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which is now supplied with good wholesome water. amongst four of the most necessitous and deserving poor The church of St. .A.ndrew, in the centre of the parish. of the parish, in such proportions as llhall seem ex­ ~8 a well-built structure of brick and rubble in th~ Early pedient." Henry Edwards Paine and George Frederick English style, with stone dressings, consisting of chancel, Beaumont esqs. are lords of the manor. The Ecclesiastical nave,south aisle, chantry or lady chapel and an em· Commissioners and Messrs. Charles Edwards Hart and battled western tower of red brick, containing 6 bells; Hugh WiDiam Hart are principal landowners. The soil the chancel is separated from the nave by an ornamental is chiefly heavy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, carved oak screen: the east window is a memorial to the barley, oats and turnips. The area is 3,416 acres of late Rev. Henry CockereH M.A. 52 years vicar of this land and 7 of water; rateable value, £5,191; the popula­ parish, who died Feb. 8th, r880 :there are mural tablets to tion in 1901 wag I,r35. Hy. Edmund Cockerell, of the Bengal Service, and second son of the late vicar, who was slain at Banda during the H.ASTINGWOOD is a hamlet 2 miles north-east. The Indian Mutiny, r5th of June, 1857, in his 27th year: the chapel of ease here (not named or consecrated) was built in chantry retains a piscina: in the south aisle is a modern 1864, at a cost of £250, from plans by the late Mr. J. T. octagonal font, with an elaborately carved cover, and a Smith, of this parish, and is an edifice of brick with curious old chair of the time of Queen Anne: there are stone dressings in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, floor stones, dating from the early part of the r7th nave, and south vestry and a western turret containing century, one of which contains brass effigies in excellent 1 bell: the chancel contains a good east window partly preservation of WaIter Larder esq. ob. r617, and Marie, filled with stainec. glass, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. his wife, with three sons and two daughters; these are John Stallibrass: there are sittings for 120 persons. surmounted by shields, but 80me portion of the inscrip­ tion has been destroyed; the interior underwent important THORNWOOD is a, hamlet rl miles west. Here is an alterations and additions in 1885, when an exquisitely iron Mission church, opened in r888, in oonnection with carved oak eagle lectern was presented by the late Mr. St. Andrew's. . J. T. Smith, of this parish: the church is in good repair, Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act," having been reseated in 1849, new roofed in 1865, the detached parts of this parish have been added to Magdalen chancel rebuilt in r867 and the lady chapel reseated in Laver. rB73; in r889 a new vestry and organ chamber were Sexton, Eus Gridley. built and the Oil'gan thoroughly renovated at the cost of Miss Cockerell, niece ()f the late Rev. L. A. Cockerell Post & Telegraph & Express Delivery Office, Weald Gul- M.A. vicar r880-92; at the same time the interior of lett.-Mrs. Nancy Bunston, sub-postmistress. Lettera the tower was restored and a new ceiling erected, the received through Epping at 7·5 a.m. callers only IO·45 fine moulded brick arch, dating from about 1480 to r520, 'a.m.; dispatched at IO·55 a.m. &I 4·45 p.m. Postal restored and a new west window added, the whole cost orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest of this work being defrayed 'by the late vicar: the church money order office is at Epping has 300 sittings. TJ-le register dates from the year 1557. Post Office, Thornwood Common.-James Pegrum, sub. