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NEW BURY.

B E R K S H IR E .

Wefcherall James, beer retailer, West mills
Wheeler David, Rose Sc Crown p .h . Northcroft lane
Wheeler Edward Collins, cycle agent, Mansion House street
Wherrell William, beer retailer, King’s road, Cheap street
Whickers Florence Mary (Miss), private school, 1 Castle
houses, Speen hill
Whiddett Jaraas, apartments, 46 Craven road
Whtitey William N. hair dresser, 3 Mansion House street
White Charles Cutter, market gardener, Stroud green
White George, Kennet & Avon canal agent, Canal wharf
White Louisa (Miss), dress maker, 84 Gloucester road
White Walter, dairyman, Warren farm, Wash common
Whitehorn George Edward, baker, 22 Bartholomew street
Whiteman & Co. printers, 70 Northbrook street
Whiteman Emily (Miss), apartments, 6 Northbrook street
Whiteman Francis, market gardener, Norfolk villa, Clifton rd
Whitington & Son, seedsmen, fruiterers & florists, 151 Bar­
tholomew street. T N 61X Nat
Whyman William, Cooper’s Arms inn, 39 Bartholomew street
Wickens Sc Son, carpenters, Bartholomew street
Wigmore James, grocer & tobacconist, Oxford st.Speenhamland
Wilder Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer, Wharf road
Willcock Sidney John, dairy, Broadway

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Willis Thomas, boot maker, 134 Bartholomew street
Wilson John Henry f . r .c . v . s . veterinary surgeon, Broadway
Wilson Richard Francis, butcher & game dealer, Broadway
Winchcombe Club (W. C. Freemantle, sec.), Marsh house
Windsor & Neate, ho ise furnishers. 23 & 24 Northbrook st
Winter Richard, watch maker, Pyle hill, Stroud green
Wintle George, linen draper, 10 & 11 Northbrook street
Wise John, clothier, 51 & 52 Cheap street
Witt Reginald J. butcher, 66 Cheap street
Wood Harry Fletcher, butcher, 41 Bartholomew street
Woodley George, beer retailer, The Folly, Stroud green
Woodspeen Reading Room (George Cooper, hon. sec.), Shaw rd
Woodward Francis, confectioner, 12 Cheap street
Working Men’s Club (Basil W. Thomas, sec.), Wash common
World’s Tea Stores Ltd. tea dealers, 17 Northbrook street
Wright Frederick, sec. to South Berks Liberal Association, 19
Bartholomew street
Wyllie Robert Gill m . b ., c . m . surgeon, medical officer & public
vaccinator No. 2 district, Newbury union, 92 Northbrook st
Wyman Sc Sons Limited, news agents, Railway station
Yalden William, coifee houso, 43 Bartholomew street
Young Women’s Christian Association (Miss Naomi Langford,
hon. sec.), Sheftord house, Northbrook street

N E W L A IT D , see Arborfield.

