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,and held since 1898 by the Rev. Charles Percy Jones Cherry Green is r mile south-we~t. M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford, who is non-resident. c :Vbere .is- a village hal!, the property of T. T. Greg esq. WAKELY, 2 mile!! west, formerly an extra-parochial 'which is used for social entertainments. The Earl of liberty of A.spenden, was added to this parish by a Local J Hardwicke's charity of £28 yearly, derived from the tithe Governmant Board Order dated March 25, '1883, and is rent-charge, is applied to the support of the school. now a hamlet of W estmill, consisting of one farm aJld eight cottages. Cc;>les :Park is half a mile south of the village; the QJ.ansion, I . rebuilt about 1847, is in the Elizabethan style and is Post Office.-Henry Watts Bright, sub-postmaster. the seat of Thomas Ty~ton Gr~g esq. M.A., F.S.A., J .P.; Letters arrive through at 7 & II a.m. a; the park, 140 acres in extent, is traversed by the river 6.5o p.m. ; dispatched at 8.5o a.m. & 12.50 & 6.55 :Rib. Herbert Shepherd-Cross esq. of Hamels Park, p.m. week days & 9 a.m. sundays. Buntingford, 2 , who is lord of the manor, the Hon. John miles distant, is the nearest money order & tele­ Henry Savile, of A.rden Hall, Helmsley, Yorks, Thomas graph office Tylston Greg esq. J.P. and Joseph Reed Russell esq. of Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built about • Westmill Bury, are the principal landowners. The 1825, for 6o children; average attendance, 39; I; soil is heavy; subsoil, clay upon chalk. The chief partly supported by the charity menti()ned abave; crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans &c. The area, in­ Mrs. Susanna Mary Evans, mistress cluding Wakely, is 2,663 acres of land and 7 of water; rateable value, [2,949; the population in igu was 356 This school is under the control of six managers; in the and 333 in the ecclesiastical parish. T. '1'. Greg esq. J.P. Coles park, correspondent .Sexton, John Pegram. Railway Station, James Ketley, station master

0 T COMMERCIAL. . Piper Harry Dazell, farmer, horse PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bright Hy. Watts, shopkpr. Post off \ dealer & pig breeder, 'Knight's hill .A.shforth Misses Carter Alfred, gamekeeper to T. •r.l Rayment David, beer retailer :lUrofton Henry Schneider, Dial house 1 Greg esq. J.P. Coles park Russell Joseph Reed, farmer, West- Greg Thomas Tylston M ..A.., F.S.A.., Chapman John, farmer,Tillers End fm mill Bury . J.P. Coles Park Howe Laurence •. farmer, Gaylors frm Sammons Henry, gardener tio 'l'h9s . . Hummerstone William Hummerstone Charles, builder Tylston Greg esq. M.A., J.P' 1 Russell Joseph ~eed, Westmill Bury :Jackson Frank, Sword-in-Hand P.H Smith Benj. (Mrs.), frmr. Wadburns 11 Waley .Alec, Kmght's Hill house j Mildren Edmund, farmer, CherrJ Village Hall (Mrs. David Darton, Green &; Wakeley farms ! caretaker)

