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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

ornamented on each side with the figure of a saint
under a G oth ic can o p y; in the church are several
marble tablets to the m em ory of the Sm all fam ily,
who form erly possessed this p la c e ; there are traces of
ancient colour decoration over the chancel a r c h ; the
eastern end of th e south aisle is pierced by a hagioscope :
the church was restored in 1883-4, at a cost of £672,
and in 1905 a new arch was added in the north chancel
and the bells rehung, at a cost of ¿400, and affords
150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1653.
The living is a rectory, net yearly value ¿245, with
107 acres of glebe and residence, in the g ift of A. M.
Sutthery esq. and held since 1900 by the Rev.
Christopher W illiam F ullm er B .A . of S t. E dm und H all,
Oxford. K ite's closes, containing 19 acres, annexed to
the rectory, were originally given to m aintain a lam p
burning in the c h u r c h ; th e incom e, am ounting to
about £ 1 1 a year, is su b ject to a charge, varying in
amount, for bread, cheese and ale, supplied to the

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parishioners about old St. S tephen’s d a y ; this custom
is still in force, and residue of the rent, usually
estim ated at £6, is retained by the r e c to r ; the parish
allotm ent produces £ 3 IOS- yearly. Jam es W est Scorer
esq. is lord of the m anor
and the principal la n d ­
owner. Th e soil
is gravel, stone
and lo a m ;subsoil,
chiefly stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats,
beans and turnips. Th e area is 1,443 acres of land and
11 of w a ter; assessable value, .£1,467; the population
in 1911 was 135.
Letters th rou gh Newport Pagn ell arrive at 7 a.m .
12.30 p.m .
W all L etter Box cleared a t 9 a.m .
6.20 p.m . week days ft 9.50 a.m . Sundays. The nearest
m oney order ft telegrap h office is at Olney
E lem en tary School b uilt in 1844, by the Rev. Thom as
E vetts M .A. c u ra te of th is p a rish ; there is a house,
erected in 1868, for th e m istress, by the late recto r;
the school will hold 31 ch ild ren ; M rs. Louisa L aw ,
m istress

Fullmer Rev. C hristopher W illiam , Y ou n g W illiam
B.A. (rector). Rectory
Bicknell F rederick A rth u r, farm er
Scorer Jam es W est, C lifton pastures IG ilb ert John, farm er

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Hawkes Richard, Robin Hood P.H
Townsend Sybil (M rs.), laundress
|W alker W illiam Nares, farm er

C O L D B R A Y F I E L D is a small parish on the river
Ouse and borders of Bedfordshire, 2 m iles from T urvey
(Beds), on the Bedford and Northam pton branch of the
Midland railw ay, 8 west from B edford, 8 n orth-east from
Newport Pagnell and 13 from N ortham pton, in the
Northern division of the county, hundred, p etty sessional
division, union and county court d is tric t of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of N ew port Pagnell, archdeaconry of
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of St.
Mary is a sm all ancient edifice of stone of Norm an date,
consisting of chancel and nave, south porch and a low
tower containing 3 b e lls : the stained east window was
presented by L a d y Tierney, widow of S ir M atthew
Edward Tierney, 3rd and la st bart. who died in Dec.
i860, in m em ory of her p are n ts; and in 1902 a brass
was placed in the chancel to G eorge Denis F arrer esq.
(d. 1901), by his sister, L a d y T ie r n e y : the church was
restored in 1881, at a cost of £1,000 and fu rth er
restoration was carried out in 1893: there are 100 sit-

