Mentmore, Buckinghamshire

Description
Mentmore, a village and a parish in Buckinghamshire. The village stands near the L. & N.W.R., 1 1/2 mile NNE of the boundary with Herts, ! 3/4 SW of the boundary with Beds, 1:1 NNW of Cheddington Junction station, and 4 miles SSW of Leighton Buzzard. It has a post office under Leighton Buzzard; money order and telegraph office, Leighton Buzzard. The parish contains also the hamlet of Ledburn, and comprises 1575 acres; population, 307. Mentmore Towers, the seat of the Earl of Rosebery; stands to the W of the village, command'mg an extensive view of the Vale of Aylesbury; is a splendid mansion in the Italian style, of Ancaster stone, after designs by Sir Joseph Paxton and G. H. Stokes; and contains a fine collection of works of art, including-among other treasures-some beautiful paintings of the French and Italian schools, some choice marbles and tapestries, and a very fine collection of Limoges enamels. Lord Rosebery is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £216 with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Rosebery, The church is a stuccoed building of chalk rubble in the Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles. There is a Baptist chapel at Ledburn.