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B E A D IN G D IB E C T O R Y — 1 9 1 9 .

ecclesiastical parish was altered Sept. 6, 1892, to include parts of H olv
Trinity and St. M ary.
In N o rth street is an iron mission hall in connection w ith Grey Friars’
church, and served by the same clergy, also by Capt. J. C. Jones, C .A .
erected in 1876, at a cost of £1,400, which has 650 sittings.
The Mem orial H all, Sackville street, was erected in 1902 in memory
of the late M artin H ope Sutton esq. (d. 1901), and is used for meetings
in connection with Grey Friars’ parish.
H o l y T r i n i t y is an ecclesiastical-parish, formed October 29, 1875, from
St. M a ry ’s : the church, erected in 1826 b y the Rev. George Hulme
M .A . of Shinfield, and restored in 1888 at a cost of £2,100, stands
on the north side of Oxford road, and is a plain rectangular edifice of
brick, consisting of nave and chancel, with a stone front, in which are three
lancet-headed windows ; on the western gable is a small turret contain­
ing one bell : there are 700 sittings, all free. The register dates from the
year 1875. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £250, with
residence, in the gift of the vicar of St. M a ry ’s, and held since
1902 by the Rev. H arford Elton Lu ry M .A . of H ertford College, Oxford,
and surrogate in the diocese of Oxford.
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S t. B a r t h o lo m e w ’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed July 17th, 1877,
out of the parish of St. Peter, Earley, and is in the Sonning rural
deanery ; the church, partially erected and consecrated in 1879 at a cost
of £3,526, is a structure of red and grey brick, in the E a rly English
style,'and consists of clerastoried nave, aisles and a small western turret
containing 2 bells: the chancel, two side chapels and vestry were added
in 1905, at a cost of about £3,500: there are 500 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1877. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
£320, w ith residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held
since 1890 by the Rev. E dw ard John Norris M .A . of Trinity College,
Cambridge.
S t. J o h n t h e E v a n g e l i s t ’ s is an ecclesiastical parish formed out of the
parish of St. Giles, December 18, 1874: the church, standing on the east
side of W atlington street, erected in 1837 and rebuilt in 1872 and 1873, at
a cost of £11,098, from the designs of Mr. W . A . Dixon, is a structure
of Kentish rag stone, w ith dressings of Bath and Mansfield stone, and
consists of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, transepts, north and south
porches and a western tower with spire, 150 feet in height, containing a
clock and one bell : there are about 920 sittings, of which 390 are free.
The register dates from the year 1873. The living is a vicarage, net
yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since
1916 by the Rev. W . Britton B .D .
S t. S te p h e n ’s C h u r c h , in Orts road, erected in 1865 and enlarged
in 1886, at a cost of £1,500, is a building of dark red brick relieved
with bands of white and grey, in the E ariv English style, and consists
of chancel, nave of three bays, north and south aisles, south chapel
-rid north porch, and a turret on the western gable containing 2 bells : this
e h m rdtached to that of St. John the Evangelist, and affords 530
airii'M i, all bring free.
~ r. J.yur.’s, l y an Order in Council, dated October 11th, 1912, was
J a «-.»parale parish j the church, situated on the Redlands
■ \ : i f o r m e r l y a f a . . ced to St. Giles’s and was built in 1885 at a
<50.070 ; icì.3 .. straeture of red brick in the Italian style, con­

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