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WARGKAVE.

Simonds J. & C. & Co. (sub-branch
of Reading Bank) (John Cecil
W alker, m a n a g e r); open wed. &
sat. ; draw on W illiam s Deacon’s
Bank Lim ited, London E C
Sm ith W. H. & Son, stationers
*Stanton George, land steward to
Mrs. Noble, Upper Culham
T u ck Charles, coal rner. Victoria road
W argrave & Twyford W ater Works
(Henry Berriss, engineer)
W argrave W orking Men’s Club (F.
Surrey, hon. sec)
Watson G. M. (Miss), chem ist
W hite Frank, cycle agent
Wicks George James, W hite H art P.H
Woodclyffe Hall (W. Rider, treasurer)
Woodclyffe Hostel Temperance Hotel
(George T . Evans, steward)
W yatt Frank (Mrs.),George & Dragon
hotel

B E R K S H IR E .
Taylor Mrs. Bowdens
Willis Capt. Harry, The Crazies
COMMERCIAL.

[ k e l l y ’s
Chenery A rthur Edward, lay reader»
The Cottage
Doughty Joseph, Queen Victoria P.H
Fidler W illiam, farm er, Dean Pit
Leach Fredk. Queen Adelaide P.H
McBride Robert, Horse & Groom P.H
Club Sharp David, cowkeeper

Bacon W illiam , baker
Beck Kate (Miss), Post office
Bird Sarith (Mrs.), laundry
Crazies H ill W orking Men's
(George Denton, sec)
Lovejoy William Alfred, shopkeeper
Sizer David, Horns P.H
H ARE HATCH.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

K IL N GREEN .
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bulkeley Major Henry Charles D.S.O.,
J.P . Linden H ill
Choate Miss, Bear hill
Houldsworth Rev. W illiam Thomas
M.A. Bear Ash
Lawrence Mrs. Castlemans
Mead Charles, Scarlets farm
Nicholl Henry Frederick M .A., J.P.
Bear Place
Wells Rev. Harry Morland B.A.
Scarlets
W yld Hugh, Bear Ash

