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Clarke Arthur, grazier
Douglas-Pennant Hon.Mrs. A. Lilling- Adams James,Fox & Hounds P.H
Clarke Edward, frmr. Hatch Hill frm
Bennett Thomas & Sons, blacksmiths Clarke Septimus, farmer, Manor farm
stone house
Outram Rev. Arthur M.A. (rector), Bonham William, head gamekeeper to Culley Thomas, farmer
A. J. Robarts esq. D.L., J.P
Dyson Arthur G. farm bailiff to A. J.
Rectory
Robarts Abrhm. Jn. D.L., J.P. Tile ho Boulton William, head gardener to A. Robarts esq
J. Robarts esc^. D.L., J.P
Bobarts John J.P. Tile house
LILLINGSTONE L O V E L L is a parish, extending Sussex College, Cambridge. The charities include the
on the east and north to the border of Northampton­ interest of £300, invested as a rent-charge on iand, for
shire, a feeder of the river Ouse dividing the parish apprenticing poor children ofthisparish, and ofWoolston,
from Lillingstone Dayrell; it is 5^ miles north by east in Warwickshire; the interest of £100, invested in land,
from Buckingham station on the Bletchley and Banbury and now producing £6 yearly, which is given to the
section of the London and North Western railway, in poor on St. Thomas’ day; the interest of £54, arising
the Northern division of the county, hundred of Plough- from forest money, invested in £2§ per Cent. Consols,
ley, petty sessional division, union and county court dis­ and distributed in coals; and the interest of £200 in
trict of Buckingham, rural deanery of Buckingham, Consols, bequeathed by the Rev. W. Lloyd, rector,
Buckingham portion, archdeaconry of Buckingham and 1826-89, and distributed among the poor. Major
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary is an James Bogle Delap J.P. of The Manor House, is lord
ancient building of stone, in the Early English and of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is clay;
Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three the land is pasture and arable in about equal portions,.
bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower, with The area is 1,667 acres; rateable value, £1,365; the
saddle-back roof, covered with ivy and containing a population in 1911 was 131.
clock and 4 bells: the east end of each aisle was
Parish Clerk, Philip J. Gregory.
formerly a chantry chapel, and the piscinae and sedilia Post Office.— Francis Buckingham, sub-postmaster.
remain: there are brasses to John Merston, rector, Letters arrive through Buckingham at 8.30 a.m. &
1446, with two hands holding up a bleeding heart; 3.25 p.m.; Sundays, 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 12.10
Thomas Clavell and Agnes, his wife, 1460, with
& 5 p.m. week days; sundays at 10.15 a.m. Buck­
three children; and William Rysley and Agnes,
is the nearest money order office & Lilling­
his wife, c. 15 13 , and several monuments to former ingham
s
tone Dayrell, 1 mile distant, the nearest telegTaph
proprietors: the church was restored in 1891 at a
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cost of £1,100, and affords 140 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, net Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1852, & a class­
yearly value £191, with 40 acres of glebe and residence, room added for infants in 1905, for 64 children; Miss
in the gift of Major James B. Delap, and held since Rose Priest, mistress
1904 by the Rev. Charles John Senior M.A. of Sidney Carrier to Buckingham.— Henry Hurst, daily
Hurst Henry, carrier & farmer
Delap Major James Bogle J.P. The
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¡Jerrams Frederick, farmer
Barge Arthur John, farmer
Manor house
j Roddis Solomon, farmer
Senior Rev. Charles John M.A. Godfrey Arthur, farmer
Son, farmers, Warner Samuel, dairyman
Holton William
(rector), Rectory
Eley’s farm
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six almshouses, erected by him c. 1683-1704: the
GREAT L INFORD is a parish and scattered village,
on the banks of the Ouse, with a station on the Newport remaining £10 is for education: Lady Pritchard’s
Pagnell branch of the London and North Western rail­ charity now produces £16 2s. 8d. yearly, which is
way, 2 miles south from Newport Pagnell and 52 from expended in gifts of £1 to each almshouse, £1 to
London, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, rector and £1 to sexton or clerk at Christmas: the
petty sessional division, union and county court district remainder (originally left for apprenticing poor boys)
of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, is now administered under a scheme of the Charity
archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. Commissioners. Miss M. B. Cape’s charity, producing
The Grand Junction canal passes through.
