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O C PD IN G T O X .

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

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k e l l y ’s

area is *>297 acres of lam l and 11 of w a ter; rateable
value, ¿ 2 ,6 3 3 ; the population in 1911 was 479.

cycle m essenger arrive at 7.20 a.m . & 12.15 p.m.
week days ; 8.55 a.m . Su ndays
E lem en tary School (m ixed & in fan ts), b u ilt in 1863 &
Parish C lerk, Am os Webb.
enlarged in 1891-97 for 103 children ; G eorge H. W ilt­
Post, M. 0 . A T. Office.— A rth ur H orsier, sub-post­
shire, m aster
m aster.
L etters dispatched at 12.5 & 5.25 p.m . ; 1 C arriers— H erbert W ebb & W alter W elford, to Aylesbury,
sundavs, n . 10 a.m . L e tters through A ylesb ury by | wed. & sat
Alford Rev. Allan Cameron M .A. H arrison Thom as E dw ard, B ottle A
G lass P.H
V icarage
W alter Thom as Jam es, C lapton house Horsier A rth u r, grocer, Post office
Keineh Thom as Bishop, ju n . farm er,
C O M M E R C IA L .
C owley farm
M cKechnie A ngus, florist
B irch F rederick, boot repairer
Boddington
W illiam
(exors.
of),; Munday Tom , grocer
O akley W illiam , builder
m illers (steam , wind & w ater)
C larke John C reem er, farm er, Ridg- Roadnight John G u y, farm er, Dadbrook farm
barn farm
Robbins Edwin, blacksm ith
Dallow Frank C. smith
Soanes W alter, carpenter
Dorm er F rederick . Seven Stars P.H

Spencer L ieu t. A ub rey V ere D.S.Q.
estate agent to M rs. N apier Higgins
& C ol. F. T . H. Bernard
Tom es John G eorge, Red Lion P.H.
W atson G eorge, shopkeeper
Watson W illiam , tailor
Webb G aius, decorator
Webb H erbert, carrier
W elford W alter, carrier
W est A rth u r, Low farm
Woodford A lb ert, Crown P.H

