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who being within a modarate diateno. 

 ml it mor. profitable to 



Bfefor thaaak. of .arty lamb* for the London market. 

 , which bav. Umb* wry aarly in the *eaaon, are 

 for this purpoM.- Wbre mutton i* th. obwct, 



i. to raato7riuet The UlouoMtorahire 



and a broad croMad baiwoan than have come into 



ratoo*loowool ha. bom. a Utter pric. in proportion to the 



?.VfoT*L plou(hand team ar* generally large and 

 , of thorn ar. bfto th. oounty. but mort of them are 

 ru-1 maw by daalan from Northamptonshire and Lincoln- 



ST-Tha UrV-Taod Tfln-t are tW"*"?"*** * ^"l' 1 * 

 far dray homa at a oooaWerable profit Hog. are 

 -unto a dairy farm. The favourite breed i* the 

 ,lru-ed with foreign breed*, as the Chinese or 

 _._ the Eaz or Suffolk breeds. The Neapolitan 

 th. aptitude to fatten, but render* the hog more deli- 

 . -a _*.. d M. . Th. a^cro.s^ve. ve^deUcate 



roving andi fattening of duck* early in the aeaaon 

 far the London epicure*. The egg. are hatched under hens, and the 



i ar. raared to the houM with great care. 

 _ja, 7WM. *e. When the Domesday Survey wa* made this 

 wa* divide.! into eighteen hundreds. They are now reduced 

 l , one of them however still retaining the title of 'the Three 

 i of Aylaabury.' The modern hundreds are : Newport on 

 -out and Buckingham on the north-west of the county ; 

 Cottealoe, and Aylesbury in the centre ; Burnham on the 



it'; and Stoke and Deaborough on the south and south-west 

 Duborougb, Stoke, and Burnham are the three ' Cbilteni Hundreds,' 

 th. atowardahip of which i* a well known nominal office bestowed 

 pon a member of Parliament who wishes to vacate hi* seat There 

 an about iOO pariahaa in the county. 



Baoktoghamshire ha* no city. The market-towns are fourteen. 

 AYUMOST, aa being the trrmr town, the place where the quarter 

 are alwayiheld, and the principal place of county election, 



nay now be regarded a* the county town. BUCKINGHAM, on the Ouse, 

 to the north-wort part of the oounty, was formerly considered the 

 county town. The other market-towns are GREAT MABLOW, on the 

 Thames ; HIGH WicoMBi, or Chipping Wyoombe, on a small stream 

 flowing into the Thames ; NEWPORT PAOMLL, at the junction of the 

 Ooaal with the OUM ; AXEMBAM, on the road from London to Ayles- 

 bury ; OLXVT, on the OUM ; CBESIIAM, to the right of the Aylesbury 

 road, not far from Aroeraham ; PRINCE'S KISBOROCQH, to the left of 

 the Aylaabary road, not far from Wendover; WMDOVBB, on the 

 road from London to Avleabury, beyond Amersham ; BJSACOKSFIELD, 

 irtuiM Uxbridge and Wyoombe; STOST STRATFORD, on the Ouse ; 

 Wt*iw. between Aykibury and Buckingham; and IVIXOHOE, 

 botwaon Dunatabla and Wendover. TbeM will be found described 

 dor their rcapocihre head*. We .hall subjoin a few particulars of 

 fenny Stratford and Colnbrouk, which formerly had markets (now 

 ilbimil). and are cona*qaantrjr ometime* reckoned among the 

 BarkaVtowu* ; and of a few other places which have some claims to 



., atnrivrd, on an eminence on the great Holyhead road, 14 

 DM N. by B. from Aylesbury : popuUtion of the township 1142 in 

 1U1. Th* Chap**, dedicated to St Martin, wa* rebuilt in 1724-30, 

 chiefly through th. exertion* of the antiquary Browne Willis, who is 

 buriad within the rail* of the oommunion-table. There are chapels 

 far BapUrt* and WaaUr/an Methodist*, and a National achool. There 

 ar. torn faka April 19th, July 18th, October 10th or llth, and 

 VoTMDbCT SSth. Fenny Stratford ia on the Watling Street There 

 i* a rton. bridf* over the Ousel, which flow* by the town. Fenny 

 Mnllord got* to nama from th* nature of the surrounding country. 

