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COLNBROOK.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Public E stablishm ents.
Public Rooms, F rederick Robinson, secretary
Volunteer F ire B rigade (w ith a m anual fire engine),
John Rayner, capt. ; Rd. Ravner, supt. & 14 men
Schools.
E lem entary, H igh street, b uilt in 1845, & rebuilt in 1898,
for 110 ch ild ren ; Alban Busw ell, m aster

[ b e l l y ’s

E lem entary G irls’ & Infants’, b uilt in 1862, for 75 g iri3
& 81 in fan ts; M rs. Buswell, m istress; Miss Sarah
B urnham , infants' m istress
Railway Station, W alter K in g, station m aster
C arrier to London.
F rederick Morgan leaves H igh street at 6 p.m . everv
moil. wed. & fri. return in g from the ‘ L a m b ’ bookin'»
office, 21 Old B ailey, every tues. thurs. & s a t.a t 12 noon

(M arked thus * receive letters through Brewerton A lice (M rs.), shopkeeper
L a n g ley , S lou gh .)
Brooks Jesse, greengrocer
Cole O livia Jane (M rs.), Crown P.H
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Denyer Henry, butcher
Batten M rs. Henry, Tynwald villa, I Duke W alter W illiam , O strich P.H
Edwards John, butch er, H igh street
B ath road
B errid ge Chas. Bedford cot.Brand's hi, Fairhead W alter & Sons L im ited ,
nurserym en
B u rn ett R ev .F d c.P a rry M .A. Vicarage
Fire Brigade (John Rayner, captain)
H owes W alter J. Sunnyside
H unt M rs. C astle view , Brand's hill Fishenden Jam es, G eorge hotel
Lan e
John
Thom as,
Nancledra, G arn er G eorge, photographer
G urn ey W illiam , baker
Brand's hill
Lindsey Thom as, C icester, B ath road Hansford J. Golden Cross inn
H arrison, Barber & Co. L im ited, horse
Pow ell M iss, S t. H elen’s, B ath road
slaughterers (depot)
R ayner John, A nthony house
Hart Hannah (M rs.), refreshm ent rm s
Rayner Richard, Th e Cedars
Herd A rth u r, grocer
Roberts Healen, H ebron, Bath road
*Stones Rev.
Thom as
(P rim itive H errett Sarah (M rs.), confectioner
M ethodist), The Manse, B ath road Howard Rowland, newsagent
Irons M ary Jarvis (M rs.), Green Man
P.H
Irons Sidney, house agent & collector
COMMERCIAL.
to the Slough &; district w ater works
A llu m A lfred , boot repairer
K e tte ll Joseph, oil & color man
A yres Francis, builder
Kirtland John, boot m aker
B arclay & Com pany Lim ited, bankers Lane & Son, carpenters, Brand’s hill
(sub-branch), open tues. & f r i . ; Lucas A lfred John, tobacconist
draw on head office, 54 Lom bard M cKee John, draper
street, London E C
Martin Robert, plum ber & decorator
Barker H arrv Jn. butcher, B ridge st Money Francis H. tailor
Barnes A rth u r E rn est, cycle repairer Money G eorge, tobacconist
Barnes E rnest, whip m a. & shopkpr Napper Sim eon (M rs.), baker
B atchelor Jam es, farm er, S p ittle frm N orth H enry, hair dresseT
♦Beckley Joseph Henry,
chim ney Packham W illiam , b utch er
sweep, B ath road
Public Rooms (Fredk. Robinson, sec)

P urser Thom as W illiam son, farm er
Tan House farm
Rayner John, farm er & landowner
Reddick E lizabeth (M rs.),dress maker
Roberts E llen (M rs.), draper
Robinson F rederick, stationer, see
Stransom & Robinson
Sargeant F rederick W illiam , plumber
Short Jam es, baker
♦Silvester
F rederick ,
refreshment
room s, B ath road
Stevens Louis & Sons, blacksm iths
Stevens L ouis, beer retailer
Stone Leonard John, insurance agent,
2 M arie villas, B ath road
Stransom & Robinson, stationers
Stubbs Richard, K in g ’s A rm s P.H
Taylor G eorge, hair dresser
Thackray E rn est Jas. Red Lion P.H
T h u rm o tt HoraceR. saddler & boot ma
Trevener Charles W . beer retailer
♦Trevor A rth. refresh , rm s. Bath rd
Turn er M ax, grocer, Post office
Uxbridge G as Co. (branch)
W aight W illiam , m ark et gardener
W akely & Sons, wheelw rights
W alker G erald M .A ., M .B ., B.C.
Cam b., D .P.H physician & sur­
geon, & m edical officer of health
to Eton Urban & R ural District
Councils & m edical officer & public
vaccinator for Colnbrook district,
Eton union
W eller H. & Son, provision dealers
W illiam s L ilian (M rs.), draper

