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MAIDENHEAD.

B E R K S H IR E .

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which dates from 1683, b ut had long been dism em bered, | pin, an iron knife and two brass coins of T etricu s the
was restored in 1885, and is of silver, w ith some traces of 1 elder and T etricu s th e younger, A .D . 267-73, were
gildin g, and 3 ft. io in . lo n g : it has a plain sh aft, divided found, as well as a quern , or hand m ill.
by knops, and open-w ork brackets, supporting the head,
Th e C ottage H ospital, in St. L u k e’s road, Norfolk
which bears in two com partm ents the le tte r M, between Park, was founded in 1880; it contains 23 beds and 2
two of the national e m b le m s : above is the usual cots, and is supported by volun tary con trib u tio n s;
c irc let and an open crown w ith orb and c r o s s : on the d u rin g the year 1913, 262 patients were adm itted.
flat top are th e royal arm s. Th e other m ace, dating
The M unicipal Borough Infectious Diseases H ospital,
from 1776, is of the same len gth , and silver-gilt, but erected in 1911 at a cost of £3,000, will hold 25 patients.
som ewhat m a s s iv e ; on the head, in four divisions, are
Spoore’s ch arity provides £ 12 7 10s. yea rly for educa­
the national em blem s and devices rep resen tin g the town
tional purposes and apprenticing four b o y s ; Poole’s
and the bridge m a s te r s : the head is surm ounted by a
ch arity provides £30 yearly in cloth in g for the poor of
circlet and crown as before, b u t is rem ovable so as to
the parish of M aiden h ead; B in g ’s bequest of £79 is
serve for a loving cup, and the flat top, engraved w ith
distrib uted in c lo th in g ; B ix m an ’s of £58 is for ap­
the royal arm s, then becom es a cover. Th e chain and
p ren ticin g and clothin g children in the parish of B ray
badge were purchased in 1881, and th e la tter bears a
once in three y e a r s ; and M erry’s of £ 5 is for education.
representation of the borough seal, w hich is rep uted to
A n alm shouse for eig h t poor m en and th eir wives was
be the p rivate seal of John G odayn, canon of Thiers, an
founded and endowed by Jam es S m yth esq. a m em ber
ecclesiastic of the 14th century, whose name appears
of the Salters’ Com pany, of London, in 1659, and has
round th e m argin, w hile in th e centre is th e nim bed
a present income of about £257 yearly.
head of a saint.
L a d y Pocock le ft in 1816 £50 yearly to be distributed
The M aidenhead P u b lic L ib ra ry , St. Ives road, a in m oney am ong the poor on the 18th January, and
stru ctu re o f red b rick w ith stone dressings, was given also a certain num ber of six-penny loaves to be given
to the borough in M arch, 1904, b y A ndrew Carnegie every Saturd ay for ever to tw enty poor p erso n s; she
esq. a t a cost of £5,000, th e site, valued at £1,000, also bequeathed £100 to be distributed biennially, in
being the g ift of M r. W . Nicholson, of M aidenhead; sum s of £ 10 each, to ten fem ale unm arried servants
the b uilding was opened in O ctober, 1904. Th ere are who should have lived in the same situation in M aiden­
5,419 volum es in th e len din g departm ent, and 1,695 head or its vicin ity for the term of seven y e a r s ; she
volum es in the referen ce room.
also founded a Sun day school, known as Lady Pocock’s
T he borough open air sw im m in g bath, in E ast street, school, for th irty girls, and she fu rth er le ft a g ift of
was erected in 1909 at a cost of £1,000.
bread, m eat and coals to be distrib uted at C h ristm as
T he cou n ty police station is in Broadway.
in each year to 100 poor fa m ilie s : these bequests, how­
T he Oddfellows’ H all, in B rock lane, is a plain stru c­
ever, have been varied by a schem e of the C h arity
tu re of b rick, and w ill seat 200 persons.
C om m issioners. There are also the follow ing ch arities •.
The M aidenhead T ech n ical In stitu te was erected and
Shapland’ s, the in terest of £1,099 r9 s- 4^- £2$ per
opened in 1896 in the M arlow road, at a cost, in cludin g
Cent. Bank Stock, distrib uted in c lo th in g ; W h itfield’s,
s ite, of £6,500.
of £6 , for poor widows of Cookham and B r a y ; Davis’,
B oulter’s or B ay M ill L o ck is a stone lock, about half
of about £130, for distribution among the p oor; W yvill’ s
a m ile above the bridge.
the interest of £400, is distrib uted at the discretion of
Several regattas are held here annually in the m onths
of J u ly and A u gu st, prom oted by the w aterm en, the the vicar and churchw ardens of St. M ary’s, who are
the tru stees; Seym our’s, of about £ 1 6 a year, is for
engineers and fisherm en, th e M aidenhead B ow ing C lub
the education of poor girls, and B alp h Poole’s, a rent
and the B rigade of G uards. There are two extensive
charge
of about £ 10 , w hich is distrib uted to the poor
breweries.
of M aidenhead in bread.
