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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Pope Hy. Orolly, com m ercial trav. Ashlea, B letch ley rd
Purrett & Co. m usic w arehouse, 7 V icto ria road
Bailway In stitu te & R eading Room (M atthew Betts
Lindsay, sec.), B letch ley road
Ramsbotham & Co. nurserym en, Brooklands nursery &
48 A ylesb ury street. T N 2 0 B le tc h le y ; T A “ R am s­
botham, B letchley ”
Randall W illiam & Sons, a gricu ltu ral engineers, Bletch ley
road. T N 2 1
Bead L a u ra E. (M rs.), tobacconist, B letchley road
Bichard son A rth u r, baker, 26 Bletch ley road
Richardson E li, forw arding agent, 29 Duncombe street
Roddis Thos. Saracen’s Head com m ercial inn, H igh st
Rogers A rthur, fishm onger, 86 A ylesb u ry street
Root James & Son, brush m anfrs. Tavistock st. T N 22
Rowland Brothers, steam saw m ills & iron & tim ber
fencing works, E n glish & foreign tim b er m erchants,
hurdle & wheelbarrow m akers & contractors for all
kinds of fencing & gates, Sym pson road. T A “ Row ­
lands, B le tch le y ; ” T N 23 Bletch ley
Royal Society fo r th e Prevention of C ru elty to Anim als
(North Bucks division) (L ady Leon, hon. local sec.
Bletchley p a rk ; F rederick Hooper, inspector, Wood
view, Sym pson road)
Ruffle W illiam Cousans, Swan hotel, H igh street
Sainsbury H arry, draper, 54 H ig h street
Sanders W. H. solicitor (attends alternate thuTsdays),
40 A ylesbury street
Shearing H erbert W. Bull hotel, H igh street
Shirley & Son, corn & cake m erchants, B letch ley Toad.
T A “ S h irley, B le tch le y ; ” T N 24 B letch ley
Sm ith W . H. & Son, booksellers, 13 B letch ley road
Smith Agnes Bertha (M iss), refreshm ent rm s. 4 H igh st
Smith Frederick Farnell, grocer, 65 A ylesb ury street
Sm ith W illiam , boot m aker, 5 Park street
Snoxell G eorge, coal m erchant, No. 2 Coal w harf,
Bletchley station & insurance agent, 54 P ark street

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S taniford & Sons, wine & sp irit m ers. B letch ley road
Staniford H. A. (M rs.), fancy repository, 61 A ylesb u ry *t
Stanton C harles, boot repairer, B letch ley road
Stevens R ob ert Bodley, baker, 67 A ylesb ury street
S till Sydn ey Howard, p rivate school, Bletch ley road
S tilton A rth u r Thom as, plum ber, W estfield road
Stim son Roger, Rose & Crown P.H . H igh street
Sunderland L e titia (M iss), d istrict nurse, 32 W estern rd
Tabberner Jam es, locom otive forem an to London & N orth
W estern R ailw ay, B letch ley station
T aylor Charles W illo ugh b y, m arket gardn r. W estfield rd
Tem perance H all (Thom as G eorge K irb y, trustee),
G eorge street
T e rry M ary Ann (M rs.), baker, 10 A lb ert street
Thom pson M argaret (M iss), dress m aker, A ylesb ury st
Thornley E rn est J. solicitor & com m issioner foT oaths,
H igh street
T im m s E lizabeth (M iss), refresh m en t rm s. 31 H igh st
Town H all (Barclay & Com pany L im ited , proprietor*),
H igh street
V aughan Frederick, Red Lion P.H . Sym pson road
W alton R obert G raham , solicitor, see Pettit,W alto n & Co
W arr W illiam Jam es, boot m aker, 15 South terrace
W arren A rth u r, p rin ter, 2 Park street
W arren John, farm er, Y ard s end
Webb H enry Richard, tobacconist, 43 H igh street
W elch E llen M aria (M rs.), dress m aker, 71 B letch ley rd
W elch G eorge, insurance agent, 71 B letchley road
W ells O liver, boot repairer, 46 Duncom be street
W hite C harles W illiam , insurance agent, 31 Osborne st
W hitm ee Thom as S. gasfitter, 2 Duncom be street
W ilkinson G eorge, K in g ’s Head P.H . H igh street
W ilsher E dw ard John, tailor, 7 G eorge street
W odham s C harles, corn dealer, G rand Junction w harf
W rig h t C haries W illiam , p lu m ber, 66 V icto ria road
Y irre ll Thom as, m onum ental m ason, 14 Bletch'ley road
Y oun g Seba, boot m aker, 12 C h urch street

