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ind brick, with a belfry containing one bell, and affords
HAMBLEDEN' RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
144 sittings. Here is also a small Gospel Hall. PAR­ Meets at the Institute, on the first Monday in every
MOOR is 2 miles north-east; Frieth is 2^ miles north­
month (except May & August), at 10.30 a.m.
east ; MILL END one mile south; ROCKWELL END
:s ij miles north-east ; PHEASANTS HILL is half a The district comprises the following parishes:— Fawley,
Hambleden. & Medmenham. The area is 11,253 acres'
mile north and has a Congregational chapel, built in
rateable value, Sept. 1914, £15.759; the population in
:8io, and seating 200 persons.
1911 was 1,975
Parish Clerk, John White.
Chairman, Charles J. Barnett, Mill End, Hambleden
Sexton, John White
Sexton (Frieth), William Lathan.
Officials.
Post, M. 0 .& T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.
— Miss Ida P. White, sub-postmistress. Letters are Clerk, Arthur Richard Lloyds, Bank chambers, 12 Hart
street, Henley-on-Thames
received through Henley-on-Thames at 6.45 a.m.
12.40 p.m.; dispatched at 8.45 a.m. A 1.10 & 6.30 Treasurer, John Simonds, Bank, Henley-on-Thames
p.m.; Sundays, arrive 7.15 a.m.; dispatched 11.35 Medical Officer of Health. John Dunbar Dickson M.D
M.Ch.R.U.I., L.R.C.S.I. The Gables, Marlow
a.m
Post, M. 0 .& T. Office, Greenlands.— William Turnham, Sanitary Surveyor, W. Wing, Caversham
sub-postmaster. Letters are received through Hen­ Sanitary Inspector, E. V. Ives, 12 Hart street, Henleyon-Thames
ley-on-Thames ; delivery commences at 7 a.m. &
12.10 p.m.; sundavs, 7 a.m.; cleared for dispatch at Highway Surveyor. Percival Keene,The Roost,Hambleden
1.40 & 6.45 p.m. ; 12.5 p.m. on Sundays
Post Office, Skirmett.— Mrs. William Turton, sub-post­ Assessor & Collector of Taxes & Assistant Overseer,
Henry Harper, Pheasants Hill
mistress. Letters arrive from Henley at 8 a.m. &
Clerk to Hambleden Sub-Committee of Bucks Local
1.45 p.m.; dispatched at 11.45 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; Sun­
Pension Committee, Arthur Richard Lloyds, Bank
days, arrive 8.15 a.m. ; dispatched 10.40 a.m. Frieth,
chambers. Hart street, Henley-on-Thames
about 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order &
telegraph office
Post, M. O. & T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office,
Elementary Schools.
Frieth.— Ephraim Robert Webb, sub-postmaster. Let­ Hambleden, built in 1837, & rebuilt in 1897-9 by
ters arrive from Henley-on-Thames at 8.25 a.m. & Viscount Hambleden, for 180 children ; with an en­
2.25 p.m.; dispatched n a.m. & 5.30 p.m
of £5 a year; Harold P. Heath, master
Wall Letter Boxes:— Mill End, cleared at 1.30 & 6.40 Fridowment
eth, built in 1865, enlarged in 1873 & again in 1881,
p.m. & sundays at 11.50 a.m.; Pheasants Hill,cleared
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it II.15 a.m. & 5.50 p.m.; sundays, 10.30 a.m.;
(infants’), built in 1857, for 3° children; Miss
Rockwell End. cleared at 11.10 a.m. & 5.35 p.m.; Skirmett
Florence Dell, mistress
mndays, 10.45 a.m.; Colstrope, cleared at 12.20 &
Carrier to Henley— Francis Sherlock, daily (except wed)
0.15 p.m.; sundays, 11.20 a.m
Beever William Frederick Holt B.A.. Turnham William, gardener & farm
HAMBLEDEN.
