BEDFORDSHIRE - 1890

DIRECTORY.] :BEbFORDSHiRE. G5BEDI"ORi>.

Davis John, beer retailer, St. Mary's square Field Alfred Long, accountant, 77 High street

ssDavis Thomas, tailor, 24 Beaconsfield street Finch George, house agent, 12 St. Loyesstreet
Finch John, brewers' agent, I Trevor street
Dawsou Arthur, boot maker, Park road
Dawson Sergt.-Majar Henry, drill instructor to A & B Cos, Fitch Frank, baker, Post office, 83 Tavistock street

3rd Vol. Batt. Beds. Regt. 155 Tavistock street Fitz Hugh Thomas, parish clerk of St. Paul's, 8 Maitland st

Dawson William, baker, I6 Greyfriar,s walk Fleming John, shoe maker, 47 Commercial road
Fleming Robert Melvin, surgeon-dentist, 65 High street )
Day & Sons, ironmongers, So High street • Fletcher Edward, grocer, Muswell road, South en~

Day Wm. Saml. deputy registrar of marriages, 8o High st

Daynes William, basket maker, 76 Russell street Flood Harry, dairyman, 67 Bower street

Deacon John, saddler, 62 Midland road Follows Thomas, traffic foreman, Mid. Ry. I7 Battison st
Deacon William Alfred, baker & corn dealer, 2 Hassett st
Ford Henry, farmer, Brickhill farm, Foster Hill road
Deaconess' Home (Miss Eagles, head sister), Bromham road Ford Henry, grocer, u Allhallows lane
Dean Charles, boot & shoe maker, 24 St. John's street
Ford Robert, shopkeeper, 9I Bower street
Dean David, Swan Hotel Tap P.H. High street
Ford Thomas James, professor of music, 34 Bromham road
Dean William, tailor, 9 St. Mary's street
Fosker John George, greengrocer, 8 Canning street
DEANE CHARLES &. SON, carriage builders, Bedford car-
Foster Samuel, builder, contractor & brick & tile manurac-
riage works, St. Mary's square
DELAFIELD SAMUEL (agent, Liberty & Co. Regent street turer, Duck Mill lane; & at Kempston & Ravensden

w. ), furnishing draper & upholsterer, funerals completely Fowler Charles, butcher. I7 Silver street

Fowler Charles, butcher, 3S Wellington street

furnished, 93 High street Fox Fanny (Mrs.), fruiterer, 45 Midland road
Demery Mary Matilda (Mrs.), teacher of dancing, Midland rd
Francis Mrs. lodging house, 85 Tavistock skeet .1
Dennis Charles, cabinet maker, joiner, carpenter &c, 5 ti'ranklin Charles, coal merchant, Io High street
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Newnham street
Franklin Richard, brewers' agent, 27 Goldington road
Denton J. C. & Co. house furnishers, Midland rd. & River st
Frazer S. & Sons, ironmongers, 9 Silver street
Denyer Elizabeth (Miss), milliner, 65 Commercial road
Desbois Alfred, commercial traveller, 24 The Grove Freeman, Hardy & Willis Lim. boot & shoe mfrs-, 14 High st
Dickins Bros. tea, wine & spirit merchants, 77 High street
Freeman William Thomas, builder, 30 St. Leonard's ~venue

French Brooks, furniture dealer, 28 Silver street

Diemen Philip R.A.M. professor of music, 25 De Pary's aven French Charles Edward, grocer, 6 St. Mary's street
French Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, 5 Roise !rt,reet
Diemer & Reynolds, printers, 38 & 40 Midland road French William, painter, 83 Greyfriar's walk
Freshwater & Sons, builders, 25 Castle lane
Diemer Eliza (Mrs.), tobacconist, 6o Midland road Frier Charles, county court bailiff, 45 Hassett street

Dillon Richard, Barley Mow P.H. 72 St. Loyes street
Dixon John, shopkeeper, 34 Cavendish street

Dobby William, hoot maker, 9 Allhallows lane Frodsham Henry, watch maker, 7 St. Mary's street

Dolton Mary Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, 63 Hassett street Frossell Joseph, joiner, Clapham road

Drake & Corrie, grocers & wine merchants, Ir Silver street Frost George, beer retailer, 4 Allhallows lane
Draper William Enoch & John, outfitters & boot & shoe
Fryer John William, draper, 58 St. Loyes street 1
dealers, 56 High street & 2 & 4 Silver street
Drawater George Christmas, confectioner, 27 Castle road & Fuller Frederick & Wm. boot & shoe makers, ~6 St. Loyes st

SA, Midland road FULLER FREDERICK CHARLES(established r8rg),brewe'r,

Dudeney Edward Ellis, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, Bedford brewery, Lnrke street

wine & spirit merchants, 32 Cauldwell street Gammage Nora (Miss), costumier, 44 Harpur street
Dudeney George, grocer & provision merchant, tea, wine,
Gamman Francis, house furmsher, 74 & 85 High street
ale & porter merchant, 33 High street
Dudley John, dairyman, 12 Bromham road Gardner Daniel, accountant, 5 St. Mary's street

Gardner Ernest Harry, draper, 5 St. Mary's street

Gardner Ethel (Miss), school, 43 Argyll street

Dudley John, beer retailer, Harpur street Garlick George, shopkeeper, 67 Wellington stNet
Dunham Henry Charles, pork butcher, 58 Midland road Garlick James, stone mason, 27 Priory street

Dunham John, pork butcher, 22 St. John's street Garner William, shopkeeper, 7 Great Butt street
Dunham William, builder, 37 Tavistock street
Dust Wm. silk mercer, costumier, milliner &c. 75 High st Garwood Arthur John, hair dresser, 16 Silver street
Dynes Frederick Thomas, currier, 8g Midland road
Eagles Charles, baker, Pilcroft street Gas Co.'sOffice(George Smith,inspector), 34 Greyfriar's walk

Eastmans Limited, butchers, 4A, Mill street Gast Thomas, general dealer, 24 Park road
Edgar Ed ward, photographer, see Blake & Edgar
Edmunds Charles, shopkeeper, 32 Newnham street GASTON GEORGE BRANDON, practical bookbinder,
Edwards Frederick, pawnbroker, 31 Midland road
Ekins John, chemist, 97 High street machine ruler & account book manufacturer to the trade,

Elliott Brothers, grocers, provision merchants & tallow 3 St. John's street •

chandlers, 71 High street Gazeley Williatn, tailor, r6 Mill street
Elliott Henry Alfred, chemist & druggist, 51 Cauldwell st
ELLIS &. EVERARD (F. Lee, agent), coal, coke, lime, soot Gear Charles, beer retailer, 34 Castle lane

& manure merchants ; chief offices, 63 Cauldwell street; Gell Richard, builder, 65 Howbnry street.
also 7A, Mill street & 38 Alexandra road; wharves, Mid-
land & London & North \'Vestern General Infirmary (Henry Wilson Sharpin &Wm. Greaves
Ellis Alfred, Ship inn, 102 Bromham road _
Johnson F.R.C.S.Eng. consulting surgeons; Geo. Pocock
Ely Deaconess' Home (Sister Fanny Eagles, he!'d sister),
Bromham road Goldsmith M.D. & Rowland Hill Coombs M.D. physicians ;

Robert Henry Kinsey & Edward Colby Sharpin L.R.C.P.

Edin. surgeons ; Robert Henry Elliott, resident surgeon ;

F. Wenlock Williams L.D.s., F.P.s.Glas. surgeon-dentist;

Rev. F. William Piercy B.A. chaplain ; Major Kneebone,

sec.; Isaac Walker, dispenser), Ampthill road

Gentle John, boot & shoe maker, 54 Gwyn street

Gentle Samuel, beer retailer, II Midland road

Emerson Edith (Miss), teacher of music, 12 Gery street George Joseph, photographer, 72 High street
Evans George William & Son, painters, 46 & 48 Midland st Gibbons Lonisa (Mrs.), confectioner & wine mer. g Harpurs\

Evans Edward Ebenezer, boot maker, 39 Newnham street Gibbs Henry William, superintendent at Messrs. Howard'e
Evans Henry, agent for the Liberal Association, 2o Silver st iron works, 66 Cauldwell street

EVE .JOHN RICHARD, land agent, house agent, surveyor, Gibson William, carman, 2 Gwyn street

rating surveyor, auctioneer, accountant, agent for the Gilbert Henry John, pork butcher, 36 Midland road

General Land Drainage & Improvement Company, agent Gill Emma (Miso;), dress maker, 48 Hassett street

for Imperial Life & Fire Office ; offices, 2 St. Paul's square; GILPIN WILLIAM, draper & silk mercer, novelties & spe£i-

& at Luton & Hitchin alities in costumes, mantles, millinery & lace goods1 11 k

Everett Albert Nelson, solicitor, 45 Lansdowne road 13 High street. See advertisement '

Evett Emily Rebecca (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 Preb:md st Ginn George, beer retailer, 8 Cardington road

Fairley Charles, cane wMker, 20 Gwyn street Ginn Martha (Mrs.), pork butcher & dairyman,sAmptblll st

Fane John, general dealer, 62 Gwyn street Ginn Thomas Cotes, shopkeeper, 34 Canning street

Fane Joseph, general dealer, 64 Gwyn street Girls' Evening Club (Miss M.K. Smith, supt. ),6oTavistock st

Farmer Joseph, boot maker, 135 Tavistock street Gladwin E. & Co. cycle depot, 73 Tavistock st.reet

Farrer Charles Thomas, cabinet maker, 7 Cardington road Gladwin Henry, bicycle depot, 49 Bromham roatl

Farrer Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 119 Tavistock street Gladwin Mary(Mrs.), costnmier, 49 Bromham road •
Fathers George Edward, builder, 8 Clarendonstreet
Goatley Richard, boat builder, Duck Mill lane ~

Faux Mary Hilder (Miss), dress maker, 3 Foster Hill road Goble Alfred, jobbing gardener, IS Howbury IJtreet

Feen Jane Louisa (Mrs.), lodging house, 47Tavistock street Golding James, beer retailer, 22 Allhallows la~

Felce Thomas Manning, house decorator, I47 Tavistock st Goldney Richard, butcher, :x2 Midland road

Felts James, tinplate worker, 28 Gwyn street Goldsmith George Pocock M.D. surgeon, & medical offic~r

Fenning Herbert Samuell land agent to the Duke. of Bedford Bedford & Cardington district, & public vaooinator Bed-

K.G. 8 St. Paul's square ford Town district, 3 Harpur place, Harpur stJ:ErJt

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Goodall Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 55 Harpur street Harvie Arthur Gough, solicitor &corn. for oaths, 13 Silver st

Goodliff Eliza (Miss),apartments,first-class accommodation, Haskins Robert Richard, working jeweller, 44 Tavistock st

18, 20, 22 & 24 Bromham road Hassall Wm. glass, china & earthenware dealer, 62 High st.

Goodman Alfred Percy, architect, 13 Albany street Hatcher James, Midland Railway hotel, Midland road

Goodrid James, plasterer, 59 Tavistock street Bawkins Richard, hair dresser, 8 Battison street

Goodship Elizabeth (Mrs.), greengrocer, IS 1\llidland l'Oad Haydon Owen, draper, 35 & 37 Midland road

Gosling Charles, baker, 72 Bromham road Haynes William, builder & contractor, 25 Priory street

Gosling Charles William Henry, plumber, 13 Greenhill street Headland Samuel Knight, beer retailer, 90 Brombam road

Goss Fred, beer retailer, ror Midland road Heath Eel win, chimney sweeper, 8o Pilcroft street

Goss Thomas, Bear inn, 92 High street Heathfield Frank, painter, 56 Gwyn street

Gough Edward John, beer retailer, 8 Gravel lane HemmingwayJsph.Matt.mechanical engineer, 85 St. John's st;

Grace William, draper, 43 Cauldwell street Hensman James C. beer retailer, 5 Melbourne street

Grafton & Co. engineers, Elstow road Her Majesty's Prison (James Cranston, warder in charge;

Grafton Ale~ander 1\I.I.C.:E. engineer, Elstowroad Rev. Henry Waters T.A.K.C.L. chaplain; Robert Henry-

Graham Thomas Percy, photographer, 16 St. Mary's street Kinsey, surgeon; Mrs. Mary Fox, matron), St. Loyes st.

Graham William Hy. sexton of Trinity church. 2r Priory st Herbert James, lamp dealer, 2 Great Butt street

Grammar School (J. Surtees Phillpotts M.A., B.C.L. head Herbert Sidney Montfort, tutor, 10 The Grove

master; for assista:uimasters seep. 21), St. Paul's square Herniman Robert, stationer, post office, n I Midland road.

Grammar School (Preparatory department) (Charles T. Herring Henry, commercial traveller, 6 Kempston road

Sutton B.A. master), 2 St. Peter's street Rester Charles, chemist & druggist, r6 Bromham road

Grant Walter William, cattle dealer, 6 Alexandra place Hewlett Matthew, beer retailer, 33 Midland road

GRAVES WALTER .JAMES, wholesale & retail grocer, tea Heywood George, builder, 3oMable road, South end

merchant, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mer- HIGGINS &. SONS, brewers, maltsters & spirit merchantS',.

chants, 47 High street Castle brewery, Castle hill

Gray & Son, wine & spirit merchants, 9 St. Paul's square High Court of Justice District Registry (James Pea.rse, dis-

Gl'ay Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 41 Battison street trict registrar), St. Paul's square

Gray William, baker, 47 Wellington street Highton Geo. architect, engineer & surv-eyor, ecclesiastical

Gray William, beer retailer, 47 Wellington street surveyor for the diocese of Ely, 12 Victoria ter. Bromhm. rei

Green Daniel &Sons, asphalte manufacturers, 8 St. Paul's sq Hill R. & Co.artists' colormen, stationers, printers & proprs.

Green T. & H. timber & slate merchants, St. Mary's works, & publishers of the" BedfordshireMercury,"38& 4oHigh st.

Duck Mill lane Hill Henry, jobbing gardener, 122 Greyfriar's walk

Green Charles Smith, dairyman, xo Dame Alice street Hillyer Thomas, boot maker, 54 Park road

Green Thomas Kenworthy, grocer & wine & spirit merchant Hipwell & Sons, corn merchants, 5 Mill street

& agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers. 87 High st Hirons John Thos. commercial traveller, 152 Howbury .st;.

Greenaway William, shopkeeper, 34 Pilcroft street Hobbs James, tailor, 10 Cavendi.~l1 street

Grehan Daniel, draughtsman, 36 Prebend street Hobbs John, tailor, I4A, Midlanrl road
Grice Henry, tinman, I Queen street
HOBSON .J. T. &. eo. timber, :;late & coal merchants, saw-

Grice Henry James, stationer, & post office, 81 Tavistock st ing, planing, moulding & grinding mills, New wharf,.

Griffin John William, fancy draper, 37 High street Cauldwell street

Griffith William, Shepherd & Dog P.H. 14 Cauldwell street Hockley Alfred James. boot & shoe maker, 37 Beaconsfield st

Griggs Sarah (Mrs.), job master & beer retailer, horses & HOCKLIFFE FREDERIC, new & secondhand bookseller,

traps let on hire, all orders punctually attended to, 22 print seller, stationer & bookbinder, 86 & 88 High street&.

Midland road & Beckett street 64 St. Loyes street

Groom Stephen, draper, 35 & 37 Harpur street Hoe Thomas Markham, Cross Keys P.H. 69 High street

Guest Elizabeth & Emma (Misses), dress & mantle makers, Hollis .Arthur Chas. hairdresser, 12 Bank buildings, High st

109 Tavistock road Hollis Caleb Measures, butcher, 92 Tavistock street

Guest James, butcher, 2 & 4 Harpur street Holmes & Harmsworth, furniture dealers, 39 Harpur street

Gurney Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 24 Midland road Holmes David, beer retailer, 53 Cauldwell street

Hague Thomas, currier, 2 Mill street Holmes John, shopkeeper, 31 Argyll street

Haines John, watchmaker, I3 & I5 St. Mary's street Bolt Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, 7 Princes street

Haines Thomas, commercial traveller, I6 Castle road Home for the Mentally .Afflicted (Wm. Simpson Craig M. D.,

Halahan Richard Flemying, civil engineer, 46 Ampthill road M.R.c.s.Edin. res. propr. ),Bishopstone ho.Ashburnham rd

Halkett Ralph, gasfitter &plumber, 23 & 25 Gwyn street Hoole Stephen, furniture dealer, 12 Patteshall street

Hall Robe:rt, basket maker, 20 Newnham street Hopkins Ellen (Mrs.), tailoress, 49 Wellington street

Hallett Benjamin, commercial traveller, 26 Cardington road Hopkins Joseph, chimney sweeper, 58 Tavistock street.

Halliley Charles Bailey, solicitor & commissioner for oaths, Hopkins Joseph, professor of music, 32 Clapham road

26 Mill street Hopper George, baker, 39 Midland road

Ham John Joseph, dining rooms, 18 Silver street Horn Frederick, beer retailer, 14 Tavistock street

Hamson John, professor of shorthand, 63 Howbury street Hornsby Samuel, Balloon P.H. J Albert street

Hancock Elizh. Agnes (Mrs.), wardrobe dlr. 38 Midland rd Hornsey Judah, lace manufacturer, 53 Harpur street

Hands Willi'am & Co. organ builders, 68 Midland road Horton &Smart, nurserymen & seedsmen, & florists, gardens·

Hwda Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 7 Greenhill street laid out & 3ttended to by contract or otherwise ; nursery;

Hands Thomas & Son, general dealers, 87 Tavistock street Ashburnham road & 26 Harpur street

Hiil.nds William H. woollen draper, 19 Tavistock street Housden George, beer retailer, ro4 Greyfriar's walk.

Harding Harry Alfred, musical doctor, 42 De Parys avenue Housden Mark, mail contractor, 38 Hassett street

Hardwick .Ann (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, 3I Greyfriar's walk HOWARD JAMES &. FREDERICK, pateutees & manufac.:..

Hardwick John, boot maker, 67 Greyfriar's walk turers of steam ploughs, single & :multitpils ploughs, hat""-

Hardwick Thomas, cabinet maker, 33 Brereton road rows, haymakers, horse rakes, IIJ.O.Wells-,. reapers, sheaf.·

Ral'<lwiok William, florist, see Millard &; H~rdwiQ~ binders, straw trussers, hay & straw presses,. poutablC"

Harf@rd Francis, grocer, 29 Gwyn street railway & rolling stock, Britannia .Iron works; LondoD

Harkness John Boston, hair dresser, 78 Midland road office, 69 Cornhill E c .

Harper George, superintendent cattle department, Midland Howard Charles, brick & tile mannfacturer, Clapham l'oacf

railway, 40 Prebend street Howard Frank, secretary to Bedford Town & County Loatb
Harpur Ann (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, 77 Harpur street
Society, sr Gwyn street

Harpur Willia:m, dairyman, 2 Wellington street Howard Frederick Thomas, stationer, 65 High street

Ha.rris Charles, organ builder, Ingleside, Grafton road Howard James, commercial traveller, 30 Prebend street.

Harris John, bookbinder, 15 Gwynstreet Howard Thomas, boot maker, 33 Maitland street

HARRIS -.JOHN, Lion family & commercial hotel & general Howe Robert, Bedford Arms l'.H. & butcher, 2 Bromham

posting establishment, High street road & 70 Gwyn street

Harrison George, builder, 2 Rutland road, Midland road Howe William John, fishmonger, 94 Bromham road

Harrison James, beer retailer, 34 Cauldwell street Howkins Thomas, job master, II9 Midland road

Harrison Martha (Mrs.), beer retailer, n8 Greyfriar's walk Buckle Alfred James, greengrocer, 24 Wellington street

Hart Josiah & Sons, french polishers, 57 Gwyn street Hulatt Goorge, carpenter, 26 Queen street

HART CHARLES, cook, pastry cook & confectioner, british Hulatt George, jun. carpenter, 2 Howbury street

&foreign wines, established 1780, 100 High street Hull Alfred William, shopkeeper, 79 Harpur street

Hart James, blacksmith, I River street Hull James, architect., 17 St. Paul's square

Hartop Andrew Jesse, baker, I Clarendon street Hull Robert, paperhanger, IO Gwyn street

Hartop Benjamin, beer retailer, 77 Tavistock street Hullatt &Richardson, printers, Silver street & Newnham st

Hartop Frederick, builder, 23 Castle road Humphreys Frederick, Nelson inn, 70 Midland road

Hartop William, dairyman & grocer, 41 Park road Humphreys Thomas, umbrella maker, I Hassett street

Harvey Walter William, beer retailer, 29 Park road Humphreys William Henry, grocer, 17 Princes street

Harvey William, insurance superintendent, 10 Costin street Hunt Susan (Mrs.), lodging house, 39 Bromham road

DIRECTORY.] HED}'ORDSHIRE. BEDFORD.

Hunter James, butcher, 2 Canning street Kingston Maria (Mrs.), dress maker, 9 Gadsby street

Hurman Walter, cabinet maker, 48 Castle hill Kingston William, auctioneer, 7 G-rove place

Ibbotson Walter, draper & hosier, 13 Cauldwell street Kirby Samuel Amos L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon-dentist, 8

Inkersole Robert, shopkeeper, 44 Melbourne street Harpur place, Harpur street

Inland Revenue Office (Henry Osborne, supervisor ; Caleb Kirk Maria (Mrs.), laundry, r4 Maitland street

Killick, officer), 77i High street Kitchener William, milk dealer, 44 Prebend street

Inskip Thomas, whitesmith, 2 Beckett street Knight Charles, boot maker, fl5 Howbnry street

Isaac J osiah, loan office, see Abraham & Isaac Knight Frederick, builder, 26 Castle road

l$itt James Edward, woolstapler, New wharf, Cauldwell st Knight William Alfred, bricklayer & builder, 9 Mill street

!son William Ed ward, ironmonger &c. see Bacchus & Ison Knopp Walter William, boot & shoe maker, I7 St. Mary's st
Lakin Henry, hair dresser, 8! Harpur street
Ivens Edward, lodging house, I5 Brereton road

Ives Job, tailor, 143 Tavistock street Lambert George, cabinet maker, 5 Thurlow street

Ivett Edward, Wrestlers' inn, 4 St. Cnthbert's street Lambert Joseph, tailor, 10 Castle lane

Izzard Geoqe, plumber, 78 Bromham road Lancaster Mary (Mrs.), toy dealer, r6 St. John's street

Jackson John Atkinson, costumier, 96 High street Lane James, dairyman, 6 Hassett street

Jacobs Julius & Co. (established 1879), financial agents, Lane Reginald Henry, pig jobber, 27 Commercial road

private arrangements made, debts collected, costs Langley Edward Manu, mathematical master, Modern

advancad, 6r Hassett street; & at Luton & Hitchin; & 6 school, I6 Adelaide square

.Arthur street east, London E c Large Thomas, coal dealer, 63 Wellington street

J"ames John, tinplate worker, 4 Church street Larkins Josiah, shopkeeper, 43 Pilcroft street

.James William, butcher, 44A, Tavistock street Laughton Thomas, builder, Midland road

...JARVIS SAMUEL W. & SON, sculptors, architectural & Lavender Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, 24 Cardingtou rd

monumental masons, II7 Midland road. See advert Laxton Brothers, nurserymen, 4 & 6 Bromham road

....IARVIS Ill. CO. brewers, wine & spirit merchants & aerated Laxton Thomas, seed grower, 78 Tavistock street

water manufacturers, Phcenix brewery, Midland road. Lee Elijah, shoe maker, 38 Mabel road, South end

See advertisement facing commencement of Bedfordshire Lee Thomas, greengrocer, 44 Garfield street

.Jay Enoch, builder, 45 C1arendon r.treet Leech William Edward Henry, plumber, 8 Palmerston st

J e:fferies Thomas, coal dealer, 42 Russell street Legge Josiah Banham, cabinet maker, 33 Tavistock street

Jelley Arthur, grocer & wine merchant, 73 High street Lenton John, beer retailer, Harpur street

.'fessop Anne (Miss), dress & mantle ma. 20 Palmerston st Lepper Wm. builder & contrctr. I9 Millbrook rd. Ampthill rd

Jessopp & Son, solicitors, 3 St. Paul's square Lester C. & T. lace manufacturers, IIS High street

Jessopp Leverton (firm, Jessopp & Sons), solicitor, commis- Lester Charles, builder & beer retailer, I2I Tavistock street

sinner for taking affidavits in Supreme Court of Judica- Lester Elizabeth (Mrs.), preparatory school, boys & girls,

ture, clerk to the highway board & clerk to Great Barford Glyngarth, 4 'l'he Crescent

school board, 3 St. Paul's square Lett Frederick, general dealer, 44 Bower street

Jessopp Waiter Bud worth, solicitor, see Jessopp & Son Letts John, lodging house, 15 Western street

Jewel Anne (Mrs.), lodging house keeper, 25 Commercial rd Letts Minnie (Miss), dress maker, 2 Alexandra place

Johnson Cottingham Greaves M.R.c.s.Eng., L.s.A. surgeon, Lewin George, lodging house, 13 Grafton road

62 Harpur street Lewis Jessie (Miss), dress maker, .59 Union street

.Johnson Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer, 27 Britannia road Liberal Club (Joshua Hawkings J.P. pres. ; W. A. Cameron,

Johnson John, tailor, 4 St. John's street hon. sec.; George Gibbs, sec.; William Walpole Reeve,

Johnson Martha (Mrs.), lodging house, 6 Maitland road steward), Midland road

Johnson Otho, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Tavistock place Liberal Club Lim. (Thomas Peer, sec.), 25 Prehend street

Johnson William, shopkeeper, 14 Stanley street Lightfoot Daniel William, general dealer, r8A, Hassett st

Johnson William Greaves, surgeon, 6B High st-reet Lightfoot Daniel William, George & Dragon P.H. 7 Mill st

Johnson William James, shopkeeper, 34 Wellington street Lightfoot Joseph, shopkeeper & beer retailer, I2 Princes st

J"ones Henry, baker, 13 St. Cuthbert's street Lightfoot Thomas, grinder &c. 26 Garfield street

J"ones J oseph, shoe maker, 21 Canning street Lilley John, Rose commercial hotel, 45 High street

.Jordan Joseph, greengrocer, 41 Greyfriar's walk Lindley Arthur Robert, watch maker, 50 Midland road

J"ordan William, shoeing smith, Castle hill Lindley John Albert, carpenter, joiner & undertaker,

Joy Charles, carter, Cardington road funerals furnished with economy, 43 Gwyn street

J11dge & Ball, plumbers, glaziers & painters, II Mill street Linford Frederick, shopkeeper, 19 Ford End road

Juff John Fennell, baker, 64 Greyfrial."'s walk Litchfield Arthur, hair dresser, I Silver street

J"uffs James, lodging house, So Garfield street Litchfield Benjamin, builder, 2 Althorpe street

Juniper Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, 23 Commercial road Litchfield Mary Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 54 Bromham rd

Kasteleiner Joseph, Crown P.H. I Britannia road Literary & Scientific Institute & General Library (William

Keech Alice (Mrs.), grocer, 5 Edward road Davis, librarian), Harpur street

Keech Charles, boot maker, 21 Union street Lloyd John Henry L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, 5 Barpur place

m:eech Isaac, beer retailer, Clapham road Lloyd William Henry, solicitor, 44 Linden road

Keep Amos, confectioner, 43 St. John's street Locke Frank, coal merchant, 21 Hassett street

Keep James, beer retailer, Ford End road Lodge Amelia (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 Adelaide square

Kemp George, boot maker, r Dame Alice street Lodovick John, chimney sweeper, 26 Hassett street

.Kendall William, umbrella manufacturer, 105 High street London & County Banking Co. Limited (Bedford branch)

'Kennedy James Dixon, White Horse P.R. I Midland road (Arthur Charles Plater, manager) (open from IO till 4:

Kenning George, confectioner, I2 Ampthill road wednesdays 10 till I ; saturdays, IO tills), High street;

:Kent & Costick, boot & shoe makers, 84 High street draw on head office, 21 Lombard street, London E c

Kent James, baker, 18 Brace street London & North Western Goods & Coal Yards, Melbourne

Key Henry Knapp, plumber, 24 Mill street st. & Cauldwell st. ; parcels receiving office, 5 St. Paul's sq

tKillick Caleb, inland revenue officer, 2nd division & inspec- Loveday George, tohacconist, 21 Midland road

tor of corn returns, 2 Cromwell place, River street Lovejoy Frederick William, inspector for the prevention of

::Kilpin & Billson, wholesale, retail & furnishing ironmongers, cruelty to animals, 3 Beaufort terrace, Commercial road

iron merchants, cutlers, brass founders, tin, iron & zinc Lovett Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, 19 St. Cuthbert's st

plate workers, braziers, coppersmiths, electric bell & gas Lowe Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 44 Chandos street

!fitters, hot water engineers, bath fitters, manufacturers of Lowe Frances (Mrs.), dress maker, 24 Cavendish street

-the improved Bedford kitcheners, agents for Milner's fire Lowe Margaret (Mrs.), beer retailer, 20 Harpur street

proof safes & Phcenix fire insurance office, marble mer· Luddington Frederick Charles, tobacconist, 6 Harpur st

chants & agricultural implement agents, High st. ; work- Lund John, borough surveyor, Corn exchange, St.Paul's sq

shops, Castle lane; implement warehouse, Potter street Lyon William, tailor, I03 High street

Kimbm· Alfred, coal merchant, 31 Dane street McCullagh William James, clothier, I3 Silver street

King Edward, Windmill inn, 3 St. Mary's street Macintosh Harriet (Mrs. ),preparatory school, 9 Wellington st

King Eva (Miss), dress maker, 23 Brereton road McVittie Chas. Edwin L.R.C.P.Edin. surgn. 20 Lamdowne rd

King Henry St. John, baker, 35 Argyll street Madder Charles B. cab proprietor, 149 Tavistock street

King James, confectioner, 22 Harpur street Mandel Fredk.Paul L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, 108 Midland rd

King James, corn merchant, I6 Gwyn street Mann & Co. horticultural builders, poultry farmers &

King James William, toy dealer, I9 Silver street poultry appliances manufrs ; offices & works,46 Prebend st

King John, beer retailer, 12 Mill street Mann Alfred, confectioner, 7 Midland road; Io Bromham

King John, saddler & harness maker, 42 Tavistock street road; 29 High street ; 32 Silver street & S St. Peter's rd

Kingharo E. K. (Mrs.), photographer, 7 Cauldwell street :Manu Charlee, confectioner, I2 & I4 Silver street

Kinsey Robert Henry M.R.c.s.Eng., L.S.A. surgeon, senior Mann Josiah, glass & china rivetter, 76 Broroham road

surgeun Beds Infirmary, surgeon H.M. Prison, formerly Mann Samuel, beer retailer, 35 Pattersball street

house surgeon l:;t. Bartholomew's hospital, London, 2 Manning James, tool factor, 34 St. Loyes street

Harpur place, Harpur street Manning :Martba (Mrs.), servants' reg. office, 3 Western st

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Mansom Frederick William, saddler, see Childs & Mansom Myers George, jun. baker, I3 Newnham street

Manton Benjamin, Sow & Pigs inn, 45 St. John's street Myers Henry, insurance agent, 7 Prebend pi. Commercial rd

Manton Charles, pork butcher, 36 St. Loyes street Napier John, Star mn, 8 Harpur street

Manton George, pig dealer, 54 Pilcroft street NASH G. P. &. SON, brewers, maltsters & wine & spirit

Manton Henry, Woolpack P.R. River street merchants, Steam brewery, Lurke street

Manton Thomas, beer retailer, 52 Pilcroft street Negus Charles, carpenter, 19 Princes street

Manton Thomas, pota.to dealer, 18 Pilcroft street Negus Francis, carpenter, 16 Peel street

Manyweathers Geo. H. jun. beer retailer, 52 Wellmgton st Negus John, grocer, Post office, xoo Bromham road

Mardle Levi, telegraphic engineer, 31 Maitland street New Corn Exchange (J. Nichols, hall keeper), St. Paul's sq

Markham John, boot maker, 52 Park road · :'{ewlandWm. Pritzler,brewer&wine & spirit mer. Duck Mill la.

Markham Thomas, boot & shoe maker, 37 Princes street Newman Albert, boot maker, 23 Howbury street

Marks Fredk. Geo. tailor & boot & shoe dlr. 3 Ta,·istock st Newman Albert, boot maker, 19 Newnham street

Marriott Emma (Miss), dress maker, 25 Cobden street Newman John, boot maker, 6o Castle hill

Marriott Thomas, blacksmith, I Dane street Newman Thomas, boot maker, Harpur street

Marritt Frederick William, stationer, 63 Midland road Newman Thomas, jun. boot maker, 14 Lurke street

Marshall Priscilla (Mrs.), lodging house, 28 Hassett street Newton James & William, district agents Midland railwayt

Marshall William, Bull inn, 1 Silver street 39 Alexandra road

Martin George, dairyman, Harpur street Nichol Waiter, travelling draper, 82 Tavistock street

Martin George Henry, timber merchant, New wharf Nicholls & Son, coach builders, 36 Cauldwell street

Martin Richard, grocer, 86 Tavistock street Nicholls William, beer retailer, 36 Cauldwell street

Martin Robert, travelling draper, I Duke street Nichols J oseph, hall keeper, Corn ).<:xchange, St. Paul's sq

Martin William Henry, beer retailer, 45 Newman street Nicholson John, tailor, I07 Midland road
Mason Elijah, marine store dea!er, 49 Argyll street
Nicholson William, toy dealer, sr Midland road

Mastin Alfred Eli, butcher &c. I Park road Noble J oseph, tailor, 70 St. Loyes street

Mastin Benjamin Charles, butcher, 61 Cauldwell street Noble William, carpenter, 7 Cauldwell street

Mastin Joseph Thomas, tea dealer, grocer & p~ovision mer· Norman Arthur, chimney sweeper, 4B Russell street

chant, 8 Priory street Norman Caroline (Miss), dress maker, 22 Gwyn streat

Mastin William, shopkeeper, II Bunyan road Norman Eli, greengrocer, 4 Park road

Mathers Charles, beer retailer, 3 Ampthill street Norman Emerson, confectioner, 9 High street

Mattin Joseph, beer retailer, 2 Allhallows lane Norman James Francis, corn merchant, 17 Ta>istock street.

Maxwell & Thompson, drapers, 70 High street Norman John, boot & shoe maker, 7 The Grove

MAXWELL EDWIN, agricultural engineer, manufacturing NormanJsph. Slaughter, pharmaceutic!. chmst. 70Tavistock st.

wheelwright & general smith, Beckett street. See advert Norman Thomas, butcher, 57 St. John's street

May Flocton James William, tailor, 13 St. Peter's green ::Vorman William, chimney sweeper, 78 Pilcroft streat

May Thomas Coster, tailor, 8 & ro Silver street Norris William, boot maker, 84 Midland road

Mayes Sarah Anne (Mrs.), young ladies' scbl. 28 Western st Northamptonshire Union Bank Limited (A. Eames Parsons,.

Mayes William, maltster, corn, seed, hop & cake merchant, manager), 20 & 22 St. Loyes street; draw on Williams:o-

11 St. Paul's square Deacon & Co. London E c

Mayhew Jas. Coleman, berlin wool repository, 6 Midland rd Northwood Amos, dairyman, 82 Bromham road

MAYNARD J. &. SON, coach builders & wheelwrights, Nutt Matilda (Mrs.), grocer, 25 Castle road

established over 2oo years ; large stock of new & second- O'dell Arthur, carpenter, 137 Tavistock street

hand carriages & carts at reduced prices, 5 St. Peter's O'dell Arthur, tailor, 9 Offa road

green & 2 Lurke street O'Dell Dick, tailor, 12 St. John's street

Mayne Joseph Stockley plumber, 31 Brereton road Odell Thomas, horse slaughterer, I5I Bower street

Mayo John Charles, joiner, 77 Garfield street Olney William, beer retailer, 40 Midland road

Mays Annie (Mrs.), secondband clothes dealer, 4 St. Loyes st Ordnance Sur>ey Office (Capt. E. J. G. Boyce R.E. officef'

Mead Geo. supt. Gresham Life Assurance Co. 11 Costin st in charge), Carlton house, Linden road

Mead Kate (Miss), dress maker, 3 Gadsby street Osborn Charles, builder, see Warwick & Osborn

Mead Norman Hugh, plumber, painter & glazier & house Osborn Francis, watch maker, 24 Harpur street

decorator, 2 Peel street Osborn Henry, watch maker, 63 Gwyn street

Mead Wm. coach builder &shoeing smith,Mill st.& Gadsby st Osborn John Frederick, watch maker, 8o Midland road

Mears Stephen, fancy repos. 22 Silver st. & 3 Midland road Osborne Henry, supervisor of inland revenue, Inland

Melcombe R. R. & C. builders, I4 Castle road Revenue office, 77~ High street

Mercer Francis Tllomas, architect, surveyor & auctioneer; Osborn William, travelling draper, 49 Gwyn street

office, Howard street Pacey Ezra, builder, 76 Wellington street

Merrie Maria (Mrs.), toy warehouse, xor High street Pacey Henry P. surveyor of taxes, 77~ High street

Messent William W. family grocer, tea dealer, wine, spirit, Pack Isaac, upholsterer, cabinet maker & undertaker, 83

ale & stout merchant, 20 St. Mary's street Dame Alice street

Midland Railway Parcels Receiving Office(Thomas Benjamin PAGE E. &. CO. LIMITED, manufacturers of improved

Nichols, agent), 4 Mill street brick, pipe & tile machinery & agricultural implements~

Millard & Hardwick, florists, 62 & 64 Park road iron & brass founders, engineers, smiths & general ma-

Miller George & Son, tailors, 4 & 6 Bank buildgs. High st chinists, wholesale & retail ironmongers, coppersmiths,.

Miller Joseph, architect & surveyor, I De Pary's avenue bellhangers & gasfitters, manufacturers of iron fencing &,

Miller Thomas Edmund, corn merchant, 1 Victoria road roofing, bridges, tanks, steam launches, 59 High street &.

Mills John, shopkeeper, 69 Queen street Victoria iron works, Mill street; & at Kempston

Millward John, sergeant-at-mace, 4 Cromwell pl. River st Page & Son, coppersmiths, 141 Tavistock street

Millyard Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, 23 Duck Mill lane Page Elizabeth (Miss), laundress, 23 Bower street

MingGeorge T. Midland railway in~pector, 167 Tavistock st Page Henry, beer retailer, 1 Cavendish street

Minney Harry, boot & .shoe manufacturer, 45 Cauldwell st PAGE JOHN ELLIOTT, brick &tile works, Howburybridge,..

Minney Harry, hair dresser, The Cauldwell hair cutting & Renhold; manufacturer of roofing tiles, ridge & pan tiles~

shaving rooms, 45 Cauldwell street garden tiles, facing, paving & white bricks, plinth & splay

Minney Thomas, corn dealer, 11 Cauldwell street bricks, coping bricks, draining tiles & all kinds of bricks

Mitchell & Webb, solicitors, 8 St. Paul's square & tiles, 5 St. Mary's street

Mitchell William George Carter (firm, Mitchell & Webb), Page John Elliott, maltster, hop merchant, coal merchant,

solicitor, official receiver in bankruptcy for the Bedford & builders' mer. brick&tile manfr. 5St. Mary's st.; &atRenhold

Northampton districts & commissiOner to administer Page John Mason, carpenter, roo Howbury street

oaths & clerk to the commissioners of property & income Page Richard Browning, wheelwright, 98 Tavistock street

tax for the town of Bedford, 8 St. Paul's square Pakenham William, steward for Bedford Town & County

Mobbs Arthur, Old Castle inn, 17 Newnham street club, The Embankment

Moore Isaac, tailor, 41 Midland road Panter William, Tbe Bedford Boot & Shoe Manufacturing

Moore Louisa (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, 53 Priory street Co. Greyfriars, Bromham road; telegraphic address~

Moravian Ladies' School (day & boarding) (Rev. John "ranter, Bedford;" office & factory, IO Muswell road
Herbert Edwards, director; Miss Mary Maud ~eifferth, Parker Charles, furniture dealer, 6 Great Butt street

lady principal), 34 St. Peter's street Parker George W. Ashburnham high-class family, com~

Moravian. Sisters House (Miss Mary Lucretiljo Broadb~nt, mercial & temperance hotel, adjoi11ing Midland H.~ilway

lady superintendent), 24 St. Peter's street station, 2 Ashburnham road

Morrii Charles, outfitter, 66 High street Parkinson John, boot & shoe dealer, 107 Tavistock street

Morrison Emma (Miss), temperance hotel, II9 Midland rd Parr Charles, commercial traveller, 53 Foster Hill road

Moss G. & Sons, funeral directors & funeral carriage mas· Parris John, cabinet maker, I.I3 Midland rvad

ters, 6r Midland road & King's place, Britannia road Parrott Francis, boot maker, 4 Holme street

Myers Alfred Botwood, grocer, 8 Bromham road Parrott Frederick, builder, 46 Park road

Myer,s. George, sen. painter~ r6 Newnham str~t Parrott James, sen. shoe maker, 83 Harpur street H

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Parrott James, jun. beer retailer, r8 ~ewnham street Priory Preparatory School for Boys (M. & Mme. Schcedelin,

Parrott Joseph, butcher, ro8 Greyfriar's walk principals), english, latin, french, mathematics, drawing,

Parsons A. Eames, manager of the Northamptonshire Union music, gymnastics & drilling ; a kindergarten attached for

Bank, 20 & 22 St. !.oyes street boys & girls, 7 & 8 Priory terrace

Parsons Thomas, tailor, 26 Prebend street Prole Benjamin & Allen, ironmongers, 8 St. Mary's street

Paul George, tailor, 7 Gadsby street Prole Henry, hatter, hosier, glover, shirt ma. &c. rs High st

Paviour John, tailor, 7 Ampthill street Pugh John, King's Arms hotel, 24 St. Mary's street

Paxton Emma (Mrs.), confectioner, 64 Midland road Pulley Henry, auctioneer, surveyor, land & estate agent, 5

Payne George, carver, gilder, picture frame maker, dealer St. Paul's square

in oil & water color drawings, chromos, oleographs, en- Pullinger John Amos, manager Freeman, Hardy & Willis

gravings, lithos, prints &c. pictures cleaned, mounted &c. Limited, boot & shoe manufacturers, 14 High street

56 Midland road Quarry James, beer retailer, 65 Russell street

Payne George, tailor, 33 Hassett street Quenby Henry, superintendent of county police & inspector

Payne Leonard John, practical house decorator, painting, of weights & measures No. 2 dist. Police station, Gadsby st

glazing, graining, writing, paperhanging & distempering, Rabbitt Edward, Saracen's Head P.H. 13 St. Paul's square

estimates given, 65 Gwyn street Rainbow John, butcher, r6 Queen street

Payne Wllliam, whitesmith, 22 Battison street Rainbow Joseph, Three Cups P.R. The Embankment

Payne William Drage, bootmaker, r8 PatteshaU street Randall Robert, baker, 2 Cobden street

Peacock John Austin, Ship inn, 7 St. Cuthbert's street Ransom Arthur, printer, proprietor & publisher of "Beds &

Peacock J oseph, shopkeeper, 13 Ampthill street Herts Times & Independent," Times office, 16 High street.

Peacock Thomas, farmer, Carlton house, Offa road See advertisement

Peak William, engraver, 9 St. John's street Rayner Caleb, beer Tetailer, 35 Gywn street

Pearse James, solicitor, registrar to t·he Bedford county Read James, boot maker, 21 Newnham street
court, clerk to the visiting justices of private lunatic Redman Arthur Martha (Mrs.), beer retailer, 93 ~idland rd

asylums & district registrar of the high court of justice, Reeve John Frederic:k, accountant, 37 St. Peter's street

St. Paul's square Refreshment Rooms (William Towle, manager), Midland

Pearse Theed William, solicitor, commissioner for oaths, Railway station

clerk of the peace for Beds, to the justices of the Bedford Reynolds Alfred, printer, see Diemer & Reynolds

division, to the Beds county council &town clerk & clerk Richards Robert, jun. builder, Lurke street

to the justices of the borough of Bedford & to the Bedford Richardson Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 34 Park road

burial board, St. Paul's square Ricbardson George, shopkeeper, 29 Beaconsfield street

Pearson Annie & Frances (Misses), dress & mantle makers, Richardson George Henry, printer,see Hullatt & Richardso'l

33 Tavistock street Richardson John, french polisher, 6 Priory street ..

Pearson Alfred, saddler, 21 Cauldwell street Riddle Thomas Smith, beer retailer, 22 Commercial road

Pearson Alfred, jun. fruiterer, 26 St. Mary's street Righton John Hayman, doctor of music, 19 Alexandra road

Peck Charles, shoe maker, 23A, Princes street Rivers Thomas, travelling draper, I Western street

Peel William, tailor, 6 Union street Roberson Edwin M.R.C. v.s. veterinary surgeon,28 St. John's st

Peer Thomas, relieving officer southern district Bedford Roberts James, bricklayer, 29 Great Butt street

union & deputy registrar of births & deaths for Bedford Robinson Charles, beer retailer, 74 Bromham road

& Kempston sub-districts, 25 Prebend street Robinson George, surgeon, 5 Harpur place, Harpur street

PENDERED & WHITWORTH, auctioneers & valuers, land Robinson William, lace manufacturer, 5 Brereton road

& estate agents & accountants, 7 Castle lane Robinson William John, printer, stationer, bookseller "&

Penny Bank (Francis Trapp, sec. ; open mon. 7 p.m. to 8 news agent, 3 Silver street

p.m.), xo St. Paul's square Roe Bertha (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 67 Commercial road

Perkins Hiram, beer retailer, 52 Hassett street Roe Richard, wine & spirit merchant, 67 Midland road

Perkins James, house decorator, 40 Cavendish street Roff William, confectioner, dining & coffee rooms, wine, ale

Perkins Joseph, painter, 14 Princes street & stout merchant, 34 High street

Perkins Samuel, boot & shoe maker, 46 Wellington street Rogers W. H. & J. millers, St. Leonard street

Perkins Thomas, soda water manufacturer, 18 Queen street Rogers Harriett (Mrs.), straw plait manufacturer, 31

Perkins William, shoe maker, 37 Gwyn street Prebend street

Perry Sarah & Ell en (Misses), dress makers, 33 St. Peter's st Rolls T. & W. house furnishers, 6 Lime street

Phelps Thos. inspector of common lodging houses, 15 Silver st Rolls Thomas, pawnbroker, 6 Lime street

Phillips Ann (Mrs.), butcher, 36 Bunyan road Rootham Christopher, carpenter, 64 Howbury street

Phillips Francis Barclay WillmerM.A., lii.B. oxon., M.n.c.s. Rootham William, shopkeeper, 168 Bower street

Eng., B.sc.LOnd. surgeon, 7 Harpur place ROSE EDWARD PAINE, wholesale & retail draper, carpet

Phillips John, grocer, 59 Wellington street & woollen merchant, family mourning, funerals com-

Phillips William Seys, boarding house, 2 Newnham road pletely furnished, mantles, millinery, dress making, ladies'

Phipps & Co. Limited, brewers, 53 Midland road & children's underclothing, so High street ; telegraphic

Pickering Wm.. Jn. lodging house, The Elms, Kimbolton rd address, " Rose, Bedford"

Piper James Peter M.A. (firm, Whyley & Piper), solicitor, ROSE ROBERT, professor of music, pianoforte & music

commissioner for oaths & deputy coroner for the county, warehouse, 23 High street ; instruments of every kind

Dame Alice street may be had on the three years' system or at a great

Plater ArthurChas.manager London& County Bank, High st reduction in price for cash; pianofortes tuned singly or

Plowman Samuel, boot & shoe maker, 88 & go Tavistock st by the year

Pocock Brothers (Thomas Mulrenan, manager), boot & shoe Rose William, pork butcher, 22 Harpur st. & 49 Midland rd

manufacturers, 28 High street Roskell William, manager to Consumers' Tea Co. 26 High st

Pool John, baker, 38 Pilcroft street Rowe Joseph, beer retailer, 16 St. Paul's square

Poole Arthur William, tobacconist & inspector of weights & Ruff Isabella (Mrs.), preparatory school, Castle hill

measures, 18 & 2o Tavistock street Ruff Silas, jobbing gardener, 5 Lurke street

Poole Thomas, baker, Midland road Safford Norah (Miss), dress maker, 46 Newnham street

Pooles Frederick, butcher, 62 Bromham road Saunders Benjamin, enquiry agent, 42 Argyll street

Pooley Henry, greengrocer, 8 St. Cuthbert's street Saunders George William, grocer, 66 St. Loyes street

Porter Charlotte (Mrs.), hatter, 54 High street Savage Benjamin, cabinet maker, Dame Alice street

Porter James Rogers, fancy stationer, 7 High street Savage John, shopkeeper, I 1 Park road

Porter John James, brewery manager, 17 Prebend street Savage John Cook, commercial traveller, 18 Prebend street

Porter Thomas Simpson, solicitor & clerk to the urban Savings Bank (Francis Trapp, sec. ; open wednesdays &

sanitary authority & borough school attendance com- saturdays, r2 till 1 p.m. & 6 till 7 p.m. ), ro St. Paul's sq

mittee, Corn Exchange, St. Paul's square Scheurmann Augustus, pork butcher, 13 Tavistockstreet

Potter George Godfrey, superintendent inspector passenger Scotcher George, lodging house, 58 St. John's street

department Midland railway, 25 Western street Scott William, shopkeeper, II St. Leonard s~reet

Potter James, builder, 47 St. Peter's street Sell & Son, butchers, 42 High street

. Powell Charles, commission agent, Oakfield cot.Kimbolton rd Sell & Willshaw, fishmongers, 44 High street

Prangnell Waiter, painter, 26 Edward road Sell Jane (Mrs.), fish dealer, 13 Midland road

Prentice William, haberdasher, 6 Queen street ~ell Joseph, butcherJ 17 Midland road
SemarkEmma (Mrs.),millinery & lace warehouse, 95 High st
usPreston Samuel, carriage builder, Midland road

Price Henry, greengrocer, 84 Bromham road Sergant George, baker, 9 Bunyan road

Prickett George Frederick & Son, Swan family & commer- Sergeant John, borough treasurer, 52 Harpur street

cial hotel & posting house, I High street Servants' Training Home (Miss Emma Cossey, matron),

Prior Charles Edward M.D. surgeo:n & coroner for the Tavistock place

borough & medical officer of health to the 'Urban & rural SetcheU George, manager of swimming baths, 18 River st

sanitary authorities & medical officer to the workhouse, ro Shadbolt J oseph, boot &shoe maker, u The G:wre •

Tavistock street Shanks Robert, postmaster, Post office, 77 High street

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Sharman Mark, solicitor, commissioner to administer oaths Steers Robert, builder, 32 Cavendish street

& to take acknowledgments, clerk & collector to the Stevens Ann (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer; 17 Harpur street

guardians of the Bedford union & assessment committee, Stevens Arthur, hardware dealer, 9 Newnham street

& clerk to the rural sanitary authority & secretary to the Stevens Emma (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, 68 Greyfriar's walk

Bedford County School Co. &c. 6 St. Paul's square Stevens George, whitesmith, 14 Hassett street

Sharman Samuel, Shoulder of Mutton P.R. IO Midland road Stevens Susan (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 20 Newnham street

Sharp George, inspector Midland railway, 9 Alexandra pl Stewardson HenryWilliam L.:r.Ius.T.C.L. professor of music,

Sharp Sarah (Mrs.), earthenware dealer, 18 Midland road & local sec. for Trinity College, London, 6 Apsley villas,

Sharpc Frederick, boot maker, 26 Gwyn street Adelaide square

Sharpin Edward Colby L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, 5 Victoria Stewart Dinah (Mrs.), lodging house, 39 Commercial road

terrace, Bromham road Stimson Charles, solicitor, commissioner for oaths & clerk to

Sharpin Henry Wilson F.R.c.s.Eng. surgeon, I St. Paul's sq school board of Marston Moreteyne, 26 Mill street

Shaw George, watch maker, jeweller & optician, 67 High st Stock Jane (Mrs.), verger at St. Paul's, I9 Gadsby street

Shelford John, carpenter, I Adelaide square Stock John, town crier & market toll collector, 3 Prebend

Shelton Alfred George & Son, Crown hotel, 46 Tavistock st place, Commercial road

Shelton Charles Daniel, carver & gilder, 43 High street Stock Thomas, tailor, 66 Gwyn street

SHELTON JAMES, brush, basket & fancy stores, paper- Stratton Annie (Mrs.), berlin wool & fancy repositoryt r6

hanging warehouse, established over 40 years, 52 High st Tavistock street

Sheppard Eliza (Miss), preparatory school, 43 Midland rd Stratton George, carpenter, 38 Tavistock street

Sheppard James C. nurseryman, seedsman & florist, 64 Stuart Henry, pork butcher, 48 Gwyn street

High street ; & at Clapham, Beds Stukins Annie (Miss), dress maker, 33 Western street

Shire Hall (John Howard, hall keeper), St. Paul's square Subscription Bowling Green, 9 De Pary's avenue

Shorley Jabez Joseph, bricklayer, 6o Bower street Sutton & Co. (John Walsh, agent), general carriers, 5

Short Thomas, tailor, SIA, Tavistock street Harpur street

Shotbolt Arthur, shopkeeper, 39 Britannia road Swales John, fruiterer, 24 Silver street

Sim Ellen (Mrs.), british lace manufacturer to Her Majesty, Swan Alfred, draper, 43 Victoria road

baby linen & berlin wool repository, ladies' underclothing, Synge Rev. Edward, teacher of music, 54 Adelaide square

107 High street Tacchi Anthony, plumber & glazier, 51 Tavistock street

Simons Arthur Thomas, grocer, 25 St. John's street Tacchi Joseph, beer retailer, 6 Dame Alice street

Simpson Henry Ekin, shopkeeper, 17 Prebend street Tansley Charles, butcher, IIr High street

Simpson James, commercial traveller, 2r Ampthill road Tansley George, butcher, r8 Harpur street

Sinfield Thomas, carter, 58 Melbourne street Tansley Henry, butcher, 25 St. Mary's street

Singer's Sewing Machine Co. (Henry Jones, manager), 105 Tansley Thomas, butcher, 66 Midland street

Midland road Tattan William, beer retailer, Io Bunyan road

Single Levi, Cherry Tree inn, &shoeing smith,17 Cauldwell st Tax Office (Henry P. Pacey, surveyor), 77~ High street

Skerman Thomas, tinplate worker, 3 Howard street TAYLOR &. CUTHBERT1 pharmaceutical chemists & oil
Skevington Robert (Mrs.), farmer, I8 St. John's street & color men, I9 High street

Skipwith Philip George, editor of Bedfordshire Standard Taylor & Warren, coach builders, Greyfriar's walk

Newspaper, 65 High street TAYLOR ANN (MISS), George family & commercial hotel,

Smail William, solicitor, & commissioner for taking affida- 3 High street

,·its in the supreme court of judicature, 6 St. Paul's sq Taylor Emma Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 4I Howard st

Small G. & Co. plumbers, painters & decorators; established Taylor Ernest, boot & shoe dealer, 5 Midland road

I743 ; estimates given; 6 St. Peter's green Taylor Fanny (Mrs. )t knitted hosier, 6 Lurke street

Small Edward, beer retailer, 34 Tavistock street Taylor Frcderick Waine, accountant, 10 Alexandra place

Smart Frederick, nurseryman, Nursery, Ashburnham road Taylor John, fruiterer, 19 Harpur street

Smith, Sharp, Hiscox & Co. Limited, timber jmporters, Taylor John, greengrocer, n6 Bower street

Commercial road Taylor William Edwin, beer retailer & builder, 12 Queen st

soSmith W. H. & tlon, basket makers, 20 Cauldwell street Tebbs Henry, solicitor, perpetual commissioner & commis-
sioner for oaths & superintendent registrar, 2 Tavistock st
Smith Arthur, baker, Bromham road
Thody Harry, chief constable borough police ; office~ 15
Smith Charles, cattle dealer, 15 Prebend street

Smith Charles Alfred, baker, 104 Tavistock street Silver street

Smith Charles Thomas, Railway Swan inn, 66 St. John's st Thomas Mrs. laundress, 6g Tavistock str::~et

Smith Charles William, beer retailer, 23 St. John's street THOMPSON FREDERIC & SON, booksellers, printers,

Smith Daniel, watch maker, 35 Althorpe street stationers, die sinkers, engravers & circulating library,

