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84 EDLESBOBOUGE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [KELLY 1S DAGNAIJ•• Holmes Edwin, baker Gadsden Jesse, farmer, Green farm Batchelar John, The Rectory Horn George, farmer, Lower farm Goodson Thomas. blacksmitb Butler Rev. Edward Birklev M.A. Janes Waiter, farmer, Ringshall farm Gray Henry, beer retailer - Locke & Smith Ltd. brewers (stores) Holmes David, farmer (curate) 1 ':Munn David, wheelwright Jefferson Frederick Joseph. farm OOliMEBCIAL. I Norman Sarah (Mrs.), shpkpr. Post off bailiff to Mark Sharrott Ashby Wm. farmer, Dagnall farm Osborn Wm. beer retlr. & shopkeeper Jellis Fred, Swan P.H Bailey George, farmer. Hall farm Putman Frederick, carrier Nirholls Frederick, wheelwrigbt Barr Samuel C. Red Lion P.H [' Thame Frederick, carrier Pratt Frank, farmer, Hall farm Batchelar John, fruit grower & pre- 1 Twidell Wm.Cross Keys P.H.& farmer Pratt Joseph, farmer server, The Rectory I Reeve Edmund, farmer Collyer William, black"smith NORTRAIJ.. Saunders James • farmer Dean William George, carpenter COMHEBCIAL, Sear Amos, fal'mer Gadsden & Son, bakers Sear George, carpenter · Allwav• Edwin, Old Wrestlers' P.H Harris James, brewers' agent Cheshire James .& Frederick, farmers Simmons Ruth (Miss), farmer Harris Levi, carpenter • Costin George, beer retailer Vasey Henry, baker • ELLES:BOROUGH is a parish, 2 miles west from 1 sioners receive 6s. per week each ; the almshouses are WeJ>dover station on the Metropolitan Exteruion rail managed by five trustees, under the direction of the way, 1 mile east from Little Kimble station on the Charity Commissioners. The poor's allotment is 46a. Aylesbury branch of the Great Western railway, 5~ 2r. 36p. The interest of £roo IJS. 6d. was left in 1837 south from Aylesbury and 3 north-east from Princes for the use of the poor by Sir Robert Greenhill : and Risboruugh, in the Mid division of the county, in the the interest of £wo by Lady Frankland-Russell in z87I. hundred, petty sessional division and county court dis On the 21st September, 1858, during !lome digging trict of Aylesbury, union of Wycombe, rural deanery operations in King's Field, at Terrick, in this parish, ths of Wendover, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese foundations of a building were discovered, lying north of Oxford. The church of SS. Peter and Paul, restored east and south-west, the whole spreading over an area of in 1854 and IB71, is an ancient embattled structure in about 1,600 square feet; in a kind of cesspool, at the the Late Decorated and Perpendicular styles, situated north-east corner, some remains of earthen jars on a hill close to the ancient Icknield way, and consists were found: a communication on this discovery, of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, south porch made to the Bucks .Arch. Soc. in Dec. 1858, is printed, and a lofty embattled western tower, with octagonal with a ground plan in the Society's Transactions for 1863: stair turret at the south-east angle, containing 6 bells: Roman coins have been met with in this field on several there is a piscina in the .south wall of the chancel, also occasions. Chequers Court, restored by Sir William handso.me stained windows north and south of chancel Hawtrey in 1566, and now the property of the trustees and m~orial windows in the nave to the Lovett family: of H. J. D. Frankland-Russell Astley esq. is at present in the south aisle, within a recess, is a handsome marble occupied by Thomas Meadows Clutterbuck esq. J.P.; tomb in the Italian style of the 17th century, with a the house stands in the midst of a well-wooded park of rACumbent figure, to the memory of Brigetta, wife of 718 acres. Velvet Lawn, so named from the soft tex Sir H. Croke, d. 1638: on the !Kluth wall are some fine ture of its. turf, is a sequestered and pleasant recess brasses, with effigies, to Thomas Hawtrey, d. 1544, in the grounds of Chequers Court. On Coo.mbe Hill in and Sybell, his wife, 11 sons and 7 daughters: a this parish, and the h:ighest point in the county, is a shield belonging to this brass is palimpsest: the font monument, erected in Nov. 1904, to the Bucking is of the Decorated period, and is lined with lead: there hamshire men who fell in the South African