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WOODLANDS

ST.

MARY.

B E R K S H IR E .

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W O O D L A N D S S T . M A E Y is an ecclesiastical acres of glebe, in the gift of Major John Aldridge, and
parish form ed in 1838 out of the civil parish of Lam- held since 1890 by the Rev. Reginald Peacock M.A. of
bourn. I t is about 5 m iles north-east from Hunger- Trinity College, Cambridge. The Earl of Craven, who
ford station on the Reading and Bath section of the is lord of the m an or; Henry Cubitt Gooch esq. of In­
Great W estern railway and about the same distance holmes, in the Woodlands, and Sir Francis Burdett
south-east from Lam bourn, in the Southern division of bart. are the principal landowners. The soil is a thin
the county, Lam bourn hundred and petty sessional clay; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
division, H ungerford union and county court district, oats and turnips. The area is 3,502 a c re s; the popu­
ru ra l deanery of Newbury, and archdeaconry of Berks lation in 1901 was 341.
Sexton, Mark Billingham
and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Mary is an
edifice of flint and stone in the E arly Decorated style, Post & T. Office.— Henry H. Best, sub-postmaster. Let­
ters from Hungerford arrive at 8.35 a.m. & Lamerected, together with a parsonage house and school­
bourn at 7.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 12 noon & 5.55
room in 1852^ and endowed by the munificence of the
p.m. Chilton Foliat is the nearest money order office
Misses S e ym o u r: the church consists of chancel, nave
and north aisle and a tu rret at the north western Pillar Box cleared at 7.15 a.m. & 5.15 p.m
angle containing one bell: there are 200 sittings. The Elem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1852 & class-room
added in 1878, for ^ « .ch ild ren ; average attendance,
register dates from the year 1842. The living is a
59 ; Miss A. R. Evant,, mistress
vicarage, net yearly value £221, with residence and 9
(Marked thus * letters received
Bush Thos. frm r.WoodlandsLodge fm 1Oakes Chas.beer retailer & blacksmth
through Hungerford.)
Candy James, beer retailer
|Ody Francis J. farmer,Kingswood frm
Inholmes \Palm er Hy. Martin, farm er, Fox frm
Gooch Henry C ubitt, Inholmes
*Dodds James, farmer,
Palmer Wm. farm er, Bottom farm
Peacock Rev. Reginald M.A. Vicarage
Common farm
Palm er Wm. farmer, Dixon’s farm
Trier Dennis Claude, The Holt
Hadrill W illiam Edward, farmer
Pearce Arthur, farm er, Leigh farm
c o m m e rc ia l.
Hellard Tom, farmer, Belchers farm
Pearce Charles, farmer, Licqueed frm
Adam s Alexander, gamekeeper to Hussey Harry, farmer, Hildrop farm
Pickett Fannv (M rs.), Hare & Hounds
H. D. Bates esq
Keep William, farmer, W illis farm
P.H
Beard L. & J. farmers, Hills & King W illiam, farm er, Burgess farm
Risby Charles, gamekeeper to Hy.
H urst farms
Mackrell Alfred, wheelwright
C ubitt Gooch esq
Bew George, wheelwright
Manchester Charles & Sons, farmers,
Trier Dennis Claude, estate agent to
Bew Henry H. baker & grocer, Post off
Battens farm
Bunce George Dauphine,
farm er, Nobes Henry, gardener to H en ry; Henry Cubitt Gooch esq. The Holt
Rook’s Nest farm
Cubitt Gooch esq
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W O O D L E Y a n d S A .N D F O R D form a liberty in incloses the organ cham ber: there are 260 sittings,
the Eastern division of tne county, hundred of Sonning, The register dates from the year 1881. The living is a
petty sessional division and union of Wokingham, county j vicarage, net yearly value ¿255, with residence, in the
court district of Reading and in the rural deanery of gift of th e Vicar of Sonning, and held since 1881 by the
Sonning, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Rev. Ernest Angel Gray LL.M . of Trinity Hall, CamWoodley was formed into a separate ecclesiastical district bridge.
Here is a Congregational chapel, erected in
May 10, 1881, out of the parish of Sonning, and is
1834, with 120 sittings. The area of Woodley and Sandm iles north-east from Earley station on the Reading ;ford liberty is 3,519 acres of land and 90 of w a te r; ratebranch of the London and South W estern railway, and ;able value, .£18,357 ; the population in 1901 was, of the
about 3^ east from Reading. The church of St. John liberty 987, and of the ecclesiastical parish, 614.
the Evangelist, built in 1873, at a cost of ¿£5,000, by the ! Parish Clerk, Joseph Parsons.
late Robert Palm er esq. of Holme Park, Sonning, from Post Office, Woodley.— George Aldridge, sub-postmasdesigns by Henry W’oodyer esq. of Guildford, is a build- i
