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  LAVENDON is a parish and large village, 3
miles from Olney, 9½ from Bedford,
12 from Northampton, and 8 from Newport Pagnell,
in the hundred, union and county court district
and rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry
of Buckingham, and diocese of Oxford. The
church of St Mary, which has been recently
restored, at a cost of £800, has a
nave, side aisles, and chancel, with tower
and 5 bells, and is in the Saxon style of
architecture: 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; in the church there
are four piscinae. The earliest date of parish
register is 1574. The living is a rectory,
with Cold Brayfield annexed, joint annual
value £284, with 1864 PO Directory for Lavendon residence, in the gift of, and held by, the
Rev William Tomkins, M.A., of St Catherine’s
College, Cambridge. The rent of 9 acres of land and three cottages
was left by an unknown donor for the repairs
of the church. The population in 1861 was
820; the acreage is 2,562.
Parish Clerk, Charles Johnson. _________
INSURANCE AGENT – Eagle, B Nicholls National School, Miss Sarah Denton, mistress Letters through Newport Pagnell. Wall box cleared at 4.15 p.m. week days & 10.10 a.m. Sundays. Brookes Benjamin Sculthorp, esq. The Grange Tomkins Rev. William, M.A. Rectory COMMERCIAL Battams Robert, farmer, Snelson farm Billing Frederick, farmer Billing John, farmer & butcher Brooks Benjamin, George inn, & baker Cave Charles, mason Coles Henry, farmer & maltster Covington Joseph, blacksmith Davison Samuel, shopkeeper Hart William, mason Hives James, carpenter 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 ---, farmer Sharman Sarah (Mrs.), Horseshoe Spencer Charles, farmer Watts John, shoe maker Watts Ann (Mrs.), Green Man Wilkins Richard, schoolmaster Transcribed: NBS March 2011 |