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T IN G E W IC K .

B U C K IN G H A M S H IR E .

[KELLY*!

TINGE W I C K is a parish, on the borders of Oxford­
shire, and bounded, on the north by the river Ouse, 3
miles west from Buckingham station on the Bletchley
and Banbury line of the London and North Western
railway and 2 north from Finmere station on the Great
Central railway, in the Northern division of the county,
in the hundred, petty sessional division, union and
county court district of Buckingham, rural deanery of
Buckingham (Buckingham portion), archdeaconry of
Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The parish was
inclosed by Act of Parliament passed in 1773. The
church of St. Mary Magdalen is a building of stone,
consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south
porch and an embattled western tower containing 6
bells: the nave is Early English, its arcades having
plain arches on circular piers: the south side has
been rebuilt in a modern imitation of the same
style: on the north side is a blocked Norman door­
way : the chancel and tower are good Perpendicular,
the latter having a very good doorway on the west
side: the chancel retains a small piscina and a
curious brass to Erasmus Williams, rector of this
parish, who died in 1608; it includes a demi-effigy,
habited in a gown and on either side a pillar,
hung with astronomical, musical, and geometrical in­
struments and other articles; below is an epitaph, sup­
posed to have been written by Dr. Richard Haydock,
the physician: in 1867 a south porch was added, the
chancel restored and the church re-seated, and in 1893
a stained east window was placed in the chancel by
the Rev. John Coker M.A. rector 1855-1901, and a new
oak reredos, the gift of Miss Moorsom, erected: a new
organ was provided in 1896: there are 315 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a
rectory, net yearly value £220, with residence, in the
gift of the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford,
and held since 1906 by the Rev. Philip Edwin Raynor
M.A. of that College. The Congregational chapel, built

