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B E R K S H IR E .

E A S T H A M I 'S T E A D .

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Parish Clerk,« T. J. Cook.
lit. ; the manor was thus transferred to the Bourchiers ;
and Sir William in righ t of his wife was summoned to
Constable-in-charge, William Barnard.
Parliam ent as Baron F itzw arin e: it was subsequently
Post Office.— Charles R. Parker, sub-postmaster. Letters
held by the Clarkes of Ardington, and then by the
from Lambourn arrive at 7 a.m. & 1.20 p.m . ; dis­
Jones fam ily of R am sbury; Eleanor, daughter and co­
patched at 11.30 a.m. k 7.10 p.m. ; Sunday, arrive at
heir of William Jones esq. married Francis, eldest son
6.30 a.m . ; dispatched at 10.50 p.m . Lam bourn, 2
of Sir Robert Burdett bart. from whom the property
miles distant, is the nearest m oney order office k.
has descended to Sir Francis Burdett bart. of Foremark,
East Garston the nearest telegraph office
Derbyshire, who is the principal landowner. The soil
is thin c la y ; subsoil, flint and chalk. The chief crops Elem entary School (mixed), built for 70 children;
average attendance, 60; endowed with ¿ 7 10s. yearly,
re wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 2,300
left by Mrs. John S erjen t; Mrs. Tozer, m istress
a cre s; the population in 1901 was 254.
Athawes W illiam Aaron, The Cottage Woolrych Rev. Bertram Best M.A Little Alfred, blacksmith
Mackrell Hannah (Mrs.), boot dealer
Bew Miss, Cross house
j (vicar), Vicarage
Parker Charles Reginald, grocer, Post
Crook Herbert, The Laurels
COMA1KRCIAL.
office
Fosbery Henry James Wilson B.A.
Quallington Albert, grocer & carpntr
|Baylis
Geo.
F.
farm
er,
Manor
farm
J.P. The Grange
Somerton W_T
illiam , farmer
Brown George,. baker
Hills Miss, Joelah
Pratt Mrs. The Benhams
Carter Henry, farmer, Middle & Bar- :Spackman W. (M rs.), farm er, MonSpackman Mrs. W. Montague house | rett’s farms
tague house k Pidgeon House frm s
Spacim an W illiam Liddiard, The j Denton Owen, Plough P H
jSpanswick Thom as, beer retailer
Herm itage
I Grieve W alter, trainer of race horses W augh Robert, beer retailer
EASTH AM PSTEAD
is a village and parish and j Letters by cycle m essenger, through Bracknell, which
is the nearest money order k telegraph office, arrive
head of a union, 5 miles east from W okingham, 9
at 6.35 k 10.30 a.m. k 6.45 p.m. W all Box, E ast­
south-west from Windsor and 29 from London; the
hampstead church, cleared at 7 45 k 11 a.m . & 7.10
Bracknell station of the Staines and Wokingham
p.m. ; sundays. 11.5 a.m. Wall Letter Boxes, at
branch of the South Western railway is situated in
Bracknell station, cleared at 8.20, 9.20 & 11.20 a.m. &
this parish, which is in the Eastern division of the
Bulcounty, petty sessional division of W okingham, hundred j 3 40, 7.15 k 8.55 p.m. ; sundays, 6.45 p.m
brook, 8.20 k 11.55 a.m. k 6.30 & 8.35 p.m. ; S u n ­
of Ripplesmere* county court d istrict of W indsor, rural
days, 6.20 p.m. Old Bracknell, cleared 8.15 & 11.30
deanery of Reading,- archdeaconry of Berks and dio­
a.m. k 7.30 p.m. ; sundays, n . 10 a.m. Broad lane,
cese of Oxford. Part of this parish is supplied with
cleared 8 & 11 a.m. k 7.15 p.m. ; sundays, 10.20 a.m
water by the Wokingham D istrict W ater Co. The
church of St. Michael and St. Mary Magdalene, built Elem entary School (mixed k infants), built by the late
Marquess of Downshire k other landed proprietors;
on the site of the old church, and opened in May,
the school will hold 170 ch ild ren ; average attendance,
1867, is a building in the Early Continental Gothic
120; James March, master
style, from designs by Mr. H ugall, architect, and con­
sists of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south tran­ Bracknell Railway Station, Edm und Taylor, station
sept, south porch, baptistery and a square tower with
master
four pinnacles containing 6 bells: the south transept Carrier to & from Reading.— A rth ur George Barnard,
belongs to the H ill fam ily: the windows are stained,
from Bracknell, daily
and include one in the north aisle to Caroline Frances,
late Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, d. 10 May,
EASTH AM PSTEAD RURAL D ISTR IC T COUNCIL.
1893, and Devonshire marble has been freely intro­
duced in the decorative work of the in terior: the Meets at the Easthampstead Guardians’ Board room at
chancel fittings are of oak, and a sedile is formed on
