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s w im m in g b a t h s , now used as t h e p r a c t i c e
t h e r e are about 150 members, in c lu d i n g boys.

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was presented in 1890 by James Daniel Morling Pearce
esq. of Craufurd Hall, then m ayor; this contains some
In October, 1885, the remains of a Roman villa were fine trees and the property has been vested in trustees
discovered at Folly Hill, near here, on land occupied for the purpose of prom oting the intellectual, moral
by Mr. R. Silver and Mr. S. Bird. Excavations made, and physical im provement of the people.
under the direction of Mr. J. Rutland, led to the con­
The population of the civil parish and borough in
clusion that the villa was a building of considerable 1871 was 6,173; 1881, 8,219; 1891, 10,607; 1901,
extent, and had been previously explored: portions of 12,980, and in 1911, 15,218.
many vessels of Samian ware, square flue pipes, roof
The area is 2,095 acres
land and 30 of w a te r; rate­
tiles, some fragm ents of m ural paintings, a bronze able value in 1911 was £95,231.
pin, an iron knife and two brass coins of Tetricus the
The populations of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1911
elder and Tetricus the younger, A.D. 267-73, were were St. Andrew and St. Mary Magdalene, 3,349, and
found, as well as a quern, or hand mill.
St. Luke, 8,441.
The Cottage Hospital, in St. Luke’s road, Norfolk
Parish Clerk of St. Luke’s, Harry Perry, 112 CordPark, was founded in 1880; it contains 17 beds and is wallis road.
supported in part by the patients, b u t principally by
BO YN E H ILL is a long, irregular village and eccle­
voluntary contributions; during the year 1910, 209
siastical parish, formed A ugust 10, 1858, out of the
patients were admitted.
Spoore’s charity provides £ 127 10s. yearly for educa­ civil parish of Brav and comprises the village of Boyne
tional purposes and apprenticing four b o y s ; Poole’s Hill, the outlying ham lets of Cox Green and T ittle
charity provides £30 yearly in clothing for the poor of Row, and parts of the town of Maidenhead near the
the parish of M aidenhead; Ring's bequest of £79 is station, but with the exception of Cox Green and
distributed in clo th in g; Rixm an’s of £58 is for ap­ T ittle Row the whole district of Boyne H ill is situated
prenticing and clothing children in the parish of Bray within and form s part of the borough of M aidenhead;
once in three years; and Merry’s of £ 5 is for education. Boyne H ill is on the south side of the great Bath road,
An almshouse for eight poor men and- their wives was 7 miles south-west from W indsor, and is in the
founded and endowed by James Sm yth esq. a member hundred of Boynhurst. The church of A ll Saints, built
of the Salters’ Company, of London, in 1659, and has in 1857, from designs by the late G. E. Street R .A .,
F .S .A . is an edifice of red, white and black brick, w ith
a present income of about £257 yearly.
Lady Pocock left in 1816 £50 yearly to be distributed carved stone dressings, in the E arly English style,
in money among the poor on the 18th January, and and consists of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles and a
also a certain num ber of six-penny loaves to be given western tower with spire, together 147 feet in height,
every Saturday for ever to twenty poor persons; she erected in 1865 and containing 8 bells and a clock, with
also bequeathed £100 to be distributed biennially, in W estm inster ch im es: all the windows are stained and
sums of £10 each, to ten female unm arried servants the chancel has carved stalls and decorations : two bays
who should have lived in the same situation in Maiden­ were added to the nave and the south aisle was enlarged
head or its vicinity for the term of seven ye a rs ; she in 1911 at a cost of about £3,000: there are 550 sit­
also founded a Sunday school, known as Lady Pocock’s tings. The register dates from the year 1857. The
school, for th irty girls, and she further left a gift of living is a vicarage, net yearly value £330, with
bread, m eat and coals to be distributed at Christm as residence, united to the church by a cloister, in the
in each year to 100 poor fam ilies: these bequests, how­ gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1877
ever, have been varied by a scheme of the Charity by the Rev. A rthur Hislop Drummond M .A. and hon.
Commissioners. There are also the following charities •. canon of C h rist Church, Oxford, surrogate and proctor
Shapland's, the interest of ¿£1,099 X9 S- 4^- £ 2f pe* in convocation. St. Paul’ s church, H igh Town road,,
Cent. Bank Stock, distributed in clo th in g; W hitfield’s, was erected at a cost of £3,813, and consecrated Nov.
of £6, for poor widows of Cookham and B r a y ; Davis’, 4th, 1889. The Baptist mission chapel is an iron
of about ,£130. for distribution among the poor ; W yvill's building seating about 80 persons. There are likewise
the interest of £400, is distributed at the discretion of almshouses for six persons. The land is the property
the vicar and churchwardens of St. Mary’s, who are of Lord Desborough, and the trustees of the Salters’
the trustees; Seym our’s, of about £ 16 a year, is for Company. The soil is gravel and in some parts lo a m ;
the education of poor girls, and Ralph Poole’s, a rent subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and
charge of about £10, which is distributed to the poor oats. The area is 1,000 acres; the population in i8gp
of Maidenhead in bread.
was 2,889; X90X> 3 >55 2 an<* *n X9 XX was 5>868.
In 1889 W illiam H enry Grenfell esq. of Taplow Court
COX GREEN is a long, irregular village on the south
(now Lord Desborough), presented to the town a park
or recreation ground, about 14 acres in extent, situated side of the great Bath road, and separated from Boyne
on the Grenfell road, and well furnished with timber H ill by the Great Western Railway. Here is a mission
and ornamental tre e s ; numerous walks have been made, church, built in 1875.
seats placed and swings for the amusem ent of children
T IT T L E ROW, or Altwood Road, is a ham let adjoin­
erected; a keeper’s lodge has been built and the
ing Boyne Hill, close to the G reat W estern railw ay;
grounds enclosed in an iron fence, at the sole expense
it
terminates at Maidenhead Thicket, and is situated
of Richard Stuchbery esq. of Castle H ill; in the year
on the south side of the great B ath road.
1893 a drinking fountain was erected in the park.
Parish Clerk, John Bissley, Gordon cottage. A ll
Kidwell’s Park, about 12 acres in extent, in the centre
of the town, between M arket street and Marlow road, Saints’ avenue.
O F F IC IA L ESTABLISH M EN T 5. LOCAL INSTITU TION S &c.
Thames Branch Post, M. 0 . & T. Office (Thames hotel).
— Box cleared at 8, 9.30 & 11.45 a x n - & 12.30,
2.15, 3.15, 5, 7.45 & n .3 0 p.m . ; sunday, 8 &
11.30 p.m
, Telegraph Office, open from Oct. 1st to A pril 30th,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m . on week days only. May 1st
to Sept. 30th, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m . week days &
8.30 to 10 a.m. & 5 to 6 p.m . on Sundays

Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office,
High street.— Charles Chetwode Rose Twist, post­
master
Hours of Business.— For sale of stamps & issue of
money orders & postal orders, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; telegraph business, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m . ; sundavs, 8.30 to 10
a.m. ; May to Sept. inclusive, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m
Dispatch of Mails.— London & general, 8.45 a.m. ; Lon­
don, Reading & general. 11 a.m. ; Windsor, Reading,
West & South-West of England. 12.45 p.m. ; London,
Slough & general, 1.15 p.m. ; H igh Wycombe &
Marlow, 2 .15 ; London & all parts, 3.55; Reading &
Henley, 4 .15; London & all parts. 4.30, 6.35 & 8
p.m. ; W est of England, 8.40; South-West of E ng­
land, 9 p.m. ; London & all parts, 9.15 p.m. : Read­
ing. 11.15 p.m. ; London. Reading & general, 12.15
a.m. ; Slough, Staines, U xbridge & Windsor, 12.45
a.m. ; London. 2.30 a.m
Parcel Mails.— To London, 10.45 a m - & IX 5 « 3-45 & 9
p.m . ; Reading, 12.45. 6.30 & 9 p.m. ; Bourne End,
Cookham & Marlow, 5 p.m
Arrival of Mails.— From London & all parts, 7 & 10.30
a.m & ^.30 & 6 1 5 p.m
Parcels — Same as letters
On S u n d a y s there is one delivery only, commencing
at 7 a.m

Town Sub-Post & M. O. O ffices:—
Bridge road.— A. A. Brom ley, sub-postmaster.
Box
cleared at 8.15, 9.45 & 11.45 a m - & X2-45 > 2-3°- 3 -3°»
5.15, 7.30, 8 & 11.45 p.m. ; sundays, 8 & n - 4 5 P-m
129 Grenfell road.— Ernest Herbert Creasy, sub-post­
master. Box cleared at 8, 10 & 11.45 a rtl- & 2-45 »
3.45, 5.30, 8 & 11 p.m. ; sundays, 7.55 & 11 p.m
Norfolk P ark.— A rth u r Bidmead, sub-postmaster.—
Box cleared at 8.15, 10 & 11.30 a.m. & 1, 2.45, 3.45,
5.30, 8 & 10.15 P-m ; sundays, 8.15 & 10.15 p.m
K ing street.— W illiam James Mash, sub-postmaster.
Box cleared at 8.25 & 10 a.m. & 12.25, x-5 » 2-5°> 3 -5°>
5,35, 7.40, 8.20 & i t . 5 p.m. ; sundavs. 7 45 & 11 p.m
+31 Wellington road.— -George Bardell. sub-postmaster.
Box cleared at 8.15, 9.45 & ix -45 a-m - & X2-45 ’ 2-30'
3.30, 5.15, 8 & 10.30 p.m . ; sundays, 7.30 & 10 30 p.m