Smith Edward, cattle dealer, 35 Cauldwell street 20 High street

Smith Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 6I The Grove Thompson Arthur Raine, collector of poor's rates for the

Smith George, general dealer, 23 Hassett street borough & registrar of marriages, r63 Tavistock street

Smith George Mence, oilman, 9 Harpur street Thompson Elizabeth (Mrs.), machinist, 7 Roise street

Smith Henry, lodging house, 6 Battison street Thompson Ellen Kate(Miss),preparatory school,8 Prebend st

Smith James, tobacconist, Midland road Thompson Harry, chemist & druggist, 53 High street

Smith John, grocer &c. see Adkins & Smith Thompson James, beer retailer, I3 Dane street

Smith John, jun. builder, rz Prebend street Thompson James, cart owner, 27 Chandos street

Smith Joseph, tobacconist, 51 High street Thompson John, watch repairer, 5 Allhallows lane

Smith Peter Samuel, basket maker, see W. H. Smith & Son Thompson Miles, commercial traveller, 87 St. John's street

Smith Robert, boot maker, 42 Gwyn street Thompson Richard, draper, see Maxwell & Thompson

Smith Sheppard, consulting brewer, 37 St. John's street Thompson Thomas, shopkpr. & beer retailer, 16 Foster st

timith Thomas, carpenter, 52 Queen street Thomson Mary Ann (Mrs.), butcher, 20 Silver street

Smith Thomas Edward, house furnisher, 62 St. Loyes st Thornber Henry, C"hemist, 5 Gadsby street

Smith William, builder, ro Priory street Thorpe Joseph, Cricketers' Arms P.H. 35 Goldington road

Sparks Annette (Miss), day school, Castle hill 'rhurley Abraham, greengrocer, 7 St. John's street

Spencer Thomas, builder & contractor, 46 Ashburnham rd Tildesley Joseph, Red Lion P.H. 40 St. Loyes street

Spicer Thomas Phipps, high bailiff Bedford county court, Tildesley William, Hop Pole inn, & general· smith, 18

23 Tavistock street Cauldwell street

Spriggs William, cab proprietor, 30 Gadsby street TIMJEUS CHARLES F. (established I827), printer, book-

STAFFORD &. ROGERS, auctioneers, appraisers, house, seller, stationer, engraver, die sinker, bookbinder, paper-

land & estate agents, public accountants, valuers, arbitra- banger, news agent & dealer in english & foreign fancy

tors, surveyors, agents for the Sun Fire & Life Insurance, goods &c.; depot of the Christian Knowledge, National

& holders of weekly (saturday) cattle & other stock sales School & Ely Diocesan Sunday School Societies; general

at their auction cattle mart,Horne lane; offices, 83 High st advertising office, go High street

STAFFORD WILLIAM, house & estate agent, Standard Timreus George William Plevy, grocer, 14 Mill street

Life office & Scottish Union & National Fire office, 16 Timreus Johannes Henry, gas rate collector, 58 Bromham rd

Grafton road Timson David, grocer, 97 Howbury street

Stamp Office, Post office, High street Tinsley William, beer retailer, 85 Priory street

Stannard Henry John, artist, Harpur street Tisdall George, dyer, 35 St. John's street

Stanton James, pork butcher, r6 St. John's street Todd Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 67 Harpur street

Stapleton George, Saracen's Head P.H. 29 St. John's street Todd George, carpenter & undertaker, 39 Cauldwell street

Starr-Bowkett Building Society (Thomas Austin, sec.), 12 Toll Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer, 41 Union street

Tavistock street Toll William C. deputy supt. registrar of births, death~ &

Steers .Arthur, carpenter & undertaker, 69 Wellington street marriages, 4 Lurke street

Steers Edward, stone & marble mason, 6 Foster Hill road Tomalin Arthur, cattle dealer, 25 The Grove

Steers George, sanitary inspector to the urban sanitary Tomlinson George, police inspector, 70 The Grove

authority, Corn exchange, St. Paul's square Tompkins Loammi, coal dealer, 87 Garfield street

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Tower Hamlets (2nd London) Royal Engineers Volunteers, Web.>ter Louisa (Mrs.), dress maker, 29 Maitland street

Bedford Co. & Cadet Corps (Capt. G. J. R. Gliinicke, WELLS &. COMPANY, bazaar, general furnishing & carpet

commandant); head quarters, De Parys avenue warehouse, cabinet manufacturers, upholsterers, piano-

Town & Co. biscuit manufacturers, 2 Prebend street forte warehouse, furniture van owners & contractors for

Townsend John, hair dresser, 27 St. Mary's street removal of furniture by road,rail or sea; large store rooms

Townshend Samuel Routbwaite, house agent1 Midland road for furniture, strong room for valuables; goods packed &

Trapp Francis, actuary of Savings Bank, Io St. Paul's sq shipped to all parts of the world, 23 & 23 High street;

Trueman George, butcher, 38 Gwyn street stores, Castle lane ; factory, Castle hill

Trustam Josiah & Arthur, organ builders, Castle road WELLS CHARLES, brewer, maltster & spirit merchant,

Trustam Charles, fruiterer, 69 Midland road Borne Lane brewery

Tucker Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 3I Tavistock street Wells Elizabeth (Mrs.), toy dealer, 52 Bromham road

Tuohy George, photographer, 26 Tavistock street Wells Susan (Mrs.), lodging house, 17 Maitland street

Tnmbull William, engineer, & surveyor, & inspector of Wellsley Arthur, boot maker, 39 High street

nuisances to the rural sanitary authority, 73 Foster Hill rd West & Burgess, dairymen, 66 Bromham road

Twiner James & Sons, house furnishers, furniture removed WESTBY .JOSEPH, horticultural builder; conservatories,

& stored, secondhand furniture bought, Lime straet greenhouses, pit frames & appliances of every description;

'furner John & George, rope & twine makers,36 St.John's st venetian blinds made to order ; illustrated price list;

Turner George, beer retailer, 2 Dane street estimates free, 20 Battison street. See advertisement

Turner John, dyer & cleaner, I5 Tavistock street Weston James Ball, commercial traveller, IS Albany street

'furner Waiter, saddler & harness maker, 24 St. Loyes st Wheeldon George, maltster, Ampthill road

Turner William Henry, china dealer, 76 Midland road Whiffin Ann (Mrs.), fruiterer, 27 High street

UNDERWOOD &. BANKS, wholesale & retail clothiers, Whitaker Alfred, maltster, Ampthill road

tailors, hatters & general outfitters, established upwards White Albert, provision dealer, 33 St. John's street

of roo years, 41 High street White Alice (Miss), dress maker, 35 Prebend street

Unthank Mary Ann (Mrs.), fancy repository, 30 St.Loyes st White Charles Albert Edwin, grocer, 82 Midland road

USHER & ANTHONY, architects, surveyors, auctioneers, White Edward, tobacconist, 84.A., High street

appraisers & estate agents, & agents to the Lancashire White Francis Newbury, commercial tral·eller, 107 Castle rd

Insurance Co. 9 St. Paul's square White George, stone mason, 21 Great Butt street

Valentine Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 152 Bower street White James, commercial traveller, I09 Castle road

Valentine Thomas, shopkeeper, 21 Beaconsfield street White John Parish, builder & contractor, 13 Hassett street

Valentine Walter John, draper & calico merchant; dresses, White Joseph, carpenter, I5 Stanley street

mantles, millinery ; dress & mantle making ; funerals White Maria (Mrs.), Fox & Hounds P.H. Goldington road

furnished, Waterloo house, 46 High street White William, shopkeeper, 45 Howbury street

Valentine Waiter John, draper & silk mercer, 46 High street Whitehead Edward, straw plait dealer, 68 Bromham road

& 36 Gery street Whitehead Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house, I Alexandra road

Veal Georgc, chimney sweeper, 13 Derby street Whiteman & Sons, butchers, 1St. Cuthbert's st & 62 Queen st

Venn John, milliner, ladies' hatter, mantle factor &c. The Whiting Charles William, joiner, builder & contractor, 34

Parisian millinery & mantle establishment, 91 High st Howbury street

Vivers Matthew J. lodging house, 3 Battison street Whitlock C. & Co. draper, II7 & 119 High street

Vhrers Robert, travelling draper, 17 Grafton road Whitmore Howitt Ebenezer, jeweller, 36 High street

Volunteer Fire Brigade (Augustus Hill, captain & sec.), Whittall Thomas, butcher, 9+ Greyfriar's walk

Engine house, Mill street Whittome Harry, clothier, 2I High street

W:akenell James Frederick, relieving officer, Northern Whitton Charles, coal merchant, see Austin & Whitton

division & registrar of births & deaths, Bedford & Kemp- Whitworth Robert, auctioneer, see Pendered & Whitworth

ston sub-district, Bedford union, 35 St. Peter's street Whitworth Thomas Robert, saddler & harness maker, 15

Wale Mary (Mrs.), grocer, 38 St. Loyes street St. Paul's square

Walker Charles James, coal merchant, n St. Cuthbert st Whyley & Piper, solicitors, Dame Alice street

Walker Ellen (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, r8 Gwyn street Whyley Mark (firm, Whyley & Piper), solicitor, perpetual

W-alker Geo.Croxton,mastr.of the workhouse, Kimbolton rd commissioner, commissioner to administer oaths in the

Walker Henry, builder, 33 Prebend street supreme court of judicature, coroner for the county &

Walker Isaac, dispenser at Infirmary, .Ampthill road clerk of the peace & deputy coroner for the borough,

Walker Kezia, Elizabeth & Lucy (Misses), dress makers, clerk to visitors of borough Lunatic Asylums,DameAlice st

8 Costin street Wickens Albert, Bell inn, Silver street

Walker William, baker, 8 Costin street Wickens J oseph, beer retailer & dai-ryman, 9 Russell street

Walker Wm. Alfred, sewing machine dealer, 12 Harpur st Wiggins Francis, coal merchant, 73 Priory street

Walsh Miss, bookseller & stationer & printer, publisher & Wildman George, shopkeeper, I Great Butt street

proprietor of the "Bedford & County Record & General Wildman James Joseph, tailor, 33 Harpur street

Advertiser" & the" Eagle Magazine," 5 Harpur street. Wiles Harry, tailor, 17 Western street

See advertisement Wilkins Charles, builder, 17 Priory street

Walter William, baker & grocer, 18 Britannia road Wilkins Frederick William, The G:rafton commercial hotel,

Waiters William, fruiterer, I03 Midland road one minute from Midland Railway station, special atten-

Walton George, greengrocer, 1 8 Hassett street tion given to commercial gentlemen, private commercial

Ward Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 3 The G-rove room, Midland road

Ward Edward, corn dealer, 8 Cauldwell street Wilkins Thomas, boot maker, 8 Gadsby street

Ward Emma (Mrs.), tobacconist, Io Harpm street Wilkinson James, plumber &c. see Small G. & Co

Wa-rd George, baker, 79 Tavistock street Wilkinson William, house & estate agent, Castle lane

Ward Mary Ann (Mrs.), butcher, 23 Harpu:r street Williams Frederick Wenlock L.D.S.F.P.S.Glas. dental sur-

Ward William, insurance agent, II9 Bower street geon, I St. Peter's green

Wardle Samuel, commercial traveller, 66 Adelaide square Wlllshaw Richard, fishmonger &c. see Sell & Wilsbaw

Warning William, grocer, 99 High street Willshire S11muel, builder, 53 Tavistock street

Warren Edward, insurance supt. 2I Western street vrilmer William J n. Commercial tavern, 35 Commercial rd

Warren James Henry, coach builder, see Taylor & Warren \Yilson James, bedding manufacturer, 11 St. John's street

Warren Samuel, painter & g:rainer, 30 Hassett street Windsor Alice Harriett (Mrs.), dispensary nurse, 3 Queen st.

Warren William, Midland :restaurant & commercial hotel, Winser Frederick, house agent, 2 Costin stre3t

.good commercial room & every accommodation at moderate Wittrick Rebeeca (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 24 The Grove

charges; home comforts studied, 9I Midland road Wood Emma (Mrs.), butcher, 32 High street

Warton James, builder & contractor, I Cardington road Wood Frederick, batter, hosier, shirt maker, & gentleman's

Warwick & Osborn, builders, Bower street outfitter, 14 St. Paul's square (near Corn Exchange)

Warwick Anne (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 28 & 30 Queen street Wood John, beer retailer, 57 Wellington street

Warwick George, tinplate worker, 32 St. Loyes street Wood William 'fimson, tailor & breeches maker, uniforms,

W-arwick William, builder, see Warwick & Osborn liveries, hunting coats, riding habits, established upwards

Watford James, wine, spirit, ale ~ porter merchant, 76 of a century, 22 High street

High street & II St. Peter's street Wooding James, grocer, 4 Newnham street

Watkins William, manager of water works, 112 Tavistock st Woodward John, P,abinet maker, 85 Priory street

Watkinson Charles Joseph, tobacconist, 47 Cauldwell street Wooldridge Charles Thomas, cabinet maker & upholsterer,

Watts Jesse, Chequers inn, 58 High street 76 Brombam road

Webb Frederick William (firm, Mitchell & Webb), solicitor Wootton Charles, tailor, 4 Victoria road

& commi::sioner to administer oaths & assistant receiver Wootton John Henry, provision merchant, 27 Harpur street

in bankruptcy, 8 St. Paul's square Working Men's Institute, Lectur~ Library & Reading

Webb George, beer retailer, 6 Cauldwell stree1t Rooms (J. Vant, sec. librarian & hallkeeper), Harpur st

Webb Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, 87 Harpur street Wright Joseph, beer retailer, 25 Tavistock street

Webb Robert Walter, dairyman, 32 St. John's street W:right Joseph, grocer, 49 Cauldwell street

42 BEDFORD. BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY's

Wyles William, house agent, 48 Tavistock street Young Henry, architect, surveyor, estate agent & auctioneer
Yates Annie (Miss), dress maker, III Bower street
Yorke Edward, boot & shoe maker, 65A, Cauldwell street & appraiser, surveyor to the Harpur Trust; otfiee, 35

YouugFrancis, taxidermist, 95 Tavistock street Maitland street

Young James, upholsterer, 9-4 Tavistock street Young Men's Christian Association (James W. Burchby,

sec.), 38 Tavistock street

l3IDDENHAM is a small pleasant village and parish, 1 of £15 yearly, derived from land in Cranfield, is distributed

almost surrounded by the river Ouse, 2 miles west from in beef to the poor; there is also £5 yearly from the Bidden-

Bedford, and 8 north from Ampthill, in the Northern divi- ham lordship. Pillow lace is made here. Edward Rhys
sion of the county, hundred of Willey, petty sessional divi- Wingfield esq. of Barrington Park, Burford, Oxon, who is
sion, union and county court district of Bedford, rural lord of the manor, and John Manning esq. of this parish, are
deanery and archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. the principal landowners. This parish has become cele-
The church of St. James is a stone edifice, in the Norman brated by the discoveries of remains of the extinct mammalia
and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, of the post-glacial period in the gravel beds : the further
south porch and an embattled central tower with small discovery here of flint implements in I86I has made this
spire, containing a clock and 6 bells: over the communion locality familiar to foreign as well as English geologists.

table, in a fair state of preservation, is a piece of tapestry, The soil is clay ; subsoil, limestone and gravel. The chief

bearing date 1542 : there are two hagioscopes and piscime: crops are wheat, barley and peas. The area is 1,556; rate-
inserted in the north wall of the chancel is a quaint monu- able value, £3,076; the population in 1881 was 308.
ment of alabaster and marble to the Boteler family, dated Parish Clerk, Samuel :Fuller Green.
r62I: there are several mural tablets and some curious PosT 0FFICE.-Miss .Adelaide Osborne, receiver. Letters
brasses. The register dates from the year 1663. The liv- received through Bedford, arrive at 6.50 a. m.; dispatched

ing is a discharged vicarage, gross yearly value about £Iso, at 6.42 p.m.; sundays, 4.12 p.m. The nearest money
derived from 43 acres of land, £12 from Queen .Anne's order & telegraph office is at Bedford
bounty, and £8 tithes, with residence, in the gift of Edward National School (mixed), average attendance, 52; & sup-
Rhys Wingfield esq. and held since 1866 by the Rev. Henry ported by voluntary subscription & government grant;
Wood M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Boteler's charity Miss Adelaide Osborne, mistress

Langlands Major John Shakespeare Frossell William, grazier Johnson William, vermin destroyer
Manning John
Wood Rev. Henry M.A. Vicarage Green Samuel, shoe maker Luckarift John, laundryman

COMMERCIAL. Harrison Frank, Three Tuns P.H. & Manning John, farmer & landowner
Bayes John, shopkeeper
Frossell Charles, baker & shopkeeper builder & contractor Peacock Henry John, farmer

Hawkes George, farmer Summerlin Frederick, blacksmith

Howard Charles, farmer Whitworth Robert, farmer &auctioneer

BIGGLESWADE is a market and union town, head of Shortmead street ; the Primitive Methodist chapel also in

a petty sessional division and county court district, with a Shortmead street. The cemetery, situated at some distance

station on the Great Northern railway, 45 miles from from the town, covers an area of 2 acres, and was laid out

London by the high road and 41 by rail, 1o~ south-east and enclosed at o. cost of £I ,soo: there are two mortuary

from Bedford and 12 north from Hitchin, in the Northern chapels, connE-cted by an arch with spire upwards of 90 feet

division of the county, hundred and rural deanery of Biggles- in height ; the cemetery is under the control of a burial

wade, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely, bordered board of 6 members. The Town Hall, a substantial build-

on the west by the river I vel, which is navigable from its ing in the Roman-Doric style, was erected in 1814, at a

junction with the Ouse at Tempsford, distant about 4 miles. cost of £8oo, J. T. Wing esq. of Bedford being the architect:

The town is well lighted with gas supplied by a company, it was enlarged and improved in 1888 at a cost of £9oo and

and water is obtained from springs in the neighbourhood. is used for the petty sessions and county courts, and serves

The church of St. .Andrew is an ancient and venerable struc~ also for balls, concerts and other public entertainments.

ture of sandstone, in the Early English style, consisting of The hospital for contagious disease8, in the Potton road, has

chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western beds for 30 patients. The market is held on Wednesday for

tower containing 5 bells and a clock: the chancel, rebuilt in corn and pigs, and on Wednesday and Sa,turday for plait.

1467, retains its piscina and sedilia, and has a beautiful There are fairs on February qth, Saturday in Easter week,

altar-piece, representing the Last Supper, presented by Whit Monday, September 27th, and November the 8th, for

Charles Barnett esq. in 1765: a reredos was added in 1877: horses and live stock. Sir John Cotton, in 17521 bequeathed

there are several brasses, one of which has unfortunately £ 1,8oo for charitable uses, which he directed to be laid ont

been much mutilated, and the representation of an angel in the purchase of land subsequently acquired at Flitwick,

conversing with Death has disappeared, it commemorates near .Ampthill; two-ninths of the rental is appropriated to

John Ruding, a former archdeacon of Bedford: the stained a schoolmaster, one-:o.inth to the vicar, two-ninths to the

east window was erected in 1878 to the memory of Charles vicar of St. Neots, two-ninths to the vicar of Connington,

Barnett esq. of Stratton Park, and there are other memorial and two-ninths to a schoolmaster at Holme, Huntingdon-

windows t.o Mrs. Lindsell, of Fairfield, and various members shire. Seven other charities, producing £35, are yearly

of that family : a beautiful window after Ghirlandajo, distributed. Francis Lovell esq. is lord of the manor. The

representing the Last Supper, has been put up in the principal landowners are Mrs. Barnett, of Stratton Park,

sanctuary in memory of Charles Fitz;roy Barnett esq. of Charles Samuel Lindsell esq. J.:P. ·of Holme, Colonel

Stratton Park, by his widow: a new vestry has been built: Robert Henry Lindsell D.L., J.P, of Fairfield, and John

a new altar rail is being erected in memory of the late Mrs. Nathaniel Foster esq. D.L., J.:P. of Sandy. The country is

Barnett by her family, and the sanctuary is being enlarged picturesque, and the soil fertile and very productive, being

so that the whole of the sedilia will be inside the communion celebrated for the extensive growth of crops for pickling

rails: the fine reredos of Venetian mosaic was designed by purposes, cucumbers, onions and other market-garden pro-

Mr. Withers, architect of London: there are sittings for 8oo duce. The parish contains 4.310 acres; rateable value,

persons. The register dates from the year 1670. The living £23,563 ; the population in 1881 was 4,947 ; 23 in the

is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge L3r2, gross yearly value vagrant ward of Luton workhouse.

£335, in the gift of the Bishop of Ely, and now (I 890) vacant. STRATTON is a scattered hamlet belonging to Biggles-
wade, and distant a mile and a half south-east. Stratton
The church of St. John the Baptist, situated at the north park, the seat of Mrs. Barnett, is a large brick mansion,
surrounded by a park of r6o acres, beautifully wooded with
end of the town, was built in 1883, at a cost of £2,985, ex- fine elm trees.

clusive of the site, and is an edifice of red brick from the

designs of Sir .A. W. Blomfield M.A. architect, consisting of

chancel, nave and south aisle, with a central turret contain-

ing 3 bells, and will seat 420 persons: the stained east HOLME with Holme Green, is also a small hamlet, situ-

window is a memorial to Sir Charles Talbot K.C.B. and Lady ated one mile south from Biggleswade, to which parish it

Talbot. There are places of worship for Calvinists, Baptists, belongs. Here is the residence of Charles Samuel Lindsell

Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists and Brethren, with Sunday esq. J. P.

schools connected therewith : the Wesleyan chapel is in Parish Clerk, William Alexander Medlock, Shortmead st.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT & M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & .Annuity & Insurance Office, night mail for London, 8.45 p.m. extra stamp 9 p.m. ;

Market place; Mr. Stamp Hutton, postmaster Peterborough, Bedford, Lincoln, Manchester, St. Neots,

OuT-GOING MArLs.-London, 10 a. m. ; London & through, Huntingdon, Hitchin, Leeds, Sandy, York & Nottingham,

12.45 p.m.; London & through, 4p.m.; St. Noots, Sandy, box closes at 8.45 p.m. extra stampt 9 p.m.

Potton, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Wake-

field, Lancaster, .Ampthill, Leicester, Derby, N. & S. There are four deliveries in Biggleswade daily (sundays

Wales, Ireland, Scotland & the North, 5 p.m. ; London & excepted) by letter carrier, the first at 1·I5 a.m. the

through, 7.30 p.m. ; Baldock, Cambridge, Ware, Royston, second at 9·45 a.m. the third at 3 p.m. & the fourth at

Hertford, Norwich & Eastern counties, 8.45 p.m. ; general 6 p.m

DIRECTORY.] :BEDFORDSHIRE. BTGGI:.ESWADE. 43

PARCEL PosT.-Out-going, r.3o & 7.30 p.m.; deliveries, .Arlesey, Astwick,Biggleswade,Blunham~ Campton, Chick:..

7-IS & 9·45 a.m. & 6 p.m sands, Clifton, Cockayne Hatley, Dunton, Edworth, Ever-

Money orders granted & paid between 9 a.m. & 6 p.m ton, Eyewor1 h, Henlow, Langford, Meppershall, Mug~;er...

WALL LE'rTER Box, Shortmead street, cleared at 9· 25 a.m. hanger, Northill, Potton, Sandy, Shefford, Shefford Hard·

3.15, 6.30, 8.rop.m. weekdays only wich, Southill, Stondon, Stotfold, Sutton, Tempsford,

WALL LETTER Box, Sun street, cleared 9.15 a. m. 3.20 & 7.30 Warden or Old Warden & Wrestlingworth ; the popuJa-

p.m. week days only tion of the union in r88r was 27,378; rateable value,

Postal telegraph messages can be sent from 8 a. m. to 8 p.m.; £!27,227

sundays, 8 a.m. to ro a.m Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Thomas

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR BIGGLESWADE PETTY James Hooper, Stratton street, Biggleswade
SESSIONAL DIVISION, Treasurer, James Newbery, Bank, High st. Biggleswade
Relieving & Vaccination Officers, Northern di>ision, Fredc.
Stuart Col. William D.L. Tempsford hall, Sandy, chairman Nicholas, Shortmead st. Biggleswade ; Southern division,
Astell William Harvey D.L. Woodbury ball, Sandy
Alfred Jelf, Henlow
Burgoyne Col. Sir Jn. Montagn bart. D.L. Sutton pk. Sandy Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Biggleswade district,
Foster Edward John esq. M.A.. Woodbury lodge, Sandy
John Bolton Emmerson M.D. Biggleswade ; Potton district,
Foster John Nathaniel esq. D.L. Sandy Place, Sandy
Samuel Edward ·walker, Potton; Sandy district, Charles
Harvey John Edmund Audley esq. D.L. Ickwell Bury, Burnett M.B., c. M. Higgleswade; Shefford district, Charles
Biddleswade
Edward Winckworth L.R.C.P.Lond. She:fford; Stotfold
Lindsell Charles Samuel esq. Holme, Biggleswade
district, Guy C. B. Atkinson, Arlesey; Tempsford
Lindsell Col. Robert Henry D.L. Fairfield, Biggleswade
district, Charle8 Bnrnett M. B., C.M. Higgleswade
Osborn Sir Geo. Robt. hart. D.L. Chicksands Priory, Shefford Superintendent Registrar, Thomas James Hooper, Stratron
Payne Sir Salusbury Gillies bart. B.A. Blunham house, Sandy street, Biggleswade; deputy, George 'Vagg, Cemetery
Pearson Thomas Sherwin, The Hasells, Sandy
road, Biggleswade
Peel Rt. Hon. Arthur Wellesley P.c., M.P., M.A., D.L. The Registrars of Births & Deaths, Potton district, Frederic
Lodge, Sandy
Nicholas, Biggleswade; deputy, William M. Fisher,
Pym Francis esq. D. L. Radwell house, Baldock
Sandy; Biggleswade district, Alfred Jelf, Henlow i deputy,
Shuttleworth Major Frank, Old Warden park, Biggleswade W. Turner, Henlow
Stuart William Dugald esq. Tempsford hall, Biggleswade Registrars of Marriages, Samuel Swinscoe, Hitchin street,
Wagstaff James Poole esq. F.S.A., F.R.G.s., D.L. Manor park, Eiggleswade & Alfred Jelf, Henlow; deputy, John Mould,
Potton, Sandy
Cemetery road, Biggleswade
Whitbread Samuel esq. M.P., D.L. Southill park, Biggleswade Workhouse, to hold 320 inmates, Rev. Henry Buttanshaw
Clerk to the Magistrates, 'l'hos. Jas. Hooper, Stratton st 1\LA. chaplain; Alfred James M B. medical officer; Charles
Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall every alternate Guy, master; Mrs. Guy, matron: Miss Sarah Brown,
wednesday. The following are the places included in the industrial trainer
petty sessional division :-Arlesey, Astwick, Biggleswade,
RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Blunham, Campton, Chicksands Priory, Clifton, Cockayne Meets at Workhouse monthly, on Wednesday alternate
Hatley, Holwell, Dunton, Edworth, Everton, Eyeworth,
with the School Attendance Commitlee, at 11 a.m.
Henlow, Langford, Meppershall, Muggerhanger, Northill, Clerk, Thomas James Hooper, Stratton street, Biggleswade
Potton, Sandy, Shefford, Shefford Hardwick, Southill, Treasurer, Jas. Newbery, Hank, Market place, Biggleswade
Stotfold, Sutton, Tempsford, Upper Stondon, Warden or Medical Officer of Health, Charles Ed wd. Prior M.D. Bedford
Old Warden & Wrestlingworth
Sanitary Inspector, Daniel Miller, Camden house, Stratton

INSURANCE AGENTS:- street, Biggleswade

1 Commercial Union, W. Maddams & Son, High street; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.
A. Jelf, Henlow Meets at Workhouse monthly, Wednesday, ro.3o a.m.
Clerk, 'fhomas James Hooper, Stratton street, Biggleswade
County Fire Office & Provident Life Office & Employers' Attendance Officer, Daniel Miller, Stratton ~t. Biggleswade

Liability & General Accidental Assurance Company, PUBLIC OFFICERS:-
Charles J. S. Bartlett, Station road Certifying Factory Surgeons, John Bolton Emmerson M.D.
Imperial Fire, T. Handley, Station road
County Hail Storm, Conder & Son, Market place High street & Robert Crosbie Welsh M.n., c.M. High st
Northern, S. Button, Post office
Norwich Union Fire, C. T. Newber~·, Bank Clerk to the District Highway Board, to the Commissioners
Phcenix Fire, J. Newbery, Bank
of Taxes, to the Burial Board &to the Lighting Inspectors,
Rock Life, T. S. Purser, Holmeside house
Thomas James Hooper, Stratton street
Royal Exchange Fire & Life, Chapman & Chaundler,
Stratton street Collector of Rates & Taxes, Charles John Squires Bartlett,.

Royal Farmers', W. Maddams & Son, High street Station road
Sun Fire & Life, Conder & Son, Market place
Westminster Fire, H. Franklin, Market place Inland Revenue Officer, Thomas Webb Youatt, Station rd
Superintendent of Police, Frederick Smith
PUBLIC ESTABLISHli1ENTS : -
Town Crier, William Alex. Medlock, Shortmead street

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of servk-es : -
St. Andrew's Church, St. Andrew's street, II a. m. ; 3 &

6.30 p.m.; holy communion, 8 a.m. every Sunday, & II

County Court Office, Stratton street, His Honor William a. m. first & third sundays in the month.; wed. 7.30 p.m.

Henry Gunning Bagshawe, judge; Thomas James Hooper, other evenings 6 p.m

registrar; Arthur J. Hills, deputy registrar; Thomas P. St. John the Baptist Church, 10.30 a. m.; 3 & 6 p.m. ;

Spicer, of Bedford, high bailiff ~ John Mould, sub-bailiff : holy communion alternately, 8 & 10.3oa.m; fri. 7.30 p.m

the court is held monthly at the Town hall. The district Baptist, Hitchin street, Rev. Henry George Stembridge,.

comprises the following parishes : - Arlesey, Astwick, minister, ro.3o a. m. & 6 p.m. ; mon. 7 p.m

Biggleswade, Blunham, Campton, Clifton, Cockayne Calvinist, Palace street, Rev. Richard Bachelor, minister,

Hatley, Dunton, East Hatley, Edworth, Everton, Eye- 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m

worth, Gamlingay, Henlow, Langford, Meppershall, Primitive Methodist, Shortmead street, Rev. A. Kempster,

Muggerhanger, Norhill, Potton, Sandy, She:fford, Southill, minister, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m

Stondon, Stotfold, Sutton, Tempsford, Warden & Wrest- Wesleyan, Shortmead street, Rev. Samuel Joseph Smith,.

lingworth minister, 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m. ; mon. 7-30 p.m. ; wed.

Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress 8 p.m

Amendment .Act, Frederick William Ricbardson, Potton; SCHOOLS:-

William Miller Fisher, Sandy; Frederick Conder, Big-gles- A School Board of 7 members was formed Nov. 13, 1873;

wade; Robert Frederick Conder, Biggleswade; Charles the Board meet at the Clerk's office the iiecond wednesday-

Caleb Whaley, Biggleswade ; Thomas James Hooper, in each month at 3 p.m.; ThomaEJ James Hooper, Stratton

Biggleswade ; Arthur John Hills, Higgleswade ; Charles street, clerk to the board; Frederick William Jackson.

John Squires Bartlett, Biggleswade; JohnMould, Biggles- attendance officer

wade Board (formerly British}, built in 1874. for 200 boys;

County Police Station, Station road, Frederick Smith, supt.; average attendance, I37; 200 girls; average attendance.

George Daniels, inspector, & 3 constables I 16; & I 53 infants ; average attendance~ I 18 ; Nehemiall

Biggleswade Institute, Church st. Wm. Chambers, hon. sec Smith, master; Miss Eliza Murphy, mistress (girls);

Cemetery, Thomas James Hooper, clerk to the burial board Miss Emily Harriet Sandon, mistress (infants)

Town Hall, Market place, Henry Chaundler. clerk; John Free, Station road, Henry James Lambert, master

Styles, keeper National (mixed), Station road, erected in i843 by public

Volunteer !<'ire Bdgade, Engine house, Brewery lane, subscription, for rso boys; aver&\e ;attendance, !h; ISO

Douglas M. Spong, captain; Edward Dodimead, sec girls ; average attendance, IOI ; & I4o infants; average:

BIGGLEBWADE UNION, attendance, 122 ; Alfred March, master; Mrs. Elizabeth..

Board day alternate wednesdays at the Workhouse, at n a.m Ann Mould, mistress of (g-irls) National school

The poor law union comprises the following ph~oGes, viz. 1- Infant, Back street, Mrs. K A. Hutchins, mistress

44 BIGGLES\\".ADE. BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Railway Station (Great Northern), Thomas Charles Jones, DuNTON, MoRDEN & WRESTLINGWORTB-James Clarke,
station master
sat. from Bear inn
Co-svEYANCE.-Omnibuses from the White Swan hotel HITCHIN-Ebenezer Dew, every tues. at 8.30 a.m. from
attend all the trains, & convey passengers &c. to & from Shortmead street, returning in the afternoon
all parts of the town
LANGFORD-Wm. Street, tues. thurs. & sat. from Bear inn

CARRIERS TO:- PoTTON & GAMLINGAY-Lancaster, mon. from 'Catherine
·wheel'
BEDl'ORD-Ebenezer Dew, every wed. & sat. at S.30 a.m.
from Shortmead street, returning in the afternoon ST. NEoTs-Ebenezer Dew, every thurs. at 8.30 a. m. from
BROOM, SouTHILL, OLD WARDEN & NoRTHlLL-Charles
Bone, daily, from Swan hotel Shortmead street, returning in the afternoon
Sutton & Co. (agent), W. E. Randall, Church street

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Farrington Mrs. E. London road Nichols Robert, Hitchin street

Bagshaw Rev. Henry Fosbnry B.A. Fisher Mrs. Rose bank, London road Nnnn William, Vine lodge, Station rd

[curate], Station road Franklin Henr•y, Ivel house Paine Mrs. London road
Bailey James, Station road
Gee Fredk. Riverford ho. Shortmead st Peacock Henry, Shortmead street

Barber Miss, Boddington vl. London rd George Miss, High street Pope George K. Furzen Hall farm

Barnett George J ames, Stratton lodge Handley Thomas, Station road Pope James, Shortmead street

Barnett Mrs. Stratton park Hartley Rev. Francis C. B.A. [curate], Pope Mrs. The Wharf

Bartlett Chas. J n. Squires, Station road London road Pope Wm. Jn. Manor ho. Shortmead st

Batchelor Rev. Richard [Baptist], Bod- Heath Thomas, Elms villa, London rd Purser Thomas Stanton, Holme Side

dington terrace Hills Arthur John, Market square house, Station road

Baxter John, Matlock villas Hillyard Miss, Elm view, London road Race George (master of the Biggles-

Bonney John, Dunkirk vil. London rd Hooper Thomas James, Stratton street wade harriers), Road farm

Brocklebank Rev. Charles Henry M.A. James Alfred M.B. Shortmead street Ramsden Miss, St. Andrew's lodge

[curate], The Close Kempster Rev. Arthur [Primitive Raynes Mrs. Stratton street

Brown John Albt.Elm view, London rd Methodist], St.•John st:~~eet Sandall Rev. John Henry M.A. [vicar of

Burnett Charles M.B. Shortmead street King Ebenezer Slater, Elm view, Lon· Dunton], Stratton place

Carrington Miss, Meadow view don road Sandon Mrs. High street

Chambers William, Shortmead street Kinman Thos.Ladbrooke ho.London rd Scorrer Henry, Napton vi. Cemetery rd

Chaundler Hy. South vil. Station road Lambert Hy. Jas.Grafton vl.London rd Smith Edwd.Jas.Avenue ho.Stratton st

Chew Ebenezer, Broom villa, London rd LindsellCol.Rt. Hy.n.L.,J. P.Fairfield ho Smith Frederick, Station road

Church Harry, Bridge house Lindsell Arthur K. Hillcote, London rd Smith Nehemiah, Station road

Clayton Henry Nix, London road Lindsell Charles Thomas, Holme grove Stanton Mrs. Station road

Cocking Frederick N. Newtown Lindsell Charles Samuel J.P. Holme Stapley Alfred, Market place

Conder Frederick, Brooke house Lindsell Miss, Shortmead house Stembridge Rev. Henry Geo. [Baptist],

Conquest :Frederick William, Mead Maiden Wm. Boddington ho. London rd The Manse, Hitchin street

house, Shortmead street Maythorn Charles, Station road Strapp James, Stratton street

Conquest Mrs. Shortmead street Maythorn John, High street Thomas Owen, High street

Dalton Charles, Shortmead street Miller Daniel, Camden ho. Stratton st Vipan Mrs. Eliza I. Rose vil. Station rd

Daniel George, Boddington terrace Millett Mrs. Cemetery road Wagg George, Boddington terrace

Daniel James, The Elms, London road Mills George Pilkington, Market square Warren Mrs. London road

Daulby Daniel William, Hitchin street Moffatt Adam, Boddington terrace Welchman Herbert Guy, Fairfield road

Denny Robert, Fairfield road Moffatt Wm. Jas. Elm view, London rd Welsh Robert Crosbie M.B. High street

Dodimead Edwd.Laurel vil. Church rd Morgan George, Hitchin street Whaley Charles Caleb, High street

Edwards Mrs. Sl)ortmead street Morton Mrs. Elms villas, London road Wicks Waiter C. Shortmead street

Edwards Samuel, Newtown Newbery Charles, High street Wilcox George, Shortmead street

Ekins William, London road Newbery James, High street Wilson Thomas, Drove lane, London rd

Elliott Charles E. Market place Nicholas Frederic, Shortmead street Wright Misses, London road

Emmerson John BoltonM.D.Rylstone ho

COMMERCIAL. Biggleswade Gas Light & Coke Co. (Fredk.Conder, manager;

Albone Daniel, Ivel P.H. Shortmead street Henry Chaundler, secretary)

Albone William, The Royal Oak P.H. Sun street Biggleswade Institute (Wm. Chambers, hon. sec.), Church st

Alien Joseph, grocer & draper, Shortmead street Biggleswade Orchestral Society (A. H. Blake, conductor;

Andrews Waiter, beer retailer, Stratton street W. Chambers, secretary), Shortmead street

Arnold David, beer retailer & straw dealer, Hitchin street Biggleswade Town Hall Co. Lim. (Henry Chaundler, sec.),

Arnold John, beer retailer & market gardener, Stratton st Market place

Aubrey William Burman, grocer, High street Bilcock Samuel, market gardener, Potton road

Baldock & Biggleswade Bank (Wells, Hogge & Lindsell) Blake Alfred Henry,watch & clock maker& jeweller,Church st

(James Newbery, manager) ; branch, High street; draw Blewitt Robert, confectioner, Hitchin street

on Lloyds Bank Limited, London E c ; hours from 10 to Bond John, baker & confectioner, Hitchin street

4 ; sat. Io to r Bonfield Frederick, Crown hotel, High street

Eallard, James Melrose, hair dresser, perfumer & tobacconist; Bray Thomas, leather merchant, Shortmead street

fishing tackle of every description, High street Bridge Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Potton road

Barnes George, pork butcher, Shortmead street Brookbanks Josiah, market gardener, Potton road

Barrett Thomas, baker, Sun street Broom John, grocer, Shortmead street

Bartlett Charles J obn Squires, estate agent & collector of Bryant John, farm bailiff to Jn. Maiden & Son, Stratton farm.

rates & taxes & agent for the County Fire Office & Pro- Burls Edwd. manager of London & County Bank, Market pl

vident Life Office & Employers' Liability & General Burnett CharlesM.B., C.M. surgeon, &medical officer, Sandy

Accidental Assurance Co. Station road & Tempsford districts, Biggleswade union, Shortmead ~t

Bates William, tailor, Shortmead street Bushby Thomas, beer retailer, Hitchin street

Batson James, plait dealer & farmer, Hitcbin street Bygrave Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Hitchin street

;Baxter John, surveyor for the Biggleswade district highway Bygraves George, butcher, Hitchin street

board, Matlock villas Carter Charles, tailor, High street

Beamont Benjamin, farm bailiff to C. S. Lindsell esq. J.P. Cartwright Charles, beer retailer, Cowfair lands

Holme farm, Holme Cass Francis (Mrs.), umbrella maker, Hitchin street

Bemrose Austin, plumber & glazier, Market place Cemetery (Thomas James Hooper, clerk to the burial board)

Bennett Cornelius, baker, Sun street Chambers Samuel, market gardener, Hitchin street

Bennett Daniel, draper & french milliner, Market place Chapman & Chaundler, solicitors, Stratton street

Bennett James Kirby, watch maker, High street Chapman Henry, boot & shoe maker, High street

Berry Robert Thompson, butcher, Hitchin street Chapman Sarah (Miss), dress maker, Shortmead street

Biggleswade Club (Artbur K. Lindsell, hon. sec.), Church st Chaundler Henry (firm Chapman & Chaundler), solicitor,

Biggleswade Dramatic Society (W. C. Wicks, sec.), Short- commissioner for oaths, secretary to Bi~gleswade Gas Co.

mead street · Lim. & to the Biggleswade Town Hall Co. Lim. Stratton st

Big-gleswade & District Cycling Club (A. J. Hills, capt. ; F. Chesham Philip, beer retailer & seedsman, Stratton street

W. Taylor, hon. sec) Chew & Son, grocers & wine merchants, High street

Biggleswade & District Liberal Association (F. W. Conquest Clarke David, general dealer, Palace street

esq. B. A. president; C. .A. Heath, hon. sec.), Shortmead Clark James, market gardener, Bleak hall, Holma

street Cobb William, boot maker, Hitchin street

Biggleswade Hospital for Contagious Diseases (Alfred Jamest Cocking Frederick Nodes, seed merchant & grower of pick·

M.R.c.s.Eng. medical officer; Peter Stanley, ('.aretaker), ling onions, New town

Potton road Cole Charles, beer retailer, Back street

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. BIGGLESWADE. 45

Coleman Charles, boot maker, Sun street Hite Thomas, beer retailer, Shortmead street

Coles Eliza (Mrs.), The Two Brewers P.H. Hitchin street Holmes Geo. beer retailer & market gardener, Langford rd

CONDER & SON, estate & land agents, surveyors, auc- Holmes Joseph, The Chequers F.H. & market gardener,

tioneers, valuers, also timber valuers, agents for Sun Fire Potton road

& Life Office & County Hail Storm Insurance, Market pl Hooper & Co. solicitors, Stratton street

CONQUEST FREDERICK WILLIAM, grammar school, Hooper Thomas James (firm, Hooper & Co.), solicitor, clerk

Mead house, Shortmead street to magistrates, registrar of county court, clerk to guard-

Cooper Fanny (Miss), dre~s maker, Palace street ians, rural sanitary authority, assessment committee,

Cooper George, basket maker, Palace street h~ghway board, school attendance committee, school

Cooper George, boot & shoe maker, Sun street board, burial board, gas inspector & clerk to commissioners

Cooper John Frederick, general dealer, Shortmead street of taxes, commissioner for oaths & superintendent regis-

Course T. & Son, millwrights & engineers, Hitchin street trar Biggleswade district, Stratton street

Dalton Matthew, boot maker, Shortmead street Buckle Alfred, greengrocer, Shortmead street

Dalton Rebecca (Miss), confectioner, Church street Huckle John Thomas, chimney sweeper, Sun street

Daniel James, market gardener & farmer, Eagle farm Hunt John Francis, printer, stationer & news agt. High st

Daniels George, Half Moon P.H. Silortmead street HUTCHINS GILBERT WILLIAM, omnibus proprietor,

Daniels George, market gardener, Hitchin street Hitchin street

Daniels Jane {Mrs.), lodging house, Potton road Illsley Samuel, poulterer, Cemetery street

Daniels Samuel, market gardener, Potton road Inkin George, The Bear inn, Hitchin street

Daulby D. & W. builders, Hitchin street I vel Cycle Co. Limited (J. Murphy, sec)

Day & Son, wholesale & retail saddle & harness makers, Jackson William, rope & twine maker, Potton road

Shortmead st. ; at Kimbolton, Hunts, & Little Bourke Jackson Fred. Wm. coach trimmer & harness ma. High st

street, Melbourne, Australia James Alfred M.B. surgeon, & medical officer to the work-

Day Arthur, oil & color man, Hitchin street house, Shortmead street

Day John, beer retailer, Caldicote road J eakings Ellis Piggott, boot & shoe manufacturer, High st

Day Samuel, beer retailer, Shortmead street Jeakiugs William, pianoforte tuner, Hitchin street

Dazeley J. C. stone mason, Hitchin street Jeeves Robert, grocer, Hitchin street

Dean Thomas, The Wheat Sheaf P.H. Cemetery street J ones Thomas Charles, station master

Denny Robert, clothier, High street Jordan William, miller (water), Hohne mills

Dew Ebenezer, Coach & Hors~s P.H. Shortmead street Kendall William, farmer, New Spring farm

Dew Frederick Paine, draper, St. Andrew's place King Josiab, market gardener, Holme

Dew George, boot maker, Shortmead street Kinman Thos. who.& retail ironmonger,see Morton&Kinman

Dickins Charlotte lMrs. ), beer retailer & shopkpr. Potton rd Kitchener Frederick, market gardener, Cemetery road

Dilley Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Stratton street Kitchener James, grocer & coal dealer, Sun street

Dilley Wm. White Lion inn, & market gardener, London rd Knott James (Mrs.), greengrocer, Back street

Dodimead & Sons, cabinet makers & upholsterers, High st Lant George, cabinet maker & upholsterer, Market place

Edwards Saml. farmer, mrkt. grdnr. & seed grower, New tn Larkinson Joseph, marine store dealer, Hitchin street

Ell James S. family grocer & provision merchant, High st Lockhart Alfred (Thomas Pedder, agent), coal & ale mer-

Emery Fredk. naturalist & imprtr. of foreign birds, High st chant, Chapel fields

Emmerson John Bolton M.D. surgeon, medical officer & London & County Banking Co. Limited (sub-branch) (Edwd.

public vaccinator, Biggleswadedistrict,Biggleswade union, Burls, manager); open on Wednesday 10 to 4 &

& police & certifying factory surgeon, High street saturday, Io to r, Market place; draw on head office, 2r

Evans & Son, pharmaceutical chemists, High street Lombard street, London E u
Evans Charles Baines, printer, High street
MAD DAMS w. & SON, grocers & wine & spirit merchants,
Farmer Francis, basket maker, Market place High street

Fergusson Thomas Charles, The New inn, Market place Maiden & Sons, agricultural seed growers & mers. Market pl

Field William, carpenter & builder, Shortmead street J\Iarsom Albert, baker, New town

Fire Brigade (Volunteer) (Douglas M. Spong, capt.), High st Marsom ~amuel George, market gardener, Potton road

Forster James, tailor, Hitchin street Maythorn John & Son, coach builders & harness makers ;

Fox Charles, boot maker, Sun street specialities : landaus, broughams, victories, hooded bu~­

Francis George, carpenter, Chapel fields gies, dog carts, &c. inventors of the "Wellbury,'' the

FRANKLIN HENRY, coal, corn & salt merchant & miller improved ladies' car &c. ; offices &show room, High street

(water & steam), dealer in hay & straw; chief offices, & Station road ; timber stores, Cemetery road

Market place; res. I vel house Medlock William Alexander, Blue Ball F. H. Shortmead street

Franks James, stone mason, Cemetery road ~1edlock William Alexander, confectioner, parish clerk, town

Freeman, Hardy & Willis, boot manufacturers, High street crier & bill poster, Shortmead street

Frost Richard, furniture & marine store dealer, Ilitchin st Millard John, basket maker, Stratton street

Gale John, beer retailer, Palace street MILLER ANNIE (MRS.), kindergarten school & young

Galer James, baker, Shortmead street ladies' seminary, Stratton street

Garner .Alfred, china dealer & carpenter, Market place Miller Daniel, sanitary inspector for rural authority & school

Garner Charles, shopkeeper, I Langford road attendance officer for union attendance committee,

Garner Ezra, steam & wind flour mill, Hitchin street Camden house, SLratton street

Garner Timothy, market gardener, New town Mills G. P. Limited, cycle manufacturar, machinist &

GEE FREDERICK1 wholesale & retail seed merchant & electr oplater, Hitchin street

nurseryman, grower of seeds of all kinds, cabbage &other Moffat & Son, botanical nurserymen & seedsmen, London rd

plants, quicks, seakale, asparagus roots, trees, shrubs &c. Mooney Michael, The Yorkshire Grey inn, London road

Riverford house, Shortmead street Moore iohn, grocer, High street

Goldthorpe James Rd. ironmonger & brazier, Shortmead st Morgan George, professor of music, Hitchin street

Goldthorpe William, ironmonger & brazier, Stratton street Morgan J ulia (Miss), ladies' school, Hitchin street

Goldthorpe Wm. White Hart P.H. & wheelwright, Market pl Morton &:Kinman, wholesale &retail ironmongers, Market pl

Goodship Sarah Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, Hitchin street Mosely Ebenezer, shoe maker, Windsor terrace

Goss Martha (Mrs.), dress maker, Hitchin street Mould John; deputy registrar of marriages & sub-bailiff to

Goss William, shoeing & jobbing smith, Hitchin street county court, Matlock villa, Cemetery road

Graves Waiter J. grocer, Hitchin street Munaey Mary (Mrs.), marine store dealer, Sun street

'Green Thomas, beer retailer, Langford road Newbery James,manager of the Baldock & Biggleswade Bank

Gurney James, chimney sweeper, Palace streat & treasurer to union & rural sanitary authority, High st

Hale John, The Red Lion inn, Stratton street Newman William, furniture dealer, Shortmead street

Handley Thomas, architect & surveyor, Station rood Nicholas Frederic, relieving officer Southern district &regis-

Harper William, tailor, Stratton street trar of births & deaths & vaccination officer for the Potton

Hawkins George, market gardener, Fairfield road sub-district, Shortmead street

Hawkins John, beer retailer, Old North road Nichols William, butcher, Shortmead street

Hawkins John, market gardener, Shortmead street Page Frank, pawnbroker, Shortmead street

Hawkins William, market gardener, Potton road Page James, hair dresser & tobacconist, Hit chin strset

Hayden William Liles, greengrocer, Hit<'hin street Page William, market gardener & cowkeeper, The Baulk

Haynes Mary (Miss), dress maker, Shortmead street PARKER WILLIAM, The George P.H. coal merchant &

Heath Thomas & William, grocers, Shortmead street SEED GROWER, Station road

Hemsworth John, bicycle maker &c. Market place Partridge John, plumber, glazier & painter, Shortmead st

Hercock Elizabeth (Mrs.), fancy shopkeeper, Church street Pettengell John, beer retailer & rope maker, Sun street

Hern John, Swan Commercial hotel; every accommodation Phillips James, photographer, Shortmead street

for commercial gentlemen & private parties, High street. Pledger .Mary .Ann, Louisa, Jane, Emily & Helen (Misses),

See advertisement drapers, High street

Hills George Warren, The Catherine Wheel P.H, Market pl Plowman William, beer retailer, Shortmcad street

46 BIGGLESW.ADE. BEDFORDSHIRE.

Poole Alfred, farm bailiff to Frederick Conder esq. West Swinscoe Samuel, registrar of marriages, Hitchin street

'Sunderland farm Tasker Lydia (Mrs. )1 grocer, Shortmead street
Pope Frederick, market gardener, Holme Tate Arthur, grocer, Hitchin street

POPE WILLIAM (EXORS. OF), rorn & seed merchants & Taylbl" & Co. saddlers & harness makers, Station road

maltsters, The Wharf, Shortmead street Taylor Alfred Percival, fancy repository, Shortmead street

Powers & Sons, millers, Stanford mill Taylor Frederick, engineer, Market place

Prior Joseph, greengrocer, Hitchin street Taylor George, shoeing & jobbing smith, Brewery lane

Randall Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Sun street Taylor Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, Hitchin street

Randall Wm. market gardener, East cottage, Cemotery road Tebts George James, accountant, Windsor terrace

Randall WilliamEdward, hair dresser, & agent for Sutton& Thomas Owen M.R.c.v.s. veterinary surgeon, High street

Co. Church street Thompson George, market gardener, Potton road

Reason Frederick, insurance agent, 3 Elm view, London rd Thompson Henry, market gardener, Potton road

Reynolds Ellen (Mrs.), dress maker, Hitchin street Thompson James, beer retailer & market gardener, Sun st

ROBARTS ABRAHAM, butcher, Stratton street Thompson William, jun. market gardener, Back street

Roberts Charles, beer retailer, Hitchin street Tilcock John, general draper, High street

Robinson William, poulterel', Back street Turner William, baker, Stratton street

Rowlett Charles, beer retailer, Potton road Turney Annie (Mrs.), grocer, Hitchin street

Rowlett Sarah (Mrs.), Horse & Jockey P.Jl. Sun street TWELVETREES EDWARD,builder & contractor,Stratton st

Rowlett Thomas, market gardener, Cemetery street Twelvetrees William John, baker, Stratton str£et

Rutherford Henry, clothier, Hitchin street Vickers Ebenezer, boot maker, Rose terrace

Rycraft William, fishmonger, Shortmead street Wakes Alfred, confectioner, Hitchinstreet

Sandon Louisa (Miss), draper, silk mercer, hosier, milliner Wakes Mary Ann (Mrs.), confectioner, Market place

& mantle maker, High street Walker Frederick, market gardener, Potton road

Sandon Hannah (Mrs.) & Edward, plumbers, glaziers & Walker Hannah (Mrs.), market gardener, Cowfair lands

painters, High street & Market placa Warner William, Anchor P.H. Sun street

Saunders Brothers, coach builders &c.Market place. See advt Warren Arthur, butcher, Market place

Saunderson Albert, baker, corn & coal merchant & dairy- Warren Charles, butcher, Church street

man, Stratton street Webb George James, watch maker & jeweller, Market sq

Saunderson Alfred, draper, Hitchiu street Welch Frederick Chas. grocer & provision dealer, Hitchin st

Smart Alfred, beer retailer, Shortmead street Wells & Co. brewers & spirit merchants, High street

Smith David, corn dealer, Hitchin street Wells Frederick, beer retailer, Mill lane

Smith Frederick 1 supel'intendent of police, Station road Wells James George A. basket, sieve & hamper maker,

Smith George, market gardener, Shortmead street dealer in rods, wooden ware & measures, Hitchin street
SOUNDY c.&. eo. wholesale clothing manufacturers & Wells William John, grocer & White Horse P.H. Church st

retail draper & tailors, Market place Welsh Robert Crosbie :M.B., C. M. surgeon & certifying factory

SPONG &. SON, family &dispensing chemists, proprietors surgeon, High street

of the BEDFORDSHIRE PIG POWDERS (registered), West John, farmer, Shortmead street

agents for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants; Wheatley George, working jeweller, Shortmead street

stationers & printers (established r836), High street, & at Wheatley Samuel, boot maker, Stratton street

Shefford ~ Wbeailey Samuel, The Hop Bine P.JI. Cemetery road

Squires Wilsher, outfitter, Hitchin street Wheeler Thomas, boot maker, Shortmead street

Stacey Frederick, Prudential insurance agent, Back street White Frederick, brazier & ironmonger, Shortmead street

Stokes Eliza (Mrs.), laundress, Victoria place, Shortmead st Whiteman John, joiner & undertaker, Church street

Stokes William, hair dresser, Shortmead street Wikes Hi.ram, shopkeeper, Hitchin street

Stonebrid:?e William, beer retailer, Back street Wilson Robert Phipps, wheelwright, Shortmead street

Storton William, market gardener, Potton road Winch Harriet (Mrs.), The Rose inn, Stratton street

Stoten William, farmer, Blunham house, Hitchin street Winters David Paine, farmer, Stratton Park farm

Stoton Arthur, tailor, Shortmead street Woodhall Samuel, wheelwright & genl. smith, Shortmead st

Strickland James, beer retailer, Stratton street Woodcraft John, beer retailer & poulterer, Rose terrace

Styles John, carpenter & undertaker, & keeper of Town Woodham Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer & baker, Church st

hall, Stratton street Woodward Robert, market gardener, Fairfield road

Summerfield Lucy(Mrs.), straw hat & bonnet manufacturer, Woodward William M. shopkeeper, Cemetery street

millinery in all its branches, High street Wren Emma Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, Cemetery road

Sutton & Co. carriers (W. E. Randall, agent), Church street Wren Walter, beer retailer & fishmonger, High street
l Youatt Thomas Webb, inland revenue officer, Station road
Swift Richard Temple, grocer, Market place

::SILLINGTON is a scattered hamlet and ecclesiastical An estate of rso acres was left many years back, which pro-

parish, comprising Great and Little Billington, formed out of duces£160 yearly, one moiety of which is appropriated to

the civil parish of Leighton Buzzard, situated on the Bucking- the rector, and the other is divided between the poor, the

hamshire border, I! miles west from Stanbridge Ford station repairs of the church, rectory house and buildings on the

on the London and North Western railway, 2 miles south-east estate. Billington Manor is the seat of Arthur Macnamara

from Leighton Buzzard, 6 miles west from Dunstable and esq. D.L., J.P. Sir Wyndham Hanmer bart. of Weston Hall,

13 from Hemel Hempstead, in the Southern division of tbe Towcester, Northants, is lord of the manor. The principal

cuunty, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, landowners are Edward Bromley esq. Arthur Macnamara

union and county court district of Leighton Buzzard, rural esq. D.L., J.P. and Leopold de Rothschild, of Ascott, Leigh-

deanery of Dunstable, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese ton Buzzard. The soil is sand, clay and marl; subsoil, cla~··

Qf Ely. The church of St. Michael is a small oblong build- Coprolites are found here. The chief crops are wheat, bar-

ing, of the Late D<lcorated period, with some Perpendicular ley, beans and peas. 'fhe area is 1,400 acres; rateable

portions, and consists of chancel, nave and a western turret value, £2,091; the population in 1881 was 426.

