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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

L I T T L E H OR W O O D.

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yearly- There are two charities, the interest of ¿420, Post & Telegraph Office.— Walter Harris,sub-postmaster.
£■20 left by Mrs. Gossett and ¿400 by Mrs. Wagstaff,
Letters through Slough delivered at 8 & 11.30 a.m. h
which is given away in blankets and flannel. Milton 7-45 P m -; Sundays, 8 a.m. ; dispatched 9.5 a.m. k
resided here at one time on his father’s estate; the
3.10 & 8.15 p.m. Colnbrook, 2 miles distant, is the
house was pulled down about 1798. The principal land­
owners are Mrs. Owen Williams, who is lady of Horton nearest money order office
manor, and Mrs. Tyrrell, who is lady of the manor of Elementary School (mixed), built in 1875, enlarged in
Berkin. The soil is loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief 1891, & again enlarged in 1905, for 120 children;
crops are wheat, oats, barley and roots. The number of Claud P. Summerhayes, master
acres is 1.347 l!ind and 20 °f water; rateable value, Carrier to London.— Frederick Morgan, from Colnbrook,
¿5,362; the population in 1911 was 871.
mon. wed. & fri. returning tues. thurs. & sat
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Sivell .James Joshua, Home close
Harris Walter, shopkeeper, Post office
Bowes-Lyon Hon. Mrs. The Cedars Tyrrell Mrs. Berkin manor
Herd Chas. C. farmer,The Hermitage
Champney Jn. Edwd. J.P. Horton cot Wiggins George, Milton lodge
Hook Evan James, Crown P.H
•Cunningham Ronald Elliot, Horton
Hutt Joseph,farmr.& market gardener
m anor
C O M M E R C IA L .
Morris Matthew, Five Bell6 P.H
Davids Capt. John Lenthal, The Mill Abbott George, boot & shoe maker Rochester George, beer retailer
house
Billings William, farmer
Scott A. E. & Son, nurserymen
Davies Rev. Thomas Read M.A. (rec- Brown Alfred William, baker
Warrick George, blacksmith
tor), Rectory
Dafforn Edgar, farmer, New Butts
Wicks James, farmer, Millridge farm
Jackson Nicholas Lane, Horton lodge Gurney Ernest W. farmer
Wiggins George, market gardener
Le Gros Charles W. Brookfield
Harris Robert, dairyman, Park lane Wild Hy. Jas. farmer, New Butts frm
GREAT H O R W O O D (or Harwood-cum-Single- lier M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and M.A. and
borough) is a township, village and parish,
miles formerly fellow of New College, Oxford. The Congre­
north from Winslow station on the Oxford and Bletchley gational chapel, built in 1824, will seat 120 persons,
branch of the London and North Western railway, 6 and has a school attached: the Primitive Methodist
south-east from Buckingham and 6J south-west from chapel, erected in 1875, has 120 sittings. The poor’s
Stony Stratford, in the Northern division of the county, land consists of 27a. ir. 3p.; the other charities amount
Cottesloe hundred, Winslow petty sessional division and to about ¿"13 a year. The Warden and Fellows of New
union, county court district of Buckingham, rural College, Oxford, are lords of the manor and hold a
deanery of Mursley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and court baron annually. The landowners are William Selbydiocese of Oxford. The church of St. James is an Lowndes esq. Lord Addington, New College, Oxford,
ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave the trustees of Mrs. R. W. Jones, and others. The soil
of four bays, aisles, north chapel now used as a vestry, is stiff clay, with beds of gravel. The entire area is
organ chamber, north and south porches and an em­ 3,170 acres; rateable value, inclusive of Singleborough,
battled western tower with a turret at the south-west ¿ 3 ,5 7 3 ; the entire, population in 1911 was 584.
angle, terminating in a spirelet; the tower contains a Verger, William Stevens.
clock and 6 bells and a sanctus bell: the windows of Post & T. Office.— Edwin Henry Yates, sub-postmaster.
the chancel are very fine examples of the Decorated
Letters through Winslow, Bucks, arrive at 7.5 a.m. k
style, the nave is also of this period and the tower Per­ 2.50 p.m. week days & on sundays 7 . 2 0 a.m. Box
pendicular; the church retains four piscinae, triple cleared at 8.5 a.m. & 5.45 p.m. ; 011 sundays at 9 . 2 5
sedilia, a brass to Henry Virgin, priest, dated 1487, a.m. Winslow, miles distant, is the nearest money
with effigy in academical dress, and two monuments
order office
of the Barker family: the church was thoroughly
restored in 1874 and half an acre added to the church­ SINGLEBOROUGH is a hamlet, comprising six lord­
yard at a total cost of ¿5,500 ; in 1884 the church was ships, 3 miles north from Winslow and 5 east from
provided with lamps from designs by Mr. J. Oldrid Buckingham.
