162 SANDY. . LKELL1''S Smith Sidney :r. house decorato~, Western Frederick Wm. auctioneer, Freeman Emma (Mi9s), grocer Cambridge road assistant overseer, clerk to the Freeman Waiter, basket maker Spencer Richard William, baker, cemetery & to the Parish Council Garner Samuel, beer ret. The Green Brickhill road & sec. to the Sandy Town Hall CQ. Matthews Arthur, market gardene-r Spurway Harold M. B., Ch.B. Vict. Limited, Bedford road Matthews George, market gardener physician & surgeon, West villa, Western Geo. Edward, tailor, High st Odell Frank, market gardener, War- Bedford road Why William, insurance agent, Graf- ren villa & cowkpr. Eastside farm Stafford Boot Warf'house, High street ton villas, Bedford road Reading Room (B. Jeeves, hon. sec) Stamper Mark,Red Lion htl.Market pl Wilkinson Thomas, registrar of births Richardson William, market gardener Stanton Wm. mrkt.gardnr. Carter st & deaths for sub-district, Single William & Frederick, market Stockel"' Arth. Joseph, tinplate worker union (attendance IO gardeners & coal dealers Stone Fred. Bell P.H to u a.m. thursdays), Bedford rd Sletcher William, :Seeeton Cross P.H Strover Herbert Charles L.S.A,, Woodthorpe Hy. beer retailr. High st Underwood Thomas & George, market L.M.S.S ..A.Lond., L.A.H.Dub. medi- Wright & Co. wine & spirit mer- gardeners, The Green cal officer & public vaccinator Sandy chants, High street Underwood Alfred, market gardener & district, Biggleswade Young Ann (Miss), shopkpr. High st Woodall & Son, blacksmiths union & certifying factory surgeon, Young Mark, market gardener & seed Ivel lodge grower, farmer & gravel merchant, Tavlor & Co. saddlers, London road Rectory farm ; & at Willington SEDDINGTON. Taylor Charles, boot ma. Market pl Jeeves .A:llen & .Sons, pickle & sauce Thompson Chas. hair drssr. Hi~h st BEESTON. manufacturers & marke-t gardeners Tice Jame'!!, hair dresser, Hi!!b street Bowers Col. Maunsell, Beeston grange Underwood Charles, market gardener Tootell Harry, postmastet". High st Dale Tom, Daisybank, The Green Young Ell en (Mrs.), beer retailer Trnin Jennie (Miss), dress maker, Hughes Mrs. Manor farm Market place COMMERCIAL. Truin John, beer retailer, Market pl Baldwin Geo. mkt. gdnr. The Green STRATFORD. Truin Geo. market ga.rdnr. Hi!!h st Bal~ Frank A!i Allan,market gardeners Banes William, market gardener Truin Thomas, beer retlr. London rd Banes John, market gdnr. The Green BonfiBil.d Samuel, market gardenB'l' Twelvetrees Edwd.architd.Bedfurd rd Briee Chas. Saml. mkt. gdnr. New rd Booth Waiter William, farm bailiff to Underwood Arthur William, market Brown Elizabeth (Mrs.),mrkt. gardnr Viscount Peel P.C., D.L., J.P !!BrdE>ner, Warren farm Brown Ernest, market gardener Daniels William, gamekeeper to 1Jsher Chas. market gardnr. lvel rd Clow John, market gardener Viscount Peel P.C., D.L., J.P Wag-staff Sam, market gardener, St. Cope Alfred & George, market gdnn Goldstein Samuel John, market grdnr Neots road Cope Harry, market gardener Kettleborou.gh John, market gardenr "Walkman Thomas, market gardener, Darnell Arthur, market gardener Kettleborough Waiter, market grdnr Hi!!h street nunham Wm. mkt. gdnr. The Green Mason John, market gardener Wal'd Joseph, commission agent, Finding Grace (Miss), shopkeeper, Pibworth George, market gardener Wharf farm, London road The Green Smith George, market gardener ·sHABNBROOK is a parish and large village and somA mansion of stone of three storeys, in the Italian ·the head of a petty sessional division, on the bank of the style, erectt>d in 1760 by John Antonie esq. chief clerk river Ouse, about three-quarter8 of a mile to the west of the Court of King's Bench: the central portion of the ·of the road from Bedford to Higham Ferrers and Ket- principal front is ornamented with a pediment, and from tering, with a station on the main line of the Midland below extends a spacious balustraded porch, supported railway, and is 8 miles north-west from Bedford, Ilil east on eight coupled columns : the house i·s surrounded with "from Wellingborough, 5.~ from London by railway and beautiful pleasure grounds ~nd a parlr of 176 acres, in 5Q by road, in the Northern division of the hundred of which is a large lake. The late William Clarence Wa'· ·wmev. union and county court district of Bedford, rural son esq. J.P. restored the mansion at great cost, and it -deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and i.s now the property and :residence of Albtlrt Edward • - diocese of Ely. The Midland railway has a fine bridge Bowen csq. The Tofte, a substantially-built mansion -1>f ten arches across t'he river Ouse at this place. The of stone, erected in 1613 and reconst.ructed and enlarged village is lighted with oil lamps. The church of St. in 1904, is the prop!lrty and residence of Alexander Peter is an edifice of stone, chiefly of the Decorated Rowland Alston esq. J.P. The principal landowners are -period, with Perpendicular insertions, consisting of chan- Albert Edward Bowen esq. and Leonard Gibbard eel, with a large north or "Tofte" chapel, nave of four Stileman-Gibbard esq. J.P., D.L. The soil is clay; sub­ bays, aisles, north and south porches, and a western soil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, tower with pierced para.pet, with pinnacles, and octa- oats, peas, bea,ns and turnips. Pillow lace is made here. ·gonal spirt> relieved by three tiers of dormers, and con- The area. is 2,390 acres of land and 28 of water, includ­ taining a clock and 6 bells: the chancel has a groined ing Colworth; rateable value, £9,450; the population in pisci:oa, and a seat below the adjoining !1outh window; 1901 was 685. in the south aisle is another piscina, and in the north COLWORTH was formerly a parish, but under the chapel are three Euly Decornted sedilia and a tre- rrovisions of the "Local Government Act, 1894.'' by foiled piscina: the font is octagonal and pane1led: the Local Government Board Order, 32,662 , April ut, xBg5, east window is a memorial to John Gib bard, 1849, and it now forms part of the parish of Sharnbrook; it is 2 1\Iary his wife, 1855• f'nd was E-rected by their children: miles north of Sharnbrook station. there is a brass to William Cobbe kt. 1522, Alys his wife, llDd Thomas their son; and inscribed stones to Verger & Sexton, Thomas Alien. Sir William Cobb, 1675; Thomas Cobb esq. z662, and Post, M. 0. & T. Office (letters should have Beds Dorothy his wife; Thomas Cobb, x67o; and William added). Mrs. Lucy A. Pollard, sub-postmistress. Cobb, 1687; the monument to Sir OlivE'l.' Boteler kt. Letters arrive at 7.10 a.m. & 12.45 p.m.; box closes with shields of llrms, -and a !!'enealogoical account of his at 12.10, 5.25 & 7.50 p.m.; sundays, arrive at 8 a.m.; family in 1618, formerly in the north chapel, has b!'en dispatched at 3.50 p.m removed to the .,..est end of the church, and in its place Wall Letter Box, near Railway hotel, cleared at u.55

a monument to HoUingworth Ma1r11iac esq. of Colworth, 1 a.m. & 5.50 & 7·55 p.m.; sundays, 4·5 p.m and Helen his wife, was erected in 1887 by the latP Pillar Letter Box, Odell road, cleared at II a.m. & 6.10 Charles Magniac esq.; therA are other memorials of p.m.; sundays, 2.50 p.m modern date to the families of Gibba.rd, A.ntonie, Magniac and Bullock, the latter including an epitaph of COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR SHARNBROOK PETI'f unequ11led fulsomeness to John Bullock esq. and Sal"ah SESSIONAL DIVISION. his wife: the church was partially rebuilt and re-roofed Orlebar Richard esq. Slade house, Hinwick, Welling· in September, 1855, by subscription; the tower and borough, chairman spire were thoroughly restored in 1882, at a cost of St. John Lord (Lord Lieutenant), Melchbourne park, £3oo, and the bells rehung and a sixth bell added, at Sharnbrook a cost of [130: there are 210 sittings. The register St. John Hon. Henry Beauchamp Oliver D.L. Melch· dates fmm the year 1596. The living is a vicarage, bourne park, Sharnbrook net yearly value £1Bo, including to5 acres of glebe, with Alston Alexander Rowland esq. The Tofte, Shambrook residence, in the gift of Charles Vernon Magniac esq. A1ston Rowland Crewe esq. Odell Castle, Sharnbrook and held since 1909 by the Rev. Bickerton Cross Beck Arthur Cecil Tyrrell esq. Harrold hall, Bedford Edwards M.A. of Oxford University. There are two Dalton Fitzgerald Verity esq. The House, Upper Dean, .Baptist chapels. The Police station, with Se11sions house St. Neots and housP for thf' inspector attached, is a building of Green Henry Hilton esq. D.L. Felmersham grange, brick with stone dressings. Colworth House is a hand- Sharnbrook