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PEN N

STREET.

BU C K IN G H A M S H IR E .

of Oxford. The church of Holy Trinity, built in 1849,
is a cruciform edifice of flint and stone, in the Gothic
style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, south
porch and a central tower with spire containing 3 bells:
the chancel contains a replica of Raphael's “Trans­
figuration,” presented by Earl Howe in 1905, and
formerly the altar piece at Curzon chapel, Mayfair:
there are brasses in the chancel to King Edward VII.,
Gen. Sir Francis Warde K.O.B. and Annabella, hiswife,
and one to the memory of the 1st Earl Howe, who built
the church: the east window and two others are
stained; the church was thoroughly restored in 1900
by Earl Howe, at a cost of over £1,000, and the interior
by the parish, at a further expense of £150; H.M.
King Edward VII. attended divine service in Penn
Street church, January 19th, 1902, on the occasion of
his visit to Earl Howe at Penn House: there are 475
sittings. The register dates from the year 1849. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £200, with 5 acres
ofglebe and residence, in the gift of Earl Howe G.C.V.O.
P R IV A T E

R E SID E N TS.

Browning Rev. Arthur B.A. (vicar,&
chaplain of Amersham workhouse),
Vicarage
Howe Isabella Dowager Countess.
Penn house
Widdowson James
Wingrove Miss

FK E L L Y ’ -

and held since 1900 by the Rev. Arthur Browning B A
of the. University of London and chaplain to Amersham union. The parish abounds in large, beautiful"
and thickly wooded forests of beech, ash and oak. Penn
House, the seat, of Isabella Dowager Countess Howe il
an ancient mansion of brick, situated in a small park of
34 acres. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, loam
and chalk. The chief crops are barley, wheat, oats and
turnips. The area is 1,900 acres; rateable value is
included with that of Penn; the population in 190-1
was 694, and in 1911, 900.
Parish Clerk, Benjamin Randall.
Post & T. Office.— Miss Katherine Copestake, sub-post­
mistress. Letters arrive from Amersham, Bucks, at
7.15 & 10.40 a.m. ; Sundays, 6.50 a.m.; dispatched at
7.15 & 10.40 a.m. & 2.50 & 5.45 p.m.; sunday dis­
patch at 10.45 a.m. The nearest money order officeis at Penn
Elementary School (mixed), for 95 children; MissWood­
ward, mistress

c o m m e r c ia l.
Matthews Brothers, wheelwrights
Coles David,gamekeeper to Earl Howe 1Parslow Thomas (Mrs.), farmer
Grimsdell Walter, farmer, Glory frm \Westcott Charles, head gardener t©
Hatch Joseph, farmer
I Earl Howe
Hearne Brothers,chair manufacturers! Widdowson John, agent to Earl
Hearne Alfred, Hit or Miss P.H
Howe (letters through Penn, High
Lacey John, farmer, Inkerman farm
Wycombe)
Lancaster William, blacksmith
Wright James, beer retailer