The £9 5s. 4d. yearly, is distributed in sums of £1 each
church of St. Andrew is an ancient edifice of stone, in to widows in receipt of parish relief and old men past
the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, work, not resident in the almshouses: the balance
aisles, south porch and a western tower containing 6 (if any) is expended in blankets &c. for the most
bells: the original window tracery has been replaced by needy. Miss Ann Cape’s charity, producing £13 ios.
later work: the porch is of Perpendicular date: in the is for the support of the Sunday school and for a
church there are three very fine brasses: 1, to Roger treat to the scholars. Here are the kennels of the
Hunt and Johane, his wife, 1473, at whose expense the Bucks otter hounds. William Francis Edolph Andrewes
church was paved, with effigies in civil dress, eight Uthwatt esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner-.
alternately rhyming lines, and an invocatory inscrip­ The soil is mixed; subsoil, gravel, clay and stone.
tion; 2, Thomas Malyn and Elizabeth, his wife, 1536, The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area
with effigies in civil dress; 3, John Uvedall gent, and is 1,816 acres of land and 18 of water; assessable value,
Anne, his wife, 1611, also in civil dress, with inscrip­ £2,367; population in 1911, 577, including 26 on barges.
Sexton, William Waine.
tion to the latter only: there are also mural tablets
to the Uthwatt family:' there are four stained Post Office.— Miss Harriet Ward Joyce, sub-postmistress.
memorial windows: the church was restored in 1884-5 Letters received through Newport Pagnell arrive at
7 a.m. & 12.15 p.m.; dispatched at 8.35 a.m. & 12.45
at a cost of about £700, and a new organ was erected
& 6.55 p.m. The nearest money order office is at
in 1887: there are 173 sittings, mostly free. The
Stantonbury, 2 miles distant & telegraph office, New­
register of baptisms dates from the year 1652;
marriages, 1654; burials, 1653. The living is a rec­ port Pagnell, 3 miles distant
tory, net yearly value £257, with residence, in the Pillar Letter Box, Linford wharf, cleared at 8.46 a.m.
gift of Thomas Andrewes Uthwatt esq. and held since & 7 p.m.; sundays, 8.30 a.m
1900 by the Rev. John Turnbull M.A. of Trinity Col­ Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1874, at a cost of
£500, partly contributed by the late Rev. W. A. Uth­
lege, Cambridge. The Congregational chapel, erected
in 1810, affords 120 sittings. Sir W. Pritchard’s watt M.A. & enlarged in 1906 at a cost of £900, for
136 children; Edwin Whittaker, master
charity produces £34 yearly, of which £24 is an
endowment for widows and old couples resident in Railway Station, Edwin Wm. Emerton, station master
Ditmas Capt. Harold Edward Churton Barnwell Thomas, farm bailiff to Lines Charles, gamekeeper to W. F.
E. A. Uthwatt esq. Linford wood
R.F.A. Ivy house
Gerard Uthwatt esq
Mead Charles Walter, Manor house
Bartholomew Henry, photographer Middleweek Philip Lang, Black
Purvis Mrs. The Cottage
Beckett Arthur & Harry, farmers, Horse P.H
Powell William, farmer, Green farm
Turnbull Rev. John M.A. Rectory
Wood House farm
Rose George, shopkeeper
Uthwatt Gerard
Grimes & Fowler, farmers
Short William John, farmer
Uthwatt Wm. Fras. Edolph Andrewes Hedges William, farmer
Walker
Stephen, Nag’s Head inn
COMM ERCIAL.
Heeps Charles, blacksmith
Ariss Thomas Edmund, farmer
Lacey Thomas (Mrs.), Wharf inn
LITTLE L INFORD is a parish on the Ouse, over dred, petty sessional division, union and county court
which are two bridges ofthree arches, 2^ miles west from district of Newport Pegnell, rural deanery of Newport
Newport Pagnell station on the Wolverton and Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of
Pagnell branch ofthe London and North Western railway, Oxford. The church of St. Leonard is a small and plain
4| from Stony Stratford, 14 from Northampton, 14 from but ancient building of stone, consisting ofchancel, nave,
Bedford, and in the Northern division ofthe county, hun- aisles, a low north porch and a turret containing
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