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Boucher Charles H. dairyman. Old Chilton William, carpenter
LITTLE KINGSHILL.
Dancer & Hearn Bros, chair manufrs
Vicarage & Manor farm
P R IV A T E RE SID E N TS.
Qope John Charles, farmer, Spur- Darvell & Nicholls, farmers
Cockshutt J. Cheetham
Darvell George, boot maker
lands End
Cook
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, Hare Lane end
Ed^e Frederick Geo. Red Lion P.H Darvell George A. dairyman
Dugdale-Bradley Mrs. Greengarths
Dean William, coal merchant
Jarvis Alfred, farmer
Dunbar Miss, The Retreat
Hazel Thomas, Stag & Hounds P.H Fenn Rev. Charles Louis Manaton
Keen Joseph, wheelwright
tMason Chas. Alfd. farmer, Mop end James Bertie, tennis & hockey manfr B.A. (vicar)
Lacey John, farmer
Pearce Joseph, boot repairer
Hall William Davis, Brightside
P u d d e p h a t t Geo. farmer, Town farm Leech Frederick, miller (wind)
Handley Wm. Sampson, Grange ho
fRedding Thomas, farmer, Africs & Miles John, shopkeeper
Head Mrs. Little Afric
Nobes Henry, beer retailer
Grange farms
Hemsley Misses, Hill cottage
Bedding Thos.Jas. farmer, Manor frm Pearce William, beer retailer
Kentish Miss. Pine cottage
Sibley Arthur A. miller (water & Saunders George, chair turner
Mackessack Mrs. A
steam), Town mill. S e e a d v e r ­ Tilbury Alfred, beer retailer
Macklin Thomas Henry, Little KingsTucker Frederick, baker & grocer, hill grange
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Slowcock Arth. farmer, Beamond End Post office
Mathews Thomas George, Thornhay
Tucker Percy, farmer
Stacey John, blacksmith
Priest Thomas, Harewood
Wingrove Owen, beer retailer
Taylor George, Crown P.H
Wilmott Ernest, Bramleys
Winter Thos. farmer, Wycombe Heath Wright Miss, Grange cottage
West Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer
Wright William, chair turner
fWest Walter, Nag’s Head P.H
COMM ERCIAL.
fWilkins Geo. beer retailer, Mop end
Bedford Alfred, farmer, Ashwell frm
Birch John, cowkeeper
HYDE HEATH.
HOLMER GREEN.
Carter John, coal dealer
Campbell Nigel Leslie, Holmer court
(Letters through Amersham.) . Darvell Frederick, farmer
Cole James Alma, Chestnuts
Whitehouse Joseph Arthur,Marylands Heather Ralph, carrier
Mathieson James Francis, Polydores Bailey James, farmer
Hurst Herbert E. Full Moon P.H
Bedding Miss, Homeside
Lee William, beer retailer
Duncan Catherine (Miss), draper
COMMERCIAL
Long Edwd. cowkpr. Manchester ho
Godwin Alfred George, baker
Beal George Denis, shopkeeper
Leuillette Albert Edwd. beer retailer Spicer Frederick, grocer, Post office
Brown Peter, farmer
Murrell George, grocer, Post office Wooster Arthur, dairyman
M O N K S RISBOHOTJQ-II is a parish and village,
trustees of the allotments. The Rev. Humphrey Hody
miles north-north-east from Princes Risborough station D.D. rector here 1702, left £100 in 1706 for apprenticing
on the Great Western and Great Central Joint railway poor boys of this parish, and the Rev. William Quarles
through Wycombe to Aylesbury, and 2 miles south-west D.D. further augmented this fund in 1727 by £150:
from Little Kimble station on the Aylesbury branch of the latter also left 40s. yearly for the education of at
the same line, 5 south-west from Wendover and 7 south least four poor boys. The Earl of Buckinghamshire,
from Aylesbury, 9 north-west from High Wycombe, in who is lord of the manor, Lord Rothschild P.C.,
the Mid division of the county, hundred and petty ses­ G.C.Y.O. and the Rector are the principal landowners.
sional division of Aylesbury, union and county court The soil is various, hard chalk, loam and clay; subsoil,
district of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham, clay and stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats,
rural deanery of Aylesbury and diocese of Oxford. The turnips and beans. The area is 2,873 acres; rateable
church of St. Dunstan is a noble structure of flint and value, £3,921; the population in 1911 was 650.
stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and
ASKETT lies half a mile north-east and has a Baptist
consists of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles, separ­ cha
pel, built in 1839, with a small burial ground
ated from the nave by arcades of four bays, a small atta
ched.
