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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919
P A N G B O T J B N E is a parish and large
village b e au tifu lly situ ate on th e banks of
the Tham es, w ith a station on the G rea t
W estern railw ay, 41J m iles b y ra il and
45 by road from London, 5J w est-n orth ­
west from R ea d in g and u south from
W allingford, in th e N ew b u ry d ivision of
the county, h un dred, p e tty sessional d iv i­
sion and cou n ty cou rt d is tric t of R eadin g,
Bradfield union, ru ra l deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese of
Oxford. T h e v illa g e is ligh ted w ith gas
from works erected in 1863. T h e church
of St. James th e L ess is an edifice of flint
and stone in th e D ecorated sty le , con sist­
ing of chancel, nave, north aisle, south
porch and an em battled w estern tower
containing a clock and 6 b e lls: in the
church is a curious m on u m en t w ith effigy
to S ir John D avis, ob. 1625, who was
knighted a t th e tak in g of C alcs, in S p a in :
the p u lp it is a b e au tifu l specim en ofcarved oak in the A rabesque style. Oak
choir stalls, su bscribed fo r b y C hurch
members, w ere erected in 1903 to com ­
m em orate the coronation of K in g Edward
the S e ve n th : th ere are 300 s it t in g s ; all
in the north aisle are free. The re g iste r
dates from the y e a r 1556. T h e liv in g is
a rectory, n et y e arly valu e ¿ 3 6 0 , w ith 4
acres of glebe and residen ce, in the gift
of C.
. M inchin esq. and held since 1913
by the Rev. H u b ert Ph illipps Pope B .A .
of U n iversity C ollege, D urham . H ere are
Congregational and P rim itiv o M ethodist
chapels, and a F rien d s’ M eetin g house.
Breedon’s ch arity of ¿ 3 2s. fid. and Down­
ing’s of ¿ 4 15s. 6d. fo r coals are d istri­
buted yearly. B ere C o u rt, th e resid en ce
of George Booth T ate esq. is situ ated in
a picturesque and re tire d s p o t: in 1230
it was given by R obert de B in gh am , Bishop
of Salisb ury, to th e abb ot and m onastery
of Reading, and on th e d issolu tion of th at
house S ir John D avis acqu ired i t by p u r­
chase, and it afterw ard s, in 1671, cam e
into the possession of the la te John
Breedon esq. B ow den G reen is the re si­
dence of M rs. S p agn oletti.
W e st End
Grove is th e residence of M iss H opkins.
Maiden H atch is th e p rop erty and resi­
dence of L ieu t.-C o l. W alter Thornton J.P .
George Booth T a te esq. is lord of the
manor. H erbert W a tn e y e sq . M .A ., M .D .,
F .R .C .P . of B u ckh o ld , B radfield, E velyn
Hubert F o ster esq. of Low er Bow den,
Lieu t.-C ol. W alter Thornton J .P . and
executors of th e la te John Donaldson esq.
are the principal landow ners. R u d e im ­
plements of flint, to geth er w ith th e bones
pf m am m als, h ave been found in tho

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g ra v el p its hero.
D u rin g th e sum m ot
m onths the place is m u ch frequented by
to u rists and anglers, and every accom ­
m odation m a y be found a t the E leph an t
and Y e -Old G eorge hotels. T h e soil is
gravel ; subsoil, g ra v el and chalk. T h e
chief crops are w h eat, oats and b arley.
T he area is 1,833 acres of land and 9 of
w a te r; rateab le valu e, ¿ 1 7 ,9 5 4 ; th e pop u ­
lation in 1911 was 1,677.
A ssistan t O verseers,
& C . A w b ery.

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T id b u ry

P a rish C le rk , H . W . T id b u ry .
The P a rish C o u n cil con sists of 7 m em bers,
via. :— L lo y d
P itn e y
(ch a irm an ),
F.
D rew ett, Lew is F ra n k lin , W . Sh eldon ,
— B anyard, W illia m J. T e g g & M . W .
S aunders ; W illia m T id b u ry , clerk

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P ost, M .
. & T.
., S . B ., E xpress De­
liv e ry & In su ran ce & A n n u ity O ffice.—
E d w ard C liffo rd , sub-p ostm aster. T e le ­
phone p u b lic call office a fter post office
hours at E x ch a n ge , London Toad
W all L e tte r B oxes.— R a ilw a y
H orseshoe road

station

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P illa r L e te r Boxes.— N ew Tow n, Bowden
G reen & Bere C o u rt road
Schools.
E lem en ta ry School (m ixed & in fa n ts),
erected in 1895-6, & enlarged in 1905 &
1909, fo r 304 children ; average a tte n d ­
ance, 250 ; R ich ard V a rley , m aster
Pangbourne N u rsin g C h a rity T ru stee s,
R ev. H . J . Pope, — B irch & L . P itn ey
John Breedon’ s C h a r it ie s :— F o rm erly a
school & for th e ap p re n ticin g of boys,
since
O ctober,
igoo, provides
two
annual exhibition s of ¿ 1 3 for h igh er
education ,
appren ticesh ips,
m ain te ­
nance, for even in g classes fo r T ech n ical
E d u catio n , also cost of o u tfit of n eces­
sitous lads e n terin g a trad e, occupation
or service. T ru s te e s: R ev . H. P . Pope,
L loyd P itn e y & " G . D rew ett, rectors of
Pangbourne, E n glefield & S ou th Moreton & six other persons elected by
vario u s p u b lic bodies
Board of Trad e U n em p loym en t F u nd ,
G eorge F . H ensm an, local officer, St.
N eots, H orseshoe road
Police S tatio n , B erks C o n stab u lary, R ead ­
in g road, S ergean t F re d erick Rhodes,
in charge