[.] . 56 [POST OFFIC~ and barley. The population in 1861 was 1,302; the area County Lunatic Asylum, Dr. Gcorg-e Mackenzie Bacon, is 5,221 acres. medical superintendent; Willium Henry Nor man, derk & V .ALLEY is a mile and a quarter south-east. steward; Mrs. l\Torman, matron NEW SH.ARDELOW ES is one mile and a half south-east. llailway Station, Thomas Hiches, station master Clerk, John Mason. Registrar of Births~- Death.~, William Knox FTee School (boys & girls), John l\Iascn, lllnster; Mrs. PosT OFFICE.-Peter Haggar, receiver. Letters atrive Elizabeth Mason, mistress from Cambridge at 5.45 a.m.; dispatched at 7.50 p.m. National School (girls), Miss Hnrriett Rmith, mistress The nearest money order office is at Cambridge CARRIER TO CAMBRIDGE.-Henry Holfc, ewry ·wed. & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Downs John, glazier Oslnr Thomas, farmer Bennett Rev. Augustus Frederick [In- Fickess Christopher, tailor Page Christopher, IIarrow dependent] John, bricklayer Page Christopher, jun. beer retailtr Chaplin Mrs Haggar Peter, harness maker Pamplin Jarnes, beer retailer Durell Rev. John Vavasor,M . .A.[rector] Hall William Birch, farmer Parish William, beer retailer Baton Mr. Richard Hardwick Henry, farmer Payne Henry, day school Ea ton Mr. Robert Hard wick William, farmer Payne Sophia(Miss),farmr.Rose cotwge Johnson Mr. William Harris Henry, bricklayer Payne William Arthur, farmer Knox William, esq Herring John Frederick, artist Pooley Benjamin, veterinary surgt'on Oslar Mrs Holmes William, grocer & draper Pooley Edward,shopkeeper & beer retlr Townley Charles Watson, esq . .T.P Jaggs John, Coach&" ~Horses Redhouse Daniel, blacksmith Usill Rev. James Barley, M.A. [vicar] Jutls James, shopkeeper Redhouse William, beer retail<:r COMMERCIA!,. King James, farmer, New Shardclowes llolfe Henry, carrier Adams William Archibald, farmer Knox William, surgeon, & registrar of Saunders J osiah, butcher Baker Frederick, beer retailer births & deaths Stalley Esau, baker Beal James, wheelwright Layton Frederick, cattle dealer Stearn Frederick, tailor Bray Thomas, shoe maker J,nyton Robert, farmer Sutton Thomas, Six Bells Bricheno Robert, horse dealer Mason John, schoolmaster, surveyor & Underwood John, farmer Brown Charles, fa:mer parish clerk Veal James, wheelwright Brown Philip, farmer Merington Daniel Wbiskin, farmer Webb Peter, shoe maker Camp ling J ames Lynn, grocer & draper Miller Isaac, farmer Whi tmore 'Villiam, butcher Chaplin John Hancock & Joseph, Miller Richard, beer retailer Willis John, farmer farmers, millers & ma]{sters Miller William, farmer Wright Charles, farmer, Heath farm Chapman Samuel, White Hart Moore Elijah, Railway tave·rn Wright Thomas, farmer, Rectory farm Dawson Sophia {Mrs.), wheelwright Oslar John Alfred, farmer Wright William, farmer, Hall farm

GAMLINGAY is a parish, and station on tl1e Bedford Elizabeth Lane, in 17541 with the interest of ,£2,000 Old and Cambridge branch of the and North Western South Sea Annuities. Gamlingay had formerly a market on Railway, 5 miles north-east from Sandy, 50 from London, Tuesdays, which has been discontiRued since the year 1600, and 6 south-east from St. N eats, in the hundred of Long­ when a dreadful fire happened, which nenrly consumed the ~tow, union of Caxton and Arrington, rural deanery of whole town; the business was then transferred to the neigh­ , archdeaconry and of Ely, on tlJC borders of bouring town of , in . The Master and Bedfordshire. The church of St. Mary is a handsome build­ Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, are the lords of the ing, in the Early English style: it is cruciform, and consists manor. The principal landowners are James Kitchin, of chancel, nave with five pointed arches on either side, William Sarll, Thomas Woodham, William Dennis, Esqs., aisles, north and south porches, square embattled tower and Octavius Wedd. The soil is stiff clay; subsoil, gault. with 5 bells, and small tapering spire: there is a carved oak The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. 