DIRECTORY. J OXFORDSHIRE. BICESTER. 49 URBAN DISTRICT OOUNCIL. Chairman of the Board of Guardians, E. A; Burcbardt, Offices, Market hill. Brashfield house, Bicester Day{)( Meeting, 1st monday in eaBuckingham house, Brackley; Fritwell district, W. Malins W. H. Piggott Henry 8aunders B. A., 1\LR.C.S.Eng. Aynhoe; Hey· Retire in April, Igog. ford district, William Ernest Peacock M.D., B.S. George Anger J. W. Grimsley Steeple .Aston; Islip district, James George Blyth F. E. Grimsley G. Walsh Coleman L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. The Lodge, Officials. I slip ; Piddington district, J amas W illiam Francis Qerk, Edward Foster Tanner, solicitor, Market hill Graham L.S.A. Waterloo house, Brill; Stoke Lyne Treasurer, H. Tubb, banker, Market square district, Cecil Morgan Hendriks M.B. Station road, Medical Officer of Health, Charles Coles M. D., D.P .H. 12 Bicestilr Stt!verton :road, Oxford The Workhouse, situated outside the town, between tJhe Surveyor of Highways & Sanitary Inspector, Richard Middlet{)n & Caversfield road.s, was opened in October, Parker, Launton road 1836, & is a large & oommodious building of 11tone, Collector, Edward Foster Tanner, Market hill available for 320 inmates; William Parks, master; William Drinkwater M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Edin. BICESTER RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. medi~al officer; Mrs. S. E. Park-'!, matron Meets at the Court house, Sheep street, every 28 days, Superintendent Registrar, Frederick Dean Holiday, Sheep CJmmencing Jan. 7th, 1907, at 2.30 p.m. street, Bice,ster; deputy, Edward Ooggins, Sheep Chairman, E. A. Burchardt, Brashfield house, Bicester street, Bicester Clerk, Garden Walsh, Sheep street, Bicester · Registrars of Births, Deaths & ~Iarriages, Bicester dis• Treasurer, Henry Tubb, Market square, Bicester trict, Isaac George Pople Durrant, Priory road; deputy, Medical Officer of Health, Charles Coles M.D., D.P.H. William Henry Ward, Sheep street, Bicester; Blatching· 12 Staverton road, Oxford ton sub-district, George James Dew, Lower Heyilord; Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor of Highways, J oseph deputy, .J. \V. Dew, Lower Heyford Payne, Ea th terrace, Bicester PUBLIC OFFICERS. Surveyor, H. B:mnister-Eames, 2 Oxford house, Bicester Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes,Gorden Walsh,Sheep st PUBLIC ESTABLISfu"\'IENTS. Certifying Factory Surgeon, William Drinkwater M.R.O.S. Cemetery, Market End, Edward Foster Tanner, clerk to En g., L.R. C.P.Edin., L. S.A.Lond. Sheep street the burial committee Oollecto:s of Assessed Taxes, Edward A. Palmer, Sheep County Court, held at the Court house, Sheep street, st. & William Henry Ward, Sheep st. for Bicester every two months, His Honor Sir Thomas William Coroner for the Central Division uf the County, Gorden Snagge LL.D. judge; Garden Walsh, registrar & high W alsh, Sheep street bailiff. The following is a list of the parishes within Superintendent of Po~ice, Joseph Bowren, Church street its jurisdiction :-Ambrosden, Ardley, Arncott, Bain­ Town Crier, Edward Dagley, London road ton, Bicester (Market End), Bicester (King's End), Blackthorn, Bletchington, Boarstall, Bucknell, Cavers­ PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services. 