DffiEarORY.] . L.A~E END. 109 LITTLE KIMIBiLE. Morris Mrs. Brook cottage Hailey Richard, farmer, Brook farm Cheese Mrs. Rectory Murray Mrs. Bonnybrook Rayner Thomas, farmer Gibson-Craig Henry Vivian J.P. Lad)' Ohilton Frederick James, Crown P.H. Stopps Benjamin,farmer,assistant over-- Mede & grocer seer & surveyor & assessor of taxes Guy NIl'S Hailey John, shopkeeper *Stopps William,iarmer,High Holborn KINGSEY, a parish formerly in Bucks, has by Local Itransferred to Oxfordshire, and will be found in Kelly's Government Board Order, dated October 27, 1894, been I Directory of that county. LACEY is an. ecclesiastical parish formed August I, through S.O. arrive at 7.45 a.m. 1851, from the of Princes Risborough, and & 12.45 p.m.; dispatched at 10.55 a.m. &; 4.55 comprising the hamlets of , Loosley Row p.m.; sundays no delivery except to callers from 8 to and Speen, in the Mid division of the county, hundred 10 a.m.; mail dispatched at 9 a.m. The nearest and petty sessional division of Aylesbury, union and telegrap~ office is at Princes Risborough, 3 miles distant county court district of , rural deanery Post Office, Speen.-William Plumridge, sub-postmaster. of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese LetterS' through Tring, via Princes Risborough, arrive of Oxford. Lacey Green is 2~ miles south-south-east at 9.10 a.m.; dispatched at 4.5 p.m. week days only. from Princes Risborough station on the Thame and Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Loosley Oxford branch of the GTeat West.ern railway and 12 miles Row is the nearest money order & Princes Risborough south-east from Aylesbury. The church of St. John the nearest telegraph office, 4 miles distant the Evangelist, opened in the year 1826, is a plain Wall Letter Box, near the school, Lacey Green, cleared cruciform building of flint with stone dressings-, con- at 4.35 p.m. week days only sisting of apsidal chancel, added in 1871, nave, western Schools porch, and. ~ bell gable at the junct~o~ of chancel and National, Lacey Green, built in'1851, &; enlarged. in 1885 nave contammg: one bell: there are sIttmgs for 400 p~r- &; 1898 for 120 children; average attendance, 88; Alfred sons. The regIster dates from the year 1826. The hv- Brown A CP master' Mrs Brown mistress ing is ~ vicara~e, yearl.y value, including gleJ;>e ([n.o) National, Sp~e~, built &, partly endow'ed in 1862 by Mrs. and reSIdence, m th~ gIft of the rector of P!I~CeS RIS- Grace, for 70 children; average attendance, 38 ; Miss borough, and held smce !897. by the Rev.. ~~am Rob- Louisa Critchley, mistress s?n M.A. of DUl'ha~ UmversI~Y. The PrImItIve Metho- Endowed, Loosley Row, built in 1862 by Mrs. Grace, fo? dIst chapel, erected m 1855, WIll seat ISO persons. John 80 children; average attendance, 40; &; endowed with Fo~rest esq. J.P. the War~en and Fellows of Mert.on the rent of a small farm at Common, given by ~ollege, Oxford and Fred~n~k ~. Clark esq. are prm- Mrs. Grace, which is shared with the school at Speen;. cIpal landowners. The sod IS light and chalky; sub- Miss Agnes Hewitt mistress soil, chalk and clay. The chief crops are barley, oats -'. " and turnips. The area is 1,923 acres; rateable value LqOSLEY ROW IS a haml~t on the , included with Princes Risborough; the population in ! mIle north-west: .The BaptIst. chapel here, erected 1891 was 1,049. m 1862, has 250 sIttmgs; there IS also a foundry. Sexton, Jesse Hawes. SPEEN is a hamlet three-quarters of a mile south- Post & M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity & Insurance Office, east. Here is a Baptist chapel, ~rected in 1813, with Loosley Row.-Alfred Ward, sub-postmaster. Letters a residence f()r the minist.er. L.A,CEY GRE&"l. Watson Miss, Loosley hill Ohilton Free, farmer &; beer retail6/l" Clark Frederick Aldridge, Gracefield .?~MMERCIAL. G()~~ Free, chair maker, &; King Carder Rev. Benjamin In.B.A.