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V IL L A G E S .

Stayte, George W ., p.c.
Steptoe, Arthur, cycle agent and re­
pairer
W ells, Edward Henry, boot and shoe­
maker
W est, W illiam, blacksmith, &c., W a t­
lington rd
W ildgoss,
Richard,
‘ Carpenter’s
A rm s,’ Crocker end
PADW ORTH

9

( B e r k s ).

miles from Reading. Postal
district, Reading.

Population in 1911— 263. Area 1188
acres.
Nearest station, Aldermaston
Rural District Councillor— Major
C . W . Darby-Griffith, j .p .
Parish Council— Rev. W . 0 . Clin­
ton (chairman), Major Darbv Griffith
Messrs. J. Bucknell, A . E . Scutt,
A . A . S. Willett and A . G. Smith
Overseers— C. W . Strange and
Arthur A . S. W ille tt; Assistant Over­
seer -A . E . Scutt
Post office —Letters arrive at 8 a.m.,
1 p.m. & 6 p .m .; box cleared at 8 a.m.,
1 and 6 p.m ., sub-Postmaster, F. II.
Faulkner. Mortimer Common is the
nearest telegraph office
Austin, W illiam Osbest, Mill Lane
Clinton, Rev. W . 0 ., Padworth
rectory
Darby-Griffith, Major Christopher
W ., j . p ., Lord of the Manor, Padworth house
Froude, Miss, The Croft
Smith, Alfred J., Padworth mill
W illett, A . A . S., The Chestnuts
Albury, J., carpenter
Albury, Mrs., schoolmistress
Banner, Mrs. H. M., nurse
Bucknell, John, farmer, Old farm
Cutler, F ., ‘ Round Oak Inn ’

Faulkner, M., grocer, baker &
provision merchant.
Established
a century, post office
Hearne, Arthur, blacksmith
Hobbs, Edwin, gardener
Knight, D., grocer
Parris, John, Hatch farm
Scutt, A . E ., Padworth farm

P A N G B O U R N E (Berks).
5|

m iles from Reading. P ostal
d istrict, Reading.

Population in 1911— 1,677.
1910 acres.

A rea

Early closing, Thursdays at 1 p.m
Rural District Councillors— MajorGeneral Waddington. J p , and A .
Petrocokino, c.c.
Parish Council— Dr. G. C. B.
Hawes (chairman), Messrs. G . F.
Hensman, M. Saunders, L. Franklin.
F. Drewett, R. F. Surplice, L. Pitney,
and S. II. W inkw orth; clerk Charles
W est
Overseers— A . Petrocockino and
R . Varley ;
Assistant Overseer—
Charles West
There is a station on the main line
of the Great Western Railway
Fire B rig a d e --A . W ebb, capt.
Football Club— C. W est, secretary
Post, money order, telegraph, sav­
ings’ bank, and parcels’ post office.
Letters delivered at 7 a.m., 9-30
p.m. & 5-20 p.m. (callers' letters be­
tween 9-30 and 12 noon); despatched
at 10-30 a.m., 12-10 p.m., 3-30 p.m.,
8.10, 7-55, and 8-45 p .m .; Sundays,
7 p.m. W all letter box, railway station
cleared at 8-45 a.m.
12 noon, 3-10,
6-45 and 8 .3 0 p.m., Sundays 5.25
p.m. Postmaster— Edward Clifford.
Letter box at Bowden Green cleared
at 8.15 a.m., 1-50 and 6-40 p .m .;
Sundays, 11 a.m. W all letter box,
Horse Shoe road cleared at 8 a.m.,
1.15, 5.45 and 8 .30 p.m., Sundays
8.15 a.m.
Pillar box, Bere Court
road cleared at 8.45 a.m., 1 and 7.20
p.m., Sundays, 8.45 a.m.
St. James the Less (parish church)
— Rev. Hubert Phillipps Pope, rector.
Congregational Church,
W hit­
church road— Minister, Rev. J. Taylor
P .S.A . Brotherhood— Sunday after­
noons at 3.30, Whitchurch rd— Secre­
tary, J. Purvey
Constitutional Club— Hon. Secret­
ary, Col. Edward Dickinson ; Assis­
tant Secretary, Percy Stone; Steward,
T. E . Leete.

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