war; the is a richly-carved oak pulpit and lectern: the stained cost was defrayed by public subscription. A short dis east window was erected in 1901 to the late Mrs. tance north of the church is a small wooded dell, into Frankland-Russell Astley: the chancel was rebuilt in which five springs of water issue from the hill, supply 1871 at the cost of Mrs. Frankland-Russell Astley, in ing a moderate sized lake used for the growth of memory of her husband, and her sons in 1901 caused watercress; below are some fish pools. Bertram an elaborate reredos to be erected as a memorial to Frankland Frankland-Russell AstlPy esq. who is lord of their 'lllother: there are 230 sittings. The register the manor, Lord Rothschild PC., G.C.V.O. and Sir dates from 'I659· The living is a rectory, net yearly John Lawson Walton K.C., A.G., M.P. are the princi value £z7o, with residence, in the gift of the trustees pal landowners. The soil is variable, principally chalk of H. J. D. Frankland-Bussell-Astley esq. and held and flint on the uplands and a dark loam on lower since 1899 by the Rev. Rupert Charles Clarke M.A. of lands. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. Exeter College, Oxford. The church of the Resur The area is 3,591 acres; rateable value, £4,617; the rection, at Dunsmore, was built in 1897• ~hiefl.y by population· in 1901 was 577· Lady Sutton, as a chapel of ease to the parish church, Post, M. 0. & 'r. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. &; and will hold 70 persons. There is a Congregational A. & I. Office, Butler's Cross.-Miss Emily Axten, chapel at Chalkshire, built in 1873 and seating Ioo sub-postmistress. Letters arrive at 6.15 & 10.45 a.m. persons. A parish hall was erected in 1903 at a cost through Tring, & through Risborough at 12 noon; of about £I,ooo; it is used as a Sunday school, read dispatched at 12.10 & 6.40 p.m.; sunday dispatch at ing room, drill hall and for all parochial purposes. A 5·5 p.IIIl s reading and recreation room was erected. at Butler'-s Wall Letter Box at Terrick Green, cleared at 7·3o a.m. Cross in 1903, at a cost of nearly £goo; it contains a & 12.50 & 6.45 p.m. week days & 5· 15 p.m. sundays large concer.t room and several class rooms,. and ,is also County Police, P. C. George Gillard used for parish meetings. There are almshouses for Elementary School, erected in 1839 by Sir Robert & Lady 2 old men and 2 old women, founded in 1746 by Frankland-Russell, was repairer :.r enlarged in 1878, at Margaret Lady Dodd and endowed with about 40 acres a cost of £250, & will hold Joo children; average at and £2,456 Indil\ Stock; each inmate receives ss. tendance, C}6; Alhert Henry Arnold, master; Mrs. weekly and £2 yi!arly for clothing; and five out-pen- Amy Elizabeth Arnold, mistress • FirJ.ESBOROUGH. OOHMEBCIAL. J Green Charles, farmer, Lee barn PBIVATE BESIDENTS. c. Barrett Mary Jane (Mn.) Hill James. farmer, Scrub wood Burch Henry, Sunny bank Benyon John, farmer & miller (water) Kirby J oseph H. laundry Clarke A. Lacey, Terrick house Bradley Charles, beer retailer Mortimer John, farmer, Coombe Clarke Rev. Rupert Charles M.A Brown Geo. Collis, farmer, Chalkshire Munger Roht. farmP.r, Chalkshire frm Clutterbuck Thomas Meadows J.P. Burnham Harry Bishop, farmer, Norris Daphne ("Mrs.), shopkeeper, Chequers court Apsley farm Dunsmore Couper John M.D.Glas., F.R.C.S.Eng. Claydon George, butcher, Nash Ley!l Norris Jn. (Mrs.), shopkpr.Lodge frm The Manor Cox Charles Frederick, builder, Prim- Pitcher Hy. jun. frmr. Bushey Leys Cnnliffe Lady Alexandrina V. The rose cottage Purssell Richard, farmer, Nash Leys Rectory Curtis William. farmer. Grove farm Reading & Recreation Room Grimes Miss H. The Rectorv Darvill George Henry, farmer Salmon George, carpenter & joiner Munay-Ford Mrs. Capel "coombe, Deering" Geo. Fox inn P.H.Scrub wood Scott Caroline (Mrs.), farmer, Erock- Dunsmore Dunmall George, Plough P.H. Terrick well farm Prest Mrs. Coombe Vale cottage Eldridge John Waiter & Chas. Ernest, Walker Thomas, farmer, Terrick ~ Walton Sir John Lawson K.C., A.G., blacksmiths, Terrick Malthou!!e farms M.P., J.P. Coombe Hill; & 42 Great Eldridge Letitia (Mrs.), Russell Webb Arthur, baker Cumberland place W & Brooks' & Arm!! 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