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VILLAG ES D IRECTO R Y — 1914.

TH BA I.K .

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m a n y o f th e w in dow s in the nave are stained ; th ose in th e apse are
good exam ples o f the w ork o f th e late M r. J . E. K e m p e : th ere ar<
300 sittings. T h e register dates from the y ea r 1832. T h e liv in g is a
rectory, net y e a rly valu e, in clu d in g 15 acres o f gleb e, £ 4 7 7 , w ith residen ce, in th e g ift o f M agdalen C ollege, O x ford , and held since 1887 by
the R e v. Stuart C ecil F ran k A n gel-S m ith M .A . o f H e rtfo rd C olleg e,
O x fo rd , w h o is also rural dean o f B radfield , and su rroga te. H ere
is a C on grega tion a l church, erected in 1913, a buildin g in red b rick and
ston e, also a P r im itiv e M eth od ist ch apel. A con sidera b le find o f R om an B ritish rem ains w as made d u rin g 1896-7 8 .
T h e field w here th e d is ­
co v e ry w as m ade is at th e w est end o f the village, and k n ow n as the
ballast-hole. F in ds had been p rev iou sly m ade th ere, bu t, w ith the
exception o f an early B ritish ja r o f v ery coarse cla y, n ow in th e p osses­
sion o f a M r. H aw ley , th ey h ave been dispersed o r lost. T h e later finds
in clud e a large q u a n tity o f p o tte ry o f a ll grad es, from th e coa rsest
up to the fine Sam aian w are, querns, b on e im plem ents, a fe w brass
R om an coins, all in a p o o r con d ition , R om an spoon o f b ron ze,
bronze pin w ith green enam el orn a m en ta tion , tw o hum an skulls and
bones, and a v a riety o f oth er articles. T h e north road from S ilchester
is supposed to have crossed a field a d join in g the one w here these finds
were made. T he finds extended o v e r an area of n early 30 acres, and
the ch ie f o f them came from the w ell-k n ow n rubbish pits or m iddens ;
the settlem en t m ust have been a la rge one. R om a n rem ains have also
been foun d at P in cen t’ s farm , at the east end of Theale.
T h e farm
house is an old one, and the farm takes its nam e from an ow n er (John
P in syon ), tem p. E dw a rd III. T h eale, form erly L a th ele or L e th e l, is
so m entioned in all docum ents from the T e s ta de N e v il and the H u n d red
rolls, dow n to th e tim e o f E lizabeth ; it then becom es T h e th el, afterw ards
D heal, and finally T h ea le. I t was form erly in the parish o f T ile h u rs t,
but becam e a separate parish in 1894. T h o p re-R eform a tion chapel o f
L e thel (Theale) belonged to G orin g P r io ry , O xon , and is va lu ed in the
tax o f P o p e N ich olas a t £ 1 yearly.
N unhide farm , in Sulham parish,
b u t close to T h eale, also belon g ed to G orin g P riory , and w a s p rob a b ly
the one hide o rigin a lly gran ted b y the foun der o f G orin g, w h o w as also
the ow ner o f N unhide. H en ry B a rry B la g ra v e esq. of C a lco t P a rk , T ile ­
hurst, is lord o f the m anor and prin cip a l landow ner. T h e soil is ligh t ;
subsoil, gravel and clay. T h e ch ief crops are wheat and b a rlev.
The
area is 1,564 acres o f land and w ater ; rateable, value, £ 8 ,8 7 4 ; the
population in 1911 w as 1,047.
P arish C lerk, F ran k B rod rick.
G A L O O T is a ham let p a rtly in th is parish , a bout 2£ miles 011 the h igh
road from R e a d in g , and about th e sam e distance from th e village.
P o s t, M . 0 . & T . 0 . , S. B ., E xpress D e liv e ry & A n n u ity & Insurance
Office. W illia m J. S ly, sub-postm aster. L e tters a rrive from R ea d in g
a t 5.35 & 11 a.m . & 5.30 p .m . ; d isp a tch ed at 9.15 a.m . & 2 45 &
7.20 p.m . ; sundays, a rrive 7.5 a.m . ; disp atch ed at 7.15 p .m
W all

B ox,

Sundays,

near
7 p.m

th e

ch u rch ,

cleared

at

9 a .m .

& 2.30

& 7

p .m . •

W all B ox, N o rth street, cleared at 6.30 a .m . & 7 p.m . ; Sunday, 6.45 a .111
L a m p-post B o x , T h e G reen ,
S u n d a y s , 7 p .m

c le a r e d

at 8.40 a .m . & n oon & 7.20 p 111 ;

O verseers, John Ired ale T u rton & E dw ard B la tch
A ssista n t O verseer, T h om as II. W ood eson , C edar villa, 7 A rm ou r road
I ilehurst
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