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D IR E C T O R Y .]
P ublic Elem entary Schools.
Burghfield (m ixed), built in 1873, for 158 children ;
average attendance, 96; Ernest Sheppard, m a s te r;
Miss M argaret Hullin, m istress
Post & T. Office.— George Cooper, sub-postmaster. Pinge Wood (mixed), built in 1868 & enlarged 111 1889,
will now hold 114 children ; average attendance, 53 ;
Letters arrive from Reading at 7.10 a.m. & 1.5 p.m. ;
Miss Ada Goodall, m istress
dispatched at 9.55 a.m . & 6.55 p.m. ; Sundays, arrive
7 a.m. ; dispatched 10 a.m. The nearest money order Mrs. Bland’s (m ixed), at Burghfield Common, built in
1870, for 100 children k enlarged in 1905, for 112
office is at Burghfield Common
ch ild ren ; average attendance, 74; Miss H arriett
Post & M. 0 . Office, Burghfield C om m on— Henry David
Sperring, mistress
Higgs, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Reading
at 7.55 a.m. & 2.10 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.40 a.m. k Carriers.— Searis, to Reading, wed. fri. k sat. ; Sm ith,
to
Reading, mon. wed. fri. & sat. ; Foley, to Reading,
7.15 p.m. ; sundays, arrive at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched
mon. wed. k sat. ; Thomas, to Reading, mon. wed.
at 11.30 a.m.
The nearest telegraph office is at
fri. & sat
Burghfield, 1 m ile distant
Hews W illiam Henry, farm er, Hose,
fSugden Claude, The Hollies
BURGHFIELD.
Hill farm (postal address, Theale,
Thorne Harold Underhill Hatton,
P R IV A T E R E SID E N T S .
Reading)
The Shrubberies
Marked thus f receive their letters White W illiam Eddy, Hatch Farm ho Hicks Frank, farmer
through Mortimer, Berks.
H
iggs
Henry David, builder k as­
W illink
Henry George M .A., J.P.
sistant overseer & clerk to the
+Anderson W illiam Cliffe Foley, H er­
H illfields; 3 Hyde Park street W
Parish Council, & post office,Burgh­
m it’s hill
k Athenaeum, United University k
Bishop Thom asBenjam in.The Laurels
field common
Alpine clubs, London
Bonsall A rth ur Charles, Kennet lodge Worley Thomas Frederick, Rose lawn Keep Edward, boot m aker
Keep W illiam , farmer, K n igh t farm
(postal address, Theale, Reading)
CO M M ER CIA L.
Lousley Job, farm er, Green farm
fCam pbell Miss, Homestead
Manners George, cab proprietor
fChance Ernest, The Poplars
Blackwell Charles, blacksm ith
Bond Albert, baker
1'Mulford Frederick W. farmer
Dewe Frederick W. Field farm
George Rev. William Henry M.A. Brooker David, beer retailer, Bridge Mungeam James George,beer retailer
ho. (postal adress, Theale, Reading) National Telephone Co. Lim ited (call
(rector), Rectory
office). Burghfield common
-f-Greenstreet William John M .A., Bunce William Robert, grocer
Burghfield Branch of Manchester Norman John Henry, baker
F .R .A .S. The Woodlands
tG ripper Miss, Home Close
Unity of Oddfellows,
Lodge No. Parfitt Matthew Henry, farm er
H arding John,
Sunnyside
house
5,451,
Royal Star of the West Pearce Mrs. district nurse
(Frederick Thomas Wenman, sec) Pendrv George, tailor & beer retailer
(postal address. Theale, Reading^
Butler Edward, farm er, A im ers farm Rayer John, farm bailiff to J. H. Ben­
fH atter George, Little Bowden
Kirkwood Maj. Richd. H. Boldrewood +Bye Joel, farmer
yon esq. Burghfield place
Cooper George, grocer, Post k tele­ Saunders Frederick, butchers
Kirkwood Mrs. Audrey
fL a ke
George
Robert
M .R.C.S.
graph office
Searis Robert, carrier
Coppsrthwaite Henry, beer retailer
Smith Charles Douglas, carrier
Brookfield house
Dewe James, m iller (steam & water), tSm ith Harry, farmer
Lousley Job, Green farm
Summers Thomas, farmer
tLoyd W. Graham J.P. Hiirhwnods
Burghfield m ills
Thomas Henry, carrier
■fMurray Col. Sir Charles Wyndham Fisher Charles, blacksmith
Turvey Clayton. H atchgate inn
C.B. Culverlands
Fisher George E. W hite Swan P.H
Phillips Commander William R.N.R. Foley A rthur Thomas, carrier
Upstone Edward George, grocer
Wicks W illiam , farm er
Holm Dene
! Fouracre Thomas, farmer
Pike Mrs. Brook house
! Goddard W illiam , frm r. Searles frm Working Men’s Club (Tom Read,
Stu art Rev. Sir James bart. M.A. 'Hannington Chas. frm r Kirton’s farm
hon. sec)
Manor house
iHelston Arthur,grocer,Burghfield com Young Arthur H. Rising Sun P.H
Parish C lerk, Charles Chamberlain.
Pinge Wood and Sheffield Bottom are hamlets
this parish.

