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BERKSHIRE,

W okingham Laundry Co. L im ited (A lbert Andrews,
m anager). Station road
W okingham P ictu re Palace L im ited, 10 Broad street
W right Jam es, nurserym an, London road

w oodley

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W ynn W atkin W illiam s, undertaker, 60 Rose street
Y alden Robert, undertaker, 72 Rose street
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W E S T W O O D H A Y is a parish on the borders of acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of A lfred C.
H am pshire, 3 m iles south from K in tb u ry station on the Cole esq. and held since 1912 hy the Rev. Thom as
G reat W estern railw ay, 6 south-w est from N ew bury and Benjam in W illson M .A ., L itt.D . of T rin ity College,
6 south-east from H ungerford, in the Southern d ivi­ D ublin. This place had anciently a m arket on Tuesdays,
sion of the county, hundred of K in tbu ry-E ag le, petty granted in 1318 to John de S t. Am and, first Baron St.
sessional division, union and cou n ty court d istrict of Am and, who died in 1330; from the St. A m ands, W est
H ungerford, rural deanery of N ew bury, archdeaconry of W oodhay passed by the m arriage of A liam ore de St.
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The parish church of A m and to G erard de B raybrooke into th at fam ily, and
St. Law rence was b u ilt in 1882-3, at a cost of £3,000, subsequently descended to his son G erard, whose eldest
by the late W . H. Cole esq. to replace the form er daugh ter and co-heiress E lizabeth m arried S ir W illiam
church, a heavy brick structure erected in 1717, close de B eaucham p, afterw ards Baron St. A m and and cham ­
to the m anor house, on the site of the original church, berlain of N orth W ales. John de la Pole had a gran t
of which, however, 110 trace rem ained except some few of this m anor in 1484; from 1512 th e collateral descend­
arch itectu ral fragm ents and a q u an tity of encaustic ant of Sir Francis Cheyne held it, and it then became
tiles of an earlier b u ild in g ; the tiles are now in the the p roperty of the D arrells, one of whom , Sir John
west wall of the tower of the present church, which D arrell, was created a baronet in 1622; not long after
stands about a quarter of a m ile from the m anor house, it passed tc the fam ily of Rudyerd. of whom it was
is a building of flint w ith B ath stone dressings in the purchased by the gran dfath er of the late G eneral Sir
L ancet style, from the designs of S ir A. W . Blom field R obert Sloper K .B . and in 1880 it was purchased from
A .R .A ., F ’ S .A . and consists of chancel, nave, south porch G erald Sloper esq. by W illiam H enry Cole esq. and is
and a tower on the south side, w ith short spire and now the property of A. C. Cole esq. who is owner of the
containing 2 b e lls : the chancel has a credence and p a rish ; W est W oodhay House, the residence of Alfred
sed ile; all the windows in th e church are stained, the C layton Cole esq. is a handsome m ansion, b u ilt in 1635
east window being from a design by th e late S ir E. from the designs of Inigo Jones, for S ir Benjam in
Burne-Jones bart. ; others are m em orials erected in 1890 Rudyerd, and considerably enlarged in 1880-1. Th e soil
to W illiam H enry C o le : over the com m union table are is very h ea vy; subsoil, chalk and clay. The chief crops
three beautifu l oak carvings, the w ork of G oyer of are w heat, barley, oats &c. The area is i , 4 3 2 acre s;
L o u v ain : there are brasses to W illiam Henry Cole, d. rateable value, £i>332 ; the population in 1911 was
1889; and to M ajor-G en. S ir Howard C raw furd Elphinstone V .C ., K .C .B ., C .M .G . who was drowned at sea, off
Parish C lerk , H. M ills.
Ushant, M arch 8, 1890: in 1894 the nave was lengthened L etters through N ew bury arrive at 8.15 a.m . K in tbu ry
westward 12 feet and a vestry and organ cham ber built
is the nearest m oney order & telegraph office, about
and a stained west window erected in m em ory of M ajor
3 m iles distan t
W illiam U ttin g Cole, who died of cholera in 1892 at W all L e tte r Box at school cleared at 8.30 a.m . & 5.20
Murree in In d ia : and in 1902-3 a carved oak screen was
p.m . ; no collection on Sundays
added and the church reseated in o a k : there are now
120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1635. Elem entary School, b uilt in 1893, for 53 ch ild ren ; M iss
I. F airbairn, m istress
The livin g is a rectory, net yea rly value £ 14 7, w ith 10
Cole A l f r e d C l a y ton,W est W oodhay ho iDymond W illiam , head gardener to Mann A rth u r, estate carpenter to A.
