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a native of Lyford, for the poor of E ast and W est I The area is 773 a c r e s ; rateab le value, £ 7 4 3 ; and the
Hanney and L y fo r d ; these form a quadrangle, a ttra c­ population in 1911 was 109.
tive in appearance, w ith a chapel on the w est s id e ;
L etters through W antage arrive at 7.15 a.m .
E ast
the revenue of this ch arity am ounts to £300 a y e a r ;
H anney is the n earest telegraph & m oney order office,
and five shillings per week is allotted to each inm ate ; |
2^ m iles d istan t
divine service is conducted every day by the chaplain,
who receives £40 yea rly. The principal landowners are W all Box, hours of collection, 10.10 a.m . & 6.15 p .m .;
no collection on Sundays
the Provost and Fellows of W orcester College, Oxford,
who are lords of the manor. Th e soil is heavy clay The children of th is parish attend the school at Charney
and loam ; subsoil, clay. The land is chiefly in pasture*. 1 B assett
Currie Bev. F redk.H ill M .A .V icarage | Pike Robert, farm er, M anor farm

! Rickards Charles, farm er

MAIDENHEAD
M AIDENH EAD (form erly M aiden-hythe), “ the m idway a vicarage, n et annual value £400, w ith residence, in
w harf,” between M arlow and W indsor, is a corporate the g ift of the v icar of Islin gton, N. and oth er trustees,
borough and m ark et and union town, and head of a and held since 1893 by the Rev. Charles H ew itson Nash
petty sessional d iv isio n ; it was within th e parishes of M .A. of D u rham U niversity.
Bray and Cookham , b ut on October 15, 1894, was
St. L u k e’s is an ecclesiastical parish form ed M arch 1,
made a distin ct civil parish by L ocal G overnm en t Board 1867, en tire ly out of Cookham p arish ; the ch urch is a
Order No. 31,898 ; it is on th e rig h t bank of th e Tham es, building of freestone, in the G othic style, consisting of
which is here crossed b y a stone bridge of seven arches, chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, south porch and a
erected in 1772 at a cost of £20,000 from plans by Sir tower a t th e south-east angle, 80 feet in h eig h t, w ith
Robert T aylor, architect, and connecting th is place with spire, and con tainin g a clock and 2 b e lls : the spire was
Taplow, in B u ck in g h a m sh ire: the town stands on the added in 1894 at a cost of a b o u t £1,500, and the total
old B ath road, 26 m iles from London (by road) and 24 heigh t is now about 150 f e e t ; the reredos was the g ift
by rail, 13 north-east from Reading, 9 east-by-south of the Rev. G . H. Hodson M .A . vicar of E n field ; the
from Henley and 6 north-w est from W indsor, in the carved choir stalls were presented in 1902 by the
Eastern division of the county, hundred of Bray, county parishioners and oth er friends as a m em orial to the
court d istrict of W indsor, rural deanery of Maidenhead, late Miss M e a ra ; in 1910 a w rought iron chancel screen
archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th ere is a was presented b y the present v ic a r ; th ere are a
station here on the G reat W estern railw ay, which num ber of m em orial windows, includin g the w est
crosses the riv er on a brick bridge of two arches, window, a m em orial to the late Dr. Goolden : th e ch urch
designed b y S ir Isam bard B runei, the distinguished en­ was enlarged in 1869 and is capable of seatin g 850
gineer, and rem arkable as exh ib itin g the g rea test span persons, tw o-thirds of the sittin gs being free.
The
ever yet accom plished in brick.
reg ister dates from th e year 1866. T h e liv in g is a
The Corporation consists of a high steward, m ayor, vicarage, gross yea rly value £230, w ith residence, in
four alderm en and twelve co u n cillo rs; tw o alderm en th e g ift of th e Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1915
retire ev ery three years, and four councillors every b y the Rev. C h arles E dw ard M iddleton F ry M .A. o f
year. The borough has a com m ission of the P ea c e; the C h rist C h urch , Oxford.
town is controlled by the cou n ty police.
S t. P eter’s, in th e F u rze P la tt, a chapel of ease to
The town is lighted w ith gas by a com pany, from S t. Luke's, is a b u ild in g of stone, consisting of a chancel
works on the B uckingham shire side of the river, and and a nave, consecrated in 1898, and enlarged and com ­
by electricity from works in B rayw ick road, the p ro­ pleted in 1908 : there are 300 sittin gs.
perty of the C orp oration: w ater is supplied by the
S t. P a u l’s ch urch , in the H igh Town road, a chapel
Maidenhead W aterw orks Com pany, whose reservoir at of ease to the ch urch of A ll Saints, B oyne H ill, was
Boyne H ill w ill hold 600,000 gallons, at Cookham Dene erected in 1887-9, from the designs of Mr. E. J.
