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io2 MARKET HARBOROUGH. LEICESTERSHIR~. f.) [KELLY's he afterwards passed through this town as the prisoner of payable half-yearly to the king, his heirs and successors: the Parliamentary Commissioners. Prince Rupert plundered in the year 1776 an Act was passed in Parliament for the this town, but Henry, rst Earl of Stamford, and one of the "Inclosing of the Open Fields of Great Bowden, wherein the Parliamentary generals, receiving intelligence of this, freeholders of Market Harl:Jorough had rights of common, marched to its relief and obtained a victory 14 Sept. r642. appurtenant to 72 ancient cottages in Market Harborough," On the east side of the town Roman urns have been found and parcels of the said fields were allotted accordingly by the and there were formerly traces of a camp. award of the commissioners, dateq ::zoth June, I7n· The Poplars is a large mansion at the north end of the town, • The district around Market Harborough js a very rich belonging to Sir Richard Lewis de Capell Brooke bart. M.A. grazing country and celebrated for its hunting and other J. P. field sports. Henry de Vere Vane esq. of 74 Eaton place, London s w, is lord of the manor, deriving his title from a grant by King In x881 the population was 2,418, and of the ecclesiastical James, in the 14th year of his reign ( 1616-17 ), unto John Lord padsh 2,669; the area of the Market Harborough, Great and Stanhope, Matthew Patterston and Thomas Shrimpton, their Little Bowden Local Board district is 4,987 acres; rateable heirs and assigns, of all these the manors of Bowden and value, £37,124 (including [.925 in Northant:l); and popula Harborough, with all rights thereunto belonging, fairs, tion in r881, 5,531. markets and tolls ; an annual rent of £6 6s. 7d. is reserved, Parish Clerk, William Martin. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, East Langton, West Langton, Langhton, Lubenham, High street.-Miss Emily Jane Kebble, postmistress. Medbourne, Mowsley, Shankton, Sadding-ton, Slawston, Deliveries :-The town deliveries of letters commence at Smeeton-Westerby, Stonton Wyville, Theddingworth & 7 & 11.30 in the morning; at 5.30 in the afternoon & 7.15 Welham in the evening ; collections are made from the wall boxes LOCAL BOARD. in time for each delivery. Dispatches :~Letters are dis- patched from Market Harborough at9.50 a.m. tn London Offices, Corn exchange, High street & all parts; 1 p.m. to London, Leicester & the north; to Board <lay, last tuesday in the month Braybrooke, Des borough, Farndon, Oxendon & Lubenham MEMBERS. at 3.30 p.m. ; London mail, 7 p. m. ; to Peterborough & Chairman, *Samuel Symington the Eastern Counties at 7.rs p.m. ; to Scotland, Ireland, tThomas tluswell tGeorge Green North Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire, Isle of Man, Cumber- tWilliam Dudgeon ~Henry Freestone land, Westmorland, Northampton & Rugby at 8-40 p.m. ; tJames Ley Douglass -rGeorge G. Gardiner & a general dispatch to all parts at ro p.m.: on sundays t*Charles Browning Fisher ~John Smith the office is open from 7 to xo a. m. & there is a general ±*John Alexander Nunneley -r*Edward Henry Hopton dispatch to all parts at 8.30 p.m. The following places !John Quick Costin receive their letters from this office :-Ashley, Brampton ! Marked thus t retire in 1891. Ash, Braybrooke, Cranoe, Desborough, Dingley, Farndon, Marked thus t retire in 18!12. Foxton, Great Bowden, Glooston, Gumley, Holt, Church Marked thus , retire in 1893. Langton, East Langton, ·west Langton, Thorpe Langton, Marked thus ll:· are Members of the Finance Committee. Little Bowden, Lubenham, Medbourne, Marston-'frussell, Clerk, Percy Lionel Bawlins, Sheep market Sibbertoft, Saddington, Stoke A1bany, Stonton Wyville, Treasurer, James Lawford, Leicestershire Bank, Market Slawston, Sulby Lodge, Sutton Welham, Weston-by- Harborough Welland, Wilbarston. There are sunday deliveries at the Medical Officer of Health, Fk. Grant L.R.C.P.Edin. High st following villages: Farndon, Foxton, Gumley, Luben- Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Herbert G. Coales, Corlll ham, Marston, Sibbertoft & Oxendon. The telegraph exchange, High street department is open for the transaction of business from 8 Collector, John