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B U C K ING HA M SH IR E.

S T O K E G O L D IN G T O N .

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B.A- when the roofs were raised to their original pitch, churcll and the school and to the relief of the poor.
the stucco removed from part of the walls and the Joseph Trueman Mills esq. is lord of the manor. The
western entrance cleared of plaster: new buttresses had landowners are Leopold de Rothschild esq. C.V.Oalso previously been supplied to the chancel wall: the Lionel Nathan de Rothschild esq. M.P. the trustees
church has also been reseated with open benches and of the late Mr. John Hedges, Rev. Charles Howard
stalls placed in the choir, a massive stone pulpit, new Wright M.A. the trustees of the late W. R. Rowland.
communion tableintroduced,the east window being atthe John Hedges esq. and Charles Palmer esq. The soil is
same time filled with stained glass: during the progress clay and gravel ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
ofthe works, a rude carving in marble, representing the wheat, barley, oats and some land in pasture. The
Virgin and Child, with attendant angels, was found area is 3,982 acres; rateable value, £ j , 309; the popu­
buried in the step of a doorway, some ancient tiles were lation in 1911 was 1,130.
also met with, and a coffin slab bearing a floriated
cross: there are monuments to the Rev. Charles AshSTEWKLEY DEAN is a hamlet of the parish of
field M.A. vicar here 1802-30, and to his widow: in Stewkley, about miles west, consisting of three farm
1885 a new organ was erected by subscription : in 1888 houses.
a handsome brass leotern was presented, and in 1910 a
new vestry added at a cost of ^246 in memory of LITTLECOTE is a hamlet of this parish, about 2
the Rev. Charles Henry Travers M.A. vicar 1859-70, miles south-west from the village, also consisting of
and the Rev. Charles Leslie Alexander, vicar 1870-81 : three farm houses.
there are 3x2 sittings: the churchyard was enlarged on Parish Clerk, William Thomas Smith.
the north-east side in 1901 at a cost of ^1,200. The
register dates from the year 1545. The earlier portion Post, M. 0 .& T. Office.— Miss Emily Jane Dickins, subfrom 1545 to 1653 has been, repaired and bound at the postmistress. Letters arrive through Leighton Buz­
ard at 7.15 a.m. & 4.15 p.m. ; dispatched at 12.35
expense of the late vicar. The living is a vicarage, z
net yearly value derived from glebe £ 300, with resi­ & 6.25 p.m. week days only
dence, erected in 1861, in the gift of the Bishop of Ox­ Wall Letter Boxes.— South end of village, cleared at
8.45
a.m. & 5.30 p.m, week days only; & north end of
ford, and held since 1906 by the Rev. John Ernest
Smith-Masters M.A. of Keble College, Oxford, and rural village,cleared at 8.45 a.m. & 5.20p.m. week days only
dean of Mursley. The church of the Holy Trinity, built Elementary School, erected in i860, & since enlarged
in 1866, at the south end of the parish, by the Rev. for 287 children; Arthur George Dale, certificated
C. H. Travers mentioned above, is a small and plain master; Miss Julia Annie Jones, mistress
building, consisting of a simple nave, with a bell-cote Palice Constable, Arthur Clark
over the western entrance, and will hold about 80
Carriers.
persons. The Wesleyan chapel, built in 1839, seats
400 persons; the Primitive Methodist chapel, built in Frederick Chappell, to Leighton, daily
1903, has 420 sittings. The charities amount to £26 Joshua Helev, to Leighton, tues. & fri. & Aylesbury,
yearly, which sum is applied to the purposes of the wed. & sat
STEWKLEY.
Capp Brothers, carpenters
Heley William Robert, farmer, Dove­
Chappell Frederick, carrier
cote farm
P R IV A T E r e s i d e n t s .
