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* Wooburn <ref>Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1911, | * Wooburn <ref>Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1911, pp 223-225</ref> | ||
* Little Marlow <ref> | * Little Marlow <ref>Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1911, pp 146-147</ref> | ||
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[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/ | [https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/50902/rec/8 University of Leicester, 1911 Kelly Directory of Buckinghamshire] | ||
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Wooburn
is a parish and scattered village on the Wye or Wick riv er and also non the Thames; the parish comprises The Green., The Town, Cores End, Bourne End, The Common, The Moor, Havenslea and Northern Woods with two stations on the Wycombe, Thame and Oxford branch of the Great Western railway, viz. Bourne End, 28 miles and Wooburn Green, 30 miles from London, and is about 3 miles south-west from Beaconsfield and 5 south-east from Wycombe, in the Southern division of the county hundred of Desborough, second division of Desborough petty sessional division, union of Wycombe, county count district of High Wycombe, rural deanery of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Paul is an ancient edifice in the Late Norman, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with north aisle, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles and massive embattled western tower with turret containing a clock, erected in 1870, and 8 bells rehung and the 9th bell recast in 1902, at a cost of £360, in commemoration of the coronation of King Edward VII: the pulpit, of carved stone, is adorned with representative heads of the four Evangelists: the east window is stained, and there are several other stained windows: in the church are brasses of John Goodwin and Pernell, his wife, who built the church tower, A.D. 1488; Christopher Askowe 1500, and his wife; to Thomas Swaine S.T.P. prebendary of Aylesbury, 1519, and to Arthur, infant son of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, 1642: one other brass, with a single figure shroud, surrounded by shields and scrolls, has a rhyming inscription of eleven lines, but not name or date; there are memorials to the families of Bertie and Wharton, including a monument to Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, who died 5th Feb. 1695: in 1899 a handsome chancel screen, designed by Mr. J. N. Comper, was presented by Miss Emily Du Pre, at a cost of over £500, in memory of her father, the late James Du Pre esq. a former lord of the manor and patron of the living: the organ was erected as a memorial to Alfred Gilbey esq. of Wooburn House, d. 29 Nov 1879: and in 1901 a reredos was presented by Mrs. Gilbey, of the Kennels, Wooburn and her daughter: the church was completely restored internally in 1857 and externally in 1869 at a cost of over £3,000, when the nave was heightened by the erection of a clerestory and the substitution of an open-timbered roof for the flat plastered ceiling: the church has since been entirely reseated and affords 500 sittings; a new churchyard, near the church, was enclosed and consecrated in 1862. The register dates from the year 1653; the list of rectors and vicars exists from A.D. 1216. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £115, including 94 acres of glebe, and residence. in the gift of W. Baring Du Pre esq. and held since 1904 by the Rev. Reece Unsworth M.A. of University College, Oxford. St. Mark's church, at BOURNE END, built in 1889 as a chapel of east to Wooburn Parish church, at a cost of £900, and opened by the Bishop of Reading, 23rd April 1890, is an edifice of red brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a turret containing one bell, and will seat 200 persons. There is also a small Mission church in Wycombe road, the gift of an anonymous donor in 1903 and seating 100 persons. A Church hall was erected in 1910 on a site near the church at a cost of £1,000. The Congregational chapel, founded in 1768 and rebuilt in 1804, was enlarged and reseated in 1881, and will seat about 400 persons; the Baptist chapel at Wooburn Green was erected in 1836, and there are chapels at Wooburn and Bourne End, the latter erected in 1910 at a cost of £700, and a Primitive Methodist chapel. The Working Men's Institution and Reading Room is on the Green. Fairs are held here on the 4th May and 12th November. Charities: - John Fromow left the interest of £00, now about £6 yearly, to be distributed in blankets at Christmas: the benefaction of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, who died 5 Feb 1695, provides annually 20 Bibles bound up with prayer books; the poor's land of 28 acres produces about £21 yearly for distribution in money; Mrs S. Ballard gave the surplus of interest of £50 in £3 per Cent. Consols, after repairing the vault of J. Osmer esq. to be distributed every second year in bread; Mrs L. Butterfield's charity consists of the interest of £100 stock in £3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities, to be given to twelve poor families of the parish at 5s. each on St. Thomas' day; Mrs. Rook gave the interest of £50 stock in £3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities, to be distributed equally to six poor widows not in receipt of any relief on St. Thomas' Day. The Church Estate produced £10 yearly and there is a sum of £20 a year for a second service. The parish contains extensive paper and millboard mills, which give employment to most of the labouring inhabitants. Wooburn House, now (1911) unoccupied, is a find mansion, built in 1756, n the site of what was for many years the palace of the Bishops of Lincoln and subsequently the seat of the D'Eyncourts and Whartons, one of whom, Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, had the honour of receiving a visit here from William III. Sir Giffin Wilson kt. recorder of Windsor, resided here about 20 years till his death in 1848; the house and grounds were much improved by the late A. Gilbey esq. William Baring Du Pre esq. of Taplow, is lord of the manor and principal landowner The soil is loam and gravel; subsoil, chalk and sand The area is 3,118 acres of land and 21 of water, consisting of wood, arable and pasture; rateable value, £23,134; the population ion 1901 was 3,328 and in 1911, 4,048
Parish Clerk, Stephen Wood.