N O R T H C R A W L E Y is a parish and v illag e on an commences in 1558 and contains th e nam es of the
em inence on the borders of Bedfordshire, 3^ m iles east rectors from 1294 to the present t im e ; m arriages, 1565.
from N ew port Pagnell term inal station of a branch of the The livin g is a rectory, net yearly value ^375, with
London and N orth W estern railw ay, 8£ south-w est from residence, in the g ift of S . S m ith H arvey esq. of New­
Bedford, 18 from N ortham pton and
from Olney, in the p ort P agn ell, and held since 1914 b y the Rev. Julian
N orthern division of the county, hundred, p etty sessional Llew elyn Dove M .A. of Christ’s C ollege, Cambridge.
division, union and cou n ty cou rt d istrict of N ew port P a g ­ Here is a C ongregational chapel, erected in 1821, with
nell,
ru ra l
deanery
of
N ew port
Pagnell,
arch­ 200 sittings, and a W esleyan chapel. Th e V illage Hall,
deaconry ‘ of B uckingham and diocese of Oxford. b u ilt in 1910, w ill seat 150. A cem etery of half an
T h e church of S t. F irm in , first bishop of Am iens (sup­ acre was form ed in 1885 at a cost of £ 200, b ut without
posed to be the only one in England so nam ed), is a very a m ortu ary c h a p e l; i t is under th e control of the
ancient edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried P arish Council. B ryan ’s ch arity of £ 7 16s. 4d. yearly
nave of five bays on the south side and four on the is for ap pren ticin g and th ere is £ 6 5s. 4d. from the
north, aisles, south porch and an em b attled western same ch arity for c lo th in g : th ere is th e town lands
tower, containing a clock and 6 b e lls : the whole external ch arity of £20 a year for p ublic uses and one of £5
appearance of the nave is P erp en d icu la r: th e chancel for bread. Craw ley G range, now th e residence of John
is E a rly Decorated, w ith an east window of three lights Irvine Boswell esq. M .D., J.P. was once connected with
and G eom etrical t r a c e r y : on th e south side is a double a priory at H ardm ead. T h e house is said to have been
piscina and near it a fine doorway, w ith shafts and b u ilt by Cardinal W olsey, and it certainly belongs to
m ouldings on th e outside ; th e roofs of both nave and th at period. I t was confiscated by Henry V III. and
chancel are open-tim bered and of th e Perpendicular passed into the hands of the H ackett fam ily, by whom
period w ith m oulded ribs and b o sses: the piers and it was sold to the fam ily of Selby-Lowndes, who again
arches of the nave arcades are E arly D ecorated, som e of transferred it to Thom as David Boswell, a younger
the form er being octagonal and others c lu s te r e d : the brother of Johnson’s b iograph er: th e park is about 40
chancel is said to have been b u ilt by P eter de G uildford, acres in ex ten t and the estate com prises about i,5°°
rector, who died in 1321: on th e outside wall, u n der the acres in the parishes of N orth C raw ley and Astwood.
east window, is th is in scrip tion : —
T h e M oat farm , anciently th e Manor House, is enclosed
by a m oat. Th e trustees of the la te John Bosworth
“ Petru s cancellum tib i d a t F irm ine novellum
esq. are lords of th e manor. Th e principal landowners
U t cum lauderis Deo, P etri m em oreris.”
are John Irv in e Boswell esq. J.P . and the Rector. The
A finely carved oak screen rem ains in a v ery p erfect state soil is strong c la y ; subsoil, clay. T h e chief crops are
and is a rich specimen of open screen w ork of the Decorated wheat, oats and beans. The area is 3,366 acres ; assess­
p erio d ; the whole screen is divided into sixteen com ­ able value, ^ 2 ,14 0 ; the population in 1911 was 546.
p artm ents and in the panels at the base are painted as
Sexton, F rank Richardson.
m any figures, w ell drawn and in excellen t condition, r e ­
presenting royal and ecclesiastical personages, and all, Post Office.— M iss Rebecca Row ley, sub-postmistress.
w ith the exception of the four on th e doors, carry
L etters through N ew port Pagnell arrive 6.50 a .m .;
inscribed scrolls ; there is also an ancient stone octagonal
dispatched at 5.45 p.m . on w eek days only. New­
fo n t: on th e south w all of th e chancel is a very fine
port Pagnell, 4 m iles distan t, is the nearest money
brass to John G arbrand D.D. 1589, a form er r e c t o r ; in
order & telegraph office
the floor another to Thom as H ackett esq. 1689; a third
is recorded to Robert L a tym er esq. 1547, and Catherine E lem entary School, b u ilt in 1844, by the rector & the
his w ife, and one to E lizabeth , wife of Nicholls H ackett
late Thom as A lex. Boswell esq. for 120 children;
esq. 1690, and on th e chancel floor a m em orial to Thom as
Leonard Jeacock, m aster
G arbrand esq. and his w ife, 1638: there are 260 s it­
tin gs, p artly free. The reg ister of baptism s and burials Police Constable, E rnest Crockford