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682

ASH

V IL L A G E S .

Asham pstead— continued.
Overseers— AV. Light and Harry
Sm ith;
Assistant Overseer— J.
Hancock
Ashampstead Church— Sunday ser­
vices, Holy Communion second and
fourth Sundays at 8 a.m., other
Sundays at 12 o'clock ; matins,
litany and sermon, 11 a .m .; even­
song and sermon, 6 p.m.
W ed ­
nesday, evensong, 7 p.m.
Holy
Days, matins, 9 a.m. Sermon on
AVednesdays in Advent and Lent Rev. C. A . AVilliamson, vicar
The- Council Day' School, a commo­
dious structure, is near the church
and vicarage. Average attendance
55. Acreage of parish, 2,057 acres
Letters are delivered daily at 8.30 a.m.
and 1.50 p.m. Post closes Sunday
9.30 a.m. and on weekdays 5 p.m.
Early Closing— Thursdays at 2 p m
Barry, Major R. M., Pyt House farm
Fear, T., Hillside
Leighton, Mrs., Clack's End, Ashhampstead common
Norton, A . T., c . b . , f . r . c . s . , Levfield’s
wood
Smith, Miss M. A ., Blorenge house
W illiamson, Rev. C. A ., The vicarage
Albury, Mrs. C ., Quick’s Green
Butler, AV. J., carpenter, The Common
Brown, F., School house
Brown, Mrs., school-mistress
Dewe, AATlliam H ., Church farm
Gardiner, H. B., South view
Hancock, J., assistant overseer
Illsley, Martha, g d
Knowles, E ., bailiff, Hartridge farm
Light, AV., bailiff, Pyt House farm
McQuhae, T., grocer, draper and
general dealer
Nullis, AVilliam, bootmaker
Simmons, Stanley, Child's court farm
Smith, Harry, Ashampstead common
Smith, Henry, blacksmith
Street, Thomas, coal dealer, post office
Townsend, James, bricklayer, The
Arillage
Venners, J., baker, Quick’s Green
AVare, Joseph, Rose cottage

BARKHAM (Berks).
6 Miles from Reading.
Postal
district, Wokingliam.
Area,

acres. Population in
District Councillor,
Captain Costin. Overseer, George
Harris.
Letters are delivered at 7 . 2 5 a.m. and
5 .3 0
p.m ., and are collected at 9 . 3 0
a.m. & 6 . 2 5 p .m .; Sundays, 11 a.m.
Arborfield is the nearest post,
money order and telegraph office.
Sub-postmaster, Mattingley, J.
Council School— Barkham and A r­
borfield— Hayward, James, master
1911,

1 ,3 8 8

261.

Ditchfield, Rev. P. II., rector
Noble, AVilson, Manor house
Sturgess, E . M., Barkham square
Allright, John Alfred, Langley
Common farm
Barker, Frank, carpenter
Barry, Captain J. L., Mote house
Bayliss, F., carrier
Blake, Edwin G., overseer, Hand
Post farm
Buckingham, AVilliam Henry, Spark
farm
Grainger, G., gamekeeper

Harris, George, Baker and
Grocer, the Post Office
Humphries, Reuben
Isaac, AV., Langley Pond farm
Paice, Ernest, 1 v, ‘ Bull Inn ’
AA’ ernham, J., gamekeeper
A alden, AAr., Long Moor cottage

English Leather Boot Repair­
ing Co., 11 London st, 1 a Queen’s
rd,
61
Oxford
rd,
Reading.
Carriers return repairs same day.

BASILDON, (Berks).

8|

miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Reading.

Area 3,139 acres.
Population in
1911, 596.
Letters are delivered at 7.20 a.m.
and 1. 50 p .m .; despatched at 9.55
a.m. and 7.15 p .m .; Sundays 9.55
a.m. Pangbourne is the nearest
money order and telegraph office
District Councillor— Mr. AV. I. Cocks