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station. Lord Annaly K.C.V.O. is the principal
and some time an officer in the Parlia­
landowner. Lenborough House became in 1445 a seat of Lenborough,
mentary army, was created a baronet by the Protector
the Ingoldsbys, an ancient Lincolnshire family, of whom in 1658; and subsequently having espoused the royal
one, Francis, represented the town in parliament; cause, received the same dignity from Charles II. in
Henry Ingoldsby. son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby kt. of 1661; lie died in Ireland in 1701.’
GAWCOTT.
IBloxham Anthony, shoe maker
1Turvev George carrier
P R IV A T E RE SID E N TS.
ICrook.Benjamin, Crown P.H
Watts’Hannah Mary (Mrs.), shopkfr
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Garrett Charles
^Mrs.), _
Dew Walter (
shopkeeper
Watts Thomas, farmer, Eagle farm
Holloway Mrs. TheCottage
Giles William, insurance agent
White George, timber merchant &
Law Mrs. Nelson cottage
jHaydon George, carpenter
gamekeeper to Lord Annaly
Melli3s Rev. Andrew M.A. (vicar). Hickinbottom'Henrv Dennis, butcher
icner;
Vicarage
:Jones William George,, farmer
LENBOROUGH.
|LawJohn
John
Fra
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farmer
Bidgway WilliamHenry,The Villa Law
Fran
cis
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farmer
¡Read Mrs. Hill Farm house
Thomas Henry,
Henry, blacksmith
blacksmith 'Busbv Algernon, farmer
Smith Mrs
PPeerrrriinn Thomas
Watts (Miss
¡Richardson John,frmr. Primrose HI.fm Richardson Alfred John, farmer
COMMERCIAL.
Sheppard John, farmer
j Roper Corbett, farmer, Railway farm
Adams Joseph, baker
Thorpe Thoma.s, wheelwright
Roper Jn. Francis, farmer,Manor frm
Blencowe George, Roval Oak P.H
Tompkins James, New inn P.H
IWarr George Benjamin, farmer
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G A Y H U R S T is a parish, separated from the parish 1famous Sir Kenelm Digby kt. F.R.S. who was imprisoned
of Tyringham by the river Ouse and on the road from Iat W inchester House and subsequently exiled by the
Newport Pagnell to Northampton, 2| miles north-west 1Parliament of the Commonwealth; Sir'Edward Dio-by
from Newport Pagnell terminal station on a branch ,his father, one of the conspirators in the Guy Faux plof,
of the London and North Western railway. 4 south- who was executed January 30. 1606, concealed some of
west from Olney station on the Bedford and Northamp- his accomplices here, but their hiding place has been
ton branch of the Midland railway and n£ south from removed in consequence of modern improvements- the
Northampton, in the Northern division of the county, mansion stands in a delightful and well-wooded ’park
hundred, petty sessional division, union and county of 250 acres, containing three large fish ponds, and in
court district of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of view of the main road between Newport Parnell and
Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham and Northampton; in the garden is a sun-dial “with the
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Peter is a small ,/late 1670 and the motto Nul que une.” W W.
edifice of stone in the Italian style, designed by Wren, Carlile esq. is lord of the manor and principal landand finished in 1728, at the cost of George Wrighte eeq. owner. The soil is various; subsoil, limestone. The
who purchased the estate in 1704: it consists of chancel ;chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The
and nave, with a low square western tower surmounted area is 1,337 acres of land and 14 of water; assessable
by a cupola and containing one bell: in the church value, £1,125; the population in 19x1 was 108 in the
is a monument by Roubiliac, to Sir Nathan Wrighte, Icivil parish and 624 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 1721, with effigy in 1 By Local Government Board Order 18,130, dated
robes and his son George: the church was restored in March 25, 1886, a detached part of Lathbury was added
1883 by J. >1 .Carlile esq. of Gayhurst House, at a cost to Gayhurst.
of £600, and now affords 100 sittings. The register Sexton. Edward Whiting
dates from the year 1728. The living is a rectory Post
" ' Office.— ~
Harry Essam, sub-postmaster. Lettersannexed to that of Stoke Goldington, joint net yearly through Newport Pagnell arrive at 6.45 a.m. & 12.30
value £286, with 236 acres of glebe and residence, in p.m. ; Sundays, 7.45 a.m. Box cleared at 8.40 a.m. fc
the gift of W. W. Carlile esq. D.L., J.P. and held since 1.30 & 6.15 p.m. week days & 10.45 a -na. S u n d a y s .
19x4 by the Rev. Frederick William Walker, who resides Stoke Goldington, i£ miles distant, is the n e a r e s t
at Stoke Goldington. Gayhurst, the seat of William money order office & Newport Pagnell, 3 miles
Walter Carlile esq. D.L.. J.P. is an Elizabethan mansion
distant, the nearest telegraph office
ofstone dating from c. 1500, but one side was rebuilt bv The children of this parish attend the school at Stoke
George Wrighte esq. : here was born (June 11, 1603) the Goldington
Carlile William Walter D.L., J.P.
