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DIREC TOR Y.]

B E R K S H IR E .

m anor, and G erald Edwin P hillips esq. are the principal
landowners.
'Ihe ham let of C oth ill has been severed from this
parish and ecclesiastically annexed to D ry Sandford,
under which place particu lars will be found.
Parish C lerk, E dw ard H iggins.
W all L e tter B oxes.— G arford, cleared a t 8.15 a.m . &
5.30 p .m . ; S u n d a y s , 9 a . m . F rilfo rd ,
cleared a t
1 -15 » 3-4° & 6.45 p .m .; Sundays, 11.25
p.m . Dog
House P.H . cleared at 12.5 & 6.25 p .m .; S u n d a y s ,
9.45 a.m .
G uzzards Ford, cleared at 8.25 a.m . "12
noon & 7.10 p . m . ; S u n d a y s , 10.30 a.m

MILTON.

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E lem en tary Schools.
120 c h ild re n ; G eorge

M archam , for
E rn est W atts,
m aster
G arford, b uilt in 1870 & enlarged 1895, for 67 children ;
Robert C. H arriss, m aster
C oun ty Police, W alter Goodman, constable
C arriers to : —
A bingdon— E dw ard H iggin s, to the ‘ B lu e B oar,’ m on.
tues. th urs. & fri
Oxford— E dw ard H iggin s, wed. & sat

M ARCHAM .

Dog- H o u se H otel, E dw ard J. Jones Stim son Sidney, blacksm ith
D ver A ubrey, beer retailer
Taylor Joseph, mason
Dyer John, carpenter
Tem ple G eorge, W hite H art P.H
F airbrother T hom as, antique dealer
W ard A lfred, Noah’s A rk P .H
G all W. E rnest, farm er & collector of W h ite Bros, farm ers, W oodside farm
income tax, Red house
FR ILFO R D .
G all W alter, farm er & assistan t over­
seer for R adley Wootton &c. E vers- Aldw orth Mrs
field
Bond E rn est W alter, F rilfo rd house
H arrison A nnie (M rs.), dairy farm
Downing John Fisher, Frilford Heath
H iggins E dw ard, fly proprietor & Phillips G erald E dw in, F rilfo rd lodge
carrier
Aldw orth F ran k C. farm er
In stitu te & Reading Room (Edward Frilford H eath G olf C lub Co. (Edwd.
Tem ple, sec)
J. Jones, sec.), C lub house
Jones E dw ard J. Dog House hotel
GARFORD.
Long Robert B.farm er, B uildings frm
M archam & Frilford B u rial Board C otterell C has.farm er & m iller(w ater)
C O M M E R C IA L .
(W . E rn est G all, clerk)
Dickinson P ercy F. frm r. College frm
Ashfield E dw ard, Black Horse P.H
M idw inter Henry Jam es, farm er
D unsby Sam uel, black sm ith
Bradfield W . & Co. bakers & grocers Olliffe W illiam E . Old Crown P.H
H atton P eter, shopkeeper
B rewer W. & Sons, fru it growers
Pullen Richard, baker
Lon g W m . & Sons, frm rs.M anor frm
C onstable F rederick W . baker
R ant & Co. L im ited , grocers
Powell W illiam N icholas, farm er
M I D G H A M , form erly a chapelry in the civil parish of vicarage M ay 17,
net yea rly value £ 1 14 . w ith
Thatcham , was form ed into an ecclesiastical parish in residence, in the g ift of A lexand er F elix C larke esq.
I ^5 7 } ^ is on the northern bank of the riv er Kennet, and held since 1906 by the Rev. H enry Jam es Rees-M ogg
6 m iles east from N ew bury and 11 south-west from M.A. of E x e ter College, Oxford. M idgham House is
Reading, and the G reat W estern railw ay station at the seat of A lexander F elix C lark e esq. J .P . lord of
W oolham pton,
m iles south, called M idgham station, the m anor and ch ief landowner. T h e soil is various,
is 47 m iles from London, in th e Southern division of but m ostly clay to a g rea t depth. T h e chief crops are
the county, hundred of Faircross, p etty sessional d iv i­ wheat, barley and oats. Th e area is 1,414 acres of
sion, union and county court district of N ew bury, and land and 22 of w a te r ; rateab le value, £4 ,0 33; the
in the rural deanery of N ew bury, archdeaconry of Berks population in 1911 was 308.
and diocese of Oxford. The old church of St. M atthew,
Parish Clerk, W illiam Millson.
which stood close to M idgham House, was taken down in L etters th rou gh R eading, vifi W oolham pton, arrive at
A p ril, 1868 ; the present church of St. M atthew was
6.30 a.m . & noon. Th e n earest m oney order & tele­
erected in 1869 on h igher ground and more in the centre
graph office is at W oolham pton, about 1 m ile distant
of the parish, at the expense of the late B enjam in Buck W all L e tter Boxes.— N ear Coach & Horses, cleared at
G reene esq. J.P. (d. 1902), and is an edifice of flint in
7.30 a.m . & 1.30 & 6.55 p .m .; S u n d a y s a t 9.10 a.m .
the D ecorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south
M idgham G reen, cleared a t 7.55 a.m . & 1.15 & 7.30
aisle, south porch and an em battled western tow er with
p.m . ; S u n d a y s , 9.30 a . m
pinnacles and lofty spire, containing 6 b e lls : there are E lem entary School, b u ilt by the late B. B. G reene esq.
two stained windows : the church affords about 200 s it­
J.P . in 1867, f ° r 93 ch ild ren ; altered in 1909 to
tings, of which 104 are appropriated.
Th e register
accom m odate 76 ; W illiam M athews, m a s te r ; Miss
dates from the year 1622. T h e liv in g was declared a
Florence Rogers, assistant m istress
C larke A lex. F elix J.P . M idgham ho Brown Geo. J. farm er, H all C ou rt fm L ittle Col. C h arles Colhoun M .D.,
L ittle Col. Charles Colhoun M.D. Collier & C atley L td .b uilders & contrs
M .Ch. physician & surgeon, M id g ­
M idgham cottage
Froude Edwd. farm er, K in g ’s farm
ham cottage
Rees-M ogg Rev. H enry Jam es M.A. G oddard John Sayer, farm er, Kennet Robbins A lfred, farm b ailiff to A . F.
(vicar), V ica rage
Holm e farm
C larke esq. J.P . Th e Hom e farm
Harm an F ran k, farm er,W est E nd fm Rowe Robt. frm r. B utton C o u rt farm
C O M M E R C IA L .
Hunt W illiam , farm er
Taylor E rn est Jacob, gam ekeeper to
B arrett Ann (M rs.), Coach & Horses
A.
F . C larke esq. J.P
P.H
W hite Charles, farm er
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S.

