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21

R E A D IN G

O F F IC IA L

D IR E C T O R Y .

Borough of Reading.
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M UNICIPAL

AND

O FFIC IA L.

P O P U L A T IO N I N 1 9 0 1 — 7 2 ,2 17 ; 1 9 1 3 a p p r o x im a te ly — 88,000.
T h e A r e a o f th e M u n icip a l B o ro u gh is 9 ,10 7 A c r e s
M E M B E R S O F P A R L IA M E N T .
Orm e W ilso n , D.s.o., T h e M a n o r H ouse,
W alth am S t . L a w r e n c e , B e r k s .

R e a d i n g — C a p ta in L e s lie

CAVERSHAM (Included in the Southern or Henley Division of Oxford)
— V a le n tin e F le m in g , E sq .
RECO RD ER.
A r t h u r H e w e tt S p o k es, E sq .,

l .l . b .

T H E C O R P O R A T IO N O F R E A D I N G .
T h e C o u n cil c o n sists of fifty -tw o m em bers, n am ely, o f t h ir te e n
A ld erm en and t h ir ty -n in e C o u n cillo rs, r e p re s e n tin g th e th ir te e n
W a rd s in to w h ic h th e to w n is d iv id e d , and, u n d er th e L o c a l G o v e r n ­
m ent A c t , 18 8 8 , th e B o ro u gh w a s c o n stitu te d a C o u n ty B o ro u g h fo r
th e p u rp o se s of t h a t A c t . T h e fo llo w in g is a lis t of th e nam es o f th e
m em bers, th e figu res ap p en d ed to e a c h C o u n c illo r’s name, in d ic a tin g
th e y e a r in w h ic h th e m em b er’s term of office e x p ir e s . M a y o r —A id .
C h a rle s G yn in gh a m F ie ld ; A ld e rm e n — W illiam Ja m e s J u s t in s B rin n ,
Thom as G ra n t C h iv e r s, F r e d e r ic k A lfr e d C o x , H a ro ld C o s te r D ry la n d ,
G. R . Ja c k s o n , Jo h n W e s s le y M a rtin , T h o m as M aso n , Jo s e p h M iisom ,
F e li x B ro d rib b P a r fitt, G e o rg e P h ilb ric k , W illia m P o u lto n and
O w en R id le y .
Abbey Ward .— C o u n c illo rs W illiam R u d la n d , 1 9 1 4 ; A . W . A . W e b b ,
1 9 1 5 ; A . H . B u ll, 19 16 .
Battle Ward .— C o u n c illo rs E d w a r d Ja c k s o n , 1 9 1 4 ; W illia m F ra m e ,
1 9 1 5 ; E d ith M a r y S u tto n , 19 16 .
Castle Ward .— C o u n c illo rs W . E . B u tle r , 1 9 1 4 ; J . H . W a lte rs, 1 9 1 5 ;
W illiam S p a rk s , 19 16 .
Caversham East Ward .— C o u n c illo rs F . E . M oring, 1 9 1 4 ; T . H.
T u rn e r, 1 9 1 5 ; T . J . S t a c e y , 19 16 .
Caversham W est Ward .— C o u n c illo rs T . N o rris, 1 9 1 4 ; F . W .
D orm er, 1 9 1 5 ; F , W . A llw r ig h t , 19 16 .