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HIGI1 W Y C O M B E .

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Walker George Greenwav, relieving officer, collector to Winter Thomas, inspector to the National Society for
the guardians & vaccination officer No. i district. the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 26 Roberts rd
Chapel house, Crendon street
Wood R. S. & Co. solicitors & commissioners for oaths
8 Easton street
Waller’s Almshouses, Lower Gordon road
Wallington & Co. chair manufacturers, West End road Wood Clara (Miss), fancy draper, 61 Easton street
Wallington William, shopkeeper, Westbourne street
Wood Geo. Alfd. clothier 220, & boot dlr.222,Desboro' rd
Wood Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer, Marsh
Ward Charles, chair maker, Ship street east
Ware Fredk. & Son, millers (water),Pann mill,London rd Wood R. S. (R. S. Wood & Co.), solicitor & commis.
Watkins Chari*" George, sec. to the Bucks County Edu­ sioner for oaths & clerk to burial hoard, 8 Easton
street; & at Thame & Aylesbury
cation Committee. Ridgmont, High Wvcombe
Watson & Chapman, furniture manufrs. Frogmoor grdns IWoodbridge & Co. chair manufacturers. Kitchener road
Woodley
Charles, shopkeeper, 17 Temple street
Watson William Brown, butcher, 51 Hughenden road
Woods Frank, photographer, 8a, White Hart street
Watson William Henry, tobacconist, 106 Oxford road
Woodward Edward (R. S. Wood & Co.), solicitor &
Watts Emma (Mrs.), florist, 2 Newland street
commissioner for oaths, 8 Easton street
Webb James W. chair maker. Kitchener road
Weights & Measures Office (William Thomas Jones, in­ Woolley Thomas, goods agent, Great Western & Great
Central Joint Railway station
spector), 23 Easton street
World’s Stores Limited (The), 28 Frogmoor gardens
Welch Ale Brewery Limited. St. Mary’s street
Worley William, Fredk. & George, carriers, Bowdrey’sla
Welch George, clothier, 5 Church square
Worley Henry, draper, 224 Desborough road
West William, cabinet maker, see Stanton & West
Worley Henry, shopkeeper, 1 Richardson street
West William, shopkeeper. 4 Newland street
Worley Samuel, saddler, 32 Oxford street
Weston Aubrey Brook, music teaeher. Castle street
Weston Jn. Hv. apartments. Kimberley ho.Totteridge av Wright Fred, dairyman, 76 Easton street
Wright Georgina (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 34 Easton street
We st-on Llewellvn. carrilge buildeT, Castle street
Wright Harrv Stewart M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon,
Weston Nellie (Miss), teacher of music, Castle street
Temple end
Weston William James, boot maker, 2 Westbonrne st
Wethered Thomas & Sons Lim. brewers (W. J. Darvill, Wright Henry Thomas, veterinary surgeon, & veterinary
inspector to Urban Sanitary Authority. Temple end
agent), Frogmoor gardens
Wharton & Sons, chair manufacturers, Desborough st Wycombe Abbey School (Girls’Education Co. Lim.) (Miss
Wheeler Henry Stephens, borough treasurer,17 Easton st Whitelaw M.A. head mistress), Wycombe Abbey
Wheeler’s Wvcnmbe Breweries Limited, brewers, malt­ Wycombe Borough Education Committee (Arthur Jsph.
Olarke, clerk), Easton street
sters, spirit merchants & aerated water manufacturers.
Easton st. Telegrams, '‘Wheeler’s. High Wycombe;” Wycombe (Borough) Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
(The) (W. E. Brandreth, engineer & mgr.),Lilv’swalk
Telephone No. 6
Wvcombe Cemeteries (R. S. Wood, clerk to the joint
WhineuD William A. farmer, Hill farm
bnrial committee : Thomas Laughton, registrar)
White & Boreham, chair manufacturers. Kitchener road
Wycombe Hirii School (Miss M. Christie M.A. head
White Charles, butcher. Marsh
White Margaret (Miss), confectioner, Frogmoor gardens mistress). Hampden road
Whitelaw Miss M.A. head mistress of Wycombe Abbey Wvcombe Science, Art & Technical Schools (W. .T.
Stamps A R C A. head master; William H. Marsh
School, Wvcombe Abbey
B.Sc.Lond. science master; Arthur Gardham B.Sc.
Whv Edward, ironmonger. t3o Desborough road
Wilkins William Thomas. Cross Kays P.H. 5 High street Loud, sec.), Frogmoor gardens
Wvlie Robert Thomas M.P.S. chemist, 7 High street
Willrox Thomas, Red Lion inn. Marsh
William« Alfred, chair manufacturer. Desborough street T N 138
Williams John, chair manufacturer. Desborough Park rd Youens John, basket maker. 3 Church sq. & Castle st
Youers Fredk. & Dennis, eharr manufrs.Newland meadow
Willis Charles, shopkeeper, 127 Hughenden ’road
Youers William, antique dealer, 24 & 26 Crendon st
Willmot George, boot maker. 31 Mendv street.