, tings. Th e reg ister dates from the year 1693. Th e
livin g is annexed to the rectory of Lavendon, join t
n et yearly value £180, in th e g ift of the trustees of
the late Francis Larken Soam es esq. and held since
1875 by the Rev. G eorge Pochin Soam es M .A. of C aiu s
College, C am b ridge, who resides at Lavendon. Denis
H erbert F a ire r esq. is lord of th e manor and principal
landowner. Th e soil is v a r io u s ; subsoil, stone, gravel
and clay. T he ch ief crops are w heat, barley and beans.
The area is 737 acres of land and 7 of w a te r ; assess­
able value, £ 8 14 ; the population in 1911 was 95.
Parish C lerk, H arry Clark.
L etters th rou gh Newport P agn ell arrive at 8.30 a.m . ft
1.30 p.m . ; postm an collects the le tters at 8.30 a.m .
& 5.45 p.m . ; sundays, 9.15 a.m . The nearest m oney
order & telegraph office is at T urvey, Beds, about 1
m ile distant
T h e children of th is parish attend the schools at L aven ­
don ft T urvey
Farrer Denis H erbert, Brayfield house |F inch A lb ert Reuben Rose, farm er
W hitw orth G eorge B enjam in, farm er
C O JiM E B C iAii.
¡ S i m s C harles, gardener t o Denis H.
Billing Alfred E dw ard, farm er
! F arrer esq
C O L E S H I L L , see Am ersham .
C O L N B B O O K , form erly a m unicipal borough and one a c ru c ifix : the divisions between the panels exhibit
market town, is an ecclesiastical parish, form ed 1853 statues of represen tative prophets, apostles and s a in ts :
out of the parishes of Stanw ell, in the county of M iddle­ the com m union table is of w h ite cedar, elaborately carved,
sex, and Horton and L a n gley S t. M ary, or L a n g ley M arish, m ade from wood b rou g h t from Lebanon for th e purpose
and Iver, in B ucks,
on the road to Slough and
by the late Dr. A lfred Meadows, of Poyle M anor, at whose
Maidenhead, and has a station on the Staines branch of expense the reredos, screen and stalls w ere also erected
the G reat W estern railw ay, and is 2 m iles south-east and the m ural decoration carried o u t : th e p ulpit, of
from Langley station on the m ain line of the G reat carved oak on a m arble base, was erected by subscrip­
Western railw ay, 3^ south-east from Slou gh, 5 east from tion, in m em ory of Dr. Meadows, who died in 1887: there
Windsor, 22 from Reading and 17 from London, in the are 5 4 3 sittin g s. The reg ister dates from th e yea r 1760.
Southern division of the county, hundred and p etty The livin g is a vicarage, n et yea rly v alu e £ 170 , w ith 4
sessional division of Stoke, county court districts of acres of glebe and residence, in the g ift of th e Bishop
Windsor and U xbridge, Eton union, rural deanery of of Oxford, and held since 1885 b y th e Rev. F rederic
Burnham, archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese of P arry B u rn ett M .A. of S t. John’s C ollege, C am bridge.
Oxford.
The village
is lighted w ith gas by the H ere is also a lectureship, value £80, connected w ith the
Oxbridge Gas Com pany, and supplied w ith w ater from Townshend foundation at Pem broke College, O xford, in
the Slough W ater Works.
The river Colne runs the g ift of certain trustees, and at present held by the
through the town, dividing th e counties of M iddlesex vicar. Th e churchyard was closed for burials b y O rder
and Bucks. The town
was incorporated in
the reign inof Council, in 1909. Th e B ap tist chapel here, b u ilt in
Henry VIII. 1543, and the charter was renewed in 1632, 1708, w ill seat 275 persons ; there is also a Prim itive
but the corporation and m ark et have long since become M ethodist chapel. T h ere are a few ancient houses, the
obsolete. The old church of S t. M ary, not now existing, O strich inn and some near it. T h e ch arities for dis­
*tood on another site, and was b uilt in 1790 to replace tribution am ount to £42 yearly. T h ere is a fair for
a still earlier building. The church of St. Thom as, cattle on the 5th A p ril. Th e trustees of the Richings
erected by subscription in 1849, is an edifice of flint E sta te and Messrs. John and R ichard R ayner are the
in the E arly E nglish style, consisting of chancel, principal landowners. The soil is loam ; subsoil, gravel.
with oak stalls, nave of four bays, north aisle, west porch The chief crops are w heat, oats and barley. T h e area
and a western bell gable containing one b e ll: the original is 864 acre s; the population in 1911, w h ich extends
v suPP0Sed to be of considerable an tiquity, is on into M iddlesex, was 1,336.
the bell gable of the existin g c h u rc h : the chancel is
Poyle is a h am let adjoining, b u t in the cou n ty of
divided from the nave by a carved oak screen of Flamtwyant design, erected in
1880 from designs by Mr. Middlesex.
Sexton, T. F. Jocelyn.
Basil Cham neys B .A . arch itect: the east window, two
'-arly English windows on
the south and one on the
Post, M. ft T . ft Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office,
north side have been filled
w ith sin gu larly fine stained
H ig h street.— Max T urn er, sub-postm aster. Letters
g.ass, and the whole of the interior wails have been
received th rou gh Slough and delivered a t 7 ft 10.50
painted by Mr. W yndham H ughes, th e well-known a r t i s t :
a.m . ft 7 p.m . ; dispatched at 8.20 ft 11 a.m . ft 3.20,
on the north and south walls the “ M agnificat ” is w ritten
7.35 & 8.40 p . m . ; sundays, delivered 7 a.m . ; d is­
n black letter bordered w ith floral devices, and on either
patched 7.30 p .m
S1 e of the east window is a representation of the “ Annunciahon: » in the space on th e south wall between the B rand’s H ill Post Office, Bath road.— M ax T u rn er, subpostm aster.— L e tters dispatched at 11.15 a m - & 3-3°»
two windows is a figure of S t. T h o m a s : th e reredos— a
7.50 ft 8.50 p.m . ; sundays, 7.40 p .m
toI?
i.1S a Ver^ ®ne piece of carvin g in dark oak,
t °y a profusion of g ild in g ; the two panels conW est E nd, cleared a t 11.5 a.m . ft 3.25, 7.50 & 8
n the •< Ascension ” and “ R esurrection ,” and the: ce
centre
p.m . ; sundays, 7.35 p.m
BUCKS.

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