DIRECT<'RY.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. DoltfON. 319 noble chimney shafts seems to indicate a Jacobeanorigin,the landowners are the Rev. J. J. Goodan M.A. Mrs. Rose, Fred­ south front is >still later; this house is an object of great erick Abbott esq. Mrs. Francklin, Mps. RapeI' and Edward interest. both from its historical associations and its varied Clarke esq. During the summer Of 1&52 exea"ations Wf.>re collection of fossils and antiquities which havebeen discovered made on the .site of Sir John Vanhattem's summer house in the neighbourhood; the ancient mansion houseand manor by the late J. G. Akerman esq. and On 14th June a number of were formerly in the possession of Simon Ma} ne, representa- skeletons were discovered with their heads lying north-west; th'e of Aylesbury in the Long Parliament and one of the the spot is supposed to have formerly been part of an exten­ judges of the Commission Court at the trial of King Charles I. sive cemetery~ and was further explorfri on the following to whosedpath-warrant he affixed his signature and sp,al; at October by the Rev. J. J. Goodall, and other skeletons were the Re~oration he concealed himself in Dinton Hall, butaftel'- met with as well as a quantity of broken pottery and a kind wards surrendered. and was tried with other regicides at the of well,S or 6 feet deep. closely packed with stones; in dig­ Old Bailey, .octobel' 16, 1660, and committed to the Tower, ging round the foundations of the ruinou8 building called where he died in the following year~ and was buried in the "Dinton Castle," a number of skeletons, arms of various church, April 18, 1661 ; in 1727. Simon Mayne, his grandson, descriptions, a "ery beautiful Saxon drinking glass, and a sold the manor to John Vanhattem esq. father of Sir John glass bottle of the time of Edward II. were exhumed. The Vanhattem, knighted by George Ill. January 23, 1761, soil is clay, sand and limestone; subsoil, limestone and clay. from whom the Rev. James Goodall M.A. is descended; In many parts of the parish, hetween the surface and the amongst other curiosities in the collection is a basket- rock, is a deposit of friable lime varying from one to several hilted sword used by Cromwell at the battle of Naseby, feet in thickness, generally known as the "wych earth," besides numerous specimens of armour, and three brass but more commonly called" Dinton marble;" when pud­ models of ancient guns: in the windows are the heraldic dIed with water and chopped straw it is used for the walls bearings of William Warham, archbishop of Canterbury, of cottaJes and outhouses. The chief crops are wheat, 1503-33 and those of Dazell. Henry VIII. and another un- barley. beans and turnips. The area is 4,100 acres; rateable known. John Bigg, better known as the Dinton Hermit, is value, [,6,148; the population in 1871 was 790. believed to have been employed as joint secretary to Simon FORD is a scattered hamlet belonging to this parish, Mayne, the regicide, and Col. Dick Ingoldsby of Walridge and situated 1~ mile,;; south of the village, and contains a Baptist Park End; he had been a man of tolerable wealth and pos- chapel erected in 1716. There was anciently a chapel here, BesSed no contemptible parts, but after the Restoration he now destroyed. grew melancholy, and betaking himself to a recluse life, dwelt UPTON is also a small hamlet,on the road from Aylesbury for many years in a cave underground in this parish without to Binton. ever changing his clothes, which he mended by placing pieces Parish Clerk, Joseph Fambrough. of cloth or leather over the decayed parte; one of his shoes POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.-Letters preserved at the hall was thus mended till theleather became arrive from Aylesbury by foot messenger about 8.30 a.m. more than tenfold its original thickness; the fellow' to it is LETTER Box in the village, cleared week days at 9.25 a.m. in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. The Dinton Album, & 5.15 p.m.; on sundays, at 10.35 a,m. only. LETTER commenced in 1772 by Sir John Vanhattem, contains a Box in the Churchyard wall, clearel week days at 9.30 statistical account of the parish from the MSS. of llrowne ' a.m. & 5.20 p.m.; on sundays 10.40 a.m. Aylesbury is the WiHis and others, together with paintings by Mr. Britten, nearest telegraph office architect, and the