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sional division of Ashendon, union and county court are ten almshouses, founded by John King esq. of
district of Thame, rural deanery of Waddesdon, arch­ Boycote, Kent, eldest son of Henry King, Bishop
deaconry Of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The of Chichester (1641-69) and grandson of John King,
church of SS. Peter and Paul is a small building of Bishop of London, for six poor men and four poor
stone in mixed styles, chiefly Perpendicular, con­ women, who are allowed, besides a weekly payment
sisting of chancel, nave, vestry, south porch, and a low of 3s. 3d. and a loaf of bread each, a new coat and
embattled western tower containing 3 bells and a sanctus gown every alternate year at Christmas. The alms­
bell: of the original Norman structure both doorways houses, erected in memory of the father of the founder,
and the chancel arch still remain : the present chancel form in plan the letter H, and over each entrance
is Late Decorated and has a high pitched roof, and are the arms of King impaling Russell, with an in­
a Perpendicular east window of three lights, dating scription recording the foundation and the date 1675.
from about 1480, and filled with stained glassin 1847:^0 There is a charity of £21 yearly value foT bread, left in
easternmost window on the south side, prolonged down­ 1621 by John King, Bishop of London; and Henry King,
wards, forms sedilia: against the north wall is hung a Bishop of Chichester, left by will in 1669 £100 to pur­
small oaken tablet, on which are carved the arms of the chase land, the rent of which is added to what his
see of London, impaling those of Dr. John King, who father left for bread, to be distributed at the church
was son of John King mentioned below and Bishop of porch every Sunday: on Good Friday the twenty-five
London 16x1-21: the walls of the nave are, no doubt, recipients receive a loaf four times the size of an
part of the Norman church: the tower is Late Perpen­ ordinary loaf and is. each; on leaving the church they
dicular, and has a western window of three lights: the drop a penny in the clerk’s hat in order that he may
font is cylindrical and of the 13th century; and there keep the memorial brass clean. Worminghall had form­
isa church chest of the 17th century: within the com­ erly a market and still has a small fair, also called a
munion rails is a slab inscribed to Edmund Kinge, 1577, •
'feast.” There are numerous small landowners. The
and on the south side is a mural brass with effigies to soil is loam and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops
Philip King, 1592, his wife Elizabeth (Conquest) and are wheat and beans; the land is about one-half pas­
twelve children: the church was extensively repaired in ture. The area is 1,510 acres; rateable value, £ 1 , 6 1 1 ;
1847, under the direction of Mr. Joseph Clarke, archi­ population in 1911, 253.
tect,ofLondon: the whole north wall and a considerable Sexton, Frederick Chadbone.
portion of the south wall were taken down and rebuilt:
avestry added and a stone porch erected ;all the roofs Post & M. 0 . Office.— Mrs. Leah Munday, sub-postmis­
were restored, a gallery removed, the chancel filled with tress. Letters are received from Thame at 7.40 a.m.
oak stalls and the east window with stained glass; a & 1.50 p.m. ; sundays, 7.40 a.m. & dispatched at 9.25
piscinafound on the south, and an aumbry on the north, a.m. & 5.10 p.m. & 011 Sundays at 9.25 a.m. Ickford,
were both renovated, and a new lectern and pulpit set 1 mile distant, is the nearest telegraph office
up: the total cost amounted to £1,200, towards which Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1870 by the late
the late Viscount Clifden (d. 1899), contributed £ 5 0 0 :
Viscount Clifden and purchased by the parish in
theinterior of the church was restored in 1870 and two
19x2; it will hold 63 children; Miss Louisa Linney,
new windows added :there are 120 sittings. The register mistress
dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, net
Carrier to:—
yearly value £122, with residence, in the gift of the
Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1910 by the Rev. Oxford- ■George Hawes, wed. & sat
Henry Mare B.A. of London University. In the village Thame- George Hawes, tues. & fri
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Court Thomas, painter
Hawes George, carrier
Bury Mrs. Lower Brook farm
Fenn Thomas,Clifden Arms P.H.& bkr Jessop Wm. (Mrs.),frmr.Thomley haJl
Mare Rev.Henry B.A.(vicar),Vicarage Freeman William, farmer
Pullen Benjamin, blacksmith
c o m m e r c ia l.
