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BERKSHIRE.

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W interbrook, cleared at 8.55 & 11.5 a.m . & 2.30, 3.40,
5.50
& 7.45 p.m . ; Su ndays, 11.23 a m
W allingford road, cleared at 10.40 a.m . & 3.35 & 7.10
p .m . ; S u n d a ys, n a.m
C ounty L u n atic Asylum .
The County Lu n atic A sylum , although called the Moulsford A sylu m , is in this parish & close to th e Cholsey
station on the G .W .R . ; it was opened in Septem ber,
1870, & occupies a position on th e W allingford
road, three-quarters of a m ile from Cholsey & Moulsford station & 2 m iles from the town of W a llin g ­
ford ; it is b u ilt of red brick, relieved with stone &
colored brick dressings, in a m odified style of E arly
English ; the A sylum stands on an estate of 80 acres,
extending from the W allingford road to the banks of
the river Tham es, form ing nearly a s q u a re ; it was
designed to hold 285 patients, at a cost of £68,600,
but was enlarged for an additional 324 patients at a
cost of about £55,000, Sc further enlarged in 1902 for

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200 more patients, at a cost of £50,000; the num ber
of patients is now (1915) 810, of whom 376 are m ales
& 434 fem ales
M edical Superintendent, Jam es W illiam A itk en M urdoch
M .B ., C .M .G las
A ssistant M edical Officers, E dw in Lindspy Dunn B .A .,
M .B ., B .Ch.D ub. & S idn ey E rn est Holder M .R .C .S .
E n g ., L .R .C .P .L o n d
C haplain, Rev. Ph ilip E dw in R aynor A .K .C .L
C lerk to the C om m ittee of V isitors, John Th orn h ill M o t land
Stew ard & C lerk of the A sylum , Moses Nieholls
H ousekeeper, M iss E . W illin g
Elem entary School (m ixed), established in 1875 & en^
larged in 1910, for 275 c h ild re n ; W illiam H arvey,
m aster
Cholsey Sc M oulsford R ailw ay S tation (G .W .R .), Joseph
Jam es, station m aster
C arrier to W allingford, W alter G . A dam s, daily

Adam s W alter G eorge, carrier
N orcutt G eorge, grocer
B aldwin Alfred W illiam , dairym an
T e ll-S m ith Donald, farm er, Blackhall
B aldwin Charles B ertie, cycle agen t
farm
B arrett A lb ert H enry, Swan P.H
Pestell R. A. baker
Baughan Jam es, farm er, Westfields
S aw yer T im oth y , draper & clothier
Bidm ead Ralph, farm er, Manor farm S ilvester H y.G eo.frm r. K entw ood frm
Blake E dw ard L . W aterloo hotel
S m ith F le tch er (M rs.), farm er
Bosher, Sons Sc Co. builders, con­ Stevenson
Julia
(M rs.),
farm er,
tractors & deco rators; sanitary
H ith ercroft
work & general repairs prom ptly T aylor P eter, cowkeeper
attended t o ; estim ates free
T aylor W m .Geo. dairym an ,S tatio n rd
Bosher H en ry,bu ilder,2 Tham es view T u ff W illiam , p riv ate garden er to
Bosher W illiam , farm er, Causew ay
Rev. F. S. Laurence, M oulsford
Burgess A lb ert Lew is, school atten d­ T y rrell G eorge (M rs.), Th e L ion P.H
ance officer for W allingford d istrict, 1W ilson Josepher, cowkeeper, C ran­
Richm ond villas
ford House lodge (postal address,
Carrol John, butcher
M oulsford, W allingford)
C astleton F rederick. Th e Bell inn
Winfield H enry Stephen, news agent
C oun ty L u n atic A sylum (Jam es W m . W ya tt G eorge, blacksm ith
A itken
M urdoch
M .B .,
C.M . W ym an & Sons L im ited , new sagents,
m edical superintendent)
bookstall, R ailw ay station
Dix G eorge Jam es, grocer
E ltbam E lizh .(M rs.),M o rn in gS tar inn I
W IN TE R B R O O K .
E lth am H ungerford, Railw ay hotel
(L etters th rou gh W allin gford.)
E ustace R ich ard,farm er, The Beeches
& Offlands farm
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
Farrow Frederick W illiam , insurance B uckell A nthony, Th e Law n
agent, 3 S t. G eorge’s road
D ibley M ajor A . B ucklands
Ferris Joseph, confectioner
Dodd W illiam , T he F ilberts
Finch Job Geo. b uilder & undertaker F au lk n er M rs. W interbrook house
Ford Thom as, Brentford T ailor P.H
G ale Joseph John, T he Lodge
H arden W'illiam & Son F .R .H .S . Slade P ercival Claude A v e ry , Th e
n urserym en
L ittle house
Hawkins P eter, dairym an Sc coal m er S tobart Mrs. W hite Cross
H illiard F rederick, The E agle P.H
W atson Mrs. E. The N ew cottages
Howse John, ju n . C h equ er’s inn
Weedon Frank, T h e C ottage
Howse Thom as, farm er,E ast End frm Weedon Mrs. Cw ichelm
H unt H arry C lark, farm er. T he E lm s W illm ott W illiam
H unt Thom as M ., M .R .C .V .S . v e te r­
C O M M E R C IA L .
in ary surgeon, Station road
Boynton A rth u r, Th e W interbrook
H u tt John H enry, haulier, Station rd
lau n d ry
Jeffery R. F. Sc Co. grocers
Cato W illiam , florist & seedsman
Lew is Reuben & Sons, basket m akers Howse John, farm b ailiff to Mrs.
M ontague Robert W illiam , n ursery­
B cughton
m an, W estfield nursery
M orris Henry. N ag’s H ead P.H
C O M M E R C IA L .
N icholls Moses, clerk & steward to Saunderson Ebenezer, farm er,W in ter­
A bbott G eorge, farm er, H azel's farm
C ounty L u n atic A sylum
brook farm
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

