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SEER GREEN.

BUCK IN G H A M SH IR E .

[K ELL Y ’S

SEE R GREEN, a parish, formerly a chapelry of gift of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College » H
Farnham Royal, was constituted a distinct ecclesiastical held since 1904 by the Rev. James Mclvor s'tenhiJ
parish in 1847; it has a halt, named Beaconsfield Golf M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The Baptist chanel
Links, on the main line of the Great Western and Great here, built in 1900, affords 150 sittings. The Duke f
Central joint railway, 2 miles north-east from Beacons- Leeds is lord of the manor and Major William Barin»
lield station on tho same lines. The parish is in the Du Pre M.P. is the principal landowner. The soil
Southern division of the county, hundred of Burnham, gravel; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops aTe oats, wheat
union of Amersham, county court district of Chesham, and barley. The area is 889 acres; rateable value
rural deanery of Amersham, archdeaconry of Bucking­ ¿*»335; the population in 1911 was 371.
ham and diocese of Oxford. The church of the Holy Parish Clerk, William Boddy.
Trinity, erected in 1846 on a site given by the Duke of Post Office.— Mrs. Fanny Worley, sub-postmistress
Leads, at a cost of about ¿1,700, is a building of flint Letters through Beaconsfield, Bucks, arrive 7.40 am
and stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, & 4.40 p.m.; dispatched 8.55 a.m. & 5.5 p,m . week
nave, north porch and a western turret containing one days only. Beaconsfield, 2 miles distant, is th6
hell: there are 200 sittings. The register dates from I nearest money order & telegraph office
the year 1846. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value IElementary School (mixed), erected in 1859 & enlarged
¿80, including 108 acres of glebe and residence, in the
1893, for 95 children ; Mrs. Rhoda Heming, mistress
Worley Ben, builder
Pellew Capt.Fleetwood,Seer Green ho Cyster Charles, beer retailer
Stephens Rev. James Mclvor M.A. Hayers Rose (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Worley Charles Ernest, hurdle makr
(vicar). Vicarage
Hoad Ellen (Mrs.), Three Horse Worley Ebenezer, farmer
Vickers Vincent Charles, Pond’s farm Shoes P.H
Worley Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Lofty Milton Cromwell, baker
COMMERCIAL.
Post office
Archer Chas. Jas.frmr.Rawlings frmjShurvell George, shopkeeper
Worley Geo. Sami, chair manufactr
Boddy Samuel, farmer
Watson Herbert, surveyor & assistant Worley Isabella (Mrs.), farmer, New
Boon Thomas, Collier’s farm
overseer
Barn
S H A B B I N G T O N is a village and parish on the yearly is for clothing. Sir W'alter de Sodington Blount
borders of Oxfordshire, from which it is divided by bart. who is lord of the manor, the Rev. W. Rowland
the river Thame, 3 miles north-by-east from Tidding- Mrs. Franklin and Messrs. Frank Chapman, F. Roads
ton station on the Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch and F. Sotham are the principal landowners. The soil
of the Great Western railway, 3 west from Thame, 5^ is loam and clay; subsoil, clay. The land is prin­
south from Brill, and 12 east from Oxford, in the cipally pasture ; the chief crops are wheat and beans.
Northern division of the county, hundred and petty The area is 1,623 acres of land and 7 of water; rate­
sessional division of Ashendon, Thame union and able value, ¿2,571; the population in 1911 was 245 in
county court district, rural deanery of Waddesdon, arch­ the civil and 248 in the ecclesiastical parish.
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The
By Local Government Board Order 19,618, dated
church of St. Mary Magdalene is a small building of March,
25, 1886, Shabbington Wood Cottage was trans­
stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, ferred from
Shabbington to Oakley for civil purposes.
north porch and a low embattled western tower con­
Parish Clerk, Thomas Neale.
taining a clock and 6 bells: in the south wall is a
cinquefoil-headed piscina in good preservation; the east Post Office.— Tom Tame, sub-postmaster. Letters are
window is stained and the chancel retains a piscina and
received from Thame at 7 a.m. & 12.40 p.m.; Sun­
a niche: the font has an octagonal basin and is ancient: days, 7 a.m. Box cleared at 10 a.m. & 5.35 p.m. &
