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S T E E P L E CLAYDON.

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seat of the Lovett family for between five and six HOLLINGDON is a hamlet in the parish of Soulbury,
centuries; the mansion is a large quadrangular structure 3^ miles north-west from Leighton Buzzard.
of the Elizabethan period; one side of the court is Assistant Overseer & Clerk to the Parish Council, E. A.
occupied by an ancient chapel, dating from the middle Watling, 2 North street, Leighton Buzzard
or end of the 14th century, with part of an ancient
stained window, and in the courtyard is a magnificent Post, T. & Telephonic Express Delivery & Call Office.—
old vew tree and a rose garden; the kitchen gardens Miss Florence Andrews, sub-postmistress. Letters
aTe large and ancient; the park, extending over about through LeightonBuzzard, arrive at 7 a.m. & 3.45 p.m.
00 acres, abounds in oak and other timber; in 1769 Box cleared at 8.50 a.m. & 12.55 & 6.50 p.m. week
the mansion was renovated, and has since been greatly days only. Linslade, 2J miles distant, is the nearest
modernized and added to by its present owner, who has money order office
also established a stud farm on the estate. Stockgrove, Pillar Letter Box, Hollingdon, cleared at 12.50 & 6.20
the property and residence of Joseph Trueman Mills esq. p.m. week days only
D L J.P. is an elegant modern mansion of white brick, Elementary Endowed School, erected in 1863 from the
situated on the hills on the borders of the parish and
accumulated funds of Lovett’s charity; it will hold
county; the grounds are well wooded and afford ex­ 90
children; Miss E. E. Steel, mistress
tended'views, Tichly varied with plantations. Ernest
W Robinson esq. who is lord of the manor, and J. T.
Carriers.
Mills esq. D.L.. J.P. are the principal landowners. The
soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, Pipkin Arthur, passes through for Leighton Buzzard,
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and 24 of water; rateable value, £13.376; the popula­ Hollis George, passes through for Leighton Buzzard,
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Ashby Jonathan (Mrs.), farmer, Rowe George, farmer, The Green
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Scott Fredk. head gardener to Ernest
Bragenham farm
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Bliss Robert, farmer, Stapleford mill W. Robinson esq. Liscombe park
Considine Percy G-. Chelmscott
Conquest Hy. Price,farmer,Green frm Scott George, shopkeeper
Darnell Sidney, ChuTch farm
Dancer Thos. farmer, Rannamere frm Simmonds Alfred, farm bailiff to J.
Dodd Rev. Henry Russell M.A. (per­ Edwards Wm. farm bailiff to Ernest T. Mills esq. Cherry orchard
petual curate), The Manse
W. Robinson esq. Liscombe park Soulbury Village Club (F.Holford,sec)
Herbert Wm. Francis, Green view Hobman Henry, stud groom to Thur­ Syrett Ernest Albt. frmr. Green farm
Turney Jas. farmer & market gardenr
Hibbert Thurstan Holland, The Cot­ stan Holland Hibbert esq
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Holdon Robt. Geo. farmer. Kiln farm Woolhead Harry, gamekeeper to
Hodgson Charles, Wragmore
Holloway Wm. farmer, Manor farm Ernest W. Robinson esq. Liscombe
Mills Joseph Trueman D.L., J.P. Hopkins John, farmer, Broad oak
park
Stockgrove
Janes William, farmer, Rislip farm Yorke Albert, blacksmith
Robinson Ernest W. Liscombe park ¡Kimbell Arthur, farmer, Valley farm
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Steers Elijah George, School house !Maynard Geo. stud groom to Ernest
Watts Augustus Norris, Foxley
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Ormond William S. Stockgrove farm Corkett John, farmer
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Andrews Herbert George, New inn IParrott George, farmer, Winscott
¡Presswell Joseph, Henry & James, Munday George & Merrick, farmers
Andrews William, baker
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Arnold Joseph, farmer, Dean farm | farmers, Dollar farm
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STANTONBTJRY (derived from the Norman Baron’s church ; in that year it was discovered that the instru­
name in Domesday, Stant-on du Bandé) is a parish in ment transferring the rights and privileges of a parish
a most productive valley on the river Ouse, and church from St. Peter’s to the modern church of St.
