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WING, or Wenge, 3 miles south-west of the London and North Western station at Leighton Buzzard. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford, valued at £338, the Lord Overstone being the patron; the incumbent is the Rev. Peter Thomas Ouvry, M.A. 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 Ascott, Burcott, Crafton, and Littleworth.
Here is a National school for boys and girls, erected in 1850 by Lord Overstone; also almshouses called Dormer’s Hospital, founded in 1562 by Dame Dorothy Pelham, for 8 men and women, endowed by land and money payments. This manor is said once to have belonged to the Hampdens. The church is an ancient building, and has been lately restored under the superintendence of Mr. Scott; it is of different periods; some portion of it is believed to be Saxon. It contains some handsome monuments of the Dormer family. Population, in 1851, was 1,376; acreage, 5,605; rateable value, £9,000.
Wing Gentry
| Hart Rev. John B.A. | |
| Ouvry Rev. Peter Thomas, M.A. | vicar |
Wing Traders
| Attwood Richard | “Cock” & post office |
| Bedford Joseph | boot & shoe maker |
| Biggs James | grocer |
| Brown Thomas | farrier |
| Capp Stephen | farmer |
| Capp Thomas | boot & shoe maker |
| Coles Leah (Mrs) | shopkeeper |
| Cox William | farmer |
| Denchfield George | carpenter |
| Denchfield Levi | carpenter |
| Drinkwater William | baker |
| Foster John | blacksmith |
| Fountaine Bernard | farmer |
| Gates John | “Royal Oak” |
| Harris Richard | miller & farmer |
| Hart William | farmer |
| Hedges Richard | farmer |
| Heley Susannah (Mrs) | butcher |
| Heley William | maltster & corn dealer |
| Hickinbottom John | bricklayer |
| Mortimer Wiliams | registrar of births & deaths for the Wing district |
| Paine James | farmer |
| Rogers Joseph | beer retailer & butcher |
| Rose George | farmer |
| Rose William | shopkeeper |
| Sear Joseph | bricklayer |
| Tanner Alfred | shopkeeper |
| Walter Robert | shopkeeper |
| Webster Alexander | baliff to the right hon. Lord Overstone |
| Whipham William | shopkeeper |
| Windmill John | “Queen’s Head” |
| Windmill Thomas | baker |
| Young John | tailor |
Letters may be posted from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Ascott Traders
| Brandom Joseph | grazier |
| Brandom Tom | blacksmith |
| Fountaine Eliza (Mrs) | grazier |
| Gates John | farmer & cattle dealer |
| Hart Thomas | auctioneer, land agent and farmer |
| Hart William | farmer |
| Prentice Martha (Mrs) | farmer |
| Smith Jane (Mrs) | farmer |
Letters through Leighton Buzzard
Burcott Traders
| Adams Henry Charles | farmer |
| Biggs Edward | farmer |
| Bone Joseph | grazier |
| Denchfield Thomas | “Six Bells” |
| Prentice Thomas | farmer |
| Roadnight William | shopkeeper |
| Smith Jane (Mrs) | farmer |
| Swannell Joseph Ebenezer | farmer |
Letters through Leighton Buzzard
Littleworth Traders
| Beckett Jonathan | beer retailers |
| Dimmock William | carpenter |
| Page William | butcher |
Crafton Traders
| Collins Joseph & Bernard | farmers |
| Flemons John | farmer |
| Olney James | farmer |
| Willison Robert | farmer |
| Woodman William Hedges | farmer |
Letters through Leighton Buzzard
National School (for boys & girls), Wing
Registrar of Births & Deaths for the District of Wing, Wm. Mortimer, Wing
Parish Clerk, John Windmill
PLACES OF WORSHIP
Church, Rev. Peter Thomas Ouvry, incumbent
Methodist Chapel, ministers various
Primitive Methodist Chapel, ministers various