Safety Cycle, straw hat machines for sale or

Simpson Mary Emma (Miss), dress maker, Vicarage road hire, sewing machines repaired & adjusted, 36 Castle st

Simpson Samuel, baker, 6 Cardigan street Squires Arthur, straw bat manufacturer, 65 Liverpool road

Sinfield Alfred, baker, 3 Queen street Squires Betsey (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 37 Burr street

Sinfield John, builder, Cardiff road Squires Charles, straw plait merchant, Barber's lane

Singer's Manufacturing Co. (Frederick Lines, agent), sew- Squires Chas. Jn. straw plait dyer & bleacher, 52 Hastings st
Squires J oseph, straw hat manufacturer, so Rothesay road·
ing machine manufacturers, 33 Cheapside

Skelton Jn. Ebenezer, boot & shoe wareho. 42 Wellington st Squires William, coach builder, Albert road

Skillman John, tailor, 40 Albert road Squires William, coach builder, Langley street

Skinner Henry, confectioner, 5 Manchester street Squires William, straw hat manufacturer, 37 Buxton road

Slade Horace & Co. straw hat manufacturers, George street Stackhonse William, Crown & Anchor P.H. New Bedford rd

Slaten Charles, shopkeeper, Stanley street Stalker William, printer, 19 Wellington street

Sleight William, straw plait merchant, Cheapside Stamp Office (Patrick Flynn, stamp distributor), Post

Slough Caroline (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 6 John street office, Cheapside

Slough Henry, painter, 13 Elizabeth street Stanbridge Frank, tailor, 45 Stuart street

Slough Henry, plumber, 84 Wellington street Stanbridge Frederick, straw hat manufr. 92 Hitchin road

Slough William, straw hat manufacturer, 26 Wenlock st Stanbridge Jeffrey, straw hat manufacturer, 59 Guildford

Slough William Frederick, carpenter, 34 Park st. west street & 9 [nkerman street ·

Slow Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 23 Collingdon street Stanford Charles, shoe maker, Cobden street

Smart Brothers, builders & brick makers, Guildford street Stanford Mary (Mrs.), greengrocer, Brache street

Smart & Crew, straw hat manufacturers, George street Stapleton Harriet (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 New Bedford rd

Smart Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 23 Cardigan st Star Tea Co. (Thomas Charrington, manager), George st

Smart Henry, painter, 13 .Ashton road Starke William, sewing machine agent, Park street

Smart James, builder, 48 Castle street Starkings Daniel, shopkeeper, 62 Russell street

Smart John, warehouseman, 12 Park square Steabben Arthur John, draper, 44 Wellington street

Smart Julia (Mrs.), shopkeeper, II2 New Town street Stearn Joseph, cowkeeper, 12 Buxton road

Smiles Josepb, Midland Railway inn, Church street Steedman William, Cock & Magpie P.H. II Hastings street

Smith & Small, straw hat manufacturers, George street Steele Waiter, baker, 96 New Town street & 3 Church street

Smith Albert, Greyhound P.H. Park street west Steele William, draper, 31 Langley street

Smith .Albert Edward, architect, 17 Church street Steele William, wbitesmith & grocer, Lea road

Smith .Andrew, coffee house, 76 Bute street Steff John Henry, engineer & machinist, Vicarage road

Smith Arthur, bricklayer, Winsdon road Stephenson Emma (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 13 Mill street

Smith Charles, hat block maker, 7 Adelaide street Sierry Thomas, greengrocer, Church street & 7 John street

Smith Daniel, shopkeeper, Hitchin road Stevens & Gee, straw hat manufacturers, 32 Bute street

Smith David, straw plait merchant, Plait ball, Cheapside Stevens Henry, straw hat & bonnet block maker, Melson st

Smith Edwin, boot warehouse, 30 Park st. & Manchester st Stevens ).V[artha (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Salisbury rd

Smith Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 104 Langley street Stevens William, butcher, meat of the finest quality, beef &

Smith Emma (Miss), dress maker, 36 Church street pork sausages fresh daily, 2 & 4 Queen's square

Smith Ephraim, boot maker, 13 Wellington street Stevenson George, lodging house, 17 Collingdon street

Smith Francis Mary (Miss), ladies' school, Park square. Stock John, reporter, 157 Wellington street

See advertisement Stokes Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, 14 Wenlock street

:Smith James, plumber, Wenlock street ~takes William, straw hat blocker, Villa rd. Old Bedford rd

Smith Harriet (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Adelaide ter Stonnell Arthur, boot maker, 9 Park square

Smith Helen (Mrs.), dress maker, 2 Cardigan street Stormer & Son, tailors, George street

Smith James, butcher, II Collingdon street Stonnell Artb. Geo. tailor, hatter & hosier, 18 Wellington st

Smith James, fancy stationer, 15 Castle street Strange Edwin, draper, 22.A., Wellington street

Smith Jesse, shopkeeper, Hillside road Strange George, clothier, 22 Wellington street

Smith John, baker, Park square Strapps Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, 9 Albert road

Smith John, farmer, Round green Stratford Edward & Son, hosiers, Cheapside chambers

Smith John, boot maker, 16 Cardigan street Stratford & Son, straw hat bleachers & dyers, Cheapside

Smith John, builder, George street Stratford Thomas, straw hat manufacturer. 29 Guildford st

Smith John, marine store dealer, 13 Windsor street Stratton George, straw hat manufacturer, 138 North street

Smith John, professor of music, go Church street Stratton Henry, fruiterer, 7 Manchester street

Smith Lizzie (Miss), straw hat machinist, Edward street Stratton Henry James, straw bat manufr. 15 Princess st

Smith Mary (Mrs.), straw hat manufactr. 16 Havelock rd Stratton Louisa (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, .Adelaide ter

Smith Nathaniel, boot &shoe maker, 13 Princess street Straw Hat Manufacturers' & Plait Dealers' Association

Smith Obed, plumber, 91 Wellington street (William Austin, sec.), Upper George street

Smith Reuben, dairyman, 57 Inkerman street Streeton Gustavus, watch maker, Park street

Smith Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 30 Queen st Stronell Charles, grocer, 16 New Town street

Smith Thomas, shopkeeper, So Albert road Stronell Edwin, hair dresser, 95 Church street

Smith William, butcher, 2 Hibbert street Stuart, Sons & So. straw hat manufacturers, 52 Bute street

Smith William, straw hat blocker, 31 Hastings street Sunfield Fras. straw hat manufacturer, 155 High Town rd

Smith Wm. grocef, & wine & spirit merchant, Market bill Sunma~ Joseph Thomas, chemist, 37 Wellington street

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Swain Artbur, straw bat block maker, Stanley street Toyer William, tailor, 4 Church street

Swain Edward, baker, 58 Castle street Tranfield Robert, The Vine P.H. 67 Castle street

Swain Florence (Miss), straw hat manufr. 29 Williamson st Treasure George, machinist, 75 Church street

Swain George, carpenter, 34 John street Trench Arthur, straw hat blocker, 20 Castle street

Swain George, shopkeeper, 51 New Town street Trott Albert, watchmaker, jeweller & cycle agent, sole agent

Swain Nellie (Miss), dress maker, 136 Wellington street for the Humber, Whipped, Premier & Rover cycles, 24

Swain Susannah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, St. Ann's rd Waller street

Swain William, straw plait merchant, Plait hall, Cheapside Trott Elizabeth Susan (Miss), millmer, George street

Swales Charles, greengrocer, Barber's lane Trott James, straw hat manufacturer, 24 Waller street

Swannell Emma {Mrs.), lodging house, 44 Inkerman street Tuffnell Ellen (Miss), straw hat manufacturer, 9 Peel street

Swindell James, wardrobe dealer, 8 High Town road Tufnell Maria (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 45 Liverpool road

Sworder Thomas & Co. brewers & wine & spirit merchants, Turner Brothers, grocers, n Park square

Bedford Road brewery Turner Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, 16 Park street west

Sworder Horace L.R.C.P.LOnd. surgeon, medical officer of Turner John, shopkeeper, 99 North street

health for the borough of Luton, surgeon to the borough Turner Rose (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 23 Liverpool road

police & Bute Hospital, Durham house, George street Turney Agnes (Mrs.), straw bat manufacturer, 45 Bute st

Sycamore Ephraim, shopkeeper, 8 Hitchin road Turney John, boot maker, 38 High Town road

Tansley Francis Norris, butcher, Stuart street Turney John, grocer, New Town street

Tarment William, straw hat polish manufr. 66 Hastings st Turney John, shopkeeper, Castle street

Taylor Edward, undertaker, 2 Windsor street Turney Levi, straw hat manufacturer, 73 Guildford street
Taylor James Addison, poulterer, 8 Chapel street Tydeman Edmund, supt. of county police, police station~

Taylor John, builder, ~ew Bedford road Stuart street

Taylor Martha (Mrs.), dress maker, Edward street Tyler Daniel, shopkeeper, 51 Wenlock street

Taylor Samuel, shopkeeper, Cobden street Tyler Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Ashton street

Taylor Thomas Butlin, tobacconist, New Bedford road Tyrrell Thomas Henry, chemist, xo Wellington street

Tear William, carpenter, 7 Grove road Tysom George, straw hat manufacturer, 29 Chapel street·.

Tearle & Neumann, straw bat manufacturers, Waller st Underwood Albert, dairyman, 40 Liverpool road

Tearle George, straw plait merchant, Cheapside Underwood Arthur, straw hat manufacturer, Holley walk

Tearle James, butcher, 66 Langley street Underwood Caleb, straw hat manufacturer, 97 Wellingtonst

Temple Solomon, Feathers P.R. 95 Guildford street Underwood George, outfitter, George street
Tennent Emma (Mrs.), grocer, Langley street
Underwood Hannah (Mrs.), haberdasher, so Chapel street

Terry Cornelius, straw hat manufacturer, 43 Guildford st Underwood Levi, straw hat tip & lining dealer, 21 Regent st.

Thomas Joseph, shopkeeper, Napier road Underwood Thomas, collector of poors rates, Church street.

Thompson Albert, straw plait mer. Plait ba11, Cbeapside Underwood William, milk seller, 48 Hastings street

Thompson Edwin, straw bleacher & dyer & plait merchant, Unwin Joseph, beer retailer, Round green

Cheapside Usher Frances (Mrs.), baker, 62 ·windsor street

Thompson Edwin, straw plait bleacher & dyer, John street Usher William, Prudential insurance agent, 62 Windsor st

Thompson Eliza Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 1 Fundry lane Vass Joseph Thomas, hair dresser, 13 Dumfries street

Thompson George, straw hat & bonnet manuf. 47 Dudley st Vickers Edward, straw bat manufacturer, George street

Thompson Jane (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 24 Liverpool rd Virgin Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, High street

Thompson J oseph Sturge, drysalter, oils, colors, gold leaf, Vyse, Sons & Co. straw hat manufrs. & mers. Park square

gold, silver & copper bronzes, brushes, coarse plaster, Wake Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 138 Park street

portland cement & every other article in the trade kent Wakefield John, hawker, 15 Hastings street

by oil & color merchants; supply stores, Bute st. See advt Waldock George, mat manufacturer, 3 Holley street

Thompson Leonard, hawker, 39 Regent street Wales Richard, Bedford Arms P.H. Stuart street

Thompson & Passmore, physicians & surgeons, 37 Castle st Walker Albert, refreshment rooms, Manchester street

Thomson David M.D., c. M. surgeon & medical officer & public Walker Alfred, straw bleacher & dyer, 6o Bute street

vaccinator, Leagrave district, Luton union, surgeon to the Walker Charles William, plumber, 29 Adelaide street

3rd Vol. Batt. Bedfordshire Regt. surgeon Army Reserve, Walker Eliza (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, tg }lelson st.

37 Castle street Walker George, shopkeeper, Cromwell road

Thorogood George, baker & shopkeeper, 95 Wellington st Walker William, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road

Threadder Charles, straw hat manufr. 19 Regent street Walker William, boot maker, 19 Melson street

Threadgold Joseph Clarke, brass founder, 45 Dudley street Walker William, straw hat manufacturer, Salisbury road

Tbrussell Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Adelaide ter Waller Charles, builder, 33 Cardigan street

Thrustle Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 27 Wenlock st Waller George, straw hat manufacturer, sB Collingdon St·

Thruswell Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 7 Waller street Wailer Mary (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 67 Burr street

Thurston Frederick, photographer, The Studio, Hastings st Wailer Walter, straw plait merchant, 16 Bute street

Thwaites Alfred, sewing machine manufr. Stanley street Wailer William, straw hat manufacturer, 87 High Town rcf

Tibbetts Thomas, shopkeeper, 6o New Town street Walsh William, straw hat manufacturer, George street

Tillcock George, chimney sweeper, r6 Burr street Ward & Cain, blacksmiths, 8oA, Park street

Tillcock Thomas, chimney sweeper, 68 Hitchin road Ward. James & C. hat tip & lining manufacturers, King st

Timms Samuel, straw plait merchant, 46 Wenlock street Ward Charles, Goat P.H. Park street

Timms Zebulun, shopkeeper, 68 High Town road Ward Charles William, ironmonger, 44 Chapel street

Tirebuck Herbert, nurseryman, Lea road Ward Louisa (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, Foster's yard,

Tirebuck Thomas Bigg, hair dresser, 26 Wellington street Upper George street

Titmus William, White Lion P.H. Park street Ward Richard, builder, Collingdon street

Todd Mary (Miss), straw hand sewer, 39 lnkerman street Ward Thomas, shopkeeper, Chohham street

Tomalin Elizh. (:Mrs.), trousers cleaner, 8 High Town road Ward William, farmer, Dallon farm

Tomkins Joseph, carpenter, 15 Union street WARDILL GEORGE .JACKSON L.D.S., R.C.S.Irel. surgeon

Tomlin Frederiek, straw hat manufacturer, 21 Castle street dentist, 25 Park street west

Tomlin William, boot maker, 17 North street Wardill William, denti8t, 25 Park street west

Tomlinson Frederick, felt finisher, 6 Regent street Warner Frederick, sLraw hat manufacturer, Ashton street

Tomlinson Frederick, hair dresser, Barber's lane \Yarner George, straw hat manufacturer, Ashton street

Tompkins Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, Buxton road Warner James, straw plait dealer, 98 Collingdon street

Tompkins Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, 20 C:.~.rdigan st Warren Thorn1.s & Co. straw hat block makers & coal m~r-

Tomson & Son, corn merchants, Bute street chants, Cheapside

Tomson & Son, surgeons, Park street west Warren Alfred, straw & felt hat manufrs. 38 & 40 Bute st

Tomson Kitt, surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator Warren Emma (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, Wenlock st

for Luton district, Langley street Warren Geo. straw hat manuf. & straw plait mer. George st

Topley Joseph, Princess Alexandra P.H. Princess street Warren George, straw plait merchant, Bute street, & straw

Topp George William, straw hat blocker, 35 John street hat manufacturer, George street

Tottenham Isaac, straw hat manufacturer, Adelaide ter Warren James, carpenter, 65 Geor,se street

Town Hall (Charles Weston, hall keeper), George street Warren Walter, straw hat manufacturer, 9 North street

Townshend Samuel, chiropodist, 7 Stuart street Warren William, shopkeeper, 46 Windsor street

Toyer Alfred, drysalter, & post office, 6g High Town road Waterworks (John Gill Meadows, sec.; William Richard!t

Toyer Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, 28 Liverpool road Phillips c.E. engineer), High Town

Toyer Edward, straw hat blocker, 87 Dumfries street Weatherhead Williarn & Co. straw plaitmanufrs. Bond st

Toyer Jonah, builder, 32 Napier road Weatherhe.a.d Albert Edward, linen draper, 13 Park square

Toyer Julia (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. 28 Queen street Weatherhead Joseph, baker, Windsor street

Toyer Lizzie & Horn Sarah (Misses)1 scientific dress & mantle Weatherhead Samuel, straw plait merchant, Cheapside
makers, style &fit guaranteed, 5Grove road Webb Eliza & Border Polly (Misses), dress m:~.kers, 26 Ade~

Toyer William, straw hat manufacturer, Hitchin road la~d~ ~

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• Wiseman Edmund & Co. sewing machine agents, Cheapside

Webb Edwin, straw bat manufacturer, 19 King street

Webb Frederick Bennett, straw hat manufacturer & plait & John street

merchant, 20 Bute street Wiseman Amos, straw bat blocker, High street

Webb George, shopkeeper, 22 Hastings street Witham Albert Edward, boot maker, Adelaide street

Webb Henry, coal dealer, 46 Cobden street Withers William, furniture dealer, 5 Hitchin road

Webb Henry, straw hat manufacturer, r Williamson street Withington Thomas, grocer, 72 Wellington street

Webb John, tobacconist, Guildford street Witticks Thomas, plumber, 68 Langley street

Webb Sidney, Bridge hotel, 72 Bute street Womwell James, Hare & Hounds P.H. New Town road

Webb William, straw plait dyer, bleacher & merchant, IA, Wood Anuie (Mrs.), shopkeeper, II7 North street

Regent street & 6 Bute street Wood Eliza (:Mrs.), shopkeeper, 127 North street

Webb William, straw plait merchant, 6 Bute street Wood Frederick, straw hat manufacturer, 61 North street

Webdale John & Sons, London, Sheffield & Staffordshire Wood Thomas, plumber, 21 Chapel street

warehousemen, 21, 23 & 25 Wellington st. & King st Woodbridge George, shoe maker, ng North street

Webdale William, hardware merchant, 46 Alma street Woodbridge Thomas, boot maker, 5 Dudley street

Welch & Gardner, straw hat manufacturer, 9 Bute street Woodfield Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner, II New Bedford road

Welch & Sons, straw plait merchants, Upper George street Wooding Henry, boot & shoe maker, 96 High Town road

Welch Alfred, blacksmith, Stuart street Wooding Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 17 Peel street

Welch Alfred, shopkeeper, Hibbert street Wooding James, grocer, 21 Havelock road

Welch Charles, sewing machine engineer, 5 Barber's lane \Vooding Samuel George, grocer, Old Bedford road

Welch Jane (Mrs. J, dress maker, 90 Cobden street Woodley Peter, shopkeeper, 35 Duke street

Welch John, fishmonger, George street Woods John, nurseryman, Farley road

Welch Thomas, poulterer, 7 Chapel street Woods John, nurseryman, Park street

Wells Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, Salisbury road Woolley Sanders & Co. straw hat manufrs. 64 Alma street

Wenham William, Millstone Arms P.H. Park street Wootton & Webb, chemists & druggists, George street

Wesley Frederick, boot & shoe repairer, 196 Wellington st '~rootton David, grocer, 125 North street

Wesley Frederick, tin plate worker, 41 Hastings street Wootton David, librarian & public library, 125 North street

Wesley Henry, tailor, 89 Park street Wootton David, librarian, l"ree library, Manchester street

Wesley William, writer & grainer, 31 Princess street Worboys & Smart, straw plait merchants, Barber's lane

Wesleyan Young Men's Christian Association (Rev. Joseph Worboys Albert, straw hat blocker, High Town road

Hammond, president), Chapel street ~orboys Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, Old Bedford road

West John Georg-e, Crieketers' Arms P.H. High Town road Worboys Arthur, straw bat manufr. 143 High Town road

West William, shopkeeper, 9 Langley road Worboys Charles, straw hat manufr. 75 High Town road

Westley John, boot maker, 43 Alma street Worboys Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. 13 Dudley st

Weston Charles, straw plait dealer, 23 Inkerman street "rorboys Frederick, straw hat manufr. 137 High Town road

Weston Charles, straw plait merchant, 3A, John street "'orboys Georgc, straw hat manufacturer, 17 Windmill st

Weston Charles, town hall keeper & collector of tolls & ac- Worboys Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 16 Brunswick st

counts, Town Hall Worboys Jabez, greengrocer, Cardigan street

Westwood Louisa (Mrs.), dress maker, Wenlock street "Vorboys John, straw hat manufacturer, Windmill street

Wheeler John, baker, 30 Duke street Worboys Sidney, straw hat manufacturer, 149 High 'Town rd

·Wheeler John, general dealer, 47 High Town road Wordley Wm. straw hat manufacturer, 135 Wellington st

Wheeler Mary (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. 34 Cardigan st Worsley Charles Joseph, engineer; pumps & all kinds of

Wheeler Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 57 Collingdon st machinery repaired ; boilers fitted & fixed; felt bat

Wheeler William, confectioner, 49 High Town road machinery of all kinds; heating apparatus fixed in public

Whinnett John, butcher, New Town street buildings on the most approved principle, 41 Waller st

Whitby Williarn, straw plait manufacturer, 98 Langley st Worsley Edwin George, watch maker, 16 Hastings street

White & Son, boot & shoe manufacturers, leather sellers, & Worsley Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 75 Burr st

grindery dealers, 17 Park street west 1Worsley Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, Wenlock street

White Charles, builder, Waldeck road Worsley Emma (Mrs.), straw hat finisher, 17 Cobden street

White Charles, carpenter, 3 Inkerman street Worsley John, straw hat manufacturer, Wenlock street

White' Charles, jun. plumber, Bury Park road Worsley Thomas, straw hat manufacturer, 48 Chapel street

White Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, .5r Burr street Wren Brothers, fishmongers, 35 Castle street

White Frank Charles, watch maker, Manchester street Wren Christopher, linen draper, 28 Park stre~t

White George, straw hat manufacturer, II Burr street Wren Henry, straw hat manufacturer, 24 Cumberland street

White Maria (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, 2 Bridge st Wren William, furnishing warehouse, 27 Park square

White Thomas, gasfitter, 13 Hastings street W'ren William, straw hat manufacturer, 29 Liverpool road

White William, boot maker, Langley street Wright Ann (!\ITs.), dress maker, II Victoria street

White William Herbert, nurseryman, Hart hill Wright Arthur, shopkeeper, Tavistock street

Whitehead John, Oddfellows' Arms P.H. Dunstable place Wright Charles, grocer, 21 Park square, & provision dealer,

Whitehead Sidney Thomas, house agent, Market hill Post office, 91 New Town street

Whitlock Samuel, shopkeeper, Salisbury road Wright Charles, shopkeeper, Hibbert stl'eet

Whittemore By. Thos. straw hat manufr. 137Wellington st Wright Charles, straw hat manufacturer, York street

Whittemore Herbert, straw hat manufr. 139 Wellington st Wright David, shopkeeper, Ashton road

Widdocks Joseph, baker, High Town road Wright George, straw hat blocker, Spring place

Wigmore James, straw hat manufacturer, 25 Oollingdon st Wright George, straw hat manufacturer, 3 Bute street

Wild Gilbert, saddler & harness maker, 14 Manchester street Wright Henry (Mrs.), gentlemen's school, St. John's college,

Wildman Eli, boot maker, 78 Chapel street New Bedford road

Wildman Ellen (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, x8 Melson st Wright J ames, music warehouse, 8 Castle street

Wildman Joseph, sergeant of police, 85 Dumfries street Wright James, straw hat manufacturer, r4o North street

Wiles & Co. drysalters, 18 Waller street Wright John, milk seller, John street

Williams James & Son, sewing machine engineers, 6 Peel st Wright John Irving, straw hat manufacturer, 25 Bute st

Williams Herbert Owen, saw mills, New Bedford road Wright Jsph. straw hat manufr. & greengrocer, 8o Castle st

WilHams J ames, engineer, 30 Hastings street Wright Rebecca (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 25 New street

Williamson Charles, straw hat manufacturer, go Hastings st Wright Thomas, Red Lion commercial hotel, Castle street

Willis William, straw hat manufacturer, Adelaide terrace Wright Waiter Thomas, the manager, The Marquis of Bute

Wilmot Henry, secondhand clothes dealer, 48 Boyle street P.H. Alma street

Wilson Frederick, grocer, 72 Langley street Wright Wiiliam, boot maker, 24 Adelaide street

Wilson Frederick, shopkeeper, 5 Albert road Wright William, The Cardinal P.H. Wood street

Wilson John, shopkeeper, 40 Russell street Ya1TOW John, plumber, 55 'favistock street

Wilson John, straw hat manufacturer, Union street York William, tailor, 8 John street

Wilson Johnson, beer retailer, High Town road Young Emma (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, Villa road,

Wilson William, straw hat manufacturer, 87 Lea road Old Bedford road

Winglow Frederick, straw bat machinist, Brunswick street Young Frederick, boot maker, 108 Langley street

Wingrave Emma (Mrs.), news agent, 7 Park square Young Henry, carman, 17 Guildford street

Wingrave Frederick, straw bat manufr. 67 Brunswick street Young Mary (Mrs.), straw hat machinist, 23 Langley place

Wingrave Josepb, straw bat manufacturer, 82 Hitchin rd Young Walter, greengrocer, 4 New street

Wingrave Sidney, straw hat manufacturer, 14 Inkerman st Young William, straw hat manufacturer, 48 Burr street

Winters Susans (Miss), shopkeeper, Arthur street

COM:lrERCIAL. Leagrave. Clark John, farmer, Whitefield farm
Clarke James, farmer
Andrews Richard, farmer 1 .Anstee John, farmer, Lewsey farm Gathercole William, dyer & bleacher •
Eavister John, shopkeeper
Cartwright Simon, farmer

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. .MARSTON MORTEYNE. 103

Hoar Frederick, Three Hor.se Shoes P.H. Lee William, farmer, Leagrave marsh Scrivener William, shopkeeper •

Leagrave marsh Low William, beer retailer Shaw Charles Hugh, farmer

Lathwell Joseph, wheelwright, Lea- Read Goorge, farmer, Leagrave marsh Squires WiJliam, jun. blacksmith

grave marsh Scrivener David, shopkeeper Stokes James, Sugar Loaf P.H

Fisher Rev. Robert M.A. [rector] Limbury-cum-Biscott. &Juires William, blacksmith
J3lundell Alfred, farmer Stokes Thomas, beer retailer
)3rowning James, farmer Cook John, farmer
Glenister Amos, farmer
Newland Henry Pigott, miller (wind)

MARKYATE (or MARKET STREET) is a village 4 miles hart. J.P. of Beechwood, Herts. The soil is strong loam; sub-

south-ea-st from Dunstable, on the Roman road, Watling soil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans &c.

street, from London to Birmingham, in the Southern division The population of Markyate Street in r88r was 1,26g. The

<Jf the county, Luton petty sessional division, partly in the area of Humbershoe is 159 acres; rateable value, £907.

hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, and partly in the PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford: this place com- Thomas Norcutt, receiver. Letters arrive through Duns·

prises the hamlet of HuMBERSHOE, in Studham parish, and table at 7· ro a.m. & 2 p.m.; dispatched thereto at II.I5

parts of the parishes of CADDINGTON and FLAMSTEAD, in a. m. & 6 p.m. Box closed on sundays at 1 o.55 a. m

Hertfordshire; and was formed into an ecclesiastical dis- Stewal'd of the :Manor of Markyate, S. D. B. Middleton,
trict out of the above parishes in r877. The chu-rch of St. Dunstable

.John the Baptist, situated in the Cell park, and enlarged by
Joseph Howell esq. in 18n, is a small unpretending build- A School Board of 7 members was formed in Sept. 1875;
ing, with a western turret containing one bell. The living for the United District of Caddington (Herts & Beds),
is a vicarage, endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Flamstead (Herts) & Humbershoe (Beds); William
in 1877, gross yearly value £3oo, with residence, in the gift Emerson, clerk to the board & attendance officer

of the Rev. Francis William Adye !>LA. and held since r88g ScHooLs:-
by the Rev. Arthur Tennant Mitton M. A. of St. Catharine's Board (mixed), erected, with master's house, in I88o, for
.College, Cambridge, and surrogate. The endowment of a 18o children; average attendanc(}, 27; Alexander Wink·
-Grammu school (called Coppins Charity), is now devoted ley, master
to the edueation of 2o boys at the Beechwood schools.
'There are Wesleyan, Baptist and Primitive Methodist Beechwood Endowed National (mixed), built in 1865,
-chapels here. The Markyate Street Institut-e occupies the old with master's house, for 140 children & enlarged in
Wesleyan chapel; the premises comprise billiard and read- 1882 for 16o, which is the avera~e attendance; the
ing rooms; it is supported by subscriptions: president, Sir
endowment, amounting to £56 r6s, rod. yearly is
.John Gage Saunders Hebright; secretaTy, Mr. George
West. In the village is a large iron building, erected in derived from funds left by the late Sir John Sebright of
1878, used for Church Sunday schools. The straw manu- this place; George West, master; Thomas Parslow,
facture has greatly increased of late years. The principal assistant master ; Miss I<'rances :Mary Garrett, infants'
mistress

landowners are the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the CARRIERS TO : -

Rev. F. W. Adye M.A., J.P. of St. Michael's Manor, St. Lmm.oN-George Puddephatt, mon. & wed. & frequently

..Albans, Herts (lord of the manor); Arthur J\Iacnamara esq. on other days
D.L., J.P. of Billington, and Sir John Gage Saunders Sebright I LuTO.N-Dayid Smith, daily

.Baxter Mrs. Cavendish house Fire Engine Station, keys kept at Mr. I Mullis James, grocer, tea dealer, prQOI

J3ennett Benjamin, Cheverells park Hawes', plumber & Mr. Spray's, vision merchant, ironmonger &c

.Beresford Charles William wheelwright Neal Matthew, boot maker

Mitton Rev. Arthur 'fennant M. A. Fatt George, gunsmith Neal Zilpha (Mrs.), shopkeeper

[vicar & surrogate] Goodman George, butcher Norcutt Thomas, stationer, Post office

:Sanders Mrs. Sarah Goodman Mary, beer retailer Partridge Frederick, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Goodwin John, corn merchant & farmer Perkins Elizabeth (Mrs.), corn dealer

.Abbott Daniel, Green Man P.H Goodyear Benjamin~ farmer Perry John, grocer &c

..Arnold David, straw plait dealer Goodyear Edwin, straw plait dealer Perry Mary (Miss), shopkeeper

:Eardriclr. -,farmer Goodyear George, straw hat manufactr Proctor George, Red Lion :P.Ii

Bassil-, Sun P.H Goodyear John, butcher Queensborough William, farmer

Batchelor JQhn, baker Goodyear Waiter, grocer Ridgeway Edwin, boot maker

Batchelor J\lhn Thomas, baker Hall Edward, builder Rolt James, shopkeeper

Batchelor William, baker &beer retailer Hammond John Henry, saddler Simons Thomas, farmer, Cell farm

J1eaumont Frederick, butcher Harris William Dring, draper &c Skeggs Jame,:, beer ratailer & shop-

13eck Chas. C. straw hat manufacturer Hawes George Alfd. builder, decorator, keeper, Greasy hill

.Beresford Charles William M.n.c.s. Eng, house furnisher & estate agent Spary .Edwin, wheelwright

surgeon, & medical officer & public Hawkins Alfred, baker & confectioner Spary Ernest, harness maker

Yaccinator to Markyate Street dis- Hawkins Rebecca( Mrs.), bread&flour dlr Spary George, wheelwright

trict, Lnton union Hea1ey Frank, baker & grocer Spary Walter E. wheelwright

!Biggs Fanny (Mrs.), confectioner Healey John, straw plait dealer Stevens Joseph, beer retailer

.Biggs Isaac, straw manufacturer Hodsden Abraham, greengrocer Streddar James, beer retailer

illinker Margt.(Mrs. ),straw hat manufr Holt Henry, poulterer Stringer John, saddler &c

_Blinker Sydney, builder How William, plumber & glazier Thorn Obed, butcher

J3radshaw GMrge, tailor Lacey Moses & Peter, straw plaitdealrs Thorn Waiter, dairy

J3radshaw Thomas, grocer & corn dealer Lee J osepb, blacksmith Timberlake Thomas, farmer

Brown W. H. fishmonger Luff George Hy. Seabright Arms P.H Tompkins Thomas, baker

(Jhurch Thomas, farmer,Feverell's farm Mailes Walter, carpenter Trafford Charles, corn merchant

()layton Alfred, straw hat manufacturer Markyate Street Gas Co. Lim. (David Turner Dudley, carrier

(Jook James, fanner Purvis, contractor) Turner George, blacksmith

'Cook Richard Walter, jeweller Markyate Street (Herts) Permanent Turney James, butcher

<Josier John, blacksmith Benefit Building Society (Moses Wade George, harness maker

{;oulton Reginald Hilton, Swan P.R Lacey, sec) Withington Jas. horse & cattle doctor

Davis 1ames, shoe maker MarkyateStreetlnstitute(Geo. West, sec) WoodwardWm.agricultura.l blacksmith

Downs Alfred, straw manufacturer Moring George, farmer Wright Chal'les, Five Horse Shoes P.H

Evans George, hay & straw dealer Mott Edward, grocer Wright James, beer retailer

.iEvans J ames, greengrocer &c

:MARSTON MORTEYNE is a village, parish and the church, and containing 5 bells: in the chancel are brasses

1l'ailway station, and was formerly a market town, 4 miles to the Snagge family : there is a fine marble monument in

north-west from Ampthill and 7 south-west from Bedford, the south aisle chancel chapel to Sir Thomas Snagge, Speaker

in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Red- of the House of Commons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth;
bornestoke, petty sessional division, union and county court the interior has been restored. and will seat 6oo persons,

odistrict of Ampthill, rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry The registers date from the year 1703. The living is a rec-

<Jf Bedford a.nd diocese of Ely. The station here, on the tory, tithe rent-charge £r, 123, net yearly value £7oo,

Bedford and Bletchley branch of theNorth Western railway, including 68 arres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of St.
is usually called the Millbrook station. The church of St. John's College, Cambridge, and held since 1883 by the Rev.
Mary is a large and ancient edifice, in the Early English and John Spicer Wood D.D. formerly fellow and tutor of that

Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel!\na-re, aisles, and college. Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
a massive Perpendicular tower, standing aoout 50 feet from . The charities, amounting to about £8o yearly, are appro-

104 MARSTON MORTF:YNE. BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY"s

priated to the apprenticing of boys and clothing and distri- a.m. ; dispatched at 4 p.m. Cranfieid is the neares~

buting food to the poor. The Duke of Bedford K.G. who is lord money order & Ampthill the nearest telegraph office

of the manor, and Richard Price Davis esq. are the chief Police Station, Charles Thomas Osborne, constable

landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops A School Board of 5 members was formed in r88o; Charles;

are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 4,079 acres ; Stimson, 26 Mill street, Bedford, clerk to the board ; Esau..

rateable value, {,6,792; the population in r88I was r 1 I79· Deuton, attendance officer

MARSTON PILLINGE, Upper and Lower Shelton, Wood SCHOOLS:- ..
End, Shelton, Wroxhill and Wootton Green are parts of this
parish. Board (formerly National), Church End, built in 1847, fOJr

Parish Clerk, John Two. 140 children; average attendance, 90 ; Richard Deane,.

master; Miss Susan Webb, assistant mistress

Board, Shelton (mixed), erected in r88o, for go children;

PosT 0FFICE.-John Two, receiver. Letters arriYe from average attendance in excess of present space; Miss Ellern

Ampthill at 7·45 a.m. & leave at 4·55 p.m. ; letters also Higgs, mistress; Miss Lena Ennis, assistant mistress

arrive from Bedford for Upper & Lower Shelton at 10.30 Railway ~tation, Cornelius Theobald, station master

Webb Mrs. C. Marston Pillinge Deuton George, Belll'.H. Church end Randall Henry, farmer, Church farm

Wood Rev. John Spicer D.D. Rectory Evans Thomas, butcher, Church end Randall Williaw, builder, Church end

COlllMERCIAL. Faulkner Wm. beer ret. Up. Shelton Robinson Jsph.shopkeeper,Low.Sheltoa

Beddall Jn. farmer, Park farm, Wood end :Franklin Charles, brick m a. Low.Shelton Sanders Christopher, farmer

Bettell William, beer retailer Giggles George, Three Horse Shoes l'.H Sharpe John, farmer

BowlesJohn, Morteyne Arms P.H Hillson Joseph, baker Sheard John, farmer, Lower Shelton

Broekett Jn. Sugar Loaf P.H. Wroxhill Hillyard Thomas, beer retailer Smith Alfd. Chequers P.H. Low.SheltoUI

BrownGeo.Edwd.frmr.SouthPillingefm Hudson Wm. shopkeeper, Up. Shelton SmithJames,wheelwright,Low.Shelton.

Cook James, farmer, Lower 1:3belton Manyweathers William, shoe maker Two John, shopkeeper & parish clerk,.

Copperwheat Wm. shpkpr.Low.Shelton Morsman Elizh. (J;Irs. ), gro.Church end Post office, Church end

Cranfield Thomas, farmer, Beancroft Noble John, farmer, Wood end Vincent David, general dlr. Church enct

MAULDEN is a village and parish, one mile east from M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. There are Congregationalist,.

Ampthill, 8 miles south from Bedford, 4! south-east from Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. The charities.