Willmott Walter W. Old Flint Cottage P.H.Station gates Young G. J. & Co. Limited, Tope, twine, tarpaulin,
sack, marquee & tent manufacturers, 7 Paul’s row
WilloH Alfred, dairyman. 41 Totterid^e road
Young Ethel Madge (Mrs.), teacher of music. 63
Winch Joseph Walter, baker. 76 St. Mary's street
Winehloom Edward W. postmaster & stamp distributor. 'Hughenden road
Post office. Easton street
W E S T W Y C O M B E is an extensive parish on the isnow only used in the summer time. Close to the end
London and Oxford road, with a station on the main line end of the church is a hexagonal inclosure of flint,bnilt
of the Great Western and Great Central joint railway, by Lord Le Despencer in 1763 as a mausoleum for his
26 miles from London and 2$ west from High Wvcombe, family; the walls are ornamented with a frieze and
in the Southern division of the county, hundred ofDes- cornice, supported hv Tuscan columns, and within niches
borongh. second division of Desborough petty sessional cire Tnonnmental urns, one of which is to the memory of
division. High Wycombe union and county court dis­ Lord Le Desnencer. who died i t Sept. 1781: there isalso
trict, rural deanery of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buck­ a monument to his father. Sir Francis Dashwood bart
ingham and diocese of Oxford. The river Wve. or who died 4 Nov. 1724, and an um, once containing the
Wyck. which pa^-s through High Wvcomhe. Loud- heart of Paul Whitehead, a satiric poet patronized bv
water and Wnnhnrn and thence falls into the riveT Lord Le Despencer. to whom on his death. 30 Dpc.
Thames, rises in Lang Meadow, on the West Wycombe T 7 7 4 . he bequeathed this relic. The register dates from
pstate. and runs through th« park belonging to West the. vear 1381. hut the hook containing the entries to
Wycombe House Bv the T-oeal Government Board’s *663 is missing. The living is a vicarage, net yearlv
Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Act. iqot. part value £ t 6 6 . with glebe (£40). and residence, in the
of West Wvcomhe -was added to the civil parish and rift of the trustees of the late Sir George Henrv Bashmunicipal borough ofHigh Wvromhe. The ehurch of St. wood hart, and held since t q o q hy the Rev. William
Lawrenee. standing on the top of a steep hill, is a Upton Wooler M.A. of St. John’s College. Cambridge.
structure ofbrick, flint,and stone in the Classic style, con­ The church of St. Paul, in the village, at the foot ofthe
sisting of chancel, nave, north porch, and an embattled bill on which stands the church of St. Lawrence, was
western tower containing 6 bells, one of which is dated built hv Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Henry Dashwnoo,
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t<8i : the lower and more ancient part of the tower is itb hart, and opened in October, 1875 ; it is an e
built, of stone and at the top of the tower i« a large hall, of brick, consisting only of chancel and nave : there aw
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and was added when the body of the church was rebuilt esq. ; the church affords 180 sittings. The church 0
in 1763. at a cost of £ 6 . 0 0 0 . hy Sir Francis Dashwood St. James, at Downlev. is a temporary structure 0
hart subsequently summoned to Parliament, on the iron, erected in 1874, by the Rev. Henry Savill ^j1.*?
death of his uncle. John. Earl of Westmorland, in 1 7 6 2 , M.A. vicar here 1872-6. purchased on its comply1
as Baron Le Despencpr: the nave isvpry lofty and has a hv Elizabeth, Lady Dashwood. and enlarged in t7 •
painted ceiling with cornice, supported on bold pilasters but on her death, 24 May. t 88 q , it became the Pr0Py\
with Corinthian capitals: the chancel has a painting in of Captain Henrv George Fane, of Bicester, Oxon. a^
oils by Borgnais of the “Last Supper;’’and also contains is now. with the school adjoining, in the hands _
several mural tablets to the Dashwood family: in the trustees: the church will seat 160 persons. ^
church is an ancient and curious font stand of carved three Weslevan, one. Congregational and two Pnm'
oak, representing a serpent, climbing after a bird ; on Methodist chapels. Lady Anne Pve’s charitv of
the flat top stand four birds, and placed amidst these is £9 yearly is for widows and education of chi
a silver gilt cup ; the pulpit and reading desk and other John Hunt bequeathed £1 yearly to the poor; A»
fittings are handsomely carved: the church affords Hunt, by will, dated March 23rd, 1667, left ¿5 ^
5 0 0 sittings, hut on account of i
ts inconvenient position, vicar to preach several sermons in the year an