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yearly to the poor, to be paid out of his estate in this Post Office, Downley.— Thomas Martin, sub-postmaster.
parish; Hugh Hobbs, by will, dated Jan. 2nd, 1670, Letters through High Wycombe at 7 & 11.20 a.m.;
left £2 yearly to the poor widows and aged people. dispatched 11.30 a.m. & 5.40 p.m. West Wycombe, 1
Some of the above mentioned, together with several mile distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph
other charities ouce existing here, have now lapsed.
office
Under the church hill is a cave 400 yards long, with Post Office, Piddingtou.— Ernest Arthur Wapshott, sublarge rooms and long winding passages, which is much
postmaster. Letters through High Wycombe arrive
visited by strangers during the summer.
at 7 a.m. & 12 noon; dispatched at 1.35 & 5.50 p.m.
The church loft, a building in the main street, is used West Wycombe, 1 mile distant, is the nearest money
for vestry meetings and for the Sunday school; project­ order & telegraph office
ing from it and overhanging the pavement is an ancient Post Office, Sands.— Charles W. Bryant, sub-postmaster.
clock, and on an upright from one of the beams inside Letters through High Wycombe arrive at 7 a.m. &
isthe date, 1676, and other lettering.
4.35 p.m. ; dispatched at 7.25 a.m. & 6.20 p.m.; no
West Wycombe Park is the seat of Mrs. Fraser;
delivery on sunday. West Wycombe, i£ miles distant,
the house is situated in a well-wooded park of 300
is the nearest money order & telegraph office
acres, was built by Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st bait, Wall Letter Box, School, Booker, cleared at 8 a.m. &
and subsequently enlarged and beautified by his son, 5.25 p.m. week days only
Lord Le Despencer, and is a handsome mansion in p„st Office, Wheeler End.— John Ing, sub-postmaster,
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12.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 1.30 & 5.30 p.m. Lane
columns and the grand staircase is balustraded in End, 1 mile distant, is the nearest money order &
mahogany and richly decorated. The trustees of the telegraph office
late Sir George Henry Dashwood bart. are lords of the Post Office, Booker.— Mrs. Annie Crook, sub-postmis­
manor and principal landowners. The soil is chiefly tress. Letters arrivefrom High Wycombe at 8.15
chalk with large beech woods, the value of which has a.m.; dispatched at 5.25 p.m. Lane End & West
caused the place to become a chair-making district; Wycombe, 2\ milesequi-distant, are the nearest
subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and money order & telegraph offices
oats. The area is 6,422 acres of land and 31 of water;
Elementary Schools.
rateable value, £11,723 ; the population in 1911 was
2,931 in the civil and 4,248 in the ecclesiastical parish. West Wycombe, built in 1874, for 200 children ; George
Holland, master; Mrs. S. A. Giles, infants’mistress
BOOKER, 2 miles south-east; WHEELER END, 2^ Downley, built in 1873, for 198 children ; John Jackson,
master
miles south-west; DOWNLET,
miles south-east and
part of LANE END, 4 miles south-west, are parts of Wheeler End, built in 1873, for 135 children; James
this parish.
Henry Davies, master
Booker, built in 1889,& enlarged in 1897, for 150
Parish Clerk, John Fryer.
children ; Gilbert Thomas Williams, master
Post, M. 0 ., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.— Sands
, built in 1903, for 150 children; Alfred Charles
Miss Constance Reintgen, sub-postmistress. Letters
F
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arrive from High Wycombe at 6.15 a.m. 12 noon &
Railway
Station, Clifford G. Turner, station master
4.45 p.m. to callers only ; dispatched at 2 & 6 p.m. ;
no sunday post
Carrier to Marlow.— Bradley, thurs
PRIVATE BESIDENTS.
Day William Alfred, Friend-at-Hand Thomas Edgar Iram,frmr.Fryers frm
Butler Mrs. Lynton
P.H. Railway station
Thomas Watkin Wm.frmr.Pyatts frm
Edmonds Fredk. Elm cot. Plomer HI Dickson John, farmer, Slough Bottom Wapshott Ernest Arthur, g ro ce T , PidFraser Mrs. West Wycombe park
Edmonds Geo. jobmaster & butcher
dington
Gardham Arthur, Glastonbury, West Field George, farmer, Grove farm West Harry Edwin, frmr. Myze farm
Wycombe road
Field John, farmer, Ham farm
Wheeler Thos. Hy. farmer, Cook’s hall
Gibson Edward, Long Lea, West j Fryer James Michael, miller (water)
Wycombe road
Lower Mill End
DOWNLEY.
Goodchild Charles Henry, Rosedale,jGibson George, farmer, Chorley farm
West Wycombe road
,Giles William & Herbert, chair mas Chiverton — ,Ravenshoe
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Goodearl Albert Thomas, Athumney, \Gillett Francis, farmer, Mill End
West Wycombe road
Gomm Harris&Geo.farmers,Flint hall (curate)
Newton
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Harris Joseph Nathaniel, Park cres Grimsdale Fred W. butcher
North Benjamin J.P. Wyclands
Harman Ernest, coal merchant, &
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North Benjamin Stephen, Briarholme George & Dragon hotel
er retailear
Bead John, Savona,West Wycombe rd Harris Brothers, grocers, Lane End Brion FrVerderiTck,-nbe
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Stanton Frederick Wm. Beechcvoft Heeley Frank. Squirrel P H Booker n
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White Arthur Thomas, Dalbani, West Hodsdon Eliza (Mrs.), heer retailer p] ?? r J u - BrloHenry,
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mte Benjamin, Glasnevin, West King George, farmer, Bradenham hill Fidld William, farmer
Wycombe road
~ ‘inrriiom K - * l' a« i- i j Martin Thomas, grocer, Post office
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Wodehouse Edmond Henry C.B.,J.P. K fafrmers. Nobles
Mines Jabez, shopkeeper
Plomer Hill
!Lee Thomas, saddler
Newell Thomas, beer retailer
Wooler Rev. William Upton M.A. IMead William, grocer
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B p™fffiC0,1StanC<> (MiSS)' stai-i°ner’IJonesA. Heathfield, The Heights
rooks William, wheelwright
urn am Rowland Alexander, shop Rmninfünn^'oC ftjf \ l, i Lloyd Charles Mostyn, Beechcroft
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William, wheelwright
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ArimFrenSi°LCharles'Brickmaker’i|Smith Richard & C o . chair manufac- Stallw00d Edward, Castlefield villa
i Wheeler end
turers. Lane end
1— 01WheeleT°endarm6r8’Eickefct’s f^m, j Smith Thomas', farmer, Booker
WhUe Arthur Brooke’
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Spriggs Charles, farmer, Plomer hill
Gutter A^eliblacksmith
Stallwood Thos. farmer,Averingdown Bryant Charles W. grocer, Post office
k°ad gatekeeper to the Styles William, Dashwood Arms P.H Fryer Michael, corn merchant
w stW Jcombe estate, Toweridge Suggett John, Black Boy P.H
West Walter William, shopkeeper
nllage^^PfISB1T:RY (°r Wraysbury) is a parish and adjoining Staines, 3^ miles south-west-by-south from
river Thi»vt ^ miles long, on the north bank of the Colnbrook, 4$ east from WindsoT, 21J from London, in
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