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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Lk e l l y ’ s

M EADLE.
♦Walker Walter Russell, Parslow* •Saunders Benjamin, woodman to the
Earl of Buckinghamshire, Green Ashby John Walter, farmer
Hillock
Hailey
Womerslev Pelham, Whiteleaf
Ernest, poultry' farmer
»Taylor Jesse, beer ret. Redlane End East
East Sarah (Mrs.), poultry farmer
C OM M ER CIAL.
Wooster Job, farmer, Chestnuts farm; G
irling Edward, poultry farmer
Batty John, poultry farmer
Beck Edward George,The Plough P.H
Ives Frederick, farmer, corn mer­
ASKETT.
chant & miller, Meadle farm
Button Herbert Bobt. insurance agent
Ives Harry, poultry breeder, The
Calcraft George, Nag's Head P.H
Ayres Albert, Askett house
Springs
Cot-ching Jsph.miller (steam & water) Clay Mrs. E. K. Askett lodge
King Mary (Miss), grazier
Cummings Arthur Ernest, blacksmith Collett Miss, Willowdale
Paxton Sidney, farmer
•Drinkwater William, farmer, Hill Matthews Mrs. Irene
Rogers Phillip Joseph, farmer, Ar­
farm. Green Hailey
COMM ERCIAL.
mour farm
Durant Bobt. Red Lion P.H.Whiteleat
East George & Herbert, jobmasters & Ayres Oliver John, carriage builder Williams Luke, The Three Horse
Shoes P.H
harness makers
Batty James, carpenter
Wooster Charles, farmer
East Catherine (Miss), shopkeeper, Chilton James, farmer, Hook farm
Whiteleaf
Crockett Geo. poultry frmr. Hill vw
Eggleton Ellen (Miss), baker & Darville Leonard, higgler
OWLSWICK.
shopkeeper
Eldridge Henry, poultry farmer
*Eggleton Joseph, cottage farmer, Frost Augustus, poultry farmer
Bryant Harry, The Shoulder of Mut­
Green Hailey
Kempster Ernest, blacksmith
ton P.H
Hill Rowland, farmer, Chadwell hill Keyworth William, Three Crowns P.H Hill Oliver, poultry breeder
Lacey Julia (Mrs.), butcher
Rogers Henry, farmer, Meadcroft
Humphreys William George, farmer,
Miles John, farmer, Monkton farm Rogers Julia (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Owlswick manor
.postal address. Great Missenden) ,Smith Archibald, poultry farmer
Little Eustace, farmer, Stockwell lane
Pauling Albert, farmer, Place farm Smith James, hire carter
Rogers Arthur, poultry farmer
»Rixon Hy. chair turner, Coppice ho Smith James Joseph, beer retailer Williams Bros, frmrs. Stockwell lane
Rogers John Palmer, assistant over­Spittles Harvey, beer retailer
Williams Owen, poultry farmer
seer, Whiteleaf
•Williams Albert James, carpenter
Wooster Charles, farmer
M O TJLSO E i
s a parish and village on the top of a of Lhe Marquess of Lincolnshire K.G., P.O., G.C.M.G.
hill, on the borders of Bedfordshire, 3 miles south-east and held since 1900 by the Rev. John Little Starling
from Newport Pagnell station on the Wolverton and M.A. of Keble College, Oxford. There is a Noncon­
Newport, branch of the London and North Western rail­ formist Mission Hall in the village, in which services
way, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, are held on Sundays at 3 and 6 p.m. A charity of £5
petty sessional division, union and county court district yearly was left by the will, dated 1719, of Jane, Countess
of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Bletchley. arch­ Dowager of Northampton (d. 10 Jan. 1721), for the
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The relief of the poor: there is also 14 acres of land in the
church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone in parish of Cranfield, Beds, producing £17 yearly, for the
the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried educationofpoor children. The Marquess ofLincolnshire
nave of eight bays, aisles, south porch and an em­ K.G., P.O., G.C.M.G. is lord of the manor and
battled western tower containing a clock and 4 bells: chief landowner. The soil is mixed, principally a strong
the eastern end of the north aisle was anciently St. loam; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are
Joseph's chapel: some of the windows are of very good wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 1,654 acres;
design, but the tracery is not in every case perfect: assessable value, £977; the population in 1911 was 200
there are brasses of a man in armour and a female, c. Parish Clerk, Miss Mary Ann White.