F I N G E S T is a parish on th e verg e of Oxfordshire, are 160 sittings. Th e register dates from the year 1607.
surrounded by steep hills and dense woodlands, 6£ m iles The liv in g is a rectory w ith th a t of Ibstone annexe^
south-west from H igh W ycom be, 6 north from Henley, join t net yea rly value ¿ 1 9 2 , which includes 68 acres of
6 north-west from Great. M arlow and about 5 south­ glebe and residence, in th e alternate g ift of th e Bishop
west from W est W ycom be station on the G reat W estern of Oxford and M erton College, Oxford, and held since
and G reat C entral jo in t railw ay, in the Southern 1906 by th e Rev. John Stratton Davis M .A. of Durham
division of the county, hundred of Desborough, p etty U n iversity, who Tesides at Ibstone. Th e ch arities for
sessional division of Desborough, 1s t division, union and distribution am ount to £ 9 15s. yearly. Th e tru stees of
county court d istrict of W ycom be, rural deanery of the late Lieu t.-G en . Owen Lew is Cope W illiam s, of
Wycombe, archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese of T em ple House, B isham , are lords of the manor and the
O xford; the principal p art of the houses are at Lane End principal landowners. T h e soil is chiefly chalk. The
and Cadmore End in this county, a m ile and a half east, chief crops are w heat and oats. The population in 1911
which, with parts of Fingest, -Stokenchurch andLew knor, Avas 334, in clu d in g the districts of Lane E nd and Cadwas formed into an ecclesiastical parish, A p ril 2, 1852 and m ore E n d ; the area is 1,285 ac re s; assessable value,
is given under th e head of Cadm ore End.
The church of £ 1 ,1 6 9 ; t*16 population of th e ecclesiastical parish in
St. Bartholomew is an ancient building of stone in the 1911 was 266, which extends into Oxon.
Norman and E a rly E n glish styles, consisting of chancel,
Sexton, W illiam Prince.
nave, south porch and a western tow er containing 1 b e ll:
the tower is Norm an and has a double-gabled r o o f : L e tters through H enley-on-Tham es arrive a t 9 a.m .
between th e nave and chancel is a carved pine screen
W all B ox, n e a r ch urch , cleared at 12.5 & 5.50 p.m . ;
with a pedim ent supported by Corinthian p ila s te rs :
S u n d a ys, 10.30 a .m . H am bledon is the n earest m oney
the Perpendicular font has an octagonal basin on a
order office. F rieth , about a m ile d istan t, is the
modern base : the chancel was restored in 1849 : there
n earest telegraph office
(These are in the parish of Hambleden
but in F ingest village.)
Barnett A ugustus Parker, F in gest ho

Lam plough M iss, The C ottage
Neale C apt, John
W alters A lb ert G eorge, Chequers P.H

F L E E T M A R S T O N ' is a sm all parish consisting of taining one b e ll: the stained east window was the gift
three farm s and several cottages, on the Toad from of the late Mrs. B ickersteth , w ife of th e V er y Rev.
Aylesbury to B icester, about 3 m iles north-w est from E dw ard B ick ersteth D D. Archdeacon of B uckin gh am
Aylesbury stations on the G reat W estern, M etropolitan i8 5 3 _7 S» and subsequently Dean of L ic h fie ld : th e font
and G reat C entral Joint and London and N orth is cylindrical and q uite p la in : th e ch u rch was
Western railways, in the Mid division of the county, thoroughly restored in 1868-9,
a total c °st of between
petty sessional division, union and county cou rt dis­ £700 and £800: th e pulpit and all the chancel fittings
trict of A ylesbury, hundred of Ashendon, ru ra l deaneTy are of o a k : there are 50 sittings. Th e reg ister dates
of Waddesdon, archdeaconry of B uckingham and dio­ from the year 1630. T h e liv in g is a rectory, net yearly
cese of Oxford. The line of the A ylesb u ry and B uck ­ value £140, with glebe (£ 10 ), in the g ift of W illiam
ingham section of the M etropolitan and G reat C entral B rim bleconibe esq. and held since 1914 by the Rev.
Joint C om m ittee railw a y sweeps round the eastern H erbert B rittain M .A . of Downing College, C am bridge.
boundary of the parish, passing v ery near the The land is freehold. Th e principal landowners are
church.
The parish lies in the low flat, where the C h rist Church and New College, Oxford.
The soil is
watershed from Stew kley and W h itch u rch receives the heavy, stiff c la y ; subsoil, sam e; the land is nearly all
drainage from the high ground of Q uainton and Oving, grazed. The area is 934 a c re s; rateable value, £ 1,6 3 2 ;
and passing underneath the elevated r id g e of Upper the population in 1911 was 50.
Winchendon, form s a trib u ta ry of the Tham e, hence the
Parish C lerk, W illiam G eorge Beckett.
mvm e .
Fleet M arston, or “ Tunning m arsh tow n.” Letters th rou gh A ylesb ury, w hich is also th e nearest
he church of St. M ary is a sm all b u t ancient building
m oney OTder & telegraph office, arrive a t 6.45 a m
0 stone chiefly in the E a rly Decorated style, consisting L e tter Box, at Berryfield, cleared a t 9.30 a.m . & 6.30
Chancel, nave, north porch and a western tu rre t conp .m .; sundays, 12.45 p.m
B lr i a,ID '? ? T' H e rb el't M .A .

e Rectory

H olt C lem en t, grazier. Low er farm
(rector), I
c o m m e r c ia l .
Brazier Fred, Ohapel G roun d farm
Monk G . A rth u r, farm er, Pntlow es
I Cannon F rank R.
farm er, Fleet
M arston farm