.containing one bell: the chancel retains a trefoil-headed Letters received through Leighton Buzzard at 7.30 a.m.

piscina. The existing register dates from the year [ ]; WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.50 p.m. week days only.

the earlier registers form part of those of Leighton Buzzard. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Leighton

'fhe living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £288, net yearly Buzzard .

value £340, including 3 acres of glebe, with residence, in National School (mixed), built (with house for mistress) in

the gift of the inhabitants, and held since 1858 by the Rev. z863, for Bo children; average attendance, 70; supported

Edward Bradshaw M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. by government grant, voluntary contributions & school

There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methqdist chapels here. fees ; Miss Emily Louisa Weston, mistress

:Bradshaw Rev. Edward M.A. [rector] Andrews Abraham, farmer Purrett Richard, farmer
Rod well William, Manorfarm
Macnamara Arthur D.L., J.P & Lady Griffin Elijah, Greyhound P.H Ruff Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Symes William, farmer
Sophia, Billington manor Griffin .:rohn, farmer ThompsonElizabeth(Mrs.), shopkeeper
Wh1te William, shopkeeper
Potts John Hull Harriet (Miss), farmer Yirrell Samuel, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Olney John, cattle dealer

E vans William, bailiff to Arthur Mac- Potts J emima (Mrs.), shopkeeper

na.mara esq. D.L.,J.P Pratt John, Cock P.H

BLETSOE is a small village and parish, bounded on the Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church Qf St." Mary is ~n

west by the river Ouse, and on the road from Bedford to ancient cruciform structure, chiefly in the Decorated style,

Kimbolton, 6 miles north from Bedford, It south-east from and was restored in 1868, at a cost·of about £r,7oo: it con-

Sharnbrook railway station and 57 from London, in the sists of chancel, nave, north transept or-St. John chapel,

Northern division of the county, Sharnbrook petty sessional small south transept, south porch and a central tower with

division, hundred of Willey, union and county court district plain parapet, containing a clock and 5 bells, all cast in

of Bedford, rural deanery of Felmersham, archdcaconry of 1786: there are three sedilia on the south side of the

DIRECTORY.] BED:FORDSHIRE. BOL..~HURST. 47

chancel, and a double piscina in the north transept, which the gift of Lord St. John, and held since 188r by the Rev.

also contains some fine monuments of the family of St. John, Jt'rederick Henry Bolingbroke M.A.. of Trinity College, Cam~

Viscounts Bolingbroke ; the first on the south wall consists bridge. Pillow lace is made here to a small extent. Of

of a panelled base, supporting two Corinthian columns, on Bletsoe Castle, originally built as a quadrangle, only the

which rests a slightly projecting fiat canopy, surmounted by north side, standing at a short distance north of the church,

a quartered shield; within are kneeling figures of Sir John now remains, and is occupied as a farmhouse by Mr.

St. John, 1559, and Margaret (Waldegrave), his wife and 9 Henry Campion; at the east end is a spacious staircase.

children: on the east wall is another monument, elaborately Queen Elizabeth was once entertained here, and James I.

carved, with cornice, pediment and arms, to Frances, visited Bletsoe no less than six times. Lord St. John is lord

Countess Bolingbroke, 1678, and there are many others of of the manor (from which he takes the title of Baron of

the family, down to 1874: there are also memorials to Bletsoe) and principal landowner. The soil is clay ; subsoil,

several <Jf the late rectors, and to Arabella, wife of C. C. gravel, clay and limestone. The chief crops are wheat,

Vivian esq. 1637: in June, 1882, a reredos was erected in barley and roots. The area is 2,186 acres ; rateable value,

the style of the .chancel, by the Rev. the Hon. Edmu.nd about £2,323; the population in 188z was 341.

Tudor St, John M.A. late rector: it occupies the whole BouRNE END is a mile and a half north. Letters re~
width of the chancel, the central portion being divided into Parish Clerk, Frederick Haines.
three compartments by marble columns, and finished with
pinnacles and carved finials: a white alabaster cross on a PosT 0FFICE.-James Taber Green, receivel".

marble background occupies the centre, and on either side ceived from Bedford at 8 a. m. Box closes at 5.20 p.m.;

in the other two niches are figures of St. John and the Virgin on sundays at 3.15 p.m. The nearest money order office

Mary: under canopies on each side of the reredos proper is is at Sharnbrook & telegraph office at Milton Ernest

an arcade of four arches: ~ new organ has been placed in National School (mixed), built (with teacher's house) by

the church, at a cost of £ 2oo raised by subscription: there subscription in r859, for 70 children; average attendance,

are 190 sittings. The register dates from the year 1582 . 40; Jas. Taber Green, master; Mrs. Sarah Green, mist

The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £332, gross yearly CARRIERS.-Joseph Brown, to Bedford, sat.; Wise, from

value [4ro, including 35 acres of glebe, with residence, in Risely, through to Bedford, wed. & sat

BolingbrokeRev. Fredk. Hy.M.A.Rectory Brown Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Payne William, farmer &
Nelson Frederick Campion Henry, farmer, Castle farm Love John William, lime burner

'Thomas Miss, The Cottage Farrer :Frederick, grazier brick & drain pipe maker
BeaU John Chas. farmer, Bletsoe park Hipwell & Sons,millers(>Jteam & wat~r), Ross Robert, Falcon P.H. & farmer
Brown Joseph, shopkeeper & carrier Sanders John, farmer, Bourne end
Stoke mills

.BLUNHAM is a parish a:nd large village, situated be~ Ifestival of St. James, granted to John Lord Hastings in

Itween the rivers Ouse and !vel, with a station on the Bedford I 1315. There is a church acre charity of the yearly value of

and Cambridge line of the North Western railway, 7 miles £1 ss. Blunham House, the residence of Sir Salusbury

east from Bedford, 6 south from St. Neots, 5 north-west I Gillies Payne hart. B.A.., .J.P. is a plain brick building,

from Biggleswade and so from London, in the Northern pleasantly situated in a small park, with fine elm and other
1

diyision of the county, hundred of Wixamtree, petty sessional trees of considerable age, and through which the river I vel

division, union and county court district of Biggleswade, flows. The old Manor House, now occupied as a farmhouse,

rural deanery of Biggleswade, archdeaconry of Bedford and was formerly the residence of Charles Grey, Earl of Kent.
diocese of Ely. The chureh of St. Edmund is a building of The manor anciently belonged to the Earls of Pembroke,
~andstone, partly of the Norman period, consisting of chan- from whom it descended by female heirs to the family of

eel, nave, aisles and a lofty embattled western tower, with :S:astings and Grey, and is now the property of Earl Cowper

pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells~ in the south wall K.G. The principal landowners are Earl Cowper, SirS. G.

of the chancel is a monument with recumbent effigy to Pa.yne bart. J.P. and the rector. The soil is gravel. The

Susanna (Grey), daughter of Charles, 7th Earl of Kent of chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and garden produce. The

that family, and wife of Sir Michael Longueville, 17th area is 1,123 acres; rateable value, £3,001; the population

century: there are also memorial slabs to the Bromsall in r881 was 62o.

family, including one to Margaretta Bromsall, 1664 : the SouTH MILLS is 8 small hamlet of Blunham; Frederick
church was restored and entirely reseated in I86o, and in Dawkins esq. is lord of the manor.

1862 the organ was considerably enlarged at the expense of

Miss Polhill of this place, who also contributed largely to the PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

refitting of the church: the church plate includes a paten of Vi'illiam Judd, postmaster. Letters received through
silver given by Dr. Archer, of Blunham, in 1862: there are Sandy at 8 a. m. & 4 p.m.; dispatched at 12 a. m. & 4·30

350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1571. The p.m. & to Bletchley at 7.15 p.m

living is a rectory, net yearly value £sso, including 200 National School (mixed), built in 1872, for 123 children;

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Earl Cowper K.G. average attendance, 85 ; Reuben Bearco, master
and held since r872 by the Rev. Thomas Marlborough Berry Railway Station, William Gleaves, station master
M. A.. of Trinity College, Dublin. There are two Baptist CARRIER TO BEDFORD,- John Cope, man. wed. & sat. return·
~hapels. Blunham formerly had a market and a fair at the ing same days

Blunham. Armstrong Charles, market gardener Penwright Charles, market gardener ·~

Barker John, market gardener Powers l<'rank, baker

Abbott Rev. William [Baptist] Blaine William, shopkeeper Prigmore Benjamin, blacksmith
Allen Mrs
Bates Rev. Joseph Boness James, beer retailer Russell James, beer retailer
Berry Rev. Thomas Marlborongh M.A.
Bossingham Thomas, Railway inn Samway James, beer retailer
Rectory
Cecil Mrs Chambers J acob, fa1·mer Samway James, jun. market gardener
Daniell Arthur, South mills
Clarke Charles Henry, Old "Salutation Saunders Nathaniel, plumber

inn, & market gardener Sharpe Francis William, plumber

Clarke William, beer retailer Squires Samuel, market gardener

Grepe Herbert William,Gordon cottage Clarke William, jun. market gardener White Edward, farmer, 'fhe Orchard
Odell John & rate collector Williamson William, market gardener
Payne Sir Salusbury Gillies bart. B.A., Winters Thomas, beer retailer
Danes Jerome, Old Horse Shoes P.H Wootton William, tailor
J.P. Blunham house Dennis Mary (Mrs.), butcher
Polhill Miss, The Cottage •
Rumbold William Harpur Edith (Mrs.), baker
Howard Charles, market gardener South Mills.

Short Rev. -[Baptist] J udd Henry Robert, farmer Powers Charles & Co. (Wm. Frederick
White John, Mount Pleasant
Judd Wm. draper & grocer, Post office Archdale & Arthur Knox Lindsell,
COMHERClAL. Matthews Emma. (Mrs. f, shopkeeper
proprietors ; Arthur Daniell, man~

Norman Susanna.h (Miss),miller (wind) ager), seed -crushers

Alien Edith (Mrs.), bnteher Odell William, market gardener Triplow Oscar & Joseph, fat·mers

.BOLNHURST is a straggling village and parish, situ~ each dated 1587 and the largest 1618, with an inscription:

ated on the Bedford and Kimboltou main road, 7 miles north in the vestry is the tomb of Mrs. Wad.e-Gery, to whose

from the former, 6 south from the latter, and 7 west from memory also the stained east window was inserted : the

St. Neots, and about 5 miles west from St. Neots railway church contains monuments and stained windows to the

-station, in the Northern division of the county, Sharnbrook Francklin and the Harvey families: in the na\'·e is a marble

petty sessional division, hundred of Stodden, union and tablet to the Francklin family, dated 1707: a beautiful
county court district of Bedford, rural deanery {)f Eaton, carved screen divides the nave and ~hancel, and on one of
archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of the walls is a fresco of St. Christopher bearing the infant

St. Dunstan is a. building of stone in the Early Decorated Christ : the chancel was completely restored and the roof

and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, porch, _re~overed with oak and lead in 1884; the walls and porch

vestry and a tower containing•4 bells, the second and third were aLso repaired. The register dates from the year 168.).

148 BOLNHURST. BEDFORDSHIRE. • [KELLY's

The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge [,ror, gross yearly patched, 3 & 4.30 p.m. on week days only. The

value .£204, including 134 acres of glebe, with residence, in nearest money order & telegraph office is at Great

the gift of the Rev. Frederick Mortimer Harvey M.A. of ' Staughton

Trinity College, Cambridge, and held since 1888 by the A School Board of 5 members was formed .April 4th, 1884 ;
Rev. Robert Atherton of St. Aidans. A charity of[,3 16s. 3d. Mark Sharman, clerk to the board
.being the rent of two acres of land, is distributed among the
poor on Christmas Eve. The principal landowners are John Endowed School (mixed), erected at the sole cost of the
LieU Francklin esq. of Great Barford, Mrs. Mundy, Sir
Richard Crampton Power hart. of Kilfane, Thomastown, Rev. Frederick Mortimer Harvey M.A. rector from 1874
Kilkenny, and the Henderson family. The soil is heavy ;
subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. to x888, for 6.;! children; the endowment1 consisting of
The area is 2,160 acres ; rateable value,[,1,753; the popula- land in Keysoe parish, left by the Rev. T. Baker M. A. a
tion in r?81 was 279.
former rector, in 1749, producing! {,16 yearly, is vested

in the trustees of the Bolnhurst Elementary School
Charity

Parish Clerk, George Harpin. CARRIERS FROM LITTLE STAUOHTON & KIMBOLTON pass

PosT 0FFICE.-Stephen Breary, receiver. Letters are re- through here e?l- route to Bedford every sat. & a Keysoe

ceived through St. Neots, 9.15 a.m. & 2.45 p.m.; dis- carrier every' wed. & sat.; to St. Neots on thurs

Atherton Rev. Robert, Rectory Green William, farmer & 9team plough Sharman Jabez Henry, farmer

proprietor, Greensbury farm Sharman Joseph (Mrs.), farmer

COMMERCIAL. Harpin George, farmer Smith Gabriel, farmer

Chapman John, farmer Hartop John, farmer Swales John, Plough P,H. &. grazier

Church John, farmer Hawkins Jabez, farmer Waldock William, farmer, Crowhill

Creamer .Arthur, farmer Hawkins Samuel, farmer Wildman William, Fox & Hounds P.H.

Fensom Thomas, farmer Luff Samuel, farmer & farmer

Green Saml. jun. farmer, Backnoe end :Marriott George, blacksmith

BROMHAM (or BRUMHAM, anciently Bromeham or The living is a vicarage, with that of Oakley annexed, tithe

Bromehal) is a parish and beautiful village, situated on the rent-charge {,220, joint net yearly value [3oo, including
north bank of the river Ouse, which is here crossed by a stone 16 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Eton College,
bridge of 26 arches, and on the :Northampton road, 3 miles and held since 188o by the Rev. Charles James Eliseo Smith
north-west from Bedford and 2 south from Oakley station, in M. A. late fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. There is
the Northern division of the county, Willey hundred, Bedford a charity, consisting of 13 acres of land, left for the repair
petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural of the church by an unknown donor, with other charities,
deanery of Bedford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of liberally supplemented by the Hon. Miss Rice-Trevor and

Ely. The church of St. Owen, situated in Bromham Park, is others. Bromham Hall, the residence of the Hon. Miss
an andent edifice of stone, in the Gothic style of the I3th Rice-Trevor. who is lady of the manor and principal land-
century, and consists of chancel with vestry on the north, owner, is an interesting gabled building of brick, situated

nave, north aisle, north and south porches and a lofty em- in a valley on the north side of and immediately adjacent

battled tower containing 6 fine-toned bells, bearing the to the river Ouse; the approach is through a long and

motto of the Dyve family, who were the donors both of the picturesque avenue of elms and sycamore tTees ; the man-
bells and the communion plate: in the Dynevor chapel is sion stands in an extensive park, planted with a great
an elaborate memorial window to the late Lord Dynevor; variety of shrubs and stately trees. The soil is gravelly,
in the south wall of the chancel is a piscina, and on the with a strong clay subsoil, mostly cold. The chief crops

opposite side an aumbry; on a slab in the chancel pavement are wheat, barley, beans, mangold wurzel, turnips and

is a very handsome palimpsest brass, originally represent- kohl rabi. Pillow lace is made here. The area is r,798

ing a man and his two wives of the early rsth century, acres; rateable value, £4,917 ; the population in r88r was

but, as now reversed, it commemorates Sir T. Wilde, his 327.

wife· and mother, with the date 1535 ; against the wall of Parish Clerk Samuel Stafferton
the aisle is a monument of alabaster, with recumbent effigy, '·
clad in armour, of Sir Lewis Dyve, 1 &03, commander of
the King's forces for the Newport Pagnell district, during PosT 0FFICE.-Samuel Stafferton, receiver. Letters re-
the Great Rebellion; there are also other interesting monu- ceived through Bedford at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.30
p.m. ; sundays, 4 p.m. Bedford is the nearest money

ments: over the south porch is a small library, and inserted order & telegraph office
in the wall outside the room is an incised slab, recording the WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 6 p.m. on week days & 3.30

foundation of the library by Thomas Lord Trevor, in 1740: p.m. on sundays

against one of the piers of the nave is an ancient alms box: Free School (mixed), built in r861, with master's house, at

in 1868 the church was restored by the parishioners, the the expense of the Countess of Longford & the Hon.
chancel rebuilt at the cost of the Hon. Miss Rice-Trevor, Miss Rice-Trevor, daughter of the late Lord Dynevor,
and a chapel erected over the Dyneror family vault by the for I20 children; average attendance, 94; Joseph Carrier,

late Lord Dynevor. 'fhe register dates from the year 1570. master

Rice-Trevor Hon. Miss, Bromham hall Galloway William, head gardener to H~trrison Thomas, farmer, Bury farm
SmithRev. Cbas.Jas. Eliseo M. A. Vic~trage the Hon. Miss Rice-Trevor HenmanJas.Alex. farmr. Bromham grng
Hine Joel, Crown P.H
Wingfield Major Charles, Park cottage Garner Maria (Mrs.), dairy King Henry, carpenter
Gibbons Robert, farmer King Samuel, grazier
Wingfield The Misses, Bromham hall Harrison Edwin, surveyor to Hon. Miss Odell John, baker
COMMERCIAL.
Rice-Trevor
Biggs John, farmer & miller (water),

Bridge end Harrison Frederick George, butcher Pridden John, shoeing&. general smitb

Cranfield Maria (Mrs.), farmer · Harrison Samuel, Swan P.H. & farmer , Stafferton Samuel, shopkeeper

CADDINGTON is a village and parish, partly in Beds the reign of Edward VI. was a nunnery of the Benedictine

and partly in Herts, 2 miles west from Luton, in the order, dedicated to the Holy Trinity; the site was granted

Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty ses- by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's in 1125, but the chief

sional division, union and county court district of Luton, benefactor was Geoffry, abbot of St. .AIbans; it was valued 26

rural deanery of Luton, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese Hen. VIII. (1534-5) at from£ 114 to £143, and in 2 Edward

ofEly. The church of .All Saints is a building partly Norman, VI. (1548·9) was granted to George Ferrars; it is now the

partly Early English and partly 'fhird Pointed in its style property of the Rev. Francis William Adye M.A.., J.P. who is

of architecture, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a lord of the manor, and is at present occupied by Philip

western embattled tower containing 6 bells ; it was partly Henry Pauncefort Duncombe esq. J.P. Caddington Hall~
restored and a vestry added in 1876, at a cos~ of [2,500, the residence of Guy Seabright esq. is surrounded by a park

from designs by Mr. Ewan Christian, of London: the and grounds. Both Caddington Hall and Markyate Cell are

chancel is fitted with seats of solid oak : there are brasses within Markyate ecclesiastical parish. There are four

with effigies to John Hawtt, rsos, and his wife, Elizabeth, manors, of which the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the

with 8 children; and to Edward Dormer, yeoman, 1578, and Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Rev. Fra.ncis WiUiam

his wives, Joan and Elizabeth, with their 14 children. The .Adye M.A. are the lords; these are also the principal land-

register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, owners. The land is heavy mixed soil, and the subsoil strong

gross yearly value[,~oo, with residence, in the gift of the Dean ola.y. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips,

and Chapter of St. Paul's, and held since 1889 by the Rev. and there is a good deal of pasture land. The population in

Thomas Bates M.A. of Baliol and Queen's Colleges, Oxford. 1881 was 2,204; the area is 4,508 acres; viz. 2,941 in Herts

There are Wesleyan, Baptist and Union chapels. The chari- and 1,567 in Bedfordshire; rateable value, £8,375; this is a.

ties amount to [12 yearly, of which Martha. Coppin, of large straggling parish and includes hamlets called Woon-

Markyate Street, left [,6; David Foulerton, of Markyate SIDE1 SLIP END, END and HAbEY GREEN.

Street, left £6; these are distributed in money and clothing
to the poor, The ancient residence, Markyate Cell, during Parish Clerk, qmla Fryer.

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. CAHDINGTON. 49

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Slip ScHoo-Ls:-

End. - Ambrose Lambert, sub-postmaster. Letters A School Board of 7 members was formed September 28th,

through Luton, arrive at 6.50 a. m. & 2 p. m. ; dispatched 1875, for the united district of Caddington, Beds & Flam-

at 6.50 a.m. & 2 & 5.25 p.m. Luton is the nearest tele- stead, Herts; S. Emerson, Slip End, Luton, clerk to the

graph office board & attendance officer

PosT OFFICE, Caddington.-John Henry Cripps, receiver. Board (mixed), Slip End, built for 250 children; average

Letters through Luton, arrive at 6.30 a. m. & 12.30 p. m. ; attendance, 200 ; David Moon, master

dispatched at 7.10 a.m. & I & 6 p.m. Slip End is the Board, Caddington (mixed), built in 1859, for 250 children;

nearest money order office & Luton the nearest telegraph average attendance, roo; there is a house for the master;

office 1 He:rbert Kemp, master; Miss Jane Brunt, mistress

Bates Rev. Thomas [vicar] Cripps Fredk. Bricklayers' Arms P.H Jackson George,Shepherd & Crook P.H.

Brigg Thomas, Woodside Cripps John H~nry, baker, grocer, & Slip end

Pauncefort-Duncombe PhilipHenry J.P. post office Lambert Ambrose,grocer, pork butcher

Markyate cell Cripps Wm. Hy. farmer, Chaul end & provision merchant, corn dealer &

Seabright Guy, Caddington hall Dickinson Eliza (:v.lrs.), Rising Sun P.H. mealman, Post Office stores, Slip end

COMMERCIAL. Slip end Lines John, farmer, Cb.alk farm

Batchelor William, baker, Slip end Dudley Josepb, farmer Matthews James, beer retailer

Berkeley Edwd. Plough inn, Woodside Emerson S. clerk & attendance officer Oggelsby David, shopkeeper, Slip end

Bingham Andrew, blacksmith to school board &)ssistant overseer, PerkinsLucy(Mrs. ),farmer,Skinpot frm

Bingham Eliza (Mrs.), Red Lion P.H. Slip end Potts William, blacksmith

Woodside Fryer .Aquila, shoe maker Pratt Moses, farmer

Bradshaw Jane (Mrs.), farmer Gatwood Thomas, farmer, Slip end Prime WiUiam, boot maker, Slip end

Brigg Thomas, farmer, Woodside Gazely George, beer retailer Puddephatt William, beer retailer

Bryant William, Harrow P.H. Woodside George Henry, farmer Rowley Herbert, beer retailer, Woodside

Burgess George, shopkeeper Godfrey John, farmer Samm Arthur, farmer, Tipple Hill farm

Burgoine Joseph, grocer, Woodside Heath Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Samm Edward, farmer, Manor farm

Burgoine Thomas, dyer, Tipplehill Hocking Louisa(Mrs. ),straw hat manu- Simons Thomas, farmer, Millfield farm

Clark Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Slip end facturer, Slip end Smith John, shopkeeper, Slip end

Clark Emma (Mrs.), straw hat manu- Holdom George, shopkeeper, Slip end Stone Hezekiah, beer retailer, Slip end

facturer, Slip end Holt Jesse William, baker, Slip end Timberlake Matthew, farmer

Clarke John, farmer, Woodside Houghton William, shopkeeper Viner Benj.Sheep Shearersr.H. Slip end

Coleman Thomas, farmer . How William, Chequers P,H Winters James, beer retailer

CAMPTON is a small village and parish, ro miles south- panel, which, having received the contents of a musket, has

east from Bedford and I mile south-west from Shefford neTer been repaired. "In the year 1645, Sir Charles
station, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Ventris, knight banneret, created by King Charles, for his
Clifton, petty sessional division, union and county court dis- valour in the Civil Wars, was, in the night time, by Oliver's
trict of Biggleswade, rural de~nery of Shefford, archdeaconry party, shot at as he was walking in this room, but happily
of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is a missed him." Highlands, an elegant building, was erected
building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, in 1876, and is occupied by Mr. Sidney Wilson Lockhart.
consisting of chancel, nave and aisles and a Perpendicular John Lewis ffytche esq. D.L., J.P. of Thorpe Hall, Louth,
tower at the west end of the south aisle containing 4 bells: Lincolnshire, is lord of the manor. The principal land-

the chancel is Decorated: in the nave is a brass to Richard owners are Sir G. R. Osborn hart. D.L., J.P. QL.Ghicksands

Carlyll esq. and Joan, his wife, both of whom died February Priory, and E. Powers esq. The soil is strong clay; subsoil,
14th, 1489: the church contains several monuments and the varied. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas,
mausoleum of the Osborn family: Bloomfield the poet, who and ordinary garden produce. The population in 1881 was

died at Shefford, August 19th, 1823, was buried here. The 555; the area is r,or2 acres, including Shefford town; rate-
register, including Shefford, dates from the year 1568. The able value, of Campton, £ r,428.
living is a rectory, with Sheffordchapelry annexed, joint net Parish Clerk, William Stevens.
yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of Sir George PosT OFFICE.-Charles Brittain, sub-postmaster. Letters
Robert Osborn bart. and held since 1870 by the Rev. George through Shefford R.S.O.arrive at 8.20 a. m.; by Shefford at
Montague Osborn M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. An n a. m.; dispatched at 6.50 p.m.; there is no sunday post.
addition of one acre was made to the churchyard in 1857, Shefford is the nearest money order & telegraph office

under the control of a burial board of r8 members. Many A School Board of 5 members was formed March 8th, 1875,

interesting Roman and Anglo-Saxon antiquities have been for the united district of Campton & Chicksands Priory;
discovered in the neighbourhood. The Manor house, now H. Vandervord, Campton, clerk to the board
the residence of Miss Osborn, was in 1645 the seat of Sir Board School (mixed), erected, with teacher's house, in
Charles Ventris, whose narrow escape from assassination is 1875, at a cost of £r,8oo, for 120 children; average
recorded in the following inscription, still preserved on a attendance, 84; :Miss Charlotte Woodhead, mistress

Lockhart Sydney Wilson, Highlands Bygra.ve Thomas, shopkeeper Parratt James, market gardener

Massey George, Campton villas Campton & Shefford Churchyard (A.S. Sale John, farm bailiff to E. Powers esq

Osborn Rev. George Montague M.A. Wade-Gery,clerk to the burial board) Stanbridge Fk. bricklayer & shopkeeper

Rectory Green Charles,plumber & house decora- Tingey Jn. market gardener & coal dlr

Osborn Miss, Campton Manor house tor,painter,paperhanger&sign writer Vandervord Henry, accountant, estate

Pell George, Greville cottage Hare Henry, miller (steam & water) & agent, agent for the London & Lan-

Vandervord Henry, Campton villas corn merchant cashire Life & Fire Association Lim.

Wade-GeryArthnrStaunton,TheGrange Jordon George, New inn & clerk to school boards of Campton

COMMERCIAL. Kempson Abel, bricklayer United District & Arlsey

Balls Joseph, market gardener Lamb Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Wagsta:ff David, beer retailer

Beard Henry, White Hart P.H Lockhart Sydney Wilson, farmer,High- Whitbread William, blacksmith

Brittain Charles, tailor, & post office lands

CARDINGTON is an extensive parish, bounded on the chancellor of the household to Cardinal Wolsey, the other to

north by the :river Ouse, and picturesque village, with Sir Jarrate Ha:rvye: the stained east window was erected to

station on the Bedford and Hitchin branch of the Midland the memory of W. H. Whitbread esq. : in the south wall of

railway, 45 miles from London, 2! south-east from Bedford, the chancel is a piscina. The register dates from the year

8~ west-by-north from Biggleswade and 9 north-by-east 1574. The living is a vicarage, tithe :rent-charge £250, net
from Ampthill, in the Northern division of the county, bun- yee.rly value £365, including 22 acres of glebe, with resi-
dred of Wixamtree, petty sessional division, union and dence, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and held

county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Haynes, since 1856 by the Rev. Edward John Hillier M.A. formerly

archdeaconry of ,5edford and diocese of Ely. The church of fellow of that college. The Wesleyans have a chapel here,
St. Mary is an edifice of stone, with the exception of the erected in 1823. The village is very finely timbered; Card-
tower, in the Perpendicular style, and consisting of chancel ington Cross, designed by Chantrey, is prettily situated in

with aisles, nave with clerestory, south aisle and a central the picturesque approach from Bedford, which is through a
Early English tower containing a clock and 8 bells: in the noble avenue of elm trees, about three-quarters of a mile in
north aisle of the chancel is a mural tablet to John Howard, length. The Whitbread almshouses, on the Green, are for

the philanthropist; there are also several marble monu- four poor widows, and have an endowment of £so yearly.

ments by Weekes and Bacon to the Whitbread family: There is also a Children's Hospital, supported by Miss

under the arcades of the chancel are two canopied altar Whitbread. Near the railway station are two cottages for
tombs with brasses, one to the family of Sir W. Gascoigne, widows, founded by John Howard, a.nd under the manage~

:B. H. & N. 4

60 CARDINGTON. J3EDFOHDSHIRE. [ KELLY'8

ment of the overseers of the poor. Forster's charity, FENLAKE, ~~ miles west; HARROWDEN, 2i miles west, and

founded in r66r, amounting to £3o yearly, is derived 1 COTTON END, 3~ miles south, form a separate district for

from land at Cotton End: £5 is distributed among the civil purposes ; the population and area given above include
Cardin~ton poor, and the rest on Shroye Tuesday among the this division, bu' the names of the residents will be found

poor of Eastcotts. There are also other charities amounting under the hea,ding of " EASTCOTTS."

to sos. yearly. In Cardiugton }'lroper is an extensive water Parish Clerk, Levi White.

flour mill; there is also a brewery. The chief occupation of Sexton, Thomas Monk.

the women here is the making of pillow lace and straw plait- PosT 0FFICE.-Samuel Church, receiver. Letters through
ing. Cardington was at one time the residence of Juhn
Howard, the philanthropist, who came to live here about Bedford, arrive at 8.5 a. m.; dispatched 5 30 p.m. on week
1765. Howard's Villa, now forming part of the residence of
General Mills J.P. has been largely added to, but still days; Sundays at 8.5 a.m.; dispatched 12 a.m. Bedford
retains its original form, and some of the trees in the garden is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal
are of Howard's planting; in the garden is an observatory, orders are issued here, but not paid

ScHOOLS:-

fitted with astronomical and meteorological instruments. Parochial (mixed), built in 1848, for roo children; aYerage

Samuel Whitbread esq. M.P., D.L., J.P. of Southill Park, is attendance, 90; & supported by voluntary contributions;

lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is George Edward Co6gins, master

chiefly gravel and clay ; subsoil, principally clay. The chief Girls' Training, built & supported by the daughters of the

crops are wheat, barley, beans, peas, turnips and mangold late Samuel Charles Whitbread, of this place; the build.

wurtzel. The area is 5,170 acres ; rateable value, £3,730 ; ings include a school, kitchen, laundry & mistress's house,

the population in r88r was 1,225. & are available for 30 girls; Miss Edith Harrison, mistress

The EASTCOTTS, in this parish, comprising the hamlets of, Mirlbnd Railway Station, John Gammons, station master

Dynes Walter Dynes T. & W. engineers & coac·h wheel· Malden George, farmer

Hillier Rev. Ed ward John M A, Vicarage wrights, thrashing machine owners,& Page John E. coal merchant &c. Midland

McLaren Miss manufacturers of clover& seed shellers railway station

Maiden Mrs & straw elevators, agents for all1inds Payne Joseph John, farmer

Mills Gen. Charles James Conway J.P. of agricultural implements & tools Preston Benjamin, baker

Howard's villa Ellis & Everard, coal, lime & salt mer· Richardson George, Exeter Arms P.H

White Mrs. Francis chants, Railway station Saunderson John, farmer, Pastures farm

Ewer Frederick E bailiff to S. Wh1t- Summerfield George, bead keeper to S.

COMMERCIAL. bread esq. M.P. Manor farm Whitbread esq. M.P

Abbney William, tailor Gammons Ju.station master, lVI.railway Trueman Thos. plumber,painter& glazr

Bodger Rt.Morris,farmer &cattle dealer Green John, builder & wood dealer Tuffnail William, blacksmith
Cardington Brewery Co. Limited (The) 1 Keep Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper White Wm.Hy.frmr.Summerho.Hl.frm

(Charles Hickman, manager) Maiden Arthur, farmer Witty Sarah (Mrs.), King's Arms P.H

Church Samuel, shoe maker Monk Thomas, carpenter to the Whit- Wootton John, farmer

Coggins George Edwd.assistant overseer bread estate

CARLTON (or CARLTON·CUM-CHELLINGTON) is a village register dates from the year 1554. The living, consolidated

and parish, bounded on the west by the river Ouse, which with that of Chellington, is a rectory, tithe rent-charg-e£ ro,
here separates this county from Bucks, 3~ miles from Turvey net yearly value £430, including 413 acres of glebe, with
railway station, 9 miles north-west from Bedford and n residence, in the gift of and held since 1876 by the Rev.

north-east from Newport Pagnell, in the Northern division William Henry Denison M.A. of St. John's College, Oxford.

of the county, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, hundred The rectory house was built between r85g-62, The Baptists
()( Willey, union and county court district of Bedford, rural have a chapel here, built in r76o, with a burial ground

deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese adjcining. Crewe Alstoll: esq. is lord of the manor. The

of Ely. The church of St. Mary the Virgin, situated about principal landowners are the Earl Cowper K.G., P.C. the Rev.

a quarter of a mile from the village, is a stone building, in W. H. Denison M.A. rector, and William Francis Higgins
the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with esq. D.L., a.P. of Turvey House. The soil is clay; subsoil,
some traces of Norman work, consisting of chancel, deres- gravel. The chief crops are wheat and some land in pas·
toried nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western turage. The area is 1,530 acres; rateable value, £r,62a;

tower, containing 4 bells: the font is Transitional, with rude the population in r88r was 474·
interlaced carving and cable moulding around the basin, and Parish Clerk, George Brandon.

is supported on tall circular columns : the Perpendicular PosT OFFICE.-Joseph James, receiver. Letters through
3. rs p. m. ;
-chancel screen, though mutilated, remains, and there is a Bedford arrive pat.m8..3; 0suan.mda. y&s, dispatched at
spmiscai11nam· ;scnno'brethdbofrathsse chaJncel wGasddonced a 6chroa,paenl:d t·here'bis da 9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. 'The nearest
to oane o ar ' I mscn e money order 5 telegraph office is at Harrold
stones to Thomas Wells, rector, 1642, "aged about roo,"
&

Rev. Benjamin Rogers, so years rector, 1771, and Rev. H. Parochial School (mh.ed), Edwin Simpson, 'master

J. Ellman, rector, r862 : there are 100 sittings. The CARRIER TO BEDFORD.-Franklin, tues. thurs. & sat

Denison Rev. Wm. Henry M;.A. Rectory Chambers Thomas, wood dealer Hilton William, bricklayer

King Rev, Frederick [Baptist] Cockings Dick, chimney sweeper Ives George, farmer
James J oseph, shopkeeper, & po~t office
Crouch Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper Jarvis Thomas, The Angel P.H

COMMEnCIAL. Crouch George, blacksmith

Battams William Bland, farmer Goodes Jsph. agricultural machine ma Pettit William, farmer
Rudd Charles, beer retailer & carpenter
BettsArth. vermin destroyt-r&chim.swpr Gostick William, carpenter Sheffield William, carpenter
Smith James, farmer, Nicholas farm
Bonfield Charles, Fo:x; r.H Harper Jabez, tailor Towl William, shopkeeper

Brown George, baker Harper William, tailor

Chambers Mary (Mrs.),bakr.& wood dlr Hiiton Samuel, farmer, Hill farm

CHALGRAVE is a parish in the Southern division of • The Mercers'

and West's charity for educational purposes.

the county, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division Company, who are lords of" the manor, and Capt. Peter

and union of Woburn, county court district of Leighton Purcell·Gilpin J.P. of Hockliffe, John Warner Adams esq. of

Buzzard, rural deanery of Dunstable, arcbdeaconry of Bed- Hockliffe, J oseph Sayell esq. and John Edward Day esq. are

ford and diocese of Ely, 3~ miles north from Dunstable. 6 the principal landowners. The majority of the female

south-east from Woburn and 4! east from Leighton Buzzard. population are employed in the manufacture of straw plait.

The church of All Saints is an ancient structure of mixed The soil is marl and gravel ; subsoil, graveL The chief

styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, porch, crops are wheat, barley1 oats, beaqs and peas. The area is

and a massive western embattled tower of Perpendicular 2,130 acres; rateable value, £3,144; the population in r88r

date, containing 3 bells: the chancel is of the Decorated was 873.

period, with Perpendicular insertions.: the ~nisolretsh arcade is Wing:fi.eld, about three-quarters of a mile south, and
Early English, the south, Decorated, the are Early

Decorated, with some Perpendicular insertions: there are Tebworth, I mile south-west., are hamlets belonging to

two ancient tombs, one on each side of the naver with life- this parish, which is much scattered. HocKLIFFE village

sized effigies of knights in armour, in a good state of preser- extends into this parish.

vation. The register dates from thtl year 1539. The living Parish Clerk, John Taylor.
yearly value £ 170, with residence, in the
is a vicarage net Letters received through Leighton BuzzaJ;"d at 9 a.m. 'focl,·
~nd 1 since 1 s75 py the Rev. John Willoughby
gift of di.ngton is the nearest m?ney or.der & telegraph {)ftice.
held

Hodgson. About 1770, the notorious Dr. William Dodd, "'AI.L LETTER Box, T{)ddmgton, Tebworth, cleared at 5

executed for forgery 27th June, 1777, was incumbent of the & 8._30 p.m. week days only
£rs ·1
pari~h. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Read's charity of ScHOOLS:-

yearly, thejnteres:t of £soo, bequeathed in 1833, is for fuel, J NationnJ, Tebworth (mixed), with house for mistress, built

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. CLAPHAM. 51

Iin 1852, for 120 children; average attendance, 6o; Miss Wesleyan (or British) (mixed), with house for master, for
.Annie Tomkins, mistress 85 children; average attendance, so; Jas. Bransom,mastr

Hodgson Rev. John Willoughby, Chal- DayJn.Edwd.fnnr.&landownr.Tebwrth Sayell Joseph, farmer & landowner,
grave vicarage, Tebworth Emerton Charles, straw dlr. Tebworth Tebworth.
FollRichd.Wm.farrner,Chalgravemanor
Purrett Misses, Tebworth Grove Amos, grocer, Tebworth Smith John, boot maker, Tebworth
Whinnett James, Wingfield Gurney Thomas, farmer, Wingfield Stevens David1 Shoulder of MuttonP.H.
Osborn James, butcher, Tebworth
COMMERCIAL. Overy William, grocer Tebworth
Adams John, farmer, Tebworth Tompkins Eruest,blacksmith,Tebworth
l:lradshaw Cornelius, farmer, Tebworth Whinnett Frederick, farmer, Wingfield

Chapman Thos. beer retailer, Tebworth Pratt Thomas, baker, Tebworth Whinnett Thomar-, farmer, Wingfield

Cook Thomas, butcher, Tebworth Reeve Joseph, Queen's Head P.H. & Whinnett James, farmer, Wingfield

Cook William, carpenter, Tebworth boot maker, Tebworth

CHELLINGTON is a parish and village adjoining 1770: there are 72 sittings. The living, consolidated with

Carlton, 4 miles from Turvey railway station, 9 north-west Carlton, is a rectory, tithe rent-charge£10, net joint yearly
from Bedford, bounded on the north by the river Ouse, value £430, including 413 acres of gleba, in the gift of and
which is crossed by Harrold bridge, in the Northern division held since r876 by the Rev. William Henry Denison M.A. of
of the county, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, hundred St. John's College, Oxford, who resides at Carlton. The
of Willey, union and county court district of Bedford, rural trustees of the late Miss Trevor, of Tingrith, are the princi-
deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese pal landowners. The soil is clay ; subsoil, gravel. The
of Ely. The church of St. Nicholas is a building of stone, chief crops are wheat and pasturage. The area is 6ro acres ;

in the Early English and Decorated styles, pleasantly situated rateable value, £632; the population in r88r was 97·

on the summit of a hill, and was restored in r869: it oonsists Parish Clerk, George Brandon.

of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and a Decor- Letters received through Bedford are delivered through the

a.ted western tower with broach spire, containing 4 bells: the pvoilslat geofafitce8.a3t0 a. m. &a.3m.1. 5&p.5mp.;.mdi.s;pastucnhdeadyfsr,om2.3C0arpl.tmon.
font, E·arly Epnagn·lsihsh,chisesat,cydliantde drica1l66b7asi ina nodn c·ircul.ar s. hafts : 9.30
t here IS a mscnptwns to The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Harrold
William Chaderton A.M. 1724; Rev. Thomas Chaderton
A.H. 1735, and to the Bamford family: in the churchyard is Parochial School (mixed), built in 1859, for 105 children;
a tomb to Sir Robert Darling kt. who, as a boy, it is said,
average attendance, 65 ; there is a master's house attached,
used to keep cows on Chellington hill; in 1767 he was sheriff built in 18781 at a cost of about £200; Edwin Simpson,
of London and Middlesex and in 1768 was elected M.P. for
master
Wendover, as the colleague of Burke; be died 4th August, CA:RRIER TO BEDFORD.-Franklin, tues. thurs. & sat

Borton Albert, The Yews McGrath William, shoe maker Rudd William, wheelwright &carpentr
Cocks Thomas, saddler & harness ma Medlow William(Mrs.),farmer,Hill frm
Eyles Hugh, shopkeeper Noble John, &hopkeeper Wallinger Alfred, general dealer
Izod E.lizabeth (Miss), grocer & draper Wooding Thomas, Royal Oak P.H

CHICKSANDS (formerly extra·parochial) is now a Naseby (14 July, 1645); and Henry Osborn, Vice-Admiral

parish, one mile and a half north-west from Shefford, and of Great Britain, was a distinguished naval officer, who died

40 miles from London by rail, in the Northern division of in 1771; there is also a fine full-length portrait of Edward
the county, petty sessional division, hundred, union, and VI. by Holbein, and a valuable portrait of Oliver Cromwell,
county court district of Biggleswade. The Priory, the seat by Sir Peter Lely. The state bed-chamber, at the end of

of Sir George Robert Osborn hart. D.L., J.P. pleasantly the north gallery, was built by the late Sir George in
situated on a gentle declivity in a well-wooded park of 1,353 imitation of the Chapter House at Peterborough, and con-
acres, consists in part of the original buildings of the ancient tains a state bed, once the property of James I. :richly
Gilbertine priory founded here by Payne and Roise Beau- adorned with crowns and the letters J. R. In the cloisters

champ, about nso; the south and east fronts were rebuilt is an enriched coffin slab, with effigy in relief of an ecclesi-

by Wyatt towards the end of the last century, but the astic vested and bearing a pastoral sta:ff and book, and
whole retains much of the monastic appearance, and the inscribed : HIC IACET F:RATER THOli!AS DE COTGRAVE ABBAS
double cloisters on the south and west sides of the quad- Dill PIPPEWEL' CVI .AlE PPICIETVR DEVS AMEN j but the

rangle through which the Canons and Canonesses went to inscription is now nearly illegible. 'rhe Duke of Bedford
the church, unseen by each other, are almost entire; within K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal landowner is Sir
the church the sexes were kept apart by a longitudinal G. R. Osborn bart. D.L., J.P. The soil is sandy; subsoil,
wall. The late Sir George Osborn formed a collection of gravelly. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips.
antiquities, and filled the windows with ancient stained The area is 1,353 acres; rateable value is £1,418; the
glass: there is also a valuable collection of portraits, chiefly population in 188r was 43·
of the Osborn family, one of whom, Peter Osborn, who Letters received through Biggleswade, via Shefford,
purchased this estate in 1576, was keeper of the Privy arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 7 p.m. Sheffordis the
Purse to Edward VI. and one of the Commissioners for nearest money order & telegraph office

Ecclesiastical Affairs in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; This parish is included in Campton United School Board

another, Colonel Henry Osborn, was slain at the battle of district

Osborn Sir George Robert bart. D.L., I Gray John, farmer, Lodge farm Stanbridge Alfred, carpenter & market
j Mossman Alfred, farmer, Beadlow
J.P. The Priory gardener, Little Chicksands

Cole James, farmer, Chicksands lodge

.

CLAPHAM is a village and parish, situated on the north diminish gradually in thickness from 5 ft. at the base ; the

bank of the river Ouse, and o;n the road from Bedford to third, or upper stage is of Early Norman work, and has a

Higham Ferrers, 2 miles north-west from Bedford, in the very wide rounded-headed two-light window set nea11 the

Northern division of the county, hundred of Stodden, petty outer face of the wall and broadly splayed within, divided in

sessional division, union and county court district of the centre by a heavy mullion: about the year 1630 o.

Bedford, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bedford and battlement was set upon the walls, and a new roof

diocese of Ely. The church of St. Thomas-a-Becket, rebuilt, added, slightly raised in the middle and terminated with an

with the exception of the tower, in, 186r, is a building of iron cross~ there are five stained windows in the south

native limestone, in the Early English style, from designs aisle to the Dawson family, and in the church is a monu-

by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott B.A. and consists of chancel, ment to Thomas Taylor esq. of this place, whose widow

nave, aisles, and a very Early but massive tower 81 feet founded the charity mentioned below. The register dates

high, without buttresses, mentioned by Rickman as one of from the year 1696. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-

the best and most remarkable of the remaining -examples of charge £157, net yearly value about £224, including 75

Early Sa.xon work in the kingdom, and containing 5 bells ; acres of glebe in the adjoining parishes o£ Oakley and

the two. lower stages are of earlier date tl).au the third or Goldington, in the gift of Francis lohn Thynne esq. D. I.,.,

upper portion; they are lighted by narrow s~micircular- J.P. of Haynes Park, and held since r86r by the Rev. Jere-

headed openings, equally splayed within and without; the miah William Haddock M. A. of Clare College, Cambridge,

entrance from the outside in the west front is by a semi- and hon. canon of Ely, who resides at 7 Windsor terrace,

circular-headed doorway, 4 ft. wide, entirely destitute of Goldington road, Bedford, there being no parsonage. There

moulding, and in the east side from the church by a plain is a Wesleyan ohapel, built in 1876. The only charity be-

semicircular arch with abacus, to which the arch between longing to this parish is one founded by Mrs, Ursula Taylor,

the nave and chancel corresponds; the seCQnd stage has o~ widow of Thomas Taylor esq. who died m 1724, "to put

its east fac.e a large squar.a-b.eaded. aperture or doorway, out and apprentice to some trade every year one or two poor

coeval with its constructi11n;. the walls of botb ihese sta.ge$ cbildrelt i" the income, amollDting to about £1o yearly, i1

I B. H1 & N~ 4~

52 CLAPHAM. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

derived from lands in Marston and Wootton; the trustees 1 lower parfr is clay and gravel, but the surface is very

are the vicar of St. Paul's and the rector of St. John's, Bed- fertile, chiefly arable; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
ford, with the vicar of Clapham: her daughter and heiress, wheat, barley. peas. beans and oats. Lime burning is
Catharine, was married in 1709 to William, the second Baron carried on. The area is r,g82 acres; rateable value,
Ashburnham, both of whom died in the following year with- [2,836; the population in r881 was 6o8.
out issue. The manufacture of pillow lace is carried on Parish Clerk, Thomas Maddams.
here. Clapham Park is the residence of Capt. Hugh PosT OFFICE.-Thomas L. Matthews, receiver. Letters

Edmond Browning J.P.: the house is a noble Elizabethan through Bedford, delivered at 7.15 a.m.; dispatched at

mansion, charmingly situated on the south side of Clapham 6.5 p.m. & 3·45 p.m. on sundays. The nearest money
wood, about 2 miles north from Bedford. The Woodlands, order & telegraph office is at Bedford
surrounded by trees, to the east of the church, on the road Parochial School (mixed), built, with mistress's house, in
to Bedford, is the residence of William Long Fitzpat:dck · r872, at a cost of about £1,600, provided in part fr(}tn
esq. The principal landowners are the Duke of Bedford, Mrs. Taylor's charity; it will hold 140 children; average
Lady Power, Capt. Hugh Edmond Browning J.P. and the attendance, 140; Miss Annie Elizabeth Williams, girls'
trustees of the late Rev. J. F. Dawson. The soil in the mistress; Miss Bertha Allen, infants' mistress

Browning Capt. Hugh Edmond J.P. Bosworth John, farmer, Church farm Petitt John, baker & shopkeeper

Clapham park Deuton William, Horse & Groom P.H Pickering William, carter

Fitzpatrick Wrr.. Long, The Woodlands Franklin Chas. brick ma. & lime burner Poole Charles, wheelwright

Hinton Alexander Howkins John, farmer, Outfield farm Prentice William, carter

McMahon Lieut.-Col. Donat Edmond, Jordan Ebenezer, blacksmith Sheppard James, nursery & seedsman

Clapham lodge Keech Thomas, beer retailer & florist; & at Bedford

COMMERCIAL. Kidman J ames, farmer, Twinwoods Smith Henry, shoe maker
Lane Thomas, Swan P.H Smith Wm.Hy.beerretlr.&ho.decorator

Bandey John, farmer,Little Wood farm Maddams Thos.carpenter &parish clerk Stevens John, beer retailer & butcher

Eeeby John, farm bailiff to Thomas T. Matthews Thomas, shoe ma. Post office StratfordEdwd.Jsph.frmr.Rookeryfrm

Wing esq Mayes Sarah Ann & Emma (Misses), Wildman John1 shopkeeper
Belgrove John, farmer drapers, grocers, provision mers. &c

CLIFTON is a parish and village, giving name to the figure of the Good Shepherd. The register dates from the

hundred, situated on the road from Bedford to Baldock, one year 1538. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from

mile east from the Shefford station on the Bedford and 289! acres of glebe £36o, with residence, in the gift of and

Hitchin branch of the Midland railway, and w miles south-east held since r858 by the Rev. Henry Hugh Miles M.A. oi

from Bedford, in theNorthern division of the county, Clifton Exeter College, Oxford. The Particular Baptist chapel was

hundred, Biggleswade petty sessional division, union and erected in 1853 by voluntary contributions, and has in con-

county court district, rural deanery of Shefford, arch- nection therewith a day school, and also two almshouses and

deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All two widows' homes, erected in 1871. There is a flannel

Saints is an edifice of sandstone in the Decorated and Per- charity of £7 8s. yearly derived from £240 Consols. The-

pendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, manor was held in ancient times by the Knights Templars.

and an embattled western tower, with a castellated turret at Major Henry Maclean Pryor, of Clifton Lodge, who is lord of

the north-east angle, and containing 14 bells, 8 of which are the manor, and the Rev. H. H, Miles M.A. rector, are the

hung for ringing and a clock with chimes : the church was principal landowners. The soil is strong clay ; subsoil,

thoroughly restored and enlarged in the year r862, al;ld re~ gault. The area is 1,315 acres, chiefly agricultural and

opened 23rd April, 1863, by the late H. Miles esq. at a cost garden ground ; rateable value, £3,351; the population in

of about [3,ooo: the reredos is divided by shafts of Devon- 188r was 1,458.

shire marble, the centre panel represents The Crucifixion, Parish Clerk, Richard Woollard.
on either side of which are figures of the apostles St. Peter
and St. Paul : the pulpit is of carved alabaster, inlaid with PosT 0FFICE.-George Ambrose, sub-postmaster. Letters
marble : over ths chancel arch is " A. Majesty" in mosaic
through Biggleswade, arrive at 1:!.30 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.;

work: the west window represents the "Last Judgment" dispatched, 12.30 & 5.30 p.m. Henlow is the nearest
-that at the south-west corner of the nave," The Nativity:" money order & Shefford the telegraph office. Letters for
a curious H low-side" window of two lights in the chancel
Clifton road & Clifton fields through Shefford

has for its subject the Annunciation of the B. V. M.: there is ScHOOLS:-
an alabaster tomb to Sir Michael and Lady Fysher, beneath Clifton National (mixed), erected in 1859 by the late li.

which and immediately beside it are effigies in incised brass Miles esq. for 240 children; average attendance, 180;

of John, son of Sir Michael (who died 1528) and his wife: William Abbott Norris, master; William Beard Cook,

the former Leing in plate armour worn over a hauberk. certificated assistant master ; Miss Eliza Alexander Taylor

Some portions of what has been supposed by some to have & Miss Charlotte Hayes, assistant mistres~es

been a rood loft, and by others a parclose screen originally Clifton Fields Infant, built with teachers' house, in 1871,

surrounding Sir Michael's tomb, with paintings of saints, by the rector, for 65 children; a'Verage attendance, 47;

are now fixed on the north and south internal walls of the Miss Elizabeth Annie Anderson, mistress

tower: there is a small and curious crypt at the south-east Baptist, erected 1856, for 40 children; average attendance,

corner of the nave: over the porch is a canopied niche with 25; Miss Martha Kent, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDli)NTS. Brannen Sergeant Thos. drill instructor Low Waldron Wells, farmer, Clifton rd

Attenborough James to H Co. of the 3rd Volunteer Batt. Lucas Edwin, baker, Clifton road

Berry John, Clifton fields Bedfordshire Regiment, Clifton road Lucas Stphn. tailor &assistant overseer

Bryant Joseph Bray Abel, beer retailer, Clifton fields Millard Wm. market gardnr.Clifton rd

Deveral William, Sweet Briar Bryant Frederick, shopkeeper Musgrove Samuel, Jt'ox & Duck P.H

Jones Mrs. Clifton road Bunyan William, butcher & provision NealWm.Ebenezer,farmer,Rectory frm

Lenton Mrs dealer, Clifton fields Payne Thomas, straw factor

Lenton William Caton Henry Cooper, farmer Roberts Thomas, drillman

Marshall Rev. Fredk. [Particular Bapt] Cooper George, farmer Scott William, baker

Miles Rev. Henry Hugh M.A. [rector] Cooper John, market gardener . Simms John, Chequers P.H

Palmer Miss, Clifton fields Daniels William, carpenter, Clifton rd Slater Thomas, rake maker

Pidgeon Mrs. Bury farm Dunton Lucy (Mrs.), grocer & baker, Smith John, shopkeeper

Poulter Thomas, The Grange Clifton fields Sugars George, baker, Clifton fields

Pryor Maj. Henry Maclean, Clifton ldg Haddow William, tailor & woollen Tattam Charles, cattle dealer •

Sears Mrs. Holly lodge, Clifton road draper, & Golden Lion P.H Taylor Thomas, baker

Sweet Rev. Algernon Sydney Osborne Harwood Charles, draper & grocer & Trueman Wm. beer retailer,Hitchen rd

[curate], Chestnut lodge boot & shoe dealer Walker Frederick, shoe ma. Clifton rd

Wailer James, Clifton fields Harwood Geo. mineral water manufr Washington George, general dealer

COMMERCIAL. Harwood Wm. coach builder, Clifton rd Watts Henry, straw factor

Hayes George, beer retailer Wells Joseph, market gardener

Ambrose Geo.grocer& dra.per,Post office Howard Thomas, shoeing & jobbing West Sarah (Mrs.), beerret. Cliftort fids

