152 -SANDY. .BEDFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S J eeves J ames, marketgardener, The Green Underwood Thos. mrkt. ~ardnr. The Green STRATFORD. Matthews Arthur, market gardener Underwood WiWam, farmer Banes George, market gardener Matthews George, market gardener Wheatley Sidney, market gardener, Bonfield Samuel, market gardener Odell Crank, commission agent & market The Green . Daniels John (Mrs.), market gardener gardener, Warren villa Woodhall SmI. blacksmIth & wheelwnght Kettleborough John, market gardener Single Frederick & William, market Mason John, market gardener gardeners, The Green SEDDINGTON. Mayes John, gamekeeper to Viscount Single George, market grdnr. The Green Barringer Charles, market gardener Peel p.c., D.L., JP Truin John, market gardnr. York villa Jeeves AlIen & Sons, pickle & sauce OliveI' Thomas, farm bailiff to Visoount Underwood Alfred, market gardener manufacturers Peel P.c., D.L., J.P · Underwood George, market gardener, Jeeves AlIen, market gardener Pibworth George, market gardener Th~ Green Young James, beer ret. & market gardener Smith George, market gardener · SRARNBROOK is a parish and large village and great age. The principal landowners are William Clarencll' · the head of petty sessional division, on the bank of the river Watson esq. lord of the manor of Colworth, and William Ouse, about three·quarters of a mile to the west of the road Whitworth esq. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and gravet from Bedford to Higham Ferrers and Kettering, with a The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans and station on the main line of the Midland railway, and is 8 turnips. Pillow lace is made here. The area is 2,390 acrES miles north-west from Bedford, 19 east from Wellingborough, of land and 28 of water, including Colworth ; rateable value. 55 from London by railway and 59 by road, in the Northern £8,530; the population in 1901 was 685. division of the hundred of Willey, union and county court COLWORTH was formerly a parish, but under the pro­ district of Bedford, rural deanery of :Felmersham, arch- visions of the "Local Government Act, 1894," bv Local · deaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The Midland rail. Government Board Order, 32,662, April 1st, 1895; it no\v way has a fine bridge of ten arches across the river Ouse at forms part of the parish of Sharnbrook; it is 2 miles north this place. The village is lighted with oil lamps. The of Sharnbrook station. church ofSt. Peter is an edifice of stone, chiefly of the Decorated Verger & Sexton, George Maxey. ,period, with Perpendicular insertions, consisting of chancel, Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., ~. B. & A. & I. O. with a large north chapel, nave of four bays, aisles, north (Sub·office. Let.ters should have S.O. Bedfordshire added).- and south porches, and a. western tower with pierced parapet, Miss Emily Whitney, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive'at 7.10 with pinnacles, and octagonal spire relieved by three tiers a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; box closes at 11.25 a.m. & 7.30 p.m,,; of dormers, and containing a clock and 6 bells: the chancel sundays, arrive at 8.25 a.m.; dispatched at 2.55 p.m has a groined piscina, and a seat below the adjoining south window; in the south aisle is another piscina, and in the COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR SHARNBROOK PE'PTY north chapel are three Early Decorated sedilia and a trefolled SESSIONAL DIVISION. piscina: the font is octagonal and panelled: the east window is a memorial to John Gibbard, 1849, and Marv his wife, Orlebar Richard esq. Park hOURe, Hinwick, Wellingborough. · 1855, and was erected by their children: there'is a brass chairman to William Cobbe kt. 1525, Alys his wife, and Thomas their St. John Lord D.L. Melchbourne park, Sharnbrook S.O son; and inscribed stones to Sir William Cobb, 1675; Thomas St. John Hon. Henry Beauchamp OliveI', Melchbourne par11, Cobb esq. 1662, and Dorothy his wife; Thomas Cobb, 1670; Sharnbrook S.O and William Cobb, 1687; the monument to ~ir OliveI' Boteler Alston Rowland Crewe esq. B.A. Ode)) Castle, Sharnbrook S.O kt. 