GREAT KIMBLE
Chenebella (xi cent.); Kenebell (xiii cent.); Magna
Kynebell (xiii cent.); Magna Kymbell (xvi cent.).
The parish of Great Kimble lies on the northwestern slope of the Chiltern Hills and stretches
down to the Vale of Aylesbury in the north. In the
upland part of the parish the subsoil is chalk (fn. 1) and the
surface soil chalk and flints. In the Vale the subsoil
is Upper Greensand and Gault (fn. 2) and the surface soil is
stiff clay. The farms in this part of the parish mainly
consist of pasture lands, 1,015 acres being laid down,
in all, in permanent grass. There are, however,
1,019¾ acres of arable land in the parish. (fn. 3)
The highest point in the hills is the camp in Pulpit
Wood, which reaches the height of 813 ft. above the
ordnance datum, while Kimblewick in the northern
part of the parish is less than 300 ft. above it. (fn. 4) A
brook connecting with the moat at Grange Farm runs
northwards to Bonny Brook in Little Kimble parish.
The latter brook also passes through Marsh, a hamlet
in the north of Great Kimble parish. The road from
High Wycombe to Aylesbury runs through the village
of Great Kimble and at this part of its route follows the
Upper Icknield Way. The Lower Icknield Way also
runs through the parish. The nearest station is at
Little Kimble, on the Aylesbury branch of the Great
Western Railway.
Great Kimble: Fifteenth-Century Building Now used as a Barn
There are two hamlets in the parish, Kimblewick
and Marsh. On Pulpit Hill is an ancient camp and
there are entrenchments and a mound
to the north of the church, close to the
churchyard boundary. There is a moat
at Grange Farm near Great Kimble village, and at Marsh a large moat remains,
but the house or buildings which it once
surrounded have disappeared.
Near the church to the north-west
is a large 15th-century wooden structure now used as a barn, but possibly
once the church house. It is covered
externally with weather boarding, but
this is comparatively modern and any
windows which may have been in the
walls have disappeared. The roof,
however, is fairly complete, and its
moulded and embattled timbers are too
elaborate to have belonged merely to
a barn. It is of steep pitch, supported
by a number of more or less restored
principals with moulded tie-beams,
purlins, braces, &c.
The parish of Great Kimble, together with Ellesborough and Little
Kimble, was inclosed under an Act of
Parliament of 43 George III; the inclosure award was dated 2 May 1805. (fn. 5)
In 1885 all the parish of Little
Kimble and part of Little Hampden
were united with Great Kimble parish.
The area of the present civil parish of
Great and Little Kimble is 3,415 acres, (fn. 6)
but in 1831 the old parish of Great
Kimble was returned as containing 2,570
acres. (fn. 7)
Manors
In the time of Edward
the Confessor, Sired, one
of the king's thegns, held
GREAT KIMBLE, (fn. 8) but after the Norman Conquest it formed part of the
broad lands granted to Walter Giffard. (fn. 9)
Walter also held 2 hides of land in Hartwell, which
may perhaps have later become part of the parish of
Great Kimble. (fn. 10) They were granted to the same
sub-tenant, Hugh de Bolebec, so that such a transference seems possible, since no land in Hartwell
appears to have belonged to Walter Giffard's descendants. (fn. 11) The 2 hides had not, however, been added
to Great Kimble in 1254, when it was said to contain 20 hides, (fn. 12) the same assessment having been made
in the Domesday Survey. (fn. 13)
Walter Giffard was made Earl of Buckingham, (fn. 14)
and his lands formed the honour of Giffard, of which
Crendon, in the hundred of Ashendon, was the head
in England. (fn. 15) On the death of the second earl, Walter
Giffard, in 1164, (fn. 16) the honour came into the hands of
the Crown. (fn. 17) It was not divided amongst the descendants of Rohais, daughter of the first earl, until
the reign of Richard I. (fn. 18) Her heirs were William
Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and Richard de Clare,
Earl of Hertford. (fn. 19) Crendon went to the Clares, but
Great Kimble formed part of the Marshals' moiety. (fn. 20)
In 1254 the overlordship of the three knights' fees in
Kimble was held by Simon de Montfort, Earl of
Leicester, (fn. 21) in dower, together with his wife Eleanor,
the widow of the second William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. (fn. 22) On the death of the last Earl Marshal without children, Great Kimble was assigned to Eva de
Braose, one of his sisters and co-heiresses. (fn. 23) Eleanor
outlived Eva, but in 1275 the escheator was ordered
to deliver her purparty to the heirs of Eva, who were
Roger Mortimer and his wife Maud, Eudo la Zouche
and his wife Milicent, John de Hastings and Humphrey
de Bohun. (fn. 24) None of these heirs, however, seem to
have obtained the overlordship of the fees in Kimble,
and in 1284–6 it was held in chief by Gilbert de
Clare, Earl of Gloucester, (fn. 25) inheriting them from
Isabel, another sister of the Earl of Pembroke. (fn. 26) Thus
Great Kimble was united with the other moiety of
the honour of Giffard, of which Crendon was the
head.
