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B E R K S H IR E .

BL'CRLEBU k Y .

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Pocock James, farmer, Gainfield frm
West Archibald Thornton J.P. (high Godfrey John, builder
Powell W alter, farmer, Rectory farm
Godwin Joseph, blacksmith
sheriff for Berks), Barcote manor
Gough James, head gardener to the Ross Col. Henry Steuart Lockhart
Wheeler Miss, Som erset cottage
J.P. agent for Buckland estate,
Buckland estate
C O M M ER CIA L.
Old Manor house
Allibone George, head gardener to Hall & Co. Lim ited, breweTs (stores)
Stevens’
Boot Stores,boot & shoe dlrs
Harris Thomas W illiam , estate car­
A. T. West esq. J.P
Vines Henry B. farmer, Ragnall farm
penter, Buckland estate
Ayres Albert, beer retailer
Vines Jacob J. (exors. of), farmers,
Baker George, estate stonemason, Hedges Henry Richard, baker
Buckland Marsh farms
Hughes W illiam James, butcher
Buckland estate
Carter W illiam Giles, assistant ovrsr Keable Thos. B. farm er, Mt. Pleasant W alker A lbert J. farm er, Pusey
Furze & Newton farms
Church George, farm er,Ashtree farm Luckett Thomas W. Lam b P.H
Morgan A. H. farm bailiff to the Weal Thomas, furnished apartm ents,
Fletcher Fred, farm er, The Glebe
Rushey W eir
Buckland estate
Fletcher James J.P. farm er, Cars­
Neville Jesse, gamekeeper to the Weedon John Benjam in, steward to
well marsh
A. T. W est esq. J.P. Barcote
Buckland estate
Fletcher John Lewis, organist
W irdnham Frederick, gamekeeper to
Gerring Frederick, farmer, Carswell Pearce Lucy (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Mrs. Butler, Carswell marsh
Piper Bertie T. Trout inn, Tadpole
Home farm
B T J C K L E B T J R Y is a village and parish, 3 miles extinct and the property devolved on Frances (WinchViscountess
Bolingbroke, and afterwards
north-east from M idgham station on the G reat Western 1 combe),
railway, 12 m iles south-west from Reading and 7 north- j through her younger sisters passed to the Packer
east from Newbury, in the Southern division of the fam ily; Henry Packer, last male heir of th at fam ily,
county, hundred of Reading, union of Bradfield, petty j devised it to his sister's son, Winchcombe Henry
sessional division and county court d istrict of New­ Hartley esq. grandfather of the late W. H. H. H artley
bury, rural deanery of Newbury, archdeaconry of esq. The co-heiresses of the late W. H. H. H artley
Berks and diocese of O xford; it contains the liberties esq and Rt. Hon. George William Palm er P .C ., J.P. areof Hawkridge and M arlston; the Pang stream flows the chief landowners. Mrs. W ebley Parry is lady of thethrough the parish. The church of St. Mary is an manor of Bucklebury Bucklebury Place, the^ property
ancient building of chalk and flint, consisting of chan­ and residence of Arthur W. Sutton esq. J.P. is a man-cel, nave, north aisle, south porch and an em battled sion of brick standing in park-like grounds, and com­
western tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells and m anding a fine view over the Kennet valley. The soil
a clock; the greater part of the chancel seems to have varies very m uch, but is chiefly sand, clay and g ra v e l;
been rebuilt in 1705, by Sir Henry Winchcombe bart. : subsoil, clay, chalk and gravel. The chief crops are
the nave is divided from the aisle by an arcade of wheat and barley. The area is 6,124 acres of land and
three Pointed Transition Norman arch es; the aisle 7 of w ater; rateable value, £5>IC>9 ; the population in
itself is Perpendicular, as also is the tower, which has 1901 was 1,066.
a good eastern arch ; in the chancel are several monu­
M ARLSTON is a liberty 2 miles w est by north. The
ments to the fam ilies of Packer and WinchcombeHartley, and to Frances, first wife of Henry St. John, chapel, built by Sir Geoffrey Martel, a descendant of
the celebrated Viscount Bolingbroke; she died previous the Taillefers, Counts of Angouteme, is a building of
to 1718; the south doorway is a beautiful specimen of flint and rubble, originally in the Norman style and
Norman work, with highly-wrought zigzag mouldings consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, vestry w ith
and shafts with sculptured ca p s: the old-fashioned a Norman doorway, and an eastern bell tu rret contain-square pews, pulpit with sounding-board, and western ing one b e ll; it contains some monum ents to the Bungallery rem ain ; there is an ancient church ch e s t: the bury fam ily, and on the south wall is a sun dial with
church affords 350 sittings. The register, including th e ’ motto," “ Life as the shade doth fly and fa d e ” ; in
that of Marlston, dates’ from the year 1538, and is said 1901 a stained east window was erected to the memory
to be one of the oldest and best kept in the co u n ty; of the late George Palmer esq. who died in 1897; the
it contains a list of the vicars of Bucklebury from 1303 chapel was thoroughly restored in 1855 by the late
to the present time. The living is a vicarage, with Henrv M ill Bunbury esq. of Marlston House, under the>
the chapelry of Marlston annexed, joint net yearly direction of Mr. W." Butterfield, arch itect; and in igo r
value £335. with residence, in the gift of Mrs. N. K. it was renovated, and considerably enlarged by the Rt.
