BUCKS

(to wit)

At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, holden at AYLESBURY, in and for the said County, on Monday, in the first Week after the twenty fourth day of June to wit, the twenty seventh day of June in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and fifty three. BEFORE The Right Honourable Robert John Lord Carington.

The Reverend George Chetwode.

The Most Noble Richard Plantagenet Campbell Marquis of Chandos. and others their Fellows Keepers of the-Peace, and Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to preserve the Peace in the County aforesaid, and also to hear and determine divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanours, done and committed in the said County, and so forth.

Certificate of Justices

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for diverting turning

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and stopping up a

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Highway in the Parish

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of Thornton.

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Duplicate Notice and Plan thereto annexed also the consent in writing under the hand of The Honourable Richard Cavendish the owner of the land through and over which a new Highway is proposed to be made and the several Affidavits of Edward Povey George Nelson and Samuel Burnham Dudley IT IS ORDERED by the Court this present Session pursuant to the directions of the Statute made in the Session of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the fourth cap 50 that the said Certificate together with the said Affidavits Duplicate Notice and plan as well as the consent in writing of the said Owner be enrolled amongst the Records of this Session as follows:

B.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the twenty eighth day of June next application will be made to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace assembled at Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Bucks at Aylesbury in the said County for an Order for turning and diverting a certain Public Highway in the Parish of Thornton in the County of Bucks leading from another Highway in the Parish of Leckhampstead in the said County of Bucks (which last mentioned Highway leads out of the Turnpike Road from Buckingham to Stony Stratford over a certain Field called Dry Hill in the Parish of Leckhampstead aforesaid in the occupation of Thomas Attwood over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham into the Parish of Thornton aforesaid) and thence near to the Mansion House called Thornton Hall and the Parish Church of Thornton aforesaid to Beachampton and Thornborough in the said County of Bucks such diversion and turning to commence at the River Ouse at which point the diversion from the present Highway is about one hundred

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and seventy feet and to pass through a Plantation the land called the Park and a Close called Horse Close all in the Parish of Thornton aforesaid and belonging to and in the occupation of The Honorable Richard Cavendish and going for a distance of about Seven hundred and thirty feat in a South Easterly direction passing at a distance of about Three hundred and twenty feet from the Mansion House called Thornton Hall aforesaid in the occupation of the sail Richard Cavendish and about Two hundred and eighty feet from the Parish Church of Thornton aforesaid when it turns in a Southerly direction for a distance of about One thousand four hundred feet passing the Parsonage House of Thornton aforesaid at a distance from it of about One hundred and fifty feet until it comes into the present Highway at a distance of about Two hundred and thirty feet from the turning to Thornborough aforesaid and for stopping up so much of the said Highway as becomes unnecessary in consequence of such turning and diversion AND that the Certificate of two Justices having viewed the same together with the proof laid before the said two Justices that the provisions of the Act of Parliament passed in the Session held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His Late Majesty King William the Fourth intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England" have been complied with together also with the Plan of the old and proposed new Highway will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said County on the twenty first day of April next.

Thomas Wrighton

Edward Povey

EDWARD POVEY of Thornton in the County of Bucks Bailiff one of the surveyors of the Highways of the said Parish maketh oath and saith that he did on the Eleventh day March One thousand eight hundred and fifty three affix a true Copy of the Notice hereunto annexed marked B in legible characters at the place and by the side of each end of the Public Highway in the Parish of Thornton aforesaid referred to in the said Notice hereunto annexed from whence the same is proposed to be diverted and turned AND this Deponent further saith that he did previous to Divine Service on the four successive Sundays next after the tenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty three (that is to say) On Sunday the thirteenth day of March Sunday the twentieth day of March Sunday the twenty seventh day of March and Sunday the third day of April all in the present year One thousand eight hundred and fifty three affix a true Copy of the Notice hereunto annexed marked B on the door of the Parish Church of Thornton aforesaid.

Sworn at Buckingham in the County ) Edward Povey.
of Bucks this 16th day of April 1853.)

Before me
Geo. Nelson
A Master extray. in Chancery.

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GEORGE NELSON of Buckingham in the County of Bucks Gentleman maketh oath and saith that he was present and did see the The Reverend Henry Jonas Barton, Clerk, and John Edward Bartlett, Esquire two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County of Buckingham on the eighteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty three sign the Certificate hereunto annexed marked "G" and that the names "Henry J. Barton" and "Jno. Edw. Bartlett" set and subscribed at the foot of the said Certificate are of the proper handswriting of the said Henry Jonas Barton and John Edward Bartlett respectively.

