272 WERTMILL. . [KELLY'::l a former rector: there are 242 sittings. The register cluding Wakely, is 2,663 acres of land and 7 of water; of baptisms dates from 1550; marriages, 1562; burials, rateable value, £2,713; the population in Igol was 37g. 1565. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £315. Sexton, WilIiam Barker. with residence and 40 acres of glebe, in the gift of Westmill Green, I! miles south-west, and Cherry Thomas Tylston Greg esq. and held since 18g3 by the Green, I south-west, are places in the neighbourhood. Rev. Charles Percy Jones M.A.. of Worcester College, Wakely, 2 miles west, formerly an extra-parochial Oxford. There is a village hall, the property of liberty of , was added to this parish by a Local T. T. Greg esq. -vrhich is used for social entertainments. Government Board Order dated March 25, 1883, and is The Earl of Rardwicke's charity of £28 yearly, derived now a hamlet of Westmill, consisting of one farm and from the tithe rent-charge, is applied to the support of eight cottages. the school. Coles Park is half a mile south of the Post Office.-Walter Rorley, sub-postmaster. Letters village; the mansion, rebuilt about 1847, is in the arrive through S.O. at 7 & n.5 a.m.; Elizabethan style and is the seat of Thomas Tylston dispatched at 8.10 a.m. & 6.50 p.m. week days & 9 Greg esq. J.P., M.A., F.S.A.; the park, 140 acres in a.m. sundays. Buntingford, 2 miles distant, is the extent, is traversed by the . Rerbert Shep- nearest money order & telegraph office herd-Cross esq. of Ramels Park, , who is Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built about lord of the manor, the Ron. John Henry Savile, of 1825, for 60 children; average attendance, 42 ; & Arden Hall, Helmsley, Yorks, Thomas Tylston Greg partly supported by the charity mentioned above; esq. J.P. and Lieut.-Col. G. B. Archer-Houblon, of Mrs. Susan Evans, mistress Hallingbury, Essex, are the principal lando-vrners. The This school is under the control of six managers; soil is heavy; subsoil, clay upon chalk. The ch.ief! Rev. C. P. Jones, correspondent crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans &c. The area, m- . Railwav Station, James KetIev, station master • • Mildren Edmd. farmer, Cherry green PRIVATE RESIDElS"TS. COMMERCIAL. MUI'ton Lydia (Mrs.), dress maker Ashford Misses Budd George, gardener to T. T. Greg North Albert, gardener to John Reid Greg Thomas Tylston J.P., M.A., esq. J.P. Goles park esq. M.D. The Cottage F.S.A. Coles park Carter Alfred, gamekeeper to T. T. Reed William, farmer, Knight's Hill Hummerston William Greg esq. J.P. Coles park & Gaylors farms Jones Rev.Chas.Percy M.A.Church ho Horley Waiter, grocer, Post office Russell J oseph Reed, farmer, West­ Reid John M.D. The Rectory Rummerston Charles, blacksmith, mill bury Russell Joseph Reed, Westmill bury wheelwright & beer retailer Smith Benjamin, farmer, Wadburns Thompson Robert Jackson Frank, Sword-in-Hand P.R Village Hall

WESTON is a parish and village, near the chalk and 1849 by Henry Octavus Roe esq. of Baldocl;:, for range, on a small stream which rises in the parish and widows, -vrho must not be less than 50 years of age runs into the river Beane, and bounded on the north-east when admitted and who receive 3s. per week. Roe's by the Roman way, 3 miles south-east from Sunday Bread charity, founded by deeds in 1841-2 by station on the and Cambridge branch of the H. O. Roe esq. of Baldock, produces a sum of about Great Northern railway, 35 from London, 4 north-east £12 yearly for that purpose; £2 18s. Bd. yearly from from and 6 east from Hitchin, in the Northern Pryor's bequest, left by will in 1838 by Robert Pryor, division of the county, Stevenage petty sessional division, is distributed at the discretion of the vicar. Marl­ Br~ldwater hundred, Hitchin union and countv• court borough Robert Pryor esq. M.A., D.L., J.P. of Weston district, rural deanery of Baldock and archdeaconry Park, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. and diocese of St. Albans. By the "Divided Parishes D. Clarke esg. is impropriator of the great tithes. Act, 1876," a portion of the parish was annexed to The soil is mostly clay intermixed with chalk and flint; Baldock in 1881. The church of