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B E R K S H IR E .

Veitch Clara (M rs.), Queen's hotel, M arket place
Viner John H enry, senior sergeant-at-m ace k keeper of
G uildhall, 2 The A bbey
Viuey Brothers, drapers, 2 M arket place
Viney L . (M rs.), draper, 3 H igh street
Volunteer F ire B rigade (John T. Morland esq. super­
intendent) ; head q uarters, M arket place
Walker & C o.’s Stores L im ited , grocers, 8 H igh street
Ward W alter W allace, accountant (firm , C ritch le v,
Lewis & W ard), 8 E ast S t. Helen street
Warren Thom as Budd, highw ay surveyor for A bingdon
Rural D istrict C ouncil & collector to Join t H ospital
Board, Y o rk house, E ast St. Helen street
W ater W orks (B orough) (G eorge W inship F .G .S .,
A .'M .I.C.E. engineer & m anager), W ootton ; office,
Borough buildings
W arwick M ary J. (M iss), refreshm ent room s, Station yd
Webber Steven J. W illiam , superintendent to Pearl
Assurance Co. L im ited , K irriem oor, R adley road
Wenn & E lsom , chartered accountants, 12 S te rt street
W est J n .G eo.T .arch itect k su rvyr.T h e Knowl,S2 S te rt st
W estall E . & Son, boot m akers, 21 S tert street
W estbury & Son, corn dealers, 14 Ock street
Westcombe Isaac, treasurer to the Abingdon Union &
Rural D istrict Council k to th e C ulh am R ural D istrict
Council, xo A lb ert park
W estcott G eorge, Bee H ive P.H . & basket m a. 46 S te rt st
W hale S arah (M rs.), beer retailer, 19 M arket place
W heeler Alpheus Ben Brickland, tailor, 16 B ath street
Wheeler George H. builder & contractor, 61 V ineyard
Wheeler Rose (M rs.), draper, 109a, Ock street
W'hitehead Vernon, m otor engineer, 32 Ock street
A L D E R , M A S T O N is a pleasant village and parish on
the Hants b order w ith station i f m iles from the village,
on the H ungerford and1 Devizes branch of the G reat
W estern railw ay, 46 m iles by rail and 49 by road from
London, 10 south-w est from Reading, 9 south-east from
N ewbury, in the Southern division of the county, h un ­
dred of Theale, Reading p etty sessional division, union
of Bradfield, cou n ty court d istrict of N ew bury, ru ra l
deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese
of O x fo rd ; in the D om esday th is place is given as
JEldremanestone ”
and
“ H eldrem anestune.”
The
church of S t. M ary, anciently b elon ging to the Bene­
dictine priory of SS. M ary and John the B ap tist, at
West Sherborne, H ants, is an ancient stru ctu re of flint
and rubble, standing in the p ark of A lderm aston C ourt,
and consists of chancel, nave, south chapel and a western tower, w ith spire, containing 8 bells and a c lo c k ;
the east window of the chancel is E a rly E n glish , consisting of three lancets under one a rc h ; m ost of the
other windows are D ecorated, and several new stained
windows have been a d d ed ; in the south chapel is a
Decorated piscina, a brass to W illiam F orster esq. high
sheriff of B erks, died in 1574, also several m u ral
paintings, discovered in 1896; in the windows on the
north side of the chancel are two panels of glass of the
13th century, rep resen tin g the Annunciation ; the tower
is of the Decorative period, w ith a Norm an doorway
built; in at the west e n d ; the p u lp it is of finely carved
o a k ; under the arch of the south tran sep t is an altar
tomb of alabaster, w ith recum ben t effigies, to S ir
George F orster K .B . sheriff of B erks, who died 7th
December, 1533, and his w ife Elizabeth, gran d-daughter
and heiress of S ir Thom as De la M ere kt. who died in
1526; around the sides, under canopies, w ere eleven
small m ale figures in arm our and eigh t fem ales in
angular head dresses, b ut one of each has d isap p ea red ;
at the west end of the tom b are th e kneeling figures
of his son and heir, afterw ards S ir H um phrey Forster
bart. and his w ife, a daughter of Lord Sandys, of The
Vine, lord high trea su rer to K in g H enry V I I I . ; there
are also m onum ents to Ralph Congreve esq. and a
helm et; in 1896 the church was thoroughly restored,
new roofed, and reseated a t the sole expense of C. E.
Keyser e s q .: there are 250 sittin g s, 125 being free.
The register dates from the year 1558. Th e livin g is
an unendowed vicarage, net yearly incom e £ 300, w ith ­
out residence, in the g ift of Charles E. K eyser esq. and
held since 1888 by the Rev. Faulknor Russell Horwood

