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market place. The government I stone facings, containing a marble altar .
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E to a b e th g ra n te d in 1583 and con firm ed and
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a Hv Tames I in 1612. U nder th e p rovision s of an?nht h e Ito°wn“ T c o n v e n t of th e F ren ch S iste rs of th e
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“ M u n icip al C orp oration s A c t, 18 82” (45 and 4® P resen tatio n of th e B lessed V ir g in from T o u rs t0
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a new ch a rte r of in corpo ratio n , dated
Is a tta c h e d a C a th o lic ch ap el, w h ic h is open to th e
Ju ly 1885, was gra n te d , c o n s titu tin g W o k in g h am
f m S p a l b o ro u gh ! its lim its b ein g co term in ou s
S T h e a l Bap“ t' ch ap el w as first foun ded in 17741
p resen t b u d d in g is a com m od iou s edifice of red b rick ,
th those of the L o ca l G o v ern m en t d is tric t, and the
m u n icip al body now con sists of a m ayor, four a ld e r­
re b u ilt in 1861, and has 55 ° si ' n ” Sg70 „ i l l seat 300
men and tw elve cou n cillors, u nder th e nam e of
The
T h e W esleyan ch ap el, b u ilt in 1870,
Mayor A ld e rm en and B u rg esses of th e B oro u g h of
W o k in gh am .” T h e tow n is lig h te d w ith gas ( from
PeT h e SPrim itive M ethodist chapel, built in 1857, has
works fo rm e rly b elo n gin g to a com p an y form ed m
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fro m w o r k s s it u a t e d a t t h e s o u t h - w e s t end . < * t h e t o w n :
th e w a t e r is o b ta in e d f r o m an a r t e s ia n w e ll, 408
d e e p s u n k in t h e u p p e r c h a lk b e d s , a n d is c o n v e y i d
t o r e s e r v o ir s c a p a b le o f c o n t a i n in g 150,000 g a l l o n s : m
a d d itio n to W o k in g h a m , t h e c o m p a n y s u p p lie s B in fie ld ,

IO? n 1 h e ncgentre of the town stands a block of buildings,
consisting of the^ Town Hall and Market H o u s e ^ re g e d ,

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narish es h ave been c re a te d one out of th e old p a n s n ,

T d respectively named W ithin and W ithout.
The parish church of All Saints is an ancient and
handsome building of stone, principally m the Early
Fncrlish style, and consists of chancel, clerestoned nave
o “ gs’ bays, aisles, transepts, south porch and an em
battled western tower- containing a clock and 8 bell
recast in 1003 at a cost of about £328. it was paiu>
restored by public subscription in the
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the tower in 1880, at a cost of £1,600. there is a
¿a t stone to the m emory of Dr. Thomas Goodwin,
Bishop of Bath and Wells (1584-9°). who was a native
of this town (1517) and died here 19th November
t o o t h e tower? nave and font all date from about
4 ? ° :' the windows, with one exception, are all stained ■
in 1807 a new organ was provided at a cost of ¿ ' . 45 °’ •
there are 850 sittings. The register dates from the year
1674. The living was declared a rectory
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,866 net yearly value ¿240, with residence, in the gift
of the Bishop' of Oxford, and held since 1904 bv the
Rev Bertram Long M.A. of St. John’s College Cam ­
b r id g e a n d surrogate. The Town Hall was authorised
January 23rd, 1889, as the vestry room for the parish
° f T h e kC hurc™ 'H ou se for th is p a rish , erecte d in.190 1-2 .
a t a cost of ab ou t ¿ 1 ,7 9 5 - and °P™ «d 9 ApnJ- T9» '
contains a la rg e h all, class room , store and cloak
room s, tea k itch e n etc. and is u sed for “ e e t“ S * * ” d
classes in connection w ith ch u rc h w ork, en terta in m en ts
and oth er purp oses.
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bold and slightly ornamented knops, and a la rg r
at the b a se ; scrolled brackets support the head, round
which are four plain tablets divided by s u ta o w m and
soroU work; above is a crrclet of crosses and fl.nrsi oe
lis, from which springs an open arched crown w ^
orb and cross: on the flat top are the royal m
within a garter with supporters etc. and on the ma