Ampthill station on the London and North Western railway, amount to £9o yearly, £30 of which is derived from tha,

2! from Ampthill station on the Midland railway, in the town estate. The Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord of the mano~:·

Northern division of the county, hundred of Redbornestoke, and principal landowner. The soil is part sand and part.
petty sessional division, union and county court district clay ; subsoil, the green sand. The chief crops are wheat,.

of Ampthill, rural deanery of Ampthill, archdeaconry of barley, beans and peas. The parish contains 2,574 acres of

Bedford and diocese o:: Ely. The church of St. Mary, land, chiefly arable; rat.eable ralue, /,3,766; the populatioa.

rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and part of the in r881 was r,3II.

north wall, and enlarged in 18s8-9, under the direction of Mr. PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Ann 13rightman, receiver. Letters.
Benjamin Ferrey, architect, is an edifice of local brown through Ampthill, arrive at 6.30 a. m.; dispatched at 6 p.nL_

sandstone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, con- Box cleared at 5·55 p.m.; sundays at 9·45 a.m. AmpthilL
sisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch is the nearest money order & telegraph office

and a western tower with angle turret: the east window ScHOOLS :-

(designed from that in the old chancel which fell to pieces A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1873; Robert;

on being taken down) is filled with subjects from the history M. White, Dunstable street, Ampthill, clerk to the boarct

.of our Lord : there are two other small stained windows in & attendance officer
the chancel and one in the tower, called ''The Children's Board (mixed), built in r88o, by the Duke of Bedford, for

Window," the result of subscriptions raised entirely by the (ZIO children; average attendance, n6; William Oclee,.

children of the parish. The register dates from the year master ; Mrs. Eleanor Oclee, sewing mistress

1558. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £351, gross Infants' (held in a portion of the Old National school),.

yearly value £370, with residence, in the gift of the Marquess for 6o children; average attendance, 65; )liss Jane E_

of Ailesbury, and held since 1879 by the Rev. Henry Cobbe Sutton, mistress

Berrill Charles Fisher Charles, market gardener Palmer William, baker

Cobbe Rev. Henry M.A. Rectory Fisher Joseph, market gardener Read Robert, farrier

Moore Miss, Maulden cotta;;e Flint John, baker Roberts James, farmer

French Frederick, bricklayer Robinson Sarah (Mrs.), market gardnr

COMMERCIAL. Halsey Deborah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Sharp George, market gardener

Arnold William, blacksmith Hawes Wi!liam, tailor Sharp George, Dog & Badger P.H

Atkins Edwin, beer retailer Hill George, coal dealer Sinfield David, shoe maker

Atkins William, baker King Trnstram, market gardener Stanford Charles, coal dealer

Bass Daniel (Mrs.), stay maker Kirby Thomas, beer retailer Stanford Thomas, shopkeeper

Brightman Ann (Mrs.),prov.dlr.Postoff Lockey John, market gardener Stanford William, hawker

Brightman Daniel, cattle dealer Logsdon Elizabeth (Miss), beer retailer Stokes William Mann, market gardener

Brightman Frederick, cattle dealer Lowe Thomas, market gardener Street George, farmer

Brightman James, farmer Marlow John, The George P.H Toby Sarah (Mrs.), farmer

Brown Samuel, market gardener Negus Thomas, farmer Upton Frederick, market gardener

Butt William, farmer Norman Charles, blacksmith Wheeler John, market gardener

Dowdeswell Jobu, corn merchant Norman James, steam flour &c. mill 1-Vheeler John, shopkeeper

Dowdeswell Mary Ann (Miss), White Northwood Charles, Black Horse P.H Whitman Joseph, shoe maker

Hart P.H Northwood Samuel, carpenter Young George, butcher

Farmer William, carpenter Odell J ames, chimney sweep

MELCHEOURNE is a village and parish, 12 miles on Fridays and a fair at the festival of St. Mary Magdalene,.

north from Bedford, 6 south-east from Higham Ferrers, granted in the year 1264 to the Knights Hospitallers. In a..

and 6 south-west from Kimbolton, in the Northern division field, adjoining the park on the north, are the remains of an.
of the county, hundred of Stodden, Sharnbrook petty sessional ancient precevtory of the Knights Hospitallers, to whom the.
division, county court district and union of Bedford, rural manor and church were given, temp. Henry I. by Alice de.
deanery of Riseley, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Claremont, Countess of Pembroke, and confirmed to them.
Ely. The church of St. Mary Magdalene, a modern stone on the refounding of the Order, 4 & 5 Philip & Mary.
structure in the Classic style, re-erected (with the exception (r557-8); in 3 Edward VI. (1549) these were granted to-
of part of the tower) in 1779 on the site of an earlier Gothi John, Earl of Bedford, but were given by Queen Elizabetbt
church, consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and a to Francis, second Earl of Bedford, who married Margaret,.
western embattled tower containing 4 bells: an organ was daughter of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe. Leland who was.

presented by the late Dowager Lady St. John: there are two there in 1538, speaks of it as an ancient structure. Melch-
monuments to Col. the Hon. George St. John, Lavinia (Wol- bourne Hall, the seat of Lord St. John, was built by Sil"
stenholme), his wife and four children, who were all drowned William Weston, the last of the priors of the Knights Hos-
on their passage from Bombay, in 1802; and to Henry pitallers: the front has since been modernized; there are:
Beauchamp, baron St. John of Bletsoe, 1805; and a brass to beautiful gardens with conservatories and hothouses, sur-
Robert Paveley, dated 1377, also a brass to the late Lord St. rounded by about 400 acres of park and woods, with ffne<
John, dated r887 : there are sittings for 400 persons. The game preserves and a lake ; the mansion underwent extensiva.

register dates from the year 1706. The living is a vicarage, restoration in 1877. Lord St. John J.P. is lord of the manor

gross yearly value of tithes £7I 78. 6d. value of glebe [45,with and sole landowner. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay~

residence, in the gift of Lord St. John, and held since 1885 The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. 'fhe:
by the Rev. John Wilkinson Gamul Edwards M.A. of Wor- area is 2,574 acres; rateable value, £2,351; the populatio.lll.
cester College, Oxford. This place. had formerly a market in 1881 was 219,

.JDIRECTORY BEDFORD::;HIRE. MILTO~ BRYANT. 10.1

Parish Clerk, George Reynolds. National School (mixed), built by Lord St. John, will hold

Letters received through Bedford at 9 a. m. PILLAR Box so children; average attendance, 20; Miss Frances Wood-

cleared at 5.40 p.m. Riseley is the nearest money order head, mistress. The school stands on Lord St. John's

& Sharnhrook the nearest telegraph office property

St. John Lord D.L., J.P. Melchbourne Brawa John, farmer & clerk to Dean Line Henry, shopkeeper

park ; &Jun. Carlton club. London s w school board, East fields Scorer J ames West, farmer, Grange

Bt. John Eleanor Lady, The Cottage Clayton William, bead gardener to Lord SmithGabriel,St.John'sArms inn,& Imr

Edwards Rev. John Wilkinson Gamul St. John Townley Maximilian Gowran,land agent

M.A. Vicarage Corbett Jas. carpenter to Lord St. John to Lord St. John

MEPPERSHALL is a small village and parish, 12 miles residence, in the gift of St. John's College, Cambridge, and

south-east from Bedford, 2 south from Shefford station, and held since 1845 by the Rev. John Henry Howlett B.D.

2:! west from the llenlow station, in the Northern division formerly fellow of that college, and rural dean of Shefford.

of the county, hundred of Clifton, petty sessional division, St. Thomas' chapel, now used as a barn of the Chapel farm,
union and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery is an interesting ruin, supposed to have been connected with.

of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. Chicksands Priory, and contains a very fine Norman door-
The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a small cruciform way ; there are also, near the church, the remains of an old.
building of stone, partly of Norman date, with Early English fortification, called The Hills. The trustees of Mrs. Barbara
and Perpendicular additions and insertions, consisting of Kane, and Mrs. Pen Woodburn are lords and lady of the:
chancel, transepts, nave, aisles, a central tower containing manor. The chief landowners are Sir George Robert
5 bells: both transepts have recesses for altars and piscinre: Osborn bart. D.L., J.P. of Chicksands Priory, and Christ's
there is a brass effigy of a knight in plate armour, with an Hospital, London. The land is chiefly arable. The soil is.
inscription below to John :Meptyshale esq. 1440, and Katherine strong clay and gravel ; subsoil, gravel and sand. The area.

his wife; the effigy of the latter, two shields and some is 1,901 acres, 2 roods, 31 poles; rateable value, £2,590;.
scrolls, are lost: there is a similar, but mutilated knightly the population in 1881 was 778.
·effigy, one of a female, and an inscription below to John Parish Clerk, Francis Knight.

Boteler esq. 1441, and Elizabeth (Kymbell), his wife: the Letters from Biggleswade, via Shefford, arrive at 9· rs a.m..

whole church was restored, the nave rebuilt, aisles added in PILLAR LETTER Box cleared at 6 p.m. week days only.
1875-6, at a cost of £3,ooo. The register dates from the The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Shefford
year 1653. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £535, National School (mixed), built in 1867, for 128 children;.
net yearly value £440, including 83 acres of glebe, with average attendance, 97; Miss Alice Kate Kittridge, mist

[AillettersforCiifton rd.should be addressed CranfieldWm.brewr.&maltstr.Clifton rd Lamb George, farmer, Woodhall farm

Shefford R.S.O.] Dear Edward, straw plait dealer Lincoln Philip, farmer

Deverill Mrs. The Elms, Clifton road Elms George, farmer Millard Charles, farmer

Heath Daniel · Gudgin J:<'redk. farmer, Polehanger frm Millard William, beer retailer

Howlett Rev. John Henry B. D. Rectory Harris Azel & Co. farmers Robert.s Ephraim John, baker & grocer

King John, White hall Harris Isaac, beer retailer Surridge George, shopkeeper

Spufford Joseph, Lines villa, CHfton rd Harris James, Five BeJis P.H Vintinner John, cowkeeper

cmrMERCIAL. Hibbott Samuel, beer retailer Warren James, beer retailer

Brown Charles, farmer, Chapel farm Hills Charles, straw factor Wheatley George, builder & contl"actol""

Cakebread Moses, blacksmith & shopkpr Knight Francis, builder & contractor & brick & tile manufr.Meppershall rd

MILLBROOK is a picturesquely situated village and glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, ancl

parish, 1?i miles south of the Millbrook station of the North held since 1888 by the Rev. Frederick Lloyd Sharpin M. A. of.

Western railway, and about a mile west from the station of Exeter College, Oxford. The late Dr. .Alien, who was interred:

the Midland railway and 7~ miles south-by-west from Bed- here, bequeathed the sum of £6 yearly for clothing ro poor

ford, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of girls of the parish: there is also a yearly sum of [5 IJS..

Redbornestoke, petty sessional division, union and county bequeathed by the Earl of Aylesbury, for apprenticing poor·

court district of .Ampthill, rural deanery of Ampthill, arch- boys in the parish. The Duke of Bedford is lord of the

deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. manor and owner of the land. The soil is chiefly Woburn

Michael, standing upon an eminence, and commanding a fine sand; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley and

view of the Vale of Bedford, is a building in the Perpen- oats. The area is 1,728 acres; rateable value, £4.4I7; the

dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a tower population in 1881 was 276.

containing 2 bells: the church contains busts of Lord and Parish Clerk, Joseph Bunker.

Lady Holland, by Westmacott, and a handsome nm1osn5u7m, tehnet Letters throughAmpthill, arrive at 7.15 a. m. LETTER Box
to their daughter: the church was restored i

Duke of Bedford contributing one half of the cost, and is cleared at 5·40 p.m. except sundays. The nearest money

now (1890) being re-roofed, at a cost of £450, towards which order & telegraph office is at Ampthill

the Duke of Bedford contributed £380. The register dates A School Board was formed here in I873; J. Wright,.

from the year ISso. The living is a rectory, gross yearly Ampthill, clerk to the board

value from tithe rent-charge L,"27o, including IS acres of Board School, Miss Emily Darby, mistress

King Edward Shouler Dickens Thomas, farmer Meade Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeepel"
Putman Henry, market gardener
Sharpin Rev.Fredk.Lloyd M:. A.. Rectory George Thomas, farmer Roffe Benjamin, shopkeeper

ArmstrongGeo.Waltr.frmr.Warrenfrm King Henry, farmer

MILTON BRYANT (or MlLTON BRYAN) is a parish, the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1886 by th~

situated about 2 miles south-east from Woburn, 4i south- Rev. William Wing Carew Raker M.A. of Clare College, Cam-
east from Woburn Sands station on the Bedford and Bletchley bridge. There is a charity estate of 33 acres and I2 cottages~

branch of the North Western railway, and 6~ north-east administered by trustees, which produces about £So yearly,.

from Leighton Buzzard, in the Southern division of the for the benefit of the parish generally. The old school in

county, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division and which Sir Joseph Paxton was educated is now used as a

union of Woburn, county conrt district of Leighton Buzzard, reading room. At the Norman survey Hugh de Beaucbamp

rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese had a manor with 6 hides, and the Bishop of Bayeux 4 hides_

of Ely. The church of St. Peter is a small Norman edifice, There were afterwards two manors, one of which belonged

much modernised, consisting of chancel, nave, transept and to the distinguished Sir Francis :Bryan, and another was in

a central embattled tower containing 3 bells : it has a stained the possession of the Abbey of Woburn : these came by mar-

window, the gift of Lady Inglis : there is a beautiful monu- riage from the family of J ohnson to Sir Hugh Inglis bart.

ment in the church with life-sized effigy by Chantry, to Sir The manor house is the residence of Miss Synnot. who is.

Hugh Inglis, who died in 1820, and also an inscribed lady of the manor. The chief landowners are Miss Synnot.

rsss.memorial to Sir Robert Harry Inglis hart. P.C. formerly and the Duke of Bedford. The land is arable and pasture;
member for the University of Oxford, who died in subsoil, clay. The area is 1,500 acres; rateable value, [ I,6I7;.

when the title became extinct: a memorial window to Sir the population in 1881 was 223. •

Joseph Paxton, who was a native of this parish, was pre- Parish Clerk, George Hull.

sented in 1867 by Lady Paxton, and placed at the west end PosT OFFICE.-Miss Alice Mary Burrows, sub-postmi8tr888.

of the nave: Miss Louisa Mary Inglis left by will, in 1854, Letters arrive from Woburn at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30o

the sum uf £ Ioo for the purchase of a church clock, which p. m. ; sunday, dispatched at ro. IS a.m. Woburn is the

has been inserted in the front face of the tower ; she also nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders. are-

left £100 to defray the cost of winding and repairing : there issued here, but not paid

are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1559. ScHOOLS : -

The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £233, gross yearly The Inglis Certified Home for Boys was removed here from
value £249, including 6 acres of glebe, with residence, in Clapham, London, in 1885: it will hold ~~ & is intended

106 MILTON BRYANT. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

for training them for industrial purposes; .Arthur Logan, the school has an endowment of [So a year, a charge upon
master
Mixed & infants', for 92 children; average attendance, 71 : the Inglis estate; William Warren, master; (infants) Mrs.
.Ann Warren, mistress

BakerRev.Wm.WingCarewM.A.Rectory Burrows .Alice Mary (Miss), grocer & Martendale Thomas, blacksmith

Dnncombe Chas. ByamDuer,'fhePoplars draper, Post office MillardWilliamWhinnett,farmer, Home

Synnot Miss, Manor house Burrows Wm. Red Lion P.H. & farmer farm ·

Bailey Edward, farmer, Leys & Milton Dunkley Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Pickering Harry George, farmer, Foun•

Grange farms Inglis Certified Home for Boys (Arthur tain's farm

Bradshaw Thomas, farmer, Manor frm Logan, master)

MILTON ERNEST is a small village and parish, 5 since r881 by the Rev. Edward Sutton Dodd M.A. of St.

miles north-north-west from Bedford, and 2 north from Catharine's College, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel,
Oakley railway station, in the Northern division of the and there are six almshouses for aged persons, endowed
county, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, hundred of with 48 acres by Sir E. Turnor, yielding an income of about
Stodden, union and county court district of Bedford, rural 3s. per week to each recipient. The Oakley subscription
deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese hounds are kept here. :Milton Hall, the seat of .Alfred D.

of Ely, situated on the east bank of the Ouse. The church Chapman esq. J.P. is a modern stone mansion in the
of .All Saints is an interesting building of stone, in the Per- Domestic Gothic style, situated on the eastern bank of the
pendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, river Ouse and approached from the high road through an
aisles, a handsome south porch and an embattled tower avenue of stately elms. Milton House, also pleasantly
containing a clock and 5 bells : an elegant iron screen divides situated on an eminence, is now vacant. Mrs. Burton
the chancel from the nave: there are piscinm and an ancient .Alexander, of Pavenham Bury, is lady of the manor and
oak screen : the east window and several others are stained, principal landowner. The soil is clay ; subsoil, clay and
one being the gift of George Hurst esq. of Bedford, the other gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas.
of the children of the Rev. C. C. Beaty Pownall M. A., J.P. Pillow lace is made here. The area is 2,070 acres; rateable
late vicar: at the west end of the south aisle is another value, £3,796; the population in r88r was 421.
stained window to the memory of Miss Lucy Starey : there Parish Clerk and Assistant Overseer, William Mole.
are ancient monuments to the Rolt and Turnor families, one Pos'l' & T.' 0.-William Mole, receiver. Letters received

of which is dated 1615 : in 1864-5 the chUTch was restored through Bedford at 7.40 a.m. ; box closes at 5-35 p.m. ;

and the chancel rebuilt, at a cost of about £2,ooo, raised by sundays at 7.40 a.m.; dispatched at 3.25 p.m. The
subscription; and in r883 a fine organ was introduced, at a nearest money order office is at Sharnbrook
cost of£ r8o: the church will seat 207 persons. The register National School (mixed), built in r872, for roo children;
dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, net average attendance, 85; George Barnett, master: it is
yearly value £2ro, including 242 acres of glebe, with resi- managed by trustees & supported by voluntary contri-

dence, in the gift of Charles Turner esq. J .P. Hunts, butions

II5 Westbourne terrace, Hyde Park, London w. and held CARRIER.-James Skinner, to & from Bedford, wed. & sat

Chapman Alfred D. J.P. Milton hall Hart Robert, shoe maker Russell Mary .Ann (Mrs.), Swan P.H. &

Dodd Rev. Edwd. Sutton M.A. Vicarage Hulett Thomas, shopkeeper butcher
cmiMERCIAL. Marsh Samnel,shoe maker & general dlr Smith Henry, shopkeeper
Mole William, tailor, & post office Smith John, Queen's Head P.H. &
.Andrews Alexander, farmer Newell George, baker & registrar of
Bower David H. farmer butcher
Feazey William, farmer births & deaths, Sharnbrook district Whitemore Thomas, huntsman to the
Gambrell Frederick, blacksmith Newbery Frederick, miller (water) &
Gibbins William H. farmer & maltster Oakley hounds
farmer, Milton mill; & at Sandy

MORHANGER (or :Muggerhanger) and CHARLTON, in the Classic style, standing in the centre of a very pictur-

a small hamlet, were formed in r86o into an ecclesiastical esque and thickly-wooded park; the approaches are lined
parish, situated 6 miles east from Bedford, 2 west from with some fine elm trees : the area of the estate, which
Sandy, and r mile south from Blunham station of the extends into the parish of Northill, is about 2,ooo acres ;
Cambridge branch of the London and North Western rail- the rivers I vel and Ouse forming the boundary. St. John's
way, in the Northern division of the county, Wixamtree is the residence of Lt.-Col. H. G. Thornton J.P. (late
hundred, Biggleswade petty sessional division, union and Grenadier Guards). The principal landowners are Richard

county court district, rural deanery of Biggleswade, arch- Mercer esq. Edward H. F. Dawkins esq. J.P. and Lt.-Col.
deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. H. G. Thornton J.P. The soil is principally gravel; subsoil,
John the Evangelist, consecrated July 31st, t86r, is an gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans.
elegant building of stone, in the Early Norman style, and Market gardening is here carried on to a great extent. The
consists of apsidal chancel, nave, aisles and a central tower area is r,692 acres; rateable \'alue, £2,914; the population
with pyramidal roof, containing one bell: it was erected at in t88r, with Cbarlton, was 404.

the expense of the late Mrs. Dawkins, of Morhanger House, PosT 0FFICE.-Miss Mary Ann Titmas, receiver. Letters

a.s a memorial to her husband, the Rev. E. H. Dawkins, recei\'ed through Sandy, arrive at 7 a.m. & 5 p.m. ; dis-
whose remains lie under a splendid monument in the hd El h ·h d
chancel: the chancel windows are stained: there are r8o pate e ' 5 p.m. un am IS t e nearest money or er &

sittings. The register dates from the year r86r. The liv- telegraph office

ing is a vicarage, net yearly value £ ro6, with residence, in National School, enlarged & improved by E. H. F. Dawkins

the gift of Richard Mercer esq. and held since 1884 by the esq. for 70 children; average attendance, 50; & supported

Rev. Edward Mayo. :Morhanger Park is the seat of Richard by contributions & school pence ; Miss Louisa Chadwick,

Mercer esq. who is lord of the manor; it is a fine mansion, mistress

Morhanger Heading William, farmer Charlton.
King Frederick, Old Guinea P.H
' Malkin Richard, farmer, Park farm Cooper Robert,farmer,market gardener
Mayo Rev. Edward [vicar] & seed grower ; & at Beeston green
Mercer Richard, Morhanger park Pope Leah & Helen (l\Iisses), shop-
Thornton Lieut.-Col. Harry Godfrey Jackson Charles, market gardener
keepers Mardling James, market gardener
(J.P. Nortbants), St. John's Underwood Harry, farmer, Manor frm
Cooper William, farmer, Willow hill Underwood John Coy, farmer

NORTHILL is a village in a very large parish, 3! miles porch has a handsome groined roof of the 15th century'

west.north-west from Biggleswade and 48 from London, in there are sittings for 300 persons: this is believed to have

the Northern division of the county, hundred of Wixamtree, been one of the old collegiate churches. The registers date

petty sessional division, union and county court district of from the year 1562, but are only continuous from 1727. The
Biggleswade, rural deanery of Biggleswade, arehdeaconry of living is a rectory, net yearly value £soo, including 321

:Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary is a acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Grocers'
noble and picturesque building of dark red sandstone, partly Company, of London, and held since r866 by the Rev.

in the 14th century Decorated style and partly Perpen- Francis Pott M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. The church

dicular, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, of All Saints, Caldecote, a chapel of ease to the parish

with parvis, and an embattled western tower with angle church, was erected at a cost of about [2, xoo, of which
turret and containing 5 bells~ the stained heraldic glass, £1,200 was given by Mrs. .Arthur Pott, the widow of the

formerly in the east window, has been inserted elsewhere, late rector, the rest by the Incorporated Church Building

and a new east window was erected in r 885 by the Grocers' Society, on condition Qf the seats all being free : it is a

Company, the patrons; at the west end are three memorial cruciform building of stone, 1ll the Byzantine style, and

windows to the Harvey family: the church retains six consists of chancel, nave, transepts and small baptistery at

ancient stalls, four piscinre and some curious tiles; it was the west end, and a central bell-cot, with 2 bells: there are

restored in 1862, at a cost of £a,ooo, and in 1882 a memorial 250 sittings. The charities for distribution amount to £so
.pulpit was erected to the parents of the present rector : the yearly. At Caldecote are five almshouses, erected a&nd ew

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. OAKLEY. 107

dowed in I876 by Miss Elizabeth Harvey, in memory of l'ark, and Mr. Dilla.more are the principal landowners. The
Edmund and Susan Harvey. Ickwell Bury, the seat of John soil is part clay and gravel; subsoil, clay and gravel. The
Edmund Audley Harvey esq. D.L., J.P. and the residence of chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, beans and peas. Market
Mrs. Harvey, is a building of red brick, in the Queen Anne gardening is here carried on to a great extent. The area of
style, standing in a park of about ISO acres: in I683 the Northill, with its hamlets, is 3,933 acres; rateable value,
house was greatly enlarged, and indeed almost rebuilt, but £6,360; the population in I88r was 1,412.
additions and alterations have been since made ; it contains BROOK END, r mile north-by-east ; BunNA, I mile north-
some handsome carvings and many curious relics of past west; LowER CALDECOTE, 2 miles elst ; UPPER CALDECOTE,
times ; also a fine collection of armour and several good I~ miles south-east; HATCH, I mile north ; lCKWEI.L1 half a
pictures. In the wood, about half way between the house. mile south, and TaonNCOTE1 three-quarters of a t;nile north,
and Northill church, is a very singular and perfect earth- are hamlets.
work, either of Roman or British origin, with a high bank Parish Clerk, John Powell.
thrown up on the east side, where the exterior ground is PosT 0FFICE.-Charles Bone, postmaster. Letters received
higher, but the most remarkable feature of these remains is through Biggleswadeat8.3o a.m. &1.30p.m.; dispatched
the existence of long pools inside the enceinte,· it is surmised at 7 a. m. & 5· Io p.m. The nearest money order & tele-
that they were used as fish ponds, either by the monks of graph office is at Biggleswade
the college of Northill or the priory of Ickwell Bury. The WALL BoxES, Ickwell Green, cleared at 7.20 a.m. & 5.20
Old House, Ickwell (Ickwell House), the residence of H. G. p.m. & Upper Caldecote, cleared 6.30 p.m

Astell esq. is very interesting; it is supposed to be the Police Station, J oseph Newton, constable
oldest house in Bedfordshire, and was formerly surrounded ScHOOLS:-
by moats, which are now filled up: it originally belonged to National (mixed), built in IBS$, for qo children; average
the old "Fysshe" family, which became extinct in the male attendance, 97; & supported by an endowment of £2o
branch in 1720, when it came into the possession of the yearly, the grant & voluntary contributions ; John Powell,
Fysshe-Palmers, in the female line: the last member of this master
family, Lady Madelina Palmer, died in I84o, when it was National, Caldecote (mixed), built in I86I, for I40 children;
bought by J. Harvey esq. of Ickwell Bury, in whose family average attendance, 99; & supported by voluntary con-
it still remains. J. E. Andley-Harvey esq. D.L., J.P. who is tributions & usual grant; Miss Clara Metcalfe, mis~ress
lord of the manor, the Rev. Francis Pott M.A. [as rector] CARRIER.-Ebenezer Dew, from Biggleswade to Bedford,
and Mrs. Taddy and Richard Mercer esq. of Morhanger wed. & sat. returning same days

Northill. Caldecote. Tingey James, farmer
Woodward Arthur, beer retailer
Pott Rev. Francis M.A. [rector] Powers George, Caldecote grange Woodward George, market gardener
SamsonRev.GavinHamiltonB.A.[curate]
COMMERCIAL. Ickwell.
Taddy :Mrs. Caldecote lodge
Atkins George, beer retailer COMMERCIAL. Astell Henry Godfrey, Ickwell house
Bone Charles, grocer Harvey Juhn Edmund Audley D.L.,J.P.
Dalton Henry, farmer, Glebe farm Ball Ann (Mrs.), market gardener
Fuller William, farmer, Grange farm Ball J oseph, market gardener (late Captain42nd Highlanders( Black
Garner William, carpenter Bryant Arthur, mal'ket gardener Watch), Ickwell Bury
Green John, shoe maker Dalton Albert, farmer, Water Lane frm Harvey Miss B.A. Ickwell Bury
Green Thomas, carpenter Dalton Elizh. (Mrs.),farmer,Road farm Harvey Mrs. {ckwell Bury
Kendall Thomas, farmer, The Oaks King John, The Cottage
Marson Martha (Mrs.), Crown P.R Dalton John, farmer, Manor farm Bowles Raymond, farm bailiff to Mr. J.
Masters Edward, farmer, The Leas owes Kendall William, farmer Odell, Bury farm
Rapson Alfred, farmer, Highlands King Alfred, shoe maker Course William, blacksmith & shopkpr
Wagstaff George, beer reUr. Brook end Lee Joseph, King's Head P.K Marson Charles, farmer, Wood farm
Weeden John, shopkeeper Maudlin Elizabeth (Mrs.), provision dlr Owen Charles, butcher & farmer
Miltrm William, market gardener Wbiteman John, carpenter
Hatch. Nottingham James, Rose & Crown P.H
Notting·ham Joseph, beer retailer Thorncote.
Dillamore Henry, farmer
Truin Geo.BarleyMowP.H.&markt.gdnr Odell Jas. farmer, Lower Manor farm Fuller Charles, farmer
Pates James, market gardener J efferies Ezra, tailor
Shelton George, market gardener

OAKLEY is a village and parish, about 4 miles north- November, 1823, when the water rose 6 feet above the

west from Bedford, and 7 north-east from Newport Pagnell, roads and I6 feet above the customary level of the mill

in the Northern division of the county, Stodden hundred, pool; another in November, r8s2, did serious damage both

Bedford petty sessional division, union and county court in this and the surrounding villages; and again in 1876.
district, rural deanery of Bedford, archdeaconry of Bedford From the summit of Oakley Hill, an elevated district on the
and Ely diocese: the ri'l"er Ouse bounds the parish on three road from Bedford to Sharnbrook, the landscape is extensive

sides, west, north and south; an ancient stone bridge of and very beautiful. The Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord of

nve arches connects the parish with Bromham and Steving- the manor and sole landowner. Many of the cottages of
ton: andtheMidlandrailway,whichhasastationhere,passes modern date are of stone, well built and roomy. The

through the parish on a viaduct of eleven arches. The manufacture of pillow lace and rush plaiting are carried on.
church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Early The soil is clay ; subsoil, clay and rock in some places. The

English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas. The

an embattled tower, containing a clock and 5 bells: under a area is 1,740 acres; rateable value, [312o6; the population

canopy in the south wall is a mutilated recumbent ngure: in 188I was 29S·
the chan<'el retains a piscina, and in the churchyard are the Parish Clerk, Samuel West.

remains of a cross. The register dates from the year rs6o. PosT OFFWE.-l\Irs. Betsy Pack, receiver. Letters arrive

The living is a vicarage, consolidated with Bromham, tithe thShaurmnoduiagsyhtsb,.Beaerndreifvaorered7st.a4m5t oa7n..emISy.;oar.ddmies.pr;aotdfcfiihscepeda&tc3th.e4elsdegpar.atmp6h.. 15 p.m.
rent-charge [22o, joint net yearly value £3oo, including Paven·
57 acres of glebe, in the gift of Eton College, and held since office at

I88o by the Rev. Charles James Eliseo Smith M. A. late Bedford. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, who resides at
Bromham. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1879; Mark

charities are small. Oakley House, the residence of the Sharman, Bedford, clerk to the board

Marquess of Tavistock M.A.., D.L., J.P. is a modern brick Board (formerly National) School (mixed), erected in I84I

mansion, charmingly situated on the east bank of the river by the Duke of Bedford, for 70 children; average attend-

Ouse, and commanding an exquisite view oyer a fine vale of ance, 39; the school is supported by an endowment

pasture ; it is approached from the high road by a carriage arising from land, & by school fees : there is a house for

drive, and is surrounded by lawns and shrubberies. Por- the mistress; Miss Lois Smith, mistress

tions of the parish lie very low, and consequently if there Railway Station, George Aldred, station master
is any influx of water it is inundated, as was the case in CARRIER TO BEDFORD.-John Panter, wed. & sat

Tavistock The Marquess of D.L., J.P. Beard James, jun. carter Noble John, tailor
Oakley house; & 37 Cbesham place, Burbidge John, Bedford Arms P.H Noble Thomas, tailor
London s w Clarke Charles Russell, gardener to the
COMMERCIAL. Pashler John, farm bailiff to the Mar-
Marquess of Tavistock
Aldred George, station master Ellis & Everard, coal, lime, salt &c. quess of Tavistock
Allen Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Perkins Joseph, blacksmith
merchants, Railway station Sanders John Clark, fa.rmr.Church frzu
Beall John Charles, jun. coal,coke,corn,
salt, soot & manure merchant, Rail- Gostling Henry Valentine, farmer Stonbridge Charles, clerk of works
way station; & at Sharnbrook; offices Horrell Robert,farmer, West End lodge West Samuel, tailor
Jones William, matting maker White Alfred, gamekeeper to the Mar-
at Riseley
Line John, baker &c quess of Tavistock
Beard James, coal merchant

108 ODELL. BED:FORDSHIRE. [KELLY,S

ODELL (corrupted from WoODHILL) is a village and rectorJ 1762; two later baronets, and numerous descen-

parish situated on the road from Kimbolton to Olney, and dants: the church plate includes a chalice and paten of

on the north bank of the Ouse, 9 miles north-west from silver-gilt, presented by William Alston esq. 1637; and a

:Bedford, one mile north-east from Harrold, 3 miles west-by- paten given by Dame Temperance Wolstenholme, in 1728:

south from the Sharnbrook station of the Midland railway there are 230 sittings. The register dates from the year

and 59 from London, in the Northern division of the county, 1604. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge [2o, net

hundred of Willey, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, yearly value £192, including 18 acres of glebe, with resi-

countv court district and union of Bedford, rural deanerv deuce, in the gift of Crewe Alston esq. and held since 1863

of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. by the Rev. William Cornish Hunt M. A. of Christ Church,

The church of All Saints, situated at a considerable elevation Oxford, Pillow lace is made here to a small extent, and rush

above the road, is a building of stone, in the Perpendicular plaiting is carried on. Odell Castle, the property of Crewe

style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, em- .Alston esq. and now the residence of George William John

battled south porch, with grained roof, and a lofty western Repton esq. and Lady Jane Repton, is a large and partially

embattled tower with pinnacles and containing a clock and I embattled mansion of stone, standing on an eminence imme-

5 bells : there is a rood screen in good preservation, and a diately above the Ouse, and commanding a fine view of the

rood loft, and the rich Jacobean pulpit has an hour stand: surrounding country; the pleasure grounds extend over about.

the chancel and some other portions of this church were re- II acres, and are tastefully laid out. Crewe .Alston esq. is

stored in r867-8 under the direction of Mr. Slater: some lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is cold,

very fine old glass has been cleaned and replaced: the west gravelly and brashey; the land is chiefly arable. The area

window was entirely restored in 1888 and is now an exact 1 is 2,7n acres; rateable value, £2,620; the population in

copy of the old window, with the addition of cathedral r881 was 422.

glass: the ~hanc~l r_etah~s a piscina and ~radnated sedili~, Sexton George Savage.

and there IS a piscma m each of the aisles ; the font IS '

octagonal and has traceried panels: in the north aisle are PosT 0FFICE.-George Fennell, postmaster. Letters re-

several floriated coffin-lids of the 14th century: in the chan- ceived from Bedford at 8.5 a. m. & 1.30 p.m. ; box closes

eel is a monument by Bacon, to Lieut. Thomas Alston, 4oth at 10-30 a. m. & 5.25 p.m.; sundays at 2.55 p.m. The:

regt. who fell at Monte Video in 1g07 , ar.d there are many nearest money order & teleg-raph office is at Harrold.
others to this family of earlier date, including Frances, Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

wife of Thomas .Alston, 1644; William Alston esq. 1637; Sir National School (mi.xed), built by subscription in r86o, with

'fhomas Alston bart. 1678; and Elizabeth, his wife, 1677; master's house attached, for uo children; average at-

Thomas Alston, their son, r668; Sir Rowland Alston bart. tendance, 66; James W. M. Clarke, master; Mrs. Kata

1697; and Temperance, his wife, 1728 ; Vere John Alston, T. Clarke, mistress

Geeves John Darlow Charles, blacksmith Richardson Thomas, Mad Dog P.H
Hunt Rev. Wm. Cornish M.A. Rectory Dyer Gnstavus, gardener to G. W. J. SandersArthurWm.farmer,Villagefrm
Repton George William John & Lady Sanders Harry, farmer,LittleOdell frm
Reptou e~q Titmas Samuel, miller (water) & corn
Jane, Odell castle; & 29 Curzon st. Fennell George, shopkeeper, Post office
Howe J esse, farmer, Hobbs green merchant, Odell mills
Mayfair, London w Knight Charles, farmer, Dungey farm Wiggins JethroJohn,commission agent.
PartridgeWm.Bell P.H.&leather dresser
COMMERCIAL. The CoLtage
Brooks William, beer retlr. &shopkeepr PartridgeWm.Bolton,leathr.drssr.&dyr

PAVENRAM is a pretty village and parish, bounded on endowed by the late Joseph Tucker esq. who built a.

the south by the river Ouse, 6 miles north-west from Bedford handsome vicarage house; it is a vicarage, gross yearly

and 2 miles north from the Oakley station on the Midland value £2o4, in the gift of Mrs. Burton-Alexander, and

railway, in the Northern division of the county, Sharnbrook held since 1882 by the Rev. John Edward Linnell. There is

petty sessional division, hundred of Willey, union and county a reading and coffee room, open to the villagers, established

court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Felmersham, by the late Joseph Tucker, and supplied with t!ie London

archdeaconry of :Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of daily and other papers. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built

St. Peter, situated on rising ground immediately at the back 1857· Pavenham Bury, the seat of Mrs. Tucker! is situated

of Pavenham Bury, is a small edifice of stone of the Early on an eminence facing the south, and dates from the

English and Decorated periods, consisting of chancel, clere- time of William and Mary ; it was altered from a Dutch

storied nave, north aisle, contmued eastwards to the same mansion into a building of the Elizabethan style by the late,

length as the chancel, south transept with porch on its T. A. Green esq. in 1842. Mrs. Burton-Alexander and

western side, vestry in the angle formed by the tower and Samuel Hilton esq. are the principal landowners. The soil

aisle, and a Decorated western tower with short octagonal is clay; subsoil, day. The chief crops are wheat and bar-

broach spire, relieved by two tiers of dormers, and contain- ley. Pillow lace is made here to a small extent; there is atso

ing 5 bells and clock: the form of the church, widening mat and basket making and rush plaiting. The area is 1,32()

towards the east, is peculiar, and the transept again widens acres; rateable value, £3,769; the population in 1881 was.

southward : in the transept are two Decorated canopied 438.

niches and a piscina : the chancel aisle or chapel also has Sexton, Samuel Gostick.

canopied sedilia in the north wall: the church was fitted PosT & M. 0. 0., s. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

with fine old wood work about 1848, at the cost of the late Samuel Jolly, sub-postmaster. Letters received through

Thomas Abbott Green esq. of Pavenham Bury; the chancel Bedford, Haarrrirvoeld7 . 30 a. m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. Sharn-
was restored in 1869, at the expense of Trinity College, are the nearest telegraph offices
brook &
Cambridge, and the chapel at the expense of the late J oseph

Tucker esq. and the parish: there are memorials in the Church of England School (mixed), built by the late Joseph

church to J. Franklyn esq. 1748; Lucretia, wife of William Tucker esq. in 1853• with master's house, for 13ochildren;

Nevill, 1779, and others; here was also buried in 1so8 Sir average attendance, 6o; Miss Davie, mistress ; in 1877 a,
Thomas Hubrahum kt.; there are also memorials to several clock was placed in the school tower, at a cost of about
of the Alston family: there are 28o sittings. The register
£wo, by Mrs. Tucker, as a memorial to her husband..

dates from the yeal' rs6o, and contains entries of the Percy Joseph Tucker esq. J.P. ; the school is entirely supported

family from IS8I to I592. The living was formerly annexed by the Rev. W. & Mrs. .Burton-.Alexander

to Feimersham, but was separated in 1859 and was further CARRIERS TO BEDFORD.-Franklin, every tues. thurs. & sat.

