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G arrett-Pegge John W illiam
J.P.
Chesham Bois m anor
G arrett-Pegge W ilfrid G eorge M .A.,
J.P. Chesham Bois manor
G arthw aite F rederick J. Pixton
G illiat-Sm ith M rs. S t. Teresa
Gordon Charles Jam es M ackay,Cherry
Tree C om er
Gordon M iss, Long park
Graham-Bonar M rs. The H om estead
Green B. M. T est cottage
Grubb Thom as A lcock C am bridge,
K illaspy
G uv Mrs. Chiltern cot. O h iltem road
Halton E rn est G . Ezbah
Harding W illiam B. Copperkins cot
Harvey G eorge 'B. Bois mede
Hawkins M rs. B lackw ell house
Heale Caleb Fredk. Y e Olde cottage
Hickie M rs. Denehurst
Holyoak Thom as H enry, Colaba
How John Gibbon, Kensworth
How W illiam , The Sum m eries
Howden P hilip , Englewood
Irvine Leonard Cockburn Dun das,
Beechwood
Johnston Evelyn Thom as, U lster lo
Jones M rs. Penbryn
Kebble Thom as Edwd. L ittle Peatling
Keeble A rth u r G eorge, L ittleco tt
Kemp Francis Daniel Sandford, L ittle
Gable
Kennard H arold, Rosem arie
Kennedy Allen Nash, Chess Tor
Kirkland M rs. S intaluta
Knott Mrs. Boisw orthy
Knowles E rn est Arnold, Pentire
Kyllmann Otto, Manor lodge
Langworthy B ertie Hv. O harlton cot
Law M rs. Denehurst
Leach Mrs. G rangehurst
Lindley Harold W . W oodthorpe
Line George, Sloe cottage
Loebl Henry Sam uel, The Old m anor
Lowthian Joseph, The Lindens
Luff A rth u r Pearson, H igh Bois
Mason Miss, Casburne v illa
Matthews W illiam , Briars

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
Mead A bel, Laurels
M ontgom ery R. E . Blackwood
Morgan W in. A lfd. M arston.Roseneath
Newton W illiam Berm ingham P h .D .,
F .I.C
Nind G eorge S tan ley, H olly cottage
Payne John, O rchard house
Peach M rs. Sunnyholm e
Pell W illiam Thom as, T h m sley
Phibbs A lfred, Pensax
Piers M iss, T ristern agh
Pocock M iss, H ig h Trees
Porter M iss, M eadowlead
Pryor M rs. M ow bray dene
Puddephatt M rs. W estonville
Ringsell Frank, M udgee
Robinson F rederick Y o u n g , Eir6ne
Ross W illiam Jam es, A shlyn
Schofield G erald, T h e H aven
Scott H erbert K . J acu tin ga
Seccom be G eorg e H erbert, Oarhayes
Sharp Henry N ugent, K ilm orie
Shaw W. Vernon M .D. Penwarne
Sim kins M iss, Pond cottage
Southern W alteT, Bessaloan
S pink M iss, Pasadene
Stodart A rchibald Bosw ell, Th e C roft
Strand A lick , E w elm e
Swanson Andrew Isles, T h e Shack
Teale Mrs. B rockhurst
Thom as Clem ent, Th e W arren
Thom as G eoffrey, E llerslie
Thom pson H enry S ew ell,Lan caster cot
T ichener A . J. Chesham view
Till W alter, Heathfield
Townend H arold, M atlockbank
W aghorn A lfred G eorge, W h ite house
Ward A rth ur H. Boisdale
W ard H arry John B. Capesthorne
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W aters F. A . The Haven, H olloway la
W atson Mrs. Hom efield
W ebb M rs. Saxtons
Weedon G eorge, Chesw ardine
Weld Joseph E . H olly cottage
W estcott A lb ert M. P u rley cottage
W hite Stephen Joseph, M erok
W h itin g H arry Scott, The Beeches
W illiam s M rs. M ill house

G H E T W O D E is a parish separated from O xfordshire
by a feeder of th e riv er Ouse, sh m iles south-by-east
from F ul well and W estb u ry station on the O xford and
Bletchley section of the London and N orth W estern rail­
way, 5 south-w est from B uckingham and 6 north-east
from Bicester, in the N orthern division of the county,
hundred, p etty sessional division, union and county
court district of Buckingham , and in the rural deanery
of Buckingham , archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese
of Oxford. The church of SS. M ary and N icholas, the
chancel of which belonged to the conventual church, was
made parochial in 1480 ; it consists of chancel, nave, north
and south aisles or chapels and a low tower at the north­
west angle containing one b e ll: the chancel is a fine
example of E a rly E nglish ; the whole east end is occupied
by five graceful lancets w ith bold m ouldings and slender
sh afts; the north and south aisles aTe ligh ted b y trip lets
of similar character and on the south side is a rich arcade
with light shafts supporting foliated caps and the toothed
ornament in the m o u ld in g s : one arch of this arcade
serves as a priest’ s doorway, and oth er arches as sed ilia;
the remains of ancient stained glass in th e eastern
windows, representing five figures, were some tim e since
removed to the south window of th e chancel and the
windows refilled w ith new stained glass of no particu lar
m erit: in the chancel is a slab inscribed to R isley
Risley, 17 5 5 : during Tepairs to the church about 1868,
portions of the original tiled pavin g of th e church
were discovered, both below th e existin g floor and in
the yard in front, form erly covered by the nave of
"the conventual c h u r c h : in the m iddle of the south
aisle, close to the wall, a slab was found, incised w ith
an eight-cusped floriated cross, and w ith a m arginal
inscription in Norman-French, which, when perfect, Tan,
‘ Sir Jon G iffard g ist icey De sa alme Dieu p ur sa
Pitie eit m ercy,” and supposed to Tefer to S ir John
"Giffard, of Twyford, c. 1350; one of th e tiles found
appears to bear th e arm s of this fam ily, v iz .: 3 silver
hons passant, on a field, g u le s : in or about 1822, th e
north chapel and the walls of th e chancel, except part
the south side, w ere taken down and r e b u ilt : there
« a tablet to the m em ory of S ir John Chetwode bart.
who died Dec. 17, 1845, an(^ was b uried h e r e : th ere are