Rev. WiIliam GoodaIl. Neltr the Aylesbury WALL LETTER Box, Ford, cleared at 9 a.m. week days only and Thame -road is a small ruin called Dinton Castle. The National School (mixed), supported by subscriptions & a fritillm'ia rnilleagris, or snake's head,grows here abundantly. government grant; John Edwin MitcheIl, master There are seven sub-manors in the parish; the Rev. J. J. CARRIHR TO AYLESBURY-George Allen, monday. wednes- Goodall M.A. is lord of the manor paramount. The chief day, friday & saturday Dinton. . Jones Thomas, farmer Humphreys Mary (Mrs.),frmr.Owlswick mand Miss Grasshome Kingham Tom, farmer, Spring hill Jones Richard, DintoTb Hermit l~ode Henry J.P. The Cottage King~amWilliam, farmer Kingham John, farmer Flood Rev. Samuel D.D. Vicarage MortImer Amos, Seven Stars Kingham Williaml farmer, Lower Francklin Mrs. Westlington house Saunders JaI?es, groc~r Waldridge Goodall Major Liebert Edward J.P. Wales EphraIm, Boot mn Malin Thomas, farmer Dinton hall Ward Thomas, beer retailer Parrott John &Thomas, farmers Goodall Rev. Jas. Jsph. M.A. Dinton hall Wheeler Robert (Mrs.), shopkeeper Rogers John, dairy farmer & grazier, Wooster William Lee, farmer Aston Mullins COMMERCIAL. "rootton Mrs. & Son, farmers Allen Thomas, White Horse Ford. Upton. Baldwin J esse, blacksmith AbbottFrederick, farmer & landowner Betts James, boot & shoe maker Hood Rev. William [Baptist] Kingham Miss Brandon James, carper..ter Glarke Edward, farmer, Moreton farm Roads Francis, farmer Clarke Edwin, baker Hitchcock WilJiam, baker & grocer DORNEY is a village and parish 2 miles west from Eton, portraits and an illuminated pedigree of the Palmer family, ~ north-west from Windsor and 2 from Taplow station, in who have been the owners since 16n, the present represen­ the hundred of BUl'nham, union of Eton, .county court dis- tative being Sir Charles James Palmer bart. D.L; J.p. lord of trict of Windsur, rural deanery.of Burnham, archdeaconry the manor and principal landowner. The.soil is light: sub.., of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford, on the north bank of soil gravel. The chief crops are oats, wheat, barley, peas the Thames. The church of St. James consists of chancel, and beans. Thellrea is 1,550acres; rateable value;[,2~63; nave and a westeI'n tower containing 4 bells; the tower is a the population in 1881 was 318. Late Perpendicular work of brick, and the other parts of the Sexton, Matthew Bunee. church are- partly of the same date and partly Decorated; POST & MONEY' ORDER OFFICE &; Savings Bank.-Edward the- east window is stained; in the church is a monument to Sir William Garrard, 1607. The register dates from Grove, receiver. Letters arrive through Windsor at 8 26 Th r' .. II [, 'th a.m. & 4 p.m.; dispatched at 10 a.m. & 5·30 p.m, 17· e Ivmg IS a VIcarage, year y va ue 100 WI sunday 10 a.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Eton re&idenc~in the gift of Sir Charles James Palmer bart. and held since 1868 by the Rev. Erasmus Valentine Mason M.A. A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1375 for Dor- of Trinity College, Cambridge. P. Sedding left money pro- ney & Boveney; C. F. Dean, Slough, clerk to the boar d ducing [,10 168, 4d. yearly for the poor, and E. Sedding, Board School (mixed),built in 1876 for 90 children, with an money yielding [,7 108. 4d. yearly for poor widows. Dor- average attendance of So. Miss Emmeline Greenhaugh, ney Court is an ancient mansion and contains many curious mistress Palmer Sir Charles James bart. D.L.,J.P. Baggs James, boot maker Quarterman Thomas, corn dealer DonIey court Grove Edwd. baker, grocer, & post office ThornhiIl Henry, Palmt!'l·'s Arms Palmer Dowager Lady, Dorney house Grove WilIiam. carpenter White George Francis, farmer, Dorney MaS8D J{ev. E~smus Valentine M.A. Hawkins George, farmer Court farm . Vicarage HawkinS George, jun. blacksmith White Thomas, farmer, Manor farm Waters John Henry, The Lodge DORTON is .a 'Pleasant. village and parish, b9unded on distl'ict ofThame, I'Uml deanery of Waddesdon, m-ohdeaconry th.IlOl1jh-west by Chinkwell Wood, 0- miles north from Q( Buckingham aBd diOCese-pf fuford. 'fhe~ is a. station at ~2-f east from BJ;ill, and about. 11 westfrom Ay-le&­ WoUoo, aOOuti It miles dista.nt, on the tramway "to the bury, inthe hundredof Ashendon, union ana ~ounty OOUl't QUQinton -Rood statien. The chUTch of St. John -the Baptist