Glover Mrs. The Knoll Howe Thomas, farmer Reading & Coffee Room (A. D.McAllum,.
Linnell Rev. John Edward, Vicarage Hulatt Arthur, farmer sec)
Tucker Mrs. Pavenham Bury Hulatt Daniel, baker
Hulatt Jacob, mat maker Riseley Joseph, shoe maker
COMMERCIAL. Hulatt James, carpenter Robinson James Charles Hensman,.
Ashpo1e :Mary(Miss),Cock P.H.& butchr
13all William, mat maker Jolly Samuel, baker, Post office farmer, auctioneer & valuer
Brooks Thomas, blacksmith MacCallum A. D. steward to Mrs. Bur-
Burbidge Jesse, ta1lor Smith Thomas & Son, shopkeepers &.
ton-.Alexander, Pavenham Bury
Gorrie Thomas Lennox, gamekeeper to Partridge Samuel, George & Dragon basket makers
Underwood Ann (Miss), shopkeeper
Mrs. Burton-Alexander P.H. & wheelwright Ward Charles, coal dealer
Gostick Samuel, shoe maker Purser John, mat maker Ward Ebenezer,mat maker
Read James,mat maker, grocer&draper Wildman George, bricklayer

PERTENHALL (formerly PARTENHALE) is a parish division, county court district and union of St. :Neots, rural
deanery of Risely, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of
and village, situated on the borders of Huntingdonshire, on Ely. The church of St. Peter is a structure of stone in the
the road from Bedford to Kimbolton, II miles north frorn Transition, Early English and Later styles, consisting of
:Bedford, 2 south-west from Kimbolton, 8 north-west from chancel, clerestoried nave of the 13th century, north aisle,
St. Neots and 62 from London, in the Northern division of south porch and a Perpendicular western tower of four
the county, hundred of Stodden, Sharnbrook petty sessional

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. PODINGTON. 109

stages, with fine octagonal broach spire with dormer lights, 1 site of a former moateJ. mansion belonging to the Knights

and containing 3 bells: the chancel is Decorated, and there Templars, is the property of Mrs. Campion, and is a large

is a good Perpendicular rood screen with rich tracery, building in the Elizabethan style, with a small central gable

painted and gilt: three Transition arches divide the nave and gabled wings, formerly relieved by tall oriels ; there are

and aisle, and at the east end of the latter is an Early still three tiers of mullioned \Vindows : it became in 1588 the

English recess, in which is the recumbent stone effigy of a \ property of Bishop Fox, founder of Corpus Christi college,

knight, in mail armour, cross-legged: at the east end of the Oxford, and was by him presented to that college, in whose

nave is a sanctus bell turret: on the south wall of the nave 1 possession it remained until purchased in 1877 by the late
1

is a small marble tablet to various members of the Rolt Edward Campion esq. by whom it was thoroughly restored ;

family, who lived during the 17th century, including Mary, during the work of restoration portions of no less than 23

wife of Edward Rolt, 1632, and youngest daughter of Sir human skeletons were found; the house contai s a quan-

Oliver Cromwell: in the vestry, which is on the site of a Lady tity of very fine old oak carvings and wood work. There are

chapel, now destroyed, date r2So, is a c1assic mural monu- three manors in this parish, viz. Hoo, Pertenhal and Bell's

ment of freestone, with Latin inscription, to Susan (Fisher), alias Conington's Fee. The lords are the Martyn fam:Iy,

wife of Simon Gray, r685; there are also several modern Corpus Christi college, Oxford, and Mr. William Claridge

tablets to the Martyn and King families: in the floor of tbe respectively. Tbe chief landowners are the Martyn family,

vestry is the original altar slab, removed from the chancel the rector, Mr. William Hollis, Corpus Christi college, Ox-

A-D. 1643 by one of William Dowsing's agents, under a war- ford, Mrs. Dorman and Mrs. Campion. The soil is stiff clay

rant from the Earl of Manchester: there are 200 sittings, and gravel; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are

mostly free. The register dates from the year 1582. The wheat, barley, beans &c. The area is x, 8os acres ; rateable

living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £3o, net yearly value 1 value, £1,753; the population in r88r was 337·

about £3oo, including 300 acres·of glebe, with residence, in Parish Clerk, Joseph Roddis, sen.

the gift of S. K. Mosley esq. and t.eld since r887 by the Rev. PosT & PARCEL PosT OFFICE.-Joseph Roddis, jun. receiver.

George Harrison Mosley M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. Letters through St. Neots, arrive at 6.45 a. m. & r. 10 p.m.;

There is a Moravian chapel, built and endowed in 1827 by dispatched at 11.35 a. m. & 5-45 p.m. Kimbolton is the

the Rev. J. K. Martyn i\I.A. who resigned the curacy of Per- nearest money order & telegraph office. WALL LETTER

tenhall in r8og and joined, and was afterwards made a Box cleared at 11.25 a.m. & 5·35 p.m

bishop of, the Moravian church; he was the founder of the National School (mixed), built in 1870 on a site given by

society in this parish and Kimbolton. The poor's land of 6 John Martyn esq. for 6o children; average attendance,

acres produces [28 yearly, £1o of which is applied to educa- 4r; Miss Elizabeth Thompson, mistress

tion and £r8 distributed in coals and bread. Tebb's charity CARRIERS TO:-

of £9 gs. yearly, founded by deed in 1834, is for bread, BEDFORD-William Ibbs& Hewitt, fromKimbf)lton, on sat.

which is distributed on St. Thomas' Day. The ancient & Welch, from Stonely, on sat

Manor house of Pertenhall, situated near the church on the ST. NEoTs-Wm. Gillett, from Keysoe, through, on thurs

Campion Mrs. Tbe 1\Iauor house Bates Susan (Mrs.), farmer, Wood end Gray Simon, carter & grazier
Dorman Mrs Burgess Benjarnin, tailor Holyoak Thomas, wheelwright
Martyn Miss, Wood End cottage Claridge George, farmer, Chadwell frm Oliver James, farmer, The Hoo
Moslcy Rev. George Harrison M.A. Clarke John, grazier Packwood James, butcher
Clarke Thomas, grazier Peppitt Jacob, grazier
[redor], Rectory Corbett Robert, grazier Peppitt Joseph, farmer, Grange
Tasker Mrs. The Elms
Wilson Rev. John Moore [Moravian] Day Mary Ann (Miss), ladies' school Perry William, farmer
Dickins Henry, blacksmith Rawlins -, gmzier
C~MMERCIAL, Frossell George, grazier Reynolds William, farmeT, Hall f.wm

Banks Charles, farmer Frossell William, grazier Whittington Joshua, farmer

PODINGTON (or PUDDINGTON) is a parish and small blankets and flannel, has baen recently (1889) left. Bin-

village, 14 miles north-west from Bedford and 3 north from wick House, the residence of Captain Hugh Edmond
Irchester station, in the Northern division of the county, Browning J.P. is a fine rectangular mansion of stone, three
hundred of Willey, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, stories in height, with Corinthian pilasters dividing the first
county court district and union of Wellingborough, rural! two stories and a balustraded parapet; it dates from IJIO,
deanery of FeJmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and and has fine old gardens and attractive grounds of about 17
diocese of Ely. A small brook rises on the confines of the acres, with fish ponds: the house contains a full-length par-

parish, above the village of Hinwick, over which there is a trait of Charles I. the head by Vandyke ; one of Crom well,
stone (county) bridge of three arches, built by Mr. Orlebar in and a portrait of William Ill. by Sir Godfrey Kneller, and
1779. The church of the Virgin :Mary is a handsome edifice many of the Orlebar family : the staircase is hung with
of stone, in the Transitional, Early English and later styles, tapestry, and there is a good library, particularly of French
consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and Italiftn works, and a collection of coins found in the
and a western tower of Early English date, with crocketed neighbourhood. The old manor house is now a farm. About
Perpendicular broach spire, containing a clock and 4 bells: r8so a small bronze figure was found in a field called ".Bel-
the chancel retains an Early English piscina, and iu the ham," near Hinwick, and a Roman funeral urn and graves

north wall are four sepulchral arches, two sGmi-circular and I have been discovered in "Great Close." Hinwick Hall,

the others pointed, but now blocked with memorials to the I occupied by Captain James Creagh Richard Scott J.P. is an
families of Payne and Child: the carving of the porch door, earlier structure, and in part of Elizabethan date, contain-
Perpendicular, is unusually rich: in the church is a monu- ing some valuable pictures, tapestry, coins &c.; there are
ment to General Livesay, 1717, a descendant of Sir Michael terraced gardens and pleasure grounds, with a bowling
Livesay, the regicide, and there are many memorials to the green and a long avenue, adjoining a park of 4 acres.
Orlebar family from 1658; of the Childs from 1647, and the Richard Orlebar esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and chief
family of Payne from r624: in the nave is a brass effigy 1andowner. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay, and rock in

with inscription to John Howard, I5I8, and in the church I1 places. The chief crops are wheat and pasture. Pillow lace

and churchyard are inscribed stones to the Rev. William 1 is made here; also bricks for building purposes. The area

Bamford, vicar, 1734, and the Rev. Oliver St. John Cooper is 2,770 acres; rateable value, £3,425; the population in
M.A. vicar, x8or: the porch has been rebuilt and the south r881 was 543·
aisle re-roofed at a cost of about [220 : in r883 the church Hr~WICK is a hamlet, I mile south.
was again restored, at a cost of £330: the font is circular Parish Clerk, David French.
and the whole exterior surface is covered with zigzagmould- PosT OFFICE.- William Tye, receiver. Letters arrive

ing: the church plate includes a chalice, presented by Eliza- through Wellingborough at 8.45 a. m.; box closes at 4·45
beth Livesay in 1707; and there is a black letter Bible, p.m. & 10.30 a.m. on sundays. Wollaston is the nearest
dated 1613: there are 333 sittings. The register dates from money order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued
the year r662. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value here, but not paid

£u3, with residence, in the gift of Richard Orlebar esq. WALL LETTER Box, Hinwick, cleared at 4·55 p.m. week
and held since r887 by the Rev. Seneca. William Winter days & 10.45 a.m. sundays
s_c,L. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The poor have National School (mixed & infants), built in 1843, & enlarged

£2 ros. yearly from Goosey's charity, bequeathed in 1844, in 1868, for 100 children; average attendance, 70; John

and Robe's charity of £9 per year, to be distributed in Edward Prince Evans, master

Browning Capt. Hugh Edmond J.P. White Miss, Maple cottage Draper Charles, gamekeeper to Capt.
Winter Rev. Seneca William s.c.L. H. E. Browning J.P
Hinwick house
[vicar], Vicarage Jenkinson Robert, farmer, Dnngey
Orlebar Richard J.P
COMMERCIAL. farm, Hinwick
Orlebar Richard Rouse Boughton J.P Johnson James, dairyman
Austin John, blacksmith
Rouse Cecil Robert, Podington lodge Brown JohnArnold,engineer & machnst Knowlton & Sons, timber merchants
Brown William, farmer Oliver Richard, boot & shoe maker
Scott Capt. James Creagh Richard J.P. Russell H.obert, cattle dealer

Hinwick hall .

Thomas Mrs

110 PODINGTON. BEDFORDSHIRE.

Sayer Elizh (Mrs.), beer ret. Hinwick Tal bot George Alfred, farmer Westley Thomas, farmer, Hinwick

Scroxton lsabella (Mrs.), beer retailer Tye William, baker, shopkpr. &farmer Wyldes Robert, farmer, Hinwick

Stephenson Thos. farmer, Rectory farm Tye William, jun.. farmer, Manor farm Young George, farmer, Church farm

POTTESGROVE is a village and parish, 2~ miles south rectory, joint gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £soo,

from Woburn, 5 south from Woburn Sands station on the net £4oo, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Bedford

Bedford and Bletchley hranch of theNorth Western railway K,G. and held since 1888 by the Rev. James Davidson, of
and 6~ north-east from Leighton Buzzard, in the Southern King's College, London. A rectory house was built by the
division of the county, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional Duke of Bedford in 1890. There is a Congregational chapel
division and union of Woburn, county court district of at Sheep lane. The Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord of the
Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry of manor and sole landowner. The soil is partly arable and
Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary, a partly pasture; subsoil, clay and gravel. The area is r,385
small edifice of the Decorated period, consists of chancel, acres ; rateable value, £1,639 ; the population, which in.
nave, south porch and a western belfry of wood, containing 188r was 203, is p1·incipally at Sheep lane, where there is a
3 bells: the chancel retains a Decorated rood-screen, and on church and school,

the north side a sepulchral recess with an obtuse foliated Parish Clerk, James Robinson.
arch : there are two good two-light Decorated windows on
the north and south of the nave with remains of stained Letters through Woburn arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at

glass: the east window and north doorway are Perpendicu- 4 p.m. Woburn is the nearest money order & telegraph

lar: the church was restored in 188r, at a cost of £1,450: office

there are go sittings. The register dates from the year Mixed School, Sheep lane, built in 1859. for 50 children;

1663. The living, with that of Battlesden annexed, is a average attendance, 40; Miss Longstaff, mistress

Davidson Rev. Jas. Battlesden rectory Grayes John Wm. farmer, Manor farm Hill Joseph, farmer, Hill farm

Giltrow David, beer retailer Green Thomas, baker & shopkeeper Scrivener James, farmer, Home farm

Going Frederick, beer ret. Sheep lane

POTTON is an ancient market town, parish, and station north side of the town, was demolished in 187o, and replaced

on the Bedford and Cambridge branch of the North Western by a fine mansion of stone, built and occupied by James
railway, 4 miles north-east from Biggleswade, 2~ east from Poole Wagstaff esq. D.L., J.P., F.S.A., F.R.G.s. Samuel Whit-
the station of the Great Northern railway at Sandy, 11~ bread esq. M.P., J.P. who is lord of the manor, and Henry

east from Bedford and 48 by road and 44 by rail from Lon- and William Smith esqrs. are the principal landowners: 257
don, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, petty acres are possessed by the trustees of the Thaxed charity,

sessional division, union and county court district of Biggles- which are occupied by Mr. James King, farmer. The soil
wade, rural deanery of Biggleswade, archdeaconry of Bed- is chiefly gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and

ford and diocese of Ely. The town is pleasantly situated on garden produce. The area of the parish is 2,489 acres, of

the borders of Cambridgeshire, in a remarkably picturesque which about 208 are woodland and the remainder under a
and healthy neighbourhood, and is lighted with gas by a cultivation; rateable value, £5,462; the population in 1881
company, is abundantly supplied with springs of excellent was 2,oo6.
water, and is well drained. The church of St. Mary, a build- Parish Clerk, Young Boston Compton, Horselow street.

ing of stone in the Norman style, situated on an eminence a PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

short distance from the town, consists of nave of five bays, Market plac0.-Thomas Judge, postmaster. Letters are
and chancel, north and south aisles and south porch and an received through Sandy & St. Neots; deliveries commence

embattled western tower containing 5 bells: there is a. Nor- at 7.15 & II a. m. & 5.40 p.m.; letters are dispatched at
man font and remains of the stairs to the rood loft: there 8.40 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. to Sandy, & to Bletchley, 7· 15

are four stained windows : in 1889 the chancel and aisles p. m. On sunday there is only one delivery at 7· 15

were re-roofed and reseated: there are soo sittings. The a.m.; the office is open for the sale of stamps from 7
register dates from the year 1614. The living is a dis- a.m. to IO a.m.; for sending telegraph messages from 8
charged vicarage, net yearly value [521, including 253 to 10 a.m.; the letter box is closed on sundays at .~.30
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chan- p.m
cellor, and now (189o) vacant. A Cemetery of 2 acres was INSURANCE AGENTS:-
formed in 188o, at a cost of £r,ooo, and has a mortuary County Fire & Provident Life, J.~.Robarts & Son, Sun st

chapel, used in common by all denominations : it is under Northern, G. Kitchener

the control of a Burial Board of seven members. There Royal Exchange, A. Richardson, The Brewery, Sun street

is a Congregational chapel, built in 1848, and seating 500 PUBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-
Assembly Rooms, Rose & Crown hotel, Market place
persons. The Wesleyan chapel was rebuilt and enlarged Cemetery, Walter Robarts, clerk to the board, Sun street
in I8So, and will seat nearly 3°0 · There is also a Baptist Inland Revenue & Stamp Office, Post office, Market place;
chapel, with sittings for 400 persons, and a burial ground.
The Market House, situated in a large open square, has a Thomas Judge, distributor
Police Station, Thomas Glenister, sergeant & 1 constable
small turret, with a clock and two dials, presented to the Volunteer Fire Brigade, Waiter Robarts, captain
town by Samuel Whitbread esq. l\I.P. The markets are
held every Saturday. The fairs are held in the market place PUBLIC OFFICERS:-
on the third Tuesday in January, "old style," viz. the third Assistant Overseer, James William Felts, Sun street
Tuesday after the 12th, and Easter Monday and Tuesday;
there is also a statute fair for hiring servants about three Collector of Taxes, J ames Robarts, Sun street
weeks previous to Old Michaelmas Day, October nth.
Market gardening has developed to a great extent in this Inland Revenue Officer, William R. Houchin, Horselow st
Medical Officer, Potton Division, Biggleswade Union,
neighbourhood, wb.ich now supplies the London, Birming- Samuel Edward Walker, King street

ham and other large markets. Coprolites are found in the PLACES OF WoRSHIP, with times of services:--
parish in considerable quantities, and the workings form a St. Mary's Church, vicar, vacant; n a. m. & 6 p.m.; once

useful source of employment, many thousands of tons being a month children's service, 3 p.m. ; wed. & fri. in Lent

sent away yearly. There is also a manufactory of shoes & Advent
and leather leggings, and a large business is done in wool- Baptist, Horselow st.; ro.3oa.m. & 2 &6 p.m.; wed. 7p.m
stapling, parchment making and fellmongery. There are Congregational, Sun st.; Rev. Thos. Leathwood, minister;
agricultural machine and engineering works, which also 10.30 a. m. & 6 -p.m.; thurs. winter months, 7 p.m
employ a numerous body of artizans, also a large steam Wesleyan, Horselow street, Rev. Edward P. Blackburn,
corn mill. The charities for distribution amount to about minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 7 p.m. (preaching);
£140 yearly, arising from various separate benefactions, prayer meetings fri. 7.15 p.m

and some portion thereof is distributed in bread every A School Board of 5 members was formed February 19,

Christmas and in coals during the winter months. In 1879 1875 ; James William Felts, Sun st. clerk to the board

the charities were re-organized under a new scheme, and Board School (boys, girls & infants), built in 1874, at a cost
placed under the control of a body of eight trustees. The of £3,8oo, for 120 boys, average attendance 103; 120 girls,
following are the trustees of the Potton charities: James average attendance 98 ; 150 infants, average attendance

Poole Wagstaff esq. Joseph Edwards, William Thomas 12o; attached to the schools are 6o free scholarships
Emery Judd,William Smith, Samuel E.Walker and William maintained from the local charities formerly belonging to

Bond Smith. Samuel Emery Barnes by his will, dated the Endowed school, now abolished; the charity trustees

1881, left £soo for six deserving poor of any religious de- also offer prizes for reading, writing, needlework &c. to

nomination. There is a Liberal Working Men's Association one boy & one girl in each standard of the school; Edwin
here, holding its meetings at the" George and Dragon," Storr, head master; Mrs. .Agnes Musgrave, head mis~
King street. There is a Volunteer Fire Brigade consisting tress; Mrs. Agnes Felts, infants' mistress

of IS members. The old Manor House, situated on the Railway Station, William .Abbey

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Blackburn Rev. Edward Percy [Wes-~ Ca~ring:ton Mrs. Kin~ street
Alien Mrs. King street
leyan], Horselow street . Elbott Thomas, Statwn road -

DIRECTORY.) BED~FORDSHIRE. PULLOXBILL. lll

Franklin James, Horselow street Felts James William, assistant oveTseeT Paxon Hrbrt. Elliott, surgeon, Brook ho

Housden Wtlliam, King street & clerk to the school board & to the Peacock Chas.market grdnr.Everton rd

Johnson Mrs charity truste<:Js, Sun street Pepper Betsy (Mrs.), clock & watch

Judge George, Lister house Fuller Samuel, butcher, Market place maker, Market place

Kitcbener Mrs. Moons corner Garrott Ebener..er, wheelwrt.Crown yard Perry William, market gardener &

Leathwood Rev. Thomas [Congrega- Gibbs Aaron & Sons, wholesale boot & seedsman, King street

tional], Royston road shoe manufacturers, Market place Phipps & Co. Limited, brewers (Fras.

Paxon Herbert Elliott, Brook house Giles Ann (Mrs.), White Swan P.H. Bingham, agent), Market place

Pope Charles James, Chigwell house Market place Pigg Jason, draper, Market place

Raynes Miss, King street Giles Frederick, beer retlr. Blackbird st Pope Wm.&Sons,corn mers.Horselow st

Wagstaff James Poole D.L.,J.P., F.S.A., Ginn Alfred, hay & straw dealer & corn Potton & District Market Gardeners'

F.U.G.S. Manor house factor, Blackbird street Association (Waiter J. Aruold, hon.

Walker Samuel Edward, King .!!treet GoldingCharlt.( Mrs.), baskt. ma. King st sec.), Bull street

Youd George Watkin, King street Hardy Joseph, beer retailer, Hogg's hilt Potton Coke & Gas Works (James Fras.

COMMERCIAL. Harris Hen. beer ret. Biggleswade end Judd, managing dir. ), Market place

Abbott David,mrkt .gardnr. Blackbird st Harrison Edward Mackenzie, Rose & Radbone Thomas, Tile Shannon P.H.

Amey Geo. boot & shoe ma. Station rd Crown P.H. Market place Biggleswade end

Armond William, market gardener, Head Charles, beer retailer,Horselow st Rainsford Jabez, carpenter,Biackbird st

Biggleswade end Hercock Charles James, stationer & Randall Jas. market gardnr.Biackbird st

Arnold Thos. beer retailer, Horselow st nflws agent, Market place Ra.ndall James, jun. market gardener,

Arnold Walter Jabez, land & agricul- Holden Wm.Jn. blacksmith,Moon's crnr Blackbird street

tural surveyor; licensed valuer of Houchin William R. inland revenue Riehardson Alfred, baker, Market place

losses by fire & hail storms; & secre- officer, Horselow street Richardson Alfred, brewer, Sun street

tary to Potton Liberal Assoc. Bull st. How Edwin, baker, Bull street RichardsonFrdk. Wm.auctionr.& valuer

Baines Thos. market gardnr.Everton rd Inskip Jas. market gardener,Royston rd Richardson Wm. boot & shoe ma. Sun st

Bartle George, builder & contractor & Jakes Frederick, grocer, Horselow st Richardson Wm. shoe maker, King st

market gardener, King street Jennings Henry, beer retailer, King st Robarts Jas. & Son, auctioneers, Sun st

Bennett Wm.Fras.bakr.&confctn.Sim st J udd James Francis, grocer & deaier in Robarts Edwin, market gardener & beer

BinghamFras.marketgardnr.Market pl china, glass & earthenware, & depot retailer, Deepdale

Bluffield William, seedsman, King st for the British & Foreign Bible Society, SandersonAmbrose,coal mer.Station yd

Blundell James, farmer, King street Market place Savill Arthur Wm. grocer, Blackbird st

Braybrooks F. &J. woolstaplers,leather Judd William Thomas Emery, general SavillHarrictt (Mrs.),shopkpr.Sandyrd

& parchment manufacturers draper & clothier, Market pl. & Bull st SaYill Isaac,market gardnr. Horselow st

British & Foreign Bible Society Depot Judge Thomas, watch & dock maker & Savill John, beer retailer, King street

(James Fras. Judd, agent),Marketpl stationer, Post office, Market place Scard Anthony,carver & gilder,& Black-

Brown Daniel, market gardener & beer Keeling Henry, butcher, Sun street bird inn, Blackbird street

retailer, Sandy road Keeling John, butcher, Bull street School of Science (Edwin Storr,teacher)

Brown Sarah (Mrs.), George & Dragon Keeling Susan (Miss), Sun inn, Sun st SeamerJn.market gardnr.Moons corner

P.H. King street Kidman Thos.market gardnr.Station rd Sharp William, Green Man P.II. & hair

Brown Parker, tailor, Sandy road King George, brazier, Blackbird street dresser, Bull street

Campling F. & H. tailors, Market place King James, farmer, King street Smith Bond Bros. grocers & wine &

Carrington George, saddler, Market pl King Joseph, miller (steam) & corn & spirit mercha.nts, Market place

Carter Jsph.marketgrdnr.Everton end flour merchant, Market place Smith Edward Thurlow Leeds, solicitor

Carter Samuel Henry, brazier, Bull st KITCHENER GEORGE (LATE T. B. & commissioner for oaths & perpetual

Cemetery (Waiter Robarts, clerk to the KITCHENER), engineer, agricultural commission('r; & at Sandy

burial board) machine manufacturer, ironmonger Smith William, brewer, King street &

Claridge Chas.market gardnr.Sandy rd & manufacturer of & agent for all farmer & maltster, Home farm

Clarke Geo. boot & shoe ma. Market pl kinds of machinery ; tlwashing ma- Smith Wm. market gardener, Deepdale

Collins Fredk. Wm. New inn,. King st cbines let on hire, agent for Lawcs' Symonds Geo. llarnabas, photographer,

Compton Young Boston, market gar- artificial manures Station road

.. dener & parish clerk, Borselow street Kitcbener George, market gardener & Taylor Henry, beer retailer & market

Cox John, market gardener, Mill road Royal Oak P.H. Biggleswade end gardener, Everton road

Crawley Chas.markt.gordnr.Vicarage fm I Kitchener Sarah (Mrs.), miller (wind) TheobaldsWm.chmny.swpr.Horselow st

Crawley Edward,market gardm.Bull st Kitchin Wm. beer retailer, Hogg hill Tysoe Geo.& Son,ironmongrs.Market sq

Croot llarriet (Miss),milliner,Market pi Lee Hester (Miss), dress maker, Sun st Wagstaff Elizabeth (Miss), clothier,

Darlow George, beer retailer, King st Lindars Thomas John, chemist & drug- Moon's corner

Dennis John, confectioner, Market place gist, Market place Wagstaff Jn. market gardener,New twn

Drew MaryAnn(Mrs. ),market gardener, Manning Elizabeth (Mrs.), Red Lion Wagstaff John, tailor, Market place

Biggleswade end P.R. Sandy road Walker George Wm. beer ret. Deepdale

Earl William, beer retailer, Sandy road Manning Jas.market gardnr.Everton rd Walker Samuel Edward, surgeon &

Edwards Mary(Mrs. ),baker,Horselow st McCord Andrew, market gardener & medical officer, Potton district, Big-

Edwards Joseph, farmer, Market place blacksmith, Hogg hill gleswade union, King street

Elliott Thomas Preston, Queen's Head Merry Harry, market gardnr. Deepdale Winters George, beer retailer, Bull st

P.H. Sun street Miller Jn. Jesse, plumber, Blackbird st Woodman Samuel, builder, Horselow st

Enderby Chas. coal dealer, Horselow st Munns Jn.market gardener,Horselow st Working Men's Liberal Association

Enderby Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer, Noble David, grocer, Biggleswade end (Walter Jabez Arnold, sec.), George

Horselow street OakdenAnnie(Miss),girls' school,Sunst & Dragon P.R. King street

Felts James Gilbert & Son, cabinet Oliver Albert, butcher, Sun street Young Ann (Mrs.), market gardener,

makers, Sun street Parkin William, brewer, Sun street Orchard hill

PULLOXHILL is a village and parish, II miles south the manor and principal landowner. The soil is strong-

from Bedford and 4 south-south-east from Ampthill, in the clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley,

Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty ses- beans and peas. The area is I,J60 acres, half arable; rate-

sional division, union and county court district of Ampthill, able value, £2,452; the population in r88r was 529.

~ral deanery of A.mptbill, arc~deaconry of ~edford and GREENFIELD is a hamlet, three quarters of a mile north,
dwcese of Ely. The church of St. James cons1sts of chan~ partly in this parish, but principally in Flitton.

eel, nave and an embattled tower: in the chancel is a stained Parish Clerk John Newman.

window and an altar tomb to Sir William Briers knt. I653· '
The register dates from the year I553. The living is a Sun-PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Charlotte Cook, receiver. Letters
vicarage, tithe rent-charge £I33• gross yearly value £240,
arrive from Ampthill at 9 a.m. & dispatched at 5 p.m.

including 32 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift. of Silsoe is the nearest money order & telegraph office
Earl Cowper K.G. and held since r887 by the Rev. Percy National School, Miss Alice A.gnes Brown, mistress

Frederic John Pearce. Earl Cowper K.G., P.c. is lord of CARRIER TO LuTON.-Thomas Evans, tues. thurs. & sat

Coventry-Campion Major John Gadsby Cook Alfred, baker Hallworth Thomas, farmer
-a. A., J.P. The Grange
Cook George, Cross Keys P.H Hill Sannel, beer retailer, Greenfield

Pearce Rev. Percy Frederic John Crouch Charles, farmer Hyde Henry, shopkeeper

[vicar], Vicarage Elmore Albut, market gardener Olney George, beer retailer

coMMERCIAL. Evans Thomas, market gardener Sharp Henry, farmer

Abbott Edmnnd, farmer :Facey John, The Chequers P.H Underwood Charles, shoe maker

Burrows Thomas, beer retailer GobyWm.fm.bailff.toNormn.Tayloresq Vass Edward, baker'

Brightman Charles, farmer Godfrey Thomas (Mrs.), farmer Ward Jonathan, farmer

Chipperfield Charles, farmer Hallworth Samuel, wheelwright Wildman Edward, Bell P.H

112 RAVE~SDEN. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

:RAVENSDEN (formerly called RAMESDEN) is a strag- and a half west of the church. Ravensden Grange is the

gling pal'ish, in the Northern division of the county, hun- residence of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Joseph Sunderland J.P, The
dred of Br.rford, petty sessional division, union and county Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord of tbe manor. The principal
-court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Eaton, archdea- landowners are Francis A. WJthes esq. Lieut.-Col. Sunder-
conry of Bedford and diocese of Ely : the village is compact, land and Thomas Barnard esq. D.L., J.P. of Cople. The soil
:and is seated on high ground, 4 miles north-north-east from is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
Bedford. The church of All Saints is an ancient building oats, peas and beans. The area is 2, 16o acres ; rateable
-of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, value, [2,191; the population in 1881 was 465.
nave, north aisle, south porch and an embattled tower con- Parish Clerk, William Horrell.
tainirtg 3 bells. The register dates from the year 1558.
The living is a discharged vicarage, net yearly value £130, Letters through Bedford arrive at 8.50 a. m. WALL LETTER
in the gift of and held since 1871 by the Rev. Thomas Syer Box, cleared at 4-45 p.m. on week days only. Bedford is
D.C.L. of Queen's College, Oxl'ord, who is non-resident. Here the nearest money order & telegraph office
is a Baptist chapel. Bricks, tiles and draining pipes are N~tional School (mixed), built in r867, for 8o children;
made in this parish. Ravensden House, the seat of Francis average attendance, 90; & managed by a body of trus-
As};inall Wythes esq. J.P. is pleasantly situated about a mile tees; Francis Shuckborough, master

Sunderland Lieut.-Col. Thomas Joseph' Fensom James, beer retailer Marshall William, shoe maker

J.P. Ravensden grange Foster Samuel, brick, tile & drain pipe Mead William, jun. coachbuilder &c

Wythes Fras.Aspinall J.P.Ravensden ho maker, builder & contractor; & at Peacock George, Old White Lion P.H

COII1MERCIAL. Bedford & Kempston Rogers William, shopkeeper

Gear John, farm bailiff to Francis Westley John,registrar of births, deaths

Alien William, grazier Aspinall Wythes esq & marriages for the Barford sub-dis-

Billing Charles, farmer Green John, brick & tile maker trict, Bedford union

Brown William, shoe maker Harlow Isaac, farm bailiff to Lieut.- Westley Samuel John, deputy registrar

Churchman William, carter Col. Sunderland of births & deaths, Barford sub-dis-

Chessum George, brick & tile maker Jcfferies Benjamin, farmer, Manorfarm trict, Bedford union

Farrar John, Horse & Jockey P.H Jones James, shopkeeper &hawker "\Vildman Francis, shopkpr. &carpenter

Fensom Amos, farmer Loxley J ames, beer retailer Wythes Francis A. brick & tile manufr

RENHOLD is a pleasant but very straggling village and Hall, formerly the residence of the Beauchamps, and rebuilt

parish, situated 4 miles north-east from Bedford, 8 south- in 1849, is a fine mansion, standing in well-wooded grounds
west from St. Neots and 9 south-west from Kimbolton, in and surrounded by shrubbery walks, and is the seat of
the Northern division of the county, hundred of Barford, Frederick Ed ward Fiennes Polb.ill-Turner esq. lord of the

petty sessional division, union and county court district of manor and sole landowner, and now occupied by Robert
Bedford, rural deanery of Eaton, archdeaconry of Bedford Peck esq. The soil is clay ; subsoil, clay and gravel. The
and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is an edifice chief crops are wheat, barley, peas, beans and oats. Bricks,
of stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, con- tiles and draining pipes are made here. The area is about

sisting of chancel, naYe, north aisle, south porch and 2,165 acres; rateable value, £2,509; and the population in
an embattled tower containing 5 bells: there are four r881 was 516.
ancient monuments, in white marble, to the Polhill and Sexton, George .Buck.
Beecher families; and on the north side of the chancel is an PosT 0FFICE.-John Duncan, receiver. Letters through
altar tomb, with brasses, toW. Wayte and his wife, 1509: Bedford, arrive at 8.50 a.m.; dispatched at 4·45 p.m.;
the church was thoroughly restored in 1863, at a cost of arrive at 8.5o a. m. on sundays; dispatched at ro. 15 p.m.
£8oo : it has sittings for about 230 persons. The register Bedford is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
dates from the year 1564. The living is a vicarage, gross WALL Box, cleared at 4.40 p.m. on week days; ro. ro a. m.
yearly value£ rso, with residence, in the gift of Frederick on sundays
Edward Fiennes PolhilL-Turner esq. and held since r886 by Church of England Endowed School (mixed), built ia 1865,
the Rev. Horace Rudkin, of St. Bees and University College, at a cost of [735, for 120 children; average attendance,
Durham. There is a small charity for the poor, arising out 70; the endowment amounts to [20 a year; Mrs. Mary
of the rents of five houses and 3 acres of land, which Jane Ashman, mistress
produce £22 a year, distributed at Chri~tmas. Howbury CARRIER TO HEDFORD.-Marsden, every sat

Peck Robert, Howbnry hall Hight George, pig dealer Marsden James, carrier
Rudkin Rev. Horace, Vicarage Ivett Jabez, brick maker 1\Iayes George, farmer
Joyce Jabez, farmer, Chureh farm
COM!IIERCIAL, Joyce John, farmer, Salph end Page John Elliott, brick & tile manu-
Brace Rcuben, manager to John E. facturer1 Howbury bridge ; & malt-
Joyce Joseph John, farmer, Salph farm ster &c. at Bedford
Page, brick &tile ma. Howbury brdg Joyce Thomas, farmer, Woodfield
Clarke William, farmer Laughton Alfd. farmer & beer retailer Sharp John, hawker
Harlow George, shoe maker Laughton Samuel, farmer Shorley Wm. pork butcher & shopkpr
Harlow Percy, jun. farmer Laughton Sarah (Mrs.), farmer
HarrisonGeo.farmer(lateBrown's farm) Long John Martin, farmer, Brook farm Sletcher Abraham, The Polhill Arms P.H
Harrison Samuel, farmer, Bill farm Long Thos. B. farmer, Lit. Church farm
Surtees Frederick, farmer
Wootton Robert John, tailor

RIDGMONT (or RIDGMOUNT) is a parish, village and residence attached, built in r8rr. There is a wood carving

-station on the Bedford and Bletchley branch of the North class for agricultural labourers, affiliated to the Home Arts

Western railway, 54 miles from London, u~ south-west by Association at South Kensington, managed and entirely sup~

road from Bedford and 2l north-east from Woburn, in the ported by Miss Crouch, of Segenhoe Manor. The charities
Southern division of the county, hundred of Redbornestoke, amount to about £65 yearly, part for repairs of church, part

petty sessional division and union of Woburn, county court for National school and remainder for poor. The Duke of

district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry Bedford K.G. is lord of the manor and principal landowner.

of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is The soil is part sand and part clay ; subsoil, sand and clay.

