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EARLEY.

B E R K S H IR E .

F ox H ill, a m ansion in the E lizabeth an style, is occu­
pied by Lord R ead in g P .C ., K .C .V .O . ; M aiden-E rleigh,
th e old seat of the G oldings, is th e residence of Solom on
3 . Joel esq. and Sidm ou th G range, of E rn est Phillips
F oq uett S utton esq. Capt. J. St. L. W heble. who is
lord of the m anor, and S. B. Joel esq. are the principal
landowners. The area of the liberty is 1,877 acres of
land and 40 of w a te r; assessable value, £ 13 ,3 4 4 ; the
population in 1911 was 456, and of the ecclesiastical
parish 4.415. The portion within th e m un icipal borough
of R eading has been transferred to St. G iles’ parish,
R eading, by L ocal G overnm ent Board O rder 23,869,
dated M arch 24, 1899.
Parish C lerk, Thom as Edw ards.
Tow n
Sub-Post,
M.
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T.
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Telephone
Call
Office (available for calls to places w ith in a lim ited

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d istan ce).— H arry C ulh am , sub-postm aster.
Letters
are dispatched at 8 , 9 . 3 0 & 1 1 . 3 0 a.m . & 1 . 3 0 , 3 , 4 . 1 5 ,
5 -3 ° . 7 - 4 5 & 1 0 . 4 5 P m - ; Sundays at 5 . 4 5 & 7 .4 .5 p.m .
Th ere is a telegrap h office a t the E arley railw ay sta­
tion for forw arding, b ut not delivery of, telegram s
P illar L e tter Box, E arley station, cleared at 7 a.m . &
1 .1 5
& 7 . 2 0 p.m . ; sundays at 7 a.m .
W all L etter
Box, B ulm ershe, cleared a t 9 . 4 0 a.m . & 1 & 7 - 3 0
p .m . ; sundays at 1 2 . 4 5 P m
E lem en tary School (m ixed & infants), b u ilt in 1 8 5 0 &
enlarged in 1 8 6 9 , I ^ 7 9 , 1 8 8 6 & 1 8 9 0 , for 2 7 0 ch ild ren ;
H enry W ooldridge, m aster; Miss Rose L iddiard, in­
fan ts’ m istress
Railw ay Station , A lb ert Greenfield, station m aster

COMMERCIAL.
(S everal of the S treets of Reading Long W a lter Howard, C larem ont,
A lln u tt T . E . wholesale grocer &
extend into the ecclesiastical parish
E lm road
m
ilitary
contractor,
E arley station
Lovelock
H
enry,
A
sh
ley,
E
lm
road
of E arley, & for nam es of residents
in these see R eading.)
M iller Capt, D. M. Blandford lodge Colebrook & Co. Lim ited, farm ers,
M ontizam bert M iss, T relaw n ey
| Elm farm
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
C ulham H arry, grocer. Post office
Pither M iss, W oodbine cottage
Barnard F rank S tew art, Th e W ild er­ Reading Lord P .C ., K .C .V .O . (Lord Davis Edvrin, farm er, Radstock farm
ness
C h ief Justice of E n glan d), Fox Davis Ph ilip ,farm er,U p per Wood frm
Beaucham p M isses, E lm h u rst,C h u rch
h i l l ; & 32 Curzon street, M ayfair Edwards Thom as, parish clerk, 251
road
W ycom be road
W & Athenaeum & R eform clubs
C arter Charles H v. W h itekn igh ts
E ve H enry E rn est, The G eorge P.H
S W , London
Clark A lb ert Edwd. Th e C rest,E lm rd Rushbrooke Joseph, Bulm ershe court Groom e Thom as, estate agen t te
C raft Charles, E lm lodge. E lm road Rushby Capt. F ran k, E rleigh court
Solomon B. Joel esq. E state office,
C raft Jam es, O akleigh, E lm road
Maiden E rleig h
Sim m ons E rn est H enry, W est WoodDeane W illiam . K aram ea, E lm road
H allaw ay John, stud groom to Solo­
yates, E lm road
Dunlop Mrs. M aisonnette
mon B. Joel esq. Home farm ,
Stokes John C hapm an Mason, OdiE llis Jam es, Sunn ycroft
M aiden E rleigh
ham , E lm road
Evans Capt. H enry John A rchibald, Sutton E rn est P h illips Foquett, S id ­ Harm an Frederick Jonathan, farm er,
The Coppice
B ulm ershe C ourt
farm
(letters
m outh grange
Fowler Rev. Preb. W rlliam W eekes Sutton
th rou gh W oodley)
M artin
H ubert
Foquett,
M .A ., D.Sc. (vicar). The V icarage
H atch Geo. farm er, Low. Wood farm
E rle ig h park
Friedlander J u liu s, W h itekn igh ts prk T yler M ervyn H obart, Farm side
H atch K a te (M rs.), farm r.M arsh frm
H all M ajor M ontagu H. The Red ho W heble M ajor Tristram Joseph, Hun- H issey Jam es, farm er, W okingham rd
Hall Arnold, W est croft
H older Jam es & Son, florists
gerford lodge
H urndall
Capt.
F rank
Brereton, W heble Oapt. Jam es St. Law rence Johnson F rederick, gardener to S. B.
E arley lodge
Joel esq
J.P . H ungerford lodge
Joel Solomon B. M aiden E rleigh
W illiam s Rev.M orris M .A .H olly lodge Lew ington Jesse, m ilk seller, LodK ennett John Sim m ons, Th e Spinney W yly M rs. Uplands
don bridge
Spong Mrs. Th e Dreadnought P.H
K in g Rev. H arold W ardley M .A.
(curate), T am aki, G reen road
W ilson Fras. H arry, builder, F airlig h t

