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B E R K S H IR E .

Hundred of Moreton— Allhallows (W allingford), Asham pstead, Aston Tirrold, Aston Upthorpe, Basildon,
Brightw ell, Clapcot, Didcot or Dudcot, East Hagbourne,
H arw ell, Moulsford, North Moreton, Sotwell, South
Moreton, Streatley, Upton w ith Nottingham Fee and
W est Hagbourne.
Hundred of Ock— Appleford, Appleton and Eaton,
Denchworth (part of), Draycot Moor, Drayton, Frilford,
Fyfield, Garford, Goosey, Kingston Bagpuze, Little Wittenham , Long W ittenham , Lyford, M archam, Milton,
Steventon, Sutton Courtenay, Sutton W ick and Tubney.
H undred of Beading— Beenham Vallence, Blewberry,
Bucklebury, Cholsey, Graizeley or Grasley, Pangbourn,
St. Giles (Beading), St. Lawrence (Beading), St. Mary
(Beading), Southcot, Sulham pstead Abbots, Swallowfield (part of), Thatcham , Tilehurst and W hitley.
Hundred of Bipplesm ere— Clewer, Dedworth, Eastham pstead, Old Windsor and WTinkfield w ith Ascot.
Hundred of Shrivenham — Ashbury, Balking, Beckett,
Bourton, Buscot, Coleshill, Compton Beauchamp, Eaton,
H astings, Fernham , Great Faringdon (part of), Idstone,
Kingston Lisle with Fawler, Kingstone Winslow, Longcot Odstone, Shrivenham , Uffington, W atchfield and
Woolstone.
Hundred of Sonning— Arborfield, Newland, Buscombe,
Sandhurst, Sonningtown, Winnersh, W okingham and
Woodley w ith Sandford.
Hundred of Theale— Alderm aston, Bradfield, Burghfield, Englefield, Padworth, Purley, Stratfield Mortimer,
Sulham . Sulham pstead Bannister, Tidm arsh, Ufton or
Ufton Nervet, Wokefield and Woolhampton.
Hundred of W antage— Ardington, Charlton, Childrey,
Denchworth (part of), East Hanney, East Hendred, East
Lockinge, Grove. Sparsholt, W antage, W est Hanney,
W est Hendred, W est Lockinge.
H undred of W argrave— W altham St. Lawrence, W ar­
field and W argrave.
Borough of Abingdon— St. Helen and St. Nicholas.
Borough of Maidenhead— Maidenhead.
Borough of Newbury— Newbury.
Borough of New Windsor— New Windsor.
Borough of Beading— St. G iles, St. Laurence and St.
M ary.
Borough of W allingford— Allhallows St. Leonards, St.
Mary-le-More, St. Peter and W allingford Castle Pre­
cinct.
The Boyal Berkshire Hospital, Beading, opened May
27th, 1839, is a building of stone in the Domestic Classic
style, with a noble projecting portico of six Ionic
columns supporting a pedim ent, adorned with the
Boyal A rm s; two wings, added in 1882, comprise
operating room, library, m useum, chapel, with stained
windows, laundry, servants’ dormitories, and dwellings
for private n u rses; an additional wing, to comprise an
eye theatre, children’s ward and casualty ward, is now
(1911)1 in course of erection. There is a Convalescent
Fund for discharged patients, adm inistered by the
Board of Management. The hospital is supported by
voluntary contributions raised in the county, and has
x66 b e d s ; th e number treated in 1910 was 2,004 in­
patients and 12,278 casual and o ut-p atien ts; Charles W.
M arriott M .D., M.B.C.P.Lond. and Francis Henry Haw­
kins M.D., M .B.C.P.Lond. physicians; James Hopkins
W alters M .B .C .S.E ng. consulting surgeon; William
James Maurice M .A., M.B., B.Ch. and John Alfred
Parry Price B .A ., M.D. surgeons; Abram George
Stewart
B .A ., M .B., B.C.Cantab.,
M .B .C .S.E n g.,
L.B .C .P .L ond . and W illiam Thomas Freeman M.D.,
M .B .C .S.E n g., L.B .C .PX on d . assistant physicians;
Lansdown M urray Guilding M.A., M.B., B.Ch., M B.C.S.
Eng. and W. J. Foster F .B .C .S .E ng., L .B .C .P.L ond .
assistant, surgeons; B. Philip Brooks F B .C .S .E d in .
ophthalmic surgeon; Arthur Boberts F .B .C .S .E d in.,
M .B .C .S.E n g. aural surgeon; one house physidian, one
house surgeon and one second house surgeon; Bev.
M artin Thomas Friend M.A. chaplain; Herman Burney
B A . house governor; Miss E. A. Wyrine, matron.
The County Lunatic Asylum , called the Moulsford
A sylum , was opened in September, 1870; it occupies
a prom inent position on the Wallingford road, threequarters of a m ile from Cholsey and Moulsford station
an d 2 m iles from Wallingford1; it is built of red brick
relieved w ith stone and coloured brick dressings, in a
modified style of E arly E n g lish ; the Asylum stands
on an estate of 80 acres, extending from the W alling­
ford road to the river Thames, form ing nearly a square.