Sworn at Buckingham in the County

of Bucks this eighteenth day of

April 1883

	Before me
		Thos. Hearn.
	A Master in Chancery extra:

Sworn at Buckingham in the County

Given under my hand this tenth day of March 1853.

R. Cavendish.

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C.

Buckinghamshire	)	WE THE REVEREND HENRY JONAS BARTON Clerk and
to wit	)	JOHN EDWARD BARTLETT Esquire two of Her Majesty's Justices

of the Peace acting for the said County of Buckingham DO HEREBY CERTIFY that we did on the tenth day of March now last past on the application of Thomas Wrighton and Edward Povey Surveyors of the Highway of and in the Parish of Thornton in the said County view a certain Public Highway within the said Parish leading from another Highway in the Parish of Leckhampstead in the said County of Bucks (which last mentioned Highway leads out of the Turnpike Road from Buckingham to Stony Stratford over a certain field called Dry Hill in the Parish of Leckhampstead aforesaid in the occupation of Thomas Attwood over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham into the Pariah of Thornton aforesaid and thence near to the Mansion House called Thornton Hall and the Parish Church of Thornton aforesaid to Beachampton and Thornborough in the said County of Bucks and which said Highway was proposed to be diverted and turned and so much thereof to be stopped up as becomes unnecessary in consequence of such diversion and turning the said diversion and turning to commence at the River Ouse at which point the diversion from the present Highway is about one hundred and seventy feet and to pass through a Plantation the land called the Park and a Close called Horse Close all in the Parish of Thornton aforesaid and belonging to and in the occupation of The Honorable Richard Cavendish and going for a distance of about seven hundred and thirty feet in a South Easterly direction passing at a distance of about three hundred and twenty feet from the Mansion House called Thornton Hall aforesaid in the occupation of the said Richard Cavendish and about Two hundred and eighty feet from the Parish Church of Thornton aforesaid when it turns in a Southerly direction for a distance of about One thousand four hundred feet passing the Parsonage House of Thornton aforesaid at a distance from it of about One hundred and fifty feet until it comes into the present Highway at a distance of about two hundred and thirty feet from the turning to Thornborough aforesaid And we did upon such view of the said Highway direct the said Surveyors to affix a Notice in the form or to the effect of Schedule rumber l9 annexed to the Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England" in legible characters at the place and by the side of each end of the said Public Highway from whence the same was proposed to be diverted and turned AND also to insert the same Notice in one Newspaper published or generally circulated in the said County of Buckingham for four successive weeks then next ensuing and to affix a like Notice on the door of thee Church of the Parish of Thornton aforesaid (being the Parish in which the said Public Highway doth wholly lie

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on the four successive Sundays then next coming AND WE DO FURTHER CERTIFY that proof of the said several Notices having been so published hath been given to us the said Justices and a plan hath been delivered to us at the same time particularly describing the old and proposed new Highway by metes bounds and admeasurement thereof which Plan hath been verified by Mr. Samuel Burnham Dudley a competent Surveyor AND WE DO FURTHER CERTIFY that we have viewed the said Highway and that the proposed new Highway is more commodious to the Public than the present Highway because the proposed new Highway will be at all times passable whereas the said present Highway is at times impassable by reason of its being covered with water and sometimes for a considerable depth AND the parts of the present Highway proposed to be diverted and turned as aforesaid will be unnecessary because of the proposed new Highway being so much better and mere commodious..

WITNESS our hands this eighteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

HENRY J. BARTON.
JNO.EDW.BARTLETT

AND NO APPEAL having been made to this Court this present Session by any person thinking himself injured or aggrieved if such Highway should be ordered to be diverted turned and stopped up as aforesaid IT IS THEREUPON ORDERED by the Court this present Session that so much of the said old Highway particularly mentioned and described in the said Certificate and particularly delineated and set forth in the said Map or Plan shall be diverted turned and stopped up and that the said new Highway particularly mentioned and described in the said Certificate and also delineated and set forth in the said Map or Plan shall be and for ever after continue a Public Highway to all intents and purposes whatsoever and the said old Highway shall not be stopped up until such new Highway shall be completed and put in good condition and repair and shall have been so certified by two Justices of the Peace upon view thereof pursuant to the directions of the said Statute.