In the 14th century these fees seem to have been
claimed by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. (fn. 27)
He had inherited the lands of the Munchesney family, (fn. 28)
and Warine de Munchesney had married Joan, one of
the five sisters of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. (fn. 29)
Aymer had thus a claim equal to that of Eva de
Braose and the Earl of Gloucester to the three fees in
Kimble, but they do not seem to have been divided,
since in 1403 Edmund Earl of Stafford is said definitely to hold three knights' fees. (fn. 30) In spite of this
Aymer de Valence, (fn. 31) his co-heiress Elizabeth Comyn,
and her husband Richard Talbot, (fn. 32) and their son
Gilbert, are all said to have held knights' fees in
Kimble. (fn. 33)
Walter Giffard sub-infeoffed Hugh de Bolebec of
his land in Great Kimble. (fn. 34) Hugh was succeeded by
his son, another Hugh, who confirmed various grants
made by sub-tenants to the abbey of Missenden, (fn. 35) and
in 1166 he held twenty knights' fees of the honour of
Giffard. (fn. 36) He was succeeded by Walter de Bolebec. (fn. 37)
The latter died before 1190–1, leaving only daughters.
One of these, Isabella, was in the wardship of Aubrey
de Vere, Earl of Oxford. (fn. 38) She married his eldest
son Robert, and became Countess of Oxford in his
right. (fn. 39) Early in the 13th century she held the
mesne overlordship of three knights' fees in Great
Kimble, (fn. 40) which was inherited by her son, (fn. 41) and was.
held by the de Veres until the
abolition of feudal tenures. (fn. 42)
In 1632 Robert de Vere, Earl
of Oxford, died seised as overlord of three knights' fees, his
lands passing to his son and
heir Aubrey. (fn. 43)
Vere, Earl of Oxford. Quarterly gules and or with a molet argent in the quarter.
The chief sub-tenant in
Great Kimble under Hugh de
Bolebec early in the 12th century appears to have been
Giffard Palefridus of Kimble.
He granted the church of
Great Kimble (fn. 44) to the abbey
of Missenden shortly after
its foundation in 1133, (fn. 45) with a virgate of land
and meadow. His son, William Giffard, or William
son of Giffard de Kimble, confirmed this grant, (fn. 46)
and his grandson Richard Giffard made additional
grants. (fn. 47) Hugh de Kimble, presumably the son
of Richard Giffard, died about 1205–6, when a regrant of the wardship of his heir was made to Adam
de Essex. (fn. 48) John son of Hugh de Kimble made large
grants in the parish to the abbey and to variousmembers of his family. (fn. 49) His mother Amice married
Geoffrey Crok, and they obtained from John a grant
in fee for the yearly rent of 2d. of one-third of one
knight's fee, and one 'yoke' of land (fn. 50) in Kimble. This
must have been the land that hitherto Amice had held
in dower for life, and since she would be entitled to
dower in one-third of her husband's whole estate, he
must have held one knight's fee in demesne during
his life. John de Kimble seems to have left no sons
at his death, since shortly after the grant to Geoffrey
Crok, the tenants of the three fees were Emma and
Maud, who may have been his daughters and heiresses. (fn. 51)
From this time the land was held by tenants in
demesne in three knights' fees. The Abbot of Missenden held one of these, (fn. 52) obtained mainly from
alienations made by Giffard Palefridus and his successors and tenants. The other two were in the
hands of Walter de Upton and Robert Fitz Neel, (fn. 53)
who may possibly have obtained them by marriage
with the descendants of John son of Hugh de Kimble.