Anderson Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper smith & agricultural implement Whitbread George, blacksmith

Armour Danl. shopkeeper, Clifton fields manufacturer, Clifton road Wilson Charles, cattle dealer &farmer

Armour Wm. house decoratr.Clifton flds Inskip Alfred, farmr. Clifton Bury farm Wilson Francis, cattle dealer

Ashby Alfd. pork butcher, Clifton fields Kempson George, butcher & provision Wilson Jesse, farmer

Ashby William, cowkeeper merchant, Clifton road Woollard Richard, builder & joiner

BarcockChas.chimney sweepr.Clifton rd Kempson William, farmer, Clifton road Wootton George, painter & glazier

Bates James, butcher Kent Martha (Miss),day schl.Cliftonflds Wright Ja.mes J. bird stuffer

Bing Joseph, beer retailer LambertWm. WoolPackP.H.Clifton rd Wright Joseph, bricklayer

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. COLMWORTH. 53

CLOPHILL is a village and parish, situated near the collection in church every year. The Primitive Methodists

road from Luton to Bedford, about 3! miles east from have a chapel here. The charities are about £6o yearly for
Ampthill, 3~ west from the Shefford station on the Bedford distribution. Castle Hill, about three quarters of a mile to

and Hitchin branch of the Midland railway, and 8! south the south-east of the village, is supposed to have been an

from Bedford, in the Northern division of the county, bun- extensive Norman fortification, and was used for military
dred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and county purposes during the Civil Wars. Earl Cowper K.G., P.c. is
court district of Amptbill, rural deanery of Ampthill, arch- lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil
deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The Flitt, a tribu- is principally sand; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops
tary of the Ouse, flows through the parish. The church of are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area is 2,259
St. Mary was erected in 1848 by public subscription, of the acres; rateable value, £3,599; the population in 1881
sandstone peculiar to the Wrest estate: it is in the late was 1,108.
Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave and south Parish Clerk, Henry Chapman.

aisle, with an embattled tower, containing 2 bells and octa- PoST, M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

gonal tower attached dsing abo\"e the former, also em- Frederick Wooton, receiver. Letters arrive from Ampt-
battled: the church is approached by a noble avenue of hill at 7.25 a. m. & 1.5 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m.

elms: the old church of St. Mary (now used for burials & 5.5 p.m. Silsoe is the nearest telegraph office
only) contains several interesting memorial tablets to the INSURANCE AGENT.-Alliance, Joyce & Son
Rev. Charles Fletcher M.A. 1753, the Rev. William Pierce National School, built in 1871 by Lady Cowper, at a cost of
Nethersole, a vicar of Pulloxhill, 1799, and another to £1,ooo, & will hold about 300 children; average attend-
members of the family of Rev. Ezekiel Rouse: the roof is a ance, 135 boys & girls & 83 infants ; it is supported by
fine old specimen of oak workmanship, one beam being voluntary contributions; William Joseph Legg, master;
carved and supposed to date back Boo years. The register Miss Jones, infants' mistress
dates from the year 1568. The living is a rectory, yearly CARRIERS TO:-

. value about £395, in the gift of Earl Cowper, and held since AMPTHILL-Samuel Gaylor, daily; & Sam Stimson,

!1869 by the Rev. G-ustavus Bosanquet M.A. of Trinity almost daily
College, Cambridge. There are Suhday schools for both BEDFORD-Daniel Harris & George Wilden, sat

boys and girls, which are attended by upwards of 200 chil- LuTON-Philip Reed, mon. wed. & sat
dren; the girls are dressed in hats, for which there is a SREFFORD-Alfred Bone, irregularly

Allen Mrs. Clophill house Chapman Henry, shoe maker Masters William, mealman

Bosanquet Rev. Gustavus M.A. Rectory Chapman Joseph, shoe maker Maudlin Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Calverley Mrs. Thomas Collip Emma (Miss), shopkeeper Mead Edward, shopkeeper

Doubleday Rev. Fredk. Ernest [curate] Crouch Edward, farmer, Cainhoe Neal Joseph, carpenter

Evans William Daniels William, carpenter Odell Henry, blacksmith

Gaskoin Herman John R. Clophill barns Doggett Vincent, market gardener Palmer Charles, butcher

Horn Miss, Mill house Garner Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer Peat James, market gardener

Joyce Francis Goss Ebenezer, shopkeeper Perkins Samuel, shoe maker

Jo.yce William Gudgin Mary (Mrs.), grocer Quenby James LUes, Compasses P.R

Prosser Miss Hinton Thomas, farmer Shotbolt James, Flying Horse P.R

Horn Misses, Warren farm Squire Alfred, farmer, Brickwall farm

COMMERCIAL. J oyce & Son, auctioneers & estate agnts Titmas Frederick, farmer, North field

Appleby George, blacksmith Juffs John, shopkeeper Titmas William, cattle dealer

Billington Joseph, Green Man P.H Kingsley Joseph, cattle dealer Upton William, market gardener

Boulas Joseph, New inn Lincoln Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wooton James, tailor

Chapman George, shoe maker Low William, farmer, Beadlow Young William, butcher & grocer

COCKAYNE HATLEY is a parish and small village, dows of the chancel are filled with stained glass, representing

bordering on Cambridgeshire, 3 miles east from the Potton the armorial bearings of the Cockayne and Cust families :
station of the North Western railway, 6 north-east from the hexagonal carved pulpit is a most exquisite pwce of
Biggleswade and 9 south-east from St. Neots, in theNorthern workmanship, in the Cinque Cento style, executed in 1559,
division of the county, hundred, petty sessional division, and decorated with small figures, in basso-relievo, of the Four
union and county court district of Biggleswade, rural Evangelists, with their appropriate emblems: the nave is
deanery of Biggleswade, archdeaconry of Bedford and separated from the tower by the organ loft, below which are
diocese of Ely. The church of John the Baptist, erected large oak folding doors, pierced in a rich pattern: at the
toward the close of the 14th century, is a building of rubble east end of the north aisle is a window containing old
and sandstone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, stained glass, representing four saints and Saxon monarchs,

and was completely restored in the year 1823 by the liber- and there is also some good screen work; all the windows of
ality of the then rector, the Rev. the Hon. H. C. Cust, and both aisles as well as the west window are stained: a de·
ornamented with exquisite wood carving, brought chiefty scription of the chureh, written by Robert Needham Cust
.from the Low Countries ; it consists of chancel, clerestoried esq. and illustrated by the late rector's four daughters Anna
nave, aisles and a western embattled tower of three stages, Maria, Lucy, Eleanor, and Georgina, has been privately
66 feet in height, with battlements surmounted by pinnacles printed: the church was thoroughly restored in 1889, by
and containing 2 bells: in the nave is a piscina removed subscription: there are 200 sittings. The register dates
from the chancel: the chief feature of the chancel is the from the year IJOI. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-
-carved woodwork and stalls; the former, extending to charge £194, net yearly value £195, including 53 acres of
n~arly the whole length of the chancel, was brought from glebe, with residence, in the gift of Henry J. Cockayne Oust

the Abbey of Alne, near Charleroi, destroyed by the French esq. and held by the Rev. Edward Brickwe1l T.A.K.C.L.,
under General Charbonnais at the end of the last century, Henry J. Cockayne Cust esq. is lord of the manor and sole
and displays sixteen carved meda\lions in oak, representing landowner. The soil is strong clay; subsoit, clay. The
the busts, in alto-relie-vo, of some of the most distinguished of chief crops are wheat, turnips, barley, beans and peas. The

the later saints and writers of the Catholic church ; the £area is I, qr acres; -rateable value, I 102'I ; population in

backs of the stalls, twenty-four in number, are ornamented r88r was 107.
with different patterns inlaid in black wood, and are all J>arish Clerk, Edward Wilson Brickwell esq.
furnished with misereres; the date of the carving is pre- Deputy Parish Clerk, John Barnes.

cisely ascertained to have been 1689: the communion rail, Letters are received via Sandy & Potton, arrh·e at 8.15 a.m.
also of oak, consists of four compartments, with carved re- The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Potton.
presentations, in alto-relievo, typical of the Holy Sacrament; WALL Box, cleared at 4.30 p.m
the chairs are fac-similes of the well-known Glastonbury A Cottage School, built probably in the last century, will

chair, and were presented to the church by the brother and hold 15 children; average attendance, 12; & is supported

sous of the late incumbent: the stained east window repre- bv Henry J. Cockayne Cust esq. & the rector; Miss Sarah
sents passages in the life of Our Saviour: the two side win· Barnes, mistress

Brickwell Rev.Edwd. T.A.K.C.L.Rectory Barnes John, carpenter & shopkeeper Clear Simon, farmer
Marshall George Wm. LL.D. Cockayne Capon Chal'les, farmer, Church farm Folbigg Nimrod, farmer, Hill farm

Hatley house

COLMWORTH is a parish and l'ery pleasant village, 71 western tower with lofty and elegant spire, and containing 4
miles north-east from Bedford1 6 south-west from St. Neat's bells~ north of the chancel is a vestry, with a double piscina,
and 7~ south from Kimbolton) in the Northern division of another in the chancel, a splendid mono-
Iand there remains

division, ohf uSnt.d:r~·eedotos,f ment of white marble to Sir William Dyer, his lady and
distrid family, dated 1641; there is also a brass to the wife of Sir
Ithe county, Sharnbrook petty sessional

Bar!ord, union of Bedfo;rd,county court
rural deanery of Eaton, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese\ Gerrard Braybrook, dated 1389: !lli organ wasplaced in the
of Ely. The church of St. Dennis is a. building of th~ Per~ f church in x879, at a cost of £130, and heating stoves by
pendicular period~ consisting of chancel and nave, and a. John Morrison esq. of Bnshmead Priory: the silver coru

54 COL:MWORTH) EEDFORDSHIREl

munion cup is dated I73I. The register of baptisms a.nd Pos'l' 0FFJCE.-Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, sub-postmistress-.
burials dates from the year 1735, marriages, 1736. The Letters reeeif'ed through St. Neots, arrive at 9· I5 a.m. &

living is a Pectory, ~et yearly value £1oo, in the gift of and 3-45 p.m. 1 dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money

held since 1868 by the Rev. Hunter Bird Alltm. Here is a order offices are at Great Staughton, St. Neots & Kim-

Primiti\""e Methodist chapel, erected in 1866. The poor's bolton, & telegraph offices the two latter

land produces £r6 yearly, which goes to the support of the
National school; likewise Hele's charity, the interest of National School (mixed), built in r84o, for roo children;

£322 in £2! per cent. Consols. 'fhe principal landowners average attendance, 6o; & supported in part as above

are the Norris family and the Rev. Hunter Bird Allen, stated, & there is a house for the mistress i Mrs. Martha

rector. The soil is clay, subsoil, clay. The chief crops are Topham, mistress

wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 2,310 acres; CARRIERs.-Charles Fensom, to Bedford, wed. & sat. re-

rateable. value, £1,767 ; the population in r88I was 385. turning same day; Samuel Colgrave to St. Neots, mon.&

CHANNELS END,~~ miles south, is a portion of this parish. thurs. returning same days

Alien Rev. Hunter Bird [rector] Houghton George, farmer Parrin Wm. beer retailer,Channels end

COMMERCIAL, Hulme Samuel, farmer, Channels end Rickett John, farmer

Jordan John, farmer, Manor farm Rickett Samuel, farmer

Barlow William, farmer King George, farmer Smith Samuel, farmer

Colgrave Elias, farmer, & farm bailiff to King J ames, farmer Stanton Fredk. farmer, Channels end

· the Rev. Hunter Bird Alien King John, farmer Swales George, Wheatsheaf P.H

Colgrave Francis, farmer,Channels end King Samuel & Richard, carpenters &c Thompson Thomas, blacksmith

Colgrave Nathaniel,farmr.Channels end LackWm.Thos.gro.&drpr.Channels end Ward George, Old Horseshoe P.H

Draper Thomas, farmer Loxley John, bricklayer Wyman James, Old White Swan P.H

Green George, miller (wind) Nixon Alfred, farmer, Ch&nnels end

COPLE is a pleasant parish and compact village, ri miles j former residence of that. name, in which Samuel Butler

north-east from Cardington railway station, 4 east-by-south wrote his "Hudibras." The Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord

from Bedford and 6~ north-west from Biggleswade, in the of the manor and owns all the land, with the exception of

Northern division of the county, hundred of Wixamtree, about 5 acres and the glebe. The cottages in this village

petty sessional division, union and county court district of are of an excellent class and nearly the whole of them are

Bedford, rural deanery of Haynes, archdeaconry of Bedford, modern erections, and very roomy. The soil is clay; sub·

and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is an interest- soil, chiefly gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley,

ing edifice of sandstone and Dunstable clunch, in the Early beans, peas and turnips. The parish contains 2,109 acres;

English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with rateable value, £2,920; the population in r881 was 459·

side chapels, ~a.ve with clerestory, aisles,. south porch and PosT 0FFICE.-Ernest Fitch, receiver. Letters arrive
~tower contammg 5 bells: on the north side of the ~hancel
IS an altar-tom_b of Pll:rb~ck marble, to the Luke f~mily, and through Bedford. at 8. 40 a.m. ; disispthatechendeaartes5t.20mpo.nme.y
sunday at II.30 a.m. Bedford

on the south side a S1mllar one to the Grey famlly: there order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here '
a;e many brasses : the nave and chancel ha_ve been restored but not paid

smce r877, at a cost of £r,ooo. The register dates from
the year rs6o. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge A School Board of five member~ was formed here Feb. g,

[215, gross yearly value [227, including 13 acres of glebe, 1876; M. Sharman, 6 St. Paul s square, Bedford, clerk to

with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Christ the board . ..
Church, Oxford, by whom the living was augmented by Board School (mixed)_, bmlt m r879, & leased to the Scb~ol
£so in 1857, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Harry Bocken Board, f?r 70. children; average attendance, 56; M1ss
M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. Cople House, the seat of Mary Lmrd, m1stress

Thomas Barnard esq. D.L., J.P. is very pleasantly situated CARRIER.-Dew, from Biggleswade through to Bedford,
in the village. Wood End House is built on the site of the wed. & sat, returning same days

Barnard Thomas D.L., J.P. Cople house Fitch Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Phillips Thomas, farmer, The Grange

Hocken Rev. Harry M.A. Vicarage l Hart James, blacksmith Preston William, farmer, Wood End ho

James John Rrole, farmer & secretary Pruden George, farmer, Cople Dog frm

COMMERCIAL. to the Bedford annual wool fair, Skilleter William, beer retailer

Arms Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper frm.1 Octagon house shopkeeper Smith Edwin, builder & Five Bells P.H
Brimley John (Mrs.), farmer, Hoo Jordon Julia (Mrs.), Wilmot John, tailor &assistant overseer

Duncombe George,farmer, Middle farm Negus Samuel, butcher

CRANFIELD is a parish and large village, situated on three poor widows of the Society of Friends, £1,ooo be-
a. range of hills near the Buckinghamshire border, 8 miles queathed by Stephen J. H. Barter, the interest of which

north-west from .Ampthill and about 4 north from Lid- to be distributed in the parish by the rector and church-

dington stations of the North Western railway and 9 south- wardens, and the almshouses, built in 1887 and endowed, for

west from Bedford, in the Northern division of the county, poor widows, at ss. per week, by James Goodman esq. of
hundred of Redborne-stoke, petty sessional division, union London1 but in early life of Cranfield. There is a reading-
and county court district of .Ampthill, rural deanery of room, with library, managed by a committee. Cranfield
Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The Court, the seat of James Francis Hatfeild Harter esq. J.P. is

church of SS. Peter and Paul is a building of coarse lime- an elegant and spacious modern mansion of red brick, with
stone, in the Perpendicular style~ consisting of chancel, Bath stone dressing8, in the French Gothic style; it stands
nave, vestry with chamber over it, and a tower containing upon an eminence, and is a very picturesque object from

5 bells: the interi01• was restored by the late Rev. George the surrounding country. A. H. Tarleton esq. who is lord

Gardner Barter, on his presentation to the living in 1845: of the manor, James Francis Hatfeitd Harter esq. J.I'. The
the stained east window, by Willement, was the gift of the Rector and W. W. Milligan esq. are the principal land-

late J. C. Harter: the west window, also stained, is filled owners. The soil is chiefly cold clay; subsoil, cold clay.
with heraldic glass, and there are 6 other stained wind!ilws: The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and peas. The area

the church is seated with richly carved oak benches: on the is 3,848 acres i rateable value, £5,878 ; the population in

north side of the communion table is a brass t9 the Rev. 1881 was 1,447.
James Beard M. A.. a former rector, and on the south sedilia Parish Clerk, Jonah Sanders.
and. piscina: there are also piscinre at the east ends of the Sexton, Benjamin Underwood.
ais~e3 and a stoup, anciently used for holy water, just ip.side PosT, M, 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.
the south doorway: the pulpit of Caen stone and marble -Mrs. Charlotte Hands, receiver. Letters through New-

is a memorial to the Rev. George Gardner Harter, rector, port Pagnell arrive at 8.45 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. 1

d. r872, and his wife, and was presented by their children in arrive on sunQ.ays at 8.45 a.m. ; box closes at 10.25 a. m.;
1882: the lych gate was the gift of the late J. C. Harter dispatched at 10.30 a.m
esq. The register dates from the year 16oo. The living is ScHoOLS:-

a rectory, gross yearly value £6oo, net value £450, with National (mixed & infants), built in 1862,for 200 children;

residence, in the gift of J. F. Hatfeild Barter esq. J.P. average attendance, 191; Albert Clegg, master (mixed);

and held since 1887 by the Rev. Frederick Henry Hill M.A. Miss Anna Bradshaw, mistress (infants)

of Oriel College, Oxford. There are Wesleyan and two Infant, Bourn End, built in 1871, for 30 children; average

Baptist chapels. The charities consist of Grange's charity attendance, 18; Miss Rose Grimes, mistress

of about [22 yearly for apprenticing boys, £5 ss. distri- CARRIE:n.s TO BEDFORD.-Jobn Smith, Joel Read & John

butable to the pool' on St. 'fhomas' Day, almshouses for White, wed. & sat. ; James Waners, sat

Corder Mrs. Thomas King Mrs Milligan William Wright · r

Harter James Francis Hatfeild J.P. Lovell Thomas COMMERCIAL.
Gra.nfield court MacAlister ReV'. Stewart [Baptist~, The Anstee John, miller (wi~d)

Hill Rev. Frederick flenry M.A.Rcctory 11\ianse. Austin William, farrner,"Broad green

DIRECTORY. j BEDFORDSHlRE. DUNSTABLE. 55

Bailey William, Crown inn Hall Herbert, grocer, & agent for W. & Mundy Benjamin, butcher
Baker Christopher, farmer, Moat farm
Berwick James, shopkeeper .A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants Mundy Thomas, wheelwright
Bliss Mary .Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Brawn William, farmer, Leys farm Harpur George, shopkeeper Pulley Frederick, baker
Brown John, maltster
Coleman Wm. registrar of maniages Howe Samuel, bntcher Reading Room & Library
Collins J ames, farmer, Rectory farm
Cox George, blacksmith Jellies Jn. Wm. farmer, Wharley end Redman Edward, Plough P.H
Cox Joseph, farmer
Daniels Thomas, farmer Lambert .Andrew & John, farmers Richardson George Thomas, butcher
Ellis William, farmer
Ewer Charles, Cross Keys P.H Lambert Thomas, farmer Richardson James, baker
Flint Sophia (Mrs.), laundress
Ford Caleb, Old George P.R Lineham George, smith Sanders J onah, shoe maker
Foskett Joseph, saddler
Francis James, beer retailer Lineham Henry, beer retailer Smith John, grocer
Green Harry William, farmer
Grimes Thomas, farmer, Bourn end Lord John, shopkeeper Styles Charles, Swan inn
Guscotte & Kirkbridge, drapers
Manning Thomas, carpenter Titmas William, farmer

McFarlane -, farmer, & farm bailiff to Tongue William, farmer

J. F. H. Harter esq. J.P. Court farm Underwood Benjamin, shoe maker

Millard Alfred, farmer Watson John, Fox & Hounds P.H

Milligan William Wright, farmer Wells Benj. Leather Bottle P.R.& farmr

Milligan William Wright L.R.C.P. Edin. White George, carpenter

surgeon, & medical officer & public White John, New George P.H

vaccinator, Cranfield district ; & re. White Wm. watch maker & gunsmith

gistrar of births & deaths, Cranfield I Wilson Henry, farmer, Glebe farm

sub-district, .Ampthill union Young J ames, bricklayer

DEAN is a village and parish, divided into Nether and Ackroyd esq. in r863. Neales' charity, formerly providing

Upper Dean, situated on the borders of Northamptonshire an endowment of £7o yearly to a Free school fortheinstruc.

and Hunts, 14 miles north from Bedford, 6 south·east from tion of 10 poor boys of Dean and of 5 of each of the adjoining

Higham Ferrers and 4 west from Kimbolton,in the~orthern parishes of Sbelton and Swineshead, is now applied to the
division of the county, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, maintenance of scholarships which are awarded to the de-
hundred of Stodden, union of St. Neots, county court dis· ser>ing boys in the Elementary schools now provided in

trict of Thrapston, rural deanery of Risely, archdeaconry each of these parishes, in accordance with a scheme drawn
of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints, up by the Charity Commissioners in 1876, ro boys being
situated in Upper Dean, is a building of mixed styles, chiefly still educated free. Fox charity of £6 6s. yearly is for dis-

Decorated and Perpendicular, and consists of chancel, cleres- tribution: the poor's land produces £9 yearly. In this

toried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and a Decorated parish is the three-shire stone which stands close to the junc·
western tower, with short octagonal spire relieved by two tion of the oounties of Beds, Hunts and Northamptonshire.

tiers of small dormers, containing 4 bells and a clock: the Lord St. John is lord of the manor. John William Rawson·

chancel, aisles, clerestory and roof are Perpendicular, the .Ackroyd esq. of the Grange, and Mrs. Dalton are the prin-
chancel arch is Early English, the nave arches Decora~ed; cipal landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, principally
the roof, a fine open one, has very richly carved bosses and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and peas.

fig-ures of angels, and the wall plates are ornamented with The area is 2,370 acres; rateable value, £2,910; the popu-

foliage and shields : in the north aisle is a cinquefoiled se· lation in I88r was 487.

pulchral recess and a hagioscope; and in the south porch Sexton, John Squirell,

a holy-water stoup: in the south aisle is a piscina, and an PosT OFFICE, Upper Dean.-Thomas Packwood, receiver.
at s.30
waltar.tomb with brass to Sir Thomas Parker, prebendary Letters through St. Neots via Kimbolton, arrive
of the ocfoDlleegania,tewhcohudr1.cehd ·of St. M: tahryereinI·SSah1sroe wsbury, and a. m. & 4· IS p.m.; d'1spatched at 4·45 p.m. The nearest
rector m 150I a monu ment money order & telegraph office is at Kimbolton

to Francis Dillingham, rector here, and one of the translators A.LL LETTER Box at Nether Dean, cleared at 5. 20 p.m.

of the Bible, dated 1593; and a record of Joseph Neales' week days only

educational endowment, left in 1702: there are 250 sit-
tings. The register dates from the year rs66. The Iiv· Constabulary Station, Edmund Webb, constable in charge

ing is a vicarage, gross yearly value £250, with residence, in A School Board of 5 members was formed February 12th,
the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, and held 1876; John Brawn, of Melchbonrne, clerk to the board;
since 1861 by the Rev. Charles Spooner M.A.. of Hertford attendance officer, vacant
College, Oxford; the Rev. Adderley Bernard Howard B.A..
of Clare College, Cambridge, is curate. John William Raw· Board School, Upper Dean, built in 1876 at a cost of £7oo,
son·Ackroyd esq. is the lay rector. There is a Wesleyan
chapel at Nether Dean, erected in r846, and a Congrega- for II2 children; average attendance, 78; 10 boys are
tional chapel at UpperDean,built at the sole cost of William educated free under the Neales' charity scheme; Thomas
William Huckle, master
CA.RRIER.-John Staines, to Bedford, saturday

Upper Dean. Brown Martin, farmer Brown Thomas, farmer & butcher

Collett Mrs Hall Char:es, miller (wind) Corbett Francis, shopkeeper

Dalton Fitzgerald Verity, The House Horm John, beer retailer Corbett George, carpenter

Hoare Mrs. Cornwall lodge Horsford J ames .Alfred, farmer Deighton Thomas, grazier

Perry Rev. Frank Edward [Congrega- Mebew Lucy (Mrs.), shopkeeper Dickens John William, baker

tional], 1 he Manse Staines John, Three Compasses P.H. & Green J ames, shoe maker

Rawson-Ackroyd Jn. Wm. The Grange carrier Hollis Aaron, horse breaker, Elm farm

Spooner Rev. Charles M.A.. Vicarage Tomlin Thomas, farmer & horse dealer Lack Isaac, Crown P.H

Allen Elizabeth (Mrs ), farmer Tuffnail Edward, blacksmith Shadbolt Isaac, m1ller (wind)

Allen Joseph, Prince of Wales P.H Nether Dean.. Strangward Wm. farmer, Manor house

Baker William, shopkeeper Goff William

DUNSTABLE.

Du:ssTABLE is a municipal borough and considerable market in 1247, I265 and 1267; on which last occasion he was ac-
t-own situated on the border of Hertfordshire,upon the old road companied by Richard King of Germany: Edward I. visited
from London to Chester and Holyhead,33 miles from London, the town in I275 and the following year: in 1341 came Ed-
5 west from Luton, 7 east from Leighton Buzzard and 19 ward Ill. and his Queen ; in 1457, Henry VI. and Queen
south from Bedford, in the Southern division of the county, Margaret; and in 1572 Queen Elizabeth was entertained
hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, union and here with pageants. The town is intersected. by three prin-
county court district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, cipal thoroughfares, High street, Church street and West
archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely : a branch of street, formerly the Watling street and Icknield stre~t of the
the London and North·Western railway from Leighton Buz· Romans. The date of the charter of incorporation is Decem
zard runs to this town; the Great Northern Railway Com- ber 8th, 1864: the corporation consists of a mayor, four
pany's branch from Hatfield, via Luton, terminates here: aldermen and twelve councillors, who also constitute the
it is a town of great antiquity and was a British settlement Urban Sanitary Authority. The borough has a commis-
prior to the invasion of the Romans, by whom it was called sion of the peace. Water and gas are supplied by a company.
Fornm Dianre. Henry I. kept the town in his own bands Henry I. in or subsequently to the year rr3r, established
until rrgr, when he granted it to the newly founded priory, here a priory of Black Canons dedicated to St. Peter ; after

where he more than once kept Christmas, as did also King its surrender, c. 1534, the greater part of the buildings were
Stephen in II37: King John was here in I215; Henry Ill. pulled down; and the site was granted, I Mary ( I553 ), to sir

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56 DUNSTABLE. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Leonard Chamberlayne. The portion which remains consists f.acture of straw plait and bonnets, in which a ~reat number

of part of the nave and west front of the conventual church, of females are employed ; the manufacture of felt hats has

an1 now forms the parish church of St. Peter, which con- also been introduced ; whiting also forms an important

sists of clerestoried nave and aisles, a length of about 120 branch of trade.

feet, and an embattled tower with a bold octagonal turret On every Wednesday a market is held here for corn, straw

rising above it at the north-west angle, and containing 8 plait, cattle and gardeJJ. produce, and four fairs in the course

bells: the exterior is chiefly Norman, and on each side of of the year, viz. on Ash Wednesday, the 22nd of May, August

the nave are arcades of six circular arches: the oak roof is the 12th and November the 12th. In 1874 the Old Town

entirely new, and is finely carved with knots of flowers ; the Hall was converted into the present building, which corn·

beams supported by figures of angels: the south aisle has prises Town Hall, Plait Hall and Corn Exchange.

been restored, with a groined Norman roof: the north aisle The D Co. of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Bedfordshire

is Perpendicular and was restored in 1876; the west end of Regiment have their head quarters in the Town Hall.

the interior exhibits a beautiful stone screen of four arches There are six almshouses in West street belonging to Mrs.

of the Early English period, but the east end is a plain wall, Ashton's charity, founded in or about the year 1727 by Mrs.

possibly built when the other portions of the priory were Frances Ashton, for six almswomen being poor widows, and

demolished, the two easternmost arches on either side form- members of the Church of England, each of whom receives

ing the presP.nt choir: the west front is one of two principal yearly £2o, together with clothing, three tons of coal and

stages, flanked on the north by the staircase turret of the other necessaries. Mrs. Ashton also founded a charity for

tower, which is supported by massive buttresses, relieved putting out boys as apprentices, and setting them up in

by Early English niches, once filled with statues of which trade, amounting to £45 ros. yearly. There are six alms4

there are still some remains ; on the south side is a smaller houses in High street south, founded in 1736 by Mrs. Jane

embattled turret, with buttresses of equal size: the lower Cart, for poor widows, members of the Church of England ;

stage has a very fine Norman arch of four orders, with as each 0ccupant has £5 4s. a year, and fuel to the extent of

many columns on either side, the mouldings being richly £2, and a further sum of £2 12s. each, at the di11cretion of

carved ; the doorway itself is blocked, and filled with a the trustees; £5 4s. is also distributed in bread, and there

smaller entrance of Perpendicular work, above which are are sums of £2o for preaching a lecture in parish church,

three niches ; the lesser or northern entrance, beneath the £n 3s. 2d. being the dividend on the accumulation, during

tower, is an elegant Early English arch, recessed in fire an old litigation, and £16 for placing boys out as appren-

<Jrders ; between these is another Early English arch enclos- tices, and setting them up in trade: in Church street are

ing a portion of a Norman arcading; the next portion of the six houses, known as "the Ladies' lodges," for maiden

first stage is filled, as far as the great Norman arch, with an gentlewomen in receipt of Blandina Marshe and Mary Lock-

Early English arcade, the arches of which retain pedestals : ington's charities. Mrs. Blandina Marshe, by will, dated 25th

the second stage displays a lofty open arcade of the same November, 1730, directed her executors to purchase lands or

period, leading to the tower, two of the openings over the tenements of the value of £35 yearly for charitable purposes,

great entrance being larger than the rest. and rising to the £5 a year to be distributed by the minister, churchwardens

parapet; the unequal surface thus created is filled with a and overseers of Dunstable, among such poor persons of the

small blind arcading, and the whole is finished with battle- parish as frequent the service of the Church of England and

ments ; the commingling of Norman and Early English do not receive alms of the said parish, as her executors and

work on this front is very remarkable, and the character of trustees should think fit; also £ ro a year for the augmenta-

the Norman ornament, though much mutilated, almost tion of the rectory of Dunstable: small sums weekly are

matchless: in the Lady Chapel of this church, Archbishop given to the occupants of the almshouses attached to these

()ranmer,on May 23rd,r533 1publiclypronounced the divorce- charities, besides gifts of clothes, fuel, and other necessaries
ment of Queen Katherine : the plate and rich pulpit cloth annually. The charities given to poor clergymen, and widows

were presented by two sisters in the year 1721: in the south and maiden daughters of clergymen in England, over 45

wall of the nave is a flat arched recess, richly feathered, and years of age, exceed £r,ooo yearly.

enclosing the recumbent effigy of an ecclesiastic, fully Elkanah Settle, of Trinity College, Oxford, a well-known

vested, with the head resting on cushions, and the hands dramatist and poli~ical writer, was born here in 1648, and

together : a large slab in the nave contains brass effigies in died at the Charterhouse, London, February 12, 1723-4.

.shrouds, of Henry Fayrey, 1516, and Agnes his wife; below A house of Dominican friars was founded here about 1259,

is an inscription and figures of 9 children ; parts of this, as but was granted in 1547 to Sir William Herbert ; there was

well as the circular brasses at the angles are missing ; there also a hospital for lepers, temp. Henry Ill.

.are other brasses to Lawrence Pygot, 1450, and Alice his In 1850 the third or smallest of the barrows on Dunstable

wife; John Peddar, 1463, and his wives Margaret, Matilda downs was opened and found to contain horns of deer and

.and Agnes; John Blunte, 1502, and his wife Elizabeth and bones and teeth of various animals ; another contained frag-

IS children; Richard Pynfold, 1SI6,and his wife Margaret,and ments of a human skeleton: adjoining these tumuli on the

4 sons ; Robert Alee, rsrS, and his wife Elizabeth; Nicholas north-west is a plateau, which comprises on its north sido

Purvey, r52r, and his wives Elizabeth and Alys, and chil- an ancient camp, called "Maiden Bower,'' a name conjec-

dren; Richard Fynche, r64o; Thomas Fynche, 1586; Eliz- turally derived from Magh-dun-barr, ''the fortress on the top

abeth Fynch, 1607 ; and others, 1460 and 1520 : the church of the elevated plain ; " this camp covers a nearly circular

was thoroughly restored during the year r87r, under the area of about 9 acres, surrounded by an almost perfect wall

.direction of a committee, at a total cost of £12,000 ; the of earth, originally much higher. .A large number of Roman

south aisle was rebuilt, the whole of the nave walls repaired, coins from B. c. 30, and of English coins from Henry I.

and a new roof fixed, the interior renovated, and the open have been found at different times near the church and in

.arcade of the west front renewed. The register dates from the neighbourhood. Of the cross erected here by Edward I.

the year 1558. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge to mark the spot where the body of Queen Eleanor rested

£ ns, gross year~y value £s6o, in the gift of the Bishop of during its transit in 1290, no vestige now exists.

Ely, and held since r883 by the Rev. John Heyrick Macau- The Queen was formerly lady of the manor, but the cor·

Jay liLA. of Trinity College, Cambridge. poration have purchased it, and are now lords of the manor.

Here are Baptist, Congregational, Primitive and Wesleyan The principal landowners are William Fordham Brown esq.

Methodist chapels. A cemetery of Io acres, situated in West of Felsted, and Alfred Oliver.

street, was laid out in r863; it has two mortuary chapels, The soil is light and chalky. The number of acres is 428 ;

and is under the control of a burial board of 12 members. rateable value, [14,359; the population in 1881 was 4,627.

The principal business of the town arises from the manu- Parish Clerk, John Edmunds, West street.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- issued, from 9 a. m. to 6 p.m. ; saturdays to 8 p.m. Tele-

George Fisher Scroggs, postmaster grams are forwarded from 7.30 a. m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays,
from 8 to 10 a. m. only. Parcel post dispatches at 3, 7.30,
MAILS ARRIVE f~om all parts at 7 a.m. ; Luton, London &
8 & 9 p.m. Revenue stamps & all kinds of licences. Let-
South 10 a.m. • Luton, London & North 6.4o p.m
ters registered till half-an-hour before each dispatch

DrsP.ATCHES.-Dunstable & district xst delivery, 5 a.m.; WALL BoxEs.-London road, cleared, n.3o a.m. & 7 p.m.;
Leig-hton & North, 7 a.m. ; London & South, Dunstable sundayA, II.55 a.m. ; Church street, cleared, 11.45 a.m.
& 6 30 p.m. ; L. & N. W. station, High st.reet north,
znd- delivery, 8.40 a.m. ; Toddington & Houghton R~gis,
cleared, 12.45 & 7 p.m.; sundays, 12.50 p.m
11.40 a.m. ; Markyate Street & Kensworth, 12.20 p.m. ;
CORPORATION.
General, r p.m. ; Luton, 1.40 & 5.30 p.m. ; London, Hat-
MAYOR-Williatn James Rambling, esq.
field & Eastern counties, 7.30 p.m.; The North & Ireland,
DEPUTY MAYOR-Councillor Burch.
7·45 p.m.; London & all pares, 9·.5 p.m.; Luton, 10 p.m.
Sundays general, 7·35 p.m ALDERMEN.

ToWN DELIVERLES.-J & rr a.m. & 6.rs p.m

Money Order, Savings Bank & Government Insurance & *Johnson Edwin l§Hambling Wm. James
§Turney William
Annuity business transacted, & Inland Revenue licences *Brown Henry

DIRECTORY.) BEDFORDSHIRE. DCNSTABLE. 57

COUNCILLORS. PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:-

tGarrett Fred Turner tSinkwell Gilbert Bedfordshire Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion (D Co.);
tSmallwood Thompson tMarshall William head quarters, Town hall; Maj. Wm. James Hambling,
tMorcom Angustus *Lathom Wm. Hutchinson commandant
tRill John Buttfield *Rollings Edmund
lBarton Richard *Burch Thomas Cemetery, West street, C. S. Benning, clerk
tHukins Philip *Barrow John
Fire Engine Establishment, Town hall, S. Marshal1, capt
Marked thus t retire in 1890 InlandRevenueOffice,Icknield st.CalebBernardLewis,officel"
Police Station, Icknield street, William Whinnett, inspec-
*Marked thus t ret\re in 1891
tor, 1 sergeant & 2 constables
Marked thus retire in 1892 Town Hall, Benjamin George, manager
Marked thus§ retire in 1895 PUBLIC OFFICES:-

The quarterly meetings' of the Town Council are held in Certifying Factory Surgeon, Augustus Morcom L.R.C.P.
Edin. Montpelier house
February, May, .August & November; & the monthly Collector of Poor'sRates,Hy.GeorgeBallance, roHigh st.nrth
meeting of the Sanitary Authority on the 3rd friday at Collectors & .Assessors of Taxes, William Purdon Freeman,
7 o'clock p.m. in every month
King street; Thomas Squire, .Albion street
The Council act as the Sanitary Authority
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Luton Union, Dun-
Mayor's .Auditor, F. T. Garrett
sta.bleDistrict, G. Wyndham Murphy B.A., M.B., c.M. The
Elective .Auditors, R. Blackwell & C. H. Barber
Lawn ; Houghton Regis district, Augustus Morcom

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITABY L.R.C. s. Edin. Montpelier house
Medical Officer of Health to Luton Rural Sanitary District,

.AUTHORITY. .Augustus Morcom L.R.C.P. Edin. Montpelier house

Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, Chas. Registrar of Marriages, Wm. P. R. Southam, Regent street
Stockdale Benning, West street Inland Revenue Officer, Caleb Bernard Lewis, Icknield st
Registrar of Births & Deaths & Relieving & Vaccination
Treasurer, Francis Bassett, The Heath, Leighton Buzzard
Clerk to the School Attendance Committee, Charles Crichton Officer for Dunstable District, Hy. Wm. Fetch, Albion st

Stuart Benning, West street Steward of the Manor of Dunstable, of the Manors of Tod-

Assessors, J. H. Limbrey & J. Robinson dington & Dame Sayer, Charles S. Benning, West street

Medical Officer of Health, G. Wyndham Murphy B.A., M.B., Steward of the Manor of Markyate Street,S.D.B.Middleton,
54 High street north
M.ch. The Lawn
Sanitary Inspector & Inspector of Scales & Weights & Mea- Superintendent of Police, William Whinnett, Icknield street
Town Crier, John Brown, High street south
sures, Benjamin George
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:-
Collector of Rates, F. Grigg, 105 Victoria road
f:\t. Peter's Church, Rev. John Heyrick Macaulay M.A.
Town Crier, John Brown, High street south rector; ro.3oa.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.; fri. 10.30 a. m

BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. Baptist, West street, Rev. Frederick Joseph Flatt, minister;
The Mayor during his year of office. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m

Bal'ton Richard, Great Northern road Baptist (Old), St. Mary's street, mini.:;ter vacant; 10.30
Cooper John, Eastbourne, Sussex
a.m. 2 & 6 p.m
Derbyshire WiHiam Henry, West street Congregational, Edward street, Rev. John Kitto Baker,

Elliott William Oliver, Wentworth house minister; 10.45 a. m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 8 p.m

Harris Theodore, Leighton Buzzard Primitive Methodist, Victoria street, Rev. Frank Shergold;

Hicks Charles Cyril M.D. Wokingham ro.3o a. m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m

Howes Richard, Streatley, Dunstable We.'!leyan, The Square, ministers various

Limbrey John Henry, West street SCHOOLS:-

Lockhart Charles, High street north Chew's Endowed, High street south, founded in 1715 &

Murphy Geo. Wyndham M.B. The Lawn, High st. north re-organized under a new scheme in 188o, was rebuilt in

Sinkwell Gilbert, 37 High street north r883, at a cost of {,2,000, from designs by Mr. E. 0.

Wall Richard, Buckhurst Hill, Essex WiUiams, of Luton & will hold 100 boys ; William James

Rambling, master
Clerk, Stephen Douglas Beckley Middleton, 54 High National (infants), built in 1839, for 140 children i average
street north
attendance, g6; Miss S. Sibley, mistress
Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall every Ashton (boys), Church street, built in 186-l, for goo boys;
wednesday at II a.m
averaga attendance, 142; James Knight, master; (girls)

INSURANCE AGENTS :- Church street, built in 1864, for 120 girls ; average atten-
dance, 100; Miss Emma Maria Joy Burrough, mistress;

Commercial Union, F. W. Limbrey, ro8 Church street Miss Grace Burrough, assistant

County Fire & Provident Life, R. W. Gutteridge, West st Wesleyan Day, Chapel walk (mixed), built in 186o, for 170

London .Assurance Corporation, J. H. Limbrey, West street children; average attendance, 90; Joseph Dyer, master

London & Lancashire Fire, T. Burch, High street north NEWSPAPER.-Dunstable Borough Gazette & Luton Journal,

Norwi(;h Union, J. Flemons, High street north published every wednesday, by Henry Ballans, 71 High

Phcenix Fire, C. S. Benning, West street street north

Queen, George Smith, 127 West street RAILWAYS:-

Royal Exchange, Lockhart & Son, North house Great Northern, Frederick Louis Hornbrook,9tation master

Royal Farmers,' I<'. Girling, Bedfordshire & Leighton Buz- London & North Western, Henry Griffin, etation master

zard Bank, High street Midland, J. C. Saunders, goods & parcels agant, Saracen's

Scottish .Accident, T. Burch, High street north Head hotel

Sun Fire, W. Cheshire, ro West street & A. C. Buckmaster, Omnibus from 'Red Lion' meets all G. N. trains

10 Albion street Omnibus from Sugar Loaf hotel meets L. & N. W. trains

WestminsterFire,J.Barrow,High street south ; G.Cheshire, CARRIERS TO LONDON.-Sutton & Co. ; agent, J. Gibby,

High street south High street south.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cobley Thomas Henry, Victoria street GeorgeEdwd.Carrington,31High st.nth

B~tiley John, Edward street Cook J oseph, Hessel villa, King street Girling Frederick, High street north

Baker Rev.JohnKitto [Congregational], Cutler Miss, High street north Grant Mrs. 43 High street north

West street Derbyshire .Ambrose, 138 West street Grigg George, Lover's walk

Bandy John, Vine cottage, King street Derbyshire Charles, r Victoria street Gutteridge Albert, Conway house

Ilarford J osiah, Eastville Derbyshire Mrs. I Wellington terrace Gutterid.ge Mrs. West street

Barton Richard, Great Northern road Derbyshire William Henry, West street Hall John William1 14 Edward street

Bates Edmund, The Poplars DruittArthurBarthold,23 High st.north Rambling William James, High st. sth

Beart Henslow, Victoria street Eam'es Mrs. Mary Ann, 43 Princes st Hastie William, Nith house

Bennett Mrs. High street north Edmonds Miss, 101 Church street Healing Richard Hy.(assistant master),

BenningChas.Crichton Stuart,Priory gt Elliott Mrs. 23 Albion street Asht..on Grammar school

Benning Charles Stockdale, The Limes, Elliott Mrs. High street north Holmes Hy. Augustus, 69 High street;

West street Elliott William Oliver, Wentworth ho Horn Reuben, Fern cottage, Princes st
Brown Mrs. West street
EllisRev. Rd. ProsserB. A. [curateJWest st Horn Mrs. Sarah, Albion street

Buckmaster Alfred, 10 Albion street Evans John James, West villa Horton Miss, West street

Buckmaster Alfred Christr. xoAlbion st Field Miss, Higb. street south Janes Samuel, lcknield street

Buckmaster Mrs. West street Flatt Rev. Frederick Joseph[Baptist], z Knight Edward, The Poplars

Cartwright Frederic, 37 High st. north Regent street Kirk Mrs. 3 Begent street

Chambers John Melior, Laurel cottage Flemons J oseph, Thornville Langridge .Arthur Edw. Crawley villa,

Chambers William, Princes street Freeman William Purton, King street High street south

oB DUNST.ABLE. BEDFORDSHIR~. [KELLY'S

Lanaway Hugh, H1gh street north Ostler Waiter William, West street 1 Southam Wm. .Alfred, High street nth

Lathmn Hutchinson Wm. Morainville PbiUipson Jol n Tendal B,A. (assistant Stevens Mrs. Rural cot. St. Mary's st

Lester Edwin James, 28 .Albion street master), .Ashton Grammar school Taylor George, High street south

Lester James, West street Potter Henry Tbos. Queenborough ho Tea.le Capt. Emanuel, CHfton vi:Ja

Limbrey Henry Edward, West street Pickering Robert, 24 .Albion street Thring Lionel Charles Re.;inald lii.A,

Limbrey John Henry, West street Ramsey Mrs. High street south .Ashton Grammar school

Lockhart Charleg, High street north Read James, Tebworth villa, West st Tibbett Mrs. James, Icknield villa

Lockhart Mrs. Henry, Icknield street RogersonFrankEustace, Gt. Northern rd Twidell Mrs. .Amelia, High st. south

Love Waiter, Colwyn house Rollings Edmund, High street north Vickers Mrs. 92 Victoria street

Macaulay Rev. Canon John Heyrick Rose Henry, The Cedars Ward Rev. Charles Richard M.A.,B.M.

lii.A. [rector], Grove house Rudd Miss, I Regent street [curate], Icknield street

Middleton Stephen Douglas B. Evans- Saunders Mrs. The 1'3eeches Waterfield Miss, Jubilee villas

ville, West street Serjant Henry, Station road White Francis Frederick, Princes street

Muller Miss, High street south Shergold Rev. Frank [Primitive Metho- White Frank Wilson, Princes street

Morcom Augustus, Montpelier house dist], Victoria street White Henry, Linden house

Murphy George Wyndham B.A., M.B. Sinkwell Gilbert, 37 High street north Wickham Philip Robert B. A. (assistant-

The Lawn, High street north Southam William Paxton Reading, master), Ashton Grammar school

Mouse J ames, IOI Church street Chiltern house Wilson Waiter Henry, !05 Church st

Neale John, West street

COMMERCIAL. Champkin Charles, shopkeeper, 12.5 West street
Champkin John, greengrocer, St. Mary's street

.Abraham Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner, 4 West street Cbesher Thomas, baker, Edward street

.Abraham John, straw hat dealer, 4 West street Cheshire George, confectionel', High street south

Andrews Charles Thomas, Red Lion hotel, & agent for Great Cheshire Joseph, builder, Matthew street

Northern Railway, High street Cheshire William, furniture dealer, IO West street

.Anstie John, teacher & seller of music, Matthew street Chilton Thomas Edward, pawnbroker, Church street

.A.nstie John, rural sanitary inspector to Luton union, Clews Frederick, fishmonger, 25 Church street

Matthew street Clifton John Charles, baker, 2 Church street

.Ashplant Francis, The Globe 1'.1!. Winfield street Cobley Thomas Henry, consulting chemist, Victoria street

Ashton Grammar School (Lionel Charles Reginald Thring, Collins 'fhos. Geo. (Mrs.), straw hat manufr. High st. nth

head master). See advert.jsement Collins Joseph, carpenter, Victoria street

.Axtell William, straw bleacher & dyer, Union street Cook John, whiting manufacturer, St. Mary's street

Axten Charles, Swan with Two Necks P.H. High st. south Cooke Mary Ann Howe (:Mrs.), Eight Bells P.H, 9 .Ashton st

Ballance Henry Georg-e, fancy stationer & bookseller & poor's Cookson David, manager to Munt, Brown & Co. Priory,

rate collector, IO High street no-rth High street south

Bal1ans Henry, printer, 7T High street north Coombs Owen, boot maker, Victoria street

Bandy George, coal dealer, Church street Costin Daniel, brewer, West street

Barber Charles Henry, plumber, Albion street Costin George, butcher, West street

Barcock .Alfred, grocer, 181 High street south Cumberland William, dairyman, St. Mary's street

Barrow John, grocer, High street south Currant Christopher, baker, Union street

Barton Richard, grocer, Great Northern road Daniel George Henry, grocer, 20 High street north

Bedfordshire Lei;;hton Buzzard Bank (Bassett, Son &Harris) Darby James, fishmonger, Chapel walk

(branch) (Frederick Girling, manager), High street; draw Darby Louisa (Miss), lodging house, Church street

on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London E c Darley William, shopkeeper, West street

Bedfordshire Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion (D Co.) Debney William Henry, Carpenter's Arms P.H. High st. sth

(Major Wm. Jas. Rambling); head quarters, Town hall Derbyshire Edward George, painter, 67 High street north

Beech John, tailor, 9 .Albion street Derbyshire Mary (Miss), milliner & dress ma. 67 Hi;;h st.nth

Bennett Amy (Miss), ladies' seminary, Moreton ho. West st Derbyshire William Henry, auctioneer, West street

.Bennett Benjamin, brewer & maltster, & wine & spirit mer- Dightman Edward, furniture dealer, High street south

chant, High street ; & at Harpenden Dolemore David, coal agent, Victoria street

Bennett Benjamin, straw & felt hat manufacturer, High Dolman J 03epb, polishing cloth manufr. see Smith & Dolman

street ; & at Luton Druitt .A.rthnr Barthold M.R.C.S.EnJ. surgn. 23 High st. nth

Bennett & Son, solicitors, West street Duckering Charles, pig dealer, Great Northern road

Benning Charles Crichton Stuart (firm, Benning & Son), Dunham Joshua, carpenter, Victoria street

solicitor, & clerk to the Borough scheol attendance com- Dunstable Borough Gazette & Luton Journal (published

mittee & Houghton Regis school board, West street wed.), 7r High street north

Benniug Charles Stockdale (firm, Benning & Son), solicitor, Dunstable Gas & Water Co. (W. P. R. Southam, sec)

town clerk, clerk to urban sanitary authority, to the Dunstable Horticultural Society (A. G. Inwards, sec.),

burial board, perpetual commissioner for Beds, Bucks Albion street

& Herts1 commissioner in the Supreme Court, steward of Dunstable Loan Society (Fredk. Grigg, sec.), IO5 Victoria st
the manors of Dunstable & of Toddington, also of Dame Dunstable Permanent Investment & Building- Society (John

Bayer, solicitor to London & County Bank & G-as & Coke H. Limbrey, sec.), Town hall

Co. & receiver for Mrs. Cart's charity, West street Durant William Squire, draper, High street south

Bible Society's Depot (James Tibbett), II High street south Dutton Charles Dodson, Ewe & Lamb P.H. West street
Billington Jas. B. & Son, boot & shoe warehouse, Winfield st Eames Ed ward, blaeksmith, White Hart yard
Eames Elizabeth (Miss), day school (infants'), rr8 We~;t st
Bird Waiter Francis, White Swan P,H. High street south

Blake Ann Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, West street Edmonds John, boot maker, Church street

Bliss William, corn dealer, West street Elliott & Son, straw hat manufacturers, High street north

Bonwick Hannah (Mrs.), Rose & Crown P.H. Middle row Emerton William Henry, draper, IS High street south
Borough Brass Band (Geo. Franklin, bandmaster),Church st Eustace Joseph, seedsma.n, Victoria street
Evans William, boot maker, High street south
Boskett Charles, builder, Edward street
Fearn Joseph, beer retailer, Edward street
Bourn George, machinist, 26 Winfield street
Fenson Daniel, chimney sweeper, 6 Church street
Bowler Thomas, tailor, High street south
Fetch Hy. Wm. registrar of births & deaths & vaccination
Bowles John, watch & clock maker, High street south
Bradshaw Jane (Miss), dress maker, West street officer, Dunstable sub-district, Luton Union, 25 .Albion st

Brightman William, outfitter, 71 High street Field Frederick, New inn, Union street

Brinklow Robert, grocer, West street Field James, dairyman, Edward street

Brooks George C. harness maker, 70 High street north Field James, hair dresser, High street north

Brooks Thomas, shoe maker, Union street Field Je-sie (Miss), ladies' private school, Glen Lassie,

Brown Henry, farmer, Park farm High street north

Brown Henry, grocer, 6 High street south Fire Engine Station (S. Marshall, captain), Town hall

Brown James, shopkeeper, West street Flemons Josepil, pharmaceutical chemist, High street north

Buckingham ThomM, Wheatsheaf P.H Ford Jabez Frederick, coal merchant, Regent street

Buckmaster Alfred Christopher, solicitor, ro A.lbion street Fox Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, .Albion street

Budd William, painter, Victoria street Fox Caroline (Miss), dress maker, 47 High street north

Burch Thomas, Nag's Head P.H. High street north Franklin James, Borough .Arms P.H. Albion street

Burgess Charles, tailor, Edward street Franklin George, boot maker, Church street

Cartwright :Frederic, solicitor & commissioner for oaths, 37 Franklin Septimus, beer retailerj Church street

High street north ; & at Luton Freeman George Frederie:k, brass founder, 21 Union street

Cemetery(Chas.Stockdale Benning,clerk to the burial board) l<'reeman William Purdon, assessor &; collector of property

Chambers John, grocer & ironmonger, Hlgh street north & income taxes, & school attendance officer, King street

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. DUXST.AELE. 59

Freemasons' (Chiltern) Lodge (A. Morcom u.D. sec. Mont- Ma.skell George, hair dresser, 190 High street

pelier house), Town hall Maskell James, hay & straw dealer, High street south

French Henry .Attwood, dairyman, High street south Medcraft John George, straw hat manufacturer, Middle row

Gadsden .Adelaide (Miss), dress maker, West street Medcraft Thomas John, boot maker, 174 High street south

Garrett F. T. & A. manufacturing electricians, High st. nth Middleton & Gutteridge, solicitors, 54 High street north

Garrett Fred Turner, watch & clock maker & electrician, Middleton Stephen Douglas Beckley (firm, Middleton &

High street north Gntteridge), solicitor & clerk to the borough magistrates,

Geeves Charles Herbert, furniture dealer, 24 Church street steward of the manor of Markyate Street, perpetual com-

George Benjamin, sanitary inspector & inspector of scales, missioner, solicitor to the local branch of Bassett & Co.'s

weights & measures, & lessee of market tolls, Icknield st Bank, & to Dunstable & Markyate Street Building

Girling Frederick, manager Bedfordshire Leighton Buz~ard Societies, 54 High street north

Bank, High street Minards Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Victoria street

Goode Waiter & George, house decorators, High st. south Mooring J ane (Mrs.), butcher, 26 Ed ward street

Goode William, boot maker, 128 High street Morcom Augustus L.R.c.s.Edin. surgeon,& medical officer &

Goodman Maria (Mrs.), beer retailer, Church street public vaccinator to Houghton Regis district, Luton union

Graham & Co. whiting manufacturers, High street south & medical officer of health Luton rural district, & certify•

Gregory Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Edward street ing factory surgeon, Montpelier house

Grigg Frederick, sanitary rate collector, 105 Victoria street Morton David, straw hat blocker, Edward street

Gutteridge Albert (firm, Middleton & Gutteridge), solicitor, Mouse James, boot maker, 101 Church street

& commissioner for oaths & certified bailiff under the Law Munt, Brown & Co. (David Cookson, manager), straw hat

of Distress Amendment Act, 54 High street north manufacturers, High street south

Hall John William, surgeon, 14 Edward street Murphy George Wyndham B. A., M. B., M. eh. surgeon, medi-

Hallifax Thomas, baker, 124 West street cal officer of health to Dunstable Urban district, & medi-

Hallifax William, boot & shoe warehouse, 2 High st. south cal officer & public vaccinator to Dunstable district, Luton

Hardy James, Horse & Groom P.H. Church street union, The Lawn, High street north

Harris Samuel, butcher, High street south Nash Arthur, plumber, 67 West street

Henton Henry, straw hat dyer & bleacher, 5 Victoria street Neale John, baker, Edward street

Higgs Carolina (Mrs.), dress maker, 55 High street north Nicholls George, Sportsman P.H. Winfield street

Higgs Thomrts, boot maker, r8s High street south Nicholls Levi Thomas, tobacconist, 6 West street

Higgs William, builder, Icknield street Nicholls Robert, sign painter, High street south

Hill George, fishmonger & beer retailer, Chapel walk Northwood Alfred, coal dealer, Cross street

Hill John Buttfield, Sugar Loaf family & commercial hotel Odell George, coffee house, 172 Middle row

& po~ting house, & agent for L. & N. W, Railway, High Odell Henry, baker, High street north

street north Osborn George, upholsterer, 21 High street north

Hine John, baker, High street south Parkhouse Frederick, The Victoria P.H. West street

Hobbs Arthur Field, nurseryman, Victoria street Pearce Ezra, printer & paper bag manufacturer, West st

Holmes Henry Augustus, manager to Woolley, Saunders & Percival Sarah (Miss), milliner, 37 High street south

Co. High street north Percival Thomas, hair dresser, 183 High street south

Honick Henry, baker, Church street Perkins Alfred James, linen draper, Luton house

Horn Cornelius, straw plait dealer, Victoria street Perry John Thomas, baker, King street

Horn Francis, straw plait merchant, 34 High street south Pickering John, straw hat manufacturer, Albion street

Horn George, straw plait merchant, St. Mary's street Pickering Robert, straw hat blocker, 24 Albion street

Horn Levi, nurseryman, Church street Pigott William, grocer &c. 42 High street south

Horn Reuben, straw plait merchant, Princes street Pitkin Alfred James, butcher, High street north

Horticultural Society (Alfred Inwards, general manager) Placeman Charles, tailor, 21 Church street

Hukins Philip, corn dealer, High street north & West street Pleasant George Ambrose, Crown inn, High street north

Hunt Boaz, blacksmith, Church street Police Station (William Whinnett, insp. ), Icknield street

lmpey Waiter, butcher, High street south Potter Sarah (Miss), straw hat manufacturer, 16 Albion st

Inland Revenue Office (C. B. Lewis, officer), Icknield street Potter William Edward, tailor, West street

Inns Eli, Britannia P.H. Middle row Pottle William, drill instructor to 3rd Vol. Batt. Beds Regt.