GHETWODE.

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W ilson Mrs. W algrave
Woods M rs. G lenariff
COMMERCIAL.

A ris W illiam Henry, baker
A yres W illiam , fruiterer
Batchelor & Sons, carriers, W aterside
Beckley & H ollim an, w atercress grw rs
Bennett Owen, dairym an
B erkley H enry M. b utch er
B irch John, p arish clerk & sexton
C arter P ercy Noel, estate agent
Chesham Bois H igh School (Misses
E.
M. H arrison & Y . G. W alters)
Cole A lice G ertrude (M iss), dress ma
Cole W illiam H enry, grocer
C u tler L avin ia (M iss), stationer, Post
office. T N 1 C hesham Bois
Ford M iss Ann, reg istrar of birth s &
deaths for Chesham sub-district,
A m ersham union, O rchard house
G abbitas C harles, U nicom P.H
G ayler Joseph, insurance agent
G om m W illiam , carpenter
Ingram Jam es, piano tuner, E lm vil
Irvine Leonard C ockbu m Dundas
M .R .C .S .E n g ., L .R .C .P .L o n d . p h y ­
sician & surgeon, Beechwood
Jacobs W illiam , shopkeeper
Keen John & Son, builders
Keen F red, p lum ber
Keen Percy, shopkeeper, Post office,
Bois Moor Toad
London M at & M atting C o.m at m an u­
facturers, M ontague m ills, Bois
Moor road
M atthews A rth u r, boot repairer
Mead A bel & Son, builders, Laurels
Morten Frank, b uilder, Bois lane
Payne John, apartm ents, O rchard ho
Payne John, jun . job b in g gardener
Pike H enry Jam es, draper
Pulsford Robert S. shopkeeper
Roch W illiam Henry, job b in g gardenr
Saunders Richd. farm er, M ay H all fm
Slade E dw ard, shopkeeper
Sm ith Daniel W illiam , b uilder
TTicker C harles, shopkeeper

120 sittin gs. T h e re g is te r of baptism s dates from the
year 17 79 ; m arriages, 1756. Th e livin g is a vicarage
annexed to th at of Barton H artshorn, jo in t net yearly
value £85, in cludin g 46 acres of glebe at A dstock, and
residence, in the g ift of M ajor G . F. G reen J.P . and
is at present ( 1915 ) vacant.
Here was a p riory of
A ugustin e canons, founded either by Bishop G rostete,
of Lincoln, in 1240, or by Sir Ralph de N orw ich, in
1244, in honour of S t. M ary and S t. N ic h o la s : it
was dissolved on account of its poverty in 1460 and
annexed to the abbey of N o tle y ; but in 1480, on
account of the dilapidated state of th e parish church,
th at of th e priory was opened for divine worship.
Th e old p arish church of S t. M artin, w hich stood a
quarter m ile east of the priory, was pulled down in
the reign of Queen E lizabeth. There was also here a
herm itage, dedicated to S S . Stephen and Law rence,
founded b y a m em ber of th e Chetw ode fam ily. The
Rhyne toll of Chetwode, an ancient and sin gular rig h t
' exercised b y th e Chetwodes, begins at 9 o’clock on the
m orning of th e 30th of O ctober, when a horn is blown
¡ on the ch urch hill at Buckingham , and gin g er bread and
beer are distributed am ong the assem bled boys, the
girls, by custom , not being ad m itted to any share in the
¡ b o u n ty ; th e b earer of the cakes and ale then proceeds
1 through the v illag e of Tin gew ick to the extrem e boun­
dary of th e county tow ards O xfordshire, where, in front
of th e Red Lion inn, near Finm ere, 3 m iles distant, the
horn is again blown and a fresh distribution takes place,
under the sam e custom ary lim ita tio n ; on the conclusion
of these form alities, the Rhyne is proclaim ed to have
begun, and tw o toll collectors are stationed, one in the
town of B uckingham and another in th e ham let of Gawcott, a m ile and a half distant, each em powered to levy
a tax at the rate of 2s. a score upon all cattle or swine
driven th rou gh any of the townships or ham lets from
which the lord of the m anor claim s suit and service,
until 12 o’clock at n ig h t on the 7th Novem ber, when the
Rhyne c lo se s : th e farm ers and occupiers of land in those
parishes have been accustom ed to com pound for im ­
m unity from this toll b y an annual paym ent of is . each,
but in every case in which paym ent has been resisted,
toll has been u ltim ately recovered, eith er b y le g al pro-