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PANGBOURNE.

Pangbourne Polytechnic Lim ited
Pangbourne W orking M en's C lu b &
In stitu te (Richard V a rley, sec. ;
C harles Tw itehen, steward)
Pavey G eorge, engineer
Payne Robert S. solicitor & county
co ro n er; branch office, Reading rd
P itn ey L loyd, tailor
Preston Olive (M iss), dress m aker,
Tham es avenue
P u rvey John, blacksm ith
Read John E dw in, sign w riter

B E R K S H IR E .
Saunders M aurice W. butcher
Seller Sidney W . ironm onger
Sellwood B rothers, grocers & drapers
Shepherd Jn. Hy. jobm aster,Rose vil
Sim m ons W alter, upholsterer. The
L aurels, Tham es avenue
Skilton W illiam & Sons, grocers
Sm ith W . H. & Son, news agents
Stone E rnest H. restauran t, W h it­
church road
S urplice E th el M ary (M rs.) L .R .A .M .
teacher of m usic

P E A S E M O R E is a village and p arish 7 m iles n orth ­
w est from N ew bu ry and 4J east from H erm itage station
on the Didcot and N ew bury branch of the G reat W est­
ern railw ay, in the Southern division of th e county,
h nndred of Faircross, union of W antage, p e tty sessional
division and county cou rt d istrict of N ew bury, rural
deanery of N ew bury, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese
of Oxford. The church of S t. B arnabas, reb u ilt, w ith
the exception of the tower, in 1842, is a structure of
b rick w ith stone dressings in the D ecorated style, con­
sisting of chancel, nave, n orth porch and a western
em b attled tower, w ith pinnacles and lo fty spire, con­
taining 5 b e lls : th e com m union table is of beautifu lly
carved o a k : th e five-ligh t east stained window was
erected in 1910 at a cost of ¿ 4 0 0 : there are 150 sittin gs.
The register dates from the year 1535. The livin g is a
rectory, net yea rly value ¿430 , includin g 70 acres of
glebe, w ith residence, in the gift of C aptain Henry
L in d sa y Archer-H oublon, and held since 1911 by the

[ k e l l y ’s
Surplice Reginald Frank, m otor &
cycle agent & repairer
T eg g W alter J. asst, insurance supt
Thom as Richard, hair dresser
T idb ury Brothers, stationers
W arner Ben. builder
W ebb A rth u r, saddler
W est A rth u r C harles, corn dealer
W hybro Ernest, G eorge hotel
W inkw orth Sam uel Henry, ironmongr
Wood Lester, tobacconist
Y ou n g G eorge, p lu m b er & painter

Rev. the Hon. Reginald John Y ard e -B u ller M .A . of C h rist
Church, Oxford. H ere is a P rim itive M ethodist chapel.
There is a ch arity of ¿ 1 6s. yea rly. The principal
landowners are C apt. Henry Lin dsay Archer-H oublon,
who is lord of the m anor, and Lord S t. Leonards. The
soil is c la y ; subsoil, chalk. Th e chief crops are barley,
w heat, oats &c. The area is 2,049 a c r e s ; rateable value,
¿ 1 ,2 2 5 ; the population in 1911 was 237.
Parish C lerk , Gideon Lindsay.
Post Office.— Miss Florence A llitt, sub-postm istress.
L etters through N ew bury arrive at 7.35 a.m . & 1.30
p.m . ; dispatched at 7.35 a.m . & 6 p .m . ; Sundays,
10.55 a m - Chieveley is th e nearest m oney order
office & Leckham pstead the nearest telegraph office,
m iles distant
E lem entary School (m ixed), erected for 100 children,
on books, 60; W illiam Blea, m aster
C arrie rs.— Jacobs, to N ew bury, tues. thurs. & sat. &
H ewkin, to N ew bury, mon. thurs. & sat