Webley-Parry, and held since 1907 by the Rev. Edward Hon. G. W. Palmer P.O., J.P. under the direction of
Monkhouse Thorp, of Hertford College, Oxford. Here Mr. Slingsby Stallwood F .S .A . architect, of Reading,
is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1811, and has at a cost of £2,000. The manor was once held by the
200 sittings. The Fireside Club for working men, Rev. Richard Wightwick B.D. co-founder of Pembroke
founded by A rth ur Warwick Sutton esq. J.P. and College, Oxford. Marlston House is a mansion of brick
opened in 1894, has a reading room and facilities for in the Elizabethan style, entirely rebuilt during the
indoor g a m es; there is also a rifle ra n ge; in connection period 1895-9, and is the property and residence of the
are cricket and football c lu b s ; lectures and entertain­ Rt. Hon. G. W. Palmer P .C ., J.P. who is lord of thements are also given. The Rev. Winchcombe Henry manor and chief landowner.
Howard Hartley, who died 9th Sept. 1832, left £1,220
H AW KRIDGE is a lib erty 1 m ile north. Sir W.
in the £ 2 ! per Cent. Consols for the endowment of a
school to educate and clothe six boys and six girls. Cameron Gull bart. J.P. of Frilsham House, Newbury»
who
is lord of the manor, and H. Weber esq. are th e
Lady Winchcombe left £60, the interest for the poor.
There is an iron foundry in the village. Bucklebury principal landowners.
The Upper and Lower Commons are a mile south,
Common, a tract of land possessed of singular beauty,
extends for upwards of 5 m iles through the heart of the Slade, 2 miles south-west, W estropp Green, 2$ west,
the parish. A t the lower, or east end, there is a fine and Bucklebury Alley about 3 m iles west.
Parish Clerk, Richard Brown.
avenue one mile in length, flanked by double rows of
oaks planted in the days of Queen Anne and George Post, M. 0 . & T. Office.— Sidney Harold Ford, subIII. ; and on the manor estate close by the site of the
postmaster. Letters through Reading arrive at 7 0 0
old Manor House, pulled down in 1830, are some fish
a.m. & 3 p.m. ; dispatched at 1 & 5.15 p.m.
ponds. The manor, which belonged to Reading abbey,
delivery on sundav
was granted in 1539 to John Winchcombe, son of the Pillar Letter Box, near Bladebone inn. cleared at
famous clothier of th at name, known as “ Jack of New­
& 5.30 p.m. week days only
bury” ; his son, Henry Winchcombe esq. of Bucklebury, Public Elementary School, erected in 1874, for 170
was created a baronet in 1661 and married Frances,
children; altered in 1906 to accommodate 145 ; aver­
daughter of Thomas Howard, Earl of B erksh ire; on
age attendance, 103; A rthur G illett Davis, master
his death in 1667, the estate passed to his son. Sir
Carriers.—
A rthur Johnson & W illiam Mitchell, to
Henry, 2nd bart. who married a Miss Rolls, but dying
Reading, on wed. & sat. ; to Newbury, thurs
without male issue in 1703, the baronetcy became
Sutton A rthur W arwick J.P. Buckle­
Howell Miss, Gorselands
BUCKLEBURY.
bury Place
Johnson Alfred Wm. Hollywood cot
(Those marked * have letters
Rev.
Edward
Monkhouse
Maskelyne J. Neville, Spring cottage Thorp
dressed via Newbury.)
(vicar), Vicarage
Millson Robert, Mount Pleasant
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Parrv Mrs. N. K.W ebley,The Cottage W allis Miss, Roselands
Bate Francis J.P. Beenham Hatch Pearson Rev. John C., B .A . (curate). W hite Mrs. Winchcombe lodge
Wood Miss, BrackenhuTst
The Old Manor house
house
C O M M ER CIA L.
Prescott Miss, Hilliers
Butler W alter Rowland, Oakdene
Allum Edwin, boot & shoe maker
Charrington Charles, Burne cottage ♦Renaut Frederick Wm. Highlands
Ball Robert, farmer, Nine Elm s farm
(postal address, Beenham,Reading) ♦Russell Mrs. The Grange