·· WESTON is a parish and village, near the chall; Sunday Bread charity, founded by deeds in 1841-2 by · range, on a small stream which rises in the parish and H. 0. Roe esq. of , produces a sum of about .·~runs .into the river Beane, and bounded on the north-east [12 yearly for that purpose; [2 18s. 8d. yearly from 0 by tB.e Roman 'ifay, 3 miles south-east from Baldock Pryor's bequest, left by will in 1838 by Robert Pryor, ''\!rt.a.tion on the and CambriqJe branch of the is distributed at the discretion of the vicar. Marl­ 'Great Northern railway, 35 from Lendon, 4 north-east borough Robert Pryor esq. M.A.., D.L., J.P. is lord of ~rom Stevoenage and 6 east from Hitchin, in the N ortheTn· the manor, principal landowner and impropriator of 'divi&on oi the county, petty sessional division, the great tithes.l The soil is partly boulder clay and Broadwater hundred, Hitchin union and county court flinty loam and partly chalk; subsoil, the same. The · district, r.ural deanery of Baldoek and archdeaconry chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. '.lihe area .is · ,and diocese of St. A.lbans. By the "Divided Parishes 4•54D acres ; rateable value, £4,258 ; the population in Act, 1876," a portion of the parish was annexed to .19II was 834 in the civil parish and 887 in the ecclesi­ Baldock-in 1881. The church of the Holy Trinity is an astical parish. ancient building of flint and stone, erected about 1200, Hall's Green, 1 mile south-east; Warren's Green, 1 in the Nmman and Early English styles, and consists mile south; Weston Dane End, 1! miles south, are :· r0f a chancel, north transept, clerestoried nave, south hamlets. Lannock, a 7oo-acre farm, is 1 mile 'ifest. - :aisle, a vestry erected in 188o, south porch and an Parish Clerk, George Kimpton Smith. •embattled central tower with an octagonal turret at the • north-east angle and containing a clock and 5 bells: Post, M. 0. & T. Office. Frank Eldridge, postmaster. _,in the south 'ifall of the nave is a piscina of Early Letters arrivtl from Stevenage at 7·50 a.m. & 3.25 ~-English date: the transept, which in its north and p.m.; sunday, 7.50 a.m.; dispatched at n.2o a.m. & -west walls has two fine Norman windows, is now used 6. ro p.m.; suridays, g. so a.m . • · as the organ chamber: the stained east window was Wall Letter Boxes. Lannock, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & • erected by subscription in memory of Alice, wife of 5·55 p.m. ; sundays, 8.30 a.m.; Stevenage road, . M. R. Pryor esq. d. 1901, and there is a memorial cleared at II.35 a.m. & 6.35 p.m.; sundays, xo.xs a.m ·window in. the chancel to William Aislabie Eade, d. Church of School, built in 1847, for r66 boys & 1853; and a · tablet with Latin inscription and verses girls &,. 76 infants ; average attendance, no in the ·to John Fairclough esq. ob. 1030: the church was re- mixed school &; so infants; the school is supported ·stored in .t-867, the tower rebuilt, and the interior re- in part by £s 1os. yearly from Roe's charity, men- ' seated with open benches, affording 450 sittings. The tioned above; in 1go6 considerable additions & im- register dates from the year 1539• The living is a. provements were made, & two playgrounds &; school vicaragE', net yearly value £205, with residence, in the gardens provided; Alfred H. Bradbeer, master; Miss gift of Marlborough Robert Pryor esq. and held since Elsie Hewitt, Miss Ruth Moult-on & Miss :Minnie 1901 by the Rev. Alfred Phillips Willway B.A. of the Crawley, mistresses; Miss Florence Edwards, infants' 'U;niversity· ,nf London. The Catholic Apostolic chapel mistress ' 'here seats 150 persons, and the Wesleyan chapel :.Joo. 1 .A. pleasure fair is held on the uth of June. There are This school is under the control of six managers; Rev. ·two almshouses, founded and endowed by deeds in 184:.J Alfred Phillips Willway B..A. The Vicarage,. corre-

~nd 18.~9 by Henry Octavus Roe esq. of Baldock 1 for spandent . widows, who must not be less than 50 years of age Carrier.-Henry Blaxill, to Hitchin on tues ·when admitted and who receive 3s. per week. Roe's Constable, Thomas Unwin • PRIVATE RESIDENTS. I Bridge Fredk.Allen, White Horse P.H IMatthews John, gamekeeper to M. R. Anson Erne8t, Darnalls hall Ghalkley Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, Pryor esq • Hay Capt• Stuart, Weston manor Friends' green Moodie .Archibald, frmr.Irongate farm Pryor Marlborongh Robert M.A.,D.L.~ Collins George, beer retailer Nisbet Richard, estate steward to M. J.P. Wesoon park Crockford Robert H. gardener to M. R. Pryor esq. Town farm Pryor Roderick, Weston lodge R. Pryor esq. J.P Northern William Henry, beer retlr. :Pryor Walter Ma.rlborough M . .A., J.P. Dearman Fredk. bricklayer & cowkpr Hall's green Lannock manor Dunn George Alien, George IV. P.H Smith Thomas & William, shoe mas Rodwell Percy, The Frays Eldridg-e Frank, grocer, & post office Stanley Bert, baker Watson Charles, Ivy lodge Evenett Henry, farm bailiff to M. R. Stratton Charles Thomas, miller Willwsy Rev. .Alfred Phillips B.A. Pryor esq.), Lannock (steam & wind) (vicar), Vicarage Farr Albert H. farmer, Old farm Wackett Oscar H. frmr. Howell's frm COMMERCIAL. Farr Arthur, faTmer & assistant over- Waldock Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper A.ylott Sidney, beer retailer seer, Faircloug-h hall Waldock Susannah (Mrs.), beer retlr · Beavington FrP.derick Henry, eatate Farr Wm. Elisha, farmer, Bury farm White Charle.. farmer, Tilekiln farm · carpenter to M. R. Pryor esq. J.P Ginn Francis Joshua, Red Lion P.H White Thos.S. farmer,Dane End farm Blaxill Mary (Miss), frmr. Friends' gn Grundrill A.lbert, tailor Young Robt>rt, beer retailer Blaxill Henry, 'baker & carrier Lawmon Geo.Wm. & Emest,blksmths