In 1254 the Abbot of Missenden was said to hold
4 hides of land in Great Kimble of the gift of
John de Westhull. (fn. 54) The
charter of John de Westhull
is given in the Missenden
cartulary, but the abbey only
obtained some of its lands in
Great Kimble from this benefactor. (fn. 55) In 1284 the abbot
held one fee in Great Kimble
of the Earl of Oxford, (fn. 56) and
in 1330 in an extent of the
possessions of the abbey this
land is called the manor of
Great Kimble. (fn. 57) After the dissolution of Missenden Abbey,
the manor of Great Kimble
was granted in 1541 to Michael Dormer, with all
the lands belonging to the abbey in Great and Little
Kimble. (fn. 58) The Dormers held the manor until
1579–80, when William Dormer sold the reversion
to Griffith Hampden. (fn. 59) William Hampden died
seised of this manor, (fn. 60) and it passed to his descendants
with Uptons Manor (q.v.).
Missenden Abbey. Barry wavy ermine and sable with a crozier or bendwise.
In the 13th century FENEL'S GROVE or
WHITINGHAM'S MANOR was held by the family
of Fitz Neel, but it is not clear how they became
possessed of it.
In a charter granting land to Missenden Abbey in
the time of Henry II, Richard Fitz Neel is mentioned
as a previous donor of land to
the abbey, (fn. 61) and Hugh de
Bolebec in a charter confirming the alienation of the church
calls him 'his man.' (fn. 62) Robert
Fitz Neel witnessed various
charters to the abbey in the
reign of Henry III, (fn. 63) and held
one knight's fee in Great
Kimble in 1284–6. (fn. 64) He had
a son named Walter, who
held land in Great Kimble. (fn. 65)
Robert Fitz Neel held the
fee in 1302–3 and 1316, (fn. 66) and must presumably
have been his son or grandson. Robert Fitz Neel
died before 1345, leaving an only daughter, Grace,
the wife of Sir John Nowers. (fn. 67) She held the
fee in 1346, (fn. 68) but died in 1350, and John son
of John de Nowers was her heir, at that time
still a minor. (fn. 69) He, however, released the manor to
King Edward III, and Sir Ingelram de Couci, Earl of
Bedford, who had married the king's eldest daughter
Isabella or Elizabeth. (fn. 70) The earl had come to England as one of the hostages for King John of France,
but had risen to great favour with Edward III. On
the accession of Richard II he resigned his earldom
to the king and gave up all his English land on retiring to France. (fn. 71) His wife, however, remained in
England, and held the manor till her death, which
took place before 1382. (fn. 72) Richard II then granted
the manor to Queen Anne for her life. (fn. 73)
Fitz Neel. Paly argent and gules.
Henry IV apparently granted it to Queen Joan,
who held it in dower in 1425. (fn. 74) He granted the
reversion of the manor to his second son John Duke
of Bedford, and the grant was confirmed by Henry V,
the manor to remain to the duke and the heirs of his
body. (fn. 75) On the death of the duke in 1435, (fn. 76) the
manor passed to his nephew and heir Henry VI, (fn. 77) onethird being held in dower by Jaquetta of Luxembourg,
the widow of Bedford. (fn. 78) The king in 1439 sold the
manor, which at this time was known by the name of
Fenel's Grove, to Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of
Winchester, to hold for the rent of 1d. a year. (fn. 79)
The same year the bishop sold it to Robert Whitingham, Squire of the Household, and servant of
Henry VI. (fn. 80) Various confirmations of this grant
were obtained from the king. (fn. 81) Whitingham was
succeeded by Sir Robert Whitingham, his son who
was attainted on the accession of Edward IV, and
forfeited his lands. (fn. 82) John Verney and his wife
Margery, the daughter and heiress of Sir Robert, (fn. 83)
attempted to recover Fenel's Grove as part of her
inheritance. (fn. 84) Although their son, Sir Ralph Verney,
was said to be the overlord of the manor in 1516, (fn. 85)
it seems very improbable that the Verneys ever recovered possession. In 1499 Richard Whitingham
was in seisin, (fn. 86) and a long lawsuit ensued between
him and Richard Empson, John Danvers, Thomas
Hasilwode, John Dey, and William Wodward;
Empson and the other plaintiffs appear to have recovered seisin of the manor of Fenel's Grove or
Whitingham's Manor in Great Kimble, after the proceedings had lasted for four years. (fn. 87) On Empson's
attainder after the death of Henry VII, the 'manor
