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CHETWODE.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

ceedings or by the detention of an a n im a l; the proceeds
form erly reached about £20 a year, b ut since th e com ­
pletion of the B uckingham shire railw ay th e receipts have
m aterially dim inished. Th e Chetwodes have held this
m anor from the tim e of H enry II. and the custom is
trad itionally derived from the alleged slau gh ter of a
g rea t wild boar, long the terror of these p arts, by one
head of the Chetw ode fam ily, and th is tradition was
s in gu larly corroborated in 1810, by the discovery of the
rem ains of a boar of an enormous size beneath a large
m ound of earth , overgrow n w ith gorse and underwood,
in the parish of Barton H artshorn and within a m ile of
Chetw ode M anor H ouse; the mound was surrounded by
a ditch, known to the country people as “ B oar’ s P o n d :"
these rem ains, exhibited at B uckingham in 1855, are in
the possession of B rig.-G en . S ir P. W. Chetwode b art.
th e lord of the m anor, who claim s su it and service by
p rescrip tive right over this place and the neighbouring
townships and ham lets of Barton, T in gew ick, Preston
w ith Cowley, H illesden, G aw cott, Lenborough and Bucks
Prebend E n d, and accordingly can require th e con­

L etters th rou gh Buckingham , delivered at 8 a.m . & 2.30
p.m . W all Letter Box cleared at 12 noon & 4.50
p.m . ; S u n d a ys, 10.50 a.m . The nearest m oney order
& telegraph office is at T in gew ick,
m iles distant
E lem en tary School (m ixed), b u ilt in i860, for 45 chil­
dren ; Miss E lizabeth R ider, m istress
C arriers to B u ckin gham .— Thom as Sm all, tues. wed.
fri. & s a t . ; M iss Tew, mon. th urs. & sab

F leischm ann L ouis, Manor h ou se; & F ish er f f m . farm er, Rose H ill farm
59 Brook street, London W
Haynes G eorge, farm er
G reen Maj. Geo. F rd k J .P .T h e P rio ry H icks Isaac E. head gardener to M aj.
c o m m e r c ia l .
G reen
B ates G eorge, farm er, P ark farm

CHICH ELEY

is a sm all parish on the road from N ew ­
p ort Pagnell to Bedford, 2^ m iles north-east from the
Newport P agn ell term inal station on a branch, and 6$
north-east from the W olverton station on the m ain line
of the London and N orth W estern railway, and 10 south­
w est from Bedford, in th e N orthern division of the
county, hundred, p etty sessional division, union and
county court d istrict of N ew port Pagnell, ru ra l deanery’ of
Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham and dio­
cese of Oxford. The church of S t. Law rence is an edifice
in the E a rly E n g lish style, and consists of chancel,
clerestoried nave of three bays, north aisle, south
p orch, w ith a room over it, and a central tower con­
ta in in g a clock and 6 b ells, restored and rehung in
1905 : th e tower is of the tim e of H enry Y H . th e aisle
d a tin g from th at of H enry H I . ; th e chancel was
erected in the 18th cen tury, and is said to have been
designed b y Sir C hristopher W r e n : a v estry was erected
a t the north of th e chancel in 1914. Th e origin al holy
w ater stoup rem ains at th e south e n tra n c e : there are
three stained windows in the a is le : on the north
side of the church, on the floor, is a brass, w ith effigies
to S ir A nthony Cave, a m erchant of th e staple of
C alais, dated 1558, another of rem arkable ch aracter to
S ir A nthony C hester, dated 1635, and a brass, rep re­
senting a skeleton in a shroud, w ith a L a tin inscription
undated, b ut c. 1560, as w ell as a m ural m onum ent to
A nthony Cave, erected in 1576; there is also a m ural
m onum ent to the C ranm er fa m ily : in 1894 choir stalls
w ere a d d e d : in 1907 a carved oak rood and screen was
placed in front of the b e lf r y : th ere are 200 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1539, and there is a
lis t of vicars from the year 1264 to th e present date.
T h e liv in g is a vicarage, net yea rly value .£150, with
three acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the
Rev. J. G. C h ester, of G illin g. Y o rk s, and held since
1903 by th e Rev. U tten Jam es Easson M .A . of Jesns
C ollege, C am bridge.
In this parish there are three c h a ritie s ; L ad y Man­
sell le ft a rent-charge of 32s. for distribution every
Easson R ev.
U tten Jam es
(v icar), Th e V icarage
Farrar S ir G eorge H erbert
D .S.O . C hich eley hall

