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VILLAGES.
Philpott, Commander, Abbotsfield
Simonds, G. Blackall, Holly copse
Wallis, Harry, The Querns
Whitfield, Edwin, Hyde house
Aldridge, E.
Ashley, Miss, Shervill’s lodge
Barnes, A. C.
Barrett, John
Beeson, W. T., junr.
Bush, Edwin,* White Lion’ Cray’s
pond
Chapman, John, farmer, Charity farm
Cox, William
Dickinson, C., schoolmaster, Endowed
Schools
Edwards, G.
Fidler, J., senr.
Fidler, J., junr.
Goddard, James, ‘ The Rifleman ’
Goddard, W., * The Stag,’ Cray’s pond
Goodall, A.
Gutteridge, Phillip
Harper, A., carrier
Harper & Hearn, Post and telegraph
office and general stores
Hearn, Miss, F u r n is h e d A part=
m e n ts
Hiscock, Mrs.
Hope, William
Knight, J., market gardener
Larkham, G.
Lee, Jacob, chair turner
Lee, Onesiphorus, baker, Gray’s pond
Mullard, E., road surveyor
Peoples’ Refreshment House Asso­
ciation, * King’s Charles Head ’
Sawkins, W., farmer
Smith, E., garage
Tappern, Albert
Turner, Daniel
Tyrell, W.
Webb, William
G 0 R 1N G = 0 N = T H A A 1E S .
9| miles from Reading, with a sta­
tion on the main line Great
Western Railivaij. Postal dis­
tric t, Reading
Area 4,377 acres.
Population,
1911— 1,785.
Early closing, Wednesday 2 o'clock
District Councillors—Messrs. Lam­
bert Pearce and E. Mitckelmore

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Parish Council — A. W. Cock®
(chairman), F.Wilton (vice-chairman),
A. T. Simpson, T. Higgs, T. Gundry,
0. Lee, W. Pearce, F. Saunders, J.
Bennett, J. Franklin, F. Hobbs and
L. G. C. Geer
Overseers—R. Higgs and 0. Lee,
assistant overseer, T. Ragge,
Guardians—Lambert Pearce and
Ernest Michelmoro.
Post, money order, telegraph, sav­
ings’ bank and parcels post office—
Arrivals, 6-25, 9-20 a.m., 12-30, 5-30
p.m.; despatches, 8.25, 10.25 a.m.,
12, 3-25 and 7-55 p.m. Sundays— ar­
rival, 6-25, a.m.; despatch, 6-15 p.m.
Telegraph office openweek-days from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sundays, 8-30 a.m. to
10 a.m. Letter-box at Station cleared
9-45 a.m., 12-15 a.m., 1-15 a.m., 5
p.m., and 7-45 p.m.; Sundays, 5-15.
Pillar box at Cleeve cleared week
days at 9-30 a.m., 245 and 7-30 p.m.;
Sundays, 5 p.m. Gas Works wall
box cleared at 9-30 a.m., 1-0 p.m.,
6-45 p.m.; Sundays, 5-15 p.m.
Church of England, dedicated to
St. Thomas of Canterbury. Sendees
are held each Sunday at 8,11,2-30, and
6-30. Vicar, Rev. A. E. Dams, M.A.;
churchwardens, C. Shield and H. A.
Lacey Smith; clerk and sexton,
Walter Aldridge.
Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady
and St. John’s—Rev. Father Bacchus.
Congregational Chapel— Rev.
Hengel Jones, minister
Working Men’s Club and Reading
Room—H. C. Towerton, hon. secre­
tary ; G. Hill, caretaker
Parish Council Fire Brigade--Fire
Station, Goring Bridge.
Captain,
G. Wilson, Sub-Capt. M. Burgess,
Firemen, Messrs. R. J. West, Kimber,
Wigmore, Perry, Shepherd, F. Young
and J. Lainsbury
Adams, Commander II. C., Camrose
Armstrong, William, Station rd
Baker, George, Connaught house
Balfour, F. R., The Towers
Bennett, Joseph, Woodbine cottage
Bennett, Marsland A., Cleve Meade
Blackwood, Mrs., Boyne court