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D IR E C T O R Y .]

B E R K S H IR E .

¿ 19 0 , -with 10 acres of glebe and residence, in the g ift
of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1910 by the
Rev. A rth u r E d v a rd Burdekin M .A. of S t. John’s Col­
lege, Oxford. There is a W esleyan chapel in N orth
street, erected in 1867. A m ong the residences in the
parish are Lovel H ill House, the residence of M ajor
John H a ig ; F orest F arm , the residence of th e Duke ot
N ew castle, and F ernhill P ark, of Mrs. H. R. Odo
Cross. The trustees of the late S u rg .-L t.-C o l. H oratio
Robert Odo Cross, L ad y H. M. Keppel, S ir Joseph
Savory b art. and L a d y D u rning-Law rence are th e p rin ­
cipal landowners. The soil is clay, loam and g r a v e l;
subsoil, clay and sand. The ch ief crops are barley,
oats and pasture. T h e population in 1911 was 914.
L etters throu gh W indsor arrive at 6.35 & 10 a.m . & 4
p.m . ; S u n d a y s , 6.35 a.m .
W inkfield, about 1 mile
distant, is the nearest m oney order & telegraph office

CROWTHORNE.

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L etter Box, near C h urch , cleared at 8.20 & 11.25 a.m .
& 5.10 & 8.5 p .m .; S u n d a y s , 8.20 a.m . & 5.35 p m
W all L e tte r B oxes.— Lovel road, by F leur-de-Lis, cleared
at 7.50 & 12.50 a.m . & 5.10 & 8.15 p .m .; S u n ­
days, 8.15 a.m . & 5.45 P - m .; Lovel H ill, cleared at
8.20 & 11.10 a.m . & 4-50 & 3 P-m - i Sundays, 8.20
a.m . & 5.30 p.m
Post Office, N orth street, W inkfield, cleared at 9.40
a.m . & 12.55, 6.35 & 8.35 p.m . ; S u n d a y s , 6.10 p.m
E lem en tary School (m ixed), erected in
children ; G eorge A ldw ortb, m aster
G.

1879, for 22S

W . R. m otor om nibuses ru n from A scot (Horse &
Groom P H .) th rou gh Cranbourne to W indsor, four
tim es daily, & carry parcels

Hyde H arry, F le u r de Lis
(M arked thus * receive th eir -letters W ithey G eorge, H olm e cottage
Wood Capt.
M axim illian
Francis Lacey Fras. H. Th e Old H atchet P H
through A scot.)
D avid, K ilbees farm , H atchet lane Laird A rth . P ercy, shopkpr. Lo vel la
Martin Robert, p arish clerk & col­
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
C O M M E R C IA L .
lector of poor rates, W ilton lodge
*Barron W illie N etterville M .V.O .
Mawhood Reginald H aw ksw orth B .A .,
Allam
Robt.
Fras.
Herne's
Oak
P
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C ranboum e Corner
M .B ., B .C .C a n tab ., F .R .C .S . p h y ­
B arrett Sydney, Squ irrel P .H . North
Bow ring M iss, Rose cottage
sician & surgeon,C ranbourneCom er
street ; parties catered for ; accom ­
B urdekin Rev. A rth u r E dw ard M .A.
Nelson
John, farm bailiff to Mrs.
m
odation
for
motorists
(v icar), T h e V icarage
H.
R . Odo C ross, F ern hill Park
*Barron
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Creasy Leonard, H urstleigh
sician & surgn. Cranbourne Corner Newman Rose (M rs.), ln d ry.N orth st
Cross Mrs. H. R. Odo, Fernhill park
J u lia
(M rs.),
laundress,
Bartholom ew E liza (M rs.), laundress, Olley
G uinness B enjam in S. N orth cross
H atchet lane
North street
H aig M ajor John, Lovel H ill house
P
latt
Edwin,
beer
retailer,
Lovel rd
Belcher
Robert
&
Son,
coke
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Hoare E dw ard, Lovel lodge
Povev W m . horse dealer, Lo vel road.
chants, N orth street
Keppel L ad y H. M. A scot cottage
Poynter
W
illiam
F
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cis,
blacksm
ith.
B
erry
V
alentine
Jesse,
builder
&
Lewisohn O scar, C ranbourne cou rt
H atchet lane
undertaker
M artin Robert, W ilton lodge
Priest
G
eorge,
farm
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C
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farm
Bicknell
E
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bailiff
to
M
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John
Max w ell-W illiam s
W illiam
F reke,
Shelton John G eorge, tailor
H aig, Lovel H ill farm
N orth
lodge
(letters
through
Boyde A lbt. E dw d. shopkpr.N orth st Sm ith W illiam Hy. baker, Lo vel rd
W indsor Forest)
Thompson John, C rispin inn
Coles
Anne
(M
rs.),
grocer,
Woodside
Meyer Mrs. K ingsland
Needham Lieu t.-C o l. Hon. Henry Coombs A rth u r, farm er, Crouch lane Tombs W illiam , b lacksm ith ,N orth st
Cranbourne Reading Room
(Miss W ard H erbert T . & Son, grocers
C olville, The G range
Wheeler L a u ra (M rs.), shopkeeper,
Goldfinch, sec.), N orth street
Newcastle Duke of, F orest fa rm ; &
H atch et lane
E
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C
harles
F.
farm
er
Carlton club, London S W
W heeler W m .Joh n ,bu ilder,H atch et la
Pigot S ir Geo. b art. Cranbourne hall Easton Louie, Duke of E dinburgh
W
iggins A rchibald, baker, N orth st
P.H
.
&
farrier,
Woodside
Ravenhill The M isses, W oodside ho
E ngland P ercy (M rs.),b tch r. Lovel rd Windsor F orest In stitu te of Physical
Saw yer M ajor H arcourt, S p rin gh ill
C
u ltu re (T h e), H atch et lane
Hare
John
Robert,
butcher
W ard M rs. Homeland
Veo C harles & Sons, boot repairers
W ard the Hon. Mrs. D udley,C hilston H atcher C harles, b uilder
C R O W T H O R N E , form erly a h am let in the parish of
Sandhurst, was constituted a separate ecclesiastical
parish J u ly 10th, 1874, and was constituted a civil parish
June 23rd, 1894; it is 4 m iles south-east from W okin g­
ham , 36 from London and 11 from Reading, the village
being 1 m ile from the W ellington C ollege station of the
R eading and R eigate branch of th e S outh E astern and
C hatham railw ay, in the E astern division of th e county,
p etty sessional division of W okingham , hundred of
Sonning, union of Eastham pstead, county court d istrict
of Reading, ru ra l deanery of Sonning, archdeaconry of
B erks and diocese of Oxford. T h e ch u rch of S t. John
the Baptist, b u ilt and consecrated in 1873, is an edifice
of red b rick in the G othic style, consisting of chancel,
nave, aisles, and >a b e ll-c o t; the chancel was added in
1888-9, at a cost of ¿2,00 0: there are 400 sittin gs. The
register dates from the year 1873. T he livin g is a v ic a r­
age, net yearly value ¿262, w ith residence, in the gift
of the Bishop of O xford, and held since 1894 by the
Rev. G eorge F rederick C oleridge M .A. of K eble College,
Oxford, and rural dean of Sonning. Th e vicarage house
was b u ilt in 1877. Here is a W esleyan chapel. The
area is 2,262 acres of land and 8 of w ater ; assessable
value, ¿17.26 5 ; the population in 1911 w as 3.936, in ­
clu ding 187 officials and th eir fam ilies and 844 inm ates
in Broadm oor A sylum .

