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B E R K S H IR E .

H undred of Com pton— A ldw orth, C atm ore, Chilton,
C om pton or Com pton P arva, E ast Ilsley, M arket Ilsley,
F arnborough or F arm borough and W est Ilsley.
H undred of Cookham — Binfield, Cookham and Sunn inghill.
H undred of F aircross— B agley Wood, Beedon, Boxford,
B righ tw alto n,
B rim pton,
C han dlin gs
F arm ,
C hieveley, F rilsh am , G reenham , H am pstead Norris,
L eckham p stead, M idgham , Peasem ore, Sandleford, Shawcum -D onnington, Speen, Stan ford D ingley, W asing,
W elford, W interbourn and Y atten do n (part of) and
L ittle C oxw ell.
H undred of Faringdon— G re a t C oxw ell, G reat F arin g­
don.
H undred of Ganfield— B uckland, C h arney, Hatford,
H inton W aldrist, L ongw orth, P u sey, Shellingford and
Stam ford-in-the-V ale.
H undred of H orm er— Besselsleigh, Cholsall, Cum nor,
K ennington, N o rthcourt, N o rth H inksey, R adley, St.
H elen (A bingdon), Sandford, S eacon rt, Shippon, South
H inksey, Sunningw ell, T h ru p p and W ick, W ootton and
W ytham .
H undred of K in tb n ry E agle— A vin gton , C haddlew orth,
C h ilto n F o liatt (p art of), E a s t C hallow , E ast Shefford,
Enborne, Faw ley, H am pstead M arshall, H ungerford, Inkpen, K in tb u ry, Letcom be B assett, Letcom be R egis, Shalbourn (p art of), W est Challow , W est Shefford and W est
W oodhay.
H undred of Lam bourn— B lagrave, E ast Garston, E astb ury and Bockham pton, H adley & Lam bourn.
H undred of Moreton— A llhallow s (W allingford), A sham p stead, Aston Tirrold, A ston Upthorpe, Basildon,
B righ tw ell, Clapcot, Didcot or D udcot, E ast H agbourne,
H arw ell, M oulsford, N orth M oreton, Sotw ell, South
M oreton, S treatlev. Upton w ith N ottin gh am Fee and
W est H agbourne.
H undred of Ock— Appleford, A ppleton and E aton,
D enchw orth (part of), D raycot Moor, Drayton, F rilford,
F yfield, G arford, Goosey, K ingston Bagpuze, L ittle W itten h a m , L o n g W ittenham , L yfo rd, M archam , M ilton,
S teven ton , S utton C ourtenay, S utton W ick and Tubney.
H undred of R eading— Beenham Y allen ce, B lew bury,
B ucklebu ry, Cholsey, G raizeley or G rasley , Pangbourn,
S t. G iles (Reading), S t. Law rence (R eading), St. M ary
(R eading), Southcot, Sulham stead Abbots, Swallowfield (part of), T hatcham , T ileh u rst and W h itley.
H undred of R ipplesm ere— Clew er, Dedw orth, E a st­
ham pstead, Old W indsor and W inkfield w ith Ascot.
H undred of Shrivenham — A sh bury, B alkin g, B eckett,
Bourton, B uscot, C oleshill. Compton B eaucham p, Eaton
H astings, Fernham , G reat Faringdon (part of), Idstone,
K ingston Lisle w jth F aw ler, Kingstone W inslow, Longcot, Odstone, Shrivenham , Uffington, W atchfield and
Woolstone.
H undred of Sonning— Arborfield, Newland, Ruscom be,
S andhu rst, Sonning Town, W innersh, W okingham and
“W oodley w ith Sandford.
H undred of Theale— A lderm aston, Bradfield, Burghfield, Englefield, Padw orth, P u rley, S tratfield M ortimer,
Sulham , S ulham stead Bannister, T idm arsh , Ufton or
C fto n N ervet, W okefield and W oolham pton.
H undred of W antage— Ardington, C harlton, Childrey,
D enchw orth (p art of), E ast H anney, E ast H endred, E ast
Lockinge, G rove, Sparsholt, W antage, W est Hanney,
W est H endred, W est Lockinge.
H undred of W argrave— W alth am S t. Law rence, W a r­
field and W argrave.
Borough of Abingdon— St. Helen W ith ou t and St.
N icholas.
Borough
Borough
Borough
Borough

of M aidenhead— Maidenhead.
of N ew bury— Newbury.
of N ew Windsor— N ew W indsor.
of R eading— Reading.

