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

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Little Kimble and a part of Little Hampden were amal­ Letters through Tring by messenger from Butler’s Cross
gamated with Great Kimble, the parish to be designated
arrive at 8 a.m. & a second delivery from Princes
Great and Little Kimble. Great Kimble is a quarter of Risborough at 1.20 p.m. The nearest money order &
a mile south-east from Little Kimble station, on the telegraph office is at Butler's Cross, Ellesborough,
Great Western and Great Central Joint railway through about ij miles distant
Wycombe to Aylesbury, 3J miles west-south-west from Wall Letter Boxes.— By the church, cleared at 7.55 &
Wendover. and 6 south from Aylesbury. The church
11.25 a m - &■ r-4o & 6.25 p.m. week days & 4.50 p.m.
of St. Nicholas, situated 011 an eminence and thoroughly
sundays; Marsh, cleared at 8.45 a.m. & 6 p.m. week
restored and reseated in 1876-81 at a cost of ¿3,543*
days only; Kimble Wick, cleaved at 8.45 a.m. & 6.2c
is an ancient embattled building of flint and stone p.m. week days only; Smokey Row cleared at 8 a.m
in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel with aisles & 1.45 p.m. ; Sundays, 8 a.m
of two bays, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch Elementary School for Great & Little Kimble, built about
and a large embattled western tower, with a corbel
table of heads supporting the parapet and containing 6 1837, f°r 100 children ; Miss Margaret MacKaig, misi
bells: in the chancel is a handsome window, painted Carrier.— Coles, from Princes Risborough passes through
to Aylesbury 011 wed. & sat
by Sir Robert Frankland-Russell bart. of Thirkleby,
Yorkshire, who died nth March, 1849: others to Mrs.
LITTLE KIMBLE is a village, with a station on the
Frankland-Russell Ast-ley, Rev. John Steward, a former
vicar, and one erected in 1892, by the parishioners and Great Western and Great Central Joint railwav
friends, to the Rev. Edward Keating Clay B.A. vicar through Wycombe to Aylesbury, 3 miles west-by-south
1878-91 : the font is Norman and richly carved: the from Wendover, 2^ north-north-east from Princes Ris­
chapel in the south chancel aisle was added by the borough and 5^ south from Aylesbury. The church of
Rev. Arthur Kennet Hobart-Hampden M.A. rector 1891- All Saints, Little Kimble, is a small but ancient build­
1909. as a memorial to his mother, Mrs. Marianne ing of stone, probably dating from the end of the
Hobart, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Oxford 13th century, and chiefly in the Decorated style: it
in 1904: there are 200 sittings. A large tumulus behind consists of chancel, nave, north and south porches and a
the church, called “Dial hill,” was opened by the late bell gable at the west end containing 2 bells: the ea9t
vicar in 1887, and found to be an ancient burial place, and west windows are stained, and on the north side of
in which some relics were met with. The register elates the chancel is a memorial windowto the Rev. Samuel
from the year 1664. The living is a rectory and vicar­ Thomas Chapman, rector here from 1810: five other
age, amalgamated in 1903, joint net yearly value ¿265, windows inthechurch retain fragments of ancient stained
including the rental of the rectory of Little Kimble glass: the pulpit, reading desk and open seats are ot
and 160 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of the oak: on the walls of the nave are some ancieht paintings,
Earl of Buckinghamshire, and held since 1909 by the now nearly obliterated: the floor of the chancel retains
Rev. Edward Foord-Kelcey M.A. of Pembroke College, some ancient tiles, much defaced : there are two piscinae,
Oxford. A charity of ¿5 9s. 2d. per annum, derived one in the east wall and the other in the south wall of
from land in the parish of Ellesborough, is distributed the nave: the font is also ahcient: the church was re­
in bread. The trustees of the late H. J. D. Frankland- stored and reseated in 1875-6, at a cost of ¿1,300 and
Russell Astley esq. who are lords of the manor, the affords 70 sittings. The register dates from the year
trustees of the late George Ball esq. and the Earl of 1657, but is very imperfect. The living is a rector}-,
Buckinghamshire are the principal landowners. The united to the vicarage of Great Kimble. Here is a
soil varies; on the high lands, chalk and flints; low­ Union Baptist chapel. The poor’s allotment consists of
lands, stiff clay; subsoil, chiefly clay. The chief crops ia. 2i‘. of land, producing ¿2 15s. per annum, and is
are wheat, beans, barley and oats; a great portion of distributed in coal.
the lowlands is pasture. The area is 3,411 acres of Post Office.— Alfred Haynes, sub-postmaster. Letters
land and 4 of water ; rateable value, ¿4.250; the popu­ arrive by mail cart from Tring, via Butler’s Cross, at
lation in 1911 was 478.
