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684

BEE

Vil l a g e s .

Beecli h ill continued.

—
Tocock, W illiam , gardener, Trunkwell house
Wheeler, Mrs. R., post office
Wheeler, W ., wheelwright and car­
penter

E n g lis h L e a t h e r B o o t R e p a ir ­
in g C o., 1 1 London st, 1 a Queen's
rd, 6 1
Oxford
rd,
Reading.
Carriers return repairs same day.

Matins ; Matins, 11 a .m .; Children’s
Service, 3 p .m .; Evensong, 6 p.m.
throughout the year.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, The
Village
Bushnell, Rev. G. D. S., The Vicarage
Frceling, C. E. L., Beenham lodge
Oldbury, Miss, Rose cottage
W aring, Mrs. Henry, The Grange
Waring, Lt.-Col. W illiam W „ j . p . ,
Beenham house

B E E N H A M (B erk s).

10

miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Reading. N earest sta­
tion, Alderm aston.

Area, 1817, acres.
Population
1911, 528.
Rural
District
Councillor —
Charles E. L. Freeling.
Parish Council— Lieut.-Col. W ,
W . W aring, Messrs. E . Gyles, W ,H.
W arde, C. J. Lay ley, G. W . Layley
and G. W igmore
Overseers— W . H. W arde and W .
Claridge. Assistant Overseer— W .
R. Todd
Council School Committee— Rev.
G. S. Bushnell, Messrs. C. E. L.
Freeling, E . Gyles, Capt. W . W aring
and C. J. Layley
W orkmen’s Club — Open every
evening from 7 till 10 (Sundays
excepted)
Post office, money order, savings'
bank, telegraph
parcels post, near
Aldermaston Station; postmaster,
Mr. II. Matthews.
Deliveries, 6.35
11.50 a .m .; Sundays, 6.35 a .m .; des­
patches, 6 25 p .m .; Week-days, 9.15
a.m., 2.45, 6.35, 8.40 p .m .; parcels
by each despatch
Village post office, postmaster, C.
J. Layley. Dispatches, 7.45 a.m., 1.30
and 6.25 p .m .; delivery, 7.30 a.m.
and 1.30 p.m.
The Church (S. Mary's) is beautifully
decorated with pictures and frescoes
by Miss Sharp, of Ufton Court, is
situated on a small eminence to the
north of Aldermaston Station. The
services a r e : Holy Communion every
Sunday and Holy Days at 8 a.m., and
on the first and third Sundays after

&

Allanby, C. W ., Bath cottage
Cumber & Gyles, dairy farmers, Hall
Place farm
Davis, H. J., carpenter, Beenham
Green
Hatto, Joseph, parish clerk
Holloway, George, blacksmith
Hood, Edwin, 1 v, ‘ Hare and
H ounds’
Keal, Charles, farmer, Awbery’s farm
Layley, Charles James, grocer and
baker, Sub-Post Office, The Stores
Layley, GeorgeWarman, fruit grower,
Hill Foot
Morton, Peter, coal merchant, Been­
ham Green
Todd, W illiam Robert, schoolmaster
and assistant overseer
Warde, AVilliam Henry
AA’arman, Josiah
Warman, AV., butcher
W igmore, F., grocer and b r ‘ The
Stocks,’
AA'igmore, George, 1 v, Six Bells

B IN F IE L D

(B e r k s).

from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Bracknell.

9 m iies

Area, 3489 acres. Population—
1911-1912
Post, money order, savings’ bank,
parcels post, stamp and telegraph
office. Letters are delivered week­
days
at
6.45
a.m.,
11
a.m..
Sundays,
7.0
a.m. ; despatched,
week-days at 6.25 a.m., 11 a.m.,.
6.20 p.m. and 8 p.m. ; Sundays,
10.15 a.m., and from private box by
Old School at 5 p.m.— Postmistress,
Mrs II. North. Popes W ood Branch
Office— L. R . R og ers; letters des-