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W h ittak er John, tobacconist, 13 B ridge street
W hittin gton M ary A nn (M rs.), shopkeeper, 30 Vineyard
W iblin John, greengrocer, 154 Ock street
W iblin W illiam , Ock S treet Horns P.H . 204 Ock street
W icks F ran k H. librarian , Free P ub lic L ib ra ry, H ig h st
W iggins H arry, carp en ter, 39 Ock street
W iggins Joseph,shopkeeper & c a rr ie r^ W est S t.H elen st
W illiam s E m m a K ate (M iss), corset m ak er,29 Sp ring rd
W illiam s H arry, harness m aker. Broad street
W illiam s H enry (M rs.), confectioner, 14 S te rt street
W illiam s Jam es, beer reta iler, 31 V in eyard
W ilson L a u ra (M iss), laundress, 80 S p rin g road
W in sh ip G e o r g e F .G .S ., A .M .I.C .E . c iv il engineer &
surveyor, borough surveyor, inspector for Urban D is­
tric t C ouncil, in spector of com m on lo dgin g houses &
m anager k engineer to borough w aterw orks, Borough
buildings
W ise J am es W . beer reta iler, N o rthcourt
W ith am W . & Son, w atch & clock m akers, 20 H ig h st
W oodford E dw ard V ivian R ussell M .R .C .S .E n g .,L .R .C .P .
Lond. surgeon, m edical officer No. 1 d istrict, A b in g ­
don union & m edical officer to the W orkhouse, 59
Ock street
W rig h t A . J. inspector of w eigh ts & m easures (A b in g ­
don & W allin gford districts), residence at Reading
Y a tes John, boat b uilder, W ilsham road
Y o u n g E m ily (M rs.), dress m aker, 2 Park road
Y o u n g F rederick A lb ert J. insurance agen t, 157 O ck st
Y o u n g G eorge, G olden Cross P .H . 3 S tert street
Y o u n g M en’s C hristian Association (H. B. Sayers, secA,
33 W est S t. Helen street
M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. There are alm s­
houses for four widow s, b u ilt in 1706, by the Rev.
Robert D ixon, form erly vicar here, and endowed about
1849 w ith ¿ 1 5 0 le ft by H. D. B urr esq. ; tw o of these
houses have been reb uilt by C. E . K e yser esq. : the
charities for church purposes am ount to ¿ 7 17s. 6d.
yearly. The Parish H all, b u ilt in 1897, b y C. E . K eyser
esq. at a cost of about £1,000, is used for various
i purposes. In 1903 a w ater supply was provided for the
village b y C. E . K eyser esq. ; works w ere erected and
a w ell sunk 262 feet deep, 80 feet of w h ich w as cut
through solid c h a lk ; the w ater is draw n b y m achinery,
and flows into a series of tanks for the purpose of
softening i t ; it is then pum ped in to a la rg e reservoir
situate on the top of the A rbour H ill, whence it flows
; by gravitation in to every house and cottage in the
; v illa g e ; it is estim ated th at th e supply could am ount
1 to 100,000 gallons per day. N ear the villag e is A ld e r­
m aston C ourt, a m odern mansion in th e TudorE lizabethan style, reb u ilt b y P hilip H ardw ick esq.
architect, in 1849, after the p artial destruction b y fire
of the old house, reb u ilt b y S ir H um p h rey F orster bart.
in 1636, and subsequen tly the residen ce of the C on­
greves ; th e ch im n ey stacks, which belong to a very
early period, also a b eau tifu lly carved oak staircase,
were taken from the old m ansion and placed in the
new ; since 1894 th e house, which stands on an em in ­
ence in a park of 1,000 acres of finely varied scenery,
with groves of oak, haw thorn and yew , has been con­
siderably enlarged, and is now the seat of C harles
E dw ard K eyser esq. M .A ., F .S .A ., D .L ., J .P ., C .C . the
lord of the manor and p rin cipal landowner. The soil is
gravel. Th e chief crops are wheat and barley. The
area is 3,693 acres of land and 49 of w a te r ; rateable
value, ¿ 4 ,3 2 8 ; the population in 1911 was 559.
Sexton, H arry Nash.
Post, M. O. k T . Office.— F rederick C lark , sub-postm aster. L etters arrive from Reading at 6.50 a.m .
& 12.20 & 5.55 p m. ; Su n d a ys, 6.50 a . m . ; dispatched
a t 8.10 a.m . & 12.50 & 6.45 p.m . ; S u n d a y s , 6.45 p.m
E lem en tary School (m ixed k infants), b u ilt in 1837, for
135 children, k en larged in 1897 by C. E. K eysei
esq. ; A lfred R andall, m aster ; M iss M ary M onger,
in fan ts’ m istress
R ailw ay Station, G eorge Jones, station m aster
Constable in charge, H enry W alker

C am bridge
John
Forem an,
land
(Marked thus f receive their letters K ilcat Misses, The Dene
through Beenham, R eading.)
steward to 0 . E. K e yser esq. M .A .,
Sm ith Miss
F .S .A ., D .L ., J.P . & assistant
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S.
fStran ge Francis G erald, Brew ery ho
overseer, C hurch farm
Edden Capt. H arold W alker
Deichmann Oskar M .A ., F .R .G .S
Parquharson E dw ard Geo. W asing lo
C arter Robert & Sons, builders, de­
C O M M E R C IA L .
G alt M aurice, The C ottage
corators, plum bers k sanitary en ­
Horwood Rev. F aulknor R ussell M .A. Alderm aston Co-operative In dustrial
gineers ; specifications k estim ates
Vicarage
Provident Society L im ited (J. F.
prepared
Keyser Charles Edward M .A ..F .S A .,
C am bridge, sec)
Clark Fredk. butcher, k post office
D L , J.P ., C .C . A lderm aston court Bucknell A rth.W m .farm r. Fosters frm