of Kimble' was granted to Thomas Parre and Matilda
his wife for life. (fn. 88) The estates of his father were,
however, restored to Thomas Empson by Act of
Parliament, (fn. 89) and he recovered the manor of Fenel's
Grove amongst them. In 1538 he sold it to Michael
Dormer, Alderman of London, (fn. 90) who died seised in
1545. (fn. 91) Geoffrey Dormer sold the manor in 1555
to William Serjeant. (fn. 92) Richard Serjeant was the
eldest son and heir of William at the latter's death in
1562, (fn. 93) but four years later William Serjeant, sen.,
held Fenel's Grove. (fn. 94) He alienated parts of the
manor during his life—a third to John Stampe and
Isabel his wife in 1594–5, (fn. 95) and two-thirds to his son
William and his wife Elizabeth. 96 (fn. 96) This William,
however, seems to have held the whole manor, but
alienated it in 1626 to Edward Symeon and others. (fn. 97)
These were probably trustees for some settlement
made by John Hampden, who married Elizabeth, the
daughter and heiress of Edward Symeon. (fn. 98) Four years
later William Serjeant died seised of lands and tenements in Great and Little Kimble, but not of this
manor. (fn. 99) By 1653 it was held by Richard Hampden,
the son of John Hampden the patriot; (fn. 100) he also held
the other manors in Great Kimble, and the manor
of Fenel's Grove from this time was held with Uptons
Manor (q.v.).
In 1284 Walter de Upton held his fee, afterwards
known as UPTONS MANOR, in Great Kimble (fn. 101)
alone, but in 1302–3 he held it jointly with Hugh
the Marshal, (fn. 102) and the manor apparently was divided
from this time; but whether Hugh was a tenant of
Walter de Upton, or whether they both held of the
Earls of Oxford, does not appear.
Walter de Upton died between 1316 and 1346, (fn. 103)
and John de Upton his heir died in his lifetime,
leaving a daughter Joan, (fn. 104) whose husband Roger
Blome held the fee in 1346. (fn. 105) His son John Blome
died in 1349, but according to the inquisition made
on his death, he only held lands and tenements in
Great Kimble of the Earl of Oxford. (fn. 106) His daughter
and heiress Matilda (fn. 107) married William Noble. (fn. 108) She
died in 1377, (fn. 109) and William held her lands till his
death, (fn. 110) when they passed to the descendants of Amice,
sister of John de Upton, (fn. 111) who had married one
of the Hampdens of Great Hampden. The Uptons'
land in Great Kimble descended to her great-grandson
John Hampden. (fn. 112) Richard, the eldest son of John
Hampden, married Elizabeth Shingleton, the heiress of
the Lutons, and thus obtained the manor of Hartwell, (fn. 113)
and in consequence the land in Great Kimble passed
to his younger brother Thomas, who died seised of
the 'manor of Great Kimble' in 1485. (fn. 114) Richard
Hampden, his son and heir, held the manor, and also
died seised in 1527, leaving two daughters, Ethelreda
or Audrey and Sybil. (fn. 115) The manor of Great Kimble
was left to the elder daughter Audrey, who had first
married William Hampden of Dunton, a member of
another branch of the family, and secondly Griffin
Richards. (fn. 116) The latter held the manor for life with
succession to Audrey and her heirs by William Hampden, her late husband. (fn. 117) This settlement was made
in 1537. (fn. 118) John Hampden, the second son of
Audrey, inherited the Kimble estates, and died
seised of the manor in 1558. (fn. 119) The Hampdens held
the manor until 1725–6, when Richard Hampden of
Great Hampden, having incurred debts to the Crown,
was, under Act of Parliament, forced to sell his four
manors in Great Kimble, Uptons being the principal
manor. (fn. 120) The trustees sold them in 1730 by public
auction to Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough,
who left the manor of Great Kimble by will to her
grandson John Spencer. (fn. 121) His son John Spencer,
first Earl Spencer, succeeded him, but sold it in 1803
to a Mr. Richford, who conveyed it the same year to
Scrope Bernard, afterwards Sir Scrope Bernard Morland, bart. (fn. 122) The latter held it at his death in 1830,
but it was shortly sold to Sir George Russell, bart., (fn. 123)
and at the present day it is in the hands of the
trustees of his descendant, Mr. Henry FranklandRussell-Astley, a minor. (fn. 124)
Astley. Azure a cinquefoil ermine in a bar der engrailed or.
