Dinton pub history index
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DINTON with Ford and Upton, is a parish in the hundred and union of
Aylesbury, 4 miles W.S.W. of Aylesbury, and 6 1/2 miles N.E. of Thame. The
church is an ancient structure of various styles of architecture, dedicated
to St James; it consists of nave, chancel, and aisle, with tower and five
bells. Over the south door is a curious Norman arch. The living is a
vicarage, value £360 per annum, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev.
John Harrison, M.A., incumbent. Dinton Hall, the property and seat of the
Rev. J. J. Goodall, contains a large collection of local antiquities and
fossils which have been discovered in the vicinity. Here is preserved one of
the shoes of John Bigg, the Dinton Hermit, supposed to have been the
executioner of Charles I. He is said to have lived many years in this
parish, in a subterranean cave, without changing his clothes, which he
mended by covering the decayed parts with pieces of cloth or leather. The
shoe before-mentioned has thus layers of tenfold thickness; its fellow is
deposited in the Bodleian library at Oxford. The old mansion house and manor
were formerly possessed by Sir Simon Mayne, one of the judges who presided
at the trial of Charles I.; he is buried in the church. A short distance
from the village, on the Aylesbury and Thame road, are the picturesque ruins
of a modern castle, nearly surrounded with fir trees. There is a Parochial
School for boys and girls, principally supported by the present vicar. The
Wesleyans and Baptists have each a chapel here. The parish comprises an area
of 4,100 acres, which is about equally divided in pasture and arable; the
population in 1861 was 814.
Dinton
Gentry
Bode Henry esq
Goodall Rev J J, Dinton hall
Harrison Rev John, MA, JP, (vicar), Vicarage
Traders
Buckmaster Edward, blacksmith
Crane DAvid, shopkeeper and carrier
Farnborough John, farmer
French George, farmer
Howes George, Boot
Howlett Thomas, farmer
Jones Charles, farmer
Kingham John, Seven Stars and cattle dealer
Parker Henry, shopkeeper and postmaster
Plastow Richard, carpenter
Saunders James, baker and shopkeeper
Saunders John, butcher and shopkeeper
Ward Thomas, beer retailer
Welford John, carrier
Wheeler Robert, parish clerk
Ford.
Hood Rev Wm. (Baptist)
Traders
Bird John George Cox, school master
Clarke Edward, farmer, Moreton
Dover John, farmer
Hitchcock Thomas, baker and shopkeeper
Humphreys Wm., farmer, Upper Waldridge
Jones Richard, Dinton Hermit
Kingham Wm., farmer, Lower Waldridge
Malin Thomas, cattle dealer
Parrott Peter, farmer
Parrott William, farmer
Rogers John Stevenson, farmer
Rogers Mary (Mrs), grazier. Aston Mullins
Upton.
Traders.
Howes Thomas, bricklayer
Rose William, farmer, Upton farm
Post Office. - Henry Parker, postmaster. Letters arrive throngh Aylesbury at
10-30 am, dispatched, 2-45 p.m.
School (for boys and girls), John George Cox Bird, schoolmaster
Carriers To Aylesbuby. - Welford and Crane, to Kings Head, wed. and sat.
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