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DIRECTORY.]

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

250 persons. The W esleyan chapel, erected in 1897
and reb uilt in 1902 a t a cost of £7,364, is of brick
with stone dressings in the G oth ic style, and has
sittings for 885 persons. T h e United M etnodist chapel,
in Beilingdon road, was erected in 1907; and in Broad
jtreet are Salvation A rm y barracks, opened in 1898.
The C em etery covers 7 acres, w ith tw o m ortu ary
chapels, and is under the control of the Chesham and
Chartridge Joint B u rial C om m ittee. T h e Town H all,
the property of L o rd C hesham , is an oblong stru c tu ie
of brick supported on a rc h e s ; th e upper p a rt is used
for m eetings and p ub lic en tertain m en ts, and the open
part below as a m arket.
Th e Chesham C lub and
.Literary In stitu te, in the S tation road, is for m en and
women and has three b illiard tables, a len din g and
reference lib ra ry and a bath room , and there is a
Tem perance H all in C h u rch street. Th e m arket for
corn and cattle is held on W ednesdays, and annual
fairs on the 21st A p ril, 22nd J u ly and 28th Septem ber.
The country around tne town is beautifu lly diversified
and very picturesque, and is fam ous for the grow th of
the beech tree, from w hich various articles are made,
such as chairs, m alt shovels, brush blocks and covers,
hoops in sizes, bowls, churn heads and cheese vats and all
kinds of sm all dairy utensils. In the town is a brewery,
and there is a considerable trad e in shoe m akin g for the
army and hom e and foreign trad es; straw p la it was
formerly m anufactured, but th e trade is now nearly
extinct. Som e copious springs near the town form a
fine expanse of w ater, sup plying th e river Chess, which
falls into the Colne near Rickm answ orth, working
several flour m ills on its co u rse ; on th e road to A m er­
sham is a chalybeate spring, sim ilar to the T unbridge
water. Thom as H arding, an aged m an, suffered death
at the north end of th e town, about 1532, durin g the
Marian persecution.
Weedon’s alm shouses, endowed
with 100 acres, p roducing £40 yea rly, w ere b u ilt in the
reign of Jam es I. by Thom as Weedon, citizen and draper
of London, who died in 1624; th ese houses are for four
persons, each of whom receives seven shillings per w eek
with other gratu ities. The E arl and Countess of Devon­
shire’s charity of £ 1 1 y e a r ly ; J. C heyney’s of £ 2 , given
by deed in 1555 ; and Caw dery’ s £ 3 , bequeathed in 1670,
are for distribution in m oney, to be divided between 7
persons by th e v ic a r and churchwardens for th e tim e
being; Mrs. Johnson’s g ift of the in terest of £500 is a t­
tached to the B oard and Parish sch o o ls; and th e interest
of £500 to the Dorcas S o c ie ty ; B utterfield’s g ift of
£2 15s. od. yearly, provides for certain sermons. The
Bury, b uilt in the year 1716 by W illiam Lowndes esq.
secretary to the Treasu ry in the reign of Queen Anne,
is the seat of W illiam F . L . F . Lowndes esq. J .P . :
in 1853, d urin g excavations then being m ade for the
foundations of an east w ing, 13 hum an skeletons were
found about 4 feet below th e surface. Lord Ches­
ham and the trustees of the late John Stratton F uller
esq. who are lords of the m anor, J. W . G arrett-P eg g e
esq. W illiam F. L . F. Lowndes esq. J .P . and Frederick

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B utcher esq. J .P . are the p rin cipal landowners. The
soil is chalk, clay and flint. The area of the parish
and Urban D istric t is 1,372 acres of land and 14 of
w a te r ; rateable value, £30 ,6 14; population of the
p arish in 1901, 7,245, and in 1911, 8,204.
The population oi S t. M ary ecclesiastical p arish in
1911 was 7,509.
B y Local G overnm ent Board O rder No. 34,772, which
cam e into operation A p ril 1st, 1897, Part 01
civil
parish of Chesham was constituted a new civil parish
called A sh ley G reen . By O rder No. 38,750, w hich came
into operation A p ril 1st, 1899, fu rth er parts of Chesham
were form ed into the civil parishes of C h artrid ge and
Latim er. B y O rder No. 41,337, which cam e into opera­
tion October 1st, 1900, p art of A sh ley G reen civil parish
was added to th e civil parish and Urban D istrict of
Chesham.
Verger, G eorge Sm ith .
W A T E R S ID E is a ham let situated in a valley adjoin­
in g the town, th rou gh w hich the riv er Chess flows, and
was form ed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1867.
C h rist C h u rc h is a b uilding of flin t and B ath stone,
in the E arly E n g lish and D ecorated styles, consisting
of chancel, nave, south aisle and south porch, and
there is one bell at th e w estern e n d : th e ch urch
was consecrated on th e 18th of A u g u s t, 1864, and
restored in 19x3: the th ree E a rly E n g lish windows
at the east end are filled w ith rich ly stained gla ss to
the m em ory of the w ife of G . G osset H ill e s q .; those
on either side of the chancel are m em orials resp ectively
to Josepha M artha Collis and F rederick Joseph T y le r :
there are 250 sittin g s. T h e reg ister dates from the
year 1864. Th e liv in g is a vicarage, net yea rly v alu e
£ 175 , w ith residence, in th e g ift of L o rd C hesham , and
field since 1906 by the R ev. R obert H ugh S tacey M .A .
of S t. John’s College, C am bridge. S t. G eorge’s chapel
of ease, at T Y L E R ’S H IL L , w ith in the ecclesiastical
parish of C h ris t C h urch and civil p arish of L a tim er,
w ill seat upw ards of 100 p erso n s: in 1913 th e church
was underpinned and the fabric th oro u gh ly restored
by Lord C hesham in m em ory of his parents. Chesham
C ottage H ospital, standing on an em inence a t W a ter­
side, was opened in 1869 and has eig h t beds, one cot
and a c r a d le ; in 1914 95 patients were tr e a t e d : it
is m anaged b y a com m ittee of w h ich J . W . G arcettP egge esq. is p re s id e n t: patien ts m u st be recom ­
m ended b y a m em ber of the com m ittee and p ay a
m in im u m sum of 2s. 6d. w eekly, but accidents are
ad m itted at all tim es. A b u ild in g w ith class-room s
for th e C hurch S unday School and other ch urch p u r­
poses was com pleted in 1886, at a cost of £900. H ere
are three flour m ills ; the m ak in g of boots and shoes,
wood turn ery, in clu d in g shovels for brewers and m a lt­
sters, brush handles and boards and spoons of all
sizes is carried on. There are also several duck farm s
and extensive w atercress beds. Th e population of the
ecclesiastical parish in 1911 was 1,508.

