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VILLAGES DIRECTORYâ1019.
PR IV A T E RESIDENTS.
Anderson Rev. Joshua Alexander M.A.
The Rectory
Bishop Mrs. Birch house
Hargreaves John Reginald, ATborfield hall
Phillis S. H. The Pheasantries
Prescott Kenneth, Arborfield court
Simonds John, Newlands house
COM M ERCIAL.
Arborfield Reading Room (Arthur GarÂ
rett, sec)
Arm y Remount Depot (No. IV .), ArborÂ
field Cross
Barker Charles, farm bailiff to W illiam
Simonds esq. W hite Hall farm
Barnes Edward, land steward to John
Simonds esq. Newland
Bentley George, wheelwright, Newland
Bryant Francis, farmer. Duckâs Nest farm
BEAR
W O O l) is an ecclesiastical
parish, formed in 1846 out of parts of the
parishes of H urst and Wokingham, the
Hurst portion consisting of .the Liberty
of Newland and that part of the Liberty
of Winnersh which comprises the village
of Sindlesham; it still forms part of the
civil parish of Hurst, in the Newbury
division of the county, petty sessional
division and unon of Wokingham, Reading
county court district, rural deanery of
Sonning,. archdeaconry of Berks and dioÂ
cese of Oxford: Bear Wood is 2 miles
west from the Wokingham Tailway station
and s south-east from Beading.
The
church of St. Catharine, situated on
rising ground at the top of the village of
Sindlesham (built and endowed about the
year 1845 at the expense of the late John
W alter esq. and his father), is a building
of stone in the Decorated style, consisting
of chancel, nave of four bays and an
embattled western toweT, with pinnacles,
containing 2 b e lls; the organ was preÂ
sented by the late Thomas Rickman
Harman esq. J.P. of Sindlesham House,
and there are several memorial windows;
on the south side of the churchyard,
which is laid out with great taste and
kept in the most perfect order, is the
v au lt of the W alter fam ily ; there are
280 sittings. The register dates from the
year 1845.
The livin g was declared a
rectory June 26th, 1866, net yearly value
¿ 17 5 , with residence and 6 acres of glebe,
in the gift of John W alter esq. M .A. and
is at present held by the Rev. W illiam
Henry Bayley. Bear Wood, the property
and residence of John W alter esq. M .A.
was form erly an outlying part of Windsor
Bushell Joseph, Bull P.H
Clark Wm. Swan P.H. Arborfield Cross
Cox W illiam , parish clerk
Dimond James, farmer, Carterâs hill
Druett James, foreman to Mrs. Lucas
Fouracres Thomas, farmer, W hiteâs farm
G arrett Arthur, builder & contractor
Hayward James B. master of Elementarv
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Isaac Wade A. farmer, Langley Pond
farm (letters, Barkham)
Lucas Charles, farm er, Newland farm
Mattingley John Henry, blacksmith, Post
office, Newland
Newman Geo. Henry, Mole P.H. Newland
Phillis S. H. carrier
Rapley W illiam Jas. Bramshill Hunt P.H
Seymour Francis W illiam, grocer
Tayler Arthur Charles, tailor, Newland
Forest, and still retains much of its primiÂ
tive wildness of character; its name is
supposed to be derived from the Saxon
word â here,â signifying a farmstead in a
wood; hollies and junipers flourish here
in great perfection, and the gardens
abound with rhododendrons and other
exotic plants; most varieties of the fir
tribe, including a large number of Cedrns
Deodara, are to be found h e re ; but the
chief attraction is the magnificent lake,
which covers a space of over 43 acres and
contains several islands, one of which is
â over an acre in exten t; this fine sheet of
water yields to none in the county but
Virginia Water in point of size, and perÂ
haps not even to that in b ea u ty; on upper
lake covers over 3 a cre s; below the lakehead are the kitchen garden, the dairy
farm and other buildings; the waste
water of the lake is applied to turning a
large water wheel, which drives a saw
m ill and other machinery. The mansion,
which was Tebuilt between 1865 and 1869,
is a stately edifice of red brick with dressÂ
ings of Mansfield stone; it contains a
suite of fine reception rooms, including
a picture gallery of 70 feet by 24 feet.
Sindlesham House, pleasantly situated a
short distance from the road, is the resiÂ
dence of Mrs. Betton-Foster. The princiÂ
pal landowners are John W alter esq. M.A.
and Mrs. Betton-Foster.
The soil is
gravel and clay; subsoil, London clny.
The chief crops are wheat and barley. The
area is about 3,000 acres and the popuÂ
lation in i g n was 679.
Newland is i j miles south-west.