154 GUILDEN, MORDl!:N. CA~IBRIDGESHIRE. [KELLY'S

GUILDEN MORDEN is Il parish and village on the the families of Kyriell and Avenell; one af these wait river Rhea, near the borders of and Hert· g:ven to the Priory of BarnweIl, but after the Reformation fordshire, 3~ miles north from Ashwell station on the it was consolidated with the manors of Bondesbury, Hitchin, Royston and branch of the Great Bancis, Foxley and Pychards, as a single manor, and Northern railway, 6 north-west from Roysoon and about known as the manor of Guilden Morden. Morden Hall, 15 south-west from Cambridge, in the Western division of an ancient malllilion containing an oratory or chapel and the eounty, hundred of Armingford, petty sessional divi- surrounded by 11 large moat, was formerly the seat of sion. of Arrington and Melbourn, union "8.nd county court Thomas-de-Hayguilden, and in 1375 a licence was granted district ~f Roysoon, rural deanery of Shingay and arch- by Bishop Arundell for the celebrating of divine offices deaconry and . The church of St. Mary is in the chapel of -the mansion; it is now the residence of an embattled building' of flint and stone in the Perpendi- Mr. John Westrope, farmer. The manor was purchased ('war style, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, in 1806 by Philip, grd Earl of Hardwicke. Viscouni aisles, south parch and an embattled western bower with Clifden, who is lord of the manor, the Ecclesiastical four crocketed pinnacles and spire containing l'I. clock and Commissionerll, WaIter Alberl Sandeman esq. and James 6 bells: in 1856 the interior was thoroughly repaired: in Hugh Smythe esq. are the principal landowners. Th" the church are memorials to William Hay, 1620; Thomas soil is various; subsoil, clay and chalk. The crops ar& Storey, 1670; Frances Storey, 1675; and to Gertrude chiefly wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 2,599 Storey, 1723: the church affords 420 sittings. ,The I acres; assessa'ble value, £3,538; the population in 190~' register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicar- was 646. age, net yearly value £290, including 138 acres of glebe "'. . . and residencil, in the gift of Jesus College,- Cambridge. OD::JEY IS a hamle~, about 4 mIles south !rom thev~.llage, and held since 1893 by the Rev. Arthur Lilkyn Williams ne'lr to Ashwell statIOn. Grange IS the reSIdence M.A. and late scholar of that college. The Congrega- of Mrs. Spencer; Odsey, of Herbert George Fordham esq. tional chapel, built in 1841, has 50U sittings. The and Odsey House, of Erne~t O. Fordhll.m esq. churchyard is now closed to interments, bu.t an acre of 'Church Clerk, Alfred Leomud. ground was. bought in 1897 at a cost of about £218 fOJ: Post, M. O. k T. -0., T. M. 0., E. D., S. B. k A. k I. the. purpose .of a ceme~ery. un~e: the co).).tr.ol (If the. Office.-:Miss Sarah Jarman, sub-p(}Stmistres~. Letters Pansh Councl!. A chanty, conSIstIng of the rent of 40 throug-h Royston (Herts) arrive at 8 .a.m. &; lp_m.; acres af land, bequeathed, half for the use of the poor box closes at 9. 15 a.m. &; 6.20 p.m. No mail on and half to":Vards the e:x:penses 'Of. the church, now (19 0 4) d produces £60 yearly, which is- distributed by the chW'ch- su~ ays .. . wardens and overseer under a scheme of the Charity PublIc Elementary School (mIXed), bUIlt In 1847, for 160 CommIssioners. In the reign of Edward n. there were I childr~n ; average attendance, 'IS5; Robert Vickery two principal manors in this parish, then belonging to j AlIen, master

[Marked thus Cl receive their lettl.'rs through Brockett Frank, farmer MW'fitt Charles, jun. assistant over. Ashwell, Baltlock, Herts.) Brockett Wilfrid, butcher &i farmer seer lii rate collector &; clerk to the . Crawford Robert, The Avenells Clarke Daniel, higgler parish council *Pordham Ernest Oswald J.P.Odsey ho Clark Edward, beer retailer . Murfitt Chas. shopkeeper &, farmer *Fordham Herbt. Geo. D.L.,J.P.Odsey Clarke James, higgler Parrish Bertram, cattle dealer Jackson Rev. Robert William M.A. Clal'ke Elizabeth (:Miss),private !chool Parrish Jahn, castrator &; farmer (Congregational) DeBar Benjamin, beer retailer PettmgelI Ann C:~IIrS. 5, The Swan P.B Masters Mrs. Willowdale Desborough William, beer retailer Reavell Gcorge, shoe maker :Prior George L Field William Cooper, farm bailiff to Rule Frank, baker Sandeman Waiter Albert. Morden ha Jamell