C larke Chas.(M TS.),frm r. Manor farm Jacobs E liza (M rs.), harness maker
Brown E rnest, Peasem ore house
Painter A lfred Jas. Sidney, farmer,
Y ard e -B u ller Rev. the Hon. Reginald Cruse C harles, beer retailer
Princes farm
Goodchild E dith (M rs.), blacksm ith
John M .A. (rector), Rectory
Pounds G eorge, carpenter
Hedges G eorge, wood dealer
COMM ERCIAL.
Brown Jas. bailiff to Geo. Baylis esq
Dublin. G . F. D. Fullerton esq. resides at Purley
P T J B L E Y is a village and parish in a pleasant posi­
tion on the banks of the Tham es, 3J m iles w est-north­ P a rk ; the mansion is a large building of Portland stone,
west from Reading, 1$ w est from T ileh u rst station, and in th e Italian style, situated on the banks of the river
nearly 2 east from Pangbourne station, all on the G reat Tham es, within an inclosed park. Here are the kennels
W estern railw ay, in the Southern division of the county, of the South Berks foxh oun ds; C ecil Aldin and C. E ric
hundred of Theale, Bradfield union, p etty sessional Palm er esqrs. m a s te rs ; Reading, N ew bury and Henley
division and county cou rt d istrict of Reading, rural are convenient towns for h un tin g visitors. Th e p rin ­
deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese cipal landowners are the Rev. Henry C. W ilder M .A.
of Oxford. The church of St. M ary, b eau tifu lly situated and Lady Rose. The soil is loam and g r a v e l; subsoil,
on the banks of the Tham es, half-a-m ile from the v il­ gravel. The chief crops are oats, barley and beans.
lage, is a building of flin t and stone, in the E a rly E n g ­ The area is 1,663 acres of land and 3 of w ater; rateable
lish style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south value, ¿ 10 ,7 5 3 ; the population in 1911 was 238 in the
porch and a sm all em battled western tow er of brick, c iv il and 209 in the ecclesiastical parish.
w ith pinnacles, and containing 6 b e lls : the church,
B y Local G overnm ent Board O rder No. 31,931, that
w ith the exception of the tow er, was reb u ilt in 1870 : part of W h itch urch (Oxon) civil parish in the adm inis­
there is a good N orm an arch, orig in ally form ing the trative cou n ty of Berks was added to Purley.
Sexton, H enry Burgess.
entrance to the chancel, b ut now between the chancel
and the organ cham ber, b u ilt in 1877: there is also a Post Office.— W illiam Pocock, sub-postm aster. Letters
th rou gh Reading, via Pangbourne, arrive at 6.30 a.m .
good Norm an f o n t : the arm s of the Bolingbroke fam ily, j
& 6 p .m .; dispatched at 8.45 a.m . & 8.15 p .m .; Sun­
who form erly had property in th is parish, are affixed
day, arrive at 6.30 a .m .; dispatched, 6.35 p.m . Pang­
to the south front of the to w e r: there is a lych gate
of oak at the entrance to the c h u rc h y a rd : and there
bourne, 2 m iles distant, is the nearest m oney order
are 170 sittin gs, 63 bein g free. Th e re g is te r dates from | & telegraph office
the year 1660. The livin g is a rectory, net yea rly value E lem entary School, b u ilt in 1873, by the Rev. Richard
¿250 . in clu d in g 17 acres of glebe, w ith residence, in
Palm er, a form er rector, for 54 c h ild ren ; Miss Dayrell
the g ift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1915 by
Reed, m istress
the Rev. Richard H enry P rin g B .A . of T rin ity College, , County Police, G eorge W illiam V. Plum b, constable
P R IV A T E RESIDENTS.

Aldin C ecil, The Kennels
Fullerton G eo.Fdk.D ow ning,Purley pk
H odgkin C harles E rnest, P u rley lodge
Palm er C E ric, The Kennels
P rin g Rev. Richard Henry B .A .
(recto r), R ectory
Rew M rs. P u rley hall

Sykes L ady, W estfield
Y augh an H. J. Stan ley

Pocock Horace,
m arket gardener,
Stonecroft
Pocock Thom as, w heelw right
COMMERCIAL.
Pocock W illiam , farm er, & post office
G ulliver Jn. farm er, W estb urv farm Saunders Brothers, farm ers
K irk John Jam es & Sons,blacksm iths S outh B erkshire Foxhounds (Cecil
Aldin & C. E ric Palm er esqrs.
Menpes F ru it Farm Lim ited, fru it &
growers (reg . “
m asters), The Kennels

is a village and parish in the Vale of W hite
H orse, 5 m iles ea st from Faringdon and 9 w est from
Abingdon, in the N orthern division of the county, Ganfield hundred, p etty sessional, division, union and county
cou rt d istrict of Faringdon, rural deanery of the Vale of
W hite Horse, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese c f O x­
ford. The church of A ll Saints is a cruciform b uildin g
of stone in the Renaissance style, and consists of chan­
cel. nave, transepts, west porch and a w estern bell
gable containing 2 b e lls : it was reb uilt solely at the
expense of Mr. John Allen Pusey, who died in 1753:
on the south side is a m em orial window to the Hon.
Philip Bouverie Pusey, who d ie 1 14th A p ril, 1828, and
to others of the fa m ily ; and there are^two other stained
windows ; in the north transept is an incised slab to
P X JSE Y

H enry D oggett and his wife, dated 1480; and in the
south transept there is a fine m arble m onum ent with
p ortrait effigies by Scheem aker to Jane (Bouverie), wife
of John A llen P usey esq. who died in 1742, besides
m em orials to the Dunches of L ittle W ittenham and
P u s e y : in the churchyard is a tomb bearing an in­
scribed brass to Richard Pusey or Pesey, ob. 2nd A ugust.
1655, and M aria his widow, ob. 30th June, 1656; and
one to the Thomas fam ily of W an tage: on the exterior
wall of the chancel is a quaint inscription to W illiam
W hite, ob. 10th May, 1655, and on the floor of the
chancel an inscription to another W illiam W hite “ who
began to live that is died,” M ay 31st, 1678 : there are
90 sittin gs, 50 being free. The register dates from the
year 1661. T he livin g is a rectory, net yearly value