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VILLAGES.

ENG

711

Sharp, Charles
Short, Mrs. M. D., Belle Vue Laundry
Squires, Frank
Stanley, Herbert
Stevens, Charles, Kiln House
Stratford, Mrs. M.
Tarrant, Mrs. Emma
Turner, David, blacksmith
Turner, George
Turner, James
Turner, Thomas
Wells, William Albert
Whitchelo, Mrs. Sarah
Wicks, Thomas, sen.

Delivered 6-20 a.m., 12 noon & 6 p.m.
Nearest telegraph office is at Theale
— James IT. Claydon, postmaster
Volunteer Fire Brigade - Chief
officer, IT. S. Davis ; engineers, W.
Palmer, A. Harris, W . Vince and H.
Horne; firemen, Messrs. T. Harris
O. Hopley, W . Partlo, A. Baker, W .
Chandler, W . Martin, F. VVebb, C.
Cooley, R. Allen and C. Fisher
National School,— Golding, Chas.
F., headmaster ; Dance, Miss, assis­
tant teacher ; Janes, Miss, teacher of
infants

English L e a t h e r B o o t R e p a ir ­
ing Co., 11 London st, 1a Queen's
rd, 61
Oxford rd,
Reading.
Carriers return repairs ssme day.

Benyon, James Herbert, j .p., c.c.,
Englefield house
Skipwith, Rev. Granville Gore, m .a .,
Englefield rectory

E N G L E F 1E L D (B erk s).
65- m ile s fr o m R e a d in g .
P o s ta l

d is t r ic t , R e a d in g .
Population, 1911— 299.
Area 1137
acres,
The Church is dedicated to St.
Mark. There are daily services in
the morning. Sunday services are—
communion 8-30 a.m. (except 1st
Sunday in the month, when it is
8.15 choral and 3rd Sunday 7.30).
Matins 11 a.m., & evensong 6 p.m
This is a prosperous parish, with
successful v i l l a g e i n s t i t u t i o n s .
Workmen’s Club, cricket and foot­
ball dubs, clothing club, penny bank.
The winter evenings are enlivened by
occasional dances & smoking concerts
at the club. Mr. J. H. Benyon, j.p.,
Chairman ; Mr. Oliver Hopley, Hon.
Sec.; J. H. Claydon, caretaker
Rural District Councillor— James
Herbert Benyon, j.p., c.c.
Parish Council — Messrs. J. H.
Benyon, j .p., c.c., Harry Stanley Davis,
A. Harris & H. Iiorne
Overseers— H. Stanley Davis and
William Palmer
Post, Money Order Office and
Savings’ Bank
Letters despatched at 8- 1 0 a.m.,2-25
tod 7-10 p .m .; Sundays, 11-30 a.m.

Buckland, G., gamekeeper
Cox, Frederick, gardener, The Rec­
tory
Claydon, A., hon. sec. Football Club
Claydon, James H., postmaster —
caretaker of workmen’s club
Croydon, Mrs., parish nurse
Davis, H. S., clerk of works and
chief officer of Fire Brigade
Golding, Frederick Charles, School­
master
Harris, T., carpenter, Englefield st
Hilton, C., house steward, Englefield
house
J anes, Miss, assistant schoolmistress
Joyce, W ., parish clerk
Lowe, H., clerk at estate works,
agent Berkshire Friendly Society
Osmond, John, Wickcroft farm
Page, Thomas, Mayridge farm, Farm
bailiff
Palmer, W ., steward to J. H. Benyon,
Esq., Chalk Pit farm
Partlo, W ., Yard foreman
Pocock, F. W ., baker and grocer
Reid, Frederick, head coachman,
Englefield house
Todd, Richard, f . s . i ., agent to J. H.
Benyon, Esq., Berks, Hants and
Essex estates— ’Phone -1, Theale
Wadds, A. B., head gardener, Engle­
field house
Yarlett, G., Entrance lodge, Engle­
field park