Inward;: George, eating house, Church street & Ashton Grammar school, West street

Inwards J ohn,manager to Stuart,Sons & Co. 162 High st. sth Potton Edward, harness maker, 46 High street north

Inwards Minnie (Miss), dress maker, 44 High street north Poulton William, grocer, 15 Union street

Jackson Ebenezer, sawyer, 106 High street south Pratt George Billington, shopkeeper, 34 West street

Jackson Thomas, sawyer, 71 High street south Pratt Waiter, butcher, West street

Janes David, greengrocer, High street south Prentice George, ironmonger, 131 West street

J ones Frederic, house decorator, 19 Eelward street RadwellJohu, harness maker, High street south

Johnson Edwin, straw hat manufacturer, 13 Edward street Renz Joseph, Wheelwright's Arms P.H. & clock ma.ker,

Kent Alfred Henry, wheelwright, High street south Matthew street

Kilby William, baker, 32 Edward street Ridgeway Martha (Mrs.), straw hat maker, 15 Albion st

King Soloman, butcher, 178 High street south Rixson George, Plume of Feathers :r.H. West street

Kirk Matilda (Mrs.), ladies' school, Regent street Roberts Eli, straw hat block maker, Victoria street

Knight Edward, draper, 8 High street south Robbins William, White Hart P.H. High street north

Lack William, rag dealer, Chapel walk Robinson Alfd. fruiterer & basket ma. 21 & 22 High st. stb

Lanaway Hugh, manager London & CountyBank,High st.nth Robinson John, grocer, High street south

LangridgeArth.Edwd. bill discounter,Crawley vil.High st.sth Robinson Joseph, builder, 3 Victoria street

Lathom Hutchinson William Lathom Brown (firm, Scargill Rodwell William, miller (wind), 166 High street south

& Lathom), solicitor & surveyor, joint clerk to Justices Railings Edmund, whiting manufacturer, West street

for the Luton division of the county, & sec. & agent to Rollings William, coffee house, Square

So.1th Beds Liberal Unionist .Association, Morainville; & Rush Walter, tinplate worker, 8o Edward street

at Luton Saunders John Covington, Saracen's Head commercial hotel,

Lester Waiter, watch & clock maker, Market place & agent Midland Railway Co. High street north

Lewis Caleb Bernard, inland revenue officer, Icknield street Sawyer Frederick, boot maker, 77 Edward street

Lightfoot William & James, furniture dealers, 134 West st Scargill & Lathom, solicitors, Morainville

Limbrey Arthur Henry, sign writer, Upper Union street Scott David, farmer, I Ic.knield street

Limbrey Fred William, commission agent, 108 Church st Scott William, tinplate worker, 151 High street south

Limbrey John Henry, ironmonger, West street Scroggs Frank, farmer, High street south

Line Thomas, builder, Edward street Scroggs George Fisher, stationer, High street north

Lockhart Charles, linen draper, 3 & 4 High street Scrqggs Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.) farmer, 122 High st. south

London & County Banking Co. Limited (branch) (Hugh Seamom William & Son, florists, r8 Edward street

Lanaway, manager), High street north; draw on head Serjeant Henry, accountant, Station road

office, London Sharman Charles, tailor, West street

Love Waiter, grocer, & agent for W & A. Gilbey, wine & Sharman Isabella (Mrs.), baker, 11 r Church street

spirit merchants, 83 High street south ~barman Joseph, dairyman~ High street south

McLean William, Foresters' Arms P.H. St. Mary's street Sharman William, butcher, 13 West street

McMurtrie Daniel, travelling draper. West street Shepherd Frederick, tobacconist, High street south

Mc:Murtrie Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, West street Shepherd J oseph, pastrycook, ro High street south

Mantz Francis George, sign writer, High street south Sibthorpe John, butcher, Middle row

Markham James, blacksmith, Church street Siofield James, coal dealer, 120 West street

Marsh George, The George P.II. Church street Smallwood Thompson, boot maker, 179 High street

Marshall Alfred, whiting manufacturer, Victoria. street Smith & Dolman, polishing cloth manufacturers, St. Mary'~

Marshall William, wheelwright, Matthew street street. See advertisement

60 DUNST.ABLE. BEDFORDSHIRE. (K~LLY'S

Smith George, printer, bookbinder & stationer; estimates TURNER PERCY VLAKO, photographer, 14 High st. south

given, 127 West street Turner Richard, 1Jeer retailer, High street south ·

Southam William Paxton Reading, auctioneer &. registrar of Turney Wil\iam, grocel', High street south

marriages for Luton district, Regent street Turvey Willia.m, straw plait dealer, 7 Icknield street

South Beds Liberal Unionist .Association (H. W. Lathom, Vater Cornelius, furniture dealer, Middle row

agent & sec.), Morainville Walker Frank, boot & shoe maker

Squire Thomas, straw hat manufacturer & collector of Walton Edward, Anchor P.H. High street north

property & income taxes, .Albion street Warren Alfred, straw hat manufacturer, High street north

Stimpson John, Queen's Head P.H. St. Mary's street Waterfield & Co. straw hat manufacturers, High st. north

Stimpson Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, St. Mary's street Watson Clement, Prudential agent, Cross street

Stuart, Sons & Co. straw hat manufacturers (John Inwards, Watson Henry Joshua, straw hat manufr. 29 Albion street

manager), High street south Webster Edward, Waggon & Horses P.H. High st. south

Sugar L9af family & commercial hotel & receiving house for Whinnett William, inspector of police, Icknield street

L. & N. W. Railway Co. (John Buttfield Hill, proprietor), White .Arthur, butcher, High street north

High street north White Francis Frederick, builder & contractor, Princes st

Sutton & Co. carriers (J. Gibley, agent), High street south White Frederick, builder, Princes street

Swain John, engineer, Edward street White George Henry, builder, Regent street

'Taylor Brothers, straw hat manufacturers, Albion street White Henry, builder, West street

'fearle James, confectioner, ro High street north White James 'builder, High street south

Tennant William, draper, West street White Lewi&, butcher, 7 Church street

Thring Lionel Charles Reginald M.A. head master .Ashton Wildman Le,·i, shopkeeper, West street

Grammar school Willis Wm. Godfrey, Shoulder of Mutton P.H.High st.south

Tibbett Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, Icknield street Wilson Waiter Henry, dentist, ro5 Church street

Tibbett James, stationer, II High street south Wood Waiter, shopkeeper, Edward street

Tomkins Joseph, The Nigb.tingale P.H. St. Mary's street Woolley, Saunders & Co. straw hat manufacturers (H. A.

Tompkins Robert Billington, shoe maker, High street south Holmes, manager), High street north

Tompkins Thomas, straw hat block maker, Edward street Worsley Ebenezer, nurseryman, Lovers' walk

Tompkins William, ·grocer, St. Mary's street Wright William, provision dealer, 19 Church street

Tonge Gilbert Edward, grocer, High street south Young Anne (Mrs.), grocer, Middle row

DUNTON is a parish and village, with the hamlets of since r884 by the Rev. John Henry Sandall M.A. of Hertford

1.\'liLLOW and NEWTON, 3 miles east from Biggleswade, in College, Oxford, who resides at Biggleswade. Here is a

the Northern division of the county, petty sessional division, Baptist chapel. The charities are £u yearly. The prin-

hundred, union and county court district of Biggleswade, cipallaudowners are the Rev. Thomas Richardson, the Rev.

rural deanery of Biggleswade, archdeaconry of Bedford and John Richardson M.A. rector of Sandy, who is lord of the

diocese of Ely. The river Rhee separates the parish horn manor, E. S. Fordham and Selwyn Robert Pryor esqrs.

Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. The church of St. Mary The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are

is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chan- wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area is 2,573 acres ;

cel, nave of four bays, aisles, and an embattled western rateable value, £2,063; the population in r88r was 477·

tower, containing 5 bells, which were hung in r887 as a Parish Clerk, James Brown.
commemoration of the jubilee of Queen Victoria, and south
porch: it was rebuilt in 1861, at a cost of £ 1,6oo (£65o of London & other letters are received through Biggleswade,
which was given by Pryor esq. the owner of Newton
R. which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, at 9

farm, and the remainder raised by a rate and subscription); a. m
the chancel was restored by the late Earl Brownlow, in r86r: WALL Box cleared at 1 I.30 a. m. week days only

there are 495 sittings. The register dates from the year National School (mixed) built, with mistress's house, in
1553. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £280, including 1863, for 120 children; average attendance, 75; Miss
.56 acres of glebe, in the gift of Earl Brownlow, and heid Jessie Moffat, mistress

Arnold George, Three Horseshoes P.H. 1 Clark Joel, farm bailiff to the executors Lee John, baker & farmel'

& straw dealer of William Pope esq. Newton Lee Henry Brown, farmer, Church farm

Bone James, grocer & draper Curchin George, blacksmith Lee Simeon, beer retailer

CartwrightCarln.(Mrs. ),Bell inn,Millow Jeeves David, beer retailer Smith Henry, farmer

Cartwright John, farmer Kidman James I. farmer, Newton farm Warwick Amos, farm bailiff to the Rev.

Cartwright Waiter, farmer Lee Alfred, tailor J. Richardson

EASTCOTTS is a township in the parish of Cardington, WALL LETTER Box, Harrowden, cleared at 4.15 p.m. on
week days only. Letters arrive from Bedford at 8 a.m.
comprising three hamlets, viz. : :FENLAKE, one mile south- the nearest money order & telegraph office
east, from Bedford ; HARROWDEN, one mile and a half south-
east, and CoTTON END, 3 miles south-east, all situated on or WALL LETTER Box, Fenlake, cleared at 5.50 p.m. on week
near the road from Bedford to Hitchin : it is in theNorthern
division of the county, hundred of Wixamtree, and petty days; 12.35 a.m. on sundays. Letters arrive from Bed-
sessional division, union and county court district of Bed- ford about 8.30 a.m. The nearest money order & tele-
ford. At Cotton End is a large Baptist chapel, built by graph office is Bedford

subscription in 1836, and seating about 6oo persons. A School Board of 5 members was formed here November

Forster's charity, of £30 yearly, derived from land here, is 14, 1873 ; Mark Sharman, Bedford, clerk to the board

distributed in two sums of £25 to this district and £5 to
sCardington. Pillow lace is made here. Samuel Whitbread Board School (mixed), Cotton End, buiit in 1 74, at a cost

esq. M.P.' D.L., J. P, of Southill Park is lord of the manor of £1, 174• for 140 clJildren ; average attendance, So; there

.and principal landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, gravel is a master's house attached; .Arthur Stanton, master
:and clay. The chief crops are wheati barley, beans and

turnips. The area is returned with Cardington; rateable CARRIERS TO BEDFOIW.-Finding & Sharp, daily, except

value, £3,752; the population in r881 was 713. thurs

Cotton End. Goodship.~illiam, wood dealer & higgler Fenlake.

Cole Rev. John [Baptist] Green Wtlham, carpenter Abney George, farmer

GreenWm.Rudd,pork butcher &draper DuberleyMajorArthur Grey,The Barnes

COMMERCIAL. Hallworth George, farmer, Herring grn Lucas William, market gardener
Ilarnes Walter, shopkeeper Laird Frederick, farmer.
Rowney Samuel, grazier
l.VIastin Thomas, farmer Saunderson Samuel, farmer

Buckle-, Anchor P.H Purser John, farm bailiff to Mrs. Gran- Harrowden.
Bunker William, Bell P.H. & farmer field, of Bromham

Chambers Robert, pig dealer Simms John, baker, mealman & farmer Keep Henry, farmer, College farm

Collins Frederick, beer retailer Smith Peter, beer retailer Manu Thomas, beer retailer

Cox Richard, farm bailiff to S. Whit- Sugars John, clock repairer Newman Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

bread esq. M.P Thody Samuel, farmer Newman Joseph, farmer

Daniel Joshua, farmer, Rook Tree farm Tompkins Jesse, grocer Summerfield James, shopkeeper

GilbertJohn&Jsph.poulterers & egg dlrs ! Thompson Elizabeth (Mt·s. ), farmer

EATON BRAY is a village and parish of considerable deanery of Dunstable1 archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese

extent on the borders of Buckinghamshire, ~~ miles south of Ely. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an edifice in

from Stanbridge Ford station, 4 west from Dunstable and 5 1 the Early English and Perpendicular styles, presenting many

south-east fr.om Leighton Buzzard, in the Southern division j interesting features, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles,

of the county, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, north and south porches and a plain western tower contain•

union and county court district of Leighton Buz;zard, rural : ing 5 bells : the chancel is Perpendicular ; the mwe arcades

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE~ EATON SOCON. 61

Early English; the north aisle M1xed, with an embattled· market is held here every Friday for the disposal of straw
reredos : the centre light of the east window in the south plait, the makin~ of which employs a great many of the

aisle is blocked and filled with a fine Perpendicular niche, women and children. Arthur Macnamara esq. D.L., J. P. of

below which is a richly wrought reredos of the same date in Billington Manor, Leighton Buzzard, is lord of the manor

ten compartments :the south door retains some magnificent and principal landowner. The soil ts arable, with portions

wrought iron scroll work, of late Early Englisll or Early of rich meadow for the grazing of cattle; subsoil, chalk.

Decorated origin, supposed to have been the work of Leighton, The area is 2,65o acres ; rateable value, £4,429; the popu·

the famous blacksmith: the Early English font consists of a lation in 1881 was 1,520.

circular basin on a central column, with four attached shafts: Sexton, William Gurney.

at the west end of the south aisle is some Late sculptured PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

work, with scrolls, with the shield of Edmund, Lord Braye, William Gurney, receiver. Letters arrive through Dun-
impaling his arms with those of his wife Jane (Hallighwell),
the royal arms of the Tudors, some badges and the Braye stable at 7.10 a. m.; dispatched at 5.35 p.m. week days;
sundays, 10.55 a. m. Dunstable is the nearest telegraph off

crest, a hemp-brake: there is a fine old tomb with brass PILLAR Box cleared at 5·45 p.m. week days & 1.1.5 a. m.

effigy to Lady Jane Braye, wife of Sir Edmund Braye (first on !lundays

Baron Braye), 1558, and eleven children: and an inscribed INSURANCE AGENTS:-

brass to Jane, daughter of Edmund, Lord Braye, I539· The Prudential Life, G. Puddefoot

register dates from the year 1559· The living is a vicarage, Alliance Life & Fire, Miss Priscilla Brown '
tithe rent-charge [164, gross yearly value £3.fO, including .
52 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Trinity College, Wesleyan School (mixed), enlarged in r86r, for 400 children;

Cambridge, and held since r8?r by the Rev. John Hall Doe average attendance, zoo; there is & house for the master;

M.A. of that college. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built 1795 the school is supported by a government grant, school

and restored r864, and also a Baptist chapel. A cemetery fees & a voluntary rate; Ernest Wm. Richardson, master

of about one acre was formed in 1883, at a cost of £3oo, and CAILRIERs.-George Scott & Thomas Rollings, to Leighton

is under the control of a burial board of 9 members. A Buzzard, tues

Doe Rev. John Hall M.A. Vicarage 1 Farmer Jame~, Plough P.H Roberts Eliza (Mrs.),maltster & farmer
George Thomas, The Lodge Fountain Jabez, beer retailer
Roberts James, farmer

Hawkins Mrs Gadsden Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper Roe Arthur, tailor

Hedges Mrs Gadsden Richard, beer retailer Rollings Robert, tailor

Wood Miss Gadsden Thomas, shopkeeper Rollings Thomas, tinman

COMMERCIAL, George Thomas, land surveyor Rollings William, beer retailer
Sanders James, chimney sweeper
Andrews David, The Chequers P.JI Goodman Benjamin, straw dealer
Batchelar Gains, farmer, Park farm 1 Seaton Charles, Five Bells P.H
Bird Caleb, shopkeeper
Bird Phillip, farmer 1 Groom Abraham, wheelwright Sharratt Jeffrey, carpenter & farmer

1 Groom William, wheelwright Short Edward, grocer
1
Gurney William, blacksmith, Post office Simmons Fredk. miller (steam & water)

Hawkins Wm. baker & flour & corn mer

Bird William, farmer Henley .John, duck breeder Smallbones William, barber

Bliss Frederick, beer retailer Holmes George, baker Solomon Noah, farmer

Brandon Thomas, Rifleman P.H Holmes James, grocer Tearle William, straw dealer

Brinklow Charles, shopkeeper Holmes John, mealman Thorn Charles, butcher

Brown George, blacksmith Jackson William, straw dealer Thorn George, butcher

Brown Priscilla (Miss), stationer, agent James Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper Thorn Richard, harness maker

for the Alliance Life & Fire Insurance J ames William, grocer Thorn William, harness maker

lCo. & registrar of births & deaths for Mead Hannah (Mrs.), fruit grower THORNE ALFRED, draper, grocer,

Eddlesborough sub-district, Leighton Meakins Henry, mill biU manufacturer baker & flour & corn merchant

Buzzard union Meakins William, machinist Tompkins Amos, straw plait dealer

Buckmaster Horace, miller (water) Neville Richard, tailor Varney George, surveyor & overseer

BUNKER JAMES, miller (steam) Pearson Charles, shopkeeper Varney Robert, shopkeeper

Burrows Benjamin, farmer Peck George, shopkeeper Wallace & Duck, florists, fruitgrowers

Cemetery (Gains Batchelar, chairman Pratt Jeffery, carter & seedsmen

& clerk to the burial board) Pridg-ett Thomas, White Horse P.R Wildman David, bricklayer

Cobb John, shopkeeper Puddefoot David, farmer Wood Charles, farmer, Ley farm

Ellingham David, beer retailer & grocer Puddefoot George, coal merchant Wood Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper
1 Wood James, farmer

Ellingham John, baker l Pursell Frederick, farmer

EATON SOCON is an extensive parish, situated on the mansion is of modern date. Near the church are som&

borders of Huntingdonshire; the navigable river Ouse, mounds of earth, where a. castle is said to have stood.

flowing OR the east, divides this parish from St. Neots : it is Frank Day esq. M.A. of St. Neots, who is lord of the manor~

55 miles from London by road, n north-east from Bedford, W. H. Wa.de-Gery esq. Edward Reynolds esq. J.P. of Paxton

ro south-west from Huntingdon and 2~ miles west from St. Hall, Hunts, Arthur John 'Thornhill esq. M.P. of Didding-

Neots station: it is in the Northern division of the county, ton Hall, Hunts, Thomas Addington esq. and Miss Fanny

Bedford petty sessional division, hundred of Barford, union Squire are the principal landowners. The soil is a rich

and county court district of St. Neots, rural deanery of loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley,

Eaton, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The oats and beans. The area is 7,530 acres, a great part being

church of St. Mary is a noble edifice, of the Perpendicular cultivated by market gardeners; rateable value, £9,999-

period, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a western em- This parish contains zo miles of road. The population in

battled tower containing 6 bells and a clock with chimes: the r881 was 2,365, including 144 officers and inmates in St.

church was restored in 1868, the parishioners and others Neot's workhouse.

having subscribed about [2,700 for the work, carried out noBrtEhGWanAdRCYR, 3osms iHleAsLwLe,s1t!-bnyo-srothutohn; BuSHMEAD, 2~ west-by-

under the direction of Messrs. Cory and Ferguson, archi- the road from London

tects, of Carlisle: the rood-loft stairs remain, with some to York, are portions of this parish.
wood screen-work and fragments of stained glass : the font

is octagonal and coeval with the church : there are brasses DuLoE, ~~ miles north; EATON FoRD, r north-by-east;
HONEYDON, 2 west; LowER STAPLEHOE, 2 north-west;
to John Coesgrave and wife, c. 1400; and a female effigy, UPPER STAPLEHOE, 2 north-west; and WYBOSTON, 1! south-
west, are hamlet':!.
worn, c. 1450: the communion plate bears date r6og. The
Sexton, Christopher Barnes.
register dates from the year 1556. The hving is a vicarage,

tithe rent-charge £270, gross yearly value £350, including
20 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Rev.

Edward Horley M:.A. who is rector of Sefton, Lancashire, and PosT 0FFICE.-Robert Drake, sub-postmaster. Letters

held since 1883 by the Rev. Thomas Reginald Horley M. A. of through the St. Neots office are delivered at 7 & 11.30
Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Wesle:rans and Pri- a. m. & 7.25 p.m.; dispatched at 4.20 & 11.45 a. m. & 7.20

mitive Methodistll have chapels here, the former built r85o. p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at

There is a Wesleyan chapel at Honeydon, built 1872, and St. Neots. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

at Lower Staplehoe is a Gospel Hall. The poor's land of POST OFFICE, Wyboston.-Thomas Wilson,receiver. Letters

12 acres produces £25 yearly. Bushmead Priory, sur- through St. Neots office are delivered at 7 a.m.; dis-
rounded by an extensive park of So acres, in which there are patched 7.1op.m. The nearest money order & telegraph

the remains of a camp, is the seat of John Morrison esq. ; office is at St. Neots. Letters for Bushmead, Duloe,

the priory was founded temp. Henry II. by Hugh Beauchamp Baton Ford & Staplehoe are delivered from the St. Neots

for canons of the Dominican order, and dedicated to St. office
Mary; it was valued at from £7t to £8r, and was granted WALL LH'ITER BoXEs, Eaton Ford, cleared at g.so & u.55

29 Henry VIII. (1537-8) to Sir William Gascoyne: mucn a.m. & 7·55 p.m. i Lower Staplehoe, cleared at 8.30 a.m.
of the conventual buildings remains, but the fro~t of ~;he week d1oy only

62 EATON SOCO~• BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY's

St. Neots Union House, in this parish, was erected in 1842 Francis George Butler, Eaton Ford, clerk to the board ;

& is available for 338 paupers; it has about 4 acres of Harry Ennals, St. Neots, attendance officer

ground attached; Rev. Thomas Reginald Horley M.A. Board School (mixed), erected in r86o, for 300 children;

chaplain; Arthur Cromack TurnerL.l/..C.P.LOnd. medical average attendance, 200; Alfred Wm. Andrews, master;

officer; Stephen Ayles, master; Mrs. Sopbia Ayles,matron Mrs. Eliza Andrews, mistress

.A, School Board of 5 members was formed Dec. 23, 1872; CARRIER.-Goss to St. Neots, daily

Eaton Socon. Mayes Job, beer retailer Wade William, general builder &monu-

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Medlow Charles, blacksmith mental mason. See advertisement

Adams John F.R.G.s Peck William, butcher Whitehead William, Rose & Crown P.II
Addington John Walter
.Anstee George Frederick Peppercorn John Hutchinson, land & Honeydon.
Berridge Mrs estate agent
Coles Rev.Ernest Reginald M.A.[curate]
Glossop John Rhodes Richardson Frederick, basket maker Bailey J ames, farmer
Goodgames Mrs
Hobson Miss Rosamond William, baker Cooper Christopher, farmer
Horley Rev. Thomas Reginald M.A.
St. Neots Industrial Co-operativeSociety Phillips John, beer retailer
[vicar & chaplain to St. Neots union],
Vicarage Limited (Mrs. Mary .Annie Garton, Richards John, farmer
Marshall Samuel, jun. Rose cottage
Peppercorn Col. John Hutchinson, manageres.;), No. r Branch Sharman Benjamin,farm bailiff to John
Manor house
Taylor George Searle George, boot maker Hall esq. of Crosshall
Wilkinson Octavius Robert
Wilkinson Surtees Smith John, carpenter Topham Phcebe (Mrs.), farmer

COMMERCIAL. Stephenson Elijah, White Horse P.H.. Watts Charles, farmer
Adams John F.R.G.s. boarding school
& brewer Lower Staplehoe.
ThodyJsph.OldSun P.H.&markt.gardnr .

Wall Richard, butcher Squire Miss, The Lodge

WellhamFrank, jun. builder& contractor Squire Mrs. The Lodge

Wilkinson Octavius Robert, solicitor .Adkins Jesse John, farm bailiff to Miss

Wilkinson Surtees, solicitor Squire

Bushmead. Beesley Joseph, blacksmith

Morrison John, Bushmead priory Ford William, Three Horseshoes P.H

1

Hopkins Charles, farmer, Fishers green

Anstee George Fr.ederick, brewer, malt- Hardwick James, farm bailiff to John Miles Jesse, wheelwright

ster & spirit me1chant Morrison esq Partridge Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Baker William, carpenter Sanders Mary (Mrs.), Gery .Arms P.H Stocker Tom William, farmer, seed

Barnes William, George & Dragon P.H Wade-GeryRichard ,farmer& landowner grower, manure merchant & thrash-

Barnett Robert, carriage builder Duloe. ing machine proprietor

Bartram Francis, beer retailer Nash William Upper Staplehoe.
Brace William, beer retailer

Brown Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Browning Waiter, farmer Infield William, beer retailer

Cook Edward, tailor 1 Green James, miller (wind & steam), Stacker Benj. farm bailiff to J. Hall esq

Cook Mary Ann (Miss), milliner & Duloe mills j Wb
Y oston.
dress maker Hawkins James, Anchor P.H

Day Frank, farmer & landowner, Tithe Eaton Ford. .Addington Thomas
de Wilton Charles, North house
farm

Day Thomas, coal dealer Butler Francis Geo. Cross Hall lodge COMMERCIAL.

Day Thomas, jun. carpenter &c Fisher Henry Dixon Addington Thos. farmer & landowner

Drake Robt. grocer & draper, Post office Fletcber John Addington William, farmer

Elgood Geo. miller (water), & corn mer Lee William .Addington Wm. Luke, farmer, Begwary

Farrar John, carpenter Page Samuel Beard Thomas, beer retailer

Flowerdew Dinah(Mrs. ),beer ret.Millla COMMERCIAL. Brightman Isaac, farmer

Giblett Henry, hawker &market gardnr Best Jas. Gordon, Checkers P.II.&plumbr Brittain Christopher, market gardener

Goss James, beer retailer Brittain George, market gardener Darrington Waiter Hy. farmer,Begwary

Hall John, farmer & valuer, Cross hall Butler Francis George, solicitor & clerk Emery Geo. wheelwright & blacksmith

Holley Henry, boot maker to Eaton Socon school board; & at FordLeond.beer retlr.&farmer,Begwary

Holley James, chimney sweeper St. Neots Goodes Chas. beer retailer & machinist,

Holley Robert, coal dealer Dalzell Samuel, grocar Little end

Howard Wm. blacksmith & hurdle ma Ekins Richard, baker Harding John, grocer & draper

Howard William, jun. pig jobber &c Fletcher John, inland revenue officer for Hull Job, market gardener

HowardWilliam Henry, market gardenr Eaton Socon & St. Neots Marshall Wm. market gardnr.Little end.

Huckle Thomas, Waggon & Horses P.H Gardner MatLhew, shoe maker Newman Wllliam, Queen's Head P.H.

lngle George, farmer Hall John, market gardener &market gardener

Linford John, market gardener Howard Isaac, market gardener Odell John Robert, beer retailer

Maddy Henry, chimney sweeper Newman Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer Paine Arthur, beer retailer

Maddy Simon, beer retailer OsbornSml.BarleyMow P.H.&bricklayer Parren Edward, coal dealer

Manning & Son, plumbers &c Pye .Abraham, shoe maker Pestell Thomas, poulterer

Manning William, beer retailer Sharman William, pig jobber &c Tingey Mary Ann (Mrs.), Crown P.R.

Marshall &Son,markt.grdnrs.&seedsmn Simons Frederick, tailor & shopkeeper & market gardener, Little end

Marshall Joseph, baker & corn dealer Squires Herbert E. farmer, Cross hall Whitmee Joseph, farmer, Little end

EDWORTH is a parish, situated on the borders of Hert- the gift of William Edmund H. Hale esq. and held since r86t

fordshire, 3~ miles south.south-east from Biggleswade and by the Rev. Henry Buttanshaw M.A. of Oriel College,
5 north-north-west from Baldock, in the Northern division Oxford, who is also rector of Caldecott. William Edmund

6f the county, petty sessional division, hundred, union and Brand Hale esq. of the Bury, King's Walden, Herts, is lord
county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of of the manor and owner of all the land with the exceptign of

Biggleswade, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. abont seven acres of glebe. The soil is principally clay;

The Roman way passes to the west of the village. The subsoil, strong clay. The land is partly arable and partly

.church of St. George is a small building of stone in the pasture. The area is r,o99 acres; rateable value, £946;
Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, the population in r88r was 112.

nave, north and south transepts, north and south porches, Parish Clerk, Mrs. John Bryant.

and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: there Letters are received through Baldock at 9 a. m. Biggles·

are two very old stained windows in good preservation and waue is the nearest money order & telegraph office
<lne recently erected in the chancel, to members of the
Smyth family : the church was restored in 1s76, at a cost
WALL Box in the adjoining pvish of Hinxworth, Herts,
Df £8oo: there are 120 sittings. The register dates from
cleared at s.so p.m

the year 1552. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge The children of Edworth attend the Board school at Hin:x:-

£240, net yearly value {,295, including 8 acres of glebe, in worth

Buttanshaw Rev. Henry M. A. [rectorJ 1 Deards Thomas, farmer, Lower farm j Smyth Thomas, farmer, Church farm

EGG INGTON is a hamlet in the parish of iLeighton church of St. Michaelis a small building of the 13th century,
2;Buzzard, from which. town it is miles east and si north- in the Early English and Early Decorated styles, consisting

west from Dunstable: it has been formed into a separate 1 of chancel and nave alld a small western turret, containing

ecclesiastical parish, in the Southern division of the county, 2 bells, and there is a trefoiled Decorated pisci11a in the &outh

hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, union and wall; the church was entirely restored in r883, at a cost of

county court district of Leighton Buzzardt rural deanery of r £r,2oo, when a beautiful stained east window was erected to

Dunsta ble, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. jhe ~he J;UeJPory Df .the Rev. T. Ll J. Sunderland. l\1.4. form rly
•

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. EYERSHOLT. 63

curate of the parish: the font dates from the 12th century: The area is 1,300 acres ; rateable value, [2,074 ; the popu-

the church will seat 140 persous. The earlier register is lation in 1881 was 274.

included in that of Leighton Buzzard and dates from the CLIPSTONE is a portion of this hamlet, situated I mile
year 1653. but there ~s now a separate register for the north.
parish, The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the parish- Parish Clerk, Charles Baker.
ioners, and held since r88r by the Rev. James Sunderland
LL.M. and M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Here SuB-PosT 0FFICE.-David Stevens,receiver. Letters through

are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. The town lands, Leighton Buzzard arrive at 7 a. m. & 12 noon ; dispatched
at 6.30 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order
of 120 acres, produce £200 yearly, of which one moiety is
& telegraph office is at Hockliffe
paid to the vicar, and the remainder applied to the church

and the poor. The principal landowners are Messrs. William This place is included in Stanbridge, Eggington & Tilsworth

Claridge and William Smith and John Warner Adams esqs. United School Board district, formed in r874

of Hockliffe House, Leighton Buzzard. The soil is loamy; Board School (mixed), erected in r88o, for 6o children;

subsoil, clay. The chief crops are grass, wheat and barley. aYerage attendance, 42 i Mrs. Kate Hunt, mistress

Powell William Langley, Langley cot Dunton Fred, beer retailer Janes Charles, farmer
Sunderland Rev. Jas.LL.M., M.A. [vicar] Olney George, farmer
Wigham Eustace, Eggington house Edwards Henry & Sons, carpenters, Stevens David, shopkeeper
Adams John, farmer, Clipstone Tillett William, The Horse Shoes P.H
Batchelar Ezra, farmer builders & contractors

Hunt Herbert, shoe maker
Inns William John, farmer

ELSTOW (formerly called Helenstow) is a parish and village green are remains of a stone cross. A short distance

pleasant village, situated on the road from Bedford to Luton, south of the church are the remains of the Benedictine nun-
one mile south from Bedford, in the Northern division of the nery of St. Helen, founded by Judith, Countess of Hunting-
county, hundred of Redbornestoke, petty sessional division, don, and niece of William the Conqueror, in 1078; at its
union and county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of dissolution there were 21 nuns, and the revenues were esti-
Haynes, arcbdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The mated at £284. The renowned John Bunyan, author of
church of SS. Mary and Helena, anciently attached to the " The Pilgrim's Progress," was born in this village in 1628 ;
Benedictine abbey, is chiefly a building of the Norman the son of a tinker, he was received into the ministry of the
period, with some portions of Early English date, and con- Baptists, and for preaching was imprisoned in Bedford gaol

sists of a chancel, or choir, with clerestory, loftyclerestoried 166o-72, afterwards was pastor of a chapel in Bedford ; he

nave, aisles, north porch, a vaulted chamber on the north- died in London in 16881 and was buried in Bunhill Fields
west and a noble detached tower on the north-west with low burial ground. One mile south-east is an ancient mansion

spire, containing a clock and 5 bells : there are several now known by the name of Medbury Farm. The poor's
ancient monuments and two marble mural tablets to the land, which consists of 22A. oR. 38P. is let for £44 Ios. 9d.
two co-heiresses of the late William Hillersdon esq. the which sum is distributed among the poor yearly. Pillow

former owner of the manor, whose ancestors possessed it lace making is carried on to a small extent. Samuel Whit-

for many generations: there are brasses to Elizabeth bread esq. ll.P., D.L., J'.P. of Southill. Biggleswade, is lord
Hervey, an abbess, and of one of the nuns : the beautiful of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is gravelly
Early English vaulted room, called the Chapter house, now near the town of Bedford, but towards the south of the
used as a vestry, has a slender column of Purbeck marble parish deep loam and clay; ~bsoil, clay. The chief crops

in the centre : the north porch is an interesting example of are wheat and barley. The area is 1,522 acres; rateable

Norman work : the font and ceiling are Perpendicular : in value, £6,962 ; population in 1881 was 558.

1882 the church was thoroughly restored at the expense of Parish Clerk, George Prudden.
Samuel Whitbread esq. M.P. under the direction of T. J.
Jackson, of Bedford, the cost being upwards of £6,ooo: two PosT OFFICE.-William Southam, receiver. Letters arrive

very handsome stained memorial windows have been placed through Bedford at 7.18 a.m,; dispatched at 5·57 p.m.

at the east eQd of the south aisle to the memory of Bunyan. week days; snndays, 12.57 p.m. The nearest money

The register dates from the year r64o. The living is a order & telegraph office is at Bedford
vicarage, net yearly value £7o, including 22 acres of glebe, A School Board of 5 members was formed May 20, 1873;

in the gift of Samuel Whitbread esq. M.P. and held since M. Sharman, Bedford, clerk to the board; Joseph Adams,

r867 by the Rev, James Copner M. A. of St. Mary Hall, Ox- attendance officer

ford, who resides at 'fhe Embankment, Bedford. Here is a Board School (mixed), built in 1873, at a cost of £1,6oo,
Congregational cha~l. There are two large fairs for cattle for 100 children; average attendance, 85; Thomas

held here annually on May rsth and November sth. On the James, master

Macan Mrs. The Lodge Harvey William, pig dealer Prudden George, parish clerk

Wigram Francis Spencer, The Green Keep James, farmer, Elstow, Hardwick Smith Joseph, baker & farmer

COMMERCIAL. Morris Edward,Swan P.JI. good stabling Southam Wm. shoe maker, Post office

Cherry William, shopkeeper accommodation & horses & traps on Thorogood J oseph, shoe maker

Cranfield Emery,farmer,PearTree farm hire Tilcock George, farmer

Crouch William, baker Pestell James, florist Tucker Henry, Red Lion P,H

Gooding Thomas, haulier & dealer Prole John & Alfred, farmers Woods Thomas, blacksmith

f!arper Joseph, dairyman ProleJsph.l.illey&Edwd.frmrs.Medbury Young Richard, shopkeeper

EVERSHOLT is a parish situated 2 miles east from Bedford K.G. and held since 1861 by the, Rev. William

Woburn, on the borders of the park, about 4 south from Samuel Baker M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge. There is
Ridgmont station on the Bedford and Bletchley branch of 1a charity estate of no acres, known as the Eversholt
the North Western railway and 14 south-west from Bedford, Parochial Charity, administered by trustees, which produces

in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Manshead, £245 qs. yearly, applied to the church, to the poor and
petty sessional division and union of Woburn, county court to the schools, the latter receiving one-third of the total

district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Fleete, arcbdeaconry' income. There is a reading room managed by a committee
of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The parish consists of of ro members, the rector being president; also a library at
.several clusters of houses called "Ends." The church of ·the school for the use of the parish, consisting of about 250
St. John the Baptist is a building of stone in the Early Yolumes. Gilbert of Eversholt, one of the early rectors of
English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of this parish, and also lttl. architect of some considerable emi-
chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and a western embattled bence, was employed in the restoration of St. Albans Abbey.
tower containing 6 bells: the north aisle projects one bay The Duke of Bedford K.G. is lord of the manor and chief
beyond the nave, and opens into the chancel by a Decorated landowner. The soil is loam and gravel; subsoil, clay.
arch, on one side of which is a piscina: there is anothet in The land is chiefly in pasture; the chief crops are wheat,

the south aisle and a third in the chancel : it underwent a. barley, oats, beans and -peas. The area is 2,136 acres;

complete restoration in r864, under the direction of the late rateable value, £3,240; the population in r881 was 768.
Sir G. G. Scott R.A. at a cost of about [3,000: there are PosT OFFICE.-Richard Farmer Harris, receiver. Letters
monuments to the Hon. Frances Ongley, eldest daughter of arrive through Woburn at 7.15 a.m. ;• dispatched at 5.20
Samuel Henley, first Baron Ongley, of Old Warden (ext. p.m. TM nearest money order & telegraph office is at
1877); Mrs. Elizabeth Hyde, sister of the Bishop of St. Woburn

5David's, and Mrs. Sarah Hodgkinson: there is a represJnta- A School Board of members was formed in October, 1885;

tion of a boar's head carved in storre in the wall of the the Rev. W. S. Baker, chairman & clerk to the board

vestr:y, the name Eversholt signifying '' the hold of the wild (pro tem. J

boar:" the church will seat 300 persons. The l"egister Board School (formerly National) {mixed), erected in 1844,
dates from the year ;r62~L The living is a rectory, tithe for 140 children, & (infants) erected in 1862, for 6o chil-
rent-obarge £4So, gross yearly value £6oo, including 65 dren, now annexed ; average attendance, So; Benjamin
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Wild, master

i•

64 EVERSHOLT. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Baker Rev.William Samuel M. A.Rectory Garratt Fanny (Mrs.), Red Lion P .H. & Moulden Jsph. drpr. & gro. Church end

Crouch Mrs. The Laurels, Rads end butcher Negus William, butcher, Church end

Dexter Mrs. Church end Gibbons Jsph.grazier, Vine cot.Rads end Pepper Jas. beer retailer, Church end

Gibbons Mrs. Rose cottage, Rads end Goodman Ann(Mrs.),farmer,Model frm Pepper John, wheelwright, Whit's end

Green Miss, Berrystead Gower Williarn, sen. farmer, Bury end Pepper Philip, hay & straw dealer &c.

Smith Samuel, Rads end Gower Wm. jun. farmer, Church end Bury end

Sparry Mrs. Church end Harris Ann (Mrs. ),shopkpr.Church end Potts Ueorge, poultry dealer

Sprague John, Froxfield end HarrisArth.Wm.coach bldr.Church end Prisley James Walbancke,farmer,Town

COMMERCIAL. Hipwell George M. farm bailiff to the farm, Rads end

Bailey William, blacksmith, Whit's end Duke of Bedford K.G.Eversholt house Rayner Green, Roebuck P.H. Hills end

BeesleyWm.Green Man P.R.Churchend Inns George, blacksmith, Whit's end Reddall Hy. clock maker, Froxfield end

Bosworth John, farmer, Bury end Inns John, farmer, Rads end Snoxell William, farmer, Rads end

Colman John, farmer, Wake's end Low James Robert, farmer, Water end Trice Henry, beer retailer, Rads end

Ford Alfred, baker, Church end Makeham Ann (Mrs.), Falcon P.H. & Wild Benjamin, clerk to Eversholt

Gazeley George, shoe maker, Rads end grocer, Rads end charity trustees, Church end

EVERTON is a parish on the confines of Bedfordshire buted to the poor in coals. The lordship of the manor be-

and Huntingdonshire, in theNorthern division of the county, longs jointly to Samuel Kettlewell and A. H. Sharp esqrs.
Biggleswade petty sessional division, rural deanery of St. (as trustees of the late Samuel Eyres), who with Capt.
Neots, archdeaconry of H untingdon and diocese of Ely : a Duncombe, of Waresley Park, Hunts, are the principal land-

small detached portion of this parish surrounded by the owners. The soil on the hill is sand ; subsoil, sand rock :

counties of Bedford and Cambridge is by Schedule M of the the valley is clay to an unknown depth. The chief crops are
Act 2 and 3 William IV. cap. 64 declared to be part of Hunt- corn and roots of various kinds. The area is 1,344 acres;

ingdonshire; that portion (Tetwortb) of the parish situated rateable value, £r,814; the population in x88x was 216.
. in the county of Huntingdon being in the union of St. Neots, Parish Clerk, Jeremiah Thompson.

and the remaining portion being in the union and county PosT 0FFICE.-John Peck, receiver. Letters arrive from

court district of Biggleswade. The village is situated upon Sandy at 8.ro a.m. & 12 p.m.; dispatched at 5.50 p.m.
elevated ground, commanding an extensive view of the sur- The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Potton.
rounding country, 2 miles north-west from Potton, n east Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

from Bedford, 6 north from Biggleswade and 2! north-east A School Board of 5 members was formed May 24, x873, for

from Sandy station. This parish is ecclesiastically united the united district of Eyerton & Tetworth; Henry Van
to that of Tetwortb, Hunts, having one church for the two, der Vord, She:fford, clerk to the board

which is situate in Tetworth, and described under that head- Board School (mixed), built in 1830 & enlarged in 1873,

ing. There is a charity of the yearly value of about £5, for So children ; average attendance, 68 ; Mrs. Garland,

left by the late Waiter Carey esq. in 1764, which is dh:tri- mistress

Pallister John, The Elms Clark Charles, Thornton Arms P.H Thompson Jeremiah,baker&blacksmith
Danes Parker, farmer Pallister John, land agent
Shaw Rev. Thomas Hy. M.A.. Vicarage Foskitt J ames, shopkeeper Wilson Samuel, farmer, Church farm
Jeffries James, carpenter
Bliss John, farmer
Brashier Jas. farmer & assist. ewerseer

EYWORTH is a small parish and village, on the borders P.c., M.P., D.L., J.P. and held since r888 by the Rev. George

of Cambridgeshire, 3 miles south-east from Potton station, Bridge, who is also rector of and resides at Wrestlingworth.

4 north-east from Biggleswade and ;r5 from Bedford, in the The poor's land of gA. 3&. produces £19 yearly. The Right
Northern division of the county, hundred, petty sessional Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel P.c., M.P., D.L., J.P. Speaker of

division, union and county court district of Biggleswade, the House of Commons, is lord of the manor and principa
rural deanery of Biggleswade-, archdeaconry of Bedford and landowner. The soil is principally clay ; subsoil, clay. The

diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is an ancient chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area is

building of grey stone and cobble, in the Early English r,2o5 acres; rateable value, £r,o32; the population in x88r

style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a low embattled was 170.
western tower, with spire, containing 2 bells: it contains a Parish Clerk, James Carter.

few stained windows and a richly ornamented monument, Letters received via Sandy & Potton at 8.15 a.m. The

with effigies, to Sir Edmund Anderson, Chief Justice of the nearest post office is at Wrestlingworth & the nearest
Comm{}ll I'leas (ob. r6o5), and his wife: there are 120 sit- money order & telegraph office is at Potton

tings. The register dates from the year rsso. The living LETTER Box cleared at s.rs p.m
is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £us, gross yearly value The children of this place attend the school at Wrestling-
£xoo, in the gift of the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel worth

Brown Simeon, farmer Mayne John, farmer, Manor farm Naylor William, farmer

Franklin Jeremiah, Ongley Arms P.H Mayne John, jun. farm bailiff to the Sole Samuel, carpenter

Franklin John, shoe maker Right Hon. A. W. Peel

F ARNDISH is a small village, partly in Northampton- glebe land, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of the

shire, 14 miles north-west from Bedford, 4 east from Wel- late Col. Charles Montagu Chester, and held since x88x by

lingborough, 5 from Higham Ferrers and a mile and a half the Rev. Eli Eade T.A.K.C.L. Robert Wooding, by will,
north-west from Ircbester station on the Midland railway, dated 3rd November, r8r6, gave the interest of £roo,

in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Willey, originally Navy Five per Cents. since converted into New

Sharnbrook petty sessional division, union and county court £3 per Cents. to be distributed to the poor every year
district of Wellingborough, rural deanery of Felmersham, before the 29th October. A. E. Somes esq. is lord of the

archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church manor. The principal landowners are the Rev. Charlei
of St. Michael is a small building of stone, in thr:~ Tran- Havey Burnham M.A. rector of Cogenhoe, Northampton,

sitional, Early English and later styles, consisting of cllil.ncel, Mrs. Somes, of Bedford, Miss Clarke, the Misses Alderman,

nave and a low western tower rising within the nave, and and Christ's Hospital. The land is chiefly arable. The soil
containing 3 bells: the south doorway is a rich example of is loam, gravel and clay ; subsoil, limestone, ironstone and

the Transition Norman style: a beautiful stained east win- gravel. Pillow lace was formerly made here, but the manu·

dow was presented by the late 1\lr. W. H. S. Adcock, of this facture has died out. The area is 8ro acres ; rateable value,

village, one on the south side by the Rev. Greville Chester, £823 ; the population in r88x was 72.

late rector, and there are several other stained windows: in Sexton, Elijah Hornsby.

the chancel is a small brass to John Johnston, rector (ob. Letters arrive through Wellingborongh at 8.30 a. m. & 12.30

1625), being then nearly xoo years old; and there are also noon. LETTER Box cleared at 5.20 p.m.; on sundays at

inscriptions to the Clark, Adcock and Alderman families : n.45 a.m. The nearest money order &telegraph office is

the church plate includes an ancient chalice: there are 6o at Wollaston
sittings. The register dates from the year 1587. The The children of this place attend the schools at Irchester &
living is a rectory; the income is derived from 130 acres of Wollaston.

Alderman The Misses Dycer John, farmer Lovell John, farmer, Manor house
Clarke Miss, Ivy cottage Dycer William, farmer Watkins George, organist

Eade Rev. Eli T.A.K.C.L. Rectory

FELMERSHAM with RADWELL.

FELMERSHAM is a. village and parish, situated on the south sessional division, union and county court district of Bed·

bank of the Ouse, over which there is a bridge of five arches ford, rural deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford

to Sharnbrook, 2~ miles south-west from Sharnbrook rail- and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary is a. noble

way station and 7 north-west from Bedford, in the Northern cruciform A~tructure of stone, chiefly in the Early English

ivision of the county, hundred of Willey, Sharnbrook petty style, furnishing a most interesting example of that period,

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. FLITWICK. 65

and consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, son of the living, with that of Pavenham, was given by King

tr&nsepts, aisles, south porch and a central embattled tower Edward Ill. in the year 1342, to King's Hall, now Trinity

with turret, containing 5 bells and a clock : the western College, Cambridge. The only charity is an allotment of

entrance is very fine, and exhibits a richly-moulded west SA. rR. tiP. in " Rowland-field," made at the time of the

doorway, on either side of which is a panelled arch, inclosing Inclosure, and the profits are assigned to widows, poor

two others; over this is an Early English arcade, and above families and the church; £3 from the alms of Trinity

this a triplet: the clerestory, which is lofty and embattled, College, Cambridge, are usually distributed at Christmas

is Perpendicular, to which date also belongs the upper part by the vicar. Trinity College, Cambridge, who are the

of the tower: the chancel is separated from the nave by an lords of the manor, and Mrs. Burton-Alexander and Henry

ancient and celebrated oak screen, richly painted: it is of Hilton Green esq. J.P. of The Grange, are the principal land-

Perpendicular date, and was erected, as appears by the owners. The soil is mixed ; the land is chiefly arable;

inscription npon it, by Richard King and Annete his wife: subsoil, limestone and clay. The chief crops are wheat,

the east a.nd west windows are stained, and there are many barley, beans, oats and root crops. The area is 1,g2oacres;

other stained windows in this church, some of those in the rateable value, £5,241; and the population in 188r was 489.

north aisle containing early fragments: the chancel retains RADWELL is a large hamlet, about one mile east, near the

a piscina; the organ was introduced in 1872 at a cost of river Ouse, over which there is a bridge of four arches.

£328: the church was restored in 1853-5, at the cost of the Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built 1807. The

late Thomas Abbott Green esq. and further improvements I population in r88r was 200.
were made in r867-9, by ~he Rev. Richard Rawle M. A•. t?en Parish Clerk William Parrott.
rector : there are memormls to John Leach, 1687, W1lham '
Leach, 1735, Rev. H. D. Ward M.A. 19 yeFaerrsthr,ecAtosrp,inr8a4n6d; PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Mary Thomas, receiver. Letters
and to the families of Duppa, Rands, received from Bedford, arrive at 7.5o a. m. ; dispatched at

others: in the nave is a monument to Richard Otway, 16zr, 5·40 p.m.; sundays, arrive at 8. ro a. m. ; dispatched at

and in the south aisle a tablet to the Rev. Tho. Orlebar 3· ro p. m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is

Marsh, vicar of Steventon, I74g-183r, and others of his at Sharnbrook. Postal oruers are issued here, but not

family: there are 2oo sittings. The register dates from paid
I6.6o; the older ones have been destroyed. The living is a National School (mixed), supported by subscription, was

ovficTarraigneit,ynCetolyleegaer,lyCvamalbureid[g1e3, 0a,nwdithhelrdessidinecnece1, sisn9thbey gift built in 1845, for 100 children; average attendance, So;
the
there is a house for the master; Alfred J. Dean, master
Rev. Francis Felix Mari-Fortunatus Mazuchelli: the advow-
CARRIER TO BEDFORD.-Amos Payne, sat

Felmersham. Flemings Hugh, farmer Radwell

Hawkins James, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL.

Corby Rev. Thomas [Baptist] Hilton Samuel, Sun inn Everest Charles, shopkeeper

Green Henry Hilton J.P. The Grange Mason Frederick, shoe maker Hawkins James, shopkeeper

Mazuchelli Rev. Francis Felix Mari- Mitchell Hannah (::.Wrs. ), Plough P.H Lovell William, shoe maker

Fortunatus D.D. Vicarage Payne John, farmer 1 Marriott Peter Chapman, farmer

Poole William, farmer Osborne John, grazier

COMMERCIAL. Riseley George, farmer, Hardwick farm Payne Amos, carrier

Brooks William, farmer, Harrodine Scrivener John, bricklayer Peck Edward, farmer

farm Thomas John, baker & farmer Poole James, farmer, Old Hall

Ch.apman Chas. Edgar, Six Ringers P.H Thomas Mary (Mrs.), baker & grocer, Stafford Edward, farmer
1 Surridge Charles, hawker
Drage Jesse, carpenter Post office

Frossell Charles, farm bailiff to H. H. Thomas Samuel Harrison, builder Tysoe Abraham, Swan P.H. & farmer

Green esq. The Grange Ward George, butcher

FLITTON is a village and parish, bounded on the north £2! per Cent. Consols, three-fifths for Silsoe and two-fifths

by the Flitt, a tributary of the Ouse, 3 miles south-east for Flitton, which is distributed to seven poor persons on
from Ampthill and ro south-east from Bedford, in the Sundays in bread ; Sharpe and Robinson's charities of £6
Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty yearly are also for bread. The rent of the turf land (about

·sessional division, union and county court d1strict of Ampt- £r5 yearly) is distributed to the poor of Flitton and Silsoe.
hill, rural deanery of .Ampthill, archdeaconry of Bedford Earl Cowper K.G. who is lord of the manor, and the Drapers'

and diocese of Ely. The church of St. John is a building of Company are the principal landowners. The soil is princi-
stone in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, pally sand; subsoil, sandstone. The chief crops are wheat,
nave, aisles and an embattled tower containing 5 bells: here barley, potatoes and beans. The area is 1,021 acres; rateable
is the mausoleum of the De Grey family, containing many value, £2,532; the population in r88r was 6go.
:Splendid monuments, dating from the 16th century. The GREENFlELD is a hamlet, principally in this parish, but
register dates from the year 1583. The living is a vicarage, partly in that of Pulloxhill. Divine service is conducted in

net yearly value £250, including 184 acres of glebe, with the school-room at Greenfield.
residence, in the gift of Earl Cowper K.G. and held since 1884 Parish Clerk, Thomas Western.
by the Rev. James William Sawyer M.A. of Emmanuel Col- WALL LETTER Box cleared at 5-55 p.m. Letters arrive
lege, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Greenfield. from .Ampthill at 7· 15 a.m. Silsoe is the nearest money
.A Cemetery of about half an acre was formed in 1881: it is order & telegraph office
under the control of a Burial Board of 5 members. One of SCHOOLS :-
the Earls of Kent, of the De Grey family, 150 years back, Church, Greenfield1 for 150 children; average attendance,
left £3oo us. Sd. invested in South Sea Annuities, for 130
-educating the poor of the parishes of Flitton and Silsoe, in Infants', Flitton, for 70 children; average attendance, 22;
the proportion of twe-fifths for Flitton and three-fifths for Miss Mary Catherine Fennimore, mistress
Silsoe; there is also the Daniel and Coxlegacyviz.£r27 6s. 7d. CARRIER TO LuTON.-William Wilsher, mon. wed. & sat

Love Rev..Arthur Edward M.A.[curate], Caulcutt Robt. farmer,Hermitage farm Kirby Joseph, baker, Greenfield

Greenfield Elmore Arthur, farmer Northwood Charles, carpenter

Sawyer Rev. James Wm. M.A. Vicarage Elmore Ellen (Mrs.), beer retailer, Osborn Robert, farmer, Greenfield

COMMERCIAL. Wardhedges Palmer William, White Horse P.H

<Jarr Richard, farmer, Greenfield Fennimore J oseph, White Hart P.li Stanley Henry, butcher, Greenfield

Cemetery (Robert M. White, Ampthill, Godfrey John, market gardener Weston Joseph, beer retailer

elerk to the burial board) Keech James, blacksmith Wildman Edward, butcher

:FLITWICK is a village and parish, bounded on the I sented by her three sons-Major John Hatfield Brooks l.P.

south by the Flitt, a tributary of the Ouse, with a station on I George Brooks esq. and the Rev. Thomas William Dell

the Midland railway, 3 miles south from .Ampthill, and 10 Brooks M.A. rector of Great Hampden : the organ was pre-
sonth from Bedford, in the ~outh~rn division of the county, sented by the late Mrs. Brooks: the chancel was re-roofed
hundred of Redbornestoke, petty sessional division, union in 1888, at the e-xpense of the lay rector, Major Brooks J.P.
and county court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of The register dates from the year 1661. The living is a
Ampthill, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The vicarage, net yearly value £230, including 46 acres of glebe,
Church of SS. Peter and Paul is a small edifice of stone, in with residence, in the gift of Major Brooks, and held since
the Gothic style, restored and enlarged in x8s8, and further 188o by the Rev. Francis Ashpitel M.A. of Brasenose College,
improved in r867, under the direction of Mr. W. Butterfield: Oxford. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Denel End. A
it consists of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled tower charity of £13 yearly, arising from land, is distributed in

containing 5 bells: on the north side is an ancient Norman fuel. Flitwick Manor House, the seat of Major John Hat-
door; there are three stained memorial windows, one of field Brooks J.P. is a mansion of brick, in a well-wooded and

which, erected in 188o to the late Mrs. Brooks, was pre- picturesque park containing a fine sheet of ornamental water;

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66 FLIT1UCK. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY's

in the grounds attached are the remains of Roman encamp· through Ampthill, delivered at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at

ments, Major John Hatfield Brooks J. P. who is lord of the 5· ro p.m. WALL Box in the school wall cleared at 5.40

manor, and the Duke of Bedford K.G. are the principal land· p. m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at.

