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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

B R IL L .

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L I T T L E B R I C K H I L L is a parish and village on I parish from the year 1227 to 1890. T he livin g is a
the borders of Bedfordshire, on the London and Holyhead 1 titu lar vicarage, n et yearly value £160, w ith residence,
road and the old “ W atling S treet,” 2 m iles south-east in the g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1906
from Fenny S tratford station on the Bletch ley and Bed­ by the Rev. Louis Jones B .A . of C h rist’s College, C am ­
ford section of the London and N orth W estern railway bridge. H ere is a sm all W esleyan chapel. This village
and 9 m iles south from Newport Pagnell, in the Northern was form erly the first place in the county at which
division of the county, hundred, p etty sessional division, the ju d g es arrived on going the Norfolk c ircu it, and
union and county cou rt d istrict of N ew port Pagnell, rural from 1433 to 1638 the assize» and general gaol deliveries
deanery of Bletchley, archdeaconry of Buckingham and for Bucks w ere held here on account of its being the
diocese of Oxford. T his place is supplied w ith water nearest spot in Bucks to the m etropolis, w ith a good
from Sandhouse by the B letchley Urban D istrict road and accom m odation for m an and h o rse; in Saxton's
Council’s W ater W orks. The church of S t. M ary M ag­ m ap of 1574, it is m arked as an assize town, and
dalen, standing on the brow of a h ill, below which election as well as other county m eetin gs were also
runs the Rom an W atlin g Street, is an ancient building convened here. There are charities of £ 5 for educational
of stone, chiefly in the Perp endicular style, and consists purposes, the C hurch and Poor C h a n ty of £23 10s. is
of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle w ith chapel, divided between the provision of coal for the poor and the
south porch, em battled western tower, supported by four church expenses, the Poor A llotm en t C h arity of £ 16
large buttresses, containing a clock and 4 b e lls ; the yearly, is also for coals, Penrose’s of £ 3 for blankets, and
chapel, at the end of the south aisle, contains a piscina A bdy’s of £ 8 5s. for bread and education for the poor;
and au m b ry; and has a hagioscop e; the chapel, which m ost of these charities are derived from money invested
opens into the chancel, is now used as a vestry, in Consols, the results of the sales of land and houses
and has hanging on the w all a curious fram ed and left by benefactors; the vicar and churchwardens, L t.coloured panel, containing an account of a certain Colonel A. F in lay and M essrs »>. J. Franklin, W. B etts
William Bennett, son of an alderm an of C h ester, who and J. Woods are the trustees. Th e h istory of the
died here in 1652 on his way from London to C h e s t e r ; m anor dates from the 12th cen tury, it having belonged
to the G iffard fam ily, E arls of B uck in gh am in 1164.
on the north side are some rem ains of an ancient
chantry chapel, w ith a trefoil-shaped piscina of the ¿.m ongst the nam es of the owners appear H um phrey,
14th c e n tu ry ; th is chapel, supposed to have contained Duke of B uckin gham , killed at N ortham pton, 27 July,
1460, Sir Henry M arney k t. 1st baron M arney, d. 24
the tom b of the founder of the church, was blown
down in the year 1710, a fter having been for some tim e May, 1523, W illiam C arey, Sir Thom as Neville A bdy
used as a village s ch o o l; the south doorway is bart. d. 20 J uly, 1877, S ir C h arles Duncom be kt. d.
Decorated and there is a cylindrical Norm an font and 1711, Sir W illiam Rose, Lord Strath n airn and A dm iral
m anorial
rig h ts have cea sed ; the
a small brass to Robert Seling, 1696; a stained east Douglas. T he
window has been erected to Frances, widow of the present owner of the m anor is L ieu t.-C o l. A lexander
Right Hon. S ir G eorge H enry Rose G .C .H . clerk of Finlay. Th e Duke of B edford K .G . and S ir E verard P.
the parliam ents and m other of Field M arshal Lord D. Paunceiort-D uncom be bart. also have p roperty in
Strathnairn G .C .B ., G .C .S .I. and of his brother Sir the parish. T h e situation of this v illag e on th e h ighest
William Rose K .C .B . ; she died 12th October, 18 61; there p art of the B rickh ills (fr. Brichelle) and ad joinin g the
are other m em orial windows to the late Rev. Thom as Woburn plantations is picturesque and em inently
Pym W illiam son, vicar, 1860-86, and to his w ife ; the healthy. Th e soil for th e m ost p art is lig h t on the
church has been repaired at various tim es, and about 1700 hill and h eavier b e lo w ; subsoil, clay and red sand.
w>as renovated through the munificence of Dr. Browne Th e chief crops are w heat, oats, beans and barley. The
Willis, and more com pletely in. 1864, the chancel being area is 1,367 ac re s; assessable value, £ 1 ,4 9 1 ; th e popu­
rebuilt by the E cclesiastical C om m ission ers; it now lation in 1911 was 241.
affords 200 sittings ;th e churchyard was enlarged in 1870, Post & T eleg rap h Office.— Mrs. Jane In gram , sub-post­
m istress. L etters th rou gh B letch ley arrive a t 6.50
and the added portion consecrated in 18 71; on the south
a.m . & 1.15 & (to callers only) 7.30 p .m .; post leaves
side is a tom b inscribed to a “ T ru e B lu e.” T h e register
at 7.35 a.m . & 1.10 & 7.25 p.m . week d a y s ; 10.10
dates from the year 1559, and between the years 1561
and 1618 contains the names of 42 persons who “ suffered
a.m . sundays. G reat B rick h ill is the nearest m oney
death and were buried,” no doubt referrin g to th eir being
order office
hanged in connection w ith assizes held here, one of the E lem en tary School, b uilt in 1847, by the National Society
on glebe land, enlarged in 1887, & again in 1893 & 1898,
victims being •“ C ecily Revis, burned in 1596 ” ; there
for 88 ch ild ren ; M iss E. Jones, m istress; M iss V .
are two entries relating to the C ivil w ar, one the burial
of a woman “ A gnes Potter, of Dunstable, wounded at
Flood, assistant m istress
the battle of E dge H ill,” and the other th at of a soldier C oun ty Police, E dw in Stevens, constable
of the K in g’s arm y, slain by the Parliam entarians, A ugust A ssistan t O verseer, Thom as Best, Council offices,
B letchley
27th, 1644. There is a record of the vicars of this
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Biallo-Blotzky Mrs. Sultanpore house
Briggs L ieu t.-C o l. W. H ., A.M .S.
L ittle Brickhill house
Crute Thom as Robert
Finlay L ieut.-C o l. A lexander J.P.
L ittle B rickhill manor
Franklin Mrs. Rose cottage

