I)IRECTORY.] 501 SYMPSON. [:aUCKS.]

West William, gTocer & confectioner, High street Worley John, solicitor, commissioner for taking affidavits & West William (Mrs.), milliner & dress maker, Higl1 street for taking acknowledgments of married women, & coroner Whitton William Corbett, M.D. surgeon, Calverton house for Newport Pagnell district, High street Wills Jabez, stone mason, Wolverton end Wright Henry, painter & glazier, Church street Woollard Frederick William, currier (firm, Sharpe & Co.), Wright William, fishmonger, High street Market square Wykes Elizabeth (Mrs.), berlin wool repository, High street Wooster Joseph, grocer, Market square STOWE, with . STOWE is a parish, in the hundred, union, county court acres: the perfection of art is seen in the disposition of the district and archdeaconry of , rural deanery of grounds, in their endless variety, connection and contrast, Stouy Stratford, and , 3~ miles north-north- and in the various buildings with which they are adorned. west from .Buckingham, and 60 from London. The church The entrance to the park from Buckingham is by a of St. Mary is situated in the private grounds of Stowe beautiful Corinthian arch, 60 feet high and of the same House; it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, with western width. Boycott ~'lanor House, recently erected by Charles tower and 5 bells. The living is a vicarage, rated in the Higgins, Esq., is a handsome Elizabethan residence, of red King's Books at £11 14s. 7d., and of the annual value of brick, with Bath stone dressings, situated on an eminence a £95, in the patronage of the Duke of .Buckingham, and held short distance from the old house, and commands a beautiful by the Rev. William Andrewes Uthwatt, rector of Maids 'View of the park of Stowe House; the gardens and terraces :Moreton; the Rev. William Henry Pearson, M.A., is curate. occupy two acres. There is a school, maintaiueu by the Stowe House, the seat of the Duke of Buckingham and Duke of Buckingham. The Duke of Buckingham, Lord Cbandos, is a noble building of stone; the front has a fine Southampton, and Charles Higgins, Esq., are the ]and­ portico, formed of six Corinthian pillars and two pilasters, owne1·s; the former is lord of the manor. There is a charity supporting a massive roof; the ascent is by thirty-two of £100, left to the poor ofStowe by the Rev. J. L. Dayrell, steps; the front, including a grand centre, two colonnades, who died in 1832. The population of the parish in 18Gl was and two pavilion wings, is 916 feet in length : on each 352; the acreag·e is 2,950. side is a flower garden extending along the front, en- DADFORD is a hamlet, containing the greater part of the closed by a balustrade of iron and Portland stone, sur- inhabitants of the parish. mounted at intervals by vases; below is the lawn and the BoYCOTT is a hamlet, with a population in 18Gl of 20; river; the north or park entrance of the mansion is an the acreage is 340. elaborate architectural work: with a portico supported by LAM PORT is a hamlet, occupied solely by cottag·ers. four Ionic columns, open colonnades, and another flight of Parish Clerk, Thomas Turpin. steps: the ornamental gardens occupy nearly five hundred School, John N ewman, master; 1\Hss 1\Iary Parker, mistress Stowe. Bennett f:harles, farmer, New Inn farm Dadford. BuckinghRm & Chandos His Grace the Bennett James, farmer, Castle & Boy- COMMERCIAL. Duke of, Stowe house cott farms Faulkener John, farmer PearsonRev.Wm.Henry, M.A. [curate] :Boycott. Ferguson David, gardener COMMERCIAL. Higgins Charles, esq . .Boycott manor Newman John, tailor & shopkeeper Bea:ds Thomas, farmer, & land steward George Aaron, farmer Letters through Buckingham, which to the Duke of Buckingham & Letters arrive through Bucking·ham is the nearest money order office Chandos at 8.30 a. m.; dispatched at 4.30 p.m

