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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919.
T W Y F O E D , con stitu ted a c iv il parish
23 June, 1895, on the banks of th e Loddon w ater, is a v illa g e and e cclesiastical
parish, form ed A p ril 14, 1876, o u t of the
hamlet of T w yford , in the lib e rtie s of
Broad Hinton and W h istley , in th e parish
of H urst, un der th e “ Benefice A c t, 1838 ”
(1 and a V ie t. c. 10 6); it h as a station
on the G rea t W estern ra ilw ay, w h ich is
also the ju n ctio n of th e lin e to H enley,
and is 5 m iles east from B ead in g, 7J
south-west from M aidenhead, 4 south
from H enley-on-Tham es and 34 from
London, and is in th e N ew b u ry division
pf the county, p e tty sessional d ivision and
union of W okingham , cou n ty co u rt d is­
trict of R eading, ru ra l deanery of Sonning, archdeaconry of B erks and diocese
of Oxford. The v illa g e is lig h te d w ith
gas, and supplied w ith w ater b y the
W okingham R u ra l D is trict C o un cil’s W argrave and T w yford W a te r W ork s, situated
at Hare H atch. The ch urch of S t. M ary
is a bu ild ing of flin t in th e E a r ly E n glish
style, consisting of five bays, aisles, north
porch and a sm all w estern tu rre t contain­
ing 2 b e lls : it w as b u ilt in 1846, chiefly
at the cost of th e late B ev. A . A.
Cameron, vicar of H u rst, and M iss Curre y ; a new north aisle w as added in
1883 a t a cost of ¿ 1 ,9 9 3 : an organ ch am ­
ber was erected in 1908, and th e church
was enlarged at th e east end and v estry
added durin g 1909; in 1910 th e tow er,
west end b ap tistery and sm all v estry
were com pleted, the cost of alteration s
and additions since 1908 a m ou n tin g to
¿4,700; a peal of b ells w as added in 1913
at a cost of ¿ 7 0 0 : th ere are 420 sittin gs.
The register dates from th e y e a r 1847.
The livin g is a v icara ge, net y e arly value
¿320, with residence, in the g ift of the
Bishop of O xford, and held since 1903 by
the Bev. R obert W illia m H arrison Acw orth
M.A. of W orcester C o lle ge , O xford. There
is a W esley h all, and a C ongregational
chapel, re b u ilt in 1897, w ith 250 sittin gs.
The F ire B rigade consists of e ig h t m em ­
bers. T he Tw yford W orkin g M en’ s C lub
was established in 1898, and has a rea d ­
ing room &c. H ere are alm shouses,
founded by S ir B ich ard H arrison k t . and
endowed in 1707 by L a d y Frances, d au gh ­
ter of Thom as (H ow ard), 3rd E a r l of
Berkshire, and w ife of S ir H enry W inchcombe bart. of B u ckleb u ry, for six poor
persons in the parish es of H u rst, W innersh, Bearwood and Tw yfo rd , each of
whom receives 7s. 6d. w eekly, and a new
gown every second year.
T h e other
charities are those of G eorge W illiam

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TWYFOItD.

B arker e s q .; two founded b y th e Bov.
R ich ard E benezer Leach and one by
Abraham Spoore, for the benefit of the
poor of th e d istrict. Lord B raybrooke is
lord of the m anor. The prin cipal lan d ­
ow ner is H enry W illiam V e re y esq. B .A .,
J.P . of B rid ge house. The area i^ 694
acres of land and w a t e r ; rateab le v alu e ,
¿ 1 1 ,7 8 3 ; th e population in 1911 w as 1,157.
A ssistan t O verseer, W illia m B azeley,
London road.
K in g ’s T a x C o llector, W m . Hy. N orth ,
Beach rocks, 387 London road, B ead in g.
T h e P arish C oun cil consists of 9 m em bers,
v i z . :— Edw ard S tan ley D avis, L lew ellyn
T reach er (chairm an), Charles Sid n ey
W illia m W est, John Sim m onds; M at­
thew Jarvis, H arry W . H . S cott, H en ry
F ra n k lin , A lfred W illia m B rooker &
F.
S . F r a n k lin ; W illia m B azeley, cle rk

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Post, M .
. & T.
., S . B ., E xp ress
D e liv e ry & A n n u ity & Insuran ce (Sub Office) & T elephone E xchan ge & C all
Office.— Charles Th om as Passm ore, post­
m aster
L e tte r B ox, W argrave road
W all L e tte r Boxes.— London road & T w y ­
ford station
Endow ed School, fo r th e parishes of T w y ­
ford & B uscom be, founded by E d w ard
Poleham pton esq. A .D . 1721 & endowed
for th e free edu cation & clo th in g of 10
poor boys of the v illa g e ; new schools
w ere erected in 1888, from the fu n d s of
the ch arity, w hich am ount to about
¿360 y e a r ly ; ¿ 4 0 is paid a nn u ally to
th e v ica r from th e same c h a rity ; the
advan tages of th e school h avin g, by an
order of the H igh C o u rt (C h an cery D iv i­
sion), D ecem ber 1st, 1886, been la rgely
e x te n d e d ; these schools w ill now hold
116 boys, 82 girls & n o in fa n ts, c e x ­
tensions are now b ein g m a d e ; average
atten dan ce, 85 boys, 70 girls & 76 in ­
fan ts ; Thom as Jam es H ew lett, m a s t e r ;
M iss E th e l Parsons, m is tre s s ; M iss J.
B a tten , in fants’ m istress

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T w yfo rd
W ork in g M en’ s C lu b ,
B . W . H . A cw orth, hon. sec

H er.

T w yford F o otb all C lu b (affiliated to B . &
B . A ssociation ), T . H . P ritch a rd , sec
P o lice S tatio n , S tation Toad, erected in
190 1; Jam es P ierce, sergean t in ch arge
& tw o constables
R ailw ay Statio n , W illia m
station m aster

C . H itch m a n ,