in 1875, will seat 150 persons; the Wesleyan chanel
built in 1863, affords 120 sittings. Longland’s charity
of £10 and North’s of £1 are distributed yearly. Lace
making is carried on by the poor to some extent
In 1860-2 remains of some Roman foundations, bronze
instruments, and ornaments, pottery and coins were dis­
covered in a field called “ Stollidge,” a quarter of a mile
north-east of the village, then the property of the late
Mr. R. P. Greaves; the coins dated from A.D. 218 to
395 a°d were almost wholly of brass. The warden
and Fellows of New College, Oxford, are lords of the
manor. The rector, the trustees of the late Mr. R. p
Greaves and Jeffery Tredwell esq. are the principal
landowners. The soil is principally gravelly loam and
clay; subsoil, various; the land more pasture than
arable. The area is 1,342 acres of land and 5 of waterrateable value, £3,191; the population in 1911 was 663.
Parish Clerk, Frederick '
Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.
— John Thomas Barnes, sub-postmaster. Letters
arrive from Buckingham at 7 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; dis­
patched at 1.40 & 6.5 p.m. ; sundays, arrive at 7
a.m. ; dispatched at 12 noon
Wall Letter Boxes.— Buckingham road, cleared at 1.45
& 6.10 p.m.; sundays, 12.5 p.m.;& Little Tingewick,
cleared at 1.30 & 6 p.m.; sundays, 11.55 a.m
Elementary School (mixed), built in 1873, for 150 chil­
dren ; William Stanley, master; Mrs. Amelia M.
Stanley, mistress
The Rev. Francis Edmonds, about the middle, of the
last century, erfdowed a charity school with £15 a
year, for teaching & clothing 6 boys & 6 girls; but
the children on this foundation are now educated at
the Elementary school on condition that they attend
the church Sunday school
Carrier to Buckingham.— Wm. Price,mon. wed. fri.& sat
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Cross George, bricklayer
Judd Herbert Owen, shoe maker
Greaves Mrs. Eagle house
Dear Oliver Bertram, apartments, Kingham Joseph, Royal Oak P.H
Bicester house
Perkins Christopher, Church lane
Lewis Amos, White Hart P.H
Pritchard Miss
Dew Edwin Walter, grocer
Lucas Arthur, chimney sweeper
Raynor Rev.Philip Edwin M.A.RectOTy Dudley Robert, butcher
Lucas William, baker
Robarts Gerald, Tingewick house Durrant Ambrose, assistant overseer Markham Richard, thatcher
& income tax collector
Stevens Charles, Fir Tree cottage
Miller Jeffery, builder
Farley George Frederick, butcher
Swire G. Warren, Cedar lawn
Parker George, farmer
Floyd Frank, farmer, Tingewick Pollard & Sons,millers,Tingewickmill
Watkins Mrs. The Laurels
Wood farm
Pollard Ebenezer, shoe maker
COMMERCIAL.
Gardner James Graves, farmer, Price William, carrier & beer retailer
Barnes John Thomas, grocer, Post off Grove Hill farm
Read Thomas Stockley, butcher
Barrett Frederick, blacksmith
Gilson George, saddler
Richardson James, market gardener
Biddlecombe Alfred, shopkeeper
Hadland Fredk. Charles, Crown P.H Tredwell Jeffery, jun. farmer & land­
Coates Mary Ann (Miss), shopkeeper Hawes Thos. J.P. farmr. Rectory frm owner, Sand Pit farm
Coates Richard, painter
Horwood John, Red Lion P.H
Woodman Samuel, draper
Cooper Abel, beer retailer
Jones William James, baker
Wootton Alfred, farmer,Parsonage fnn
Cross Edwin, bricklayer
Judd Edwin, shoe maker
T O W E R S E if is a parish and small village, on the
borders of Oxfordshire, ij miles east from Thame sta­
tion on the Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch of
the Great Western railway, and 9 south-west from
Aylesbury, in the Mid division of the county, hundred
of Ashendon, petty sessional division of Aylesbury,
Thame union and county court district, rural deanery
of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and dio­
cese of Oxford. The church of St. Catherine is a small
edifice of stone, chiefly in the Decorated style, but with
traces of 13th century and earlier work, and consists
of chancel and nave, and an embattled tower with
pinnacles, on the south side of the nave, added in 1854,
at the sole expense of the late Edward Griffin esq.
and containing 4 bells, rehung in 1854, a sanctus bell,
and a clock, presented in 1887 by Mr. S. Lacey, of
Thame, which had previously been for 100 years in the
Town hall at Thame, and for 200 years prior to that
at Bycote chapel, but was renovated and reconstructed
by Sainsbury, of Walthamstow, for this church; the
hexagonal and richly-carved pulpit is Jacobean, and
there is a very good piscina in the chancel; the
cylindrical font is reputed to be of Saxon date. A new
organ was presented in 1887, at a cost of £65, and a
brass lectern in 1892, at a cost of 50 guineas, by Mr.
S. Lacey, of Thame: the church was thoroughly re­
stored in 1850, and the interior in 1877: there are 180
sittings, ,100 being free. In the churchyard is an
avenue of limes and other trees, planted by the late
Edward Griffin esq. to whom a very fine obelisk has
been erected. The register dates from the year 1589.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £105, includ­
ing 58 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of
the Peache trustees, and held since 1908 by the Rev.

Alfred Arthur Pargiter M.A. of Jesus College, Oxford.
The Baptist chapel, erected in 1837, will seat 130
persons. The charities include one of about £30 yearly,
left by Mr. Christopher Deane, for apprenticing poor
boys and for elementary education, £5 a year being
assigned for the vicar of the parish, and one left by
Dame Catherine Pye, of Bradenham, Bucks, for the
benefit of Towersey and four other parishes, and con­
sisting of the rent of a farm in this parish, which is
expended in part for religious education and certain
school prizes, and otherwise given in doles to poor
widows. Towersey Manor, the" property of Gilbert J.
C. Harter esq. of The Grotto, Basildon, Reading, is a
handsome building in the Italian style, pleasantly seated
in well-kept grounds, but now (1915)unoccupied. James
Whitehouse Griffin esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and
principal landowner. The soil is strong loam; sub­
soil, gravel, clay and limestone. The chief crops are
wheat, beans, barley, clover and grasses, and there is
much pasture land. The area is 1,380 acres; rateable
value, £2,279;
population in 1911 was 265.
Sexton, Reuben Giles.
Post & Telegraph Office.— Mrs. Georgina Bowden, sub­
postmistress. Letters are received from Thame by
cycle messenger at 6.40 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; dispatched
at 9.45 a.m. & 6.20 p.m. ; sundays, arrive at 6.45
a.m.; dispatched at 9.50 a.m. Thame, 2 miles dis­
tant, is the nearest money OTder office
Elementary School, built in 1848, receives a moiety of
the late C. Deane’s charity; the school will hold 73
children ; Mrs. Ellen Osborn, mistress