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40 MORBORNE. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Buckton Rev. Harold, Rectory Pashler John, farm bailiff to Benjamin Throssell Edwardy shoo maker & Cr09S COMMERCIAL. Measures esq. of Tilbrook grange Keys P.H Burton Benj. farmer, Whiteman's farm Slater George, farm bailiff to William Warner Benjamin, miller (wind) Lewin Joseph, farmer I Bowyer esq. of Buckden West Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper MORBORNE is a village and p3-rish, on the borders of is a rectory, net yeady value £145, including 78 acres of glebe. Northamptonshire and near the Great North road, 5 miles with residence, in the gift of the Rev. H. T. Scott M.D. of south-east from Elton station on the Northampton and 31 Buckingham Palace road, London El w, and held since Peterborough branch of the London and North Western 1899 by the Rev. Augustus Charles Hod~son WiIson. of railway and about 7 south-west from Peterborough, in the l\Ia~dalen Hall, Oxford. George Charles Wentworth Fitz Northern division of the county, hundred and petty sessional ",'illiam esq. J.P. of Milton House, Peterborough, is lord of division of Norman Cross, union and county court district of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is of a clayey nature; Peterborough, rural deanery of Yaxley, archdeaconry of subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and! Huntingdon and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints peas. The area is 1,204 acres; assessable value, £510; the is an ancient building of stone in the Norman and Early population in 1901 was 68. English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept, Parish Clerk, John Faulkner. aisles, north porch and a western embattled tower of red brick . with pinnacles and containing 2 bells: in the chancel is a double Letters amve ~rom Peter~orou~h at 7.30 a. m.; Letter Bo~ piscina and sedilia: the church was repaired in 1864, and in cleared at 5.DO p.m.. Stllt?n IS the nearest money order & 1900-1 was entirely restored at a cost of £2,583 : there are 125 telegraph office, 3 nules distant sittings. The register dates from the year 1724. The living The children of this place attend the school at Folksworth WiIson Rev. Augustus Charles HodgsonjCheney James Ambrose, farmer Stapleton Thos. James, farmer. Manor fllll- (rector), Rectory Seth George, farmer OFFORD CLUNY i" a village and parish on the high by the Rev. Charles Thomas Lawrence M.A. of Trinity College.. road from St. Neots to Godmanchester and Huntingdon and Cambridge. The Church Sunday school is endowed with near the Ouse stream, over which a bridge of three arches about £4. The rents arising from the church and poor's. leading to Buckden, with a station (Offord and Buckden) on lands, together about 7A. 3 R.and a cottage, are distributed the main line of the Great Northernrailway, 5 miles north-east on St. Thomas' day to the poor of the parish, viz. 3s. 6d. from St. Neots, 8 south-west from St. Ives, 9 east from Kim- each to widows and widowers and Is. each to children under bolton, 5 south from Huntingdon and 55! from London, in the 16 years of age. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster Southern division of the county, hundred and petty sessional are lords of the manor of Offord Cluny; the rector is lord of divisioJ. of Toseland, union and county court district of St. the rectorial manor; G. H. Sismey esq. J.P. is the principal Neots, rural deanery of St. Neots, archdeaconry of Huntingdon landowner. The soil is clay and graveL; subsoil, clay. The anddiocese of Ely. The church of All Saints, probably erected chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and beans. The area in the 13th century, is a building of rubble, in the Early English is 1,046 acres of land and 16 of water; assessable value.. style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south £5,686; the population in 1901 was 207. porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, con- Parish Clerk and Rexton, William Chapman. taining 4 bells: the church .vas restored in 1860, and has 100 Letterfl arrive from Huntingdon at 7 a.m. & 5 p.m. Offord sittings: the churchyard was enlarged in 1885 by an addition D'Arcy is the nearest money order & telegraph office, hali on the south side of a piece of ground, about half an acre, the a mile distant. Letter Box cleared at 6 p.m gift of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The register dates This place is included in the Offord United School Board from the year 1573. The living is a rectory, net yearly value I district: the children attend the Board schools at