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HEADING D IRECTORY— 1 9 1 4 .

sisting of chancel, nave o f five ba ys,
eastern b ell-cote con tain ing on e bell :
The livin g is a vicarage, unendow ed,
G iles’ , R eadin g, and held since 1912 by
M .A . of K eb le C ollege, O xford.

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v estry, transepts, aisles and an
th ere are 550 sittings, all free.
in th e g ift o f th e vica r o f St.
the R ev. F ran cis Jam es H ow ard

S t . M a r y ’ s E p i s c o p a l C h a p e l , a structure of brick, situated 0 1 1 the
north side of Castle street, and erected in 1798 as a dissenting chapel
by seceders from the church o f >St. G iles, was afterw ards con veyed lo
the Church of England and reopened in 1836, w ith various alterations,
including the erection of a p ortico w ith five Corinthian colum ns su p p ort­
ing a pedim ent and a rectangular pedim ented bell tow er above it, con ­
taining one bell, and w ill now seat 1,000 persons. T he livin g is a
perpetual curacy, n et yea rly value about £ 2 4 0 , in the g ift of trustees,
and held since 1895 b y the R ev. Jam es C onsterdine M .A . of L in coln
College, O xford.

The ecclesiastical parish o f T il e h c k s t S t . G eorge was form ed from the
parish o f Tilehurst by Order in C ouncil 29th June, 1882, and incorporated
in the borough of R eading M ich. 1887 : the church, in St. G eorge’s road,
west o f the barracks, erected at a cost of £ 4 ,0 0 0 , is a structure o f red
brick in the E a rly E n glish style, consisting o f chancel, nave, north aisle and
a turret containing one bell : the east end of the nave is raised and
serves as a chancel : there is an inscribed brass to M ajor-G en eral
A. G. Huyshe C .B . com m anding 1st B attalion Princess C h arlotte’s R oya l
Berkshire: R egim ent, w h o died 6 th A u g. 1886: the w est w in dow is filled
w ith stained glass, erected b y M a jor Turner, of the R oy a l Berkshire
Regim ent, in m em ory o f his w ife ; and in 1892 tw o stained w in dow s were
inserted in the north aisle b y officers of the 1st Battalion R oya l Berkshire
Regim ent, to M a jo r F . B . R . H em phill, who was killed b y an accident at
M alta whilst pla yin g polo, June 8 th, 1891 : there are oth er memorial
w indow s to Mrs. W a lter H arper and to officers and men of the 2nd
B attalion B erkshire R egim ent : the chancel w as added in 1893 at the
ost of Sir W alter and L a d y Palm er ; a handsom e w rou ght iron chancel
creen with gates was erected by the late vica r and his w ife in m em ory
f Lieut. R obert A . Stew art R .H .A . w h o died at U m balla, India,
Slanuaiy 22, 1889 ; there is also a brass to P riva te Charles A n drew s,
d.
March 22, 1889, another to P riva te H a rry C ripps, w ho died in South
A frica , 1901, and to Captain Sw in ton , 1905: brasses have also recently
-{been placed in the church to the m em ory of those m em bers o f the 3rd
Battalion of the Berkshire R egim ent, w ho fell in South A fr ic a : a tw oB 'g h t w indow in the north aisle has been filled w ith stained glass by
“»la jo r-G e n e ra l Stew art, also in m em ory o f th ose w h o died in th e recent
war ; tw o stained glass panels have been placed in the chancel apse to the
m em ory o f M iss V iv ia n : there is also a fine altar cross to the m em ory
o f A lbert R yder : the old colours o f the B erksh ire R eg im en t w ere
“ ilaeed here in 1908 : this is the m ilitary church for the regim ents
[uartered here : there are sittin g s for 433 persons. T h e register dates
rom the year 1881. T h e liv in g is a vicarage, gross yea rly value £ 3 0 0,
rith residence, in the g ift o f th e B ish op o f O xford, and held since 1897
|>y the R ev. W a lte r H u go H arper M .A . o f U n iv ersity C ollege, O xford.
I h e church o f S t . M a r k , in the K en sin gton road, is a district church,
na has 500 sittings ; the R ev. E rn est H en ry Stenning M .A . o f Selw yn
•ollege, Cam bridge, is priest in charge.