(curate) Anderson WIlham. cattle dealer Wrlham P.H Forreost John .T.P. Grimsdyke Barefoot James, carpenter Janes Boaz, farmer Robson Rev. William l'vLA. Vicarage l3urroughes George, farmer Janes Geo. Plough P.H.Flowers boUm cmmERCIAL. Cheshire George, miller (wind) Pearce George, blacksmith, Flower's Brown Phineas shopkeeper Dormer Eli, beer retailer bottom Biggs Owen, builder Dormer George. fa['mer Plumridge William, chair maker a Currell Free bricklayer Floyd George, shopkeeper shopkeeper, Post office Dell Sarah '(Mrs.), 8hopkeeper Floyd John, beer retailer R~dgley Free, chair turner Floyd Dan boot maker Gomme Sarah &; Sons, ironfounders Rldgley George. shopke€pel' &; baker Floyd PeU:r, farmer L~cey Jane CMrs.), beer retailer R~dgley ~ilIia~, chair turner Ginger Ann (Miss) beer retailer Rlxon Jesse, Sprat P.H RIX()n Eh, chaIr turner Hawes George, far~er Steve~s Ver~o~, tailor Saunders George, farmer, Speen farm Hawes JeoSse,parish clerk &; shoe makr Tomkms ~~lham. farmer Saunders Wm. farr,ner, Flowers bot·tm .Tanes Hezekiah, baker Turner WIlham, hurdle ma.ker SteveIlJs Robe!t, taIlor Pars~ow Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Tyler Thoma1s, farmer &; tImber mer Ward Cornehus, carpenter Nash William, farmer Ward Alfred, carpenter &; shopkeeper, Ward Charles, carpenter Reading Room (George Floyd, sec) Post office Ward Edward, carpenter Saunders .Tohn, farmer Ward George, carpente~ . Saunders John William, carpenter SPEEN. Wedlock Jalll.eS,farm balhff to Thomas i'aunders Wm. frmr. Small Dean fm Harris()n Rev. William (Baptist) ~. PaNons esq . Tilbury Seth, shopkeeper Anderson Ernest Edwd. wheelwright Wh~tney Albert J~hn, chaIr tu~er & builder &; overseer, Darvill's hill WhltneY Geo. chaIr turner,Darvill's hI LOOSLEY ROW. Anderson J ane & Son, farmers, Dar- W000 Albert, chair back maker Bousfieldl Rev. Alfred M.A. Loosley ho vill's hill Wood John, shoo maker LANE END is a village and ecclesiastical parish esq. F.R.S. and was inserted by his children; a west formed February 5th, 1867, out of the parishes of Great window to William Henry Sandby esq. was placed ia Yarlow. , and , chiefly 1887: there are 330 sittings. The burial ground at­ situated in the first-named, 3 miles south-west from tached to the church has been considerably enlarged. West Wycombe station on the High Wycombe, Ayles- The register dates from the year 1832. The living is bury and Thame branch, and 4 north-west from Great a vicarage, net yearly value [230, with residence, in the­ Ma-rlow terminal station on a branch of the Great Wes- gift of the rector of Hambleden, and held since 1889 by tern railway and 5 west from High Wycombe, in the the Rev. Francis Lochee 1\ash M.A. of New College, Ox­ Southern division of the county, hundred of Desborough, ford. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1865: the old­ petty sessional division of Desborough ISt division, chapel is now used as a school. At Moor End is a county court district of High Wycombe, rural deanery Gospel Mission Hall, built in 1888. The inhabitants are of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese mostly engaged in the manufacture of chairs, and there is of Oxford. The church of the Holy Trinity was re- an iron foundry and agricultural implement works. Wy­ built in 1878, at a cost of [3,300, in place of the combe Court, the seat of Arthur E. Smithers esq. is a former structure, erected about 1832: the present church mansion in an Oriental style, surrounded by beautiful is of brick and flint with Bath stone dressings, in the undulating grounds, and is sheltered. on the north by Gothic style of the 13th century and consists of chancel, Fining Wood and on the east by Widdenton Park Wood, nave. vestry, organ chamber, north porch and a tower which is the highest ground in the county, and from its containing 6 bells: the ancient roof of the nave was elevated position commands extensive views over Berks brought from an ecclesiastical building formerly stand- and Surrey. Sir William Robert Clayton bart. of Harley­ ing near the bridge at , and is of the 14th ford, Marlow, is lord of the manor. The principal land­ century; there are several stained windows, one of owners are Sir Robert John Dashwood bart. of West Wy­ which, on the north side, was transferred from the old combe House, Lieut.-General O. L. C. Williams, of church; the east window is r memorial to James Luke Temple House, Bisham, and Henry William Cripps esq.