COMM ERCIAL.
Macalister James D. farmer
Gayhurst
Adkins John, farmer
Price Wilfrid George Hilton, land:
Freshwater Frederick Francis.private Cox Ernest, farmer, Home farm
agent to W. W. Carlile esq
sec. to W, W. Carlile esq
Essam George, head gamekeeper
Whiting Edward, head gardener to W.
Price Wilfrid George Hilton
W. W. Carlile esq
W. Carlile esq
G E R H A R D 'S
C R O S S
is a civil parish formed relieved by facial ornaments of vitrified brick and Bath
out of five adjoining parishes— Fulmer, Chalfont St. stone dressings in the Old English Domestic style;
Peter, Iver, Langley Marish and Upton-cum-Chalvey, crowning the north tower is a bronzed bull supporting
with a station on tlie main line of the Great Western a weathercock: the park contains 400 acres. The Rev.
and Great Central joint railways, 17J miles by rail from Cyril A. G. Moore is lord of the manor. The principal
London, in the Southern division of the county, landowners are Sir J. F. Ramsden bart. and Col. thehundred of Burnham Stoke, petty sessional division of Hon. William Le Poer Trench R.E.. J.P. The soil is
Burnham, union of Eton, county court district of gravel; subsoil, chalk. The area is 2,102 acres of
Uxbridge, rural deanery of Amersham, archdeaconry of land and 12 of water; rateable value, £18,407; the
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The ecclesiastical population in 1901 was 552 and in 1911 was 1,612.
parish was formed April 16, 1861. The church of St.
Parish Clerk, Harry Cocks.
James, situated on the south side of the London and
Oxford road, on Fulmer common, was erected by the Post. M. & T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office
Misses Reid in memory of their brother, Major-General
(letters should have Bucks added).— Ernest *George
^or™ er^5r M.P. for Windsor, and is a cruciform
Wallis, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 5.5 & 10.10
building in the Romanesque style of various coloured
а.m. & 6 p.m. & dispatched for London & all parts at
bncKs and stone, from designs by Sir William Tite knt.
9 & 10.40 a.m. & 1.25, 3.40, 7.20, 7.55 & 9 p.m.;
architect-, and consists of chancel, nave, transepts, an
S u n d a y , delivered 7.30 a m.; dispatched 6.50 p.m
octagonal dome rising above the intersection sur­
mounted by a gilt cross and flanked by four turrets, Letter Boxes.— Cross Roads, cleared at 8.15 & 10 a.m.
6 3, 6.30 & 8.15 p.m.; Sundays, 6.15 p.m.; Station,
and a campanile containing a clock with three dials and
f
t'here are sittings for 440 persons, 200 being 7 & 10 a.m. & 3.15. 7 & 8.30 p.m. : Sundays, 6 p.m. ;
iree. The register dates from the year 1861. The living Park House, 8 & 11.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Sundays,
.15 p.m. ; Pack Horse road, 8.15 & 10.15 a.m. & 3.T5,
in n,vlcaraSe’ ne* yearly value £388. with residence, б
tn? giftof the Simeon trustees, and held since 1895 bv 7 & 8.30 p.m. ; Sundays, 5.40 p.m.; Woodlands, 8 fri
c.25 a .m . & 3.15. 7.45 & 8.30 p.m.; S u n d a ys. 6
Orf iV*ii0'm -Matthew Glubb M.A. of Exeter College, p.m.;
Bulstrode Wav. 7.15 & 10.10 a.m. & 3.15. 6.40
PtTh
re is a Wesleyan Reformed chapel in Oak
& 8.15 p.m.; sundays, 6.35 p.m.; Latchmoor Grove,
vaye. The Pilgrim’s Home, for fifteen aged per
8
&
1
0
.
& 3.15, 6.45, 7.45 & 8.30 p.m.; S u n ­
W»n- wa* endowed "ith about £230 yearly by Sir Jolm days, 5.1455a.m.
p.m. ; Bulstrode Park Lodge. 6.45 & 10
"ams Alexander bart. who died 25 Oct. 1888.
a.m.
&
3
,
7
&
8.20 p.m.; sundays, 6.30 p.m.;
' p,
Urei?c^,s Convalescent Home for Children, situated
Uilonel Trench’s property, and open from May to French Horn. 8.15 a.m. & 12.15, 3, 6.30 & 8.15 p.m. ;
«und
ays
,
7
p.m
•
Pr0vides for eleven children. Bulstrode Park.
m this strict, is the seat of Sir John Frecheville- j ElementarySohool (mixed), built about 1862 & enRainsd
nf <L,,„en lar*'
mani>ion, built by the 12th Duke . larged in1914. for tq6 children; Charles E. Colstonerset, m 1870, is constructed of deep-toned brick master