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VILLAGES.

Area 4,377 acres.
Population,
1911— 1,785.
Early closing, Wednesday 2 o’clock
District Councillors —Messrs. Lam­
bert Pearce and E. Mitchelmore
Parish Council — A. W . Cocks
(chairman), E. Wilton (vice-chairman),
A. T. Simpson, T. Higgs, T. Gundry,
0 . Lee, W . Pearce, F. Saunders, j .
Bennett, J. Franklin, F. Hobbs and
L. G. C. Geer
Overseers R. Higgs and 0 . Lee,
assistant overseer, 'I'. Ragg,
Guardians - Lambert Pearce and
Ernest Michelmore.
Post, money order, telegraph, sav­
ings’ bank and parcels post office—
Arrivals, 6-25, 9-20 a.m., 12-30, 5-30
p.m.; despatches, 8.25, 10.25 a.m.,
12, 3-25 and 7-55 p.m. Sundays— ar­
rival, 6-25, a.m .; despatch, 6-15 p.m.
Telegraph office openweek-days from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m .; Sundays, 8-30 a.m. to
10 a.m. Letter-box at Station cleared
9-45 a.m., 12-15 a.m., 1-15 a.m., 5
p.m., and 7-45 p .m .; Sundays, 5-15.
Pillar box at Cleeve cleared week
days at 9-30 a.m., 2-45 and 7-30 p .m .;
.Sundays, 5 p.m.
Gas Works wall
box cleared at 9-30 a.m., 1-0 p.m.,
6-15 p.m .; Sundays, 5-15 p.m.
Church of England, dedicated to
St. Thomas of Canterbury. Services
are held each Sunday at 8, 11, 2-30, and
6-30. Vicar, Rev. A. E. Dams, m . a . ;
churchwardens, C. Shield and 11. A.
Lacey Sm ith; clerk and sexton,
Walter Aldridge.
Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady
and St. John’s— Rev. Father Bacchus
Congregational
Chapel — Rev.
Hengel Jones, minister
Working Men’s Club and Reading
Room— H. C. Towerton, hon. secre­
tary ; G. Hill, caretaker
Parish Council Fire Brigade— Fire
Station, Goring Bridge.
Captain,
G. Wilson, Sub-Capt. M. Burgess,
Firemen, Messrs. R. J. West, Kimber,
Wigmore, Perry, Shepherd, F. Young
and J. Lainsbury
Adams, Commander II. C., Camrose
Akers, Thomas, Kingswood

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Armstrong, William, Station rd
Balfour, F. R., The Towers
Batchelor, Gerald
Bennett, Joseph, Woodbine cottage '
Bennett, Marsland A., Cleve Meade
Blackwood, Mrs.. Boyne court
Bradly, F., Riverside
Brook, Mrs. Alice, Manor rd
Calverley, C. II., Icknield
Carleton-iVilliams, W., Broomgrove
Carteighe, John, Oriel house
Christopher, F. G., Bryanstone
Churchill, Major H. F., Burntwood
Cocks, A. W., Lyndhurst
Cook, C. H., Willow Grange
Cooper, Donald Angus, Ravens worth,
Springhill rd
Cooper, Mrs. A., South view avenue
Cordes, Mrs., Beechcroft, Cleeve
Park estate
Cottenham, The Rt. Hon. the Earl of,
Elvedon priory
Cozens, Miss, White house
Crundall, Alexander, Mill cottage
Culver well, Capt., The Haven
Dams, Rev. A. E., The Vicarage
De Cordes, Col., Red House, Beechcroft, Cleeve Park estate
Dickenson, Col. Glebe court
Dodd, Mrs. J. S., The Mount
Dormer, B., The Glen
Dormer, Hon. Mrs. II., Westwood
Evans, Dr. H. L., Ropley
Everett, W ., Spring farm house
Everitt, Mrs., Greycourt
Fanning, F. C., Old Rectory
Feeney, W ., Glebe cottage
Formby, Mrs. Miles, Haydown
Fowler, H. O., Willowside
Fry, Samuel, Cleeve Mill house
Gambier-Parry, Major and the Hon.
Mrs., Elm croft
Gordon, General, The Gables
Gregory, Mrs., Stanley villa
Grossmith, George, Crossways
Gundry, Thomas, The Brewery
Haig, Edric W ., Gatehampton house
Hallett, W . B., Streatley view
Hammans, Major, Goring house
Hatt, C., l . d . s . , (Eng), dental surgeon
The Elms, Cleeve
Hewett, T. S., The Filberts
Inglefield, Mrs. Iiarawell, Little
Somerby