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B U C K IN G H A M SH IR E .
The M etropolitan and G reat Central Joint railw ay enters
the county from its term inus at M arylebone, London, a t C h al­
font Road, from near which station is a branch to Chesham ,
passing through Am ersham and W endover to Aylesbury»
w ith a branch to Princes Risborough ; to Quainton Road,
w ith a branch north to Verney Junction, where it joins the
London and North W estern railw ay, and south to Brill,
the line leaving the county for Leicester, Nottingham and
Sheffield.
The London and South W estern railway have a branch
line from Staines to W indsor and Eton.
The m inerals raised in 1912 consisted of chalk, 120 tons ;
b rick clay, 74,727 to n s ; gravel and sand, 3,500 to n s ; lim e­
stone, 1,550 tons, and sandstone, 378 tons.
The chief products are beech, oak, and other tim b e r;
wheat, barley, clover, tares, turnips, h a y ; horses, cows,
oxen, calves, sheep, lam bs, pigs, butter and cream c h eese;
condensed m ilk is prepared a t A ylesbury, and in that neigh­
bourhood ducks are reared, which has now become a large
in d u s tr y ; woven silk, bonnets, lace, shoes and paper are
m a d e ; m any persons are employed in the lace m anufacture,
of which the greater part are females. The m aking of straw
bonnets and hats and the plaiting of straw also em ploy a
num ber of females ; the eastern part of the county, border­
in g on H erts and Beds, is the chief location of the straw
m anufacture. A trade peculiar to the county is that of the
m anufacture of wooden chairs of various patterns, wooden
spades, brush handles, bowls, and various other articles of
turnery from beech and other trees, with which the county
^abounds ; H igh W ycombe is the chief seat of this trade.

[ k e l l y ’s

The following list gives the several poor law unions, with
the parishes contained in each: —
A m ersh am

Amersham
Ashley Green
Beaconsfield
Chalfont St. Giles
Chalfont St. Peter
Chartridge
Chenies
Chesham

U n io n .

Chesham Bois
Coleshill
Latim er
Lee
Missenden— L ittle
Missenden— G reat
Penn
Seer Green
A y l e s b u r y U n io n .

Ashendon
Aston Abbots
Aston
Clinton - w ith - St.
Leonards
Aston Sandford
A ylesbury-w ith-Walton
Bierton-with-Broughton
Buckland

Hawridge
H ulcott
Kingswood
Ludgershall
Oving
Pitchcott
Quainton
Quarrendon
Stoke Mandeville
Stone
Waddesdon
Weedon
W estcott
Weston T urville
W hitchurch
Winchendon— Low er or Nether
W inchendon — U pper
W ingrave
Woodham
W otton Underwood

Chearsley
Cholesbury
CresloAv
Cublington
Cuddington
Dinton
Drayton Beauchamp
Fleet Marston
Grendon Underwood
T h e shire is in the Midland circuit, spring and sum m er
Haddenham
assizes being held a t A ylesbury, the latter having been
Haiton
removed b y Ant of Parliam ent from Buckingham : the
H ardwick
quarter sessions are also held a t A ylesbury, and there are
Hartwell
13 petty sessional divisions, viz. :— Ashendon, The Three
H undreds of, sittings at Brill ; A ylesbury, The Three
B u c k in g h a m U n io n .
H undreds of, sittings at A ylesbury, G reat Missenden and Addington
Luffield Abbey
Princes Risborough ; Buckingham ; Burnham , sittings at Adstock
Maids Moretou
Beaconsfield, B urnham and Am ersham ; C h esh am ; Des- A keley
Marsh Gibbon
borough (1st Division) or M arlow, sittings at Marlow ; Barton Hartshorn
Padbury
Desborough (2nd Division) or W ycom be, sittings at High Beachampton
Poundon
W ycom be ; Fenny Stratford ; Linslade or Cottesloe, sittings Buckingham
Preston Bisset
at Linslade and Iv in g h o e; Newport ; Stoke, sittings at Charndon
Rad clive
Slough ; and Winslow. N o t e . — Unless otherwise stated Chetwode
Shalstone
sittings are held at the place givin g name to the division.
Steeple Claydon
Claydon— Middle
Stowe
County Courts are held at A ylesb ury, Chesham and Edgcott
Thornborough
H igh W ycom be, which are included in C ircuit No. 37. Foscott or Foxcott
Thornton
Hillesden
A ylesb ury County Court has jurisdiction in bankruptcy.
Tingewick
The county contains 230 civil parishes, and is principally Leckhampstead
Tw yford
in the diocese of Oxford, and forms an archdeaconry, which Lillingstone Dayrell
W ater Stratford
is sub-divided into the rural deaneries of Am ersham , A yles­ Lillingstone Lovell
b ury, Bletchley, Buckingham (Buckingham portion and
W olverton portion), Burnham , C laydon, Ivinghoe, M ursley,
Newport, Waddesdon, Wendover and W ycombe.
The M unicipal boroughs are :— Buckingham , population
in 19 11, 3,282, and Chepping or H igh W ycom be, 20,871.
O ther towns are A ylesbury, 11,048 ; Chesham, 8,204> Eton,
3 ,19 2 ; B letchley (form erly known as Fenny Stratford)
(including Fenny S tratford and Sim pson), 5,166 ; Linslade,
2,262; M arlow, 4,683; Newport Pagnell, 4,238 ; Slough,
14,982 ; Am ersham , 3,392 ; Princes Risborough, 2,322;
Stony S tratford, 1,968 and W inslow, 1,698.

No.
143
144
145
146
147
148
149

Place.

Area.
Acres.

...
5 i,59o
42,988
...
...
7 4 ,3 0 4
...
7 5 ,4 ”
...
3 4 ,5 2 5
... ... Newport Pagnell 74,206
54,022
...

Pop. in 19 11.
• __ 29,229
. .... 41,609
• .... 49,627
•
• ....
.
.

6,995

E t o n U n io n .

H edgerley Dean
H itcham
Horton
Iver
Langley Marish
Slough
Stoke Poges
Taplow
Wexham
W yrardisbury or W raysbury

Burnham
Datchet
Denham
Dorney
Eton
Eton W ick
Farnham Royal
Fulm er
Gerrards Cross
Hedgerley
N ew port

Astwood
Bletchley
Bow Brickhill
Bradwell
Bradwell Abbey
Brickhill— G reat

Pag n ell

Un io n .

Brick hill— Li ttle
Broughton
Castle Thorpe
Chicheley
Clifton Reynes
Cold Brafield