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EA ST CLAYDON.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

E A S T C LA Y D O N .

Tom pkins H arry, beer retailer

N u ttin g Lo uis W a lter B ligh
S eym ou r Conw ay R ussell. W hite ho
Hinton W m . Hy. farm er, New farm
Jennings Jam es, butcher
M ashiter Richard, farm er, Zion hill
P e rry Thom as Sidney, farm er &
breeder of pedigree shire horses,
V erney farm
R aw lings H enry Bell, farm er, Monkom b farm

B O T O LPH C LA YD O N .
Verney M rs. Botolph house
COMMERCIAL.

B eckett A lb ert, farm er, Lawn farm
B lindell W illiam , tailor & assistant
overseer & clerk to the Parish C ou n ­
cil for M iddle Claydon
L ester
F rederick
W illiam ,
dairy
farm er,
g ra zier & shire horse
breeder, Bernwood farm

[K E L L Y ’S
L ib ra ry (Miss Florence V . Wyatt
hon. librarian)
McNab Jam es, farm er, B otolph farm
Slade M ary (M rs.), aparts. Post office
W ebb John, shopkeeper
W heeler Charles, farm er
W hite John, com m ercial traveller
W hite John A lfred, schoolmaster &
organist of A ll S ain ts’
W iggins B rothers, smiths

