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W O K IN G H A M .
B E R K S H IR E .
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1v s
menjnhnr HeriCk
V it r i
BlU H m Pr° P « t y
The population of the ecclesiastical parish
H enry Leveson-Gower esq. and now ( r o n j
Wool
w a s:â A ll Saints (parish church), 3,530: St n Paul;
is ahnnt l5 L reu t'- Co1- Frederick Duncan Baikes C .I.E . j I»94° ; St. Sebastian, 453.
â ; â H ,m iles n°rtb from the town, on the Twvford
Buckhurst, a modern house of red brick 'w ith
WOKINGHAM W ITHOUT is a civil parish fârmed
« th e seat of Mrs. Murdoch. Matthews
Green (now called â O an tleyâ ), about one mile from by Local Governm ent Board Order, 31,903, and com
the town, is the residence of Col. Eavmond South prises Eastheath, Em m brook, Froghall Green and
a
nr â oIme Grange is the residence of Mrs. Ander- Gardeners Green. The area is 7,900 acres of land
aon Weston, who also owns the manorial rights. The and 31 of w ater; rateable value, ¿2 2,6 4 1; the p o p u p
soil is a rich lo a m ; subsoil, sand and gravel. The tion m 1901 was 2,451.
chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area of
Sexton, A ll Saints, James Maynard, 26 W iltshire rd
the m unicipal borough and Wokingham W ithin civil
parish is 557 acres ; rateable value, ¿22,438 ; the popuÂ
lation in 1911 was 4,352, including officers and inmates
in the Workhouse. A portion of the parish is conÂ
tiguous to Arborfield and Barkham, 3 miles distant
Sexton, St. Paul, W illiam Paice, Goodchild road.
rfS exton , St.
Sebastian, William Francis, Nine Mile
O F F IC IA L ESTAB LISH M E N TS. LO C A L IN STITU TIO N S. &c
Post M. 0 . & T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office. 1 Treasurer Tohn
a 1
â
,
â Rowland J. Hills, postmaster. Broad street'
Medical riftâ¢
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â Reading
Mails are dispatched as under, viz.â Week days, â Eng H C C k
n P J
M ,B '' F i C S '
London & through, 843 1020 & i r a e a m ⢠, , r
« â¢.
\
n hal1,Eeadmg
7 -.5
& 9-30 p mT A m id n igh t; Bracknell, 8.40â a.m. IT o T k y i T d ^ & Survey°r ' Eoberâ W illiam H am il-
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On Sundays there are two dispatches only, viz.
WmDersh' Wokingham
Basingstoke, Dorset, Ham pshire, Surrey, 6.30 p.m. ;
CO
U N TY M AG ISTRA TES FOR W OKING HAM P E TTY
London, Reading & all parts, 8.10 p.m *
SE SSIO N A L DIVISION.
Mails are received as under, viz. :â Week days, 7 &
i°. 15 a.m . & 7.15 p.m . ; sundays, 7 a.m . only
Hankey Sydney Alers esq. D .L. Locks farm , Wokinvnam,
chairman
0
A delivery takes place in the town on the receipt of
each of these mails, but persons not residing within Watson George A rth ur esq. E ast court, Finchampstead
vice-chairman
r
â
the later deliveries can call at the post office for
their letters
Mandy Henry Bilson esq. Mertonford, Wokingham
Bond Frank Walters esq. D.L. Wargrave court, Twvford
ToWn Sub-Post & M. 0 . Office, 6 Barkham road.â
Benjamin
K irkby,
sub-postmaster.
Letter
Box Crews Charles Thomas Daniell esq. F .S .A . D L BilImgbear park, Wokingham
cleared at 8, 9.5 & 11.40 a.m. & 2.30, 5.20, 6.40, 8.5
Edgcumbe Richard esq. Edgbarrow, Crowthorne
& 9 .4 0 p.m. ; sundays, 12 noon
F S A
F G S
Post Office, Nine M ile'R id e.â Miss Alice Chappell, sub- Farrer Sir W illiam James F .B .G S
Sandhurst lodge, WeUington Collegeâ Station â
postmistress.
L etters delivered from Wokingham.
