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ner ^ Abmgdon— Henry Hicks, mon. wed. & fri
Hodgkinson Frederick, farmer
CO M M ER CIA L.
Salter Rev. H erbert Edward M.A. Westburv Charles &’ Son,
m illers .\shgejd Andrew George, gardener to
Manor house
(water & steam)
Messrs. Dauglish & Tomkinson
W alker Miss
CO TH ILL
Dauglish (Maurice John M .A.) &
Edmondson A rth ur, farmer, Church
farm, Manor farm & Sandford farm D auglish Maurice Jn. M.A. Cothill ho
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M A - C °thi11 hnl Herbert George, m arket gardener
EARLEY
(or Erleigh) is an ecclesiastical parish
formed April 28th, in the year 1844, out of Sonning the “ cient domain of W hiteknights, form erly possessed
p arish, and com prising the liberty of Earley and part bv the Dukes of Marlborough and famous for its
of Woodley, in the Eastern division of the county, elegant gardens, has been parcelled out into several
C harlton hundred, Wokingham petty sessional division p roperties; the “ W ilderness,” renowned for its col­
and union, Reading county court district, Sonning rural lection of rare trees and shrubs, is at present ( io n )
fliianoi'v archdeaconry
oyoh ^
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, TY _ __ 1 diocese
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unoccupied;
andj Fox Hill, ?a mansion
mansion in the Elizabethan
deanery,
of, Oxford
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Piei
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UilUlU. Style.
OCCUDied
bv Sir Piifno Tlatiinl Tine nthe
c Elizabetha
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A t Earley is a station
and' Reigate
s t a t L on the Reading
R ea d in g“^
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P.O.,
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C.V.O.
;
Maiden-Erlegh.
the
old
seat of the
branch of the South Eastern railway and on the South
Goldings,
is
the
residence
of
Solomon
B.
Joel
esq. and
Western line from Reading to London, about 2 miles
oidmouth Grange, of Capt. Leslie Wilson D S 0 • and
south-east from Reading and 40^ by rail from London
Erleigh Court, the property of Lord Sidm outh. i i now
The church of St. Peter, consecrated Sept. 21st, 1844
occupied
by Capt. Frank Rushbv. Capt. J St L
is an edifice of brick, in the Early English style, con
Wheble, who is lord of the manor! and S. B Joel esq
sisting of chancel, ¿ave of five bav7 aisles vestrv
a r fib ’
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f the
and S ' B Joel esq'
organ chamber, south porch and a to w « at the north^ i
, 877 ac™ s‘ of land' ¡ Z ' o f w a t e " “ °f
west angle, containing one b e ll: in 1882-2 the transects r ' - l l
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; rateable ' ’alue.
were removed and aisles and a new chancel and other i fc cts S stic a ^ parish T -io ," T h o ™ l.13
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i«d rtata ed “ the v e t* “ *d °t --£4,338: th-e east window m unicipal borough of Reading has heen°tra™ ferred tc
G efrge p jrch er and
*5 £
Giles’ parish. Reading, by Local Government Board
anntlf,
,
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T d a u g h te rs; and there is Order, 23,869. dated March 24, 1899.
fc T « " a ™ doT . to M rs- F e n c e s St. A u b y n :
Parish Clerk, Thomas Edwards,
the church affords 500 s ittin g s : a lych gate was erected
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about 1902, as a memorial to Charles Stephens J.P
’
s
Office.— Harry Culham, sub-post
at a cost of £250. The register dates from the year i ™af te r' Latl,ers arrire £r°m Reading at 6.35, 9.10 i
11.50 a.m. & 4.20 p.m . ; dispatched at 8, 9.30 & 11.30
1844. The livin g is a vicarage, net income £270, in ­
a.m. & 1.30, 3, 4.15, 5.30, 7.45, 8.30 & 10.45 P-m -J
cluding
acres of glebe, w
ith
residence, III
in tu
thet g«uftt
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sundays, arrive at 6.35 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.45 &
of
the vicar of
Sonning, and.1 1held
since
1904 .by the
7.45 p.m . There is a telegraph office at the Earley
Rev. W illiam Weekes Fowler M .A., D.Sc. of Jesus
railway station for forwarding, but not delivery of,
College, Oxford, prebendary of Lincoln, and surrogate.
telegram
Bulm ershe Court, the property of Capt. Jam es' St.
gram ss
Lawrence Wheble, of H ungerford Lodge, Reading, and Elem entary School (m ixed & infants), built in 1850 &
at present (1912) vacant, is a mansion of stone, standenlarged in 1869, 1879, 1886 & 1890, for 270 children;
ing in its own park-like grounds and commanding fine
average attendance, 210; Henry Wooldridge, ma
views of the surrounding country. The district of
Miss Rose Liddiard, infants’ mistress
Earley contains several properties of note and in terest; Railway Station, Albert A kehurst, station m aster
(Several
of the
/'Spvorai nf
+L* Streets of Reading
—
den court, Temple E C ; & National
CO M M ER CIA L.
extend into the ecclesiastical parish
Liberal & Reform clubs S W &
of Earley, & for names of residents
Garrick club W C, London
Colebrook & Co Lim ited, farmers,
in these see Reading.)