Certificate of Justices	)	UPON READING a Certificate under the hands of
for diverting turning and	)	The REVEREND HENRY JONAS BARTON Clerk and
stopping up a Highway in	)	JOHN EDWARD BARTLETT Esquire (two of Her Majesty's
the Parish of Leckhampstead	)	Justices of the Peace for this County ) bearing date

the eighteenth day of April now last past and the Duplicate Notice and Plan thereto annexed also the consent in writing under the hand of The Honorable Richard Cavendish the owner of the land through and over which a new Highway is proposed to be made and the several Affidavits of Thomas Attwood the younger Edward Povey George Nelson and Samuel Burnham Dudley IT IS ORDERED by the Court this present Session pursuant to the directions of the Statute made in the

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Session of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth cap. 50 that the said Certificate together with the said Affidavits Duplicate Notice and Plan as well as the consent in writing of the said Owner be enrolled amongst the Records of this Session as follows:-

A.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the twenty eighth day of June next application will be made to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace assembled at Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Bucks at Aylesbury in the said County for an Order for diverting and turning and diverting a certain Public Highway in the Parish of Leckhampstead in the said County of Bucks leading out of the Turnpike Road from Buckingham to Stony Stratford into and over a certain field called Dry Hill in the Parish of Leckhampstead aforesaid in the occupation of Thomas Attwood over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham to the Parish of Thornton in the said County of Bucks such diversion and turning to commence at a distance of about one thousand and thirty feet from the said Turnpike Road and from thence going in a South Easterly direction for a distance of about eight hundred and fifty feet to and over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham which it is intended to cross by a Bridge at a distance of about ten feet from the present Highway and thence in the same direction through a piece of land belonging to the Honorable Richard Cavendish over a Brook into and through a Meadow called Brittin's Meadow in the occupation of John Wetherhead to the River Ouse which divides the said Parish of Leckhampstead from the Parish of Thornton in the said County of Bucks which it is intended to cross by a Bridge (at which point the diversion from the present Highway is about One hundred and seventy feet) and for stopping up so much of the said Highway as becomes unnecessary in consequence of such turning and diversion AND that the Certificate of two Justices having viewed the same together with the proof laid before the said two Justices that the provisions of the Act of Parliament past in the Session held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England" have been complied with together also with the Plan of the old and proposed new Highway will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said County on the twenty first day of April next.

Thomas Attwood Junr.	)	Surveyors of Limes End in the Parish of Leckhampstead.
John Wetherhead	)

THOMAS ATTWOOD of Leckhampstead in the County of Bucks Farmer one of the Surveyors of the Highways of Limes End in the said Parish and also one of the Churchwardens of the said Parish maketh Oath and saith that he did previous to Divine Service on the four successive Sundays next after the tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty three (that is to say) on Sunday the

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thirteenth day of March Sunday the twentieth day of March Sunday the twenty seventh day of March and Sunday the third day of April all in the present year One thousand eight hundred and fifty three affix a true Copy of the notice hereunto annexed marked A on the door of the Parish Church of Leckhampstead aforesaid.

GEORGE NELSON of Buckingham in the County of Bucks Gentleman maketh oath and saith that he was present and did see The Reverend Henry Jonas Barton Clerk and John Edward Bartlett Esquire two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County of Buckingham on the eighteenth day of April

One thousand eight hundred and fifty three sign the Certificate hereunto annexed marked "F" and that the names "Henry J. Barton" and "Jno. Edw. Bartlett" set and subscribed at the foot of the said Certificate are of the proper handswriting of the said Henry Jonas Barton and John Edward Bartlett respectively.

SWORN at Buckingham in the County	)
of Bucks this eighteenth day of	)
April 1853 Before me	)
Thos. Hearn
A Master in Chancery extra,

SAMUEL BURNHAM DUDLEY of Winslow in the County of Bucks Surveyor and Land Agent maketh Oath and saith that he has examined the several plans hereunto annexed and respectively marked "C" "D" and "E" and that the same do particularly describe the present Highway in the Parish of Leckhampstead in the said County of Bucks leading out of the Turnpike Road from Buckingham to Stony Stratford into and over a certain field called Dry Hill in the Parish of Leckhampstead

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aforesaid in the occupation of Thomas Attwood over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham to the Parish of Thornton in the said County of Bucks which it is proposed to divert and turn and also the proposed new Highway in the said Parish and that the metes bounds and admeasurement thereof respectively are correctly set forth in the said Plans.