j Fuller George, farmer, Town farm
Tanner Harry Foster, farmer
Bury Edgar frmr. Court & Field frms Hawes Emanuel, shopkeeper
WOTTON U N D E R W O O D is a parish and small died February 28th, 1874, to Anna Eliza, Duchess
village, with stations on the Great Central railway and of Buckingham and Chandos, who died at Stowe, May
the Brill and Quainton Road branch of the Metropolitan 16, 1836, and to other members of the Grenville famliy,
and Great Central Joint railway, 3 miles north-east including one to Richard, last Duke of Buckingham and
from Brill, 3J south-west from Waddesdon, and 10 Chandos P.C., G.C.S.I. d. 26 March, 1889: there are
west from Aylesbury, in the Northern division of the [60 sittings. The register dates from the year 1599.
ccunty, hundred and petty sessional division of The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £120, with
Ashendon, union and county court district of Ayles­ residence, in the gift of Earl Temple, and held since
bury, rural deanery of Waddesdon, archdeaconry of I9I3 by bhe Rev. John Henry Townson B.A. of Cam­
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church bridge University. Wotton House, a mansion of red
of All Saints is a building of stone in mixed styles, brick, and the property of Earl Temple, is the resi­
consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle of three bays, dence of the Hon. Hubert George Beaumont J.P. and
mortuary chapel, and an embattled western tower, stands in grounds of about 280 acres, which is nearly
with spire, containing 6 bells: on the south side of the in the centre of the parish and contains three lakes;
nave isthe private chapel of the Grenville family, built the approach on either side is through a noble avenue
m 1343 by William and Mary Grenville and contain­ of elm trees about a mile in length. Earl Temple is
ing monuments to their memory and stained windows lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is
bearing the shields and armorial devices of the family : clay; subsoil, clay. The land is about one-third arable
at the west end is an elaborately canopied monument and two-thirds pasture. The area is 2,546 acres of:
with recumbent effigy: on the floor is a slab, with brass land and 54 of water; assessable value, £2,691; the
etngies to Edward Grenville, 1585, his wife Alice, and population in rgn was 223.
son: this mortuary was restored and enlarged in 1867 by
Sexton, William Blunt.
the last Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, d. 1889; the Post & Telegraph Office.— James Rogers, sub-post­
tower and spire were rebuilt at the sole expense of master. Letters received through Aylesbury at 8.30
George, first Marquess ofBuckingham, who died 11 Feb.
a.m. & 3.15 p.m.; box cleared at 10.45 a.m. & 4.30
'ora: a new altar was presented by the present vicar in p.m. ; sundays, 10.45 a-m Brill, 3 miles distant, is
'9r4 and in the same year an organ was given by the the nearest money order office
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®eaumont J B- : there is a piscina in the Wall Letter Box.— Wotton Station (G.C.R.), cleared at
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Gast window and a11 ttose oa the south 8.45 a.m. & 4 p.m. ; sundays, 9 a.m
and
church are stained: in the south aisle Elementary School, built in 1852; it will hold 70
ci mausoleum are mural monuments of marble to children ; Mrs. Emma Southam, head mistress
me, Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, who Railway Station, Edwin Clee, station master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
COMMERCIAL.
Roberts Charles, blacksmith
^UDont Hon. Hubert George J.P. Adams William, farmer, Yeat farm Rogers
James, gardener to Hor.
Wotton houae
Chapman Zilpha (Mrs.), grocer
Hubert Beaumont
iOTOson Bev. John Henry B.A. Faulkner William, farmer, Church fm 'Southam
Arth.estate bailiff.Manor fm
(vicar), Vicarage
Fenemore William, farmer. Moat frm IWellington Edwd. farmer, Lawn farm
Lines Henry Jsph.farmr.Middle farm
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O^-THE-GREEN" is a parish and sional division, union and county court district of New­
north t )U around & large green of 20 acres, 2 miles port Pagnell, rural deanery of'Bletchley, archdeaconry
and
|!enny Stratford station on the Bletchley of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The river Ousel
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of the London and North Western rail- and the. Grand Junction canal pass through this
NorthotnnV.. .south from Newport Pagnell, in the parish. The parish is supplied with water from Sanddivision of the county, hundred, petty ses- house by the Bletchley Water Works. The church of
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