north transept, south porch, vestry and organ chamber
(added at the restoration), and a western tower con­ CADSDEAN is a mile east, atthe foot of the Chilterns.
taining 6 bells; the framework of the belfry was entirely MEADLE is 1 mile north-east; and WHITELEAF,
restored and a sixth bell added in 1884 at a cost of three-quarters of a mile east-south-east, near the base
nearly £200, Taised by subscription : a portion of the of the Whiteleaf Cross hill, on which is a gigantic cross,
ancient Decorated rood-screen remains under the chan­ 80 feet long by 72 feet wide, on a triangular base, the
cel arch, retaining nine out of its twelve panels, adorned total length being 230 feet, and the width at the base
with paintings of the heads of the Apostles, and near 340 feet, cut into the chalky side of one of the eminences
is a brass effigy, 1360, to Robert Blundell, a former of the Chiltern range ; by the Inclosure Act, 9 Geo. TV.
rector; elsewhere are demi-effigies of a man and his this “ ancient memorial or landmark ” is declared to be
wife, c. 1460, and some figures of children: some public property, and the lord of the manor is required
ancient tiles are also extant: in the porch is a portion to keep it in repair; there is a similar cross in the
of the old stoup and in the north aisle part of a parish of Bledlow.
canopied recess of the 15th century, richly carved, and
Sexton, Joseph Gunn.
a portion of the rood loft also Temains : the font is a
good example of the Norman Transition style: the OWLSWICK is a small hamlet of the p arish of Monks
stained east window was presented to the church in Risborough. from which it is 2 miles north-w est. At
1864: the stained west window was erected by the Owlswick is a school chapel, erected in 1866 by the
parishioners and friends to the Rev. H. W. J. Beau­ rector with the aid of subscriptions from the pro­
champ, 23 years rector, who died January 25th, 1863: prietors of land: services are held here on alternate
in the south aisle is a stained window, and in the tran­ Sundays at 3 p.m
sept is a memorial window to Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, Letters through Tring, vi& Princes Risborough, arrive
Bishop of Oxford (1845-69) and afterwards of Win­ at 8.15 & 10.45 a.m. & 2 p.m. Princes Risborough is
chester (1869-73), d. 19 July, 1873: the church was
the nearest money order & telegraph office, about 1
restored in 1863-4 afc a cost of nearly £2,400, under the mile distant
direction of the late G. E. Street esq. R.A. and was Wall Letter Boxes.— Near the school, cleared week days
re-opened in May, 1864: there are sittings for 332 per­ at 10.15 & 10.30 a.m. & 2.15 & 6.10 p.m.; S u n d a y s ,
sons. The register dates from the year 1587. The 4.25 p.m. ; Askett, cleared week days, 10.15 & 10.40
living is a rectory, net yearly value £400, including 430 a.m. & 2.5 & 6.10 p.m.; Sundays, 4.40 p.m. ; Meadle,
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop cleared week days. 8.15 a.m. & 4.25 p.m.; Sundays,
of Oxford, and held since 1902 by the Rev. George 9.15 a.m. ; Owlswick, cleared 8.45 a.m. & 4.45 p.m.
Blamire Brown M.A. of Keble College. Oxford, and rural week days only & Whiteleaf, cleared 7.30 a.m. &
dean of Aylesbury. Before the inclosure, which was 5.25 p.m. ; sundays, 7.45 a.m
completed in 1839, the inhabitants of the parish had the
Schools.
privilege of cutting beech wood from off a hill called Elementary (mixed), ere
cted in 1855, for 127 children;
the Scrubs,” which right was at that time exchanged
Alfred Packman, master; Miss Henrietta
for 27a. 3r. 6p. of land allotted in different parts of the Frank
Williams
&
Miss
Louisa
Brooks, assistant mistresses
parish for the convenience of the poor parishioners, to
whom it is let, and the rents arc laid out in coal for Carrier— Coles passes through for Aylesbury on wed. &
distribution at Christmas; the Parish Council are the sat
Brown Rev. George Blamire M.A. Hamilton Miss, Whiteleaf
MONKS RISBOROUGH.
(rector,& rural dean of Aylesbury), Phillips MajoT Herbert Percy Davies
(Marked th u s * should be addressed
J.P. Whiteleaf
Rectory
Princes R isborough only.)
Taylor Walter Jn. Westfield.Whiteleaf
Coker Beck Mrs
P R IV A T E R E SID E N TS.
Bayne William Bieknell
Darby Frederick Wm. Cadsdean house Thornton William