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VILLAGES.

Nettlebed —continued.
Wells, Edward Henry, boot and shoe­
maker
West, William, blacksmith, &c., Wat­
lington rd
Wildgoss, Richard, ‘ Carpenter’s
Arms,’ Crocker end
Wright, Sidney Arthur, agent to Robt.
Fleming, Esq., Lord of the Manor
PAD W O R TH

(B e r k s ).

Hobbs, Edwin, gardener
Knight, D., grocer
Leather, Mrs., Hatch farm
Wilson, Miss, Hatch farm
E . J a c k s o n & S o n s , Jacksons’
Corners, Reading,
Ready-to-wear
Clothing for Fsther & Son.
PANG BOURNE

(B e r k s ).

5\ miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Reading.
Population in 1911— 1,677.
Area
1940 acres.
Early closing, Thursdays at 1 p.m
Rural District Councillors—MajorGeneral Waddington. j p , and A.
Petrocokino, c.o.
Parish Council— Dr. G. C. B.
Hawes (chairman), Messrs. A. W.
Sheldon, M. Saunders, L. Franklin.
F. Drewett, R. F. Surplice, L. Pitney,
and S. II. Winkworth; clerk H. W.
Tidbury
Overseers— H. S. Adams and
Alfred Lloyd Pitney; Assistant
Overseer— H. W. Tidbury
There is a station on the main line
of the Great Western Railway
Fire Brigade-- R. F. Surplice, capt.
Post, money order, telegraph, sav­
ings’ bank, and parcels’ post office.
Letters delivered at 7 a.m., 9-30
Austin, William Osbest, Mill Lane
p.m. and 5-20 p.m. (callers’ letters
Clinton, Rev. W. O., Padworth
12.45 p.m.); despatched at 10-30
rectory
a.m., 12-10 p.m., 3-30 p.m., 7.0
Darby-Griffith, Major Christopher
and 8-45 p.m.; Sundays, 1.0 p.m.
W., j.p., Lord of the Manor, PadWall letter box, railway station
worth house
Earley, G., The Villa
cleared at 8-45 a.m. & 12 noon, 3-10,
6.45 and 8.30 p.m., Sundays 5.25
Froude, Miss, The Croft
p m. Postmaster— Edward Clifford.
Smith, Alfred J., Padworth mill
, LeDer box at Bowden Green cleared
Willett, A. A. S., The Chestnuts
at 8.15 a.m., 1.50 and 6,40 p.m.;
Albury, J., carpenter
Sundays 11 a.m. Wall Letter box,
Horse Shoe road cleared at 8 a.m.,
Albury, Mrs. schoolmistress
Banner, Mrs. H. M., nurse
i 1.15 5.45 and 8.30 p.m., Sundays
8.15 a.m. Pillar Box, Bere Court
Bucknell, John, farmer, Old farm
Cutler, F., ‘ Round Oak Inn ’
road cleared at 8.45 a.m., 1 and 7.20
F au lkn er, M , gro ce r, baker &
p.m., Sundays 8.45 a.m.
St. Jam^s the less (Parish church)
provision merchant. Established
—Rev. Herbert Phillipps Pope,rector.
a century, post office
I
Congregational Church Whit­
Gyles, E., Padworth farm
Hearne, Arthur, blacksmith
church road

9 miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Reading.
Population in 1911—243. 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 Darhv Griffith
Messrs. J. Bucknell, A. A. S. Willett
and A. J. Smith
Overseers—C. W. Strange and
Arthur A. S. W illett; Assistant Over­
seer -A. E. Scutt
Post office - Letters arrive at 7.25
a.m., 1.5p.m. and 6.0 p.m.; Sundays
7.30 a.m.; box cleared at 7.30 a.m.,
1.10 and 6.10 p.m.; Sundays 7 30
a.m.; sub-Postmaster, F. H.Faulkner.
Mortimer Common is tho nearest
telegraph office