.an elegant edifice of Cosgrove and Stagsden stone, with The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is

dressings of Bath stone, in the Decorated style, from designs 2,248 acres; rateable value, £3,031; the population in 1881

by the late Sir George Gilbert Scott R.A. and consists of was 746.

chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and a fine western tower Parish Clerk, John Ford.

with spire containing one bell : the stained east and west win- PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Maria Sharpe,sub-postmistress. Letters
dows were the gift of Lady Charles Bentinck: the Decorated
octagonal font has canopied work around the basin, and was arrive from Woburn at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 4·35
brought from the old church, which is now only used for the p.m. ; & on sunday at 9-5 a. m. The nearest money order
purposes of burial: the cost of building was defrayed by
the Dnke of Bedford, and the fitting of the interior by the & telegraph office is at Woburn. Postal orders are issued

here, but not paid

parishioners, aided by the vicar : the foundation stone was A School Board of 5 members was formed March 2, r878 ;
laid by the Duchess of Bedford, April 24, 1854, and the Charles Gosling, clerk to the board; William Attwood,
church was consecrated on All Saints' Day, r855 : there are Horsemoor farm, Woburn, attendance officer
sittings for 396 persons, all free. The register dates from Board School (formerly National) (mixed), built iu r854,
the year I539· The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value for 180 children; average attendance, II7; with an in-
about £233, in the gift of the Duke of Bedford, and held fants' department, erected in 1878; Miss Lizzie Chambers,
since :r883 by the Rev. James Milne Hamilton M.A. of Trinity mistress; Miss Sarah Grove, infants' mistress
College, Cambridge. At Segenhoe is the ancient church, Railway Station, Frederick Wheeler, station master

now used as a mortuary chapel. There is an elegant CARRIER.-Joseph Williamson, to Bedford, sat. ; Dunstable

Wesleyan chapel, and a large Baptist chapel, with minister's & Luton, mon.; & Leighton Buzzard, tues

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. ROXTON. 113

ICheckley Mr3 Dawson John, baker & butcher Miller John Thomas, Rose & Crown P.H

Crouch J ames, Segenhoe Manor farm DesboroughSmi.Chas.frmr. Warren frm Reynolds Septimus, wheelwright

Crouch Miss, Segenhoe Manor farm Ford John, tailor Robinson Arthur, butcher

Desbowugh Saml. Chas. Warren farm Francis William, grocer & sho~ maker Sharpe John, blacksmith

Francis Thomas Fryer John Milgate,farmer & corn mer- Swaffield Henry RichardJames,farmer,

HamiltonRev. J amesMilne M. A. Vicarage chant, Brogborough manor auctioneer & estate agent, Bickerings

HumphreysGeo. Brogborough Park frm Garratt Charles, butcher Park farm

Juniper Rev. William John [Baptist] Gearey John, poultry dealer Tacchi J n. farmer, BickeringsManor frm

Parker Mrs. Woburn cottage Gosling Charles, grocer, baker & draper, Tompkins Thomas, coal, corn, seed,

Roberts Mrs & clerk to the school board, assistant beer, hay & straw merchant, Station;

CQ)IMERCIAL, oyerseer & tax collector & atWoburn & Woburn Sands station
Gosling John, butcher & baker Weston John, Red Lion P.H

Adams William Charles, grocer & baker Humphreys George, farmer, Brog- Wheeler Frederick, stationmaster

Carley William, Bedford Arms P.H. borough Park farm Wood Carving Class for Agricultural

Station road Jones George, shoe ma.ker Labourers (Miss Crouch, manageress)

Crouch Jas.farmer,Segenhoe Manor fm Mallery John, shoe maker Woodland John, machine owner

RISELEY is a parish and village, situated on the road Wesleyan, Baptist and ~[oravian chapels. Lord St. John J. P.

from Bedford to Kimbolton, 10 miles north from Bedford, who is lord of the manor, and Mrs. Bailey are the chief

5 south-west from Kimholton, 4 north-east from the Sham- landowners. The soil and subsoil are chiefly clay. The

brook station of the Midland railway and 64 from London, chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas. The

in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Stodden, area is 3,007 acres; rateable value, [,3.367; the population

Sharnbrook peLty sessional division, union and county court in r881 was 958.

district of Bedford, rural deanery of Riseley, archdeaconry Parish Clerk, George Tabron.

of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
a noble stone structure, in the Early English, Decorated and
Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave with clere- John Adams, receiver. Letters arrive through Bedford
story, a large north aisle of the same width as the nave,
south porch and an embattled western tower of Perpendicu- at 8.22 a.m. & leave at 4-55 p.m. Sharnbrook is the

nearest telegraph office

lar date, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells and striking INSURANCE AGENT.-Equitable Fire & United Kingdom
clock: the interior is partly fitted with po1ished oak, and Provident Institution, J. C. BeaU, jun

will contain about soo people. The register dates from the National School (mixed), built in 1841, enlarged in 1848 &

year 1569. The living is a vicarage, rent-charge £112, again in 1~72, for 170 cbildren ; average attendance, 147;

gross yearly value£160, including 24 acres of glebe, with there is a house for the master ; William Thomas Sum-

residence, in the gift of Lord St. John, and held since 1889 ner, master

by the Rev. John Ellis Turner M.A. late scholar of Lincoln Constabulary ~tation, Wm.Jn. Baldwin, sergeant in charge

College, Oxford. Lord St. John is lay rector. Here are CARRIER TO llEDFORD.-Samuel Wise, wed. & sat

Banks Philip Humbley, Brook house Blott Jona'h:tn, landowner & farmer LitchfieldJesse,wheelwright &blcksmth

Beall John Charles, jun, Ivy house Bower David Halkett, farmr.The Lodge Love John William, brick & drain pip3

Croot Mrs Ooleman Samuel, farm bailiff to Lord maker & lime burner

Ekins William, The Field St. John Page John Thomas, shoe makeF

Favell Miss Cook Samuel, wheelwright Peacock Bela, blacksmith

Mitchell Samuel Croot James, plumber & glazier Roberts .Alfred, coal dealer

Morris Thomas, Hope cottage Dennis John, baker & farmer Robins Henry, Five Bells P.H

Schick Rev. Charles [Moravian] Dennis William, carpenter Rootham Daniel, miller(wind) &black-

Turner Rev. John Ellis M.A. [vicar], Desborough Sarah ()frs. ), thrashing smith

Vicarage machine owner Rootham Samuel, Royal Oak P.H

COMMERCIAL, Dickins Charles, mason Rootham William, farmer, College frm

Adams John, grocer, draper & agent for Dickins Isaac, bricklayer Savage Charles, shopkeeper & thrashing

W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mer- Eads Thomas, farmer machine owner

('hants, Post otlice Ekins Samuel, White Horse P.H.farmer Smith E. deputy registrar of births &

Banks Philip Humbley, surgeon, re- & landowner deaths,Riseley sub-dist.Bedford union

gistrar of births & deaths, & medical Farrar Fredk. linen draper & carpenter Smith Ebenezer, butcher

officer & public vaccinator to Riseley Farrar Thomas, farmer & carter Steer John Frederick, grocer & baker

district of Bedford union, Brook ho Faulkner John, tailor & shopkeeper Stevens Stephen, baker

Barker Samuel, beer retailer Felce Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper TabronGeo. boot&shoe ma. &parish clerk

Bass George, farmer Harris Wm. farmer & asstnt. overseer Valentine Thomas, baker

BeaU John Charles, jun. corn, coal, salt, Hunt Joshua( Mrs. ),miller(wind )&frmr Wads worth James, poultry dealer &c

soot, manure & seed merchant ; & at Johnson Charles, Red Lion P,H Warren Frederick, shoe maker

Sharnbrook & Oakley King Alfred, baker Williamson John, bricklayer

Belton Chas. farmer, Lowsden farm Litchfield Eli, Fox & Hounds P.H, & gro Wise Samuel, beer retailer & carrier

Birch Thomas, tailPr Litchfield William, shopkeeper

ROXTON is a village and parish situated on the Great about £400 (including £70 given by Trinity College), in the

North road, about 8 miles east-by-north from Bedford, 4! gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and held since 1875 by

south-west from St. N eots and about 3 miles north-west the Rev. Carleton Greene M.A. late scholar of that college,
from Tempsford station on the Great Northern railway, who resides at Great Barford. Here is a Congregational

with the River Ouse on the east ; it embraces the hamlets Chapel. J. B. Delap esq. of Monollan, county Donegal, Ire-

of CHAWSTON and CoLESDON, and is in the Northern divi- land, who is lord of the manor, and Trinity College, Cam-
sion of the county, hundred of Barford, petty sessional bridge, are the principal landowners.

division, union and county court district of Bedford, rural CHAWSTON, formerly CHALVERSTONE, is a hamlet, with an

deanery of Eaton, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of ancient manor house, surrounded by a moat, and was

Ely. The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice originally anciently the residence of Roger Hunt, whose tomb is

Decorated, but much altered in the Perpendicular period, noticed above. The soil is clay and gravel ; subsoil, clay.
and consists of chancel, nave of three bays and south aisle The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and beans and
and an embattled western tower of Late Decorated character, market garden produce. The area is 3,ooo acres; rateable-

containing 4 bells : the chancel had once a chapel or south value, £3,105; the population in 1881 was 551·

aisle ; the arches of its arcade are built into the wall ; the Parish Clerk, William Howard.
chancel retains a piscina and locker : part of the screen re- PosT OFFfCE.-Joseph Brimley, receiyer. Letters through
mains, the lower panels being painted and gilt, with figures ; St. Neots arrive at 4·45 a.m. & dispatched at 6.50 p.m.;
on the south side of the chancel is an altar tomb to Roger those for Chawston & Oolesdon are delivered via Wy-

Hunt, Speaker of the Parliament in I433• and a baron of boston. Great Barford is the nearest money order office-

the Exchequer in 1438; on the north side is a Perpendicular & Tempsford railway station the nearest telegraph office
arched recess, with the recumbent effigy of a female on a National School (mixed), built in 186o, for 90 children;
low slab: a brass inscribed to John Fage of Chalverstone, average attendance, 6o; Lewis Thomas Cheese, master
died qoo, has been recently recoyered and placed in the CARRIERS TO:-
chancel: the body of the church was restored in 1887. The BEDFORD-Hinsby, mon. wed. & sat
register dates from the year r684. The living is a vicarage, J ST. NEOTs-Ekins, mon. wed. thurs. & sat.; & Miss Ann
annexed to that of Great Barford, joint gross yearly value 1 Woods, from St. Neots on wed

B, H. & N. 8

114 ROXTON. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY's

Roxton. Darrington George, Chequers P.H Pitts Isaac, Chawston cottage
Day James, farmer, Roxton house Cope George Henry, market gardener
Banks Joseph Ekins Albert Alexander, baker George Mark, beer retailer
Day Jamc~, Roxton house Emery William, carpenter Wayman James P. Nag's Head P.H. &
Ekins Frederick Hill Henry, farmer
Hilson Joseph, saddler & harness makr market gardener
HumbleyRev, Wm. Chas. M.A. [curatel King John, Pear Tree P.H Wilkerson John, farmer, Manor farm
King William, market gardener
COMMERCIAL, Luff John, blacksmith Colesdon.
Ayers John, saddler Mardlin James, Royal Oak P.H
.Ayers Mrs. Jane, farmer
Ayers Thomas, farmer Chawston. Ford George, farmer
Banks Joseph, farmer King Isaiah, beer retailer
Bentley Mary (Mrs.), grocer & draper Darrington Samuel Peters William (exo.rs. of), farmers
Bond James, bricklayer
Brimley Joseph, builder, Post office

Darrington Cornelius, baker

2tSALFORD is a parish and village on the Buckingham- his wife Alice, and 12 children: several Early stone coffins

shire border, miles north-west from Ridgmont and 3 have been found: there are sittings for r8o persons. The

miles west from Woburn Sands stations on the Bedford and register of baptisms and burials dates from the year rss8;
Bletchley branch of the North Western railway, 53~ from marriages, rs6r. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the

I.-ondon, 12 south-west from Bedford and 5 north from rectory of Holcot, tithe rent•eharge £ ro9, joint gross yearly

Woburn, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of value £280, including 120 acres of glebe, in the gift of and
Manshead, petty sessional division and union of Woburn, held since r865 by the Rev. Boteler Chernocke Smith B. .A.. of
connty court district of Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of Trinity College, Oxford, and rural dean of Fleete, who re-

Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford and dincese of Ely. The sides at Holcot. The charities of the joint parishes of
church of St. Mary was restored in r867, under the direc- Salford and Holcot amount to about £3o yearly and are
tion of Mr. W. White; it is an edifice of interesting character, distributed under a new scheme approved by the Charity

in the Early Decorated style, with traces of uth century Commissioners. All Souls College, Oxford, who are lords of
work, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and an open the manor, and C. V. S. Downes esq. who is impropriator

western belfry of oak, placed outside the church and con- of Salford great tithes, are the principal landowners. The

taining 3 bells : the former tower, a modern brick structure, soil is gravel and loam ; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are
was removed on the repair of the church: the nave is divi- wheat, oats, barley, beans and peas. The area is 900 acres;

Jed from the aisle by an arcade of four curious piers of rateable value, £ r, II 8 ; the population in I 83r was 221.

Early character: in the south aisle is a piscina, and a flat Sexton, J esse Bennett.
recessed arch, richly cusped and crocketed, within which, on
.a low altar-tomb, is the recumbent effi_gy, cross-legged, of a Letters through Woburn, arrive at 8.45 a. m.; dispatched at

warrior: there is also a large coped altar-tomb, the top of 4.20 p.m. .Aspley Guise is the nearest money order & tele·

which is incised with a cross; a third and very similar tomb, graph office

with a flat top, bears thereon also a cross with pendent School (mixed), erected in r867, for 74 children; average

shield: there is a brass, with effigies, to John Peddar, 1505, attendance, 50; Miss Louisa Saxby, mistress

Bosworth George, farmer Emmerton Robert, farmer Perry Wm. miller (water), Salford mill
Sturges Barnard Charnock, farmer
Chappell George, corn & coal dealer Juggins William, farmer, Doles farm Summerford Wm. carpenter & shopkpr

Deuton Charles, Old Swan P.H. & btchr Lane George, blacksmith Thorogood Rd. Webb, baker &shopkpr

Emmerton Caleb, clock & watch maker Odell John, farmer

SANDY, with :BEESTON,...GREEN, GIRTFORD and STRATFORD.

:SANDY is a large and populous village and parish and rail- vicinity are the remains of two camps, one of which, called

way station, on the road from Potton to Bedford, 3 miles " Coosar's Camp," contains about 30 acres: several remains
west from the former, 8~ east from the latter, 3 north from of Roman pottery and other relics have at different times

Biggleswade and 44 from London, in the Northern division been discovered during the working of the stone pits, and in
oQf the county, partly in the hundred of Bi~gleswade and making the cuttings for the Great Northern and Bedford
partly in that of Wixamtree, petty sessional division, union and Cambridge railways. The Hasells, the residence of
and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of General Thomas Hooke Pearson c. B. is situated in the centre

Biggleswade, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. of a park of 109 acres in extent, about a mile north-east
The Great Northern Company has a station here on its main from the village and about half a mile from the road to
line, which is intersected at this point by the Cambridge and Everton. The Lodge (Sandy) is the seat of the Right Hon.
Bedford branch of the London and North Western, affording Arthur Wellesley Peel P.c., M.P., D.L., J.P., D.C.L. (Oxford),

railway communication with London, the South of England, Speaker of the House of Commons : it was built by him in
and Oxford and the Midland Counties, thus adding greatly 1877, and is delightfully situated in picturesque and finely-
-to the importance of this place, and constituting it a railway wooded grounds, 200 acres in extent, about a mile from the
centre. The railways give great facility for sending the village on the Potton road. The mansion called Sandy
staple products of the neighbourhood (principally potatoes, Place is occupied by John Nathaniel Foster esq. J.P. and
beans, onions and cucumbers) to the London markets and D.L. in whose grounds the annual flower show of the Sandy
the manufacturing districts. The river I vel flows through Horticultural ~ociety is held. The principal landowners are
this parish. The church of St. Swithin is a· cruciform Francis Pym esq. the Right Hon. A. W. Peel P.c., M.P.,
building of native red sandstone, chiefly in the Early English D.L., J.P., D.C.L. (Oxford) and the rector of Sandy. The
style, erected in the 14th century, and consists of chancel land is a rich and fertile soil, chiefly cultivated as market
with aisles, nave, aisles, transepts, and a western embattled garden ground. The area is 3,944 acres ; rateable value,

tower containing a clock and 5 bells : in the chancel is a £ r6,235 ; and the population in 188r was 2,662.

marble monument to Capt. Sir William Peel R.N., K.C.B. Girtford is a hamlet in the parish of Sandy, distant

-commander of the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War, about half a mile west from the village, on the road from
who died at Lucknow 27th April, 1858: there are three Biggleswade to St. Neots. Here is a Primitive Methodist
stained windows, one of which was given by the present chapel. A Church Mission room was erected here m r886
Tector and the others by the churchwardens: during the by subscription, at a cost of £8oo: it consists of chancel,
restoration a beautiful carving in alabaster was found, with apse and a central turret containing one bell, and contains
-figures of soldiers in chain armour, brightly coloured : the 200 sittings.

<Jhurch was restored and enlarged in r86I, at a cost of WALL Box, cleared at 8 & rr a. m. & 5· 35 & 6.45 p. m

£3,300, when the transepts and chancel arch were rebuilt Bees ton Green is a hamlet of Sandy, di~tant one mile

and the aisles enlarged: there are 650 sittings, of which 400 south. The Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1865; there is
are free. The registers are continuous, and date from the also a recreation room used for various meetings.

year 1538. The rector has in his possession a curious and Sun-PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Martba Green, receiver. Letters

ancient document in contracted Latin, having refert;)nce to arrive from Sandy, & are dispatched at 8.20 a. m. &

the glebe land. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge J.zo p.m
[16o, net yearly value £7oo, including about 360 acres of WALL Box, at Seddington, cleared at 8 a. m. & 7 p.m

glebe, with residence, in the gift of Francis Pym esq. and Stra.tford is a hamlet of Sandy, about one mile south.

held since r8s8 by the Rev. John Richardson M.A. of Trinity Parish Clerk, Reuben John Kemp.
College, Cambridge, who is rural dean of Biggleswacle. Here PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels. The eharity lands, of 90 Miss Emma Coleman, postmistress. Deliveries commence
acres, produce £130 yearly, which is in part distributed to at 7 & to a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Dispatches, London, 9.50
the poor in food and clothing, and otherwise applied in a.m.; North of England, 2 p.m. ; London, 4.30 p.m.;
putting out apprentices. A burial board of 9 members was London, North, Wes~ & Midland counties, Scotland &

formed on October 25th, r889: the cemetery site has Ireland, 7.30 p.m.; London & all parts, 9 p.m. Open on

not yet been dec.ided on. This place is supposed to have sundays for the sale of stamps & for telegraph messages
been the Salinre of the Romans, and in the immediate from 8 to 10 a.m

·DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. SANDY.. 115

INSURANCE AGENTS:- National School (mixed), built in x868 & enlarged about

British Empire Mutual Life, W. Green, Parkview 1877, for I5o boys & as many girls; average at.tendance,

Northern, D. Creek, High street 137 boys & 90 girls; Horace Mill, master ; Miss Mary

Sun Fire & Life, E. T. L. Smith Todman, mistress. Infants (mixed), for 140 children;

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :- average attendance, Bo; Miss E. Tipler, mistress

Assembly Rooms, Edward Thurlow Leeds Smith~ sec. ; RAILWAY STATIONS:-

Mrs. Sarah Judge, hall keeper

Cemetery, William Green, clerk to the board, Bedford rd Great Northern, Henry Porter, station master

Fire Engine & Drags Station, John Spring, captain Bedford & Cambridge (L. & N. W. branch), William Bird,

Police Station, Bedford road, Thomas Woods, constable station master

Sandy. Brandon Thomas King, Bell P.H Sanford & Son, rat poison manufac-

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brashier James, tailor turers & corn dealers
Brooke William, brewer Sanford John, photographer
llarron Mrs. Bedford road
Bryant Green, blacksmith Saunders Fras. Wonlhonse, harness ma
.Beves :Frederick, Bedford road
Byw:.tter A. & F. bakers Scott William Henry, chemist
:Bird Miss, Bedford road
Bywater William, tailor Smith Arthur, butcher
.Bower Richard Norris, lvellodge
Cemetery (William Green, clerk to the Smith Edward Thnrlow Leeds, solicitor,
Briddon Miss, Bedford road
burial board) commissioner for oaths & perpetual
!Brown Benjamin, Bedford road
Cheshire Frederick, boot maker ' commissiOner ; & at Potton
.Burton Rev. John, Bedford road
Clarke Samuel, beer ret. Cambridg'e rd Smith John, coal merchant
·Challis Rev. J ames Marsh E. A. [curate], Coburn Charles, builder, Park lane
I Chestnut villas, Bedford road Spring Frederick, Queen's Head P.H

Cornick J oseph, Bedford road Coburn Joseph, builder, Church road Spring John, potato merchant

Ellwood David, The Firs Coleman Emma (;.Hiss), china ware- Sutton John William, Red Lion P.H

house, Post office Sntton Joseph, Greyhound inn
:Foster John Natbl. J.P., D.L. Sandy pl Coleman Jane (Miss), dress maker
Fuller Mrs Sutton Samuel, farmer, Church farm

Cooper Joseph, market gardener Button \Villiam, market gardener
>Gardner George, H.M. Inspector of Cooper William, farmer
schools, The Camp Thurley George, market gardener

·Green William, Parkview Crawley George, grocer Tburley:Matt. R.markt.gdnr.Bedford rd

Creek David, boot ma. & market gardnr Tomlin Edward, blacksmith
Harding Charles William, Bedford rd DalLon Thomas Bennett, boot maker Truin James, market gardener
Hare John, Bedford road
Daniells ~ary (Mrs.), market gardener Truin John, market gardener
Hayward Mrs. Church road
Daniells Waiter, market gardener Western William, tailor
Healey Mrs. Bedford road
DavisonRt.NichoLls&Son,grocrs.&drprs White Frederick, ironmonger
.Howton •George, .!Jedford road
Dean Wm. market gardener & confctnr Why William, grocer, & agent for W.
Jngle John, Bedford road
Ellis&Everard,coal mers.Railway statu & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mer-
.Jackson Samuel
Ellwood David & Son, builders & chants, Ranger terrace
J efferies Mrs. Park villa
general contractors, The Avenue Willcock John, nurseryman
.Jones Mrs. Cambridge road
Fane Ann (Miss), dress maker Withey William, carpenter
Lee Mrs. Cambridge road
Fane Maria (Miss), ladies' school Worsley Thomas, beer retailer
.Leversage Peter, Glebe house
Fennemore Thomas,plumber,painter & Wright & Co. wine & spirt merchants
Love Arthur Frank, Sandhill cottage
house decorator, Market place ·
Love William, Cambridge road Girtford.
Fisher William Miller, rate collector
Masters Thomas, Bedford road
Giggle Ann (Mrs.), market gardener Griffiths Mrs. Girtford house
Morris John, Bedford road
Gregg David,trav. drpr. Cambridge rd Safford Frederick, I Yel cottage
.Naylor Henry, Church road
Gregg Geo. Andrew, draper & outfitter Strovcr Herbert Charles
.Newbery Charles John, Bedford road Haines George, beer retailer & builder Tranter Mrs. Bridge house
PearsonGenl. Ths. Hookec.E. TheHasells Hendry Wm. foreman to Fras. Pym esq
Pearson Thos. Sherwin J. P. TheHasells Henson John, florist COMMERCIAL.

Athow William, blacksmith
.Peel Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley P.C., Hunt A. & \V. stone, marble & granite Ball Charles, market gardener
M,P., M.A., n.L.,J.P., D.C.L.Oxon. The monumental masons
Lodge ; & Speaker's house, Palace of Ibbett Edmund, draper Ball Frederick, Wheatsheaf P.H

Ball Frederick, jun. beer retailer
Westminster & United University & Ilesley Louisa Rebecca (Mrs.), milliner Barnes Alfred, shoe maker
Athenreum clubs, London s w
Jagg Ann (Mrs.), printer Barringer John Edward,market gardnr
1'hipps Mrs. Bedford road
JeevesMatilda(Mrs.),drsLma.Chrch rd Blakey William, wheelwright
J'oncia James Marshall Alien
Judge Sarah (Mrs.), cabinet maker Brown William, tailor
Pope Mrs. The Park
Kemp:Mary(Mrs. ),girls'schl.St.Neot's rd Burnett & Welsh, surgeons (Herbert
Porter Mrs. Bedford road
Ken nett Mary (Mrs.), grocer Charles Strover, manager)
1'rentice Mrs
Kent Thomas, boot maker Cannon Robert, beer retailer
Richardson Rev. John M.A. [rector & Kingstone Richard, watch makerj
rural dean], Rectory Chessnm George

Sargeant Mrs. Bedford road Lawson Frank, coffee tavern Cope Charles, bricklayer

.Scruby Miss Love Annie (Miss), girls' school, Cam- Cox George, New inn

.Smith Ea ward 'Ihurlow Leeds bridge road Crawley Charles, market gardener

Smith John, Water lane Love William, brick & tile & drain pipe Crawley J ames, farmer

.Sutton Miss, Bedford road manufr.; & at Upper Dean, Raunds Davison Frank, market gardener

Usher Mrs. Bedford road (Northants) & Hail Weston, (Hunts) Deacon Harriett tMrs.), shopkeeper

Mace James, market gardener Eaton John, grocer
Voysey Rev. Thos. [Baptist], The Manse :vralkin Richard, butcher
Wade Thomas, Bedford road Emery George, wheelwright

Wilkin Mrs Mayes Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Goodship Thomas, boot maker

McGeoch J ames Alex:. boot & shoe ma Hall J ames, market gardener

COMMERCIAL. MeadJas. Hy.printer, stationer&hairdssr Hendry Lot, carpenter

Arnsby Benjamin, farmer Millard John, market gardener Hendry Mary (Miss), milliner

.Assembly Rooms(Edwd. Thurlow Leeds Miller Thomas, plumber Jeeves Mark, market gardener

Smith,sec.; ~rsSarahJndge, hall kpr) Newbery Frederick, miller (water), King Rebecca (Mrs.), grocer

.Baldrey William, farmer, Warren farm Sandy mills ; & at Milton Ernest Laxton Brothers, florists

Baldrey William, jun. butcher NOJ.•man William, family grocer, tea & Logsdon Herbert Edward, baker

Ball Arthur, hatter provision merchant, china & glass Marsball Ebenezer, market gardener

Ilall John,market gardener, Water lane dealer, patent medicine vendor & Marshall Thomas, farmer

Ballard James, hair dresser dealer in all kinds of hardware, The 1\Iayes George, beer retailer

:Banes Matthew & Francis, market gar- Sandy Supply Stores Mayes J esse, butcher

deners, Water lane Odell John Thomas, beer retailer Medlock Samuel, market gardener

Banes Henry, market gardener Oxford James, boot maker Odell Charles, market gardener

:Banes William,carpenier,Cambridge rd Papworth Emily( Mrs.), beer rtlr.&btchr Odell James, beer retailer

Barford Charles, market gardener Phillips Enoch, baker, Church road Odell William, market gardener

Barker Samuel, market gardener Sandy Horticultural Society (William Patrick William, market gardener

Barringer Sarah (Mrs.), grocer Green, sec) Peer Samuel,market gardener&shopkpr

Ilennett John Walter, baker SandyPermanent Mutual Benefit Build- Pinner Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer

J3ennett Joseph, fly propr. & farmer ing Society (E. T. Leeds Smith, sec) Powers John, baker

Blaine Arthur, farmer ' Sandy Gas Company Limited (E. T. Sanford Samuel, shopkeeper

Bonfield John, bricklayer, Water lane Leeds Smith, sec) . Single George, market garder.er

' B, H & N.

116 SAYDY. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Stocker Edward Ernest, butcher Cooper William, market gardener Single George, market gardener

Taylor & Co. saddlers Daniels J ames,market gard nr. &beer ret StevensSaml.market grdnr. Seddingtoll!

TriplowSarah(Mrs. ), farmer,Manor frm Darnell George, market gardener Underwood Thomas, market gardener

Truin Thomas, beer retailer Dunham Rachel (Mrs.), market gardnr Underwood William, farmer

Usher Alfred, King's .Arms P.H Freeman Thomas, basket maker Wagstaff William, market gardener
!Usher Henry Charles,Rose & Crown P.H Harradine George, market gardener WoodhallSml. blacksmith&wheelwrightt

Beeston Green. Jeeves Allen, pickle & sauce manu- Young James, beer retailer

Barnett Miss, The Grange facturer&market gardener,Seddingtn Stratford.
Jeeves George, farmer, Manor farm

COMMERCIAL. Jeeves James, market gardener Banes George, market gardenezr-

Baines John, market gardener Matthews Elizabeth(Mrs. ),market gdnr Banes William, market gardener •

Barringer Charles, market gardener Matthews George, market gardener Blain Jesse, Stone Axe P.R

Barringer Edward, shoe maker Matthews Geo. Thos. market gardener Oliver Thomas, farm bailiff to the Rt.

Cooper Robert, farmer, pickle grower Richardson MaryAnn(Miss),shopkeeper Hon. A. W. Peel P.c., :M.P

& market gardener; & at Charlton Single Charles, Beeston Cross P.H

SHARNBROOK is a parish and large village and head esq. The soil is clay ; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief:

of petty sessional division, situated on the bank of the river crops are wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans and turnips~

Onse, with a station on the main line of the Midland rail- Pillow lace is made here. The area is 2,387 acres, including"

way, 8 miles north-west from Bedford, 10 east from Colworth; rateable value, £7,491; the population in 18811

Wellingborough, 55 from London by railway and 59 by was 826.

road, in the Northern division of the hundred of Willey, Colworth, formerly extra-parochial, is now a parish, ill!

union and county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of the hundred of Willey and union of Bedford, 2 miles north

Fe1mersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. of Sharnbrook station: it consists of two cottages and a,

'fhe Midland railway has a fine bridge of ten arches across farm of 30 acres. The land is the property of Charles.

the river Ouse at this place. 'fhe church of St. Peter is an Magniac esq. The area is included with Sharnbrook; th~

edifice of stone, chiefly of the Decorated period, with Per- population in 188r was 4·

pendicular insertions, consisting of chancel with a large Parish Clerk, George Maxey.

north chapel, nave of four bays, aisles, north and south PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., tl. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

porches, and a western tower with pierced parapet, with Miss Emily Whitney, sub-postmistress. Letters receive.i'

pinnacles, and octagonal spire relieved by three tiers of from Bedford at 7-55 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; box closes at

dormers, and containing clock and 6 bells: the chancel has rr.4o a.m. & 7.20 p.m.; sundays, arrive at 8.20 a. m. ;

a groined piscina, and a seat below the adjoining south dispatched at 2.55 p.m

window; in the south aisle is another piscina, and in the COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR SHARNBROOK PETTY SESSIONAI,.

north chapel are three Early Decorated sedilia and a tre- DIVISION.

foiled piscina: the font is octagonal and panelled: the east Orlebar Richard esq. Podington, Wellingborough, chairmalll

window is a memorial to John Gibbard, 1849, and Mary his St. John Lord, ::Vlelchbourne park, Bedford

wife, 1855, and was erected by their children : there is a Alston Rowland Crewe esq. Harrold hall, Bedford

brass to William Cobbe kt. 1525, Alys his wife, and Thomas Browning Capt. Hugh Edmond, Hinwick ho. Wellingboro"

their son; and inscribed stones to Sir William Cobb, r675; Chapman Alfred Daniel esq. Milton Ernest hall, Bedford

Thomas Cobb esq. 1662, and Dorothy his wife; Thomas Green Henry Hilton esq. :Felmersham grange, Bedford

Cobb, r67o; and William Cobb, r687: the monument to Magniac Charles esq. M.A. Colworth, Sharnbrook, Bedford.

Sir Oliver Boteler kt. with shields of arms, and a genea- Magniac Herbert Richard esq. r6 Charles street, Berlreley:

logical account of his family in r618, formerly in the square, London w

north chapel, has been removed to the west end of the· OrlebarRichd. Rouse Boughtonesq. Podington,Wellingboro~

church, and in its place a handsome monument to Rolling- Scott Capt. Jas. Creagh Richard, Hinwick hall, Wellingbr:"'

worth Magniac esq. of Colworth, and Helen his wife, was Stileman-Gibbard Leonard Gibbard esq. li!,A. Sharnbrook~

erected in r887 by Charles Magniac esq. of Colworth : there Bedford

are other memorials of modern date to the families of Clerk to the Magistrates, Archibald Allen, Olney

Gibbard, Antonie, Magniac and Bullock, the latter including Petty Sessions are held at the Sessions house every alternaw

an epitaph of unequalled fulsomeness to John Bullock esq. friday, at II a.m

and Sarah his wife: the church was partially rebuilt and The places in the petty sessional division are :-Bletsoe,

re-roofed in September, r855, by subscription: the tower :Bolnhurst, Carlton, Chellington, Colmworth, Dean, Farn-

and spire were thoroughly restored in r88z, at a eost of dish, Felmersham, Harrold, Keysoe, Knotting, Melch-

£3oo, and the bells rehung and a sixth bell added, at a cost bourne, Milton Ernest, Odell, Pavenham, Pertenhalt,

of £130: there are 2ro sittings. The register dates from Podington, Riseley, Sharnbrook, Shelton, Staughton

the year 1596. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value (Little), Souldrop, Swineshead(Hunts), Thurleigh, Wym-

£ 270, including roo acres of glebe, with residence, in the ington & Yelden

gift of Charles Magniac esq. and held since 1877 by the Rev. INSURANCE AGENT.-Northern, A. D. Ruff

Henry Bliss Wilkinson. There are two Baptist chapels. Police Station, Ebenezer Cain, inspector, I sergeant & 7

The Police station, with Sessions House attached, is a build- constables

ing of brick with stone dressings. Colworth, the seat of Fire Brigade, J. Dunmore & S. Fountain, engineers, & 8 men

Charles Magniac esq. M.A., J.P. is a handsome stone mansion PuBLIC 0Fl<'IOERS : -

of three storeys, in the Italian style, erected between 1720- Assessor & Collector of Taxes, John P. Richards

6o by John .Antonie esq. chief clerk of the Court of King's Inland Revenue Officer, James Ellison

Bench : the central portion of the principal front is orna- Inspector of Weights & Measures, Ebenezer Cain

mented with a pediment, and from below extends a spacious Medical Officer, Sharnbrook District, Bedford· Uniorr,

balustraded porch, supported on eight coupled columns: Leonard Philip Banks L.K.Q.O.P.Il'el. the Moathouse

the house is surrounded with beautiful pleasure grounds and Deputy Registrar of Births & Deaths, Sharnbrook sub-

a park of 250 acres. The other mansions in the neighbour- district, Bedford union, John Newell

hood are-Sharnbrook House, the property of Leonard A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1871; Arcbibald

Gibbard Stileman-Gibbard esq. M.A., J. P. an& now occupied Allen, Olney, Bucks, clerk to the board; attendance

by Major Arnold Goldy, and Onse Manor, the residence of officer, vacant

William Whitworth esq. where there are remains of ancient Board Schools (mixed), built in 187r, with master's house,

buildings; the Toft, a small but substantially-built mansion at a cost of £2,126, for r8o children; average attendance,.

of stone, is the residence of Lewis Jarvis esq. The principal 135; master, vacant; Miss Ellen Maxey, mistress

landowners are Charles Magniac esq. J.P. Charles Bartholo- nailway Station, Edwin Hoe, station master

mew esq. who is lord of the manor, and William Whitworth CARRIER TO BEDFORD.-Richard Bayes, wed. & sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Stileman-Gibbard Leonard Gibbard Barnes Edward, blacksmith
Banks Leonard Philip, The Moat house M. A., .:r.P Bayes George, carter
Chettle Mrs. Hill cottage
Day William Percival Ward Miss Bayes Richard, carrier & shopkeeper
Goldy Major Arnold, Sharnbrook house
Ward Mrs BeaU John Charles, jun.coal, coke,corn~
Hipwell William, Hillside house Whitworth William, Ouse manor salt, soot & manure merchant, Rail-
Jarvis Lewis, The Toft
Johnston Jn.Somerville,Sharnbrk.grng JWilkinson Rev. Henry Bliss [vicar way station; & at Riseley & Oakley
Magniac Charles M.A., J.P. & the Hon. Bransom George, beer retailer
COMMERCIAL. Cain Ebenezer, police inspector & in-
.Augusta Frederica, Colworth ; & 16 Archer John, grocer, draper & grazier
Charles street, Berkeley sq.London w spector of weights & measures
Magniac Herbert RichardJ.P. Colworth Banks Leonard Philip L.K.Q.C.P.Irel.
Maunsell Mrs. Wentworth cottage Clayson Charles & George, brick &tile
Prew Mrs physician &surgeon, &medical officer,
makers & lime burners
Sharnbrook district, Bedford union,
Coleman 'fhos. wheelwright&carpenter
The Moat house
Collyer Charles, farm bailiff to William
Barcock William, plumber & glazier
Whitworth esq
Barker Charles, butcher

D!RECTOR Y.] BEDFORDSHIRE. SHEFFORD. 117

· Co-operath·e Stl)res Limited (James Hilton John, coal dealer Richards John P. Swan with Two Necks

Carruthers, manager) Hip well &Sons, millers (steam & water) P.H. & assessor & collector of taxes

Darnell Frederick, farmer & corn & coal merchants, Stoke mills Ruff Arthur David, grocer & draper &

.[)unmore John, boot & shoe maker Hopkins Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker general hardware dealer

"Ellis& Everard,coal mers.Railway statn Johnston JohnSomervilleL.K.Q.C.P.Irel. Scrivener George, bricklayer

Ellison Jt~mes, inland revenue officer surgeon, Sharnbrook grange Smith William, boot & shoe maker

::Fountain Frederick, s:.~ddler Mole Robert, tailor Spencer Joseph, boot& shoe maker

FountainSaml.plnmber,painter&glazier Newell John, baker & corn dealer & Stonebanks George, bmlder, carpenter

.Fountain Thomas, watch & clock maker deputy registrar of births & deaths & joiner

.(iunn Jonah, shopkeeper forSharnbrook sub-dist. Bedfrd. union Tealby Ernest, plumber,glazier,painter

Bales William, shopkeeper Pacey Thomas, farm bailiff to L. G. & paperhanger

.HarrisWIILRobt.farmer,Vicaragefarm Stileman-Gibbard esq. M:.A., J.P Ward Leonal"d, butcher

.Herbert Elizabeth (Mrs.), Railway Parkinson James, miller (steam, water Whitney Emily(Miss),shopkpr.Post offi

commercial hotel & posting house; & wind) & lime burner Worth Benjamin,farm bailiff to Charles

loose boxes for hunters Payne Thomas (Mrs.), blacksmith Bartholomew esq. Old Manor farm

lfiggins William, butcher Rawlston Andrew, farmer, M<tnor farm Wykes Cath. (Miss), baker & shopkeepr

.SHEFFORD is a market town, a township in Campton chased for the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. A Roman

-parish, .and station on the Bedford and Hitchin branch of encampment, about a mile north, at Stanford Bury, has also
>the Midland railway, 38~ miles from London, 6~ north-by- furnished some of the finest specimens of Roman glass ex-
west from Hitchin, 6 south-west from Biggleswade and 9 taut. There is a subscription library and reading room.

:SOuth-east from Bedford, in the Northem division of the The H Company of the 3l"d Volunteer Battalion Bedfordshire

-county, hundred of Clifton, petty sessional division, union Regiment, numbering about 70 members, has its head

.and county court district of Biggleswadj, and rural deanery quarters here, and there is a fire brigade. The poet Bloom-

of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. field lived for some years in this town, where he died, Aug.

The river I vel, an affluent of the Ouse, runs through 19, r823; he was buried at Campton. Joseph Thomas Powell

·the town, and affords water communication with Lynn. esq. of o::;hefford Hardwicke, is lord of the manor. Potatoes,

'Ihe town is situated on the road from Hitchin to Bedford, onions and other vegetables are largely grown here. The

.:and is remarkably clean and healthy, having its streets ''ery area is returned with Campton; rateable value, £2,027; the

wide and well paved and lighted, for which purpose pro- population in r8Jr was r,o7o, including 68 in St. Francis
perty in houses and land was left in the reign of Queen Catholic Home.

.Elizabeth, by Robert Lucas, gent. who by his will enfeoffed Sexton, William Stevens .
.several of the principal inhabitants to carry his intention PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.

into effect: the yearly income of this trust is now {,2oo. (Railway Sub-Office. LettersshouldhaveR.S.O.added).

"The church of St. Michael, a chapel of ease to Campton, is a -Harry Lane, postmaster, High street. Letters arrive

_plain edifice of stone, with an ancient Perpendicular western by mail cart from lliggleswade at 6.50; from London at

tower, containing one bel\: the body of the building was 7-35 & ro.r5 a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; & are dispatched at 10
...enlarged, restored and newly seated in r85o, by public sub- a.m. & 3 p.m. for London & South; for Bedford & the

scription, and will seat 525 persons. Thrwe is no inde- North at 6 p.m. & 6.45 p.m.; via Biggleswade & a1l parts

•ia]Jendent register except for marriages, for which the church 7.30 p.m.; Hitchin. Sundays, arrive at 7 a.m. dis-
was licensed iu 1873: the earlier register is included in that patched at 7.30 p.m. Office is open on sundays from 8

.of Campton, which dates from the year 1568. The living is a. m. tillro a.m. for sale of stamps & telegraph business.

.a chapelry annexed to Campton, joint net yearly value Letters are conveyed by messengers from this office to

.£3oo, i.n the gift of Sir George Robert Osborn bart. and Campton, Mappershall, Upper & Lower Stondon, Ireland

held since Cr8o7lloegbe,y~tahmebrRiedvg.e,GweohrogeresMidoenstaagt uCeamOpsbtoonrn. M.A. & Dead Man's Cross. Parcels received at 6.50 a.m. &
<>f Trinity dispatched at 6.45 p.m. via Biggleswade & 7.30 p.m. vi&
St.

