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PAD

V I M AGES.

P a d u io rth —c o n t in u e d .
Nearest station, Aldermaston
Rural District Councillor— Major
C. W. Darby-Griffith, j.p.
Parish Council— Rev. W . 0 . Clin­
ton (chairman), Major Rarhv Griffith
Messrs. J. Bucknell, A. E. Scutt.,
A. A. S. Willett and A. G. Smith
Overseers— C. W. Strange, and
Arthur A. S. W illett; 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. H.
Faulkner. Mortimer Common is tho
nearest telegraph office
Austin, William Osbest, Mill Lane
Clinton, Rev. W. 0 ., Padworth
rectory
Darby-Griffith, Major Christopher
W ., j . p . , Lord of the Manor, Padworth house
Earley, G., The Villa
Froude, Miss, The Croft
Smith, Alfred J., Padworth mill
Willett, 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 ’

F a u lk n e r , M., g ro c e r, b a k e r &

provision merchant.
Established
a century, post office
Gyles, E., Padworth farm
Hearne, Arthur, blacksmith
Hobbs, Edwin, gardener
Knight, D., grocer
Parris, John, Hatch farm

PA N C iB O U RN E (B erks).
5 ) 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 in 1911— 1,677.
Area
1910 acres.
Early closing, Thursdays at 1 p.rn
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. Winkworth ; clerk Charles
West
Overseers— H. S. Adams and
Alfred Lloyd Pitney; Assistant
Overseer— Charles West
There is a station on the main line
of the Great Western Railway
Fire Brigade -A . Webb, capt.
Football Club -C . West, 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. Wall letter box, railway station
cleared at 8-45 a.m. & 12 noon, 3-10,
6.45 and 8.30 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. Wall 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. Herbert Phillipps Pope,rector.
Congregational
Church
Whit­
church road
P.S.A. Brotherhood— Sunday after­
noons at 3.30, Whitchurch rd— secre­
tary, J. Purvey
Constitutional Club — Secretary,
Percy Stone ; Steward, T. E. Leete
Polytechnic Club— Horseshoe road,
Hensman, G.
secretary
Council Schools - -Varley, Richard,
head teacher
Friends’ Meeting House, Readingrd
Primitive Methodist Chapel—Minis­
ters various
Clayesmore School.
Working Men’s Club and Institute
- Varley, IL, secretary; Twitchen,
Charles, steward

F.,

Adams, 11. S., The Pharmacy
Adams, John Coode, Sunfield, Pangbourne hill
Argles, A. F., Cliff cottage