700 ASHWELL. HERTFORDSHIRE. Board School, op:med in 1877, for 120 girls & 150 infants; CARRIERS:- average attendance, 83 girls & 98 infants; Miss Johanna Pateman & Pepper, to Hitchin tues. ; to Royston, wed. &; Davidson, mistress; Miss Agnes Oswald Davidson, infants' sat mistress Railway Station, Charles Moss, station master PRIVATE RESIDBNTS. 1 Burrows Charles, farmer, Mobb's hole Page Joshua Hichmond, brewer & malt. Chote Albert William Chapman Thomas, farmer &landowner ster, Westbury brewery Christy Benjamin Christy J. & A. grocers & drapers Parrish William, shopkeeper Edwards William Pack, The Adelonge Christy Abrhm. Hart, assistant overseer Pickett James, farm bailiff to E. Snow Flitton Mrs & highway surveyor & post master Fordham esq. I.P Fordham Edward Snow M.A., LL.M., Christy Henry Abram, farmer I Pickett Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer J.P. Elbrook house Clarke John Geo. Bushel & Strike P.R I Picking Susannah (Mrs.), Six Bells P.H Fordham Mrs. Ashwell bury Clarke William, beer retailer & baker . Picking William, carpenter Fordham Rupert Oswald, Ashwell bury Clements David, job master Postle Charles Frederick, butcher Fordham WolverIy Attwood, Ash- Cornwall Thomas, farmer Sale John, farmer well burv Covington Benjamin, beer retailer I Smith Daniel, beer retailer & fruiterer Hayden William Gallimore, Fairview Day Leopold, baker Smith Elijah, horse slaughterer Hodgson Rev. Hy. WRm. M.A. eetory Dover Ja.mes, mineral water manufactr Smith Samuel, beer retailer & smith Huggoins Chules Edwards Richard, Rose & Crown P.R. Smith William Zarah, shoe maker Langley Thomas & blacksmith Strickland Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Lees M~. Jas'amine farm Flitton Thomas AlIen, miller (steam & Summerfield Mary (Mrs.), butcher &; Le Gros Harold water) & farmer beer retailer Millsom Rev. James Buckley LCong] Fordham E.K.& H. brewers &maltsters Thorne Samuel, tailor Morse W1l1iam George Fordham Herbert, coal merchant Thorne Thomas, wheelwright Page Joshua, WestIJury house Garrett Julia (Miss), shopkeeper WalkerGeo.beerret.Chalkman'sknowle Walkrlen Charles Goodliff Richard, land steward to E. Warren David, farmer Westrope Mrs. Charles Snow Fordham esq. I.P Warren J. school attendance officer Westrope William Gray John, beer retailer Warren Jeremiah, Cuckoo P.R Hall John, farmer, Redlands farm Watts Thomas, farrier COMMERCIAL. Hayden WiIIiam Gallimore L.R.C.P. Wayment Daniel, Bull's Head P.R Adkins Geo. carpenter & shopkeeper Lond. surgeon, & medical officer & Webb Charles, beer retailer Angel Nathan David, farmer publicvaccinator,AshweIl district(No. Webb George James, watch maker Bacon William Edward, saddler &; rope 3), Royston uuion, Fairview Westrope Thomas WiIliam, grocer & & twine maker Harrison Geo. Wm. chemist & druggist draper, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, Bailey Frederick, bricklayer Hoye WiUred, plumber &c wine & spirit merchants Barritt WiIliam, beer retailer & grocer Humphrey Moses, Hare & Hounds P.R Westrope WiIliam Montford, butcher Bean William, blacksmith Kitchener Edward, farmer Williams James, jun. corn & cake mer Bennett James, market gardener Lee Waiter, sheep dresser &; tailor Willmott Jeremiah, bricklayer Bonfield In. Geo. Three Tuns commer- McCormack John, inland revenue officer Winter Alfred, shoe maker cial&family hotel (pony traps on hire) Moss Charles, station master Winter Robert, shoe maker Bonnett John, grocer & tailor Notley William, beer retailer, Odsey la Wood Samuel, wheelwright Brown James, farmer Pack Ann (Mrs.', farmer & lime burner Worboys James, shopkeeper Bryant & Worboys, wheelwrights Pack James, blacksmith & wheelwright Worboys Julius Carter, watch maker Bryant George, butcher Pack William, farmer & machinist Wright Charles, farmer ASPENDEN, or ASPEDEN, is a parish and village, about credence paten were given by the congregation in memory 11 miles south-west from Buntingford rail"ay station, 8t of Mrs. Sanderson, the rector's wife, in 1884: there are 1175 south from Royston and 31 from London, in the Northern 81ttings, 215 being free. The register dates from the year division of the county, hundred of Edwinstree, union and 1559. The living is a rectory, commuted tithe rent-charge petty sessional division of Bnntingford, county court district £408, with 22 acres of glebe aad residence, in the gift of the of Ro)"ston, and in the rural deanery of Buntingford and Earl of Mexborough, and held since 1859 by the Rev. A.lfred archdeaconry and diocese of St. Albans. The church of St. Poyntz Sanderson M.A. of Jesus Colle$e, Cambridge. 