1530, supposed to represent Richard Ruthall esq. and
Sexton, John Sinfield.
his wife ; the marginal inscription is lost: in 1897 two
stained windows were erected and a carved reredos and Letters arrive through Newport Pagnell at 7 a.m. &
5
.30 p.m. Wall Letter Box cleared at 8.55 a.m. & 6
pulpit provided: during the period 1885-90 the Lady
chapel in the south aisle and the porch were restored, at p.m. : Sundays at 8.30 a.m. The nearest money
o
rder & telegraph office is at Newport Pagnell, 3 miles
a cost of £549; there are 170 sittings: there is a list of
distant
rectors from the year 1233. The register dates from
the year 1559. The living is a rectory, net yearly value County Council School, erected in 1871, for 70 chil­
£132, with residence and 233 acres of glebe, in the gift dren ; Miss Mary George, mistress
Inns William & Frank, farmers,Wood
Starling Rev.John Little M.A.(rector)jGrimes Mark, stud groom to
End farm
c o m m e r c ia l.
Fraser esq
iRandall Giles, farmer
Bosbury William, blacksmith
jGroom Henry, shopkeeper
Webb Wm. Y. Carrington Arms P.H
Gardner Hugh Watson, land steward Hooton Harry, farmer
to Donald Fraser esq
MTTRSLEY is a village and parish, once a market acres of <rlebe. with residence, in the gift of the trustees
town, 1 mile from Swanbourne station on the Bletch­ of W. Selby-Lowndes esq. and held since 1889 by
ley and Oxford branch of the London and North West­ the Rev. Octavius William Cotton Selby-Lowndes. The
ern railway, 3^ miles east from Winslow and 9 north­ Baptist chapel, which stands at the bottom of the
west from Leighton Buzzard, in the Northern division village, was erected in 1883 anc*
sea^ I5° Persons•of the county, Cottesloe hundred, Winslow petty ses­ Near the village, on a site now occupied by farm houses,
sional division and union, county court district of Buck­ once stood the mansion of the Fortescues, a stately
ingham, rural deanery of Mursley, archdeaconry of house, erected at great cost; some terraces and ponds
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford- The church of St. remain toindicate the spot. William Selby-Lowndes esq.
Mary the Yirgin is a building of stone in the Decorated of Whaddon, who is lord of the manor, the Marquess of
or Third-pointed style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried Lincolnshire K.G.. P.O., G.C.M.G. John Wright esq.
nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled Thomas Beecham esq. and the Rector are the principal
western tower, in part ofEarly English date and contain­ landowners. The soil is loamy, with some gravel and
ing 6 hells: the nave is separated from the aisles by clav; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are
arcades of four arches on either side: the stained west wheat, barley and beans. The area is 2,975 acres; rate­
window in the tower was presented by the late Mrs. able value, £3,937: the population in 1911 was 383.
Pitkin in memory of her husband, who died in 1862:
the reredos iselaborately adorned with paintings: in SALPEN is a hamlet 1 mile north-east from Mursley
the chancel isa monument to Sir John Fortescne kt. and 4J miles east from Winslow.
M.P. Chancellor of the Exchequer, ob. 1607, with kneel­ Sexton, John Sharp.
ing effigies inalabasteT, coloured, of himself and his Post & T. Office.— Miss Constance Hollis, sub-postwife, facing each other; there is also a similar monu­ misfcress. Letters through W'inslow arrive at 8 5 a.m
ment, with kneeling effigies, to his son. Sir Francis & 2.50 p.m. weekdays; Sundays. 8.5 a.m.; dispatched
Fortescue K.B.. M.P. sheriff of Bucks, and below, on a -at 9.10 n.m & 5.15 p.m.; sundays, 9.10 a.n*
slab of black marble, a brass, with effigy, to Cecilia, Stewkley is the nearest money order office
wife of Sir John FoTtescue, ob. 1570: the chancel retains Elementary School (mixed), established in 1873 & en‘
a piscina and sedilia: there are also piscinae in the larged 1009. for 103 children ; Alfred Bozman, maste.
north and south aisles: the church was thoroughly
Carriers.
restored in 1867 at a cost of £1,950 and affords 215 sit­
tings. The register dates from the year 1578. The Leighton Buzzard— George Hollis, tues. & fri
Iivine is a rectory, net yearly value £185, including 24c Winslow— Albert Bowler sat