a.m . & 3.5, 6.30 & 9.30 p.m . ; Sunday delivery, 7
a . m . ; dispatch, 4.50 p .m . L etters can be had from
the la st m ail at 6.15 p.m . b y callin g for them
W all Box, Crow thorne, cleared at 8.45 a.m . & 1.45, 6
& 8.30 p.m . ; Sundays at 4.30 p .m
P illar L e tte r Box, D uke’s Ride, cleared at 8.30 a.m .
& 2.45, 6.10 & 9.10 p.m . ; sundays, 4.40 p.m
O wlsm oor, cleared at 7.45 a.m . & 7.25 & 10.30 p.m . ;
Sundays, 7.45 a.m
W all L e tte r Box, San d h u rst road, cleared at 9 a.m . &
2.20, 6.30 & 8.55 p.m . ; sundays, 4.55 p.m
Broadmoor C rim in al L u n a tic A sylu m , w hich occupies
an elevated site about 400 feet above the sea level &
p artly sheltered by pine woods, was opened in 1863
& consists of an extensive range of b rick buildings,
planned & erected under the exclusive direction o f
the late M aj.-G en. S ir Joshua Jebb K .C .B . at a cost
of ¿1x8,039, & several tim es altered & enlarged, th e
total am ount expended reachin g a sum of ¿220,000;
John Baker M .D ., C .M .A berd. supt. ; H arry Percival
Foulerton
M .R .C .S .E n g .,
L .R .C .P .L o n d .,
D-P.H.
R .C .P .S .L o n d . dep uty s u p t.; W ellesley Roe Allen
B .A ., M .B ., B .C h ., B .A .O .D ub . assistan t m edical
officer; Rev. A lb ert W hiteley B .A . ch ap lain ; A le x ­
ander E rn est Sayer, s te w a rd ; W illiam John R icks,
su p t.’s clerk

S CH O O LS.
E lem entary (m ixed), b u ilt by John W alter esq. in 1874,
conveyed to trustees in 1885 & enlarged in 1886 &
1912 to hold 276, & in 1903 a new infants’ school was
Post, M. 0 ., T . & Telephone C all Office, H igh street.—
added to hold 1 3 1; H erbert Sharpe, m a s te r; M rs. E .
H arry Over, sub-postm aster.
L etters arrive from
Sutton , m istress
W ellington College Station, B erks, at 6.45 (direct from Council, Broadm oor (m ixed), erected for 200 children
W okingham ) & 10.20 a.m . & 6.15 p .m . ; dispatched
of the staff of Broadm oor, & since taken over by the
at 9.10 a.m . & 2.15, 6.25 & 9 p .m .; Su n day delivery,
C ou n ty C o u n c il; M rs. E . Hanson, m istress
6.45 a.m . (direct from W o k in g h am ); dispatch, 4.50 C ounty Police Statio n , Duke’s ride, Fdk. Rolfe, constble
p.m
C arriers to R eadin g.— G eorge E lm er & Son, from C ro w ­
thorne, tues. th urs. fri. & sat. ; A . Cooper, m on.
W ellington College S tation Post, M. O. & T . Office
tues. th urs. fri. & sat
(letters should have Berks added).— F rederick Chas.
H ill, postm aster.
Letters arrive direct & delivered W ellington College R ailw ay Station, Henden Irvin e Jury,
at 7 & 10.10 a.m . & 5.15 p.m . ; dispatched at 9.30
station m aster
O W LSM O O R is a ham let in th is parish, 2 m iles
south-east, and has an iron ch urch , w ith 80 sittings.
Parish C lerk , H enry H arris W atkins.