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BERKSHIRE.

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T u rv ey
M ary A nn
(Mrs.)» b e e r.* W re n H enry B landy, farm er, W hit- W ynn W illiam , farm b ailiff to F. W.
retailer. G reat L ea
j ley farm '
'
A llfrey
esq.
(postal
address,
W oolfe C harles, Old Bell P .H .(p o s ta l, »W yeth W a lter, baker
Spencer's Wood)
".ddress, Burghfield)
G B E E N H A M is a civil parish ad join in g the town the surface, in a stratum of clayish alluvium ; one of the
of N ew bu ry on the south -east and ly in g south of the g igan tic ox skulls m easured more than 3 feet between
riv er K en n et, w hich separates it from T h a tch a m , in the horns ; some horse shoes, w ith plates 3 inches wide,
the Southern division of the county, hundred of Fair- covering the whole foot except the frog, were also
cross, p etty sessional division, union and county court exhum ed near the same spot. T h e new N ew bury race­
d istrict of N ew bury, ru ra l deanery of N ew bury, arch ­ course is p icturesquely situated in this parish, at the
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Th e nearest foot of the rising ground on which stand Greenham
railw ay station
is at N ew bury.
G reenham
was C hurch and G reenham Lodge, the home of Lloyd B axen ­
origin ally a tith in g of T h atcham , and in 1857 it was dale esq. to whom the racecourse site previously be­
form ed into the ecclesiastical parish of Greenham . In lo n g ed : the course has been laid out by Mr. John Porter,
1859 a portion was included in the ecclesiastical parish and comprises an absolutely straig h t m ile 105 feet wide
of S t. John the E van gelist, N ew bury, and in 1878, at and a round course a few yards short of two m iles, with
the extension of the borough oJ N ew bury, a great por­ a run in of five furlongs where it joins the straigh t, was
tion of G reenham was included. The urban part of the designed by Mr. C. W . Stephens, of London, and
parish is attached to N ew bury for Parish C ouncil p ur­ includes a Royal box, w ith a suite of Royal a p a rtm en ts:
poses, and the iu r a l part has a C ouncil of its own. at th e back of the stand is a spacious paddock and in
The church of S t. M ary the V irg in , situated about the lower part of the stand, a m otor garage and 150
half a m ile from th e boundaries of the borough of N ew ­ loose b oxes: the G reat W estern Railw ay Co. have
bury, is a m odern b uilding of stone, in the E a rly E n g ­ erected a new station adjoining the racecourse, to
lish style, con sistin g of chancel, nave, south porch, which, there is a covered way : th e first m eetin g was
bap tistery, and a western turret, containing 2 b e lls : inaugurated 26th Sept. 1905. Rom an coins of Diocletian
there are several m em orial w in d o w s: the foundation (A.D 284! anti Probus (A.D. 276) « r e found in 184b
stone was laid by the v icar, J u ly 31st. 1875, and the near Fielders farm , and a num ber of skeletons (probably
church was consecrated on October 24th, 1876, by the a hundred), together w ith m any specimens of fictile
bishop of the d io cese; the total cost amounted to ware were discovered in excavatin g the gravel near the
;£3*5°°: a new aisle was added in 1888, and since th at N ew bury goods s ta tio n ; this spot appears to have been
date the chancel has been decorated w ith frescoes, the a R om ano-B ritish cem etery : some E a rly E n Jhs* Pot‘
vestry enlarged and w rought iron gates erected to the tery was found in 1904 on the G-reenham estate, dating
organ cham ber at the cost of L loyd H. B axendale esq. from 100 to 200 A .D . G reenham Lodge the residence
J.P . : the organ, erected in 1888, at a cost of about of Lloyd H arry B axendale esq. J.P . lord of the manor
¿400, and the b ap tistery, added in 1895, at a cost of and principal landowner, is a m odern mansion of red
^>57°» were both th e g ift of Mrs. Lloyd H. B axen ­ brick, b eautifu lly situated 011 elevated ground and com ­
dale : a catalogue of the plate, vestm ents &c. belonging m anding a splendid view of the surrounding .c o u n ty .
to the old church at the tim e of the Reform ation and Th e soil is gravel and c la y ; subsoil, chalk. Th e c
Th e area
d ated 4 A u g. 6 E dw ard V I. (1552), is preserved at the crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots
Record office : there are 220 sittin gs. T he reg ister dates is 2 22a acres of land, p art of w hich is heath, and 25
from th e year 1706. The livin g was declared a vicarage w a te r ; rateable value, ¿ 7 .3 6 8 ; the population m 1911
A p ril 3rd,’ 1866, net yearly value £ 1 4 °, ^ ith residence, was 642 in the c iv il and 666 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Stroud Green, form ing a part of th e borough of New
in the g ift of the Bishop of O xford, and held since
tqo o by the Rev. Jam es N evill Blagden M .A. of C h rist bury, is in this parish.