M I D D L E C L A Y D O N is a village and parish, i mile A rth u r G ordon M .A . of T rin ity College, Cambridge
south-east from Claydon and 2 south-w est from Verney A C em etery of th ree-quarters of an acre was formed
Ju n ctio n stations on the O xford and B letch ley branch in 1877, at a cost of £250, from land given by the
of the London and N orth W estern railw ay, about 3 late S ir H arry V ern ey bart. and is under th e control
east from C a lvert station on the G reat C en tral railw ay, of th e Parish Council. H ere are almshouses for six
4 w est-south-w est from W inslow, 6 south-east from aged persons, erected b y S ir Ralph V em e y, 1st bart
B uckingh am , 13 north-north-w est from A ylesb ury, and who died in 1696. S ir Ralph V erney’s ch arity of about
56 from London, in the N orthern division of th e county, 21 acres producing £48 yearly, and Mrs. Verney’s
Ashendon hundred, B uckingham petty sessional d iv i­ £ 24 yea rly, and Baroness F erm an agh ’s ch arity of £ i 2
sion, union and county cou rt d istrict, ru ra l deanery are all now adm inistered under a schem e issued by the
of Claydon, archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese C h arity C om m ission ers; clerk to the trustees, C. B.
of O xford. The ch urch of A ll Saints is a sm all edifice Rawlings. The free p ub lic lib ra ry, established in 1 8 9 3
o f stone in the D ecorated and P erpendicular styles, under the P ub lic Libraries A c t of 1892, contains about
consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an em ­ 3,000 volum es. Claydon House, th e seat of Sir Harry
b attled western tow er containing 3 bells, and was C alvert W illiam s V erney b art. M .P. lord of the manor
th o ro u gh ly restored in 1871; in the church are m on u­ and owner of all th e land w ith the exception of the
m ents and brasses to the V erney and G iffard fa m ilie s ; glebe and a sm all portion belonging to th e railw ay, is
am ong them is a m onum ent to Sir E dm un d Verney, a noble m ansion of b rick and stone, surrounded by a
K n igh t M arshal and standard-bearer to K in g Charles beautiful park of about 300 acres in w hich are three
I. who fell at th e battle of E d g eh ill, 23rd Oct. 1642; fine pieces of w ater. Th e soil is clay loam , w ith beds
a Jacobean m onum ent, w ith kneeling effigies at a desk, of sand and g r a v e l; subsoil, clay. Th e land is chiefly
to Urian V ern ey, 1608, and L e ttice. h is w ife, and pasture. Th e area is 2,627 acres of land and 13 of
a brass m edallion to the R t. Hon. S ir H arry Verney w a te r; rateable value, £ 3 ,8 1 7 ; the population in 1911
b art. P.O ., M .P. d. 1894; the chancel was b u ilt by was 257 in th e c iv il parish and 591 in the ecclesiastical
R oger G iffard or G yfford, in 1519, and is divided from parish.
the nave by a b eautifu l 16th cen tu ry carved oak screen, Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.
and on its north w all is a m onum ent to him , 1543, and
— W illiam Cubbage, sub-postm aster. Letters through
M ary (V erney), h is w ife, w ith brass effigies of unusual
Steeple C laydon, B ucks, delivered a t 7 & 11.45 a.m .;
size, and also of 18 children : th ere is also a brass w ith
dispatched 6.55 a.m . & 2.5 & 7.5 p.m . week days &
to A lexander Anne, th e la st ch an try p riest,
on Sundays are delivered at 7 a.m . & dispatched at
1526, one to Isabel G iffard, 1523, and in the chancel
11-15 a -m
an altar tom b w ith a re c u m b e n t effigy
in alabaster W all L etter Box, V erney Junction, cle a r e d a t 8.15 a.m.
to
a lady of this fam ily, 1539: th ere is a p is c in a in i
& 2.20, 4 & 8 p . m . ; S u n d a ys, 8.25 a.m
th e south w all of the n a v e: th ere are
120 sittings. Pillar Box, Sand H ill, cleared 8 a.m . & 2.10 & 6.30
The register dates from the year 1630. Th e livin g is
p . m . ; Sundays, 8.15 a.m
a rectory, w ith the vicara g e of E ast C laydon annexed. Th e children of th is parish atten d the school at East
jo in t net yea rly value, £370, w ith residen ce and 46
Claydon
acres of glebe, in the g ift of Sir H arry C . W. j V ern ey Junction Station, A rch ib ald Charles Ewart
Verney bart. M .P. and held since 1897 by the Rev. | Laun ch b ury, station m aster
B eckett H arry, farm er
Hodges W ilton , farm er, G lebe farm
B rad ley James, farm bailiff to Mr. Jackson
D aniel,
gam ekeeper
to
G eorge Stonhill
B icester & W arden H ill H unt
Capel Robert & E. farm ers, M uxwell Jeans J as.Station h otel,V ern ey Junctn
Wood farm
Lester A nthony, farm er
C em etery (W illiam Blindell, clerk)
M ashiter John, farm er
Claydon N ursery Co
Middle Claydon F ree L ibrary (Miss
Cook Edward & A lb ert, farm ers, I M. M ashiter. librarian)
FinemoTe h ill
i P hillips A ndrew , farm b ailiff to G. B.
Cow ell W illiam C. farm er
1 Warn esq. Know l hill
COMMERCIAL.
Cox A lb ert John, b rick & tile m aker IRobertson John H. land agent to Sir
B e ck e tt A lb ert,farm er,M oun t Pleasant Cubbage W m . w ater divin er, Post off I H arry C. W. V erney b art. M .P., J.P
C L I F T O N E E Y N E S is a sm all parish on an eminence elegant altar tom b of soft w h ite stone, supportin g two
overlooking the riv er C u se and the tow n of Olney which recum bent effigies, boldly and elaborately executed in
is adjoining, and is a station on the B edford and N o rth ­ th e same m a te r ia l; the figure of th e kn igh t is habited
am pton branch of the M idland railw ay. 6 m iles north- in chain and plate arm our, over which is a jupon
north-east from Newport Pagnell and 10 w est from em blazoned w ith th e arm s of R ey n e s; th at of th e lady
Bedford, in the N orthern division of th e county, hundred, has a reticu lated headdress and v eil, and a long flowing
anion and county cou rt d istrict of N ew port Pagnell, ro b e ; there is n eith er date nor inscription, b u t the
ru ra l deanery of N ew port Pagnell, archdeaconry of tom b is supposed to be th at of S ir John Reynes and
B uckingham and diocese of Oxford. Th e church of his first w ife, Catherine (S cu d a m o re); each side of
St. M ary th e V irgin is an edifice of stone, chiefly in the tom b is rich ly sculptured and divided by buttresses
th e D ecorated style, consistin g of chancel w ith north into eigh t lo fty niches w ith canopies, over which Tuns a
chapel separated from it by an arcade of two arches, hollow c orn ice; under th e w esternm ost arch is a third
nave, aisles, south porch and an em battled western altar tom b, ornam ented on each side w ith five shields
tow er containing 6 bells, reh u n g in 1905; the chancel surrounded w ith tracery, upon which are two other
retain s a p iscin a; in the north chancel aisle is a low recum bent effigies carved in oak and m uch resembling
alta r tom b of Decorated work placed under a canopied th e first two, the m ale figure bearing a s h ie ld ; this
arch, w ith good han gin g tracery, upon w hich recline tom b, like the form er, is undated and has no inscription,
tw o figures carved in oak, representing a k n ig h t b ut has been assigned, from the arm orial shields upon
in arm our of the 13th century, w ith crossed legs, his it, to Ralph de Reynes, who died about 1310, and his
head restin g on tw o cushions and h is feet on a d o g ;
second wife A m abel, daugh ter of S ir Richard Chambert h e le ft hand hold9 the scabbard, and th e rig h t grasps lain, of Petsoe, since th e tom b bears on th e south side
th e sw ord: th e other figure
is th a t of a lady in q uarterings of the arm s of G reen and Drayton and on
w im ple, veil, and a sleeveless gown, fallin g in folds to the north side the arm s and q u arterin gs of the
h er f e e t ; the m onum ent has n either date' inscription, Cham berlain fa m ily ; there is also a brass to Sir John
nor arm orial bearings, b ut is assum ed to com ­ Reynes, w ith effigy and an inscription dated 1428; and
m em orate Sim on de B orard and M arg aret his w if e ; he another w ith shrouded effigies to a m an and his wife,
was lord of th is m anor and died c. 1260: under the c. 1590, and perhaps rep resen tin g John Reynes and
easternm ost arch of the chancel arcade is an extrem elv Agne? his 2nd w ife ; the fine octagonal stone font is
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

De la W arr M uriel C oun tess, Sandhill
G ordon Rev. A rth u r M .A . R ectory
Raw lings Charles Busby
Robertson John H. Ballam s
V erney S ir H arry C a lvert W illiam s
hart. M .P., J .P . C laydon h o u se; &
Brooks’s, Th e N ational Liberal &
Royal A utom obile clu bs, London
S W ; & R hianva, A nglesey