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three of them, the parish clerk to occupy the fourth ;
t|ie same benevolent lady also left £3,333 Stock, the
dividends to be paid annually in sums of £20 each
to the vicar of Hughenden and four poor clergymen of
Bucks whose livings were respectively less than £100
yearly; she likewise left the interest of £1,000 to be
distributed in sums of £10 each to poor widows of
deceased clergymen of this county: Gregory’s charity of
¿2 yearlyisforbread, and there isalso a sum of from £7
to¿8 yearly from a farm at Towersey, left by Katherine
Pye, for educational purposes. The manor of Hughenden
was' purchased by the late Earl of Beaconsfield K G
in 1847* and is now
ProP®rty and residence of his
nephew, Coningsby Ralph Disraeli esq. D.L., J.P. The
Manor House, standing on an eminence commanding a
fine view of the Wycombe valley, is a mansion of brick
with stone dressings, in a species of Jacobean style; on
the south side facing the terrace is the drawing room,
which contains a portrait of Her late Majesty, a Royal
gift to the Earl, and also one of the late Viscountess
Beaconsfield ; the east front looks towards the park and
contains the library, chiefly rich in historical works:
portraits of friends of the late Earl adorn the hall and
staircase: the house was restored and considerably
enlarged in 1901-2 : the well-wooded park of 140 acres is
watered by a stream, and 011 the crest of a hill, between
the two Tinkers Woods, is an obelisk erected to the
memory of Isaac D’Israeli, father of the Eari, who
resided at the Manor House in the adjacent parish of
Bradenham: on the base is an inscription to his
memory, and another to the Viscountess Beaconsfield.
Coningsby R. Disraeli esq. the Earl of Buckinghamshire,
Samuel J. Newman esq. of Hazlemere, Thomas Somers
Vernon Cocks esq. Mrs. Leadbetter, and H. Landau esq.

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are the principal landowners. The soil is chiefly gravel;
subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat and barley.
The area is 5,824 acres of land and 4 of water ; rate­
able value, £9*790; the population in 1911 was 2,134.
of which 1,201 are in the ecclesiastical parish of St.
Michael and All Angels.
NAPHILL, 2% miles north-west, has a Mission hall
and a Primitive Methodist chapel; this place, and
North Dean, are parts of this parish. Part of Great
Kingshill, 2^ miles north-west, is included in the eccle­
siastical parish of Prestwood.
Sexton, William Hussey.
Post & T. Office, Cryers Hill— William Fountain, sub­
postmaster. Letters through High Wycombe arrive
at 7.5 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. No Sunday delivery. Box
cleared at 1.15 & 5.30 p.m. Terriers is the nearest
money order office
Post Office, Naphill.— Thomas Lee, sub-postmaster.
Letters through High Wycombe arrive at 8 a.m. &
12.25
p.m. ; dispatched at 12.15 & 5.15 p.m. ; S u n ­
days, 10.40 a.m. West Wycombe, 3 miles distant, is
the nearest money order & telegraph office
Hughenden road Pillar Box cleared 1 & 5 p.m
Pillar Letter Box, Coombe Hill, cleared 12.45 p.m. ;
sundays, 9 a.m
Elementary School, Naphill, built in 1862 & subsequentlyenlarged'at a cost of nearly £600, by the late James
Searigbt esq. for 134 children; Albert T. Phillips,
m aster
Kingshill Elementary School, built in 1874-5, at a cost
of £1,300, chieflyfurnished by the late James Searight
esq. for 132 children; Charles Mathams, master

