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S T E E P L E C L A Y DON.

BU C K IN G H A M S H IR E .

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club rooms, and a large hall with stage for entertain­ Post, M. 0 .& T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office
ments : the library contains 3.500 volumes, and let into (letters should have Bucks added).— Benjamin InnS
the wall, in a stone frame, is a cheque for ,¿50 pre­ sub-postmaster. Letters received at 7 & n a.m. &/
sented by Miss Florence Nightingale for this library.
p.m. ; Sundays, 8.45 a.m. ; dispatched at- 10 a.m. &
Mary (\erney). Baroness Fermanagh in her own right,
1.40 & 7.45 p . m . week days; Sundays11 a.m. & 7.25
who died 15th Nov. 1810, left ^4 10s. yearly for appren­ .p - m
ticing. Miss Martha Rogers also left a sum of money, Wall Letter Boxes.— Station, cleared
8-IS & 10.20
which the Rev. L. J. Kenyon-Stow, vicar here 1895-1901,
a.m. & 1.50 & 8 p.m. ; sundays, 11 a & 7-45 P-m. ;
invested in the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, for the Claydon Camp, cleared at 10.15 a-m -•
&
& 750
parishioners of Steeple Claydon not receiving poor-law p.m. ; Sundays, 11.5 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.i-45
& Calvert
relief. The Camp, the residence of Major Wilfrid James
Station, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 12.30 & 5.45 p.m .
Woodcock, is a modernstructure of brick in the Early Sundays, 9.45 a.m
English style, erected on the sitewhere the Parlia­ Elementary School (mixed), erected with master’s house
mentary army under Cromwell encamped in March,
in 1895 at a cost of ^1,800, lor about 200 children5644, previous to the attack on Hillesden house ; in the
John Thomas Read B.A. (T.C.D.), A.K.C.Lond,’
,
wall of the coach house is a brass recording the fact;the
F.R.G.S. master. The original school, now used a»
house is pleasantly situated at the summit of the village part of the public library, founded by Thomas
and commanding extensive views of the surrounding
Chaloner esq. who in 1656 built a school house, en­
country. Sir Harry C. W. Verney bart. M.P. great- larged in 1841 & a teacher's residence added; in
grandson of Gen. Sir H. Calvert bart. who assumed
1894. under a scheme framed by the Charity Com­
the name of Verney on succeeding to the estates of the missioners, the school was discontinued as an elemen­
Baroness Fermanagh, is lord of the manor. The chief tary school & the buildings vested in 6 trustees, 2
landowners are .Lady Verney, Sir Harry Calvert Williams
being ex-officio, & 4 appointed by the County Educa­
Verney bart.M.P. Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Cecil John
tion Committee, the present school buildings being
Hubbard J.P. and John Francis Napier Bartlett esq. erected in 1895
The soil is heavy loam ; subsoil, clay. Most of the land
Railway Stations.
is used for grazing dairy cattle, but wheat, oats and Steeple Claydon, L. & N. W. Frederick Sear, stn. master
beans are grown to a small extent. The area is 3,321 C
ert, Great Central, John Childs, station master
acres of land and 8 of water; rateable value, ^5.847; Caalrv
riers.— Arthur Beckett, to Buckingham, wed. & sat.
the population in 1911 was 840.
& to Winslow, thurs. ; Samuel White, to Buckingham,
Parish Clerk, James Fincher.
wed. & sat. & to Winslow, tues. & fri
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
union, medical officer of health King Joseph & David, farmers,
Bass Rev. Charles M.A. (vicar),Vicrge Buckingham rural district, medi­ Rookery farm
Benson Philip Lambert M.A.. M.D. I cal officer to Post Office & local Lawrence George, Phcenix P.H
The Elms
school medical officer under Bucks Merry Thos. Roads, frmr.Windmill hi
Dodge William, The Poplars
Education Committee, The Elms Oddfellows, Manchester Unity (Sir
Farmbrough Fredc. Pear Tree house Blake George, farmer
Harry Verney Lodge, 7,400; John
Fearn George, The Close
Blake Henry S. builder
Collingridge, sec.), The Library
Hubbard Lieut.-Col. Hon. Cecil John Butcher Elijah Francis, butcher
Parrott Peter, farmer. Manor farm
J.P. Kingsbridge
Butcher John, butcher
Read Thomas Oliver, tailor
Kitchener Samuel John, The Cottage Calder Chas. Hv. frmr.West End frm Sacre Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Manning Mrs
Clarke Lucy (Miss), beer retailer
Sacre William Joseph, Fountain P.H
Phillips Weld. The Villa
Collingridge John, relieving& vaccina­ Sear Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Rigby William Ashton, The Firs
tion officer, Buckingham union & Steeple Claydon Library (Mrs.Wigley.