Letter Box cleared at 7 & 11 a.m. & 2 & 6.5 p.m. ; Harman Thomas Rickman esq. Sindlesham house,
Wokingham
sundays, 10 a.m. Crowthorne is the nearest monev
order & telegTaph office
Haversham R ight Hon. Lord P .C ., D .L. Southill park,
Eastham pstead, Bracknell
Hill R ight Hon. Lord A rthur William P .C . Binfield
CORPORATION.
manor, Bracknell, Berks
1910-11.
Mackenzie
Col Fredk. Finch C .B . Ramslade, Bracknell
Meet at the Town hall, on the first thursdav in the
Macnabb James William esq. Arthurstone, Binfleld
month at 6 p.m.
Bracknell
Mayor, Councillor Henry Charles Mylne.
Henry Charles esq. Staverton, Murdoch road,
Ex-M^for, Alderman Daniel Norton Heron.
Wokingham
i r T di? ai e Ll<?ut--Co1 George, Southgate st. Winchester
Aldermen.
Nicholl Henry Frederick esq. Bear Place, Twyford
Retire Nov. 1912.
|
Retire Nov. 1915.
Palmer WT. Howard esq. Heathlands, Wokingham
Thomas Manley W escott
Daniel Norton Heron
Rhodes John William esq. D.L. Hennerton,"Henley-onGeorge Thorne Phillips
\ James Seaward
Thames
Councillors.
Tonge Gilbert A ugustus esq. Branches park, Cowlinee.
Suffolk
*
Retire in November. 1911.
Verey Henry William esq. B.A. Bridge house Twvford
Tom Dowsett
I Edwin Cecil Hughes
Wade-Palmer Fairfax Bloomfield esq. F .B .I.B .A . The
John Headington
| W illiam Thomas Martin
Rookery, Sonning
Retire in November, 1912.
Wheble Capt. James St. Laurence R.N. Bulmersche
Moses Blake
1 A rth ur T. Heelas
park. Woodley. Reading
James John Evans
j Henry Charles Mylne
W iggett James Allan esq. Allanbay, Binfield, Bracknell
Retire in November, 1913.
The Mayor of Wokingham & the Chairman, for the
tim e being, of the Wokingham Rural D istrict Council,
Edm und Collis
I Harry George Powell
are ex-officio m agistrates.
H erbert A rthur Hammond | Philip
Sale
Mayorâs Auditor, Councillor Edm und Collis
Elective Auditors, W illiam John Breach & Jam es Henry
Byard
Officers of Corporation.
Town Clerk, James May, 19 Broad street
Medical Officer of Health, Alfred A shby M .B., F .R .C .S .
E n g., F .I.C . Town hall, Reading
Treasurer, W illiam Simonds, Bank, Reading
A ssistant Treasurer, Lewis Charles Ducrocq, Town hall,
Wokingham
Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Charles W illiam Marks,
Town hall
Collector, Henry Edgar Hall, Station road
Sergeant-at-M ace, W illiam Chambers, Market place
Town Crier, James Taylor, 32 Langborough road
WOKINGHAM RU RAL D ISTRICT COUNCIL.
Meets at the Workhouse, Wokingham, on tuesdays, once
a month, at i t . 45 a.m.
Chairm an, E. M. Sturges
Clerk, John Fredk. Sargeant, 8 Shute end, Wokingham
Clerk to the Magistrates, Charles
Milton road.
Barker Wilson,
Petty Sessions held at P etty Sessional Court House
every tues. at n a.m.
The places in the Forest of Wokingham division are* â
Arborfield. Barkham, Binfield, Crowthorne, Earley,
Eastham pstead, Finchampstead, Newland, Buscomb'e,
St. Nicholas Hurst, Sonning Town, Sandhurst TwvÂ
ford. Warfield. Wargrave, W altham St. Lawrence,
Wmnersh, Wokingham, & Woodley & Sandford
PUBLIC ESTABLISH M EN TS.
County Police Station, Bectory & Milton roads, Charles
Goddard, superintendent
Stamp Office, 6 Market place, William Joseph Gotelee,
distributor
Town Hall, Market place
Volunteer Fire Brigade, Town hall, Marquis of Downshire, captain; Frederick Caiger, deputy captain; A.
Goswell, lieutenant, & 15 m en; one steam & two
manual engines & the usual appliances for savins
life