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BUCKLAXD.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

ham let of St. Leonards which belongs to the parish of
Aston Clinton. There is a ch urch of wood, erected on
the com m on in 1862. and affording 92 sittin gs. Here
is a sm all B aptist chapel, b u ilt in i860 and seating 50
persons.
Parish Clerk, Daniel Bone.
L e tters through T rin g arrive at 7.30 a.m . W all L etter
Box, Buckland V illa g e, cleared 11 a.m . A 7 p.m . week
days A 7.30 a.m . sundays. W all L e tte r Box, Buckland

BUCKLAN D.
Mumford Henry A . farm er
Jennetf H enry, Icknield dean
Nicholson Edward, N ew in n ; good
S co t^ /R e v . A ylm er V ivian A rth u r
accom modation
for
cyclists
&
M .A . (recto r), B uckland house
tra v e lle rs ;
teas,
refreshm ents,
COMMERCIAL.
stabling Ac
B a il Jesse, P lough P.H
Paget John, beer retailer
B uckm aster C hrist, farm er,M anor fm Parker H enrv. engineer, T rin g h ill
Franklin W m . R othschild A rm s P.H Robins G eorge, assistant overseer
G reen John, farm er
Rolfe C harles, farm er, D rayton mead
Menday Sydney, duck breeder & W hite L o t, farm er. Th e Moat farm
carrier
Toule Robert, farm er, C hurch farm
B U R N H A M is a large parish com prising the liberties
of B rit well. E a s t B urnham , Cippenham and Town-andWood, and is head of a p etty sessional division (held
a t Beaconsfield), in the Southern division of the
county, hundred of Burnham , union of E ton, county
c o u rt d istrict of W indsor, ru ra l deanery of B urn­
ham , archdeaconry of B uckingham and diocese of Oxford.
Burnham is th ree-quarters of a m ile north of Burnham
Beeches station and 1 m ile and a half north-east from
Taplow station on the m ain line of the G reat W estern
railw ay, 4 north-w est from Eton, and 5 from W indsor.
T h e parish extends northw ard from the Tham es 6 m iles
and is intersected by the G reat W estern railw ay. The
v illa g e, a place of considerable an tiquity, has given its
nam e to the hundred ; it is lig h ted w ith gas by a
com pany form ed in 1864, and supplied w ith w ater by a
com pany form ed in 1892. The church of S t. P eter is a
la rge edifice of flint w ith stone dressings, in the N o r­
m an, E a rly E n g lish and D ecorated styles, consisting of
chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north transept, south
p o rch and a tower at th e east end of the south aisle,
w ith oak shingled spire, and con tain in g a clock and 8
b e lls : the south aisle retains a piscina .- the rood screen
is a reproduction of an earlier one, some rem ains of which
had been p reserv e d : there are five stained w in d o w s;
th e reredos and the stained window in the transept
were erected in 1864 by Anne, Lady G renville, in
m em ory of her husband, the R ig h t Hon. W illiam Wyndham G renville, first and only Baron G ren ville D .C .L .,
F .R .S ., F .S .A . the distin guished statesm an, who died
12 Jan. 1834, his sister and b ro th er: there is also in the
chancel a m onum ent w ith dem i-effigies, to G eorge
E velyn , 1657, and his w ife, 16 61; another w ith em­
b lem atic figures by Bacon to the Hon. Mr. Justice W illes,
d. 14 Jan. 1787; one to B rid g e t, w ife of W illiam Friend,
1721 ; a brass w ith effigies to Thom as E yre, four son?
and three daughters, dated 15 8 1; another, w ith effigies
to G yles E yre, c. 1500, and E lizabeth, his w ife ; one to
E dm und E yre, 1563 and five children ; to Thom as E yre,
1581, three wives and children, and to W illiam Aluyche
and G yles E yre (no d a t e ) : th e whole fabric has been
restored, and the interior reseated ; and in 1891-2 the
spire was renovated and a sixth bell added, and other
restorations effected at a total cost of about ¿3,000:
th ere are 500 sittin gs. Th e reg ister dates from the year
1561. T h e liv in g is a vicarage, n et yea rly v alu e ¿384,
including 20 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in th e gift
of E to n C ollege, and held since 1914 b y the Rev.
T h o m a s Buchanan C arter. H ere is a C ongregational
ch ap el, b u ilt in 1790 and enlarged in 1859, having 140
sittin gs, and a sm all W esleyan chapel at L E N T R ISE .
A cem etery of 1 acre was form ed in 1885, at a cost
of ¿ 4 0 0 : it was afterw ards, by v o te of th e parishioners,
tran sferred to the vicar, and form s an addition to the
churchyard, w hich it adjoins. A new workm en’s in s ti­
tu te . in place of th at established in 1876, w as opened in
1903; th e b u ild in g b ein g th e g ift of S. R . C h ristieM iller esq. of B ritw ell C ourt. Th e charities for dis­
trib u tio n am ount to ¿ 1 5 0 yearly. H ere is a volunteer
fire b rigad e, com prising 1 captain, 2nd officer and 15
firem en, w ith steam and m anual fire engines and fire
' escape. A m ark et was form erly held here.
Burnham B eeches, a rom an tic spot in th is lo cality,
often resorted to b y th e poet G ray, and unequalled as
a fragm ent of E n glish forest scenery, has been purchased
b y the W aste Lands C om m ittee of the Corporation of
London under the provisions of the Open Spaces A c t of
1878 (41 & 42 V ic. c. 127).
Burnham P rio ry is th e residence of C apt. W illiam
V a rw ell J.P . John B evill F ortescue esq. who is lord of
th e m anor. S ydn ey Richardson C h ristie-M iller esq. J.P.