 Th. Maftovtotom of Aolonmu. wa. at or near Fenny Stratford. 

 CWalraaa- U on th. high waatern road, 34 mile* from the Slough 



through th* pariah. Slttekley, about 15 milai X. from Ayleabury : 

 tiupuUtion of the township 433 in 1861. Tho church is a rather 

 uperior example of a village church ; it in chietly of i ;oular 



tylc, but some small portions are decorated. In tho Ulterior i* a 

 splendid tom v !< Wilton; there are aluo aome iucued 



hrm.ni BorHoll or Boarttall, about 14 mile* W. from Aylesbury, 

 popuUtion of the pariah 243 in 1851, is chiefly noteworthy for its 

 castle, originally erected in the reign of Edward II. Borstall House 

 endured three or four attack* during the contest between Charles I. 

 and the Parliament Only the embattled gatehouse now remain*. It 

 i* a good example of that portion of the early castellated mansion : 

 a bay window and some other insertions are of the Elizabethan age. 

 Srifthill, Great, 15 miles N.E. from Aylesbury, popuUtion of the 

 parish 730 in 1851, is a good-sized straggling village, with a church 

 chiefly of the perpendicular style, a large Baptist chapel, and alms- 

 houses for 22 persons, together with several parochial charities, 

 imputation of the pariah 1311 in 1851, stands on an eminence on the 

 border of Oxfordshire, about 10 miles W. from Aylesbury. It is said 

 that the Saxon kings had here a palace, which was a favourite resi- 

 dence of King Edward the Confessor. King Henry II. kept his court 

 here in 1160, attended by Thomas Ik Becket as his chancellor ; he was 

 here again with his court in 1102. Henry III. kept his court at Brill 

 in 1224. (Lysons's ' Magna Britannia.') In the war between Charles I. 

 and his Parliament Brill was garrisoned by the Royal party. The 

 church is ancient ; some portions are early English. The Wesleyan 

 Methodiste and Independents have places of worship. Near Brill ia 

 a mineral spring. JiurnJmn, population of the parish 2301 in 1851, 

 between Colnbrook and Maidenhead, a little to the right of the high 

 western road, had formerly a monastery of Augustine nuns of which 

 considerable remains still exist. There was in the 13th century a 

 palace at Chipponham in Burnham parish in which Henry III. occasion- 

 ally resided. Buruham church is spacious and interesting ; portions 

 of it are of early English date, the remainder is cliieth 

 There are here a Dissenting chapel and a National school. !'/, 

 St. Gilei, on the road to Amersham, 22 miles W.X.W. from London. 

 population 1169 in 1851, contains the house in which Milton finished 

 his ' Paradise Lost,' and where he is said to have commenced his 

 ' Paradise Regained.' The church is of the decorated and perpendi- 

 cular styles. The Independents and Primitive Methodists have places 

 of worship. Here is a school endowed by Sir Hugh PallUer, who is 

 buried in the parish church ; also a British school ; and at Chalfont 

 St. I Vter, close by, is a school supported by the Portland family. The 

 population has decreased in consequence of the trade being drawn 

 away to other places more accessible by railway*. The popukit 

 Chalfont St Peter was 1482 in 1851. Clunits or Cheneyt, on the 

 Chess, a feeder of the Colno, 17 miles S.E. from Aylesbury : tho 

 population in 1851 was 565. Here was formerly a seat of the dukes 

 of Buckingham. The old Tudor Manor-house, which belonged 

 to the Cheneys, a picturesque brick mansion, stands near the church. 

