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FENNY STRATFORD.

BUCKING H AMSHIK E.

'w er containing a clock and 6 bells: in the chancel,
which is enriched w ith diaper w ork, are several stained
w indow s: the ceilin g of the aisle is divided into forty
. im partm ents, ornam ented w ith the arm s of the various
original con tributo rs: Dr. W illis, who died 5th Feb.
1760, a g e 78, was buried in the chancel beneath a slab of
white m arble, inscribed w ith an epitaph w ritten by h im ­
self: in A p ril, 1884, the w est window was filled with
stained glass as a m em orial to the Rev. F ran cis de L a cy
W hite B .A . vicar 1881-3, and in the same year the church
was restored, a t a cost of £605, un der the direction of
Mr. F. G . B ruton , arch itect, of O xford, an illum in ated
clock being at th e sam e tim e placed in th e tow er a t a
cost of £ 10 0 : in 1898 th e organ was renovated at a cost
f £500, and two m em orial windows placed to Mrs.
Stubbs and M rs. S o m ers: there are 600 s it t in g s : since
the cem etery has been opened the churchyard has been
very p rettily laid out w ith flower-beds. The livin g is a
vicarage, net yearly value £200, w ith 57 acres of glebe
and residence, in the g ift of the Bishop of O xford, and
held since 1909 by the Rev. John H erbert F irm in ger
M .A. of E x e ter College, Oxford. The v icarage house is
a b u ild in g in the G othic style, erected in 1869.
St.
M artin’s Mission Room , erected in 1886 and enlarged in
1888, is now used for services. Th e Spurgeon M em orial
B aptist chapel, A ylesb ury street, is a structure of red
brick w ith w hite stone facings, erected in 1892 at a cost
f about £3,000, and has 750 sittin gs ; the chapel was
formed in 1800. T h e Prim itive M ethodist chapel in
A ylesbury street, b u ilt in 1866, seats 240 persons, and
:h a t in A lb ert street, b u ilt in 1898, seats 150.
The
W esleyan chapel in B letch ley road was erected in 1909,
at a cost of £2,500, and w ill seat 350 persons. The
Salvation A rm y also has barracks here in C hurch street.
The C em etery, situated in W ater Eaton road, to the
south of th e tow n, and opened in i860, is 6,233 square
yards in exten t, and contains two m o rtu ary chapels in
the G othic s tyle: it is controlled by th e Urban Council.

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The celebration of St. M artin’s day, Novem ber n th .
regu larly m aintained by Dr. Browne W illis durin g his
life, is still observed h e r e ; the proceeds from two
cottages in A ylesb ury street, left by the doctor, are used
for the p u rp o se ; Divine service is held in the church in
the m orning, and in the evening a dinner takes place in
the H igh S treet schools, the occasion being also marked
by repeated salvoes from six little pieces of ordnance of
curious size and shape, used from tim e im m em orial, and
known as “ th e Fenny Poppers.” A cattle m arket is held
fortn igh tly on Thursday and the fairs are held on April
1 19th and October n t h . Considerable quantities of fruit
and flowers are grown in the extensive nurseries here and
sent to all parts of th e K ingdom ; straw plait and lace
were at one tim e m ade here in large quan tities, but of
late years this handicraft has nearly cea sed ; brush
m akin g and coiled paper m akin g is extensively carried on
here. A w eekly newspaper, the “ N orth Bucks Tim es,"
is published every F riday. There are charities of about
£30 yea rly for bread, blankets and clothin g, and a sum
of £ 1 for distribution. Dropshort, to the east of the
town, is supposed to have been the Rom an station
“ M agioventum ,” num erous Rom an coins and other
rem ains having been discovered here.
There is a
recreation ground of 10 acres, w ith band stand. B letch ­
ley Park is the seat of S ir H erbert S am uel Leon bart
J . P . ; the mansion is a noble * stru ctu re of red brick,
approached on the north and south by v e ry fine avenues
of elm s. S ir E verard P. D Pauncefort-D uncom be bart
who is lord of the m anor, and Sir H. S . Leon bart
are the principal landowners. The area of the civil
parish is 1,034 acres of cultivated land and 6 of w ater;
assessable value, £20,790; in 1911 th e population was
3 *9 9 9 The area of the Urban D istrict is 3,714 a c re s ; assess­
able value, £ 3 0 ,7 15; the population in 1911 was 5,171:;
th e population of the wards in 1911 w a s :— Fenny Strat­
ford, 4,041; B letch ley, 748; Sim pson, 377.

