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SO N N IN G .

. V IL LA G E S D IR E C T O R Y -1 9 1 7 .

Hull Thom as Halse, W hite Hart hotel
Jeskins A lbert, head gardener to George
St. C roix Rose esq
L igh t J. lock keeper
M ay W illiam Norman M.D. physician &
surgeon, & m edical officer & public
vaocinator Sonning district, W ok in g ­
ham union, W hite house
M orris Percy G ibbings & W illiam ,farm ers,
Holm e Park farm
Osman Arthur Rowland, grocer
Pearson Hall (T h e) . (Thom as Franklin,
caretaker)

Prior A lbert James, news agent
Reeve W illiam , land agent & valuer
♦Righton Fredk. farm er, East Park farm
Robinson George, builder, Park view
SmaRpieco W illiam Chas. Haydon, farmer
South E lijah, parish clerk
Sum ner John, gardener to C. W. ChristieM iller esq
Wadhams John, general sm ith
W eal A lbert John, police constable
W ebb Harry', The Bull hotel
W orking Men’s Club (R .H .E lger, lion.see)
W rig h t G eorge John, dairyman

S P E N C E R S W O O D is an ecclesiastical Post & Telephone, M. O. 0 ., S. B. &
parish, formed out of the parishes of
Annuity & Insurance Office, Spencers
Shinfield, Graaeley and Swallowfield by
W ood.—J oh n
Lowe,
sub-postmaster
on Order in C ouncil, December 19th, 1913 ;
Letters arrive from Reading at 5.25
it is in the Southern division of the
a.m. & 4.10 p .m . ; Sundays, 5.25 a.m. •
county, Reading hundred, county court
dispatched at 1.30 & 7.40 p.m. ; S u n ­
district and petty sessional division of
days, 6.50 p.m
Reading, W okingham union, rural deanery
o f Reading, archdeaconry of Berks and Post, M. 0 . 0 ., S. B. & Annuity & In­
surance Office, Three Mile Cross.__
diocese of Oxford. T he church of St.
Sami. Robertson, sub-postm aster. Letters
M ichael and All Angels, opened September
arrive from Reading at 5.15 a.m. & 4
29th, 1908, is a bu ilding o f brick with
p .m .; dispatched, at 1.30 & 7.50 p .m .;
stone d ressin gs: an organ was provided
Sundays, arrive at 6 a .m .; dispatched at
in 1910. T he livin g is a vicarage, in the
7 p .m . Spencers W ood is the nearest
gift of the Bishop o f Oxford, and held
telegraph office
since 1914 by the R ev. Frederick Temple
Lewarne B.A. of Selwyn C ollege, Cam ­
Lam bs Lane Council School (m ixed &
bridge, who was curate in charge from
infants) has accom m odation for 240
1908. St. M ichael's Parish Hall, a build­
c h ild ren ; average attendance, 180; J.
in g of red brick in the Elizabethan style,
Russell, master
was erected at the expense of Mrs. Hunter,
and was opened in 1912; there is a work­ Three Mile Cross Council School (mixed
ing m en’ s clu b in connection. There is
& infants), bu ilt in 1910, has accom m o­
a Wesleyan M ethodist chapel at Three
dation fo r 248 children ; average attend­
Mile Cross and at Spencers W ood a Con­
ance, 150; H. A. Reoly, master
gregational chapel, erected in 1837, with
Police Constable, A lbert Edward Adams,
sittings for 250 persons ; attached to the
Three M ile Cross
latter is an institute. Three M ile Cros9
is a ham let form ing part of the parish. A Carriers.— Higgs, Stim pson, Barry, Nurden
tem perance room and mission hall was
& Varney. There is a m otor convey­
opened here by the late W . I. Palm er esq.
ance daily to the Post office, Reading,
at M itford cottage.
& to Basingstoke, weds. & sats
P R IV A T E

R E S ID E N T S .

Barefoot Mrs. Dunboyne, TliTee M ile hill
Brown Frederick, Ashdown
Cole Rev. Henry Edward (Congregational),
Charthurst
Edney Mrs. Surrey' villas
Elphinstone H on. Mrs. Hill house
Fifield A lbert, Essendene, Three M ile hill
Ford Henry, Driftside, Three Mile cross
Halfacre Frederick S. Surrey' villas
Hayes James, Ash, New Toad
Hum frey Miss, F air view
Irem on ger Richard,
Silchester house,
Three Mile cross

Jones W illiam George, W inton
K ernutt W ilfred, Shottesbrook
'Knight-Jones James
Lewarne Rev. Frederick Temple B.A.
(vicar), The Nest
Manns Mrs. The Bungalow
Matthews Isaac, Park view
M orris Joseph, The Firs, Three Mile hill
Oakley Miss E. Ballymore
Peake Mrs. The Limes
Portsm outh Miss, W arbrook
Portsm outh Miss 0 . Merton villa
Price W alter, Lyndhurst grange
Prior David, Hopeview