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VILLAGES 1)1 RECTO IIV— 1914.

G u ild fo rd , is a b u ildin g of Hint and ston e, in the T ran sition style,
betw een the E a rly E n glish and D ecora ted , and consists o f chancel,
nave, w ith n orth aisle, orga n ch a m b er, vestry, south porch and ov er it
a tu rret con ta in in g 3 b e lls : the prin cip al feature o f the in terior is the
triplet o f arch es betw een th e nave and the ch aneel, sup ported on
colum ns o f dark F o re st o f D ean s to n e ; the reredos is o f Caen stone and
E arly E n glish and Italian alabaster and m arble and has a sculptured
grou p in the cen tre rep resen ting the C r u cifix io n : the east w in d ow is
stain ed, and a beau tifu l arch , p a rtia lly filled b y oak screen w ork,
incloses the organ cham ber : a w in d ow , designed b y K em p , is on the
south side o f the ch a n cel, and was presented b y the late H . A . K n o x esq.
in com m em oration of the crow n in g o f K in g E dw ard V I I . : there are 260
sittings.
T h e register dates from the year 1881.
T h e livin g is a
vica ra ge, endow ed by the founder w ith £ 1 5 0 yea rly, gross yea rly value
£ 2 7 0 . net £ 2 5 5 , w ith residen ce, in the g ift o f the vica r o f S on nin g, and
held since 1913 by the R ev . F rederick F itzP a trick P en ru ddock M .A . of
St. J o h n s C ollege, C am bridge. H ere is a C on gregational Chapel,
erected in 1834, w ith 120 sittings. T h e area o f W o o d le y and Sandford
lib erty is 3,519 acres o f land and 90 o f w a te r ; rateable value, £ 1 8 ,6 3 2 ;
the population o f the lib e rty in 1911 was 1.034 and o f the ecclesiastical
parish in 1911, 684.
Parish C lerk, Joseph Parsons.
A ssistant O verseer & C lerk to the Parish C ouncil, A lb e rt E. P erry.
K in g ’s Tax C ollector, W illiam H en ry N orth , 96 R adstock rd. Reading.
The Parish C ouncil consists o f 7 m em bers, viz. : — Capt. Jam es St
L a w ren ce W h e b le R .A ., J .P . (chairm an), K en von F u ller, Sidney
B row n , Thom as Sm ith, W a lter M u nd v, H enry John son & W illia m
N o r m a n ; A lb e rt E. P erry , clerk
P ost Office, W o o d le y .— G eorge A ld rid g e , sub-postm aster. Letters re­
ceived th rou gh R ea din g at 7.15 a.m . & 12.15 & 6.40 p.m . ; dispatched
a t 8.50 a.m . & 12.20 A 6.45 p.m . ; Sundays, a rrive at 7.15 a.m . ; d is­
patched at 11.45 a.m . Son nin g A Earley are the nearest m on ey order
A telegraph offices. P ostal orders are issued here A paid
P illa r B o x , cleared at 9 a.m . A 12.30 A 6.55 p.m . ; Sundays, 12.5 p.m
E lem entary S ch ool (m ixed ), enlarged in 1894 & 1896, for 160 children ;
average attendance, 8 5 ; M iss A vice Francis, mistress
W o o d le y , San dford
H earn, hon. sec

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Sonning

C ottage

Garden

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Carriers to R e a d in g .— G rant, mon. tues. thurs. A sat. ; B on ner, tues
tburs. A sat
p r iv a t e
r e s id e n t s .
P en ru d d ock R ev. F rederick FitzB ra d le y M rs. L a n e’s farm
P a trick M .A . (vica r), V ica ra ge
B row n S id n e y , R iverm ea d
Perry A lb e rt E d w a rd , Fairholm e,
C oom bes M iss, St. L u ke’ s cotta g e
W estern avenue
F ran cis M isses, H om elan d, W est- P la y er M isses, T he W arren
ern avenue
R a in sford H v . P arkside, W estern
F u ller K e n y o n , S a n dford m ill
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avenue
G odsal H erb ert, San dford m an or
Russell W in . Rosemary,W estern av
G offe R ich a rd . W estern avenue
S tanley
P h ilip
L.
T he
M odel
H ow lett Charles, W o o d le y cotta ge
P o u ltr y farm
M organ W illia m A rth u r, Oakfield ’ W h iteh orn H rb t.M a u rice .W o o d sd e
M u ndv W a lte r, T h e P ollard s
W illia m s J oh n , T h e Pines