'field, Charlton-upon-Otmoor, Chesterton, Cottisford, St. Edburg Church, Market end, Rev. Gibbs Payne Fencott, Fewcott, Fringford, Fritwell, Goddington, Crawfurd M.A. vicar; Rev. Thomas Harold Davies Grendon Underwood, Hardwick, Hethe, Heyford B.D. curate; ho.ly days, 8 & 10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ; 8 & (Lower), Heyford (Upper), Islip, Kirtlington, Laun­ II a.m. 2.45 & 6.30 p.m. sundays; 10 a.m. & 6 ton, Ludgershall, Marsh Gibbon, Merton, Middleton p.m. every week day Stoney, Murcott, Newton Morrell, Newton Purcell, Roman Catholic, St. Edith's Priory, Rev. Jean Martin N oke, Oddington, Piddington, Shelswell, Somerton, Costedoat; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. sunday Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, Tusmore, Congve,gabonal, Ohapel street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wendlebury & Weston-on-the-Green wed. 7.30 p.m For bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that Wesleyan, New buildings (Buckingh~m & Brackley Cir· of Oxford, George Mallam, acting jointly with Cecil cuit), Rev. A. Stanley Hutchinson; 10.45 a.m. & Mercer, official receiver 6 p.m.; tues. 7-I5 p.m. Wesley hall Certified Bailiffs appointed under the "Law ~of Distress Amendment Act," Percy Cave Holiday & Wm. Goble, SCHOOLS. Bice&ter Are under a commit we of six managers ; J. W. Hunt Count}" Police 'Stati~n. Church str~e!, J oseph Bowen, esq. J.P. correspondent. supt. ; 1 sergeant & 11 constables Elementary, erected, with mast~r's house, in 1858, at Infectious Di~ease8 Hospital (Bicester Urban & Rural a cost of nearly [2,000 & will hold 400 children; Districts),William Drinkwater M.R.O.S.Eng., L.RC.P. average attendartce, 145 boys & 142 girls; with this Edin. & Cecil M. Hendriks M.B. medical officers; school is incorporated the old Blue Coat school, on Miss Hoare, matron which foundation 20 boys are annually elected & edu· Inland Revenue Office, John William Poynor, King's cated at the expense of the feoffees of Wa~ker's charity, End, officer by whom a yearly sum of £ID is paid to tilie School Stamp Office, Post office, Market place, Waiter Joseph Committee; •five boys are also clothed from the funds Frrnch, distributor of this charity; William Henry Piggott,master; Misses Fire Brigade, Thos. Grimsley, Causeway, superintendent Golder & Dickinson, mistresses Elementary, Crockwell (infants), for 170 chi1dren; aver· BICESTER UNION. age attendance, 140; this school is licensed for Divine Board day 1wery alternate friday at the Union at II a.m. service on sundays; Miss Harris, mistress; Misses The union comprises the following place!! :-Ambrosden, Collins & Hogg, assistant mistresses Ardley, Arncott, Bicester (King'!! End), Bicester St. Mary's Elementary, King's End, built in 1883, for (Market End), Blackthorn, Bletchington, Bucknell, 93 children; average attendance, 85 ; Mis-s E. Dur· Caversfield, Charlton-on-Otmoor, Che!'lterton, Cottis- ham, mistress ; Misses Bresnall & Sansom, assistant ford, Fencott & Murcott, Fringford, Fritwell, Goding- mistresses ton, Hardwick, Hethe, hlip, Kirtlington, Launton, Newspapers. Lower Beyford, Merton, Middleton St()ney, Newton Bicester Advertiser & Mid-Oxon Chronicle, Market place, Purcell, Noke, Oddington, Piddington, Shelswell, Thoma,s Wilham Pankhurst, publisher; published fri Somerton, Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, Bieester Herald, Market place, Newby & Son, publisher!!; Tusmore, Upper Heyford, Wendlebury & Weston-an- bl" h d f 'd the-Green. The population of the union in 1901 waM pu 18 e n rty . Y2,284; area, 6o,868 acres; · rateable value in Igo6,, Ratl,.wmay. £85,815 ' London & North Western, Wm. A. Mellor, station maste-r' OXN. 4