Bland, Coventry road a. m. to 8 p.m; snndays 8 to 10 a. m. Branch tele- Veterinary ~urgeons to the Hoard, John Wiggins F.R.C. v.s. graph offices at East Langton, Great Bowden & Luben- Coventry street & Frederick A. Simpkin 1\I.R.c.v.s. St. ham. Hours the same as .:\Iarket Harborough. Time for Mary's road registered letters from 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m. daily. Parcels PUBLIC EsT.ABLISHli£ENTS :- post :-There are four deliveries per day, which commence Cemetery, Northampton road, T. w. Hall, clerk to the- at 9 & II.2o a.m. 4·30 & 7·I5 p.m.; parcels are received burial board; Gerard Martin, keeper up till 9.30 a. m. for dispatch at 9.50 a.m. & up till 7-3° Conservative Club, High street, John G. Flint, sec p.m. for dispatch at 8 p.m Corn Exchange, High street, 'f. W. Hall, sec RECEIVING OFFICE, M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance County Court (Circuit 2o), held at the Magistrates' room, Office, Northamptmt road.-James R. Gregory, receiver. Police station, every second month; His Honor J. J. Letter box cleared a 8.45 & II a. m. & 4.5o, 6.40 & 7· go Hooper M.A. judge; William Gilbert & William Wade· p.m.; sundays at 11.25 a. m. The nearest telegraph Wartnaby, joint registrars &high bailiffs. The following office is at Market Harborouzh. Hours of business, 7 a.m. places are within the jurisdiction of the court :-Ashley, to 8 p.m Arthingwortb, Brampton, Bowden (Great), Bowden: (Little), Braybrooke, Clipston, Cranoe, Dingley, Farndon COUNTY MAGISTRATES AL'TING FOR THE MARKET HAR• (East), Fleckney, Foxton, Glooston, Gumley, Hazlebeech, BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONAL DIVIMON. Hothorpe, Husbands Hosworth, Kibworth Beauchamp, Mills Joseph Trueman esq. Highfield, Husbands Bosworth, Kibworth Harcourt, Kelmarsh, Langt.on Tur, Langton chairman (West), Langton (East), Langton Thorpe, Langton Brooke Sir Richard Lewis de Capell hart. M.A. The Poplars, Church, Langhton, Lubenham, Market Harborough. Market Harborou,gh Marston Trussell, Mowsley, Naseby, Oxendon (Great) Cunard Sir Bache bart. N evill-Holt, Market Harborongh 1 Saddington, Shangton, Stonton Wyville, ~toke Albany, Baillie Col. James William, Ilstongrange, Leicester Smeaton Westcrby, Sutton .Bassett, Sibbertoft Sulby, Barfoot-Saunt William Henry esq. Oxendon hall, Market Theddingworth, Welham, Weston & Wilbarston Harboro' Certified Bailiffs under Law of Distress Amendment Act llraithwaite George V ere esq. Edith Weston hall, Stamford (1888), Samuel Greenwood, Nelson street; Harry How Cochrane Arthur Mowbray esq. Kibworth house, Kibworth nam Holloway, High street, Market Harborough; John Harcourt, Leicester Smith, St. Mary's road de Trafford Charles Edmnnd esq. Hothorpe hall, Rugby County Police Station, Thomas Bott, superintendent & in Mills Henry Trueman esq spector of weights & measures ; 2 sergeants & 8 constables. Piercy Rev. John Morpott William M.A. Slawston vicarage, Dispensary, High street, Rev. Clement E. Danby, hon. sec Market Harborongh Fire Engine, King's Head yard, keys at the Police station Pochin Major Norman Vansittart Stonhouse, Burnmill & at Mr. John Tooms', Bowden lane; J. H. Douglass, capt hill, Market Harborough Inland Revenue Office, Sheep market, Michael Loftus~ Stratton George esq. :M.A. Wheler lodge, Husbands Bos· supervisor; William C. Bone & W. H. Pearce, officers worth, Rugby Philanthropic Institute, Sheep market, John William Whitmore Thomas Charles Douglas esq. Orsett ball, Rem Newcombe, sec ford, Essex Town Hall, High street Clerk to t.he Magistrates, James Heger Douglass, High st Petty Sessions are held at the Police Station every alternate VOLUNTEERS:- tnesclay at II o'clock, Pxcept when there ~re Quarter Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry (Prince Albert's Own),. Sessions at Leicester. The following places are included ( D Troop), Lord Rathdonnell, commandant in the division :-Husbands llosworth, Bowden, Burton Leicestershire Regiment, 1st Volunteer Battalion ( 1\1 Com· Overy, Carlton Curlieu, Fleckney, Foxton, Gumley, pany); head quarters, High street; Captain .Vil!iam ley, Harborough, Kibwortb Beauchamp, Kibworth Har· Wade Wartnaby, commandant; Edward Butter. ser court, Church Langton, Thorpe Langton, Tur Langton, geant-instructor .