Crisp Bernard, Faceby lodge
Grey T. R. Woodside
Huggins A lbt. Edward, Hare Hatch ho
Klein Frederick, Fairlawn cottage
Remnant James Farquharson M.P
The G ra n ge; & Carlton & Consti­
tutional clubs, London
Shepherd Joseph, The H ill
T uckett Percival F ox.Yeldhall manor ;
CR A ZIE S H ILL.
(letters should be addressed Twy
COMMERCIAL.
(Letters through Henley-on-Thames.)
ford)
Collins Edward James, farm er
Bulkeley A rth ur H ugh, Springfield, Wedderburn Col. Alex. S. Wakefield Crockford Thomas, blacksmith
H olly cross
Young Mrs. Hare Hatch lodge
Easley Ebenezer John, boot m aker
Eveleigh E rnest Cha's. H atchgate fm Young Mrs. Oliver, Highcockett
Hussey John, carpenter
COMMERCIAL.
Osier John T. Fox Steep
Hussey Thomas, job master
Benham W illiam , grocer
Rutm an Joseph. The Wilderness
TrendallEllen(M iss),shpkpr.& post off
W A S I N G is a parish separated from Brimpton by from the year 1737. The living is a rectory, net yearly
the river Auburn, over which is a bridge of 3 arches, value £70, with residence and 26 acres of glebe, in the
7^ m iles south-east-by-east from Newbury, 10 south­ gift of W illiam A rthur Mount esq. and held since 1882
west from Reading and 2 south from Midgham station by the Rev. John Butler Burne M.A. of C h rist Church,
on the G reat Western railw ay, in the Southern division Oxford. W asing Place, the seat of W illiam Arthur
of the county, hundred of Faircross, p etty sessional Mount esq. M .A., M .P., J.P. lord of the manor and
division, union and county court district of Newbury, principal landowner, is a modern mansion of brick,
rural deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks situated in an extensive park. The soil is g ra v e l; sub­
and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas soil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.
is a small edifice of rubble stone, consisting of chancel, The area is 684 acres of land and 6 of w a te r; rateable
nave, south transept, south porch and a central turret value, £605; the population in 1901 was 55.
containing 2 b e lls : the chancel, which is Early English,
Sexton, W illiam Streat.
was thoroughly restored about the year 1870: the east
window and two others in the chancel are sta in ed : Letters through Reading arrive a t 7.30 a.m . The
nearest telegraph & money order office & place for
there is a handsome brass le c te rn : the church, affords
posting letters is Brimpton, about one mile
112 sittings, m ostly appropriated. The register dates
Burne Rev. John B utler M .A.Rectory
j King Charles, head gamekeeper to W.
COMMERCIAL.
Mount W illiam A rth ur M .A ., M.P..
A. Mount esq. M.P
J.P. W asing Place; & Carlton & Goodenough Charles, farm bailiff to K itt John, head gardener to W. A.
Oxford & Cambridge clubs, Lon­
W. A. Mount esq. M.P. W asing
Mount esq. M.P
Lower farm
don S W
W A T C H F I E L D (anciently Wachenesfield) is a town­ W hite Horse, who resides at Shrivenham. The Rev.
ship separated from W iltshire by the river Cole, 3^ Edward John Noel Aston M.A. of Jesus College, Oxford,
miles south-east from Highworth, 4^ south-west from has been curate in charge since 1908. Here is a Primi­
Faringdon and 2 north-bv-east from Shriv-enham sta­ tive Methodist chapel, erected in 1872. Viscount
tion on the Great W estern railw ay, in the Northern Barrington D .L.. J.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Pleydelldivision of the county, parish and hundred of Shriven- Bouverie, of Coleshill, are lord and lady of the manor
ham, petty sessional division, union and county court and chief landowners. The soil is stone b ra sh ; sub­
district of Faringdon, rural deanery of the Vale of soil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley
W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of and turnips. The area is 1,517 acres; rateable value,
Oxford. The church of St. Thomas, erected by sub­ £ I>753>
population in 1901 was 318.
Sexton, David Pocock.
scription in 1858, is a sm all edifice of stone in the Early
E nglish and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel Post Office.— Uriah Chivers, sub-postmaster. Letters
through Shrivenham, arrive at 6.30 a.m. & 3.35 p.m.
and nave, western porch and a western bell-gable con­
Letter box cleared at 7.30 p.m. week days only.
taining one b e ll: there are 150 sittings. The register
Shrivenham, 2 m iles distant, is the nearest money
dates from the year 1858. The livin g is a chapelrv
order & telegraph office
annexed to Shrivenham, joint net yearly value £150,
with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and Elementary School, erected in 1867, for 47 children;
average attendance, 19 ; the elder children go to
held since 1890 by the Rev. Edward Frank H ill M.A. of
Shrivenham ; Miss Mary Newman, mistress
New College, Oxford, and rural dean of the Vale of
Aston Rev. Edward JohnNoelM .A. Harvey
James, farmer
Morse A. (Mrs.), laundress
(curate in charge)
Hedges Robert Whitfield,
farmer, Pocock David, stone mason
c o m m e rc ia l.
W atchfield farm
Pullin W illiam J. farmer, StrattenAnger Arthur, thatcher
Jefferies W illiam , farmer
boro’ Castle
Chivers Uriah & Son, shopkeepers, Jordan Jonathan, beer retailer
Simmons Thomas, bricklayer
Post office
IKnapp Frederick, stone mason
Skinner David, stone mason
Cook W illiam H. Royal Oak P.H
Looker George (Mrs.), m iller (water), W yatt George, dairyman
G odfrey Francis, baker
W est
m ill
W vatt George, jun. carpenter
W E L F O R D , anciently W eligford, the “ Willow-ford,”
is a parish on the river Lam bourn, with a station on
the Lam bourn Valley branch of the Great W estern ra il­
way, and is 5 miles north-west from Newbury. The
parish comprises the chapelry of Wickham and the
hamlets of Easton, Weston and Hoe Benham, and is
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Faircross, petty sessional division, union and county court
district of Newbury, rural deanery of Newbury, arch­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church
of St. Gregory, occupying the site of earlier structures,
dating originally from the Saxon period, was rebuilt

during the period 1852-5, under the direction of Mr.
Talbot Bury, architect, and is an edifice of flint and
stone, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles,
south porch and a circular western tower with octagonal
spire, containing a clock and 5 bells, all cast in the
16th and 17th ce n tu ries: the west wall of the south
aisle is part of the ancient edifice, and some of the old
stonework was used in a few of the windows and priests’
door: the tower is almost unique in its way and is
circular for the greater part of its height, but near the
top of the upper stage becomes octagonal and is sur­
mounted by a ribbed octagonal broach spire with eight