'The screen separating the nave from the chancel: monuments of population in 1861 was 2,004, including the hamlet of the Lane family, the dates ar11 1717 and 1754, others much WooDBURY; the area is 4,143 acres. earlier, but the dates are defaced : the whole structul'e is in BROOK END is one mile south-east, and a a dilapidated condition: the altar-piece was brought fi.·om mile and a half west. Ely House, in London. The register dates from the year Parish Clerk, vYilliam Arnold. 1530. The living is a rectory and vicarage, the former in the gift of Merton College, Oxford, the latter in that of the PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Mary GiliJert, postmistress. Letters , total value .£544, and both held by the Rev. arrive from St. N eots at 7 a.m.; box closes at 9 p.m. 'The John Boote J ames, M .A., of St. John's College, Cam bridge. nearest noney order office is at Potton A spacious schoolroom, capable of holding 200 children, INSURANCE AGENT.-Royal Fire 9"' Life, William S. together with master's residence, has been built, at a cost Paine of nearly £700. There is a British school. The Baptists, ScHOOLS:- Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have places of worship British, Robert Paine, master here. Here is a row of almshouses, containing ten tene- National, George Bates, master; Miss Ann Bates, mi&tress ments, with what was formerly a chapel at the east end, CARRIER.-John Arnold, to , every monday built by Sir John Jacob in 1665, and endowed by Mrs. Railway Station, Thomas James White, station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Dew Jabez, miller & farmer Meeks William, shopkeeper, Gamlin- Astell John Harvey, esq. J.r. Wood- Dew Samuel, farmer gay sinks bury hull Emery George, hoot & shoe maker Norman John Os horn, butcher Cooper Mr. William Garrott John, wheelwright Norman William, butcher Dennis William, esq. Brook end Gilbert Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Norman William, carpenter Hepworth Mr. William Thomas Gilbert Mary (Mrs.), grocer Paine Ann (Mrs.), farmer J ames Rev. John Bootc, M.A. Rectory Gilby Thomas, farm bailiff to Octavius Paine I sabell a (Mrs.), butcher & farmer Kaye Misses, Old Woodbury Wedd, esq Paine William, farmer Kaye Mrs. Tetworth hall Gray George, cattle dealer Sabey Samuel, grocer & drape1· Osborn Rev. William [Baptist] Gray Sarah (Mrs.), Oak Sarll John, Cock, & tailor Splcvins Mr. William Gray William, beer retailer Sarll J oseph, shoe maker Trimmer Dr. Henry Gray Zachariah, farmer Sarll Samuel, draper & grocer vVoodham Mr. Thomas Gregory James, Sultan Sarll William, baker Green Fanny (Mrs.), beer retailer, Sarll William, farmer COMMERCIAL. Gamling-ay sinks Swain Stephen Charle~, IlaTdwicke Arnold David, fiumer Hawkins William, saddler Arms, & tailor Arnold Ebenezer, coal merclmnt Jiggle Thomas, boot & shoe maker Tear George, Wheatsheaf Arnold William, beer retailer Kitcbin James, farmer Toiler William, ChequeTs Austen John, butcher Keeling William, butcher Wale David, tailor Banks Henry, farmer, Low farm, Lamb William Stafford, baker Webster Robert, shopkeeper Woodbury Lancaster David, beer retailer, Gam- Wilcockson Henry, Rose~ Crown, & Cox Thomas, builder & undertaker lingay sinks butcher Crame Horatio, beer retailer Lewis 'fhomas, blacksmith Woodham Samuel, farmer €root George, market gardener Lowings John, bricklayer W oodham Thomas, farmer Croot J ames, Dolphin Lowings Thomas, beer retailer Wright George. wheelwright Croot John, White Swan Lowings William, beer retailer Wright Sarah (Mrs.), wheelwright Dew J oseph, farmer Maddox James, blacksmith Wright Thomas, Falcon