O F F IC IA L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S , L O C A L IN S T IT U T IO N S &c.
Post, M. & T . & Telephonic E xp ress D elivery Office, ! Town Sub-Post k M. 0 . & Telephone E xchange & Call
Office, A ylesb ury street.— M rs. Rose Sym ington, subB letch ley.— W . A rsco tt, postm aster
postm istress. Box cleared a t 8.45 k 10.50 a.m . &
Business hours, 8 a.m . to 8 p.m . week days, 8.30 to 10
12.30, 3.10, 4.50, 7.30 k 11 p .m .; Sundays, 8 p .m .,
a.m . Sundays; also C hristm as D ay k Good F riday
d elivery of letters is from B letch ley office at 6450 &
10.15 a.m . k 4.15 & 6.45 p.m . M oney order office
Inw ard M ails fo r Town delivery.
open from 8 a.m . to 8 p.m . daily. Telegram s are
A ll p arts, 6.50 a .m .; Liverpool, N orth of E n glan d, ,
dispatched only from this office k telegraph money
London, G reat N orthern t-owns, A ylesbury, B an bury, |
B icester, B irm in gh am , B u ckin gh am , N ortham pton, ( orders are paid
Town Sub-Post k M. 0 . Office, 41 B letch ley road.—
A ylesb ury k O xford, 10.15 a -m - ’> London, E a s t &
H edley J. C larke, sub-postm aster. Box cleared 2, 9.5
M idland Counties, towns on th e B anbury, B edford k j
& 11.10 a.m . & 12.50, 3.30, 6.30, 7.50, 8.20 & 11.5
Oxford branch & the N orth, 4.15 p .m . ; London, j
p.m . & on sundays at 8.20 p.m
Bedford, Oxford, B uckin gham , W oburn Sands & the j
W all L e tter B ox, Denbigh hall, cleared 9.10 a.m . & 7.15
N o rth , 6.45 p.m . ; Sundays, one delivery, 7 a.m
p.m . week days only
O utw ard Mails.
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B L E T C H L E Y U RBA N D IS T R IC T CO U N CIL
Northam pton, box closes 2 a .m .; London & all parts
I Meets at the offices. Council Cham bers, B letch ley road,
(except N. W ales, Ireland
& N.
E n glan d). 2.15
on second & fourth tuesdays at 7.30 p.m
a.m . ;
B irm in gh am ,
Liverpool,
M anchester,
N.
Members.
W ales, p arts of Scotland
& N.
E n glan d, 5.25
a .m . ;
local posts, 5.50 a.m . ;
A ylesbury, 6.40
C hairm an, A lb ert John Stevens.
a.m . ; W est, S .W ., N . E n glan d gen erally, Scotland
V ice-Chairm an, Stephen F ran cis Jones.
k Leighton B uzzard, 7.45 a.m . ; Ireland, Scotland
Fenny S tratford W ard.
& N. E n glan d , 8.55 a .m .; Eastern Counties, 9
Retire April
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a.m . ; London & S. E ngland, N ew port Pagnell, Stony
S tratford , W olverton & B edford, 9.30 a .m .; Bicester, Thom as George Kirby. 1915 Hedley J. C larke ....... 1916
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John
Deyns
... i9 I7
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Lawrence
Shirley
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B rackley, B uckin gham , Steeple Claydon & W inslow,
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9.45 a.in. ; O xford, W . E n glan d & R eadin g, B ir­ A. C. Ohignell
Simpson W ard.
m ingham , C rew e, North of England & Scotland, 11
a.m T; London, S. E n glan d, G reat N orthern towns, I Albert B ram ley ............ X915 I Christopher Bourne ... i 9 J7
A spley G uise, A ylesb ury, Sandy, W oburn & W oburn I A lbert John Stevens ... 1916 |
Sands, 11.30 a.m . ; B irm ingh am , Liverpool & R ugby,
B letch ley W ard.
1 p.m . ; B anbury, London, E . Counties, S. E n glan d,
; C ol.Peter Broome Giles
B edford, N ortham pton, O xford k all N. E ngland, I S ir H erbert Sam uel
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Scotland k Ireland, 1.30 p.m . ; O xford, Leam ington
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Spa & W arw ick, 3.30 p.m . ; London, S. k W . England,
E astern Counties. A ylesbury, Bedford, Buckingham ,
Officers.
D unstable
L eigh ton
B uzzard,
L u ton ,
R eading,
B icester, O xford, Steeple C laydon, Tham e, Winslow Clerk & C ollector, Thom as Best, Council offices, Bletch­
le
y
road
k T ow cester, 3.50 p.m . ; A sp ley G uise, W oburn,
W oburn Sands k rural, 4.5 p.m . ; B anbury, B rackley, T reasu rer, T. B rom head B assett, Leighton Buzzard
N ew port Pagnell, Stony S tratford, W olverton, N orth ­ Medical Officer of H ealth, Edgar Nicholson L.R.C.PLond. H igh street, Fenny Stratford
am pton, adjacent towns k R ugb y, 4.35 p .m . ; Oxford,
S. k W . E n glan d, C hester, Orewe, Ireland, Scotland Surveyor & E ngineer & in sp ector of Nuisances, John
Chadw ick C .E . C oun cil offices, B letch ley road
k N o rth , 6.30 p .m . ; general n ig h t m ail to all parts,
8.45 p .m .; C an ad a & U .S .A . Wednesday o n ly; S. k
W . E n glan d k L eigh ton B uzzard, 9.15 p .m .; p arts of C O U N TY M A G IS T R A T E S F O R F E N N Y STRATFORD
P E T T Y S E S S IO N A L D IV ISIO N .
E ngland, R u g b y, S tafford k N. W ales, 10.30 p .m . ;
Sundays, London k all parts as w eek days, 2.15 L evi L t.-C o l. W illiam John, W oughton house, near
B
letch
ley,
chairm an
a .m .; M idlands k n ig h t m ail, 8.45 p .m .; parts of
B ram ley A lbert, Simpson road, F enny Stratford
N . E n glan d , 10.30 p.m