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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Oox A lbert, gardener
London C oun ty & W estm in ster Bai.k
Cox Chas. W m. landscape gardener
j Lim ited (H. Townend, m anager) ;
Crawley A rth u r, butcher
draw on London office, 41 Lom bard
Crockett Mrs. apartm ents
street E C
Earl Frank, b uilder <fc assist, overseer 1Lund Reuben, news agent
Evans W alter, m otor engineer
! Oakes Thom as, sm ith & farrier
Farnham Com m on Cinem a H all (H. ¡Penn John, house &
B. P allett, m anager)
I Sidney house
Filbee G eorge, butcher
Penn John (M rs.), aparts. Sidney ho
Grace Thom as, beer retailer
iRackley Jam es, beer retailer
G. W. Ry> Office (W . J. Dauby, agt) Roberts Lovell, chem ist
Harding John & Sons, pork butchers Rose Urban, grocer
Hazel ton Thom as, dairym an
Spuffard Jam es, builder
Hester Minnie (M rs.), draper
Spufford W alter Henry, builder
Langley Jas. cycle m aker & repairer Squires A rth u r, V ictoria P.H
Lewis Jessie Jane (M rs.), laundress T ilbu ry E dw ard, builder
F A W L E Y is a pariah of scattered houses, on the
borders of O xfordshire and bank of the Tham es, 3
miles north from H enley-on-Tham es term inal station
of a branch of the G reat W estern railway, and 7 west
from Marlow, in the Southern division of the county.
Desborough hundred, Desborough 1st division petty
sessional division, Henley union and county court dis­
trict, rural deanery of W ycom be, archdeaconry of
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. Th e
church of
the Virgin M ary is a small b uilding of cu t flint with
stone dressings, w hich has been m uch altered, and con­
sists of chancel, nave, transepts, organ cham ber and
an ancient em battled western tower containing 3 bells :
the tower was restored in 1867 and its lower stage forms
a p orch: the nave Was thoroughly restored and a north
transept w ith organ cham ber and vestry added in 1883 :
the south transept, form erly used as a vestry, is thrown
open to the c h u rc h : the church contains a fine canopied
monument of black m arble, w ith recum bent figures in
stone, erected b y S ir B ulstrode W hitelocke kt. keeper
of the G reat Seal during the P rotectorate, to his
parents, S ir Jam es W hitelocke kt. Justice of th e K in g ’s
Bench, ob. 22 June, 1632, and his wife E lizabeth (B ul­
strode) ; the m onum ent is surm ounted on either side
with figures of M ercy and Justice and is adorned with
escutcheons of a r m s ; the carvin g on the p ulpit and
elsewhere in the church is said to be by G rin lin g
Gibbons: in th e churchyard is a handsome m auso­
leum for each of th e fam ilies of Freem an and
Mackenzie: a ly c h gate of oak and stone was erected
in 1885 b y his relatives in mepaory of the Rev.
Henry Alm ack D.D. rector 1843-85: there are 150 s it­
tings. The reg ister dates from the year 1573. The
living is a rectory, net yearly value £280, w ith residence
and 22 acres of glebe, in the g ift of W. D. Mackenzie
esq. and held since 1907 b y the Rev. W alter Cape!
Young M.A. of T rin ity College, C am bridge. Th ere is a
Village H all, erected by subscription. F aw ley C ourt, the
seat of W illiam D alziel M ackenzie esq. M .A ., D .L ., J.P.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Ferguson Charles E. Freem ans
Fergason Lady E dith, Freemans
Mackenzie W illiam D alziel M .A ., D .L.,
J.P. Faw ley court
Mackenzie W illiam Roderick Dalziel
J.P. Sunnyclose

FE.VNY S T R A T F O R D .

99

V icary A lfred, watch m aker
W alker A lice (M rs.), beer retailer
W eatherhill B rothers, tailors
W illis W illiam P arker, beer Tetailer
Y ates E d ith (M rs.), shopkeeper
H E D G E R L E Y DEAN.
C u rrie David, Chesw icke
W ylie M ajor-G eneral H enry
Hilltop cottage

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COMMERCIAL.

Herne Thom as, builder
Piner Frank, brick & tile m aker
Pinfold F rederick, B rick M ould P.H

