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block, relieved by pilasters and a balustrading and
By Local Governm ent Board Order, 21,438, dated
wings ; there is also an inner quadrangle, and the m an­ March 24, 1888, Hardwell Farm was transferred from
sion is surrounded by a m o a t; the grounds and ter- 'I Uffington to Compton Beauchamp.
raced gardens and the cloister walk are very tastefu lly
Sexton, Joseph Titcombe.
laid out. The E a rl of Craven is lord of the manor and Letters to Compton, through Shrivenham , arrive
sole landowner, w ith th e exception of the glebe land.
at 7.30 a.m. & to Knighton through Faringdon arrive
The soil is chalk and good pasture lan d ; subsoil, brash.
at 9.20 a.m . The nearest money order & telegraph
The chief crops are wheat, beans, oats and turnips.
office is at Ashbury, about 2 miles distant. Wall
The area is 1,796 acres; rateable value £2,895; tlie
Letter Box, cleared at 4.55 p.m. week days & 10.40
population in 1901 was 112.
a.m. Sundays
Knighton is a ham let adjoining, on the north-east.
The children attend the school at Ashbury
(Marked tiius * letters through
Farm gden.)
Eyre Rev. George Frederick M.A
(rector), Rectory

*Pepler Jn.Edwin,frm r.H ardwell frm
C O M M E R C IA L.
Reading John Baseley, farm er,Com p­
*Hii! Edward, farm er, Knighton frm
ton Marsh farm
*Lodge W illiam , gardener
* W ilkins Ellen (M rs.), laundress

C O O K H A M , form erly a m arket town, is a beautiful
villa ge and parish, with a station on the branch of
the G reat W estern railway from Maidenhead to High
W ycom be, Tham e and Oxford, 3 m iles north from
Maidenhead, 16 north-east from Reading, 9 east from
Henley, and 27 from London, in the Eastern division
of the county, hundred of its own name, Maidenhead
union and petty sessional division, county court dis­
trict of Windsor, rural deanery of Maidenhead, arch­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. This place
is on the west bank of the river Tham es, on the Bucks
side of which are the high ly picturesque and richly
cu ltivated domains of Cliveden, Hedsor and Taplow.
T h e portion of the river from Maidenhead up to Cookham Lock is considered the m ost beautiful in the
whole course from Oxford to London ; an iron toll
bridge, supported on seven iron pillars, crosses the
Tham es at this point. The church of the Holy Trinity
is an ancient building of chalk, sandstone and flint,
chiefly in the E arly English style, with some portions
of Norman date, and consists of chancel, nave of four
bays, aisles, south porch and an em battled western
tower of massive proportions, with a turret and con­
taining a clock, 6 bells and a sanctus b e ll: the north
aisle form erly consisted of two chapels, dedicated
respectively to S. Catherine, and (east of this) to Our
L a d y: the south aisle term inated in a chapel dedicated
to S. C lem en t: m ost of the windows are stain ed : the
church was restored in i860, and affords 600 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1662, the fourteenth
of Charles II. The liv in g is a vicarage, net yearly
value £225, including 5^ acres of glebe, with residence,
in the gift of Col. J. M. Rogers D .S.O. of Sevenoaks,
Kent, and held since 1910 by the Rev. Alfred Williams
Batchelor M .A., D .C.L. of Durham U niversity; t ’-~
living was by Henry I. made part of the endowment
of the Augustinian abbey of St. M ary, Cirencester,
which religious house was presented to th e vicarage
*antil the Reformation. The “ K in g’s Hall ” reading
■and recreation room, presented to the parish by
Col. F. C. Ricardo C.V.O. was form erly a Wesleyan
chapel, and was built in 1846. There is a Wesleyan
•chapel at Cookham Rise. The W orkhouse of the
Maidenhead union, built in 1837, is a structure of brick
arranged to hold 250 in m ates; particulars of the union
are given under Maidenhead. The charities for dis­
tribution are of £ 1 1 1 yearly value. The reservoirs of
the Maidenhead Waterworks Co. are in the parish.
In the 16th century, the Mores, previously of Salop,
resided here, and at the visitation in 1664, the families
of Robinson, Salter, Turberville and Weldon recorded
their pedigrees and arms as of this place. The prin­
cipal landowners are Henry D. Skrine esq. of W arleigh
Manor, Bath, who is lord of the m anor, Col. John
Middleton Rogers D.S.O. of Sevenoaks, K ent, John S
Parsons esq. of Guildford, Ernest Gardner esq. M .P. of
Spencers, Maidenhead, and the Yaughan trustees.
The soil is various, but generally good corn la n d ;
subsoil, gravel, chalk and loam. The chief crops are
wheat, barley and oats. The area is 5,474 acres of
land and 192 of w ater; rateable value, £36,920; the
population in 1891, including the district of Cookham
Dean, was 2,965 and in 1901, 3,874 in th e civil and
1,905 in the ecclesiastical parish (including 12 officers
and 185 inm ates in the Maidenhead workhouse).
County Police, Thomas W alter Gillman. sergeant
R A Y M IL L (Raymead) is a ham let in the parish of
Cookham , one m ile from the Taplow and Maidenhead
stations of the G reat Western railway. For names of
residents within the borough see Maidenhead.
P IN K N E Y S G R E EN is an irregular but picturesque
ham let in the civil parish of Cookham and partly in

