DIRECTORY.] . . 173 Matthews Jabez,carpntr. & whlwrght Ridge Edward James, baker Seaton Harry, baker Ormond Stanley, farmer IRidge William John, farmer Tompkins Thomas James, farmer, Pauling Laban, farmer Roads Joseph, farmer, Grange Lower End Rhodes Alfred, farmer ISare Mary (Mrs.), frmr. Manor farm Whitehall James, carrier THORNTON is a parish and village, separated from the body of the church and the chancel, to the west end, Xorthamptollshire by the river Ouse, 4 miles south-west where they were placed on either side the entrance: from Stony Stratford and 4~ north-east from lluekiuj;{- there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year ham station on the Bletchley and Oxford section of the 1562. '1'he living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Nash London and North Western railwaY', in the Norlhern annexed, joint net yearly value £168, with 11 acres of division of the county, hundred, petty sessional division, glebe, in the gift of H. S. H. Cavendish esq. and held since union and county court district of , 1897 by the Rev. Charles Clare Dawson-Smith, who resides and in the rural deanery of Buckingham (second at Nash. H. S. H. Cavendish esq. is lord of the manor and portion), archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese sole landowner. Thornton Hall, rebuilt in 1850 by the late of Oxford. The church of St. Michael, rebuilt, Hon. Richard Cavendish, d. 19 Nov. 1873, and now the ",ith the exception of the tower, about 1850, is an edifice of residence of Fitzhugh Whitehouse esq. is a noble and \Stone, picturesquely situated in the grounds of Thornton spacious mansion, with a lofty tower, in the Tudor Hall, and now covered with ivy; it consists of nave. style, and is situated in a park of 181 acres; the -aisles and an embattled western tower of Perpendicular approach from the road is through an date, containing a clock and 3 interesting bells, with in- avenue of fine elm trees. The soil is stiff clay; sub­ scriptions, the lower stage of the tower forms a porch: soil, clay, gravel and limestone rock. The chief crops the chancel has been pulled down; the interior was re- are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area is 1,339 fitted at the beginning of the present century by Thomas acres of land and 8 of water; assessable value, £1,391; Sheppard esq. then lord of the manor, when two altar the population in 1891 was 80. tombs, with brasses of the Ingletons, were removed, and Letters through Stony Stratford, arrive at 8 a.m the brasses placed on the floor; these still remain and represent-I, Robert Ingleton esq. in armour, with his Wall Letter Box, cleared at 5.30 p.m. on week days; three wives, 1472; 2, Jane, daughter and sole heir of on sundays, 10·30 a.m. Deanshanger is the nearest Robert Ingleton and successively wife of Humfrey Tyrrell money order office & Stony Stratford the nearest and Alexander Seynct Johns; she died in 1557; 3, telegraph office, 4 miles distant George Tyrrell, her son: there are also effigies in Parish School, erected in 1860, at the expense of the -alabaster of John Barton, founder of a chantry here, ob. late Hon. Richard Cavendish; this school is not at 1443, and of his wife Isabella; these were removed at present in use; the children attend the schools in the the time above-mentioned from under an arch between neighbouring villages Whitehouse Fitzhugh, Thornton hall1Hobbs }Iatthew, farmer IVerey John, farmer, Hall farm Fountaine Wm. farmer, Furzenfield Powell David, farmer TINGEWICK is a parish, on the borders of Oxford- £1 4S. are distributed yearly. Lace making is carried ,»hire, and bounded on the north by the river Ouse, 3 on by the poor to a small extent. in 1860-2 remains of miles west from Buckingham station on the Bletchley some Roman foundations, bronze instruments and orna­ and Banbury line of the London and North 'Vestern ments, pottery and coins were discovered in a field railway, in the Northern division of the county, in the called" Stollidge," a quarter of a mile north-east of ths hundred, petty sessional division, union and county court village, then the property of the late :Mr. R. P. Greaves; tlistrict of Buckingham, and in the rural deanery the coins dated from A.D. 218 to A.D. 395 and were of Buckingham (first portion), archdeaconry of Buck- almost wholly of brass. The warden and fellows of New ingham and . The parish was College, Oxford, are lords of the