the Holy Trinity is an subsoil, the same. The chief crops are wheat, barley ancient building of flint and stone, e-rected about 1200, and beans. The area is 4,54° acres; rateable value, in tht> NQrman and Early English styles, and consists £4,°90; the population in Ig01 was 791. of a chancel, north transept, clerestoried nave, south aisle, a vestry erected in 1880, south porch and an Hall's Green, I mile south-east; Warren's Green, I embattled central tower with an octagonal turret at the mile south; Weston Dane End, Il miles south, are north-east angle and containing a clock and 5 bells: hamlets. Lannock, a 70o-acre farm, is I mile west. in the south wall of the nave is a piscina of Early Parish Clerk, George Kimpton Smith. English date: the transept, which in its north and Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. & A. & I. Office.- west walls has two fine Norman windows, is now used WaIter Charles Payne, postmaster. Letters arrive as the organ chamber: the stained east window was • from Stevenage at 7.50 a. m. & 3.25 p.m.; dispatched erected by subscription in memory of Alice, wife of at 11.30 a.m. & 6.20 p.m.; sundays, 10 a.m M. R. Pryor esq. d. 1901, and there is a memorial Public Elementary School, built in 1847, for 166 boys &; window in the chancel to William Aislabie Eade, d. girls & 76 infants; average attendance, II3 in the 1853; and a tablet with Latin inscription and verses mixed school &; 42 infants; the school is supported to John Fairclaugh esq. ob. 1630: the church was re­ in part by £5 lOS. yearly from Roe's charity, men­ stored in 1867, the tower rebuilt, and the interior re­ tioned above; in 1906 considerable additions & im­ seated with open benches, affording 450 sittings. The provements were made, & two playgrounds provided; register dates from the year 1539. The living is a, .Alfred H. Bradbeer, master; Miss Margaret Saunders vicarage, net yearly value £150, with residence, in the & Miss F. Saunders, mistresses gift of Marlborough Robert Pryor esq. and held since This school is under the control of six managers; Rev. 1901 by the Rev. Alfred Phillips Willway RA. of the Alfred Phillips Willway RA. The Vicarage, corres­ Univers.ity of London. The Catholic Apostolic chapel pondent here seats ISO persons, and the Wesleyan chapel 200. A pleasure fair is held on the IIth of June. There are Carrier.-Henry Blaxill, to Hitchin on tues two almshouses, founded and endowed by deeds in 1842 Constable, Thomas UrW'in

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Chalkley .Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, Moodie Archibald, frmr.lrongate farm Pryor Marlborough Robert M.A.,D.L., Friends' green Munt Israel, beer retlr. & boot maker J.P. Weston park Coates Betty (Miss), parish nurse Nisbet Richard, estate steward to M. Pryor Roderick, Weston IQdge Collins George, beer retlr. Hall's grn R. Pryor esq. Town farm Wallace Goorge, Lannock ICoutts In.gardnr. to M. R. Pryor esq Northern William Henry, beer retlr. Washbourne 11. Murray, Frays Dearman Fredk. bricklayer & cowkpr Hall's green Watson Charles, Ivy lodge Denney Albert George, baker Payne WaIter Charles, grocer, draper, Wood Arthur John, Weston manor Dunn George Allen, George IV. P.H assistant overseer &; collector of Wedd Mrs. Weston manor Farr Albert H. farmer, Old farm taxes, Post office Willway Rev. Alfred Phillips RA. Farr William Elisha, Bury farm Randall Jesse Albert, beer retailer (vicar), Vicarage Ginn Francis Joshua, blacksmith Smith Arthur, shoe ma. & cowkeeper Grundrill Albert, tailor 8mith Georg-e Kimpton. Red Lion P.B COMMERCIAL. Hayes 'Beatrice M. (Miss), laundry Strattcm Charles Thomas. millPt' Beavington Frederick Henry, estate Jones John ,Richd. White Horse P.R (steam & wind) & farmer carpenter to M. R. Pryor esq. J.P Lawmon Geo.Wm. & Ernest,blksmths Wackett Samson, farmer,Howen's fm Bennett George, beer retlr. & shopkpr Lawman Alfred, wheelwright Waldock Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Blaxill Ann (Miss), frmr. Friends' gnILawmon Geo. wheelwright & blcksmth White Charles, farmer, Tilekiln farm Blaxill Henry, baker & carrier Matthews John, gamekeeper to M. R. White Thos.S. farmer,Dane End farm Burrows Susan (Mrs.), beer retailer t Pryor esq