1911 Kelly Directory
Entries in the 1911 Kelly Directory for
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)
is a parish one mile and a half from Great Marlow market place, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Desborough, 1st division of Desborough petty sessional division, union and county court district of Wycombe, rural deanery of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford; it is a widely scattered place, with a few farms and shops and bounded on the south by the Thames. The church of St. John the Baptist is a plain edifice of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and a lofty western tower containing 3 bells and a clock: it was originally erected in 1190, but of the earlier building the Early English tower and chancel only remain; the nave and aisles, rebuilt in 1430, were re-seated with open benches, an organ placed in the south aisle and the church carefully restored in 1866; a gallery and the high square pews were then removed, the timber roof of the chancel opened and two elegant Early English windows in the chancel restored; the east window is stained, and there are three others: in the church are many marble tablets to the Nugent, Chase and Warren families and an altar tomb with brasses to Nicholas Ledewick, ob. 1430: during 1902 various restorations and repairs were carried out at a cost of about £1,000; the 14th century roofs being re-covered and the window mullions renewed: in the course of the work traces of the rood-loft, a priest's door in the chancel and a Norman piscina were brought to light: there are 270 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from 1562; marriages and burials from 1559; these books also include the baptisms and burials of Hedsor till about 1590. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £12o, including 25 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of Little Marlow Estate, and held since 1908 by the Rev. Peter Lambert M.A. of Selwyn College, Cambridge. There is a Parish Council, which also acts as a burial board; John Astley Bloxam esq. chairman. The Congregational mission hall at Well End, built in 1886, is of red brick, and will seat 120. The Upper Thames Sailing Club has its head quarters and club house at Bourne End. There are charities of £24 yearly value left by Field-Marshal Sir George Nugent bart. G.C.B., D.C.L d. 1848, and Messrs. Allanson and Birch, for distribution in bread and clothing. The Manor House, the seat of Mrs. Bradish-Ellames, is partly of Elizabethan date and stands in its own grounds on the north bank of the Thames; the south front overlooks well laid out pleasure grounds and contains many noble and ornamental trees. Westhorpe, the residence of Major Herbert Spencer Compton Gordon, is situated in park-like grounds containing several noble cedar trees and has also good pleasure grounds. The trustees of the late Lieut.-Col. W. Bradish-Ellames, who are lords of the manor, and Earl Carrington P.C., G.C.M.G. are the principal land-owners. The soil is chalk, flint and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, and there is much woodland abounding with beech trees. A portion of Bourne End, Well End and a great portion of Flackwell Heath are in this parish. The area is 3,318 acres of land and 1o of water; rateable value, £6,989; the population in 1901 was 945. The Abbey Estate, Bourne End, situated chiefly in this parish and partly in Wooburn, has recently been laid out in a very artistic manner: there is a trout stream running through the estate: the property originally formed part of the Abbey farm, where slight remains of the Benedictine Priory, dating from the early 13th century, and probably founded by the De Clares, can still be seen. The entire site of this nunnery was excavated in 1902 by Mr. Vaughan Williams, of the Abbey Farm house, which is largely constructed with materials from the monastic buildings, the only part of which now above ground is part of the north-east angle of the frater (refectory), but the whole plan has been made out and comprises an aisleless church, with north transept having an eastern chapel, and a western tower; south of the nave were cloisters, having on the west cellars with guest hall over; on the east, chapter house and warming house with dorter (dormitory) over; on the south the frater with kitchen, and south of this the infirmary; part of the leg of a mailed effigy, floor tiles of the 14th and 15th century, and a stone coffin have been found. By the construction of a weir, about three-quarters of a mile of water is now available for navigation, with roads so arranged that the gardens of the houses slope to the water's edge: numerous bungalows and quaint thatched cottages and boat houses have been erected.
Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act," WELL END has been transferred from Hedsor to Little Marlow.
Parish Clerk, Walter E. Yates, Gloucester vil.Marlow. Sexton, Phillip Harris.
Post & Telegraph Office.-William Werrell, sub-post-master. Letters arrive from Marlow at 7 a.m. & 1 p.m; dispatched at 10.20 a.m. & 7.5 p.m.; on sundays at 9.40 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Well End, I mile distant. Flackwell Heath letters via High Wycombe arrive at 8.30 a.m
Post & M. 0. Office, Well End.-Edwin James Day, sub-postmaster. Letters are delivered from Bourne-End & are dispatched at 9.30 a.m. & 12.15, 2.15 & 7-15 p.m.; sundays, dispatched at 6 p.m. Nearest telegraph office is at Bourne End, 1 mile distant
Elementary School (mixed), built in 1862 & endowed by the late Lady Nugent with £9 yearly (for Sunday school); it will hold 114 children; average attendance, 106 ; William James Shergold, master; Mrs. Shergold, assistant mistress
Hedsor
Directory Entries
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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
