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E N G L E F IK L D .

,VILLAGES DIRECTORV-,1910.

th e second storey of the b u ild in g , along
its passage, an e x it is gained to th e park
o u ts id e ; a p o rtra it of Q ueen E lizabeth ,
presen ted b y herself in com m em oration of
this v isit, still h angs on a -wall in the
lib r a r y ; in th e h all and corrid or are some
exq u isite scu lp tu res b y M un ro, F oley,
Pow er and o th e r s ; the d raw in g room is a
v ery fine a partm en t, w ith a pain ted ceil­
in g represen tin g the fo u r se a so n s; in one
of th e u pper room s is a bedstead b rou gh t
from G idea H all, E ssex, and said to have
been u sed b y C h arles I . ; fro m these
apartm en ts and from th e tow er m agn ifi­
cen t view s are afforded of the b eau tifu l
woodland scen ery, w h ich is here the
greatest ch arm o f th e fa r-stre tch in g lan d­
scape ; the gardens are v e r y a ttra c tiv e,
and m an y v isito rs from th e n eigh bou r­
hood avail th em selves of the opp ortunity
of in spectin g th em on W edn esday d urin g
th e m onths o f A u g u st and S eptem ber,
perm ission b ein g k in d ly giv en b y the p r o ­
prietor. E lia s A shm ole M .D . of B rasenose C ollege, O xford, W indsor H erald and
a d istin gu ish ed a n tiq u ary, retired to this
v illa ge in 1647; d u rin g his lifetim e he
founded, b y th e bequ est of the younger
T rad escan t, the m useu m a t O xford which

now bears his nam e, and died a t South
L am b eth , M ay 18th, 1692, aged 76. The
soil is g r a v e l; subsoil, clay and chalk.
The lan d is ch iefly grass and woods. The
area is 1,427 acres of land and w ater;
rateable valu e, ¿ 2 ,8 4 7 > ^ e population in
1911 w as 299.
Sexton and P arish Clerk, W . Joyce.

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Post & M .
. O ., S. B. & A n n u ity & In­
surance Office.— Jam es H. C layd on , sub­
postm aster.
The
n earest telegTaph
office is a t Theale
P u b lic E lem en tary School, b u ilt
& enlarged b y the la te R ichard
esq. fo r 130 c h ild re n ; average
ance, 90; Charles F . G oldin g,

in 1863
Benyon
attend­
m aster

Parish C o u n c il:— Jam es H erb ert. Benyon
esq. (chairm an), H en ry Horne, A. B.
W adds, Tom H arris it A u gu stu s H arris;
A.
B. W adds, clerk
W orking M en’s C lu b , O. A . H opley, se c.;
Jam es H. C laydon , stew ard
O verseers,
Osm ond

J.

Bevan

&

M ichael

John

C a rriers
to
R ea d in g.— M ayhew ,
tnes.
th urs. & s a t .; Payne, m on. th u rs. & sat

Benyon Jas. H erbert J .P . (lord lieutenan t Joyce W . sexton & parish clerk
Osm ond M ichael Jn. farm er,W ickcroft fm
of B erk sh ire), Englefield house
S k ip w ith
R ev.
G ran ville
G ore
M .A. P age H orace, farm b ailiff to Jam es Herbt.
Benyon esq. M ayrid ge farm
(recto r), The R ectory
P alm er W illiam , farm stew ard to James
COMMERCIAL.
H erbert Benyon esq. C h a lk P it farm
Bevan J. estate c le rk of w orks & overseer Pocock M rs. baker & grocer
C a rte r C . G . land a gen t to J . H . Benyon T readw ell N urse, d istric t nurse
e s q .; T e l. 4 T heale
V olu n teer F ire B rigad e (J , Bevan, chief
Claydon Jam es H . sub-postm aster
officer)
C o ttrell E d w ard , lodge keeper, Com m on W adds A . B. clerk to th e P arish Council
H ill lodge
it head gardener to Jam es Herbert
G oldin g C h arles F . schoolm aster
Benyon esq
H ayes John, b lacksm ith , M ayridge farm
W o rk in g M en’s .C lu b ( . A . H opley, sec.;
Horne H enry, b lacksm ith , C h alk P it row
Jam es H . Claydon, stew ard)

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GEAZELET,
4 m iles south from
R eadin g, fo rm e rly known as “ Lam bwood.
H ill,” is a tith in g and gn ecclesiastical
parish, form ed M ay 9th, 1854, o u t of the
parish es of Su lh am pstead Abbots and Sulham pstead B annister, and in clu d es the
lib e rty of H artle y D u m m er, in Shinfield
c iv il parish , in the N ew b u ry division of
the co u n ty,, hundred and cou n ty court
d is tric t and p e tty sessional division of
R eadin g, union of B radfield, ru ra l d eanery
of R eadin g, archdeaconry of B erks and
diocese of O xford. B y an O rd er in Coun ­
c il, a portion of th is p a rish w as in 1913
tran sferred to th e new ecclesiastical

parish of Spencer’s W ood. T he church of
the H oly T rin ity , erected in 1850, is a
sm all stru ctu re of flint, consisting of
chancel, nave, south porch and a belfry
con tain in g one b e ll: th e east window is
stained, and th ere are also tw o memorial
w indow s: th ere are 250 sittin gs.
The
registe r dates from th e y e a r 1856. The
liv in g is a vicarage, n et yearly value

¿ 2 6 5 , w ith residence and 3 acres of glebe,
in the g if t of th e Bishop of Oxford, and
held sin ce 1916 b y the R ev. Thom as .
Jones M .A . H ighlands is the residence of
John R ow ley Horton esq. G razeley Court,
th e p rop erty of Col. F . Drake, is now

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