Pitstone, Buckinghamshire

Description
Pitstone or Pightlesthorne, a village and a parish in Buckinghamshire. The village stands near Icknield Street, the boundary with Herts, the L. & N.W.R, and the Grand Junction Canal, 1 mile S of Ivinghoe, and 2 miles N by W of Tring station on the L. & N.W.R. The parish contains also the hamlet of Nettleden, and measures about 7 miles in length and 1 mile in breadth. It has a post office, of the name of Pitstone Green, under Tring; money order office, Ivinghoe; telegraph office, Cheddington. Acreage, 1644; population, 459. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor belongs to Earl Brownlow. Ashridge Park is the seat of Earl Brownlow, and has been separately noticed. A monument, about a mile from it, was erected in 1832 in honour of the third Duke of Bridgwater. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £160 with residence. Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church is a beautiful building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a fine Norman font and an elaborately carved old oak pulpit. The perpetual curacy of Nettleden is a separate benefice. There is a school endowment of £10 a year.