Cookham Dean ecclesiastical parish, the remainder
being in Stubbings ecclesiastical parish, 3 miles south
from Great Marlow and
north-west from the Great
Western railway station at Maidenhead. There is a
library and reading room, supplied with magazines and
the daily papers.
COOKHAM DEAN is an ecclesiastical, parish formed
January 2, 1846, out of the parish of Cookham and
includes Pinkneys Green, a m ile west from Cookham
railway station and 3 miles north from the Great
Western railway station at M aidenhead; part of this
district is situated1 on an eminence of at least 400 feet
above the Thames, but the old ham let of the dean
lies in the valley below this eminence. The church of
St. John the Baptist, consecrated in 1845, is an edifice
of flint with stone dressings, in the E arly Decorated
style of the 13th century, and consists of chancel,
nave of four bays, south aisle, south porch, organ
chamber and a small tu rret containing one b e ll: nearly
all the windows are stained, one being a memorial
presented in 1893 by John Philip W eatherby esq. in
memory of his late w ife: in 1892 a new vestry was
built by subscription at a cost of about £200, and in
1894 the interior of the church was restored and re ­
fitted at a cost of about £140, in commemoration of
the 50th anniversary of the laying of the foundation
stone: in 1898 the interior was re-decorated and the
pulpit restored : there are 300 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1846. The living is a vicarage,
net yearly value £168, with residence, in the g ift of
the vicar of Cookham, and held since 1901 by the Rev.
Herbert Falkner H unt M .A. of Jesus College, Cam ­
bridge. There is a Prim itive M ethodist chapel w ith a
burial ground at Cookham Dean. Henry D. Skrine esq.
of W arleigh Manor, Bath, and Col. John Middleton
Rogers D.S.O. of Riverhill House, Sevenoaks, Kent,
are the principal landowners. The population in 1901
was 1,102.
County Police, Ernest A rthur Sparks, constable
NORTH TOWN is a hamlet partly in the parish of
Cookham, adjoining the town of Maidenhead. The
mission room here seats about 100 persons.
STUBBIN G S, a ham let in this civil parish, has been
formed into an ecclesiastical parish and will be found
under a separate heading.
Sexton, Cookham, John Johnson.
Sexton, Cookham Dean, Thomas Hazell.
Post, M. 0 . & T. Office, Cookham (letters should have
Berks added).— Edward Cooper, subpostmaster. L e t­
ters arrive at 6.30 & 10.30 a.m. & 5.50 p .m .; Sunday,
6.30 a .m .; dispatched 9.45 a.m. & 12.15, 2.15, 7.15 <fc
8 p.m. ; Sundays, 7 p.m
Post, M. 0 . & T. Office, Cookham Dean.— William
Deadman, sub-postmasteT. Letters through Cookham
R ise; deliveries, 7.30 & 11.30 a.m. & ”6.45 p .m .;
sundavs, 7.30 a.m. ; dispatches, 7.45 & 11.45 a m - &
6.55 p.m. ; Sundays, 6.30 p.m
Post & M. 0 . Office, Cookham Rise (letters should
have Berks added).— W illiam Shergold, sub-post­
master. Deliveries commence 6.30 & 10.30 a.m. &
5.50 p .m .; Sundays, 6.30 a .m .; dispatched at 10.10
a.m. & 12.40, 2.45 & 8 p.m. ; Sundays, 7.30 p.m.
Cookham, 1 m ile distant, is the nearest telegraph
office
Post Office, Cookham Dean Bottom.— W illiam Henry
Pryer, sub-postmaster. Letters through Cookham
Rise delivered at 6.45 & 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; S u n ­
days, 6.45 a .m .; dispatches, 8.30 a.m. & 12.15 & 7
p.m. No collection Sundays. Cookham Dean is the
nearest money order & telegraph office