Scott, architect, and in 1885
eas^ "window was filled
Letter Box, cleared 7.15 a.m. & 5.35 p.m. ; S u n ­
with stained glass, and a reredos of mosaics erected at Wall
day, 7.25 a.m. Letters an-ive at 8.15 a.m. sundays
the cost of the Rev. Simon Thomas Adams M.A. rector &
week days
1839-89: the lych-gate was presented by Mrs. Lambton
in 1910: there are 448 sittings. The register dates Elementary School, erected in 1864, by subscription, for
from the year 1600. The living is a rectory, net yearly 150 children; Alfred Rich, certificated master; Mrs.
value ¿400, including 136 acres of glebe, with residence, Rich, mistress
in the gift of the Warden and Fellows of New College, Carrier.— George Taylor, to Buckingham, sat. ; WolverOxford, and held since 1889 by the Rev. John Cheval- ton, fri. & Winslow wed
Viccars William A. coal dealer
GREAT HORWOOJ).
Cutler Joseph, cattle dealer
Viccars William John, farmer, Manor
Elmes William, blacksmith
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S.
Faulkner-Wood Francis Conway, Vine Edward, grocer
Bishop Benjamin Giles, Roddimore
Ward Henry, farmer, Park Hill farm
farmer, Grenville cottage
Bursill Charles Henry, Ivy bank
Warren Geo.Newman, sen.wheelwrght
Hanson Joseph, baker & farmer
Chevallier Rev. John M.A. (rector), Heady Henry J. miller (wind & oil) Warren George Newman, jun. farmer
Rectory
White Edlin, farmer & landowner,
Holton Edward, farmer
Cornwall John Henry, Devon house
Greenway farm
Illing Edward, farmer
Doe Fredk. William, Grenville cottage Keys Frederick, egg merchant
Willison Martha (Miss), draper
Hanson Mrs
Kimble Tlios.R. frmr.Church Hill frm Yates Edwin Hy. beer ret. Post office
Johnson Mrs
Young Robert, farmer
Knight William, grazier, The Firs
Lloyd Ernest, The Grange
Marks Alfred Grant, farmer
Moxhay Samuel Thos. The Cottage Mundav Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper
SINGLEBOROUGH.
Hear Mrs
Monday Mark, farmer
Parton Mrs. The Den
Ridgway Mary Ann (Miss), dress ma Phillips Alfd. Leonard, Pear Tree cot
COMMERCIAL.
Royce Harry, boot maker
Webb George Vere
Barefoot William, farmer
Sampson William, Swan P.H
C O M M E R C IA L .
Bethel] William J. grocer
Saunders Alfred Joseph, farmer
Betts Albert William, Crown inn
Cleaver Francis, farmer
Sear Edmund, farmer
ia“°p Benjamin Giles, horse breeder, Sear Edwin, farmer
Dell David, Six Lords P.H
Roddimore
Smith Ernest, farmr. Briars Bank frm George Jonas, farmer
Clarke Abraham, butcher
Stevens William carpenter
Kimble Nathan, farmer
CoUyer James William, wheelwright Tavlor George, earner
Seaton William, farmer
LITTLE H O R W O O D is a village and parish ij stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel,
1es north from Swanbourne and 2$ north-east from nave with arcade of four arches, south aisle, south porch
of Jk 0t stations on fche Oxford and Bletchley branch and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells;
iv , L°n<Ion and North Western railway and
from in the church is a hagioscope, and there are some good
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’ *n th® Northern division of the county, Perpendicular windows: on the north wall are two
uni °t> *‘u.ndred> Winslow petty sessional division and paintings, possibly of the 13th cent. ; the church was
of Mn’ Buckingham county court district, rural deanery thoroughly restored in 1889, at a total cost of ¿1,500,
O vf
r r arcl)deaconry of Buckingham and diocese o
f under the supervision of Messrs. J. P. St. Aubyn and
or . Half a mile north and situated on rising ground Wadling, architects, London; the restoration of the
v:ii ^ervoir filled by springs, and which supplies the chancel being effected at an expense of ¿500 by Mrs.
W 1 abundance of water of excellent quality, Dauncey, in memory of her late husband, P. Dauncey
church of St. Nicholas is an ancient building of esq. : there are 140 sittings. The register dates from