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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

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Calverton End, in the ecclesiastical d istrict of St.
at 6.30 a.m . & 1.45 & 6.45 p.m . week days & 1 1.4 5
Mary, Wolverton, is about £ m ile to the north of the
a.m . Sundays. Stony Stratford, 1 m ile distant, is
c h u r c h and adjoins Stony Stratford, under which head­
th e nearest m oney order & telegrap h office
ing particulars and th e nam es of residents are given.
L e tter Box, Upper W eald, cleared 6.15 p .m .; S u n d a y s ,
11.15 a.m
Sexton, Howard Tom pkins.
Post Office, John. Taylor, sub-postm aster.— Letters from E lem entary School, built in 1858 & enlarged in 1867, for
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children ; M rs. E velin e Bailey, m istress
Stony S tratford a t 6.45 & 11.15 a m - W all Box cleared
Rumsey Rev. Robt. Fdk. M .A . Rectory Davis Fras. Shoulder of M utton P.H Read W m . Fredk. farm er, M anor frm
COMMERCIAL.
Lovell George, farm er, Fairfield
S y ra tt Geo. farm er, Mid. W eald farm
Bennett Thom as Read & A lb ert Geo Masom Thos. farm er, Common farm T aylor John, tailor, Post office
Morgan M organ, dairy, U pper W eald
farm ers, R ectory farm
C A S T L E T H O R P E is a village and parish separated records
th at
Dam e
B rid get
T yrrell
gave
¿£10
th e poor of the place, which has been in­
from Northam ptonshire b y th e riv er Tove, w ith a yearly to
the purchase of 18 acres of land, producing
station on the m ain line of the London and North vested in
W estern railw ay, 54^ m iles from London, 7 m iles west- £36 yearly, and by a scheme of th e C h arity C om m is­
north-west from Newport Pagnell, 3£ north from Stony sioners this sum is applied as follow s: half for keeping
the nave of the church, ¿£1 for an annual
Stratford, 11 from Northam pton and 2£ north from W ol­ in repair
verton, in the N orthern division of th e county, hundred, sermon to be preached in the church on M arch 8th,
petty sessional division, union and cou n ty cou rt district in m em ory of S ir Thom as T yrrell, and the rem ainder
of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of N ew port Pagnell, in doles for the poor. H ere is a W esleyan chapel re­
archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese of Oxford. Th e stored in 1888. Th e estate of Castlethorpe, granted by
church of SS. Simon and J ude stands in an elevated posi­ Charles II. in 1663 to S ir Thom as T yrrell, i9 now held
tion on the border of the old C astle yard and is an by M rs. W atts, who is la d y of the m anor. T he M arquis
ancient edifice of stone, in the T ran sition al and later of Lincolnshire K .G . is the principal landowner and the
styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays and Corporation of Lincoln are th e tith e owners. T h e parish
aisles, west porch and a low em battled western tower was inclosed in 1793 by A c t of Parliam en t. Th e soil is
with pinnacles, and containing one b ell: the font is m ixed ; subsoil, stone and gravel. The chief crops are
laroe and ancient, w ith two hum an heads at the two wheat, barley, oats and roots. Th e area is 1,360 acres
western corners, and there are sedilia and a p is c in a : in of land and 12 of w a te r; assessable value, ¿£9, 5 5 1 ; the
the chancel is a m onum ent to S ir Thom as T yrrell knt. population in 1911 was 514.
a justice of the Com m on Pleas, who died 8 M arch, 1672, Post, M. 0 . & T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.
— W illiam G eorge Rainbow, sub-postm aster. Letters
erected by his 3rd w ife and widow, Dam e B ridget
arrive from Stony S tratfo rd a t 6.35 a.m . & 12 noon;
(H arrington): there are 180 sittin g s. T he register
dispatched at 1.30 & 7.20 p .m
dates from the year 1530. Th e liv in g is a chapelry
annexed to H anslope, joint net yea rly value £210, W all L e tter Box, on R ailw ay bridge, cleared at 1.40 &
6.35
p .m . ; sundays, 11.15 a.m
including 21 acres of glebe, in the g ift of the
Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1892 by the Rev. E lem en tary School, b u ilt in 1891, for 140 c h ild re n ;
H arry H. M iddleton, m aster; M rs. M iddleton, g irls’
W illiam Jardine H arkness M .A. of E m m an uel College,
m is tre s s ; M iss Annie G regory, in fan ts’ m istress
C am bridge, who resides at the vicarage house, Hanslope.
An inscription on the m onum ent above m entioned R ailw ay Station, Charles B vw ater, station m aster
S tory P ercy Jack, baker
Evans Rev. Noel B .A . (curate of SS Com pton Joseph, b utch er
Tooth Jane (M rs.), shopkeeper
Com pton Sarah (M iss), draper
Simon & Jude)
W
hitbread W illiam , builder
G regory Susan (M rs.), shopkeeper
Richardson Edward, Sunny side
W h itin g C harles (exors. of), m illers
Hall John, coal m erchant
Warner Miss. The R etreat
(w ater) & farm ers
H arris H enry, gardener
Watts Miss, Langton house
W h itin g Joseph Evans, farm er,Low er
M arkham E llen (M rs.), farm er
Wynn W. Lea
Lodge farm
M asterm an A rth. Carrington Arm sP.H
COMMERCIAL.
