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R E A D IN G D IR E C T O R Y — 1 9 1 7 .

i ? 1* tf*e- ch a n cel and rectorial righ ts, fo rm e rly in' th e p ossession of
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sin ce th e R e fo r m a tio n in lay hands, w ere p u rch ased
bv Air. A . W . C arter an d re stored to th e p arish .
T h e ch u rch o f St.
A n d r e w , in A lb e r t road, erected in 1911, con sists o f c le rc sto r ie d n ave w ith
north aisles, chan cel and vestries ; there are 300 sittin gs. T h e re i s a F ree
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v illa Se > b u ilt in 1872 ; a C ath olic ch a p el, erected
m 1902 and d edicated t o Our L a d y and St. A n n e ; a C on g reg a tion a l ch ap el.
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’ a W e sle y a n ch u rch , in W o o d c o te road, b u ilt a t a cost
ot £ 2 ,0 0 0 , was opened in Ju n e, 1909. A cem etery o f 4 acres w as opened
in M ay , 1885, to w h ich a fu rth e r 1 ¿ acres w as ad d ed in 1903. T h e P olice
S tation here was erected in 1884. J o h n (F itzg e ra ld ), 18 K arl o f K ild a re,
w h o died 9 N o v . 1707, le ft b y his w ill, d ated 19 M arch , 1704-5 to
5 A p ril, 1707, 18 acres o f lan d, the ren ts n o w a m ou n tin g to £ 1 7 , to
be a p p lied to the use o f th e p o o T ; and his w id o w , E liza b e th , C ountess
ot K ild a re , b y w ill, d ated 3 O ct. 1748, g ave £ 1 0 0 , laid ou t in th e
purch ase o f £ 1 0 5 7s. 6 d. O ld S ou th Sea A n n u itie s, n ow represen ted bv
£ 1 1 6 15s. 2d. £ 2 -f per C ent. C on sols, th e d ivid en d s o f w h ich are applied
to the ap p re n ticin g o f p o o r c h ild r e n ; Air. J . S teph ens le ft £ 5 0 0 in like
C onsols, th e in terest t o be sp en t in p ro v id in g clo th in g to b e given
to the p o o r in th e m o n th o f Ja n u a ry in each y e a r ; Airs. B u rch e tt’s
c h a n ty o f £ 4 9 y e a r ly is fo r th e m aintenance o f d issen tin g places o f
w o r s h ip : M rs. C lissold le ft £ 1 0 0 , th e in terest o f w h ic h is expen ded
in bread , d istribu ted to the p o o r o n the an n iv ersary o f her death.
T here are m a n y g o o d houses in this n e ig h b o u rh o o d . W illia m T h om pson
C raw s hay esq. D . L . , J .P . o f C aversham P a r k , is the p rin cip al lan dow n er.
T h e soil is chalk and g r a v e l; sn bsoil, ch alk y. T h e ch ief crop s are w heat,
b a rle y an d o a ts. T h e p op u la tio n o f th e e cclesia stical parish in 1911
was 9,858.
L o w e r C a v e r s iia m , $ m ile east, E j d i e r G r e e n ,

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J m iles n orth , and

C a n e E n d (in the e cclesia stical parish o f K id m o r e E n d ), 4 m iles n o rth ­

w est, are in th e civil p arish o f C aversham . T h e ch u rch of St. Joh n the
B a p tist, L o w e r C aversham , b u ilt in 1888, at a cost o f £ 5 ,1 8 7 , is an
edifice o f flin t w ith stone d ressings, in th e E a r ly E n g lish sty le, and c o n ­
sists o f chancel, nave, sou th aisle and a w estern tu rret con tain in g one
b e l l : in 1898 a stained w in d o w w as placed at a c o s t o f ov e r £ 3 0 0 : there
are 350 sittin gs. T h ere is also a W e sle y a n ch a p el, erected in 1898,
and a co n v e n t o f the V is ita tio n . T h e p u b lic hall a t E m m er G reen,
b e lo n g in g t o M a rtin Joh n S u tton esq. J .P . o f W a r g r a v e M anor, B erks,
is used fo r lectu res and religiou s services. T h e church o f S t. B arnabas
a t E m m er G reen w as o p en ed fo r p u b lic w o rsh ip in 1899.
P a rish C lerk, D a v id P la n t, 9 C hester street. Caversham .