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Pa.rsons Thomas Fulbrook Louis a (Mrs.), carrier May John, farm bailiff to .Alfred F. Upfold George John Glede Ambrose, beer retailer H. Wray esq Wray Alfred F. H. The Folly Ha.ines Helen ("Ylrs. ), frmr. &landowner Smith James, boot maker COMMERCIAL. Ha.vell Joseph, grocer & carrier Smither John, baker & grocer :Barlow Abraham, wheelwright Herbert William G. Red Lion P.H Thatcher J oseph, beer retailer :Bastin George, farmer Jeffries ThQs.grocer,beer retlr.&carrier Vanderstegen Douglas J.P. farmer~ Bees on Rosetta (~Irs. ), farmer Kent Oharles, blacksmith College Wood farm Jl.eesQn Thos. carpenter & wheelwright King George, Greyhound P.H \Yard Elizabeth & Ann (Misses), far­ J3itmead Edwa.rd, farmer, Exlade st Kirk John Ja.mes, blacksmith mers, Exlade street Fox William, farmer Lewis Geo.rge, land surveyor & assis­ W eedon Bros. brick & tile manufrs Franklin "\Villiam, market gardener tant overseer 'Vinkworth Thomas, carpenter STOKE TALMAGE is a parish and very small and sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates retired village, 3! miles north from Watlington terminal from the year 1764; marriages, 1754. The living is a station on the branch from Princes Risborough of the rectory, gross yearly value £260, with residence, in the Great Western railway, 2 south-west from Tetsworth, gift of the Earl of Macclesfield, and held since 1877 and 5 south-west from Thame, in the Southern divi- by the Rev. Charles Prescott de Coetlogon M.A. of .sion of the county, hundred of Pyrton, petty sessional Exeter College, Oxford. The Earl of Macclesfield is division of Watlington, union and county court district lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is of Thame, rural deanery of Aston, archdeaoonry and mixed; subsoil, .soft rag. The chief crops are wheat diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary Magdalen. and beans. The area is 843a. 3r. 6p. ; rateable value. erected in the early part of the last century, is a small £1,027; the population in 1891 was 97· building of flint with stone dressings in mixe-d styles, Sexton, Alfred Tebby. consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, vestry and a Letters through Tetsworth, the nearest money order &. low western towe-r with a pyramidal roof containing 2 telegraph office, arrive at about 7.15 a.m bells: there are brasses to John Adene. 1504, and his Wall Letter Box cleared at 6.25 p.m wife Joan; and to John Pettie, esq. 1589. in armour, National School (mixed), erected in 1865, for so chil- and his wife Elizabeth (Snapp), with Io children: the dren; average attendance, 42 ; supported by Lady whole structure was restored in 186o, and affords 120 Macclesfield; Miss Emily Learman, mistress

.de Coetlogon Rev. Chas. Preseott M.A. 1 Lester Hy. Anthony, frmr.Grange frm Towerton Jame.s, Red Lion P.H Rectory Longmuir- Hector F. farm bailiff to V ernon J ames H. gardener to thi'J Kirman Martin, farmer, Stoke Fieldj the Earl of Macclesfield Rev. Chas.Prescott de CoetlogonM.A. . farm (Postal address, Watlington) Tebby Alfred, shoe maker Wyatt Levi, shKingston Blount, is lord of the manor. The landowner& ton branch of the Great Western railway, 7 north-west are Major Timothy ·white, Major John Augustus Fane. from Wycombe, and sl east from Watlington, in the I3 Woodlands road, Barm~s Common s w. and the Rev. Southern division of Watlington, union and county H. Savill Young M.A. recwr of Upton-cum-Chalvey. court district of Wycombe, rural deanery of Aston, w~th some smaller proprietors. The soil is stiff loam archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford. From its position in parts ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat • .on the lofty ridge of the Chiltern Hills, it enjoys a oats and barley ..... The area is 5,873 acres; rateable bracing and healthy atmosphere, and commands ex- value, £5,685; the population in 1891 was 1,780. tensive and beautiful views of the surrounding country. Beacon's (or Bacon's) Bottom and Water End are The church of SS. Peter and Paul is an ancient struc- hamlets in the parish of Stokenchurch, 1 ~ miles south~ ture of flint in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, east, on the boriiers of Bucks. aisles, south porch and a low western tower, with shin- glei spire, containing a clock and 3 bells: the chancel, Parish Clerk, Christopher Strange. restored about I85o, is Decora.ted, and retains a piscina Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & An- and two brackets; and on the north side is an ancient nuity & Insurance Office.-Mrs. Mary Holmes, sub. tomb-stone. discovered at the restoration of the church: postmistress. Letters through Tetsworth arrive at the chancel arch is Transition Norman and has a 7·35 a.m. "& 1.50 p.m. (delivery in village only); dis- hagioscope on the north side: the chapel has a good patched at 6 p.m.; dispatched on sunday at 12.30 noon wooden roof, and retains a piscina and traces of an Schools. altar, but its windows are of a debased character: the .A School Board of 5 m em hers was formed 30 Oct. 1 s75 ; .south doorway is Early English; the font Perpen- W. T. Pycraft, High Wycombe, clerk to the board; dicular: there are brasses to Robert Morley, 14Io, in Richard Timberlake, Wallis Hill farm, attendance armour, with inscription in Norman French; and to officer Robert Morley, 1412, and similar to preceding: the Board Schools. built in I877 (boys'), for go children; church was thoroughly restored in 1847• and in average attendance, 65; Thomas Adkins, master; I893 it was enlarged by the addition of a north aisle, at (girls'), also for go children ; average attendance, :a cost of [727, defrayed by voluntary contributions: 77; Mrs. Bates, mistress; (infants'), for 102 chil- there are 350 sittings. The register proper dates from dren; average attendance, 91 ; Mrs. Maude Adkins. about the year 1707 ; entries previous to that date hav- infants' mistress ing been made in the registers of Aston Rowant. The Board, Beacon's Bottom, for 70 children; average at~ living is a vicarage, gross yearly value from tithe rent- tendance, 52 ; John H. Davies, master -charge, about £150; net £98, with residence, in the Endowed, with an income of £ 4o yearly, from Tipping's gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1876 by the charity; Arthur H. Tranter, master; 12 boys are "Rev. J osiah Mander. The Congregational chapel here h d & · d 11 was built in I82o; and there are Primitive Methodist educated & c1 ot e 2 are apprentice annua y chapels in the village and at Beacon's Bottom. A con- Carriers W: siderable trade is carried on in chair-making. Worms- London-Fred Way, thurs. returning sat ley park, lately the seat of Major J. A. Fane, and about Thame Sw~rder, tues. returning same day ~ miles south-west from the village, is at present un- vVycombe Alfred "\Vitney, daily; Am os Witney, tues. &; occupied. Mallard's Court, the seat of Mrs. Flower, fri. ; & William Biggs, tues. & fri STOKE::\'CHURCH. Bird Alfred, baker Farey Jas. wheelwright & timber mer Britnell George, grocer & ironmonger G