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HULCOTT.

B U C K IN G H A M SH IR E .

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Letters received at 8 ft 10.40 a.m. week days ft 8 a.m.Wall Boa cleared
to.18a.m. ft6.30 p.m. onweek dav.
on S u n d a y s , through Aylesbury, which is the nearest
& 7 a.m. on S u n d a y s
money order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant
Elementary School, built in 1862, for 23 children ; Mis*
Gertrude M utv Seamons, mistress
Butler Rev. Edward Birkley M.A.|
c o h m k b c ia i..
IGough William, farmer, Church (ami
(rector, & chaplain of Aylesbury Elliott Geo. Albert,frmr.Manor house GriffinHarold, farmer, Grovefarm
union). Rectory[Gough George, farmer, Cane farm |Hill Joseph, higgler
IB S T O N E
is a parish 9! miles west from High by the Rev John Stratton Davis M.A. of Durham
Wycombe station on the Maidenhead and Thame sec­ University. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
tion of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Ibstone House, the residence of Lord Sumner P.O. is a
railway,
north-west from Marlow, in the Southern stuccoed building 011 an eminence, and affords good
division of the county, hundred of Desborough, Des- views of the neighbourhood. The Warden and Fellows
borough (1st division) petty sessional division, union and of Merton College, Oxford, who hold the manor, are the
county court district of Wycombe, rural deanery of Wy­ principal landowners. The soil is chalky; subsoil,
combe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Ox­ gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.
ford. This parish is now wholly in Bucks, the part pre­ The area is 1,121 acres; rateable value, ^975; the
viously in Oxfordshire having been transferred to the population in 1911 was 222.
former county. The church of St. Nicholas is a small Under the provisions of the “Local Government Act,
and plain building of stone in the Norman and Early 1888,” by Local Government Board Provisional Order,
English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch dated September 30, 1895, the whole of Ibstone civilparish
and a western turret containing 2 bells: the doorways isnow in Bucks.
and chancel arch are of Norman date, the chancel and
Sexton, William Ayres.
nave are Early English, but the nave roof Perpen- J Post Office.— Edmund Hunt, sub-postmaster. Letter
ciicular: there is a fine old carved pulpit and a circular j arrive through Wallingford at 7.10 a.m. & 3.10 p.m.;
Norman font: there are 120 sittings. In the church­ dispatched at 8.35 a.m. & 5.35 p.m. ; S u n d a y s , arrive
yard on the north side is a remarkably fine yew tree at 8.20 a.m.; dispatched at 10.15 a.m. Stokenchurch,
supposed to be about 1,000 years old, and here also; 3 miles distant, is the nearest money order & tele­
Mes a stone coffin. The register dates from the year graph
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office
1665. The living is a rectory, united to Fingest, joint 1Elementary School (mixed), with an endowment from the
net yearly value ^192, inclusive of 107 acres of glebe GoringHeath trustees,will hold 50 children; Mrs.
and residence, in the alternate gift of the Bishop of; Catherine A. Bloxsidge,mistress;
MissElizabeth
Oxford and Merton College, Oxford, and held since 1 9 0 6
Scales, infants’ mistress
P R IV A T E RE SID E N TS.
COMM ERCIAL.
Moore Ernest, beer retailer
Brewis Mrs. The Cottage
Bennett George, shopkeeper
Quartly Francis J. farmer
Davis Rev.John Stratton M.A Rectory Bloxsidge James, Crown P.H
Smith Arthur J. gardeneT to Lord
Pitcher Samuel, Fircote
jEdgington Thos. farmr.Copstone mill Sumner P.C
Sumner Lord P.C. Ibstone house; & fField John, farmer, Twigside
Tapping William, farmer, Manor frm
25 Gloucester sq W & Athemeum!Green Thos. farmer, Hill Corner frm
club S W, London
IC K F O R D
is a village and parish on the borders of Sheldon D.D. ATchbishop of Canterbury 1663-77, was
Oxfordshire, from which it is separated by the river sometime rector here. The rectory is an Elizabethan
Thame, 2 miles from Tiddington station. 011 the Wy­ building. There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1825 and
combe, Thame and Oxford branch of the Great Western seating 120 persons. Phillip’s charity of £10 yearly is
railway, 4 north-west from Thame, 5 south from Brill, for clothing. Arthur Parsons-Guy esq. Sir Walter Gray
14 west-south-west from Aylesbury and 1 0 east from and William Henry Ashurst esq. are the principal land­
Oxford, in the Northern division of the county, in the owners. The soil is alluvial; subsoil, clay. The land
hundreds of Ashendon and Ewelme, Ashendon pettv ses­ is principally pasture. The chief crops are wheat and
sional division. Thame union and county court district, beans. The area is 1,025 acres; rateable value, £2,111-,
rural deanery of Waddesdon, archdeaconry of Bucking­ the population in 1911 was 279 in the civil and 298 in
ham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas the ecclesiastical parish, which extends into Oxfordshire.
