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beans, barley, oats and roots. The area is 5,698 acres
of land and 5 of water; rateable value, £11,215; ^ke
population in 1911 was 1,695*
BURCOTT is a hamlet 1 mile north. Lady Wantage,
who is lady of the manor and Leopold de Rothschild
esq. C.V.O. of Ascott, are the principal landowners.
(JRAFTON is a hamlet, 2 miles south, and has a
primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1889. Lady
Wantage, who is lady of the manor, and the Earl
of Rosebery K.G.. K.T., P.C. are the principal land­
owners The Earl has a breeding stud here.
LITTLEWORTH is a hamlet half a mile north, and
jjas a Congregational Union chapel, built in 1854 and
rebuilt in 1871, with 150 sittings. Lady Wantage, who
is lady of the manor, and Mr. Philip Hart are the chief
landowners.
ASOOTT isa hamlet half a mile east. AscottPark, the
winter residence of Leopold de Rothschild esq. C.V.O.,
B.L., J.P. is a Jacobean structure of brick and timber,
dating from 1606, and was originally a farm house, but
was restored and enlarged about 1874, and again in
1880, 1887, 1893 and 1911, and is now a considerable
mansion. The kennels of Lord Rothschild’s staghounds,
originally at Mentmore, have been transferred to Ascott:
these staghounds (numbering 30 couples) meet on
Monday and Thursday. Aylesbury and Leighton Buz­
zard are convenient towns for hunting visitors. The
old Hall, which stood in Wing park, has now wholly
disappeared, but some traces of the fish ponds, bowling
green and moat still remain. In the latter part of the
12th century there existed here a cell of Benedictine
monks founded by the Empress Maud, and attached to
the Abbey of St. Nicholas of Angers ; it was afterwards
granted by Henry V. to the priory of St. Mary de la
Pré, near St. Albans, and subsequently at the Reforma­
tion passed into the hands of the Dormer family.
Parish Clerk, Edward Whitman.
Post, M. 0 ., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.—
Ernest George Thomas Cleaver, sub-postmaster. Let­
ters arrive through Leighton Buzzard at 7 a.m. & 5
p.m.; dispatched at 11 a.m. & 6.45 p.m. week days;
Sundays, arrive at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched 9 25 a.m

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Wall Letter Box, Burcott, cleared at 6.30 p.m. week
days & 9 a.m. Sundays
Wall Letter Box, Crafton, cleared at 7.20 a.m. & 6 p.m.
week d a y s & 8.40 a.m. Sundays
Suspended Letter Box, Stewkley road, cleared a t n
a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; S u n d a ys, 9.30 a.m
WING RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Meets at the Leighton Buzzard Workhouse every alternate
friday, at 11.30 a.m.
The District comprises the Bucks parishes in Leighton
Buzzard union, viz. :— Cheddington, Edlesborough,
Grove, Ivinghoe, Mentmore, Slapton, Soulbury, Stoke
Hammond, Wing; also the parishes of Marsworth &
Pitstone in Berkhamsted union. The area is 27,770
acres; rateable value, Michaelmas, 1914, £87,342;
the population in 1911 was 6,089
Chairman, A. A. Buckmaster, Horton house, Leighton
Buzzard
Officials
Clerk, Charles W. B. Calcott, High street, Leighton
Buzzard
Treasurer, T. B. Bassett, The Bank. Leighton Buzzard
Medical Officer of Health, Percv Stedman M.B.Lond.,
M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond D.P.H.R.C.P.S.Lond.
Leighton Buzzard
Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor, M. G. Gurney, Linslade,
Leighton Buzzard
Clerk to Wing Rural Sub-Committee of Bucks Local
Pension Committee, Alfred Blake, Roseberry avenue,
Linslade
Police Constable, James John Bowles
Elementary School, Wing, erected by the late Lord Overstone in 1850, for 300 children, and enlarged during
the period 1885-90, & again at a cost of £860 in 1897;
Walter J. Long, master; Miss Emily Baldrey, mis­
tress & Miss Alice Greenway, infants’mistress
Carriers— Joseph Page, to Leighton Buzzard, tues. thurs.
fri. & sat. ; Mrs. Julia Lovell, to Leighton Buzzard,
tues. thurs. & sat. ; William John Syratt, to Ayles­
bury, wed. & sat. to Leighton Buzzard on tues. ;
Mansell Bolton, to Leighton Buzzard, tues. & sat

Tarver John T. private secretary to
Green Walter John, builder
Leopold de Rothschild esq
Hammerton Albt. Wilde, tobacconist
Heley Brothers, corn & cake mers
C O M M E R C IA L .
