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WHITE WALTHAM.

B E R K S H IR E .

W H I T E W A L T H A M (fo rm erly B u r y T ow n
or W a lth a m A b b o tts ) (for Abbas) forms a parish
and irregular village, 4 miles south-west from the sta­
tion at Maidenhead, 10 east from Reading, 7 south-east
from Henley, and 8 west from Windsor, in the Eastern
division of the county, Beynhurst hundred, Maidenhead
petty sessional division, Maidenhead union, county court
district of Windsor, rural deanery of Maidenhead, arch­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of O xfo rd ; part of the
village extends into the parish of Shottesbrooke. The
church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building of flint with
stone dressings, was rebuilt, with the exception of the
chancel and m ortuary chapel, in 1868, and is in the
Norman and E arly English styles, consisting of chancel,
nave of three bays, m ortuary chapel, south porch and
a western tower containing 6 bells and a striking clock
erected in 1893 as a memorial to the late W. J. Beadel
■esq. M.P. of Brentwood, Essex, d. 1892: the north aisle
and tower were added, principally at the expense of the
la te Charles Sawyer esq. of Heywood, the late Charles
Ellis esq. of W hite W altham Place, restoring the m or­
tuary chapel belonging to the estate : an organ chamber
was erected on the north side of the chancel in 1889
by Lieut.-G en. Sawyer as a m em orial to his late wife
at a cost of £546, and in 1892 a new organ in a hand­
some oak case was erected at a cost of £400; in taking
down the walls of the old church a group of alabaster
figures was found, supposed to have formed part of the
rered o s: the chancel walls appear to have been covered
with m ural p ain tin gs; nearly all the windows are
-stained, and there are 300 sittings. The register dates
«from the year 1563, and contains a list of the vicars
of this parish from 1309, Simon of Ghent being then
Bishop of Salisbury, of winch diocese Berkshire con­
tinued to form a part until October 5th, 1836. The
iivin g is a vicarage, annexed to the Rectory of Shottes­
brooke, joint net yearly value ^304, w ith glebe and resi­
dence, in the gift of Basil G uy Oswald Sm ith esq. and
held since 1905 by the Rev. Richard Holmes M .A. of
C h rist’s College, Cam bridge. The old parish stocks and
whipping post are still to be seen here. In 1906 a
gym nasium was erected by B. G. 0 . Sm ith esq. of
Shottesbrooke Park, for the use of the school children
and the young men of the parish.
There are sums
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Brownrigg Capt. Sir Douglas E. R.
bart
Davies Capt. W arburton Edward,
Waltham place
Fenwick Noel, Manor house
Ferguson Mrs. Albert cottage
Holmes Rev. Richard M .A . Vicarage
Palmer Greville H. Heywood lodge
Sm ylie Rev. W illiam George M.A.
(curate), Nethercliffe
W illoughby William Henry, Paley
sottage, Paley Street

e l l y ’s

P A L E Y ST R EE T is a small ham let, one mile and a
half south-east of W altham church, in the parish of
W hite W altham. Here
is a Congregational chapel,
connected with the “ Fifield Mission,” built in 1837, and
seating about 50.
Post Office, Paley street.— A rthur Medloe Mortimer,
sub-postmaster.
Letters through Maidenhead, de­
livered at 8.15 a.m. & 12.30 & 6.45 p.m. ; Sunday,
8.15
a .m .; dispatched at 8.50 a.m . & 12.55 & 6.55
p .m .; Sunday, 5.40 p.m. The nearest money order &
telegraph office is at Holyport, 2 miles distant
Elem entary School (m ixed), built in 1875, enlarged
about 1885, for 156 ch ild ren ; average attendance,
105; George Bell, master
County Police, Stephen Prior, constable

COMMERCIAL.

Archard W illiam ,builder & decorator,
Touchen-end, Paley Street
Arman W illiam
Blav Thomas, builder, Paley Street
Collett George A . Horse & Groom inn
Collins James, farmer, Sheepcote la.
Paley Street
Collins John, tim ber dir. Paley Street
Dodson Albert Henry, beer retailer,
Paley Street
Gym nasium (Wilfred Clark, caretkr)
Hall worth Philip, baker, Paley Street
Ham Albert, beer retailer

