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•M u rray-F ord Mrs. C apel Coombe,
Dunsm ore
Sm ith M rs. A u stin , T errick house
Vardon Rev. Sidney W entw orth M .A
(rector), Rectory

Cox Brothers, builders, decorators is 1 «Norris Daphne (M rs.), shopkeeper
undertakers
Dunsm ore
C u rtis G eorge, farm er, G rove farm
N orth A rth u r, coal dealer, C h a lk sh ira
*D e en n g Geo. F ox in n ,S cru b Wood Parish H all. Reading & Recreation
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iH c r p John
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.K o c Ernest,
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blacksm iths, Terrick
COMMERCIAL.
Pitch er H enry, farm er, Bushev Leys
Eldridge
L e titia
(M rs.),
R u s s e ll! Purssell Richard, farm er, Nash Lee
Ballard Jsph. P. farm er, Lee Barn
A rm s P.H
Saunders Jabez, farm er, D irby Wood
B arrett A lfred , carrier
E llesborough G olf C lub (C apt. H ugo
(postal address, G reat Hampden,
B arre tt
M abel
(M iss)
A .L .C .M
B. Burnaby, sec)
G reat M issenden)
teacher of the pianoforte
^ farm er, Dunsm ore farm | Sm ith Charles, p rivate gardener to
*H ill Jam es,
B arrett Mary Jane (M rs.) L . O . S . ! K
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irb yy Joseph
Joseph H
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Col. A rth ur H. Lee M .P. Chequers
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C o u rt lodge
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mi^ler (w ater) Mason Amos & Francis, farm ers. W alker Thom as (exors. of), farmers
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farm
«Bonham E dw in Thom as,D
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Lod„ e hiu
M althouse & T e rrick farm s
B urch Jabez, aparts. Prim rose cot
M ortim er John, farm er, Coom be
Webb A rth u r, baker
C h ish o lm A ngus, steward to Col. | Morton Jam es,’ beer retailer
W heeler H enry, farm er, Chalkshire
A rth u r H Lee M .P
I M unger Robert (exors. of), farm ers,
C laydon G eorge, farm er, Nash Lee
C halkshire farm
E M B E R T O N is a parish and a p retty village separated b read ; Mrs. K n ig h t M illar's ch arity of £ 1 10s. is for
from O lney b y the O use and on th e road from Newport the benefit of widows, and H ill’s of ¿ 1 10s. for educa­
Pagnell to O ln ey; it is two m iles south from Olney tion. In the village is a clock tower, erected by the
station on the Bedford and N ortham pton branch of th e Rev. Thom as F ry, rector from 1804 to i860, to the
M idland railw ay, 4 north from N ew port Pagnell. 12 west m em ory of M argaret, h is w ife. F . A. K ö n ig esq. who
from Bedford, 12 from N ortham pton and 10 from Stony is lord of the m anor, and the Rector and Fellow s of
S tra tfo rd , in the N orthern division of the county,hundred, Lincoln College, O xford, are the principal landowners.
p etty sessional division, union and county cou rt district The soil is gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat,
of Newport, Pagnell, rural deanery of N ew port rag n ell, barley, beans and roots. The area, w ith Petsoe manor,
archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese of Oxford. The is 1,880 acres of lan d and 7 of w a te r; assessable value,
church of A ll S ain ts is a buildin g in the Decorated style, ^ 2 ,19 6 ; the population in 1911 w as 458 in th e civil and
consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of five bays, 465 in th e ecclesiastical parish.
aisles, north and south porches and an em battled western
Post Office.— W alter Hoddle, sub-postm aster. Letters
tower containing 6 bells : a new b ell was presented in
arrive th rou gh New port P a g n ell at 6.40 a.m . & 12.5
1899 b y C am p bell G . H ulton e s q .: the tower was
n oon; dispatched at 9.25 & 11.20 a.m . & 6.55 p .m .;
restored in 1914 at a cost of ^ 18 0 : there are piscina
Sunday, 11 a.m . Olney, 1 m ile distant, is the nearest
and sedilia in th e south wall of the ch an ce l: the stained
money order & telegraph office
ea st window, given by the Rev. C. Hulton, is a m em orial
Petsoe E n d is also in th is parish.
to Thom as F letch er e s q .; the ch urch also contains
eleven other stain ed windows and a m ural brass to John
P E T S O E M A N O R. 2 m iles east from Em berton, for­
Morden, a form er rector, c. 1410; the ch urch was m erly extra-parochial, is a parish belonging to Lincoln
th o ro u g h ly restored in 1869; from the resem blance College, Oxford, and has been annexed to Em berton for
between the ch urch es of Em berton and Olney they are ecclesiastical1 purposes. T h e feoffee estate of 7 acres
supposed to be the work of th e sam e a r c h ite c t: a new •and 9 cottages with the school and school house produce
organ, the g if t of C . M. T ath a m esq. was erected in nearly £36 yearly, which is distrib uted in coal and
1899: there are 400 s it t in g s : there is a lis t of rectors clothing. The population in 1911 was 3 ; the area is
from the year 12x9. T h e reg ister of baptism s dates 410 ac re s; assessable value, ^ 157.
from th e year 1659; m arriages, 1674; b urials, 1673.
B y Local Governm ent Board O rder, 18,130, dated March
T h e livin g is a rectory, net yea rly value £425, w ith
residence, in the g ift of C am pbell A . G. Hulton esq. of 25, 1886, a detached part of Em berton was transferred to
Hardmead.
B irkdale, S outh p ort, and held since 1878 b v the Rev.
Sexton, W illiam M ynard.
G eorge F rederick Sam s M .A. of St. P eter’s College,
C am b rid ge, and rural dean of N ew port Pagnell. Miss E lem en tary School, erected in 1876, at a cost of £ 700,
Hughe«’ ch arity of £ 1 10s. yearly is distrib uted in
for 124 ch ild ren ; Joseph W illiam B ritton , m aster
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