Hugh-Smythe esq Rule George, farmer Spencer Mrs. Odse1 grange Harper Henry, baker Rule Wilfried, farmer Williams Rev. Arthur Lukyn M.A. Izzard George, beer retailer Sale John, farmer Vicarage ,Jarman Sarah (Miss), grocer k draper, Sanderson Alfred, miller (water) , Post office Walker James, farmer &; blacksmith COMMERCIAL. JohnsonJn.Garneys,frmT.Rect,ory frm West.rope John, farmer, Morden hall AlIen Robert Vickery, schoolmaster Kay William, blacksmith Winders James, shopkeepe-r Baker Albt.Wm.saddler &; hal'ness ma Kingsley John, farM bailiff to H. G. Worboys Frederick, Three Tuns P.B. Bonfield Frank, beer retailer Fordham esq carpenter & wheelwright Brockett Charles, Six Bells P.H Leonard Alfred, church clerk GUYHIRN WITH RINGSEND.-These places £250, the interest of which is to be distributed annually were formed into an ecclesiastical pa.rish March 28, 1871, by the vicar and churchwardens to the aged poor of from the civil parishes of Wisbech St. Peter and St. Mary, Guyhirn, was given by the late Samuel Marriott esq. inclnding the hamlet of 'I'horney Toll, which io:l ~.} miles 111e Ecclesiastical Commissioners. the representatives of west, and a portion of Wisbech St. Mar) nc:n::r the the late S. Marriatt eiq. and William Goddard Jackson whole of Wisbech Fen, esq. of Duddington, are the chief landowners. At Thorney Toll is a school church and a Catholic chapel. GUYHIRN is ~n the new Nene navigaOle r~c-e.., here The soil is clay and silt; subsoil, silt. The chief crops crossed by an iron girder bridge, and has a station on are potatoes, wheat and oats, and an industry has recently the Great Eastern and Great Northern joint railway: sprung up in the cultivation of fruit and flowers. Th& it is 3 miles north-west from March Junction station population in 1901 wa5 I,II6. on the Great Eastern and Great Northern railwa.ys and Sexton Abraham Etherington Tegerdine 6 south-west from Wisbeoh, and is in the Northern I' . division of the county, Wisbech hundred, petty ses- Post &; M. O. 0., P. P., S. B. k A. &; I. Office.-William sional division! union and. county cour}; distri~t,. rural Alfred Gilby, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 7 &; ~ea.ne9' .of WIsbech a~d ID the pecuhar archIdlaconal 10.20 a.m. &; are dispatched at 10.25 a.m. &; 6.40 p.m. JurIsdICtion of the BIShop of Ely. The church of through Wisbech, week days only. The nearest tele- St. Mary M~gdalene,. ere~ed at a cost. of £3,7°0 a?d graph office is at Guyhirn G. N. & G. E. jo~nt station consecrated ID 1878, lS bUIlt :upon ~he SIte of. an earlIer for collection &; delivery (by arrangement only). The church of the same name, whICh eXIsted here In the 15th nearest for general delivery is Wisbech St. Mary 3 century: the present edifice, designed by the late Sir G. miles distant ' Gilbert Scott R.A. consists of chancel. nave, transepts, . south porch and a western turret containing 3 bells: the Letter Boxes :-Rmgsend, cleared ]:0 a.m. &; 6.20 p.~.; eagle lectelu was carved by the Hon. Mrs. Montgomery, T~orney Toll, cleared 5.30 p.m.: Toll House, Guyhirn of Edinbnrgh; the sbone pulpit. and font were given by ~\eld, cleared 10·30 a.m. &i 6-4.'> p.m.;. Whe~t Sh~af friends from Devonshire and the parishioners: there are mn, cleared 10.15 a.m. &; 6·30 p.m.; HIlls farm, WIS- memorial windows to William Herbert Carpenter, d. bech Fen, cleared 7·45 a.m. & 5·45 p.m. week days only 1878, and others to the Marriott family, landowne:-s of Public Elementary Schools:- thilt parish: the church afford£ 350 sittings. Tlhe register Guyhirn (mixed), erected, with teacher's house, in 1875, dates from the year 1871. The living is a vicarage, net at a cost of about £800, for 1[20 children; average yearly value £300, including 58 acres af glebe, with attendance, 84; William George Hay. master residence, in ilie gift of the Bishop of Ely, and held Ringsend (mixed), erected in 1860 &; enlarged in 189~h since 1902 by the Rev. William Robinson, of St. Aidan's. for 65 children; avera~e attendance, 48; Mrs. Julia The old chapel of ease, now used as a mortuary chapel, is Whitby, mis·tress a plain building of stone, erected in 1660, and has 8 bell Thorney Toll (mixed), erected in 1872, for 70 children; dated 1637. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel and a Qverage attendance, 40; Henry Wedlock, master W S~tfar. chapel at Ringsend. The Marriott charity of