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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

William W arham , Archbishop of C anterbury (1503-33)
and of th e Poynings and Dayreil fam ilies, the royal arms
of Henry V III. and another coat unknown.
John B igg, better known as the “ Dinton H erm it,”
was employed as joint secretary to Sim on Mayne, the
regicide, and Col. Dick Ingoldsby, also a regicide, of W ald­
ridge, in this parish ; he was brought up ’for the medical
profession, and is popularly believed to have been the
actual executioner of Charles I. ; after th e Restoration he
became m elancholy, and betaking him self to a recluse
life, dwelt for m any years in a cave underground in this
parish w ithout ever changing his clothes, which he mended
by placing pieces of cloth or leather over the decayed
parts; one of his shoes preserved at th e hall was thus
mended till the leather became m ore than tenfold its
original th ick n ess: the fellow to it S ir John Vanhattem
gave to the Ashmolean M useum at Oxford, where it still
remains. The Dinton Album, commenced in 1772 by Sir
John Vanhattem , contains a statistical account of the
parish from the M SS. of Browne W illis and others, to­
gether w ith paintings by Mr. B ritten, architect, and the
Rev. W illiam Goodall. Near the A ylesbury and Tham e
road is a sm all ruin called Dinton C astle, b u ilt in 1765,
as a sum m er house for S ir John V anh attem , and su r­
rounded by fir trees. D u ring th e sum m er of 1852 ex ­
cavations w ere m ade on the site by the late J. G . Akerman esq. F .S .A . and on 14th June a num ber of skeletons
were discovered; the spot was fu rth er explored during
the following October b y the late Rev. Jam es Joseph
Goodall M .A. of Dinton H all, and other skeletons were
met with, as well as a quantity of broken p o ttery and a
kind of well, 5 or 6 feet deep, closely packed w ith stones ;
in digging the foundations of the now ruinous building
called “ Dinton C astle,” a num ber of skeletons, arms of
various descriptions, a v ery beautiful Saxon drinking
glass and a glass bottle of the tim e of Edward II. were
exhumed. The “ fritillaria m eleagris,” or snake’s head
lily, grows abundantly at W aldridge. There are seven sub­
manors in the parish. L ieut.-C ol, L ieb ert Edw ard
Goodall, who is lord of the manor, Mrs. John G uy
Dover, of Tham e, Baron F. J. Van H aeften, the trustees

DORNKY.

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. of the late M ajor-G en. W . N . W aller (d. 1909) and
Messrs. J. T. F ield and F rederick A bb ott Roads are
I the chief landowners. Th e soil is clay, sand and lim ei sto n e ; subsoil, lim estone and clay. In m any p arts of
the parish, between the surface and the rock, is a
, deposit of friable lim e varyin g from one to several feet
! in thickness, gen erally known as the “ wych e a rth ,”
but m ore com m only called “ Dinton m a r b le ;” when
puddled w ith water and chopped straw it is used for
the walls of cottages and out-houses. The ch ief crops
are w heat, barley, oats, beans, turn ips and a large
proportion of grass. T h e area of Dinton-w ith-Ford and
I Upton civil parish is 3,886 acres of land and n of
j w a ter; rateable value, ¿ 5 ,5 6 1 ; the population in 1911
was 616.
U PTO N is a ham let, half a m ile east of the village.
FORD is a scattered ham let belonging to this parish,
j situated i j m iles south of the village, and contains a
B aptist chapel, erected in 1716 and enlarged in 1852, to
seat 250^ persons, w ith Mission hall at Dinton annexed,
1 erected in 1847,
120 sittings.
Post, M. 0 . & T. O ffice.— Mrs. M aud Pearson, sub­
postm istress. L etters arrive from A ylesb u rv by cvcle
m essenger about 7 & 11 a .m .; dispatched at 9.40
a.m . & 12.50 & 6.5 p.m . ; Sundays at 11.45 a.m . only
L etter Box in the C h urch yard w all, cleared w eek days
at 9.50 a.m . & 1 & 5.50 p.m . ; on sundays, 11.55 a-™1
W all L e tter B oxes.— Ford, cleared at 9.20 a.m . & 5.45
p .m . week days o n ly ; Upton, cleared at 9.55 a.m . &
1.5 & 6.15 p.m . ; sundays, 11.55 a m . ; Sp rin g H ill,
cleared at 7.30 a.m . & 12.25 & 5-35 p m . ; sundays,
8.30 a.m
E lem entary School (C hurch of E ngland) (m ixed), b u ilt
in 1871, for 140 children ; supported b y subscriptions
& B ucks County C o u n c il; John Seym our C h u rch ill,
m aster
C arriers to A yle sb u ry.— F red erick W olford & F rederick
W oodford, d a ily ; John G regory, from Ford, w ed.& sat

D IN TO N.

