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HENLEY.
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Henley-on-Thames.
E N L B Y is a parish, market town and borough corporate, situate
in the hundred of Binfield, and on the S.E. border of the County
of Oxon, about 23 miles from Oxford ; 8 miles from Read ing;
7 miles from Great M arlow ; 5 miles from the Tw yford Station
o f the Great Western R a ilw a y ; 16 W. by N. from Windsor ; 9 W.
from Maidenhead ; and 35 miles W. from London by the road through
Maidenhead. The town and parish contains, according to the ParliaÂ
mentary returns, 1920 acres.
Population.â The population of the borough o f Henley-on-Thames,
comprising the parishes of Henley and Greys, according to the census
of 1911, was 6,456.
County Magistracy.âP etty Sessions. List o f M agistrates for the
Division appears in the official portion at the begining of this book.
Clerk, John Frederick Cooper.
Borough Magistrates.â The Mayor, Councillor C. Luker, Alderman
Charles Clements, Alderman W. A. Simmons, Messrs. T. M. Drewett,
Charles Monk, B. Chamberlain, Joshha Watts and George W. Turner.
Petty Sessions for the Borough are held at the Town Hall every
Thursday at 10 a.m. Clerk, John F. Cooper, 2 West Street.
Corporation. T h e M ayor (Councillor C. Luker), Deputy-Mayor
(Councillor G. Turton Green) ; Aldermen W. Anker Simmons, Charles
Clements, A lfred Pither and W. Hamilton ; Councillors J. C. Beck,
G. A. Plomer, E. H. Dee, John T. Campion, William A. Hobbs, W.
H. Sarney, R. Wilson, G. W. Piper, A. E. Hobbs and H. Monk; Town
Clerk, A lfred C a ld ec o tt; Deputy Town Clerk, J. F. Cooper ; Borough
Treasurer, E. J. Macqueen ; Borough Surveyor and Inspector of
Nuisances, E. F. A. P r a tt; Medical Officer of Health, William Hugh
Hill, m .d . ; Collector of Rates, C. E. Fox ; Town Sergeant and Hall
Keeper, Ernest Henry Fox.
Overseers.â Alderman Pither, Councillor A. E. Hobbs, Messrs. E
A. Denner and F. G. Lee. Assistant Overseers.â E. H. Fox and C. E
Fox, Town Hall.