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Bloore James Chas. Robin Hood P.H Kirtland William Sam, blacksmith ' Smith Arthur, New inn
Bloxham Alfred, coal merchant
Middleton John Ashley, baker
Smith William, builder
Bradbury Jane (Miss), dress maker Morris Arthur, dairyman
Spatcher John, beer retailer
Barton Joseph, farmer, West hill
Morris Fred, farmer, Grange farm !Stag Henry, baker
Clarke Henry, farmer
Perkins Ellen (Mrs.), farmer
:Swift Robert, shoe maker
Clarke Henry, jun. farmer
Rees Rees, farmer, Manor farm
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IThatcher Alfred, stud
Clarke Manning, farmer
Reynolds George & Sons, shopkeeprs j W. F. Gore-Langton esq **
Crook Arthur 0 . farmer, Padbury Ridgway William, thrashing machine jThorne Jn. Edwd. confr. Post <
hill& Mill farm
proprietor
IWarr Chas. Bennett,farmer,Yew Tree
Kirtland William, dairyman
Sear William, jun. farmer
P EN N is a village and parish near the river Wyck, 2 Mather, n years vicar; and below the church is the
miles north-east from Loudwater stationon the 1vault of the Penn family: the east window is stained:
Wycombe and Oxford section of the Great Western there are 300 sittings, in the churchyard are several
and Great Central Joint railway, 3 north from Beacons- ,grand old yew trees. The register dates from the year
field,4I south-west from Amersham and 4 north-east 1560. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £280,
from Wycombe, in the Southern division of the with 47 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gut of
county, hundred and petty sessional division of Earl Howe, and held since 1898 by the Rev. Benjamin
Burnham, union of Amersham, county court district John Short Kerby L.Th. of Durham University. The
of High Wycombe, rural deanery of Amersham, arch- Baptist chapel, erected in 1802, will seat 150 persons,
deaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The and there is also a Methodist chapel and a small Readvillage, which presents a very picturesque appearance, ing Room and Institute. Jordans, the burial place o f
stands on an eminence and is remarkably healthy; from William Penn, is 4 miles distant, in the parish o f
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an elevation of 600 feet above the sea level, Windsor manor and the principal landowner. The land is arable,
Castle and portions of twelve counties may be seen. wood (chiefly beech) and pasture. The soil is heavy,
The church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient edifice with chalk and flint. The area of the civil parish is
of brick and flint with stone quoins, in the Early Eng­ 3,992 acres; rateable value, £10,072; the population
lish style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, in 1911 was 1,472 in the civil and 533 in the ecclesi­
south aisle, north and south porches and a low but astical parish.
massive western tower in the Perpendicular style, con­ Knotty Green and Forty Green are hamlets.
taining a clock and 5 bells: the nave roof is a good
Sexton and Parish Clerk, Alfred Busby,
of Decorated work: in the church are
numerous monuments to the Penn and Curzon families, iEost’
0 ., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.
including one to Esther (Hanmer), first wife of — William Edward Wheeler, sub-postmaster. Letters
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High Wycombe at 6.50 a.m. & 4 . 5 0
Assheton, first Baron and Viscount Curzon, d. 21st
p.m.; dispatched at 10.35 a.m. & 5.25 & 8 p.m.; S u n ­
July, 1764, and to Lady Dorothy (Grosvenor), his second
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Chantrey, to the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon M.P. for Letter Box.— Hazelmere road, cleared at 10.45 a.m. &
5.30 & 8.15 p.m
Leominster and Leicester, d. 3 September 1797: brasses
with effigies to John Penn, 1596, and Ursula, his wife: Wall Letter Boxes.— At Vicarage, Penn, cleared at 1 0 . 3 0
a.m. & 8 p.m.; sundays, 10.45 a-m -; Knotty Green,
William Penn, 1638, and Martha, his wife, 1635: John
cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 12.25, 7-5 & 8-3° P-m - Sun­
Penn, 1641, and Sarah, his wife : and others to Susan,
days, 7.15 p.m. Letters for Knotty Green & Forty
wife of Sir Henry Drury, 1640, and to Elizabeth Rok,
Green are delivered from Beaconsfield
with effigy in a shroud: in the nave is a slab inscribed
to Roger Penn, 1731, and one to William Penn, an Elementary School, built in 1839, & enlarged in 1 9 1 0 .
infant: there is also a memorial to the Rev. Roger
for 120 children; Arthur L. Crust, master
PENN.
