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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919.
Sindlcsham, ball a mile north, is in­
cluded in the ecclesiastical parish of Bear
Wood, and consists of about 60 cottages,
an inn and the school. The place -was
almost entirely rebuilt by the late John
Walter esq. (d. 1894), and has a Baptist
chapel.
A halt on the South Eastern and Chat­
ham Railway (Reading and Wokingham
line), known as Sindlesham and Hurst
was opened in January, 1910.
Parish Clerk, W m. Oates, Sindlesham.
Post Office, K in g Street.— Mrs. Louisa
Leach, sub-postmistress. Postal orders
are issued here & paid. The nearest
money order & telegraph office is at
Wokingham, i j miles distant
Pillar Letter Box, Toutley
Post Office, Sindlesham.— Mrs. Isabella
Brigden,
sub-postmistress.
Postal
orders are issued & paid here. Arbor-

h c r g h fie ld .

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field Cross, 2 miles distant, is the
' nearest money order & telegraph office
F oresters:—
Court “ Pride of the Loddon ” (B 2030),
meet first monday in month at the In ­
stitute, Sindlesham ; Ernest Meadowcroft, Sindlesham, sec
Elementary School, Sindlesham (mixed &
infants), bu ilt by the late John W alter
esq. (d. 1894). & enlarged 1896; it w ill
hold 240 children ; average attendance,
100; Henry Francis Simmons, m aster;
Mrs. Emma Jessie Simmons, mistress
Bear Wood Institute, Sindlesham ; Henry
Newberry, sec
Gas Works, Joseph Kent, manager
Assistant Overseer, Moses Blake, W est­
wood, Osborne road, Wokingham
Carriers to Beading, John Wingfield, tues.
& sat. 10 a .m .; Norgate, daily & Bayliss, daily except wed

Allnatt John Edward, baker & grocer,
Sindlesham
Bartlett Joseph, blacksmith
Bear Wood Institute (Henry Newberry,
sec.), Sindlesham
Black Chas. W alter Arm s inn, Sindlesham
Bowyer Charles, farmer, Hatch farm
Doane William, sub-estate agent to John
Walter esq. M.A. Bear Wood estate off
Dimond J. G. farm bailiff to John W alter
esq. M.A. Home farm
Farr Charles, painter

Farr Mrs. Post office, Sindlesham
Ford J. agricultural machinist
Fulker G. Pheasant P.H
Gas Works (Joseph Kent, manager)
Grace Harry Ltd. woolstaplers, Loddon
Bridge house, K in g S tre e t; T. *N. 43
W okingham
Grainger William, head gamekeeper to
John W alter esq. M.A
Howkins E. A. m iller (water), Sindlesham
m ill
Leach Louisa (Mrs.), Post office, K in g S t
Newberry Amos Henry, clerk of woTks to
John Walter esq. M.A
Oates W illiam , parish cleTk, Sindlesham
Simmons Henry Francis, master of E le­
mentary School, Sindlesham
Tubb J. T. head gardener to John W alter
esq. M.A
Wingfield John, corn &, coal merchant &
carrier, K in g Street
(The remainder of the names in Newland
w ill be found under Arborfield, being
placed there for postal purposes)

B U R G H F I E L D is a parish, 2J miles
south-east from Theale station on the
Great Western railway and 3 south-west
from Reading, in the Newbm y division
of the county, hundred of Theale, Bradfield union, Reading petty sessional d ivi­
sion and county court district, rural
deanory of Bradfield, archdeaconry of
Berks and diocese of Oxford. The river
Kennet flows on the north. The church
of the Virgin Mary, rebuilt at a cost of
¿2,300, and re-constructed in June, 1843,

is an edifice of brick and stone in the
Romanesque style, consisting of chancel,
rebuilt in 1892, at a cost of ¿2,000, en­
tirely defrayed by the late Richard Benyon esq. of Englefield (d. 1897), Miss
Sophia C. Thursby, of Brighton, and the
late Arthur Harvey Thursby esq. D .L.,
J.P. of Culverlands (d. 1909), nave, tran­
septs, and an octagonal western tower,
with a small dome and containing 6 b e lls:
the tower was restored in 1901 at the sole
cost of Ernest Chance e sq .: a t the west

P M V A T E I iE S in E N T S .

Bayley Rev. W illiam Henry, Winnersh lo
Benson Capt. Percy G. R. Sindlesham ho
Deane William, Estate cottage
Betton-Foster Mrs. Sindlesham house
Howkins J. T . Addington, Sindlesham
Mill house
Walter John M.A. Bear Wood
Waters Mrs. St. Catherine’s
Wilson Courtenay Boardman,Winnersh gro
COSIMKnCIAL.