COMM ERCIAL.
Evans John, farmer, Grange farm
Allan Wm. Edwd. frmr. & dairyman
(letters through Hazlemere)
Almond Fred, woodman to C. RGibson George, farmer, Manor farm
Clarke Henry, Cornswood
John, Sportsman’s Arms P.H. Disraeli esq
Cocks Thomas Somers Vernon B.A., Hatt
Baldwin Edwin (Mrs.), engineer
North
Dean
,
J.P. Uplands
Head William, gardener to C. R. Batchelor Thos. farmer, Walters Ash
Colton William Robert, New place
Bristow T. & Brothers, stone mer­
Disraeli esq. Middle lodge
Disraeli Coningsby Ralph D.L., J.P. Kimber
Frank Morris, farmer, chants & contractors, quarry owners
Hughenden manor
& brick manufacturers; office,
Church farm
Francis David, Irenedene, Boss lane Lisley Geo. farmer, Sladmere farm
Speen, Princes Risborough; brick
Freemantle Roland Aubrey, Stoney Montague Edward James, farmer, kilns & quarries, Walters Ash.
Green hall
T
- A “Walters Ash, West Wy­
Widmer
End
farm
Jones Herbert B. Petersfield
Free, farmer, Hawbushes farm
combe.” Stations, West Wycombe
Kentish Capt. William Leonard, Stone
Tame
George,
Harrow
P.H
&
Saunderton
Hughenden cottage
Ward Archibald, farmer, Warrendene Brown James, brick ma. Walter’s Ash
Landau Hermann. Pipers
Ward Wm. farmer. Lower Warren Day Herbert G. Wheel P.H
Martin Stephen, Primrose hill
Wooster Bertrand Edward M.R.C.V.S. Dean James, chair maker
Moore Miss, Ravensmere
veterinary surgeon, Green farm
Fleet &Turner,farmers,Coombe’s farm
Saunders Edward, The Old cottage
Harding James, farmer
Weller Mrs. Springfield lodge
CRYERS HILL
Hodsdon Ralph, farmer, Lit. Moseley
Whitfeld Rev. Arthur Lewis M.A. Evans Frederick, blacksmith
Hunt Amos George, insurance agent
Vicarage
Fountain Albert George & Fredk. Hunt Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer
COMMERCIAL.
Keeley Fredrick, beer retailer
William, grocers. Post office
Lacey Charles, wheelwright
Baker William E.Royal Standard P.H Tucker Frederick G. carpenter
Bedford David, farmer, Piggots farm Wood Ann (Mrs.), White Lion P.H Lee Thomas, grocer, Post office
Martin Thomas, beer retailer
Beeson Mary (Mrs.),farmer,Warren fm
NAPHILL.
Nicholls Herbert, farmer, Vincent
Biggs & Sons, builders & farmers,
farm
Bavley Mrs. Cherrycroft
King’shill
Parslow Alfred, Black Lion P.H
Davis Arthur, farmer & wild duck & Child Robert Thomas, The Laurels
Finch George Wm. Moseley lodge Purssell Richard, farmer
pheasant breeder, Denner hill
Smith John (exors. of), stone cutters
Davis Edwd. frmr. Lower Dean farm Sewell Rev. Edward (Baptist)
Smart Benjamin R. St. Michael's Williams Arthur, farmer
Dean Henry William, fruit grower

HUGHENDEN.

P R IV A T E R ESID EN TS.

HTJLCOTT is a sequestered village and parish 011 the the south-east angle of the nave : the communion table
Herts border, 3 miles north-east from Aylesbury, in of stone and alabaster supported on Devonshire marble
the Mid division of the county, hundred, union and columns was placed in the chancel, at the cost of the
county court district and petty sessional division of Rev. E. Bonus, who in 1898 presented a window in
Aylesbury, rural deanery of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of memory of his mother, Elizabeth Ann Bonus : there is
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of All also a stained window' in the chancel and one in the
Saints, situated by a pleasant green shaded with trees, lady chapel: there are 92 sittings, 20 of which are
is an edifice in the Early English and later styles and reserved. The parish register dates from the year 1539.
consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north porch and a There is a complete list of rectors commencing from
low western turret of wood with octagonal broach spire 1270, which hangs in the church. The living is a
containing 3 bells: the chancel and nave are Decorated, rectory, net yearly value from 200 acres of glebe
but the piers and arches of the nave and some other £130, with residence, in the gift of Leopold de Roths­
parts are plain Early English : there are piscinae in the child esq.and held since 1910 by the Rev. Edward Birklev
chancel and aisle; the latter has a hagioscope, and also Butler M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, and chaplain of
contains a plain altar tomb, said to be that of Benedict Aylesbury union. The churchyard has an ornamental
Lee, one of the lords of the manoT, buried in 1547, wall with open trefoiled panels and a lych gate erected
but the inscription has been defaced and the brasses in i860 at the cost of the lord of the manor. Leopold
removed: the stained windows were the gift of the de Rothschild esq. C.V.O. is lord of the manor and
Rev. Edw. Bonus LL.M. rector 1864-1907: the church principal landowner. The soil is Kimmeridge clay;
was restored in 1862-3 under the direction of the late subsoil, same. The greatest portion of the parish is
G. E. Street esq. R.A. when the roofs were renewed, grazed by dairy and feedin® stock. The area is 741
population in 1911
the interior refitted with oak benches and the chancel acres; rateable’value, £1.085;
with stalls: in removing the plaster from the walls, the was 113.
entrance to the rood loft was discovered built up in Parish Clerk, William Menday.