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several m onum ents in the church and chancel, in clud­
ing one to the Lovelace fam ily, of H u r le y ; E ditha,
sister to K in g E dw ard the C onfessor, was also buried
h ere: two of the Norm an windows on the north side
of the nave were filled w ith stained glass in Decem ber,
1876, as m em orials to the Rev. Florence Jam es
W ethered, six years curate and twenty-nine years vicar
of H urley, and to Mrs. W harton, la te of the M alt
House, H u rle y ; on the south side of th e nave is
another erected as a thank offering for peace on the
term ination of the war in South A fric a in 1902: the
church affords 261 s ittin g s: th e ch urch yard is neatly
kep t and has several handsom e m arble and granite
crosses. The reg ister dates from the year 1560. The
livin g is a vicarage, net yearly value ¿18 0 , and one
acre of glebe, w ith residence, in the g ift of and held
since 1868 by the Rev. Florence Thom as W ethered
M.A. of C h rist C hurch, Oxford, and surrogate. The
vicarage house was enlarged and rem odelled in 1850.
Four cottages, b u ilt on land given by H urley priory in
1494, produce about ¿ 2 1 yearly, and is for repairs of the
church. S ir Richard Lovelace let. and first Baron
Lovelace, of H urley, le ft the value of ten q u arters of
rye for the p o o r; K em p en felt’s, B enw ell’s, M icklem ’s
and S. B rad ley’s charities are distrib uted am ongst the
poor of the c iv il parish in cloth ing &c. and, together
with
Lovelace’s
ch arity,
am ounted in
1894 to
¿ 3 9 *3S- 7£d- Here was a cell of Benedictine monks,
given to W estm inster A bb ey by G eoffrey de Magnij
VillA or M andeville in the reign of W illiam the
Conqueror, and dedicated to S t. M ary th e V i r g in ;it s
revenues at the D issolution about 1535 were estim ated
at ¿ 1 2 1 ; the Lovelace fam ily b u ilt out of the ruins of
the m onastery a stately m ansion and called it “ Lady
p r iv a t e

r e s id e n t s

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(Marked thus * receive their letters
throu gh H enley-on-Tham es.)
Dowell M rs. The Copse
Hancock Laurence, Lady place
H enry S ir Charles Solomon bart. M .P .,
J.P . P a rkw o o d ; & 5 C arlton g a r­
dens S W ; & Brooklands, W ellin g ­
ton,
S h ro p sh ire;
C ity
Reform
club E C & N ational L iberal, Royal
A utom obile & B ritish E m pire clubs
S W , London
H ungerford M rs. H urley cottage
Lardelli Thos. F ras. The M alt house
Leath Mrs. The M ill house
•M ick lem M aj.-G en. Edwd. R osehill
Nicholson Reginald, Lee Farm house

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P lace.” Th e house was for some tim e the residence
of the brother of the ill-fated A dm iral Richard
K em penfelt, drowned on the sinking of the “ Royal
G eorge,” at Spithead, 29 A u g . 1782, and was even tu ­
ally pulled down in 1837. H urley Manor, in cludin g
H urley G re a t Wood, was g ran ted in exchange by Henry
V III. to W estm in ster A bbey. Th e principal lan d ­
owners are S ir G ilb ert A u g u stu s C layton -E ast bart.
J.P . who is lord of th e m anor, M rs. W illiam s, M ajorG en. E dw ard M icklem , S ir C. S. H enry bart. M .P .,
J.P . and G eorge Sam uel E llio tt esq. Th e soil is ligh t
gravel and c h a lk ; subsoil, chalk. Th e area of the c iv il
p arish is 4,110 acres of land and 49 of w a te r ; rateable
value, ¿ 8 ,1 4 4 ; the population of th e c iv il p arish in
1911 was 1,290, and of the ecclesiastical parish 514,
exclusive of Know l H ill portion of H urley c iv il parish.
B u rch etts G reen, a ham let p artly in th is parish, w ill
be found under a separate heading.
Parish C lerk, Jam es Green.
Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephonic E xpress D elivery Office.—
M rs. M ary G ough, sub-postm istress.
Letters arrive
th rou gh M arlow, at 7.45 a.m . & 1 p .m .; dispatched
a t 9.55 a.m . & 6.30 p .m .; Sundays at 9.35 a.m
Post Office, W arren Row .— W illiam N orris, sub-post­
m aster. Letters through H enley-on-Tham es, delivered
a t 7.45 a.m . & 1.5 p.m . ; dispatched at 7.45 a.m . &
1 & 6.20 p .m . ; Sundays, 8 a.m . T h e n earest m oney
ord er & telegrap h office is a t L ittlew ick G reen
W all L e tter Boxes, cleared at 10 a.m . & 6.35 p.m . ;
Sundays at 9.30 a .m .; & Cockpole, cleared at 1.25 &
6.45
p.m . ; Sundays, 9.40 a.m
E lem en tary School (m ixed), for 81 ch ild ren ; M rs. A lice
Sm ith, m istress