manor. ThPl rector, inclosed by Act of Parliament passed in 1773. The the trustees of the late Mr. R. F. Greaves, Mr. Henry church of St. Mary Magdalen is a building of stone, A.rnatt and Mr. Shadraoeh Tompkins, of Leckhamstead, are consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south the principal landowners. The soil is principally gravelly porch, and an embattled western tower containing 6 loam and clay; subsoil, various; the land more arable than bells: the nave is Early English, its arcades having pasture. The area is 2,173 acres of land and 5 of water; plain arches on circular piers: the south side has been rateable value, £3,367; the population in 1891 was 714. rebuilt in a modern imitation of the same style: the Parish Clerk, Frederick Ridgway. chancel and tower are good Perpendicular, the latter Post, M. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel having a very good doorway on the west side: the Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office & Office for {'hancel retains a small piscina and a curious brass to issue of Inland Revenue Licences. John Thos. Barnes, Erasmus Williams, rector of this parish, who died in sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Buckingham at 7 1608; it includes a demi-effigy, habited in a gown and a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; dispatched at' 1.20 & 6 p.m on either side a pillar, hung with astronomical, mm,ical, Wall Letter Box, Little Tingewick, cleared at 1.15 & 5.50 and..geometrical instruments and other articles; below p.m. ; sundays, 9.45 a.m IS an epItaph, supposed to have been written by Dr. Richard Haydock, the physician: in 1867 a south porch A School Board of 5 members was formed 13 Nov. 1873; was added, the chancel restored and the church re- Robert Dudley, clerk to the board; George Heritage, &eated, and in 1893 a stained east window was placed in attendance officer the chancel by the present rector, and a new oak Board School (mixed), built in 1873, for 166 children; aver- reredos, the gift of Miss Moorsom, erected: there are age attendance, 126; William Stanley, master; Miss 26-1- sittings. The register dates from the year 1560. Amelia Gomme, mistress The living is a rectory, net yearly value £360, with The Rev. Francis Edmunds, about the middle of the residence, in the gift of the 'Varden and Fellows of New last century, endowed a charity school with £15 a College, Oxford. and held since 1855 by the Rev. John year, for teaching & clothing 6 boys & 6 girls; but Coker M.A. and formerly fellow of that college. The Con- the children on this foundation are now educated at gregational chapel, built in 1875, will seat 100 per- the board school on condition that they attend the SuDS; the Wesleyan chapel. built in 1863, affords 120 church ~unday school sittings, and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel, Carriers to Buckingham.-Edwin Allen Judd, mono wed. seating 100. Longland's charity of £10 and N"orth's of fri. & sat.; Mrs. Berkin, daily PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Floyd Wm. frmr. Tingewick Wd. frm .A.rmstrong Mrs. Cedar lawn, Little A.rnatt Henry, farmer & landowner Gardner Jas. frmr. Grove Hill farm Tingewick Barnes John Thomas, grocer & sta- Giles Frederick, shoe maker Borlase Capt. Henry R.N.R tioner, Post office Grantham Edmund, Red Lion P.H Coker Rev. John M.A. Rectory Barnes 'Villiam, gravel merchant Green Thomas, harness maker Daniel Miss, Bicester house Barrett Frederick, blacksmith Hadland John Toppan & Frederick, oGreaves Mrs. The Laurels Bourton Matthew Wm. beer retailer Crown P.H. &; brewers Hancock Rev. William John Beck Clarke James, farmer Harvey Thomas Barker, bricklayer T.A.K.C.L. (curate) Coates Miss Mary Ann, shopkeeper Riggins John, machine owner, Little Low Rev. Charles M.A. (curate in Coates Richard, grocer &; painter Tingewick charge of & Barton Harts- Collingridge John, machine owner Holton Benjamin, butcher horn), Little Tingewick Cross George, bricklayer Ibell Benjamin, tailor &; shopkeeper Lucy Ml'8 Cross Harry, bricklayer Jones Wm. Jas. baker & beer retailer Moorsom Miss, Tingewick house Dew & Co. grocers & drapers Judd Edwin, shoe maker Steeden Mrs. Church view Durrant Ambrose, insnrance agent Judd Edwin Allen, carrier Stevens Charles Dudley John & Son, butchers Judd Herbert Owen, shoe maker Thcmpson Misses, Rose cottage Furlt>r Theresa (Mrs.), butcher Kingham Joseph, Royal Oak P.ll