Evans Walter, blacksmith. T N 6 Foulds Mrs. Orchard dene
Geach Miss, The Orchard
Penn
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Garland Margaret (Miss), dress ma Grice Sidney, Bronwydd
Anderson Miss, Paul End
Beauchamp Sidney, Salter’s meadow Garland Mary Ann (Mrs.),Crown P.H Hobson John R. Orchard way
Jones Stanley Griffith, Drews
Griffen Thomas & Son, builders
Benson Miss, Greenways
Berry John Bourn« M.R.C.S.Eng. Gulliver John Henry, farmer, Penn Laws Robert George, Penn lodge
McCulloch Joseph Willet, Knottocks
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farm
(Major R.A.M.C. (T.F.) ), Penbury
Hall Laurence Kirkpatrick F.R.I.B.A Marsh Chas. Fleming, Witherage wd
cottage
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icholl Capt. Hugh I. Orchard house
Dawson Sir Bertrand K.C.V.O.,M.D. architect, Littlebatch. T N 12
Pawle Lewis ShepheaTd,Hutchins barn
King William Francis, butcher
Dell cottage
Pinchard
Charles Henry Biddulph,
Lane Frank, hair dresser
Grove Julius Charles, Watercroft
Egham's close
Grove Walter Fredk. J.P. Stone ho Moreton Richard Henry, butcher
Hall Laurence Kirkpatrick, Litfele- Penn Institute & Reading Room (Miss Preston Charles S. Whichet house
Rogers Hender M., M.A. Norfolk ho
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Perfect Frank, builder, contractor, Shepperson Gerald YV. Thatched cot
Banbury Mra. Capel, The Knoll
Simpson Harry, Oldbury
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Taylor Harry Mead, Pennway
G.C.B., K.C.S.I., C.I.E., J.P. sanitary engineer
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Tizard Charles G. Alfriston
Kerby Rev. Benjamin John Short Lion P H
Wailes
Reginald Percy
Reed Ernest, jobmaster
L.Th. (vicar), The Vicarage
Wheeler George R. Red house
Tilbury Thomas, shopkeeper
Larkin Mrs. South view
White
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Wheeler & Son, grocers, Post office
Mellard Mrs. Grass side
Murray Brig.-Gen. William Hugh Wooster George, farmer, Pennbury, Williams Edwin, LatimeTS
Putnam’s & Stonehouse farms.
Eric, Marlins
COMMERCIAL.
Parshall Horace Field, Penbury grove T N 5 Penn
Forrester Hubert Edward B.A. &
Keynarrlson Aubrey H. Birch, StumpKNOTTY GREEN.
Rogers Hender M., M.A. private
well
school, Norfolk house
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Smith Francis E. J. Elm cottage
Grimsde-11 Walter, farmer, Seagrave’s
Alford Colin Stephen, Hurley
Tatham Miss, Good Shelter
farm
Burgess Julian G. Netherlands
Wigram Robert, Yonder lodge
Hine Hubert, farmer
Burke Charles T. Buckswicks
COMMERCIAL.
Priest William, farmer, Balin’s farm
Cousens Edward H. Hollymount
Beal Gaius, grocer
Cunningham-Craig Edward Hubert, Trass Thos. Harold, Red Lion P.H
Buckles Ernest, jobmaster
The Dutch house
Day Henry Lee, grocer & draper
Davies Dixon Henry J.P. Witheridge
FORTY GREEN.
ean William & Son, farmers, Elliott M ts.Old Barn cottage
-Bottom & Parsonage farms
Cruikshank William J. Hillside
Eyre John
Eean J. insurance agent is assistant Forrester Hubert Edward B.A. Nor­ Allison Edward, beer retailer
overseer
Jerome Henry, shopkeeper
folk house
P ENN STREET is a hamlet and ecclesiastical line of the Great Western and Great Central Joint rail­
parish, formed January n, 1850, out of the civil way and on the Maidenhead-Oxford section of the Great
frr ®s Bonn and Little Missenden, 2 miles north Western railway, in the Southern division of the county,
on°?v, tT*nn v^ a?e» 3 h south from Amersham station petty sessionaldivision of Burnham, union of Amersham,
a e Metropolitan and Great CentralJointrailway, and county court district of High Wycombe, rural deanery
4<f north-east from High Wycombe station on the main o
f Amersham, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese