90 GRAFTON REG IS. . [KELL"Y'S GRAFTON REGIS is a small village and parish, on IHope, to Cllarlotte Maria, Countess of Euston, d. February the road from to Stony Stratford, 3! miles 8, 1808: the stained east window is a memorial to the south from st-ation on the main line of the Rev. Barwick John Sams M.A. rector 1837-85, presented and North Western railway, 41 east by south by his family: the church was repaired and repewed in from Towcester, 9 south from Northampton and d 1840, and again repaired in 1889. The register dates north from Stony Stratford, on the borders of Bucking- from the year 1584. The living is a rectory, with that hamshire, in the Southern division of the county, of Alderton annexed, joint yearly value £153, including hundred of Cleley, petty sessional division and county 120 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the eourt district of Towcester, union of , rural Lord Chancellor, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Mex­ deanery of Preston (second portion), archdeaconry of ander "",Valter Annand M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough: the Grand Grafton had formerly a market, .held on Thursday, and .Junction canal passes through the parish and the river two annual fairs, which have long since been discontinued. Tove bounds it on the north. The church of St. Mary Grafton Manor is the residence of Henry John Conant l.P. is an edifice of stone, in mixed styles, consisting of chan- The Duke of Grafton K.G., C.B. is lord of the manor and eel, with north chapel, clerestoried nave, north aisle, principal landowner, and his title is derived from this south porch, and an embattled western tower containing place. The soil is clay; subsoil, limestone. The chief 4 bells: the chapel, formerly the burial place of the crops are wheat, beans and barley. The area is 1,399 Fitzroy family, dukes of Grafton, is now used as an organ acres of land and 16 of water; rateable value, £1,623; chamber: at the west end of the north aisle is an altar the population. in 1901 was 138. tomb of fine freestone, on the upper slab of which is Parish Clerk, 'Solomon Wilcox. incised a recumbent figure of Sir Richard Wideville, Post Office.-Mrs. Caroline Blunt, sub-postmistress. father of Elizabeth Wideville, queen (1st May, 1464) of Letters are received through Stony Stratford at 8.45 Edward IV.; the effigy is in full armour, and around a.m.; dispatched at 4·45 p.m. week days &; 10.45 the verge of the slab is an undated inscription; in the a.m. sundays. The nearest money order &; telegraph same aisle is a slab, under a low sepulchral arch, and offices is at Potterspury, 3 miles distant another panelled altar-tomb, both of which are believed Alderton & Grafton National School (mixed), built in to have been erected to members of the Wideville family: 1873, for 60 children; average attendance, 46; there against the south wall of the aisle is an e~egant monu- is a house for the mistress; Mrs. Ada F. Bra)'field, ment by Flaxman, with symbolical figures of Faith and, certificated mistress • Annand Rev. Alexander WaIter M.A.I Brafield John Cooke, farmer & gra- Cumber Alfred, farmer, Grafton lodge Rectory zier, Grafton field Morton GeorgB, shopkeeper C

GRAFTON UNDERWOOD is a village and parish, Charles Edward Hopkins M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. 5 miles west from Thrapston, 2! north from The poor's land of 9 acres produces £12 yearly for bread; Cranford station on the Kettering and Cambridge the church land affords £4 yearly for the expenses of the branch, and 4 east from Kettering station on services of the church. The Duke of Buccleuch K.G., K.T. the main line of the Midland railway, in the who is lord of the manor, and the rector are the principal Northern division of the county, hundred of Huxloe, landowners. The soil is clay and gravei; subsoil, clay. petty sessional division, union and county court district The chief crops are wheat and oats. The area is 1,824 Qf Kettering, rural deanery of Weldon (second portion), acres; rateable value, £1,434; the population in 1901 archdeaconry of Oakham, and diocese of Peterborough. was 203. The church of St. James is a small building of stone, Parish Clerk. James Rowley. consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles and a Post Office.-William Pearson, sub-postmaster. Letters western tower contai.ning 4 bells: in the church are through Kettering, which is the nearest money order monuments to John, first earl of Upper Ossory, d. 23 office, arrive at 7.15 a.m. Box cleared at 5.25 p.m. Sept. 1758, and the Ladies Fitzpatrick: 18Il: the stained week days; sundays at 10.55 a.m. Postal orders are ~ast window is a memorial to John, first baron Castle­ issued here, but not paid. Cranford railway station is town, d. 22 Jan. 1883, and there is a tablet to the Rev. the nearest telegraph office, 2~ miles distant the Hon. C. J. Vernon B.A. rector here 1854-92, d. July 2, Free School, rebuilt at the expense of the 6th Duke of 19°2: the church was restored in 1896, at a cost of about Buccleuch ir.G. in 1866. for 60 children; average at­ £r,125, and reopened in January, 1897. The register tendance, 42; & supported by the present duke: there dates from the year 1678. The living is a rectory, net is a house for the mistress; Mrs. M. J. Linnell, mistrss yearly value £150' including 256 acres of glebe, with Carriers.-Humphrey &. Blyth, from Brigstock to Ket­ residence, in the gift of John Gardiner Muir esq. of tering, passes through mono & fri. at II a.m. returning Brigstock, Thrapston, and held since 1894 by the Rev. at 7 p.m

