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V i l l a g e s d i r e c t o r y — 1919.

MAPLEmmHAM.

405

AllaWay Cbas. fishm onger, Sonning com
Allwright John S m ith ers, farm er, G allow s
Tree common
Ambrose Sophia (M rs.), laun d ry, G allow s
Tree common
Balls Henry, farm er, Cold N orton
Blackall Ernest W illiam ,R eform ation P.H .
Gallows Tree common
Blackall W illiam Bilson, T he F ox P.H .
Cane end
Blake H enry, Crow n & A nchor P .H . G a l­
lows T ree com m on
Brazil W illiam , gam e farm er, K idm ore
Gam e farm
Brind Robert, butch er, Sonning com mon
Callis Brothers, m o to r engineers, G allow s
Tree common
Chown W illiam , fa rm er, Toker’ s Green
farm & Dyson's W ood farm
Cox Chas. ju n . decorator, Sonning com mn
Cox Charles, farm er, Reddish farm
Farrant A rth . Geo. boot m a. Sonning com
Foster Joseph, boot m aker, & post office
Francis T . m anager K id m oro G am e farm
Ham George, b uilder, C live cottage
Howes Jam es, d rap er, C o pt K now le, Son­
ning common
Irving A lfred, laun d ry, Son n in g common
Jackm an-Robert, parish clerk

Jennings Joseph, N ew inn
Josey E rn e st A . W. corn d ealer; Sb iplake b ottom , S on n in g com m on
K e rr M iss, S h iplake b ottom , S p rin g com
Law rence W m . b ld r. C rag g s,S o n n in g com
Lew is G eorge, fa rm er, C u rtis farm
M orris G eorge F re d erick C. cycle m aker,
Sh iplake b o tto m , Son n in g com m on
Old A lfd . fr u it gro w er, G a llow s T re e com
Paddick A lb e rt, b u ild er & u n d ertaker,
G allow s T ree-com m on
Page John, wood m erchan t, Cane end
Plum b A lfred Jo sep h,grocer, S on n in g com
Pound John, d airym an, Son n in g com mon
Poyn ter — , news agent, Sh iplake bottom ,
Son n in g com m on
Saunders W . L . fa rm er, Bishopwood fa rm
S m ith & Son, grocers, G allow s T ree com
Sm ith John, H are & Hounds P .H . Son­
n in g com m on
S m ith Sam uel, carrier, G allow s T re e com
Stannard F red erick H enry, shopkeeper,
& post office, Sonning com mon
Taylor W illia m , bricklayeT
Thom as E d w ard , fa rm er, T an n ers farm
W aine A rth u r, farm eT, Cross farm
W hichelo C h arles, fru ite re r, Son n in g com
. d airym an , O rchard D a iry farm ,
W h ite
Sonning com mon

M A P L E D T T R H A M is a parish and j
secluded village' 2$ m iles north -w est from
T ilehurst station and 2J south -by-w est
from Pangbourne station, both on the
Reading and O xford section of the G rea t
Western railw ay, 4 n orth -w est from R ead­
ing, in th e N ew b u ry division of the
county, hundred o f L a n gtree, union of
Bradfield, p e tty sessional d ivision
of
Henley, county cou rt d istric t of R eading,
rural deanery of H enley, archdeaconry and
diocese of O xford, bounded on the south
by the river Tham es and sheltered by a
ridge of h ills 011 th e n orth.
The road
from C aversham to M apledurham , shaded
by a row of pines n early th e w hole d is­
tance, form s a p ictu resq u e and agreeable
prom enade: the nearest b rid ge up the
river is a t W h itch u rch , about 2J m ile s ;
and down, a t C aversham , 4 m i l e s t h e r e
is a tow-path fe rry across the riv e r from
the Roebuck H otel, abou t a m ile below
the lock. T he ch urch of S t. M arg are t is
a building of flint and stone, of la te P e r­
pendicular date, co n sistin g of chancel,
nave, north porch, sou th chapel and a
western tow er of b rick , raised 24 feet in
1863 and containing 6 bells and a clock
presented b y W illia m I V . and b earin g the
Royal in itia ls : the chapel of the B lou n t
fam ily, on the south side, is ra ile d off

from th e rest of th e ch urch, b u t its sty le ,
though la te, is superior to th a t o f th e
ch u rch p r o p e r: between th e chapel and
the n ave is a m onu m ent, w ith recu m b en t
figures, to S ir R ich ard B lou n t k t. d. 22
Nov. 1619, and E lizab eth (M oore) his w ife,
also surroun ded b y iron r a ilin g s : h ere is
also a brass to S ir R ob ert B ardolf, 1395:
th e fon t is N o rm an : the nave and sou th
aisle w ere en tire ly restored in 1863, an
organ cham ber form ed, the g a lle ry re- •
m oved and th e tow er ch am b er throw n into
the chuTch, th ree w indow s w ere filled w ith
stained glass, and a stone porch and two
new w indow s b u ilt : th e organ w as p re ­
sented in 1889 b y S ir C h arles D ay R ose
b art. M .P ., J .P . of H ardw ick H ouse, W h it­
ch urch, w ho also gave in 1909 a stained
glass w indow in m em ory of three of h is
so n s; th e in terior, in clu d in g th e chancel,
is d ecorated in polychrom e, and affords
130 sittin g s. T h e re g iste r dates from the
year 1627. The liv in g is a vicarage, n et
yearly v a lu e £ 3 77, w ith 52J acres of glebe
and residence, in the g ift of E ton C ollege,
and held since 1883 b y th e R e v . F ra n cis
S t. John T h a ckera y M .A ., F .S .A . late
Fellow of L incoln C ollege, O xford . H ere
is a h ospital fo r six aged m en and wom en.
Sm allw ood and Benw ell’s ch a rity of 123.
a y ear is d istrib u ted in m oney. T h e riv e r

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