Wolverton, Buckinghamshire

Description
Wolverton, a town and a parish in Bucks. The town stands on the L. & N.W.R., at the junction of the line to Newport Pagnell, 2 miles ENE of Stony Stratford, and 4 SW from Newport Pagnell. A light railway between Wolverton and Stony Stratford was opened in 1887, and the Grand Junction Canal passes through the parish. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) Acreage of the civil parish, 2288 of land and 37 of water; population, 4147; of the ecclesiastical parish of Holy Trinity, 204; of St George the Martyr, 3234; of St Mary, 1056. The town was founded and grew up in connection with the railway, and comprises the extensive workshops of the carriage building department, with houses for the workmen. The population is increasing rapidly. There is a workman's club. The Science and Art Institute, founded in 1864 and enlarged in 1895, has a library and concert and committee rooms, and evening classes in science, art, and technical subjects are held in it. The manor belonged to a Norman family, who took the name of Wolverton, passed in the time of Edward III. to the Longuevilles, was sold in 1712 to the famous Dr. Radcliffe, and belongs now to the Radcliffe trustees. The living of the mother parish of Holy Trinity is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £56 with residence. The church, erected in 1815, is a building of stone in a quasi-Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, and an embattled western tower. It has a fine ancient marble tomb belonging to the Longueville family, and all its windows are of stained glass. The ecclesiastical parish of St George the Martyr was formed in 1846 and enlarged in 1868. The living is a vicarage of the gross value of £260 with residence. The church, erected in 1843, is a building of stone in the Early English style. It was enlarged in 1895-96. The ecclesiastical parish of St Mary was formed in 1870. The living is a perpetual curacy of the net value of £142 with residence. The church, erected in 1864, is a building of stone in the Early English style. All the livings are in the gift of the Radcliffe Trustees. There are Roman Catholic, Congregational, and Wesleyan chapels.