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Lawrence W m . Chas. grocer & baker . P ratt Frederick Charles, racehorse Southwood A lbert, engineer to V is­
Letcom be
R egis
R eadin g
R oo m ; train er, Old Manor house
count V illiers
(H enry Sim s, treasu rer)
Sansum
G ertru d e
(M rs.),
G rey- W allis A rth ur John, dairym an, BabMorton C harles,racehorse trainer, The
hound P.H
lakes park
Manor farm
i Sim s Henry, beer retailer
G R E E N , a village situated in a
h ig h ly cultivated and picturesque country on the border
of the G reat B ath road and 3J m iles west from M aiden­
head, was form ed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1894
out of the c iv il parish of W hite W a lth a m : it is in the
E astern division of the county, B eyn h u rst hundred.
M aidenhead p etty sessional division. Maidenhead union,
W indsor county court district, rural deanery of M aiden­
head, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of Oxford.
T h e church of S t. John the E va n g elist, erected in 1893
from designs by Mr. E. J. Shrew sbury A .R .I.B .A . of
M aidenhead, is a cruciform b uildin g of blue Pennant
stone, w ith Bath stone dressings, consisting of chancel,
nave, transepts, vestries, w est porch and a tu rret con­
tain in g two b e lls ; and was erected and endowed by
Miss Frances E lizabeth E llis, of W hite W altham Place,
in m em ory of her m other, M rs. C atherine E llis, as
appears by the inscription on a brass on the w est w a ll:
the east window is stained, and there are 225 sittings.
T he livin g is a vicarage, n et yearly value ¿ 2 7 7 , with
residence, in the g ift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held
since 1894 by the Rev. Thom as H enry W renford, of St.
Bees. There is a W esleyan chapel, w ith sittin gs for 120
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persons. W alter H. C ottingham esq. is the principal
landowner. S ir G. A. C layton -E ast bart. is lord of the
m anor of Ffiennes. The population in 1911 was 350;
W O O L L E Y G R E E N is a sm all h am let on the border
of the G reat B ath road, in the ecclesiastical parish of
L ittlew ick G reen, and 3 m iles w est from M aidenhead
station on the G reat W estern railw ay.
Post, M. 0 . & T. & Telephone C all Office.— Joseph
Gibbons, sub-postm aster. Letters th rou gh M aiden­
head arrive at 8 & 1 1 .15 a.m . & 7.45 p .m .; S u n d a y s ,
8 a.m . ; d is p a tc h e d a t 9.15 a.m . & 12.55 & 7 -5° P m - *
S u n d ay s at 11.30 a.m
W all L etter Boxes.— Chalk Pit, cleared at 8.45 a.m . &
12.45 & 7.30 p .m . ; S u n d a y s , 11.30 a.m . ; Th e H ollo­
w ay, cleared at 9.15 a.m . & 12.45^ & 7.45 p .m .;
suiidavs, 11.30 a . m . ; M aidenhead T h icket, cleared at
9 a.m'. & 1 & 8 p .m .; sundays, 11.30 a.m
E lem entary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1875, for 90 children,
& enlarged in 1894 to hold 108 ch ild ren ; M iss Benson,
m istress
C oun ty Police, A lfred Boulton, constable

