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B E R K S H IR E .

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basket ma.4
ma.46 S tert st
Trinp John M. furniture broker, 5 W est St. Helen street 1 Westcott George, Bee Hive P H k; basket
Tripp Tom, shopkeeper, 116 Ock street
I Whale Sarah (M rs.), b w r e W f t r,.» ?Market
M arketplace
place
Wheeler
Alphens
Ben
Brickland,
tailor,
16
Bath street
Trotman Daniel Edward, baker, 6 Ock street
Wheeler
George
H.
builder
&
contractor,
61
Vineyard
Tyrrell W illiam Henry, tobacconist, 4 The Square
W heeler Rose (Mrs.), draper, 109a,-Ock street
Varder W illiam , insurance agent, 51 Bath street
W hitehead Vernon Allred F. motor engineer, 32 Ock st.
Vasey Henry, rope & twine m anufacturer, 22 Vineyard
& 49 S tert street
Vasev William Jas. photographer, 12 to 16 Broad street
uura .M arket place
_
W hittaker John, tobacconist, 13 Bridge street
Veitch Clara (M rs.), Queen’s, hotel,
Viner John Henry, senior sergeant-at-mace &keeper ol W hittington Mary (Miss), dress maker, 45 Bostoek aven
Guildhall 2 The Abbey
W hittington M ary Ann M rs.), shopkeeper, 30 Vineyard
V in e; 'M oth ers d ra p ers? * M arket place
Wiblin W illiam , Ock Street Horns P.H 204 Ock street
Viney L. (Mrs.), draper, 3 High s t r e e t
Wicks Frank H. librarian, Free Public Library, H igh st
Volunteer Fire Brigade (John T . MoHand esq. chief
Wiggins H arry, carpenter,^39 Ock street^
W iggins Joseph, butcher & carrier, 28 W est St.H elen sfc
officer); head quarters, Borough buildings
Waite Stephen, printer & stationer, 20 Lombard street W illiam s Em m a Kate (Miss), corset m aker, Spring rd
W illiam s James, beer retailer, 31 Vineyard
W alker & Co.’s Stores, grocers, 8 High street
Wilson Laura (Miss), laundress, 80 Spring road
W alter Henry, fancy repository, 11 Broad street
Ward W alter Wallace, ‘accountant (firm , Critchley & W in s h ip G e o r g e F .G .S ., A .M .I.C .E . civil engineer &
surveyor, borough surveyor, inspector for Urban D is­
W ard), 8 East St. Helen street
trict Council, inspector of common lodging houses &
Warren Thomas Budd, sanitary inspector & highway
manager & engineer to borough waterworks, Borough
surveyor for Abingdon R ural D istrict Council, Y o ik
buildings
house, East St. Helen street
W
inter R. W. & Co. corn & flour merchants & m illers
W ater Works (Borough) (George Winship F .G .S .,
(steam & water), St. Helen’s & Ock m ills
A .M .I.C .E . engineer & manager), W ootton; office,
Winter
W illiam , grocer, 15 Bath street
Borough buildings
Winterbourne
Harry, hair dresser, 4 & 6 Broad street
Webb Heber, shopkeeper, 65 Vineyard
W itham & Son, watch & clock m akers, 45 Stert street
Welch Edwin J. Fox & Hounds P.H. 66 Vineyard
Woodford
Edward
Vivian Russell M V t.C .S .E n g .L .R C .P.
Wells Thos. refreshment rooms, 21 E ast St. Helen st
Lond. surgeon, m edical officer No. 1 district, Abing­
Wenn & Elsom. chartered accountants, 12 Stert street
don union & medical- officer to the W orkhouse, 59
W est Jn.Geo.T.architect & survyr.The Knowl,52 S te rt st
Ock street
W estall Arthur Ernest, leather cutter, 6 Bridge street
W right A. J. inspector of w eights & measures (A bing­
W estall Edward, boot maker, 4 Bridge street
don & Wallingford districts), residence at Reading
W estbury & Son, corn dealers, 14 Ock street
Westbrook Minnie McPherson (Aliss), boys’ private Y ates John, boat builder, Wilsham road
Young Men’s Christian Association (Sydney French,
school, 4 Park road
hon. sec.), 29a, Ock street
Westcombe Isaac, treasurer to the Abingdon Union &
Rural D istrict Council & to the Culham Rural District
Council, Albert park
A L D E R M A S T O N is a pleasant village and parish on M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. There are almsthe Hants border w ith station i f m iles from the village, houses for four widows, built in 1706, by the Rev^
on the Huncrerford and Devizes branch of the Great Robert Dixon, form erly vicar nere, and endowed about
W estern railway, 46 miles by rail and 49 by road from 1849 with ¿15 0 left by H. D. Burr esq. ; two of these
London, 10 south-west from Reading, 9 south-east from houses have been rebuilt by C. E. Keyser esq. : the
N ewburv in the Southern division of the county, hun- charities for church purposes amount to ¿ 7 17s. 6d.
dred of Theale Reading p etty sessional division, union yearly. The Parish Hall, built in 1897, by C. E. Keyser
of Bradfield, county ' court district of Newbury, rural esq. at a cost of about £ 1,000, is used for various
deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese purposes. In 1903 a water supply was provided for the
.e O
r\-c
a .; in the Domesday fHio
of
xford
this nlupp
place is
is piven
given as
as village by C. E. Keyser esq. ; works were erected and
“ ^Eldremanestone ”
and
Heldrem anestune.”
