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WING is a small village in the same hundred as Ivinghoe, about 5 miles N. by W. from that town, and 3 S.W. from Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire), situated on the road from the latter town to Aylesbury. The chief, indeed, the only ornament of this village, is its handsome church of All Saints; the living is a vicarage, in the gift of Lord Overstone; the Rev. Peter Thomas Ouvrey is the present incumbent. There are almshouses founded by the Dormer family, for eight poor families, with a small weekly allowance. The parish, which is extensive, contained in 1831, 1,152 inhabitants, and in 1841, 1,274.
POST – Receiving House at Richard Attwood’s, the Cock Inn – Letters from London and all parts arrive (by foot-post from Leighton Buzzard) every morning at seven, and are despatched thereto at the same hour in the evening.
Nobility, Gentry and Clergy
Ouvry Rev. Peter Thomas | Wing |
Travers John J, Esq | Wing |
Public Houses
Richard Attwood | Cock |
Jno Windmill | Queen’s Head |
Thos Prentice | Royal Oak |
Thos Denchfield | Six Bells, Burkitt |
Shopkeepers & Traders
Bedford Jos | boot & shoe maker |
Beasley Francis | miller and baker and beer retailer |
Biggs James | shopkeeper |
Bone John | baker |
Brandon Tom | blacksmith |
Brown T. | farrier |
Brown William | chair maker |
Brownett John | boot and shoe maker |
Capp Thos | boot & shoe maker |
Coles Richard | shopkeeper |
Denchfield Geo | carpenter & wheelwright |
Denchfield Geo jun | carpenter |
Denchfield Levy | carpenter |
Drinkwater William | baker |
Foster John | blacksmith |
Green William | tailor |
Hardwick Joseph | carpenter |
Harris Richard | miller |
Hart Thomas | auctioneer |
Heley Thomas | butcher |
Heley William | maltster |
Holliday John | bricklayer |
Lambert George | schoolmaster |
Mortimer William | registrar of births and deaths |
Rogers Joseph | beer retailer and butcher |
Seers Joseph | bricklayer |
Tarrey Charles | shopkeeper |
Thorn George | tea dealer |
Turner George | butcher |
Walters Robert | shopkeeper |
Whipham Wm. | shopkeeper |
Windmill Thomas | baker and wheelwright |
Young John | tailor |
Conveyance by Railway
On the London and North Western Line – the nearest stations are at Chedingstone; two miles from Ivinghoe, Tring, 3 1/2 miles distant, and Leighton Buzzard, 3 miles from Wing.