is a noble mansion in the Palladian style, and was
erected, it is said, from designs by S ir C hristopher
W re n ; it stands in a w ell-tim bered park, and has four
fronts, the principal entrance being on the w est, through
a colonnaded portico of the Ionic o rd e r; the house con­
tains some fine apartm ents, and com m ands a view of th e
Deer park, of th e Chiltern H ills on the n o rth -w est; the
riv er Tham es is on the south-east, Ham bleden on the
north and H enley on the s o u th ; in the dining-room
hangs the celebrated p icture, by Salter, of the W aterloo
banquet at Apsley House, and on
the staircase are
num erous portraits of the g u e s ts ; th e possessor of this
estate in the reign of Charles I. was S ir Jam es W h ite­
locke kt. one of the ju d g es of the K in g 's Bench, whose
only son (S ir B ulstrode W hitelocke k t .) , previously m en ­
tioned, sold it to an ancester of the la te W. P. W illiam s
Freem an esq. of P ylew ell Park, Hants, by whom th e
estate was in turn
disposed of to the late Edward
M ackenzie esq. ; an extensive w in g in the same style
was b uilt in 1883 at the north-east a n g le ; it c o m ­
prises a study, b illiard and sm oking rooms, lavatories
and num erous bedrooms ; a handsome balustraded ter­
race on two levels has also been constructed round th e
whole mansion, the w alls of w hich have also been re­
newed in brick and stone. W . D. M ackenzie esq. is lord
of the m anor and principal landowner. The soil is o f a
ch alk y n a tu r e ; subsoil, chalk and gravel. The chief
crops are wheat, barley and some pasture land. The
area is 2,204 acres of land and 9 of w a t e r ; rateablevalue, £2,263 > th e population in 1911 was 218.
Sexton and Parish C lerk, M ark Harm an.
Post Office, F aw ley G reen .— M ark Harman, s u b -p o s t­
m aster. L etters arrive from H enley-on-Tham es at
7.10 a.m . & 5.30 p .m .; dispatched a t 8.25 a.m . & 6.10
p.m . ; S u n d a ys, arrive 7.40 a.m . ; dispatched 8.30 a.m .
Greenlands, 1J m iles distant, is the nearest m o n ey ordeT
& telegraph office
E le m e n ta r y School (m ixed), b uilt for 50 c h ild ren ; M rs.
E lsie Passmore, m istress

Mackenzie M iss, Dobsons
Harm an M ark, blacksm ith. Post office
Y o u n g Rev. W alt. Capel M .A. Rectory Holloway G eorge, agent to W . D.
COMMERCIAL.
M ackenzie esq. H om e farm
C orb ett Jam es, gardener to W. D Shatford John, farm er, B osm ore farm
M ackenzie esq
Sm ith John, estate clerk to W . D.
! Fawley V illa g e Hall
M ackenzie esq. F aw ley C o u rt E state
G rove Geo. Dodd, frm r.F a w ley bottom
office

F E N N Y S T R A T F O R D , originally a ham let and I constituted an Urban D istric t by the nam e of B letch ley,
/ l y ° Bletchley, b ut now an independent parish an(i under th e provisions of th e “ Lo cal G overnm ent
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a tlin
u m fgi 1 A ct, 1894” (56 and 57 V ic. c. 73), is governed b y an
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otreet and close to the Roman station “ M agioventum ,” Urban D istrict Council of 12 m em bers, fo rm erly known
with a. station on the Bedford branch of the London as F enny Stratford, b u t on M ay 16th, 19 11, was changed
and North W estern railway, 1 m ile from B letchley | to B letchley.
■Junction (which is in the parish), 7 m iles south-east
By Local G overnm ent Board O rder No. 37 , 157 , which
Jrom Stony S tratford, i 3£ east from Buckinghan
came into operation A pril 1 st, 1898 , th e U rban D istrict
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south from Newport Pagnell, 6 north from Leighton
was extended to include B letch ley, and the district
ouzzard, and
47$ m iles from London b y rail and 44^ divided into three wards.
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p^or^ie™ division of the county, hun- The church of S t. M artin, a structure
of red b rick with
c
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Pe^ty sessional division, union and county stone dressings, in a debased G oth ic style, was erected
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Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of in 1724-30, chiefly th rou g h th e exertions of Dr. Browne
O x f o r d 6a v0nry °/ B uckingham and diocese of Willis F .S .A . th e antiquary, on the site of a chapel dediSrtmw
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northern side of the H igh street is in , cated to S t. M argaret, consisting of two or three aisles and
OmJl °n
” *e G rand Junction canal and river an em battled tower, which had been destroyed, and its
eas hv^aSS
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town, which is lighted w ith burial ground desecrated durin g th e C ivil W a r : the
water f a comPanY form ed in i860 and supplied with present church was con secrated1b v Dr. Richard ReyAnril r°m
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Sandhouse, W oburn, Beds, opened nolds* Bishop of Lincoln, 27th M ay,
1730, and was
Little’
£ I2’ I2 5 ’
also supplies B letch ley. originally 67 feet in length and 25 in w id th ; in 1823
WonoBt 110
,r 7 mpi?on (or Sim pson), W alton and it was enlarged b y the addition of a south aisle, and
trict^ ~ an-°ti"fhe-G reen. F or postal and Urban D is- in 1866 b y th e erection of a new nave and large chancel,
Fennv c S lC. U Urp10ses Bletchley is substituted for the form er nave becom ing a north aisle, separated from
Stratford. An antiseptic sewage schem e was the la ter work b y an arcade of three b a y s : a south aisle
ompleted m 1903 a t a cost of £ 2 2 ,0 0 0 .
was added in T 9 0 3 : in 1908 th e nave was lengthened
c-im -4.
Government. Board O rder No. 3 2 .7 7 6 . which and a south chancel added at a cost of £ 1,8 0 0 : the
Fpnn m a ' °Peral’l on J u ly 1 s t , 1 8 9 5 , the civil parishes of church, therefore, now consists of n orth and south
7 Stratford and Svmpson (or Sim pson), were chancels, nave, aisle, south porch and an em battled
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