•H en ry’s C. S. (M rs.), Recreation
Richardson M orris, H urley house
Home for children in th e summeT
W ethered R ev.Florence Thom as M .A.
& nurses in the w inter m onths
(vicar & su rrogate), V icarage
(Miss Coles, m atron), Parkw ood
C O M M E R C IA L .
Mews Sidney H. farm er, F rogm il!
A yre A lb ert H ig h t, Black Boy inn
farm
•B rad ley G eorge,The Old H atch Gate
•N o rris W illiam , grocer,W arren row
P.H . Cockpole
*B urch ell W m . gardener, Cockpole O liver John F. Old B ell hotel
•P rio r Charles, road contractor
Challenger Joseph, builder
Deacon E lizh. (M rs.), E ast A rm s htl Ridgway Sam uel & Frederick,farm ers.
H all P lace farm (letters through
•F lem in g Alexander, farm er, Dean pi
Maidenhead)
•G oodchild Owen, F ou r Horse Shoes
•S ta n le y Jas. beer ret. W arren row
P.H . Cockpole
G ough M ary (M rs.), grocer & beer •W atson O liver C y ril Spencer, land
stew ard to S ir C. S. H enry bart.
retailer, Post office
M .P. Cockpole
G regory Jam es W . Th e Old House
at Hom e P.H

H U R S T (or H u rst S t. Nicholas) is a parish about 4^
m iles square, and consists of the lib erty of W innersh
and form erly com prised Newland ; the la tter liberty,
w ith a great p art of W innersh, has been form ed into
th e ecclesiastical d is trict of S t. C atherin e, Bear Wood,
and th e ham let of Tw yford w ith an ad jacen t district
was form ed into a separate ecclesiastical parish A pril
4th, 1876, and a civil parish June 23rd, 1895. W histleyin-H urst is 6 m iles east from Reading, 2 south from the
G reat W estern railw a y station at Tw yford , 7 ! south
from H enley, 4 north from W okingham and 10 from
M aidenhead, w ith a h alt on the South Eastern and
C hatham railw ay, in the Eastern division of the county,
hundred of C harlton, p etty sessional division and union
of W okingham , county cou rt d is tric t of Reading, rural
deanery of Sonning, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese
of O xford. The church of S t. N icholas is a b u ild in g of
stone in the T ransitional and later styles, con sistin g of
chancel, w ith south aisle (added in 1876), nave, south
porch, aisles and an em battled w estern tower, reb u ilt in
1612, and containing a clock and 8 b ells: th e chancel is
separated from the nave and aisle b y a screen of
elaborately carved oak, surm ounted by the Royal arm s
and Prince of W ales’s plum e, ric h ly g ilt ; five large
pillars w ith arches of various dates, from the 12th cen­
tu ry downwards, form the arcade to the north aisle,
and three arches in the M iddle-Pointed style separate
the south aisle from the nave ; the p u lp it is of carved
oak in the Jacobean style, and there is a splendid
m arble m onum ent, of the 17th cen tury, to Lady
M argaret, widow of S ir H enry Savile kt. provost of
Eton and founder of the Savilian professorships of
astronom y and geom etry at O xford ; i t has six m arble
figures in the attitu d e of prayer, under a canopy w ith
drapery, supported on each side by an angel, the whole
of exqu isite workm anship : there is also a brass to
Richard W aude, “ aulae proquestor ” to H enry V III.,
Edward V I. and Queens M ary and E lizabeth, ob. 1574 ;
his w ife, Colubra, and 17 children, w ith effigies and 14
verses ; and another brass to A lice, eldest daughter of

Richard W ard esq. “ cooferer ” to Queen E lizabeth , and
wife of Thom as H arrison esq. ob. c. 1600; this b rass
has her effigy in a bed, she havin g died in ch ild b e d :
in 1876 the nave was restored at the expense of M iss
Palm er, of Sonning, at a cost of ¿4,0 00 ; in 1903
the chancel was redecorated, and in 1908 the north
chapel was furnished and new vestry added at a cost
°f ¿ 3 1 5 : in 1909 a new organ was presented by T . R.
H arm an esq. of S in d lesh a m : in the south aisle is a
m em orial window presented by the fam ily of the late
T. R. H arm an esq. of Sin d lesh am : th e stained east
window is a m em orial to th e Rev. A rchibald Allen
C am eron M .A. v ic a r 1832-80; in 1893 a m em orial
window was erected to M rs. Cam eron, and in S ep tem ­
ber, 1905, another to Thom as H arrison and Ann
Caroline, his w ife : th ere are 400 sittin gs.
The
churchyard was extended in 1903. Th e reg ister dates
from the year 1583.
Th e liv in g is a vicarage, net
yearly value ¿245, w ith residence, in the g ift of the
Bishop of Oxford, and h eld since 1880 b y th e Rev.
E dm und Broome M .A. of E x e ter C ollege, O xford. Th ere
is a B ap tist chapel at W h istley G reen, w ith sittin gs
for 120 persons. Th ere are alm shouses, founded in
1664 by W illiam B ark er esq. of H urst, for eig h t poor
people, w ith a donation to them and th eir successors
for ever of 7s. 6d. w eekly, besides a new coat or gown
every second year. The other ch ief benefactors to the
parish are the fo llo w in g : Mr. R ich ard B ig g , form erly
fellow of New College, Oxford, who in 1677 le ft three
freehold houses and a w arehouse in London, now p ro ­
ducin g ¿220 y e a r ly ; L a d y Dorothy H arrison, whose
ch arity yields ¿2 2 yea rly ; L a d y Frances W inchcom b ;
W illiam Harm an esq. who b y h is w ill le ft the interest
of ¿500 to he annually d istrib u ted in coals amon^ the
poor of the liberty of W innersh, th e am ount b ein g now
about ¿ 1 8 ; Mrs." Sarah Glasspool, who le ft ¿200, the
interest of w hich, now ¿ 6 a yea r, is expended in flannels
and blankets for the poor of the lib erty of W h istley ;
and A lice A llrig h t, who le ft ¿ 8 a year for the poor of
Newland liberty. Th e fuel allotm ents of the lib erty of