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VILLAGES DtRECTOKY—1919.

TILKHOTIST.

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Brodrick F rank,harness m a. & parish clrk
Carter W illiam I . gro cer
Casw ell T h om as, b lacksm ith
Chivers G eorge, w h eelw right
Cole Jam es, Falcon hotel
Colyer W illia m , dairym an
Cook Mrs. coal m erch an t
Oorderoy H orace, d rap er, H igh street
Clim ber W illiam J.b u tch er & fish m o n ge r;
T. N . i X Theale
Davies David M axw ell, coal m erchan t, &
chairm an to the P arish C o u n c il; T . N .
29 Theale
Deacon A lice (M rs.), refreshm en t room s
*Dewe Thom as J . m ille r (w ater), C alcot
m ills
Dray Pearson H en ry, cycle dealer
Duffin W illiam H en ry, grocer & draper
E lsb u ry A lb ert, police sergean t
Fisher Sam uel, wood dealer & beer
retailer, 'N orth street
Flower W m . g ro c e r ; T . N . i Y Theale
Goswell A lfred T h om as; carpenter, B los­
som End lane
Goswell A rth u r, w h eelw righ t .
Grannaway Frank, spo rtin g am m unition
dealer, H igh s t r e e t ; T . N . 22 T heale
Hedges A braham , osier grow er
Herbert Jesse, beer retaileT
Holder D avid, boot m aker, H igh stre e t
Hosford B en jam in B u llen M .B ., B .C h.
physician & surgeon (surgery)
Huband D ariu s, chim n ey sw eeper
Huband M iss, apartm en ts,B lossom E n d la

K in g Thomas,- cycle m aker
L e a v e y B essie (M rs.), ou tfitter
L y fo rd H arry, police constable
Oldfield W . W . C . m ark e t gardener, W igm ore lane
O liv er W illia m Th os. p lu m b er & pain ter
B ead in g John F red erick, beer re ta ile r &
m op, broom , ra k e & p rong h an d le m fr
•B eeves C h arles, m ark et gard en er
R oberts H arry G eorge, B a ilw a y h o t e l;
T . N . 27 Theale
B u d d Geo. C ro ft, schoolm aster. School ho
Saunders Bros, b u tc h e rs; T . N . 11 Th eale
S ly M rs. post office
S p a rvell H erbert H enry, baker S tan ley S. J. station m a ste r
Taylo r M rs. B u ll inn
T heale M otor & G en eral E n gin e e rin g
W orks, m otor en gin eers, rep airers &
garag e (Frank G ran n aw ay, p ro p rieto r) ;
T. N . 22 Theale
W alford Ph ilip F . farm er, N orth street
W ells S. O . farmeT, P in cen t’ s fa rm
W hite C h as. C row n P . H . ; T .N . 26 Theale
W h ite R. A . green grocer
W igm ore Ram ond, bu ild er, R u b ic v i l l a ;
T . N . 25 Theale
W indle Thom as, sa n ita ry inspector & su r­
v eyo r for the Bradfield & G o rin g R u ra l
D is tric t C oun cils, N orth street
•Y o u n g A rth u r Brook, fa rm er, F o rd ’ s
farm , C alcot
Y o u n g John M atthew , ch em ist, bookseller
& stationer

T IL E H U R S T ,
in
D om esday
book
“ T y g le h u rst,” is a v illa g e and parish on
the river K en n et, and bounded on the
north by the riv e r T h am es, i j m iles south
from T ileh u rst station on th e G reat W est­
ern ra ilw ay and 2J w est fro m R eading,
in the S outhern division of th e coun ty,
hundred of B ead in g, B radfield union,
petty sessional d ivision and cou n ty court
d istrict of R eadin g, ru ral dean ery of
Bradfield, archdeaconry of B erks and dio­
cese of O xford.
T h e ch u rch o f St.
Michael, alm ost en tirely re b u ilt in 1855,
is a b u ild in g of stone in th e Decorated
style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles,
south porch and a w estern tow er, w ith
pinnacles and spire, con tain in g 8 bells and
a clo c k : there is an alabaster reredos and
carved oak stalls, and several of th e w in­
dows are stained : the south aisle and the
base of th e tow er are th e only rem ain s of
the old b u ild in g : th ere are 400 sittin gs,
300 being free. T h e re gister dates from
the year 1559. The liv in g is a rectory,
gross yearly v alu e £910, n et ¿ 7 0 0 ,. in ­
cluding 150 acres of glebe, w ith residence,

in the g ift of M agdalen College, O xford,
and held since 1905 b y the R ev. H en ry
R ich ard Cooper S m ith D .D . of th a t co l­
lege, and su rrogate. T he re cto ry house
was co m pletely destroyed b y fire in A p ril,
1887, and re b u ilt in 1889. Here is a Con­
gregation al chapel, founded in 1797, of red
b rick w ith stone dressin gs, in th e M odern
G o th ic style, w ith sittin gs fo r 300 p e r­
sons : in the rear of the chapel are
spacious school and other ro o m s; the
W esleyan chapel, fo rm erly a m ission h all,
w ill seat about 300. T h e V illa g e H all,
in V icto ria road, used fo r p u b lic m ee t­
in gs, b u ilt in 1893, is a stru ctu re of brick
and w ill seat 350 p erso n s: there is also
an iron m ission h all. T h e “ R oeb u ck,” an
excellent h otel, was erected in 1882 on
the banks
the
the
m odation of b oatin g pa rties and fa m ilies
v isitin g th is d eligh tfu l neighbourhood.
B ox-G rove
C o ttage
S an atoriu m ,
for
women and ch ild ren , b e a u tifu lly situ ated
on the brow o f a h ill, in a v ery h ealth y
lo c a lity , w as established in 1864 b y the
late M rs. W ild e r,
P u rle y H all, and is

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