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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

EAST CLAYDON.

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200 sittings. The register date3 from the year 1730.
2,069 a c r e s ; assessable value, £ 2 ,72 3 ; the population
The living is a vicara ge, net yearly value £ 1 7 5 , in ­ in 1911 was 280.
cluding glebe and residence, in the g ift of H enry L an ce­
E A S IN G T O N , one m ile south-w est, is in this parish.
lot Aubrey-Fletcher esq. M .Y .O . and held since 19x2 by the
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houses at S tu d ley, Oxon. A lm ond’s ch arity of £36
p .m .; Sundays, 7.20 a .m .; dispatched at 10.15 a m yearly is for fuel. C hilton House, the property of H enry
& 6.20 p.m . ; sundays, 12.30 p .m . Long Crendon, 2
Lancelot A ub rey-F letcher esq. M .V .O . lord of the manor
m iles distant, is th e nearest m oney order office
and principal landed proprietor, is occupied by the Hon. E em entary Schools, b u ilt in 1875» for 90 children, en­
Lady Egerton. The soil is loam and c la y ; subsoil,
larged 1893 for 100, w hich are attended by the ’ch il­
clay. The land is p rincip ally pasture. T h e area is
dren of C hilton & D o rto n ; John Thos. A m brose, m ast
Egerton Hon. L ady, C hilton house
Hawes Fredk. W m . farm er, Easington Mead Richard (M rs.), farm er, Chilton
Fletcher Rev. A rth u r Forbes Gerrard Jessop H arriette A. (M rs.), shopkpr
P ark farm
(vicar), The Vicarage
Jessop Stephen,farm T.ChiltonGrove fm N ixey H enry, farm er, Hom age farm
COMMERCIAL.
Jones C atherine (M rs.), farm er, C h il­ Peedle G eorge, blacksm ith
Bustin Thom as, farm er, Church farm
ton grounds
Perkin s Edwd. Jn. builder, Post office
Deeley W illiam , farm er, C ourt farm
Jones W illiam H enry, farm er
Roads Jam es, farm er, Easington
Edwai’ds T om , shopkeeper
K ibb le Geo. frmT. W u rtem bu rgh frm Varney W illiam , carpenter
C H O L E S B T J I t Y (or Choulesbury) is a sm all parish rectors from 1230 to 14*6» after w hich th e vicarage
on the borders of H erts, 4 miles north-w est-by-north seem s to have been served b y the K n ig h ts of St.
from Chesham station, on the M etropolitan and" G reat John u n til the Reform ation.
A parish room was
Central Joint railw ay, 4 from T rin g station on the main b u ilt in 1895, w hich is used d urin g th e w in ter
line of the London and N orth W estern railw ay, and 5 m onths as a reading room and for club purposes. T h ere
from Berkham sted, in the M id division of the county, is in the parish an ancient cam p, apparently form ­
hundred of C ottesloe, union of A ylesbury, p etty sessional ing one of a chain of encam pm ents, running from east
division and couhty cou rt d istrict of Chesham , rural to w est across the country, add of its kind one of the
deanery of W endover, archdeaconry of B uckingham and m ost perfect in the k in g d o m : it incloses an area of about
diocese of Oxford. The nam e is said to be derived from 10 acres, and although generally supposed to be Danish,
“ Ohill-wolds-bury,” the “ fort of the Chill w olds.” The its deep circular fosse, m ore than half a m ile in circum ­
church of St. Law rence, form erly a chapel of ease to ference, w ith its h ig h em bankm ents am idst dense woods,
Drayton Beaucham p, is an edifice’ of dressed flint in the answers m inutely Caesar’s description of a B ritish town :
Early E nglish and D ecorated styles, consisting of chancel, within its lim its is a pond, called “ B u ry pond,” or u the
nave, south porch and a w estern tu rre t containing one pond of the fo rt,” from which the camp was no doubt
bell: the east, w est and south windows are s ta in e d : supplied w ith w ater, and is said never to fail. Braziers
the south porch has an E a rly E n g lish doorw ay: End is the property and seat of H enry J. Turn er esq. J.P.
some pieces of th e old font of the sam e date are now H enry J. Turn er esq. J .P . is lord of th e m anor and
placed at th e entrance to the churchyard under th e yew principal landowner. T h e soil is c la y ; subsoil, chalk.
arch: there is a piscina in the c h a n c e l: the church was Th e chief crops are w heat and barley. T h e area is
restored in 1873: there are 110 sittings. T he register 178 a c re s ; rateable value, £ 4 2 5 ; the population in
dates from the year 1583. The liv in g is a perpetual 1911 was 107.
curacy, net yea rly value £129, in clu d in g 20 acres of
Post, T . & Telephone C all Office.— M rs. F ran k W illiam
glebe, w ith residence, in the g ift of trustees, and held
D arvill, sub-postm istress. L e tters arrive from T rin g
since 1913 by the Rev. Jam es A lfred W alker L .T h . of
at 7.25 a.m . & 3.25 p .m .; dispatched at 8.10 a.m .
Hatfield H all, D urham , who is also vicar of and resides
& 6.25 p .m . ; no delivery or dispatch on sundavs.
at St. L e o n ard s; attached to the livin g is a lectu re­
T rin g, 3 $ m iles d istan t, is the nearest m oney order
ship, yearly v alu e £60, in the g ift of M r. N eale’s
office
trustees. T here is a tolerab ly reg u lar succession of The children of th is place attend school at H awridge
Smith Leonard, Vicarage
Brown A lfred, farm er
C ollier Thom as, farm er
Turner Hy. John J.P . B raziers End
Cholesbury C lub & Reading Room Pallett Jam es & Son. coal m erchants
COMMERCIAL.
(Edward Batchelor, sec)
Pallett Jam es, B rick layers’ A rm s P.H
Brackley W illiam , pheasant breeder

