Husbourne Crawley
General History
Melvilles Directory 1867

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HUSBORNE CRAWLEY is a pleasant village and parish, in the hundred of Manshead, and Union of Woburn, from which place it is distant 1 miles. The population in 1851 was 608, and in 1861 it was 535 ; the number of acres about 1,650. The Church is a small structure, with nave, chancel, and aisles, and fine tower, of considerable height, with six bells. In the interior are some ancient monuments. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Duke of Bedford, and incumbency of the Rev. V. S. C. Smith, M.A.

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Ardley, John, farmer
Barnwell, Stephen, farmer
Cooper, Mrs. Caroline
Chamberlain, Richard, baker
Cole, William R. N. clerk to board of guardians
Denton, George, Bull inn
Fryer, John, farmer and corn dealer
Grace, William, Swan inn
Harris, Henry, farmer
Holmes, William, farmer
Keens, Sarah, grocer
Lewis, John, carpenter
Mardling, Farne, wheelwright
Negus, Elizabeth, grocer
Orlebar, Captain, Crawley house
Pavne, John, White Horse inn
Parker, Joseph, carter and farmer
Randall, William, butcher
Reynolds, Mrs. farmer
Slark, John, farmer
Smith, Rev. Villiers Shallet Charnock, M.A.
Smith, Henry, farmer
Sinfield, Thomas, dealer, Richmond Arms inn
Taylor, George, beershop and coal merchant
Turney, Thomas Page, farmer and miller
Turney, Thomas, farmer and miller
Turney, Henry, baker

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