White Misses, Holbrook cottage
registrar of births & deaths for librarian)
Wigley Sidney Prudden, The Moat
Tingewick sub-district
Tack William, farmer,Shepherd’sFirs
Woodcock Major Wilfrid James, The Cox Albert John, builder
Tompkins Charles, farmer
Camp
Cox William, tailor
Tompkins William, grocer
c o m m e r c ia l.
1Dalton Ralph, boot Tepairer
Walker Francis James, Crown P.H
Adams Thomas, farmer, Claydon hill Dodge William, land & estate agent
& builder & contractor, house
Balderson Joseph Richard, baker
Grace Charles, blacksmith
decorator, plumber, glazier & hot
Beckett Arthur, beer retailer
Hall Thos. farmer. North End farm
& cold water fitter
Beckett Ira, carman
■Harries David, farmer, Rose hill
Webb George, coal dealer
Beckett James Marchant, farmer
Hawes William, assistant overseer & White Samuel, butcher & carrier
Benson Philip Lambert M.A., M.D., collector of rates & taxes
Whiting John, insurance agent
M.Ch., D.P.H.Camb. surgeon, & Hodge-s Charles, farmer, Briar hill
Whiting Joseph, seedsman
medical officer & public vaccinator Ingram Geo. Wm. frmr. The Beeches Whiting Samuel, coal dealer
Marsh Gibbon district, Buckingha: Inns Edwin, grocer
Woodfield John, shopkeeper
S T E W K L E Y is a village and parish 5 miles west a plain piscina, below which is a stone seat running all
from Leighton Buzzard station and 6 miles south-west along the south side, the western end terminating in a
from Bletchley station on the main line of the London massive elbow rest: the roof is groined and has a
and North Western railway and 6 east from Winslow chamber above it: the tower, rising almost from the
station on the Bletchley and Oxford branch of the centre of the building, is supported on massive semisame line, 12 miles south-east from Buckingham, in the circular arches, springing from piers nearly 4 feet in
Mid division of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, Lins- thickness, with rounded columns at the angles and
lade petty sessional division, union of Winslow, Leighton richly carved on the western side: the belfry story of
Buzzard county court district, rural deanery of Mure- the tower is surrounded on the exterior by an arcading
ley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Ox- of interlaced round-headed arches with zigzag mouldford. The village is nearly 2 miles long and lies 500 ings, on short columns, with plain caps : the nave has
feet above the sea, on the high ground which divides two windows on each side similar to those in the
the drainage of the Ousel and the Thame. The church of chancel, under all the windows there runs externally a
St. Michael is one of the most complete and remark- string-course of zigzag moulding: the west front is a
able examples of the Norman style now extant in this curious and interesting example of Norman work, and
country, dating, as far as can be ascertained, from the exhibits an arcade of three arches, the centre arch
middle of the 12th century, since it is certain that in forming the entrance being recessed with three rows of
1170 it was given by Geoffrey de Olinton to the Priory zigzag moulding ; above there is a single window like
of Kenilworth, but Mr. J. Parker F.S.A. of Wvcombe,:the others: the font is plain and cylindrical, splaying
assumes its date to be about 1-150: the ground plan out considerably towards the top: the north door of the
forms a parallelogram of four squares, of which two nave is ornamented with double chevron moulding, on
belong to the nave, one to the chancel and one to the |single shafts with carved caps ; the south dooT has
tower, each being about 21 feet long, the nave 21 feet similar mouldings, with shafts in pairs and richly
5 inches and the tower and chancel 18 feet wide ; the carved caps, but the porch is a restoration effected in
church therefore consists of chancel and nave, south 1862: the whole of the church is Norman, with the
porch and a massive central tower with pinnacles, about exception of the door leading off the belfry staircase to
37 feet in height, containing 6 bells: the chancel has the now destroyed rood loft, and an archway over the
:i window on either side, splayed towards the interior piscina, part of which was cut away to make a seat,
and adorned with zigzag mouldings: the east window which are both Early English: the roofs seem to have
is, externally, a triplet, with similar mouldings and been lowered ¿11 1684: in 1844 the chancel was repaired
slender shafts, the centre opening, however, alone being and the stone vaulting partly removed and renewed
pierced: on the north side of the chancel is a plain, with brick: in 1862 a complete restoration was carried
oblong recess, perhaps an aumbry: in the south wall isiout. under th*1 direction of the late Mr. G E. Street