SWANBOURNE is a village and parish, 2 miles south­ from the village. The population in 1861 was 603; the area east ft·om Winslow, and 9 north from , in Cottesloe is 2,510 acres, which belong chietly to the Right Honourable hundred, Winslow union, Buckingham county court district Sir Thomas Francis , Bart., ;r. P., lord of the manor, nnd archdeaconry, rural deanery of , and diocese of who resides at Swanboul'!1e House. Oxford. The church of St. Swithin is an ancient fabric, with Parish Clerk, Jasper Alderman. square tower and 6 bells. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Crown, valued at £158 per annum; the Rev. James PosT OFFICE.-C'harles Palmer, receiver. Letters are Niven, M.A., is the vicar; the glebe is 33 acres. Here is a received through Winslow at 6 a.m.; dispatched at 7 p.m. Baptist chapel, and aN ational school, endowed with £15 per The nearest money order office is at Winslow annum, the remainder is provided by subscriptions; there is PuBuc ScHooLs:- also an Infant school, and a. school for straw plaiting, National, George Bentley, master established and patronised by Lady Fremantle. The Oxford Infant, Miss Hannah Phillips, mistress and Railway passes through the parish, where a neat CARRIERS TO AYLESBURY .~Charles Turvey, from Swan- station has been erected, about one mile and a half distant bourne, wed. & sat.; George 1\Iorris, tues. & fri . Brooks William, Swan, &wheelwright WoodwardFrancis,farmer,Holcomb frm Fremantle Rt.Hon. SirThomasFrancis, Claridge Henry, tailor Nearton End. hart. J.P. Swanbourne house Foskett Newman, baker & shopkeeper Belgrove Henry, farmer Fremantle Thomas Francis, esq. J.P. Green John, Red Lion, & farmer Bird George, farmer Swanhourne cottage Hollis John, yeoman Bowden Thomas, farmer Nivei\.Hev. James, M.A. [vicar] Humphries Thomas, station master Bowler Thomas, farmer coMMERCIAL. North & Son, coal dealers Colgrove John, farmer Anstee George~ boot & shoe maker Palmer Samuel, farmer Colgrove Robert, butcher Anstee Jane (Mrs.), grocer Phillips William, farmer Cross George (Mrs.), farmer :Baseley John, farmer, Dodley Hill farm Seaton Thomas, shoe maker & farmer Ellingham Charles, yeoman HelgroveGeorge,farmer,GraRgeHill frm Sharp James, farmer Kemp John, shopkeeper Belgrove John,farmer,AboveMead farm Spratley John, shoe maker Rog-ers \Villiam, farmer Bowden John, farmer Tattam Thomas, farmer Taylor William, shoe maker Bowden John Marriott, farmer White 1\Iary (Mrs.)~ Boot Turvey Charles, White Hart, & shop• Brooks Charles, farmer White Thomas, Neptune, Aylesbury rd keeper & carrier

SYMPSON (or SI:M:PSON) is a parish and village, one mile £330, in the gift of Sir J. Hanmer, Bart.; the Rev. Thomas from l''enny Stratford, 2 miles from Bletchley Station, and Walden Hanmer, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a neat 49 from London by rail, in the lnmdred of Newport, union, Methodist chapel; also a charity of £70 per year, given in county court district and rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, bread, coals, and clothing to the poor. The population in archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Oxford. The 1861 was 562; the parish contains 1,330 acres. church of St. Thomas is a plain edifice, with central tower Pa1"il51t Clerk, William Saunders. containing 4 bells. The li\'ing is a rectory, annual 'Value Cave Mr. Richard Bodley William, Plouyh Warner Thomas. shoe maker Hanmer Rev. Thomas 'Valden, M.A. Bolton Job, cattle dealer Warren Charles; landowner & farmer [rector] Clarke Georg-e, farmer Wri~ht John, butcher & cattle dealer 'Read :Misses Hazlewood Richard, cattle dealer Letters through Bletchley Station, Warren Mr. Charles Mead John, wharfinger The nearest money order office is at Wilson Rev. Francis Gan·att, B.A Matthews John, carpenter Fenny Stratford COMMERCIAL. Sear Thomas, blacksmith l The remainder of the names in this Bodley John, grocer & grazier S~pthorp Jo?~· farmer. parish will be found under Fenny Bodley Joseph, beer retailer S1pthorp Wilham, grazter Stratford.l