Russell. Argent a lion gules and a chief sable with three roses argent therein.
Frankland. Azure a dolphin or and a chief or with two saltires gules therein.
Ralph the Marshal held the manor of MARSHALS
in Great Kimble in 1290, (fn. 125) and in 1302–3 Hugh
the Marshal appears as a sub-tenant of part of the fee
that Walter de Uptone had previously answered for
alone. (fn. 126) In 1346 his land had passed to Thomas
Marshal. (fn. 127) Sir Michael Dormer held the manor of
Marshals in the 16th century, and on his death in
1545 it passed to his son Thomas. (fn. 128) Godfrey Dormer
held it in 1558, (fn. 129) but probably his son William
Dormer sold the reversion in 1579–80 to Griffith
Hampden, who died seised of the manor. (fn. 130) On the
death of William Hampden, the son of Griffith, he
was found to be seised of a capital messuage (fn. 131) or
farm in Kimble called Marshals, which was probably
the manor of Marshals. This had been acquired by
purchase from William Dormer by an indenture dated
25 January 1579–80. From this time the manor
passed with the manor of Uptons (q.v.). (fn. 132)
The view of frankpledge in Great Kimble was held
by the chief overlords. The bailiffs of the honour of
Giffard held two views in Great Kimble, (fn. 133) this right
being preserved by the Dukes of Buckingham till the
15th century. (fn. 134) On the forfeiture of their land,
Henry VIII gave these courts to Edward, Prince of
Wales, who held the view of frankpledge about
1548. (fn. 135)
The lords of the honour held other important
regalia. Their bailiffs held the pleas of replevin and
their tenants paid no hidage to the king, nor did
they do suit to the shire and hundred courts. (fn. 136)
In the 13th century John son of Hugh de
Kimble granted his mill in Great Kimble to Gilbert
Martel, (fn. 137) who in turn granted it to the abbey of
Missenden. (fn. 138) Gilbert Martel held the mill and its
appurtenances for homage and service and 1 lb. of
pepper paid yearly at Michaelmas, for all services, except the foreign service due to the king from two
acres of land. (fn. 139) The abbot held as a sub-tenant of
Martel, paying 6d. a year for the mill and all the land
belonging to it. (fn. 140)
Church
The church of ST. NICHOLAS
consists of a chancel 26 ft. 6 in. by
15 ft. 3 in. with north and south chancel
aisles 8 ft. and 6 ft. 5 in. wide respectively; a nave
52 ft. 6 in. by 19 ft. with north and south aisles 6 ft.
and 5 ft. 5 in. wide respectively; a western tower
10 ft. 10 in. square and a south porch, all measurements being internal. The early history of the
church has been much obscured by recent drastic
restorations, but sufficient remains to show that the
aisles were added about the middle of the 13th century,
at which time the nave was of the same size as at
present. The old chancel has, however, completely
disappeared, and the present chancel arch belongs to
the early years of the 14th century.
At about the same time the tower was added,
while the aisles of the chancel were built somewhat
later in the 14th century. In the 15th century the
clearstory was added, while in modern times the south
aisle, tower, and chancel arcading have been practically rebuilt, the external surface renewed, and
much new material inserted throughout.
The east window of the chancel is modern and of
three trefoiled lights with cusped circular lights over
and shafted jambs. On the north are two bays of
arcading of 14th-century detail with obtuse twocentred arches of two hollow chamfered orders. The
column is of four half-round shafts with round fillets
between with circular capitals and bases, while the
responds have half-octagonal corbel capitals with
carved heads. Such old work as remains in the
arcade is of mid-14th-century date. There is a
similar arcade of two bays on the south, but of slightly
different detail and not quite as much renewed.
The chancel arch is of two wave-moulded orders
with a modern label to the west and responds of
three half-round shafts with moulded capitals and
bases.
The north aisle of the chancel is lit by three
modern windows of 13th-century type, a single lancet
to the east and double and triple lancets on the
north. At the west is a modern arch to the north
aisle of the nave.
The south chancel aisle is used as a chapel and is also
lit by three modern windows, that to the east being a
single lancet with an elaborately moulded rear arch.
