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chalio .n’t

ST. Giles .

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

[ k e l l y ’s

tim b er fram ed house leads from the street into the 1 m a n a g em en t: it is now used as a m useum for objects
c h u rch y a rd : there are 400 sittin g s, all being free. eonnected w ith M ilton and other local interests, and
The register dates from the year 1584, but has been I contains som e old and rare editions of “ Paradise Lost,”
m u tilated in several places, and the years 1642 to 1653 a first edition of “ Paradise R egain ed,” some cannon
are m issing. The livin g is a rectory, net yearly value balls fired into the ch u rch by Crom w ell's troops when
£450. includin g 46 acres of glebe and residence, in the j encam ped in an adjoining field after the battle of A yles­
g ift of the Bishop of O xford, and held since 1902 by bury, and several curious pikes, form erly kep t in the
B ottrells,
an old
tim ber-fram ed
house,
the Rev. H erbert Oakes F earn ley W h ittin g sta ll M .A. of church.
New College, O xford, and rural dean of Am ersham . renovated and added to about 1904, is now occupied by
The C ongregation al chapel was first founded in 1662; 1 Ralph H eal e s q : the house was form erly occupied by
the present b uildin g, erected in 1854,
a new front | Thom as Elwood, the Q uaker, durin g the tim e he was
and porch added in 1901, and will seat 180 p ersons; ac tin g as a tuto r in the Pennington fam ily. Pollards
the P rim itive M ethodist chapel, erected in 1865, has 270 , Park is the residence of T . N. A rch ibald G rove esq. J.P.
s it tin g s ; and the m eeting house for the Society of The land form erly form ed p art of th e estates united by
F riend s, one of the first established in E ngland, and ! the m arriag e of A gnes G rove, of G rove Place, and Robert
known as “ Jordans,” seats 150 persons. A llen's charity G ardyn er, of the Vache, towards the end of the 15th
of £ 10 yearly is for b r e a d ; Jones’s ch arity of £20, century. A bout th at tim e the branch of th e fam ily to
Sandford’s of £ 3 , M olloy’s of £20, S ir H ugh Palliser's w hich Mr. G rove belonged m ig ra ted to Y o rk , which
of £ 3 4, and F aw ssett ch arity of £60 yea rly, are for the c ity his ancestor, H ugh G rove, represented in Parlia­
poor of the parish , Sunday school prizes and church m ent in 1571- Th e m ill, now belonging to H enry Pocock
teaching for children. Harewood Downs golf links are esq. is supposed to be the oldest in the county, and in
in this p a rish ; th ey com prise 18 holes and extend to a the cottage adjoining is a painted ceiling datin g from
len gth of 6,300 yards. T h e V ache, th e seat of Jam es 1665 and having a figure of 11 B rita n n ia ; ” the walls were
Shaw Robertson esq. stands in an extensive park, and is also painted, bub have been p artially papered o v e r ; four
stated to have been origin ally b u ilt in the year 1277; a subjects, viz. the “ Peach T ree,” “ Dish of F ru it,”
grea t p art of the ancient stru ctu re s till rem ain s, and “ F arm Y a rd ,” and “ The W in dm ill ” are s till visible.
some portions date from the 14th cen tury. The place Jam es Shaw Robertson esq. who is lord of th e manor,
take9 its nam e from the fam ily of De la V ache, who H enry Pocock esq. Charles E. Moore esq. the Rev.
cam e from Sh en ley and Aston Clinton, and settled h e r e : G eorge Russell San-dars M .A. rector of Davenham ,
from them in 1564 the estate passed to the Fleetwoods, C h eshire, the Duke of Bedford K .G ., T . N . Archibald
one of whom m arried B ridget, daugh ter of O liver C rom ­ G rove esq. and th e Rev. J. H. Haden M .A. are the
w ell and widow of H enry I re to n ; his grandson, having principal landowners. The soil is gravel, loam and
signed th e w arran t for th e execution of Charles I. lost c h a lk ; subsoil, chalk and gravel. Th e lan d is arable,
the propert)', w hich was subsequently granted to Sir m eadow, pasture and woodland. T h e area is 3,723 acres
Thom as Clayton, warden of M erton College, from whom of land and 3 of w a ter; rateable value, £11,214; the
it passed to Dr. F ran cis Hare, Bishop of C hichester population in 1901 was 1,362, and in 1911 was 1,762.
1731-40, and in 1771 it was sold by th at fam ily to
Parish Clerk, John Sillance.
Adm iral S ir H ugh Palliser bart. on whose death, 19
M arch, 1796, the Vache descended by bequest to his Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.—
Jam es Allen Sears, sub-postm aster.
Letters from
n atu ral son G eorge, and w as purchased in 1825 by
G errard’s Cross, Bucks, arrive at 7 a.m . & 12.30 & 7
Thom as .Allen esq. of Newlands ; it passed to his son,
p.m
.
;
dispatched
at
9.40
a.m
.
&
2.15
& 6.40 p.m .
