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B l'C K L E B U R Y .

B E R K S H IR E .

Ballard W illiam , Old Boot inn
* Barnard Joseph, Throe Crowns
•B arr Geo. Fdk. beer ret. H awkridge
Barr Tom A lfred,brick & tile m aker,
potter, tim ber & underwood m er­
chant, F rilsham pottery
Bate Francis J.P. artist, Beenham
H atch house
Bowden Ernest, head gamekeeper to
C.
E. Freeling esq. Chapel row
Britton
Clarissa
(M rs.),
farmer,
Bucklebury Common
Britton Jn. carpntr. Bucklebury Com
♦Brown A lbert John, F ir Trees P.H
♦Burgess Henry, farm er, New farm
Coles Thomas Geo. farmer, Buckle­
bury house
♦Crook W illiam , farm er, Byles green
Crooks George, gam ekeeper to C. E.
Freeling esq
♦Dance Jam es (Mrs.), farm er, Sadgrove farm
Fireside
Club
(A rth ur
Warwick
Sutton esq. J.P. president)
♦Fisher Charles,builder. Mnt.Pleasnt
♦Fisher Frederick, builder, decorator,
plum ber & sanitary en gin eer;
specifications k
estimates p re­
pared, Slade

♦Ford Sidney Harold, gro. Post office
Freeman Geo. cowkeeper, Chapel row
Grace George, farm er, Hillfoot farm
♦Haigh Jas. farm er, Hill House farm
Harris John W. farm bailiff to A. W.
Sutton esq. J.P. Bucklebury Place
K ing David W illiam , ironfounder,
engineer & agricultural implement
maker
♦Lailey WTm. bowl turner, Byles grn
Layley Arth. farm er, Copyhold farm
Lay ley
George W am ian, farmer,
Shingleton’s farm
Marchant W illiam , gardener to F.
Bate esq. J.P
•Morton Charles, farmer, Holly farm
♦Osgood George, carrier, Sadgrove
Bottom
aPatev Jas. farm er,Green’s Old farm
Pauling Frederick,farm er, Lower com
♦Prior Geo. beer retailer, Hawkridge
Reed Joseph, head gamekeeper to Sir
W. Cameron Gull bart. J.P
•R um ble Geo. coal dir. Tom lin's frm
S cutter James, farm er, Jewel’s farm
hutte Sydney R. Bladebone inn,
Bucklebury Common ; every accom ­
modation for cyclists k visitors
Snell Arthur, poultry dlr.The Avenue

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Thomas Alfred, farm bailiff to Sir
W. Cameron G u ll bart. J.P. Hawkbridge
♦Willsher W illiam , farmer, Winch­
combe farm
M ARLSTON.
(Letters through Newbury.)
Palmer Right Hon. George William
P C ., J.P. Marlston house (Tele­
gram s, “ Herm itage ” ) ; & Queen
Anne’s mansions S W, & Devon­
shire, Reform & National Liberal
clubs, S W, London
C O M M ER CIA L.

Bastin Jasper, farm er, Home &
Cole farms
Beak Gerald, farm bailiff to the
Right Hon. G. W. Palm er P.C.,
J.P. Boars Hole
Dockerill Benjam in, head gardener to
the Right Hon. G. W. Palmer
P .C ., J.P
Gunter Charles,farm er, Marlston frm
Marlston Club (Francis Maundrell,
sec)

B U R C H E T T S G R E E N is a ham let situated on an taining about 100 head of d e e r; the park is noted
elevation commanding an extensive view of the sur­ for its magnificent avenues of lime trees, which were in
rounding country and adjoining the beautiful demesne existence at the time of the previous house, one of
of Hall Place, 3^ miles west from Maidenhead. A which leads to the mansion, the others extending right
sm all portion of this ham let is in the parish of Bisham and left. The land is the property of Sir G. A. Clayton
and the rem ainder in the parish of H urley, in the East bart. The population is included in the respective
E astern division of the county. Maidenhead petty parishes.
sessional division and county court district of Henleyon-Thames.
A school chapel was opened here and Post Office.— W illiam Lowe, sub-postmaster. Letters
from Maidenhead at 7 .1 5 & 11.30 a.m. & 7 .1 5 p .m .;
licensed by the late Bishop W ilberforce, February 28th,
sundav, 7 .1 5 a.m. ; box cleared at 8.25 a.m. & 12.40 &
1869; but the services have been discontinued for some
7 -I5 p.m. ; sundays, 11.15 a.m. The nearest money
years; the vicar and churchwardens of H urlev are
order & telegraph office is at Littlew ick Green, 1
trustees and managers. Hall Place, the seat of Sir
mile distant
G ilbert A ugustus Clayton E ast bart. J.P. is a Georgian
mansion of red brick, built in 1728, standing in a pic­ Parochial School (m ixed), for 84 ch ild ren ; average
turesque, well-wooded park of about 160 acres, con­
attendance, 58 ; Miss Em ily Langdon, mistress
rx

P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

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C O M M ER CIA L.

