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since 1907 by the Rev. Gibbs Payne Craw- ■North, Beach Rocks, 387 London road,
furd M .A. o f Corpus Christi College, Reading.
Oxford. Recent excavations in Holme The Parish Council .— W illiam Norman
Park have revealed the foundations of
May M.D. (chairm an), George John
the old bishop’ s palace, and m uch of
W right, Harry W ebb, Arthur G oodarcheological interest has been
dis­
child, E lijah South & John S u m n er;
covered. There are charities for appren­
W illiam Henry N orth, Beach Rocks,
ticing and clothing, besides charities for
387 L ondon Toad, Reading, clerk
educational and for church purposes
Here is a Congregational chapel, erected Post, M. 0 . & T. O ., S. B ., Express
Delivery, Annuity & Insurance Office.—
in 1807, with sittings for 170 persons.
Miss Mary Anne Henwood, sub-post­
During the sum m er m onths the place is
m istress. Letters arrive from Reading
much frequented by tourists and anglers.
Near the village o f Sonning is H olm e ■at 7.20 a.m . & 3.30 p.m . ; Sundays, 7.20
a .m .; dispatched at 3.25 k 6.50 p .m .;
Park, now occupied by Frank Cory Yeo
Sundays, 12.30 p .m .; business sus­
j P . : the house is well situated on an
pended at 1 p.m . on thursdays
eminence com m anding a fine view of the
valley of the T h a m e s: the park and Wall Letter B ox, by the R ectory, cleared
grounds are extensive. The South Berks
at 8.30 a.m . & 6.45 p.m. ; Sundays,
Limited are the principal landowners
12.30 p.m
The area of Sonning only is 1,205 acres
Schools.
of land and 42 of w ater; rateable value, Erected with master’ s residence, in 1859,
/6 , 8 i i ; the population in 1911 was 418
for 80 boys, by the late R obert Palm er
£ the civil p a rish ; the population in
esq. o f H olm e Park & his fam ily by
ig n was 650 in the ecclesiastical parish.
subscriptions & an endowm ent left by
Sir Thom as R ic h ; average attendance,
Earley and W oodley are ecclesiastical
6 0 ; Frederick W illiam Harries, m aster
parishes, and will be found under separate
headings.
G irls’ & Infants’, built in 1835, for 80
children ; average attendance, 50 ; Miss
Parish Clerk, E lijah South.
K . Connelly, m istress; Miss M. L.
Overseers, E lijah South and Stanley
Vickers, infants’ mistress
Arthur Cox.
Assistant Overseer, Collector o f Rates Carrier to Reading.— L ight, daily except
wed
and King’s T ax Collector, W illiam Henry
Taylor W . Emuss, The OTd cottage
P H IT A T E R E SID E N TS.
V aughan-W illiam s F. The Manor house
(For names in Sonning Eye, see Dunsden W ade-Palmer Aubrey, Borough Marsh ho
W illiam s Clement H. Shelving*ume
& E ye.)
W illiam s Mrs. N . S. New Holme
Arbnthnot W . Rierson, The Cottage
Yeo Frank Cory J.P. Holme park
Browning Mrs. Kate
CO M M EBCIAI..
Capon Edward 0 . Charfield
Ohristie-Miller Charles Wakefield, The (M arked thus * receive letters through
T w yford.)
Deanery
Crawfurd Rev. Gibbs Payne M .A . The Allnatt W illiam , baker k grocer
Angell Francis, tailor
Rectory
Attwell James G eorge, boot maker
Dashwood The Misses, The E lm s
Beynon John, head gardener to Frank
Dean A . W . Sonningdene
Cory Y eo J.P. N orth lodge
Doig Mrs, Grove cottage
Brown G eorge, decorator
Drury-Lavin Mrs. The Old house
Connelly
Miss K . schoolm istress
Eiger Ronald Haydon, Sonningmead
Harries Frederick W illiam , School house C O X E D W A R D & S O N S , coach buildeTS,
m otor works & carriage p rop rietors;
Holman-Hunt Mrs. Sonning acre
T. N . 27 Sonning
Kelly Edward Festus J.P. Holme cottage
E L M O R E H A R R Y , b u tch er; T. N. 29
Littlefield Leland H. Dower house
Sonning
Mathews Edm und Ffarrindon, The Hollies
Farrant
Sam i.John, farm er, Charville fim
May W illiam Norman M.D. W hite house
Gard W flliam H. farm er, Sonning farm
Phillimore Godfrey, M ill house
Harries Frederick W illiam , schoolmaster
Rose George St. Croix, The Red house
Henwood Mary Anne (M iss), Post office
Russell Mrs
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