One newspaper is published here, “ The Maidenhead
A d v e rtise r,” on W ed n esd ay; several B ead in g papers
In 1889 W illiam H en ry G renfell esq. of Taplow C ou rt
•circulate in the town.
(now L o rd Desborough K .C .Y .O .), presented to the
tow
n a park or recreation ground, about 14 acres in
The V olunteer F ire Brigade, established in 1866 and
supported en tirely by v o lu n tary contributions, has one extent, situated on the G renfell Toad, and well fu r­
nished
w ith tim b er and ornam ental t r e e s ; num erous
pow erful steam fire engine, two m an ual engines, w ith
the usual appliances and two fire escapes and a hose walks have been m ade, seats placed and swings for the
am
usem
ent of children e re c te d ; a keeper’s lodge has
reel. The station was erected in 1893 by the C orpora­
tio n , in Park street, and has a club room attached. been b u ilt and the grounds enclosed in an iron fence,
at
the
sole
expense of B ichard S tuchbery esq. of C astle
T h e b rigade consists of a captain, 2 lieutenants, 1 escape
H ill; in the year 1893 a drin kin g fountain was erected
forem an, 1 engineer, 15 firemen and an hon. sec.
in the park.
The Household Brigade Boat C lu b is a social and
K idw ell’s Park, about 12 acres in exten t, in th e centre
non-political club for officers in the Household B rigade : of th e town, between M arket street and M arlow road,
i t is p leasantly situated in its own grounds on the riv er was presented in 1890 by Jam es Daniel M orling Pearce
bank near the b rid g e ; th e club house has every con­ esq. of C rau fu rd H all, then m ayo r; this contains some
venience, and in addition to boardin g facilities the fine trees and the p roperty has been vested in trustees
m em bers can be supplied w ith boats of every descrip­ for the purpose of p rom oting the intellectu al, m oral
tion and an electric la u n c h ; there is also stabling for and physical im provem ent of the people.
horses.
The area is 2,095 acres of land and 30 of w a ter; ra te ­
The M aidenhead C on stitutional C lu b , 50 Queen street,
was opened in 1893 for Conservatives and U n io n ists; the able value in 1914 was £97,023.
Th
e population of the civil parish and borough in
b uilding contains readin g and sm oking room s, tw o b il­
liard room s, card and secretary’s rooms and apartm ents 1891 was 10,607; 1901, 12,980, and in 19 11, 15,219, in ­
fo r th e stew ard: there w ere in 1915 about 150 m em bers. clu ding 242 inm ates and 16 officials in the Poor Law
in stitution .
The C onservative W orking M en’s C lub , in Y o rk road,
T h e population of the m unicipal wards in 1911 w a s:
established in 1894, contains reading, b illiard and card
Belm ont, 4,595'; Boyne H ill, 3,535; Oldfield, 2,647;
rooms and refreshm ent bar, and has about 460 m em bers.
St. M ary’s, 4,442.
T he W o rkin g Men’s C lub and I n stitu te , in Norfolk
Th e populations of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1911
road, is well supplied w ith periodicals and has a cir­ were S t. Andrew and S t. M ary M agdalene, i . ^ o , and
cu la tin g lib ra ry of over 1,000 volum es.
St. Lu k e, 8,442.
The links of the M aidenhead G o lf C lub , situ ated on
Parish Clerk of S t. L u k e’s, HaTry Perry, 112 Cordhigh ground about three m in utes from the railw ay sta­ wallis road.
tion, has a fu ll 18 hole course of over three m iles in
length. The G . W . B. stops an express on Sundays to
B O Y N E H IL L is a long, irreg u la r village and eccle­
take up golfers.
siastical parish, formed A u g u st 10, 1858, out of the
T he M aidenhead D istrict B ifle C lub , founded in 1906, civil parish of B ray and comprises the v illag e of Boyne
is situated in M arket street, on the site of the old H ill, th e ou tlyin g ham lets of Cox G reen and T ittle
sw im m ing baths, now used as the p ractice r a n g e : Bow, and parts of the town of Maidenhead near the
there are about 270 m em bers, in cludin g boys.
station, but w ith the exception of Cox G reen and
In O ctober, 1885, the rem ains of a Rom an villa were T ittle B ow th e whole d istrict of Boyne H ill is situated
discovered at F olly H ill, near here, on land occupied within and form s part of the borough of M aidenhead;
by Mr. B. S ilv er and Mr. S. Bird. E xcavation s m ade, Boyne H ill is on the south side of the great B ath road,
under the direction of Mr. J. B utlan d, led to the con­ 7 m iles south-w est from W indsor, and is in the
clusion th at the villa was a building of considerable | hundred of B oynhurst. The church of A ll Sain ts, b uilt
exten t, and had been previously ex p lo re d : portions of in 1857, from designs by the la te G . E. S treet B .A .,
m any vessels of Sam ian w are, square flue pipes, roof F .S .A . is an edifice of red, white and black brick, w ith
tiles, some fragm en ts of m u ral paintings, a bronze
carved stone dressings, in the E arly E n g lish style,