Pulloxhill
General History
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire 1894
(Extract)
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Pulloxhill is a village and parish, about 2 1/2 miles east-by-south from Flitwick station on the main line of the Midland railway, 11 south from Bedford and 4 south-south-east from Ampthill, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Ampthill, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. James consists of chancel, nave and an enbattled tower; in the chancel is a stained window and an alter tomb to Sir William Briers, knt. 1653. The register dates from the year 1553. The living is a vicarage, commuted corn rent-charge 107, gross yearly value 220, net 200 , including 32 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Earl Cowper K.G. and held since 1887 by the Rev. Percy Frederick John Pearce. Earl Cowper K.G., P.C. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The area is 1,583 acres, half arable; rateable value, 2,452; the population in 1891 was 492.
GREENFIELD is a hamlet, three quarters of a mile north, partly in this parish, but principally in Flitton.
Parish Clerk, John Newman.
Post Office - Mrs Charlotte Cook, sub postmistress. Letters arrive from Ampthill at 9am & despatched at 5.20pm; no despatch on Sundays. Silsoe is the nearest money order & telegraph office
National School, built for 140 children; average attendance, 73; Miss Annie Read, mistress.
Carrier to Luton - Thomas Evans, tues. thurs. & sat.
| Pearce Rev. Percy Frederick John (vicar) | Vicarage |
COMMERCIAL
| Abbott Edmund, farmer | |
| Burrows Thomas, beer retailer | |
| Brightman Charles, farmer | |
| Chapman Lawrence, shoe maker | |
| Clark John, beer retailer | |
| Cook George | Cross Keys P.H. |
| Crouch Charles, farmer | |
| Elmore Albert, market gardener | |
| Evans Thomas, market gardener | |
| Godfrey Thomas (Mrs), farmer | |
| Hall John, farmer | |
| Hallworth Saml. wheelwright & beer rtlr. | |
| Hills Samuel, beer retailer | Greenfield |
| Hyde Lydia (Mrs), shopkeeper | |
| Sharp Henry, farmer | |
| Stanley Walter, printer | |
| Tookey William, baker | |
| Underwood Charles, shoemaker | |
| Vass Alfred, baker | |
| Vass Edward, farmer | |
| Ward Jonathan, farmer | |
| Wiffen Chas. & Wm., market gardeners | |
| Wildman Edward | Bell P.H. & butcher |
| Williamson Charles | The Chequers P.H. & shopkeeper |
| Wilsher William, market gardener |
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