[Rim m er Percy, head gardener
! Louis Fleischm ann esq
Sh uttlew orth Algernon, farm er
Sm all Thom as, carrier

to

Good F riday and 20s. every S t. Thom as’ Day to widows
and widowers past w ork ; the Rev. S am uel Thom as Towns­
end, vicar from 1830, left 14 guineas, one half to be dis­
tributed on January 1st, the other half on J u l y i s t ;
and the Rev. W illiam Cotton left £ 2 18s. gd. to be dis­
tributed on J u ly 1st am ong the old,poor and infirm.
C hicheley Hall, erected about the year 1715, b y Sir John
Chester, and now the property of the R ev. J . G. Ches­
ter, vicar of G illin g, Y o rk s, lord of the manor and prin­
cipal landowner, is a fine mansion of red b rick faced with
white stone in the Italian style, now occupied by Sir
G eorge H. F arrar bart. D .S .O . Am ong th e treasures
preserved here are the seals of C ardin al W olsey and
A rchbishop L a u d : a MS. believed to be th e original
com position of C harles I. : a Hebrew M S. of th e book
of E sth e r: early editions of Ben Jonson and Hooker:
and a curious collection of old tracts, in cluding the
“ N atural H istory of the H anover R a t.”
One of the
rooms of th e m ansion is wainscoted w ith oak panelling
of a date antecedent to the re s t of th e house, and over
the fireplace is a beam w ith the inscription, “ Cave ne
Deum offendas, cave ne proxim um laedas, cave ne tua
n egligen tia fam iliam deseras, 1550 ” : th is wainscot and
beam no doubt form ed p art of a house known to have
been b u ilt by A nthony Cave, some of th e foundations of
w hich m ay still be traced. Th e soil is c la y : subsoil,
clay. Th e chief crops are w heat, beans and Toots. The
area is 2,070 a c re s; assessable value, .£1,146; the popu­
lation in 1911 was 230.
P arish Sexton, Leonard W righ t.
L etters received th rou gh Newport Pagnell, arrive about
7 a.m . & 7 p.m . W all L e tte r Box cleared a t 7 a.m.
& 6.50 p.m . week d a ys; sundays at 8.15 a.m . The
nearest m oney order & telegrap h office is at Newport
Pagnell, 2% m iles distan t
Elem entary School, erected in 1872 by the late L ieu t.Col. C. M. Chester, w ith house for m aster, at a cost
of about .£200, for 70 children ; A lbt. E . G arrett, mast
C arrier to B edford— Roberts, from N ew port Pagnell, to
1 Chester A rm s,’ sat. retu rn in g same day

M .A. Duncom be Geo. fa n n er, G range farm
; Goodman W alter, frm r.O ld House frm
bart . ' Jefferson E dw ard, farm er
Tones Jam es, farm er
COMMERCIAL
Joyce A lfred W m . Chester Arm s P H
C larke John, steward to S ir G . H. Perkins G eorge, gam ekeeper to S ir
F arrar bart
G. H. F a rra r bart

CHILTON is a small village and parish, 4 m iles north
from Tham e station on the M aidenhead and Oxford sec­
tion of the G reat W estern railw ay, 3 m iles south from
W otton stations on the G reat C en tral railw ay and th e
B rill and Q uainton Road branch of the M etropolitan
and G reat C en tral Joint railw ay, 3^ south-east from
B rill and 10 w est from A ylesb ury, in the Northern
division of the county, hundred and p etty sessional
division of Ashendon, union and cou n ty court district
of Tham e, ru ra l deanery of W addesdon, archdeaconry
of B uckin gham and diocese of Oxford. T h e church
of St. M ary is an ancient stone edifice in the E arlv
E n glish and Perp en dicular styles, and consists of
chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, south transept,
south porch, and a low tower w ith tu rret on the north
side of th e nave containing 3 b e lls : in the exterior east

[K E L L Y ’ a

stables of all these villages, which are said to be in.
eluded w ithin the lim its of an ancient forest of 1,000
acres called Rockwood, to be sworn a t his court, held
here at E aster. Chetwode M anor House is the residence
of Lo uis Fleischm ann esq. The principal landowners
are B rig .-G en . S ir P. W. Chetw ode b art. D .S .O . and
M ajor G . F . G reen J .P . The soil is a heavy c la v ; the
greater p art of the land is pasture, the remainder
arable. Th e area is 1,168 acres of land and 3 of
w a te r; rateable value, .£2,172; the population in ig u
was 142.
Sexton, F rederick Jam es.

Richardson W alter, farm er
R iley Em m a (M rs.), farm er, Newfield
Lodge farm
Tom pkins Roland, gardener to Sir
G. H. Farrar bart
T u m o y Thom as Chas. frm r. H ill frm

w all is the effigy of a kn igh t in chain m ail, placed
vertically, and no doubt at some tim e rem oved from the
in te r io r : at th e east end of th e south aisle are some
m onum ents and brasses to th e Croke fa m ily: th a t of
S ir John Croke, who died in 1608, and E lizabeth , his
wife, d. 1611, has recum bent effigies of both, and rising
from th e altar tom b are colnmns of black m arble sup­
porting a canop y; below are 11 figures of kneeling
children : a screen of the L a te Decorated period divides
this part of the aisle from th e r e s t : the chancel has
been thoroughly restored and a handsome stained win­
dow (the g ift of Mrs. Chetwode) has been placed at the
east e n d : the organ was the g ift of M r. A ugustus Chet­
w od e: in 1907 the church was restored b y th e late Sir
H enry A ub rey-F letch er b art. (d. 1910), and a ne*
p u lp it given b y A gnes L ad y A u b rey -F letc h er: there are