Post, M.O & T. Office, Wooburn Green. Letters should have Bucks added. - Arthur Norman, postmaster. Letters arrives at 06.10 & 10.30 a.m. & 4.40 p.m. Letters cleared at 09.50 a.m. and 12.25, 2.45 & 7.30 p.m. Sunday dispatches at 7.15 p.m. Post Box at Wycombe Lance cleared at 9.15 a.m. 12.15, 2 & 7 p.m.; sundays 9 a.m.
Town Sub-Post M.O. & T. Office - Frederick John Gray, sub-postmaster. Letters are received from Wooburn Green, Bucks, at 7.30 and 10.55 a.m. & from London 5.10 p.m. ; dispatched at 9.45 a.m. and 12 noon and 2.15 & 7.20 p.m. Sunday dispatch at 7 p.m. Pillar Letter Box, Wooburn Common, cleared at 8.5 a.m. & 6.40 p.m.
Post, M. O. T & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, Bourne End. Letters should have Bucks added. - - Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Turley, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive at 6 and 10.20 a.m. and 5.45 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.10 a.m. & 12.30, 2.40 & 7.40 p.m. ; sundays 7 p.m.
Town Sub-Post Office, The Parade - Miss Annie Cleave, sub-posmistress. Letters cleared at 9.30 a.m. & 12.15, 2.30, 5.30 and 7.15 p.m. ; sundays 6 p.m.
Town Sub-Post & M. O. Office, Well End -, (sic.) sub-postmaster. Letter Box cleared at 9.30 a.m. & 12.15, 2.15 & 7.15 p.m. on week days ; sundays 6 p.m.
Railway Stations.
Bourne End, William C. Hitchman, station master
Wooburn Green, George Barnby, Station master
Marlow (Little)
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Directory Entries
| Surname | Forenames | Title | Suffix | Address | Location |
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| Private Residents | |||||
| Abrahams | G. |
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| Andrews | Ernest F |
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| Atwood | Mrs Fron Heulog |
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| Bailey | George Frederick Selbourne |
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| Baker | C. |
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| Baker | Mrs. |
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| Barnes | J. |
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| Beley | Mrs. |
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| Bennett | Mrs. |
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| Bird | Ernest |
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| Boston | D.L. | Lord |
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| Chandler | G. |
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| Clark | L. |
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| Clarke | William Balfour |
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| Clifford | C.E. |
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| Clifford | W.B. |
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| Cloete | M. |
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| Cooper | F.E. |
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| Croft-Montague | William F. | Capt. |
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| Curtis | W.H. |
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| D'Esterre | Miss. |
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| Dickson | Robert Arthur |
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| Downey | A.J. |
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| Ellis | Harry |
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| Evison | W.J. |
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| Finch | Mrs |
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| Ford | Wm N. |
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| Gardner | Mrs. |
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| Gibbs | Mrs. |
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| Gilbey | G. |
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| Goldie | Claude J. D. |
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| Gooselin | Miss. |
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| Green | R. |
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| Greig | W.G. |
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| Griggs | R.S. |
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| Hadfield | Miss. |
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| Hammersley | A |
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| Hemming | H.B. |
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| Hepworth | Montague |
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| Hollingsworth | Alexander T |
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| Howes | Mrs |
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| Hume | Mrs |
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| Irvine | Edwd. Foster |
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| Jackson | F |
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| Jackson | F |
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| Jagger | W | M.B. |
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| James | William H. Dudley |
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| Johnson | Alfred William |
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| Johnson | Edwd. Foster |
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| Joicey | James J. |
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| Jolly | Stratford |
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| Kessler | George Alfred |
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| Leech | Mrs. |
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| Lehmann | Rudolph Chambers | M.A. J.P. |
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| Leslie | Fras. D. |
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| Lightbody | Mrs. |
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| Lunnon | R.A. |
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| Lunnon | Thomas Grantham |
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| Lunnon | William |
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| Markes | Charles B.D |
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| Matthews | Mrs |
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| Methuen | Alfred |
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| Morse | A |
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| Mortimer | Charles F. Tandy |
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| Noakes | Miss. |
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| Parker | Mrs. |
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| Parnell | Robert Henry | Capt. |
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| Pratt | Charles |
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| Read | Miss. |
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| Reeves | Miss. |
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| Reynolds | E.V. |
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| Ridsdale | A.C. |
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| Roberts | F.P. |
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| Roberts | H.B. |
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| Rolfe | William J. Vineyard |
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| Rose | Herbert |
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| Rose-Innes | Hugh |
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| Rubardt | Mrs. |
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| Rutland | P.J. |
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| Shaw | E.V. |
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| Speed | E.A |
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| Spry | Samuel |
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| Stacpoole | Mrs. |
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| Tebb | R.H. |
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| Thomas | Mrs. |
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| Townsend | E. |
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| Townsend | Fred W. |
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| Townsend | V. |
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| Tudor | W.O. |
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| Auctioneers | |||||
| Aldridge & Lever |
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| Harvey Charles Sidney |
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| Bakers | |||||
| Barnett | J |
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| Banks | |||||
| Capital & Counties Bank Limited |