'With shields of arms, and a genealogical account of his Browning Capt. Hugh Edmond D.L. Clapham park, Bedford family in 1618, formerly in the north chapel, has been removed Dalton Fitzgerald Verity esq. Dean house, "Cpper Dean, to the west end of the church, and in its place a monument St. Neots to Hollingworth Magniac esq. of Colworth, and Helen his Green Hy. Hilton esq. D.L. Felmersham grange. Bedford wife, was erected in 1887 by the late Charles Magniac esq. Orlebar Richard Rouse Boughton esq. D.L. Hinwick lodge. there are other memorials of modern date to the families near Wellingborough of Gibbard, Antonie, Magniac and Bullock, the latter in· ~tileman-Gibbard Leonard Gibbard esq. M.A. Sharnbrook cluding an epitaph cf unequalled fulsomeness to John Bullock house, Sharnbrook S.O esq. and Sarah his wife: the church was partially rebuilt Watson William Clarence esq. Colworth, Sharnbrook S.O a.nd re.roofed in September, 1855, by subscription; the tower Welstead Edward Leonard esq. Kimbolton house. St. Neots and spire were th.)roughly rpstored in 1882, at a cost of £300, Whitworth William esq. Ouse Manor, Sharnbrook S.O and the bells rehung and a sixth bell added, at a cost of £130 : The Chairman, for the time being, of the Bedford Rurail there are 210 sittings. The register dates from the year District Council, is an ex-officio magistrate 1596. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £185, Clerk to the Magistrates, Archibald Alien, Olney including 106 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Petty Sessions are held at the Sessions house every alternate H. R. Magniac esq. D.S.O. and held since 1877 by the Rev. friday, at 11 a.m Henry Bliss Wilkinson, Associate of King's College, London. The places in the petty sesRional division are :-BletsoC', .There are two Baptist chapel';!. The Police station, with Bolnhurst, Carlton, Chellington, Colmworth, Dean, Farndish• Sessions house and house for the inspector attached, is a Felmersham, Harrold, Keysoe, Knotting, Melchbourne. building of brick with stune dressings. Colworth, the seat Milton Ernest, Odell, Pavenham, Pert-enhall, Podington. of William Clarence Watson esq. J.P. who has restored the Riseley. Sharnbrook, Shelton, Staughton (Little), Souldrop~ mansion at great cost., is a handsome stone building of three Swineshead, Thurleigh, Wymington & Yelden storeys, in the Italian style, erected between 1720-60 by John Antonie esq. chief clerk of the Court of King's Bench: PUBLIC OFFICERS. the central portion of the principal front is ornamented Assessor & Collector of Taxes, Joseph Hartop, Keysoe­ with a pediment, and from below extends It spacious balus- Assistant Overseer, Jonah Gunn traded porch, supported on eight coupled columns: the Inspector of Police, Robert Nottingham house is surrounded with beautiful pleasure grounds and a Medical Officer, Sharnbrook District, Bedford Union, Parbury park of 250 acres, in which is a large lake. The other mansions WaIter Kay M.R.c.s.Eng., L.R.c.p.Lond. The Grange in the neighbourhood are-8harnbrook House, the property Deputy Registrar of Births & Death';!, Sharnbrook Sub·district" and residence of Leonard Gibbard Stileman-Gibbard esq. Bedford Union, Mrs. Newell M.A.., J.P. and Ouse Manor, the residence of William Whit- A School Board of 5 members was- formed April 20, 1871; worth esq. J.P. where there are remains of ancient buildings; Archibald AlIen, Olney, Bucks, clerk to the board; atten· The Toft, a substantially-built mansion of stone, now (1903) dance officer, Rev. Henry Bliss Wilkinson in course of reconstruction and enlargement, is the property Board Schools (mixed), built in 1871, with master's house, at of Alexander AIston esq. Sharnbrook Grauge, erecte<i in a cost of £2,126, for 180 children; average attendallce~ 1648, and now occupied by WaIter Parbury esq. M.R.c.s.Eng., 125; Abner Colson, master L.R.c.p.Lond. stands in park-like grounds of about 25 acres; Railway Station, Edwin Hoe, station master near the house are three fine cedar trees, supposed to be of Carrier to Bedford-Richard Bayes, wed. & sat , . PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sharp Mrs. Stoke Mill house Bayes Louisa (Mrs.), cartel' Beall Charles Stileman·Gibbard Leonard Gibbard M.A., Bayes Richard, carrier & shopkeeper Beall Mrs J.P. Sharnbrook house Beall John Chades, coal, ('oke,.com, salf. Chettle Mrs. The Firs Ward Mrs soot & manure merchant, Railway & Clode Arthur O. The Moat house Watson Wm. C1arence J.P. Colworth house station; at Bedford railwav• station Hipwell William, Hillside house Whitworth WilIiam J.P. Ouse manor & 18 (Midland) Horrell William Herbert Essex villas, Kenl;ington El w Bransom George, beer retailer Marchant Henry, Ailsa villa Wilkinson Rev. Henry Bliss, Vicarage Brooks William Kilpin, Railway notel 1\Iole Arthur COMMERCIAL. Clayson Charles & George, brick & tile Newell Mrs. The Elms AlIen Charles, blacksmith makers & lime hurners Parbury 'Valter Key L.R.c.p.LOnd. The Archer Edwin, grocer & draper ColIyer Charles, farm bailiff to Willir.r.r Grange· BarcockAlbert & John,plumbers & glaziers Whitworth esq. J.P pattison Mrs Barker Charles, butcher Co-operative Stores Limited (Charles Phmips Miss .. Bayes George, carter Burch BagnalI, managpr).