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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[128. III. Nov., 1917.

and Thomas Kent. Will proved P.C.C. (34 Dale) by his relict Ellen in 1624.

(Ellen Card ell, widow, will made 1624, described as of Westminster.)

I have rather a full pedigree of the Toppe family of Lincoln, London, Wilts, and Cheshire, and should be glad of information about the Cardell-Toppe marriage.

H. HULME.

Chelford Boad, Knutsford, Cheshire.

LONDON SUBURBAN PLACE-NAMES. Nearly all the eighteenth-century Direc- tories provide lists of places or districts served by the penny post from various receiving offices. These are of great interest for their identification of local place-names, since lost, or changed almost beyond recognition. Some are still doubtful or iinknown, and I shall be glad of assistance in identifying the following :

' Jenkins," possibly in Hoxton.

' Mount Mill," near Islington.

' Barry's Walk," West London.

' Dowel Street," West London.

' Hudicon Fields," West London.

' Macha Mapes and Macha Brands," probably

Mapesbury and Brondesbury. ' Bristow Causeway," South London. ' Pigs March," possibly Fig's Marsh, Mitcham. ' King David's Fort," possibly King David's Lane.

ALECK ABRAHAMS. 51 Butland Park Mansions, N.W.2.

TONKS SURNAME. I am anxious to gather all the information I can respecting the origin of the surname Tonks. I know how learned are many of those who contribute to the pages of ' N. & Q.,' so I feel confident that I shall obtain the knowledge I require. ALFRED W. RICH.

Savile Club.

" HAB " AS A NICKNAME. Was " Hab," in former times, ever used commonly as a nickname for Edward ? The correspondence of the two seems somewhat remote ; but I have lately come across two seventeenth - century references to " Hab " in private unpublished letters, one of which certainly refers to a child of the family whose name is Edward in the parish register of baptisms.

L. I. GUINEY.

CHURCHWARDENS AT FUNERALS. Was it ever part of a churchwarden's duty to attend funerals, especially funerals of the poor who had no mourners ? It would seem so from a passage in a satire of 1640. But I much desire light on the subject.

L. I. GUINEY.

ST. LEONARD : PRE-CONQUEST DEDICA- TIONS. Were there any pre-Conquest dedi- cations of churches in honour of St. Leonard ? If so, I shall be glad to hear of them. Please reply direct. CHARLES SWYNNERTON.

Leonard Stanley, Stonehouse, Glos.

YOUNG LADIES' COMPANION. I am anxious to find a book with which I was familiar when a child. It is a sort of Young Ladies' Companion or Ladies' Hand- book, and contained instructions about manners and courtesy, needlework and embroidery, cutting quill pens, folding a letter, the use of wafers, how to make a seal, and notes about games, paper flowers, wax and leather flowers, and the like. It was about 1 in. thick, large octavo, and bound in red silk. Can any of your readers help me ? G. C. WILLIAMSON.

Burgh House, Well Walk, Hampstead, N.W.3.

BURLINGTON HOUSE COLONNADE. Can any of your readers tell me what has become of the stones of the splendid colonnade of the second Burlington House ? In 1866, when the colonnade and the celebrated Piccadilly wall were taken down, the stones were numbered, and taken to Battersea Park for re-erection. I have never heard of them since. W. COURTHOPE FORMAN.

1 Cricklade Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W.2.

[These stones were still at Battersea Park in March, 1885, and an editorial note at 6 S. xi. 228 gave a short account of their history. On April 14, 1888, COL. MALET called attention (7 S. v. 284) to a resolution passed by the Metro- politan Board of Works on the preceding Feb. 24, asking the Government to remove the stones from the park.]

WATER-COLOURS. I shall be glad to know where the following water-colours can be seen : ' Troubled Times,' by Hugh Carter ; ' Father Advised Me ' and ' The Appeal,' by Guido Bach ; ' Early Steps,' by C. Martineau*; ' Convalescent,' by W. Joyce ; and ' Which shall I Play ? ' by H. Carter. L. V.

GUELPH PARTY IN HANOVER. I saw a paragraph recently I think either in The Morning Post or The Evening Standard in the second half of September stating that a meeting of the Guelph party had taken place in Hanover. I am, unfortunately, unable to trace the paragraph, and shall be very glad if one of the readers of ' N. & Q.' can help me to recover it. Any additional information about the Guelph party will be welcome.

(Miss) MARY ROBERTSON. Chiltern Towers Hotel, Wargrave, Berks.