Wrenford Rev. Thom as H enry (vicar), Fife M rs. C h erry close
G ardner Joseph, T h ick et house, The
V icarage
T h icket
C O M M E R C IA L .
Bannard H enry E rn est, L ittlew ick Bates John Jas. farm er, B artlett’s frm G ilau Lew is, The N ew house, The
T h icket
lodge
Gibbons Joseph, baker, Post office
Hannes Julius, W oolley Firs
B arfoot-Saunt M rs. O rchard corner Haines J. farm er
Henderson
Mrs. H ill cottage
H ill Richard, fru iterer
C arter M rs. A ltm ore
ie Poer Trench PowerM .W oolley grange
Lowe C harles, cowkeeper
E aton Robert
Stopford Hon. Mrs
E llio tt George Sam uel, Chalk pit
Neville A lfred. W heatsheaf inn
W aithm an Frederick, Th e Glen
Lam b M iss, Sweethaves
P iggo tt A rth u r, beer retailer
W eiss J. F. J. W oolley cottage, The
Roberts John, shopkeeper
Lee Jam es, Monro lodge
T h icket
M unday L u th er
Stevens Jam es, ju n . b lacksm ith, The
O ppenheim M rs. Y ou n g 's coppice
Holloway
C O M M E R C IA L .
St. H ill Mrs. Thim ble
W O O LL E Y GREEN.
Coleman A lb ert Clem ent, Coach
S eym our M iss, Berwen
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Wood M rs. E lio tt, L ittlew ick house
C ottin gh am W alter H. W oolley hall
Hughes H ugh, laundry
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through Faringdon arrive at 6.50 a.m . & 1.5 p.m .
is a sm all village, w ith the ham ­
(for c a lle rs); dispatched at 11.5 a.m . & 6.45 p .m .;
lets of Thrup p and W adley, formed into an ecclesiastical
Sundays,
12.10 p.m . Faringdon, 2 m iles distant, is
parish in 1843, in the N orthern division of the county,
the nearest m oney order & telegraph office
hundred, union, p etty sessional division, civil parish and
county court d istrict of Faringdon, rural deanery of the
W A D L E Y is a ham let, one m ile south on the road
Vale of W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese
of Oxford. L ittlew o rth is to the north of the Toad from from Faringdon to Abingdon. W ad ley House, the
Faringdon to Abingdon, 2 m iles north-east from F a rin g ­ residence of M rs. B anbury, is an ancient m ansion of
don and 12^ west from Abingdon. Th e church of the stone, in the centre of a fine domain, once the pro­
Ascension is a sm all and plain modern b uilding in the p erty of the A bbey of Stan ley Im p eratricis, W iltsh ire,
E arly E n glish style, consisting of chancel (added in so called from its foundress, the Em press M aud ; the
1876, at a cost of ¿ 3oo, defrayed by the Rev. Joseph estate passed in the reign of H enry V I. into the hands
Moore, some tim e vicar here), nave, west porch and a of O riel College, Oxford : at the period of the Reform a­
turret on the western gable containing one b e ll: the tion the house was occupied by S ir Thom as Unton kt.
east window is stained, and there is also a window to whose descendants resided here till th e com m encem ent
th e m em ory of the late M r. G eorge Adam s : there are of the 17th c e fitu r y ; Queen E lizabeth visited it in 1574
200 sittin gs. The reg ister dates from the year 1839. Th e and K in g Jam es in 1603.
liv in g is a vicarage, n et income ¿ 15 °* ^ ith residence,
Thrupp H am let is 2 m iles north-w est on the banks of
in the gift of the Provost and scholars of O riel College. the Isis, which here divides the county from O xford­
O xford, and held since 1873 b y the Rev. E dw ard Thorp shire. A Mission room was b uilt in 1880, the site being
B .A . of M agdalen H all, Oxford. H ere is a P rim itive given by the late M r. G eorge Adam s, of W adley, and
M ethodist chapel, erected in 1881. The Provost and conveyed to th e vicar and churchwardens of Littlew o rth
F ellows of O riel College, Oxford, are lords of the exclusively for the use of the Church of England.
m anor and p rincipal landowners. The soil is a rich loam ;
Parish Clerk, Hemry Pusey.
subsoil, clay, sand and gravel. Th e crops are the usual
cereals. The area is 2,547 acre s; rateable v a lu e in ­ Elem entary School (m ixed), erected about i860 & en­
larged in 1890, for 76 c h ild re n ; Mrs. L . C yphus,
cluded w ith F arin g d on ; the population in 1911 was 406.
m istress
Post Office.— G eorge T ellin g, sub-postm aster.
Letters
Adam s S tan ley, frm r. Smokedown fm M orbey George, farm bailiff to G.
Adams M rs. W adley lodge
Adam s & Sons, Harem ore farm
Adam s V icto r'G e ra ld , frm r.W adley lo
B anbury Mrs. W adley house
C h urch G eorge, farm er, Manor farm Porter Fredk. farm er, P uckerty farm
Cham bers Mrs. Haremore
Richens A lbert, farm er
Cyphus
Jesse,
organist
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Haines Ernest Edward
Richens Edward, farm er. Spotted Cow
n ig h t school
Thorp Rev. Edward B .A . V icarage
Richens Frederick, haulier
G oddard Boaz, cowkeeper, Thrupp
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A dam s G eorge & Sons, farm ers,Boyal Hodgkins A lfred F ox & Hounds P.H Tanner John, farm er, P ark farm
Tellin g Geo. blacksm ith. Post office
P rize farm , W adley
Lan gh am Fanny (M rs.), shopkeeper

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E A S T L O C K I N G E is a parish about 2 m iles eastsouth-east from W an tage and 3 south-east from W ant­
age Road station on the m ain line of the G reat W estern
railw ay, which passes through a portion of the parish ;
it is in the Northern division of th e county, hundred,
p ettv sessional division, union and county court district
of W antage, and in the ru ral deanery of W antage, arch­
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e church
of A ll Saints is an edifice of stone in m ixed styles, con­

sisting of chancel, nave of seven bays, north aisle, north
and south porches, w ith a fine Norman dooTway and an
em battled western tow er containing 4 bells : th e church
was restored and enlarged in 1886, at a cost of ¿3,000,
by the late Lord W antage, when an organ was pro­
vided : there are 280 sittings. T he reg ister dates from
the year 1546. The livin g is a rectoi'y. net yearly value
¿340, w ith residence, in the g ift of L ad y W antage, and
held since 1903 by the Rev. G eorge C larke Keble M.A.