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W harfe, cleared a t 1.30 & 6.5 p.m . Aston Clinton is
the nearest money order & telegraph office, about half
a m ile distant
T h e children of Buckland attend school at Aston Clinton
T h e children of Buckland Com m on attend the school at
S t. Leonards
C arrier to A ylesbury— Sydney Menday, wed. & sat. ; & to
T rin g tues. & fri. ; & to T rin g from Buckland Common
only. Joshua B rackley
B U C K L A N D COMMON.
Bishop G eorge Henry, The Lion P.H
Bishop Joseph, blacksm ith
Brackley Joshua, carrier
Brown S am uel Thom as, beeT retailer
B u tch er Thom as, fru it dealer
Dunton James, farm er, D orrien’s frm
Fincher H enry, brick m aker
H um phrey F red, Boot & Slip p er P.H
S ills Thom as, farm er

Lord B urnham K .C .V .O . and Lieu t.-C o l. C harles Henry
D ayrell Palm er are th e p rin cipal landowners. T he soil
is g r a v e l; subsoil, loam . Th e chief crops are wheat,
oats and barley. The entire area of the p arish is 6,792
acres of land and 18 of w a te r; rateable value, ¿30 ,19 5 ;
the population of the c iv il parish of Burnham in 1911
was 3,715 and of the ecclesiastical, 3,941B R IT W E L L is a lib e r ty a quarter of a m ile north­
east.
E A S T BURNHAM is a lib erty i f m iles north-east.
C IP PE N H A M is a lib erty i£ m iles south-east. The
school here is used for the service of the C hurch of
England, and a chancel, designed by Mr. Edwin Dolby,
architect, of Abingdon, was added to th e buildin g and
opened by the Bishop of Oxford in 1883. H ere is a
B ap tist M ission room.
Cippenham Church In stitute,
an iron building, was opened in 1897.
Eton R ural D istrict Isolation H ospital was erected in
1902, and has 12 beds.
On a m oated site near Cippenham stood a residence
of the kings of M ercia and of th e m onarchs of the
Norman lin e: Richard, E arl of Cornwall and king of
the Romans, and brother to H enry III. founded here
in 1265 an abbey of Benedictine nuns, the revenues of
which, at the Dissolution, were estim ated at ¿ 5 1 2s. 4^d. :
some rem ains are still extant about a m ile from the
village.
Cippenham House, the property of Col. G eorge Shippen
W illes, is now (1915) unoccupied.
L E N T R IS E is a h am let three-quarters of a m ile
south-w est.
B O V E N E Y , form erly a lib erty in Burnham parish,
was, by O rder in Council dated M ay 26, 1911, eccle­
siastically annexed to Eton.
Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephonic E xpress Delivery Office.—
S. Rhys W illiam s, sub-postm aster. L etters arrive from
M aidenhead at 7 & 10.25 a-.m. & 6.40 p.m . ; dis­
patched at 10 (London only) & 11.40 a.m . & 2.35 &
8 p .m .; sundays, arrive at 6.40 a .m .; dispatched at
7 p.m . L etters for E ast Burnham through Slough
Post Office, Cippenham .— M rs. L ilian M aud Collyer,
sub-postm istress. Letters are delivered by foot po9t
from Slough at 7.30 a.m . & 7.30 p.m . ; dispatched at
7.30
& 11.30 a.m . & 7.40 p.m . ; Sunday delivery, 8.30
a .m .; dispatched 9.15 a.m . C balvey is the nearest
telegrap h & m oney order office
Post Office, L en t R ise.— W ilfred Cornell, sub-postm aster.
Letters arrive at 8 a.m . 12 noon & 8 p.m . ; Sundays, 8
a.m . ; dispatched at 8 a.m . & 12.10, 3.5 A 8.10 p .m .;
Sundays, 6.45 p.m
C O U N T Y M A G IS T R A T E S F O R T H E P E T T Y S E S ­
S IO N A L
D IV IS IO N
OF
TH E
H UND RED
OF
BURNHAM .
M agistrates for the Burnham C o u rt: —
F arw ell Capt. W illiam , The Priory. B urnham , M aiden­
head (vice-chairm an of the division)
Arden Douglas. East Burnham house, Slough
Booth C om m ander A u g u stu s Burton G lavell R .N . The
Gore cottage, Burnham . M aidenhead
Ingpen John Abel, F ox Den, Dorftey W ood, Burnham ,
M aidenhead
Irb y H011. C ecil Saum arez. H iteham grange, Taplow.
M aidenhead
Shakespear A lexander M uirson W ake, H olly lodge,
Burnham . M aidenhead
Petty Sessions are held at the V illage hall on alternate
Mondays, at 11 a.m
F or places in the D ivision see Beaconsfield, p. 41.