I t was designed to hold 285 patients, at a cost of
£68,600, b u t was enlarged for an additional 324
patients a t a further cost o f ,£55,000, and further en­
larged in 1903 for 200 more patients at a cost of
£50,000. The number of patients is now (1911) 770,
of whom 360 are males and 410 female's; James Wm.
Aitken Murdoch >M.B., C.M. medical superintendent;

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Edwin Lindsey Dunn B .A ., M .B., B.Ch.Dub. and Sidney
E . Holder M .B .C .S.E n g., L .B .C .P.L ond . assistant m edi­
cal officers; Bev. George Lionel Edwards, ch aplain ;
John Thornhill Morland, clerk to the com m ittee of
visito rs; Moses Nicholls, steward and clerk of the
asylum ; Miss Browne, housekeeper.
The Broadmoor Crim inal Lunatic Asylum , near
W okingham, which occupies an elevated site about 400
feet above sea level, and partly sheltered by pine woods,
was opened in 1863, and Consists of an extensive range
of brick buildings planned and erected under the e x ­
clusive direction of the late Major-General Sir Joshua
Jebb K .C .B . at a cost of £118,039, and several tim es
altered and en larged; the total am ount expended
reached a sum of £220,000. The Asylum is available
for 752 inm ates; John Baker M.D., C.M .Aberd. super­
intendent; H arry Percival Foulerton M .B .C .S.E n g.,
L .B .C .P .L o n d ., D .l’ .H. deputy superintendent; A lex­
ander W illiam Connolly M .B., Ch.B. senior assistant
medical officer; Brinley B. Lloyd M .B., B.S.Lond.,
M .B .C .S.E n g., L .B .C.P.L ond., D.P.H. junior assistant
medical officer; Bev. Albert W hiteley B.A. chaplain;
Alexander Ernest Sayer, steward.
His M ajesty’s Prison for the oounty, in the Forbury,
Beading, was erected in 1833, and is a castellated build­
ing of red brick with white stone dressings, built for
224 prisoners; Capt. Thomas Faulconer M air Wrisden,
governor; Bev. Martin Thomas Friend M .A. chaplain.
PA BLIA M E N TAB Y BEPR E SEN TATIO N .
Berkshire form erly returned three members for the
undivided county, but under the provisions of the “ R e­
distribution of Seats Act, 1885,” it is now in three
divisions with one member for each division.
No. 1. The Northern or Abingdon division comprises
the sessional divisions of Abingdon, Faringdon, W al­
lingford, and W antage, the m unicipal borough of W al­
lingford and so m uch of the m unicipal boroughs of
Abingdon and Oxford as are in the county of Berks.
No. 2.— The Southern or N ewbury division comprises
the sessional divisions of Ilsley, Lambourne, Newbury
(including Hungerford), and Beading (except so m uch
as is comprised in division No. 3), the m unicipal
boroughs of Newbury and Reading and so m uch of the
Wokingham sessional division as is in the parliam entary
borough of Beading.
No. 3.— The Eastern or Wokingham division com­
prises the sessional divisions of Maidenhead and W ind­
sor, so m uch of the sessional division of W okingham as
is not comprised in division No. 2, the municipal
boroughs of Maidenhead and New Windsor and the
parishes of Swallowfields East and W est.
By the above-mentioned A ct th e representation of
the borough of Wallingford was m erged into th at of
the county and the borough of Beading lost one member.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAM ENT FOR TH E COU NTY.
Eastern division, Ernest Gardner esq. J.P. Spencers,
Maidenhead.
Northern division, Major Harold Greenwood Hender­
son J.P. Kitem ore, F arin gd on ; Carlton & Marlborough
clubs, London S W.
Southern division, W illiam A rth ur Mount esq. J.P.
Wasing Place, near Reading; Carlton and Oxford and
Cambridge clubs, London S W.
M ILITA RY.
Berkshire is included in the Aldershot and Southern
Commands.
Reading is the Depot of the Regim ental district No.
49, which is comprised of the 1st (49th foot) and 2nd
(66th foot) battalions of Princess Charlotte of W ales’s
(Boyal Berkshire Regiment) and of the 3rd Special
Reserve Battalion, which latter has its head quarters
here. For full particulars see page 158.
TE RRITO R IA L FORCE.
Berkshire Territorial Force Association.
President, J. H. Benyon esq. (Lord Lieut)
Chairman, Lord Haversham
Vice-Chairman, Col. J. C. C arter V.D
Military Members.
BaTry Lt.-C ol. Sir E. A. bart. Berkshire Yeomanry
Craven Col. Hon. O. W. late Berkshire Imperial Y eo ­
manry
Hanbury Col. L. H.. V.D . late 4th Batt. Boyal Berk­
shire Regt
v arslake Maj, J. B. P. Berkshire Yeomanry
Mason MacFarlane Maj. D. J., T.D. 4th Batt. Boyal
Berkshire Rdgt
Mayall Maj. Cl G. Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery