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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

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JLdwards E llen (M rs.), draper, Three M iles W illiam , chim ney sw eeper,Three S p u rr Charles, flv proprietor
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Households
Households
S tacey E rnest Jas. baker & confect nr
Fowler Frank, farm er, G rove farm
Moore Robert, farm er, M isbourne S tacey Jam es, shopkeeper
Gadsden John B. news agent
farm & Crown P.H
Steere Jam es W illiam , land stew ard
Green G eorge, lau n d ry
Nash W illiam E llio tt & Son, butchers
to H. Pocock esq
Goodman Chas. C am m eyer, clock ma Nash Frank, grocer
Stevens Jas. baker, Three Households
G ram shaw E rnest H arry, harness ma N eville Jam es T. coal m erchant
Stone G eorge, dairym an
Green G eorge, laundry
Newton H arry, builder, Th ree H ouse­ Stone Lizzie (M rs.), dress m aker
G rover A rchie M. frm r. Loudham s
holds
Stone Vincent, insurance agent, Three
farm (letters through Am ersham ) Payne C. L. (M rs.), fu rn itu re dealer
Households
Harding John, beer retailer
Payne Edward, beer retailer
Stone W m .h elm et m fr.M isboum e wks
Harewood Downs G olf Club (
Payne E dw ard, ju n . draper
Stone W m . John, assistan t overseer
. hon. sec)
Payne W illiam , sawyer
& insurance ag t. Three Households
Harris Geo. coal d ir.T h ree Households Pembroke W illiam , farm er, Three| S u rrid g e John, farm er, Bowles farm
Harrison A lice B-. (M rs.), grocer
H o u se h o ld s
Tripp '"Edwin & Sarah Ann (M iss),
Harrison Joseph, jobbing gardener
Rance H enry W illiam , fishm onger
1 shopkeepers, Three Households
Healey Percival, farm er,W in d m ill frm Raw lm g John Thom as, farm bailiff to Tripp Low ing, blacksm ith
Hearne John Thom as, builder
J . S h a w R o b e rtso n esq. Vache H om e1 Union of London & S m ith s Bank
Hearne W illiam , well sinker, Three
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L im ited (agency), open mon.
Households
R egister F ran k, reg istrar of births &
& fri. ; draw on head office, 2
Hewefct Robert, boot m aker
deaths for C halfont sub-district,
Princes street, London E C
Hume A lex. Three S ugar Loaves P.H
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W illiam , Outfields farm
Keen Annie (M rs.), m illiner
b t Lu ke s Convalescent Home (W . W'ethered Thom as & Sons Lim ited (E .
Kirby Edwd. b rick m aker, F roghall
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Payne, agent), brewers
Lane Henry, hair dresser
th rou gh Chalfont S t. Peter)
j W heeler G eorge, boot repairer, Three
.Lofty Zechariah, sawyer
S alter Henry, ch air turn er
I Households
Luff Caroline (M rs.), Pheasant inn
Sears Jiunes A llen , boot dealer &j Woods Jam es, farm er, Chenies lodge
Marchant & Co. grocers. T N 5
repairer, Post office
W orley E benezer, farm er, Dean farm
Matthews Richard, tailor
S m ith George, beer retailer, T h ree,W o rley L o u is ,'c o a l m erchant
Mead Chas. frm r. N ightingales farm
Households
I W orley W illiam , builder
iS p rin gh all Jn. frm r. B ow stridge farm I
C H A L F O N T S T . P E T E R is
v illag e and parish com prising 74 acres, and R oberts’ F arm , of 148 acres.
bounded on th e east by H ertfordshire, and on thé high
The in stitu tio n consists of six homes for m en, five for
road from W endover to London, and on the M isbourne
women and two for children, p rovidin g in all for about
stream, i£ m iles north-w est from G errard’s C ross s ta ­
350 colonists, togeth er w ith an ad m inistration home,
tion on the m ain line of the G reat W estern and G reat
workshops, farm buildings, laun dry, cen tral hall, school
Central joint railw ay, 4 east-north-east from Beaconsfor children and other b uildin gs. A large p art of the
field, 5 south-south-east from A m ersham and 6 northland has been p lan ted w ith fr u it trees. G arden and farm
north-west from U xbridge, in th e Southern division
work form the principal occupation of a la rg e num ber
of the county, hundred and p e tty sessional division of
of th e m ale colonists, others b ein g em ployed in the
Burnham, county cou rt d is tric t of U xbridge, union of
various branches of the b u ild in g trade, o r in boot
Amersham, ru ra l deanery of Am ersham , archdeaconry
m aking, tailoring, etc. T h e ch ief em ploym en t of the
of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. T he church ot
women colonists are lau n d ry w ork, and needlework of
St. Peter, erected in the reign of G eorge I . on the
all kinds. P atien ts are received at C halfont n ot onlv
site of an earlier church, is an edifice of red brick
from every p art of th e B ritish Isles, b u t also from the
with stone dressings, and consists of nave and an
m ost rem ote colonies and dependencies of the E m pire.
