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County Theatre, Midland road, E. Graham-Falcon, lessee Great Barford ; Goldington district, Row land Hill Coop1bs H. l\1. Prison, St. Loyes street, Adolphus Ueorge W estrn l\LD. Uedford; Harrold district, J. F. Somerville governor ; B.ev. ~illimn Francis Lindesay 1\LA. chaplain ; L.F.P. & s.alas. Harrold ; Hisely district, Arthur Harry Robert Henry Kinsey M. R. c. s. Eng. surgeon Collins L.RC.P. & s.Edin. Hisely; Sharnbrook district, High Court of Justice District Registry, Mill stre()t, Alfred Charles Hicks, Sharnbrook; Turvey district, Morris Fisher Clare, district registrar Cock L.R.C.P.Lond. Richmond house, Tuney Inland Revenue Office, rA, St.. Paul's square, Daniel Public Vaccinators- Bedford Town district & Kempston & Enright, supervi:oor; Caleb Killick & Tlwmas Hynes Cardington district, George Poc:ock Goldsmith M. D. Bed­ LL. n. officers ford ; Sharnbrook district, A. H. Collins, Risely ; Barford, Literary & Scientific Institute & General Library, Harpur Goldington, Harrold, Risely & Turvey districts, same as street, president elected annually ; Wm. Davis, librarian Medical Officers Masonic Lod;se, Stuart No. 5-to, Mark Whyley, sec. ; Arthur Superintendent Registrar, Henry Tebbs, 2 Ta.vistock street, 'fhurley, tyler; lodge held last wednesday in Jan. Feb. Bedford; deputy, William C. Toll, 49 Stanley st. Bedford; 1\Iar. April, t:ept. Oct. Nov. & Dec. at the Swan hotel, Barford sub-district, John ~'estley, Ravensden; deputy, High street Samuel John Westley, Ravensden; Bedford & Cardington Ordnance Survey Office, C'arlton House, 10 Linden road, sub-district, R. Hill Coombs, 28 Mill street, Bedford; Capt. Philippe Henri Du Perron Casgrain R.E. officer in deputy, Oliver Cromwell Coombs, 28 Mill st. Bedford; charge Bedford & Kempston sub-district, James Frederick Wake­ Shire Hall, St. Paul's square, John Howard, hallkeeper nell, I 1 Adelaide square, Bedford ; deputy, Thomas Peer, Stamp Otlice, Post otllce, 77 High street 9 Maitland street, Bedford; Harrold sub-district, Caleb Tax Office, rA, St. Paul's square, William Abbott, surveyor LeFeHe, jun. Harrold; deputy, William Richard Fairey, of taxes Harrold; RisP.ly sub-district, Arthur H. Collins, . Town Hall, St. Paul's square, John Girldings, keeper Risely; deputy, E. Smith, Risely ; Sharnbrook sub­ Volunteer Fire Brigalle, engine house, Mill street; Augustus district, George Clayton Newell, Milton Ernest; deputy, Hill, capt.; Wm. Perclue, res. engineer; Richard W1lson John ~ewell, Sharnbrook; Tun·cy sub-district, George Town, sec . llopkins, Turvey Working Men's Institute, Lecture, Library & Reading Registrar of Marriages-A. R Thompson, 163 Tavistock Rooms, Harpur street : Tom Vant, sec., librarian & hall str~et, Bedford; deputy, Sydney W. Adams, 109 Tavistock keeper street. Bedford; Caleb LeFevre, jun. Harrold; deputy, William Richard Fairey, Harro:d; John Westley, Ravens­ Hospitals & Charitable Institutions. den; deputy, Samuel John Westley, lla\'ensden Ely Deaconesses' Home, Bromham roari, Sister Fanny The Uuiou House, formerly the House of Industry, is Eagles, head sister situated on the Kimbolton road ; it is a large brick build­ Ely Deaconesses' Orphanage, Bromham road, Sister Fanny ing, with chapel & scboolrooms, erected in 1793 & let Eagles, head sister upon perpetual lease to the guardians of the poor in 1835 ; General Infirmary, Ampthill road, Henry \Vilson Sbarpin it will hold 400 inmates, but the average number is under F.R.C.S.Eng.; William Greaves Johnson & B.obert Henry 2oo; Jo~iah B. Harvey, master; Mrs. Walker, matron; Kinsey M.R.c.s.Eng. consulting surgeons; George Pocock Rev. Alfred Hawkins Jones LL.H. chaplain; Charles Goldsmith M. D. & Row land Hill Coombs M.D. physicians; Edward Prior :M.D. medical officer Ed ward ColbySharpin M. R.c.s.Eng. L.R.C.P.Edin. & ·wal ter Gifford Nash F.R.c.s.Eng. surgeons; Stephen John Hoss ScHOOL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE. M.n.ch.n. res. surgeon; F. \Venlock Williams L.D.S.F.P.S. Meets at Workhouse as occasion requires. Glas. surgcon-dcnlist; Rev. I•'. ~'akefield Piercy n.A. Clerk, Mark Sharman, 6 St. Paul's square, Bedford chaplain; Major Fred Knee bone, sec. ; Henry Mayes, Attendance Officer, Joseph Adams, Stanley street, Bedford dispenser; Miss S. Jea11 Munro, matron Hospital of St. Leonard the