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V IL L A G E S DIR E C TO RY— 1917.
Sindlesham, half a m ile north, is in*
eluded in the ecclesiastical parish of Bear
W ood, and consists of about 60 cottages,
an inn and the school. The place was
almost entirely rebuilt by the late John
Walter esq. (d . 1894), and has a Baptist
chapel.
A halt on the South Eastern and Chat*
ham Railway (R eading and Wokingham
line), known as Sindlesham and Hurst
was opened in January, 1910.
Parish Clerk, W m . Oates, Sindlesham.
Post Office, K ing Street.— Mrs. Louisa
Leach, sub-postm istress. Letters arrive
from W okingham at 7.20 a.m. A 6.30
p.m . (r e s tric te d ); Sunday at 8 a .m .;
dispatched at 8.45 a.m . & 6.30 p.m .
week days A 10.55 a.m . on Sundays.
Postal orders are issued here A paid.
The nearest m oney order & telegraph
office is at W okingham , 1^ m iles distant
Pillar Letter Box, Toutley, cleared at 8.45
a.m. A 6.40 p.m . ; Sundays, at noon
Post Office, Sindlesham.— Mrs. Isabella
Brigden,
sub-postmistress.
Letters
arrive from W okingham at 7 a.m . A
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

Bnyley Rev. W illiam Henry, The Rectory
Dearie William,- Estate cottage
Goclsal Edward H. W innersh lodge
Bettqn-Foster Mrs. Sindlesham house
Howkins J. T . Addington, Sindlesham
Mill house
Walter John M .A. Bear W ood
Wilson Courtenay Boardman,Winnersh gro
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39s

6.30 p .m . (r e s tric te d ); Sunday, 10 40
a .m .; dispatched at 6.15 p .m .; on Sun­
days at 10.55
Postal orders are
issued A paid here. Arborfield Cross,
2 m iles distant, is the nearest m oney
order A telegraph office
F oresters:—
Court “ Pride of the Loddon ” (B 2050),
m eet first m onday in m onth at the In ­
stitute, S indlesham ; Ernest Meadowcroft, Sindlesham, sec
Elementary School, Sindlesham (m ixed A
infants), built by the late John W alter
esq. (d. 1894), A enlarged 1896; it will
hold 240 children ; average attendance,
100; Henry Francis Sim m ons, m a ster;
Mrs. E m m a Jessie Simmons, mistress
Bear W ood Institute, Sindlesham ; Tlios.
Neve, sec
Gas Works, George Shadbolt, manager
Assistant Overseer, Moses Blake, W est­
wood, Osborne road, W okingham
Carriers to Reading, John W ingfield, tues.
A sat. 10 a .m .; N orgate, daily A Bayliss, daily except wed
Gas Works (G eorge Shadbolt, manager)
Grace Harry Ltd. woolstaplers, Loddon
Bridge house, K ing S treet; T. N. 43
W okingham
Grainger W illiam, head gamekeeper to
John W alter esq. M.A
Howkins
Brothers,
m illers
(water),
Sindlesham m ill
Leach Louisa (M rs.), Post office. K in g St
Neve Thom as, head gardener to Mrs.
Betton-Foster, Sindlesham
Newberry Amos Henry, clerk of works to
John W alter esq. M.A
Oates W illiam , parish clerk, Sindlesbam
Simm ons Henry Francis, master of Ele­
mentary School, Sindlesham
Tubb J. T. head gardener to John W alter
esq. M.A
Wingfield John, corn A coal merchant A
carrier, K in g Street

Allnatt John Edward, baker A grocer,
Sindlesham
Bartlett Joseph, blacksmith
Bear W ood Institute (Thom as Neve, sec.),
Sindlesham
Black Chas. W alter Arms inn, Sindlesham
Bowyer Charles, farmer, Hatch farm
Brigden Isabella (M rs.),P ost off.Sindleshm
Deane W illiam , sub-estate agent to John
Walter esq. M .A. Bear W ood estate off
Dimond J. G . farm bailiff to John W alter
(The remainder of the names in Newland
esq. M .A. Hom e farm
will be found under Arborfield, being
Farr Charles, painter
placed there for postal purposes)
Ford J. agricultural machinist
B T J R G H P I E I jD is a parish, 2^ miles
south-east from Thealo station on the
Great W estern railway and 5 south-west
from Reading, in the Southern division
of the county, hundred of Theale, Bradfield union, R eading petty sessional divi­
sion and county court district, rural

deanery of Bradficld, archdeaconry of
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The river
Kennet flow's on the north. The church
of the V irgin Mary, rebuilt at a cost of
¿2,500, and re-constructed in June, 1843,
is an edifice of brick and stone in the
Romanesque style, consisting of chancel,