E A S T B T J R Y is an ecclesiastical parish
form ed parochial ch arities am ount to £ 4 10s. yearly. The
M arch 22, 1867, out of L am bourn c iv il p a r is h ; it is m anor belonged at an early period to th e Fitzw arin es,
1^ m iles south-east from Lam bourn and 7 north from
Barons Fitzwarine : on the death, in 1429, of F u lk , 7th
H ungerford, w ith a station on the Lam bourn V alley
baron, his sister E lizabeth becam e the heiress of the
railw ay. T h e riv er Lam bourn passes th rou gh the fam ily, and m arryin g R ich ard H ankeford esq. had an
parish. I t is in th e Southern division of th e county, only daughter, Thom asiue, wife of S ir W illiam Bourchier
Lam bourn hundred and p etty sessional division, H un­ kt. ; the manor was thus transferred to th e Bourchiers ;
gerford union and county cou rt d istrict, ru ra l deanery and S ir W illiam in rig h t of his wife was sum m oned to
of N ew bury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Parliam ent as Baron F itz w a rin e : it was subsequently
O xford. The church of S t. Jam es, erected b y the held by the C larkes of A rdin gton, and then by the
efforts of the . late R ig h t R ev. Robert M ilm an D.D. Jones fam ily of R a m sb u ry; E leanor, daugh ter and co­
bishop of C alcu tta 1867-76, and v ic a r of Lam bourn h e ir'o f W illiam Jones esq. m arried F ran cis, eldest son
1851-62, is an edifice of flint in th e E a rly E n g lish style, of Sir Robert B u rd e tt bart. from whom the property
c on sistin g of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, has descended to S ir Francis B u rd ett b art. who is the
and a sm all tu rre t at th e intersection of th e nave and principal landowner. Th e soil is thin c la y ; subsoil,
chancel containing 2 bells : th ere are tw o stained w in ­ flint and ch alk. The chief crops are w heat, b arley, oats
dows in the c h a n c e l; the east window, erected in and turn ips. The area is 2,300 a c r e s ; the population
1884, is a m em orial to the w ife of the R ev. G eorge in 1911 was 295.
F rederick Forbes M .A . vicar here 1879-84: another,
P arish C lerk, T . J. Cook.
in the w est end, was erected in m em ory of the late
C onstable-in-charge, W illiam Barnard.
Bishop M ilm an : in 1889 a stained window was erected
in the south side of th e nave, in m em ory of the Rev. Post Office.— Charles R. Parker, sub-postm aster. Letters
Thom as W aters B u rrid ge M .A. v ic a r of E astbu ry 1885-8,
from L am bourn , B erks, arrive a t 7 a.m . & 1.20 p.m . ;
b y his fr ie n d s : there are 180 sittin gs. Th e reg ister
dispatched at 11.30 a.m . & 7.10 p .m .; sunday, arrive
d ates from the year 1867. The liv in g is a vicarage,
a t 6.30 a.m . ; dispatched at 9.40 a.m . Lam bourn, 2
n et yea rly value £ 1 14 , w ith residence, in the g ift of
m iles distan t, is the nearest m oney order office &
th e Bishop of O xford, and held since 1908 by the Rev.
E ast G arston th e nearest telegraph office
B ertram B est W oolrych M .A. of E xe ter College, O xford.
In the centre of the villag e is a perpendicular cross, E lem en tary School (mixed), b u ilt for 70 c h ild re n ;
endowed w ith £ 7 10s. yearly, left by M rs. John
consistin g of a plain sh aft w ith canopied head, 1741
S e rje n t; M rs. Denyar, m istress
b ein g the date on one side and 1562 on th e other. The
A thawes W illiam A aron, Th e C ottage
Crook H erbert, The Laurels
Fosbery H enry Jam es W ilson B .A .,
J.P . The G range
H ills Miss, Joelah
Patterson Charles S um n er M .B. The
Benhams
Saxon Mrs. Snell, M iddle F arm ho
S packm an Mrs. W. M ontague house
S packm an W illiam Liddiard, The
H erm itage
W ebb M iss, Cross house

M .A. Patterson Charles Sum ner M .B ., C.M .
E din ., M .R .C .S .E n g . & L .R .C .P
Lond. physician & surgeon, &
COMMERCIAL.
m edical officer & public vaccinator
for Lam bourn district, H ungerford
Baylis Geo. F. farm er, Manor farm
union, Th e Benhams
B racey A lb ert, farm er, B arrett’s frm
Q
uallington
A lbert, grocer & carpntr
Brown G eorge, baker
Som erton W illiam , farm er
Denton Owen, Plough P.H
G rieve W alter, train er of race horses Spackm an W . (M rs.), farm er, M on­
tag u e house & Pidgeon H ouse frrns
L ittle A lfred, blacksm ith
Parker Charles Reginald, grocer, Post Spansw ick Thom as, beeT T e ta ile r
W augh Robert, beer retailer
office
Woolrych R ev. B ertram
(vicar), V icarage

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