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DIRECTORY.] OXFORDSHIRE. BICESTER. 43 BiceStter wrus formerly thoe. seat of a priory, founded by ! manor and eS>tates wwe thus COIIliSitituted a bai:.iwick, .(]1ilbert Bassett, grandson of the first of .that name, A..D. 1 purchased: for bhe us~ and benefit of those who might n82, for a. prior and eleven can()ns of the order ci St. theroofter Obtain possession of part of the demesne: tha .Augustine, and dedicated to the hdnour of St. Mary and lordship of the manor is sufb.sequently vested in all those St. Eadburg, the holy nun of .Aylesbury. At the Dissolu- persons wh:o beoome purc:furusers under the original lease. tion there were nine canons and revenues ~stlimated: at The 1a.I'ea of the whole parish is 2,580 acres, viz. :- £147· Mrurket End, 1,043 and Kling''s End, 1,540; ratooble value • •Market End is a township and !bailiwick, consisting of £n,390; tihe popul&tion of the pari,sh in 1891 was 3,343: !ffue lordship and manor, belonging in 1596 to William Market End, 3,001 (including 75 officers and inmates in (Stanley) 6th Elllfl of Der1by K.G. :to whom it had passed tJhe workhouse), King's End, 322. from GiLbert Bassett (a younger son of Ralph Basset't, Wretahwick is a hamlet in the township of Bicester Chief Justice of England), having been granted to him :Market End, ood under the control of the Bicester Local with six other knig'hits' fees in the 12th century : the Board. reversion in fee simple was afterwards conveyed to cer­ • tain rpersons in trust fur all interested in the lease : the Parish Olerk, James Mor'temore.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISH..."\f!EN'.DS, LOCAL L.'~BTITUTmNS &c.

Post, :M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & .Annuity Highway Board. & Insurance Office. Wall.t€11" Josepih French, Postmaster Meets at the King's .Arms hotel, Bices.fer, on tl1~ znd friday in every month a:t 3 p.m. Dispatches. Uerk, John Gorden W rul.sh, Bicester Local Country & 1st delivery in Bicester, 4·45 a.m.; Surveyor, John Forrester, .Ardley London, Bletohley, 9.50 a.m.; Oxford, 10.40 a.m. ; London, Bletchi'.ey, Winsl-ow, Buckingham, Bra.ckley & Puvlic Establi,shments. Ba.nbury, 12.10 & 2.20 p.m. ; Oxford '& 3rd delivery in Cemetery, Market end, Edward Foster Tanner, clerk to Bice,ster, 4.40 p.m.; West of England & South Wales, tlhe bucial board 6.55 p.m. ; North of England, Ireland & Scot.lparishes within its jurisdiction: Ambrosden, .Ard­ From London and all parts, 6.45 a.m. ; from London, ley, .ArniCotJt, Bainton, Eicester (M!arke.t End), Bices~er Bletchley, Oxford and West of Eng~and, 11.35 a.m.; (King's End), Blackthorn, Eletchington, Boarstall, from London and a~l pal'lts, 5·35 p.m.; sunda)~s, only Ilucknell, Oaversfield, Chariton-upon-Otmoor, Ohest.er­ one delivery of letters, 6.45 a.m. Lett.ers posted at ton, Cottisfo:rd, Fencot, Fewcott, Fringford, Fritwelll, Ilioester at 9.50 a.m. are deLivere-d in London between Goddington, GrendDn Underwood, Hard'wick, Hethe, 1 & 3 p.m. & p<>sted ,at Bicester 2.20 p.m. are delivered Heyford (Lower), Heyford; (Upper), !slip, Kirtlington, in London between 6 & 8 p.m Launton, Ludgershall, Marsh Gibbon, Merto()n, :r-.fiddle­ ton Stoney, Murcot, Newton Morrell, Newton Purcell, County Magistrr-ates for Floughley Petty Sessional Noke, Oddington, Piddingtion, Shelswell, Somerton, Division. Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stra~tton .Aud:J.ey, Tusm•or~. Harrison Edwardi Slater- esq. She~swell park, Bicester, \Vend:e.bury & Weston-on-the..1Gree'n chairman For !bankruptcy purposes this court is inc:uded in that of Jersey Earl of P.C., G.C.1:NI.G. Midd~eton park, Bices-ter Oxford, Cecil Mercer, acting official receiver Vlalentia ViS'Count, Ketchington park, Oxford Oerbified Bailiffs appointed under the " Law of Distress Devereux Major-General Ho'n. George Talbot RA. Heath­ A.Jmendment .Aot," Frederi.ck Dtean Holiday, William field house, Bletchington, Oxford Golble & Henry Clarke, Eicester Da.shwood Sir GeOTge John Egerton bal't. D.L. Kirtling- County Poli-ce St•ation, Church street, Joseph Bowen, ton park, Oxfwd 'supt. ; & 8 constables Pey;ton Ca;pt. Sir A'gernon Francis !bart. Swift's ho.Bicestr In:_and Revtmue Office, King'·s .Arms hotel, Thomas Ken~ Cott~en~Dormer Capt. Charles Wa1ter, Middle .Aston nelly, officer Dewar William Wemyss Methven esq. D.L. Cotmore ho. Stamp Office, Po.st office, M·arket p~ace, 'Walter Joseph [FI'Iingford, Bicester French, d~&tributor England Lieut.-Col. A.lbert Edward R..A. Manor house, ;S ou'.der111, Banlbury Yeomanry Cavalry. Hoare Charles Twysden e•sq. D.L. Bignell house, Bicester Oxfordshire (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) (B Hunt Joon Wililiam esq. King's End house, Bicester Squadron), Capt. Sir .Algernon Francis P<>yton bart. Marsib.am Charles Jacob Bu~lock- e.sq. Caversfield, Bicestr commanding; \V. Conolly, lieut. ; Edwin Frederick W:iJthington Rev. Edward M . .A. Fr:ingford lodge, Eices.ter Holt, squadron sergeant-major Clerk to the Magistrates, John Garden Walsh, Sheep st Bicester Unio'n. Petty S•essions are he~d at tlhe Mlagistrate.s' clhamlbers Board day every alterna.te friday at the Union evecy alterna,te friday at II a.m at 10.30 a.m. The places included in the petty .ses'sional divisions are : The union comprises the following p(aces :-Amlbrosdlen, Amlbrosden, Ardley, .ArnootJt, Bicest-er (Markoe.t End), Ardley, Arncott, EiceSiter (King's End), Eicester (Mar­ Ricester (King's End), Kackthorn, Bletchingdon, Buck­ ket End), Blackthorn, Bletchington, Boal"stall (Bucks)~ nell, Caversdieild, Charlton-'On-Otmoor, Ohestel'ton, Cot- E'ucknell, Oavers.neld, Ohar:to'n-on-Otmoor, Ches'ter.t-on, 1listford, Fencott & Murcott, Finmere, Fringford, Frit­ Cottislford, F.errcott & Murcott, Fe-wcott, Fringford, well, Goddingt.on, HarcLwick, Hetlhe, Heyford (Lower & rFrit,well, Goodington, BJardwick, Hethe, Islip, Kirt­ Upper), Islip, Kirtlington, Launto'n, Mertxm, Middleton lington, Launton, Lower Heyford, Merton, Middleton Stoney, Mixbury, Newton Purcell, Oddingbon, Pid­ StWendlebury & Wes­ the-Gr-ee'n tOIIl-On-the-Green. The populati()n of the union i'n 18g:r URBAN DISTRICT OOUNCIL. was 13,983; area., 66,o88 acres; rateable value, £gsooo Clerk to the Guardians & ASisessment Committee, John O:ffi'Ce,s, Market hill. G-ord()n "\V a2.sh, Bice·stler · Day of Meeting, Ist monday in each month at 7 p.m. Treasurer, Henry Tubb, Market squJare, Bicester Relieving & Voocination & School Inquiry Officers, Eices­ Clerk, Edward FOISter Tanner, solicitor, Market hill t.er d'istrict, George Rey'Ilolds, King's End, Bicest-er ; Treasurer, H. Tubb, banker, Market square Bletchington district, George James Dew, Low. Heyfrd Mediool Officer of Health, W. Dyson. Wood L.R.C.P.Edin. Medical Officers & Public V accinators, Bicester District~ so St. John street, Oxford William Drinkwater L.R.C.P.Edin. Bicester; ()Qttis- Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector,.Alfd.Clements,Launton rd -ford district, John Farmer M.R.C.S.Eng. Brackley; Collector, EdDeddington; Heyford dis.trict, Edwa.rd Vavas.our Hem­ ingway, Steeple .AS'ton; Islip district, Graham Thos. Uerk, Edward FQster Tanner. llaylis Blick L.R. C.P.Lond. Islip; Piddington district, Meetings are held at Clerk's office 2nd monday in William James Bond M.B. Brill; Stoke Lyne district. each month. Cecil M. Hendricks M.B. Bicester