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WING OR WENGE. 3 miles south-west of the London and Birmingham Railroad station at Leighton Buzzard, is a vicarage valued at 338l., and containing 1152 inhabitants; the Earl of Chesterfield being the patron: the present incumbent is the Rev. Philip Strong. Wing Park is still enclosed, but its mansion, Ascot House, for many years the seat of the Dormers and inherited from them by the Earls of Chesterfield, has been pulled down. The hamlets of this parish are Ascot, Burcot, Crofton, and Cotslow, now depopulated, which gave name to the Hundred. Here is a free-school for boys and girls, erected in 1815; also almshouses called Dormer’s Hospital, founded in 1516, by Dame Dorothy Pelham, for 8 men and women, under the trusteeship and in the gift of the Earl of Chesterfield, endowed by land and money payments.
Name, Residence, & Profession.
| Attwood Richard | The Cock |
| Beckett Jonathan | Grocer and Beer Retailer |
| Bedford Joseph | Shoemaker |
| Biggs James | Grocer and Cheesemonger |
| Bone Barnard | Beer Retailer |
| Bone George | Royal Oak |
| Bone John | Baker |
| Bone Joseph | Beer Retailer |
| Brandom Thomas | Smith and Grocer, &c |
| Capp Stephen | Carpenter |
| Capp Thomas | Shoemaker |
| Coles Richard | Grocer and Beer Retailer |
| Denchfield George | Carpenter |
| Denchfield Thomas | Six Bells |
| Dimock William | Carpenter |
| Foster John | Smith |
| Franks Joseph | Carpenter |
| Hardwick Joseph | Carpenter |
| Harris Richard | Miller |
| Harper Joseph | Plat Dealer |
| Heley Thomas | Butcher |
| Heley William | Maltster and Corn Dealer |
| Hickinbottom John | Bricklayer |
| Jennings William | Tailor |
| Mallett Emanuel | Baker |
| Mortimer Wm. | Registrar of Births and Deaths for the Wing district in the Leighton Buzzard Union |
| Randell Benjamin | Plat Dealer |
| Sear Joseph | Bricklayer |
| Simons Michael | Shoemaker |
| Smith John | Horse Dealer |
| Staples Joseph | Beer Retailer |
| Stevens James | Plat Dealer |
| Walters Robert | Grocer and Cheesemonger |
| Winmill John | Queen’s Head |
| Winmill Thomas | Wheelwright |
| Wippem William | Grocer and Cheesemonger |
| Young John | Tailor |
Coach & Carriers’ List
Oxford & Aylesbury Coach passes through daily.
Hounslow Richard, carrier to Aylesbury every Saturday, and to Leighton every Tuesday.