Joel Solomon B. Maiden Erlegh
Elm farm
King Rev. Harold Wardley M.A. Culham Harry, grocer, Post office
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
(curate), Tam aki, Green road
Davis Edwin, farm er, Radstock farm
Alisebrook Guthrie. The Spinney
Miller Capt. D. M. Blandford lodge Edwards Thomas, parish clerk, 251
Ayres Ernest, Ashley, Elm road
Montizambert Miss, Trelawney
Wycombe road
Beauchamp M rs.Elm hurst,Church rd Pither Miss, Woodbine cottage
Hallaway John, stud groom to Solo­
Bird George, Shrublands, Pepper la Richards Christopher, Farmside
mon B. Joel esq. Home farm,
Black Mrs. Lower Earley house
Rushby Capt. Frank, Erleigh court
Maiden Erlegh
Buckley Harold, Whiteknights
Seym our William Arthur, Karence, Harman Frederick Jonathan, farmer,
Clark A lbert Edwd. The Crest.Elm rd
Elm road
Bulmershe Court farm
(letters
C raft Charles, Elm lodge, Elm road Sim m ons Ernest Henry, West Woodthrough Woodley)
C raft James, Oakleigh, Elm road
yates, Elm road
Hatch Elizh. (M rs.),faim r.M arsh fm
Dunlop Herbert Wm. Maisonnette
Stephens Mrs. Woodley hill
Hatch Geo. farmer, Low. Wood farm
Evans Capt Henry John Archibald, Stokes John Chapman Mason, Odi- Hissey James, farmer, Wokingham rd
The Coppice
haxn, Elm road
Johnson Frederick, gardener to S. B.
Friedlander Julius, Whiteknights prk Tw ist Capt. Ernest, Earley lodge
Joel esq
Fowler Rev. Preb. William Weekes Wheble Capt. James St. Lawrence Lewington Jesse, m ilk seller, LodM .A., D.Sc. (vicar), The Vicarage
J.P. H ungerford lodge
don bridge
Hall Arnold, West croft
Wheble Major Tristram Joseph, Hun­ Tipping Henry, The George P.H
Howkins Charles Ernest, Erleigh hill
gerford lodge
Viner Arthur, farmer, Up. Wood frm
Isaacs S ir Rufus Daniel P.O., K .C ., W illiam s Rev.Morris M .A.Holly lodge Wilson Fras. Harry, builder, F airlight
M .P., K .C .V .O ., A .G . Fox h ill; 32 W yly Joseph George. Uplands
Curzon street, Mayfair W ; 2 GarE A S T B T J R Y is an ecclesiastical parish
formed here 1879-84: another, in the west end, was erected in
March 22, 1867, out of Lambourn civil p a ris h ; it is memory of the late Bishop M ilm an: in 1889 a stained
m iles south-east from Lambourn and 7 north from window was erected in the south side of the nave, in
H ungerford, with a station on the Lambourn Valley memory of the Rev. Thomas Waters Burridge M.A.
railway. The river Lambourn passes through the vicar of E astbu ry 1885-8, by his friends: there are 180
parish. I t is in the Southern division of the county, sittings. The register dates from the year 1853. The
Lam bourn hundred and petty sessional division, Hun­ livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value ¿ 1 1 4 , with resi­
gerford union and county court district, rural deanery dence, in the g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held
of Newbury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of since 1908 by the Rev. Bertram Best Woolrych M.A. of
Oxford. The church of St. James, erected by the Exeter College, Oxford. In the centre of the village is
late R igh t Rev. Robert Milman D.D. bishop of C alcutta a perpendicular cross, consisting of a plain shaft with
1867-76. and vicar of Lam bourn 1851-62, is an edifice canopied head, but its origin is unknown.
The
of flint in the E arly English style, consisting of chan­ parochial charities amount to ¿ 4 10s. yearly. The
cel, nave of three bays, north aisle, and a small turret manor belonged at an early period to the Fitzwarines,
at the intersection of the nave and chancel containing Barons Fitzwarine : on the death, in 1429, of Fulk. 7th
2 bells: there are two stained windows in the chancel;
baron, his sister Elizabeth became the heiress of the
the east window, erected in 1884, is a memorial to the fam ily, and m arrying Richard Hankeford esq. had an
wife of the Rev. George Frederick Forbes M.A. vicar only daughter, Thomasine, wife of Sir W illiam Bourchier