O F F IC IA L E S T A B L ISH M E N T S , L O C A L IN S T IT U T IO N S &c.
Post, M. 0 ., T. & Telephonic E xpress Delivery Office.—
John C hegw idden, postm aster
Hours of Business.— F or sale of stam ps, post cards,
newspaper wrappers &c. & for delivery of letters to
callers, the office is open from 8 a.m . to 8 p .m . on
week days, & on Sundays from 8.30 to 10 a.m . For
money orders & savings bank business the office is
open on w eek days from 8 a.m . to 8 p .m . For the
sale & paym ent of postal orders the office is open from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m . Telegrap h business is transacted
from 8 a.m . t ill 8 p.m . ; telephone open 8 a.m . to 8
p.m. ; Sundays, from 8.30 till 10 a.m
Dispatch of M ails.— W eek days— A m ersham & G reat
Missenden & local delivery, 4.45 a . m . ; London & all
parts, 8.35, 10.10 & 11.45 a .m .; A m ersh am , 1.30
p.m . ; London & all parts, 4.15 p .m . ; A m ersham &
W est of E ngland, 7.5 p .m . ; South, E ast & W est of
England, 7.45 p.m . ; Berkham sted, N orth of E ngland,
Wales, Scotland & Ireland, 7.45 p.m . ; London & all
other parts, 8.50 p.m .
Parcel m ails, hours of dis­
patch on week days are 11.45 a m - & 4-I5> 7» 7-45 &
8 p.m . ; deliveries begin at 7 & 10 a.m . & 6 p.m .
on week days ; Sundays, 7 a.m . only. L e tters can be
registered 15 m inutes before the dispatch of each
m ail. Sundays— F or A m ersh am , South & W est of
England, 7.5 p.m . ; for Berkham sted, London, N orth
of E ngland, W ales, Scotland, Ireland & all parts,
7 -4 5 P-m
Town Sub-Post & M. 0 . Offices— W aterside & New
Town. These offices are both open from 8 a.m . to
8 p.m . on week days (closing at x p .m . on thursdays)
for the sale of stam ps, postal orders &c. Th e box

closes for the dispatch of
side, 8, 9.45 & 11-30 a.m .
Sundays, 5.15 p .m . New
a.m . & 3 -4 5 , 6.45, 7.15 &
p.m . Parcel post business
as at the head office

m ails as follows :— W a ter­
& 4, 6, 7.30 & 8.30 p .m . ;
Tow n, 8.30, 9.30 & 11.15
8.15 p .m . ; Sundays, 7.30
is transacted here as well

U RBA N D IS T R IC T C O U N C IL.
M eetings h e ld at the C oun cil Office, H igh street, every
fourth W edn esday at 6.30 p.m .
M em bers.
C h airm an , W . J. Hayes.
R etire A p ril, 1915.
F. A ylett
I Joshua Reynolds
James H erbert
! H enry G. Rose
Jesse Mead
1 Robert J. J. Swan
R etire A pril 1916.
Farm enas Bates
W. J. Hayes
R. H. B. H ickm an

| Francis E dw ard Howard
George Wallington
I Henry G eorge Webb
Retire A p ril 1917.
M. Batem an
[ Ralph Howard
H. Dean
, W T. Moulder
H. Harding
| G . Robinson
Officers.
Clerk, W illiam John Stan drin g, solicitor, H igh street
Treasurer, J. W. W ard, banker, 15 H igh street
M edical Officer of H ealth, Thos. Freem an Lon g M .R .C .S.
E n g., L.R .C .P .L o n d . I v y house, Red Lion street