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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919.

• P D IiL E T .

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Cartel- Enos & S on s,bu ild ers & decorators,
Horseshoe r o a d ; -T. N . 44
Oaetle Chas. fu rn itu re dir. Horseshoe Td
Champ M rs. laundress
Clifford E d w ard , Post o ffic e ; T . N . 50
Colebrook & Co. L td . b u tc h e rs ; T . N . 2
Coombs Sam uel, Cross K ey s P .H . A*
m onum ental m ason
Coventry E d w ard , boot m aker, The Moors
Cox H. & Sons, carpenters A b u ilders &
undertakers
Cox F ran k , b lacksm ith
Crookstone Mrs. E lep h an t h o t e l; T . N . 46
Downes Thurza (M rs.), confectioner
Fisher F red k. Geo. apartm en ts,R ead in g rd
Fogarty F rank M au rice, m otor engineer
Foster E velyn H u b ert, farm er,B ow den frm
Franklin Lew is, launch & boat b u ild e r ;
T. N. 7
Giles H arry, green grocer, T h e Moors
Gorin Annie (M rs.), apartm ents
Gray H arry, apartm en ts, Som erville
Greenwood & F ranklin , pile d riv in g con­
tractors & en gin eers,T h am es V a lley w ks
G rist W. & Co. liv e ry stables ; T . N . 40
Gulliver John E rn est,d airym an ,M arsh frm
Harper Thom as, d airym an, H igh street
& toy dealer. R eadin g road
H iggs A . E . (M rs.), m illin er, R ead in g rd
Higgs John, con tracto r, N ew town
H iggs M rs. m illin e r, W h itch u rch Toad
Holmes J. & Son, sm iths
Hummel L e o n a rd ,'w a tch m aker
Hunt Thom as A rth u r, carm an, coal, coke
& wood m erchan t
International T e a C o .’s Stores L im ite d
Jarvis M rs. furnished apartm en ts, Klondyke house. H orseshoe road
Johnston W alter, shopkpr.M eadow side rd
Lever K atherin e (M rs.), beer retailer
London Join t C ity & M idland Bank L td .(A .
W. Sheldon, m an ag er), B ead in g road
Mortimore E . C. gro cer & provision m e r­
c h a n t; T . N . 54Y
Northern F ire & L ife Assurance Co.
Lim ited (A. W est, agent)
Nutley E rnest, boot repairer

Oram R ich a rd , fru iteror
Pangbourne G as C o .L td . (B .P .A lln a tt, sec)
Pangbourne Polytech n ic L im ite d (G . F .
H ensm an, sec)
Pan gbourn e, W hitch u rch & D is tric t Con ­
stitu tio n al C lub (P ercy Stone, sec)
P a ve y G eorge, m ach in ist
P itn ey L loyd, tailor & .ou tfitter
P o st Office Telephone, pu b lic call office
(after post office h ou rs) & exchange,
R e a d in g road
P u rv ey John, iron w orker, B e ad in g road
Read John E d w in , sign w rite r, M yrtle gro
Rhodes S e rgea n t F red erick, Police station
Saunders M . W . bu tch er & c . ; T . N . 8
Sellw ood B ro s, grocers & d ra p e rs ; T .N . 6
Skilton W illia m & Sons, grocers & house
a g e n t s ; T. N. 49
S m ith W . H. & Son, news agents
Stone & P a rk er, con fectn rs.W h itchu rch rd
Stone P ercy, corn dealer, Pan gbourn e m ill
Surplice R. F . (M rs.) L .R .A .M . teach er of
m usic, B e a d in g road
Su rplice R egin ald F . m otor e n g in e er;
T. N . S
Taylo r T . station m aster
Taylo r M iss E . nurse, E iverview road
T e g g W a lte r Joh n ,assistan t in s u ra n c e s u p t
Thom as R ich ard, h air dresser
T id b u ry B rothers, stationers, H ig h street
T id b u ry W illia m , assistant overseer &
clerk to P arish C ouncil
T ow ner E d w ard , collector of K in g ’ s tax es,
L a u d ch am bers, 150 F ria r st. R eading
W allace J sp h .Y e Old G eorge h tl. ; T .N 61
W arner
B en,
b u ild er
&
con tractor,
M eadow bank
Webb A rth u r, saddler
W in kw orth Sam i. H y. iro n m o n ger; T.N .68
Wood L ester, h air dresser & tobacconist
W o rk in g M en’s Club & In s titu te (M ajorG en. Thom as W id d in g to n J.P . p resi­
dent ; W . K n ig h t, 6ec.), Rosewood,
W h itch u rch road
W ym an A; Sons L im ite d , news agen ts,
R a ilw a y station
Y o u n g G . p lu m b er & pain ter

P U R L E Y is a v illa ge and parish in a
pleasant position on the banks of the
Thames, 3^ m iles w est-n orth -w est from
Reading, i j west from T ileh u rst station
and 2 east from Pangbourne station, on
the G reat W estern ra ilw ay, in the Newdivision of the coun ty, hundred of
Theale, Bradfield union, p e tty sessional
division and cou n ty co u rt d is tric t of
Reading, ru ral d eanery of B radfield, a rch ­
deaconry of B erks and diocese of Oxford
The church of S t. M ary, b e au tifu lly

situ ated o n . the banks of the Th am es,
h alf a m ile fro m th e v illa g e , is a b u ild ­
in g of flin t and stone in th e E a rly E n g lish
style, con sistin g of ch an cel, nave, north
aisle, south porch and a sm all em b a ttled
w estern tow er, of b rick , w ith pinnacles,
con tain in g 6 b e lls: the ch u rch , w ith the
excep tion of the tow er, w as Tebu ilt in
1870: th ere is a good N orm an arch,
origin ally fo rm in g the entrance to the
chancel, b u t now between th e ch an cel and
the o rg an -c h a m b er, b u ilt in 1877; th era

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