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V IL L A G E S .

M 1D Q H A M .

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miles from Heading. Postal
d istrict, R.S.O. Berks. Area
1,43d acres. P opulation 1911,
308. Post 0 ffice, W oolhampton.

Rural District Councillor, Geo. James
Brown
Brown, George James, Hall court
Clarke, Alexander Felix, j.p .,L o r d o f
the Manor, Midgham house
Rees-Mogg, Rev. Henry James, m . a .,
vicar, The vicarage
Sharps, Mrs. T. R., Kennet Holm
Allen, Ernest Thomas
Barrett, George, ‘ Coach & Horses ’
Bozier, Richard
Brazier, W illiam K.
Buhl, Charles H ., Bird's farm
Bussell, J , gardener, Midgham house
Chamberlain, Walter
Collier
Catley, Ltd., contractors
Froude, John James, Kingis farm
Harman, Frank, West end farm
Mabett, Henry, station master
Matthews, W illiam , schoolmaster
Millson, W ., sexton
Quelch, John, Kent's Down
Robbins, Alfred, steward, Home farm
Rowe, Robert, Button court farm
Sharps, Harry Hfcks, Kennet Holm
farm
Tull, Sydney
Waite, George
hite, James Chas., farmer, W oodside farm

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E n glish Lea th er Boot R epair­
ing Co., 11 London st, 1a Queen’s
rd,
61
Oxford
rd, Reading.
Carriers return repairs same day.

M O R T I M E R (Berks).

m iles from Reading. Postal dis­
trict,R eading. Area 3,031 acres.
Population 1,423.

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Postal, telegraph,, money order
office, savings’ bank, annuity and in­
surance business.
Deliveries— 6-25
а.m ., 12-35
5-45 p.m. ; Sundays,
б.25 a.m. Despatch— 6-10 p.m. Des­
patches— 9 and 11-40 a.m ., 3, 6-55
and 8.25 p .m .; Sundays, 6.10 p.m.
Near station.
Branch postal and

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money order office, telegraph office.
The Com m on— Deliveries week­
days, 7 a.m., 1 and 6.15 p .m .;
Sundays, 7.5 a.m. Box cleared, 8.35
and 11.10 a.m., 2.30 and 7.50 p .m .;
Sundays, 11.35 a.m. Postmaster, E.
E . Bivand
Fire Brigade—W . Mosdell,captain
District Councillors— A . ListerKaye and Miss F. M. W yld.
Parish Council— Sir Robert Mow­
bray, Bart., Messrs. W illiam Pursey,
Miss F. M. W yld, W illiam Froome,
junr., M. J. Bowman, J. H. Gould,
junr., W . T . Froom, and A . G ibbons;
Clerk, Charles Thorp.
Mortimer, W est End Parish Council
— Messrs. George Ford, E . T . Merrick,
George Penny, W . A . W allis
Alfred
Elliott
Overseers— Richard Jackson and
J. W . P u rsey; Assistant Overseer
— C. W . Thorpe, Wheats farm,
Mortimer.
There is a station on the Basing­
stoke branch of the G . W . Railway
St. Mary’sSchools— E . G. Andrews,
headmaster. Infants’ School, Miss
May, head mistress.
St. John’s Infants’ School— Miss
Rigby, head mistress ; Miss Adams,
assistant mistress.
W orkingMen’s Club— President, J.
H. Benyon, secretary, W . H. Scott
St. Mary’s Church and St. John’s
Church— Services of the two churches
are intended to be supplemental to
one another.
Vicar, Rev. Aubrey
Baskerville M ynors; curate, Rev.
Walter S. Bowden. Churchwardens,
Major Nash and W . Farrant. Douglas
Clarke, organist. Services 8 a.m.,
10.30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 .30 p.m. 3-30
p.m. and 6-30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Drury
lane— Ministers, various
Congregational Church,
Mortimer
W est End— Ministers, various
A ’Beckett, W illiam, K ing st
Arbuthnot, Mrs. A ., Drury lane
Barry, Mrs., Stratfield house
Bateman, F. R., The Elms
Baynes, H. A ., Briar Lea, Padworth rd
Bowden, Rev. W alter S., The Common

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