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HEDGERLEY.

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

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Church of England Farm Home for Jackson John Proven, farmer
Saw George, gamekeeper to Mrs.
Waifs & Strays (Albert C. Smith, Lee Robert C. farm bailiff to Mrs. Stevenson
. .master). Court farm
, Stevenson (letters through Stoke Waite Henry, head gardener to Mrs.
Crane James. White Horse P.H
| Poges)
Stevenson
H E D S O R is a parish on the rivers Thames and Wick, from 12 to 18 inches square, and simply bear names
miles south from Bourne End station, on the Maiden­ and dates. The register dates from the year 1678;
head, Wycombe and Oxford branch of the Great Western many earlier entries are included in the registers of
railway. 3^ south-west from Beaconsfield, 6 south-east Little Marlow. The living is a rectory, net yearly value
from High Wycombe and a north from Maidenhead, inthe £70, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford
Southern division of the county, hundred of Desborough, (one turn) and of Lord Boston (two turns), and held
Marlow petty sessional division. Wycombe county court since 1904 by the Rev. Robert George Suther Demaus
district, Wycombe union, rural deanery of Wycombe, M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. There are charities of
archdeaconry ofBuckingham and diocese of Oxford. The £2 annual value. Hedsor House, rebuilt in 1862, the
church of St. Nicholas, one of the smallest in the county, property of Lord Boston D.L. is a noble mansion of
is beautifully situated on a hill 213 feet above the level white brick with stone dressings, in the Italian style,
of the sea, within Hedsor Park, and is a structure of and is situated on an eminence 303 feet above sea level,
chalk and flint with stone facings in the Decorated style, affording on the south-west a fine view of the T iv e r
consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, baptistery, west Thames: the house is surrounded by extensive and
porch and a belfry : according to a somewhat eccentric tastefully laid out pleasure grounds, in which, on the
inscription on a tomb at the west end of the church, summit of a hill, stands an ornamental castellated
it was “ re-edified” by Roland Hynd, then owner of the building overlooking Cookham: the square tower was
manor, in 1575 : a north aisle was added and the church erected by George, 3rd Baron Boston, in memory of
restored generally by George, 4th Lord Boston, in 1862, King George III. Lord Boston is lord of the manor and
and a reredos of stone enriched with mosaics has since principal landowner. The soil is gravelly loam ; subsoil,
been erected; the chancel screen, of oak with brass sand. The land is wood, arable and pasture. The area
gates, is a memorial to Florance George Henry, 5th is 531 acres of land and 11 of water; rateable value,
Lord Boston, who died 3rd January, 1877: there are £1,513; the population in 1911 was 171 in the civil
several memorial windows, a tablet to Roland Hynd and and 184 in the ecclesiastical parish.
one erected by Frederick, 2nd Baron Boston, in 1801, to Under the provisions of the “ Divided Parishes Act,”
Nathaniel Hooke, author of a Roman History, who died Well
End has been transferred from Hedsor to Little
10th July, 1763, and is buried here: in 1886 consider­ Marlow for civil purposes.
able alterations were made in the church, a baptistery
Parish Clerk, Ernest Jaycock.
was erected on the site of the old porch, and a new
porch built at the west end of the aisle: the stone Letters through Bourne End, Bucks, arrive 6.30 & 10.30
a.m. & 6 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph
pulpit was adorned with quatrefoils, mosaic work and
office is at Bourne End, 1^ miles distant
marble bosses, and the interior rearranged and
Wall
Letter Box cleared at 8.30 a.m. 12 noon & 2 & 7
decorated : the church affords 150 sittings: the church­
yard presents an unusually simple appearance, from the p.m.; sunday, 6.30 p.m
fact that all the tombstones are level with the turf, Elementary School (mixed), a brick building to hold 44
which custom has always prevailed here, these are only children ; Miss Eleanor D. Cubbon, mistress
(Marked thus * letters through I*Demaus Rev. Robert George Suther Lunnon Thomas & William, paper &
millboard manufrs. Hedsor mills
Wooburn.)
| M.A. Rectory
Wood James, steward to Lord Boston,
p r iv a te r e s id e n ts .
1Hepworth Mrs. Hedsor prioiy
Boston Lord D.L. Hedsor wharf; &
c o m m e r c ia l.