450,000 gallons, and that at Hawthorne H ill 200,000 S hrew sbury A .R .I.B .A . : and is an edifice of red b rick,
g allo n s; the w ater is drawn from a chalk well at C astle in the E a rly E n glish style, consisting of chancel and
H ill: in the outskirts are m an y good houses, particu larly lo fty nave under one continuous roof, vestries, con­
along the bank of the river. The view from the bridge structed below the chancel, and a tu rre t containing one
on either side, b ut p articu la rly towards the town, is b e ll; the chancel is separated from the nave by a
charm ing in the e x tre m e ; between the. bridge and screen, above w hich is a m assive rood beam b earing a
B oulter’s lock new suburbs have sprung up called large and richly-decorated c ro s s: at th e east end is a
“ R ay P a r k ” and “ Maidenhead C ou rt.” The country rose window filled w ith stained glass : the services here
about Maidenhead, and m ore especially th at of and are conducted by the c le rg y of A ll Sain ts, Boyne H ill:
about the woods of Cliveden and Hedsor, a short dis­ there are 350 sittings.
tance up the river on th e Bucks side, is surpassingly
Th e ch u rch of St. M ark, erected in 1873, for th e in ­
d eligh tfu l and its p op ularity not less constant than m ates of the Cookham (now M aidenhead) Union, at a
deserved.
cost of £2,000, by John H ibb ert esq. of B rayw ick Lodge,
In the reign of Richard II. th is place was the scene is a cruciform b uilding of stone, consisting of chancel,
of an encounter between the adherents of the k in g, who nave, transepts and a w estern tu rre t containing one
held the bridge, under the com m and of E dm und (H ol­ b ell: the stained east window , placed in 1878, and the
la n d ), Duke of S urrey K .G . and the followers of Henry, east window, in 1886, are m e m o ria ls : there are sittin gs
duke of Lancaster. A t the R evolution the town was for 230 persons.
garrisoned w ith Irish troops, but the tow nsfolk de­
Th e C ath olic church, in the Cookham road, dedicated
claring for W illiam of O range, the defenders fled, to St. Joseph, is a b u ild in g of flint, w ith red b rick and
leaving behind th e ir guns and am m unition.
stone dressings, in the E arly E n g lish s ty le : in 1914 a
St. Andrew and St. M ary M agdelene is an ecclesias­ chancel, transepts, sacristy and tow er were a d d e d : there
tical parish, form ed J u ly 30th, 1870, ou t of the parishes are 200 sittin gs.
of B ray and Cookham . The church was origin ally a
The B ap tist chapel, M arlow road, erected in 1873, w ill
chantry, founded in 1270 by M arg aret of France, second seat 315 persons. Th e S tric t B ap tist chapel, Y o rk road,
consort of E dw ard I. when the first b uildin g, of which erected in 1864, has 100 sittin gs.
a fu ll account is given in N ichols’ “ Collectanea TopoTh e C ongregational chapel, W est street, was first
graphica,” vol. 6, was erected in the centre of H igh founded in 1662; the p resen t 'building, erected in 1787,
s tre e t; it was reb uilt on the sam e site in 1724, and in will seat 500 persons,
1825-6 was taken down and the p resent building erected
Th e P rim itive M ethodist chapel, Queen street, erected
at the east end of H igh s tr e e t: it is an edifice of brick, in 1882, has 300 sittings.
in m ixed styles, consisting of D ecorated chancel, nave,
Th e W esleyan chapel, C astle H ill, erected in 1859,
organ cham ber, and an em b attled western tower, 60 has 500 sittin gs.
feet in heigh t, containing a clock and 2 b ells: the
A C em etery, a t Boyne H ill, 9 acres in exten t, was
church was enlarged and im proved in 1877-8, at a cost established in 1888 b y a com pany
of £2,670, when the chancel was built, an organ cham ber
Th e Town H all, H ig h street, is a stru ctu re of red
provided, the organ re-constructed, and in 1882 a pulpit brick, w ith stone dressings, in th e Renaissance style,
of Caen stone and oak and a w rou g h t iron lectern were and was alm ost en tirely reb u ilt in 1879 a t a cost of
erected and the clock ren o va ted ; in 1893-4 the church nearly £6,000; it now contains a la rg e m ark et hallr
was repaired and redecorated throughout, at a cost of p ublic offices on the ground floor and above a la rg e hail
about £220 : there are 630 sittin gs,u‘ half being free. 76 feet by 30 feet, w hich w ill hold 400 p e rs o n s : a corn
The register dates from the year 1862. The livin g, for­ m arket is held every W ednesday.
m erly in the patronage of the Corporation of M aiden­
The m unicipal insignia includes two m aces, a m ayor’*
head, who sold it under the M unicipal Reform A ct, is chain and badge and a borough s e a l: th e older m ace,