 The church, which is of the decorated and perpendicular styles, 

 has been recently restored. A mortuary chapel built in 1666 

 serves a* the mausoleum of the Bedford family. There are here 

 a chapel for Baptist*, a school of Industry, an Infant school, alms- 

 houses for 10 poor persons, and some parochial charities. On the 

 Chess are extensive paper-mills. In the vicinity, the scenery of 

 which is very beautiful, are several mansions. Crumley, Norlk, 

 17 mile* N.E. from Buckingham: population 914 in 1851. The 

 church ia a very fine building, chit-fly ; |" rj mlicular date and style, 

 but some portion* are earlier. In the interior is a rood screen of 

 unusually beautiful carved work of the decorated period. In the 

 panel* are painted figure* of kings and bishops, very curious on 

 account of the costumes. The Independent* and Baptists have 

 chapels here. There are National mid British schools. Crendon, 

 Long, 8 miles S.W. from Aylesbury : population 1700 in 1851. The 

 Tillage consist* of a number of houses irregularly arranged, and 

 chiefly conrtructod of rough stone. In the vicinity traces of a Roman 

 have been discovered : many urn*, &c., have been exhumed. 



kalian of the Qnat Wwten railway : the population of the chapelry of 

 Oalnbrook in 1841 ww 100 ; in the On*u* returns of 1851 the popu- 

 IftMoB U ratVMd wtth that of the three parUbes in which it i* situated. 

 TW town eoMMte of OM long *trwt of neat rwpeetable-lookinghoun*. 

 TV* Goto* flow* b*r> to four nniml*, each of which i* crossed by a 

 brkfe*- An aaciMt ofcaatry chap*! at Cotnhrook, which continued to 

 n*d altar Ik* lUformatiio, was endowed by private beneuv 



A Baptt* BMUDC-hoikM, Free *ohool, and a Brituh school 

 r. in tb. town. There ar* two tain on the 6th of April and 3rd of 

 Hay. TW town wa tooorponUd In 1643 by the style of the bailiff 

 mi\ iuii.ii of Cotobrook. 



Ahoot *iu>im plaoM to the county had charter* for markets, 



The following ar* the only 



, a low Mnggluit villa*, about a mile N.N.E. from AyUn- 

 Uk* population f tew pariah of Birrtou witb-Broughton was 

 MS to 1WI. Tb. church, which i. of th. deooratod and perpendi 

 *<*W rtyVn, hw bwa rapairad, aad open oak Mate have been nibsti- 

 toted (or UM old p*w*. The Baptitte and afetbodkte have plaoM of 



The AyleaUiry railway pa*M* 



Notley Abbey, in the parish of Long Crendon, was founded about 

 1162 by Walter Oiflanl, tho second earl of Buckingham, for Augus- 

 tinian monks. A portion of the abbey has been converted into a 

 reaJdenne ; the chapel U used a* a cow-house ; the remainder is a 

 ruin. Close by is a curious old water-mill which belonged to the 

 abbey. Long Crendon church is a cruciform edifice of early English 

 and *ub*equent style*. The Wealeyan Methodists and Bajitistohave 

 plocen of worship. CwUington, 54 mil. . S.\V. from Aylesbury: 

 population 623 in 1861. The church ia of the Norman and early 

 English itylea, with some inserted windows of the decorated style. 

 The Wealeyan Methodist* and Baptist* have chapel*. There IB a 

 charity for apprenticing poor boys and distributing money to needy 

 inhabitant*. Italrhrl, on tho Thames opposite Windsor, had a j. .|..", 

 lation in 1861 of 898. It is a quiet village, chi< ily <1''| 'iidciit. 

 neighbouring' gentry. It is resorted to in summer by anglers and 

 holiday viaiters. The church is a small ancient (structure ; part* of 

 it are of the early English style. There is a Baptist cha|x>l. 

 bonmffk, about 8 mile* K.N.K. from Aylenbury : the imputation of tl.,- 

 pariah in 1851 was 1838. The church, a very fine building in .1 

 commanding position, ia perpendicular in style. It contains many 

 interesting monument, of (tone and bras*. The Weeleyan Methodists 