D A G N A L L , see Edlesborough.
D A T C H E T (or D atchet S t. H elen's) is a parish and 1888, and contains a large entertainm ent room, where
village w ith a station on the Windsor branch of the classes are now held for technical instruction. The
London and South W estern railway, 21 miles from Lon­ Volunteer Fire Brigade consists of a chief officer and 14
don by rail and 20 by road, 2 east from Eton and 2$ m e n ; the engine house, near the railw a y station, con­
north-by-east from Windsor, in the Southern division of | tains a steam engine, the property of the Parish Coun­
the county, hundred and p etty sessional division of j c il ; a hose cart is k ep t on the common and four scaling
In th e centre of the v il­
Stoke, union of Eton, county court district of ‘W indsor, ladders in Slough Toad.
rural deanery of Burnham , archdeaconry of Buckingham lage is a drinking fountain and trough, erected in 1886
and diocese of O x fo rd ; it is p rettily seated on th e north by L ad y G eorgiana Needham, of Datchet, and a stone
bank of the Tham es, which is spanned here by two , eross, 25 feet in height, erected at th e cost of M rs. John
elegant iron b ridges— th e V icto ria Bridge, of one arch, : C rake in com m em oration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her
connecting it w ith W indsor, and the A lb ert B ridge, of j late M ajesty Queen V ictoria in 1897. The Bridge House
four arches, with Old W in d so r; th e view from either is T ru st consists of houses and 6a. 2r. 29P. producing ¿90
of great interest and beauty, com prising Windsor Castle, yearly for repairs of bridges and cau sew a ys: the poor’s
Eton College, the Royal Park and the windings of the ; land of 5a. 2r. produces ¿ 2 5 yearly, and there are several
Near the Albert
river. The village is lig h ted by electricity, installed in 1 sm all charities am ounting to ¿ 2 5 .
1903 and supplied "with w ater by the Slough W ater W orks ; B ridge are some rem ains of St. Helen’s priory. Lord
Co. The church of St. M ary is an elegant b uilding of 1 M ontagu of Beaulieu, who owns the m anor, and the
stone in th e D ecorated style, from designs by R. Bran­ E arl of Harewood are the principal landowners. The
don esq. architect, and was rebuilt on an enlarged plan soil is v ery fertile loam ; subsoil, gravel. T he chief crops
on the form er site in 1857-60, at a cost of ¿6,000, are wheat, oats and barley. Th e area is 1,346 acres of
¿2,000 of w hich was contributed by th e Rev. H. F. U. land and 40 of w a te r; rateable value, ¿ 16 ,8 9 2 ; the
3 ’7 r5 H all M .A. vicar, 1853-68: it consists of chancel, nave of population in 1901 was 1,834, anc^
five bays, aisles, south porch, north transept and an
Sexton, George J. Hunt.
octagonal tower w ith spire on th e east side of the north Post, M. 0 . & T . A Telephonic E xp ress D elivery Office.
transept and containing a clock and 5 b e lls : all the
— G eorge D. W ilkinson, sub-postm aster.
Letters
windows are stained, th ree bein g m em orials to H .R .H .
arrive from W in d so r; deliveries, 7 & (called for) 8.20
the late Prince C on so rt: there is a brass to Lady
a.m . 12 noon A 7.20 p.m . ; dispatches, 8 A 11.30 a.m.
K atherine B erkeley, ob. 1559, and one to Richard HanA 1.25, 4.25. 5, 7.5 A 9 p.m . ; Sunday, delivery 7
bery, 1593, and A les, his w ife, w ith kneeling effig ie s :
а . m . ; dispatched 8 a.m . A 9 p m
an oak Teredos was erected in 1906 as a m em orial to the
Rev. Canon J. H. Thom pson, vicar 1868-1902, a t a cost W all L e tte r Box, The Common, cleared 8.50 a.m . A 1.15,
4, 6.50 A 8.40 p.m . ; sunday, 8.20 p.m
of about ¿ 1 0 0 : there are 650 sittings, 200 being free.
The register dates from the year 1559. T he livin g is a P illar L e tter Boxes.— Slough road, cleared at 7.55 a.m.
A 1.15, 3.50, 6.55 A 8.50 p .m .; sunday, 7.55 a.m. A
discharged v icara g e, net yearly value ¿243 , w ith resi­
8.40 p.m . ; Upper Eton T oad, 7.40 a.m . A 1.10, 3.50,
dence, in the g ift of th e Dean and Canons of W indsor,
б.50 A 8.45 p.m . ; sunday, 7.40 a.m . A 8.35 p.m. ;
and held since 1914 by th e Rev. Jam es H erbert H arvey
A venue. 7.45 A 11.30 a.m . A 1.20, 4.10, 6.50 A 8.45
M.A. of St. John’s C ollege, C am b ridge. On th e common
p .m . ; sunday, 8.30 a.m . A 8.50 p.m . ; Southlea, 8.15
is a cem eterv chapel, used for Divine service, and seat­
a.m . A 1.10, 6.45 A 8.35 p.m . ; sunday, 8.15 p.m
ing about 80 persons. T h e B ap tist chapel, b uilt in
1841. is endowed, and w ill seat 60 persons. The C em e­
Schools.
terv , situated on th e com m on, com prises two acres of land
given by the la te Dow ager Duchess of B uccleuch, and E lem en tary (m ixed), enlarged in 1867, 1870 A 1897, to
hold 235 boys A g irls; E dw ard W illiam Page, master
has one m ortu ary chapel, erected at the cost of Mrs.
John Crake, of Th e L a w n ; the cem etery is undeT the E lem en tary, for 174 c h ild re n ; M iss E llen Fenn, mistress
control of a burial board of five m em bers, form ed in R ailw ay Station , P ercy H atch, station m aster
1896. The V illage H all, opened Nov. 7, 1881, b y H.R.H .
C arriers to the London A South W estern R ailw ay.— C.
Princess C hristian, and erected from designs by Mr.
W idcom be A Co
Stephen W yborn, architect, of W indsor, w as enlarged in
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Adam s A lfred, T he Poplars, Eton road
Adam s M iss, H ollies, Eton road
Acidic Mrs. The G ran ge
A ldridge G eorge E dw in, Glenshee,
M ontagu road
Allen W alter M. M urton, M ontagu rd
Austin G eorge. T ren t v illa
B atty H arry, H om ecliffe, M ontagu rd
B erry Capri Stanley, Rom sdal
Bignell G eorge, Park view , Eton road
Bird W alter. M ontagu lodge
Blackstone W m . Aiason,i The Avenue
Blarney M rs. H olm croft, M ontagu rd
B lunt G eorge. R edleaf villa
B oger Col. D udley, Eton cot. Eton rd
Boyde M iss Lennox, T im sb u ry, Mon‘ tagu road
B ranw ell M rs. Southlea. D atcbet road
B riginshaw H y. Shrubberies.H orton rd

B ugby Mrs. Southlea cot. D atcbet rd
Burls Charles W illiam , 5 T h e Avenue
Bury H arry. N orm anhurst, Slough rd
C am brav C h as., Egerton, M ontagu rd
C arev John G eorge, G loucester house
C arter Thos. 1 T he Thorns, E ton rd
C artw rig h t Mrs. Jam es, R oyal view,
Eton road
Cholm ondelev L a d y Mabel. Leigh V
C lark H a rry ’ Fairfield, M ontagu road
Cook W illiam . Eton lodge
Cox Mrs. 2 T h e Avenue
C rease Capri Thom as Evans R.N.
Riverholm
Crooks H erbert Jam es, W estfield cot­
tage, Eton T o a d
C ropleyM rs.Devonshire v ii.M ontagu rd
C u rlin g Mrs. Denholm
C u st Lionel H enry C V .O . A Hon
Mrs. Datchet house

de M eyer Baron A dolphus, Sandlea
de Paravicini H arry Farquhar A Lady
E va, Inniscrone, Queen’s road
de Paravicini P ercy John M .V .O ., J.PA L ad y M arcia, R iver side
de Paravicini Prio r Frederick, Parkb u rst, H igh street
Dickinson Mrs. 2 N orthlea villas, Mon­
ta g u road
Dover Hy. J. D atch et M ead,Slough Td
Duke Reginald F. H. N orth green
Evans M iss, B ranxholm , M ontagu t u
Farm iloe Jam es Lew is, D atchet court
Fenn M rs. J. Haslem ere, M ontagu rd
Fletch er M rs. II Nido, Slough Toad
Freestone F rederick, Clarem ont villa,
Montagu road
G ibbs M isses, Clifton bouse
G le g g
Norm an
M .D. Remenharc
Queen's road