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B T J S C O T is a village and parish, pleasantly situated
on th e south bank of the Thames, which separates it
from Oxfordshire, about 4 miles north-west from Faring­
don and 2 south-east from Lechlade, in the Northern
division of the county, hundred of Shrivenham, petty
sessional division, union and county court district of
Faringdon, rural deanery of the Vale of W hite Horse,
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The
church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of stone, in
the E arly English andPerpendicular styles, consisting
of chancel, nave, south porch and an em battled western
tower, containing 3 b e lls ; in the church are a few
m ural ta b le ts; it was re-seated and repaired at the
expense of a former re c to r; the stained east window,
designed by the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones bart.
(d. 1898), was presented in 1892 by Sir A. Henderson
bart. J.P. of Buscot Park, in m emory of his father ;
he also gave a handsome pulpit in 1908, with panels
painted by M abuse: there are about 200 s ittin g s : the
oak lych gate was also erected by Sir A. Henderson in
1897. The register dates from the year 1676.
The
living is a rectory, net income £361, with residence
and 62 acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir Alexander
Henderson bart.
d held since 1901 by th<* R .
W illiam Davenport M.A. of Clare College. Cambridu
The Baptist chape' here was erected in 1880. IT-' ;1lage hall and reading room, erected in 1897 by S h A.
Henderson bart. J.P. is used for concerts and me
ings. The annual interest accruing from a sum of
£ 1,166 13s. 4d. in £ a f per Cent. Consols, left by Mrs.
Nash, of Maidenhead,
at the request of her late
husband, form erly a sugar refiner of London, to be
appropriated by the churchwardens and overseers for
the yearly purchase of coats for 20 poor men and gowns
and petticoats for 20 poor women residing in the
(Marked thus f receive letters
through Faringdon.)

parish ; there is also a charity of £2 4s. per annum
for the purchase of clothing, besides three other minor
charities. Buscot Park, the seat of Sir Alexander
Hendiyson bart. J.P. was bu ilt by Edward Loveden
Loveden esq. about 1780, and is a mansion of stone,
surrounded by gardens, skirted by an extensive park,
which contains two lakes, one of about 25 acres and
Ibother of 15 acres: over the first is a bridge of three
arches: in 1890 the house was enlarged and improved,
and a bachelors’ winir and a “ squash ” rackets court
added at the west e n d : in the house is a series of
pictures by Sir E. Burne-Jones, illu stratin g the legend
of “ The Sleeping Beauty,” as well as panel paintings
by th e same artist. Sir Alexander Henderson bart.
is lord of the manor and the chief owner and occupier
of the land. The Dean and students of Christ Church
and the Warden and Fellows of New College. Oxford,
are also landowners in this parish. The soil is various,
mostly strong clay ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
wheat, barley, oats, turnips and' clover. The area is
2.827 acres of land and 60 of w ater; rateable value,
£4,250 ; the population in 1901 was 403.
Sexton, Edward Hes.
Post O ffice— George Henry Shore, sub-postmaster.
Letters through Leehiade (Gloucester), arrive at 6.45
a.m k 4 p.m. No delivery on sundays. Lechlade is
the nearest m<
order & telegraph office. 2 miles
distant
Letter Box at Post Office, cleared at 10.15
*>•
p.m. ; no collection S u n d a y
Police Station, J. Poffley, constable
Elem entary School (m ixed), erected in 1853, & since
enlarged, for 100 ch ild ren ; average attendance, 70;
Mrs. M argaret E. Hopkins, mistress

commercial .
i ®Bo“ l , H“ecI * ReadiDg R°° m (H '
fBastin W illiam , gardener to Sir A. : fCrosland WalteT J.P. agent to Sir
Davenport Rev.W illiam M.A. (rector)
Henderson bart. J.P
A. Henderson bart. J.P. Estate
tHenderson Sir Alexander bart. J.P. Beasley John, lock keeper
office, Buscot park
Buscot park
Bov s ITfarm
& asst, overseer1Hart Mary Ann (Mrs.), Red Lion P.H
p r iv a te residents