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £257, with rs postmaster. Letters through Epping arrive at 7· IS <& acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop 11 a.m.; dispatehed at rO.lO a.m. &; 6.15 p.m. Postal of St. Albans and. Mrs. Pemberton-Barnes alternately, Orders are issued here, but not paid. Epping is the and held since 1892 by the Rev. Richard Standly Dewing nearest money order & telegraph office, 2 miles distant M.A. of University College, Oxford. Park Place, the Pillar Letter Box, Thornwood Oommon (near the Iron property and residence of Mrs. Sayer, stands on the park church), cleared at 8.30 a.m ground and near the site of the ancient manor house Pillar Letter Box, 'Bull & Horlle Shoe,' collected at 8.30 of the Bassett family, of Wycombe, Bucks, who were de- a.m. & 6.25 p.m scended from Ralph Bassatt, territorial baron of Weldon, Pillar Letter Box, Tylers Green, cleared at 7.45 a.m. &; Northants, and a principal justiciar in the reign of 5.1$ p.m Hen. I. : from the original manor were formed two others, Wall Letter Box, Station, cleared at 10.50 a.m. &I 4·45 p.m viz. :--Marsha:l1s and Cannes. A fort to contain six guns Pillar Letter Box, Woodside, cleared at 11.15 a.m. & is erected at North WeaId Gullett. Charities: George 6·30 p.m Rayment esq. of Broken wharf, , for himself and National School (mixed), rebuilt in r873, by public sub- surviving brothers and sisters, transferred the sum of scription, from plans by the late Mr. J. T. Smith, o' £150 3 per Cent. Consols into the names of the vicar this parish, & enlarged in r895 for 214 children; and churchwardens of this pariSh; the dividends are average attendance, 59 boys, S9 girls & 42 infants; applied in the first instance to the repair of the grave William A. Roberts, master; Mrs. Roberts, assistant and railings of his parents and the residue, if any, ie mistress distributed in the" first week of February in each year, Railway Station, Frederick W. Farrow, station master Marked thus * receive their letters Clark Wm. cattle healer, Tylers grn Mott Oharles, whaelwright & builder, through . *Cordell George, Rainbow &; Dove P.H. Weald Gullet PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Common Moy Thomas Limited,coal merchants; Boram Mrs. S. A. The Shrubbery, Crane Thoma.s, farmer, Forest house, depot, Railway Station yard Thornwood Woodside Neale Geo.fruit grwr.Thornwood Com Dewing Rev. Richard StandlrI'tI.A. Deadman Frederick, beer retailer North Weald Horticultural Society (vicar), Vicarage *Dulieu David, householder, Hasting- (William A. Roberts, sec) Green James J. Weald place wood Common Osborne George, beer retailer, Thorn- Hart Charles Edwards, Esgors farm Forrester AlphonsoFrederickAugustus, wood Common Hart Hugh William. Canes surveyor to Epping Rural District Pavitt John, Prudential insurance agt. *Lyall Roger Campbell J.P. Hasting- Council, Thornwood Thornwood wood house Foster John, brick maker Pegrum Geo. bee,r ret. Queen's head Parsons William Henry, Tylers Grimshaw George James, shopkeeper, Poulton Henry, carpenter, Dukes place Powell Samuel, Weald hall Thornwood Oo,mmon Purkis Fred, shopkeeper, High road Sayer Mrs. S. Park Place Hart Chas. Edwds. frmr. Esgors farm Powell Samuel, farmer, Weald hall 'Winckel Francis Gustave, Rosario ho. Hart Hugh Wm. farmer, Canes farm Randall Chas. hay carter, Wood.side Thornwood Horlock 'rhos. househldr. Eden cottage Rayment Susan (Mrs.), Talbot P.H. &i COMMERCIAL. Horn In. hsehldr. Weald Bridge farm blacksmith, Tylers Green Alderton Edwin Thomas, grocer James Frederick, farmer, New house *Redington John, farm bailiff to R. C. Avey George, King's Head P.B. &; Bridge farm LyalI esq. Church farm,Hastingwood Weald Gullett JeIley John, Blacksmiths' Arms P.H Saville Henrv, baker Basford William, householder Jellis John, police sergeant, Thornwood *Seymour Susan(Mrs.),frmr.Stone frm Bee Hester (Mrs.), cowkeeper, Weald Common Smith WiIliam Thomas, builder &i Gullet King George Benjamin, farmer & hay undertaker, Thornwood Common Illatch Samuel John, carpenter & dealer, Marshalls farm *Sortwell Henry,bricklayer,Glovers fIn wheelwright, Tylers green Law James, farmer & coal merchant, Smith Thos. hay carter,Thornwd.Com Bond Frederick, farmer, Paris hall Slough House farm . Stock Harry, hay carter, Thornwd.Com Bunston Nancy (Mrs.), sub-postmist Law Walter,hay dealer & farmer,Great Street WaIt. school attendance officer, Burton Henry, smith, Thornwood Wheelers farm Thornwood Chambers .Tohn' Trappitt, farmer, Law Wm. farmer, School Green frm Stuckey William farmer, 'Veald Lodge Wylding Tree farm Lee William James, cucumber & to- farm (post. add. Moreton, Ong-or) *Olark Lewis Frederick, blscksmit·h, mato grower Tann.er William Henry, poultry farmer Hafltingwood Common Mayeraft Matthew, beer retailer, Cross &; apartments, Yew cottage *Clark Samuel Arthur, builder & car- Keys, Thornwood Thake Frank Arthur,hav carter,Thorn- penxer, Hastingwood Common wood Common .