Kelly’s Directory 1883

Castle Thorpe 1883

Castle Thorpe is a small parish and village and station on the London & North Western railway, in the hundred, union, county court district of Newport Pagnell, rural deanery of Newport Pagnell, archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Oxford, 54½ miles from London, 5 miles west-north-west from Newport Pagnell, 3½ north from Stony Stratford, 11 from Northampton, and 2½ north from Wolverton. The river Tove separates the parish from Northamptonshire.The church of S.S. Simon and Jude stands in an elevated position on the border of the old Castle yard, and is an ancient edifice of stone consisting of chancel, nave and aisles, a low tower containing 1 bell; the chancel has been restored: the baptismal font is large and ancient, with figures at the corners; there is a handsome monument in the chancel to Sir Thomas Tyrrell, knt. who died March 1671, erected by his widow Dame Bridget. The register dates from year 1530. The living is a chapelry, annexed to Hanslope, joint yearly value £152, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1851 by the Rev. Mark Anthony Nicholson, M.A., LTh. of Durham University who resides at Hanslope. The above Dame Bridget Tyrrell gave £10 yearly to the poor of the place, which has been invested in the purchase of 18 acres of land producing £36 yearly, which by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners is applied as follows: a portion for keeping in repair the nave of the church £1 for an annual sermon on March 8th in the church and the remainder in doles for the poor. The Castle stood near the church and was the seat of the Maudits; it was demolished about 1215 by General Fawkes de Brent, in King John's wars with the Barons; in 1663 it became the property of Sir Thomas Tyrrell knt.; the house occupied by him stood near the castle, some portions of which still remain and are now occupied as tenements by labourers. Edward Hanslope Watts, esq., is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Lord Carrington and the Corporation of Lincoln. The soil is mixed; subsoil stone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 1,380 acres; rateable value £9,152
Hanslope Watts J.P. esq. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Lord Carrington and the Corporation of Lincoln. The soil is mixed; subsoil, stone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 1,380 acres; rateable value £9,194;

School built and presented by the late Lord Carrington in 1867 and is now supported by subscriptions; Miss Yates, mistress.

Surname Forename Occupation
DUNKLEY Henry
HARDY
(Miss)
WIGLESWORTH James H. F. Langton ho
COMMERCIAL

AMOS Thomas farmer & maltster
COMPTON James greengrocer
COMPTON Joseph butcher
DENNY William shoemaker
GREGORY Ann shopkeeper (Mrs)
GRIMES William farmer
HARRIS Henry gardener
HARRIS John blacksmith
PIKE William farmer
TOOTH Jane butcher (Mrs)
VARNEY Robert Carrington Arms & farmer
WHITING Joseph miller (water) & farmer



YATES
school mistress (Miss)
EAMES William station master
PARISH CLERK.Joseph Compton
CARRIER. Eakins, to Northampton, St. John Street Tues. & Sat. at 8 a.m.; Newport Pagnell, Wed.; Stony Stratford Fri.
POST OFFICE. Mrs Rebecca Rainbow, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Stony Stratford at 7.10 a.m.; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Hanslope
POPULATION 1881 - 329