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VILLAGES.
Overseersâ E. J. Minett and F. B.
Thompson.
Assistant Overseerâ
Elliot Lee
Letters are delivered at 7 a.m.& 1.30
p.m.; despatched at 11.20 a.m. & 7.20
p.m. Sundays 6.30 p.m. Money orders
are now issued here. The nearest
telegraph office is at Mortimer.
Bridgman, Brigadier-Gen. F., The
Priory
Bucknell, Mrs., Priory Farm
Greatwood, Henry, Trunkwell colt
Hickman, Mrs., Trunkwell house
Hunter, Mrs., H. L., Beech hill house
Turner, Rev. 0. S., The Vicarage
Appleton, John, post office
Bryant, R. G., Cross Lane Farm
Douglas, Arthur, blacksmith
Evans, F. G., Priory lodge
Froud, The Misses,
Gaiger, Charles
Gaiger, Mrs., grocer
Hews, G. H., groom
Lee, Elliot, assistant overseer
Minett, E. J., The Home farm
Perry, G. W., waiter
Perry, Mrs., The School
Pring, E. W., farmer, Trunkwell
farm
Tame, Wm., â Old Elm Tree Inn â
Thompson, F. B., gardener, Beech
Hill house
Tocock, William, gardener, Trunkwell house
Wheeler, W., wheelwright and carÂ
penter
E. J a c k s o n & S o n s , Jacksonsâ
Corners, Reading, for the best value
in Boots and Shoes for country wear.
BEENHAM
BEE
677
H. Warde, C. J. Layley, G. W. Layley
and G. Wigmore
Overseersâ W. H. Warde and G.
W. Layley. Assistant Overseerâ W.
R. Todd
Council School Committeeâ Rev.
G. S. Bushnell, Messrs. H. Bowden,
Miss B. B. Waring, Capt. W. Waring
and C. J. Layley
Workmenâs Club â Open every
evening from 7 till 10 (Sundays
excepted)
Post office, money order, savingsâ
bank, telegraph & parcels post, near
Aldermaston Station; postmaster,
Mr. H. Matthews. Deliveries, 6.35
11.50 a.m.; Sundays, 6.35 a.m.; desÂ
patches, 6 25 p.m.; Week-days, 9.15
a.m., 2.45, 6.35, 8.40 p.m.; parcels
by each despatch
Village post office, postmaster, C
J. Layley. Dispatches, 7.20 a.m., 1.35
and 6.35 p.m.; delivery, 7.30 a.m.
and 1.30 p.m.
The Chinch (S. Maryâs) is beautifully
decorated with pictures and frescoes
by Miss Sharp, of Ufton Court, is
situated on a small eminence to the
north of Aldermaston Station. The
services are : Holy Communion every
Sunday and Holy Days at 8 a.m., and
on the first and third Sundays after
Matins ; Matins, 11 a.m. ; Childrenâs
Service, 3 p.m.; Evensong, 6 p.m.
throughout the year.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, The
Village
Bushnell, Rev. G. D. S., The Vicarage
Frceling, C. E. L., Beenham lodge
Waring, Mrs. Henry, The Grange
Waring, Lt.-Col. William W., j.p .,
Beenham house
(B e r k s ).
10 miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Reading. Nearest staÂ
tion, Aldermaston.
Area, 1817, acres.
Population
1911, 528.
Rural
District
Councillor â
Charles E. L. Freeling.
Parish CouncilâLieut.-Col. W.
W. Waring, Messrs. H. Bowden, W.
Bowden, Henry, Hall Place farm
Davis, H. J., carpenter, Beenham
Green
Holloway, George, blacksmith
Hood, Edwin, 1 v, â Hare and
Houndsâ
Keal, Charles, farmer, Awberyâs farm
Layley, Charles James, grocer and
baker, Sub-Post Office, The Stores