Iowners. The soil is light gravel; subsoil, gravel The chief Ampthill

crops are wheat, oats, barle~·, beans and peas. The land is A School Board of 5 members was formed April 29, 1872 ;

chiefly arable, comprising 2,078 acres; rateable value, John Wright, Ampthill, clerk to the board

£6,~84; the population in 188r was 817. Board School (mixed), enlarged in 1873 by the erection of an

DENEL END aud FLITWICK. EAST END are portions of this infants' school : the school will now hold 170 children ;

parish. average attendance, 140; John Abbott, master; Miss

Parish Clerk, Frederick Brittain. Woodbridge, infants' mistress

SuB-PosT 0FFICE.-William Shaw, receiver. Letters Railway Station, John Marshall, station master

Ashpitel Rev. Francis M. A. Vicarage 1 Cook George, farmer, Wood farm Olney William, farmer

BI'ooks Major John Hatfield D.r,., J.P. Denton James, blacksmith Page Daniel, shopkeeper, Denel end

F1itwick Manor house Dillingham Cecil, beer retailer Page Thomas, beer retailer, Denel end

Goodman Richard, The Villa Duncombe John, farmer Pearse Alfred, artist

Poorse Alfred Ellis Jesse, beer retailer Richardson Jas. Swan inn, Church end

COMMERCIAL. Franklin Charles, coal merchant,Station Sharpe Richard, farmer, Denel end

Goodman Richd.miller (water &steam) Shaw William, blacksmith

Abbiss Charles, farmer Hobbs Charles, butcher Swales Joseph, Black Birds P.lt

Abbott John, baker, Denel end Large George, farmer, East end Tobey William, farmer, Ruxox farm

Baker William, saw mills Martin Eli, carpenter, East end Upton Chas shoe maker, Church end

Billington Noah, Crown inn, East end Nntt William, farmer, East end Vincent Edward, farmer

Brown Edwin, coal mer. Railway statn Odell Levi, farmer

GOLDINGTON is a village and parish, pleasantly mated at £293 ; the priory afterwards fell into private hands

situated on the north bank of the river Ouse, and on the and the manor was added to the Honor of Ampthill. Gold-

road from Bedford to St. Neots, 2 miles north-east from ington Hall, a fine Elizabethan mansion, charmingly situated,

Bedford Bridge, 10 south-west from St. Neots and 12 north- is the residence of the Misses Harvey and William Marshall

west from Biggleswade, in the Northern division of the Harvey esq. Goldington Grange, a modern brick house,

county, hundred of Bariord, petty sessional division, union belongs to Mrs. Grimshawe. Goldington Bury, the property

and county court district of Bedford, rural deanery and of Major Shuttleworth, of Old Warden Park, standing in

archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The church finely timbered grounds of over 40 acres, is occupied by

of St. Mary, situated on high ground, is an edifice of stone, Griffith J ones esq. About three-quarters of a mile east, on

in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried the north side of the river Ouse, is a high conical mound, the

nave, aisles, south transept and porch, and a tower con- only remains of an earthwork called "Risinghoe Castle."

taining 4 bells : there is one stained window, a few brasses, Newnham is the southern part of the parish and here are the

and some monuments: in r859 the church was thoroughly outfall works of the Bedford sewage. Frederick Edward

renovated, and in 1876 the chancel was restored and new Fiennes Polhill-Turner esq. of Howbury Hall, Bedford, is lord

roofed, at a cost of £145: in r879 an organ was intro- of the manor of Goldington, and the Duke of Bedford K.G.

duced at a cost of £170, raised by voluntary subscription. is lord of the manor of Putnoe, an estate in this parish of

The register dates from the year I559· The living is a about 6so acres. The principal landowners are Major Frank

vicarage, tithe rent-charge £233, net yearly value £120, 1 Shuttleworth J.P. and Mr. C. Pope. The soil is gravelly

including 5 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Duke of loam; subsoil, clay. The area is about 2,735 acres, about

Bedford K.G. and held since 1882 by the Rev. Edward Wilson 1 three-fourths being arable and one-fourth pasture; rateable

Cook M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge; the trustees 1 value, £4,514; the population in r88r was 579·

under the will of the late Dr. Bowers, dean of Manchester, PosT 0FFICE.-Edward Fossey, receiver. Letters arrive

are the impropriators. The Congregationalists (Bunyan j through Bedford at 7.50 a.m. & at 6.20 p.m. for callers

Meeting) have a chapel here. There are charities amounting only; dispatched at 5.30 p.m.; sundays, II a. m. The

to £14 ros. 4d. yearly, which is distributed on St. Thomas' [ nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bedford

Day in bread and clothing to widows. In this parish, on A School Board of 5 members was formed here i.n February,

the banks of the Ouse, are still to be seen a portion of the 1872 ; J. C. Conquest, Bedford, clerk to the board; John F.

boundary walls of the priory of Newnham; this religious Reeve, attendance officer

house was founded in 1247, temp. Henry Ill. by Roise de I Board School (mixed), built in r866 at a cost of £r,4oo,

Beaucbamp, and hither were brought some Austin canons raised by subscription, for 174 children; average attend-

from the collegiate church of St. Paul at Bedford; at the I ance, 90; there is a house annexed for the master; John

Dissolution there were r6 canons, and the revenue was esti- H. Edgar Fisher, master

Cook Rev. Edward Wilson M.A. [vicarJ Davies Thos. Jas. farmer, Putnoe house 1 Maskell Abraham, beer retailer

Grimshawe Mrs. Goldington grange Ell William, farmer, Elms farm Reeve John Fredk. school attend. officer

Harvey William Marshall & The Misses, Flood J ames, wheelwright & beer retlr Rogers Henry William, miller (water)

Goldington hall Flood John, carpenter & wheelwright &farmer, Castle mills

Jones Griffith, Goldington Bury Fossey Edward, baker, Post office Rutland William, farmer

Bandey Ephraim, professor of music Gillett Charles, farmer Skilleter James, mealman & shopkeeper

Bandey William, tailor Ibbott Charles, farmer, Manor farm Walker John, farmer
Bing Geo. steward to Howbury estate Ibbott Thomas (Mrs.), blacksmith IWhite John, farmer, Bury farm

Brace Reuben, Anchor P.H

LOWER GRAVENHURST is a village and parish, merci. Amen'': another brass with effigies is inscribed t()

12 miles south-east from Bedford, about 6 south-east from Benjamin Pigott esq. r6o6, and his three wives. The
Ampthill, 6 west from Henlow railway station and 3~ register dates from the year 1569. The living is a rectory,

south-by-west from Shefford, in the Southern division of the gross yearly value £279, including 58 acres of glebE\, with

county, hundred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since

county court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Shefford, 1842 by the Rev. Charles James Wade M.A. of Jesus College,

archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church Cambridge, who is also vicar of Upper Gravenhurst. There

of St. Mary is a small but anciRnt building, chiefly in the are large brickworks here. The Earl Cowper K.G., P.C. is

Decorated style, consisting of chancel and nave, under a the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is

continuous roof, and a massive embattled Perpendicular strong clay ; subsoil, varied. The chief crops are wheat,

western tower, with a large octagonal turret at the south- oats, barley, beans and peas. The area is, including Upper

east angle, and a small spirelet, and containing one bell : Gravenhurst, r,6r5 acres; rateable value, £2,135, including

the chancel retains Decorated sedilia, piscina and a bracket, Upper Gravenhurst; the population in r88r was 79·

and there is a similar piscina in the nave : the rood screen, Parish Clerk, Thomas Bottoms.
ali;o Decorated, has traces of the original painting : the
tracery of some of the windows is singular : there remains a Letters are received through Ampthill. The nearest money

brass to Robert de Bilhemore, who rebuilt the church, with order & telegraph office is at Shillington

the following inscription : "Robert de Bilhemore chiualer The children of this place attend the school at Upper

ge fait faire cette eglise de nouele gist icy dieu de salme eit Gravenhurst ITitmas John, farmer & cattle dealer

jWade Rev. Charles James M.A. Rectory Quenby Lewis, farmer, Ion farm

Plowman Eli, brick & tile maker

UPPER GRAVENHURST is a village and parish, division, union and county court district of Ampthill, rural

II miles south-west from Bedford, 6 south-east from Ampt- deanery of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese
hill, 3 south-west from Shefford station, in the Southern of Ely. The church of St. Giles is a small and unpretending

division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty sessional edifice of stone, chiefly of Perpendicular date, and consisting

.JDIRECTORY BEDFORDSHIRE. H.ARROLD. 67

of chancel and nave and a western embattled tower con- soil is strong clay ; subsoil, varied. The chief crops are

taining 5 bells: the roof of the nave exhibits good open wheat, oats, barley, beans and peas. The area and rateable

timber-work, with carved bosses and figures of angels: the value are included in Lower Gravenhurst ; the population

chancel arch is Norman. The register dates from the year in r88r was 354·

1567. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £7o, in Parish Clerk, Thomas Bottoms.

the gift of the parishioners, and held since 1840 by the Rev. Letters through Ampthill. The nearest money order &

Charles James Wade M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, who telegraph office is at Shillington
is rector of and resides at Lower Gravenhurst. There is an WALL Box cleared at 4· rs p.m. week days only
estate producing £8o yearly, for the repairs of the church. National School (mixed), built in 1869, for So children ;
A Wesleyan chapel was erected in r868. The principal average attendance, 75; William Henry Pallett, master
landowners are the Earl Cowper K. G., P.c. who is lord of the CARRIER.-Mrs. M. Chamberlain, to Hitchin, tues. &
manor, and the trustees of Mrs. Jane Cart's charity. The Luton, sat

FramptonRev.Geo, Richd,B.A.[cnrate] He.rsey Robert, head gamekeeper to Jackson Peter, shopkeeper

Harradine John Earl Cowper Miller Elizh. (Mrs.), beer ret. & shopkpr

COMMERCIAL. Goodhall James, farmer Readman Alfred, beer retailer

Brothers John, baker & shopkeeper Hare Henry, farmer Readman Shadrack, market gardener

'

HARLINGTON is a village and parish, with a station a branch of the Astrey family, the first who settled here

on the Midland railway, about 7 miles south-east from being a grandson of Sir Ralph Astrey, Lord Mayor of Lon-
Woburn and 5 south from Ampthill, in the Southern divi~ don, who died in 1494; the seat of the Astreys was burnt
· sion of the county, hundred of Manshead, petty sessional down many years since, and a farm-house was erected near
division and union of Woburn, county court district of the site of the mansion. Major William Cooper Cooper n.L. 1
Ampthill, rural deanery of Luton, archdeaconry of Bedford J.P. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The
and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of soil is mixed ; subsoil, part clay and part chalk. The chief
stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting crops are wheat, barley, beans and the usual green crops.

of chancel, na-ve of four bays, and an embattled tower con- The area is about r,8r5 acres; rateable value, £5,635 ; the
taining 5 bells : there is a stained window in the chancel, population in r881 was 536.
erected by the late vicar, and also a fine painting of the Parish Clerk, James Hymus.
Crucifixion: in the chancel is an altar tomb to one of the Letters received through Dunstable. The nearest money
Astrey family, dated 17r6 : the church was thoroughly re- order & telegraph office is at Toddington. WALL Box

stored in r867, and a new organ was set up by public sub- cleared at 4·35 p.m. ; sundays at 10.35 a.m
scription in 1878. The register dates from the year 1647. A School Board of 5 members was formed August r, 1872 ;
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £r5o, with resi~ William Horley, ToddinJton, clerk to the board & atten-
dence, in the gift of Major William Cooper Cooper, of Tod- dance officer
dingtpn Manor, and held since 1879 by the Rev. William Board School (mixed), erected at various times, for roo
Heaford Daubney M. A. of Trinity Collego, Cambridge. Here children; average attendance, 75 ; George Austin Quance,

is a Wesleyan chapel. The charities for distribution amount master
to£12 ss. yearly. Wood End, in this parish, was a seat of\ Railway Station, Frederick Christian, station master

Carruthers Andrew Butt Joseph, carpenter Franklin Charles, coal mer. Station
Cocking Samuel Clark Arthur, baker Gazeley George, shopkeeper
DaubneyRev.Wm.HeafordM.A.Vicarage Clarke Arthur, butcher Giles William, farmer
Cleaver John, farmer Godden & Rudd, coal merchants
COMMERCIAL. Cleaver William, miller (steam& water) Godfrey James, farmer
Hall Susannah (Mrs.), farmer
Abbiss Charles, blacksmith COCKING SAMUEL w. farmer & agri- Higgs William, farmer
Ashby James, sho,~ maker Shuffle Sabina (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Baker George W. coal merchant cultural seed grower Snoxell William, grocer
BladonJohnFredk. Carpenters'ArmsP. H Cox Arthur, Old Sun P.H
Bonner John, Harlington Arms P.H Dickinson William, farmer, Dyers hall
.Foll Hattie Horatio, farmer

HARROLD (formerly calledHAREWOLD, or HAREwoon) formed in 1886, holds its meetings in the Congregational

is a small market town and parish, near the Bucks border, school room. There are six almshouses for poor widows,
4 miles south-west from Sharnbrook and 4~ north-east from founded by the Hon. Mrs. Anne Joliffe, three of these being
Turvey railway stations, 9 north-west from Bedford, 6 erected during her lifetime, and the remainder by her niece~
north-east from Olney, II north-east from Newport Pagnell 1 Mrs. Mead, in aceordance with her will, dated 4th August.
and 6o from London, in the Northern division of the county, 1723; the inmates each receive one loaf weekly and ros.
Sharnbrook petty sessional division, hundred of Willey, yearly for fuel. Mrs. Mead left in 1736 land now producing
union and county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of about £34 yearly for bread and fuel for the poor and for the·
Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. repair of the almshouses, and to the vicar, for an afternoon

The town is situated on the road from Kimbolton to Olney lecture or service in the church. Anthony Clark, by will in

and on the north bank of the river Ouse, which is crossed 1738, left land, now yielding £3 yearly, for fuel. Some
by a bridge to Chellington. It is lighted with oil lamps. other charities appear to have been lost. In the centre of
The church of St. Peter is an edifice of stone, in the Transi- the town, facing the schools, is a small octagonal Market
tional, Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of House. Cattle fairs were formerly held in the m'lrket, but
chancel with north chapel, elerestoried nave, aisles and a they have now quite died out. Lace making is carried on
western tower, with pinnacles and spire, and containing a here, also leather dressing. Close to the bridge over the
clock and five bells; one chancel belongs to Earl Cowper K.G. Ouse stands an ancient mansion, called Harrold Hall, the
the other to George Farrer esq.: the font is circular, sup- property of Crewe Alston esq. and occupied by his son,
ported on four shafts, and there is a niche in the north or Rowland Crewe Alston esq. J.P. ; it was enlarged and
manor ehapel: the rood screen remains, and the pulpit and altered in r8r6 by Thomas Alston esq. and about 1730 was

prayer desk are both partially constructed of old carved oak: the residence of Dr. Mead, above mentioned: in the house
in the chancel is an ancient mural monument, with bust, to are portraits of Dr. Mead, one of his wife by Sir Godfrey
Anne, Lady Joliffe, who founded six almshouses in this Kneller, and also one of George II. when Prince of Wales:
town for six aged widows: on the south side of the chancel the staircase displays some good Jacobean carving and
is an altar tomb to Oliver Boteler esq. r657: there is also a balustered work, and has a stately appearance. An ancient
memorial to Anne, second wife of the distinguished phy- house with gabled wings, erected by Francis Farrer about the
sician, Dr. Richard Mead, inscribed stones to James Boteler, end of the 16th century, has been converted into cottages,
r6go, and Judith his wife, 1712; and memorials to the but the arms of Farrer are over one of the fireplaces. Here
Alston, Joliffe, Gybbon, Fisher and other families : the was formerly a small priory, founded by Sampson le Forte,
church plate includes a chalice dated r6<)9, a paten given by in the reign of Stephen, for nuns of the Augustinian order,

the Hon. Anne Joliffe in 1728. and a flagon presented by the and dedicated to St. Peter: it was valued at £4o, and was

Hon. Lady Temperance Wolstenholmein 1]26; all of silver: granted, 35 Henry VIII. (r543-4), to William, Lord Parr,
the church will seat 400 persons. The register dates from and eventually became the property of the de Greys : on
the year 1598. The living is a vicarage, corn rent-charge the site of the priory is a farm house belonging to :Mrs.
£85, by bequest [,2o, gross yearly value £2o5, including 40 Gambier, of Ware, Herts; the refectory, in modern times
acres of gl~be, with residence, in the gift of Earl Cowper used as a barn, was taken down in 184-o. Earl Cowper 1LG.,
K.G. and held since r869 by the Rev. John Steel M. A. of P.C. who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Gambier, Crewe .Alston

Balliol College, Oxford. The Congregational chapel was esq. and George Farrer esq. are the principal landowners.

enlarged in r863, and a parsonage was built in r886: con- The soil is clay; subsoil, clay, gravel and rock. The chief

nected with the chapel is a Sunday school, and a mission crop is wheat. The area is 3,095 acres ; rateable. valu11J
hall was opened in 1876 : a Mutual Improvement Society, [3,835; the population in r88x was 11024-

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68 H.AHROLil. [KELLY's

Sexton, William Douglas. Deputy Registrar of Births & Deaths, Wm. Richd. Fairey

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. Town Crier, John Orpin

-William Manton, receiver. Letters arrive through Waywarden, Charles Pettit

Bedford at 8.15 a.m. & 2.2o p.m. i dispatched at 10·5 National Schools (mixed), built, with master's house, in

a.m. & 5· 10 p.m. ; sundays, 2.45 p.m 1847, for 170 children; & infants, built about 186o, for

INSURANCE .AGENT.-Royal Exchange Fire & Life, Mrs. M. 270 children; average attendance, 157; Henry Marchant,

Sanders master ; Mrs. Ellen Marchant, mistress
PUBLIC OFFICERS : -

.Assessor & Collector of Taxes, John Henry Osborne CARRIERS TO:-

Assistant Overseer, John Henry Osborne BEDFORD-Franklin, from Carlton, through, tues. thurs. &

Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public sat

Vaccinator, Harrold District, Bedford Union, Harold WELLINGBOROUGH-Franklin, from Carlton, through, wed.

Wessen Husbands L.R.C.P.Lond & fri

Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Caleb Le Fevre, CoNVEYANCE.-Omnibus to Wellingborough, wed.; & to

jun Bedford, sat

.AlstonRowland Crewe J.P. Harrold hall Fairey John Thomas, leather dresser Osborne John Henry, baker, grocer,

Croxford Charles, Rose cottage Fairey Thomas, farmer, Dungey assessor & collector of taxes & assist-

Gaff Mrs. Barham house Fairey William, farmer, Manor farm ant overseer

Husbands Harold Wessen, Fairfield FaireyWilliam Richard,grocer &draper Orpin John, town crier & bill poster

LeFevre Caleb, sen. The Maples & deputy registrar of births & deaths Parris Samuel, beer retailer

MartindaleRev.Alfred[Congregational], Gayton Joseph, higgler Parsons George, baker

Parsonage Goff Thomas, farmer, Harrold park Pettit Charles, leather dresser & dyer

Pettit Charles, Harrold house Goodes Henry, leather dresser Pettit Robert, shopkeeper & cutler

St. Quintin Miss Houghton Elizabeth (Miss), laundress PickeringMary(Mrs. ),frmr.Harroldld

Steel Rev. John M.A. [vicar] Houghton Jane (Mrs.), coffee rooms Preston George, farmer, Priory

Wiggins Miss Husbands Harold Wessen L.R.C.P.LOnd. Robinson Charles Ireson, carpenter,

Wooding Mrs surgeon, & medical officer & public builder & wheelwright

COMMERCIAL. vaccinator, Harrold district, Bedford Rootham Wm.& Son,plumbers&paintrs

Abrabam Henry, Wheat Sheaf P.H union, & certifying factory surgeon RoothamTbos.plumber,painter&glazier

Alien Thomas, basket maker Jarvis William, carter Sanders Mary (Mrs.), grocer & iron-

. Ashwell Jn. Baldwin, builder & contrctr Knight Arthur, vermin destroyer monger & insurance agent

.Ashwell Sarah Lizzie (Miss), fancy rep Knight John, farmer Smith George, shopkeeper

Bailey George, book agent Knight John, vermin destroyer Smith Samuel Charles, butcher

· Bailey John, farmer & machinist LeFevre Caleb, jun. butcher & registrar Squires Charles, tailor

Bailey Sarah (Miss), dress maker of births, deaths & marriages Stevens William Thomas, grocer

Betts John, farmer LeFevre William Ph.D., M.P.c. chemist Thompsouvrilliam,watch &clock maker

Bird John Fredk. engineer & machinist & dentist & veterinary surgeon(regd) & furniture dealer

Caxton Joseph, carter McGrath William, boot & shoe maker Underhill Henry Chas. miller (water)

Clayson Charles & George, builders Manton John & Wilham, leather dressrs Watts George, baker

Clayson Charles, sen. builder & contrctr Manton William, boot maker & leather Webb Joseph, shoe maker

Clayson John, shopkeeper seller, Post office Wells George, leather dresser, manu-

Crouch Thomas, blacksmith Martin Nathaniel, grazier facturer of roans, skivers, basils,

Darlow Robert, boot maker Mee Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper mock kid & persian binders

Dartnell Herbert, beer retailer Moore Samuel, shopkeeper Willey Thomas, Globe P.H.

Elson William, shoemaker Neal Charles, coal dealer Wooding Charles, baker

Fairey John, farmer, Mansion farm Noble Thos. tin, iron &zinc plate workr Wright Richard, beer retailer

· HAYNES (or BAWNEs) is a parish and village, 4 miles John Carteret, Earl Granville, viceroy of Ireland, and, a

north-east from the Ampthill station on the Midland railway grea~ patron of literature, who died in 1763; it is now occu-
.and 6 south from Bedford, in the Northern division of the p1ed by William Bunce Greenfield esq. D.L., J.P. The

·County, hundred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and Grange Farm house, in this parish, is an interesting old

-county court district of .Ampthill, rural deanery of Haynes, building connected with Chicksands Priory ; it contains a
arch deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of fine staircase leading to a spacious apartment, supposed to
St. Mary, rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, and en- have been a banqueting room. The soil is half clay and

larged in I8So by the late Rev. Lord John Thynne, is an half sand, the junction of the strata running through

elegant structure in the Early Decorated style, consisting of Haynes Park; subsoil, sand. The principal crops are wheat,

chancel, memorial chapel to Lady John Thynne, nave, aisles, barley, beans and turnips. The area is 2,561 acres ; rateable
with vestry beyond, south porch and an embattled tower: value, £3,236; the population in r88r was 934·
ttt the north side of the chancel there are three stained NoRTH WooD END, WEST END I~ miles west, and DEAD-

windows and one in the west end of the church in memory MAN'S CRoss, 2! miles east of the church, are hamlets in

of Mrs. Thynne, besides one in the south of the chancel in this parish.
memory of the late vicar, Rev. .A. E. D. Osborne: the church Parish Clerk, Joseph Dunham.

is uniformly seated with oak benches: beneath the south SuB-PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Eliza .Alien, receiver. Letters re-

aisle is the vault of the Carteret family. The register dates ceived from Bedford at 8.15 a. m.; box closes at 5 p.m. &

from the year 1596. The living is an endowed vicarage, on sundays at 12 a.m. The nearest money order office
gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £524, net £3301 is Clophill & telegraph office Southill railway station
with residence, in the gift of Sir George Robert Osborn bart. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

and held since r888 by the Rev. Robert Burton Carson M.A. SuB-PosT OFFICE, Church End, Mrs. Georgiana Woods,

of Trinity College, Dublin. Here are Wesleyan and Baptist receiver. Letters through Bedford arrive at 8.5 a.m.;

chapels. Francis John Thynne esq. D.L., J.P. and Sir dispatched at s.r5 p.m. Clophill is the nearest money

George Robert Osborn bart. D.L. of Chicksands Priory, are . order & Southill railway station the nearest telegraph
the principal landowners. Haynes Park is the seat of office. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

Francis John Thynne esq. D.L., J.P.: the house is a hand- ScHOOLS:-
some and capacious mansion, standing in a well-wooded National, Church End (mixed), built at the expense of the
park of 8oo acres: this estate passed from the bands of the late Re-v. Lord John Thynne D.D. for 130 children; average
Newdegate family to Sir George Carteret, known in history attendance, 90; Henry Coleman, master

as the Royalist defender of the island of Jersey against the Infant, North Wood End, for 70 children; average attend-

Parliamentary forces; his heir was created Lord Carteret, ance, so; Miss Woods, mistress
from whom the estate has descended in the female line to CARRIERS TO BEDFORD.-Mrs. Whittamore, wed. & sat. re-
the present proprietor ; it was for some time enjoyed by turning same day ; Wm. Roberts, sat. returning same day

Carson Rev.RobertBurtonM.A. Vicarage Cole Benj. mealman, North Wood end King Henry, farmer, North Wood end

Greenfield William Bunce D.L., J.P. ColeMartha (Miss), shopkeeper King Joseph, carpenter,West end

Haynes park Cox Henry, shopkeeper, Nth.Woodend MaddamsJohn, farmer,WestEnd farm

Cox John, blacksmith, North Woodend Matthews John, farmer, The Grange

COMMERCIAL. Cranfield John, farmer, Eames farm, Matthews William,farmer,Keyses farm

Allen EHza (Mrs.), brewer, Post office, North Wood end Roberts Henry & Charles, agricultural

North Wood end Daniells J ames, farmer machine owners

Baynham Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundry, DeerAbraham,beerret.Deadman's cross Rogers Alfred, baker

Church end Dunham John, Nag's Head P.H. North Sanders Geo. Walker,farmer, St.Jude's

Bennett Joel, White Horse P.H. Dead Wood end Simms A. farmer, Standilone farm

man's cross Elliott Henry, land steward to Francis Simms J oseph, farmer,North End farm

Chapman Geo.shoema.NorthWoodend J John Thynne esq. D.L., J.P Simms Mary Ann (Mrs.), baker

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORD3HIRE. 69HE~LO"N.

Simms Samml, Dog P.H Thorn & Trigg, blacksmiths, Norbh 'Valker Thomas, shoe maker

Stewart William, farmer, Oxleys farm Wood end Wilds John, tailor

TurtleFrederick Peter, carpenter

HEATH and REACH form a hamlet in the civil parish being the gift of Mrs. Knight, of Mursley. There is a read~

of Leighton Buzzard, and a separate ecclesiastical parish, ing room supported by donations and subscriptions. The

situated on the borders of Bucks, nearly 2 miles north from poor's land produces £ IJ yearly for fuel. Rushmere Lodge

Leighton Buzzard, in the ~outhern division of the county, is the seat of Dr. John Walter Pritchard. Sir Edward
hundred of Manshead, petty sessional division, union and Henry Hanmer hart. who is lord of the manor, Mr. Swin-
county court district of Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of stead, Messrs. Britten and Claridge and Mr. Bushell are the
Dunstable, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The principal landowners. The chief crops are wheat, barley and
village is remarkable and picturesque, covering several hills roots. The land comprises arable, woodland and meadow.
and valleys, with pleasant landscapes stretching away into A white sand is dug here at a depth of many feet from the
the distance with beautiful woods and plantations. The surface, and is used for making glass. Th~ area is 3,190

church of St. Leonard, rebuilt in the year I829 (with the acres; rateable value, £4,S90; the population in r88r was
exception of the tower), is a plain, modern building in the I1075·
Gothic style, consisting of chancel and nave, and a low em- Parish Clerk, James J. Rayner.

battled western tower containing one bell; the chancel was PosT OFFICE.-Amos Roberts, receiver. Letters through

added, and the whole church newly seated in r866. The Leighton Buzzard delivered at 7 _25 a. am.m. .&&46.4.400pp..mm..;
ewahr1l.icehr dregistef r is iInSc6l2ud: etdh eirne t·hat of Leitghton. Buzzf ard, sundays 7.25 a.m. Box c1eared at g. ro
atE's rom 1s a separa e register rom &grasupnhdoafyfisceatis9a_2t 0 a. m. The nearest money order &tele-
Leighton Buzzard
the year 1813. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge
£2o, net yearly value [290, including I acre of glebe, with
residence, in the gift of the vicar of Leighton Buzzard, and National School (mixed), rebuilt, with house for mistress,
in 1863-4, for 100 children ; average attendance, 70 ;
LheinldcoslinncCe orl8le6g3e,byOxthfoerdR.ev.TJhoesevpicharOargleanhdoouSsetawllaasrdbMui.Alt. of Charles Martin, master &Mrs.Martin, mistress ; (infants')
in added in 1876, for 84 children; average attendance, 8r;

18s2, and enlarged in 1869. There are Baptist, Primitive Miss Rosa Derry, mistress
Methodist, built in r863, and Wesleyan chapels, built 1877.

A cemetery was provided for this place in 185o, the land CARRiER TO LEIGHTON BuzzARD.-Stone, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brantom Harry, baker Major Charles, Axe & Crown P.H

Bushell John L. Heath house Brantom James, shopkeeper Miles Amos, builder, contractor, under-

Castleman Francis Brantom Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper taker & carpenter

Chew James Fermor, Oakbank Britten John, farmer & landowner Miller Joseph, photographer

Chew Mrs Broom Waiter l''. baker & hay, straw Parrott R'Jbert, farmer

Clements Mrs. Daisy villa & coal merchant Pearson George, coal & iron agent,

Eden John Arthur M.A Broom Walter Francis, school attend- Shenley house

Eden Mrs. Laurel cottage ance officer for Leighton Buzzard Powell Charles, veterinary surgeon

Hawkes Wilham, Atterton villa rural sanitary committee Rayner James, wheelwright; traps &

Pritchard Dr.Jn. Waltr.Rushmere lodge Broom William, farmer vans thoroughly repaired

Smith Mrs. Cherry villa Bushell John L. farmer & landowner & Reeve Thomas, jun. blacksmith

StallardRev.JosephOrlandoM.A.. Vicarge silver sand merchant Roberts Amos, tailor, Post office

Stone Mrs. Cherry villa Clark James, butcher Rose John, grocer

COMMERCIAL. Croxford John, butcher Stevens Fredk. shopkpr. &horse clipper

Bates Edward, miller (wind) Dancer Thomas, blacksmith Swinstead Thomas, farmer

Belgrove George, butcher Dimmock Amos, bricklayer Venemore Joseph, shopkeeper

Belgrove Thomas, Red Lion P.ll Duncombe James. Duke's Head P.R Webb Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Bird William, horse clipper Holmes Thomas, farmer & miller( wind) Whitehead Edmund, Star P.H

Bowden John, farmer Hopkins Lizzie (Miss), shopkeeper Whittaker Fr~derick, builder & shopkpr

Boyce John, general dealer Hopkins Mrs. baker Williamson Thos.Ltrmer, Overend farm

Brantom Charles, higgler

HENLOW is a village, parish, and station on the Bed- Grange, the property of Edmond Hammond Thompson esq.

ford and Hitchin branch of the Midland railway, 36 miles of Clapham Common, Surrey, and occupied by Mr. William
from London, rr south-east from Bedford, 2~ south-east. Kefford, farmer, is a plain red brick mansion, situated in a
from Shefford and 4~ south-west from Biggleswade, in the pleasant park, diversified by several long avenues of fine old
Northern division of the county, hundred of Clifton, petty elm trees. Earl Cowper .K.G., P.C. lord of the De Grey
sessional division, union and county court district of Biggles- manor, and Edmond Hammond Thompson esq. of Clapham
wade, rural deanery of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford Common, Surrey, and John Gurney esq. are the principal
and diocese of Ely. The Henlow station on the Midland landowners. The soil is cLay and gravel; subsoil, varied.
rail way is 2 miles south from the >illage, and the Arlsey The chief crops ar-e wheat, oats, barley, bean::; and peas, on
station on the Great Northern railway is one mile south- the four-course system. The area is 2,22S acres; rateable
east. The church of St. Mary, which is very picturesquely value, [3,542; the population in r88r was 932.
situated, is an edifice of stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular Parish Clerk, Frederick Taylor.
style, c.onsisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
porch, and a fine and massive embattled western tower con- William Larkins, sub-postmaster. Letters through
taining 5 bells: there are several marble tablets to members Biggleswade at 8 & 1r.3o a.m.; dispatched at II.30 a.m.
of the Edwards family from 1693 to 184o, and memorials to & 6 p.m. There is no sunday post. The nearesttel.egraph
the families of Buckby, Raynsford, Oades, Bedford and office IS at Arlsey railway station
Freeman. The register dates from the year 1558. The liv- National School (boys), built in 1826 & rebuilt in 1876, for
ing is a vicarage, net yearly value £240, including r6 acres 90 children; average attendance, 56; George William

of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, Sanctuary, master; (girls'), built in r84r, for 65 children;
and held since 1875 by the Rev. William Holesgrove M.A. of average attendance, so; Mrs. Sarah Turner, mistress;
St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. Wilson's charity of (infants') built in I857, for 65 children; average atten-

£4 Ios. yearly, derived from £.150 New .£3 per Cents, is dance, 6o; Miss Matilda White, mistress
for bread, which is distributed every Christmas day. Henlow Railway Station, William George Hall, station master

[Postal address of names marked thus ~ is Daniels William, beer retailer Headde William, ginger beer manufr

Ritchen road, Shefford R.S.O.) Davies Thomas,farmer, City Field farm Holden John, brewer, The Brewery

Brown Albert, Stuart house Dear John, wheelwright & builder Hyde Josiah, coal dealer
Ell Charles, Manor house Dear Martha (Mrs.), dress maker
Fowler Misses Ell & Sons, millers Jelf Alfred, r_;}ieving officer southern
Holesgrove Rev. Wm. M.A. Vicarage Ellis &Everard,coal mers. Henlow statu division & re~istrar of births& deaths
Kidman J ames, Northfield house Fowler Francis, farmer, West farm
~

& vaccination officer for the Biggles-

wade sub-district

*Plowman Eli, Stanpit Gravestocks Edwin, market gardener Kefford William, market gardener &
Tingey Mrs Gregory Edmund, sawyer farmer, The Grange
Griffith Joseph, cowkeeper
COMMERCIAL. Gurney John, farmer & landowner, Larkins William, grocer & draper, &
Abbiss Frederick, builder &c agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine &
Ashwell Samuel, Brewhouse P.H 1'vliddlefield farm spirit merchants, Post office
Batterson John, wheelwright Handley Charles, butcher
Carter Sarah (Mrs.), Five Bells P.H Hare Charles, baker & farmer Lockey Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Clarke Edward, beer retailer Hare George, farmer Long James, farmer, Oldfield farm
Paternoster Dan.iel, beer retailer
Cooper Abel, straw factor Hare John, corn factor & maltster
Perry Rebecca (Miss), dress maker

Cooper Thomas, market gardener Harwood James, shoe maker Pestell William, shoe maker

70 HENLOW. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Phillips Henry & Son, builders I Tingey Robert, grocer & ironmonger Vine Frank, Crown P.H

*PlowmanEli,brick&tile maker,Stanpit Turner Elizbth. A.(Miss), khr.ofmusic Ward George, market gardener

Rook William, coal dealer I Turner George, sen. blacksmith &c West Waiter, beer retailer

Sile Ernest, shopkeeper ·Turner Robert, blacksmith Whitbread Elizh. (Mrs.), dress maker

Strickland William, baker Turner William, baker

RIGHAM GOB!ON is a village and parish, 8 miles J became possessed of this estate, and was in r641 created a

north from Luton, 6 south-west from Shefford, 7 south-east baronet, being described as of Higham Gobion : his son,

from Ampthill, 5 south-west from Henlow station on the Sir Ralph, sold the manor in 1657 to Arabella, Countess of

Midland railway, in the Southern division of the county, Kent, from whom it descended to the present proprietor,

hundred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and county Earl Cowper K.G., P.C. Ralph de Gobion, Abbot of St.

court district of AmpthiU, rural deanery of Ampthill, arch- Albans, belonged to this place. The house was the resi-

deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. dence of the learned Dr. Stephen Edmund Castell, rector

Mary ol' St. Margaret is a plain but good example of the . here from 1674 to 1684, prebendary of Canterbury, professor

Decorated style, erected in r88o, consisting of chancel and of .Arabic at Cambridge University, and author of the

nave, and a low embattled modern tower containing one I "Lexicon Heptaglotton," which occupied him for 17 years,

bell: in the chancel is a good monument of freestone and and cost in its production no less than [, 12,000: he lived

black marble, with a Latin inscription, to Dr. S. E. Castenl] here in retirement until he fell a victim to his intense

S.T.P. placed by himself in the year 1674, and at the foot a application to study, which a short time before his death

line in Arabic, which has been translated: '' Living, here he: deprived him of his eyesight; many of his MSS. were left

chose to be b11ried, in hopes of a 9etterplace than this:" there to the University of Cambridge and to St. John's and

are two other minor memorials and two brasses to the Boteler 1 Emmanuel Colleges, but soo copies of the famous Lexicon

family, dated r6o2 and r6o3: stehdeirleiaisanadPpeils'cpiennad, iaclusloaorfrtohoids'1 bequeathed t o his niece, who regarded them as lumber, wel'e
screen, and the chancel retains stowed away in a garret and destroyed by rats. During the

date: there was formerly a north aisle, the arcade of which 1ast few years several interesting Roman antiquities, such as

is now built up in the north wall: the church was restored in 1 coins, millstone, cinerary urns and an amphora have been

1
188o, at a cost of over [r,JOO. The register dates from the discovered near to the manor house, and are in the possession

year 1558. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £3oo, of Mr. J. Trustram. Higham Bury is the seat of Edward

gross yearly value £360, including 30 acres of glebe, with Josepb Jekyll esq. J.P. The principal landowners are the Earl

residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late Rev. Cowper K.G., P.C. who is lod of the manor, and William

W. H. Marvin, and held since r889 by the Rev. Henry Francis Joseph Young esq. of Hexton, and Edward J. Jekyll

- Newington Clarke Hewson T.A.K.C.L. Higham is supposed at esq. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops

one time to have been a market town and a place of import- 1 are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 1,253 acres,

ance, and foundations of buildings are often discovered: it I chiefly arable; rateable value, £r,6o6; the population in

derives its additional name from the family of Gobion, who 1881 was 12r.
possessed this manor from a very early period, till, in the Sexton, Richard Haines.
year 12oo, it passed by marriage to the Hot.elers, in whose Letters received through Ampthill. The nearest money
possession it continued for many generations, and their order & telegraph office is at Shillington

arms are still to be seen over the parlour fire-place in the The children of this place attend the school at Barton-le-

manor house, now a farm. Sir Henry Boteler died in 16o8, Clay; 5 children are sent free to endowed manor school

leaving a son, Sir John; in 1639 William Langley esq. I from this parish

[Postal address for names marked thus* is Jekyll Edward Joseph J.P. Higham Browning Charles, farmer, Faldo
Hitchin, Herts.] Bury
Church William, farmer

*Hewson Rev. Henry Newington Clal'ke *Brown Benjamin, farmer, Manorfarm Whiteman Richd. farmer & beer retlr

[rector]

HOCKLIFFE is a parish and pleasant village, 4~ miles ing, one piece of which exhibits a table between two figures,

south from Woburn and 3~ east from Leighton Buzzard, in with the date rs66, and scrolls at each end. The Grange, the
the Southern division of the county, hundred of Manshead, seat of Peter Valentine Gilpin esq. J.P. is delightfully situated
petty sessional division and union of Woburn, county court on a bold eminence near the church. The chief landowners

district of Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of Dunstable, are Peter Valentine Gilpin esq. the Rev. William Henry

archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The village Rooper B.A. of The Pines, Bournemouth, and John Warner

consists of one street, about a mile in length, situate on Adams esq. who is lord of the manor. The land is arable

the Roman Road, Watling Street, one side of the street. being and grazing, and the soil is a rich loam; subsoil, clay. The
in Hockliffe and part of the other in Chalgrave. The church area is r,o21 acres ; rateable value, .£r,8so; the population

of St. Nicholas is a late structure in a poor variety of the of Hockli'ffe parish in t33r was 326, independently of the

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch Cbalgrave side; the population of the village of Hockliffe is

and a western embattled towel' containing 4 bells: it was about 500.
restored, repaired and reseated and the nave and chancel Parish Clerk, William Stevens.

almost rebuilt in 1861, at the expense of the late rector and PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & .Annuity & Insurance Office
parishioners : there is a good DecorateO. niche in the east (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should ha,re R.S.O. Bedford-
wall, a piscina in the south wall : and a very fine stained shire added).-Charles Pickering, sub-postmaster. Letters

window, placed in I87o, besides two other stained windows: arrive at 7 a. m. & 12.30 p. m. ; dispatched at g. 30 a. m.
an organ was erected in 1873 by public subscription. The 5.15 & 9-45 p.m. ; sundays at 8.5 p.m. Telegraph office
registers date from the year 1620, The living is a rectory, open from 8 a. m. to 8 p.m. Postal orders are issued from 7

tithe rent-charge £3o6, gross yearly value [365, including a. m. to 9 pm. & post office orders from 9 a. m. to 6 p.m

24 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. F. National School (mixed), built, with house for master, in
H. Gray, and held since 1887 by the Rev. William Mason r844, for 120 children; average attendance, 85. The
M.A. of 0hrist's College, Cambridge. Here are Congrega- s<'hool is situated in the parish of Chalgrave, & is sup-

tional, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. There ported in part by an endowment of about £25 (West's

was formerly hPre an hospital, founded before the reign of Charity); Arthur Trotman, master ; Miss Alice Trotman,
King· John, and dedicated to St. John the Baptist, on the site mistress
of which there is little doubt now stands the manor house, CARRIERS TO LEIGHTO;s".-Amos, from Luton, tues. & fri. ;
one part, containing an old door, being still in existence. Stevens, tuec:;. thurs. & sat. ; Ellingham, tues. from

The White Horse inn, formerly a coaching house, is a Wobmn Sands to Leighton, thence to Luton; Paternoster,

very ancient hostelry, and contains some beautiful oak carv- mon. & fri

Adams John James Reynal, Hockliffe ho Bell Robert, draper Lines .Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

A.dams John Warner Chamberlin's Cream Baking Powder OveryWm.Goddard,gro.egg& buttr.mer

Fitt James Nevill, Manor house Manufactory Pickering Charles, White Horse com-

Gilpin Peter Valentine J .P. The Lodge. Dudley William, general dealer mercial hotel & posting house &

Mason Rev. William M.A. Rectory Ellingham Ephraim, Fleur-de-Lis P.R farmer, Post office

Strange Misses Evans George, cattle dealer Pratt Cuthbcrt., farmer

Turney Richal'd Feasey Waiter, insurance agent Read Rebecca (Mrs.), farmer

COMMERCIAL. Gilman Geo. gl'ocer & foreign wine mer Roberts Henry, baker

.A.dams John Warner, farmer & land- Godfrey John, cattle dealer Rowlatt John, Bell P.H

owner Green Mary J ane(Mrs. ), White Hart P. H Smith Jonathan, blacksmith

Andrews J oseph, nurseryman Hack J oseph, baker Turner James Robert, Red Lion P.H

Ayre & Bonham, grocers Harris William, boot maker Wilkinson George, baker

Ayre Annie (Mrs.), dress maker Inwards Chas. King's Arms P.H. & Jrmr Willison Arthur, tailor

Ayre James, builder, contractor & un- Inwards George Edward, butcher WiUison Josiah, wheelwright ; trap!i &

dertaker; estimates Inwards J ames, farmer vans thoroughly repaired

Bailey William, farmer JQDes Josiah R. Swan P.R Willison Thomas, saddler

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DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. HOUGHTON REGIS. 71

HOLCUT (or HuLCOTE) is a parish 2 miles north from stained: the church is not now in use. 'fhe register dates

Ridgmont and Wobum Sands stations of the North Western from the year 1658. The living is a rectory, with the vicar-
railway, 4! north from Woburn and 12 south-west from age of Salford annexed, tithe rent-charge £109, joint gross
Bedford, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of yearly value [28o, including 120 acres of glebe, in the gift
Manshead, petty sessional division and union of Woburn, of and held since 1865 by the Rev. Boteler Chernocke Smith
county court district of Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of B.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, and rural dean of Fleete.
Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The The charities of the two parishes of Holcut and Salford

church of St. Nicholas is a very small but ancient edifice of amount to about £:1o yearly, and are distributed under a
late Perpendicular date, coll8isting of chancel and nave and scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners. The Rev.
a low embattled western tower, with pinnacles at the angles Boteler Chernocke Smith B.A.. is lord of the manor and
.and containing 4 bells: there are monuments of the Cher- principal landowner. The soil is strong clay, chiefly grazing
nocke family from t.he time of Henry VIII. to the present land ; subsoil, strong clay. The crops are wheat, barley,
day, and these include one, beautifully carved, with effigies beans and peas. The area is 888 acres; rateable value,
and shields of arms, to Robert Chernocke, 1547, and Richard £1,uo; the population in 1881 was 54·
his son, 1615 ; the remaining monuments include one on Sexton, Jesse Bennett.
the south side of the chancel to Charles Harvey Smith esq. Letters received through Woburn, arrive at 9 a.m. & are
of Aspley House, 1857, and Frances, his wife, and others to dispatched at 4· 10 p.m. The nearest money order & tela-
the Rev. Edward Hervey, rector, 1796; in the nave is a slab graph office is at Aspley Guise

inscribed to William Nichols esq. 1619: the east window is I The children of this place attend the school at Salford

Smith Rev. Boteler Chernocke B.A.. Bass Philip, miller (steam) Goosey Charles, farmer, Holcut moor

[rector & rural dean] EmmertonChas.Robt.farmr.Church fm Higgins George, farmer, Rooktree farm
Garton Arthur, farmer, Wood farm l Lines Osborn GeQrge, farmer
Carling Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

HOLWELL is a village and parish, 3~ miles north-west from houses, and £3,6oo Consols, maintains almshouses for

from Hitchin and 2 south from the Henlow station ou the eight poor persons, and after certain payments, including

Bedford and Hitchin branch of the Midland railway, in the aid to the school, the residue of income is for the poor : a

Southern division of the county, Biggleswade petty sessional scheme for the administration of this charity was in 1885

division, hundred of Clifton, Hitchin union, rural deanery of brought under the consideration of the Charity Commis-

Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely, sioners, which resulted in £soo being taken from this

tSituated on the borders of Hertfordshire: part of the village is trust t.owards the building of a new grammar school at

in the parish of Shillington. The Great Northern main line Hitchin, and £ wo a year towards the support of the same.

and a branch of the Midland railway run through the parish Francis Augustus Delme-Radcliffe esq. of Hitchin, is lord of

<.Ill the east. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building the manor and chief landowner. The soil is stiff clay; sub-

of stone, originally Perpendicular, but much modernised, soil, strong clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley,

and consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western beans and peas. The area is 544 acres ; rateable value,

tower containing a clock and 2 bells: there is a small and £2,354. The population in r881 was 215.

curious brass to Robert Wodehouse, priest, 1515, a bene- CA.DWELL is a portion of this parish, distant 2! miles east.
factor to the church: the church was restored in 1877, at a
cost of £2,soo, and reopened May 8th, 1879• by the Bishop Parish Clerk, James Abbiss.

of Ely. The register dates from the year 1560. The living Letters through Hitchin~ the neare~t money order &

is a rectory, gross yearly value £250, with residence, in the telegraph office. WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6 p.m.

. gift of Francis A. Delme-Radcliffe esq. and held since r884 week days only

by the Ven. Frederick Bathurst M.A. of Merton College, School (mixed), built about 1840, for 50 children; average

Oxford, archdeacon of Bedford and hon. canon of Ely. The attendance, 44 ; the school is supported out of the Rand

Rand charity trust, which has an income of £8oo, derived charity trust ; Benjarnin Olney, master

Batburst Ven. Archdeacon Frederick Bunker Charles, White Hart P.II Marsh Horace James, farmer
M.A. Rectory

HOUGHTON CONQUEST is a village and parish, 1873 by the Rev. Edward Woodley Bowlin.~ M.A. formerly

3 miles north from Ampthill and s! south from Bedford, in fellow and junior bursar of that college. A Wesleyan chapel

the Northern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty has been erected in addition to the one built in r833. Sir

.sessional division, union and county court district of Francis Clarke, in r632, erected and endowed six alms-

Ampthill, rural deanery of Haynes, and archdeaconry of houses for six poor widows, each of whom receives£ r 6s. 8d.
Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is a yearly. The charities amount to nearly £7o yearly. A
.spacious and elegant structure, in the Early English and short distance south-west of the village is Hou~·hton Park,

Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nare, aisles, south formerly the seat of the Marquess of Tavistock : the greater
porch and an embattled tower containing 6 bells : it was portion of the ruins, which command a most extensive view

restored in 1870 by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scolt R.A. : th.e of the vale of Bedford, still exist. The Duke of Bedford K.G.
:Stained east window, erected in 188o by the Very Rev. John who is lord of the manor, and Francis John Thynne esq.

Burgon M.A. Dean of Chichester, is a memorial to three J.P. are the principal landowners. The sod is strong clay;

benefactors, Eliza Hargrave and Mary and Sarah Windle, subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, beans

r83o: the walls of the aisles bear traces of frescoes, the and peas. The area is 3,345 acres; rateable value, [5,828;
designs of which are in some parts sufficiently distinct to be the population in I88I was 62o, and iu r889, 543·
<l.istinguished: over the north doorway is a hugh painting CHAPEL END (~mile east) and How END (r± miles west)

o0f St. Christopher, of the 15th century: on the north walls are outlying hamlets in this parish.
o0f the chancel is a monument of carved alabaster, consisting Parish Clerk, Thoma~ Smart.
o0f a species of framework in which is set the figure of Dr. PosT OFFICE.-Thotnas Smith, receiver. Letters received

Archer, a former rector, who held the living 4I years, in the through Amptb.tll at 8.30 a. m.; box closes at s.IO p.m.;

act of exhortation, with book in hand, and partially resting sundays, no delivery. Tile nearest money order & tale-

upon a cushion; attached is a partially effaced inscription graph office is at Ampthill

in Latin; he died in r62o: there is also an altar slab to National (formerly Free) School, founded about 1632, with

Dame .Ann Clearke, 1644; and there are a few mutilated master's house, by l:iir Francis Clarke: it will hold r2o
brasses. The register dates from the year 1595. The pari~:~h children; average attendance, 8o; Edwin Hillyard,
-registers of Houghton Conquest, 1539-88, are in the Bodleian master; Miss Mary Ann Day, infants' mistress; the

Library, Oxford, having been purchased in 1884. The school is supported in part by an endowment; the ap-

living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent- pointment of the master is vested in the master & fellows

<lharge £7oo, including 70 acres of glebe and residence, in of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, who delegate their

the gift of St. John's College, Cambridge, and held since right iu this matter to the rector

.Bowling Rev. Edward Woodley M.A. Day George, Royal Oak P.H Packwood Frederick, butcher

Rectory Dunkley David, carpenter Quenby Thomas, corn dealer, How end

Brown John Francis Peter, baker Robinson Henry, shopkeeper

J ones Rev. Philip Sydney Pryce[curate] Franklin Ann (Miss), organist Smith Charles, beer retailer

COMMERCIAL, Franklin Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Smith Thomas, shopkeeper, Post office

Brightman Thomas, shoe maker Bury farm Smith William, shDpkeeper

Brown Francis, farmer, How end Gadsden George,Chequers P.H.How end Stanbridge James, farmer ~

Brown John, farmer, Manor farm Garton John, farmer, Church farm Thoroughgood Thomas, shopkeeper

ChesherWm.millr.(wind),Houghton ml Gee Henry, shopkeeper Turvey John, baker

Day Edmund, jnn. blacksmith Juffs William, baker Wortley John, wheelwright

Day Elizh. (Mrs.), Butchers' .Arms P.H

HOUGHTON REGIS is a village and parish, 5 miles Manshead, petty sessional division, union and county courl

west-north-west from Luton and 1: mile north from Dun- district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, a.rchdeaconry

stable, in the Southern division of the l"Ounty, hundred of of ~dford and diocese of Ely. The London an.d North

72 BOUGHTON REGIS. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Western railway has a station at Upper Houghton Regis. is 4,645 acres ; rateable value, £ r,or4; population in 18&1

The Dunstable (Church street) station of the G. N. railway was 2,406.

is also in this parish. The church of St. Michael, formerly Bidwell is about three-quarters of a mile north-west
All Saints', is an ancient fabric of mixed styles, chiefly
Decorated, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of fi \'e bays, from Houghton Regis church and about .2~ north from
aisles, south porch and a noble embattled western tower
Dunstable. H. C. G. Brandreth esq. J.P. is chief landowner.

with an octagonal embattled turret at the south-west angle, Puddlehill (or CHALK HILL), situated on the road to

and containing 6 bells : the chancel is Decorated, and the Dunstable, and distant therefrom about a mile and a half

nave arcades belong to the same period: the clerestory and north-west, stands on the rise of a hill, surrounded by chalk

roof are plain Perpendicular: both nave and aisles are em- hills. Here is a Wesleyan chapel.

battled: the Norman font is cylindrical, widening towards Sewell is 2~ miles north-west from Dunstable and 3
the top, and the whole exterior is richly carved in three
bands, the low~rmost being fluted ; the base is cushioned, south-west from Houghton Regis. The principal landowners
with cable moulding: there are brasses to John Waleys, are the Duke of Bedford K.G. Mr. John Cook, of Great
vicar, 1400; William Waleys; and Sir William Wal1ey, Bramingham, Mr. Joseph Cook, Mr. William Carter and
vicar, 15o6; besides several memorial slabs of ancient date: the Dunstable charity.

in an arch in the wall of the south aisle is an effigy of Sir Thorn is situated in a valley, about 2 miles west from

John Sewell knt. formerly of this parish : there are also Houghton Regis. Henry C. G. Erandreth esq. J.P. is chiei

various monuments to members of the Brandreth family. landowner.