The a well sunk 262 feet deep, 80 feet of which was cut
church of St. Mary, anciently belonging to the Bene­ through solid chalk; the water is drawn by m achinery,
dictine priory of SS. Mary and John the Baptist, at and flows into a series of tanks for the purpose of
West Sherborne. Hants, is an ancient structure of flint softening it ; it is then pumped into a large reservoir
and rubble, standing in the park of Aldermaston Court, situate on the top of the Arbour Hill, whence it flowsand consists of chancel, nave, south chapel and a west­ bv gravitation into every house and cottage in the
ern tower, with spire, containing 8 bells and a clo ck ; v illage; it is estimated th at the supply would amount
the east window of the chancel is Early English, con­ to 100,000 gallons per day. Near the village is A ldersisting of three lancets under one arch ; m ost of the maston Court, a modern mansion in the Tudorother windows are Decorated, and several new stained Elizabethan style, rebuilt by Philip Hardwick esq.
windows have been added; in the south chapel is a architect, in 1849, after the partial destruction by fire
Decorated piscina, a brass to W illiam Forster esq. high of the old house, rebuilt by Sir Hum phrey Forster bart.
sheriff of Berks, died in 1574, also several m ural in 1636, and subsequently the residence of the Con­
paintings, discovered in 1896; in the windows on the greves ; the chimney stacks, which belong to a very
north side of the chancel are two panels of glass of the early period, also a beautifully carved oak staircase,
13th centurv, representing the Annunciation ; the tower were taken from the old mansion and placed in the
is of the Decorative period, with a Norman doorway new; since 1894 the house, which stands on an em in­
builc in at the west end; the pulpit is of finely carved ence’ in a park of 1,000 acres of finely varied scenery,
oak ; under the arch of the south transept is an altar with groves of oak, hawthorn and yew, has been con­
tomb of alabaster, with recumbent effigies, to Sir siderably enlarged, and is now the seat of Charles
George Forster K .B . sheriff of Berks, who died 7th Edward Keyser esq. M .A., F .S .A .. D .L , J.P ., C.C. the
December, 1533, and his wife Elizabeth, grand-daughter lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is
and heiress of Sir Thomas De la Mere kt. who died in gravel. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The
1526; around the sides, under canopies, were eleven area is 3,693 acres of land and 49 of w ater; rateable,
small m ale figures in armour and eight females in value, ^3,942; the population in 1901 was 482.
angular head dresses, but one of each has disappeared ;
Sexton, Harry Nash.
at the west end of the tomb are the kneeling figures Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Frederick Clark, sub-post­
of his son and heir, afterwards Sir Humphrey Forster
master. Letters arrive from Reading at 6.50 a.m.
bart. and his wife, a daughter of Lord Sandys, of I he : & 12.20 & 5.55 p .m .; Sundays, 6.50 a .m .; dispatched
Vine, lord high treasurer to K ing Henry V III ; there
at 12.55 & 6.35 p.m . ; Sundays, 6.15 p.m
are also monuments to Ralph Congreve esq. and a
helm et; in 1896 the church was thoroughly restored, Elementary School (m ixed & infants), built in 1837, for
135 children, & enlarged in 1897 by C. E. Keyser
new roofed, and reseated at the sole expense of C. E.
esq.;
average attendance, 120; Alfred Randall,
Keyser e s q .: there are 250 sittings, 125 being free.
m a ste r; Miss Mary Monger, infants’ mistress
The register dates from the year 1558- The living is
an unendowed vicarage, net yearly income £ 300, with­ Railway Station, George Jones, station m aster
out residence, in the gift of Charles E. Keyser esq. and
held since 1888 by the Rev. Faulknor Russell Horwood Constable in charge, Henry W alker
(Marked thus f receive their letters Horwood Rev. Faulknor Russell M .A. Neighbour Walter, The Cottage
Phillipps Col. Henry
through Beenham, Reading.)
Vicarage
p r iv a t e r e s id e n t s .
Keyser Charles Edward M .A ..F .S A.. tS tran ge Francis Gerald. Brewery ho
Teichmann
Oskar M .A., F .R .G .S
Farquharson Edward Geo. W asing lo
D .L ., J.P ., C.C. Aldermaston court
Frampton Mrs
Kitcat. Rev. David M.A. The Dene