Osborne Thom as, assistant overseer & W illett A lb ert, shopkeeper
W illingham W illiam , coal dealer
collector of poor rates
Amos Farm er, farm er
Powell E dw ard, shopkeeper
Clarke Thom as, florist
C H A L F O N T S T . G I L E S is a villag e and parish on
the Misbourne stream , 3^ m iles south from Chalfont
Road station on the M etropolitan and G reat C en tral Joint
railway, 4 m iles north-w est from G errard’ s Cross sta­
tion on th e G reat C entral and G reat W estern Joint railway, 5J south-w est from R ickm answ orth, 4 n orth-east
from Beaconsfield and 3^ south from A m ersh am , in
the Southern division of the county, hundred and p etty
sessional division of Burnham , union of Am ersham ,
county court d istrict of C hesham , ru ra l deanery of
Amersham, archdeaconry of Buckin gh am and diocese of
Oxford. The church of S t. G iles is an ancient s tru c ­
ture. chiefly in the Decorated and P erpendicular styles,
with rem ains of N orm an work, and consists of chancel,
nave of three bays, aisles, and an em battled w estern
tower, containing 6 bells and a sanctus bell, now used
for the clock : the bases of two p iers in the south aisle
are N o rm an : there is a good E arly E n g lish window in
the chancel; the com m union rails, th e g ift of Bishop
Hare, dean of St. Paul’s, are said to have com e from
that cath e d ral: th e tower, origin ally Norm an, but
restored in the Decorated style, and again restored in
1862, contains a clock m ade in 1710, b ut repaired and
improved in 1869: there is an elegant and curious east
window, a quartre-foiled piscina and a recess for an
Easter sepulchre: the font is N orm an and square and
has been renewed w ith supporting colum ns of Purbeck
m arb le: in the church was buried S ir Philip de la
Vache, a friend of the B lack Prince, and there are
brasses to the G ardiner and Fleetwood fam ilies, in clud­
ing in the south aisle, where was once th e G rove
chantry, an altar tom b w ith brass effigies to W illiam
Gardyner esq. 1558, Anne, his w ife, and 9 c h ild re n :
and in th e chancel, at the east end, brass effigies of
Thomas Fletewode, 1570, his 2 wives and 18 c h ild re n ;
here also is a sm all brass effigy of a priest, c. 1470:
there is also a palim psest brass, for m any years railed
against the Stone House, b ut now in a hinged fram e
attached to th e w all of the north a is le ; it bears on

the obverse an inscription to John S alter, d. 12 Ap.
1523, and E lizabeth , his w ife, and on the reverse a
slig h tly m u tilated in scription to Thom as B ridham ,
d. 25 . . . 1521, and Anne, his w ife : Francis Hare,
Bishop of C h ich ester, 1731-40, who m arried the heiress
of th e Claytons, is b uried here, and there are m onu­
m ents w ith arm s to the C layton fam ily, th e Rev. W.
Jones, A d m iral Sir H ugh P alliser bart. d. 19 M arch,
1796, and Thom as Allen esq. and stained windows to
the M air, F aw ssett, P alm er, Moore and L loyd fa m ilie s :
the church was restored in 1862-3 under th e direction
of the late G . E . Street esq. R . A . ; durin g the restora­
tion m an y in terestin g objects were b rought to lig h t,
includin g
some
m ural paintings of arch itectural
designs over the chancel arch, and others on the south
wall of th e south aisle, depicting scenes of th e Old and
New T e s ta m e n t: in th e sam e w all was discovered an
arched recess, now in closin g rem ains of stone coffins
found under th e pews in the n a v e ; a num ber of
in terestin g specim ens of old tiles b earing figures and
devices of flowers w ere re la id : in the north and south
aisles are th irteen slabs, containing the m atrices of
brasses: th e ch urch was re-opened June 7th, 1683:
the south aisle was extended, an organ cham ber erected,
and a new organ provided by the parishioners in 1884,
at a cost of ¿£597, as a m em orial to th e Rev. Charles
L loyd B .A . 24 years rector, 1859-83, and lion. Canon
of C h rist C h u r c h : a tab let of m osaic and m arble was
also erected at th e sam e tim e to John M ilton, d. 8 Nov.
1674: in 1889, the nave roof and belfry w ere restored,
and th e bells reh u n g a t a cost of ¿£398: in U890 a new
window was placed at an expense of ¿£50, and in 1894
a m em orial window was erected at a cost of ¿£68, to
C anon Lloyd , h is w ife, and two s o n s : the east window
is a m em orial to Thom as Newland A llen, of the Vache :
a porch of E n g lish oak was b u ilt in 1895, from designs
by John 0 . S cott esq. F .S .A . a t a cost of £250, as a
m em orial to S am uel Sanders esq. of Th e G r o v e : an
ancient lych g ate passing under the upper storey of a