Pigot & Co.'s Directory, 1842

WINSLOW

Is a small market town and parish in the hundred of Cottesloe 48 miles N.N.W. from London seven S.E. from Buckingham, and 10 N.N.W. from Aylesbury (the nearest railway station); situated in an exceedingly fertile part of the county, and surrounded by land in a high state of improvement. The town, which is of considerable antiquity having been given by King Offa to the Abbey of St. Albans so early as 794, consists of three principal streets. The manufacture of lace employs some few of the female inhabitants; and there is a little malting business done. A court leet is held annually at the Bell Inn, in October, by the lord of the Manor, William Selby Lowndes Esq.

The parish church is a spacious and ancient structure, in the later style of English architecture with a square embattled tower at its western end : the benefice is a vicarage, in the gift of the crown; the Rev. W.W. M'Creight is the present incumbent. There are places of worship for Baptists, and a national school. A well selected library, with a neat reading room attached, has been lately opened in Great Horn-street: the establishment is recognised by the respectable inhabitants as a great accommodation, and as such well supported by them. The market day is Thursday; the fairs are held February 18th,  March 20th, April 20th, Holy Thursday, August 21st, September 22nd, November 26th, and December 9th, all for cattle; there are besides statute meetings for hiring servants, on the first Thursday before, and the first and second Thursdays after 11th October. The parish of Winslow contained, by the returns made in 1831, 1,290 inhabitants; and by the last census (1841) 1,379.

POST OFFICE, High Street, George Mayne, Post Master, - Letters from London and all parts arrive (by mail cart from LEIGHTON BUZZARD Railway Station, Bedfordshire) every morning at half-past six, and are despatched thereto every evening at a quarter past seven.

NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY
Bowler Mrs. Ann, Great Horn St
Bowler Miss Mary, Sheep St
Burnham Mr. James, Market Square
Burnham Mrs Martha, Market Square
Dauncey Philip,esq., Little Horwood
Fowler  Mrs, Elizabeth, High st
Fremantle Sir Thos. Francis, bart M.P., Swanbourne
Hawley Mrs. Hannah, High st
Hine Rev. George, Great Horn st
Jones Mrs. Elizabeth, Great Horn st
Lomath Mr. Thomas, Market Square
Lowndes William Selby, esq., Aylesbury road
M'Creight Rev.Wm. Walkinshaw, Vicarage
Poulett John,esq., Addington House
West Mr. John Robert, High st
Wyatt Mrs. Rebecca, Market square
Yeates Samuel, esq., Market square
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOL
Grace Daniel (boarding) High st
Mayne Sarah (day) market square
NATIONAL SCHOOL, High st - George Grace, master
Todd Misses (boarding) Sheep st
ATTORNEYS
Cowley John Willeat (attendance on Thursdays) Hanging stile
Willis Charles & Son, Great Horn Street
BAKERS.
Baldwin Richard, Great Horn st
Corbett Robert, Great Horn st
Hazzard James (and confectioner) Market square
Jones William, Market Square
BLACKSMITHS.
Grace Joseph, Market square
Gray Edward, High st
Jakeman Edward, Sheep st
BOOKSELLER, STATIONER & PRINTER
Wigley Henry, Market square
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS
Brownett John, Market square
Bunce Mark, Sheep st
Keys Charles, Great Horn st
Lomath George, High st
Lomath William Henry, High st
Scaldwell Charles, Market square
Seaton William, Sheep st
BRICKLAYERS AND PLASTERERS
Allen Richard, Sheep st
Gibbs Richard, High st
BUTCHERS.
Keys Stacy, Great Horn st
Maffey Charles, Market square
Maydon George, High st
Morecraft James, High st
Morecraft Thomas, Church alley
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS
Matthews William, Great Horn st
Mayne George, High st
Todd Jas. (& cabinet maker) Hanging stile
CHYMISTS AND DRUGGISTS
Harrison Edward, High st
Hawley James, Market square
Wigley John, Market square
COOPERS.
Agleton George, Bell alley [= Egleton]
Coxhill Richard, High st
FIRE &c. OFFICE AGENTS.
DISSENTERS', George Morgan, Market square
NORWICH UNION, George Cross, Market pl
ROYAL EXCHANGE, Charles Willis, Great Horn st
GROCERS AND DEALERS IN SUNDRIES.
Dickins Giles, Market square
French Joshua Lewin (and ironmonger) Great Horn st
Hawley James (and tallow chandler and stamp distributor) Market sq
King George, Market square
Yewlett George, Sheep st
HAIR DRESSERS.
Neal John Blake, Bell alley
Roads Emanuel, Market square
INNS AND PUBLIC HOUSES.
Bell (commercial ), Rosetta Joan Neal, Market square
Bull, Hannah Wade, Great Horn st
Crooked Billet, Wm. Jones, Great Horn st
Crown, Richard Sharp, Market square
George Inn, Alfred Barton, Market square
Kings Head, James Brooks, High st
Nags Head, Henry Cheney, Sheep st
Punch Bowl, Henry Jennings, Market sq
Red Lion, Rosemon Toms, Great Horn st [= The Plough]
Rose & Crown, Charles Maffey, Market sq
Royal Oak, Elizbh. Mary Bull, Market sq
Three Pigeons William Jones, High st
Windmill, Joseph King, High st
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS.
Cross & King, Market square
Morgan George, Market square
MALTSTERS.
Barton Alfred, Market square
Cross George, Church yard
Maydon George, High st
Mayne George, High st
Neal Rosetta Joan, Market sq
MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS
Gibbs Elizabeth, High st
Lamburn Johanna, Great Horn st
Matthews Sarah, Great Horn st
Stevens Misses, High st
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
Harrup George, market square
Jennings Henry, Market square
Viccars Thomas, High st
SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS.
Lee Joseph, Sheep street
Mayne Thomas, Great Horn st
West Henry, Market square
STRAW HAT MAKERS.
Fry Catherine, Great Horn st
Seaton Louisa, Sheep st
Wilmore Mary, Great Horn st
SURGEONS.
Cowley John & Son, Hanging stile
Wynter  John St. Thomas, High st
TAILORS.
Bathe John, Market square
Craker John, Great Horn st
Cross & King, Market square
Mayne John, Market square
Punn William, Church lane
Stevens Thomas, Church lane
TANNER.
West George, High st
Miscellaneous.
Abbot John, parish clerk, Sheep st
Cowley John, registrar of births & deaths, Hanging Stile
Coxill William, toy and clothes dealer, Market square
Dudley Samuel & Son, auctioneers &c. Market square
Harding John, carriers agent, Market square
Hinton Mary, china dealer, High St
King John, land surveyor, Great Horn st
King Joseph, wheelwright, High st
Lamburn Johanna, library, Great Horn st
Rivett Thomas, watch maker, Church lane
Roads Emanuel, beer retailer, Market sq
Sear Edward, coachbuilder, High st
Sharp William, beer retailer, High st
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, High st - Sarah Cole
Staniford Richard, lime burner and brick maker, High st
UNION WORKHOUSE, top of High st - James Spicer, governor; Frances Willetts, matron
Willis David Thomas, clerk to the board of guardians and superintendent registrar, Great Horn st
COACHES.
To AYLESBURY RAILWAY STATION, the Railway Coach (from Buckingham) calls at the Bell, every morning (Sunday excepted) at half-past nine.
To BUCKINGHAM, the Railway Coach (from the Aylesbury Railway Station) calls at the Bell every afternoon (Sunday excepted) at half-past six.
To LEIGHTON BUZZARD, a Mail Cart, from the Red Lion, Great Horn st, every evening at a quarter before seven.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
The nearest Station is that at AYLESBURY, 10 miles from Winslow in connexion with the LONDON and BIRMINGHAM Line. LEIGHTON BUZZARD Station on the same Line is rather more distant. From these Stations passengers may proceed to almost any part of England.
There are conveyances to AYLESBURY and LEIGHTON BUZZARD as above-stated.
                Particulars of the various Railways are furnished by the Railway Tables.
CARRIERS.
To LONDON, John Honor Parker's Waggon, from the Bell, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, to the Aylesbury Railway Station, and thence by Railway; and Joseph Hedges' Waggon, from the George, every Tuesday and Friday to the Tring Station, and thence by Railway.
To AYLESBURY, John Honour Parker's Waggon, from the Bell every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday; Joseph Hedges, from the George every Tuesday and Friday; and Richard Goodwin from his house, every Wednesday and Saturday.
To BUCKINGHAM, John Honour Parker's Waggon, from the Bell, every Monday Wednesday and Friday; George Yeulett, from his house, every Tuesday and Friday; and Richard Goodwin, occasionally.
To LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Richard Goodwin, from his house, every Tues.
To MARSH, Mark Ridgway from the Royal Oak, every Saturday.