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| Lloyds Bank Limited-Webster | Frederick C. |
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| Beer Retailers | |||||
| Osborne | George |
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| Pawley | George |
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| White | George |
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| White | G. |
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| Bird & Animal Preservrs | |||||
| Tirrell | Henry |
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| Boat Builders | |||||
| Shaw | Robert |
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| Townsend Brothers |
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| Boat Owners | |||||
| Townsend Brothers |
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| Boot & Shoe Makers & Dealers | |||||
| Gray | Henry |
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| Langston | William B. |
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| Oke | William |
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| Builders | |||||
| Billinghurst | Ambrose |
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| Grimsley | Albert |
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| Hearn | William J. |
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| Lane | G. |
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| Page | Herbt |
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| Butchers | |||||
| Evans | Ellen Mrs. |
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| Naylor & Co. |
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| Wyatt | Samuel |
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| Carmen | |||||
| Webster | R. |
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| Club – Sailing | |||||
| Finch | W.A. |
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| Coal & Coke Merchants | |||||
| Child | Joseph |
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| Smith | Chas. |
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| Turney | H. |
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| Confectioners & Pastrycooks | |||||
| Day | Edwin James |
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| Starnes | Ernest T. |
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| Corn & Flour Dealers | |||||
| George |
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| Corn & Flour Merchants | |||||
| Turney | H. |
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| Dairymen | |||||
| Roberts | Brothers |
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| Drapers | |||||
| Cleave | E.J. & N.C. |
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| Foster | W.J. |
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| Dress Makers | |||||
| Hillary | Mary |
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| Rumsley | Margt. |
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| Wilson | Lee |
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| Drug Stores | |||||
| Jones | Pryce |
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| Engineers _ Mechanical | |||||
| Burrett | Joel Henry |
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| Skinner | Russell |
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| Farmers & Farm Bailiffs | |||||
| Lane | Herbert |
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| Lunnon | Robert Arthur |
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| Roberts Brothers |
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| Fishmongers | |||||
| Godden | W. & H. |
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| Florists | |||||
| Speller | Walter |
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| Grocers & Tea Dealers | |||||
| Green | Arthur J. |
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| High Wycombe Co-operative Society Limited |
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| House | James |
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| Pratt | Jane |
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| West | Samuel |
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| Grocers & Tea Dealers inc. Winer, Spirits & Bottled Beers | |||||
| Bidmead | David |
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| Grocers & Tea Dealers inc. Wines & Spirits | |||||
| Ford | William Norris |
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| Hairdressers | |||||
| Goodall | Samuel |
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| Hotels | |||||
| Urne | Alfred |
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| Insurance Agents | |||||
| Barber | Richard |
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| Oliver | William Thomas |
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| Ironmongers | |||||
| Woodbridge |
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| Job Masters | |||||
| Naylor | William |
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| Land Stewards | |||||
| Hepworth | montagu |
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| Wood | James |
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| Laundries | |||||
| Fryer | Pelham |
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| Prass | George |
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| Trimmings | Ernest Edward |
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| Legal List – Solicitors | |||||
| Weed & Mason |
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| Market Gardeners | |||||
| Clifford | Charles |
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| Medical List – Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edin. | |||||
| Swallow | Francis McDonald |
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| Medical List – Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | |||||
| Bailey | G.F. Selborne |
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| Millboard Manufacturers | |||||
| Jackson's Millboard & Paper Co. Limited |
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| Lunnon | Thomas & William |
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| Milliner | |||||
| Palmer | Lillie |
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| Motor Car Builders & Agents | |||||
| Wise | William W. |
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| Painters & House Decorators | |||||
| Spicer | Edward |
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| Paper Makers | |||||
| Jackson's Millboard & Paper Co. Limited |
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| Lunnon | Thomas & William |
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| Plumbers & Glaziers | |||||
| Armstrong | John |
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| Poulterers | |||||
| Colebrook |
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| Public Houses | |||||
| Hughes | george Benjamin |
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| Blythe | John |
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| Ashby | Henry |
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| Harman | Henry |
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| Hart | James Frank |
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| Saddlers & Harness Makers | |||||
| Coddington | George W. |
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| Shopkeepers | |||||
| Kempster | Wm. |
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| Seagrove | William |
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| White | George |
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| Smiths, Blacksmiths & Farriers | |||||
| Smith | Walter |
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| Taylor | Walter |
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| Stationers – Retail | |||||
| Russell | Rupert |
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| Tailors | |||||
| Weatherill Bros. |
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| Teachers of Music | |||||
| Andrew | Eva |
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| Telephone Company | |||||
| National Telephone Co. Lim.(call rooms) |
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| Watch & Clock Makers | |||||
| Townsend | Frederick |
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| Watercress Growers | |||||
| Winfield | James |
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Notes
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External Links
University of Leicester, 1911 Kelly Directory of Buckinghamshire
