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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1019.

D T T N S D E N a n d E Y E form a liberty
in Oxfordshire, belonging to the parish of
Sonning, in Berkshire, and including
Sonning Eye, Sorining Common and part
of Binfield Heath. Dunsden was formed
into a separate ecclesiastical parish May
26th, 1876, and is 3J miles north-east
from Reading station, and about the same
distance north-west from Twyford junc­
tion, both on the G reat Western railway,
and 5 miles south from Henley, in the
Henley division of the county, hundred
of Binfield, union of Henley, petty ses­
sional division of Henley, county court
district of Reading, rural deanery of Son­
ning, archdeaconry of Berkshire and
diocese of Oxford. A portion of Caversham was transferred to Dunsden Nov.
9th. 1911. Caversham Park, in this dis­
trict, is occupied by Mrs. Florentia Maria
Crawshay esq. D .L ., J .P .; it is a large
and handsome residence, standing in a
park of 300 acres.
The church of All
Saints, built and endowed by the late
Robert Palmer esq. of Holme Park, Son­
ning, in 1842, is a structure of grey brick
in the Early English style, consisting of
chancel, nave, north porch and a western
turret containing 2 bells: the church has
some good stained windows, and affords
220 sittings. The register dates from tne
year 1876. The living is a vicarage, gross
yearly value £390, net ¿3 15 , with resi­
dence, in the gift of the vicar of Sonning,
and held since 1904 by the Rev. Herbert
W igan M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford.
Mrs. Golding Palm er, of 36 Queen’s Gate,
London, is lady of the manor and prin­
cipal landowner.
The Parish hall was
DUNSDEN.
PR IV A T E RESIDENTS.

Crawshay M rs.Florentia M aria,Caversham
park (letters through Em mer Green,
Caversham)
Gardiner Mrs. The Cottage
Sage Fredk. Trelawney (letters through
Binfield heath)
Wigan Rev. Herbert M.A. The Vicarage
C O M M E R C IA L .

Atherton W illiam , blacksmith
Barlow Reuben, beer retailer (letters
through Binfield heath)
Cane Thomas, farmer, Roe Lane farm
Cnllum A. E. farm er, Play Hatch house
Fisher Frederick, Bird-in-Hand P.H
Fisher Harry, farmer, Deane’s farm,
Lower Caversham
Ford George, farmer, Dunsden Green frm

built in 1909 at a cost of ¿400. The soil
is chalk, with gravel here and there;
subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crop’s
are wheat, barley, oats and peas. The
area is 4,022 acres; rateable value,
¿7,3 2 3 ; the population in 1911 was 1,173;
the population in the ecclesiastical parish
in 1911 was 531.
Parish Clerk, S. Green.
Overseers, Walter Ford and Thos. Cane.
Assistant Overseer and Collector of
Rates, Ernest C. Cooke, 5 GosbTook street,
Caversham.
Collector of K in g’s Taxes, J. W. 'T.
Baylis, 69 Westfield road, Caversham.
The Parish Council consists of 9 mem­
bers, v iz .:— W. L. Saunders (chair­
man), A . E. Maskell, Albert Henry
Wells, Thomas Cane, Charles Cox,
W alter Fitch, Ernest W. May, John
Pound & Frederick Henry Stannard;
Ernest C . Cooke, 5 Gosbrook street,
Caversham, clerk
Post Office.— Ernest Alfred Werrell, sub­
postmaster.
Binfield Heath is the
nearest money order & telegraph office
W all Letter Boxes.— Play Hatch k Son­
ning Eye
Pillar Letter Box, Bird-in-Hand
Public Elem entary School, built in 1869 &
enlarged at various times, for 142 child­
ren ; average attendance, 110; William
Hullcoop, master
Carrier to Reading.— Thomas Herridge,
daily
Ford W alter, farmer & thrashing machine
proprietor, Bishop’s Land farm &
Bryant’s farm
Fry W illiam , beer retailer, Play Hatch
Green S. parish clerk
Harris John, farmer, Hampstead farm
Harvey ,T. Coach & Horses P.H
Hullcoop W illiam, schoolmaster, Public
Elementary school
Inwards John, farmer, Cork’s farm
Jackson Ernest, The Crown P.H. Play
Hatch
Loader Walter, county constable (letters
through Binfield heath)
May Arthur, farmer, Park farm (letters
through Em mer Green, Caversham)
May Ernest W. farmer, Play Hatch farm
Rampton Charles, builder
Silver W illiam, dairyman
W errell Ernest Alfred, beer retailer, &
post office