ITHE HONORABLE RICHARD CAVENDISH of Thornton Hall in the Parish of Thorntonin the County of Bucks being the owner of the lands described in the Plan hereunto annexed through which part of a certain Highway lying between the Turnpike Road leading from Buckingham to Stony Stratford in the said County of Bucks in the Parish of Leckhampstead in the said County of Bucks and Beachampton and Thornborough in the said County of Bucks is intended to be diverted and turned DO HEREBY COESENT to the making and continuing such new Highway through my said Lands.

Given under my hand this tenth day of March 1853.

R. CAVENDISH.

F.

Buckinghamshire	)	WE THE REVEREND HENRY JONAS BARTON Clerk and
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( to wit )	)	JOHN EDWARD BARTLETT Esquire two of Her Majesty's Justices of

the Peace acting for the said County of Buckingham DO HEREBY CERTIFY that we did on the tenth day of March now last past on the application of Thomas Attwood the younger and John Wetherhead Surveyors of the Highways of and within the Parish of Leckhampstead in the said County view a certain Public Highway within the said Parish leading out of the Turnpike Road from Buckingham to Stony Stratford into and over a certain field called Dry Hill in the Parish of Leckhampstead aforesaid in the occupation of Thomas Attwood over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham to the Parish of Thornton in the said County of Bucks and which said Highway was proposed to be diverted and turned and so much thereof to be stopped up as became unnecessary in consequence of such diversion and turning the said diversion and turning to commence at a distance of about One thousand and thirty feet from the said Turnpike Road and from thence going in a South Easterly direction for a distance of about eight hundred and fifty feet to and over the Branch of the Grand Junction Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham which it is intended to cross by a Bridge at a distance of about ten feet from the present Highway and thence in the same direction

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through a piece of land belonging to The Honorable Richard Cavendish over a Brook into and through a meadow called Brittins Meadow in the occupation of John Wetherhead to the River Ouse which divides the said Parish of Leckhampstead from the Parish the present Highway is of Thornton in the said County of Bucks which it is intended to cross by a Bridge at which point the diversion from about one hundred and seventy feet and we did upon such view of the said Highway direct the said Surveyors to affix a notice in the form or to the effect of Schedule Number 19 annexed to the Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England" in legible characters at the place and by the side of said each end of the said Highway from whence the same was proposed to be diverted and turned. And also to insert the same Notice in one Newspaper published or generally circulated in the said County of Buckingham for four successive weeks then next ensuing And to affix a like Notice on the Door of the Church of the Parish of Leckhampstead aforesaid (being the Parish in which the said Highway cloth wholly be) on the four successive Sundays then next coming AND WE DO FURTHER CERTIFY that proof of the said several Notices having been so published hath been given to us the said Justices and a Plan hath been delivered to us at the same time particularly describing the old and proposed new Highway by metes bounds and ad-measurement thereof which Plan hath been verified by Mr. Samuel Burnham Dudley a competent Surveyor AND WE DO FURTHER CERTIFY that we have viewed the said Highway and that the proposed new Highway is more commodious to the Public than the present Highway because the proposed new Highway will be at all times passable whereas the present Highway is at times impassable by reason of its being covered with water and sometimes for a considerable depth and the parts of the present Highway proposed to be diverted and turned as aforesaid will be unnecessary because of the proposed new Highway being so much better and more commodious.

WITNESS our hands this eighteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

HENRY J. BARTON
JNO. EDW. BARTLETT.

AND NO APPEAL having been made to this Court this present Session by any person thinking himself injured or aggrieved if such highway should be ordered to be diverted turned and stopped up as aforesaid IT IS THEREUPON ORDERED by the Court this present Session that so much of the said old Highway particularly mentioned and described in the said Certificate and particularly delineated and set forth in the said Map or Plan shall be diverted turned and stopped up and that the said new Highway particularly mentioned and described in the said Certificate and also delineated and set forth in the said Map or Plan shall be and for ever after continue a Public Highway to al] intents and purposes whatsoever and the

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said old Highway shall not be stopped up until such new Highway shall be completed and put in good condition and repair and shall have been so certified by two Justices of the peace upon view thereof pursuant to the directions of the said Statute

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing are true copies from the Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of Buckingham as enrolled at the Midsummer Session 1853, being duly examined therewith this twenty third day of February 1922.

(Sgd)	G. R. CROUCH
	Deputy Clerk of the Peace for Bucks.
	23rd. February 1922.

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