A bbott George, The Hazels
Ashby Co). John Shuckbu rgh, The
Gables
Bailey G eorge, South view
Baker John, L a Haye
Baughan Jam es, W estfields
Bosher C has. Win. Tham es View ho
Bosher Jesse, Mona cottage
Breach Miss, W allingford road
B ullivant P’rederick A rth u r, Thatched
house (postal address, Moulsford,
W allingford)
C arter A lb ert John, B ristow ’ s farm
Cozens Mrs. W allingford road
Dunn E dw in Lindsay B .A ., M .B .,
B .Ch. C ou n ty L u n atic A sylum
Edwards Mrs. Broadlands
E ustace Mrs. Essendune
F airthorne Mrs. H ighcroft
Greenwood A u gu stu s, Rose cottage
Harvey Robert, H ighw ater
H att C ecil, The Bungalow
Holder Sidney E ., M .R .C .S . County
Lu n atic A sylum
H utchings G eorge A
Larkcom Mrs. E lizabeth, Station rd
Laurence Rev.
F rederick Spencer
M .A. Cranford house (postal a d ­
dress, M oulsford, W allingford)
Masefield Charles, Lollingdon house
M iller Mrs. The W illows
Moore A lfred, H illside
Moore Miss
Murdoch Jam es W illiam A itken M .B .,
C .M . C ounty L u n atic A sylum
Nicholls Moses,
C ounty
L u n atic
A sylum
P ell-S m ith Donald, Blackhall’s
Raynor Rev. Philip Edwin A .K .C .L .
(chaplain to C ounty A sylum )
S ilvester H enry Geo. Kentwood farm
Stevenson Mrs. H ithercroft
Venables G ilbert Locke, M ill court
W illm ott G eorge Bisley, Cardynham

C L A P C O T , form erly a ham let and liberty in the
parishes of A ll Hallows, W allingford, and W allingford
Castle Precincts, was constituted a separate parish by
Local Governm ent Board O rder No. 31,900, under the
“ Local G overnm ent A ct, 1894” (56 & 57 V iet. c. 73).
I t lies two m iles north-east from W allingford, in the
Northern division of the county, Moreton hundred, W a l­
lingford petty sessional division, union and county court
d istrict and in the rural deanery of W allingford, arch­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. T here is no
church. The W allingford and Crow m arsh Joint Isola­
tion H ospital, erected on the high grounds in th is
parish, at a cost of £4,294, was opened 3rd M arch,
1905, w ith accom m odation for 11 p a tie n ts : a new
suspect block w ith six beds was added in 1908, and a
block to contain five beds and two cots is now (1915)

in course of erection : the hospital now provides for 40
patients. W allingford C astle is th e residence of the
Misses H edges. Th e chief landowners are G eorge D.
Faber esq. C .B ., M .P. the M isses Hedges and th e t r u s ­
tees of the late L . P. Powys-Lybbe esq. (d. 1897).
The land, both arable and m eadow, is vej-y good. The
soil is green s a n d ; subsoil, chiefly clay. T h e chief
crops are w heat, barley and roots. T h e area is 856
acres of land and 20 of w a te r; rateable value, £ 1 ,9 9 5 ;
the population in 1911 was 126.
Letters through W allingford. W allingford, 2 m iles dis­
tant, is the nearest m oney order & telegrap h office
W all L e tter Box, S hillin gford B ridge hotel, cleared at
7.30 & 10.45 a r a - & i-3o & 7 20 p.m . ; Sundays,
12.5 p.m

F ab er G eorge Denison C .B ., M.P.
C O M M E R C IA L .
W allingford
&
Crow m arsh
Joint
Rush c o u r t; & 14 Grosvenor sq. Davies G eorge W. farm er. Park farm
Isolation H ospital (Edw in Charles
W ; & Carlton & United U niversity Revnolds A lfred F ryer, Shillingford
W a lter
M .R .C .S .E n g .,
L .R .C .P .
clubs S W , London
B ridge hotel
Lond. m edical officer; M iss Stock,
Hedges Misses. W allingford castle
V oisey Robert, land steward to Geo.
matron)
Honeybone W illiam . R iver view
Denison F aber esq. C .B ., M .P.
Wilson Fleetwood, Beau Regard
H ome farm