Hopkins Rev. Chas.Edwd. M.A. Rectry Braines John, farmel' Pearson Wm. baker &; grocer, Post off Bagshaw Arthur William, farmer ClaI1k John Charles, farmer, Park farm Reading Room (J'ames Rowley, sec) Bird James, carpenter Ellis James Reed, farmer, Grafton Sherratt William Alfred, farmer, The Bromhall Henry Cornelius, head clerk Lodge farm Manor house to the Duke of Buccleuch Linnell James, beer retailer &; farmer White Jacob, farmer, Glebe farm

GREATWORTH is a small village and parish, 2~ miles railway company. There IS a Wesleyan chapel, erected north-east from Farthinghoe station on the Banbury and in 1860 upon the site of a former building. The charities Bletchley section of the London and North Western rail­ consist of £9. arising from 3A. 3R. 2P. of church land, way, 2~ south-west from Helmdon station on the North- which is applied towards the repairs of the church, and tl.mpton and Banbury Junction railway, and 4! north-west­ £9, from 4A. 3R. 26p. of poor's land, which is distributed .by-north from Brackley, in the Southern division of the to the poor at Christmas in money, but one-fifth of this eounty, hundred of Chipping Warden, petty sessional amount is assigned to the hamlet of Westhorpe, in the division, union and county court district of Brackley, rural parish of Marston, for division among the poor at Christ­ odeanery of Brackley (third portion), archdeaconry of mas; the income varies from year to year: the Great­ Northampt'l:J. and diocese of Peterborough. The church worth or Lady Dering's charity produces about £22 a Qf St. Peter i8 a small edifice of stone, in the Early year, and is devoted to educational purposes. The prin­ English style, consisting of chancel and nave and an em­ cipal landowners are the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Diveti battled western tower containing 3 bells, rehung in Hayter bart. P.C. of South Hill Park, Easthampstead, 1898 by Mr. T. Blackburn, of Salisbury, at a cost of Berks, who is lord of the manor, and John Alexander Blen· £3°: there is also a priest's bell; a partial restora­ cowe esq. of Marston St. Lawrence, Banbury, Oxon. John tion was carried out in 1882, at a cost of over £4°0, Cherry, G. B. Wilkinson esq. and Mr. Frederick Hulton. under the direction of Mr. H. R. Gough, architect, The soil is clay; subsoil sandstone. The chief crops are .of London: there are now 120 sittings. The earliest regis­ wheat, barley and beans. The area is 882 acres; rateable ter is that of marriages, dating from 1757; the registers value, £1,487; the population in 1901 was 132. Qf baptisms and burials date from 1790; the earliest register began in 1559, but was consumed in the fire at Post Office.-Letters through Banbury arrive at 8.5 a.m.; the Manor House in 1793.. The living is a rectory, box cleared at 4.25 p.m. week days only. Postal net yearly value £330, with residence, in the gift of and orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money held since 1880 by the Rev. George Ernest Mann Jackson order office is at Sulgrave & nearest telegraph office a' 'B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. 'rhe Rectory House Helmdon, 3 miles distant was improved and enlarged in 1883, partly at the cost of This place is included in Marston St. Lawrence United the rector, and by the sale of some of the glebe to the District School Board, formed March Ilt 1876.