is a small early 13th century building of stone in mixed
formerly a hamlet of this parish, but
styles, principally Early English and Transitional, con­ itDRAYCOTT,
uated in Oxfordshire, in the hundred of Ewelme, now
sisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south s
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in that county, but for eccle­
porch and a western tower, with saddle-back Toof, con­ siasticalpurposes stillremains
taining 3 bells and a sanctus bell: in the chancel is Parish Clerk, Ernest Bunce.part of Ickford.
an Early English piscina, with a projecting basin, and
a low-side window, also an aumbry and a squint; there Post & Telegraph Office.— George Tapping, sub-posbis a piscina in both the north and south aisles and a master. Letters received through Thame at 7 a.m.
& 1 p.m. ; S u n d a y s , 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 9.35 a.m.
stoup in the south aisle, and the church still retains
& 5 . 2 5 p.m.; S u n d a y s , 9.35 a.m. Worminghall is the
some remains of ancient glass, and a monument erected
nearest- money order office
by Thomas Tipping to himself during his lifetime,
curiously adorned with carving in low relief: during Wall Letter Box, 3ridge road, cleared 9.45 a.m & 5.30
1907 the church was thoroughly repaired at a cost of p.m. ; sundays, 9.45 a.m
nearly £2,000: there are 1 5 0 sittings. The registers Council School, erected in 1906, for 7 0 children ; Mrs.
L. Holland, mistress
date from the year 1 5 6 1 . The living is a rectory, net
yearly value .£240, including 18 acres of glebe and Carriers.— Edward Honor, to Thame, tues. ; to Oxford,
wed. & sat. ; James Neale, to Oxford, sat.; DanieL
residence, in the gift of the Rev. Archer Turner, and
held since 1 9 1 1 by the Rev. Vernon Staley. Gilbert Nelms, to Oxford, mon. wed. & sat
Garner Frederick, builder
|Silver Henry, Rising Sun P.H
Staley Rev. Vernon (rector)
jSlade William, wheelwright
COMM ERCIAL.
Hoddinott Ralph, farmer
|Tapping George, grocer. Post office
Brazil Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer
Hutt John, farmer
[Tipping Albert, butcher
Bury Percival, farmer, The Grange 1Neale James, grocer & carrier
Dover Robert, coal merchant
Pullen Benjamin, blacksmith
IliMER. {or Ilmire) is a small parish on the Oxon one representing the Trinity and the other the
border, 2 miles north from the Bledlow station on the of St. Christopher: the chancel was rebuilt and the
Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch of the Great nave restored in 1859-60, under the superintendence of
Western railway, 3 west-north-west from Princes Ris- the late G. E. Street R.A. diocesan architect, at the
borough, 9 south-west from Aylesbury and 5 east from cost of the late Rev. William Edwards Partridge, vicar
Thame, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of from 1833 and further restored in 1893: in 1909 the
Ashendon, Aylesbury petty sessional division, union of former unsightly wooden belfry was replaced by the
Wycombe, county court district of Thame, rural deanery present belfry- and spire; the west wall was repaired,
>f Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese together with other minor repairs, at a cost of about
of Oxford. The church of St. Peter is a small building ^350, mainly the gift of Miss Moreton ; a stained east
of stone in the Perpendicular style, with traces of earlier window was erected in 1910 to the memory of Miss
work, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a Martha Belgrove : there are 100 sittings. The register
wooden belfry with a spire of oak shingle at the west dates from about the year 1600. The living is a vicar­
end containing 3 bells: the piscina and Perpendicular age, united to the rectory of Horsendon, under an Order
rood screen still remain, and there is an ancient stone of Council, November, 1865, joint net yearly value £205,
font: in the chancel are two ancient pieces of sculpture. in the gift of L Jaques esq. and Mrs. Jaques, and held