The two on the south are double lancets, and that
to the east has a modern piscina drain in its sill.
Between these two windows is a small modern door,
and there is an arch to the nave aisle similar to that
on the north.
The nave is of four bays, and both arcades are of
the same detail and date. The arches are twocentred and of two orders with plain and hollow
chamfers, both orders being stopped at the springing.
The columns are octagonal with excellently moulded
capitals and bases on square plinths. Above the
arcade and on a level with the sills of the clearstory
windows are a series of small plain corbels, the
supports of a former roof. The clearstory windows,
three on either side, are on the north single trefoiled
lights of 15th-century date; those on the south are
modern and of two cinquefoiled lights. The tower
arch is of three chamfered orders, the innermost
resting on carved corbels, the outer pair dying into
plain square responds.
The north aisle of the nave has on the north three
windows, each of two trefoiled lights under a square
head. The east and west of the three windows are
of late 14th-century date much restored, but the
middle one has hardly an old stone remaining.
Between the pair to the west is the north door, much
restored, and with plain chamfered head and jambs.
The west window is a modern lancet.
The south aisle has three modern windows to the
south, each of two cinquefoiled lights with square
heads and quatrefoiled spandrels, while the west
window is a much restored 13th-century lancet.
The south door, between the westernmost pair of
windows, is modern and of two chamfered orders.
The south porch is also modern, with an entrance
similar to the south doorway and small east and west
windows of two cinquefoiled lights with a sixfoil
over.
The tower is of three stages, and has been largely
rebuilt. The embattled parapet is completely
modern, and below it is a plain 14th-century corbel
table. The belfry openings, much restored if not
quite modern, are of two trefoiled lights with a blind
quatrefoil over. The west door is also modern or
completely restored, and is of 14th-century detail,
while the west window is of 15th-century date and
two cinquefoiled lights.
The font is of the common local type, of late 12thcentury date with a circular scalloped bowl and
square scalloped base, the stem being moulded and
the rim and base of the bowl richly ornamented with
foliage.
The nave roof is of 15th-century date, low in
pitch, and of the king-post type with cusped tracery
in the spandrels. The other roofs are practically
modern. There is a 17th-century altar table and a
good chest (in the vestry) with mediaeval ironwork.
The modern fittings of the chancel are good. A
curious and unusual feature is the use of Doulton
ware for the reading-desk and low chancel screen.
The tower contains a ring of six bells, the treble
and second cast by G. Mears in 1860, the third and
fourth by Henry Knight in 1587, and inscribed respectively, 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo,' and 'Ave Maria
Gracia Plena.' The fifth and tenor were cast by
Mears & Stainbank in 1897.
The communion plate is modern. The first book
of the registers contains all entries from 1701,
baptisms and burials running to 1802, and marriages
to 1754. Marriages are continued in a separate
book from 1754 to 1812, and baptisms and burials
in a third book from 1803 to 1812.
Advowson
The church of Great Kimble was
granted by Giffard Palefridus in the
12th century to the abbot and convent of Missenden. (fn. 141) The grant was confirmed some
years later by Hugh de Bolebec, the mesne lord of the
fee, at the request of three of his men, Hugh of
Kimble, Richard Fitz Neel, and Humphrey de
Kimble. (fn. 142) In this confirmation the grant is of
the church of St. Nicholas of Kimble, the invocation being the same as at the present day. The
rectory was impropriated and the vicarage was
ordained before or during the episcopate of Hugh
of Wells (1209–34). (fn. 143) After the Dissolution, the
rectory and advowson of the church were granted
to Sir Richard Dormer with the manor belonging to
Missenden Abbey. (fn. 144)
William Dormer sold the reversion of the rectory
and advowson and the appendant tithes in 1579–80
to Griffith Hampden, (fn. 145) and the owners of the Great
Hampden estates have held them till the present day, (fn. 146)
the Earl of Buckinghamshire being the patron of the
living.
There is a small mission church at Marsh.
Charities
The Poor's Land consists of
4 a. or. 13 p. in the parish of Ellesborough, and an allotment in Box
Field containing 3 r. 14 p. awarded under the Inclosure Act, 1803. In 1905 the sum of £5 9s. 2d. was
received as rent, of which £4 4s. 6d. was distributed
in bread to thirteen recipients, and £1 4s. 8d. in
money to seven widows.