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Borough of W allingford— A llhallow s St. Leonards, St.
M ary-le-M ore, S t. P eter and W allingford C astle P re ­
cinct.
Th e Royal B erkshire H ospital, Reading, opened May
27th, 1839, is a b uilding of stone in th e D om estic Classic
style, w ith a noble projectin g portico of six Ionic
colum ns supporting a pedim ent, adorned w ith the
Royal A rm s; two w ings, added in 1882, com prise
operating room, library, m useum , chapel, w ith stained
windows, laun dry, servants’ dorm itories, and dw ellings
for p rivate n u rs e s ; additional b uildin gs, com prising
new children ’s and eye w ards, septic and eye theatres,
new casualty, X -ra y and pathological departm ents, were
opened in 1912. There is a Convalescent F und for d is­
charged p atien is, adm inistered by th e Board of M anage­
m ent. Th e hospital is supported by volu n tary con tribu­
tions raised in the county and d istrict, and has 160
b ed s; the num ber treated in 1914 was 2,314 in ­
patients and 10,356 casual and o u t-p atien ts; Jam es
Hopkins W alters M .R .C .S .E n g . and John A lfred Parry
P rice B .A ., M .D.Lond., M .R .C .S .E n g . con sultin g s u t g eon s; W illiam Thom as Freem an M .D .D urh., F .R .C .S .
E n g ., L .R .C .P .L o n d . & G eorge Stew art A bram B .A .,
M .B ., B .C .C a m b ., M .R .C .S .E n g ., L .R .C .P .L o n d . p h y­
sician s; W illiam Jam es M aurice M .B ., B .Ch.O xon .,
L .R .C .P .L o n d ., M .R .C .S .E n g . and Lansdown M urray
G uildin g M .A ., M .B ., B .C h ., M .R .C .S .E n g . surgeons;
G eorge F rederick M urrell M .B .L on d., M .R .C .S .E n g .,
L .R .C .P .L o n d . and Gordon Orm sby Lam bert B .A ., M .D.,
B .C.Cam b. assistan t p h ysician s; W illiam Jam es Foster
F .R .C .S .E n g ., L.R .C .P .L o n d . and W alter Bernard Secretan M .B .L ond., F .R .C .S .E n g ., L .R .C .P .L o n d . assistant
surgeon s; R. Philip Brooks F .R .C .S .E d in . ophthalm ic
su rg eon ; A rth u r Roberts F .R .C .S .E d in . aural surgeon;
Robert Ritson M .A .C am b ., L .R .C .P .L o n d ., M .R .C .S.
Eng. anaesthetist; A llan Lindsay Goadby L .D .S .R .C .S .
E ng. con sulting dental surgeon ; Robert Donaldson M .B .,
C h .B ., D T .M .E d in ., D. P. H. Sheffield, p ath o lo g ist; one
house physician, one house surgeon and one second
house su rg eo n ; Rev. M artin Thom as Friend M .A. chap­
l a in ; H erm an B urney B .A . secretary and house gover­
n o r; M iss E. A. W ynne, m atron.
The C oun ty L u n atic A sylum , called the M oulsford
A sylu m , was opened in Septem ber, 1870; it occupies
a p rom inent position on th e W allingford road, threeq uarters of a m ile from Cholsey and M oulsford station
and 2 m iles from W a llin g fo rd ; it is b u ilt of red brick
relieved w ith stone and coloured brick dressings, in a
modified style of E a rly E n g lis h ; the A sylum stands
on an estate of 80 acres, extending from the W a llin g ­
ford road to the riv er Tham es, form ing nearly a square.
I t was designed to hold 285 patients, at a cost of
¿68,600, but was enlarged for an additional 324 patients
at a fu rth er cost of ¿55,000, and further enlarged in
1902 for 200 more patients at a cost of ¿50,000. The
num ber of patients in Decem ber, 1914, was 810, .of
whom 376 are m ales and 434 fe m a le s ; Jam es W illiam
A itken M urdoch M .B ., C .M .G las. m edical superinten­
d en t; E dw in Lindsey Dunn B .A ., M .B ., B.Ch.D ub. and
Sidney E rn est H older M .R .C .S .E n g ., L.R .C .P .L o n d . as­
sistant m edical officers; Rev. P hilip E dw in Raynor
A .K .C .L . chap lain ; John Thornhill M orland, clerk to
the com m ittee of v is ito r s ; Moses N icholls, steward and
clerk of the a s y lu m ; M iss E. W illin g, housekeeper.
T h e Broadm oor C rim in al L u n atic A sylum , near
W okingham , w h ich occupies an elevated site about 400
feet above sea level, and p artly sheltered by pine woods,
was opened in 1863, and oonsists of an extensive range
of brick buildings planned and erected under the e x ­
clusive direction of the late M ajor-G eneral Sir Joshua
Jebb K .C .B . at a cost of ¿118 ,0 39, an<^ several tim es
altered and en la rg e d ; the tota l am ount expended