The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a Parish Clerk, George Tompkins.

vicarage, yearly value about £350, including about 2ooacres PosT 0FFICE.-David Tearle, receiver. Letters arrive from
of glebe land, with residence, in the gift of Henry Chernocke Dnnstable at 7.ro a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; dispatched at 12.20

Gibbs Brandreth esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev. Wm. a.m. & 6.go p.m. Tbe nearest money order & telegraph

Wedge B. A. of London University. There is an iron mission office is at Dunstable. Letters from Thorn via Leighton

church in connection with St. Michael's, situated in Union Buzzard. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

s'lreet, Upper Houghton: Rev. Arthur Harold Squire B.A. INSURANCH AGENT.-Norwich Union, M. Cook, Chatsworth
curate. There .are Baptist, Primitive Methodist and house, Cardiff road, Luton
Wesleyan chapels at Houghton, and a Wesleyan chapel at
Upper Houghton. The only charity is £ro yearly, left by ScHOOLs:-
the late Mr. Strange, and restricted to members of the A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1878 ; Charles
Church of England. Near the Green is Houghton Hall, the Chrichton Stuart Benning, Dunstable, clerk to the board
seat of Henry Chernocke Gibbs Brandreth esq. J.P. a Whitehead's Free & National (mixed); the school will hold
spacious brick residence, with extensive pleasure grounds 200 scholars; average attendance, 150; & is supported by
and gardens. The peasantry are principally employed in the endowment, a government grant & school fees; Asa.
plaiting straw and in agricultural pursuits. A considerable Keep, master ; Misll Mary Ballance, mistress
portion of the glebe land is divided into allotment gardens, Board (girls & infants), Upper Houghton, erected in r882~
varying from 20 poles to 5 acres. H. C. G. Brandreth for 200 children; average attendance, 120; Miss Powell~
esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and part owner of the land; mistress

the remainder belongs to Mr. Thomas Daniel Cook and RAILWAY STATIONS : -

others. Henry C. G. Brandreth esq. of Houghton Hall, J.P. L. & N. W. Upper Houghton Regis, Henry Griffin, station

is the lay impropriator. The soil is chiefly loam and chalk ; master

subsoil, chalk and chalk marl, with a portion clay. The Great Northern, Church street, Frederick Louis Horn-

chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area brook, station master

Houghton Regis. Pratt John, butcher Facer John, corn dealer

Brandreth Henry Chernocke Gibbs J. P. Rhodes Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Gibbons David, butcher
Houghton hall Riddy William, tailor Grace Thomas, coal merchant
Room Francis, saddler Howard Waiter & Co. strawbottleenve-
Newland Captain William Pritzler Robinson George, The Unicorn P.H
Parrott John, The Green Sanders William (Mrs.), butcher lope manufacturers ; & 44 George st.
Wedge Rev. William B.A. Vicarage Sanders William, straw dealer
Sinkwell Gilbert, engineer Tower hill, London E c
COl\fMERCIAL.
Kempster Charles, beer retailer
Kingston William, straw dealer

· Abel William, butcher Smith Alfred James, steam miller Lock Percy,Railway family& comrcl.htl

:Billington Joseph, bricklayer Smith Nathaniel, boot maker MarshallAlfd. whiting mfr.& stone masn

Bird Daniel, shopkeeper Smith Thomas, farmer, Townsend farm Olney George, Black Bull P.H

Bland John Handel, White Horse P.H timith Wm.farmer, HoughtonGreen fnn Sanders Thomas Fitzhugh, coal mer-

Cook John, farmer, Lower farm Spittel 'fhomas, boot maker chant, ale, porter & stout merchant

· Cook Thos. Danl. farmer, Brewer's hill Squire Thomas, shoeing smith Sanders Wm. Geo. straw hat blocker-

CookThomas, jun.farmer ,Pointer's farm Tearle David, grocer, Post office Smith George Wi1liam, tailor

Cooper Wmiam, farmer, Skimpot Tompkins William & George, butchers Smith Thomas, R1fie Volunteer P.H

Cumberland Thomas, boot maker Tompkins George, straw dealer Traish George, Spread Eagle P.H

Duncombe Charles, bricklayer Tompkins William, blacksmith Tutt Frederick, Bird-in-Hand P.R

Facer Samuel, mealman Webb Henry, carpenter Bidwell.
Flecknell Daniel, straw dealer Wilson Martha (Mrs.), Five Bells P.H

Fletcher William, boot maker Upper Houghton Regis. Barnard Edward, farmer
Parkins John, beer retailer
Forder & Son, lime manufacturers

Freeman Josiah, corn merchant PRIVATE «ESIDENTS. Puddlehill.

Griffin Hy. station master L. & N. W.R Brasier William, Mentmore villa

Groom Daniel, shopkeeper Burgess John, Chiltern villas Mooring Joseph, butcher

Harris Thomas, straw dealer Carruthers George, Chiltern villas Scroggs James, farmer, Greenmanfarm

Hill Sarah (Mrs.), King's Arms P.H Cutler Rowland White John, butcher

Holt John, straw dealer DavisMajorRobertGeo.Shaftesbury villa Sewell.

Hornbrook Fredk.L.station mast. G.N .R Facer George, Chiltern road

Horsier John & Son, shopkeepers Grosvenor Mrs. Chiltern villa Carter William, farmer

Inns Wllliam, straw dealer Howard Walter, High street north Cook Joseph, farmer, Sewell farm

King Joseph, straw dealer, King street Inwards William, Watling house Scroggs Jsph.Richd.farmer,Manor farm

Mayles Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Mayling William, Asprey villa Thorn.

Nearenburg Herbert Henry, Cock inn Simpson Mrs. Alton ho'Qse

Newland William Pritzler, farmer Squire Rev. Arthur Harold B.A.[curate] Allen William, dairyman

Palmer Thomas, The Swan P. H COMMERCIAL. Fensom Benjamin, dairyman

Pateman Henry, butcher Bull Eliza. (Mrs.), shopkeeper Pratt Thomas, farmer

PeddQr George, baker Currant Christopher, mealman Thorne William, farmer . •
~

Pratt .Alfredj Goodfellow Arms P.H

HUSBORNE CRAWLEY is a parish about a mile ated on an enimence, is an edifice of the Decorated and Per·

and a half north from Woburn, on the road to Bedford, pendicular periods, consi~ting of chancel, nave of three bays,

from which it is 12 miles south-west, I mile south-west ais1es and a fine and lofty embatt1ed western tower con·
ram the Ridgmont station of the North Western railway taining a good peal of 6 bells and a clock : in the church is

and 54 miles from London by rail, in the Southern division a monument under a canopy supported by Doric columns,

of the county, hundred of Redbornestoke, petty se.;;ssional with the effigies of a knight in armour and his lady, and

division and union of. Woburn, county coUl't district of from the shield of arms thereon it appears to commemarate
Leighton Buzzard, rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry of some members of the Thomson family, by whom the

1 Hedlord and diooese of Ely. The- church Df St. Mary, situ- manor was held in the 17th centu:ty c' here is a. very

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. 73KEMPSTON.

curious iron-bound chest, suppposed to be ab<1ut 400 years bar and Mr. Morris are the principal landowners. The soil
old : there are sittings for 200 persons. The register dates is light sandy; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat,

from the year rss8. The living is a vicarage, tithe-rent barley and beans. The area is 1,565 acres; rareable value,

charge £r65, net yearly value £r6o, including 5 acres of [2,451; the population in r88r was 479·

glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Bedford, and Parish Clerk, John Alley.
held since 1871 by the Rev. Richard Shepherd M. A. of St. Letters received from Woburn about 8 a. m. Box cleared at
Mary Hall, Oxford. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, 5 p.m. & on sundays at g.go a. m. The nearest money
built in r867. There is a charity estate producing £96 order & telegraph office is at Aspley Guise

yearly, which is appropriated to repairs of the church, and A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1878; William

for apprenticing and distribution to the poor: the fuel land Henry Smith, \Yoburn, clerk to the board
produces £35 yearly. Crawley House, the residence of Board (formerly Church of England) School (mixed), erected
Mrs. Orlebar, is pleasantly situated in park-like grounds, and in 1867,with mistress's house, by the late Duke of Bedford,
the view from the garden front is very picturesque. The for 90 children; average attendance, 55; Miss Sarah Jane
Duke of Bedford K.G. who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Orle- Painter, mistress

Clark William Barnwell Artbur Thos. Albert, farmer Denton George, Bull inn, & butcher

Elliott .ArthurEdward,Experimental fm Barnwell Chas. Ralph, baker & corn dlr Harris Hannah (Mrs.), farmer
Orlebar Mrs. Crawley house Bowler Frederick, butcher Hobbs William, farmer
Shepherd Rev. Richard M.A. Vicarage Bunker William, White Horse P.H. & Mardling Henry, coach builder
Smith Fredk. Edwin, White cottage Morris James, farmer & landowner
Templeton James, Elm cottage cattle dealer &c Parker William, carter
Wastall Frederick Carley William, Bedford .Arms P.H Sanders Isaac, farmer, Manor farm
Cook Alfred, woodman Turney Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper
COMMERCIAL. Elliott Arthur Edward, experimental TurneyWm.Edwd.farmr.Red Field frm
Attack Samuel, agricultural engineer
farm manager, Experimental farm

EAST HYDE is a village, situated on the borders of M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. The Hyde.

Hertfordshire, 3 miles south-east from Luton, in the the property of Major Gerard Vivian Ames, of The Hyde, St.
Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty Albans, is occupied by the Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon; Copt
sessional division, union and county court district of Luton, Hall, now occupied by a farmer, was for seventeen years the
rural deanery of Luton, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese residence of Dr. Stuart, late Archbishop of Armagh, while

of Ely; it was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1843 vicar of Luton (1779-96). Madame de Falbe, of Luton Hoo,
from Luton civil parish, and consists of portions of the ham- who is lady of the manor, and Major Gerard Vivian Ames
let of EAST HYDE with CHILTERN GREEN and KINSMAN are the landed proprietors. The soil is sandy loam; sub-
GREEN, formerly in the parish of Luton. The Great soil, chalk and clay. The chief crops are corn and the usual

Northern railway has a station here, which is called New green crops. The area is 1,936 acres; the population in r88:r.
Mill End ; and facing this station is the Chiltern Green was 369.
station of the Midland railway. The church of the Holy Parish Clerk, John Desborough.
Trinity, erected in 1840-1 by subscription, on a site given by Letters through Luton. The nearest money order office is
the late Marquess of Bute, is a building of brick, in the Nor- at Luton & telegraph office at G.N. station, New Mill End
man style, consisting of chancel, nave, porch and a small National School (mixed), for 100 children; average atten-
western tower: it has stained windows, and si.ttings for 400 dance, 6o; there is a mistress's house; Miss Mary Clark~
persons. The register dates from the year 1841. The living mistress
Is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £170, gross yearly value RAILWAY STATIONS:-
£213, with residence, in the gift of Major Gerard Vivian Midland, Robert Cotterill, station master

Ames, and held since r88o by the Rev. Walter Begley New Mill End, George Gregory, st.ation master

Begley Rev. Walter M.A. Vicarage Cole Benjamin, miller (steam & water), Pigott George, farmer, New Mill end
Bowes-Lyon Hon. Francis, The Hyde
.Avery Richard, farmer, Hyde farm Hyde mill Pigott Walter, farmer, Chiltern green
Broach James, Leather Bottle P.H
Lines Edward, blacksmith Tingay George, farmer, New Mill end

Lyon Walter, farmer, Copt hall

KEMPSTON is a large straggling village and parish, erected in 1868 at a cost of about £2,4oo, defrayed by sub~

crossed by the Midland and North Western railways, situ- scriptions and grant, as a chapel of ealle to the parish church~

ated on the river Ouse, touching Bedford on the south-west, is a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting
in the Nortbern division of the county, hundred of Red- of chancel and nave, and a bell turret containing one bell;
bornestoke, petty sessional division, union and county court there are several stained memorial windows: the church is
district of Bedford, rural deanery of Haynes, arc·hdeaconry used by the military from the barracks, who attend service
of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The principal part of the on Sundays at ro a.m. An iron church was erected in
village is 2 miles south-by-west from Bedford station. The Spring road, 1888; will seat about 200 persons. A Cemetery
church of All Saints, standing near the banks of the river of 2 acres was formed m 1878, at a cost of £6oo, with a mor~
Ouse, about a mile from the largest part of the village, is a tuary chapel, and is under the control of a Burial Board of
building of stone, in the Norman and Decorated styles, con- nine members. An account of the Bedford County School~
sisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a western situated in this parish, is given under Bedford ; which see.

tower of Norman date containing 5 bells, two of which were The Brigade Depot Barracks for the Beds and Herts dis-
cast in r6o3 and r6r9: the roof of the porch, which is strme trict will be found described under Bedford. There is a
groined, was opened and cleaned in the year r838, and an Bunyan Meeting and Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist

external staircase was built in the year 1837: in repairing chapels. Near the village is Springfiehl House, a private
the floor of the porch in 1840, a monumental slab, bearing establishment for both sexes suffering under mental disease,
a remarkably formed cross, was discovered, which is now conducred by Dr. Bower: it is pleasantly situared in its own
placed outside, against the west wall: three feet below this grounds of about 30 acres. Here is a large corn mill. Gas
sl::Lb a skeleton was met with, but there was no trace of any works were erected here in 1869 by Mr. E. Ransom, the

coffin: the Decorated east window was restored and filled present proprietor. Pillow lace i:s made in the parish ; also
with stained glass, as a memorial to N. Fitr.patrick M.D. his bricks and draining pipes. The charity land of 23 acres at
wife and daughter; the family are interred in a vault by Marsh Leys produces [30 yearly, and Sir William Long's of

the north wall: the chancel possesses some beautifully 12 acres at Radwell £30 yearly, the latt.er sum being fol"'
carved oak benches, ornamented with poppy-heads, and a distribution in beef. The Grange, the seat of Geoffrey and
handsome bench, the gift of the Rev. H. Clutterbuck, late James Harold Howard esqrs. ; Moorland, the residence of
patron and incumbent: the carved oak reading desk and Frederick Stanley Carpenter esq. J.P. ; The Hoo, the seat of
Perpendicular pulpit were furnished by subHcription: there Robert Orr Campbell esq. and Kempston Bury, the residence
is a Decorated font, supported by four shafts; the sides have of Walter George Hatfeild Harter esq. J. P. are fine residences,.
canopies, alrernately Surmounting mutilated figures : there charmingly situated. .Many indications of Saxon remains have
are no monumental remains of interest, except a memorial been found in the parish, including warlike weapons, as well
to t.he "seven sones" and ten daughters of William Carter, as personal ornaments of various sorts, and British remains
placed here by direction of his wife, Marie, in 1605: two are still at times discovered. There are three chief manors :
panels from tile rood-screen, preserved in the vestry, ex- Mrs. Charles-Williamson is lady of the manorJJf Kempston
hibit very ancient paintings of God presenting Eve to Adam, Daubeny and St. John ; Talbot Barnard esq. lord of the
the Temptation, God Pronouncing the Curse, and the Ex- manor of Kempston Hastingsbury, and the governors of
pulsion from Paradise: there is also an ancient ''Book of Christ's Hospital are lords of the manor of Kempston Hard-
Homeleys." The register dates from the year 1570. The wick. The princip<\llandowners are Christ's Hospital; Capt.

liTing is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £6, net yearly value ~r. P. Newland J.P. of Kempston House; William L.Farrer esq.

£347• including 192 acres of glebe, with residence, in the of Brafield House, Bucks; Mrs.llurton-Alexander, of Paven-
gift of John D. Allcroft esq. of ro8 Lancaster gate, London ham Bury; the trustees of the late James Howard esq.;
w, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Henry Baugh M.A. of Colonel Stuart D.L., J. P. of Tempsford Hall, Sandy, and Mrs.

Queens' College, Cambridge. The chllrch of St. John, Mitchell, of Box End. The soil is principally clay; subsoil,

74 . KEMPSTON. BEDFORDSHIRE. (KELLY'S

limestone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, BoARD SCHOOLS:-
beans and peas, and dairy produce. The area is 5, r68 acres; A. School Board was formed here in February, 1876, cam-
rateable value, [14,823; the population in r88r was 3,432,
including 378 in the r6tb Brigade Depot. The hamlets or posed of 5 members. The Church of England l•oluntary
"ends" of the parish are sixteen, viz. :-Up End, Gravel
End, East End, Hardwicke Bell End, Church End, Green schools, then in existence, were transferred to the board
End, Littleworth End, Wood End, West End, Crow End, in August of the same year; W. G. C. Mitchell, Bedford,
Bourne End, Thistley Green, Bridge End, Moor End and clerk to the board
Box End. The above hamlets vary in distance from half a Church End (mixed), for 200 children; average attendance,
mi1e to a mile from the village.
rso; William Johnston, master
.Acting Clerk and Sexton, William Crowsley.
Up End (mixed), for 293 children; average attendance,
PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & .Annuity & Insurance Office. 278; William Owen, master
Infant School, Up End, for 319 children; average attend-
-Hugh Joseph Rignall, postmaster. Letters received ance, 220; Miss Caroline J oyce, mistress
through Bedford arrive at 6.50 a. m. & 11.45 a. m. ; dis- CARRIERS TO BEDFORD.-Amos Wilson, daily; Jn.Lack,daily
OMNIBUS TO BEDFORD.-Wm.Marshall,from the' Half Moon,'
patched at r2. 30 p. m. & 5· 55 p.m
INSURANCE .AGENT.-Imperial Fire, S. Foster 8 a. m. 2.45 & 6 p.m. daily (sundays excepted); Henry
Berrell, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Tompkins Henry, Tavistock lodge Keep James, grocer! Bell end

Bagshaw William, Bedford road Toole James, Spring road Keep Mary (Mrs.), grcr. & drpr.Up end

Barrett Mrs. Park view Wa.tson Alfred William, The Cottage 1 King John, beer retailer, Green end

Bartram John, St John's street White Mrs. The Laurels King George & Sons,farmers,Kempston

Baugh Rev. Henry M. A. Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Hardwick

Beaumont Capt. Lindsay, The Lodge Abbott John, shopkeeper & carpenter Kirby & Son, market gardeners, Box

Bentley Waiter Smith, Spring road Abraham Thomas, beer retailer Tree farm

Bower David M.D. Springfield house ANSTEE BENJAMIN, iron & brass Knight Cbas. beer ret. New Spring rd

Bull William, Spring road founder, millwright, engineer &c. ; i Litchfield Charles, tobacco pipe maker

Burney Mrs. Spring road steam engines, agricultural imple- MallowsArthr.Wm.KingWilliamiV.P.ll
Campbell Robert Orr, The Hoo
ments & machinery of everydescrip- 1 Manton James, Wellington P.R, Bat-

Carpenter Fredk. Stanley J.P.Moorland tion repaired at moderate charges tenberg road

Charles-Williamson Mrs. St. John's Anstee John, millwright, Vp end Maynard Samuel, butcher

Homes Ashwell Emanl. cart owner, Bedford rd Morris William, carter

Claxton Brawham Henry,l\Iargaret's rd Barker Alfred, beer retailer Mortimer Hy. grocr. & baker, Spring rd

Cocksege George, Spring road Barker Amos, furniture dealer Munns Hy. baker & grocer, Bedford rd

DawsonJohn D. Battenberg road Barr .Annie Morris (Mrs.), Duke inn Newland W. P. farmer
Eccles Edwin, Spring road
BartramThomas,coal merchant, Up end I Newman Benj. farmer, Vicarage farm

Fane Thomas, Derby villa Bayes Elizh. (Mrs.), grocer, Beatrice rd Nottingham John, sergeant of police,

Faulkner Miss C. Derby villa Bellamy Joseph, boot maker St. John's street

Foster Samuel, St. John's close Boston Thomas, farmer, Wood end Odell James, beer retailer, West end

Francis David, Thornton road Bower David M. D. Springfield House Page E. & Co. Limited, manufacturers

Franklin Mrs. Spring road asylum. See advertisement of improved brick, pipe & tile ma-

Gadsden Mrs. Spring road Brooks John, farmer, Church end chinery for hand, horse or steam

Gilbert Jesse, Spring road Brooks William, chimney sweeper power, clay crushing rollers, brick

Glyde William Henry, Sutton cottage Brummell Geo. beer retailer, Green end presses, brick trucks & every requisite

Handscombe George, Beatrice road Burnapp Edward, house decorator for the brickyard, tanks, bridges,

Harper John, Thornton road Burr John, farmer, West end roofs &c. ; & at Bedford

HarterWa1terGeo.Hatfeild J.P.TheBury Burridge & Co. brick mas. Hardwickhl Payne Charles (exors. of), farmers,

Henman Mrs. Bedford road Burt Austin, butcher, Spring road Meadow farm, Crow end

Holderness Mrs. Spring road Cane Charles Henry, tailor & draper Pearse John, shopkeeper, Up end

Howard Geoffrey, The Grange Cemetery (Frederick StanleyCarpenter, Panter A.rthur, builder

Howard James Harold, The Grange chairman & clerk to the board) Pearson Alfred, saddler

Howard The ~Iisses, The Grange Chamberlain Frances (Mrs.), baker Pedley Wm. Martin, farmer, Wood end

Hull Charles, Spring road Chibnall Alfred Ben. farmer, Box end Pick Wm. John, commercial traveller

Hull John, Spring road Cocking Geo.Jackson,farmr.Lodge frm Pool William, beer retailer, Bell end

Hutchinson William, Spring road Cocking John, farmer, College farm Preston Edwin, Bedford Arms P.H.

Joyce John, Chester villa Cranfield John S. farmer, Kempston Bedford road

Joyce Joseph, Spring road Hardwick Quenby Richard, corn dealer & farmer

Joyce Mrs Day Thomas, Chequers P.H. & farmer, Quenby Thomas W. farmer,Brookfarm

Kneebone Major Frederic, Spring road Kempston Hardwick Red man Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Knight Mrs. Up end DimmockC!Js.pat.med.vndr.St.John'sst Riddy Arthur, baker & grcr. Bedford rd

Lamb David, St. John's street Dumpley Richard, beer ret. & shoe ma Rignall Robert, mealman & baker

Longstaff Mrs. Providence lodge Ellison Jas. brewer & beer ret. Up end Hoberts George, painter & glazier

Marr Miss Farrer William, beer retailer, Wood end Robinson John, shopkeeper, Bedford rd

Martell Henry, Bedford road Felts Jesse, tinplate worker Robinson JohnWm.Bird,frmr.Westend

Mitchell Mrs Folkes James, bricklayer, Bell end Robinson Joseph, blacksmith

~itchell William George Carter Ford Frederick Theophilus, tailor Sanders & Grose, curriers, Spring road

Newland Capt. W. Prit:Gler J.P. Kemp- Foster Fk. Wm. tobaccnst. St. John's st Seal Richard, beer retailer

ston house Foster Samuel, builder, contractor & Sharp William, beer retailer, Up end

Newton Isaac, Lee cottage brick & tile manufacturer; & at Shelton David, shopkeeper, Spring road

Norton Miss, Springfield house Bedford & Ravensden Slater George, beer retailer

Norton Miss, Laura villa, Spring road Francis George, wheelwright Smith George Francis, baker

Navis Thomas, Spring road Gale Frederick, painter &c Stevens John, greengrocer, Up:end

Page Mrs. The Elms Garner John & Son, coal dealers Stratton Robert, carpenter

Pedley William Martin Gas Works (Edwin Ransom, proprietr) Taylor Arthur, beer retailer

Pepper Rev. Thomas Staples [curate], Green Joseph & Samuel, tar distillers, Tory Michael, shopkeeper

Laura villa, Spring road Gravel end Tysoe Charles, beer retailer, Box end

Pbillips David, Spr:ng road Greening James, coffee tavern Valentine Robert, general dealer

Poole Rev. Ernest Davies [curate], Harris .Alfred, farmer, Wood end Walker William, boot & shoe maker

Bedford road Harvey Sarah(Mrs. ),shopkpr.Spring rd Watts John, general dealer, Days farm

Powell Rev. John Keal M.A. [curate], Haynes George, pork butcher West Thomas, farmer, Box end

Bedford road Hebbes Cornelius & George, brick Whitbread Chas. beer retlr. Woburn rd

Prentice John, Beatrice road makers, Wood end White Catherine (Mrs.), butcher

Roberts Miss, The Cottage Hilton Francis John, farmer, Hoo farm Whitthall Henry, carpenter

Seabrook William, Spring road Holmes Charles, wheelwright, Box end Whitworth Lewis, farmer, Marsh leys

Smith George, Battenbergroad Horn Geo. miller (water) & corn mer Withworth William, butcher, Up end

Source John George, Spring road Houghton George, shopkeeper WilsonElizh. Pool( Mrs.), ThreeF1shesP,H

Stow Mrs. Green end Huckle Sarah Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Wynter Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer

Stenhouse Col. William, Manor house Hull Amos, shopkeeper, Up end Wooding Henry, grocer & poulterer

Stimson William, Kempston Hardwick Joyce Jabez, tailor, Bedford road Worrall Charles, general dealer, Upend

Tebbett Mrs. Bedford villa Joyce Joyce, dairyman & grocer Worrall Harry James, bricklayer

Tibbitt Mrs. Spring road
-

XEYSOE (anciently CAISSOT), situated on the road from 1from Bedford and 4 south from Kimbolton, in the Northern

Bedford to Kimboltont is a. village and parish 9 miles north 1division of the county, hundred of Stodden, Shambrook

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. "15

petty sessional division, union and county court district of the Rev. John Hill Banham M.A· of that college. The Bap-

Bedford, rural deanery of Risely, archdeaconry of Bedford tists have three chapels, one at Brook End, one at Keysoe

and diocese of Ely. 'fhe church of St. Mary is a stone Row and one at Mill Hill. John Sambrooke Crawley esq.

building of mixed styles, cl1iefly Decorated and Perpendicular, J.P. of Stockwood, Luton, is lord of t.he manor and principal

and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave with north aisle, landowner. The soil is stiff clay ; subsoil, clay. The chief

extending to length of chancel, south porch and a massive crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 3,503 acres;

western tower with crocketed pinnacles and octagonal spire, rateable yalue, [3,389; population in 1881 was 710.

with three tiers of dormers, and containing- a clock and 5 Parish Clerk, Isaac Stapleton.

bells: the font is Early English, probably dating from 12001 PosT OFFICE, Mill Hill. - William Woodward, receiver.

and has the following inscription, as r,mdered into modern Letters through St. Neots arrive at 8 a.m. & 2 p.m. ; dis-

French, running round the base: patched at 10.50 a.m. & 5 p.m. Risely is the nearest

" Trestui qui par ici passerez money order & Kimbolton the nearest telegraph office

Pour l'ame de Ware! priez: LETTER Box in Keysoe Row cleared at 4·45 p.m

Que Dieu par sa grace Letters for Brook End & Mill Hill & other parts are de-

Vraie merci lui fasse: Amen." livered via Kirubolton, &those for K ~ysoe Row via Great

There is also an ancient slab, inscribed in Lombardic capi- Staughton

tals: "AVBRE : DE : T-YE : GIST : CY: DIEV: DJ<:: County Police Station, Eli Bayes, constable

SA : ALME: EYT: MERCY," and a coped slab carved with A School Board of 5 members was formed July 29, 1873;

crosses recerclee and roses: there is a piscina on the south George Hartopp, clerk to the board; Joseph Adams,

side of the chancel and east end of the north aisle : the east Kempstone road, Bedford, attendance officer

window of the chancel was filled with stained glass in 1885 Board School (mixed), erected in 1875, at a cost of £I,soo,

representing the Crucifixion, in memory of the late vicar, inclusive of house for master, for 150 children; avera~e

the Rev. W. Airy M.A. : the edifice was restored principally attendance, 90 ; Charles G. .A.pthorpe, master

by the vicar, assisted by subscriptions, in 1885: there are The National School, erected in 184o, is now used as a

270 sittings. The register dates from the year 17I5. The sunday school

living is a vicarage, gross yearly value about [285, in- CARRIERS TO:-

cluding 150 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the BEDFORD-William Gillett, wed. & sat.; Thos. Ruff, sat. ;

Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, who are Robert Cunnington, sat

also the impropriators of the rectory, and held since 1875 by S-r. NEOTS-William Gillett, thurs. ; R. Cunnington, thurs

Banham Rev. John Hill M.A. Vicarage 1 Green Frank, miller (wind), Mill hill Perkins Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr. Mill hill
Ruff Thomas, carriert Brook end
Hartop James, Brook end Green Thomas, farmer, Keysoe row Saunderson John, farmer, Keysoe row
Stanton Eli, butcher, Brook end
Perkins Rev. Fredk. [Baptist], Mill hill HartWm.beer ret.&blcksmth.Brook end Stanton Jesse, farmer, Brook en cl
Stapleton Edward, farmer, Brook end
Varley Rev. Thomas [Baptist], The Hartop Benjamin, farmer, Brook end Stewart Jas.frmr.&cattle dlr.Brook end
Stewart Joseph, jun. White Horse P.H.
Manse, Brook end HartopGeo.frmr.College frm.Kcysoe rw
Keysoe row
COMMERCIAL. Hartop John, farmer, Brook end
StewartJsph.hawker& frmr.Keysoe rw
Barnett Geo. G. cowkeeper, Brook eml. Hartop Josiah,ratecollector,Keysoerow
Wal~er Abel, tailor, Brook end
Brown John, farmer, Keysoe row Hawkins Benjamin, farmer, Keysoe row Walker George, farmer, The Grange
Wilkinson Wm. farmer, Hardwick end
Currington Robert, Chequers P.H. & Hawkins John, farmer, Keysoe farm Wise John, farmer, Mill hill

farmer, Brook end Hawkins Thos. beer retailer,Keysoe row Wise William, farmer, Mill lane

Dickins William, bricklayer,Keyso~ row Hill John, shopkeeper, Keysoe row Woodward Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Woolston Elijah, shopkeeper, Mill hill
Fisher Charles, carpenter, Keysoe row Hill Thom<ls, beer retailer, Keysoe row Woolston Thomas, farmer, Keysoe row

Fisher John, carpenter, Keysoe row James George, farmer, Keysoe row

Freeman Thos. shopkeeper, Keysoe row James John, beer retailer & butcher,

George John, farmer, Keysoe row Keysoe row

George Thomas,shopkeeper,Keysoe row King Charles, farmer, Berry fields

Gillett Charles, shopkeeper, Brook end I King Charles, jun. farmer, Park farm

Gillett Emma(Mrs.),shopkpr.Brook end j Page George R. wheelwright, Mill hill

Gillett William, carrier, Keysoe row

KNOTTING is a village and parish, situated on the yearly value [4oo, with residence, in the gift of Charles

borders of Nurthamptonshire, 3 miles north from Sharn- Magniac esq. and held since 1856 by the Rev. George Digby

brook railway station, 10 north from Bedford, 8 south-west Newbolt n.A. of Brasenose rollege, Oxford, who resides at

from Kimbolton and 4~ south-south-east from Higham Souldrop. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Charles

Ferrers, in tlle Northern division of the county, hundred of Maguiac e.sq. of Colworth, Bedford, is chief landowner and

Stodden, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, union and lord of the manor. Tb.e soil is black loam ; subsoil, clay.

county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Felmers- The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area

ham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. 'fhe is 1,698 acres; rateable value, £r,458 ; population in I88I

church of St. Margaret is a small stone structure, in the was r86.

Norman and Early English styles, with Decorated inser- Parish Clerk, Josepb Hodby.
tions, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and chapel
Letters through Bedford, via Sharnbrook, arrive at 8. 30
and a small western tower containing a clock and one bell:
the chancel arch is Normau, with zigzag mouldings: on the a.m. WALL LETTE.u Box cleared at 6.10 p.m. The
parapet of the tower is the date 16r5, and a roof beam of nearest money order & telegraph office is at Sharnbrook

the nave is dated 1669: there are about 70 sittings. The National School (mixed), erected by the Duke of Bedford in

register dates from about the year 1592. The living is a 18581 for 46 children; average attendance, 35; & sup-

rectory, consolidated with that of Souldrop, joint gross ported by Charles Magniac esq.; Miss Amelia Coles, mist
I jBanks Joseph, farmer, The Green
Robinson Wallace, farmer, Tho Green Wiggins Elijah, shopkeeper

Hine Thos. Thorpe, farmer, 1\'Ianor ho

LANGFORD is a parish and village, bounded on the tage. Some British mounds have been discovered on the
west side of the church. There are here three manors : the
west by the river Ivel, 2 miles south from Biggleswade, 4 manor of Holme with Langford, of which the Dean and
north-east from Shefford, 9 north from Hitchin and 7 north- Chapter of Westminster are lords; the manor of Langford
north-west from Baldock, in the Northern division of the Rectory, of which the Hon. Mr. Justice Hawkins is lord;
county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and county and the manor of Langford, of which Francis John Gurney
court district of Bizgleswade, rural deanery of Shefford, esq. is lord. The principal landowners are the Marquess of
archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church Salisbury K.G., P.C. Messrs. Lindsell and Maiden and l''rancis
of St. Andrew is an unpretending but ancient building of John Gurney esq. The soil is chiefly gravel; subsoil, gravel.
stone, consisting of chancel and nave of fi \'e bays, north aisle, The chief crops are wh.;at, oats, barley and peas, and mar-
south porch and a south tower containing 3 bells : there are ket garden produce. The area is 2,091 acres ; rateable
a few ancient monuments: the church was partially restored value, £8,637; the population in 1881 was 1,242.
in 1875 and was reseated in r884 in oak: a vestry has been PosT OFFICE, Langford.-Miss Annie Street, receiver.
erected in memory of the Rev. H. Addington, late vicar: a
new organ was erected in r885: there are 360 sittings. The Letters arriva from Biggleswade at 7 & 10.45 a.m.; dis-
register dates from the year 1700. The living is a vicarage, patched at 10.45 a..m. & 6.30 p.m. Biggleswade is the
gross yearly value [270, including 104 acres of glebe, with nearest money order & telegraph office
residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since
A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1873 ; T. J.
1871 by the Rev. Christopher Cooper Ewbank M.A. of Clare
College, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyau chapel, and there Hooper, Biggleswade, clerk to the board; RQbert Harry
are charities amounting to £14 yearly, for bread and cloth-
Cater, attendance officer
ing. Primrose Club Room, erected by the late Mrs. D. Board School (mixed), built in 1876, for 258 children ;

Brown in I885, now belongs to Mrs. C. Wright, Ivy Cot- average attendance, 199; Robert IHarry Cater, master;
Miss Nichols, infanta' m•stroa&

76 LANGFORD. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Barton Misses Chapman Thomas, beer retailer Rutt George, beer retailer
Brown Albert
Brown Mrs. W Cousens George, beer retailer Rutt J ames, grocer
Ewbank Rev. Christopher Cooper M.A.
Day Joshua, farmer Seward Harry, wheelwright
Vicarage
Gurney Francis John Dear Mary (Miss), shopkeeper Seward Maydwell, market gardener&.
Woodcraft Ernest
Wright Charles James, Ivy cottage Gravestocks Jane (Miss), shopkeeper & coal dealer

COMMERCIAL. market gardener Smith Jesse, market gardener

Barker Joseph Frederick, baker & Green Thomas, beer retailer Stimson Amos, baker
market gardener &assistant overseer
Gurney Francis John, farmer, Church Stimson Eli, boot maker
Bates Frederick, grocer, Church end
Bates Tom, The .Boot P.H & Manor farms Stimson George, beer retailer
Bates William, market gardener
Batson Susan (Mrs.), market gardener Hawkins Frederick, market gardener Stimson George, shopkeeper
Berry Robert Thompson, butcher
Brown George, Crown inn Hawkins William, farmer Str':let Annie (Miss), grocer & draper,&.
Brown Joseph, beer retailer & farmer
Capon James, market gardener Isberwood Robert, farmer post office

Kemp Charles, market gardener Street Jesse, farmer

King- Wm. carpenter & market gardener Turner Thomas, blacksmith

Kingsley George, farmer Whitby William, Plough inn

Pbipps Frank, baker Whiteman James, farmer

Potton David, beer retailer Woodcra.ft&Cobb, millers (steam&water)

Ray John, baker Wright Alfred, bricklayer

LEIGHTON BUZZARD.

J.,EJGHTON BuzzARD is a union town, parish, head of a tower r ro feet high, with an octagonal belfry, surmounted
county court district and petty sessional division, and 40~ by eight perforated gablets, terminating in trefoil heads: the

miles from London by railway, 20 south-west from Bedford, church will contain 6oo persons ; all the sittings are free: it

6 south from Woburn, 14 south-west from Ampthill, 8 is a chapel of ease, and has an endowment of £6 yearly.

north-west from Dunstable, wfrom Aylesbury and IS from Here are Baptist (two), Wesleyan and Primitive Metho-

Hemel Hempstead, in the Southern division of the county, dist chapels, and a Meeting House for the Society of Friends.

hundred of Manshead, rural deanery of Dunstable, arch- A Cemetery of 8 acres, situated in Miletree road, was

deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely: the parish contains formed in r882, at a cost of about £3,ooo, including a mar-

the ecclesiastical parishes of Billington, Eggington, Heath tuary chapel of stone and brick, with stained glass win-

and Reach, and ~tanbridge, and the market town and town- dows: it is under the control of a Burial Board of nine

ship of Leighton Buzzard. The railway station is situated members.

in the adjoining parish of Linslade (Bucks) and is half a The Town Hall, situated near the centre of the market

mile from the town; the Grand Junction canal passes place, and rebuilt in r8sr, is a plain structure, adorned at

through Linslade near the river Ousel ; the canal and rail- its western entrance and on the exterior of the south wall

way give easy communication both with the metropolis and with ancient statues, removed from the Market Cross on its

the northern counties, and a branch railway has been formed restoration: the County Court is held here monthly.

from here to Dunstable, a distance of 7 miles. The adjunct The Corn Exchange, situated in the Corn Market, and

to the name is generally thought to be a corruption of erected in r862, at a cost, including site, of about £7,soo,

Beaudesert, though some have derived it from Bozard, is a building of stone in a modern Italian style, from designs

otherwise Basart, the name of an ancient family, one of by Messrs. Bella.my and Hardy, of Lincoln: in the centre is

whom was knight of the shire in the reign of Edward Ill. an open tower, projecting over the pavement, the lower

Some have conjectured that this is the place called Lygoean story of which is arched, and the npper one has carved

Burgh, mentioned in the Saxon Chronicles as having been caryatides, supporting a deep frieze and a bold modillion

taken in S7I by Cuthwulf, brother of the King of Wessex. cornice, over which a beautifully proportioned octangular

The town stands near the north·western border of the turret rises to the height of about Ss feet: the assembly

county, and on the eastern bank of the Ousel, a tributary of room, entered from a spacious landing, is capable of seat-

the Ouse, which here separates the county from Bucks ; it ing 300 to 350 persons, and attached are retiring rooms :

consists of one wide and several smaller streets, branching the Exchange Hall will seat from 6oo to Soo persons.

wmoff at the Market place, and is lighted with gas, and contains The Temperance Hall, Lake street, erected in r845,

some fine buildings ; water is obtained from pumps and seat 480 persons. Meetings are on Friday at 8 p.m

private wells. The market is held on Tuesday for the sale of corn, cattle,

'Ihe church of All Saints, formerly collegiate, is a spacious provisions and other merchandise; there is also a general

cruciform embattled structure, principally of the Early market for meat, fish and vegetables, on Saturdays. Ti)e

English period, and consisting of chancel with an ancient fairs are generally large (for horses and cattle), and are held.

vestry on the north, nave, aisles, transepts, north, south on February s, second Tuesday in April, Whit-Tuesday,

and west porches, and a central tower with pinnacles and July 26, October 24, and the Tuesday following the roth

octagonal spire, containing 8 bells: the windows, nine of December. The wool fair is held on the first Friday in

which are stained, are nearly all Perpendicular, and some July, and is one of the largest in the county. The statute

have very good tracery: the chancel retains its stalls, and (pleasure) fair is held on the first Tuesday after the nth

there is some good screen work, and an eagle lectern of October.

wood, with traces of colour and a chain for padlock at- In the Market place is an elegant and well-known cross.

tached: there is an early font, with circular bulging basin, in the Perpendicular style, with flat groined arches below,

on a short round columnar base, surrounded by four shafts, erected in the year 1330: near the top are five niches, con-

the capitals of which are level with the rim of the basin: taining statues of the Virgin and Child; a bearded figure,

there are monuments to William Jackmain, gent. 1592; supposed to be Edwd. IlL ; a bishop (possibly the bishop

Francis Willis, gent. 1646, and his wife Margaret (Saunders), of the diocese for the time being) ; St. John the Bapti.st.

and Catherine, wife of Richard Whitlock, gent. 1649: the with the Agnus Dei and a book; and the figure of Christ a&

church was thoroughly restored in 188s-6, at a cost of over risen from the tomb: the whole terminates in a crocketed

[3,ooo, defrayed by public subscriptions, including a dona- spire, the height being about 40 feet: in 1852 it was re-

tion of £100 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and was stored, at a cost of £350.

re-opened July 'loth, r886. The register dates from the The Bank of Messrs. Bassett and Company, on the south

year rs62, and includes the earlier registers of Billington, side of the Market place, erected in r866, from the design&

Eggington, Heath and Reach, and some part of Stanbridge. of Mr. Waterhonse, is a building of Ancaster stone, in the.

The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £3oo gross Gothic style.

yearly value £3_')o, with residence, and formerly in the gift The Leighton Horticultural Society holds a show yearly

of the prebendary of Leighton Buzzard in Lincoln Cathedral, in August.

but the prebendary's interest therein, valued at £193, has The Gas Works of the Leighton Buzzard Gas and Coke-

been purchased by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and Co. situated on the railway from Leighton Buzzard to Dun-

the living is now in the gift of the Bishop of Ely, and has stable, were built in 1882, at a cost of £6,ooo; the whole

been held since 1862 by the Rev. Thomas Wallis Richards covers an area of about 3 acres, and includes board room

M.A. of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and surrogate. and offices.

The Ecclesiastical Commis;;ioners pay £120 towards the The inhabitants are employed to some extent in the manu-

stipend of a curate in the parish, and £6o towards stipend facture of straw plait.

of a second curate. The Working Men's Club and Institute, situated in :North

The church of St. Andrew, erected in 1866-7, at a cost of street, was erected at the cost of Theodore Harris esq. J.P.

£3,800, and consecrated July n, 1867, is a building in the of the Cedars, from the designs of Mr. Reed, architect, of

Early Decorated style, with some French details, and con- London, and has a library of nearly 3,soo volumes, part of

sists of chancel, nave, aisles, vestry, organ chamber and a, which was presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford E.G.

DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. 77LIIGBTON BUZZAUD.

There is also a Biblical library of about x,ooo volumes. each of whom receives 6s. weekly, besides fuel and cloth-

During the winter season cooked provisions are dispensed to ing: this charity is managed by a body of eight trustees ;

invalids on payment of a small fee. The Institute is there are several other charities, the funds of which are

supported by its ordinary and honorary members, now distributed in bread and coal to the poor several times in the

(1890) about 550 in number, and by a small endowment. year.

Through the generosity of Theodore Harris esq. J.P. the At Grove, or Grovebury, in the parish of Leighton, there

Institute has been acquired by the town at less than one- was anciently a priory of nuns, founded about u69 by

third its cost. .Amongst the principal subscribers for its Henry II. and colonized from Fontevrault, in Normandy;

purchase were the Duke of Bedford K.G. and the Marquess being confiscated during- the wars with France, it was

-(){ Tavistock, who gave £soo, and Leopold de Rotbschild eventually granted to the dean and canons of Windsor;
.esq. £zoo: it is vested in trustees, and its affairs are here was also, temp. Henry II. a house of Cistercian monks,

managed by a president, treasurer, two vice-presidents, two subordinate to Woburn .Abbey.

-secretaries and a committee of 26 members (13 ho!lorary The mtmor belongs to Sir Edward Henry Hanmer bart.

and 13 working). Theodore Harris esq. J.P president. who holds courts leet and baron in Whitsun week and the

The Provident Dispensary, situated in North street, was last Thursday in October. The principal landowners are the

established in 1875; it is managed by a committee, consist- Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Sir Edward Henry Hanmer

ing of the officers of the Dispensary, the Clergy and Non- hart. Edward Lawford esq. J.P. and Francis Bassett esq. J. P.

-conformist Ministers resident in the Leighton union, the ex- The area of the entire parish is 8,ggoacres, which includes

officio and elected Guardians of the Poor, and some others. Billington, Eggington, Heath and Reach and Stanbridge ;

Here is a charity, founded in 1630 by Edward Wilkes, the area of the township is r,7oo acres; rateable value,

and further endowed in 1692 by Matthew Wilkes; the £r8,749; the population in 188r was-of the parish 8,278,

income, amounting to £272 yearly, derived from land, is including 143 officers and inmates in the workhouse, and of

expended in placing out as apprentices two boys every other the township 5, 99 r.

year, and maintaining almshouses for ten poor widows, Parish Clerk, John Drage, Hockliffe street.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & .Annuity & Insurance Office. Edlesborough (Bucks), Eggington (Beds), Fancott (Beds),

-John Morgan J ohnson, postmaster Grove (Bucks), Great Billington (Beds), Heath (Beds),

DELIVERIES.-] & 9·45 a.m, 3·30 & 6.15 p.m.; Sundays, 7 Heath & Reach (Beds), Hockliffe (Beds), Hollingdon

a.m. only (Bucks), Hort;on (Bucks), Hudnall (Bucks), Hulcote

DrsPATCEES.-Local, 5.30 a.m.; the North, 7·35 a.m.; Lon- (Beds), Husborne Crawley (Beds), Ivinghoe (Bucks),

don, the Southern, Eastern & Western counties, Dunstable Labor-in-Vain (Bucks), Ledburn (Bucks), Leighton Buz·

&Luton,8.5o a. m.; London & Southern, Eastern & Western zard (Beds), Linslade (Bucks), Little Billington (Heds),

counties, 11.30 a.m. & 12.35 p.m.; the North, 2 p.m.; Littleworth (Bucks), Mentmore (Bucks), Milton Bryant

London, Southern, Eastern &Western counties, Dunstable (Beds), Northall (Bucks), Northall South End (Bucks),

& Luton, 3.15 p.m.; London & all parts, 8.30 p.m.; Lon- Potsgrove (Beds), Reach (Beds), Ringshall (Bucks), Sand

don & the South, Bletchley, Dunstable & Luton, 10 p. m House (Beds), Salford (Beds), Seabrook (Bucks), Sheep

Money orders are granted & paid from 9 a.m, to 6 p.m.; Lane (Beds), Slapton (Bucks), Soulbury (Bucks), South·

saturdays, till 8 p.m.; postal orders from 7 a. m. to 9 court (Bucks), Stanbridge (Bucks), Saint Margaret

p.m. The telegraph department is open from 8 a.m. (Bucks), Stewkley (Bucks), Stockgrove (Bucks), Stoke

till 8 p.m Hammond (Bucks), Tebworth (Beds), Tilsworth (Beds),

Toddington (Beds), Vallence End (Beds),Wingfield (Beds),

CouNTY MAGISTRATES FOR LEIGHTON BuzzA.RD PETTY Wing (Bucks), Wingbury (Bucks), Woburn Sands (Beds),

SESSIONAL DIVISION. Woburn (Beds), Woodcock Hall (Beds)
Corn Exchange, Lake street, George Gibbs, hall keeper
Iviacnamara .Arthur esq. D.L. Billington manor, Leighton County Police Station, Hockliffe road, William Shepherd,
Buzzard, chairman superintendent & deputy chief constable of Bedfordshire,
r sergeant & 4 constables
Bassett Francis esq. The Heath, Leighton Buzzard Inland Revenue Office, John Peers, Billington road
Bassett Frederick esq. The Knollst Leighton Buzzard Provident Dispensary, North street, Edward Lawford lll.D.
G-ilpin Peter Valentine Purcell esq. Hockliffe lodge,Leighton consulting physician; John .Alexander Hedges, Philip
Wynter Wagstaff, JohnstoneDelavil John Harris L.R.C.P.
Buzzard Edin.& Ernest Hamilton Wagstaff, medical officers; Robt.
Harris Theodore esq. The Cedars, Leighton Buzzard Tindall esq. hon. sec. ; Thomas Brown, clerk; open the
Lawford Edward esq. M.D. Oriel house, Leighton Buzzard first 6 days in every month, between 10 & II a. m
Clerk to the Magistrates, Fredc. Thos. Tanq ueray, Woburn Temperance Hall, Lake st. Tbom3S Sanders, hallkeeper
Town Hall, Market place, Samuel Stevens, hallkeeper
Petty Sessions are held at the Assembly Room, Corn Ex-
LEIGHTON BuzzARD UNION.
change, every alternate tuesday at II a.m
The places in the division are Billington, Eaton Bray, Egging-

ton, Heath &Reach, Leighton Buzzard & Stanbridge

INSURANCE .AGENTS:- Board days every Friday fortnight at the Workhouse at

British Empire Mutual Life, George Garside, jun.Grove rd ro a.m.

Commercial Union, S. R. Middleton,Grove road; F.Penton, The Union comprises the following places:- Billington,
Cheddington (Bucks), Eaton Bray, Edlesborough (Bucks),
Eynesbury, Grove road; J. H. Green Eggington, Grove (Bucks), Heath & Reach, Ivinghoe
(Bucks), Leighton Buzzard, Linslade (Bucks), Mentmore
County Fire &Provident Life,W. Spendlove, Market place (Bucks), Slapton (Bucks), Soulbury (Bucks), Stanbridge,
Stoke Hammond (Bucks), & Wing (Bucks); the popu-
Xorthern, Cumberland &Hopkins, High street lation of the union in r88r was 1B,3l6; rateable value,
Norwich Union Fire, Newton, Calcott & Calcott
Phrenix Fire, E. Glaisyer, Market sq. ; F. Pewton, Grove rd £1o5,990
Rock Life, F. Gotto Clerk to the Guardians & As,;essment Committee, John

Royal Exchange, F. & D. T. Willis, High street Newton, High street, Leighton Buzzard

Sun Fire, H. Pettit, High street
Westminster Fire, W. Broom, Hockliffe road

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :- Treasurer, Francis Bassett, The Bank, Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion (I Co.); Relieving Officer for the Union, William George Collis, The

head quarters, Town hall; Major W. J. Hambling, com- Workhouse, Leighton Buzzard

mandant ; Charles Gray, sergeant-instructor Vaccination Officer, Thomas Brown, North street, Leighton

Cemetery, Mile Tree road, Henry Pettit, High street, clerk Buzzard

to the burial board Medical Officer & Publie Vaccinator, Leighton Buzzard

County Court, His Honor William Haworth Holl Q.C. & Upper districts, Henry William Adrian Sandell L.R.C.F.

judge; John Newton & Charles Wallis Berkeley Calcott, Edin. Leightou Buzzard

joint registrars & acting high bailiffs; A. Ewen, Luton, Superintendent Registrar, John Newton, High street,

official receiver in bankruptcy. The Court is held Leighton Buzzard; deputy, C. W. B. Caleott

monthly at the Town hall. The district includes the Registrars of Births & Deaths, Edlesborough sub-district,

following parishes, villages, hamlets, or places :-Ascott Miss Priscilla Brown, Eaton Bray; deputy, Arthur Tomp-

(Bucks), .Aspley Ford (Beds), Aspley Guise (Beds), Aston kins; Ivinghoe sub-district, Wllliam Rogers, Ivinghoe;

Ivinghoe (Bucks),Battlesden (Beds), Braggenham (Bucks), deputy, J. W. Keable ; Leighton Buzzard district, William

Burchmore Green (Beds), Burcott (Bucks), Chalgrave George Collis, TheWorkhouse, Leighton Bnzza.rd ; deputy,

(Beds), Chalton (Beds), Cheddington (Bucks), Chelsea W. T. Clough; Wing sub-district, George Cleaver, Wing;

(Bucks), Church End (Beds), Clipstone (Beds), Crafton deputy, E. Whitman

(Bucks), Comp End (Beds), Dagnall (Bucks), Dagnall Registrar of Marriages, Alfred Blake, New road, Linsla.de ;

Hill End (Bucks), Dropshort (Beds), Eaton Bray (Beds), deputy, C. W. Shepherd

':8 LEIGIITON BUZZARD. BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Workhom;e, erected to hold 250 inmates, Rev. Thomas £1,700, are ot native sandstone with stone dressings,

Wallis Richards M. A. chaplain; Henry William Adrian in the Gothic style, & include a master's house ; has

Sandell L.R.c.P.Edin.medical officer; JohnWilliam Hallett, an income of £go yearly from the endowment; the

master; Mrs. Catherine Hallett, matron ; Miss Ade1aide school built to hold 300; average attendance, 105 boys

Sickell, schoolmistress & 1 10 girls ; Henry Willis, master ; Miss Elsie W al1is,

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. assisted by Miss Alice Meager, mistress

Meets at the Workhouse, every friday fortnight, at II a.m. St. Andrew's (boys & girls), North street, built in 1872

Parochial Committee,consisting of Chairman & 12 members, from the designs of Mr. Frederick Gotto, at a cost of

is annually elected at the first meeting of the Boaril of £I ,3oo, for 200 children ; average attendance, 95 boys &

Guardians; it superintends the sanitary arrangements of 98 girls; George Cousins, master; Edward Rose, assist-
ant; Mrs. Louisa Rose, mistress
the parish, & a committee similarly constituted forms the British (girls' & infants'), Bassett road, built in 1813 &
enlarged in 1873, for r8o girls ; average attendance, 132 ;
Board of Surveyors of the Highways Miss Jane Eliza Read, mistress; Miss Annie Cobb, infants'
mistress ; average attendance, 166 ; there is a house for
Clerk, John Newton, High street, Leighton Buzzard the teachers
British (Boy's), Beaudesert, established 18r3, for 200 chil-
Treasurer, Francis Bassett, The Bank, Leighton Buzzard dren; average attendance, 130; Mr. Spooner, master

Medical Officer of Health, Henry William Adrian Sandell NEWSPAPERS:-
Leigbton Buzzard Observer, High street, Henry Jackson,
L.R.C.P.Edin. Member of Sanitary Institute, The Work-

house, Leighton Buz7.ard .

Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor, Thomas Brown, North

street, Leighton Buzzard

ScHooL ATTENDANCE CoM!IITTEE. publisher; pub. tuesday. See advertisement

Meets at the Workhouse, every month, friday at n a. m. Leighton Weekly Reporter & Advertiser, High street &

Clerk, John Newton, High street, Leighton Buzzard Market square, Rush & Warwick, proprietors; pub.friday

At1endance Officer, Waiter :Francis Broom, Heath & Reach RA.ILW AY STATION, George Cable, station master
PUBLIC OFFICERS : -
Assistant O~erseer, Thomas Brown, North street CoNVEYANCE.-An omnibus leaves the Swan hotel to meet
Certifying Factory Surgeon, Walter Pratt L.R.C.P.Edin.
all trains for all parts of the town
Brid!!:e street
~ CA.RRIERS, with the places they go to, inns they call at &
days of departure.
Clerk to the Commissions of Taxes & to the Magistrates
Agent to London & North Western Co. William Towers,
for the South division of the Three Hundreds of Cottesloe, Swan hotel, High street
John Newton, High street
Collector of Assessed & Property Tax & of Poor Rates, Agent to Sutton, James Willson, High street

Thomas Brown, No1·th street DAGNALL-Jones, 'Sun,' tues

Collector of Market Tolls, Samuel Stevens, St. Andrew's st DRAYTON-Viccars, Market square, tues. & Cri
Inland Revenue Officer, John Peers, Billington road
Assistant Bailiffs, Samuel Steyens & Henry James Stevens, DUNSTABLE-Amos, 'Roebuck,' tues. & fri

St. Andrew's street EA.TON BRA.Y-Rollings, 'Coach & Horses,' tues. & fri. ;

Town Crier, John Stairs, North street Scott, from Market place, tues
Superintendent of Police, William Shepherd
EDLESBOROUUH-Mead, 'Sun,' tues. & fri
PLA.CES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:-
FENNY STRATFORD-Scott, 'Black Horse,' tues

GREAT BRICKHILL-King, 'Roebuck,' tues. & fri. ; Scott,
All Saints' Church, Rev. Thomas Wallis Richards M.A. 'Black Horse,' tues. & fri
vicar; II a.m. & 6 p.m. & wed. & saints' days n a. m. HEATH & REACH-Stone, 'Cross Keys,' daily
&7 p.m
HocKLIFFE-Amos, 'Roebuck,' tues. & fri. ; Overy, ' Bell,'
St. Andrew's Church, Church street; 11 a. m. & 6 p.m
tues. & fri.; Stevens, 'Peacock,' tues. & fri
Friend's Meeting House, North street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 lviNGHOE-Elliot, 'Sun,' tues
p.m. ; thurs. 10.30 a.m
LuTON-Amos, ' Roebuck,' tnes. & fri
Baptist, Hockliffe street, Rev. George Durrell, minister ; NORTHA.LL-Simmons, Market square, tues. & sat
ro.3o a.m. & 6 p.m. & mon. & wed. evening service
RIDGMOUNT-Williamson, 'Greyhound,' tues
Baptist, Lake street, Rev. William Delf Elliston, minister ; SouLBURY-King, 'Coach & Horses;' Viccars, Market
ro.3o a.m. & 6 p.m
square, tues. & fri
Primitive :Methodist, North street, Rev. George Mitchell, STEWKLEY-King, 'Red Lion,' tues. & fri. ; Chappel,
minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. & wed. 7 p.m
Market square, tues. fri. & sat
Wesleyan, Hockliffe street, Rev. John Mack, Rev. William TEBWORTR-Hyde, 'Curriers' Arms,' tues
T. Jones & Rev. John R. Newall, ministers; ro.30 a.m. ToDDINGTON-Fletcher, 'Greyhound,' tues
& 6 p.m. ; mon. & thurs. 7.30 p.m
ToTTERNHOE-Robinsou, 'Unicorn,' tues
Salvation Army Head Quarters, Lake street
WHADDON-King, 'Coach & Horses,' tues

ScBooLs:- WING-Dimmock, 'Cross Keys,' daily ; Love!, Market

Pulford Endowed (for boys & girls\ The buildings of this place, tues. & sat. ; Chappel, ' Coach & Horses,' tues, &

School, founded in Church square in 1710 by Joshua Pul- fri. & Brand, 'Unicorn,' tues

ford,nowin Parsonage close, re-erected in r884, from the de- WrNGRAVE-Harris, 'Black Horse,' tues. & thurs

signs of Mr. Frederick Gotto, of Leigbton, at a cost of about WOBURN-Norman, 'Greyhound,' tues

PRIVATE RESIDENTS, Dixon Thomas, Grove road Hopkins Samuel, Grove place
Draper George, sen. Grove road Hopkins Samuel, Hockliffe road

Ashdown Levi, Grove house DurrellRev. George[Baptist],Grove rd Jackson Surgn.-Maj. Warwick Heath rd

Ashdown Richard Gibson, Grove house Edwards Edward, Holmeside, Heath rd Janes Mrs. Beaudesert

Ba(.'he Captain Edwin, Naples villa, Elliston Rev. William Delf [Baptist], J ones Rev. William T. [Wesleyan],

Hockliffe road Hockliffe road Hockliffe road

Barber Charles, Grove road Emery Edward, The Firs, Hockliffe rd Kent Miss, Hockliffe road

Bassett Francis J.P. The Heath Emery Frederick, Albion house King Miss, Lake street

Bassett Frederick J.P. The Knolls Flint Miss, Lake street Langmore Rev. Erskine Wi1liam M.A.