Carew-Gibson Mrs. Gorseland
| Croxford Thomas, beer retailer
East Sir Gilbert A ugustus C la yto n ! Dawes W illiam , shopkeeper
bart J.P. Hall Place
¡Jones W illiam , cowkeeper
Wade George, Stubbings m anor
Lee A ugustus D. & Son, builders
B U R G H F I E L D is a parish,
m iles south-east from
Theale station on the G reat W estern railway and 5
south-west from Reading, in the Southern division of
the county, hundred of Theale, Bradfield union, Read­
in g petty sessional division and county court district,
ru ral deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and
diocese of Oxford. The river K ennet flows on the
north. The church of the Virgin M ary, rebuilt at a
cost of £2,500, and re-constructed in June, 1843, is
an edifice of brick and stone in the Romanesque style,
consisting of chancel, rebuilt in 1892, at a cost of
£2,000. entirely defrayed by the late Richard Benyon
esq. of Englefiield (d. 1897), Miss Sophia C. Thursby,
of Brighton, and Arthur Harvey Thursby esq. D .L ., J.P.
late of Culverlands, nave, transepts and an octagonal
western tower with a small dome and containing 6
b e lls : the tower was restored in 1901 at the sole cost of
Ernest Chance esq. : at the west end is a stained win­
dow, presented by the Rev. Henry Curtis Cherrv M.A.
rector from 1827; the Rev. F .' B. Boyd, a "former
rector, presented the church with five stained w indow s;
a stained window was also erected by the Rev. Benjamin
Bradney Bockett M .A. vicar of Epsom (1839-83), in
m em ory of his brother and two sisters; and another
has been placed in the south transept by A rth ur
H arvey Th ursby esq. D .L ., J.P. late of Culverlands. in
m em ory of his father and m other; the east window,
placed in 1892 by Miss Sophia Charlotte Thursby, of
Brighton, is a m em orial to the Rev. W illiam Ford
T h u rsby B .C .L . rector of Bergh-Apton, Norfolk (d.
1893), and Eleanor Mary, his w ife; in the tower there
are two stone effigies and one of oak, all of early d a te ;
a floor stone inscribed to the Rev. Garnans Daunser
M .A. 1676, has been found under the old chancel:
there are 608 sittings, 402 being free. A new burial ;
ground, adjoining the old churchyard, was consecrated
in 1886. The register dates from the year 1563. The
livin g is a rectory, net yearly value £589, with resi­

Lowe W illiam , baker, Post office
Minchinton Charles, insurance agent
Randall Frederick W illiam , farmer
Reddan Tim othy, Crown P.H
Windsor Thomas W illiam , cattle dir

dence and 13 acres of glebe, -in the gift of the Earl
of Shrewsbury and Talbot, and held since 1911 by the
Rev. W illiam Henry George M.A. of Selwvn College,
Cambridge. The Mission room, Burghfield Common,
the property of the trustees of the late Horatio Bland
esq was form erly Mr. Bland’s museum : the collections
are now in the museum at Reading: in 1886 it was
reseated bv the trustees, and it will now seat 200
persons. There are also Wesleyan and Prim itive Metho­
dist chapels. The Brightw ell charity, for the appren­
ticeship of poor boys of the parish, now yields an annual
income of £23 19s. There are three other charities
with an aggregate income of £27 yearly, which is
given to aged poor persons. There are three alms­
houses for widows, situated in the parish of Tilehurst,
built and endowed by the late Miss Mary Lyne. Thè
knightly fam ily of W illiams resided here in the 16th
century and subsequently the Pottenger family. C u l­
verlands, the seat of Col. Sir Charles Wvndham Murray
C.B . is situated in extensive and picturesque grounds,
commanding a magnificent view of about 16 miles of
undulating country; in 1881 it was entirely renovated
and a new wing and stables added. Highwóods, a very
handsome residence, is the residence of W. Graham
Loyd esq. Hillfields is the residence of Henry George
W illink esq. M .A., J.P. G illiat Edward Hatfeild esq.
of Morden Hail, Surrey, is lord of the manor. The
principal landowners are James H erbert Benyon esq of
Englefield (lord lieu t.), William George Watson esq.
of Sulham stead. Alfred Palmer esq. of Wokefield Park,
Rev. Harvey W. G. Thursby M.A, rector of Burghè
Apton, Norfolk, and Henry George W illink esq. M .A.,
J.P. Ernest Chance esq. is also the owner of consider­
able property in the village. The soil is loam ; subsoil,
gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
oats and beans. The area is 4,262 acres of land and 47
acres of w ater; rateable value, £ 8,16 3; the population
in 1901 was 1,352.