'fhe Mary is an edifice of flint, affordini examples of ev.ery style charities include Ralph Freeman's of £7 Ss. for clothing for of English church architecture from early Norman to Jaco- the school children; Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman's of £5, being bean, and consists of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle an annuity from the Haberdashers' Co. for the clothing club; and an embattled western tower, with spire, containing 8 Mrs. .John Sanbach's of £2; William Freeman's of £10 8s. bells, dating from 1681 to 1736 ; the seventh bell was re-cast for 48. worth of bread each Sunday for the poor; W. and R. by Warner, of London, in 1877, at the expense of the late Freeman's of £9 Ss. and Mrs. Mary Cator's of £8~ both for Mr. Joseph Woodwards, of Aspenden : in the chancel is a very the school; Bishop Seth Ward's of £12, given in sums f)f early Norman window: the aisle and the roof of the nave £8 or £16 in alternate years, for apprenticing boys" John were erected by Sir Ralph Jocelyn in 1478 and Sir Robert Bolder's of £7, being ground rent on the Folly Estate, let Clyfford kt. erected the porch and probably restored some on 99 years' lease from June 24th, 1860, for coal or fagots, of the windows, in 1500: in the north wall of the chancel and an anonymous benefactio~ of £1 10S. the rent of ~2 is a beautiful Easter sepulchre, and on the south side an acres of land for the coal club. Aspenden Hall, the seat aumbry, a pi~cina and a credence table, all of which were of Sir Henry Lushington bart. I.P. is a modem mansion. discovered at the restoration of the church; in the south- Aspenden Lodge is the seat of Waiter Walker Watson esq. east corner of the aisle is a fine altar-tomb, under a hand- Sir Henry Lushington bart. J.P. who is lord of the manor, some carved canopy of Bethersden marble, with brass effigies the Earl of Mexborongh, G. Mickley, of Buntingford, and in heraldic costume and shields of arms, to Sir Robert WaitlV' Walker Watson esqrs. are the principal landed Clyfford kt. ob. 1508, and Elizabeth (Josselyn) his wife: I proprietors. The' soil is mixed; subsoil, chiefly clay. The there are four memorial windows to different members of chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 1,400 the Lushington family, 18°7-63: one to Mr. and Mrs. Overell, acres of land; rateable value. £2,857; the population in of Wakely, dated 1870 and 1855, and one to Charlotte Maria 1881 was 613. Sanderson, nrother of the present rector, 1858 ; the Norman Sexton John Poulton window in the chancel was filled with stained glass, the gift ' ... of the congregation in 1884, in memory of 'the present Letters. throug~ Buntlngford arrIve at 9 a.m. & II a.rn. rector's eldest daughter: the church was restored in 1873, Buntmgford IS the n.etrest ~oney order & telegraph office under the superintendence of Sir Arthur W. lllomfield 'M.A., PILLAR LETTER Box In the VIllage cleared at 6.30 p.m. on "".R-A., F.B.A. at a cost of £I,cx>o; part of the ehm:ch plate week days only was the gift of Elizabeth Freemau in 1632 and c()nsists of National School (mixed), built in 1840, for 80 children; chalice, paten and alms dish, all of silver; a silver flagon and average attendance, 52; Miss Rhuda Wattam, mistress Fordham Edward John, Aspenden cot I Watson Waiter Walker, Aspenden ldge I Crouch James, farmer Hicks Francis Edward F.R.G.S Briggs WilIiam, Red Lion P.R Nicholls Shem, cooper Lushington Sir Henry bart. J.P. Aspen- Bunce Waiter, beer retailer & shopkpr Overell William, farmer, Tennis court den hall Coleman George, jun. farmer, Butter- Smith Thomas, farmer, Street farm &ndenJOnRev.Alfd.PoyntzM.A.Rectory milk hall Wiles William, cowkeeper ASTON is a parish and village, near the Great North road, county court district, and in the rural deanery of Bunting­ bounded on the east by the river Beane, 4 miles south-east ford and archdeaconry and diocese of St. Albans. The from Stevenage, 2i north-east from Knebworth station on church of St. Mary the Virgin is an ancient edifice of Hint the Great Northern railway and 6 north-east from Welwyn, and stone, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north in the Northern division of the county, Hroadwater hun- aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower contain­ dred, Stevenage petty sessional division, Hertford union and ing 6 bells; the tenor was added ~ the peal at Christmas,.