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VILLAGES DIRECTORY—1919.

is also a N orm an fo n t: th e arm s of the
B olingbroke fa m ily , who fo rm e rly had
p rop erty in th is p a rish , are affixed to the
sou th fron t of th e t o w e r : th ere is a lychg a te of oak at th e entrance of the ch u rch ­
yard , and th ere are 170 s ittin g s, 63 bein g
free. The re g is te r dates from th e year
1660. T he liv in g is a re cto ry , n et y e arly
v alu e £260, in clu d in g 17 acres o f glebe,
w ith residence, in th e g if t of the Lord
Ch an cellor, and h eld since 1915 by the
R ev. R ich ard H en ry P rin g M .A . o f T r in ity
C ollege, D u blin . P u rley H all, a handsom e
m ansion of b rick, erected in 1609, and
pleasan tly
situ ated
in fine
park-like
grounds, is th e p ro p erty of the R ev. Henry
C h arles W ild er M .A . re cto r of Sulham ,
and th e residen ce of M rs. E lkin gton .
P a rle y P ark , a la rge b u ild in g of Portlan d
stone in th e Italia n style, situ ated on the
banks of th e riv e r T h am es, w ithin an
enclosed p ark, is th e residence of M rs. D.
F u lle rto n . H ere are th e kennels of the
S o u th Berks F oxhoun ds, C e cil A ld in esq.
and C. E ric P alm er esq. jo in t m a ste rs;
N ew b u ry and H enley are convenient towns

fer h u n tin g v isito rs. T he principal land­
owners are the R ev. H. . W ild er and Sir
Charles D ay Rose, of H ardw ick house,
R eadin g. The soil is loam and gravel;
subsoil, gra v el. The ch ief crops aro oats’,
b arley and beans. T h e area is 1,121 acres
of land and 3 of w a t e r ; rateable value,
£ 10 ,7 5 4 ; the population in 1911 was 238
in the c iv il parish, and 209 in the eccle­
siastical parish.

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B y L o cal G overn m en t Board Order No.
31,931, th a t part of W hitch u rch (Oxon)
civ il parish in the adm in istrative county
of B erks w as added to Pu rley.
S exton , H enry B urgess.
Post Office.— W illia m Pocock, sub-postm aster.
Pan gbourn e is the Dearest
m oney order & telegra p h office
School,
b u ilt
in 1873
by th e Rev.
R ichard Palm er, la te rector, for 54
children ; average attendance, 38 ; Miss
Reed, m istress
C arriers to R eadin g.— S m ith , mon. wed.
th u r s . fr i. & s a t .; A g g & Crocker, daily

G u lliv e r Jn . E rn est, farm er,W cstbu ry frm
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
A ld in C ecil, T h e K e n n e ls ; T . N. 14 K ir k John Jam es & Son, blacksm iths
Monpes F ru it F arm L td . L o n g lane (E.
Pangbourne
P eters, m n g r .) ; T . N . 71 Pangbourne
Daw son H en ry, H illbrow , W arren road
E lk in g to n Mrs. P u rle y h a l l ; T . N . 31 Pocock H orace, Stonecroft, m arket gardnr
Pocock Thom as, w h eelw right
Pangbourne
F u lle rto n M rs. D. P u rley p a r k ; T . N. Pocock W illiam , Post office
Reed M iss, school m istress
706 R ead in g
Saunders R t.frm r. & b u tch er,Scrace’s frm
H odgkin C h arles E rn e st, P u rley lodge
S o u th B erks F ox H ounds (C ecil Aldin esq.
P rin g Rev. R ich ard H enry M .A . (rector)
& C . E ric P alm er esq. jo in t m asters);
W ig h te C o l. E . D. W e stfie ld ; T . N . 76
T . N . 14 P an gb oum e
Pangbourne
T h am e Jam es, lock keeper
COMJERCIAL.
B u rgess H en ry, sexton
S H I N F I E L D is a v illa ge and parish, 4
m iles south from R ead in g, in th e N ew ­
b u ry d ivision of th e cou n ty, p a rtly in
the hun d red of T h eale and p a rtly in the
hun d red of C h arlto n , union of W oking­
ham , p e tty sessional division and county
cou rt d istric t of R eadin g, ru ra l deanery
of R ead in g, archdeaconry of B erks and
diocese of O xford.
The riv e r Loddon
flows on th e south-east. T h e ch urch of
S t. M ary is an ancien t edifice of flin t and
brick , in th e E a r ly E n glish style, con­
sistin g 0/ chancel, nave, south aisle,
north porch and low em b attled western
tow er, w ith som e N orm an w ork, contain­
in g 6 b e lls : in th e ch urch are several
m o n u m e n ts: the seats are of oak and the
p u lp it of carved o a k : the east w indow is
sta in e d : th e church wns com pletely r e ­

stored in 1857, a t a cost of £ 1,60 0 : there
are 320 sittin gs. T h e re g iste r dates from
the y e a r 1649. T h e liv in g is a vicarage,
y e a rly v alu e £200, w ith 26 acres of glebe
and residence, in th e g ift of the Dean and
Ch apter of H ereford, and held since 1908
by the R ev. H erb ert L lew elyn Rice M.A.
of Queens’ Coller a, Cam bridge. There is
a v illa g e h all a School green, erected in
1913. A F ree J h u rch is at School green.
T h e ch arities am ount to about £8 yearly,
and are for cloth in g and coal. Alexander
B ly tl1 Cob ham esq. who is lord of the
m anor, and Jam es H erb ert Benyon esq.
J.P . o f E n glefield H ouse, Englefield, are
th e p rin cip al landow ners. T h e soil is
g ra v el and c la y ; subsoil, gravel. The
c h ief crops are w heat, oats and barley.
T h e area is 4,292 acres of land and 21 of