Francis' Home is a Catholic orphanage for boys, estab- Hitchin

(jished by the Very Rev. Canon Collis in 1869; the buildings Clifton Road WALL PILLAR Box cleared at 8.30 a.m. 2.40

were ereeted from plans by S. J. Nicholl esq. of Kentish & 7 p.m. week days only

'Town, and will hold So boys: there is a suitable playground INSURANCJ<; AGENTS:-

attached, and a meadow for cricket atld football: the Atlas, A. S. Wade-Gery, High stl"eet

-seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas now forms part of the British Empire Life, A. C. Morris, Board schools

work at Shefford : students are trained for the ecclesiastical County Fire & Provident Life, J. Kirkby, Campton road

.:state to serve in the priesthood in the diocese of Northamp- London & Lancashire Life & Fire, H. Vandervord, Campton

ton: the churrh, dedicated to St. Francis, which occupies Norwich Union Fire, .A. S. Wade-Gery, High street
·the site of the former church of St. George the Martyr, Phcenix Fire, S. P. Nash, Hitchin

imilt about 1780, was opened on July 8, r884: the building, PuBLIC EsTABLrsmmsTs :---'-

<designed in the Perpendicular style, comprises a nave, with Bedfordshire Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion (H Co.),
-gallery for the boys, porches, baptistery and a sanctuary Capt. C. J. Newbery; Sergt. Thomas Brannen, drill instr

·well raised and containing a superb high altar : two of the Fire Brigade, R. J ohnson, captain; Alfred C. Morris, sec

·windows on the gospel side form a shrine in honour of St. PuBLIC 0EFICERS :-

:Francis, and also a memorial of the late Bishop of North- Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer, Shillington

ampton, Dr. .Amherst: on the epistle side is a cloister con- District, Ampthill Union, Thos. Cameron Temple, Highst

·necting the presbytery with the sacristy, and having an County Surveyor, William Watson, Wren park

entrance to the nave fur processions : the Lady altar is con- Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Shefford District,

tained in the angle between this door and the sanctuary: Biggleswade Union, Ch<1S.Edwd.Winckworth L.R.c.P.LOnd

-the waits are wainscotted with cedar wood, decorated with Steward of the Manors of Shefford with Campton & Shil-

"' the Stations of the Cross:" the lal"ge window towards the lington, Arthur Staunton Wade-Gery, High street

;Street is stained: the sanctuary is entered beneath a rood Town Crier & Market Toll Collector, Mrs. Amelia Brown,

·beam : the altar (presented by Mrs. J ane Dunn, of Maulden, North Bridge street

Beds) is of antique form on alabaster columns, with a repre- ScHOOLS:- ·

:sentation below of the Entombment, painted by Mons. .A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1875 for the

llouvier: the reredos, 30 feet high, is of stone, marble and united district of Shefford & Shefford Hardwicke; Henry

.alabaster: the church was erected at the sole cost of Mrs. Vandervord, Campton, clerk to the board

Lyne-Stephens, of Lynford Hall, Thetford, Norfolk. There Board, built, m 1876, with houses for the master & mistress,

.is an infants' school, built by the Misses Williamson, of at a cost of over £2,ooo; for 250 children; average at-

_Kempston, but used as a Sunday school only. There are tendance, 200 ; Alfred Charles Morris, master ; Miss
13aptist and Wesleyan chapels. The market is held on Elizabeth Cox, mistress

Friday, and a fair is held on October IIth. Gl"esham's Catholic. built in 1874, for 8o children; average attenC.•

-charity, founded in IBss, of the value of £3o yearly, is for ance, 70; William Henry Allen, master

distribution in money to six poor widows. In a field ad- Railway Station, Fred Watkin, station master

joining the town a great number of beautiful Roman relics CARRIERS TO:-

.have been found, from which a fine collection was formed BEDFORD-Clark & Hayes, wed. & sat. & Carter on sat

by the late Mr. T. Inskip, a resident here, and was pur- HITCHIN-Cartel", tues. & fri

PRIVATE RESIDENTs. Crouch Mis~, High street King Rev. Henry Ernest [Catholic],

.Adcock Mrs. Sydney house English Rev. .Amos [Union Baptist]t High street

.Ashmol& Rev. John Henry [Catholic], The Manse North Charles., North Bridge stl"eet

St. Francis home Billiard William Henry, High street Pryor Hubert Frederick, Bridge street
.Bodger Edward, High street Hoare Charles Thomas, Bedford road Stapleton Wm. Wailer, North Bridge st

<Jaton John Henry, South Bridge villa Johnson Robert, North Bridge street Temple Thomas Cameron, High stree*

<Collis Very Rev. Canon William [Catho- Kidman Mrs. Bridge house, High st Watson William, Wren park
Winckworth Charles Edward
lie); High street ~ Kirkby Jamesl Campton road •

118 SHEF:FORD. BEDFORDSHIRE~ [ KELLY'S

COMllfERCIAL. 'Ebden Sarah (Miss), shopkpr. High st Pepper James & John, stone masons,

.Ansell Eliza. (Miss), Three Horseshoes Ellis & Everard, coal merchants &c. Bedford road & Clifton road
Pidgeon Mary (Miss), ladies' school~
P.R. North Bridge street M.R. station

Aynott Hannah (Mrs.), perfumer & Freeman Jane & Sarah (Misses), ladies' Clifton road

fancy dealer, South Bridge street boarding & day school, High street Rowlett Geo. farmer, Western house

BallsEiiza(Miss),milnr.&c.Ampthill rd Gas Works (Henry_Yandervord, sec.), St. Francis Home (Very Rev. Canon

Bedfordshire Regiment, srd. Volunteer New street William Collis, manager; Rev. John
Battalion ~H Co.) (Capt. C. J. Gazely Geo. wheelwright, Campton rd Henry Ashmole, chaplain), High st

Newbery), Drill hall, High street; Gentle Emanuel, saddler & harness Sharp William, Green Man P.H. North

armoury at Clifton. maker, High street Bridge street

Bland Frederick, beer retailer, High st j Gray Francis, brewer, & Railway inn, She:fford & District Liberal Associationt

Brook John, linen draper, milliner, High street . &Reading Room (Fred Watkin, see.)~

clothier & boot & shoe wareho High st Haddow Alfred, tailor & hair dresser, High street

Brooks &Pryor, grocers & ironmongers, High street Smith J ames, shopkeeper, Campton rd'
~pong & Son, chemists & stationers,.
High street Hare John, maltster

Brown .Amelia (Mrs.), bill poster & HarwoodChas.ironmgr.&c.Sth.Bridg.st North Bridge street

town crier, North Bridge street Harwood Wm. boot & shoe ma.High st Sugars Wm. butcher, North Bridge st

Brown Saml. harness maker, High st Head Samuel, rake maker, New street Temple Thomas Cameron, surgeon, &.

Bunker Thomas, carriage builder (traps Hensley Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. New st medical officer for Shillington district~

of all description made, & delivered Hyde Ann (Mrs.), baker, High street Ampthill union, & certifying factory

within twenty miles free of charge), . Inskip Alfred Thomas, watch & clock surgeon, High street

Ampthill road ma.&musical instrument dlr.High st Tilzey Kate(:.vliss),drs.ma.Nrth.Brdg.st

Caton & Sons, drapers, grocers, wine, Jeakings Allis P. boot maker, High st TingeyEdwd.WhiteHart botl.Bridge st
spirit & ale merchants, High street KendallJas. beer retlr.&prov.dlr. High st, 1 Tompkins W. cattle dlr. South Bridge st

CheshireChas.police sergnt.Campton rd King John, wheelwright, Sunnydale Voss John Cbas. corn dealer, High st

Clark Frances (Mrs.), china & gl'ass King Samuel, butcher & cattle dealer, Wade-Gery Arthur Staunton, solicitor-

dealer, High street South Bridge street & steward of the manors of She:fforcl'

Clark Thomas, butcher, High street Kirkby James, coal merchant, M. R. with Campton & Shillington, High st

ClarkeWm.White SwanP.R.Nth. Bdg.st station; & estate agent to Sir George Wallace Sarah Ann(Miss),dress maker~

Cobon Emma (Miss), fancy repository, Robt.Osborn bart D.L.,J.P.Camptn.rd Ampthill road

South Bridge street Lane Harry,shopkpr. Post office, High st Waller Hy. beer ret.& carpenter,High st.

Coleman Eliza (1\Iiss), corset & stay Lewis Charles, beer retailer, New st Watson William, architect & county

maker, High street Lightfootisaac,cabinet ma.Nth.Brclg.st suneyor, Wren park

Collins Thomas, baker & confectioner, Lightfoot Wm. baker, North Bridge st Webb Richard Lunniss, baker & meal-

North Bridge street MaceMary(Mrs.),grocer,NorthDridge st man, Campton road

Conservative Association (Alfred C. MaindleyJames,King'sArmsP.R.High st Wells Samuel, Black Swan P.H.High st

Morris, sec.), The Reading Room, MatthewsElzh.(Mrs.),shpkpr.Cmptn.rd West Thomas, shopkeeper & shoeing &

High street Ivlattin Samuel, beer ret.NorthBridge st general smith, hot water engineer~

Cooper Daniel, beer retailer & fishmon- Morgan Edward, grocer, High street agricultural implements repaired,.

ger, High stre:;t NappGeo.Hardy,plumbr.&c.Camptn.rd Campton road

DareAnnie(Miss ),sbpkpr.North Brdg.st O'CleeAlfred,clock & watch m a. High st Whitbread Wm. blacksmith, Bridge st;
DennisEmily(~irs.),drs.ma.Sth.Brdg.st Odell Amos, shoe maker, High street Winckworth Charles Edward L.R.C.P~

Dobson William, draper & milliner, Odell Enoch, chimney sweeper, New st Lond. physician & surgeon, medical

North Bridge street Odell Lizzie (Miss), dress makr. New st officer & public vaccinator, Shefford
Ebden Fanny (Mrs.), lodging house, l Page James, butcher, Stanford road
district. of Bigglcswade union

The Hollies

•

SHEFFORD HARDWICKE, formerly extra-para- esq. M.P. of Southill Park, Biggleswade. The area is 342

chial, is now a parish, half a mile from the Shefford railway acres; rateable value, £377; the population in r88r was 53-

station, 8i miles south-east from Bedford, in theN orthern This place is included in the She:fford United District School

division of the county, petty sessional division, hundred, Board and the children attend the school there.

union and county court district of Biggleswade: it is mostly Letters through Biggleswade, via Shefford. She:fford is the-

comprised in one farm, the property of Samuel Whitbread nearest money order & telegraph office

Inskip William, farmer I Powell J oseph Thos. veterinary surgeon I

SHELTON is a parish and village,situated on the borders The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £232, including-

of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, 4 miles south 45 acres of glebe, with residence,in the gift of Lord St. John.
from Raunds station on the Midland railway, 16 north from and held since 1866 by the Rev. William Gurden Lee B. A. of
Bedford, 7 east from Higham Ferrers and 4~ west from Lincoln College, Oxford. Mr. William Whitehead, who is-
Kimbolton, in the Northern division of the county, hundred lord of the manor, Barnwell Hospital, Lord St. John D.L.~

of Stodden,Sharnbrook petty sessional division, county court J.P. and the Rev. W. G. Lee B.A. rector, are the principal

district of Thrapston, union of St. Neots, rural deanery of landowners. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The-
Riseley, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area is.
church of St. Mary is an ancient stone building of mixed 8g6 acres; rateable value, £68r : the population in 1881

styles, consisting of chancel, na,·e, aisles, north chapel, low was 149.

south porch and a western pinnacled tower containing 3 Parish Clerk, .Alien Lawrance,
bells and a clock: the chancel is Decorated, the nave arcades Letters received through St. Neots, via Kimbolton, at 9·3o-
Transitional, and the south aisle, which retains a piscina, a.m. WALL LETTER Box cleared at 4.25 p.m. Kimbolton
Perpendicular; the north aisle is continued the length of is the nearest money order & telegraph office
the chancel, forming a chapel, to which there is a circular National School (mixed), erected in 1877, by subscription,.

opening in its inner wall: there are s6 sittings, all free with at a cost of [3oo, for 45 children; average attendance,

the exception of 3· The register dates from the year 156s. 22; Miss Emma Cox, mistress

Lee Rev, Wm. Gurden B.A. Rectory Whitehead William,landowner & farmer,
Neal Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer seller Shelton hall

SHILLINGTON is a village and large parish on rise two square embattled turrets, the wall between, over

the Hertfordshire border, with the hamlets of LOWER SToN- the east window, being finished with a horizontal cornice-
DON and PEGSDON, 5~ miles north-west from Hitchin, 13 displaying the rebus of Matthew Ashton: beneath the-

south-west from Bedford and 2£ south-west from Henlow chancel is an Early English crypt with grained vaulting,

"railway station, in the Southern division of the county, resting on a central pillar: the interior retains some goo1

hundreds of Clifton and Flitt, petty sessional division, union wooden screen work, with traces of paintings, and the roof
and county court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of of the north aisle has been similarly decorated; there is a

She:fford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The large slab wiih fine brass effigy in cope and hood of Matthew
church of All Saints, situated on an eminence, and forming- de Asscheton, canon of York and Lincoln, and rector of
a very picturesque landmark for the district, is a large and "Schutlingdone," who died December 31, 1400-1: there is

iine example of the Transitional style which intervened another with effigy in cope to Thomas Partington, rectol'r

between the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, and and treasurer of York minster. There is a beautiful stained

consists of chancel and nave, both with clerestory, under a east window to the memory of John and Fanny FerriaD
continuous roof, aisles extending the whole length of the Lines, placed there by their daughter Sarah. The J'egister

church, and a western tower with plain parapet, rebuilt in dates from the year 156o. The Jiving is a vicarage, gross

1750, and containing 5 bells: within, the nave and chancel yearly value £37o,including 4 acres of glebe,with residence,

are divided by an area, and there are corresponding arches in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and held since

across each of the aisles; at the east end of the building 1877 by the Rev. James Armitage Bonser lf.A. of that.

JDIRECTORY. BED:FORDSHIRE.. 119~OULDROP.

College. Here is a union chapel, for the use of the Con- owners are Trinity College, Cambridge, and Mrs. Ayres, •

gregationalists and Baptists, and a Wesleyan chapel, erected who iE.l lady of the manor. Here is a Wesleyan chapel.

in 1872; these have large Sunday schools connected with APSLEY ENn,r mile south ;UPTON ENn,half a mile north;

them. The charities consist of the sum of /,r2 r4s. yearly, and HoLWELL BURY, 3 miles east are other places in this

called "Pilsworth's charity," paid by the Clothworkers' parish. '

Company, and the interest of £300, left by Samuel Whit- Parish Clerk, Wi\liam Arnold.

bread esq. to four poor widows, occupying almshouses PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.

situated in the churchyard. Mrs. Ayres, who is lady of the -William Arnold, postmaster, Church street. Letters

manor, Charles Wilshere esq. of the Frythe, Welwyn, and received from Hitchin at 8.25 a.m.; dispatched at 6.rs

Trinity College, Cambridge, are the principal landowners. p. m. week days only. WALL LETTER Box, Apsley End,

The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The crops are cereals cleared 6.30 p.m. week days only. WALL LETTER Box,

of the usual kind. The area is 5, ro2 acres ; rateable value, Lower Stondon, cleared at 5.15 p.m

£7,668 ; the population in r88x was 2,226. A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1874; J.

· LoWER STONDON, a hamlet of this place, is given with Wright, Ampthill, clerk to the board ; Abraham William

Upper Stondon. Day, Shillington, attendance officer

PEGSDON is very picturesquely situated 2 miles south, Board School (mixed), erected in 1856 as a parish school,

among the range of hills which divides Bedfordshire and but leased to & enlarged by the School Board in 1874:

Hertfordshire, and fine views of the surrounding counties it will hold soo children; average attendance, 300; Joh.'1

are obtained from the Beacon Hill. The principal land- William Shaw, master; Mrs. Emily Jane Shaw, mistress

Bonser Rev. Jas.ArmitageM.A.Vicarage Elliott Josiah, saddler & harness maker OlliverGeo.Edwd.pharmaceuticl.chmst

Culpin Rev. Benjamin [Congregational] Elms Edward, farmer Palmer George, butcher, Apsley end

Farrow James Farrow David, farm bailiff to Andrews Palmer John, butcher

Fyler Col. Arthur Evelyn, Manor house Brothers, of Luton Peck Samuel, bricklayer

Kempson John, North Ley house GoodhallCharles,farm bailiff to William Pou~ter Matt. castrator, The Windmill

King John Hanscombe esq Priest Thos. miller (water),Ickleford ml

Queenby Charles, New villa Griggs William, baker Prutton Alfred, White Horse P.H

Richardson Mrs Grundon Samuel, hay & straw dealer Prutton George, boot & shoe maker &

COMMERCIAL. Grundon William, farmer assistant overseer

Ainsworth Fras. S. farmer, Upton end Gurney George, farmer, Holwell Prutton Jas. baker & straw plait dealer

Allen William, beer retailer·, Pegsdon Harris Azel, butcher Prutton Thomas, grocer & draper

.Arnold Wm. draper & grocr. Post office Haynes Thomas, Red Sign Post P.H Ruffell Henry, farmer, Chibley farm

Ashton Elizabeth (Miss), baker Billiard George, blacksmith Rust lsa!l.c, fal'mer

Ashton John, baker Ingram James, farmer, Apsley end Simkins George, butcher & farmer

Ashton William, baker Izzard William, New inn Simkins Jamesr butcher

Bottoms Charles, Musgrave Arms P.H Jeppes Albert, beer retailer Simkins srD.miller (water) & com mer

Burley Henry, beer retailer Kempson Rebecca (Mrs. ),farmer,Hans- Simkins William, farmer & coal mer-

Clark Henry, shopkeeper combe end chant, Bury farm

Cooper William, Marquis of Granby P.H Kempson William, shopkpr. Bury end Simons Amos, beer retailer

Day Abraham Wm. shoe maker, school King John William, builder Smith R.obert, Five Bells P.H

attendance officer & registrar of King William, farmer, Holwell SworderWilliam,farmer&miller(wind)~

births & deaths for the sub-district of Lines George, farmer, Hanscombe end West mill

Shillington Lockhart George C. Gostelow, farmer, WaDer William, farmer, & Crown P.H

Dear Jesse, beer retailer Holwell Bury Whittimore Benjamin, tailor

Devereux Samuel, shopkeeper Lucas Walter, Bird-in-Hand P.H Wilson Mary Ann & Son, builders &

Elliott George, Swan inn, & bricklayer, Metcalf Robert, shoe maker & beer ret blacksmiths

Apsley end Mott Thomas, farmer, .Apsley end

SILSOE is a parish and a very picturesque village, situ- ' style, and is surrounded by pleasure grounds with ornamen-

ated on the road from Bedford to Luton, 4 miles south-east tal waters, of wo acres, which were originally laid out by

from .Ampthill, in the Southern division of the county, bun- Lancelot (better known as" Capability") Brown, under the·
dred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and county Duke of Kent, and have from time to time been added t:>

court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Ampthill, arch- and improved ; at Cain Hill, adjoining the park, there is a.

deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. column, erected by Amabel, Countess de Grey, in r83r, on

J ames is an edifice of local red sandstone, consisting of the site originally occupied by the Hill House ; at Flitton,

chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled tower containing 3 the mother church, about a mile to the north-west, is the

bells: the east window is stained: the church was rebuilt mausoleum of the de Grey family. Earl f'tOwper K.G., P.C.

in 183r, at a cost of £5,ooo, of which £4,000 was given by is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The crops are of
the late Earl de Grey, who also endowed the living with the usual kind. The soil is part clay and part sand; subsoil,

£150 yearly: considerable additions and alterations were strong clay and a loamy sand. The area is 2,063 acres;

made in r884 and the church entirely refioored and re- rateable value, [3,591; the population in 188r was 679.

seated: towards the cost of these repairs /,4oo was con- Sexton, George Edwards.
tribut~d by Earl C?wper, a~d £1c;o by the Misses Del~e-
~adchffe, the remamd~r bemg raised by ~eneral subscrip- PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., s. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
twn. ~he sepa.rate reg:ster date~ from the. year r846 ?nly;
the e~r~wr ~ntn~ are m.cluded m the registers of Fhtton. Mrs. Elizabeth Rich, receiver. Letters received from

The livmg lS a. viCara.ge, tlth~ rent-ch~rge £ xso, lfross yearly London & all parts, per mail cart, from Ampthill at 6. 40
attendance, I40;
value £zso, w1th res1~ence, m the g1ft of the Earl Cowper a.m.; dispatched at 5c.4h5il p.m ; average
K.G., P.C. and held s~nce r887 by the ~ev. Charles Henry Church Schools for 250 dren
~armer B.A. of Dowmng College, Cambndge. A cattle fair
& supported in part by Earl Cowpet' K.G. ; (boys) Wm.
IS held here on May 13th. Wrest Park, the seat of Earl
Treacher, master; (girls) Miss Phoobe Cuff, mistress;
Cowper K.G., P.c., J.P. lord lieutenant of the county, is
(infants) Miss Charlotte Mann mistress
'

CARRIERS TO:-

a finely timbered domain, stocked with deer, which range HrTCHIN & BEDFORD-Daniel HaiTis, tues

over nearly soo acres of good pasture land : the stately LUTON-Phillip Read, mon. wed. & sat

mansion, erected by the late Earl de Grey, is in the Italian WrLsHAMSTEAD & BEDFORD-Daniel Harris, sat

Cowper Earl K.G., P.c., J.P. (lord Brown Farmett, farmer, Wing farm cal officer of health, Ampthill rural

lieut.), Wrest park; 4 St. James' sq. Browning Charles, George hotel district

& White's &Brooks' clubs, London s w Cook Isaac, shopkeeper Howkins Benjamin, farmer

Beuthall Francis, Ruthyn cottage Dunham James, shoe maker Kingsley Jn. cattle dlr. New Ends farm

Delme-Radcliffe The Misses, Red house Flint Charlotte(Mis;;)&Charlotte(Mrs.), Lowings William, blacksmith

Farmer Rev. Chas. Hy. B. A. Vicarage grocers, & agents for W. &A, Gilbey, Manu Isaac, blacksmith
Trethewy Henry
wine & spirit merchants Martin John, beer retailer
COIIIMERCIAL.
Ford George, head gardener to Earl Olney Joseph, butcher

Cowper K.G. Wrest park Squire EdwardFrederick, farmer

Ambridge John, rake merchant Holland Henry Frederick M.:O. surgeon, Trethewy Henry, land agent
Barker John, Star & Garter P.H & medical officer &public vaccinator, Upton Robert, wheelwright
Barnard Mary (Mrs.), farmer Silsoe district, & medical officer to White John, cattle dealer

Bone Charlotte (Mrs.), baker workhouse, Ampthill union, & medi-

SOULDROP is a parish aud village on the borders of the Northern division of the county, hundred of Willey

Northamptonshire, ro miles north-west from Bedford, 2 Sbarnbrook petty sessional division, union and county cour ,

north-west from Sharnbrook station on the Midland railway,, district of Bedford, rural deanery of .Felmersham, archdea

6 sonth_ from I;Iigham Ferrers and 6o from London, in oonry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints,

120 SOULDROP. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and spire, in 186z, 1 the gift of Charles Magniac esq. J.P. and held since 1856 by
from designs by Mr. Clutton, architect, is a very handsome the Rev. George Digby Newbolt B. A. of Brasenose College,
building,in the Early English style,consisting of chancel, with Oxford, and rural dean of Felmersham. Pillow lace is made
vestry, north transept, nave, north aisle, south porch and a here to a small extent. Charles Magniac esq. J.P., of Col-
western tower with octagonal broach spire, relieved by two worth, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil
tiers of dormers, and containing 3 bells: the chancel has a is clay; subsoil, gravel and clay. The land is chiefly arable.
stone groined roof, and the capitals of the chancel arch and The area is 1,073 acres; rateable value, £4,030; the popu·
other features display some splendid specimens of stone carv- lation in t88t was 238.
ing, by Earp, of London: the windows in the chancel are Parish Clerk, William Smith.
stained: one ancif'nt Latin inscription to John Hanger, PosT 0FFICE.-John Lake Wallis, receiver. Letters arrive
16o8, has been preserved: there is another to William through Bedford 8.15 a. m. ; dispatched 6.35 p.m. The
Robinson, 1701 ; the old church partly fell at Christmas, nearest money order & telegraph office is at Sharnbrook.
1795, and in 18oo the structure was rebuilt in a plain way Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

from plans by Mr. Robert Salmon, at the cost of the Duke A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1877; M.

of Bedford, the chancel principally at the expense of the Sharman, Bedford, clerk to the board
rector: there are 180 sittings. The register dates from the Board School (mixed), built in r868, & will hold roo chil·
year 1670. The living is a rectory, consolidated with dren ; average attendance, 54; there is a house for the
Knotting, joint gross yearly va1ue £4oo, w1th residence, in mistress; Miss Lydia Bunting, mistress

Newbolt Rev. Geo. Dig-by B.A. Rectory Knight Joseph, farmer, Lee farm Rowkins John, tailor

Ball Charles, farmer, Knotting Fox frm Mole John, tailor Smith Thomas, shoe maker

Burr Jn. steward to C. Magniacesq. J.P Randall Henry Wm. Bedford Arms P.H Stanton Amos, farmer, Church farm

Darnell John, shopkeeper Rawlings J oseph, grazier Wallis John, carpenter & wheelwright

SOUTHILL is a considerable village and parish, with the gardens and shrubberies are tastefully laid out: it was

hamlets of BROOIII, IRELAND and STANFORD, and a station formerly the property of Lord Torrington. Broom Hall,

Dn the Bedford and Hitchin branch of the Midland railway, the residence of James Grey Duberly esq. late R.N. is plea-
8 miles south-east from Bedford, 3~ south-south-west from santly situated, r~ miles south-wesL from Biggleswade; the

Biggleswade, 8 north from Hitchin and 2t north from park and shrubberies consist of about so acres. Major

Shefford, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Frank Shuttleworth J.P. of Old Warden Park, is lord of the

Wixamtree, Biggleswade petty sessional division, union and manor. The principal landowners are Samuel Whitbread

county court district, rural deanery of Shefford, archdea- esq. M.P. and Major .Frank Shuttleworth J.P. The soil is

.conry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All part gravel and part clay; subsoil, principally clay. The

Saints is an ancient structure of brick in the Perpendicular chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area

style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, is 5,4r9 acres; rateable value, £5,807; the population of

:South porch and an embattled western tower containing 6 the united places in 1881 was 1,227.

bells and a clock: there are several monuments of the Byng Parish Clerk, J oseph Simms.

family, among which are those of the celebrated Admiral Sir PosT OFFICE, Southili.-Mrs. Sarah Ann Clarke, sub-post-

George Byng, first Viscount Torrington, 1733, and of his mistress. Letters arrive from Biggleswade by mail cart

son, the unfortunate Vice-Admiral the Hon. John Byng, at 5·45 & 10.50 a.m. & dispatched at 8.30 a.m. & 7·Sp.m.

who for an error in judgment, while in command, was shot week days; sundays, 7·45 p.m. Shefford is the nearest

at Portsmouth, 14 March, 1757: there are sittings for 400 money order office; the telegraph office is at the railway

persons. The register dates from the year 1538. The living station

is a vicarage, tithe rent-rbarge £ w, gross yearly value PosT OFFICE, Broom.-Miss Emma Chambers, sub-postmis-
£240, including so acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift tress. Letters arrive from Biggleswade at 6.30 & Io.so

-of Samuel Whitbread esq. M.F. and held since 1877 by the a.m. & dispatched at 8.30 a.m. & 7.15 p.m.; 8 p.m. sun-

Rev. Charles James Lambarde B.A. of Emmanuel College, days. Biggleswade is the nearest money order & telegraph

Cambridge. The Baptists have a chapel here, built r8o5. office

The charities, amounting to £4o yearly, were left by John ScHOOLS:-

Maynard of this parish, and are given away in coals to the National Free (mixed), Southill, built in 1866, for 200

poor, generally before Christmas. Southill Park is the seat children; average attendance, 93 ; Miss Eugenie B. M.

of Samuel Whitbread esq. M.P., D.L., J.P.: the house is a Burnett, mistress

.stately mansion of stone, and the park, which is thickly Infants', Broom, accommodation, 6o; average attendance,

studded with fine oak, elm, cedar, spruce and other trees, 56; Miss Mary Ann Bradshaw, mistress

is 8o7 acres in extent and contains a sheet of water; the Railway Station, Joseph Cherry, station master

Eouthill. Faulkner Sophia (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Stacey Richard, blacksmith

Stanford Ward James, farmer, Stanford

:Bailey Mrs Finch Charles, Crown inn, Stanford Webb Hannah (Mrs.), Red Lion inn,

Barnes Mrs Franks John, market gardener Stanford
Lambarde Rev. Chas. Jas. B. A. [vicarJ Gudgin John M. miller (water & steam) Wiles Jabez, shopkpr. & tailor, Stanford

Taylor John, Old Rowney Hayward Isaac Newton, farmer, Gast- Wilson Saml. Blark Horse P.H. Ireland

Warburton Rev. John [Baptist] ling's farm Broom.

Wbitbread Saml. 1\l.l'.,D.L.,J.P.Southill lbbs Sarah& Susannah(Misses),farmers,

park ; & 10 Ennismore gardens & New Rowney Duberly James Grey, Broom hall

Brooks' club, London s w King John & Sons, farmers Allbone George, market gardener

COMMERCIAL. King George, wheelwright & farmer Ballard Alfred, beer retlr. & shopkeeper
King John Samuel, carpenter, Stanford Bond FrederickWalter, White Horse P.H

:Barnes Jane (Mrs.), White Horse inn Paine Lucy (Mrs.), baker ChambersGeorge,beer retailer & farmer

Billingham Alfred, steward to Samuel Peacock Joseph Smith, farmer, Stanford Chambers Harry, market gardener

Whitbread esq. 1\I.P., J.P Pearce Joseph, farm bailiff to John Chambers Jacob, market gardener,

Clark Wm. White Swan inn, Bridgefoot Taylor esq. Old Rowney Broom grange

Collip Mary Ann (Miss), shopkeeper Powers & Sons, millers (steam) (William Davis George, Black Horse l'.H

Cox Solomon, general dealer Dilley, manager), Stanford mill Jordan Wm. miller (water), Horne mill

Cranfield George,farmer,Stanford Bury Robinson Arthur, butcher (manager to King John & Sons, farmers

Crossley John, Green Man inn, Stanford Mrs. Barnes) Sabey William (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Dickins David, bricklayer Saunderson William, carpenter, Ireland Woodward Fredk. poulterer & farmer

STAGSDEN (formerly called STACHEDENE and STAGGIS- of a rood-loft and an arched recess : in the south aisle are

DEN) is a pleasant village and parish, situated on the main several niches: the chancel retains a piscina : there is a
road from Bedford to Newport Pagnell and Wolverton, and monumental brass to the Cocke family, dating from r6q.
is one of the villages in the extreme north-west part of the The register dates from the year 1670. The living is a
county, on the borders of Bucks, 5 miles west-south-west vicarage, tithe rent-charge [270, gross yearly value [300,
from Bedford and 8 north-east from Newport Pagnell, in the including 5 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the
Northern division of the county, hundred ofWilley, Bedford Dynevor family, and held since 1879 by the Rev. William
petty sessional division, union and county court district, Hippisley Jackson B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Here
rural deanery of Bedford, archdeaconry of Bedford and dio- is a Congregational chapel, and a freehold of about 70 acres
cese of Ely. The church of St. Leonard, situated on an of land, belonging to the Bunyan Meeting, Bedford. Pillow
eminence near the centre of the village, is an ancient edifice lace is made here. The village boasts oi a chalybeate well,
of stone, erected in the Transitional period between the but it has long been in a neglected condition. In 1873
Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nearly the whole of the land in this parish was purchased
nave of five bays, with clerestory, north transept or chapel, by the Crown, which also owns the manorial rights. The

south aisle, porch and an embattled tower containing a clock soil is strong, stiff and cold clay; subsoil, blue clay and

and 5 bells l on the north side of the church are the remains chalkstone. The chief crops are ·wheat, barley, oats, peas and

.JDIRECTORY BEDFORDSHIRE. STEPPINGLEY. 121

beans. The area is 3,386 acres; rateable value, [3,029; PosT OFFICE.-David Parnham Bass, receiver. Letters re-

the population in r88r was 548. ceived through .Bedford at 7.15 a.m.; dispatched 5.15

WEST END is a mile south from the village ; Up End, about p.m.; sundays, arrive 7.38 a. m. ; dispatched, 4· IS p.m.

:a mile west; North End, a mile and a quarter north-west; Turvey is tbe nearest money order & telegraph office.

::and Bury and Wick Ends are a mile and a quarter north- Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

.east oi the church. Church of England School (mixed), for I40 children; average

Parish Clerk, Richard Bonnett. attendance, 75; David Parnham Bass, master

.JacksonRev. Wm.HippisleyB.A.Vicarage Henman J ames& Son, farm~rs,West end Pettit Anne (Mrs.), farmer, West end

Walker Miss Henman Oliver James, manager to Pheasey Amos, farmer, Dropshort

Wick farm, Crown land Smith Wm. Dog &Duck P. H. &shopkeepr

COMMERCIAL. Jackson John, shopkeeper Summerlin Austin, blacksmith

.Bazley Charles, wheelwright King Uriah, Royal George P,H Walker Lewis, farmer, West end

.BonneyJane (Mrs.), White Horse P.H Landon William, farmer, Up end Walker Wm.Bartram,farmr.Tithe farm

Carr J osep h, shopkeeper LayJohn,baker,confectioner &mealman White J onatban, tailor

Fensom Thomas Cockman, farmer, Moate Richard, farmer, Hill farm Whitmee Thomas Babington, farmer

North End farm Odell Wm. shopkeeper & pork butcher

STANBRIDGE is a small village and parish, I mile Sir Edward Henry Hanmer bart. is lord of the manor. The

north from Stanbridge Ford station, 3 miles east-by-south principal landowners are Capt. Peter Purce11 Gilpin, Miss

from Leighton Buzzard and about 4 north-west from Dun- Lawford, Mrs. Twidell and Mr. Littleboy. The soil is of a.

.stable, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of kind of clay; sub3oil, cJay. 'rhe chief crops are wheat, bar-
Manshead, petty sessional division, union and county court ley, beans and peas. The area is 1,400 acres; rateable value,
district of Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of Dunstable, :L,2,4r2; the population in I88I was 512.
;archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of Parish Clerk, William Goodman.
.St. John the Baptist is an ancient building in the Gothic PosT OFFICE.-Levi Stevens, receiver. Letters through
.style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south Leighton Buzzard, delivered at 7.30 a. m. Box cleared at
porch and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells: 6.rop.m. weekdays only. Hockliffeisthe nearestmoney
.tbe chancel and aisles are Perpendicular : there is an ancient order & telegraph office

stone fo:1t, of very early, possibly Saxon, date. The register A School Board of 5 members was formed in I874, for this

dates from the year I56o. The living is a vicarage, tithe parish, Tilsworth & the hamlet of Eggington; T. D. Willist
rent-charge £r3, net yearly value £26o, including 16 acres Leighton Buzzard, clerk to the board; S. N. Middleton,
-of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Leighton Leighton Buzzard, attendance officer
Buzzard, and held since r87r by the Rev. Thomas Green M. A. Board School (mixed), built in r88I, for ISO children; aver-

of St. John's College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of Tils- age attendance, 120; Samuel Delamont, master; Mrs.

worth. Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. Mary Jane Delamont, mistress

Green Rev. Thomas M.A. Vicarage Eames David, sen. farmer Horn William, shoe maker
Horn Thomas E. l3leak h:mse Eumes Joseph, Five Bells P.R Labrum J oseph Rd. farmer&coal mercht
.Johnson John Flint John, shoe maker Lord Edward, farmer
Sirett Edward Gadsden David, farmer Olney David, dealer
Gadsden Thomas, farmer Olney George Wm. butcher & beer retlr
COM::IIBRCIAL. Gadsden Thomas, sen. farmer
Good man Moses, straw plait dealer Olney Warwick, George & Dragon P.R
..Abrahams William, cattle dealer Goodyear Mark, Wheat Sheaf P.H Pickering Charles, farmer
.Blake William, shJpkeeper Groom John, farmer Stevens William, blacksmith
Uunker Arthur, cattle dealer Hudson George,duck breeder & farmer, Tims David (Mrs.), wheelwright
Costin William, carpenter Wilks Josiah, plait dealer &shopkeeper
Eames David, cattle dealer Mead farm

LITTLE STAUGHTON (or STAUGHTON PARVA) is a r878, seating 550 persons, with a burying ground attached.

parish and village, situated on an eminence, IO miles north Mr. Church is lord of the manor. The principal landowners

from Bedford, 7~ north-west from St. Neots and 5 south are Mr. J. Hewson, Rev. H. G. Cranmer B. A. rector, Mr.

from Kimbolton, on the Hunts border of the county, in the Church, Corpus Christi college, Oxford, Mr. Edward L.

Northern division of the county, hundred of Stodden, Sham- Welsted, and Mr. Lewis .Ayres. 'fhe soil is mixed; subsoil,

brook petty sessional division, union and county court dis- clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.

trict of St. Neots, rural deanery of Riseley, archdeaconry of The area is r,66o acres; rateable value, £r,713; the popu-

.Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church, supposed to have lation m 188r was 469.

'been dedicated to St. Margaret, is a building in the Decor- Parish Clerk, Thomas Maile.

..ated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, cleres- PosT & PARCEL PosT 0FFICE.-William H. Gray, receiver.

toried nave, south aisle with south porch and an embattled dmLieostpnteaetrycshoetrhddreaortuog5fh.f5i5cSept;..mtNh.eeotnGseraaerraertisvtSetteaalutegg8hraato.pmnh.ois&ffitc5he.e4i5snapet.amrSe.st.t;
western tower of four stages, with octagonal spire, relieved N eots
by two tiers of dormers and containing 5 bells : on the north
.side of the chancel is a canopied sepulchral recess, with

.quatrefoils on the wall below; and in the south aisle a A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1872; clerk
hagioscope: the whole structure is embattled: there are to the board (vaca~t); Frank Bat.es! attenda~ce_officer
sittings for 206 persons. The register dates from the year
ISg8. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value, from 3IO Board (fo~erly NatiOnal) S~hool ~mixed), bmlt Ill 1846 ~
enlarged 1~ 1873, for 90 children , average attendance, 82 1
.acres of glebe, £ 23::>, with residence, in the gift of Corpus Albert Sm1th, master

Christi college, Oxford, and held since I88I by the Rev.