the Workhouse on alternate thursdays. at 10.30 a.m.
the north side by the elongation of the window s ill; Chairman, Charles Agace Ferard, Winkfield manor,
double sedilia occupy the south window: the com ­
near Ascot
munion table is of o a k : the pulpit, on a stone base, Clerk, Charles Barker Wilson, solicitor, Bracknell
is composed of portions of that fixed in the old. church Treasurer, William Simonds. Reading
in 1631: in 1876 a stained east window, designed by Medical Officer, James J. Paterson M .B., B .S ., B .S c.,
the late Sir Edward C. Burne-Jones bart. was inserted
D.P.H. Guildhall, Maidenhead
as a memorial to Arthur (Hill) Marquess of Downshire, H ighway Surveyor, James R. Treadwell, The Bungalow,
who died 31st March, 1874: the roof was re-tiled m
Easthampstead
1898: there are 340 sittings, of which 200 are free:
Sanitary Inspector k Surveyor of Buildings, Charles
an ancient yew tree of very remarkable growth, stand­
Yorke, Bracknell
ing near the church, m easures 63 feet in circumference.
The register dates from the year 1558. The living is
EASTHAMPSTEAD UNION.
a rectory, net income ¿335, including 93 acres of glebe,
with residence, in the gift of Christ Church, Oxford, Board day, every alternate thursday, im m ediately after
and held since 1883 by the Rev. Herbert Salwey M.A.
the Rural District Council meeting.
late senior student of that house, and chaplain to
Easthampstead union. The church of St. Andrew, at The Union comprises ,the following places :— Binfield,
Crowthorne, Easthampstead, Sandhurst, Warfield &
Priestwood. was erected in 1888, at a cost of ¿781,
Winkfield. The population of the union in 1911 was
and is an edifice of red brick, with an apse; it will
17,550; area, 27.033 acres; assessable value in June,
seat 150, and is served by the rector
and curate.
1911, ¿89,948
There is also a parish room.' The Prim itive Methodist
Chairman
of the Board of Guardians, Charles Agace
chapel at Priestwood has sittings for 60 persons. The
Ferard, Winkfield manor, Ascot
fuel allotment has been sold, and the amount invested
Treasurer,
William Simonds, Reading
produces ¿60
yearly for co a ls; there are various
charities, amounting together to ¿S o yearly for dis­ Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Com m ittee,
Charles Barker Wilson, Bracknell
tribution. Here are remains of a Roman camp.^ E ast­
hampstead Park is the seat of the Marquess of X)°"n' Relieving k Vaccination Officer, Edwin George W right,
Wokingham road, Bracknell
sh ire: the mansion is a spacious edifice of brick and
stone, in the Elizabethan style, and stands in a park Assistant Relieving Officer k Collector to the Guardians,
George W. Manning, Park road, Bracknell
upwards of 650 acres in extent. This park once con­
tained a royal residence, inhabited by Richard II. in Medical Officers k Public Vaccinators: Binfield district,
G
uy B. Courtney M.D., B .S ., D .P.H .Cam b., M .R .C .S.,
1381, and Queen Catherine of Aragon, in 1531 ; James
L.R .C .P. Winton croft, Binfield; Bracknell district,
I. was also a
visitor here in 1622 and 1623. South
Hill Park, the seat of Lord
Haversham P.C. is a com­Edward Fielden M .B.. B.S. Church road, Bracknell;
Sandhurst district, James Russell M.D., C.M . Sand­
pact residence of brick, standing in a park of 800
h urst; Winkfield district. Dudley W illis Collings
acres, with four la kes; the private gardens, laid out in
M.B.Lond.. M .R .C .S.E n g., L.R.C.P.Lond. Cranbourne
terraces, are very beautiful. The principal landowners
The
Workhouse, a red brick building, was originally
are the Crown, the Marquess of Downshire, who is lord
built by W illiam W atts esq. of South Hill, as alm s­
of the manor, and Lord Haversham P.C. The soil
houses
in 1760, & enlarged & converted into a Union
is gravel and san d ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
Workhouse by the Marquess of Downshire in 1826, &
wheat and oats. The area is 5,279 acres of land, of
further enlarged in 1889. again in 1898, to hold about
which x,ooo acres or more are heath, the property of
200; Lionel W alter W illiam s, m aster; Rev. Herbert
the Crown, and 16 of w ater; rateable value, ¿10,223;
Salwey M .A. chaplain; Edward Fielden M B .. B.S.
the population in 1901 was 1,708, including 13 officers
medical officer; Mrs. Jane W illiams, matron
and n o inmates in the workhouse.

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