W I N

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amounting to ¿20 yearly for apprenticing, also ^38
yearly for distribution. W altham Place, the seat of
Capt. Warburton Edward Davies, is a fine building in
a well-wooded park of 105 acres, on the brow of a hill,
overlooking W hite W altham and commanding a fine
view of the surrounding country. Heywood Lodge, the
property of C. Sawyer esq. and now occupied by Greville H. Palmer esq. is a square white mansion, situated
in a fine park. B. G. 0 . Sm ith esq. of Shottesbrooke
Park, who is lord of the manor of Bury, George Dunn
and C. Sawyer esqrs. are the principal landowners.
The soil is very v ario u s; subsoil, chalk, gravel, and
clay in some parts. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
oats &c. T h e area is 2,638 acres of land and 5 of
water; rateable value, ^10,926; the population in 1901
was 850.
By Local Government Board Order 7,057, dated Oct.
9, 1877, a detached part of W hite W altham parish was
added to Shottesbrooke.
L ittle wick Green, with Woolley Green, in this civil
parish, have been formed into an ecclesiastical parish,
and will be found under the letter L.
Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— James C. Skinner, sub-post­
m aster. Letters arrive from Maidenhead at 6.45 &
11.45 a m - & I2-I5 & 7 -3° P-m - ; Sunday, 6.45 a.m .;
dispatched at 9.10 a.m. & 1.55 & 7.35 p.m. ; S u n d a y s,
5.5 p.m

Harman Henry, farmer, Paley Street
Horwood Fdk.A .frm r.Berry Court frm
Hughes James, carpenter
Mortimer A rth ur Medloe, grocer, &
post office, Paley Street
Seymour Edward John, Royal Oak
P.H. Paley Street
Shelton Wm . SI. farmer,Heywood fm
Skinner Charles George, wholesale
fruiterer, Sheepcote house, Paley St
Skinner James Christopher, baker,
Post office
Tomlinson John, farmer, How lane
W hite Brothers, farmers

D S O R

W INDSOR (or New W indsor), anciently called Windlesora, the “ winding shore ” (A.S. “ ora,” shore), is a
m unicipal and parliam entary borough, head of a petty
sessional division and of a county court district and a
m arket and union town on the navigable Thames, 22
m iles from London, 19 from Reading, 14 from Hampton
Court and 6 south-east from Maidenhead, in the
Eastern division of the county, hundred of Ripplesmere,
ru ra l deanery of Maidenhead, archdeaconry of Berks
and diocese of Oxford.
The town consists of New
W indsor and paTt of the suburb of Clewer, on the west.
Over the Thames, connecting the borough with Eton,
is a bridge 200 feet long and 29 feet wide, supported
by three arches of cast iron, the middle one being 55
feet span, resting on piers of g ra n ite ; the bridge is
now free of toll and was built in 1823. Lower down the
riv er are two brid g es: the Victoria bridge of one arch
to D atchet and the Albert bridge of four arches from
Old W indsor to Datchet.
The" town was given by
Edw ard the Confessor to W estm inster Abbey, but seems
to have first acquired importance by the building of
th e castle, in which William the Norman is said to have
lived. In 1276 it was made a free borough, then
receiving a charter from Edward I. renewed by later
sovereigns, till Charles II. granted a new charter, which
remained in force until the passing of the 11 Municipal
Corporations A ct ” in 1835. From the year 1302 (though
not uninterruptedly till 1244) the borough sent two
members to Parliam ent, until the passing of the
Representation of the People Act, 1867,” ^v which it

returns only one. By the 11 Boundary A ct, 1868, por­
tions of Clewer an d ’ Eton are included in the parlia­
m entary lim its.
The Corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen
and eighteen councillors, w ith a high steward, recorder,
treasurer and town clerk. There is a separate commis­
sion of the peace and court of quarter sessions. The
town was divided in A pril, 1886, into the Castle,^ Park
and Clewer wards, and is well built and p av e d ; lighted
with gas by a company formed in 1826, and also since
1898 by electricity, from works in Peascod street, the
property of a company-, the water supply is obtained
from works at Eton, the property of the W indsor Cor­
poration. Windsor, containing as it does the residence
of the Sovereign, is known as the “ Royal Borough,
and for the supply of the m any wealthy residents and
visitors the town has establishments and shops of a
higher class than are usually m et with in a place of its
size.
.
The London and South Western Railway Company
has a branch line from Wandsworth through Richmond
and Staines which crosses the river below Windsor, and
has its terminus in the Datchet road, immediately
adjoining the northern boundary of the castle, into the
grounds of which a private entrance has been made
for the convenience of His Majesty. The Great Western
railway has a branch from Slough, crossing the river
¡1 little above the town bv a bow bridge of peculiar
construction and term inating in George street on tne
west side of the castle; the terminal station was about