.Henry Gordon Cranmer B.A. of Durham University. There\ CARRIER.-Mrs. Eli7.abeth Robins, to St. Neots, every thurs.;

is a large Baptist chapel, erected in 1766 and restored in to Bedford, every sat

<Cranmer Rev. Hy. Gordon B.A. Rectory Bates Frank, farmer & school attend- GrayWm.Hewitt,shopkeeper,Post office

Warren Rev. Charles [Baptist] ance officer Hawkins William, farmer

Bellamy Edward, wheelwright Matthews John, blacksmith

COMMERCIAL. Britten Robert, tailor MinneyEiiza (Mrs.), beer retailer

.Alien John, farmer, Hill farm Compton Samuel, Kangaroo P.H RobinsElizh(Mrs.),beerretailer&carrier

Allcn Josiah, farmer Cope Thomas, farmer, West end Saunderson John, farmer, Wickey farm

Ayres Lewis, farmer & landowner FlandersAlfred,Shoulder of Mutton P.H. Sisman William, shoe ma. & shopkeepr

.Barleyman Joseph, shopkeeper & carpenter WildmanEdward,beer retlr.& carpenter

.Barr Mary Ann (Miss), grazier Gray William Hare, farmer

.STEPPINGLEY is a village and parish, bounded on the is continuous only from I647· The living is a rectory, tithe

north-east by the Flitt, a tributary of the Ouse, and is 2~ rent-charge £230, net yearly value £270, including 37 acres
miles south-west from Ampthill and IO south from Bedford, of glebe, with residence, but subject for ten years to reduc-
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Red- I tion for building, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and
bornestoke, petty sessional division, union and county court held since 1873 by the Rev. Robert Campbell Connolly M.A.
district of Ampthill, rural deanery of :Fleete, archdeaconry of Queens' College, Cambridge. Hers is a small Wesleyan
of Bedford and dwcese of Ely. The church of St. Lawrence, chapel. The Duke of .Bedford K.G. is lord of the manor and
l'ebuilt in 186o by the Duke of Bedford and the rector, is a the principal landowner. The soil is chiefly sand; subsoil,
building of local sandstone in the Early Decorated and Per- sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, clover and turnips.

pendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle The area is r,283 acres; rateable value, £x,7o8; the popu-
and a tower containing 4 bells: it is seated with open oak lation in r88r was 3I3.
benches for 200 persons. The register dates from :1562, but Sexton, Abel Dolton.

122 STEPPINGLEY•. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Letters received through Ampthill, arrive' at 9 a.m. ; dis- A School Board was formed here in 1874; H. R. I. Swaffield,

patched at 4.40 p.m. Ampthill is the nearest money order Ampthill, clerk to the board
& telegraph office
Board School (mixed), average attendance, 50; Miss Eliza.

beth Fox, mistress

Connolly H.ev. Robert Campbell M.A. FaseyJames, beer retailer Osborn George, French Horn P.H'

Rectory Godfrey William, farmer, Warren farm Read Thomas, shopkeeper

Brightman Thomas, higgler Gregory Thomas, baker Waiters Wm. farmer, Stcppingley park

CookHannah(Mrs.),frmr.Townsend frm Mitchell Samuel, farmer West Charles, wheelwright

STEVINGTON (or Steventon) is a parish and village, I 839, for "five poor 'persons,'' who receive 2s. each per

very pleasantly situated on the west bank of the river Ouse, week; the income is derived from 25 acres of land at Paven-
5 miles north-west from Bedford and 2 west from Oakley ham. Of the castle erected here, in the time of King John,
railway station, in the Northern division of the county, there are now no traces; but various ruins exist in the
hundred of Willey, petty sessional dtvision, union and county vicinity of this village. Pillow lace is largely made here,
court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Felmersham, arch- and rush plaiting is also carried on. A little south of the
deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. church was the large and ancient manor house, '" hich once
Mary is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Decorated and Per- served as a hospitium for the invalids and pilgrims frequent-
pendicular styles, consisting of chancel with lateral chapels, ing the Holy Well, and subsequently was used as a farm·
now ruinous, nave with clerestory, porch and a tower con- house; on its site a capacious farm-house has been erected
taining 5 bells : in the pavement of the nave is a brass with by the Duke of Bedford K.G. Crewe Alston esq. is lord of
effigy of a knight in armour: in the church are two small the manor. The principal landowners are the Duke of Bed-
figures representing the drinking of ale, customary in this ford K.G. Mrs. Robinson, Charles Turney, Mrs. Alexander,
church at one period: the chancel retains a piscina and hagio- William Francis Higgins esq. of Turvey, and Thomas W.
scope, and inside the porch is a stoup: on the north side of Smith, of Stevington. The soil is clay ; subsoil, limestone
the church is a lepers' or low side window : the church was and marl. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The area
restored in r87r-2, at a cost of about _£2,ooo, chiefly defrayed is r,Soo acres; rateable value, £2,120; the population in
by the Duke of Bedford K.G. The register dates from the r88r was 624.

year 1653· The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £175, WEST END, half a mile north-we:;t, and part of PICT's
including So acres of glebe, with residence, in the g·ift of the HrLL, I~ miles west, are in this parish.
Duke of Bedford K.G. and held since 1886 by the Rev. John
Robert Hare Duke M. A. of Corpus Christi college, Cam- PosT 0FF1CE.-Mrs. Rebecca Pool, receiver. Letters through

bridge ; W. F. Higgins, of Turvey House, 'furvey, is the Bedford arrive at 8. 15 a.m. ; dispatched 5· IS p.m. on wesk

lay rector. A few yards eastward of the church is a spring days only. The nearest money order office is at Pavenham

of water called "the Holy Well," never known to have been & telegraph office at Turvey

frozen or dry. Here is a Baptist meeting-house, established A School Board of 5 members was formed in r872 ; Mark
during the time of the celebrated John Bunyan, and also a Sharman, clerk to the board & attendance officer
Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in r863. In the centre Board School (mixed), built in 1863, with master's house, at
of the village is an ancient cross, with a modern capital; the the cost of the Duke of Bedford, & enlarged in r875, for 140
base and steps were repaired in 1888. There is a public children ; average attendance, 90 ; John Sneath, master
reading room and free library supported by Mrs. Alexander, CARRIERS TO BEDFORD.-Henry Bailey & William Henry
of Pavenham Bury. There are almshouses, built r654, rebuilt Cox, wed. & sat. ; l'.h·s. Harriet Field, sat

DukeRev.JohnRobertHarer.r.A. Vicarage Field Martha (Mrs.), Red Lion P.H Raban James, miller (wind)& mealman
ProbertRev. Evan [Baptist] Fountaine Newland Francis, farmer, Robinson Jas. Chas. Hensman, farmer,..

COM~IERCIAL, Tithe farm auctioneer & valuer, West End farm
Ginn Thomas, farmer, Picts Hill farm Ruffhead Geoqe, blacksmith
Bailey Henry, bal,er Hulatt William, shoemaker &shopkeepr Ruffhead John, pig dealer
Bowyer Richard, matting maker Hulett William, carpenter & joiner Seamark James, cowkeeper
Cowley Jesse, shoe maker Pool J.deputy registrar ofbirths&deaths Sharratt M. farmer, Manor farm
Cox Jesse, shoe maker Smith Thomas Wareing, farmer
Cox Robert, dairyman for Turvey sub-dist. Bedford union Sneath John, registrar of births& deaths
Cox Thos. Cock P.H.& saddler, West end Pool Joseph, tailor
Favell Edmund, cowkeeper Pool Rebecca (Mrs.), baker, Post office for sub-dist. of Turvey, Bedford union
Field Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper Poole Thomas, builder & beer retailer TysoeJames,farm bailiff to C.Turney esq
Prentice Samuel, beer retailer Tysoe Robert, shopkeeper

UPPER and LOWER STONDON.

UPPER STONDON is a parish and small village, 6 miles north- habitants of Lower Stondon. The register dates from the

west from Hitchin, 3 south-west from Shefford, and about year r683. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from

1} west from Henlow station on the Bedford and Hitchin 85 acres of glebe {,r29, with residence, in the gift of and held

branch of the Midland railway, in the Southern division of since 1844 by the Rev. Richard Hull B.A. of St. John's Col-

the county, hundred of Clifton, petty sessional division, lege, Cambridge. Bricks are made here. The principal

union and county court district of Biggleswade, rural landowners are the Earl Cowper K.G., P.c. the Rector and

deanery of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese Mr. R. Long. The soil is rich Juam ; subsoil, clay. The

of Ely. The church of All Saints was re-erected in r857, chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area']is

chiefly by subscription of the landed proprietors of the parish 425 acres; rateable value, £442; the population in 1881

and the adjoining hamlet of Lower Stondon, and is a build- was 72.

ing of the sandstone found on the Wrest estate, in the Nor- LOWER S-ro~DON is a hamlet of Shillington, but is given

man style, consising of chancel, nave, north transept, porch here. •

and a tower on the south side containing one bell ; all the
materials of the old church are incorporated in the new, and Letters through Shefford. The nearest money order & tele-

the former chancel screen converted into altar rails, pulpit graph office is at Shillington

and reading desks: the interior is fitted with open benches, Board School (mixed), under Shillington School Board,

and retains the old font: the stained east window was the erected, with house for mistress, in r86r, chiefly by the

gift of W. Brooks esq. ; and there is a memorial window to proprietors of this & the adjoining parish, on a site giveu

Robert Long esq. churchwarden, who died Aug. 5, 1868; by the late Robert Long esq.; it will hold go children;

and another to the late George Lines esq. : the transept was average attendance, 82; Miss Mary Ann Butterly, mis.-

built by Trinity College, Cambridge, for the use of the in- tress; Miss Beatrice Butterly, assistant mistress

. Upper Stondon. Long Robert, farmer, Manor farm Cooper John, b~ker

Hull Rev. Richard B.!.. Rectory Lower Stondon. Cooper Thomas, farmer
Elliott Robert, blacksmith

Long Mrs. Manor farm Lines Miss, The Hawtborns Morris Thomas, farmer

Brown William, farmer, Rectory farm AngelSarah(Mrs.),ThreeHorseshoesP.H Rainbow Samuel, beer retailer

Wheatley George, builder & contractor & Angel Wi!liam, beer retailer Vintinner Job, shopkeeper

brick & tile manufacturer Britton Mark, tailor

STOPSLEY (part of the civil parish of Luton) has been of Ely. The church of St. Thomas, consecrated June 2nd,

constituted a separate parish for ecclesiastical purposes only, r862, is of red brick in the Early English style, consisting of
and includes the whole of the hamlet of Stopsley, which chancel and nave and a turret with one bell : the church
is 2 miles nnrth from Luton and 6 north-east from not having been approved by the Ecclesiastical Commis·
Dunstable, and situated on the borders of Hertfordshire, sioners until Nov. 29, I 883, the Act 47 Vie. cap. I was passed
in the Southern division of the county of Bedford, petty to legalize marriages that had been solemnized in the church
sessional division, union and county court district of Luton, during the interval without any default of the persons so ma-T•
rural deanery of Luton, arcbdeaconry of Bedford and diocese ried, and all such marriages are declared valid bytbis Act.

DIRECTORY.] .:BEDFORDSHIRE. STOTFOLD. 123

The register dates from the yeat' 1863. The living is a Parish Clerk, William Hill.

vicarage, gross yearly value [2o3, wrthout residence, in
the gift of Rev. J. F. Rowe-Croydon, and held since 1882 by PosT OFFICE.-Eli Huckelsby, receiver. Letters arrive
the Rev. Paul Marland Walker B.A. of Trinity College, through Luton at 7 a. m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m.; sundays,
Dublin. Here are Methodist and Baptist chapels. Madame arrive 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. Luton is the
de Falbe, of Luton Hoo, is lady of the manor ; and Thomas nearest money order & telegraph office

Sowerby esq. of Putteridge Park, John Sambrooke Crawley Board (formerly National) School (mixed), erected, with
esq. J.P. of Stockwood, and John Morris Ashforth esq. are teacher's house, in 1858, under the Luton School board,
the principal landowners. The soil is strong clay ; subsoil, to which it was transferred in 1879 & enlarged in 1890;
strong clay on a bed of chalk. The chief crops are wheat, it will hold 125 children; average attendance, 85;.
barley, oats, beans and peas. The population in 1881 was Frederick Howard Shoosmith, master

741,

Huckelsby Mrs j Dunbar Louis, nurseryman Oliver James, farmer, Wigmore ball

Walker Rev. Paul MarlandB.A. [vicar} Greenwell William, farm bailiff to Thos. Oliver Thomas, farmer, Lane farm
1 Sowerby esq
Young James, Stopsley house Piggott Charles, farmer

· · Harris Thomas, shopkeeper Purrett Thomas, farmer, Someries

COMMERCIAL. Hawkins Jane (Mrs.), Brickmakers' Queenborough Daniel, farmer

Barber Alfred, farmer Arms P.H Shaw George, farmer

Boyce Arthur Cook, farmer Hornby James, farmer Shaw Thomas Smythe, farmer

Brown James, Sportsman P.H How Alfred, farmer Smith Henry, First & Last P.H

Cain Thomas, shoe maker Huckelsby Eli, shopkeeper, Post office Thompson Henry, farmer

Cook James, shopkeeper Marsh William, farmer

STOTFOLD is a village and parish, situated on the road an extensive and elegant building, and standing upon ground

from Bedford to Baldock and on the Hertfordshire border of 222 feet above the sea level, forms a picturesque landmark.
the county, 2 miles east from the Arlesey station, 2~ north- and commands extensive views of the surrounding country :

west from Baldock, 5~ south-south-east from Biggleswade it holds r,ooo inmates: the building was extended and a

and 7 north from Hitchin, in the Nort.hern division of the chapel built in 1879. Julius Alington esq. J.P. of Little
county, hundred of Clifton, petty sessional division, union I Barford, and the Master and Fellows of Trinity College,
and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Cambridge, are lords of the manor, and with Mrs_

Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely: the W. Vaughan and Mrs. Charles Vaughan and S. Bowman
Great North road from London to York here forms the esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is light clay, with
boundary between this county and Herts. The church of 1 beds of gravel; subsoil, gault. The chief crops are wheat,
St. Mary is a building of flint, with Ashwell clunch stone barley, beans and potatoes and market garden produce

dressings to the buttresses, chiefly of the Early Perpen- generally. The area is 2,397 acres; rateable value, £4,592;
dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south and the population in 1881 was 2,892, inc-lusive of 1,014 officers
modern north porch and a western embattled tower contain- and inmates in the Lunatic Asylum.
ing 3 bells, one of which belongs to the pre-Heformatiou Parish Clerk, John Porter.
period: there are grotesque heads in several of the bosses, PosT & M.O.O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-John

to the hood mouldings of the principal arches~ there were Ebsworth, postmaster. Letters through Baldock at 6.30
formerly some curious frescoes of St. George and the dragon, & rr.2o a.m. ; dispatched at 8-40 a. m. & 6.25 p.m.
St. Michael weighing souls &c. ; these are now destroyed, Baldock is the nearest telegraph office
but a print, with description, is given in the "Gentleman's WALL LETTER Box, The Green, clearc;d at 8.r5 a.m. & 5·45

Magazine" for November, r8z7: the font is of Perpendicular p.m.; Sunday, 8.15 a.m
date, octagonal and panelled: the chancel is now (r89o) WALL Box, Brook street, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 6.15 p.m
being entirely rebuilt, and an organ chamber added, at a INSURANCE AGENTS :-
cost of £710, and the whole church is in course of restora- Equitable Fire & Accident, & Life National Provident In-
tion, the total cost being estimated at [2,5oo. The register stitution, G. T. Flitton, The Brewery
dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, gross London & Liverpool & Globe, J. Ebsworth, The Post office
yearly value £230, with residence, in the gift of Trinity SCHOOLS:-
College, Cambridge, and held since r887 by the Rev. Endowed (boys), founded in 1829 by Henry Octavius

.William Edward Jackson lli.A. of that college. There is a Roe esq. : the present school was built in r87s, at a cost
Calvinistic Baptist chapel built in 1841, :;t Baptist chapel of over £soo, to hold 104 boys; a\'erage attendance, 6o;
built in 1857, and a Wesleyan chapel erected in r869: the James Skeeles, master
latter is a fine large building. There is an iron building, National (girls & infants), erecLed in 1842, for 240 children ;
opened in r888, and used as a reading-room and lecture hall. average attendance, 127 ; Mrs. Amelia Blaxlll, girls~
There are seven almshouses, built in 1842, for the church mistress ; Miss Alice Lowden, infants' mistress
poor, and other charities to the amount of about £8o yearly, Three Counties Asylum, Edward Swain L.R.C.P.Edin_
endowed by Henry Octavius Roe esq. in the year r8so. The resident medical superintendent; Samuel Ernest De Lisle-
river Rhee runs through the parish and assists in working L.K.Q.C.P.uel. sen. assistant medical officer; David
two large corn mills. Brick and tile making are carried on; Thomas Evans, jun. assistant medical officer; Rev. John
and many of the inhabitants are employed in the straw plait Downes Hawksley B. A. chaplain; Francis George Butler~
trade: here is also a brewery. The Lunatic Asylum for the of St. Neots, clerk to the committee of visitors; Thomas.
counties of Herts, Beds and Hunts, situate in this parish, Lester, clerk of the asylum & steward; Miss Elizabeth
within an area of 253 acres, of which 230 are cultivated, is Webb, matron; Richard M. Simpson, farm bailiff

[Letters for the .AsY_Iu~ should be addressed Bygrave George, boot & shoe maker Ingrey Charles, farmer
By~rave William, straw factor Ingrey Herbert, farmer
Hitchm.]

FIUYATE RESIDENTS. Castle Samuel, farmer Ingrey Robert, baker

Bate John Osborn, The Laurals Childs John, Queen's Head P.H King Arthur, butcher

De Lisle Samuel Ernest L.K.& Q.C.P.Irel. Cooper John, beer retailer Kitcbiner Alfred, butcher

The Asylum Craft Thomas, baker Lambert Alfred, brick & tile maker

Evans David Thomas, The Asylum Croft William, beer retailer Marsh Alfred, farmer

Goodliff John Deamer Daniel, yeast dealer Mehew Henry B. blacksmith

Hart Rev. Josiah [Baptist], Elm Bank Dear George, straw factor Mitchell Thomas S. beer retailer

Jackson Rev. Wm. Edwd. M.A. Vicarage Dear John, straw factor Morris William & Son, btlilders, con-

Morris Thomas Deverill Henry, farmer, Wilbury tractors, undertakers & wheelwrights

Redhouse Samuel, jun. Elm Bank Ebsworth John, draper & grocer & post- Morris John, tailor

Saunders James Newman, Stotfold ho master; a.~rent 1.o the London & Morris Louisa (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Saunders John William Liverpool&GlobelnsuranceCompany. Nuun Richard, shoe maker

Swain Edward r.. R.C.P. Edin., F.R.G.s. See advertisement Olley Jarues, straw factor

The Asylum Flitton George Thomas, assistant over· Olley William, straw plait dealer

Taylor Mrs. High street seer & agent for the Life National Parsons Arthur, beer retailer

Whitehead Bernard Landell, The Manor Provident Institution & the Equitable PaJne Charles, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Fll'e & Accident Offices, The Brewery Phillips Sarah B. (Miss), news agent &e

Albon John, carrier Fiitton Geot·ge, brewer Porter Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer

Auburn Edward, straw factor Franklin Joseph, beer retailer Porter Caleb, mealman

Bancroft William, seedsman Galer Charles, baker & corn dealer Porter George, tailor & beer retailer

BiggJn. BlackLion P. H. &butcher&farml' Galer Sarah (Mrs.), beer retlr. &genl. dlr Randall John, miller (steam & water)

Bonnett John, tailor & hair dresser Gardner Arthur, farmer, Wilbury & farmer

Bonnett William, shopkeeper Ginn Joshua, blacksmith Randall John, jun. baker

Bowman Samuel, farmer, Bury. farm Green Wm. Crown P.H. & timber dealer Reading Room & Lecture Hall

BrownLouisa(Mrs.),beerret.&shopkpr Hyde John Evans, shopkeeper Redhouse James, bricklayer & shoJ:!kPl

124 STOTFOLD. BED:FORDSRIRE. 1

[KELLY S

"Redhouse Samuel, builder &contractor Shepherd James~ wheelwright Turner George, carpenter

Sale James, beer retailer Simmonds William, beer retailer Turner John, coach builder

Sarll Hyde, painter Smith John, beer retailer Westrope Alfred Charles,grocer &drapr

Saunders Susan (Mrs.), farmer Smith Richard, boot & shoP. maker Whitehead Bernard L. (late (exors. of)
Frederick Cocking), seed merchant
.:Saunders Jas.Newman,frmr.Stotfold ho Smith Samuel, market gardener &c. Manor farm. See advertisement

Saunderson Thomas, corn merchant, Smith Thomas, shopkeeper Whitmore Joseph, harness maker
Smith William, Chequers P.::a:
mealman & grocer

Shepherd Cm·dwell, butcher & cattle dlr Smith William, jun. furniture dealer

STREATLEY is a village and parish, including the in the year 1858. The sum of £10 is annually paid out of

:small hamlet of SHARPENHOE, situated near the road from the Sharpenhoe estate for the free education of eight

London to Bedford, 5 miles north from Luton, 6 north-east children. Hugh Smyth esq. of Stevenage, is lord of the

from Dunstable, and 4 north-east from Leagrave railway manor. The principal landowners are Alfred Phippen
:station, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Welch J.P. of Luton, George Smyth and William Pancourt
Flitt, petty sessional division, union and county court Toller esqrs. The soil is composed of chalk and clay, and is
<district of Luton, rural deanery of Luton, archdeaconry of principally arable. The area in acres, including Sharpenhoe,

Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Margaret is is 2,455; rateable value, [2,618; the population in 188r was
:an ancient fabric in the Perpendicular style, consisting of 312.
-chancel, nave, aisles and a western embattled tower contain- Parish Clerk, Joseph \Voodward.
ing 2 bells: the font is Early English, consisting of an Letters received through Dunstable for Streatley arrive at
o()Ctagonat basin with richly worked side.s, supported on a 9.30 a.m.; dispatched at 4.20 p.m. Dunstable is the
.solid stone with four attached shafts, between which are nearest money order & telegraph office
.spaces filled in with toothed ornament; there are some good Letters received through AmpthiJl for Sharpenhoe arrive at

lbenches panelled with the linen pattern: there are sittings 8.30 a. m. ; dispatched at 5 p.m. Silsoe is the nearest

for 560 persons: the church is in a very dilapidated state, money order & telegraph office

needing a thorough restoration. The register dates from A School Board of 5 members was formed in 188r ;

the year 169.'1· The living is a vicarage, united with Sundon, William Howes, hon. clerk; W. T. Friday, assistant clerk
tithe rent-eharge £103, joint gross yearly value _£225, in to the board; Wm. Purton Freeman, attendance officer
the gift of the trustees of the late Sir Gregory Page Turner Board School (mixed), erected, with mistress's house, in
bart. and held since 1889 by the Rev. Abraham Rust, who 1882, for 56 children; average attendance, 37; Miss
.resides at Lower Sundon. Here is a Methodist chapel, built Elizabeth Holloch, mistress

Streatley. Peck James, beer retailer George Thomas, farmer
Roberts George, Chequers P.H Mayles William, Horseshoes P.H
{}orruth€rs George, Streatley house Smyth Thomas, farmer Poulton Arthur, farmer
Howes William, farmer Roberts Thomas, farmer
Osborn Richard, farmer · Sharpenhoe.

rage William, shopkeeper Da,·is Charles, farmer

.STUDHAM is a parish, 6 miles east from Hemel Hemp- Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Here is a common comprising

stead and s south from Dnnstable, partly in the Southern several acres of land ; the poor have the privilege of cutting

division of the county of Bedford and hundred of Manshead, the furze on the Beds portion only for fuel. The late

partly in the county of Hertford and hundred of Dacorum, Countess of llriJgewater left i:Xo yearly for educational

ru the petty sessional division, union and county court purposes, now applied to the Church of England Sunday and

district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, archdeaconry day school. Earl Brownlow P.c. is lord of the manor and

()f BedfGrd and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary, principal landowner. The soil is gravel and clay; subsoil,

consecrated in 1220, is an edifice of mix3d styles, consisting gravel. The chief crops are wheat, ba·dey and turnips.
Qf chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a western embattled The area is 3, I7I acres, of which 1,432 are in Hertford and

tower containing 4 bells: the chancel is Decorated, the 1,578 in Beds; rateable value, £r,675, Beds; £1,681,
;a't'cades of the nave Early English: the windows are mostly Herts : total, £3,354; the population in r881 was 5001
Decorated and Perpendicular : on each side of the chancel and of these 173 are in the county of Hertford.
o.rch are large hagioscopes : the font is circular, and has a Parish Clerk, J oseph Nicoll.

-broad band of foliage at the base: the bowl is surrounded SuB-Posr & Mol.(EX OUDER 0FFWE.-Thoma.s Nicoll,
:With figures of dragons and foliage: the roof of the south receiver. Letters through Dunstable arrive at IO. 30

aisle was restored in I 876. The register dates from the a. m. ; dispatched at 4· 2 5 p. m. The nearest telegraph

,:yea.r 1570. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge J.: 140, office is at Little Gaddesden

~ross yearly value £250, including 5 acres of glebe, in the Church of England School (mixed), erected, with master's

gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since r85o by the house, in 1874, at the cost of Earl Brownlow, for 140
Rev. Charles Wagstaff M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. children ; average attendance, 6o; W.H.Cartwright,mast

-Ginger The Misses Bailey William, farmer, Church farm Quick Thomas, Red Lion P.H

.Jones Rev. William Teague [curate] Barnard George, farmer, Clement's end Sanders Frederick, farmer, Hill farm

'Osborne Ladies Emma & Charlotte, Brandon Walter, blacksmith Smith William, Swan P. H
I Forrester George, Red Lion P.H
Barwythe house Taylor Henry, farmer, Studham hall·

Wagstaff Rev. Charles lii.A. [vicar] : Gladman William, beer retailer & grocer White Jacob, grocer

COMMERCIAL. Harris George, grocer Whitman Joshua, Bell P.H

Ashby Waiter, farmer 1 Ni coli Thomas, jun. grocer & farmer 1

SUNDON (consisting of Upper and Lower Sundon) is a 1582. The living is a vicarage, consolidated with Streatley

::scattered village and parish, 5 miles north-west from Luton tithe rent-charge i,'ro3, joint gross yearly value £225, with

.and 2f north from Leagrave station of the Midland railway, residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late Sir Gregory

.in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, l'age Turner bart. and held since 1889 by the Rev. Abraham

Luwn petty sessional division, union and county court Rust. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The trustees of the late
-distriC't, rura,l deanery of Luton, archdeaconry of Bedford Sir Gre~ory Page Turner bart. -are the lords of the manor
.and diocese of Ely. The church of St. :Mary is an ancient and owners of the greater part of the parish. The soil is

edifice, chiefly in the Decorated style, and consisting of Per- heavy, and grows some good corn. The parish contains

pendicular chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south chapel or 2,087 acres, including Lower Sundon; rateable value,
.transept and a western tower containing I bell: the font is £5,067; the population in 1881 was 376.
Early English, and there is an interesting Decorated chest, LowER SuNDON consists of the vicarage, a handsome

.and on the south door a lock of the same date: there are housa in the Elizabethan style, two farm-houses and a fE:W
.stone seats round the north aisle, and in part round the cottages.
.south : there are a few marble tablets, inscribed to Parish Clerk, John Pedder.

Catheri.ne Faldo, 1697; Thomas Cheyne esq. 1717; Elizabeth Letters through Dunstable arrive at 9 a. m. PILLAR LETTER
. Cbeyne, 1700; and Thomas Cheyne, 1677-8 ; during some
Box: cleared at 5 p.m. DunstabltJ is the nearest money
repairs to the floor of the south transept an arched vault order & telegraph otlice
Das discovered, containing two velvet-covered coffins,
respectively joscribed, on silver plates, to the Right Hon. A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1872; H.
William Clayton, Baron Sundon of Ardagb, and M.P. for St.
Mawes, who died April 29, 1752; and to Lady Charlotte, his Gates, jun. hon. clerk to the board; William Purton
rwife, who died Jan. r, 1741. The church is in great need of Freeman, attendance officer
repairs and restoration. The register dates from the year
Board School, built iu 1873, at a cost of £7oo, for 90
children; avera~e attendance, 70 j William Thomas

Friday, master

Upper Sundon. Gates Henry, farmer Legetter Thomas, Red Lion P.H
Harrison Charles, White Hart P.H Odell WiUiam, shopkeeper
<Jook John, fal'mer Horsler Frederick, shopkeeper Reynolds George, farmer

Cooper James, farmer

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. THURLEIGH. 1.').."."l

Smith John, blacksmith Lower Sundon. j Cooke Joseph, farmer

Underwood William, The Crown P.H Rust Rev. Abraham, Vwarage Cooper WiHiam, farmer

SUTTON is a village and parish, pleasantly situated glebe, with residence, in the gift of St. John's College,

one mile and a quarter south from the Potton and 2~ north- Oxford, and held since 1884 by the Rev. William Wright.

east from the Biggleswade railway stations and II south- M.A. of that College. The charities are about £I4 yearly.

east from Bedford, in the Northern division of the county, A pack-horse bridge, spanning a small stream, gives en-

hundred, petty sessional division, union, and county court trance to the village; it is supposed that but three such are-

district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Biggleswade, now standing in England. Colonel Sir John Montagtii

archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of Burgoyne hart. D.L., J.P. is lord of the manor and principa1

All Saints is a building of stone, in the Early English and landowner. Sutton Park, the property of Sir J. M. Bur-

Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, goyne hart. is a beautiful mansion, in the Elizabethan

aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, con- sty}e, situated in a well-wooded park of 134 acres, and is

taining 4 bells and a clock: the north aisle or Burgoyne the residence of Anthony Henry Wingfield esq. J.P. The

chapel contains some magnificent monuments of the Bur- soil is principally clay ; subsoil, strong clay. The chief

goyne family, together with hatchments, flags and other crops are wheat, badey, beans and peas. The area. is

funereal emblems; the most important of these, erected to 2,105 acres; rateable value, [2,622; the population ia

John Burgoyne, 16041 consists of a marble monument, 188r was 295.

24 feet in height and r6 feet long, with a life-sized re- Parish Clerk, Alfred Griggs.

cumbent effigy and an inscribed tablet : the east window Letters received through Sandy & Potton, arrive at 7.30>~
and several others are stained, and include one in the

north chancel to Barbara, wife of the Rev. Charles Dethick Yotton is the nearest money order & telegraph office_

Blyth B. D. late rector: there are 400 sittings. The register WaLL Box, cleared at 4.30 p.m

dates from the year r6go. The living is a rectory, tithe National School (mixed), built. in 187o, for 6o children ;.
rent-charge £349, yearly value £370, including 32 acres of average attendance, 45; Miss A. HoHier, mistress

Wingfield AnthonyHenry J.P.Sutton pk Jefferies Thomas, farmer & land agent Pope George, farmerl

Wright Rev. William M.A. Rectory to Col. Sir J. Montagu Burgoyne ba.rt Riddiford Edward, farmer

Bailey Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Kefford Charles, baker Taylor l\Iontagu, market gardener-

Gaunt Frederick, John o' Gaunt P.H Kitchener George, farmer Underwood Arthur, farmer

Johnson John, farmer Papworth Charles, carpenter

TEMPSFORD is a village and parish, situated on the count of his grandson Anselm taking the monastic habit

great North Road, and near the junction of the rivers Ouse there. The Danes visited Tempsford in roro, it then being

and !vel, with a station on the Great Northern railway, 5 a walled town; and it is surmised that the first church was:

miles south from St. Neots, 9 north-east from Bedford and destroyed at that time: frescoes are known to have once·

6 north from Biggleswade, in the Northern division of the e1:isted upon the walls of the present church, representing

county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and county this Danish irruption. Near the rectory is an old earthwork,.

district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Biggleswade, arch- called the "Gannocks," which is be1ie>ed to have been a;

deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. 'fhe present Roman fort ; the moat around it is still perfect, and there is a-

church of St. Peter is an ancient building of stone, chiefly subterranean passage from it to the hall of t.he rectory. Here

in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, is a Wesleyan chapel. The charities amount to £2o yearly.

aisles, north and south porches and an ~mbattled western Tempsford Ha11, the property of Colonel Wilham Stuart:

tower, containing a clock and 5 bells; the interior has D. L., .r. P. has been rebuilt, and is a mansion of red brick

the following inscription-'' Will Sanderson, Gent., and and sandstone, but some portion of the original building-

Thomas Staple, yeo., overseers of this new work, and still exists: it is situated in the midst of spacious grounds.

patentyes of his Majesty's letters patent granted for the about 6o acres in extent, and surrounded by many noble

same, May 12th, 1621 : " there is an inscribed stone to the trees. Colonel Stuart is lord of the manor and the principar

Very Rev. Dr. Knightley Chetwode, Dean of Gloucester, landowner. The soil is sand and clay; subsoil, clay. The

one to his wife, and a piscina: by the liberality of the late chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area.

William Stuart esq. and Colonel William Stuart, the whole is 2,178 acres ; rateable value, £6,865; the population im

edifice underwent thorough restoration in 1874, at a cost of 1881 was 535·

upwards of £2,ooo: the rectory was also rebuilt, and the Parish Clerk, Edward Ladds.

churchyard enlarged: during the restoration an ancient PosT 0FFICE.-Vi'illiam Cunnington, recei,~er. Letters;
mural painting, supposed to r~present St. Catherine, was from St. Neots at 5.30 a.m. & from Sandy at 7 a.m. &.
discovered on the north wall of the nave, and is still in an 6.4op.m.; dispatchedat6-42p.m. to St. Neots&8.45a.m ..
excellent state of preservation: there are sittings for 3~0 to Sandy. The nearest money order office is at Sandy &.

persons. The registers date from the year r6oo, but much the telegraph office is at the railway station. PostaL
earlier though nearly illegible records also exist; a con-
tinuous list of the rectors of Tempsford, dating from II28, orders are issued here, but not paid
is in the hands of the present rector. The living is a Parochial School (mixed), built in I87o, for rso children ;.

rectory, net yearly value £320, including 334 acres of glebe, average attendance, uo; William Higgins, master;.
with residence, in the gift of the Crown, and held since (girls) Mrs. Maria Higgins, mistress

rSSo by the Rev. Stephen Pering Lampen Ph.n., J.LA. Railway Station, Albert Waiter Hall, station master

University of Rostock. Tempsford was formerly occupied CARRIERS:-
by the Danes, who were expelled by the Saxons about Ebenezer Dew, from Biggleswade, through to St. Neots~

the year 921. Robert De Carun, in the year n2g, gave thurs

the church to the Prior and Convent of St. Neots, on ac- James Cope, to Bedford, every mon. wed. & sat

Alexander Miss, Tempsford cottage Cunnington William, basket maker & Ladds Edward, grocer

Daniel Mrs. The Lodge assistant overseer; Post office Lawfield William Boulton, shopkeepen-

Lampen Rev. Stephen Pering Ph.D.M.A. Dennis William, butcher Lorford James, Wheatsheaf P.H

Rectory Folbigg John, farmer Selby John George, farmer

Stuart Col. William D.L., J. P. (chairman George Martin, .Anchor inn Thompson Alice (Mrs.), beer retailer

of Quarter sessions), Tempsford hall Goodship William, blacksmith Thompson Harry Ibbett, baker

COMMERCIAL. Gosling Jacob, coal merchant Thompson Henry, farmer

Abney William,manager for Col. Stuart Gosling William, beer retailer TophamGeorgeHowe,farmer,Glebe frm

.Arnsby Benjamin, farmer Hardwick Samuel, farmer Wetherell Jas. farm bailiff to Col.Stuart

:Browning John, corn merchant Hill Thomas, cattle dealer Wootton Reuben, tailor

Cope Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Kendall Arthur, farmer

THURLEIGH is a parish and scattered village, 7 miles Hervey, the last of the family, who died in qr5: the church£

north from Bedford, 6 south-south-west from Kimbolton was thoroughly restored in 1882, at a cost of about £100;

and 4 east from the Sharnbrook station on the Midland rail- the chancel was restored in r887, at a cost of £Ioo, and

way, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of the bells in 1889, at a. cost of £tso: in x887 a beautiful

Willey, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, union and stained window was inserted at the east end of the cilancel
county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Eaton, by Mr. and Mrs. Feazey in memory of their chiklren: in
archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of restoring the chancel a leper window was disco>ered on the

St. Peter, situated on an eminence, is a :fine and ancient south side bearing traces of its ancient fastenings. The

building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a register dates from the year 1562. Tbe living is a vicarage,
central embattled tower of Norman date, containing 5 bells: gross yearly value from 236 acres of glebe £222, with
the chancel and tower are covered with ivy: in the nave is residence, in the gift of John Sambrooke Crawley esq. and

a brass to John Harvey, supposed to be of the 13th ceu- held since 1.839 by the Rev. Benjamin Trapp M.A. of Clare

t;ury: in the chancel is a marble slab to John Harvey or College, Cambridge. The Baptists have a small chapel heres

126 THURLEIGH. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

built in 1827. Two acres of land in this parish aud a rent- Parish Clerk, Thomas Hart.

charge of 40s. yearly, arising from land in the parish of Letters through Bedford. WALL Bo:s:, cleared at 5 p.m.
Goldington, are appropriated to the education of the children
of the parish. Harvey's charity of £16 yearly, arising from Sharnbrook iti the nearest money order & Milton Ernest
the rent of the "Red Lion," is distributed to the poor at is the nearest telegraph office
Christmas. Near the church are moated earthworks, known
as "Bury Hill." John Sambrooke Crawley esq. (lay im- A School Board of 5 members was formed in I 875 ; the Rev.
propriator) J.P. of Stockwood, Luton, William Wade-Gery
Benjamin Trapp M. A. chairman & clerk to the board;
Thomas Adams, jun. attendance officer

esq. and William Thompson esq. are the principal land- Board School, built in 1876, at a cost of about £8oo, for no
owners. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops children; average attendance, 8o ; & partly supported by
:are cereals ; a few beans are grown. The area is 3,480 the endowment mentioned above ; Mrs. William Hebbes,
:acres; rateable value, £2,905; the population in 1881 was mistress
603,

ScoLD END, three quarters of a mile south, and PARK CARRIERS TO BEDFORD. - William .Armstrong & Joseph

END, a mile and a half south-east, are parts of the parish. Sykes, wed. & sat. ; John Wildman, sat. only

Chandler Rev. George [Baptist] Flute Alfred, farmer Russell John Thomas, Red Lion P.H
Trapp Rev. Benjamin M.A. Vicarage Franklin John, farmer Russell John, beer retailer & butcher
Goddard John, farmer Sharman Benjamin, farmer
COMMERCIAL, Hart Thomas, bricklayer & builder Stanton David, farmer
Hartop William, farmer Stonebridge George, shoe maker
Alien Thomas, farmer Hebbes William, farmer Swales George, carter
Armstrong Casoe, blacksmith Hite James, grazier
Armstrong William, carrier Howkins Benjamin, farmer, Bury farm Sykes J oseph, carrier
l:larnes George, grazier
Butters Edward, farmer, Manor farm Jefferies Benj. farmer, Black Bull hall Wagstaff Thos. shopkpr. & coal dealer
Butters Edwin, farm bailiff to William Wagstaff William, shoe maker
Jefferies Benj. jun. farmer, Romp hall Wildman Edward, carpenter & beer ret
Thompson esq Jefferies Thomas, farmer Wildman George, carpenter
Farrar John, farmer, Scold end Phillpott John Thomas, blacksmith Wildman John, carpenter
Farrar William, farmer Ross Daniel, farmer
'Feazey Edmund, Jackall P.H

TILBROOK is a parish and village, situated in a valley opening looks into the chancel from the vestry : on the

()n the border of Hnntingdonshire, one mile and a half north- south side of the chancel is a memorial windoi'V to Laura,
west from Kimbolton, 15 m1les north from Bedford and 8 wife of the present rector, d. 1864: there are 209 sittings.
east from Higham Ferrers, in the Northern division of the The register dates from the year 1598. The living is a

eonnty, hundred of Stodden, Sharnbrook petty sessional rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £290,
division, union of St. Neots, county court district of Thrap- including 32 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of
ston, rural deanery of Riseley, archdeaconry of Bedford and Lord St. John, and held since 1855 by the Rev. Newton
diocese of Ely. Kimbolton station on the Midland railway Barton Young M.A. of New College, Oxford, and rural dean
is in this parish. The church of All Saints, restored in of Riseley. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1857, and

1867, under the direction of Mr. W. White, is an edifice of a Moravian chapel erected in 1853· Day's charity of £2 I$S•
.stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with yearly, for bread and clothing, was bequeathed inNovember,
remains of Early English work, and consists of chancel, with 1857. Tilbrook Hall, the residence of Capt. Robert Fitz-
north vestry, clerestoried nave, north aisle, south porch and gerald Dalton, is a mansion of red brick, erected in 1879,
.an embattled western tower with octagonal spire, relieved by on an eminence half a mile north of the church. Lord St.

two tiers of dormers, and containing 3 bells : there is a fine John D.L., J.P. is lord of the manor, and John William Raw-

Perpendicular rood screen, handsomely coloured and gilt, son-Ackroyd esq. of Dean Grange, Kimbolton, is the chief
and carefully restored in 1867 by the Bedford Archwological landowner. The soil is Oxford clay; subsoil, clay, and
.Society, it is coved towards the nave: the aisle arcade is occasionally gravel. The chief crops are wheat, beans,

Transition Norman, with circular piers ; the aisle, continued peas &c. The area is 1,620 acres; rateable value, £r,633 ;
eastward, forms a chapel, with a piscina and hagioscope the population in 188r was 392.
eombined and is inclosed by a screen: west of the north Parish Clerk, Samuel Johnson.
door is an aumbry, and in the south porch a holy water PosT 0FFICE.-John Measures, receiver. Letters received

.stoup: both doorways to the rood loft stairs remain in a from St. Neots, via Kimbolton, at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched

buttress on the south side, the lower one being closed with at 7 a.m. & 5·55 p.m. Kimbolton is the nearest money

masonry : on the south side of the chancel is a large arched order & telegraph office
recess containing a window with som~ fragments of ancient National School (mixed), built by subscripti@ in 186o, for

stained glass, and near it a piscina ; on each side of the So children ; average attendance, 52 ; there is a house

:stained east window is a statue bracket: a curious trefoiled for the mistress; Miss Elizabeth Williamson, mistress

Dalton Captain Robert Fitzgerald, Tit- Catling James, Manchester Arms P.H Love Margaret (Mrs.), linen draper
brook hall Catling Waiter, carpenter Measures Benjamin, farmer & coal
Church Mary Ann (Mrs.), grazier
lloward Rev. Adderley Bernard B.A. Dawson William, Three Shuttles P.H merchant, The Grange
[curate of Dean] Dickens William, farmer Rollings Abraham, wheelwright
Eaton Wm.organist & assistant overseer Smith & King,corn mers. Railway statu
LewinMrs Smith Thomas Henry, corn merchant
Peacock Frank Denman & road surveyor for Sharnbrook High- Squirell Nathaniel Childs, miller (wind)
way board
r.Sm1th Thomas Henry Flanders William, farmer & farmer
Gambrell John, blacksmith Strangward William, farmer
Young Rev. Newton Barton M.A. rector Hankins William, farmer Tingey Frederick, shoe maker
& rural dean], Rectory
Higgins Edwin, beer seller & baker Whitney Thomas, butcher
COMMERCIAL.