Thom as Newland Allen, in 1829, who left it to his
except Sundays, when dispatched at 6.20 p.m
d aughter, Mrs. E dm und Stevens, in 1898. I t was p ur­
chased by th e present owner, Jam es Shaw Robertson esq. W all L e tter Box, T hree Households, cleared at 8.45
in 1902; Dr. Jam es Fleetwood. Bishop of W orcester,
a .m . & 12.15 & 6.20 P m - ^ eek days & 6 p .m . sun
1675-83, was born in this house. The Stone is the seat W all L etter Box, M isbourne, cleared a t 8.15 a.m . &
of C ol. R am say W eston P h ipps J .P . ; Roughwood Park
1 & 6 p .m . ; sundays, 8.15 a.m
and Stratton C hase are now (1915) unoccupied. The
G rove, the seat of A lexan d er Duncan esq. is cele­ W all L e tte r B ox, Pollards, cleared at 8.20 a.m . & 1.15
& 5.25 p.m . ; sundays, 8.20 a.m
b rated as havin g been the place in w hich the Society
of Friends held th eir earliest m eetin gs previous to C oun ty Police, C. B easley, constable in charge
th e b u ild in g of “ Jordans,” w here a num ber of Q uakers Elem entary School, erected in 1865 & enlarged in
have been in terred , in clu d in g W illiam Penn, the
1878: a separate school for boys was b uilt in
founder of Pennsylvania (who died at Ruscom be, Berks,
1889 & enlarged in 1906, & converted into a m ixed
30th J u ly, 1718), his two wives and five children.
school, for 256 c h ild r e n ; F rank R egister, m a s te r ;
D u rin g the g rea t p lague in 1665, M ilton retired to
Mrs. Flora C lark , infants’ m istress
this v illag e, and here he wrote or finished his
Railw ay Station, C halfon t Road, M etropolitan & Great
“ Paradise L o s t ; ” the cottage in w hich M ilton re ­
Central Join t railw ay, G. R atcliffe, station m aster
sided still rem ains, and appears, from the arm s above
Mrs.
C. L u ff’s conveyance leaves the Pheasant inn at
th e doorway, to have been b u ilt by the Fleetwoods.
9.50 a.m . in connection w ith th e fast train leaving
In 1887 it was purchased by the p arish w ith the
C
halfo
n t Road station at 10.41 a.m . & w aits till the
help of M rs. Tom pson, th e owner, and dedicated to
arrival of the 10.27 a.m . from London on w eek d a ys;
th e use of the p ublic for ever, and has been con­
also leaves the Pheasant inn at 5.45 p.m . w eek days
veyed to a body of trustees, consistin g of the rector
for C h alfon t Road station, and w aits till the arriva l of
of the parish, R ev. G eorge R. Sandars M .A. Captain
the 6.28 p .m . (fast train ) & sunday 9.30 a.m . & 8.15
H. J. B ertram , M r. W . C u rtis, Col. R . W. Phipps and
J. S. Robertson esq. who also form the com m ittee of
P- m. ChalfontRoad stn. return in g 10 a.m . & 9.10 p.m
H arrisson M ajor A . H. P. W elders Talbot Howard, F ive Diam onds
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
O rchard (letters th rou gh Chalfont W ard M elville Seth , Sutm eris court
W arner M rs. H ill house
A p pleb y A rth u r Noel, Th e Lawns
S t. Peter)
B ertram C apt. H enry John H .A .C . Hawkins Caesar, Y ach e lodge
W elm an F rank P. Shortw ell’ s Gorse
Heal Ralph, B ottrells
Weston M iss, M ilton cottage
M isboum e
W hitbread Rev. W illiam Henry (Con­
H om e J. A. Diplands
B lain Mrs. N ightingales
gregational), T he Manse
C lark W illiam W . Bierton house
H ull M iss, Hearnewood
Oakes
H um by H enry G.H arewood Downs ho W hittingstall Rev. H erbert
C ollins E d gar Howard, Harewood
F earnley M .A . (rector & rural
C o n y S ir W m . bart. Pollard's wood K irb y Edward
dean), Rectory
Cross Salem , W inton
K irb y Horace W oodburn, L it.Pollards
Stone Dean
(letters
D racopoli Madame K . N. Pollards- M aconchy G erald E dw ard Campbell, Y ou n g M rs.
th rou gh Beaconsfield)
wood grange
Th e T ile house
COMMERCIAL.
Duncan A lexander. T h e Grove
Marchant Charles Relf, Sussex lodge
F arrington M rs. The C roft
A stles John, M erlin’s C ave P.H
M atthews Edw in, Dibdin house
Ayres Manoah, builder
M ounsey Oswald Robert, S tivers
F aw cett E. A. S. Rough Wood farm
Bailey Henry, Rose & Crown P.H
Forbes Jam es Edward, Th e Sheiling Nash Frank, Hillside
Form an E lija h B ax ter M .D. New Mnt Parsons Francis, C hailey
Birch Joseph, W hite H art P.H . Three
G arrick Fras. C adell,Roughw ood croft Phipps Col. Ram say W eston J.P . (late
Households
G ent Rev.
Ralph
H.
(Prim itive
R .A .) , Th e Stone
B ough G eorge A. Burtons farm
M ethodist), D anesbury house
Pocock Henry, Sandfords
Chapm an C harles, beer retailer
Gordon A lex Duncan G. W oodlands
Robertson Jam es Shaw, The Y ache
C lark F. & Co. coal m ers. Deanway
G reen John, The Uplands
Robinson M iss, Hearnewood
Clark W illiam C engineer, Chalfonfc
G rove T. N. A rchibald J.P. Pollard’s Slater Miss. Alfriston
iron works
park
Stone Philip. Shalcot (letters through Cross Salom, antique dealer
Am ersham )
C urtis W illiam , baker, C h urch farm