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Hoar Frederick, Three Hor.se Shoes P.H. Lee William, farmer, Leagrave marsh Scrivener William, shopkeeper • Leagrave marsh Low William, beer retailer Shaw Charles Hugh, farmer Lathwell Joseph, wheelwright, Lea­ Read Goorge, farmer, Leagrave marsh Squires WiJliam, jun. blacksmith grave marsh Scrivener David, shopkeeper Stokes James, Sugar Loaf P.H Limbury-cum-Biscott. Fisher Rev. Robert M.A. [rector] Cook John, farmer &Juires William, blacksmith J3lundell Alfred, farmer Glenister Amos, farmer Stokes Thomas, beer retailer )3rowning James, farmer Newland Henry Pigott, miller (wind) MARKYATE (or MARKET STREET) is a village 4 miles hart. J.P. of Beechwood, Herts. The soil is strong loam; sub­ south-ea-st from Dunstable, on the Roman road, Watling soil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans &c. street, from London to Birmingham, in the Southern division The population of Markyate Street in r88r was 1,26g. The Manshead, county of Bedford, and partly in the PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford: this place com- Thomas Norcutt, receiver. Letters arrive through Duns· prises the hamlet of HuMBERSHOE, in Studham parish, and table at 7· ro a.m. & 2 p.m.; dispatched thereto at II.I5 parts of the parishes of CADDINGTON and FLAMSTEAD, in a. m. & 6 p.m. Box closed on sundays at 1 o.55 a. m Hertfordshire; and was formed into an ecclesiastical dis- Stewal'd of the :Manor of Markyate, S. D. B. Middleton, trict out of the above parishes in r877. The chu-rch of St. Dunstable .John the Baptist, situated in the Cell park, and enlarged by Joseph Howell esq. in 18n, is a small unpretending build­ A School Board of 7 members was formed in Sept. 1875; ing, with a western turret containing one bell. The living for the United District of Caddington (Herts & Beds), is a vicarage, endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Flamstead (Herts) & Humbershoe (Beds); William in 1877, gross yearly value £3oo, with residence, in the gift Emerson, clerk to the board & attendance officer of the Rev. Francis William Adye !>LA. and held since r88g ScHooLs:- by the Rev. Arthur Tennant Mitton M. A. of St. Catharine's Board (mixed), erected, with master's house, in I88o, for .College, Cambridge, and surrogate. The endowment of a 18o children; average attendanc(}, 27; Alexander Wink· -Grammu school (called Coppins Charity), is now devoted ley, master to the edueation of 2o boys at the Beechwood schools. 'There are Wesleyan, Baptist and Primitive Methodist Beechwood Endowed National (mixed), built in 1865, with master's house, for 140 children & enlarged in -chapels here. The Markyate Street Institut-e occupies the old Wesleyan chapel; the premises comprise billiard and read­ 1882 for 16o, which is the avera~e attendance; the endowment, amounting to r6s, rod. yearly is ing rooms; it is supported by subscriptions: president, Sir £56 derived from funds left by the late Sir John Sebright of .John Gage Saunders Hebright; secretaTy, Mr. George this place; George West, master; Thomas Parslow, West. In the village is a large iron building, erected in 1878, used for Church Sunday schools. The straw manu­ assistant master ; Miss I<'rances :Mary Garrett, infants' facture has greatly increased of late years. The principal mistress landowners are the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the CARRIERS TO :- Rev. F. W. Adye M.A., J.P. of St. Michael's Manor, St. Lmm.oN-George Puddephatt, mon. & wed. & frequently ..Albans, Herts (lord of the manor); Arthur J\Iacnamara esq. on other days D.L., J.P. of Billington, and Sir John Gage Saunders Sebright I LuTO.N-Dayid Smith, daily .Baxter Mrs. Cavendish house Fire Engine Station, keys kept at Mr. I Mullis James, grocer, tea dealer, prQOI J3ennett Benjamin, Cheverells park Hawes', plumber & Mr. Spray's, vision merchant, ironmonger &c .Beresford Charles William wheelwright N eal Matthew, boot maker Mitton Rev. Arthur 'fennant M. A. Fatt George, gunsmith Neal Zilpha (Mrs.), shopkeeper [vicar & surrogate] Goodman George, butcher N orcutt Thomas, stationer, Post office :Sanders Mrs. Sarah Goodman Mary, beer retailer Partridge Frederick, farmer COMMERCIAL. Goodwin John, corn merchant & farmer Perk ins Elizabeth (Mrs.), corn dealer .Abbott Daniel, Green Man P.H Goodyear Benjamin~ farmer Perry John, grocer &c ..Arnold David, straw plait dealer Goodyear Edwin, straw plait dealer Perry Mary (Miss), shopkeeper :Eardriclr. -,farmer Goodyear George, straw hat manufactr Proctor George, Red Lion :P.Ii Bassil-, Sun P.H Goodyear John, butcher Queensborough William, farmer Batchelor JQhn, baker Goodyear Waiter, grocer Ridgeway Edwin, boot maker Batchelor J\lhn Thomas, baker Hall Edward, builder Rolt James, shopkeeper Batchelor William, baker & beer retailer Hammond John Henry, saddler Simons Thomas, farmer, Cell farm J1eaumont Frederick, butcher Harris William Dring, draper &c Skeggs Jame,:, beer ratailer & shop- 13eck Chas. C. straw hat manufacturer Hawes George Alfd. builder, decorator, keeper, Greasy hill .Beresford Charles William M.n.c.s. Eng, house furnisher & estate agent Spary .Edwin, wheelwright surgeon, & medical officer & public Hawkins Alfred, baker & confectioner Spary Ernest, harness maker Yaccinator to Markyate Street dis- Hawk ins Rebecca( Mrs.), bread&flour dlr Spary George, wheelwright trict, Lnton union Hea1ey Frank, baker & grocer Spary Walter E. wheelwright !Biggs Fanny (Mrs.), confectioner Healey John, straw plait dealer Stevens Joseph, beer retailer .Biggs Isaac, straw manufacturer Hodsden Abraham, greengrocer Streddar James, beer retailer illinker Margt.(Mrs. ),straw hat manufr Holt Henry, poulterer Stringer John, saddler &c _Blinker Sydney, builder How William, plumber & glazier Thorn Obed, butcher J3radshaw GMrge, tailor Lacey Moses & Peter, straw plaitdealrs Thorn Waiter, dairy J3radshaw Thomas, grocer & corn dealer Lee J osepb, blacksmith Timber lake Thomas, farmer Brown W. H. fishmonger Luff George Hy. Seabright Arms P.H Tompkins Thomas, baker (Jhurch Thomas, farmer,Feverell's farm Mailes Walter, carpenter Trafford Charles, corn merchant ()layton Alfred, straw hat manufacturer Markyate Street Gas Co. Lim. (David Turner Dudley, carrier (Jook James, fanner Purvis, contractor) Turner George, blacksmith 'Cook Richard Walter, jeweller Markyate Street (Herts) Permanent Turney James, butcher Ampthill and 7 south-west from Bedford, the south aisle chancel chapel to Sir Thomas Snagge, Speaker in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Red- of the House of Commons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; bornestoke, petty sessional division, union and county court the interior has been restored. and will seat 6oo persons, odistrict of Ampthill, rural deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry The registers date from the year 1703. The living is a rec­