Jones Rev
Vicarage

Louis B .A .

(v icar), The Johns W illiam , gardener to L ieu t. Col. A . F in lay J.P
Viccars Jam es, G reen Man P.H
Betts W illiam , farm er. Home farm
Viccars W illiam E rn est, G eorge &
Buggins Charles RichaTd, B ull inn
Dragon P.H
Frost A lford, gam ekeeper & bailiff to W arner H erbert, estate carpenter to
L ieut.-C ol. Finlay
Duke of Bedford K .G
G urney Charles, farm er
W atson E dm und, farm er
C O M M E R C IA L .

B R I L L is a parish and ancient town, and now a large the old Saxon w all on th at side was re m o v e d : painted
village, situated on a hill 600 feet in height, 1 m ile figures on
both sides of th e chancel arch,
which
south from B rill station on the B rill and Quainton had been
plastered over to p reserve them
from
Road branch of the M etropolitan and G reat C entral destruction by the P uritan s at the tim e of th e C iv il
Joint railw ay, 2J m iles south from B rill and Ludger- W ar, have r e c e n tly been exposed to v ie w : the church
shall station on the G reat W estern railw ay, 7^ m iles was restored in 1889-1901 at a cost of £2,000: the
north-west from Tham e, 1 2 north-east from Oxford, Saxon wall on th e south side has been rem oved and a
south-east from B icester and 13$ w est from A yle s­ new south aisle corresponding to the north b u ilt : all the
bury, in the N orthern division of the county, hundred old features of the church have been r e ta in e d : the
and petty sessional division of Ashendon, union and com m union
p la te includes chalices and patens dated
county court d istrict of Tham e, ru ra l deanery of 1570 and 1-685: there are 300 sittings. The reg ister
Waddesdon, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese dates from the yea r 1569. T h e livin g is a vicarage,
of Oxford. The town is seated near the O xford border u n ite ! w ith B oarstall, join t net yearly value £200,
of the county. The church of A ll Saints is an ancient w ith residence, in the g ift of H enry Lancelot Aubreyedifice of stone, in the N orm an, E arly E n glish and F letclier esq. M .Y .O . and held since 1914 by th e Rev.
Petpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, restored Arth ur Basil W rig h t M .A. of T rin ity college, C am bridge.
ln 1883, a t a cost of £250, nave, south porch and H ere is a Congregational chapel, b u ilt in 1841, and
a plain and low w estern tow er of P erpendicular date seating 350 p erson s; there is also a W esleyan chapel,
^ij-h a small lead-covered spire and Containing 6 b uilt in 1841, w ith sittin gs for 140, and a Con­
bells, a sanctus bell and a large Chiming clock, placed gregational chapel at L ittle London, b uilt in 1847,
22 Dec. 1894, at a cost of Mr. T. H. Seargeant, of and seating 150. There are four alm shouses endowed
ondon: at the east end of the north aisle there by Alice C arter in 1591.
A sum of £300 a year,
|s an E arly E nglish w in d o w ; and there are also derived from the rental of a farm at B oarstall, is dis­
'vo Norman d oo rw ays: the font consists of a seven- tributed yearly to the poor of B rill and O a k le y ; also
siued basin on a hexagonal b ase; an addition was Lew is’s ch arity of £8 ; Pym ’ s free school ch arity is for
made on the north side of the church in 1838, when the education of 10 ch ild ren ; S ir John A u b rey’s ch arity
BU CKS.

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