J.P. agent to Viscount Hambleden, bailiff to Viscount Hambleden, Post
P R IV A T E RE SID E N TS.
office, Greenlands
Yewden
Belgrove Richard, farmer,Rotten Row Vivian Harry, farmer, Colstrope farm
Acland Theodore Varnells
White Sydney, laundry, Pheasants Hi
Biggs Alfred, grocer
Barnett Charles James, Mill end
Clark Thos. Giles,frmr. Rockwell End Wight James W. beer retailer
Beales Hubert G. D. Huttons
Beever William Frederick Holt B.A., Collinson George, gamekeeper to F. J. Williams David, blacksmith
Wilsdon FrederickJames, farmer, Mill
Scott Murray esq
J.P. Yewden
Cripps Hon. Alfred Henry Seddon Crees Sidney, farmer, Woodend (let- End & Burrows farms
i ters, Fawley, Henley-on-Thames) Wilson Andrew Stewart M.B., Ch.B
J.P. Parmoor house
Deane Louis William Francis, farmer. Aberd. physician & surgeon, &
Evans Mrs. Flint hall
medical officer & public vaccinator
Frift Rev. Walter B.A. (curate), The Beeches, Pheasants
Hambleden district, Henley union,
Gray Charles, boot repairer
Rectory cottage
Little Colstrope
Gray Miss Minnie, shopkeeper
Garvice Charles, Mill End
Working
Men’s Institute (Harold P
Grenfell Mrs. Henry Riversdale,Bacres Harper Henry, assessor & collector of
Haddock Richd. Launcelot, The Hide taxes & asst, overseer, Pheasants HI Heath, sec)
Hambleden Viscount, Greenlands; & Harris Edward John, saddler
FRIETH.
3 Grosvenor place S W & CaTlton & Holloway Edward. Thomas, head gar­
dener to F. J. Scott Murray esq Collier Thomas
Wellington clubs S W, London
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Hunter Frederick Joseph Walmsley,
Jess Thomas, steward to Lord Par- West Edwin, The Laurels
Hatchmans
COMMERCIAL.
moor,
Parmoor
Luard Major Richd. Hambleden cot
Murray Fras. Joseph Scott, Manor ho Jones J. head gardener to Lord Par­ Barksfield James, shoe maker
Barlow Sarah (Miss), beer retailer
Parmoor Lord P.C., K.C.V.O., K.C. moor
Parmoor house; A 29 Wilton cres­ Keene Alfred & Arthur D. farmers, Frieth Village Hall
Leaver James, beer retailer
cent S W & Carlton, Athenseum, Rockwell End
Oxford & Cambridge & Marlborough Keene Chas. Daniels, Chisbridge frm Lowe George, farmer
Keene Percival, highway surveyor to Plowman Thomas, beer retailer, Moor
clubs S W, London
Shepherd Fred, Birch cottage. the Hambleden Rural DistrictCoun­ End common
Webb Ephraim Rt. grocer, Post office
cil & farmer, The Roost
Pheasants Hill
West & Collier Ltd. church furnishrs
Mason Josiah, builder
Spowart Miss, Pheasants Hill
Stanton Rev. Alfred Herbert M.A Nash Jn. beer retailer, Pheasants Hill
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Chandler John, beeT retailer
Viscount Hambleden, Mill End
Wetherman Mrs. Valeska
Gunnell George, shoe maker
Wilson Andrew Stewart M B. Little Pond John, baker
Reynolds John, farm bailiff to Vis­ Purcell Frank, grocer & beer retailer
Colstrope
count Hambleden, Yewden farm
Seymour Daniel, King’sArms P.H
COMMERCIAL.
Sherlock Francis, Stag & Huntsman Turton William (Mrs.), grocer &■
baker, Post office
Barnett C. & Sons, millers (water), hotel, & carrier
Whitehall Fredk. butcher & farmer
Siveter Charles S. E. draper
Hambleden mills
By a Local Government Board Order which came into
G R E A T A N D LITTLE H A M P D E N form
parish in the Mid division of the county, in the hundred operation March 25. 1885, parts of Little Hampden and
and petty sessional division of Aylesbury, union and Stoke Mandeville were amalgamated with Great Hamp­
county court district of High Wycombe, rural deanery den, and the latter so altered was designated Great and
of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese Little Hampden. The church of St. Mary Magdalen is
of Oxford. Great Hampden is 4 miles south-east from an ancient structure of flint and stone in various styles,
Princes Risborough station on the Great Western and consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays,
Great Central (Joint) railway, through Wycombe to aisles, large south porch furnished with stone seal-1
Aylesbury, 3 west from Great Missenden station on the and a small embattled tower at the south-west angle
Metropolitan and Great Central (Joint) Tailway, from containing 3 bells: the chancel is Perpendicular, and
Baker street, London, to Verney Junction. 5 south-south­ retains a piscina with shelf and drain ; on either side
west from Wandover and 6 north from Hiszh Wycombe of the chancel arch is a hagioscope: the piers and