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PANGEOURNE.
V IL LA G E S D IR E C TO RY â 1917.
Hawes G odfrey Charles B.,
L .R .C .P .L on d ., J .P . physician & surÂ
geon, k certifying factory s u rg e o n ;
T. N . 5
H iggs A . E. (M rs.)» m illiner, R eading t o
Higgs John, contractor. New town
H iggs Mrs. m illin er, "Whitchurch road
Holm es J. & Son, sm iths
H um m el Leonard, watch m aker
Hunt Thomas A rthur, carman, coal, coke
k w ood m erchant
International Tea C o.âs Stores Lim ited
Jarvis Mrs. furnished apartm ents, K 1oridyke house. Horseshoe road
Johnston W alter, shopkpr.Meadowside rd
Lever Katherine (M rs.), heer retailer
London C ity & M idland Bank L im ited (A
W . Sheldon, m anager), R eading road
See advertisem ent
M ortim ore E . C. grocer k provision m erÂ
c h a n t; T. N . 54Y
Northern Fire â& L ife Assurance Co.
Lim ited (A . W est, agent)
N utley Ernest, boot repairer
Oram Richard, fruiterer
Paget Frederick, station master
Pangboum e Gas C o.L td. (A lbt.B ntler.sec)
Pangbourne Polytechnic Lim ited (G. F
Hensman, sec)
Pangbourne, W hitchurch & D istrict C onÂ
stitutional Club (P ercy Stone, sec)
Pavey George, m achinist
Pitney Lloyd, tailor & outfitter
P ost Office Telephone, public call office
(after post office hours) & exchange,
B eading road
fPTTBLETT is a village and parish in a
pleasant position on 'the banks of the
Thames, 3J m iles west-north-west from
Reading, t| west from Tilehurst station
and 2 east from Pangbourne station, on
the Great W estern railway, in the Southern
division of the county, hundred of Theale,
Bradfield union, petty sessional division
and county court district o f Reading,
rural deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church
of St. Mary, beautifully situated on the
banks of the Tham es, half a m ile from
the village, is a building of flint and
stone in the Early English stylo, consistÂ
in g of chancel, nave, north aisle, south
porch and a small embattled western
tower of brick, with pinnacles, containing
6 b e lls : the church, with the exception
o f the tower, was rebuilt in 1870: there
is a good Norman arch, originally form Â
ing the entrance to the chancel, bu t now
between the chancel and the organ
cham ber, built in 1 8 7 7 ; there is also a
Purve John, iron worker, R eading road
Read John Edwin, sign writer, Myrtle pro
Rhodes Sergeant Frederick, Police station
Saunders M. W . butcher A c . ; T. N. 8
Sellwood Bros, grocers & drapers; T.N. 6
Skilton W illiam & Sons, grocers & house
agents ; T. N. 49 '
Sm ith W . H. & Son, news agents
Stone & Parker, confectnrs.W hitchurch rd
St-one Percy, corn dealer, Pangbourne mill
Surplice R . F. (M rs.) L .R .A .M . teacher of
m usic, Reading road
.Surplice Reginald F . m otor engineer â¢
T. N. S3
â
Taylor Miss E. nurse, Riverview road
T e g g W alter John,assistant insurance supt
Thomas Richard, hair dresser
Tidbury Brothers, stationers, High street
T idburv W illiam , assistant overseer k
clerk to Parish Council
Towner Edward, collector of Kingâ s taxes,
Laud cham bers, 150 Friar st. Beading
W allace Jsph.Y e Old George htl. ; T .n "6 r
Warner
Ben,
bu ilder
&
contractor,
Meadow bank
W ebb Arthur, saddler k parish clerk
W inkworth Sami. H r. ironm onger; T.N.G8
W ood Lester, hair dresser k tobacconist
W orking Menâs Club & Institute (M ajorGen. Thom as W addington J.P. presiÂ
d e n t;
R.
Varley, sec.), Rosewood,
W hitchurch road
W ym an k Sons L im ited, news agents,
Railway station
Y ou n g G . plum ber & painter
Norman f o n t : the arms of the Bolingbroke fam ily, who form erly had property
in this parish, are affixed to the south
front o f the to w e r: there is a lych-gate
o f oak at the entrance of the churchyard,
and there are 170 sittings, 63 being frre.
The register dates from the year 1660.
The living is a rectory, net yearly value
£260, including 17 acres of glebe, with
residence, in the gift of the Lord ChanÂ
cellor, and held since 1915 by the Rev.
Richard Henry Pring M .A. of Trinity ColÂ
lege, Dublin. Purley Hall, a- handsome
mansion of brick, erected in 1609, and
pleasantly, situated
in fine park-like
grounds, is the property of the Rev. Henry
Charles W ilder M .A. rector of Sulham,
and the residence of . M rs. Elkington.
Purley I'ark, n large bu ildin g of Portland
stone in the Italian style, situated on the
banks of the river Tham es, within an
enclosed park, is the residence of Mrs. D.
Fullerton. Here are tho kennels of the
South Berks Foxhounds, Cecil Aldin esq.