Tower, Containing a Peal of Five Bells. in the Church Are Several
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254 CHILFORD HUNDRED. tower, containing a peal of five bells. In the church are several monuments of the families of Paris, Loan, Flack and Millicent, and an elegant mural monument of marble, by Wilton fm· Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Sclater Bacon, of Catley Park, who died in 1726. This latter monument was erected by means of a bequest ·of £1000, left for the purpose by Peter Standley, Esq., to perpetuate his affection for his sister and benefactress. The living is a vicarage in the deanery of Camps, rated in the K.B., at £10. 13s. 4d., but now worth £204, nett per annum. The bishop of Ely is patron, and the Rev. Wm. Brett, :M.A., is the present vicar. Pembroke Hall possesses the irnpropriate rectory, which formerly belonged to the priory. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for £753. 18s. 6d., due to the society of Pembroke hall, and £259. Ss. 3d., to the vicar. T!te Independent Ckapel, a neat building, containing galleries all round and a good organ, will seat about 500 persons, and there is in connexion with it a school on the Briti87t and Foreign system, at which about 130 children attend. 1his chapel was founded in 1669, and re-built in 1818. The Rev. G. J. Hall is the minister. Plze National and Middle School, was founded in 1840 by the Rev. C. E. Ruck Keene, to whom the school buildings and spacious grounds belong, it contains two departments, in which 150 children are educated. The expenses of this institution are defrayed by annual subscribers assisted by the benevolent founder and patron. There are also two Sunday Sclwol8 supported by voluntary subscription. Plze Union Workhouse which stands a little N.E. of the town is a fine building capable of accommodating 230 paupers. The poor law union of Linton embraces an area of 74 square miles, and comprehends the following 22 parishes or town ships, viz: Abington Great, Abington Little, Babraham, Bartlow, Bartlow Hamlet, Balsham, Carlton, Castle Camps, Shudy Camps, Duxford, Hadstock, Hildersham, Hinxton, Horseheath, Ickleton, Linton, Pampisford, Sawston, West-Wratting, West-vVickham, 'Veston-Colville, and Whittlesford. The Rev. Charles Townley is chairman of the board of guardians : the medical officers are 1\ir. F. C. Howard, for the Linton district: Mr. John Price, Balsham district; and Mr. Frederick Prince, for the Duxford district. ·uessrs. J. T. Collin and W. :Richardson, are clerks to the board of guardians; and Mr. and Mrs. E. Rollick, master and matron. For the other charities of the town see the table prefixed to this hundred. Various Roman coins having been found at Linton, jt is supposed to have been a Roman station. Barkam and Little Linton are hamlets in this parish. Post and Money Order Office, :M:rs. S. Adcock, Post-mistress . .