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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919.
occupied b y Mrs. Jobson. Jam es H erbert
Benyon esq. of E n glefield H ouse, is lord
of the m anor, and F red erick W illiam
Allfrey esq. is th e prin cipal landow ner.
The soil is lo a m ; su b so il, g ra v el and clay.
The chief crops are w h eat, oats and beans.
The area is 509 a c r e s ; rateable valu e,
¿ 6 g s ; the population of th e ecclesiastical
parish in 1911 w as 676 and of the tith in g
in 1911, 31.
Didenham, a tith in g of th is parish,
form erly belonged to W iltsh ire , b u t by
the A cts 2 and 3 W illia m IV . cap. 64, and
7 and 8 V ie t. cap. 61, i t was annexed to
Berkshire, and is ecclesia stically attached
to Grazeley.
H artley D u m m er is a lib erty, half-arnile north.
Parish C lerk, John H iggins.

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L e tte rs th rou gh R e a d in g ; th e n earest
m oney order offices are a t Shinfield,
T h ree M ile Cross & Spen cer’s W o o d ;
telegra p h offices are a t Spen cer’s W ood
& Shinfield (School green )
W all L e tte r B ox, n ear th e chuTch
P illa r L e tte r B oxes.— Spen cer’ s
G razeley C o u rt & B ead in g road

W ood,

P u b lic E lem en tary Schools.
M ixed, erected in 1861, & enlarged in
1893 & 1912, fo r 110 ch ild re n ; average
atten dan ce, 1 1 4 ; M iss E . A . W alker,
m istress
C a rriers to B e ad in g.— H ounsell, d aily, e x ­
cept w e d .; W h itb u rn , tu es. th urs. &
s a t .; B ye, m on. tu es. th u rs. & sa t. &
L ev er, m on. w ed. & sat

F ro u d Thom as, fa rm er. G rea t L e a farm ,
G rea t L e a
G eorge M rs. farm er, P ound G reen farm
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
H iggin s John, parish clerk
N orris H erb ert, d airym an, G rea t L ea
Bright M rs. G razeley cou rt
D airy farm
Bullingham Frank C a rl,H a rtley C o u rt frm
Shaw G eorge, W heatsh eaf P .H
de Bathe Col. M ax, H artle y cou rt
Steele
A lb ert, farm er, M anor farm
Horton John E ow ley, H ighlands, Spencer’ s
T ic e M rs. farm er, G rea t L e a House fa rm
wood
T u rv e y M ary A n n (M rs.), b eer retaile r,
Jones Rev. T.
., M .A . V icarage
I G rea t L e a
Templeton Thom as, T h e E lm s
W heeler C. coal m erchan t (le tters th rou gh
COMMERCIAL.
Burghfield;
Alexander Edwd. farm er, Didenham farm W ooff C h arles, Old B ell P .H . (letters
th
rou gh Burghfield)
Bracy T . farm er
Brown E. farm er, Jam es farm (letters W yeth W alter John, baker, G reat L ea
through Burghfield)
(O ther nam es in Spencer’s W ood w ill be
Bullingham F rank, frm r.H a rtley C o u rt fm
found under th a t h ead in g.)
(Unless m arked oth erw ise, names are in
the Three M ile Cross postal d elivery.)

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K ID M O R E

E N D is a h am let and
ecclesiastical parish , form ed D ecem ber
29th, 1853, out of portions of the civ il
parishes of Shiplake, Son n in g and Caversham ; the C aversham portion w as con sti­
tuted a civil parish June 14, 1894, b y an
order of the Jo in t C om m ittee of the
Oxfordshire, B erks and ' B ucks C o u n ty
Councils, bu t on M arch 1st, 1902, the
civil was re-nam ed B id m ore E n d, and a
portion of 16 acres w as re-tran sferred
Nov. 19 1 1 ; th e v illa g e is 6£ m iles north ­
east from Pangbourne station and 6£
south-west from H enley-on-Tham es te r­
minal station, both on th e G rea t W estern
railway, and 5 m iles north from R eading,
in the H enley d ivision of the coun ty,
petty sessional division of H enley, union
of H enley-on-Tham es, co u n ty cou rt d is­
trict of Reading, ru ra l dean ery of H enley
and archdeaconry and dioceae of O xford.

The ch urch of S t. John th e B a p tist, b u ilt
in 1852, is an edifice of flint and stone in
th e E a r ly E n g lish style, and consists of
chancel, nave, north porch, v e s try and a
tu rre t con tain in g one b e l l : the w indow s
are stain ed and in clude a m em oria l w in ­
dow presen ted to th e ch urch b y C . M.
W orth in gto n esq. of D yson’s w ood : there
are 220 sittin g s. T he re g iste r dates from
the y e a r 1854. T h e liv in g is a v icara ge,
net incom e ¿2 4 0 , w ith residence and 11
acres of gleb e, in the g ift of the Bishop
of O xford, and held since 1916 b y th e
Rev. B ertra m H u gh B ird M .A .; an a d d i­
tional jfio o a year w as added to the liv in g
in M ay, 1877, b y M iss P a lm er, of H olm e
P ark , Sonning, and £ 50 b y th e E ccle sia s­
tic a l Com m issioners. A C h u rch B oom fo r
p u b lic m eetin gs, m en’ s clu b s and C h u rch
la d s’ b riga d e w as opened in 1902.a A t
G allo w s T r e e com mon is a P r im itiv e