The Cottage
266a, St. James’court, Buckingham *Billinghurst Charles Jesse, farmer,
gate, London S W
; Hedsor farm
H I G H W Y C O M B E will be found under the letter MW.”
H I D D E S D E N is a parish 3$ miles south from Buck­ :subjects from the parables, was erected in 1875 ; the
ingham and 4 south-west from Padbury stations on the 1earliest portion of the church is the tower, which is
Verney Junction and Banbury branch of the London and 'much less rich than other parts: the nave has good
North Western railway, and about 5 north from |piers and arches, a clerestory lighted by a series of
Calvert station on the Great Central railway, jpierced panels extending across its whole length and a
7 west from Winslow and 12 north-east from Bicester, ,panelled roof: the north porch has a canopied niche over
in-the Northern division of the county, hundred, petty !the outer doorway: there is a fine alabaster tomb with
sessional division, union and county court district of :full-length effigies of Thomas Denton and his wife, 1560;
Buckingham, rural deanery of Claydon, archdeaconry of and monuments to Dr. William Denton, 1691, physician
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of All to Kings Charles I. and II.; to Sir Alexander Denton
Saints, rebuilt, except the tower, in 1493 by the monks kt. one of the Justices of the King’s Bench, d. 22 Mar.
of Notley Abbey, and in irreat part restored in 1875 by ¡1740, and Catharine his wife, 1733; Alexander Denton
the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. who presented the esq. 1574, and Mary his wife, 1576; Alexander Denton
fine vaulted ceiling of the porch and its four pinnacles, esq. 1698, and others of that name 1701-14; Elizabeth,
is a very fine specimen of the Perpendicular style, built wife of Thomas Isham esq. 1667; Thomas Isham gent.
both within and without of wrought ashlar, and is one 1676; George Woodward esq. ambassador to Poland,
of those rare churches which bear evident tokens of who died at Warsaw 1735, and is here buried ; the Hon.
having been designed and erected undeT some special Godfrey Boate, one of the Justices of the King’s Bench
and superior influence, carried out in every part with in Ireland, 1722, and Mary his daughter, 1772, wife of
such extreme care as to excite the greater admiration Godfrey Clayton esq. 1745; Francis Drake esq. 1701;
the more closely it is examined, its greatest charm Mary (Rowe) Viscountess Hillsborough, 1742;Mrs. Elizalying in its beautiful grouping and in the faultless jbeth Hayes, 1702, and others: at the top of the chancel
elegance of its detail: it consists of chancel with chantry Iwalls, under the ceiling, are a number of stone figures
chapel on the north side, nave of four bays, aisles, representing a choir ofangels;those towards the easthave
north porch and a western embattled tower containing musical instruments, the others have scrolls of music in
6 bells: the greater part of the building is surmounted their hands: on each wall is a piscina: a fine canopied
by an embattled parapet, and at the north-east angle of rood screen divides the chancel and nave: the former
the chapel is an octagonal stair turret, with a panelled contains massive oak choir stalls, and in the tower
and embattled parapet, at the angles of which are are three old paintings of Moses, Aaron, and the
crocketed pinnacles, and from within these rises an open arms of William III. : the church was restored in 1874-5
lantern, formed by crocketed ogee ribs, springing from at a cost of £2,365, and re-opened June 16th, 1875, and
each pinnacle, meeting in the centre and terminating further restorations were carried out about 1893 at a
in a finial; within the turret is a staircase leading to cost of £636: in the churchyard is the octagonal fluted
a room overlooking the church, which originally com­ shaft of a fine cross of the 14th century, much mutilated,
municated with old Hillesden House : the east window rising from a bold and well-designed base ofthree steps,
contains glass of the 15th century, representing various and retaining part of the beautiful group of niches; the
saints, including St. Augustine and St. Chad: at the cross is 7 feet 7 inches high and derives additional
east end of the south aisle is an ancient stained window interest from its standing near the grave of the Royal­
of eight lights, each of which is supposed to represent ists who fell at the siege of Hillesden House. March 3rd,
some incidents in the legendary life of St. Nicholas, to 1643: the church door, originally belonging to the old
whom, according to Lysons, the church was dedicated, manor house, stillretains the marks of bullets: there are
and has explanatory inscriptions in Latin : another win­ 200 sittings. The churchyard was extended on the north
dow of sixteen lights, to the Judge family, consistingof side in 1898. The register dates from the year 1594-