Drayton Parslow pub history index
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DRAYTON PARSLOW is a parish and village, in the hundred of Cottesloe, and
union of Winslow, 5 miles N.E. from Winslow, 5 miles S.W. from Bletchley
Railway Station, and 7 N.W. from Leighton Buzzard. The church, dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, is a plain but neat edifice, with a square tower and three
bells; a few years since the chancel was completely restored and much
improved, at the expense of the present rector. The living is a rectory,
value £400 per annum, with 375 acres of glebe, out of which the rector lets
to the poor, in allotments, 32 acres; it is in the deanery of Mursley, and
patronage of the rector, the Rev. Benjamin Spurrell, M.A. Here are chapels
of the Baptists and Primitive Methodists. 36 acres of land were allotted, at
the enclosure, for the use of the poor, to whom it is let in parcels. The
parish, which comprises 1680 acres, belongs principally to Lord Carrington,
the Rev Benjamin Spurrell, Mr. Thomas Willison, and Dr. McWhinnie; the Right
Hon. Lord Carrington is lord of the manor. Population in 1861,460; acreage,
1680.
Spurrell Rev B., M.A., Rectory
Adams William, farmer
Amos William, farmer
Bates Rebecca (Mrs), general dealer
Bates T., farmer
Clarke Messrs, farmers
Gaddesden Thomas, farmer
London Elizabeth (Mrs), baker
London Thomas, beer retailer
Seer Thomas, farmer
Smith William, blacksmith and postmaster
Spooner Thomas, grocer
Spooner Thomas, Three Horse Shoes
Tebody Joseph, farmer
Toe E., boot and shoemaker
Viccars Thomas, farmer and carrier
Willison Thomas, farmer
Post Office. - Wm Smith, receiver. Letters arrive from Bletchley Station, by
foot messenger, at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5-30 p.m.
On Sundays - arrival 9-30 a.m.; dispatch, 10-45 am.
Carrier, To Leighton Buzzard. - Thomas Viccars, tues. and fri.