the church was restored in 1882 at a cost of ¿1,710,
on Sundays at 10 a.m. Worminghall is the nearest
and affords 138 sittings. The register dates from the money order office & Ickford,
miles distant, the
year 1715. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
nearest telegraph office
¿300, including 96 acres of glebe, with residence, in Elementary School, for 70 children; Miss Emily
the gift of and held since 1892 by the Rev. Arthur
Finchley Quayle Bros M.A. of St. John’s College, Cam­ Chambers, mistress; Miss C. Slade, infants’mistress
bridge, and surrogate. The Wesleyan chapel, built in Carrier.— Edward Honor, to Oxford, wed. & sat ; to
1864, has 150 sittings. Burnard’s charity of ¿2 10s. Thame, tues
Marked thus * letters should be ad- ’Dunklin Thos. farmer, Peppershill Neil Arthur, cowkeeper
Neil Thomas, carpenter
dressed Long Crendon, Thame.)
Fuller Henry, farmer, Manor farm
Roads Frank, farmer
Bros Rev. Arthur Finchley Quayle ’Griffin John, farmer, Peppershill
Rowland W. J. W. farmer,Lower frm
M.A. (vicar & surrogate), The Hillsdon Edward John, blacksmith
Vicarage
Honor Edward, Old Fisherman P.H. Tame Tom, shopkeeper, Post office
c o m m e r c i a l.
, & carrier
Webb James Charles, shopkeeper
Crook James, farmer. Rook Tree farm
S H A L S T O N E is a parish ij miles north-east from room was erected by subscription in 1895, on ground
Fulwell and Westbury station on the Banbury and given by the late Mrs. FitzGerald. A drinking fountain,
Bletchley branch of the London and North Western erected in 1861, is supplied with water from a spring,
railway, about 3$ north from Finmere station on the and there is also a well, constructed in 1871, from
Great Central railway, and 4 north-west from Bucking­ which water is supplied for domestic purposes. Shal­
ham, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, stone Manor is the property and residence of Rearpetty sessional division, union and county court dis­ Admiral Richard Purefoy Purefoy M.V.O., J.P. who is
trict of Buckingham, rural deanery of Buckingham, lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is
Buckingham portion, archdeaconry of Buckingham and clay; subsoil, clay and limestone; the land, arable and
diocese of Oxford. The parish was inclosed hv Act of pasture. The area is 1,383 acres; rateable value,
Parliament in 17&7. The church of St. Edward the ¿1,427; the population in 1911 was 166.
Confessor, rebuilt in 1828 and thoroughly restored in Parish Clerk, George Pennell.
1862 under the superintendence of the late Sir G. G.
Scott lit. R.A. is a building of stone in the Gothic style, OLDWICK, formerly extra-parochial, is now incor­
consisting of chancel, nave of three hays, aisles, south porated with the parish of Shalstone and contains one
porch and a western tower containing a clock and 5 farm only. Rear-Admiral R. P. Purefoy M.V.O., J.P.
bells: a vestry with organ was erected in 1889 by the is sole landowner. The soil is clay; the land is chiefly
late Mrs. FitzGerald, as a memorial to Capt. Keane in pasture.
FitzGerald, of Shalstone Manor, d. 1888 : in the north
t, M. 0 ., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.—
aisle is a mural brass to Dame Susan Kyngeston, 1540: Pos
lfred James Silver, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive
there are 160 sittings. The register dates from the A
through
Buckingham at 8.35 a.m. & 12.35 p.m.; dis­
year 1538. The living is a rectory, net yearly value
patched
at 12.36 & 4.45 p.m. ; Sunday, 10.25 a.m
¿160, with glebe and residence, in the gift of RearAdmiral R. P. Purefoy M.V.O., J.P. and held since Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1852 by Mrs
1907 by the Rev. George Frederick Moore B.A. of FitzGerald, for 40 children; Mrs. Arthur Willis®9»
Trinity College, Dublin. The Teading and recreation mistress
Moore Rev. George Frederick B.A. Coleman Mabel (Mrs.), farmer, Shal­ Silver Eliza M. (Mrs.), shopkeeper.
Post office
(rector), Rectory
stone grounds
Woodrow Walter John, gardener to
Purefoy Rear-Admiral Richd. Purefoy Grange WTm. farmer, Hill farm
Reading & Recreation Room (Alfred Rear-Admiral Richard Purefoy
M.V.O., J.P. Shalstone manor
Purefoy
c o m m e r c ia l.
James Silver, sec)
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