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HANSLOPE MEMORIALS.  
WATTS ARMS - Behind which was a manor of Lord Howe in which Mr Addison kept school.  After Mr Watts purchased the manor and pulled down the mansion and transferred the materials to build Hanslope Park. - Watts Arms.

Edward Watts purchased the estate of Lord Howe before an estate map of 1779 was prepared.  The Watts Arms opened 1821

Mr Addison is probably William Addison

Further information on School together with a drawing of the manor

STEPHEN'S HOUSE -was the "BLACK LION" occupied long by Tomkins ,
- the head inn "sold wine"		 Thomas Stevens is recorded as a blacksmith in the High Street in the 1851 census, probably in 4 High Street.  In 1861 his son, Thomas, is recorded as a blacksmith in a similar location

William Thompkins licensed the Black Lion from 1791 to at least to 1827
CRICK'S HOUSE - was occupied and owned by Mr John Kitelee, father of the Miss Kitelees, when married.  The Hanslope Kitelees were wealthy lace dealers.  John left lace for farming, and was unfortunate at Tathall End Thomasons farm - removed to Courtenhall and became a schoolmaster and died there, very poor. John Kitelee purchased Crick House from his father in 1784, the year he married Charlotte Brittan

The 'Miss Kitelees' are probably Elizabeth, Charlotte and Lucy who do not seem to have married

John Kitelee is recorded as a farmer in 1798 survey.  In a map of 1818 he is shown as owning three tenements.  He was buried in Hanslope in 1831

Bennett Thomason is recorded farming at Tathall End in 1851 and 1854; by 1861 he had moved to Park Farm
Mr T. ROGERS HOUSE - Mr Philips gentleman, bought land of Mr Kitelee (father of John) and built the house – a lace dealer - hid his money in bed room and made a trap door in flooring to conceal his the guineas and when he wanted one he took it till all were spent – died poor and his two daughters Nelly and Dolly became paupers. Thomas Rogers is recorded at New Inn, 14 High Street in 1851 and 1861 censuses

Abraham Philips purchased the land on which New Inn is built from William Kitelee in 1768

Youngest daughters were Eleanor Phillips who was baptised in 1749 and buried in 1809; and Dolly baptised in 1751.  We have no further record of her.
Mr FITCH'S "COCK" PUBLIC HOUSE - Panter kept it when Mr Hindes lace merchant, purchased and converted into a draper and grocers shop - and the "Cock" was transferred to its present situation (Newberry's)  When John Wesley was preaching in the street, Panter and his wife went to hear "the babler" - were converted and henceforth turned Henry Newberry's workshop, then a Butchers shop into a Wesleyan Chapel.  Wesley was preaching near the Stock House; which was a large public building containing materials for the fair (near where were the stocks) and where the court leet was held. In the 1871 census Joshua Fitch was recorded in High Street, next to New Inn, 14 High Street.

John Panter took over the licence for the Cock in 1785 when he married Elizabeth Inwood who held the licence from 1768.  He died in 1792, and in his will he is recorded as a butcher

In 1779 Joseph Hinds owned what are now 16 & 18 High Street; also owned by Joseph Hindes, probably his son, in 1818

Wesley recorded in his diaries that the conversion of Mr Panter took place on his second visit to Hanslope on Tuesday 20 October 1778

John Newberry is recorded as running the Cock from at least 1847 until his death 1879
The Stock House - faced Mannings house. Mr Caucut occupied part of it for stone cutting and tenanted Mannings house. Location of Stock House can be found on map of 1818 (item 432 in middle of High Street); also shows location of house (item 459) of Lucy Manning who died in 1836.

Francis, Thomas and William Calcutt are all recorded as staymakers in 1798.  There is no indication of any stonemason in the family.
HIGGIN'S HOUSE - occupied by Gardiner, a religious maniac, sexual intercourse wicked, brazen a Grocer and Tallow Chandler  ­ he was succeeded by Gregory who purchased it and his son Joseph sold it to Mr Gr...ey (uncertain) by money ill got from Miss Rately (?) of Castlethorpe 
(added in lighter script) Joseph cut his privates off as sinful. 		Benjimin Higgins is recorded as a grocer living in the High Street in 1861, probably in 22 High Street.  He does not seem to have remained long.

John Garner is recorded as owner of 22 High Street in 1779; and Joseph Gregory as owner in 1818.  He is also recorded in the High Street in the 1851 census, probably in 22 High Street.  In his will, he left his whole estate to his housekeeper.  His father, was also called Joseph Gregory. 

Name Miss Rately uncertain.

MANNINGS HOUSE – Manning married Brittains daughter - Ratney a drunken wheelwright occupied it, Had 1400 £ left and soon spent.  Fond of bell ringing and drunkenness in belfry, soon became pauper.  Kept a birthday every three months.

Lucy, daughter of Joseph Brittain, married John Manning in 1788.  Lucy is recorded as owner of 24 & 26 High Street in 1818 and 1828.

In his will of 1814, John Manning left his property for Lucy's use in her lifetime, but to be sold by public auction immediately after her death, for the benefit of all his children except the first, suggesting the first was already provided for.  Lucy Manning died in 1836.  John also specified a cottage he owned should be available for all his daughters whilst still unmarried.

Richard Ratnett is recorded as owner of 24. 26 High Street in 1779.  Richard Ratnett married Perry Warwick.

James Manning, eldest son of Lucy and John Manning is recorded in the 1841 census living in High Street at about this point and working as a butcher.  In his will written in 1849 he appears to leave property in which he is then living.  However, in the will of John Brown written in 1838, James Manning is mentioned as the tenant of a butchers shop in Hanslope.

Joseph Manning, son of Lucy Manning is recorded living in High Street at about this point in censuses from 1841 to 1871.

Elizabeth and Harriet Manning, both unmarried daughters of Lucy and John Manning are also recorded as living in High Street in 1841 census within a few houses of the same area.

Mr HARRIS HOUSE – Muddiman a barber lived in it, Manning's father butcher and farmer lived then there.

Charles Harris is recorded living in High Street as a butcher in 1851, but seems to have moved to another part of High Street and become an agricultural labourer in 1861 and 71. 

Dorothy Harriss, a widow, is recorded as a butcher in this part of High Street in the 1861 census.  In the 1851 census she is also recorded as a butcher, but in a different part of High Street.

It seems possible the references here are to 26 High Street, since demolished (c1970s), but recorded as owned by Lucy Manning in 1818 (see above)

WARWICK'S HOUSE - West occupier, Mrs West was Rev M Agars eldest daughter.  West a Baker, gentlemanly and fond of Latin.  His journeyman Gregory and Miss Sukey Agar cohabit - in family way - married her - went to Newport as a baker - failed.  The houses belonged to Mr Agar merchant, London, - Bankrupt - and these houses not being in the Schedule - a capital offence - were forfeit to occupant. Warwick is a dependant of the Wests.  Warwick's grandfather married a Miss Agar who was a roguish Butcher

William Warwick is recorded as a baker living in High Street in censuses of 1851, 61, 71 and 81. It was thought that he was most likely to have lived at 24 High Street, since this is known to have been a bakery, but see below.

Mary Agar married Harry West in 1777.  Map of 1779 shows Henry West owning properties where the Working Mens Club now stands (28, 30 High Street, suggesting that William Warwick may have worked from 28 High Street - to be resolved)

Martha Agar married Amos Gregory in 1796

John Warwick married Caroline Agar in 1781; but they do not seem to have been grandparents of William above.
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