Hunt Edgar Bryan, Cock inn
Doggett William. 1st whip to Lord
Jordan George, general dealer
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Keep Mary Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Kennels
Langley Henry, baker
Edgar
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clerk of works to
Lawrence Jas. Lee, Queen's Head P.H Leopold de Rothsc
hild esq
Lovell Sarah (Mrs.), grocer
Heley E. Freestone, farmer, Water­
Mallett William James, baker
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Manning William F. farmer, West
Jennings John, head gardener to Leo­
Park farm
pold do Rothschild esq
Newbury William, shopkeeper
Mould William, stud groom to Leo­
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Oakley Maud (Miss), shopkeeper
Reginald Harry, huntsman
Adams James, estate agent to Lady Page George & Son, corn merchants Reynolds
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Page Joseph, carrier
The
Kennels
Ascott Estate Office (William G. W. Pantling John Charles, cycle agent Watson William, farm bailiff to Leo­
Garforth, agent; Albert E. Olney, PipeT Sydney, general draper
pold de Rothschild esq. Ascott farm
Pitchford Edward, bricklayer
clerk)
Pollard Joseph Andrew, farrier
Bolton Jesse, shopkeeper
Randall Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
BURCOTT.
Bone William, shopkeeper
Randall Joseph, chimney sweeper
Brand Joseph, boot maker
Cotes Lady Edith, Burcott house
Reading Room (Rev. Francis Henry Garforth William G. W
Bridgment Samuel, Dove P.H
Tatham M.A. trustee; Walter
Burrows John, carpenter
C O M M E R C IA L .
Long, sec)
Carter John, carter
Redrup John, house decorator, wheel­ Adams Herbert Walter, farmer
Caves Henry, carpenter
Ayres Richard, gardener to Lady
Chignell Alfred Leigh L.R.C.P. & wright & carpenter
Edith Cotes
L.R.C.S.Edin., L.F.P. & S.Glas. Rogers Joseph Charles, baker
Bradshaw William Cornelius, farmer.
Syratt William John, carrier
surgeon
Mount Pieasant farm
Clarke Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Tearle Levi, blacksmith
eaver Ernest George Thomas, grcr. Tuffney William, farm bailiff to Baron Clarke Thomas, carter
Dimmock William, horse breaker
«registrar of births & deaths for F. J. Gates
Faulkner John, baker
Wing sub-district, Leighton Buz­ Tvrrell James, shopkeeper
Village Hall (John T. Tarver esq. Garforth William G. W. estate agent
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Heley Arth. Somes, Burcott Hall frm
utler Lionel Francis, insurance agnt Whitman Edward, grocer
Page
William, farmer, Burcott lodge
Wilson Ted, colt breaker
enchfield Ernest, wheelwright
Windmill John, farmer, Old Park frm Woodward George, Six Bells P.H
immock John, hair dresser
oilimore George, corn dealer
ASCOTT.
CRAFTON.
ountaine Bernard Whitehall, farmer,
Lower Wingburv
Rothschild Leopold de C.V.O., D.L., Collins William, dairy farmer
T * Baro" Frederic]; John, farmer, J.P. Ascott park; Gunnersburv Luther George, foreman of Earl of
park
park. Acton W ; 5 Hamilton place Rosebery's stud farm
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Jn‘f™r. Up. Winobury W ; Turf club W & Marlborough Wliittenbury Jasper, gamekeeper to
"8er Barf>el (Mrs.), shopkeeper ' club S W, London
Earl of Roseberv
WING.
Barnett Edward John, Fairview
Biggs William James, Rose cottage
Chignell Alfred Leigh
Grant Douglas Stewart, Gate house
Grenfell John Pascoe, Wing lodge
Gnrney Mrs. Sunnvside
Heley E. Freestone, Tollgate house
Merry Arthur Walker, Moor hills
Sharman Jn. Holland, The Old house
Tatham Rev. Fras. Hy. M.A.Vicarage
Walker Francis J. Vulpera