Offord £121, including 252 acrE'S of glebe and allotments, with resi- D'Arcy dence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since HIOl Railway Station, George Winstanley, station master Lawrence Rev. Charles Thomas M.A. Brown Joseph, shopkeeper, beer retailer & Jordan & Addington, coal merchant Rectory market gardener Reed William, farmer Sismey George Herbert J.P. Manor house Bowyer & Priestley, millers (steam) Robinson Edward, boot maker COMMERCIAL. Cooper Arthur, Old Swan P.H Selby Arthur, furniture dealer & hard~ Brown Albert Edward, assistant overseer Dudley John, shopkeeper wareman & tax collector Gill Arthur, carpenter Warrington Matthew, farmer OFFORD D'ARCY is a parish, on the eastern bank smith's shop and sums derived from two small pieces of lan~ of the river Ouse, and on the road from Huntingdon to St. amounting in all to about £12, are given to the poor of the heots, half a mile from Offord and Buckden station on the parish at Christmas time. The Manor Houge is in the aecu main line of the Great Northern railway and 5 north-north- pation of William Priestley esq. Major Arthur John Thorn east from St. Neots, in the Southern division of the county, hill J.P. of Diddington, is lord of the manor and principal land. hundred and petty sessional division of Toseland, union owner. The soil is gravel and clay; subsoil, clay. The and county court district of St. Neots, rural deanery of St. chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and beans. The area Neots, archdeaconry of Huntingdon and diocese of Ely. The is 1,854 acres of land and 12 of water; assessable value~ church of St. Peter, erected about the 12th century, con- £5,534; the population in 1901 was 333. sists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and Parish Clerk and Sexton, John Snitch Ford. an em.battled 'Yestern tower, .with spi~e, contain~ng 3 bells.: Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. & A. & there IS a mutIlated .bra~s, WIth kneeling effigy ID acade~c I. O.-Geor~e Baxter, sub-postmaster. Letters amve from costume, to a~ ecclesla~tlC, c. 1530; a?d three brass effigtes, Huntingdon at 7 a.m. & 5 p.m.; dispatched at 5.55 p.m the lower porhons of which are lost, to SIT Laurence Pabenham, . ob. 1400, and his wives Elizabeth (Engeyne), ob. ]377, and A Sc.hool ~oa~d of 5 members was formed ID,1875 for the Joan (Dawbeney), engraved about 1440, and two matrices of umted distnct of Offord ChIllY & Offord D Arcy; John crosses with half effigies: there are 150 sittings. The register E~nals, Ne.w. street, St. Neots,. cler~ to the board; John dates from the year 1697. The living is a rectory, net yearly" mgate AlklI~, attend~n~e & mqmry officer value £140, including 340 acres of glebe, with residence, in Board School. (mIXed), bmlt III 1875, at a cost of about £1,OOO~ the gift of Major A. J. Thornhill, and held sincc 1890 by the for lIO chi~dren; average attendance, 100; Mrs. Fanny Rev. Thomas Warrington, of Trinity College, Dublin. Here Southall, nustress is a Baptist chapel, erected in 1840. The proceeds of a charity Carrier.-Joseph Gaunt, thurs. to St. Neots, sats. to Hunting.. of £300, lE'ft by the late John Bowyer esq. the rent of a black- don, returning same days Priestley William, Manor house Abraham William, shopkeeper IGiddings Wells Richard, farmer Sarson Rev. Sidney Scott [Baptist] Baxter Bros. carpenters & wheelwrights Lantaff George, beer retailer Warrington Rev. Thomas, Rectory Baxter George, shopkeeper, & po"t office Mason Louisa (Mrs.), 1x'er retailer COMMERCIAL. Brown Albert Edward, assistant overseer Missledine BenjalI'in, butcher Abraham John George farmer & tax collector Pepperdy Tom, tailor ,Aikin John Wingate, \chool attendance Cawcutt WilLiam, farmer Reed William, farmer officer & agent for Law Union & Crown Fowler Prior John, blacksmith Stocker Charles William, butcher Insurance Co Gaunt Joseph, carrier & Horse Shoe P.H Wayman Thomas, baker & farmer OLD HURST, Sec HURST. OLD WESTON, see WESTON. ORTON or OVERTON LONGUEVILLE is a division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division. small village and parish, on the borders of N orthampton- of Norman Cross, union and county court district of Peter shire, on the main road from Pl'terborough to Oundle, one borough, rural deanery of Yaxley, archdeaconry of HuntingdoB mile east from Overton station on the Northampton and and diocese of Ely; the parish is bounded on the north by the Peterborough branch of tbe London and North Western river Nene, which is navigable for barges from Wisbech to railway and 2 south-west from Peterborough, in the Northern Northampton. The church of Holy Trinity is a building of.