C h u rch , Oxford. Th e vicarage house was b uilt in the
V erger, Frederick Green.
year 1874. H ere are B ap tist and Prim itive M ethodist Letters throu gh N ew bury, w hich is the nearest money
chapels. In the reign of H enry II. M aud. Countess of
order & telegraph office, arrive about 6.45 a.m
C la re, gave the m anor to th e K n ights-H ospitallers, who W all L e tter B ox, at B erries Bank, cleared at 9.15 a.m . &
then founded a preceptory here. In 1876, durin g the
6 p .m . ; Sundays a t n -5° a -m
progress of excavations on the estate of the late Lloyd
Elem entary School (m ixed), b u ilt in 1846. it improved
Baxendale esq. horn cores and skulls of bos prim igenus
i in, 1849 & enlarged in 1888 & 1894; it now holds 113
and bos longifrons, and portions of antlers of the Ted
d eer were m et with, a t a depth of about 5 fs^t below I children ; Miss Sarah New, m istress
Dalby Chas. bead gardener to L . H
Pickard Charles C lifford, Riverside
(For residents in N ew bu ry see
Baxendale esq. J.P. Pyle H ill cotts
Pullen A lfred John, Th e Larches
th at tow n.)
Deacon Chas. shopkeeper,Boundary rd
Slocock M iss, B erries bank
P R IV A T E R E S ID E N T S .
G
iles
H enry, cowkpr. G reenham Com
A dam s F rederick W m . Pigeons farm Stockley C ol. C h arles M ore C .B . H ieatt & Co. b utch ers. Boundary rd
Round Oak
A lston G eorge, H ill house
Morgan G erald W m . beer ret. Ham la
Baxendale L loyd H arry J.P. G reen­ Townsend M rs. E astleigh
W ells E dw ard G ifford, Norm an cot N ew bury Racecourse Co. L im ited (G.
ham lodge
G. Leader, sec)
W
illiam
s
M
iss,
4
E
lm
villas
Blagden Rev. Jam es N e vill M .A.
Pullen A lbert, painter,B oundary road
(vicar), V icarage
COMMERCIAL.
St. Andrew ’s Home (private) (Miss
Bowm an John H erbt. G reenham com
Eleanor C arter, m atron), G reen ­
Adams F rederick H enry, insurance
C otterell G eorge W m . 1 E lm villas
ham Common
agent, B erries bank
C roxford Mrs. Penlee
T
h
atch er Fow ler,dairy,W estw ood frm
Adam s Fredk. W m . agen t to L. H.
G ard in er A lan, B erries bank
Treadw ell Syd, insurance agent, 7
Baxendale esq. J.P . Pigeons farm
H ill E llio tt F oley, South mead
Montana terrace
Hollands A lfred, G reenham M ill ho Boulton Charles, head gam ekeeper Vince
E sth er
(M rs.),
cowkeeper,
to L . H. Baxendale esq. J .P
Hollands Mrs. Bankside
K n ig h t’s bridge
Bowden
John,
dairy,
Ham
lane
Holm es E dw ard C arleton,The C ottage
L eng W illiam St. Q uentin M .A ., C larke F rederick, dairym an, Ham
B ridge dairy
L L .B , E ssart
when the form er dedication was ch an g ed : there are four
G B O V E is a c iv il parish, form ed A ugust, 1832, out of
m em orial windows to m em bers of the G odfrey fam ily
th a t of W antage, h alf a m ile from W antage Road sta­
and three to th e fam ily of C a u d w e ll: th e p u lp it, from
tion on the G reat W estern railw ay, and about 1^ north
which Dr. P usey preached his first w ritten sermon, and
from W antage, and a branch of the riv er Ock passes
the font in. which he was baptised, are now placed here:
th ro u g h : it is in the N orthern division of th e county,
the church affords 2 3 0 sittings. T h e register dates from
p etty'sessio n a l division, union and county court district
the year 1 8 3 2 . The livin g is a vicarage, net yearly
of W antage, rural deanery of W antage, archdeaconry
value £245, w ith residence and 10$ acres of glebe, in the
of Berks and diocese of Oxford.
The ecclesiastical
g ift of the Dean and C hap ter of Windsor, and held since
parish was form ed M ay 12, 1835. T he ch urch of St.
1 8 9 9 by the Rev. Stan ley Heddon Howard M .A. of O x­
Jam es the G reat, form erly a sm all and plain building
ford University. Here are W esleyan and B ap tist chapels,
of stone, consisting of nave only, w ith a western tu rret
the la tter having an attached b urial ground. Gaudwell's
containing one bell, was en tirely reb u ilt of brick and
charity, bequeathed in 1 8 9 0 , consists of ¿ 4 0 0 invested in
stone in 1900-01 : i t consists of nave w ith aisle : ” *e^e Governm ent Stock, the in terest of which is distributed
was in ancient tim es a chapel here, dedicated to St. John
in coal to the poor of the parish. Th e manor of Grove
the B ap tist, w hich existed up to the begin n in g of the
was given bv K in g Stephen in 1 1 4 2 to the Convent of
1 8th cen tu ry : the church, la tely rem oved, was b uilt in
Bermondsey ; after the Dissolution it cam e into the pos1832 throu gh the exertions of the late Dr. Richard Lynch
1 session of the fam ily of Grove, whose m onuments appear
C otton, provost of W orcester College, O xford, 1839-81,