Anson M isses, M archam park
Duffield C harles John Edwin J.P
Duffield G eorge Francis
Duffield P ercy Thom as
E tty L y tte lto n , Sheepstead Folly
G ore-Browne
F rank
K .C .,
M.A.
O akley house
Hall Rev. A rth u r Pickard M .A.
(vicar), The Vicarage
H asler Col. Julian, The Priory
M idw inter Mrs. The Croft
Morland M rs. Sheepstead house
Peel John Douglas M .A. Upwood park
(solicitor to Oxford U niversity)
S hip ley Rev. G eorge Deacon (Bapt)

M I L T O N - is a parish 4 mile9 south-by-w est from £380, w ith residence and 2 acres of glebe, in the g ift
Abingdon and 2J north-east by road and one m ile by of trustees, and held since 1897 b y th e Rev. H arry
foot-path from Steventon station, on the m ain line of Ham ilton Jackson M .A. of C h rist C h urch, Oxford.
the G reat W estern railw ay, in the Northern division There are charities of about £85 yearly value, le ft by
of the county, hundred of Ock, p etty sessional division, the Rev. M. Eaton, for the poor of M ilton. H agbourne
union and cou nty cou rt d istrict of Abingdon, rural and H arwell, and distrib uted b y the incum bents of the
deanery of Abingdon, archdeaconry of B erks and dio­ several parishes. M ilton House, at present (1915) u n ­
cese of Oxford. T h e church of St. B laise is a small occupied. th e prop erty of Louis A . B arre tt esq. is a
b uilding of stone in the Decorated style, consisting handsom e mansion in the Jacobean s tyle, b u ilt from
of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, south porch, designs by Inigo Jon es; in th e house is a Catholic
and an em b attled w estern tower of th e E a rly Decorated chapel. M ilton H ill, w hich, w ith 387 acres, is the
period, containing 6 bells and a clo c k ; the church was property of A . M ortim er S in ger esq. is a mansion
restored throu ghout, w ith the exception of the tower, standing in a beau tifu lly wooded park of 50 acres, and
in 1851; there are two m em orial windows to m em bers is at the present tim e (1915) bein g used as a m ilitary
of the Bowles fam ily, with an east and two other hospital, th e expenses of w hich are borne by A. M.
stained windows given by the late Ven. C harles C arr S in g er esq. and W ashington Singer esq. M ilton M ill
C lerke D.D. Archdeacon and Canon of Oxford, who and th e land adjoining, now in the possession of Mr.
was 39 years rector here, and died 24th Decem ber, John Bradfield, has descended from father to son w ith ­
1877 5 t*16 8tone pulpit and a brass p la te in the chancel out a break for m ore than two hundred and fifty years.
are also m em orials to th e Archdeacon, and there is a Louis A rth u r B arrett esq. who is lord of th e manor,
brass to the Rev. Canon George M arshall M .A. rector and A. M. S in ger esq. are th e chief landowners. The
here 1875-97; the reredos of carved oak w ith painted soil is green sand. T h e ch ief crops are wheat, barley,
panels is a m em orial to the late M r. R. S. L a m b e r t; beans and tu rn ip s. The area is 1,466 a c re s; rateable
the church affords 250 sittin gs. The earliest date of value, £6,369; the population in 1911 was 363.
the register is 1654. The livin g is a rectory, net value
Parish C lerk and S e x to n , W illiam Pullen.
BERKS.

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