Jhadley William, White Horse P.H
Button George, confectioner

TILSWORTH is a small village and parish, ~~ miles Tullesworth, supposed to be the founder of an older church

north-by-east from Stanbridge Ford station, 3~ north-west- on the site of which the present church stands; there is also a
by-west from Dunstable and 3~ east from Leighton Buzzard, very ancient tablet to Mary Willowbi: there are four stained

in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Mans- windows. The register dates from 1lhe year 1654. The

head, petty sessional division and union of Woburn, county living is a vicarage, net yearly value £46, arising from a

..court district of Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of Dun- rent-charge and Queen Anne's Bounty ; it is in the gift of

.stable, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The the trustees of the late Sir Edward Henry Page Turner

.church of All Saints is a structure of t.he Decorated and bart. and held since I879 by the Rev. Thomas Green M.A..

Perpendicular periods, consisting of chancel, nave, south of St. John's College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of and

.aisle with porch and a low western embattled tower, covered resides at Stanbridge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built

with ivy, and containing 5 bells: the chancel and north side 1862. The Manor farm-house, situated near the church,

()f the nave are Decorated, and the latter has a sepulchral is built on the site of the old Manor house demolished

recess with a deeply moulded arch crocketed and foliated about the year rSoo, when the present farm-house was built,

.and retaining one pinnacle; within, on a low altar-tomb, is and is surrounded by a moat formerly crossed by a draw-

.a full-length recumbent efiigy of an ecclesiastic in a bridge ; a fine arch corresponding in style to that of the

chasuble, the head resting on two cushions ; the front of church still remains ; this has been lately restored by the

tomb is panelled in quatrefoils: there are two tombs in the owner and some fine old architectural remains brought tc
ehancel, one to the memory of Gabriel Fowler, another to light. The poor's land produees £28 yearly. The trustee~

Sir Henry Chester knt. with effigy of himself, wife and son : of the late Sir E. H. Page Turner hart. are lords of the

near the south door is a stone slab, with traces of an incised manor and principal landowners. The soil is of a clayey

effigy and an inscription in Norman-French to Adam de nature ; subsoil, varied, chalk and clay. The chief crops are

.JDIRECTORY TODDINGTO~• 127 -

.wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas. The area is r,213 8.30. LETTER Box, cleared at 6 p.m. Dunstable &
acres; rateable value, £1,438; the population in r88r was Leighton are the nearest money order & telegraph offices

250. This place is included in Stanbridge, Eggington & Tils~
worth United School Board district founded in 1874. The
Parish Clerk, William Jones.

Letters received through Leighton Buzzard, delivered at children of this place attend the Board school at Stanbridge

Wintour Mrs. The Vicarage Bunker Samuel, cattle dealer Price James, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Cooper Abel, farmer Price Thomas, farmer

Billington James,shupkpr.&shoe maker Cooper Arthur, farmer Stanbr!dge John, farmer
Yirrell Samuel, farmer & landowner
Bunker Groom, cattle dealer Cooper Edward, Anchor P.H

Bunker Henry, cattle dealer Foxley Job, shopkeeper

TINGRITR is a village and parish. 4 miles south-east stained: the interior roof of the church is adorned with

from Woburn, 5 south~west from Ampthill and 3 west several figures carved in wood, and placed there by the
from the Harlington and Flitwick stations on the Midland present rector : there are sittings for zoo persons. The
railway, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of register dates from t.he year 1572. The living is a rectory,

Manshead, petty sessional division and union of Woburn, tithe rent-charge £rgo, gross yearly value [2oo, with

county court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Fleete, residence, iu the gift of the representatives of the late Miss
archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The church Trevor, and held since I847 bY. the Rev. Truman Tanqueray
of St. Nicholas is a building of stone, chiefly in the Perpen- M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge. There is a club-
dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, room, erected in r858, and used as a reading-room and for
aisles and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells; entertainments. The representatives of the late Miss
the font, a good specimen of Early English, is a decagon, Trevor are lords of the manor and principal landowners.
with clustered shafts: there is a brass on the south chancel Tingrith Manor is an ancient building, standing in a park
wall, to Robert Hogeson esq. 16n :the church was repaired of about I2o acres, ornamented by a sheet of water, and is
in 1845-6, at a cost of over £5,ooo, under the direction the residence of Vice-Admiral Mark Robert Pechell J.P.
of the Misses Trevor and the rector: there are three stained The soil is marl, clay and sand; subsoil, gravel. The chief

memorial windows to members of the family of Charles crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas. The area is
Tanqueray esq.; one window commemorates Thomas about 1,oso acres; rateable value, £r,569; the population in
Butts Tanqueray-Willume and Esther Gomes-Tanqueray- r88r was r67.
Willume, ensign in the Indian army, who was killed before Sexton, William Hill.
the Fort of Byjt, Gulf of Cutch, in October, I859: in the Letters received through Woburn, arrive at 8.I5 a.m.

south transept is a rich carved canopy: in the north aisle PILLAR LETTER Box, cleared week days at 4·35 p.m.
is a small chd.pel with piscina: and in the chancel is a stone Toddington & Wobnrn are the nearest money order &
slab inscribed to .Johanna, wife of Alexander Re:td, r629 : telegraph offices
on the south side of the chancel is a stained memorial School (mixed), built in rB.p, for 8o children; average at~

window to the Rev. Edward Tanqueray LL.B. 59 years tendance, 46; William S. Capell, master; Mrs. Emma
rector of this parish; the east and west windows are also Capell, mistress

Pechell Vice-Admiral Mark Robert J.P. Brinkler Henry, Swan P.H Hill William, carpenter & joiner &c

'fingrith manor Club & ReadingRoom(Wm.Hill,mangr) Preslon George W. farm bailiff to Vice~

Tanqueray Rev. Truman M.A. Rectory Cooper John, farmer, ~Ianor farm Admiral Pechell, Home farm

Adkins James John,farmer,Castle farm

TODDINGTON is a large parish and ancient market are interred beneath: on the opposite side is a large

town, about 5 miles south-east from Woburn, I5 south canopied mural monument to Maria, 16321 eldest daughter

from Bedford and 2 south-west from the Harlington station of Thomas, earl of Cleveland, and Ann (Crofts), his wife;
of the Midland railway, in the Southern division of the here also are buried William, 1623, and Charles, 1622, sons
county, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division and of the same peer: in the chancel is a monument to Gyles
union of Woburn, county court district of Leighton Buzzard, Bruse esq. 1595, youngest son of Sir John Bruse, of Great
rural deanery of Dunstable, archdeaconry of Bedford and Wenham, Suffolk kt. placed by his sister Alice; his tomb,
diocese of Ely. The town has an ancient appearance and is with inscription, being under the chancel arch; there are
very irregularly built. The parish is li5hted with gas also brasses to Thomas Claver, rector, 1654; and Thomas
from works which were opened December zrst, 1863. The Pennington, gent.. 1643, and some fragments: King James I.
chnrch of St. George is a noble cruciform structure, chiefly attended divine service in this church on the 24th July,
in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of 16o8: a portion of the fabric has been restored, at a cost

chancel, With sacristy of two stories, clerestoried nave of four of about [3,ooo, and in the course of the work several
bays, aisles, transepts, south porch, and a central embattled mural paintings were discovered on both sides of the nave
tower of three stages, with angle turret, and containing a and over the north door ; one memorial window has been

tine peal of 8 bells, cast in 1792, and a sanctus bell, dated inserted ; and a clock with chimes was placed in the tower

1665 : the nave arcades and the lower stage of the tower by the Rev. John Clegg, late rector: there are sittings

are Early English; the upper stage, aisles and clerestory, for 750 persons. The register dates from 1540, and is in a
Perpendicular: the north aisle and transept, as well as the fair state of preservation ; th~ 4th vol. contains a large and
vestry, have a singular cornice, highly enriched with interesting collection of Briefs from 1653 to rSro. The

grotesque figures of human beings, beasts and birds : the living is a rectory, net yearly value £ I,ooo, including 200

roof displays elaborately carved figures of angels holding acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Charles Thomas
shields, wreaths, and other ornaments: in the south Adams esq_ and held since 1887 by the Rev. William Brick-
transept, under an arched recess in the south wall, are two wood B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Abraham
tombs with recumbent effigies of marble, the westernmost Hartwell, rector here, according to Lysons, in the 17th
being that of a knight in armour, with surcoat of his arms, century, was a learned writer of that period, and be-
and on either side an angel holding across his breast an queathed his library for the use of his successors. Here

inscribed scroll; the figure represents Thomas Peyvre, 1429, are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyans and Primitive
a descendant of Paulinus Peyvre, who held the manor in the Methodists: the Wesleyans have a day and Sunday schools
reign of Henry Ill. ; the other effigy is that of a female in here. The straw plait manufacture is carried on here to
mantle and richly jewelled wreath, representing Margaret some extent_ There was formerly an hospital at Todding~
(Loring), wife of the preceding Thomas; the inscriptions, ton, founded 2I Hen_ VI. (1442-3) by John Broughton, for
now lost, aregiveninCott. MSS_ Cleop. c. iii. f. 8, Brit_Mus.: 1 a warden and three poor men, and dedicated to St. John
.against the west wall is the cross-legged effigy of a knight the Baptist; the hospital was dissolved by Sir Thomas
with the arms of Peyvre on his surcoat, supposed to Cheney, and was subsequently seized by the Crown. The
represent Nicholas Peyvre, 1361-2, father of the above; market was originally held on Thursday, but was changed
another tomb, the sides of which are adorned with shields of to Saturday by a charter of King Edward IL in 1316.
.arms, is inscribed to Anne (Broughton), rs6r, wife of Sir Fairs are held on April 25th, the first Monday in June,
Thomas Cheyne kt. K.G. lord warden of the Cinque Ports; November 2nd and December 6th, and a statute fair on the
the next is an alabaster tomb, now much mutilated and Wednesday before Old Michaelmas Day. There is a charity
partly of brick, with an effigy in rich armour of Henry estate, comprising a small farm and house, which produces
Dheyne, baron Cheyne of Toddington, 1587, son of the fore- about £8o yearly, and is administered by trustees; also a

going; and one more tomb bears the effigy of his wife Jane charge on Herne farm of £zo a year, which is for three

(Wentworth), r614, attired in wimple and mantle: in the widows. In digging gra1el in a field belonging to the late
north transept are several tombs of the Wentworth family, William Harbettesq_ in this parish, a number of antiquities,

who held the manor in the 17th and r8th centuries, inclu- supposed to be Roman, were found, viz. black earthen pots

ding one erected at a cost of £2.ooo, to Henrietta Maria, filled with small bones, also spear heads, swords and iron
baroness Wentworth, 1686, daughter and sole heir of helmets. This place was the seat of Sir Paulinus Peyvre,
Thomas, Lord Wentworth, and Philadelphia (Cary) his who was steward of the royal household of Henry Ill. and

wife, both of whom, as well as Thomas, earl of Cleveland, erected here a fine manor house : here also resided in the

128 TODDINGTO~. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

reign of Henry VIII. Sir Thomas Cheney K.A. and his son )"POST M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

Sir Henry Cheney kt. afterwards Baron Cheney of Todding- George Baker, receiver. Letters arrive from Dunstable

ton;· the latter built a magnificent residence here, about at 7.20 a. m. & 1.20 p.m. ; dispatched at ro. 15 a.m. 5.30

half a mile from the church, forming a quadrangle 2ro feet p.m. & 8 p.m. for London & the South

on the north and south sides; it was at one time the' INsuRANCE AGENT.-Sun Fire, William Horley, jun

residence of Heurietta Maria Baroness Wentworth : an oak ScHOOLS:-

tree still exists in the park, in which her initials are carved; National (mixed), built in 1854, for about 300 children;

a portion of this mansion is now occupied by Major William average attendance, 2-lO ; Charles E. Thomas, master ~

Cooper Cooper F.S.A., n.L., J.P. the present lord of tbe infants' mistress (vacant)

manor and principal landowner. The soil is marl and clay; Wesleyan (mixed), built in r854, for r8o children; average

subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, attendance, 125; Richard Pearce, master

beans and peas. The area is about 5,390 acres ; rateable CARRIERS TO : -

value, £12,910; the population in r88r was 2, 159. LONDON-John Gilbert, by the Midland railway, daily

p · h Cl k W lt T' LuTON-Wtlliam Whitbread, mon. tues. thurs. & sat.;:
ans er ' a er Imms. William Holmes, rnon. wed. fri. & sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS, Denton David Charles, shopkeeper Muckleston George, beer retailer

Adcock Rev. Samuel [Wesleyan] Dover John, farmer, Red Hill farm Muckleston George, bricklayer

Atkins Misses, The Cottage Dover William, farmer, Old park Muckleston Geo.farmer,LongLane farm

BrickwoodRev. Wm.M.A.[rector],Rctry Dunham David, builder Muckleston Thos. shopkpr. & bricklayr

Briden Charles Dunham Henry Jesse, baker & grazier Neal John, shoe maker

Cooper Major William Cooper D.L.,J.P., Edmonds George, sergeant of police Neal Emma (Mrs.), beer retailer

F.S.A. Toddington manor Ellis Edward, butcher Neale Arthur, draper, see Pitts & Neale-

Cooper Miss, St. James' Evans William, beer retailer Odell Arthur, cabinet maker, Church sq

Cooper William Smith Cooper,The Park Fane George, farmer, Hern Osborn William, farmer, Happy land

Dean John Fane William (exors. of), farmer, Hern Osborn William, tailor

Elliott William Fletcher Emanuel & Son, Bell P.H Page John, dairyman

Hicks Misses, Denbigh house Foll Thomas, farmer, Ohalton Peake Mark, grocer

Humphreys Yarry Meyrick Jones Fowler Alfred, grocer PhippsFredk.farmer&catt]e dlr.Chalton

Osborn Miss Fox George, saddler Pilgrim Richard & John, wheelwrights

Wall Mrs. Ciolwulf Foxon George, farmer & assist~nt over- Pilgrim Richard, Angel P. H

Waugh John B.A., M.n seer, Hero Manor farm Pitts & Neale, general drapers, dress

Wingfield Misses Garner Alfred, boot maker makers & milliners, clothiers, boot &

COMMERCIAL. Gibbons James, shopkeeper shoe warehouse, & dealers in patent

Abbis Edward, farmer Gilbert John,carrier&agt.for Mdlnd.Ry medicines, Manchester & Bradford

Allen Wm. & Son, plumbers & giaziers Giles John & Wm. farmers, Alma farm houses

Anderson Fredk. cattle dealer & grazier Godfrey Vl'illiam, farmer, Bern Potts Henry, tailor

Anstee Wm.farmer&landowner,Chalton Harmston John, general dealer Potts William, blacksmith

Ashby Martha (Mrs.), baker & grocer Harris John, g-reengrocer &beer retailer Poulton William, grocer

AsbbyNoah, baker Heard John William, hair dresser PriorJaneElizb.(Mrs.),strawbonnetma

Attwood Richard Norman, farmer & Henderson Frederick, dairyman Rainbow George, greengro. & genl. dlr

cattle dealer, Bern farm ; & Whits Hobbs Charles, butcher Sanderson Charles, grocer & proyision

end, Eversholt Hobbs William, butcher merchant, & agent for W.& A. Gilbey~

Ayres Charles, horse dealer Hodge Peter, poultry dealer wine & spirit merchants

Baker Geo. baker & corn dlr; Post office Hollett Charles, shoe maker Scrivener Joseph, farmer, Hern

Baker Joseph, timber dealer Holman Matthias (Mrs.), straw bonnet Sharpe George, corn de':tler &corn met'

Baker Thomas, beer retailer maker Shelton Alfred Richd.cattle dlr.& farmr

Bates Alfred, plait dealer Holmes Thomas, farmer Shepherd Thomas, Griffin P.H. &farmer

Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Rank Holmes William, carrier Short Jesse, Pheasant P.H

(sub.-branch) (Bassett, Son & Harris) Horley William Ed ward Alexander, Smith John, draper

(Frederick Girling, manager), open grocer & bardware dealer Teagles William George, boot maker

on sat.from II a.m. to 2 p.m.; draw Horley MajorEdwd.horticultural buildr Tearle Lois (Mrs.), New inn

on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London E c Horley Thomas, farmer Tilz:ey John, shoe maker

BirdAlfred,poultry breeder &dlr. Chaltn Horley Thomas, Sow & Pigs inn & post- Timms J ames M. farmer, Chalton

Breed Mark, farmer ing house & assessed tax & gas collec- Tompkins Charles, baker

Briden Joseph, tailor tor, Church square Trigg Joseph, Queen's Head P.H

Briden Samuel, tailor Horley William, gardener & seedsman Tun·ey Hannah (Mrs.), plait dealer

BrightEzra,frmr.&miller(steam&watr) &registrar of births & deaths, Tod- Valentine John, skindealer &c

Bright William, plait dealer dington sub-district, Woburn union Valentine Joseph, farmer, Warmark

Buckingham Eliza (Miss), milliner Humphreys Yarry MeyrickJones, surgn WardJohn,poultry breedr.&dlr.Chalton

Oampion John, sboe maker Ireland George, plait dealer Ward William, farmer, Chalton

Carr Robert, butcher Ireland Henry, market gardener Washington J oseph, Star P. H. Chalton

Clark James, shoe maker Jennings Jabez George, grocer, High st ·waters William, market gardener

Clark John, beer retailer Ju.ggins Wm. Crook, watch ma.&jewellr Waugh John B.A., M. D., M.ch. physician

ClarkeGeo.poultrybreeder&dlr.Fancott King John, grocer & surgeon, &medical officer & pub!i~

Cleaver James, insurance agent Kingham Geo. poultry breeder & dealr vaccinator, Toddington district, Wo-

Olifford Frederick, grocer & baker Lane Richd. draper & milliner, High st burn union & certifying factory surgn

Orawley Ezra, butcher Lines William, farm bailiff to Major Whitbread William, carrier

Crawley Joseph,butcher,Church square William Cooper Cooper J.P Wilson Thomas, beer retailer & farmer

Davis ~Iary Ann (Miss), dress maker Marlow George, carter Withington Thomas, farrier

Davis William, insurance agent Mead John, hair dresser Woolley Saunders & Co. straw bonnet

Dean George, White Hart P.H. & farmer Meager John, wheelwright manufacturers

& brick & tile manufacturer,Fancott

TOTTERNHOE is a village and parish, 2 miles west livings, in the time of Hugh de Wells, Bishop of Lincoln

from the railway station at Dunstable and 6 south-east from 1209-35, which is still remaining in the regtstry of the
Leighton Buzzard, in the Southern division of the county, diocese, mention is made of an endowment in connection
hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, union and with the parish of Totternhoe, and implying a connection

county court district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, between Totternhoe and the ancient priory of Dunstable.
arcbdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The

St. Giles is an edifice in the Perpendicular style, consisting straw plait business is the principal occupation of the-

of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and a western embattled villagers. About a mile and a half from Dunstable, and
tower wit.h turret at the south-east angle containing 5 bells : half a mile westward from Maiden Bower, on a projecting
the roofs of the nave and aisles display well-carved figures headland o£ the Chiltern range, are the celebrated earth-

and bosses : there is a brass, with effigy bearing chalice and works called "Totternhoe Castle;" these consist of a lofty

host, to John Warwekhytt, vicar, 1524; and one to William circular mount, with a slight vallum round its base, and a
Micbell, a child, 1621. The register dates from the year larger one, of an irregular form, at som,e distance from it~

I559· The living is a vicarage, net yearly value [, 170, in it is considered to have been a fortification of the ancient
the gift of Earl Brownlow, and held since r888 by the Rev. Britons, subsequently occupied by the Saxons, and after-
Spencer Alfred Wool-ward M.A. of Keble College, Oxford; wards converted into a Roman camp; the form of the works

the great tithes amount to about £6oo yearly, of which indicating British and Roman military construction, and
Earl Brownlow receives [300 and Trinity College, Cam- the name British and Saxon oceupation. Earl Brownlow
bridge, £135 yearly. In an ancient book of endowments of P.C. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. TURVEY. 129

soil and subsoil are chalky ; a hard band of the chalk or Dunstable at 7 a. m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. Eaton Bray
•~ cluneh" near the village is known as Totternhoe stone, is the nearest money order office & Dunstable the nearest

of which Woburn Abbey and many churches in this district telegraph office

have been constructed. The chief crops are wheat, barley, Parish School (mixed), erected, with teacher's house, in
beans and turnips. The area is 2,go6 acres ; rateable value, 1867, by Lady Marian Alford, in memory of her son, the
late Earl Brownlow ; it will hold 140 children ; average
[3,334; and the population in 181 was 707. attendance, us
Parish Clerk, Alfred Bates.

PosT 0FFICE.-Alfred Bates, receiver. Letters arrive from

W-o~lward Rev.SpencerAlfd.M.A.[vicarJ Costin Frederick, farmer Morgan William, straw dealer

De Berenger & Gower, lime & stone Pratt l<'anny (Miss), Duke's Read P.H
works Pratt John, farmer
COMMERCIAL.

Andrews George, carpenter Gurney Martba (Mrs.), farmer Pratt Mary (Miss), farmer

Bates Alfred, straw dealer, Post office Henley Frederick, duck breeder Pratt Robert, farmer

Battams Charles, farmer Holland Eli, wheelwright Pratt William, farmer

Bliss Francis, brmer & shopkeeper Holt Thomas, straw dealer Robinson John, shopkeeper & higgler

Brinklow James, baker Horton James, farmer & butcher Twidell James, farmer

Buckmaster Eleanor (Mrs.), miller Janes Arthur, Bell P.H. & rate collector Twidell William, Old Farm inn, &

(water) Janes Benjamin, farmer carpenter

Clements John, farmer Janes Edwin, blacksmith Turvey Frances (Mrs.), farmer

Clements Mary (Miss), Cross Keys P.H Leach Mary (Mrs.), straw dealer I

TURVEY is a village and pa~sh, situated on the borders the fine tomb of John, second Lord Mordaunt, who died in

~f Buckinghamshire, from which it is separated by the river April, 1571, and was buried here on the 16th of May following;
Ouse, with a station on the Bedford and Northampton branch it consists of eight stilted columns of the Roman Doric order,
~f the Midland railway, 7 miles north-west from Bedford, 4 supporting a fiat canopy, surmounted by a quartered shield.
east from Olney and 9 north-east from Newport Pagnell, in and formerly had eagles holding scrolls at the angles ; within
theNorthern division of the county, hundred of Willey, petty on separate altar-tombs, are recumbent effigies of Lord Mar-
sessional division, union and county court district of Bed- daunt and his wives, Eleanor (Fitz-Lewis) and Joan (Far-
ford, rural deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford mer) ; at the west end of the same aisle is the tomb of Lewis,

.and diocese of Ely. The streets and principal dwellings are third Lord Mordaunt, who died June 16, 1601, moved hither
lighted with gas. 'fhe church of All Saints is an edifice of from the east end of the north chapel during the restoration;
stone, chiefly in the Early English style, with traces of Saxon it is a plain altar-tomb raised on two steps, represented in
and Norman work with Early Decorated and Perpendicular marble as covered with a black pall, fringed with white, on
additions, and consists of chancel, with sacristy and organ which are affixed inscriptions and shields of arms ; at the west
~hamber on the north, clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, end is a large quartered shield with crest, mantling and sup-
vestry on the south side of the tower, south porch, and a low porters: on the floor of St. Mary's chapel is a small brass to
embattled western tower, with short pyramidal spire and a member of the Mordaunt family with impaled shield, and
containing 6 bells: in 1852-4, it was much enlarged and a scroll inscribed with a couplet in Latin, and there are two
decorated under the direction of the late Sir G. G. Scott R.A. other brasses, one with the figure of an ecclesiastic, and

the cost being defrayed by the late Charles Longuet Higgins another with arms and inscription to Alice Chubnoll, wife of
esq. lord of the manor, who also presented the very fine Richard Bernard esq. 16o6; suspended in the aisle are two
organ, at an additional expense of [1,6oo: the church was helmets, a sword, gauntlets, collar and spurs: there are
reopened and consecrated anew, Oct. w, 1854, by the Bishop other memorials in the church to the Rev. Legh Richmond
of Ely: the east window and three others in the chancel are M. A. the well-known author of the "Dairyman's Daughter,"

stained: the west window was given by William Bartholo- rector (18o5-27), his sons Samuel Nugent Legh, 1824;
mew Higgins esq. of Picts' Hill: at the east end of the Thomas Henry Wilberforce, 1825, two infants, and others
south aisle was a chapel of the Virgin; here still remain of his falll.ily; the Rev. Erasmus Middleton, rector (r8o4-5),
three Early English sedilia and a piscina: an arched sepul- Rev. Richard Rands, rector (1669-99), and the families of
chral recess in the same chapel contains a fresco, represent- Higgins, Carter, Clarke-Jervoise &c.: in the churchyard,

ing the two Marys at the foot of the cross, which has adjoining the south wall, is a plain altar-tomb to John
been glazed for its better preservation : the church was Richardson, a faithful retainer of the Mordaunts in the 16th

repewed in 1846, but has now been completely refitted and 17th centuries : a substantial modern lych-gate forms
in oak, from the architect's designs : the carved oak the entrance to the churchyard : there are 550 sittings. The
pulpit being the gift of the Rev. W. B. Russell, a former register dates from the year 1629. An earlier book dating from
rector, and the lectern, also of oak, a present from Miss r6o6 is now lost. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-<:harge
Gorst, of Preston, Lancashire: thfl font consists of a square- [458, net value in 188x, £276, with residence, in the gift of
shaped basin, with sides carved in panels, and a massive W. Francis Riggins esq. and held since 1869 by the Rev.
rim adorned with volute ornaments, and resting on four George Frederick Woodhouse Munby M.A. of Trinity College,

shafts; it is probably Norman, though three of the panels Cambridge. The present rectory house was built in 1838-9
appear to have been chiselled out at a later period ; westward on the site (and partly with the materials) of the old one.
of the south door is a stoup projecting from a recess: two There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels. A Ceme-
candelabra were given in 1872 by Miss Baker, the then lessee tery for this parish, one acre in extent, was consecrated July
of Turvey House; the communion plate of silver gilt was I8th, 1871, and interments in the old churchyard have since
presented by Margaret, daughter of the Hon. Henry Mor- been discontinued, except in cases where vaults or brick

daunt, in 1788 ; the north chapel, now converted into an graves bad previously existed; the cemetery is under the
organ chamber, was the burial place of the Mordaunt family, control of a Burial Board of nine members. Charities.-
a number of whom are interred in the vaults beneath, in- John, 2nd Lord Mordaunt, left by will, 8d. weekly to four
eluding John, Earl of Peterborough, Marshal-General of the poor persons, payable out of land in the hamlet of East-
Parliamentary forces, who died in 1643, and Charles, Earl coates, in Cardington parish: Thomas Carter esq. by a

of Peterborough and Monmouth K.G. General of the Marines, nuncupative will in 1731, left £roo, now invested in Consols,
who died at Lisbon in 1735: in the chapel of St. Mary is the interest for the most necessitous poor to be distributed
an altar-tomb of Purbeck marble, with recumbent effigies, to at Christmas: Dame Anne Mordaunt, left by will in 1791,

Sir John Mordaunt kt. who died nth September, 15o6, and £wo, the interest to be similarly distributed: an unknowli

Edith (Latimer), his wife : the effigy of Sir John is in armour, donor left about an acre of land in Lavendon parish, Bucks ;
over which is a robe, with the collar of S.S.; that of his lady the rent to be distributed at Christmas among poor
is in a long gown and coif; the inscription, now lost, is given widows of this parish; Charles Higgins esq. by will in 1792,
in Halstead, and quoted in Harvey's " History of Willey left [, 1,ooo, the interest for the clothing of 20 poor women
Hundred;" the sides of the tomb are ornamented with of Turvey parish; he also left the interest of [,goo for the
traceried panels inclosing small shields ; on the south side support of a Sunday school, provided that the stipend of the
of the chancel, in the space between it and the chapel of St. master be made up to [,2o yearly, which was done by John
Mary, is the lofty and magnificent monument of John, first Higgins esq. who in 1829 conveyed about 13 acres of land,
Lord Mordaunt, son of the preceding, who died in 1562, called "Ball's Pasture," in trust for this purpose: Miss Ann
and Elizabeth Vere, his wife, with recumbent alabaster effigies Maria Higgins, by will in Nov. 1838, left £700, the interest
of both, on an altar-tomb under a semicircular arch, on either to be applied to the support of the Sunday school, and
side of which are projecting pedestals with pilasters and another sum of £700 for providing the poor with coals at
coupled columns supporting an ornamented frieze and cor- Christmas ; these two sums are invested in Consols : Mr.
nice; above this on either side are caryatides in turn John Robinson left by will in 1835, £so, the interest to be
supporting a plain pediment surmounted by three female given to the necessitous widows of Turvey at Christmas:
figures; in the space over the cornice is a large quartered Lieut.-Col. W. B. Higgins left by will 1879, £150, the
shieldwithcrestandsupporters;inthenorthaislenowstands interest to be given to the National and Infant schools in

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f'l30 TURVEY. BEDFORt'SHlRE. (KELLY',s

·the parish, also £10o, toe interest tb be gi'9"en to the WGrk- own the Laws House, occupied by Henry Jocelyn Wingfield

i-ng Men's Room ~n the parish of Turvey 1 all these charities, esq. The principal landowners are W. F. Higgins esq. J.1'.
except those which are a charge on land, are now in the hands and the trustees of the late C. L. Higgins esq. D. L., J .P. who
of the Charity Commi1:1sioners, and thfl interest paid by them. own the manor. The soil is mixed gravel and strong clay;
.A large and handsome block of buildings close to the railway subsoil, clay, gravel and rock. The land is chiefly arable.
station, consisting of a memorial hall and alrushouses, was The area is 3,944 acres; rateable value, £5,468 ; the popu-
erected and endowed in r884 by James Barton esq. of lation in 1881 was 946, which includes 68 in the reformatory.
London, for the relief of 24 persons, inhabitants of the Parish Clerk, Robert Wooding.
parish of Turvey and the town of Bedford; it is known as PosT, M. 0. &'f. 0., S. B. &Annuity & Insurance Office.-
the James, Mary and Louisa Barton charity: a service is Miss Jane Mardlin, postmistress. Letters received from
held in the hall every Sunday afternoon by the Rev. G. F. Bedford at 8 & 12 a.m.; dispatched at 4·40 & 6.10 p.m.;
W. Munby M.A. rector. Here is a reading-room, a working sundays, arrive at 8.20 a.m.; dispatched at 3.40 p.m
men's room and museum. The houses and cottages are WALL LETTJ!]R Box, near the station, cleared at 4·4S p. m.
nearly all built of native stone, and are unusually capacious week days & 3-45 p.m. sundays
and neat. l'he Three Fishes inn is an ancient hostelry with ScHOOLS:-
projecting gables, and is dated 1624. A great flood, on NatiOnal (mixed), built in 1847, with master's reliiidence,

September 26th, 1797, rose about four feet above the road- for 370 children; average attendance, 77; George Edward
way, near the "Three Fishes.'' Nell's well, in this parish, Hopkins, master
was restored in !873, at the cost of Col. Higgins. Pillow Infants', built in r8s6, with mistress's residence, for 6o
thread lace is made here, and shoe making is carried on. children; average attendance, so; Miss A. Hulatt, mist
The approach to Turvey from Bedford is through an avenue The Bedfordshire Reformatory, situated in this parish, was
of trees, nearly a mile in length ; at the further extremity of founded in r8s7 by the exertions of Thomas Chas. Higgins
the village is a bridge of eight arches over the Ouse, facing esq. of Turvey House, the then chairman of quarter ses-
which, in the water, is a statue group representing the si.ons for the county, & was certified on the 9th of April
story of J onah ; the other entrances to the village are also in that year ; it is now, with government aid, self-sup-
picturesque. Turvey House, the seat of Major William porting ; the building consists of a large school room, dor-
Francis Higgins D.L., J.P. is a stately mansion of three mitories & smaller sleeping-rooms for the use of the

Storeys in the Italian style, built in 1794, by John Higgins boys, besides apartments for the superintendent &
sen. esq. ; the principal fa~ade consists of a central portion, matron, assistant matron, schoolmaster & two labour
relieved by pilasters and flanked by slightly projecting masters; the out-buildings include a workshop, tool-shed,
wings with Corinthian pillars supporting a frieze and pro- bakehouse, dairy & open shed ; the farm buildings com-
jecting cornice, which runs round the whole structure above prise a barn, sheds & stables: the land belonging to the
the second storey; the upper stage is low, and finished with school farm is about so acres, to which an additionalfarm
a plain parapet: the house is situated in a pleasant park of of 75 acres was added in 1887 : the boys are employed on
150 acres, extending to the Ouse. 'furYey Abbey, the resi- the farm & are taught all kinds of agricultural work:
deuce of Mrs. Higgins, widow of Charles Longuet Higgins they are admitted from Buckinghamshire, Lancashire,
esq. J.P. is a long gabled building, to which considerable Wakefield, Boston, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex
additions were made in 1855 and r86o, and is surrounded & the borough of Leicester, by agreement; & the mana-
by a finely-wooded park of roo acres ; in one of the rooms gers do not object, upon proper application, to take in
is a chimney piece of the time of Henry VII. and the hand- boys from other <!Onnties or towns : the institution is
some stone chimney piece in the drawing-room is of the era under the management of a committee of visitors;
of James I. ; two of the gables bear the dates r6o3 and r6o8. chairman, W. Francis Higgins, Turvey House : there are
Picts' Hill, r~ miles east of Turvey, the property of W. now (r89o) 64 boys, who are maintained & instructed in
Francis Higgins esq. and occupied by Sidney G. Crosse esq. agricultural pursuits ; John Jones, superintendent; Mrs.
has grounds of 25 acres. Turvey Cottage, a commodious Jones, matron; Miss Jones, assistant; John Gardner.
residence, pleasantly situated on rising ground, overlooking schoolmaster; John Henry Jones, assistant schoolmaster;
the river Ouse, is the property of W. F. Higgins esq. and James Hancock, farm bailiff
now occupied by Edward Kent Karslake esq. Q.c., B.A. CARRIERS :-
Woodside House is a pleasant residence, also the property of Charles Bai.ley, to & from Bedford, mon. wed. & sat. ; to &
W. F. Higgins esq. : it is about three-quarters of a mile from from Olney, thurs
the village of Turvey, and is oecupied by John William Pascoe Field passes through from Olney to Bedford, thurs
esq. Holmwood House is situated at the east end of the vil- Midland railway to all parts; Geo. Brinklow, station mstr
lage, and is occupied by l\lrs. James Higgins: it is the pro- CONVEYANCE.-George Oshorn, omnibus to & from Turvey
perty of the trustees of the late C. L. Higgins esq. who also station & village, to meet all trains

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bamford William, bricklayer J owett John, farmer

Baxter Richard, 3 Turvey villas BirchMaryAnn(Mrs.),RailwaySwan P.R Jowett Sam, farmer, Priory farm

Cock Morris Fisher Burdin Jane (Mrs.), stationer & patent Lay Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright

Cooper Capt. James Sisson, The Grange medicine vendor Mardlin Jane(Miss),grocer,& post office

Crosse Sidney G. Picts bill Cemetery (Rev. G. F. W. Munby llti.A. Maycock George, farmer, Crown farm

Dunkley Misses, The Cot chairman & hon. clerk to the burial Memorial Hall & Almshouses (Robert

Gasking John board; John France, sexton) Buckle, supt)

Gordon Rev. John [Congregational] Cock Morris Fisher L.R.C.P. Lond. sur- Mills Henry, grocer & draper

Hewitt Mrs. geon, & medical officer & pubhc vac- Osborn Geo. miller (water) & fly propr

Higgins. Mrs. Turvey abbey cinator, Turvey district, Bedford Paine Charles, tailor

Higgins Mrs. James, Holmwood house union & No. 9 district, Newport Pag- Paine George, tailor

Higgins Major William Francis B. A., nell union& certifying factory surgeon Paine George Harris, baker & grocer

D.L., J.P. Turvey house Cooper & Sons, coal & coke merchants, Paine Mary Ann (Miss),draper & grocer

Karslake Edward Kent Q.c., B.A.Turvey Railway station Ratcliff William, saddler

cottage Curtis Walter James, insurance agent Reading J{oom (R. Wooding, librarian)

McClure Robert, 1 Turvey villas Davidson Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper Sargent lsaac, boot & shoe maker

Munby Rev. George Frederick Wood- Dent (has. gardener to J. W. Pascoe esq Sharman George, shopkeeper

house M.A. [rector], Rectory Edmunds John, shoe maker SkevingtonSarah(Mrs. },King'sArmsP.H

Paine John Page. Ellis & Everard, coal & coke merchants, tltirton Alex. Young, farmer ,Great oaks

Pascoe John William, Woodside house Railway station West George, boot & shoe maker

SkeYingto:r;t Thomas, Vine cottage Ellis William A. corn, coal & coke mer Whitmee James, farmer

Stapleton Lieut. George Cotton R.N. Finch Charles Pickford, butcher Whitmee Sarah (Mrs.), baker

2 Turvey villas Finch George Wm. butcher & farmer Wilding Alfred, farmer, Elders Well frm

Wingfield Henry Jocelyn, Laws house Gas Company (George H. Paine, sec) Wilford Brothers, builders & decorators

COMMERCIAL. Goodman William, Three Cranes P.H Witney Jesse, florist & seedsman

Bailey Charles, carrier Gudgin Charles, farmer, Hall farm Woods Eli, boot & shoe maker

Bedfordshire Reformatory for Boys Harley Gillaway, baker Wright Frederick, Three Fishes P.H

(Morris :Fisher Cock L.R.C.P. LOud. Hinde John, blacksmith & farrier Wright Henry, carpenter &builder

medical officer; Rev. William Henry HindeMichael,plumber, glazier &paintr Wright John, carpenter to Major W.