PITCHCOTT is a village and parish on an eminence died 1 8 6 1 , and there are three other stained windows:
overlooking Aylesbury and a large extent of the sur­ in the chancel is asmall low side window, in the splayof
rounding country, 2 miles north-east from Waddesdon which is an ancient stone support for the priest’s book,
Manor station on the Metropolitan and Great Central when communicating with persons outside, who are not
Joint railway, 7 north-west from Aylesbury and 5 south permitted to enter the church: the church affords 80from Winslow, in the Mid division of the county, sittings. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of
hundred of Asbendon, Winslow petty sessional division, Oving, at which place the rector resides. The Dean
union and county court district of Aylesbury, rural and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, who are lords
deanery of Claydon, archdeaconry of Buckingham and of the manor, Leopold de Rothschild esq. C.V.O. and
diocese of Oxford. By an Order in Council dated March William Lowndes esq. LL.B. are the principal land­
7th, 1902, this parish was united for ecclesiastical pur­ owners. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay. The land is
poses with Oving. The church of St. Giles, a simple principally in grass. The area is 923 acres; rateable
edifice of stone, chiefly in the Early English style, was value, £1.063; an(l the population in 1911 was 32.
restored in 1864, and consists of chancel, nave, south Letters via Aylesbury at 8 a.m. & 1 2 noon; Sunday, 8
porch and a western tower containing 3 bells: a a.m. Wall Letter Box cleared 1 1 . 4 0 a.m. & 5 . 1 0 p.m.
memorial window was erected in 1862 to Miss Jemima
& on sundays, n. 10 a.m. Whitchurch, about 2 miles
Jane Noble, and another to Emma Jane Noble, who distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office
Barton Richard I.S.O. The Rectory Dickins Chas. Edwd.frmr. Lower frm IWhite William & Harry, farmers.
Dancer Wm. frmr. Pitchcott Hill frn
I Manor farm
PITSTONE (or Pightlesthorne) is a village and it now affords 174 sittings. The register dates from
parish on the Herts border, about 7 miles in length the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
and 1 mile in breadth, 3 miles south from Chedding- value £120, including 16 acres of glebe and residence,
ton Junction station on the main line of the London in the gift of Earl Brownlow, and held since 1913 by
and North Western railway, half a mile west from the Rev. James Gwyronydd Evans. By the inclosure
Ivinghoe, and 10 east from Aylesbury, in the Mid award the labouring poor have allotted to them, in lieu
division of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, Linslade of their right of commonage, 3a. or. iop. besides four
petty sessional division, union of Berkhamsted, county acres for exercise and recreation. Ashbridge House and
court district of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Ivinghoe, Park, formerly partly in this parish, has been trans­
archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. ferred to Little Gaddesden, Herts. Earl Brownlow P.C.
The Grand Junction canal intersects the parish. The is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil
church of St. Mary is an elegant building ofstoneinthe is variable; considerable portions of it are chalky and
Transitional and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave unfit for tillage, but other parts are arable and pasture;
of five bays, north chapel, north aisle, south porch and a subsoil, chalk. The area is 1,644 acres; rateable value.
plain embattled western tower containing 3 bells; the £4,204; the population in 1911 w-as 435.
font is Transition-Norman, the base and basin being Post Office, Pit-stone Green.— Miss Rose Loudon, subescalloped, with a bold oable moulding between them,
postmistress. Letters received from Tring at 7 . 5 5 &
and round the top four-leaved flowers, small arches and
i t . 1 5 a.m.; sundays, 7 . 5 5
a.m.; dispatched at 11
a string course : in the north chapel is an aumbry and
a.m. & 6 . 2 5 p.m. ; sundays, 1 1 a.m. The nearest
a piscina, and the stairs to the rood loft also remain: money order office & telegraph office is at Ivinghoe,
the pulpit, which dates from the 17th century, is of half a mile distant
oak elaborately carved: the floor of the chancel is laid Wall Letter Box.— Near the Church, cleared at 6.35
down with ancient tiles, formerly scattered about in
p.m.; sundays, 11.5 a.m
different parts of the church: the stained east window Elementary School (mixed), for 140 children ; Miss Ella
was erected in 1893 as a memorial to the Rev. Charles
Berrill. mistress
Ring Hutchinson, 26 years vicar (1855-81) : the church Carriers.— John Groom, from Ivinghoe to London,
was restored in 1893, the chancel by Earl Brownlow,
thurs. ; return sat.; Charles Philip Mardell, Pitthe remainder by subscription, at a cost of £1,200, and
stone to Tring, fri
Evans Rev.James Gwyronydd (vicar),]Chennells William, farmer
Mardell Charles Philip, carrier &. as­
Vicarage
Cook George Thomas, builder
sistant overseer
Janes Ezra, Chilton house
;Gregory Charles, duck breeder
Moore Charles, blacksmith
Tompkins Charles
Pedder Robert, market gardener
¡Gregory George, Chequers P.H
Whitridge Frederick Wallingford. (Gregory Zilpha (Mrs.), shopkeeper Quoreenton Frank, wheelwright
Barley end
¡Groom John, carrier
Reeve James, farmer. Church farm
|Hawkins John Henry & Leonard Swain Thomas Wright, brewers’agt
COMMERCIAL.
! John, farmers, Pitstone Green frm Treacher Jesse, duck breeder
Archer James, Bell inn
Horn Arth. frmr. Pitstone Green frm Turney Frederick, duck breeder
Archer Thomas, farmer
Howlett Henry William, baker
Williamson Garnett, bricklayer
Ayriss Walter, duck breeder
Jellis George, Ship P.H
Windmill Christopher Wm. insur.agt
P O U N D ON, see Twyford.