Chappell John, farmer, Manor farm Hounslow John, blacksmith
Orkney Earl of J.P. Old Tythe house ; Chappell Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Keen Emma (Miss), shopkeeper
& Glanmore, co. Tipperary; & Carl­ Clarke & Sons, builders
Keen John, farmer
ton, White’s & Pratt’s clubs, Lon­ Clarke Thomas & Oliver, farmers, King Walter, farmer,Lower Dean frm
don S W ; & Kildare Street club, Grange farm
Lovatt William Thomas, draper
Dublin
Clarke Robert, builder, Holly bank Mayne Brothers, plumbers
Aehwell Amos, The Orchard
Coleman Arthur & Horne Edwin Mayne John, plumber
Bates Thomas, The Vines
(exors. of), threshing machine Mead John, Henry & Edmund, farmrs
Oane Mrs
proprietors
Mead Edmund, Cricketers’Arms P.H
Fairley Rev. Robert (Primitive Cox William, farmer
Mead Ernest, insurance agent
Methodist), The Manse
Dickens Robert, butcher
Mead John, baker
Hedges Mrs. Heywood house
Dickens William George, shopkeeper Mead William, farmer, assistant
HoTslev Claud Cressy, Stockall
Dickins Edwd. & Alfd. wheelwrights
overseer, clerk to Parish Council &
Killby Chester Winterbon, The Manor Dickins Emily Jane (Miss), grocer, insurance agent
house
Post office
Nash John, tailor
Mayne Henry, Clarendon house
Dickins Henry, shopkeeper
Page Robert, butcher
Mayne Mrs. Luke, Clarendon house Dimmock Thomas, coal dealer
Palmer George William, boot maker
Mayne William, The Pines
Elmer William, cattle dealer
P
hillips George Dudley, beer retailer
Palmer Mrs. The Grange
Faulkner Edmund, farmer
Pullen Albert, Bull P.H
SavillHenry
Faulkner Fred, baker
P
ullen Charles, cycle agent
Smith-Masters Rev. John Ernest Faulkner Thomas, farmer, Manor frm Ro
lfe William Hy. White Horse P.H
M.A. (vicar & rural dean),Vicarage Gell Albert, Old Swan inn
Rowe
Sarah (Mrs.), refreshments
Wright Mrs. Stewklev house
Grace Frederick, jun. grazier
Smith Robert, farmer, The Clack
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COMMERCIAL.
Green George, general dealer
Stevens William, farmer
Allder William, farmer
Griffin Annie (Mrs.), farmer
Stonhill Richd. Hedges, coach builder
Angood Charles Herbert, grocer
Harrup Henry, farmer, The Dean Walters Robt. Carpenters’Arms P.H
Avery Arthur, mat maker
farm, Stewkley Dean
Wheeler Thomas, farmer
Barton Maria (Mrs.), farmer
Harrup John, wheelwright
Willis Frederick Joseph, jobmaster;
Barton Richard, coach builder
Heady Edward, baker
open & closed carriages, pony traps
Bates Frederick, farmer, Potash farm Hedges John (exors. of), brick, tile &
motor brougham for hire
(postal address, Drayton Parslow. & agricultural pipe makers, foundry
Bletchley)
LITTLECOTE.
sand merchants & farmers, The
Bliss Albert, brick & tile maker
Warren
(Marked thus * should be addressed
Bliss George, blacksmith
Hedges Arthur J.farmer,Vicarage frm
Winslow.)
Bodsworth Bros, saddlers & harness Hedges Mrs. Elizabeth Leah, shopkpr ♦Hedges William,
farmer
makers
Heley Brothers, builders
Keen Thomas, bailiff to Thomas
Bnnklow Hy. John, King's Head P.H Heley Joshua, carrier
Simms esq
BTOK It GOLDIlirQ-TON is a parish and village od church, and ther is a loftychancel arch ofthe Decorated
ne road from Newport Pagnell to Northampton ; from period: the nave arcades are Early English: there are
south
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4^ miles north-west and the latter ro 300 sittings, 150 being free. The register dates from
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s°nth-west from Olney stationon the the year 1538. The living is a rectory, consolidated
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°fNewnort pi™1nS10n’i".IUOn and county c0“rt district !Oarlile esq. and held since 1914 bv the Rev. Frederick
deanery of
’p"'=hd®ac0”ry of Buckingham, rural 'Wiiliam Walker F.B.A.S. The Congregational chapel,
church of gt pL Pagnell and diocese of Oxford. The erected in 1819. will seat 250. The Working Men’s
. °.n a- acclivity, is an ancient Club here was erected in 1885 at the expense cf W. W.
st0.ne’ chiefly in the Early English style, and Carlile esq.lord ofthemanor. W. W. Carlileesq. and
porch an/ chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, south Messrs. J.T.Winterbottom and G. B. Whitingare the
the enntv a 1 embattled tower containing 5 bells: principal landowners. The soil is various, principally
south aisle extends to the entire length of the stiff clay and limestone; subsoil, clay and limestone.