Ba1Jmbrough William1 Grove road Franklin John, Grove road [sen. curate], Beaudesert
Bonham George, Grove road Franklin Mrs. Grove road Lawford Edwd. M.D., J.P. Oriel house

Brantom William, The Lawns, Heath rd Garside George, jun. Grove road Lawrence J oseph Thomas, Bridge st

Brown Edmond, The Lodge Glaisyer Miss, Dudley street Lee James Tipson, Grove road

Brown Gabr1el, Grove road Gotto Mrs. The Terrace, Heath road Loke John, Heath road

Brown George, Grove road Green Witliam, Eversholt ho. Grove pl Mack Rev. John[Wesleyan],Hockliffe st

Bushe11 The Misses, Claremont,South st Greening Alfred, Dudley street Mackintosh The Misses, Grove road

Calcott Chas. Wall is Berkeley,Ohurchsq Grice Miss, Heathwood Midd1eton Samuel Radley, Grove road

CalcottGeo. LancelotBerkeley,Church sq Harris Charles, Atherstone, Beaudesert Mitchell Rev. George [Primitive Metho-

Canning Philip S. South street Harris Gregory, North street dist], Western place, Ashwell street

Carpenter Benjamin, Beaudesert Barris Henry Edward, The Bank house Mobley James, Linslade

Chew Frank, North street Barris JohnstoneDelavilJohn,Bridge ho Newton John, Church square

Claridge Charles, Lake street Barris Miss, Church square Olney Albert E. High street

C1aridge Miss, Lake street Harris Theodore J.P.• ~'.R.G.s. TheCedars Page William Sharp, The Elms, High st

Clench Henry S. Church square Harrill Tindall, The Bank house Palmer Mrs. Dudle•y street

Clough W. T. Greenhurst, Grove road Hedges John Alexander, Rut.land house Penton Frederick, Eyensbury, Grove rd

Collier Auhrey J. Fermain, Dudley street Herington Joseph, Grove road Pettifer A1bert T. Albert cotta6·e

Cooke Francis, Hockliffe road Hopkins Henry James, Billington road Pettit Henry, High street

Cooper Henry, Heath road Bopkins The Misses, Beaudesert Pettit James, Ravenstone, High street

Crecy Mrs. Grove road Hopkins Mrs. North street Pettit William, Hockliffe street

JDIRECTORY. BEDFORDSHIRE. LEIGHTOY BUZZARD. 79

Pledger Frederick, Lake street 1Sear Mrs. Hockiiffe road Wagstaff Philip Wynter, Church square

Pratt Waiter, Bridge street Seedhouse William, Grove road 'Valker Richard, Lake street

Price Miss, Beaudesert Sell Charles Brown, Bridge street Watson Rev. George M.A. [curate],

Readman William, Arundel house, Ash- Spendlove William, Grove road Western place

well street Stedman Frederick, North street White Mrs. Grove road

Richards Rev. Thomas Wallis M.A. Stevens Thomas, Grove road Wilhs David Thomas, North street

[vicar, chaplain to workhouse & Steward Miss LouisaVilliars, B~audesert Willis Frederic, Lindula, Heath road
surrogateJ, Vicarage
Swinstead John, Heath road Willis George, Hockliffe road

Richmond Robert, High street Swire John Samuel, Leighton house Willis Henry, Parsonage close

Roberts Francis, Lake street Thorogood Thomas, Grove road Willis Mrs. Hockliffe road

Robinson Henry J ames, Hockliffe street Tindall John, Beech house, High stra.Jt Willson Reuben, Woodbine cottage,

Rogers Mrs. Beaudesert Tindall Robert, The White house Heath road

Rowe Mrs. Dudley street Tompkins Mrs. Hockliffe street Yirrell Thomas, Bridge street

RugglesCharlesFrederick, GasWorks ho 'l'onge Robert T. Beaudesert Yirriell Henry, Hockliffe road

Rumball James Quilter, High street Turner Mrs. Gro\'e place Young William Wood, 'fhe Hollies,

Sandell Henry William Adrian Wagstaff Ernest Hamilton, Church sq North street

C0li1MERCIAL. Cash & Co. b0ot & shoe manufacturers, Bridge street
Cemetery (Henry Pettit, clerk to the burial board), Mile-

Adams Frederick, timber merchant, builder & contractor, tree road

Church street Chalmers John, general dealer, Billington road

Adkins James, shopkeeper, Lake street Chamberlain FreJerick, boot & shoe warehouse, Market sq

.Agutter John, furniture warehouse, North street Chamberlain George, shoe maker, Church street

Alexander B. (Mrs. ),Leighton high school for girls, Bridge st Chandler Thomas, grocer, Church street

.Alexander George Wm. pianoforte manufacturer, Lake st Church Thomas, confectioner, cook & sweet manufacturer,

Allam William l{ichard, Dolphin P.H. Hockliffe road wholesale & retail, Bridge street

Andrew George, Black Lion P.H. High street Claridge Henry, boot maker, Church stre~t

Anstee Joseph, pig dealer, Mill road Claridge Mary Ann (Mrs.), confectioner, Hockliffe street

Archer Harry Holmes, Nag's Head P.H. Mill road Claridge William, dairy farmer, North street

ARNOLD GEORGE, silver sand & peat merchant, orchid Coles William Ed win, chemist & druggist, High street

peat speciality, Ashwell street Collis William George, relieving officer & registrar of births

ASHDOWN BROTHERS, pale, strong & bitter ales, stout & & deaths for Leighton Buzzard district, Workhouse

porter brewers, maltsters, The Brewery Cook David & Sons, builders & contractors, Ashwell street

Ashwell Ezra Gill, engineer, Albany road Cook Charles James, grocer, tea dealer & general provision

Atkins Alfred, shopkeeper, Plantation road dealer, Church street

.Atterton Tom, organ builder (established 1857), High street Cook Frederick, The Peacock P.R. Lake street

Austin David, baker. Plantation road Cook Samuel, grocer, Lake slreet

AVELINE GEORGE GAMALIEL, cabinet manufacturer, Cooper Emily (Miss), milliner, North street

upholsterer & furniture remover, Lake st.reet Cooper Samuel, ironmonger, Market square

.Ayres Matilda (Mrs.), White Lion P.H. Church street Corn Exchange (George Gibbs, hallkeeper), Lake street

Baker John Charles, butcher, North street Cornish Stephen, agricultural implement maker & iron &

Baldwin Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Church street brass founder, Lake street

Bardell Margaret (Mrs.), fishmonger, North street County Court (His Honor William H. Holl Q.c. judge; John

Baumbrough William Henry, grvcer, tea & general pro- .Newton & Charles Wallis Berkeley Calcott, registrars; W.

vision dealer, High street Baker, high bailiff), Town hall

Bedfordshire iLeighton Buzzard Bank (Bassett, Son & Crabtree John & Son, wool staplers, Lake street

Harris); head office, High street; draw on Barclay, CROOK GEORGE CHARLES, fellmonger, parchment

Bevan & Co. London; branches at Newport Pagnell & manufacturer & wool rug dresser & dyer, South street

Dunstable ; sub-branches at Fenny Stratford ; Olney; Cumberland & Hopkins, auctioneers & estate agents

'foddington & Woburn (partners, Francis Bassett J.P. Dawson Albert Edward, builder, Woburn road

Theodore Harris J.P. Frederick Bassett J.P. John.Tindall Deeley George, baker & general corn factor, High street

& Richard Littleboy) Deeley Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Hockliffe street

Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion (I Co.) Deeley William George, baker, Church street

(Major W. J. Hambling, commandant; Sergt. Charles Dimmock Thomas, greengrocer, Lake street

Gray, drill instructor); head quarters, Town hall Dimmock William Charles, Boot P.H. :Market square

BedfordshireSouthLiberal RegistrationAssociation(Theodore Dowson Sarah (.Mrs.), Ewe & Lamb P.H. Bridge street

Harris esq. J.P. president; David Thomas Willis esq. sec) Drage John, baker & parish clerk, Hockliffe street

Billington John B. & Son, boot & shoe makers, Lake street Ellingworth Charles, carriage builder, Lake street

Bishop E. J. & Sons, sand merchants, & Eagle inn, Billing- Ellingworth Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer, Church street

ton road Ellingworth Thomas, bicycle, tricycle & perambulator

Bishop Thos. Handy, saddler &harness maker, Corn markt maker & repairer, Church street
Bland John, sewing machines sold & practically repaired, & Emery Frederick, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine

boot maker, Dudley street & spirit merchants, High street

Bransom James, miller (steam), Plantation road Everett David, dyer, High street

Brantom George, upholsterer, North street Farmer Richard, gun maker & cycle agent & repairer,

Brantom Thomas, corn merchant, North street North street

Brantom William, furniture warehouse, North street Flavell Thomas, umbrellas recovered & repaired on the

Briggs Jesse, fruiterer, Hockliffe street shortest notice, North street

BROWN GEORGE &. SON, agricultural engineers, Victoria Folks 1Villiam, coach builder, Beaudesert

jron works, Lake street Fortnum Edward, naturalist, North street

Brown Henry, Carpenters' Arms P.R. Bassett road Foster Alfred, skin, hide & pig dealer, North street

Brown Henry, timber dealer & saw mill proprietor, Mill rd Fountain Coffee & Commercial House (John Langston,

Brown Thomas, assistant overseer, vaccination officer to the manager), High street

union & sanitary inspector & surveyor to rural authority, Frank Charles .E. temperance hotel, Lake street

collector of assessed & property tax & poor rates, North st Franklin John, tailor, Grove road

Brown William, baker, grocer & general provision merchant, Frost Ezra William, boot & shoe maker, Dudley street

Plantation road Frost Harry, draper, Market square

Bruton Thomas, butcher, St. .Andrew's street Frost Richard Jones, watch maker, North street

BuH Wiliiam, shopkeeper, Heath road Gale George, Ram P.H. St. Andrew's street & Bell inn,

Bunn Abel, draper, North street Market square

Burr Thomas, wateh & clock maker, Lake street Garland Henry, grocer, North street

Burrin William, grocer, Lake street Garside George, builder, Hockliffe road

Butcher George, boot & shoe maker, North street GARSIDE GEORGE, .JUN. silver sand & peat merch'\ntt

Butcher George, ironmonger, Corn market Grove road

Calcott George Lancelot Berkeley, solicitor, see Newton, Gates John, butcher, North street

Calcott & Calcott Geeves Charles, farmer, Union street

Calcott Chas. Wallis Berkeley (firm, Newton, Calcott & Cal- Geeves Harriett (Mrs.), grocer, Vandyke road

cott), solicitor. & joint registrar to county court, High st Geeves James, greengrocer, North street

Capel Alfred, straw plait dealer, Church street Gibbs James, tailor, Hockliffe street

Carver Annie (Mrs.), steam aerated & mineral water manu- Gibbs Thomas, house furnisher, High street

facturer, Hockliffe street Gifford John, clothier, High street

80 LEIGHTON BUZZARD. BEDFORDSHIRE~ [KELLY'S

GILBERT .lAMES, millwright & engineer, boiler manufac- Lamb John, watch & clock maker, High street

turer & machinery broker Lancaster Frederick, shopkeeper, St. Andrew's street

Gilbert Samuel, baker, Lake street Lawford Edward M.D. surgeon, Oriel house, Lake street

Gilbert William James, grocer, Regent street Lawrence Joseph Thomas, architect & surveyor, Bridge st

Ginger Joseph, Golden Bell P.H. Church square; market Leighton Buzzard Observer (Henry Jackson, publisher;

dinner every tuesday from ro.3o a.m. to 2 p.m published tuesday), High street. See advertisement

Glaisyer Edward, wholesale & family grocer, tea, coffee & Leighton Buzzard Co-operative Stores (Rob,ert George

provision dealer, seedsman &c. Market square Seems, manager), Beaudesert

Goodson William, blacksmith, Hockliffe street Leighton Buzzard Gas & Coke Co. (Charles Frederick

Gotzheim Margaret (Mrs.), Crown P.H. North street Ruggles, sec. & manager)

Grace Alfred, butcher, Church street Leighton Buzzard Penny Bank (Samuel Radley Middleton,

Grace Edward, corn factor & flour & forage merchant, assistant sec.; open mon. from 6 to 7 p.m. ), North street

High street Leighton Buzzard Weekly Reporter & .Advertiser (Rush &

Grace Jane (Mrs.), straw hat manufacturer, Church street Warwick, proprietors ; published fri. ), High street &

Grace Richard, butcher, High street Market square

Grantham Miss, dress maker, Bridge street Leighton Buzzard Working Men's Club & Institute (Theo-

Grantham John, boot maker, Church square dore Harris esq. J. P. president ; C. F. Ruggles, treasurer ;

Gray Sergt. Charles, drill instructor to the I Co. of the 3rd James D. Kennett, sec. & manager), North street

Vol. Batt. Beds Regiment, Dudley street Leighton Horticultural Society (Leopold de Rothschild esq.

Green George Faulkner, furnishing ironmonger pres.; William T. Clough, sec.), Grove road

Green William & Son, grocers, maltsters & wine merchants, London & County Banking Co. Limited (James Quilter

High street Rumball, manager) (branch), High street; draw on head

Greening Charles, hay, corn & straw dealre, Sun inn, office, 2 I Lombard street, London Ec

Lake street Lucas Edwin, butcher, Market square

Greening John Clark, rounds of beef & noted beefsteak pud- Luck John, carriage builder, Bridge street

dings every tuesday from ro.go a.m. to 2 p.m. Cross Luck Thomas James, general draper, outfitter & hatter,

Keys P.H. Market place High street & North street

Groom William, grocer, South street Lucking George, tobacconist, Lake street

Guess Sarah (:Mi~s), toy & fancy repository, berlin wool & Mallett Robert Thomas, grocer, Lake street

ladies' fancy needlework warehouse, stationery & servants' Masters John, grocer, North street

registry, High street Maultby Ann (Miss), baker, North street

Gurney Henry, lodging house, St. .Andrew's street Mead James Joseph, paperhanger, Lake street

Gutteridge Dennis, Curriers' .Arms P.H. Market square Mead William, shopkeeper, Church street .

Halford Edwin, fancy repository, Market square Meager James, coach builder, Lake street

Hall Edward, confectioner, North street Mills James, secondhand clothes dealer, North street

Hammond Wi1liam, boot maker, Hockliffe street Mims James, stone mason, monumental mason & sculptor,

Hard wick Joseph, Coach & Horses P.H. Lake street Vandyke road

Harris & Co. curriers & leather sellers & dealers in every MORGAN MESSRS.&. CO. LIMITED (late King), carriage

requisite for the boot trade, North street builders, Bridge street; & at w Old Bond street w &

HARRIS GREGORY, silver & building sand owner (free- Long Acre w c, London

holder) & peat merchant, Lake street Morgan Emma (Miss), dress maker, Hockliffe street

Harris Johnstone Delavil John L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, Muirhead James, school, Hockliffe street

Bridge house Munday Henry John, baker, Plantation road

Hart Abram, shopkeeper, Hockliffe road Munday Thomas Henry, watch & clock maker, Bridge street

Hart Charles, builder, Vandyke road Nash John, brush maker, High street

Hart Frederick, shopkeeper, St. .Andrew's street Nash Thomas William, dairyman, Church street

HART PHILIP, auctioneer, High street Nash William, brush manufacturer, North street

Hart William, boot & shoe maker, Vandyke road Newton Charles, Plume of Feathers hotel, Lake street

Haskins Charles, grocer, High street Newton, Oalcott & Calcott, solicitors, High street

Haskins John, hair dresser, High street Newton John (firm, Newton, Oalcott & Oalcott), solicitor,

Hawkins George, grocer, Lake street joint registrar to county court, superintendent registrar,

Heckford .Albert E. Bridge hotel, Bridge street clerk to board of guardians, to rural sanitary authority,

Hedges Alma Louisa (Mrs.), milliner, Hockliffe street to school attendance & assessment committees, to magis-

Hedges John Alexander, surgeon, Rutland house trates & to commissioner of taxes for the south division of

Hemley Thomas, shopkeeper, Heath road the three Hundreds of Cottesloe, High street

Herington J oseph, pharmaceutical chemist, Market square Nutt Charles William, insurance agent, Dudley street

Hill Henry, chimney sweeper & builder ; all kinds of ranges Olney William, grocer, Hockliffe street

& coppers set, Vandyke road Panter George, chimney sweeper, Friday street

Holland Mark, wheelwright, Vandyke road Panting Daniel, wood turner, Hockliffe street

Holtom Edward, shopkeeper, Mill road Paprocki Theodore, hair dresser, Market street

Hopkins Benjamin, farmer, Grovebury Parker Frederick, market gardener, Heath road

Hopkins Henry, Roebuck P.H. Hockliffe road Parkins David, grocer, North street

Hopkins John, cattle dealer, Hockliffe street Parrott William, grocer, Church street

Hopkins J oseph, jun. farmer Parsons William Henry, grocer, North street

Hopkins Joseph, sen. farmer, King's farm Partridge Jesse, insurance agent, Hockliffe road

Hopkins Thomas, cattle dealer, Lake street Paton Brasington, farrier & smith, Lake street

Hughes Charles James, sewing machine agent, Hockliffe Payne George, grocer, North street

street Pearson William, Bell & Woolpack P.H. Lake street

Indian Empire Tea Co. Market square Peers John, inland revenue officer, Billington road

Inns Henry, plumber, Hockliffe street Pettit James & Co. wine & spirit merchants, Corn exchange

Jackson Henry, printer &stationer, High street Pettit Henry, solicitor, & clerk to burial board, High street

Janes Edward, cattle dealer, Hockliffe street Peyerill Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Vandyke road

Janes George, Prince of Wales P.H. Hockliffe road Pheasant Mary (Miss), dress maker, Sandy lane

Janes John, dairyman, Hockliffe street Phillips Ellen (Mrs.), greengrocer, Bridge street

Jennings Michael, draper, Bridge street Piggott Theodore, photographic artist, High street

.JOHNSON GEORGE, tailor, breeches & ladies' riding habit Pointer Charles, boot & shoe maker, Lake street

maker, High street Pool William, farmer, South street

Johnson John, tailor, Hockliffe street Porter Edward Charles, saddler, Church square

.Johnson William, tailor, Hockliffe street Pratt David, market gardener, Plantation road

.Jones John, printer, Bridge street Pratt Thomas, beer retailer, Heath road

Kempster David,musical instrument warehouse, Corn market Pratt Waiter L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon to London & North

Kempster William, boot maker, Church street Western Railway & certifying factory surgeon, Bridge

Kempster William, hair dresser, North street street

KENNEY E. restaurant; dealer in game & general provision Pratt William James, Black Horse P.H. & aerated & mineral

merehant, Hockliffe street water manufacturer, North street

Killbey Robert, veterinary surgeon, Hockliffe road Presswell Edwin Thomas, Wheatsheaf P.H, North street

King Henry John, tobacconist, Market square Preston William, fruiterer, North street

King J ames, manufacturing confectioner, Hockliffe street Price Cornelius, hatter, Market square

King Thomas, butcher, Market place Price L. M. (Miss), ladies' school, Beaudesert

Kiteley David, watch maker, Hockli:ffe road Provident Dispensary (Edward Lawford M.D. consulting

Labrwn Joseph R. (postal address, Stanbridge), coal order physician ; Robert Tindall, hon. sec.), The White house,
Hockliffe ~treet
.office, Hockliffe street

DIRECTORY.] BED:fl'ORDSHIRE. LIDLINGTON. 81

Purrett Richard (late Young), pianoforte, organ & har- SPENDLOVE MESSRS. WILLIAM & SONS, silk mercers,

monium warehouse, organ builder, tuner & music seller, linen drapers, hosiers, costumiers, milliners & mantle

High street warehousemen, Market place

Purser John & Richard, plumbers1 High street Spiers Joseph, ironmonger & silversmith, High street
Purser Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Vandyke road Stairs John, town crier, North street

Read Tbomas, boot maker, Hockliffe street Stedman Frederick, surgeon, North street

Read Thomas, leather cutter, Hockliffe street Stevens Henry James, assistant bailiff, St. Andrew's street

Reeve John, shoe maker, Bridge street Stevens James, family & commercial hotel; good stabling;

Reeve Sarah (Miss), dress maker, Hockliffe street billiards, The Unicorn P .H. Lake street

Reeve Thomas, shopkeeper, Church street Stevens Samud, assistant bailiff & collector of market tol1s,

Rice Martha (:Hrs.), shopkeeper, North street St. Andrew's street

Richardson Harry, Greyhound P.H. Market square Stevens Samuel, shopkeeper, St. Andrew's street

Richmond Robert, pharmaceutical chemist, High street Syratt George, carman, Lake street

Rickett Thomas, carman, Union street fattam Edward, wine & spirit merchant, High street

Riddy George James, sole proprietor & patentee of Riddy's Tavener Charles, grocer, Lake street

wonderful liniment, Hockliffe street. See advertisement Taylor Frederick, watch & clock maker, High street

RIDGWAY & PLEDGER, wl1olesale & retail linen & woollen Tearle Emily S. (Mrs.), draper, High street

drapers, silk mercers, haberdashers, hosiers, glovers, Temperance Hall (Thos. Sanders, hallkeeper), Lake street

lacemen, costumiers & outfitters, London hous<J Tompkins Humphrey, farmer, Leedon
Roberts George, blacksmith, Bedford street
TOOLEY ALFRED w. (late Simmons & Sons), wholesale &

Roberts George, builder, Beaudesert retail forage contractor, Market square

Roberts George, tailor, Plantation road Towers William Green, Swan commercial hotel & posting

Robinson George, saddler, Hockliffe street house & agent to the London & North Western Railway

Robinson James, manufacturer of hampers, flats, sieves & Co. High street

all kinds of baskets, Lake street Town Hall (Samuel Stevens, hallkeeper), Market place

Robinson John, Kingrs Arms P.H. North street Travel! James, baker, High street

Rogers Walter John, Buffalo P.H. North street Trottel' Edward, florist, Vandyke road

Rootham Alfred, upholsterer, North street Turner Harriett (Miss), dress maker, Dudley stre~t

Rowe E. J. (:;.\lrs. ), school, Dudley street Turney Herbert, baker, Hockliffe street

Rumball James Quilter, manager of London & County Tutt Alfred E. builder, contractor & carpenter, Dudley st

Bank, High street Tutt George B. builder, Sandy lane

Rush & Warwick, st::ttioners, Market place Uff James & Son, butchers, Hockliffe street

Rush David, stationer, High street Underwood Annie (Mrs.), dress maker, Church street

i'lalter William, tailor, High street Under wood J ames, carpenter, Church street

Samuel W. H. & 8on, china & glass dealers & coopers, Underwood Matthew, Ashwell Arms inn, Ashwell str~et

Hockliffe street Underwood Thomas, carpenter, Church street

Samuel John B. onion, potato & cucumber grower, Hockliffe Usher Charles, shopkeeper, Heath road

street Wagstaff Philip Wynter & Son, surgeons, Church square

Sandell Henry Wm. Adrian L.R.C.P.hdin. surgeon, medical Wallace John, tailor, Hockliffe street

officer of health to rural sanitary authority, public vac- Watling Brot.hers, general drapery, hat & outfitting storeg,

cinator & medical officer Leig-hton Buzzard.,district & North street
~

Upper district, & medical officer to the workhouse Webb James, tailor, High street

Sanders Henry, confectioner, Market square Webster John, farmer, Billington road

Sanders Susan (Miss), infants' school, Hockliffe street Webster William, Red Lion P.H. North street

Sanders Thomas, furniture dealer, Lake street WELCH BRYAN, coal merchant, Market square

Saunders George, house decorator, Vandyke road Wheeler James, fancy draper, North street

Saxton William Robert, butcher, Hockliffe street Whitby Thomas, confectioner, Hockliffe street

Scott Caroline (Miss), dress maker, Hockliffe street WHITE ..JOHN & CO. wine & spirit merchants, agents for

Scott l\'Iary (:Miss), milliner, Hockliffe street Burgoyne's australian wines & Lorne whiskey, North st

Scraggs Edwin, farmer, North street Willard George, grocer, High street

Scrivener Henry Bunn, cab proprietor & job & post master, Williams William, wheelwright, Lake street

Bridge street Willis F. & D. T. solicitors, High street

Sear John Algernon, tea dealer, Bridge st.reet Willis David Tbomas, solicitor & commissioner for oaths,

Seedhouse William, chemist & druggist, proprietor & sole see Willis F. & D. T

manutacturer of Lockhart's emerald balm, Bridge street Willis Frederic, solicitor, see Willis F. & D. T

Seems Robert George, manager Co-operative stores, Beau- Willis George, solicitor, see Willis F. & D. T

desert Willson James, boot & shoe warehouse, High street

Sharp Elizabeth (.~Irs. ), gasfitter, North street Wilson George, Royal Oak P. H. Friday street

Sharp Henry, ironmonger, bellhanger, gas & hot water Wood James Joseph, cook, confectioner & purveyor for wed~

fitter, North street ding breakfasts, High street

Sharp William, shopkeeper, Vandyke road Woodman Emily (Miss), dress maker, Hockliffe street

Sheldon Mary Ann (Mrs.), milliner, Bridge street Woodman Veere, house decorator, Lake street

Shepherd William, superintendent of police, Police station, Yirrell Charles, butcher, Market square

Hockliffe road Yirrell Henry, farmer, Hockcliffe road

Sheppard Alfred, secoudhand clothes dealer, Lamsey YIRRELL SAMUEL, butcher, High street

Simmons Frederick & Sons, millers (steam & water), The YIRRELL THOMAS, monumental mason & sculptor, stona

Mills mason, building contractor, brick, gravel, sand & cement

Smith John C. boot maker, North street merchant & building material dealer, Bridge street

Smith Louisa (Mrs.), beer retailer, Heath road Young Thomas, butcher, Lake street

Spahn Frederick, Falcon inn, Stanbridge road

LIDLINGTON is a village, parish, and station on the grace's estate at Maulden: the style is Early English Deco-
rated, and consists of chancel, transepts and nave : there are
Bedford and Bletchley branch of the London and North 400 sittings, all free. The register dates prior to the year

Western railway, 55 miles from London, 3 west from Ampt- 1554. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £r64, in

hill and 8 south-south-west from Bedford, in the Northern the gift of the Duke of Bedford K.G. and held since 1876 by
division of the county, hundred of Redbornestoke, petty the Rev. Frederick Veasey M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cam-
sessional division, union and county court district of Ampt- bridge. There is an endowment given by Thomas Johnson
hill, rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford and partly for the education and clothing for six aged men and
women ; a portion, amounting to about £45 yearly, being
diocese of Ely. The old church of St. Margaret, prettily
situated on a hill, is an edifice of brick and stone, consisting devoted to sundry charitable purposes. There are Wesleyan
of chancel and nave and a tower containing 2 bells : in the
church are twe ancient memorial tablets of the Platt family and Primitive Methodist chapels. Many of the inhabitantS;
and a stone inscribed to Richard J ones, citizen and g-rocer of are engaged in lace making. The Duke of Bedford K.G. is
London, r669 : there are some mutilated brasses : in the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The chief crops are
churchyard is an elegant marble tomb to Mrs. WilliamCharles wheat, oats, barley, beans, peas and roots. The soil is sand,
Cavendisl.t Bentinck, of Ridgmont : this church is now used
for burial purposes only. The new ehurch of Lidlington, gravel and clay. The area is 2,520 acres ; rateable value,
which was given to the parish by the Duke of Bedford, was
opened in Nov. r886: it is situated in the centre of the £3,978; and the population in r88r was 657.

village, and is built of sandstone from a quarry on his BoUGHTON END, about one mile south, is a portion of this
parish.

Parish Clerk, Joseph Warwick.

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PosT 0FFICE.-John Ruffhead, receiver. Letters through ScHOOLs.-Doard (formerly National) School (mixed &
Ampthill; deliv~rycommences about 9·5 a.m. Box closes infants), for r8o children; average attemlance, LJ.5;
Joseph Brabin, master; Mrs. Btabin, sewing mbtrilss
at 4·5 p.m. No delivery or dispatch on sunday. The
nearest money order & telegraph office is at Ampthill. Railway Station, Thomas Buckle, station master
Postal orders are issued here, bnt not paid

.A School Board of 5 members was former!. in 1874; Robert CARRIER.-William Welch, to Bedford, wed. & sat. return·

Michael White, Ampthill, clerk & attendance officer 1 ing same day::;

Battams Thomas Binyon William Alfred, baker ~ead John, carpenter
Coom bs Misses Miller John, farmer
I Bradshaw J oseph William, blacksmith Roberts William, farmer
Rowe William, beer retailer
Gibbons Miss Crouch Francis, baker & ·assessor & Ru:ffhead John, shopkeeper
Sinfield Edward, tailor
Robinson :Miss collector of taxes Smith William, butcher
Warwick Josepb, shoe maker
Veasey Rev. Frederick M.A. [vicarJ 1 Crouch Thomas, farmer, Bou!!hton end Welch William, beer retailer
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COMMERCIAL. Hall Emereta Hannah (Miss), dress ma

Barnard William (Mrs ), farmer Jackson David, chimney sweeper

Battams Thomas, farmer & assessor & Kingston Frederick & Charles, butchers

collector of taxes, Park farm Kingston Thomas, Green J<Ian P.H

Biggs William, shopkeeper Lines Henry, farmer, Lower end

LUTON.

LuToN, called by the Saxons "Lygetune" (A.S. lygean, a 'spandrels are the arms of Edward the Confessor, the king-

~ommon), and in Domesday "Loitoine," is a municipal dom of Mercia, the .Abbey of St. Albans, King Otfa, and
borough, market and union town, head of a petty sessional .Abbot Wheathamstead ; above is the abbot's motto," Valles
-division and county court district, and railway station, 31 abundabunt valles :" on the north side of the chancel,
miles from London, 19 south from Bedford, 17 from Watford separated from it by a lofty Gothic 0.ouble arch, divided into

and 9 south-west from Hitchin, in the Southern division of two by a slight pier, with clustered columns, and open
the county, hundred of Flitt, rural deanery of Luton, arch- /mullions in the spandrels, is the Wenlock Chapel, which
·deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely, situated near the appears, from an inscription now in the British Museum, to
source of the river Lea, from which it is conjectured that its have been built by Sir John Wenlock previous to the year
name is a corruption of the word" Lea town," while some q6r; the chapel retains some ancient stained glass, and
maintain that its original appellation was "Lowtown ; " it is divided from the transept by two arches and a finely
.stands completely in a valley, surrounded by hills, which carved screen of wood: in the chapel is an embattled altar
render it beautifully picturesque ; it is very clean, and well tomb, with the recumbent coloured effi;ry of a priest, repre-
paved and lighted. The Midland Railway Company have a senting VVilliam de Wenlock, prebendary of St. Paul's,
~~ation here, on their main line from St. Pancras, and a London, and rector of St. .Andrew's, Holborn, 1392, with
oranch of the Ureat Northern to Dunstable passes through inscription and shields; under the south arch is an altar
.and has a station here. The town was incorporated a, a tomb with the effigy in brass of a lady, under a canopy, said
borough by charter on the 26th February, 1876, and is divided I to commemorate Queen Anne Boleyn, but more probably
into three wards. The Corporation consists of mayor, six representing Elizabeth, Lady Wenlock; on the north side of

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aldermen and eighteen common councillors, who act as the the chapel, beneath arches, are three altar tombs, now
urban sanitary authority. The borough has a commission despoiled of their brasses : the Hoo Chapel, on the east side

{)f the peace and a police force. Gas was introduced in 1834, I of the south transapt, was renovated about 1870 by the late

.and is supplied by a company. Water is provided also Shaw Leigh esq. of Luton Hoo, and is now separated from
by a company, and in r881 great additions were made to 1 the transept by a richly carved oak screen, in which portions
the waterworks by the construction of a reservoir, holding 1 of the old rood screen are incorporated; on the south side
'One million and a quarter gallons, which, with the old of the chancel is an arched recess, groined, and on the top
reservoir, affords sufficient water for three days' consump- '1 of the pediment are figures, carved in stone, of bears and
tion, and there is an engine capable in 15 hours of raising an angel holding an urn or pyx; in the north transept, for·

It million gallons at an elevation of 225 feet above the merly in the Wenlock Chapel, is a stone, with shield of arms

lowest supply in the town. The parish church of St. Mary and inscuption to Thomas C:rawley, of Crawley, 1629; Sir
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is a cruciform building of the Decorated and Perpendicu- Francis Crawley knt. judge of the Common Pleas, 1649;
lar styles, with some traces of Early English, and con- and Francis Crawley, baron of the Exchequer, 1682: there
sists of chancel, with chapel and vestry, north and south 1 are brasses, ehiefiy retaining their effigies, to John Barber,
transepts, the latter having an eastern aisle or chapel, clere- 1 I4IS, and Agnes his wife; Hugh at Spetyll and .Alice his wife,
storied nave of five bays, north and south porches and a 1 c. 1425; John Penthelyn LL.B. vicar, 1443; John Hay, 1455,
massive western embattled tower of flint and other stones and wives Anna and Isabella; Edward Shiffield LL.D. canon
in chequer work, go feet in height, with hexagonal turrets of Lincoln and vicar here, 1502; John Ackworth esq. 1512,
:at the angles, and a low pyramidal roof with vane; it has a and Alice and Amy, his wives; John Lamar, 1512, and

peal of 8 bells, recast in 1775 and 176r, and a good clock: , Elynor his wife, 1505; John Sylam, 1513, and Elizabeth and
the tower is supported by bold double buttresses of seven I J oan his wives; Robert Colshill and .Anne his wife, 1524 ;
stages, enriched in the lower part with canopied niches : Roland Staper, 1558, and Dorothy his wife, r565 ; William
the west front has a handsome doorway deeply splayed: the Herne, vicar, 1574; George Rotberham, 1593, and Elizabeth
·-chancel was rebuilt in the time of Edward IV. by John, and .Anna, his wives; Lady Penelope Napier, 1658, and some
Wheathamstead, twenty-third abbot of St. Albans. Robert, others undated; besides an altar tomb to Thomas Gilbert,
.abbot of St. Albans, procured this place for his convent from) 1566; one bearing the rude stone effigy of a priest, conjcc-
Robert Waudari, to whom Lnton had been given upon the tured to represent an abbot of St. Albans; an inscribed slab
Earl of Gloucester's rebellion : one of the most striking to Michael Knight, gent. 1697; and memorials to the Hon.
features of the interior is the celebrated and unique "bap- William Stuart n.n. archbishop of Armagh, and vicar of
tisterium" inclosing the font; this consists of a lofty hex- Luton, 1779-96, and his wife Sophia, last sunTiving grand-
agonal canopy of the Decorated period, each side exhibiting I daughter of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania ; and to
a richly <.'rocketed gable tllled with tracery and terminating / Rev. William McDouall, vicar, 1849 ; the complete restora-
in a finial ; between the gables are slender buttresses rising tion of this church, one of the largest parish churches in
into crocketed pinnacles. and the roof is grained and en- EnJland, was begun in 1865, under the direction of the late
riched with allegorical carvings; the lower portion, save the George Edmund Street esq. R.A. and cost up to r885 about

.entrance, is surrounded with a gabled arcade; within, there is £9,ooo ; the refitting of the interior included the erection of
room for eight persons to stand round the font, which is also a tine pulpit of alabaster and marble, with mosaic and
a.rcaded and stands on a clustered shaft ; the total height of canopied panels: the whole surface of the east end wall is
the structure is about 20 feet, and the diameter 9~ feet; it also now covered with designs in mosaic: and there is a
was formerly painted and gilded, e.nd by tradition is said to reredos of the same material, with a representation of the
have been presented to the church by Queen Anne Boleyn: "Last Supper" by Salviati, inclosrd in a framework of
on the south side of the chancel are four sedilia, or stone alabaster : the e:1st window and ten others are stained : the
seats, richly carved, with cinquefoil ogee arches, separated entire length of the building is 174 feet ; width, 57 feet ;

by pinnacles, and surmount;d by a fioriated cornice: in the transept, roo faet: there are sittings for 2,500 psrsons. The

JDIRECTORY. BEDFORDSHIRE. L'CTON. 83

register dates from the year r6o3. The living is a vjcarage, ing 537 parsons for ordinary assembly, or 420 for dramatic

gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £rpo, with 3 acres purposes.

· of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Peache trustees, The Public Library occupies a comm!l.nding situation

and held since r862 by the Rel'. James O'Neill, rural dean opposite the public offices.

of Luton, and surrogate. John Pomfret, the poet, M.A. of The Corn Exchange, on Market hill, occupying the site of

Queens' College, Cambridge, was born at Luton in r668, his the ancient market house, was built in 1868, and opened

father being then vicar of this church. He was for some Jan. 18, 1869; it is a handsome building of red brick, in the

time rector of Maulden, in this county, and died in London Gothic style, designed by Messrs. Messenger and Grundy,
t•n 1703.
architects, and erected at a cost of about £3.000: it com-

2±Christ Ghurch is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1861. prises an excellent corn exchange, under which is a

The extreme dimensions are miles, by 2 miles, and the vegetable and provision market: the building is surmounted
houses within the district in 1883 covered about 400 acres: by a tower, containing a clock, presented by Messrs.

the population at the census of r88r was g,541. The Sharples, bankers.

church, built in r856, at a cost of [2,ooo, raised by volun- A handsome drinking fountain was erected in front of the

tary contributions, is a building of red brick with stone Corn Exchange in 1875 by public subscription, in memory

dressings, consisting of chancel, south aisle and a low tower, of the late Col. Lionel .Ames D.L. of the Hyde, near this

containing 3 bells : a south aisle was added in 1864, at a town.

cost of £r,2oo; and a. new chancel of handsome proportions The.re is a large Court House with cells, situated in Stuart

in 1882, at a further expenditure of £2,280; in 1887, the street, built by the county; the petty sessions are held here,

choir stalls and an organ were added at a cost of £8oo: there and it is also used for the County Court business.

. are sittings for 850 persons, of which 525 are free. The The fire brigade was formed in 1844, and in 1846 an
engine house was erected in Church street ; the brigade,
register dates from the year 1856. The living is a vicarage,
which is maintained by subscription, and managed by a
Qf the net yearly nominal value of £305, with residence, in
committee, has five good fire engines and a fire escape, pre-
the gift of the Bishop of Ely, and held since 1883 by the Rev. sented by the Royal Society for the Protection of Life.
Elgood George Punchard D.D. of Balliol College, O:dord,
who is also a surrogate. A mission church was built in 1877, There are good public baths in Waller street, erected in

at a total cost of £950; a new chancel was added in 1889. .A 187~, at a cost of £r,450, containing a swimming bath 100

separate district for this church, to be called the paris.h of feet long, besides smaller ones, together with the usual
St. Saviour's, is now (189o) in process of formation under a
curate-in-charge: there is as yet no endowment. offices. In 1888 a ladies' swimming bath 30 feet long was
added.
St. Matthew's, Hightown, is an ecclesiastical parish,
The Luton Law Institution was established in 188r, and
formed in 1877 from Luton civil parish. The church, a
meets at the office of the president, F. C. Scargill esq. in
handsome red brick building, was erected in 1876, by
voluntary contributions, at a cost of £s,ooo, from designs King street.
by Mr. G. Vialls, of London, and Mr. J. R. Brown, of
Luton; it is in the style of the thirteenth century, and con- Norton College, situated in the most salubrious district of

sists of a chancel, nave, aisles and transepts : it is seated for Luton, is a modern and well-built educational establishment

900 people ; the seats are all free. The register dates from for the training of boys; the school rooms, dormitories,
dining hall &c. are lofty and well lighted and ventilated and
the year r876. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £2oo, the sanitary arrangements perfect. The college prepares
in the gift of the Church Patrouage Society, and held since students for admission to Oxford or Cambridge, and for the
1890 by the Rev. Fmncis L'Estrange Fawcett B.A. of St. examinations of the public offices and learned societies;
Mary Hall, Oxford. The population in r88r was 6,133, now John Thurnham esq. lll.C.P. principal.
(r8go) about 7,5oo.
Luton is celebrated for the manufacture of straw hats and
The Catholic Church dedicated to St. Mary, Help of bonnets, the introduction of which is chiefly due to Mary
Christians, situated in Castle street, is a small building of Queen of Scots: during her expedition through Lorraine she
corrugated iron. observed that the women and children occupied their time
· Here are three Baptist chapels, one, situated in Park profitably in plaiting straw for hats, and, perceiving the
. street, was founded in r686; and Ebenezer (Baptist) Chapel,
great advantage thus gained, Mary a~ orice conceived a
Hastings street, was built in r853-4, at a cost of £950, and
desire to introduce this handicraft among her own poor
will seat about soo persons : the Baptist chapel, We1lington peasantry ; she accordingly engaged a company of Lorraine
plaiters, and returned to Scotland, where the first straw
street, built in r847, at a cost, including site, of about £2,200,
is a building of red brick with stone dressings, in a modern manufactory was established : the calamities which subse-
Gothic style, with school; lecture and class rooms attached, quently befell Mary deprived her little colony of her royal
patronage; still her pupils, by dint of perseverance, strug-
and will seat 1,ooo persons; in r889 it was almost entirely
gled through great adversity until her son James was moved
rebuilt, cost £21300 ; in the same year a fine-toned organ was in their favour, and transplanted them to this town, and
added : there are four Wesleyan chapels, one of which, in probably placed them under the care of the Napier family,
Chapel street, is a very large and substantial edifice of white who then held the Luton Hoo estate, and were personal
brick with Caen stone dressings, in the Italian style, from
friends of the monarch : shortly afterwards factories were
designs by Mr. W. W. Pocock: of London, erected in 185r-2, commenced at Dunstable, then the larger place of the two
at a cost of upwards of £4,ooo, and will seat r,86gpersons; and situated on the main road to Ireland, but the trade
it has a very fine organ, erected by subscription, at a cost of ultimately returned here, and this may now he considered
the lBrgest straw district in the kingdom; the work of mak-
£320: Union chapel, Castle street, was built in 1837 and ing straw plait is carried on in the villages in the district,
enlarged in 1841 and 1844, at a total cost of £g,ooo, and will and from this plait the finished article is produced in the
factories. The manufacturers have large and handsome
now seat 1,150 persons; it is in the Classic style, and has a buildings, and a considerable export trade is carried on to

recessed portico, supported by columns, the whole fac;ade all parts of the world.
terminating in a frieze and pediment, and a Calvinist chapel:

the Primitive Methodist chapel, High town, erected in r852,

is a building of white and grey brick, in the Italian style,

from designs by Mr. Holyoak, of Luton, and will seat .~oo The Plait Hall is a large building, intended for the use of

persons; the total cost, including site, was about [1,220 : plait dealers on Mondays, and was erected in r868, at a cost

there is also a J:<'riends' Meeting house, in Cast.le street, of about [r2,ooo, from plans by R. M. Ordish esq. c.E. of

built in 1799, at a cost of £628, and seating about 200 London, and opened January r8, 1869 : the interior is fitted

persons; there is a burial ground attached, now closed: a with movable stalls, and has an iron-framed roof, covered

handsome Congregational church, with spire 150 feet high, with zinc and glass and supported upon massive iron

was erected in 1865. columns.

There are two cemeteries here held by a joint stock com- The markets are held every Monday and Saturday, the

pany. The general cemetery on the west side of the town former for cattle, corn and straw plait, and the latter for

was laid out in r854, at a cost of £2,600, and covers an area provisions. Two annual fairs for cattle are held, on the

of 8 acres ; the lodge and small adjoining chapel were built third Monday in .April and the third Monday in October ;

at a cost of £400: on the east side of the town is a smaller there was formerly a statute fair for hiring servants, but it

cemetery of about 2~ acres, purchased and laid out in 1854, has been abolished.

at a cost of about £700 ; it has also a small chapel. Here are Hayward, Tyler and Howards iron and brass

The Town Hall, situated in George street, and facing the foundry, and .Brown and Green's iron foundry. "The

Market place, at the junction of the Bedford and Dunstable People's Park," part of which was gi~e.R by J. S. Crawley b.:.

roads, is a plain but substantial building in the Italian style, esq. is situated at a short distance from the town, and covers

designed and built by John Williams and Son, in 18471 at a an area of 45 acres : it is under the management of a com-
cost of [2,2oo, exclusive of the site; on the ground floorara mittee of seven members, elected annually, and six life

four rooms : the large upper room, extending over the whole trustees, elected by the freeholders of the parish of Luton.

of the lower rooms, serves for all important public meetings The charities amount to about [540 yearly, and the names

and dramatic and other entertainments; it isCl'pable of seat- of the donors are to be found in the church, chief amongst

B. H. & N. 6*

84 LUTON. BEDFORDSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

them being the families of Crawley, Rotheram and Napier. On the west of the town is the mansion and park called

There are 12 almshouses for 24 widows, each of whom Stockwood, the seat of John Sambrooke Crawley esq. J.P. :

recei\'es to the value of about I6s. per month. the mansion, built of brick, was ~rected about 1740 by John

The Cottage Hospital, situated in High Town road, and Crawley esq. at a cost of £6o,ooo: its grounds are richly

founded in 1872, was removed to the new building in the covered with magnificent oak and chestnut trees: the

Dunstable road in August, 1882: this structure, now called mansion and park stand on an acclivity, commanding a

"The Bute Hospital," occupies a commanding situation by pleasant view of the surrounding country.

the side of the Union Workhouse; it is well appointed and Farley, r mile south-west, is a very ancient place, and

supported by voluntary contributions, and receives an was one of the five manses with its manors and lands which

average number of So patients yearly; it is managed by a King Offa gave to the abbey of St. Albans in 795·

body of seven trustees. Nether Crawley was an ancient seat of the family of that

Luton Hoo, the seat of Mrs. John Gerard Leigh, now name; here lived and died in 1649 Sir Francis Crawley kt.

Madame de Falbe, wife of the Danish minister, is situated judge of the Common Pleas, and in 1682 his son Francis, a

about 2 miles south-east from the town, on an eminence, at baron of the E,x:chequer. Haverings, half a mile further, is

the edge of the Bedfordshire downs: it is a very ancient said to have been their chief residence. Crawley green was

manor, and was held long before the Norman Conquest by formerly the scene of bull baitings.

the Hoo family, from whence it derives its name, since it The principal landed proprietors are Madame de Falhe

appears that Robert de Hoo held the manor in the time of (who is lady of the manor), John Sambrooke Crawley esq.

King- Cnut, the Dane: it was held by this family till the J.P. of ~tockwood, Major Gerard VivianAmes, Col. Sowerby~
middle of the rsth century, the last male heir being Sir of P~tteridge Park, and Mr. John Cumberland.

Thomas Hoo knt. who, for signal services in the time of ·'fhe soil is .;lOmposed of chalk, loam and gravel; the

Henrs VI. obtained a grant of £4o yearly, and in 1447 was surfacB is mostly good arable land.

created a baron by the title of Lord Hoo and Hastings, and The area of the borough is 2,558 acres; rateabls value,

also made a Knight of the Garter; he died about 1453, £w8,o33; the population in 188r was 23,960 in the borough,

leaving three daughters, and this baronetcy subseqctently and 20,140 in the parish, including 224 officers and inmates

became extinct. The Roo, after passing through several in the wo-rkhouse,

changes, was bought in I763 by John Earl of Bute, and held West }f:yde is a hamlet, in Luton parish and union,

by 1hat family till I844, and in r848 it was pur~hased of and the hundred of Flitt: it adjoins Luton, the greater part

Mr. Ward by the late John Shaw Leigh esq. : the mansion being in the borough; it includes the district of PARK:

has been altered and added to on several occasions, but it TowN, formerly known as .. Brown Brick." The names

attained its greatest grandeur during the time of Jobn, third will be found under Luton. The area is 2, 5wrars acres; rate-
Earl of Bute, who bought it in an unfinished state from able the population in 1gg 1 246.
Robert Napier esq. and employed in its completion and value, £tJ, 737 ;

adornment the celebrated architect, Rohert .Adam: the Leagrave is a hamlet of Luton, 3 miles north-west, in
library was 146 feet long with a ceiling painted by Cipriani, the hundred of Fl.itt. Near the hamlet is Leagrave Marsh~
and contained above 30, 000 volumes: there was also a whence springs the river Lea, which :flows through Luton,
splendid chapel, fitted up with exquisitely carved wood work, Wheathampstead, Hertford and other towns. Here is a

brought from some dismantled church, which has been Primitive 1\Iethodist chapel. The l\Iidland Ra,ilway Corn-

beautifully illustrated by Mr. H. Shaw in his history of pany has a station here on the line from Bedford to St.

this chapel : the floor of the chapel was of black and white Pancras. Madame de Falbe is lady of the manor; John

marble, but the ,vhole interior of this grand mansion, with Cumberland esq. J.P. is the principal landowner. The area is

the exception of the library, was destroyed by fire on the IOth r, 122 acres; rateable value, £4,990; the population in r881

November, 1843; by the exertion of severalgent!emenmost was 4°7·

of the paintings, forming one of the finest collections in this Limbury-cum-Biscott (Bishopscote) is a hamlet of

country, were preserved: the house was thoroughly restored Luton, 2~ miles north-west. Here was formerly a nunnery,
and redecorated by the late John Shaw Leig'h esq. and one fonnded by Roger, abbot of St. Albans, and dedicated to the
half of the north wing, which had been in shell only, ever Holy Trinity, which, at its dissolution, was valued at £r43·
since erected by the Earl of Bute in I8I6, has been converted Several skeletons have been found in this hamlet. Here is a
into a private chapel for the household, under the direction small Wesleyan chapel. The hamlets of Limbury-cum-
of the late G. E. Street esq. R.A. of London: the walis are Biscott and Leagrave were in r866 formed into the ecclesias-
faced with polished alabaster marble and Bath freestone, tical parish of Holy Trinity, Biscott: the church was built

the architectural ornamentation partaking of a Byzantine in r867 at the cost of John Sambrooke Crawley esq. and
character: the mansion is surrounded by a well-wooded consists of chancel, nave, north transept and organ chamber
park, covering I ,67o acres of land: its preserves are richly on the south side : there are 340 sittings. The register
stocked with game ; adjoining are its fine pleasure grounds, dates from the year I 867. The living is a vicarage, endowed
farm, keepers' lodges and farm buildings, erected on a most in r867 by John Sambrooke Crawley esq. the patron, with
extensive scale; the grounds were laid out by "Capability £148 lay rectorial tithes, who also built the parsonage; the
Brown." The river Lea flows through the park, expanding Ecclesiastical Commissioners give also £so yearly: net
in its course into two large lakes. Near the wood is Sorneries, yearly value £139, with spacious residence, and held since
an ancient village and manor, held by the family of Somerie r877 by the Rev. Robert Fisher M.A. of Brasenose College,

before the Conquest. Here, in 1448, John, Lord Wenlock, Oxford. John Sambrooke Crawley esq. and Mr. Crosse are
built a large and sumptuous castellated residence of brick, the principal landowners. The population in r88r was 824.
of great strength, and in closed it with a wall and moat : the PARISH CLERKS :-
machicolated gateway, flanked by massive polygonal towers, St. Mary's, George Eyles, Park street.
and some portion of the chapel and other buildings remain. Christ Church, John Gregory, Buxton road.

Official Establishments,· Local !nstitutions &'c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Government Insurance & 8th, 4.50 p.m.; gLh, 5 p.m.; 1oth, 6.30 p.m. i nth, 7.30

.Annuity Office, Cheapside.-Patrick Flynn, postmaster p.m. ; 12th, 9 p.m

DISPATCHES. RECEIVING OFFICES.

Luton,rstdelivery,6.I5a.m.;Leighton&North,6.3oa.m.; 69 H' h T d c1earedS ·45 & II.3° a.m. & 3, 4, 6
tg own roa ,
London, 7 a.m.; Bedford, 8-45 a.m.; Dunstable,Birming- ·3°

ham & North, 8.50 a.m.; London, 9.10 a.m. (extra stamp, & 8 p.m. Not cleared on sundays

a9..1m5.,a. .Hma.t)f.i'eLldu,tNono'r 2nd delivery ·35 a. m .. London I0.3o 104 Park street, cleared 8.45 & II.30 a. m. & 3• 4• 6.30 & S
th & London' a.m.,. 67pH.mas. t'mNgsotstcrleeeatr•edc.1eoanresudn5d,a8y·s45~
9(ex.cept E. C' .), I 1.25' & & 6
London & General, ri.So a.m. (extra stamp, 12.5 p.m.); It.3o a.:ro. 3,
Midland & N.W. counties, 12.30 p.m. (extra stamp~ 12.45 & 8 p.m. Sunda:ys, 6 p.m 4, -3°

p.m.); London & South, St. Albans & Watford,2.r5 p.m. 91 New Town street, cleared 5, 8.45, & II-3° a.m. & 3, 4,

(extra stamp, 2.20 p.m.); Ampthill, Bedford & Birrning- 6.3o & 8 p.m. Sundays, Qp.m

ham, 2.45 p.m. ; Luton, 3rd delivery, 3. IS p.m. ; London PILLAR & WALL BoxEs..

& Continent, 4.25 p.m. (extra stamp, 4·35 p.m.) ; Bedford, Town Hall, Dm:istable road, Wellington street, London road,

4.50 p.rn.; Dunstable, 5·5 p. m. ; Luton, 4th delivery, 6.45 Bailey street, Park square, Crescent road, 'Wenlock street,

p.m. ; General, 7.30 p.m. (extra stamp, 7.40 p.m.); Hat- New Bedford road, G.N. & M.R. stations & Rothesay

field & Eastern counties, 7·45 p.m.; Dunstable, Leighton road, cleared at 5, 8.45 & 11.30 a.m. & 3, 4, 6.30 & 8 p.rn.

& Bletchley, 8.40 p.m. (extra stamp, 9 p.m.); S. Wales Sundays, 6 p.m ·

& Midland counties, 8.45 p.m. ; Londoq, St. Albans & R'3venue stamps & all kinds of licenses issued. Lettets

General, 9.25 p.m. (extra stamp, 9·35 p.m. ). Sundays.- regilstered till half an hour before each despatch
General, 7 p.m. ; London, S. Wales & Midland counties, Houns.-Deliveries, 6.30 & 9.50 a.m. & ~-30 & 7 p.m.;

8.45 p.m telegrams, 8 a. m. to 9 p.m. sundays, 8 to 10 a.m. or at

PARCEL PosT. any time at zs. extra; postal orders issued 7 a. m. to 9

xst, 8.45 a.m.; znd, 9·5 a.m.; 3rd, xo.r5 a.m.; 4th, r1.50 p.m. paid, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; money orders & savings

a.m,; 5th, 2,15 p.m. j 6th, 2.45 p.m. j 7th, 4.20 p.m,; bank, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays to 8 p.m