DIRECTORY.] BEDFORDSHIRE. "15 petty sessional division, union and county court district of the Rev. John Hill Banham M.A· of that college. The Bap­ Bedford, rural deanery of Risely, archdeaconry of Bedford tists have three chapels, one at Brook End, one at Keysoe and diocese of Ely. 'fhe church of St. Mary is a stone Row and one at Mill Hill. John Sambrooke Crawley esq. building of mixed styles, cl1iefly Decorated and Perpendicular, J.P. of Stockwood, Luton, is lord of t.he manor and principal and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave with north aisle, landowner. The soil is stiff clay ; subsoil, clay. The chief extending to length of chancel, south porch and a massive crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 3,503 acres; western tower with crocketed pinnacles and octagonal spire, rateable yalue, [3,389; population in 1881 was 710. with three tiers of dormers, and containing- a clock and 5 Parish Clerk, Isaac Stapleton. bells: the font is Early English, probably dating from 12001 PosT OFFICE, Mill Hill. - William Woodward, receiver. and has the following inscription, as r,mdered into modern Letters through St. Neots arrive at 8 a.m. & 2 p.m. ; dis­ French, running round the base: patched at 10.50 a.m. & 5 p.m. Risely is the nearest " Trestui qui par ici passerez money order & Kimbolton the nearest telegraph office Pour l'ame de Ware! priez: LETTER Box in Keysoe Row cleared at 4·45 p.m Que Dieu par sa grace Letters for Brook End & Mill Hill & other parts are de­ Vraie merci lui fasse: Amen." livered via Kirubolton, & those for K ~ysoe Row via Great There is also an ancient slab, inscribed in Lombardic capi­ Staughton tals: "AVBRE : DE : T-YE : GIST : CY: DIEV: DJ<:: County Police Station, Eli Bayes, constable SA : ALME: EYT: MERCY," and a coped slab carved with A School Board of 5 members was formed July 29, 1873; crosses recerclee and roses: there is a piscina on the south George Hartopp, clerk to the board; Joseph Adams, side of the chancel and east end of the north aisle : the east Kempstone road, Bedford, attendance officer window of the chancel was filled with stained glass in 1885 Board School (mixed), erected in 1875, at a cost of £I,soo, representing the Crucifixion, in memory of the late vicar, inclusive of house for master, for 150 children; avera~e the Rev. W. Airy M.A. : the edifice was restored principally attendance, 90 ; Charles G . .A.pthorpe, master by the vicar, assisted by subscriptions, in 1885: there are The National School, erected in 184o, is now used as a 270 sittings. The register dates from the year 17I5. The sunday school living is a vicarage, gross yearly value about [285, in­ CARRIERS TO:- cluding 150 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the BEDFORD-William Gillett, wed. & sat.; Thos. Ruff, sat. ; Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, who are Robert Cunnington, sat also the impropriators of the rectory, and held since 1875 by S-r. NEOTS-William Gillett, thurs. ; R. Cunnington, thurs

Banham Rev. John Hill M.A. Vicarage 1 Green Frank, miller (wind), Mill hill Perkins Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr. Mill hill Hartop James, Brook end Green Thomas, farmer, Keysoe row Ruff Thomas, carriert Brook end Perkins Rev. Fredk. [Baptist], Mill hill HartWm.beer ret.&blcksmth.Brook end Saunderson John, farmer, Keysoe row Varley Rev. Thomas [Baptist], The Hartop Benjamin, farmer, Brook end Stanton Eli, butcher, Brook end Manse, Brook end HartopGeo.frmr.College frm.Kcysoe rw Stanton Jesse, farmer, Brook en cl COMMERCIAL. Hartop John, farmer, Brook end Stapleton Edward, farmer, Brook end Barnett Geo. G. cowkeeper, Brook eml. Hartop Josiah,ratecollector,Keysoerow Stewart Jas.frmr.&cattle dlr.Brook end Brown John, farmer, Keysoe row Hawkins Benjamin, farmer, Keysoe row Stewart Joseph, jun. White Horse P.H. Currington Robert, Chequers P.H. & Hawkins John, farmer, Keysoe farm Keysoe row farmer, Brook end Hawkins Thos. beer retailer,Keysoe row StewartJsph.hawker& frmr.Keysoe rw Dickins William, bricklayer,Keyso~ row Hill John, shopkeeper, Keysoe row Wal~er Abel, tailor, Brook end Fisher Charles, carpenter, Keysoe row Hill ThomSouldrop. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Charles Ferrers, in tlle Northern division of the county, hundred of Maguiac e.sq. of Colworth, Bedford, is chief landowner and Stodden, Sharnbrook petty sessional division, union and lord of the manor. Tb.e soil is black loam ; subsoil, clay. county court district of Bedford, rural deanery of Felmers­ The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area ham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. 'fhe is 1,698 acres; rateable value, £r,458 ; population in I88I church of St. Margaret is a small stone structure, in the was r86. Norman and Early English styles, with Decorated inser­ Parish Clerk, Josepb Hodby. tions, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and chapel and a small western tower containing a clock and one bell: Letters through Bedford, via Sharnbrook, arrive at 8. 30 the chancel arch is N ormau, with zigzag mouldings: on the a.m. WALL LETTE.u Box cleared at 6.10 p.m. The parapet of the tower is the date 16r5, and a roof beam of nearest money order & telegraph office is at Sharnbrook the nave is dated 1669: there are about 70 sittings. The National School (mixed), erected by the Duke of Bedford in

register dates from about the year 1592. The living is a 1858 1 for 46 children; average attendance, 35; & sup­ rectory, consolidated with that of Souldrop, joint gross ported by Charles Magniac esq.; Miss Amelia Coles, mist Banks Joseph, farmer, The Green IRobinson Wallace, farmer, Tho Green j Wiggins Elijah, shopkeeper Hine Thos. Thorpe, farmer, 1\'Ianor ho LANGFORD is a parish and village, bounded on the tage. Some British mounds have been discovered on the west by the river Ivel, 2 miles south from Biggleswade, 4 west side of the church. There are here three manors : the north-east from Shefford, 9 north from Hitchin and 7 north­ manor of Holme with Langford, of which the Dean and north-west from Baldock, in the Northern division of the Chapter of Westminster are lords; the manor of Langford county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and county Rectory, of which the Hon. Mr. Justice Hawkins is lord; court district of Bizgleswade, rural deanery of Shefford, and the manor of Langford, of which Francis John Gurney archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church esq. is lord. The principal landowners are the Marquess of of St. Andrew is an unpretending but ancient building of Salisbury K.G., P.C. Messrs. Lindsell and Maiden and l''rancis stone, consisting of chancel and nave of fi \'e bays, north aisle, John Gurney esq. The soil is chiefly gravel; subsoil, gravel. south porch and a south tower containing 3 bells : there are The chief crops are w h.;at, oats, barley and peas, and mar­ a few ancient monuments: the church was partially restored ket garden produce. The area is 2,091 acres ; rateable in 1875 and was reseated in r884 in oak: a vestry has been value, £8,637; the population in 1881 was 1,242. erected in memory of the Rev. H. Addington, late vicar: a PosT OFFICE, Langford.-Miss Annie Street, receiver. new organ was erected in r885: there are 360 sittings. The Letters arriva from Biggleswade at 7 & 10.45 a.m.; dis­ register dates from the year 1700. The living is a vicarage, patched at 10.45 a..m. & 6.30 p.m. Biggleswade is the gross yearly value [270, including 104 acres of glebe, with nearest money order & telegraph office residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1873 ; T. J. 1871 by the Rev. Christopher Cooper Ewbank M.A. of Clare Hooper, Biggleswade, clerk to the board; RQbert Harry College, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyau chapel, and there Cater, attendance officer are charities amounting to £14 yearly, for bread and cloth­ Board School (mixed), built in 1876, for 258 children ; ing. Primrose Club Room, erected by the late Mrs. D. average attendance, 199; Robert IHarry Cater, master; Brown in I885, now belongs to Mrs. C. Wright, Ivy Cot- Miss Nichols, infanta' m•stroa&