COMMERCIAL.

•Greaves M iss
Andrews Jam es, farm bailiff to Mr.
G u ille Mrs
J. C. H ipw ell, W est lane
How Mrs
Berril John, cowkeeper
Parker Miss
Booth F rederick W illiam , carpenter
Rackliff H enry C h arles.T h e L aurels Brown Joseph, blacksm ith
S am s R ev. G eorge Frederick M .A. Brown Thom as C. farm er
(rector & rural dean). R ectory
Clode H erbert, farm er, Stone P it frm
Savory Mrs. Em berton house
F airsv Thom as, farm er, Manor farm
T ath a m Charles
Feazey C harles, fan n er
W illiam s Jam es, Em berton lodge
Hensm an Thom as G eorge, farm er.
Y o rk Misses
C h urch farm
Y ork Mrs. John, W estfield
J Hcbbs E lizabeth (M rs.). laundress

Howson H y. p ig dealer, Prospect pi
Howson Sarah Ann (M rs.), shopkeeper
Inns M. A & Sons, farm ers, Petsoo
m anor
Inns W illiam & F ran k, farmers,
Petsoe lodge
L e tt Charles, butcher
Lyon Alexander, farm er
Mayes Reginald J. farm er
Paybody E rn est, beer retailer
Sargent G eorge W illiam , baker
W est E liza (M rs.), shopkeeper
Wootten Frederick H. Bear P.H

E TON
E T O N is a union town and parish on the north bank of a part of U pton-cum -Chalvey was added to Slough,
the Tham es, an iron bridge over which connects it w ith and by an O rder, No. 39,609, dated October 1st, 1900, a
W indsor, from w hich station i t is half a m ile distant, further part of U pton-cum -Chalvey and p art of Eton
21 m iles from London via the G reet W estern railw ay W ick parish were annexed to Eton civil parish and
and 25 m iles from London b y the South W estern rail­ Urban D istrict.
way. 1^ south from the Slough Junction (G rea t W estern),
The church of St. John the E vangelist is a building
5 south-east from Maidenhead and 5 n orth-w est from of stone in the E arly Decorated style, and was erected and
Staines ; it is in the Southern division of the county, consecrated in 1854, in place of the old chapel of ease to
hundred and p etty sessional division of Stok e, county the College chapel, b uilt in 1769, by the Rev. William
•court- district of Windsor, ru ra l deanery of B urnham , H etherington, fellow of Eton, the College chapel having
archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese of Oxford. The up to that tim e served as the parish c h u rch : in 1875, the
town consists m ainly of one long street and is well paved connection between the parish and C ollege of Eton being
and ligh ted w ith th e electric lig h t by a co m p an y; it dissolved, th;s building was constituted the parish church,
was controlled by a L ocal Board of H ealth from
and consists of chancel w ith aisle, nave of six bays, aisles,
O ctober 19, 1849, b ut under th e “ Local G overnm ent north and east porches and an eastern tower with lofty
A ct, 1894,” it is now governed by an Urban D istrict
spire containing one b e ll; th e reredos is of alabaster
C ouncil. T h e d istrict is divided into N orth and South and m osaic, and there is a piscina and s e d ilia ; the chance:
wards. The town is supplied w ith w ater from works is paved w ith black and white m arble, and is separated
at T A N G IE R IS LA N D , the p roperty of the Corporation from its aisle by a traceried oak screen, and a similar
of W indsor.
screen, designed by A . Y . N u tt esq. divides the
By Local G overnm ent Board Order, No. 39,611,
chancel and n a v e ; the east window was erected b y sub­
am ended by O rder No. 42.617, dated October 1st, 1900,
scriptions in 186c as a m em orial of H .R .H . Prince