Denison M.A.. hon. sec,; John Jones, Hinde Thomas Woodbams. blacksmith F. Higgins D.L.,J.P

superintendent; Mrs. Jones,matron) Jones John, farmer, Northey farm

OLD WARDEN is a village and parish, 3 miles north {)f Biggleswade, rural deanery of Biggleswade, archdeaconry

. from Shetford, 7 south-east from Bedford, 4 west from of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Leonard

Biggleswade, and one mile and a half from the Southill is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting
station on the Bedford and Hitchin branch of the Midland of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled west-
railway, in the Northern diYision of the county, hundred of ern tower containing 4 bells: it underwent considerable

Wixamtree, petty sessional division, union and court district repairs in 1843, when the interior was renovated, pews of

JHRECTORY.] BED~.,ORDSHIRE. WILDEN. 131

· black oak, elaborately carved, substituted, and several worth J.P. late 7th Hussars, second son of the late Joseph

stained windows inserted, the whole being executed at the Shuttleworth. Of the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, faun-

expense of Lord Ongley, late owner of the estate, whose muni- ded by Waiter De Espec A. n. r r36, and situated one mile

ficence has been recorded on a mural tablet of brass; a marble west from the church, the refectory is the only portion now

statue of Sir Saml.Ongley is placed at the end of the nave, and remaining; it was surrendered Decemb~r 4th, 1538, by the

there are several tablets to the memory of his descendants : abbot and 14 monks, the revenue beinz estimated at from

there is a picture in the church, a copy of one by Guercino: £389 to £442· Near thj church is the site of a supposed

6 beautiful east window has been lately (r8go) placed in the Roman encampment, known as Quince Hill. Samuel Whit-

church and a fine monument erected in the churchyard to bread esq. M.P. is lord of the manor. The principal land-

the memory of the late Joseph Shuttleworth: a new organ owners are Major Shuttleworth J.P. Samuel Whitbread esq.

was placed in the chmch in 1887 by Major bhuttleworth: M.P. and John Edmund Audley Harvey e3q. D.L., J.P. of

there are 350 sittings: the churchyard is planted with ever· Ickwell Bury, Biggleswade. The soil is part sand and part

greens and flowering shrubs. The register dates from the clay; subsoil, principally sand. The chief crops are wheat,

year 1576. The living is a discharged vicarage, tithe rent- barley, beans and peas. 'fhe area is 3,307 acres; rateable

Icharge £6, gross yearly value £438, including 14 acres value, [3,423; the population in r88r was 498.

of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Samuel Whitbread Parish Clerk William King.
esq. M. P. and held since r88o by the Rev. Francis Bourdillon OF~ICE.-' Mrs. . . .
JII.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The charities PosT Sarah Kmg, recmver. . L~tters arrtve
amount to £ 36 yearly, left in part by Edward Peck. Old from B1ggleswade at 7.ro.a.m. & 12 ~10on, dispatched at
7-45 a. m. & 5·~5 P·IJ!· Bt~gleswade 18 the nearest money
Warden House, formerly the seat of Lord Ongley, was some 1

years ago taken down, and a stone mansion, in the Tudor order office & Southlll statiOn the nearest telegraph

style, erected on the same site, by the late owner Joseph National School (mixed), built in r875, at the sole exp~nse

Shuttleworth esq. J.P. : the park and pleasure grounds, of the owner, the late Joseph Shuttleworth, for about roo

which are beautifully studded with fine trees, extend over children; average attendance, So; Mr. Edwin Capon,

550 acres; the estate is now held by Major Frank Shuttle- master; Miss Whiteman, infant schoolmistress

Bourdillon Rev. Francis M. A. Vicarage Berrid~e William, market gardener Neal Ebenezer William, farmer, Sweet-

Duncombe Henry, Mount Pleasant Dickins David, market gardener briar farm

Munckton Thomas, Park farm Fisher George, Hare & Hounds inn, & Peacock Samuel, farmer, Manor farm

Shuttleworth Major Frank J.P. Old assistant overseer Rook George, farmer

Warden park Gudgin Josepb, farmer, Hill farm Stacey Richard, blacksmith

Kendal Thomas, farmer, Oak farm Sinfield Edward, blacksmith

COMMERCIAL. King Sarah (Mrs.), shopkpr. Post office Willmer George, farm bailiff to James

Allis George Richard, head gardener Malden Joshua John, farmer Daniel esq

to Major F. Shuttleworth Munckton Thomas, agent to Major F. WoodwardEmrna(Mrs.)frnr.Abbey frm

BallArthurWm.farmr.Coldharbourfrm Shuttleworth, Park farm

WESTONING is a large village and parish, in the chapels. The Manor House, the residence of Mrs. Coven-

Southern division of the county, hundred of Manshead, try-Oampion, is a mansion in the Elizabethan style, was

petty sessional division, union and county court district of erected in r843, when the old Manor House was pulled

Ampthill, rural deanery of Ampthill, archdeaconry of Bed- , down. Major John Gadsby Coventry-Oampion J.P. is lord

ford and diocJse of Ely, situated 4 miles south from Ampt- of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is very

hill, 6 east from Woburn, 2 north from the Harlington varied; subsoil, strong clay. The chief crops are wheat,

station, and r ~ south from the Flitwick station of the beans and the usual green crops. The area is 1,715 acres;

Midland railway. The church of St. Mary Magdalene is in rateable value, £5,272; the population in r88r was 657.

the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, Parish Clerk, Henry Watts.

porch, and an embattled tower containing 5 bells: it was PosT 0FFICE.-)lrs. A. E. Ropkins, receiver. Letters
beautifully restored in the year 1857, at a cost of ab(mt received through Woburn arrive at 9 a.m. ; dispatched
at 4 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is
[2,ooo. The register dates from the year r56o. The living at Toddington. Postal orders are issued here, but not
paid
is a. vicarage, tithe rent-charge £z6o, gross yearly value

£260, including 20 acres of glebe, with residence, in the

gift of Major John Gadsby Coventry-Campion, and held

since r823 by the RCJv. Thomas Pearse M •.A. of St. John's National School (mixed), George F. Trepte, master; Miss

ColleJe, Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan and Baptist Selina Aldridge, mistress

Coventry-Campion Mrs. Manor house Emmerton George, shopkeeper Ropkins .Ann Elizh. (Mrs), shopkeeper

Pearse Rev. .Arthur Hy. M.A. [curate] Fasey Joseph, gamekeeper to Major Setting William, wheelwright

Pearse Rev. Thomas M.A. Vicarage John Gadsby Coventry-Oampion J.P Shaw William, blacksmith

COMMERCIAL. Higgs Richard, shoe maker Smith George, farmer

Abbis Thomag (Mrs.), Chequers P.H Je:fferson Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer Smith John, Red Lion P.R

Anderson John, The Bell P.R King George, beer retailer Spring Abel, farmer, Wood end

Burton Peter, Nag's Head P.II Kitchiner Alfred, baker Spring Josiah, butcher
Onley Charles, farmer Spring William, tailor
Crisp J osiah, Clayfield farm

Elliot Robert, land agent to Major Roberts Joseph, baker Stanley William, coal merchant

John Gadsby Coventry-Campion J.P

WHIPSN ADE is a parish and village, situated on the Wesleyan chapel, built in 1858. The scenery surrounding

borders of Hertfordshire, 3 miles south-by-west from Dun- the parish church and the downs is beautiful and pictur-

stable railway station, in the Southern division of the county, esque. Arthur Macnamara esq. is lord of the manor. The

hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, union and principal landowners are Earl Brownlow, Sir John Gage

county court district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, Saunders Sebright bart. .J.P. of Beechwood, Herts, and

archdeaconryof Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of Arthur Macnamara esq. D.L., J.P. of Billington :Manor

St. Mary Magdalene is a structure of brick, rebuilt on the House. The soil is clay ; subsoil, chalk. The chier crops

foundation of an earlier church, in a mixed style, and con- are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area is 1,205

sisting of chancel, nave and a western tower, containing 3 acres; rateable value, £r,o9o; the population in 188r

bells: it was thoroughly restored and re-pewed, and a was r85.

chancel added, in r86o : there are sittings for r5o persons. Letters received through Dunstable, at 8 a. m. LEtTER

The register dates from the year 1682. The living is a rec- Box cleared at 5· ro p.m. Dunstable is the nearest money

tory, tithe rent-charge [185, net yearly value £170, inclu- order & telegraph office

ding 20 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord National School (mixed), erected, with house for mistress,

Chancellor, and held since r878 by the Rev. William 'fhos. in 1872, for 40 children; average attendance, 33; Miss

Holden B..A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There is a small Fanny Ensaw, mistress

Holden William ThomasB. A.. Rectory 1 Bailey Edwin, farmer Nicoll Joseph, farmer
Steaton Henry (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Birchmore Ruth (Mrs.), Heart & George William, farmer Steaton William, straw & hay carter

Chequers P,II. Jolly Francis, farmer

WILDEN is a scattered parish,situated in a pleasant vale, style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a tower

5 miles north-by-east from Bedford, 8 south-west from St. containing 5 bells: there are four monuments, one of
Neots and 9 south from Kimbolton, in the Northern division which, to a former rector, is dated 1643. The register
of the county, hundred of Barford, petty sessional division, dates from the year 1545. The living is a rectory, gross

union and county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of yearly value £465, including 472 acres of glebe, with resi-
Eaton, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The deuce, in the gift of and held sinc3 1849 by the Rev. Richard
church of St. Nicholas i$ an edifice of stone, in the Gothic Gregory Chalk B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and .J.P.

B. H. & N. 9*

132 WILD£~. BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLv'S

There is a chartty amounting to about £6 yearly for widows; PosT OFFICE.-Robert Lovell, receiver. Letters arrive from
Bedford at 9.30 a.m. Box cleared at 3.40 p.m. on week
about £23 yearly has also been left for the repairs of the days only. Bedford is the nearest money order & telegraph
chureh. Mrs. Chalk's trustees are lords of the manor: office
there are many freeholders, Mr. Frederick Street, farmer,
being one of the largest. The soil is various, clay and loam; Endowed National School, built in 1852, for 100 children;
subsoil, principally Oxford clay. The chief crops are wheat,
oats and barley. The area is 2,r6o acres; rateable value, average attendance, 6o: the endowment amounts to £so

£r,972; the population in I88r was 443· a year ; it is under tbe management of a body of trustees;
EAsT END, about I mile east, is a portion of this parish. Jethro Boyse, master
Parish Clerk, Robert Lovell.
CARRIER TO BEDFORD.-Fensham, every sat

ChalkRev.Rehd.GregoryB.A.,J.P.Rectry Gilbert Ebenezer, farmer Pe!l James, farmer
Simons William, farmer, Snail's green
COMMERCIAL, Harrisou John, shoe maker
Smith John, farmer, Hill farm
Eallingall Sarah (Mrs.), frmr. Manor frm Harrison Stephen, rate collector Smith Jn. Victoria ArmsP.H. & farmer
Smith Thomas, Chequers inn
()reamer Geo. jun. Swan P.H. & farmer Joyce Joseph, farmer, Sevick end Stafford Rt. farmer, Church End farm
Street Frederick, farmer & landowner
Draper Benjamin, blacksmith Mayes Ja.mes, farmer Sykes WiUiam, farmer, Shrubbery frm

Draper Spencer, jun. farmer Mayes Samuel, wheelwright

Vavell George, farmer Peacock Samuel, farmer

Fensom William, farmer Peet George, beer retailer

WILLINGTON is a village and parish, situated on the cension, was erected in r884 at a cost of [320, most of

1'0ad from Bedford to ~t. Neots, 4~ miles east from Bedford, which was given by';:the Duke of Bedford : there are sittings

2~ west from Blunham railway station, in the Northern for 183 persons. The register dates from the year 1676,

division of the county, hundred of Wixamtree, petty ses- The living is a vicarage, the rent-charge commuted at £235

sional division, union and county court district of Bedford, yearly, net £239, including r7 acres of glebe, with residence,

rural deanery of Haynes, archdeaconry of Bedford and in the gift of the Duke of Bedford K.G. and held since 1858

diocese of Ely. The church of St. Laurence is a most by the Rev. Augustus Orlebar M.A. of Wadham College,

interesting building of stone in the Early Perpendicular Oxfo:rd, and rural dean of Haynes. Here is a Wesleyan

style, with embat.tled parapets to the nave and aisle, and chapel. In 186o some Roman remains were discovered here,

consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, extending to the whole and were sent to Woburn Abbey. The Park farm-house,

length of the nav-e and chancel, north porch, and an em- now in the occupation of Mr. William Robinson, is a portion

battled western tower containing 5 bells; in the church are of the ancient residence of Sir John Gostwick, Master of the

memorials, including some altar-tombs, to the Gostwick Horse to King Henry VIII, who once held a court therein ;

family, the earliest of which is a brass to Robert Gostwick one large and peculiar building, probably once a stable,

esq. 1315; the others comprise a fine canopied altar-tomb of together with a dove cote, still exists ; the upper chamber

marble, with recumbent effigy, and inscribed to Sir William was used for domestic purposes. The Duke of Bedford K.G.

Gostwick bart. 1615, and Jane (Owen) his wife, with eleven is lord of the manor and sole landowner. Most of the cot.

children ; and on the south side of the chancel is another tages in this and the adjoining parish were erected by a

tomb, with kneeling effigies and figures of children, to Sir former duke on a model plan, which is well adapted to the

Edward Gostwick kt. and bart. with a chronogrammatic comfort and convenience of the occupants. The soil is

inscription to himself, 1630, and his wife, 1633: there are gravel; subsoil, gravel and clay. The principal crops are

also inscribed slabs to Lady Mary Gostwick, daughter of Sir wheat, barley, peas and beans. The area is 1,6r7 acres;

William Lytton, of Knebworth, Herts, 1656 ; and to John rateable value, [2,r37; the population in I88I was 248.

Gostwick esq. who appears from the inscription to have

built or rebuilt some part of the church in 1541; suspended PosT 0FFICE.-John Hart, receiver. Letters through Bed-

from the wall is an ancient helmet said to have been worn at ford at 8.40 a. m. ; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest

the "Field of the Cloth of Gold," in 1520: in the church is a money order & telegraph office is at Blunham

Nack letter bible, printed in r6n : the building was restored · •
in I877 by the Duke of Bedford K.G. when the chancel was A School Board of 5 members was formed in !375; Mark

repaired and reseated, and the ancient floor tiles reproduced: Sharman, 6 St. Paul's square, Bedford, clerk to the board

the noble organ, originally constructed by the Rev. H. E. H. Board School (mixed ),"with teacher's house adjacent, erected
Havergal, late vicar of Cople, and completed by Hill, of 1867, by the Duke of Bedford, at a cost of £8oo, for go

ILondon, in 1875, is a fine instrument with 23 stops: an children; average attendance, 42; Miss Emma Sandon,

exceedingly fine stained east window, representing the As- mistress

Orlebar Rev. Augustus M. A. [vicar & Brown Thomas, farmer, Conduit farm Palmer Samuel, farmer, Mill farm
Robinson William, farmer, Park farm
rural dean], Vicarage Church George, farmer, Road farm Sale Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Barcock William, shopkeeper Harris William, farmer, The Croots

Bartram Albert, shoe maker

WILSHAMSTEAD, or WILSTEAD (formerly called Samuel Whitbread 1esq. M.P., D.L., J,P. of Southill Park,

WrLLIAMSTEAD ), is a village and parish, 4 miles south from Biggleswade; William Layton Lowndes esq. and the Rev.

Bedford, 5 north from Am:fJthill, on the main road to Thomas Benn, of Bank Field, Syle Croft, Carnforth, are the

Luton and London, in the Northern division of the county, principal landowners. The soil is cold loam, and the subsoil

hundred of Redbornestoke, petty sessional division, union clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas.

and county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of The area is 3,027 acres; rateable value, £3,642; the popu·

Haynes, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The lation in 188r was 82o.
church of All Saints is an edifice of stone in the Early Parish Clerk, J oseph Masters.

English Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of PosT 0FFICE.-Sophia Coley, receiver. Letters arrive from

-chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled tower Bedford, the nearest money order & telegraph office, at
caonndtam· intihneg n2obrethllsa:istlheeirseaisbaravsse,rywai·tnhcitehnet feoffnigt aynodf aappisnc·einsat,, 1·57 a.m.; d1' spatched at 5.30 p.m.; sundays, 12.30 p.m

fully vested, with Latin inscription: in r873 the chancel ScHOOLS :-
was entirely rebuilt, and organ chamber and vestry erected, National Endowed (mixed), built in 1844• for 120 children;

and the nave restored and re-seated, at a cost of about average attendance, 90 ; & partly supported, in addition
£ to the endowment, by voluntary contributions ; Frederick
1,8oo. The re gister dates f raobmoutth£e3y0e0a,rin1c5l9u4d.inTgh2e6l9ivaincgreiss Hampton, master, A class room was added to the school
a vicarage, n et yearly value
buildings in I888
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of F. J. Thynne esq. and Infants', built in I873, at the cost of the late Rev. Lord
held since June, 1ss7, by the Rev. Richard Charles Whit-
worth M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. The Wesleyans John Thynne, for 100 children; average attendance, so;

have a chapel here, built in 1841. There are charities of £8 Miss Henshaw, mistress

yearly value for distribution. Francis John Thynne esq. CARRIERS.-Joseph Masters, daily, except tues. & thurs.;

D.L., J.P. of Haynes Park, Bedford, who is lord of the manor; Finding & Sharp, daily, except thurs

Whitworth Rev. Rd.Chas.M.A, Vicarage Crowsley Charles, beer retailer Quenby George, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Grooms Charles, farmer Quenby James, farmer

AlburyChas.frm. bailiff toGeo.Street esq HallworthJonathn.farmr.&corn mer.&c Readman George, farmer

Arnold George, beer retailer & grocer Hebbs Samuel (Mrs.), beer retailer Simms Henry, farmer

.Bennett George, farmer Hebbs Charles, brick & tile maker Smith John, tailor

Bennett Jonathan, beer retailer Kendall Thomas, wheelwright Sugars James, shoe maker

Brightman Isaac, butcher Masters J osepb, carrier Taylor Thomas, Carpenters' Arms P.H.

Cole J oseph, farmer Newman James, farmer & blacksmith

Cox .Alfred, butcher Newman Thomas, farmer Toll Charles, Red Lion P.H. & machinist

Cox Charles, Black Hat P.H. & carter Pearce Richard, farmer Tomkins George, grocer & draper

···Cox F"ederick, baker Phipps Walter, grocer & draper Whittamore Joseph (Mrs.),beer retailer

DI~ECTORY.] BEDFORPSHIRE. "\VOBURN. 133

WOBUitN~

WoBURN is a market and union town and head of a petty tion that he should found an almsbouse for 12 persons, and

sessional division, on the borders of Bucks, 15 miles south- endow the same with £30 yearly: there are 20 inmates,

west from Bedford, 42 from London, 3 south-east from the each of whom receive £r ss. annually. John Fountain, of

Woburn Sands station on the Bedford and Bletchley branch Abingdon, Northants, bequeathed in 1710 lands value £,20

of the North Western railway and 7 north from Leighton yearly, for bread.

Buzzard, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of The Free School, founded by Francis, Earl{){ Bedford, has

Manshead, county court district of Leighton Buzzard, rural ceased to exist ; the endowment, amounting to about £12

deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of yearly, is in the hands of three trus\ees, viz. Lord C. J. F.

Ely. The town is particularly clean, more than a quarter Russell, the vicar and E. Blundell esq.; a scheme for its

of a mile long, well built and lighted with gas; water for administration was framed by the Charity Commissioners

consumption is obtained from wells, but there is a reservoir in 1884.

for use for the fire brigade. Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of Bedford K.G.,D.L.,

The town is supposed, in Leland's time (c. 1552), to have J.P. still retains its conventual name, although no part of the

been a hamlet in the parish of Birchmore ; in 1572 the town ancient structure now remains. The abbey was iuunded ro

and abbey were visited by Queen Elizabeth; on 13th Sep- Stephen (n45) by Hugh de Bolebec, aNorman baron, whose

tember, 1595, the whole place was almost destroyed by fire, father had accompanied the Conqueror, for monks of the

130 houses being consumed ; during the civil war the county Cistercian order, and was dedicated, in accordance with their

was chiefly attached to the Parliamentary party, and in 1642 custom, to the Virgin, the house being colonized from tbe

the Royal troops burnt a part of the town. It also suffered Abbey of F'ountains, in Yorkshire; it was su:-rendered by

from the plague in 1625-26, when about 30 died. Richard Hobbs, the last abbot, 26 Hen. VIII. (1534-5), when

The old church of St. Mary the Virgin, in Bedford street, the revenues were estimated at £391 18s. 2d. clear yearly

rebuilt by Richard Hobbs, last abbot of Woburn, was pulled value: the abbot having thrown off his allegiance and joined

down in r868, and a mortuary chapel erected on its site with the insurgents in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, was at length

the materials, but the tower remains : this is an embattled taken prisoner', and hanged on an oak tree in front of the

structure of two stages, standing at a distance of six yards abbey: the tree is said to be still standing. In 1547, the

from the site of the north aisle of the former church, and site and circuit of the abbey were granted to John, Lord

about 92 feet in height, with pinnacles at the angles and an Russell, of Chenies, Bucks. Queen Elizabeth visited the

open cupola, with a cross and vane; it was rebuilt in 1830 abbey in 1572, and received for two days the hospitality of

by the late Duke of Hedford, under the direction of Mr. E. Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford, and Charles I. was also enter-

Blore, and contains 8 good bells, two of these having been tained here on three occasions, in 1644, 1645 and 1647, by

added by the Duke of Bedford K.G.; four were recast in 1663 William, 3rd earl, and subsequently Duke of Bedford. Ths

and a fifth in 1724: the tower was built or rebuilt in the 17th present mansion was built about 1744, by John, Duke of

century by Sir Francis Staunton knt. with the materials of Bedford, and is a structure of Totternhoe stone, in the

the parish church at Birchmore; in the mortuary chapel are Italian style, from designs by Flitcroft, forming a quad-

memorials to Sir F. Staunton and Elizabeth, his wife, 163o, rangle, with corridors on the north, east and south sides.

and others to the Kay family, removed from the old church. surrounding a great court with an area of 148 by 138 feet.

The new church, erected on a commanding site near the the west or principal front, 272 feet in length, is of twt...

park gates, iu Park street, and consecrated on the 23rd of storeys, the lower being rusticated, and consists of a central

September, r868, was built solely at the expense of the then compartment divided by four Ionic columns supporting a

Duke of Bedford, at a cost of £35,ooo, and is a fine specimen pediment, and wings of five bays, terminating in quasi-

of the Continental Gothic style of the 13th century, from towers, from which a balustraded wall of the height of the

designs by Mr. Cl.utton; it consists of chancel, nave of five first storey projects on either side ; the upper storey is als(}

bays, aisles, vestry, organ loft, a large crypt under the chan- finished with a balustrading, above which rises a line of

cel and a western tower with spire 18 5 feet high and con- dormers; the east front, which has a portico of four Doric

taining one bell weighing 55 cwts. : the carved pulpit and columns, conducts by a flight of steps to the corridors above

font are of Bath stone : there are sittings for 65o persons ; mentioned, and looks out upon an extensive green, partially

the seats in the nave and aisles, which are all free, are of inclosed by the stables, forming two oblong courts on either

plain solid oak ; the chancel is at present unprovided with side, and the riding house and tennis court between these at

seats: there is one stained window. The register dates from the extreme east end ; attached to the south stable court is

the year 1558, and contains records of the visitation of the the sculpture gallery. The entrance to the park, built by

plague here in 16zs-6. The living is a vicarage, yearly value the late duke,exhibits a fac;ade decorated with Ionic columns,

from tithe rent-charge £28, increased by donations of the and surmounted by the arms of Russell, and was designed

patron to £328 gross, in the gift of the Duke of Bedford K. G. by the late Mr. Henry Holland. The north corridor, 170

and held since 1874 by the Rev. Henry WiHes Southey M.A. feet in length, is filled with bronzes, plaster casts, vases and

late scholar of Caius College, Cambridge, and surrOJate. tazze, and in this wing also are the principal bedchambers,

Here are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels. furnished in the old French style, and containing many fine

The Town Hall, situated near the centre of the town, at the pictures: at the extremity of this corridor, the principal

intersection of Leighton and Park streets, was built in 1830 suite of rooms, including the drawing-room, saloon, dining

from designs by Mr. E. Blore F.S.A.; it is now used for room, portrait ga1lery, Canaletto room and library, is

petty sessions and also for entertainments, and during 1884 entered, and comprise that portion of the house usually

the interior was very handsomely refitted at the cost of the shown to strangers; the portrait gallery, III by 18 feet, is

Duke of Bedford K.G. under the direction of Mr. Glutton. divided into three compartment& by slight screens with ad-

Woburn Institut(and Reading Rooms,Leighton street, re- vanced columns, 16 feet in height, and contains, besides

built at the cost of the Duke of Bedford K.G. 1884, is open many family portraits, those of courtiers of the Elizabethan

daily on week days from 12 o'clock noon till ro p. m. The period, and the cane of William, Lord Russell, executed in

reading room is provided with various daily and weekly Lincoln's Inn Fields, July 21, 1683; the rest of these apart-

papers and several monthly magazines ; the library consists rrrents are magnificently decorated and furnished, and the

of 1,400 volumes; there is also a billiard room. walls are bung with tine examples of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

There is a fire brigade, consisting of r superintendent and Claude, Poussin, Cuyp, Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian and

12 firemen: the engine-house is situated close to the church. .Annibale Caracci ; the Canaletto room contains 24 pictures

The inhabitants are employed to some extent in lace and by that mastt>r, painted expressly for an ancestor of the

straw plait making, but this is gradually dying out. present duke. The south corridor, of the same length as

There is a Friday's market, and four fairs in the year- the north, contains a series uf models of English cattle,

January 1st, March 23rd, July 13th and October 6th. executed by Garrard, for Francis, sth duke: and in this and

The endowments of this town, derived chietly from the the east corridor are a set of drawings in red chalk, after

Bedford family, are considerable, and comprise a rent-charge Raphael, executed in Rome by Michael Angelo Ricciolini;

of £2o yearly on the Whittlebury estate, which is given the private rooms, on the south side, form a continuous

away in bread monthly by the churchwardens at the Town range with the inner library. The sculpture gallery, already

Hall; William Underwood's, bequeathed in 1793, and Green referred to, comprises an ante-room, hung with engravings

Thetford's charities of £ roo, the interest to be yearly dis- after works by Canova, and in the centre stands an antique

tributed in bread on New Year's day; a rent-charge on vase of exquisite workmanship: the gallery itself is 138 feet

Birchmoor estate of £30 yearly is giv~n away to the inmates in length, by 25 feet wide, and was originally intended for a;

of the almshouses. There are 20 almsbonses in Bedford conservatory, but now contains a superb collection of mar·

street, originating in a bequest by the will of Sir Francis bles of the highest class; the columns which divide it into

Staunton, dated 1635, of £40 for the poor, augmented in compartments being themselves antiques; in the centre is

1665 by estates, value [24 yearly, which, in 1761, were con- placed the celebrated Bedford vase, and on either band are •

solidated and granted to J~hn, Duke of Bedford, QD condi- fine works by Ca.nova, Chantrey, Flaxman, Thorvaldsen

134 WOBURN. BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY' 1

Nollekens and Westmacott. At the east end is a temple of and nearly adjoining Woburn Park, broken fragments of
the Ionic order, designed by the late Mr. Henry Holland,
and containing a bust of Charles James Fox, with others: the trees are frequently picked up from the ground in a.
on the frieze is a Latin inscription by Dr. Parr; the west end
terminates in a temple, erected bythelatedukefromdesigns petrified state, a circumstance ascribed to the extreme cold-
by Mr. Wyattville, and the frieze bears an inscription by Mr.
Rogers; the interior contains Canova's famous group of the ness of the soil, said to be derived from a neighbouring petri-
Graces, and in the approach to it are portraits in marble,
by Chantrey and Thorvaldsen, of two infant daughters of the fying spring. Camden mentions that a ladder was to be
late duke. The park is amply stocked with deer, and taste-
fully diversified with abundance of wood and water: the seen in Aspley monastery, which, formerly of wood, having
whole extent of the park is 2,686A. 3R. 14P. of which 845A.
3R. 25P. is woodland and is connected with Ridgmount Park, been buried in the earth for some time, was dug up a per-
another demesne of the duke's, which is included in the
above area. feet stone. •

In the romantic wood of Aspley, belonging to the duke, The Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord of the manor and the

principal landowner.

The soil is the lower green sand which stretches from

Leighton to Sandy; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are

wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas. The area is g,2oo

acres; rateable value, £6,8q; the population in I88r was

r,3r6, including II9 officers and inmates in the workhouse.

Sexton, Francis Keen, Market square.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-- Vaccination Officer, J. F. Smith, Bedford street

J oseph Sergeant, postmaster, High street. Letters arrive Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Aspley Guise district,

from London & all parts at 4.2 a.m.; first delivery at 7 Arthur King M. B., c. M. Aspley Guise; Toddington district,

a. m.; day mail from London & the south at 12.20 noon & John Waugh B.A., M.D., M.ch. Toddington; Woburn dis-

London & all parts at 5.20 p.m. Letters are dispatched trict, .Arthur King M.B., c.M. .Asp1ey Guise; deputy vacci-

for London, Bletchley & the South, day mail 12 noon; nator, Waiter Hy. MoyleL.R C.P.LOnd.Georgest. Woburn

London, the North & all parts at 7.30 p.m.; & London & Superintendent Registrar, William Henry Smith, Bedford

all parts at ro p.m. On sunday the box closes at 7.20 street, Woburn; deputy, James Fras. Smith, Woburn

p.m. Telegrams are received & dispatched from 8 a. m. Registrars of Births & Deaths, Woburn Sub-District, Henry

to 8 p.m. & on sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. Savings bank Matthews; deputy, Thomas Henry Matthews, Todding-

business transacted & money orders issued & paid from 9 ton Sub·District, William Horley, Toddington ; deputy,

a.m. to 6 p.m. Parcel post, arrive at 7 a.m. 12.30 noon Edward Horley, Toddington

& 5.20 p.m.; dispatched at 12 noon & 7.15 p.m Registrars of Marriages, George Whitman, Aspley Guise &

CouNTY MAGISTRATES FOR WoBURN PETTY SESSIONAL William Horley, Toddington

DIVISION. Workhouse, to hold 240 inmates, .Arthur Lucas, medical

Stuart Charles Pole esq. Sandy Mount house, Woburn officer; Rev. George H. A. Perry, chaplain; George Bragg,

Sands, Woburn, chairman master; Mrs. Sarah Bragg, matron

Bedford Duke of K.G., D.L. Woburn Abbey, Woburn RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Russell Lieut.-Col. Lord Charles James Fox n.r.. Crow Holt Meet at the Workhouse every month on friday at 12 noon
lodge, Woburn
Clerk, William Henry Smith, Bedford street, Woburn
Cleghorn Jas. Chas. esq. Daneswood, AspleyHeath, Woburn Treasurer, .Frederick Bassett, Leighton Buzzard
Cooper Major Wm.Cooper D.L. Toddington manor,Dunstable Medical Officer of Health, C. E. Prior :M.D. 10 St. Peter's
Green Col. John Thomas, Woburn
green, Bedford
Dymond Edwd. Ernest esq. Oaklands, Aspley Guise, Woburn Sanitary Inspector, Wm. Attwood,Horsemoor farm, Woburn
Pechell Rear-Admiral Mark Robt. Tingrith manor, Woburn
Smith-Trevor Charles Morden esq. .Aspley house, Woburn SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.
Unwin Lieut.-Col. Robert, Avenue ho. .Aspley Guise,Woburn Meets at the Workhouse every month on friday at 12 noon

Clerk to the Magistrates, Frederick Thomas Tanqueray, 6 elected, 3 ex-officio guardians.
George street Clerk, William Henry Smith, Bedford street, Wobnrn
Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall, every alternate .Attendance & Inquiry Officer, William Attwood, Horsemoor

friday farm, Woburn

The places in the division are :-Aspley Guise, Aspley Heath, PUBLIC OFFICERS :-

Battlesden, Chalgrave, Cbalton, Eversholt, Hockliffe, Hol- .Assistant Overseer, James Francis Smith, Bedford street

cut, Husborne Crawley, Milton Bryant, Potsgrove, Ridg- Clerk to Highway Board, Woburn district, John Thomas

mount, Salford, Sheep Lane, Tingrith, Toddington, Wo- Green, George street

burn & parts of Woburn Sands Clerk to the General Meetings of Lieutenancy, John Thomas

INSURANCE AGEN'l'S :- Green, George 6treet

County Fire & Provident Life, J. Sergeant, Bedford street ClMk to the Commissioners of Taxes for Flitt & Redborn-

Phoonix Fire, G. Turney, High street stoke districts, Frederic Thomas Tanqueray, George street

Royal Farmers', T. Tompkins, Market square Coroner for the Queen's Honor of Ampthill, Frederic

Sun Fire, J. T. Green, George street; G. B. Clarke, High Thomas Tanqueray, George street; deputy, Arthur Lucas,

street; W. H. Smith, Bedford street Bedford street

Westminster Fire, W. S. Capell, Tingrith schools Inland RevenueOfficer,P.C.Sullivan,FennyStratford,Bucks

PUBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS : - Inspector of Police, George Smith, Leighton street

County Police Station, Leighton street, George Smith, in- Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Wavendon District,

spector, & 1 constable Newport Pagnell Union, .A.rthur Lucas, Bedford street

Fire Brig-ade; engine house, Bedford st. ; Geo. Archer, supt Stamp Distributor, William Roberts, High street

Inland Revenue Office, Bedford Arms hotel; officer, P. 0. Town Crier, Francis Keen, Market square

Sullivan, Fenny Stratford, Bucks SCHOOLS:-

Market Tolls, Market place, Francis Keen, collector A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1873; William

Stamp Office, High street, William Roberts, distributor Henry Smith, clerk to the board; William .Attwood,

Town Hall, Leighton street, Francis Keen, keeper Horsemoor farm, attendance officer

WOBURN UNION. Board, erected in 1845, for roo boys, 120 girls & 125
Board day every friday fortnight at the Board room at the infants ; average attendance, so boys, 50 girls & 90

Workhouse at n a.m. infants; (boys) .Edward Smith, master, Leighton street;

The union consists of the following parishes :-Aspley (girls) Miss Hannah Thorne, mistress, Bedford street;

Guise, Aspley Heath, Battlesden, Chalgrave, Eversholt, (infants) (boys) Mrs. Elizabeth Susannah Smith, mistress,

Harlington, Hockliffe, Holcut, Husborne Crawley, Milton Bedford street

Bryant, Potsgrove, Ridgmount, Salford, Tilsworth, Ting- CoNVEY.ANCE.-Omnibus from the 'Bedford Arms' to the

rith, Toddington & Woburn; the population in I88I was Woburn Sands station, 5 times daily

9,88o; rateable value, £55,592 CARRIERS:-

Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, William .AsPLEY GursE-E. Norm.tn from Aspley, every morning

Henry Smith, Bedford street, Woburn BEDFORD-Charles Henry Juffs, wed. & sat

Treasurer, Francis Bassett, Leighton Buzzard DuNSTABLE & LUTON-T. Williamson, mon

Relieving Officer for the Union, Hy. Matthews, George st LEIGHTON BuzZARD-E. Norman, from Aspley, tues

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Andrews Rev. James [Congregational], Green Col. John Thomas J.'F. High st

Leighton street Hall Miss, George street

Bedford Duke of K.G.,D.L., J'.P. Woburn Beard John, Bleak house Hawkins Mrs. George street

abbey ; & 81 Eaton square, &Brooks', Bostsford John, London road Hill Joseph, George street

United Service & Travellers' clubs, Clarke The Misses, Bedford street Hill William, George street J

London s w Crane Mrs. T. H. George street Jennings Jesse, Park street

Russell Lt.-Col. Lord Charles James Gilby John, ;un. Bleak house Kemp George, Leighton street

Fox D.L.; J,P, Crow Holt lodge Gooding James, Leighton street Lucas .Artbur, Bedford street ud