C. Cole esq
W illiam s P hilip , The M alt house
A. C . Cole esq
W illson R ev.Thom as B enjam in M .A ., F isher H arry, farm er, Fish Pond frm M ills F redk.gam ekpr. to A .C .C o le esq
Phillips
Norm an E. farm er, B rickL itt.D . (rector), Rectory
Hosier Joshua & A rth u r J. farm ers,
c o m m e r c ia l.
G reat farm
1 lavers farm
Dennis W illiam , farm er, Prossers frm H ull W illiam Fredk. frm r. H atch ho
W O O D L A N D S ST. M A R Y
is an ecclesiastical acres of glebe, in th e g ift of M ajor John A ldridge, and
parish form ed in 1838 out of the civil parish of Lam - held since 1890 by the Rev. Reginald Peacock M .A . of
bourn. I t is about 5 m iles north-east from H un ger­ T rin ity College, C am bridge. The E a rl of C raven, who
ford station on the Reading and B ath section of the is lord of the m an or; H enry C u b itt Gooch esq. and S ir
G reat W estern railw ay and about the same distance F rancis B urdett bart. are the principal landowners. The
south-east from Lam bourn, in the Southern division of soil is a thin c la y ; subsoil, chalk. T he chief crops are
oats and turn ips. Th e area is 3,502
the county, Lam bourn hundred and p etty sessional wheat, barley,
.
division. H ungerford union and
county cou rt d istrict, I a c re s; th e population in 1911 was 358
rural deanery of N ew bury, and
archdeaconry of Berks j Sexton. M ark Billingham
and diocese of Oxford. The ch urch of S t. Marv is an Post & T. Office.— H enry H. Bew, sub-postm aster. Letedifice of flint and stone in the
E a rly Decorated style, | ters from H ungerford arrive at 8.35 a.m . & Lam erected, together w ith a parsonage house and school- j bourn at 7.40 ^a.m. ; dispatched at 12 noon^ & > 5 5
p.m . C hilton Foliat is th e nearest m oney order office
room in 1852, and endowed by the m unificence of the
Misses S e y m o u r: the ch u rch consists of chancel, nave Pillar Box cleared at 7.15 a.m . & 5.15 p.m
and north aisle and a tu rre t at the north western E lem en tary School (m ixed), erected in 1852 & class-room
added in 1878, for 120 ch ild ren ; M iss A . R. E vans,
angle containing one b e ll: there are 200 sittings. The
m istress
register dates from the year 1842. The livin g is a
Carrier—
M iss K it t y K n ig h t, every th urs. to N ew bury
vicarage, net yearly value £221, w ith residence and 9
B ush Thos. frm r. W oodlandsLodge fm Nobes H enry, gardener to Henry
(M arked thus * letters received
C u b itt Gooch esq
C arter Henry, farm er, Licqueed farm
throu gh H ungerford.)
*Dodd
F ran k,
farm er,
Inholmes Oakes C has.beer reta iler & blacksm th
Gooch Henry C u b itt, Inholm es
Palm er Hy. M artin, farm er. F ox frm
Common farm
Peacock Rev. R eginald M .A. Vicarage H adrill W illiam Edward, farm er
Palm er W m . farm er, B ottom farm
T rier Dennis Claude, The Holt
Palm er W m . farm er, Dixon’s farm
Hellard Tom , farm er, Belchers farm
H ussey Shadrach, frm r. H ildrop frm P ickett Fanny (M rs.), Hare & Hounds
C O M M E R C IA L .
P.H
H uzzev E rn est, farm er. Burgess farm
Risbv Charles, gam ekeeper to Hy.
Beard L. & J. farm ers, H ills & Keep W illiam , farm er, Willis, farm
C u b itt Gooch esq
K n ig h t K itty (M iss), carrier
H urst farm s
L ittle R obert, gam ekeeper to H. D. Rosier C harles, farm er, L eigh farm
Bew G eorge, w heelw right
T
arrant
Sam i. frm r. Kingswood farm
B ates esq
Bew H enrv H baker & grocer, Post off
Bunce G eorge Dauphine,
farm er, M anchester C harles & Sons, farm ers. T rier Dennis Claude, estate agent to
H enry C u b itt Gooch esq. T h e H olt
Battens farm
Rook’s N est farm
W O O D L E Y a n d S A N D F O R D form a liberty in
the E astern division of the county, hundred of Sonning,
p etty sessional division and union of W okingham , county
court district of Reading and in the rural deanery of
Sonning, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
Woodley was form ed into a separate ecclesiastical district.
M ay 10, 1881, out of the parish of Sonning. and is 2$
m iles north-east from E arley station on the Reading
branch of the London and South W estern railw ay, and

about 3^ east from Reading. The church of S t. John
the E van gelist, b u ilt in 1873, at a cost of £5,000, by the
1 late Robert P alm er esq. of Holme Park, Sonning, from
designs by H enrv W oodyer esq. of G uildford, is a build! ing nf flint and’ stone, in the T ransition style between
the E arly E n glish and Decorated, and consists of chancel.
I nave, w ith north aisle, organ cham ber, vestry, south
| porch and over it a tu rre t containing 3 b e lls : the p rin ­
cipal feature of the in terior is the trip let of arches