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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919.

D earlove E . & Sons, florists & landscape
gard en ers, Spen cer Wood n urseries
D ouble C h arles, fa rrie r
F ord H en ry, blacksm ith, Three M ile cross
G ro ver F red erick R obert, d ecorator, H illsido, T h ree M ile h ill
G ro ve r W m . carpen ter & -wheelwright
H ew ett & Beken, m otor engineers
H ew ett Jam es, fa n n e r, W ild ers G rove frm
H illie r E rn est, h au lier, T h ree M ile cross
H illie r W illia m , firewood m erchan t, Three
M ile cross
H oare Jam es, refresh m en t room s, Three
M ile cross
Hobbs H enry, butcher
Jeffries A lb e rt E d w ard , cycle dealer
Jennings Francis, G eorge & D ragon P.H .
T h ree M ile cross
Jennings Thom as, insurance agent, Jas­
m in e co ttage, Three M ile cross
Jennings Thom as Page, m ark et gardener,
T h re e 'M ile cross •
K ir k C h arles, shopkeeper
Lew endon H arry, insurance agent
L o w e John, p o st office

L u ck w e ll F rank, farm er, Body farm
M atch w ick J. E . beer Tetailer, Three
M iles cross
M erriott M aurice John, boot m aker
MitfoTd H all (J. H oare, caretaker)
M oore M rs. draper
N evil) W illia m , beer retailer
P rio r D avid, m ark et gard nr.T h ree Mile hi
Robertson Sam uel, grocer, & post office,
T h ree M ile cross
Runyard F red erick John, saddler, Three
M ile cross
Sant F red erick G eorge, draper
Saunders & M aynard, shopkeepers
T a m e H y. w h eelw right, T h ree M ile cross
W ard John, Swan P.H . Three M ile cross
W ebb A lfred , saddler
W ebb G eorge, p o u ltry farm er, Three
M ile cross
W heeler W illiam , b uilder, The Square
W ilson Som l. m ark e t gardnr. M ullis farm
W yeth W alter, baker, T h ree M ile cross

S ’O X H A J ff is a pictu resq u e v illa ge and
p a rish , on a gen tle acclivity com m anding
b eau tifu l
view s
of
th e
surrounding
cou n try, 2 m iles south fro m th e Pangbourne ra ilw ay station, 2J north from
T heale station, both on th e G r e a t W e st­
ern railw ay, and 5 w est from R eading,
in the N ew b u ry division, o f th e coun ty,
h undred of Th eale, union of Bradfield,
p e tty sessional d ivisio n and county court
d istric t of R eading, ru ral deanery of
Bradfield, archdeaconry of B erks and dio­
cese of O xford.
The church of St.
N icholas, re b u ilt in 1838, chiefly at the
expense of the la te Rev. John W ild er
M .A. rector 1836-92, is an edifice of stone
and flint in th e E a rly E n g lish sty le , con­
s istin g of chance], separated from the
nave b y a trip le arch, nave, ' organ
cham ber, north porch, and a western
to w er w ith pinnacles and a lo fty spire,
con tain in g 6 bells, th e g ift of th e late
recto r in 1879: th e windows are all
sta in e d : the ch u rch contains several
m arble tab le ts to m em b ers of the W ilder
fa m ily : the m arble fon t w as presented
by John W ild er esq. in 1733; in th e year
1845 it was inclosed in new stone w ork,
w ith fo u r m arble colum ns given by the
R ev. J.
W . E den, and placed in the
p resen t b a p tis te r y :
tb e
churchyard is
plan ted
w ith shrubs and evergreens, and
in th e centre is a beau tifu l cross of P o rt­
land stone, about 14 feet h igh , th e g ift
of the
lato recto r, ric h ly carved w ith

various em blem s of th e Blessed Redeemer
and th e H oly T r in ity : there are 120 sit­
tin gs. The re g iste r dates from the year
1730. T h e liv in g is a rectory, tith e rentchargo ¿ 1 9 8 , average ¿ 1 3 0 , net yearly
valu e .£130, in clu d ing 26 acres of glebe,
w ith .residence, in the g ift of, and held
since 1908 by th e R ev. H enry Charles
W ild er M .A . of New College, Oxford.
S ulh am House, the seat of M rs. John
W ild er, is a handsom e residence with
extensive grounds, com m anding fine views
of woodland scenery. The Rev. Henry
Charles W ild er M .A . is lord of th e manor
and prin cipal landow ner. The soil is
sand and lo a m ; su b soil, cla y and gravel.
The ch ief crops are w heat, barley and
roots. T h e area is 705 a cre s; rateable
valu e, £ 1 ,0 1 6 ; the population in 1911
was 116.
Parish C lerk, A lfred W illiam Duckett.
Post
Office.— Alfred
W illiam
Duckett,
sub-p ostm aster.
Pangbourne is the
n earest m oney order & telegraph office
E lem en tary School, established by the late
R ev. John W ilder in 1837, & rebuilt
in 1892, a t his expense, for 58 children;
average attendance, 5 1 ; Miss Emily
H arm s, M iss A rnold, M iss H iggs & Miss
B rooks, m istresses
K in g ’ s T a x C ollector, Edw ard Towner,
Laud cham bers, 150 F ria r st. Reading
C a rriers
to
R eadin g.— A g g ,
d aily Jc
C ro cker, daily

(For other nam es in Spencers Wood, see
G razeley, page 402).