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Labor-in-Vain (Bucks), (Bucks), Leighton Buz­ PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:- zard (Beds), Linslade (Bucks), Little Billington (Beds), All Saints' Church, Rev. Thomas Wallis Richards M.A_ Litt.!eworth (Bucks), (Bucks), Milton Bryant vicar; Rev. John Fulton Hood B. A. & Rev. Robert Orr,.. (Beds), (Bucks), ~orthall South End (Bucks); curates; II a.m. & 6 p.m. & wed. & saints' days, 11 Potsgrove (Beds), Reach (Beds), Ringshall (Bucks), Sand a.m. & 7.30 p.m House (Beds), Salford (Beds), Seabrook (Bucks), Sheep St. Andrew's Church, Church street; u a. m. & 6 p.m. &. Lane (Beds), Slapton (Bucks), (Bucks), South­ fri. 7.30 p.m. during Lent & Saints' days court (Bucks), Stanbridge (Beds), Saint Margaret Catholic (Iron church), Beaudesert, Rev. Charles Edward (Bucks), (Bucks), Stockgrove (Bucks), Stoke Reilly; holy communion 8.30; mass 10 a. m.; 6.30 p.m. ; Hammond (Bucks), 'febworth (Beds), Tilsworth (Beds), daily mass 7. 30 a. m. ; wed. 8 p. m Toddington (Beds), Vallence End (Beds), Wingfield (Bee¥>), Friend's Meeting House, North street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wing (Bucks), Wingbury (Bucks),·WoburnSands (Beds), thurs. 10.30 a. m Woburn (Beds), Woodcock Hall (Beds) Baptist, Hockliffe street, Rev. Robert Edward Chettle­ For Bankruptcy purposes is included in that of Luton ; borough; ro.3o a.m. & 6 p.m. & mon. & wed. 7.30 p.m A. Ewen, Luton, official receiver Baptist, Lake st.. Rev. Alfd. Jas. Grant ; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p. m. Certified Bailiffs appointed under the • • Law of Distress Primitive Methodist, North street, Rev. Edward Alford ~ Amendment Act," Cumberland & Hopkins, 40 High street 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. & wed. 7 p.m & Henry James Stevens, 6 St. Andrew's street Wesleyan, Hockliffe street, Rev. Alfred Barber & Rev. Geo_ Corn Exchange, Lake street, Edmund Sear, hall keeper Hayes; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m County Police Station, 2r Hockliffe road, James Anniwell, Salvation Army Head Quarters, Lake street superintendent, I sergeant & 4 constables SCHOOLS:- Provident Dispensary, North streEJt, Edward Lawford lii.D. A School Board of 7 members was formed in March, 189-3;. consulting physician; Jn. Alexander Hedges M.R.c.s. Eng. David Thomas Willis, clerk to the board, 42 High street; & Johnstone Delavil John Harris L.R.C.P. Edin. medical Samuel Radley Middleton, attendance officer, 14 Grove rdl officers; Robert Tindall esq. hon. sec. ; Thomas Brown, Pulford Endowed Public Elementary (boys). The. buildings; clerk & collector of this School, founded in Church square in r710 by Joshua, TempEJrance Hall, Lake st. Mrs. Leah Rierton, hallkeeper Pulford, & now in Parsonage close, were re-erected in r884,. Town hall, Market sq. Henry James Stevens, hallkeeper from the designs of Mr. Frederick Gotto, of Leighton, at a. Volunteer Fire Brig-ade, C. F. Ruggles, captain; Henry cost of about £r,goo, & are of native sandstone with! Sharp, superintendent stone dressings, in the Gothic style, & include a master's. VOLUNTEERS. house; the school has an income of £6o yaarly from the­ :;rd Volunteer Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (detach­ endowment; the school was built to hold 240; average­ ment of the D Co.), Town hall; (head quarters, Dun­ attendance, 140 boys ; George Cousins, head master ;; stable) Capt. F. M. Bassett, comm!inding; Sergeant­ Edward Rose & Charles Edwin Ruche, assistant masters Major James Sheppard, sergeant-instructor St. Andrew's (girls), North street, built in 1872 from the­ LEIGHTON BuzZARD UNION. designs of Mr. Frederick Gotto, at a cost of [, r ,4oo, for- Board days every Friday fortnight at the Workhouse at 200 children; average attendance, I8o girls ; Mrs. Louisa­ 10 a.m. Rose, mistress The Union comprises the following places :-Billington, Board (girls' & infants'), Bassett road; infants' school. (Bucks), , (Bucks), built in 1830 & girls' school built in r873, on land ad­ Eggington, Gro\'e (Bucks), Heath & Reach, lvinghoe joining for 193 girls & r93 infants; average attendance, (Bucks), Leighton Buzzard, Linslade (Bucks), Mentmore r6o girls ; Miss Edith Jane Spooner, mistress; )liss Annie, (Hucks), Slapton (Bucks), Soulbury (Bucks), Stanbridge, Cobb, infants' mistress ; average attendance, 150 (Bucks), & Wing (Bucks). The popu­ Board (boys), Beaudesert, built 1894, for 270 children; lation of the union in 1891 was 18,593 ; area, 38,753 acre!! ; average attendance, 240; William Sinclair Currie, master rateable value in r898, £139,424 Board (infants'), originally built for a boys' British school Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, John in r813, was altered & enlarged in 1S94 for ~oo children;. Newton, High street, Leighton Buzzard average attendance, 240 ; Miss Smellie, mistress Treasurer, Francis Bassett, The Bank, Leighton Buz7.ard NEWSPAPERS :- Relieving Officer for the Union, John Thomas Till, The Leighton Buzzard Observer, 5 High street, Henry Jackson,. Workhouse, Le.ghton Buzzard publisher ; pub. tuesday. See advert Vaccination Officer, Thomas Brown, 7 North street, Leighton Leighton Buzzard Weekly Reporter & Advertiser, High st­ Buzzard & Market sq. Rush & Warwick, proprietors; pub. friday Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Leighton Buzzard, Luton Times & Bedfordshire Advertiser, branch office,. Henry William Adrian Sandell L.R.C.P. Edin. 28 Lake Market square street, Leighton Buzzard RAILWAY STATION, Robert Anthony Dunleavy,station mastr Superintendent Registrar, John Newton, High street, GROVEBURY CROSSING GOODS s·rATION, Thomas Orchard,. Leighton Buzzard; deputy, Charles Wallis B. Calcott, goods manager High street, Leighton Buzzard CoNVEYANCE.-An omnibus lea\•es the Swan hotel to meet, Registrars of Births & Deaths, Edlesborough sub-district, all trains for all parts of the town, carriages supplied t~ Miss Priscilla Brown, Eaton Bray; deputy, Miss Elizabeth order Hawkins, Edlesborough ; l\-ingboe sub-district, William CARRIERS, with the places they go to, inns they call at &. Rogers, ; deputy, J. W. Keable ; Leighton days of departure. Buzzard district, John Thomas Till, The Workhouse, Agent to London & North Western Co. Henry John King,. Leighton Buzzard; deputy, David Rush, r7 High street, 37 Market square Leighton Buzzard; Wing sub-district, George Cleaver, Agent to Sutton, James Willson, High street Wing; deputy, E. Cleaver Agent to Roberts & Co. Limited, Rush & Warwick, Market sq Registrar of Marriage~', Alfred Blake, New road, Linslade; HIERTON-Rogers, Swan hotel, tues deputy, David Rush, r7 High street, Leighton Buzzard BRICKHILL GREAT-King, 'Roebuck,' tnes. & fri Workhouse, erected to hold 250 inmates, Rev. Thomas BRICKHILL Bow-Haddon, North street, tues Wallis Richards M.A. chaplain; Henry William Adrian BRICKHILL LITTLE-Haddon, North street, tues SandellL.R.C.P.Edin. medical officer; John William Hallett, CuuLINGTON-Brazier, 'Peacock,' tues. & fri master; Mrs. Catherine Hallett, matron DRAYTON P"'-RSLow-Pitkin, • Bell,' tues. & fri SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE. -Amos & Co. • Roebuck,' tues. & fri Meets at the Workhouse, every month, friday at II a.m. EGGINGTON-Leach, • Peacock,' tues. thurs. & sat Clerk, John Newton, High street, Leighton Buzzard EATON BRAY-Scott & Turner, • Bell & Woolpack,' tues. & fri.. Attendance Officer, Waiter Francis Broom, Heath & Reach EDLESBOROUGH-l\Iead, 'Sun,' tues. & fri PUllLIC OFFICERS :- HEATH & REACH-Stone, 'Cross Keys,' daily Assistant Overseer, Thomas Brown, 7 North street HOCKLIFFE-Amos & Co, • Roebuck,' tues. & fri Certifying Factory Surgeon, Walter Pratt L.R.C.P. Edin. lviNGHOE-Elliot, • Peacock,' tues 13 Bridge street lVINGHOE AsToN-Sanders, • Peacock,' tues. & fri Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes of the Cottesloe LUTON-Amos & Co. ' Roebuck,' tues. & fri Division & Clerk to the Magistrates for the South division N,l,;WTON LONGVILLE-Dickens, • Red Lion,' tues. & fri" of the Three Hundreds of Cottesloe, John Newton, High st -Honham, • Peacock,' tues Collector of Assessed & Property Tax & of Poor Rates, RIDGMOUNT-Williamson, • Greyhound,' tues Thomas Brown, 7 North street SLAPTON-Hing, 'Bell & ·woolpack,' tnes. & sat Collector of Market Tolls, Henry James Stevens, 6 St. SouLBURY-Howe, Market square, tues. & sat .Andrew's street STEWKLEY-King, 'Red Lion,' tues. & fri. ; Chappel, North .Assistant Baihff, Henry James Stevens, 6 St. Andrew's st str3et, tues. fri. & sat. & Tofield, North st. tues. & fri "Town Crier, John Stairs, 14 North street SwANBVURNE-Morris & Son, • Peacock,' tue.5 Superintendent of Police, James Anniwell, ~ockliffe road TEBWORTH-Dollimore, 'Peacock,' tues