Confessor, Victoria road, MILITARY. Lawrence B.ead Colburne Higgins J.P. master; Hev. Paul Regimental District No. 16. \Villiams Wyatt M.A., J.P. warden ; Rev. Vitruvius (THE BEDFORDSHIRE RECHMENT.) Partridge Wyatt lii.A. sec. ; S. L. Kilpin, treasurer Depot of the xst & 2nd Battalions, Kempston Barracks. Moravian Sisters' House, 24 St. Peter's street, Miss Skeen, Commanding Regimental District, Col. Sir George Arthur lady superintendent de Hochepied-Larpent, bart ·Provident Dispensary, St. Peter's street, Charles Edward 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (Bedfordshire Militia), Prior M.D. hon. physician; George Pocock Goldsmith M.D. head quarters, Kempston Barracks ; Lieut.-Col. The Duke George Robinson M.R.c.s.Eng. Jabez Carter M.R.c.s.Eng. of Bedford, commanding; Gapt. S. J. Symons, instructor Robcrt Hy.Kinsey M.R.c.s.F.ng. Rowland Hill Coombs M. D. of musketry; Capt. S. A. James, adjutant; Hon.-Lieut. Cottingham Greaves Johnson M.R.C.S.Eng. Francis Barcl~y C. Fox, quarter-master; Surg. Lieut.-Col. Rowland Hill '\'illmer Phillips 1.I.A., M.B., B. se. & A. C. Hartley M. n., Coombs M.D. medical officer, also militia medical reserve C.M. medieal officers ; hon. dentist, Alexander Kirby Tower Hamlets (2nd East London) Royal Engineers Volun· L.D.S.R.c.s.Eng.; Henry Tebbs, sec teers (Bedford Grammar School Corps), De Parys avenue, Servants' Traiuing Home, Ta vistock place, Miss J anet Capt. G. J. R. Gliinicke, commanding Boston, matron grd Volunteer Battalion Bedfordshire Hegiment; head BJWFORD UNION. quarters & battalion orderly room, 44 & 46 Gwyn street; #fhe Board meets every alternate saturday at the work­ Lieut.-Col E. R. Green V.D., commanding; Hon. Lieut.· house at 10.30 o'cluck Col. A. Carruthers & R. P. Jarvis, majors; Capt. G. W. W. Bedford poor-law union consists of 45 parishes or places, D'Arcy Evans, adjutant; Hon. Capt. G. Overend, quarter· viz. : Biddenham, Bletsoe, Bolnhurst, Bromham, Car­ master; Re\'. B.. B. Poole D.D. acting chaplain; A dington, Carlton, Chellington, Clapham, Colmworth, Company, Capt. A. W. H. Lees ; B Company, Capt. C. Cople, Eastcott., Elstow, Felmersham, Goldington, Great E. Wells; E. H. M. Blaydes, Iieut. ; Sergcant-:\1aj. Pottle, Barford, Harrold, Kempston, Kempston (Rural), Keysoe, instructor Knotting, Melchbourne, Milton Ernest, Oakley, Odell, Public Officers. Pavenham, Ravensden, Renhold, Risely, Roxton, St. Chief Constable of the County Police, Lieut. -Col. Frederick Cuthbert, St. John, St. Mary, St. Paul & St. Peter Jolm Josselyn; Supt. George Tomlinson, chief clerk; (Bedford), Sharnbrook, Souldrop, Stags den, Stevington, head quarters, Shire hall Thurleigh, Turvey, Wilden, Willington, 'Wilshamstead, Clerk to the Bedford County Council & Clerk of the Peace, 'Vootton & Yelden. The population in 1891 was 51,452: William \V. Marks, Shire hall, St.. Pa nl's square area, 96,654 acres; rateable value in 1897, agricultural Clerk to Commissioners of Property & Income Tax for the lands £67,307; buildings £215,go6 Town of Bedford, William George Carter Mitcl:ell, 7 l:it. Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Mark Paul's square Sharman, 6 St. Paul's square, Bedford Collector of Poor Rates for the Borough of Bedford, Arthur Treasurer, Thomas Barnard, Bedford Bank Raine Thompson, Corn exchange, St. Paul's square & 163 Relieving Ofrit:ers-No. I Division, James Fredk. Wakenell, Tavistock street II Adelaide squ:tre, Bedford; No. 2 (Sharnbrook) Divi­ Coroner for the County, Mark 'Vhylc~·, Dame Alice street; sion, William Wooton, Pa\'enham ; No. 3 (Kcmpston) deputy coroner, Charles Edward Prior M.D. Goldington Division, Sidney C. Moyes, Bedford road, Kempston road, Bedford Vaccination Officer, John Arthur Scoyne Bowden, 146 How­ County Surveyor, William Henry Leete A. M. I.C.E. Shire bury street, Bedford hall, St. Paul's cquare Collector to the Guardians, Mark Sharman, 6 St. Paul's Distrid Reg-istrar of the High Court of Justice, Alfred square, Bedford Clare, .'rlill street Medical Officers-Bedford & Cardington district, George H.M. Geological Surveyor, Alan C. G. Cameron, 158 Foster Pocock Goldsmith M.D. Bedford : Bedford & Kempston Hill road district, Arthur Conning Hartley M. D., A.M. 4 De Fury's B l\I. Inspector of Schools, Jeremiah Lacey Fishwick, 17~ avenue, Bedford; Barfu.·d district, Charles Sprigge M.D. Foster H1ll road