LAVENDON is a parish and large village, 3 miles east from Olney, 9½ from Bedford, 12 from Northampton, and 8 from Newport Pagnell, in the hundred, union and county court district of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Oxford. The church of St Mary, which was restored in 1859, at a cost of £800, has a nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and 5 bells, and is in the Saxon style: there are two stained glass windows, one in the east of the chancel, given by Mr. Benjamin S. Brookes, the other given by Mr. H. Coles; the church contains four piscinae. The register dates from the year 1574. The living is a rectory, with Cold Brayfield annexed, joint annual value £284, with residence, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev Gerard William Tomkins, B.A., of Jesus College, Cambridge. The rent of 9 acres of

1869 PO Directory for Lavendon

land and three cottages was left by an unknown donor for the repairs of the church. The principal landowners are W. F. Farrer, Esq., C.L. Higgins, Esq., B. S. Brookes, Esq., the Earl of Dartmouth, and Major Chester. The soil is mixed; subsoil, stone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The population in 1861 was 820; the area is 2,562 acres.

Parish Clerk, Charles Johnson.

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Letters through Newport Pagnell. Wall box cleared at 4.15 p.m. week days & 10.10 a.m. Sundays. The nearest money order office is at Olney.

National School, Miss Sarah Denton, mistress.

CARRIER TO TURVEY & NORTHAMPTON – John Battison, Wednesday & Saturday.

Brookes Benjamin Sculthorp, esq. The Grange

Tomkins Rev. Gerard Wm. B.A. Rectory

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Battams Robert, farmer, Snelson farm

Battison John, carrier

Billing Frederick, farmer

Billing John, farmer & butcher

Brooks Benjamin, George inn, & baker

Cave Charles, mason

Coles Henry, farmer & maltster

Covington John, Green Man

Covington Joseph, blacksmith

Davison Samuel, shopkeeper

Hart William, mason

Hives James, carpenter

Johnson Henry, farmer

Johnson Robert, carpenter

Lay Robert, mason

Lay William, tailor

Luck William, mealman &c

Muddiman Thomas, farmer

Nicholls Benoni, shopkeeper & baker

Parris William (Mrs.) & Son, farmers

Parris Joseph, farmer

Pearson William, wheelwright

Perry John, miller & farmer

Pittham Edward, farmer

Rainbow William, baker

Robinson James, farmer

Sharman Sarah (Mrs.), Horseshoe

Spencer Charles, farmer

Watts John, shoe maker