O A K L E Y G R E E N , see Bray.
O A R E , see Chieveley.
P A D W O R T H is a parish on the Kennet, one mile park-like grounds facing the Bath road, is the residence
south-east of Aldermaston station on the Hungerford uf Major Christopher W illiam D arby-Griffith J.P.
branch of the G reat W estern railw ay, and
south-west Major C. W. Darby-Griffith, who is lord of the manor,
from Reading, in the Southern division of the county, and James H erbert Benyon esq. of Englefield (lordhundred of Theale, union of Bradfield, petty sessional lieutenant of the county), are the principal landowners.
division and county court district of Reading, rural The soil is g ra v e l; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 1,089 acres
of Oxford. The church of St. John the Baptist is a of land and 21 of w ater; gross rateable value, £ 2,641;
very ancient building of flint and rubble of Norman the population in 1901 was 235.
date, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, south porch
Parish Clerk (vacant).
and a wooden tower over the western gable containing Padworth Post Office.— Francis Henry Faulkner, sub­
6 bells, dated respectively 1654, 1660, 1816, 1597 and
postmaster.
Letters through Reading, arrive at 8
1900; the other is sim ply inscribed: “ SANCTA-)a.m . & 1 & 6 p .m .; dispatched at 8 a.m. & 1 & 6
M ARIA-{- 0 RA-|-PK 0 4 -N 0 B I S ; ” the wall» are all of
p .m .; sunday, arrive at 8 a.m. & dispatched at 8
Norm an work, w ith inserted Perpendicular windows, and
а.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is
the Norman chancel arch has sculptured ca p s: the north
at Beenham (in Padworth)
and south doorways are recessed and have ornamented Beenham Post in Padworth, M. 0 . & T . Office.— Henry
a rch e s : the church was restored in 1890, at a cost ot
Matthews, sub-postm aster. Letters through Reading
£1,500, the chancel by the rector, and the nave by
arrive at 6.20 & 11.40 a.m. & 5.35 p.m . ; dispatched
Mrs. D arby-Griffith, the tower and belfry by Mr.
at 9.15 a.m . & 2.45 & 8.40 p.m. ; sunday, arrive at
Benyon and local su b scrib ers: there are 100 sittings.
б.20 a.m. ; dispatched, 6.35 p.m. Wall Box, near the
The register dates from the year 1607. The living is a
rectory, cleared at 8.15 a.m . & 1.30 & 6.13 p.m . ;
rectory, net yearly value £174, with residence and 27
S u n d a y s , 8.15 p.m
acres of glebe, in the g ift of the Lord Chancellor, and Pillar Box, School road, cleared at 7.15 a.m. & 12.15
held since 1888 by the Rev. W illiam Osbert Clinton
& 6.15 p .m .; Sundays, 7.15 p.m
M.A. of T rin ity College, Cam bridge. There is a charity
of £g 13s. 4d. yearly, present value for fuel, besides a Carrier to Reading.— W illiam Aldridge, tues. & sat
bread and clothing charity, and another of £8 7s. 4d. Elementary School, erected in 1874 by Mr. Benyon, for
yearly for educational purposes. Padworth House, a
78 children; average attendance, 4 1; Mrs. Albury,
mistress
handsome mansion standing on an eminence in fine
W illett A rth ur S. Padworth Common Parris John, farm bailiff to M ajor C.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Yorke Miss, Padworth common
W. Darby-Griffith
Scutt A rth ur Edwd. farm er & agent
B alding Mrs. The Laurels
COMMERCIAL.
Clinton Rev. William Osbert M.A.
to Maj. Darby-Griffith, Lodge farm
Bucknell John Pring, farm er, Old Irm Sm ith Alfred J. m iller (water), PadRectory
worth m ill
D arbv-Griffith
Major
Christopher Faulkner Mary (M rs.).gro.Round oak
Hearn A rth ur, blacksm ith
W illiam J.P. Padworth house
Sm ith Geo.coal m er.Aldermaston whf
K n igh t Daniel, shopkeeper
People’s Refreshment House Associa­
Froude Miss, The Croft
tion Lim ited, Round Oak P.H
Strange W illiam Draper,Bridge house Knipe Miss, girls’ school, Minton ho
P A N G B O U R N T E is a parish and large village beauti­ esq. is situated in
picturesque and Tetired s p o t: in
fu lly situate on the banks of the Tham es, with a station 1230 it was given by Robert de Bingham, Bishop of
on the G reat Western railway, 41J m iles by rail and 45 Salisbury, to the abbot and m onastery of Reading, and
by road from London, 5^ west-north-west from Reading on the dissolution of that house, Sir John Davis acquired
3nd 11 south from Wallingford, in the Southern division it by purchase, and it afterwards, in 1671, came into
of the county, hundred, petty sessional division and the possession of the late John Breedon esq. Bowden
county court district of Reading, Bradfield union, rural Green is the residence of James Ernest Spagnoletti
deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese esq. *Maidenhatch is the property and residence of
of Oxford. T he village is lighted with gas from works Lieut.-Col. W alter Thornton J.P. Rude implements of
erected in 1863. The church of St. James the Less is flint, together with the bones of m ammals, have been
an edifice of flint and stone in the Decorated style, found in the gravel pits here. D uring the summer
consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch months the place is m uch frequented by tourists and
and an em battled western tower containing a clock and anglers. George Booth Tate esq. who is lord of the
6 b e lls: in the church is a curious m onum ent with manor, Evelyn Hubert Foster esq. Lieut.-Col. W alter
effigy to Sir John Davis, ob. 1625, who was knighted Thornton J.P. and H erbert W atney M .A., M.D.,
a t the taking of Cales. in Spain: the pulpit is a beau- F .R .C.P.Lond. of Bradfield, are the principal land
tifu l specimen of carved oak in the Arabesque style; j owners. The soil is gravel; subsoil, gravel and chalk,
th ere are 300 s ittin g s ; all in the north aisle are free, j The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area
T he register dates from the year 1556. The livin g is a , is 1,931 acres of land and 9 of w ater; gross rateable
rectory, net yearly valne £360, with 4 acres of glebe value, £15*854; the population in 1891 was 883 and
•and residence, in the g ift of C. Minchin esq. and held in 1901 was 1*235.
sine? 1896 by the Rev. Joseph Henry Miles M A. of Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.
T rin ity College. Dublin. Here are Congregational and
— Edward Clifford, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive
Prim itive M ethodist chapels and a Friends’ Meeting
from Reading & are delivered at 7 & 9.15 a.m. (callers
onlv), 12.30 & 5.15 p.m. ; Sundays, 7 a.m. ; d is­
House. Breedon’s ch arity of £5 ¿.s. 6d. and Downing’s
f £ 4 15s. 6d. for coals are distributed yearly. Bere
patched at 10.30 a.m . & 12.5, 3.30, 8 & 8.45 p.m. ;
7 p.m
Court, the property and residence of George Booth Tate