H ughes John R obert, shopkeeper
Josey D avid, farm er
Kingham Tom , farm er, Spring hill
Pearson S ydn ey R ichard, shopkeeper
Pipkin H enry Jam es,W hite Horse P.H
Powell A lfred, farm er, Blenheim farm
P ra tt A lfred , shopkeeper
Raven G eorge, gardener to Lieu t.-C o l.
Goodall
Roads Fdk. A bbott, frm r. W allace ho
COMMERCIAL.
Roots W illiam , farm er
Baker Ernest W illiam , farm er, W est- T h om psett E rnest, shopkeeper
lington farm
Ward Thom as, blacksm ith
Brunton R eyner,p o ultry dlr.Rosedene W elford F rederick, carrier
Gregory Wiilxam J. Seven Stars P.H W iddows E rn est Charles W itcom b,
Halsey George, beer retailer
farm er, Springfield, Cuddington rd
Hitchcock G eorge, baker
Woodford Frederick, carrier
Brandon Jam es, Donnington house
Goodall Lieut.-Col. Liebert Edward
D.L., J.P. Dinton hall
Haeften Baron F. J. Van, W estlington house
Horwood John Hy. Bichd. W elton lo
Stukeley Rev.Edw d.Chaa.M .A . (vicar)

F O RD.
COMMERCIAL.

Burnham Jam es, farm er
Coles E dw ard, Dinton H erm it P.H
Cox A rth u r W illiam , farm er, Lower
W aldridge farm
G regory John, carrier
H um phreys W illiam G . farm er,U pper
W aldridge farm
Kineham W illiam , farm er, M anor frm
Ludlow A lfred, farm er
Rose Wm. Cox, farm er. M oat farm
Saunders Amos, boot m aker
Squires Thom as W illiam , grocer
Wood Ferdinand W illiam , farm er,
A ston M ullins
Wood W illiam , farm er

D O R N E Y is a village and parish on th e north bank yea rly for the poor, and M rs. E lizabeth Seddin g, m oney
of the Tham es,
m iles south from B urnham Beeches 3'ielding ¿ 7 10s. 4d. yea rly for poor widows.
D orney
station on the m ain line of the G re a t W estern railw ay, Court is an ancient m ansion and contains m an y curious
2 west from Eton and 3 north-w est from W indsor, in p ortraits, and an illum in ated p edigree of th e P alm er
the Southern division of the county, hundred and petty fam ily, who have been the owners since 1611, the present
sessional division of Burnham , union of E ton , county representative bein g Lieu t.-C o l. Charles H enry D ayrell
court district of Windsor, rural deanery of Burnham , Palm er, w ho is lord of th e m anor and p rin cipal land­
archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The owner. The soil is lig h t ; subsoil, gra vel. Th e chief
church of St. Jam es consists of chancel, nave, north crops are oats, w heat, b arley, peas and beans. The area
chapel, south porch and an em battled western tower is 1 , h i acres of land and 2 2 of w a te r; rateable value,
of the Tudor period, and containing 4 b e lls : portions ¿ 2 ,1 7 4 ;
population in 1911 was 262 in the c iv il and
of the church date from the 12th c e n tu r y : there is a 372 in th e ecclesiastical parish.
vest gallery, b earing the date 1634: the font is N or­
Sexton, John Thom as Barrow.
man : the east window is stained : in the north chapel
is a fine m onum ent w ith effigies of Sir W illiam G arrard
Post, M. 0 . & T . Office.-— M rs. E . Grove, sub-post­
kt. oh. Nov. 17, 1607, his w ife and th eir 15 ch ild ren :
m istress.
L etters arrive th rou gh W indsor at 7.15
there are 100 sittings. The reg ister dates from the
a.m . & 12.25 & 6.50 p .m .; dispatched at 8 a.m . &
year 1538. The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value
1.30 & 7.25 p.m . ; sundays, arrive 7.10 a.m . ; d is­
¿ 4 5 » including 19 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in the
patched 8.40 a.m
gift of L ieut.-C ol. C. FI. D. Palm er, and held since
1914 by the Rev. Jam es H enry M oriarty A .K .G . M rs. E lem en tary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1876 & enlarged
Parker Sedding left m oney producing ¿ 1 0 16s. 4d.
in 1900, for 104 children ; Miss Jane T ro tte r, m istress
p r iv a t e r e s id e n t s .
Palm er Lie,ut.-Col. Charles Henry
rmytage A lb ert V ictor, The C ottage
D ayrell, Dorney court
Bartlett E rnest Tierney, The H er-¡W aters John Henry M.D. The Lodge
outage
c o m m e r c ia l .
erns L ieut.-C ol. W illiam B utler, Barksfield B ertram Jam es, grocer
ornev house
Clim o A lb ert & Sons, blacksm iths
m onartv Rev. Jam es H enry A .K .C . Dickens W in. Hy. Pigeon House frm
V icarage
G rove E . (M rs.), baker, P ost office
r'h -Major Piers W illiam ,N orth field, Jones E sth e r (M rs.), laundress
1Perfect Betsy (M rs.), laundress

Q uarterm an Thom as, corn dealer
Rum bold
G eorge
Jesse,
farm er,
Manor farm
Skrim pton Geo. wheelw rt. Lake end
W aters John Henry M .D., C .M . p h y­
sician & s u r g e o n . The Lodge
W hite M ontague, frm r.D orn ey C t.frm
W hite W alter, ag ricu ltu ral machine
owner, D orney Common
W oodley A rth u r. P alm er’s Arm s P.H