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D IR E C T O R Y — 1 9 1 7 .

T h e p o p u la tio n o f th e ecclesia stical parishes in 1911 w a s : — S t. M a ry ,
15 0 7 1 ; St. G ilos’ , w ith St. L u k e , 1 4 ,1 4 7 ; St. L auren ce, 3,123 ; C hrist
C hurch, W h itle y , 8 ,0 8 7 ; G re y F ria rs , 4 ,5 7 2 ; H o ly T r in ity , 8 ,0 3 0 ; St.
Joh n the E v an g elist, 5 ,6 0 0 ; S t. G e o rg e , T ile k u rst, 5,344 ; S t. B a rth olom ew , E a rle y , 7,499.
T h e area o f the P a rlia m e n ta ry b o ro u g h is 2,441 acres ; th e p opu lation
in 1911 w as 63,299 ; the n u m b er o f electors on th e P a rlia m en ta ry register
in 1913 w as 11,088.
T he C o rp o ra tio n have from v e r y an cien t tim es been th e ow n ers o f th e
m arkets and fairs in the b o ro u g h . In 1868 th e C orp ora tion becam e th e
owners o f th e w aterw orks, w h ich h ave fro m tim e to tim e been c on sid erably
enlarged and exten ded , an d n o w su pp ly a p o p u la tio n o f a b o u t 90,000
w ithin and ou tsid e the borou g h .
T h e C o rp o ra tio n are th e ow n ers o f v alu a ble an d exten sive p rop erties,
w hich include a b o u t 800 aere 3 o f land h eld foT th e d isp osa l o f sew age.
W H I T L E Y is a h a m let o f th e p arish o f S t. G iles. S o u th co t H ou se
is a large and an cien t edifice, b u ilt b y J o h n B lag rav e, th e m ath em a­
tician, to w h ose fa m ily , fo r m ore than t w o cen tu ries, S ou th cot belon ged .
P arish C lerks &c.
A ll Sain ts’ , Joh n M u n d y (v erg er), St. M a rk ’s lod ge, 118 T ileh u rst rd.
H o ly T rin ity . R ich ard H in ton (verg er), 44 W illia m 6 treet.
S t. G iles’ , J o h n Jas. L a w re n ce (v e stry clerk and c o lle c to r ), 90 P e ll st
St. J o h n the E v a n g e list’s, A lfr e d G . N o r th (clerk ), 1 P rin ces street.
St. L au ren ce, G eorg e E o x e ll, 6 A b b o t ’ s w a lk , F o rb u ry .
St. M ary th e V ir g in ,

G eorg e H o llo w a y (v erg er), 10 O rm sby street.

C hrist C hurch, W h itle y , Ja m es E d w in E eles (v e rg er),110 H ig h g r o v e st.
St. M a rk ’s, E . H ea th er (v erg er), 151 E lm P a rk road.
St. M a ry ’s, C astle street. W a lte r L o n g (clerk ), 27 A d e la id e road.
St. P e te r’ s. E a rle y , T h om a s E d w ards (v e rg e r), 251 W y k eh a m road.
St. S aviou r’s, G . C ourtnell (verger).

C AVEESH AM is a separate p arish , situated a m idst p ictu resqu e
scenery, on the n orth b a n k o f th e T h am es, and con n ected w ith th e
rem ainder o f th e borou g h b y an iron b rid ge. T h e parish church of
St. P eter, o rig in a lly N orm a n , is an edifice o f flint, w ith ston e d ressin gs,
consisting o f chan cel w ith aisle, nave, aisles and a w estern tow er w ith
plain parap et con tain in g 6 b e l l s : it w as p a rtia lly restored and reseated
w ith open benches in 1857, w hen a v e stry w as bu ilt, and w as further
restored in 1879 and th e tow er rebu ilt at a co st o f £ 3 .5 7 0 : the nave
arcade, a p o rtio n o f the origin al N orm an ch u rch , con sistin g o f circular
arches, on plain round p illa rs, w ith oth er an cien t fea tu res, w as then
d estroy ed , b u t th ere is a N orm a n sou th d o o r w a y : th e chan cel arcade,
o f tw o arches, is P erp en d icu la r and relieved b y panelled w o r k : th e
stained east w in d o w is a m em orial to J o h n S teph ens esq. o f CaveTsham
R ise, and th ere a re sev eral o t h e r s : th e chu rch affords 550 sittin g s, all
free.
T h e chu rchyard w as closed to in term en ts an d a n ew burial
ground at H em denn opened in Ju n e, 1885. T h e re g ister d ates from the
year 1597. T h e liv in g is a vica ra g e, gross y e a rly value £ 3 0 0 , n et £ 2 8 5 ,
w ith residence, in the g ift o f C hrist C hu rch , O x fo rd , an d h eld sin ce 1916 b y
the R e v . R a lp h Sadleir S ton ev M .A . o f that co lle g e , w ho is also r e cto r . In