7.20 a.m. & X.20 p.m.; dispatched 8.40 a.m. & 1 &
MARSH, 2J miles, and KIMBLE WICK, 2§ miles 6 p.m. Butler’s Cross, Ellesborough, about i£ miles
north-west are hamlets. At Marsh is a small Mission distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office
room, built in 1894, and seating about 70 persons; Wall Letter Box, Little Kimble church, cleared week
days at 7.30 & 11.25 a-ni- & T-4° & ^-2S P m -• sun"
services are conducted here every Sunday at 2.45 p.m.
by the rector. A reading-room was also added in 1897. 1 days at 4.40 p.m
1Railway Station, Herbert Howard, station master
Sexton. Benjamin Darvill.
fGarner Charles A. farmer. Round-,‘Vere John, farmer. Marsh
GREAT KIMBLE.
fWeston Hy. farmer, Kimble Wick
hill farm
(Marked thus * receive letters from ‘Girl
ing John (Mrs.), farmer, Marsh j
Aylesbury.)
LITTLE KIMBLE.
Hannell Emily Ann (Miss),Swan P.H
(Marked thus t receivelettersthrough Heritage William, market gardener
P R IV A T E RESIDENTS.
Princes Risborough.)
‘ H ig g iD S
Peter, miller (water), Burra Lancelot Toke, The Glebe ho
Lewis Lewis Ansell, The Bungalow
Marsh mills
P R IV A T E RESIDENTS.
James Frank, farmer. Solinger Murray Mrs. Bonnvbrook
Davis Henry George, Hopewell
Robinson Smith Arthur, Moor hill
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Foord-Kelcey Rev. Edward
Stewart Charles Edward, Lady Mede
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(rector), The Rectory
COMM ERCIAL.
‘Philips Geo. Herbt. Elmbrook,Marsh tKeen Samuel, farmer, Kimble Wick Adams George,
dairy farmer, The
tLangston Thos. farmer, Long Down
COMM ERCIAL.
Laurels
Little Charles, farmer, Grove farm
‘Allnutt John, Prince of Wales P.H. tMiller John, farmer, Kimble Wick Beckett Oliver, laundry
Pammenter Amos, park keeper to Chilton Frederick James, Crown P.H
Marsh
fBatchelor Fdk. frmr. Kimble WTick Col. Arthur H. Lee esq. M.P. The Chilton Frederick Jas. jun. farmer
Little Frederick, farmer, Brookside
Darvill George Willoughby, farmer, Lodge
tParslow Geo. cowkpr. Kimble Wick Slaymaker James, gardener to C. EManor farm
Stewart esq. Lady Mede cottage
Darville Justin, *oal mer. The Mount Pitcher Bros, farmers, Grange farm
Darling Frank, Bear & Cross P.H. & Pitcher Wm. frmr. Old Grange farm Stopps Benjamin, collector & assessor
grocer, & good accommodation for fRose Stanley, farmer. Kimble Wick of income & land taxes
fTapping Emma (Mrs.) & Sons, ‘Stopps William, farmer, High Holvisitors
born Marsh
tEvett William Thomas, farmer, farmers, Kimble Wick
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Tapping John, farmer, Brook farm
Manor farm, Kimble Wick
KINGSEY, a parish formerly in Bucks, has by Local transferred to Oxfordshire, and -will be found in Kelly9
Government Board Order, dated October 27, 1894, been Directory of that county.
L A C E Y G R E E N is an ecclesiastical parish formed and Great Central Joint railway through Wycombe and
August 1, 18 51, from the civil parish of Princes Ris­ Aylesbury, and 12 miles south-east from Aylesburyborough, and comprising the village of Lacey Green, The church of St. John the Evangelist, opened in the
with the hamlets of LOOSLEY ROW and SPEEN. in year 1826, is a plain cruciform building of flint with
the Mid division of the county, hundred and petty stone dressings, consisting of apsidal chancel, added in
sessional division of Aylesbury, union and county 1871, nave, western porch, and a bell gable at the
court district of High Wycombe, rural deanery of Ayles­ junction of chancel and nave containing one bell: there
bury, archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Ox­ are sittings for 400 persons. The register dates from
ford. Lacey Green is ij miles north-east from Saun- the year 1826. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
derton station, and 2$ miles south-south-east from value ¿185, including 65 acres of glebe, with residence,
Princes Risborongh station, both on the Great We«tern in the gift of the rector of Princes Risborough, and