CIPPEN HAM , see Burnham.
EAST CLAYDON and BOTOLPH CLAYDON, Verney bart.

two villages half-a-m ile apart, on risin g ground and
commanding extensive views of the surrounding country,
form the parish of E ast Claydon, Botolph Claydon having
a station, G randborough Road, h alf-a-m ile east, on the
Metropolitan and G reat C en tral join t railw ay, while
East Claydon is one m ile south from W inslow Road
station, on the same line, and 1^ from V erney Junction
station on the Oxford and B letch ley branch of the
London and N orth W estern railw ay, 2J m iles south ­
west from Winslow and 7 south-east from B u ck ­
ingham, in th e N orthern division of the county, Ashendon hundred, W inslow p etty sessional division and
tuiion, B uckingham cou nty cou rt d istrict, rural deanery
* Xia^ 0n* archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese
of Oxford. The church of S t. M ary, situated at E a st
Llaydon, is an ancient fabric of stone in th e Decorated
and Perpendicular styles, consistin g of chancel, nave,
north aisle, south porch and an E a rly E n g lish chapel on
the south side w hich retains a piscina and the rood
stairs in v ery good preservation, and an em battled
western tower containing a clock and 5 b e lls : it was
thoroughly restored in 1871 by voluntary subscription,
the chancel being restored at the expense of the late
tugiit Hon. S ir H arry V erney bart. P .C . the p atron:
there is a m onum ent to the Abel fam ily and a tablet reh
restoration: a stained east window and a
oeantiful oak reredos have been erected to the m em ory of
“ Rev- Thomas H untley Greene M .A . vicar 1879-87:
i<Sre a^ 2S°. s.ifctinf?s- The re g is te r dates from the year
of
is a vicarag e annexed to th e rectory
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Clfn^ on- afc ‘which place the rector resides.
“ P r , w r 0 P ub lic L ib ra ry, opened in i q o o , is under the
ruDiic Libraries A ct of 1892,” th e
cost, about
¿ r-5oo, being defrayed b y the late Sir E dm und Hope

I t contains over 3,000 v o lu m es; the
building includes an assem bly hall, seatin g 400 persons,
ih e r e are charities of £8 12s. yea rly for d istrib u tio n ;
Abell and G riffiths’ ch arity, le ft in th e 18th cen tury,
consists of £ 5 every six years for th e ap p ren ticin g of
boys. Th e old Manor House, now a farm house, is an
edifice of th e 17th century, and deserves notice. Sir
H arry C. W. Verney bart. M .P. is lord of the m anor
and sole landowner. T h e soil is medium , c la y lo a m ;
subsoil, clay and gravel. The land is chiefly in p asture,
dairy farm in g bein g la rg ely carried on, b ut w heat,
beans, roots and oats are also grown. The area is 2,396
a c re s; rateable valu e, £ 3 ,7 3 5 ; th e population in 1911
was 334.
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Parish C lerk, H erbert W iggin s.
L etters for E ast C laydon th rou gh W inslow arrive a t 6.30
a.m . & 12 noon. W a ll L e tter Box cleared on week
days at 6.30 & 9 a.m . & 1.10 & 6.30 p .m .; Sundays,
n .4 5 p.m . Botolph Claydon, half a m ile d istan t, is
the nearest telegraph & m oney order office
Post, M. 0 . & T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office,
Botolph Claydon.— Mrs. M arv Slade, sub-postm istress.
L e tters th rou gh W inslow, B ucks, delivered a t 7.25
а.m . & 12.30 p .m .; dispatched 8.45 a.m . & 12.55 &
б.45 p.m . week d a y s; sundav arrive at 6.45 a.m . &
dispatched n .3 5 a.m

E lem en tary Council Schools, E a st Claydon (m ixed &
infants), erected in 1909, & serves th e parishes of
M iddle C laydon & E ast & Botolph Claydon, for 130
c h ild re n ; John A lfred W hite, m aster
W inslow Road Station, Geo. Edw in Green, station m ast
Grandborough Road Station, John Squires, station m str
C arrier.— To W inslow,
Claydon, tues. & fri

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