ter. Letters received through Reading at 7.30 a .m .;
ing of flint and stone, in the Transition style between
dispatched at 8.50 a.m . & 1 & 6.45 p.m. ; Sundays,
arrive at 7.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 11.55 a m - Son­
the E arly E nglish and Decorated, and consists of chancel
ning, 3 miles distant, is the nearest money order &
nave, with north aisle, organ cham ber, vestry, south
telegraph office
porch and over it a turret containing 3 b ells: the principal feature of the interior is the triplet of arches
Pillar Box cleared at 8.50 a.m. & 1.15
& 6.45 p.m.;
between the nave and the chancel, supported on columns
Sundays, 11.55 a m
of dark Forest of Dean stone; the reredos is of Caen Elementary School (m ixed), enlarged in 1894 & 1896,
stone and E arly English and Italian alabaster and
for 196 ch ild ren ; average attendance, 47 boys & 47
marble, and has a sculptured group in the centre regirls ; Miss Ethel Parsons, mistress
presenting the C rucifixion: the east window is stained, Carriers to Reading.— George Grant, mon. tues. thurs.
and a beautiful arch partially filled by oak screen work
& sat. ; William Bonner, tues. thurs. & sat
c o m m e rc ia l.
|Nelson Jesse, carpenter & wheelwright
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Aldridge George, baker, Post office
Parsons Joseph, parish clerk
Burt W illiam , Bull & Chequers P.H Perry Albert E. decorator
Brown Mrs. Brighton cottage
Chapman Thomas, dairyman
Pither Thomas, farmer, Woodley frm
Francis Misses, Homeland
Gray Rev.Ernst. Angel LL.M .Vicarage Deadman W illiam , assistant overseer Righton Fredk. farmer, Sandford frm
Hearn Leonard, Chequers P.H
¡St. Luke’s Home for Sick Children
Gray Mrs. The Pollards
Lee Thomas Francis, farmer, Cole- j (Miss E. K. Pantin, matron)
Harris Arthur, Lanes farm
jSpong
Miss Winifred, nurse
mans Moor & Lanes farms
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Morgan W illiam A. Oakfield
¡Wadhams John, blacksmith
Lovegrove Frederick, grocer
Player Misses, The Warren
IWebb Thomas. Land’s End P.H
Moore Thomas, gamekeeper
Rainsford Henry, Parkside
'Zilvo Fir nr Co. flour merchants
Toombes Herbert Geo. Sandford mill Mundy W alter, beer retailer
W O O L H A M P T O N is a parish and a pleasant village curate of this parish, is used for lectures, entertainon the London and Bath road, with a station on the ments &c. and serves also as a club for the working
G reat W estern railway called Midgham and 49! miles men of the village ; Evangelistic and other services are
south-west from London, 7 east from New bury and 10 j frequently held in the hall. A drinking fountain, the
south-west from Reading in the Southern . division of j gift of Miss Blyth, was erected here in 1897, at a cost
the county, hundred of Theale, petty sessional divi- of ¿£300, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her
sion, union and county court district of Newbury, rural , late M ajesty Queen Victoria. The charities amount to
deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and dio- ¿6 5 yearly value. Woolhampton Park, the property and
cese of Oxford. The church of St. Peter, situated on j residence of Capt. Count Dudley Beaumont Gurowski,
an eminence, is a structure of flint, in the Gothic style, is a handsome mansion of red brick, in a well-wooded
consisting of chancel, nave and transepts, south porch park of.about 200 acres. Capt. Count Dudley Beaumont
and a sm all western tu rret w ith spire containing 3 Gurowski, who is lord of the manor, William Arthur
bells; it was rebuilt in 1857 at the expense of the late Mount esq. M .A., J.P ., M.P. of W asing Place and
James Blyth esq. and affords 2 0 0 sittings. The register George Frankum esq. are the principal landowners,
dates from the year 1636. The living is a rectory, net j The soil is gravel, clay and loam, with peat in Kennet
yearly value .£190, including 30 acres of glebe, with | v a lle y ; subsoil varies very much, principally clay and
residence, in the gift of the Church Pastoral Aid | gravel. T he area is 707 acres of land and 1 2 of water;
Society, and held since 1901 by the Rev. H erbert j rateable value, £3,565; the population in 1901 was
Fitzackerley Freeman M.A. of Corpus Christi College, ■472, exclusive of boys at Douai Abbey, which are inCambridge! Here is a Catholic church dedicated to j eluded in Aldermaston population.
St. M ary, and a small Congregational chapel built in Post, M. 0 . & T. Office (letters should have Berks
1768. The G ill Campbell Hall, erected by Miss Blyth j added).— Henry Coxeter, sub-postmaster.
Letters
as a memorial to the late Rev. Gill Campbell, formerly * arrive at 6 a.m . 12 noon & 6.45 p.m. ; Sundays 7.30