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acorns : the seal is round and bears an
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leaves, encircled by the word WOKiNCxBAM .
County Police station, -which is situated in the Keetory

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Fe°ftt in t4 5 Si elgbt“ almshouses for deserving poor, each of
whom receives an allowance of coal, grocery an
weekly The Victoria almshouses, bu ilt in 18 7
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St Paul’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Julj
28, 1S63, from All Saints; the church, built by the late
John W alter esq. of Bear Wood (d. 1894), and cOTsecrate
July 23rd, 1864, is an edifice of stone in the Decorated
style of the 14th and 15th centuries and °™ sists of
chancel, nave of 6 hays, aisles north porch and a
western tower with two tiers of « ocketed p‘n? u ls
with flying buttresses, and spire containing 8 bel ■
the aisles were added in 1874 at a cost of ¿ 4 , 5?°;> 01
which ¿4,000 was given by Mr. W alter : the
and others in the north and south aisles are stained
there are over 600 sittings, 311 being ¡te e ,
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estimate does not include, the seats in the.4 hancelk,j"
Mr. W a lters aisle, or those for the children. The
register dates from the year 1864. The living war
declared a rectory A ugust 31st. 1866, net >'aarl> Ti,,!“ !
about ¿240. with residence, in the gift of John
esq. of Bear Wood, and held since 1896 by the¡R ev.
Henry Major W alter M A. of Oriel College, Oxford, and
chaplain to Wokingham union.
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St. Sebastian’s is an ecclesiastical parish, f° ™ ? °
March 28, 1871, out of A ll Saints’ and St. P a u ls ; th
church, situated 2^ miles from the town, was built by
subscription in 1864 at a cost of about £900, an 2,
edifice of red brick w ith stone facings, m the Lai ly
English style, consisting of chancel and nave o n ly, in
1882 a vestry was added and the chancel re-decorated
and fitted with oaken stalls at a cost of ¿510 , defrayed
bv the Rev. A. Carr, then vica r; there are 100 sittin .,
all being nominally free, but some are a° nuanJ aPP™;
printed bv the churchwardens. The register dates: from
the vear 1864. The living is a vicarage, net. yearly
value ¿210. with residence, in the gift of the Bis op10
Oxford? and held since ,896 by the Rev. George Knapp
Turner M.A. of New College, Oxford.
The Catholic Church of Corpus C hnsti. erected on
the Terrace in 191°, is a building of red brick,

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there is a te q u L t by Archbishop L au d of ¿ 4 3 a year
to be expended every third year in portioning poor
maidens and the other two years in apprenticing
h , nf the parish. George Staverton, in x66i, le ft a
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a at Staines the rent of -which should be applied
to T h e purchase of a bull, to be baited at Christm as
The London Open-Air Sanatorium, at Pinewood, built
and eouipped in 1901 at a cost of £40 000, stands in
R s owqn f o u n d s & eighty-two acres on the Bagshot
^ I n ' the Rose Inn here, John G ay, the poet. Dr
Arbuthnot, Pope, and Dean Sw ift are related to have
once been weather-bound, and to have whiled
the time by com m em orating in verse the charms
tb H?athlands, ^ b o u t 2^ miles from the town, a wellbuilt mansion of brick standing in p lea sa n t grounds,
is the property and residence of W. Howard Palmer
esq J P. and has been m uch improved. Ravenswood,
the seat of Mrs. Sm ith, is about 3 .™ lles S0Ui d “
k e tow n; the h o u se ^ tan d s on hrgh g r e m M m j n
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le e p Hatch a pleasant
residence, standing on an elevated site, is the seat