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HAKTWKLL.

B U C K IN G H A M SH IR E

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P.O., LL.D. who gave ¿¿oo; the structure, style, from a design by Mr. Joseph Bonomi A.R.A. and
completed in 1756, is an octagon,' of fine stone, with bears inscriptions composed after the style of the sacred
square towers on the east and west, the former con- hieroglyphics of the Mizraimites by the late Dr. S. Birch
stituting the chancel and the latter serving as a vesti- formerly of the British Museum; the cost of erection was
bole ; there are 3 bells: in the east window are shields defrayed by the late lord of the manor. Hartwell House
of the arms of the Hampden, Lee and Harcourt families, standing in a park of 123 acres and approached by a
•nd at the intersections of the mullions the crests of tine avenue of trees, came into the possession of the
Hampden and Lee; a memorial window was erected' by Lee family in 1570 through a female branch of the
the Misses Lee in memory of their eldest brother, Lee Hampden family; the present building, a spacious
Percival Lee, who died at Versailles; there is another mansion, was modernised by Sir William Lee, 4th bart.
to John Lee LL.D. who died Feb. 25th, 1866; one and contains a large apartment, formerly used as a
placed in 1899 by the late Col. E. D. Lee J.P. and his private chapel; the interior of the mansion is richly
sisters to their mother, and one to the late Col. E. D. adorned with carved work, the grand staircase and
Lee J .P . inserted 1911 bv Mrs. Goodall and Miss Lee; muniment room deserving particular notice; th«
the ceiling, richly ornamented with tracery, is a museum contains several antiquities and fossil remains,
splendid piece of workmanship in imitation of that of chiefly obtained in the neighbourhood; in the grounds
King's College, Cambridge: the font is of marble, on a are several statues and monuments, including an
wooden pedestal, and the pulpit and reading desk are of equestrian statue of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales,
oak, after designs by the late G. E. Street esq. R.A. ; the who died 31st March, 1751. Louis XVIII. of France,
church affords 80 sittings. The register dates from the during his exile, resided in this house from 1807 to
year 1551. The living is a rectory, net yearly value 1814 Mrs. E. D. Lee, the present possessor, is lady of
¿225, in the gift of Mrs. Lee, and held since *1892 by the manor and principal landowner. The soil is rich
the Rev. James Law Challis M.A. of Trinity College, loam; subsoil, sand, limestone and Kimmeridge clay.
Cambridge, surrogate, and F.R.A.S. who is also vicai The chief crops are wheat, beans and oats, but the land,
of and resides at Stone. There is a charity, being the is principally grazed. The area is 913 acres of land and
interest of £117 given to the poor of this place by King 5 of water ; rateable value, ¿2,135; population in
Louis XVIII. ofFrance. The interest of ¿100 in Consols, 1911 was 139.
bequeathed in 1868 by Cecelia, wife of the late John j Parish Clerk, George Clarke.
Lee LL.D. of Hartwell House, is distributed to the poor 'Letters through Aylesbury arrive at 8 a.m. Wall Box,
in coals. In this parish are several remarkable springs. Hartwell House, cleared at 10.15 a.m. & 1.20 & 6.40
one of which has attracted much notice on account p.m. ; Sundays, 12.20 p.m. Stone isthe nearest money
ofa building constructed over it.which isin the Egyptian . order & telegraph office, about half a mile distant
Gurney Thomas J.P
¡Clark George, market gardener
|Norman William Herbert, miller
Hickson SI. Alfd. Einem, Old Rectory Clark Thos. market gardener, Sedrup (steam & water). Haydon mill
Lee Mrs. E. D. Hartwell house
Locke Robert William, brick & tile Save John, farmer, Sedrup & Calley
Sleigh Roland, Hartwell cottage
maker; & at Aylesbury
farms
Markham William, gardener to Mrs. Woodman George, land steward to
COMMERCIAL.
Mrs. E. D. Lee
E. D. Lee, Hartwell house
Carter Thos. Hy. farmer. Cold harbour Miles Leonard, market gardener
H A V E R S H A M is a parish in a fertile valley on the 5th Baron Grey of Rotlierfield, and on his death in
river Ouse, 2 miles north-east from Wolverton station 1387 became the 2nd wife of Sir John de Clinton,
on the London and North Western railway, 14 from 3rd Baron Clinton, who died in 1423; the tomb was
Northampton, 15 from Bedford, and 3^ south-west from repaired by Dorothy, wife of Maurice Thompson
Newport Pagnell and in the Northern division of the esq. in 1665; there is a brass to Alicia Payn, 1427,
county, hundred, petty sessional division, nnion and wife of Thomas Payn esq. one with a skeleton to John
county court district of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery Maunsell gent. 1605, several tablets to former rectors and
of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham and members of the Greaves family, and a memorial window,
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary is an edifice erected in 1897, to the Rev. Arthur Bruce Frazer M.A.
of stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, rectov 1856-89; a carved oak eagle lectern was presented
south porch and an embattled western tower containing in 1867 by Miss Hooper; there are 220 sittings: the
4 bells; the tower was restored and the bells rehung churchyard was enlarged in 1869 by a portion of land, the
in 1903: the tower, south porch, piers and arches of gift of the lord of the manor. The register of baptisms
nave, and one or two windows, are Early English, some dates from the year 1665; marriages, 1685 ; burials, 1670.
windows are Decorated, and the clerestoryand remaining The living isa rectory, net yearly value ¿200, including 7
parts of the church Perpendicular; there are eight acres of glebe, with residence, which was gTeatly improved
stained windows ; during therestoration in 1857 a highly in 1861-62, in the gift of and held since 1889 by the Rev.
decorated Norman arch in the tower, piscinae in the Benjamin Legge Symonds M.A. of Corpus Christi Col­
chancel, and sedilia in the lady chapel were discovered ; lege, Cambridge. Thomas Greaves esq. who is lord of
attached to the pulpit is a curious iron hour glass frame, the manor, the Rt. Hon. Lord Haversham, and John
supposed to date from the time of the Protectorate; Matthew Knapp esq. are the principal landowners. The
on the north side of the chancel is an altar tomb of soil is mixed ; and the crops are wheat, oats and beans.
alabaster, standing under a lofty and elegant double- The area is 1,616 acres of land and 18 of wateT; assess­
feathered arch, enriched with crockets, and lined with able value, ¿3,572; the population in 1 9 1 1 was 185.
panelled tracery ; on the tomb is the recumbent effigy Post Office.— Miss Sarah Smith, sub-postmistress.
of a lady, her head resting on cushions supported by Letters through Wolverton, Bucks, arrive at 6.45 a.m.
angels, and her feet on a lion; the side of the tomb
& 6 p.m.; dispatched at 8.50 a.m. & 12.15 & 6.45
is divided into six trefoil-headed niches, each contain­ p.m. week days; Sundays, 9 a.m. Wolverton. 2 miles
ing a statuette, and above each, along the hollow verge distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office
of the tomb, a rose; the figure is believed to represent Elementary School, built in i 8 6 t , fo r 51 children;
Elizabeth (de la Plaunch), who married 1st, Robert Mrs. Edith M. Bernardi, mistress
Svmonds Rev Benj.LeggeM.A.Rectory)Ely George, farmer
,Poulton George, farmer
Wills Charles T. The Bungalow
Greaves Alfred Alexander, farmer, Smith Alfred, farmer. Grange farm
c o m m e r c ia l.
I Haversham fields
1
Smith Sarah (Miss), shopkeeper.
Adams Roderick G. farmer
¡Henry George William, farmer
Post office
Butler Tom. dairyman
¡Line Daniel, Greyhound P.H
Souster John, farmer. Hill farm
Carr William, miller
INorth Edwin, farmer
Winsor Benjamin J. farmer
H A W R I D G E is a parish and village on the borders of bell turret containing 2 bells: there isa circular Norman
Herts, 3 miles north from Chesham terminal station font, some memorials of the Seare family, and a monu­
on the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint railway, ment to Dorothy (Kitson), wife of Sir Thomas Pakington
3^ miles west from Berkhamsted station on the main kt. and subsequently of Thomas Tasburgh esq. lord of
line of the London and North Western railway, 4 south this manor: she died in 1577: the church affords 115
from Tring and 11 from Aylesbury, in the Mid sittings. There is a list of rect-ors from 1227. The
division of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, union of register of baptisms and marriages dates from 1725!
Aylesbury, petty sessional division and countv court burials, 1727. The living is a rectory, net yearly
district of Chesham, rural deanery of Wendover, arch­ 'value ¿140, with residence and 28 acres of glebe, in
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1904
church of St. Mary is an edifice of cut flint with stone jhy the Rev. William Bramlev Ferry M.A. of Trinity
dressings, in theEarlyEnglish style,rebuiltin 1856 under ICollege, Dublin. Henry John Turner esq. J.P. is lord
the direction of Mr. W. "White, architect: it consists of Iof the manor. William Halzapfel esq. and Major-Gen. Sir
Cancel, nave, transept, south porch and small western O. F. Hadden K.O.B. are the principal landowners. The
Lee kt.