abutting on the road from Newport Pagnell to Wol- James, situated at New Bradwell, had never been perverton, if miles north-east from Wolverton station on fected, thus invalidating 1,000 marriages solemnized in
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2§ west from Newport Pagnell station on the Wolverton Newman Guest M.A. on the title of the Ecclesiastical
and Newport Pagnell branch of the same line, 14 from Commissioners, and the patron, Earl Spencer, secured
Bedford and 4 north-east from Stony Stratford, in the 'from the Government an Act of Parliament, acquiring
Northern division of the county, hundred, petty ses- !the status for all the marriages solemnized m the unsional division, union and county court district of |licensed church; St. Peter’s has become, by wirtue of
Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Buckingham, Wolver- the deed, the chapel of a conventional district. I h e
ton portion, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese living is a vicarage, with that of New Bradwell annexed,
of Oxford. The Grand junction canal passes through !joint net yearly value £176, including 4 acres of glebe,
the parish. The ancient church of St. Peter, consecrated1and residence, in the gift of Earl Spencer, and held
in the year 950, and situated in the district commonly ,since 1908 by the Rev. Allan Newman Guest M.A. of
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the—Norman style, consisting of. chancel_, nave and. north
porch: it was formerly a monk’s cell, and now, after and the principal landowner. The soil is gravel and
the restoration work, seats 200 persons: it has a sand; subsoil, clay. The land is chiefly pasture. The
beautiful Norman arch separating the nave from the area of the parish is 789 acres of land and 17 of water;
chancel; the entrance to the former north aisle, from assessable value, £600; the population in 1911 was 37.
■which the blocking of 300 years has lately been re­ Letters through Wolverton, Bucks, arrive at 8 a.m.
moved, brought to light a row of arches dating from
Wolverton, about 2 miles distant, is the nearest
King Stephen (12th century), and resting upon a mas­ money order & telegraph office
sive quadruple pedestal: both the nave and chancel
roofs date from the 10th century, having never been The nearest Post Office is at New Bradwell, about 1
mile distant
replaced: until July 1st, 1909, it was the parish
STEEPLE C L A Y D O N is a parish and village, with considerably enlarged in 1842 and 1861; the spire was
a station half a mile south-east from the village on the erected to General SirHarry Calvert hart.G.C.B., G.C.H.
Oxford and Bletchley branch of the London and North who died 3rd Sept. 1826; the chancel was restored in
Western railway, 58 miles from London, 5^ miles west 1875, and has a Decorated east window: the church
from Winslow, 6 south from Buckingham and about 2 affords 380 sittings. The register dates from the year
milesnorth-east from Calvert station on the Great Central 1537, and contains a list of the first twelve vicars be­
railway, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, tween the years 1536 and 1735. The living is a vicar­
petty sessionaldivision, union and county court districtof age, net yearly value £ t55. including 50 acres of
Buckingham, rural deanery of Claydon, archdeaconry of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir Harry C. W.
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford; part of the village is Vernev hart. M.P. and held since 1901 by the Rev.
pleasantly situate on an eminence commanding an ex­ Charles Bass M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and
tensive view of the surrounding country; the river Ou«e Wvcliffe Hall. Oxford. The Wesleyan chapel, built in
has its source in the neighbourhood and flows through 1862 and enlarged in 1893, will seat 130 persons.
the parish, which was inclostd by Act of Parliament in The Oddfellows’ Hall (Sir Harry Verney Lodge, M. U.
*795- The church of St. Michael is an ancient building 7,400) is a small building formerly used as a day
of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north school for hoys. The Village Hall and Library, erected
^sle, transepts, south porch and a tower with spire in 1902 at a cost of £1.600. by Sir Edmund Hope
containing a clock and 5 bells, and was repaired and Verney hart, is a red brick building with reading and