embattled western tow er containing a clock and
Th e London office of the S ociety is at Denison House,
6 bells, dated 1726: windows have been inserted in
V auxhall B rid g e Road S.W . Newland Park, on the
the chancel and nave, and a south chapel and south
borders of H erts, is th e residence of H enry Devenish
porch added in the D ecorated style : there are eight- Harben esq. J .P . C lialfont P ark, of 400 acres, is the
memorial windows to the H ibbert and W ills fam ilies, to seat of E dw ard M ackay E d g ar esq. G o tt’s M onum ent
the wife of the Rev. G . M. B ullock B .D . vicar 1863-88,
was b u ilt in 1785 by S ir W illiam T . G ott, and restored
and others, besides five brasses from th e 14th to the
in 1879 b y W illiam Brown, as a landm ark. T h e Rev.
i6th_ centuries, rem oved from the old church, and in ­
C yril A . G . Moore is lord of th e m anor and th e vicar
cluding a palim psest brass w ith the effigy of a priest
is lord of the v icarage m anor. Th e p rin cipal lan d­
in eucharistie vestm ents, c. 1440: in this case the figure owners are E dw ard M ackay E dgar esq. R ev. C y ril A . G.
^has been slig h tly altered by the addition of shading Moore and H enry D evenish Harben esq. j. P . The
and rounding of the toes.” A fter this a new inscription soil is m ixed g ra velly lo a m ; subsoil, c h a lk ; th e land
was added to Sir Robert Hanson, vicar here, d. 1545. is arable and pasture. T he chief crops are oats,
The com m union plate dates from the 17th centurv : wheat and b a rle y ; th e area is 4,359 acres of land
a new organ was provided in 19 11: there are 230 s it­ and 5 of w a te r; rateable value, £ 2 1,3 4 3 ; th e popula­
tings : the b urial ground was given b y J. N. H ibbert
tion in 1901 was 1,402, and in 1911, 2,802, includin g
esq. D .L., J.P . The registers date from the year 1538 :
305 inm ates and officials in the Home for E p ileptics.
there is a record of vicars from the 13th century.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly v alu e £438, w ith 67
B y Local G overnm ent Board O rder No. 32,795, Oct. 1,
acres of glebe and residence, in the g ift of S t. John’s 1895, p art of C halfon t S t. P eter was, w ith parts of
College, Oxford, and held since 1908 by the R ev. Charles other parishes, taken to form th e c iv il parish of
Sellon Ashm ore W hittington M .A. of th at college. G errard’ s Cross.
'The church of A ll Saints, in O val w ay, erected in 1914,
Parish C lerk, Thom as Bolton.
is a building, the first portion of w hich is in the G othic
style, and at present consists of chancel, nave and
Gold H ill, h alf m ile west, and G ravel H ill, half n orth ­
vestries: there are 225 sittin gs. S t. P a u l’s chapel
of ease, at H ORN H IL L , erected b y subscription in east, are places in the parish.
1866 at a cost of £800, is an edifice of brick
con­ Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.—
sisting of nave w ith porch, and has about 60 sittin gs.
John Charles K e ys, sub-postm aster. L etters f r o m
A Catholic church is now (1915) in course of con struc­
G errard’s Cross arrive at 5.40, 6.40 & 11 a.m . & 6.45
tion in Austen Wood. T h ere is a B ap tist chapel at
p .m .; dispatched at 10.5 a.m . & 2.40 & 7.5 p .m .;
Gold H ill, founded in 1774, and seatin g 450 persons.
sundays, at 6.40 p .m . T eleg rap h office open 8.30
The village hall was b u ilt in 1911.
The charities
to 10 a.m . sundays
amount to about £28 17s. iod. yearly. The C ottage
Hospital, established in 1871, contains 6 beds and one W all L e tter Box, G old H ill, cleared at 10 a.m . & 2.40,
cot. The Chalfont Colony for E p ileptics, situated here,
5-45> 7-5 &
P-in. ; sundays, 6.45 p .m
was established in 1894 b y the N ational Society for E m ­
ployment of E p ileptics, now called the N ational Society W all L e tte r Box, G ravel H ill, cleared at 8.5 a.m . & 1.45
& 6.15 p.m . ; sundays, 8.50 a.m
for E pileptics, which has for its o b je c t:— To establish
and m aintain hom es on the colony system for persons P illar B ox, Chalfont Park, cleared at 10 a .m . & 2.30 &
suffering from epilepsy and gen erally to prom ote the
6 p .m . ; sundays, 5.40 p .m
■welfare of those afflicted w ith this m alady. The site
°f the colony consisted origin ally of a farm of 135 L e tter Boxes.— K in gsw ay, cleared a t 8.15 & 10.15 a .m .
& 3.15, 6.55 & 8.25 p .m . ; sundays, 5.45 p .m . ; N orth
acres, known as Skip p ing’s F arm , and purchased w ith a
sum of £4,000, given b y the late J. Passmore E dw ards
P ark, 7.15 & 10.15 a *m - & 3 -T5 > 6.45 & 8.25 p . m . ;
esq. (d. 19 11), to w hich has been added Tub b s F arm .
Sundays, 5.30 p.m
BUCKS.

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