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754

SW A

S W A L L O W FI E L D

VILLAGES.
(B e r k s ).

(Includes Riseley Common and
Farley Hill).
6 miles from Reading. Postal dis­
tric t, Reading. Area, 3745 acres.
Population— 1,533.
Early closing day, Wednesday at 1
County Councillor — Mr. Henry
Goddard
District Councillors— Messrs. N. A.
Roupell, & Rev. C. E. Shackleton
. Parish Council— Rev. M. J. Bacon
(chairman), Messrs. H. Hobbs (vicechairman), R. G. Bryant, Thos.
Yeo, F. Cole, Thos. Rogers, G. S.
Bullock, Richard Alfred Josey and
N. A. Roupell; William Yeo, jim.,
clerk
A ll Saints’ Church, built by John
Le de Spencer in 1250, restored by
Sir Charles Russell, Bart., v.c., in 1871
300 sittings. Register datesfrom 1539
St. John’s Church, Farley Hill, buil.
by Colonel Gray, 1891; 220 sittingst
Clergy: Vicar, Rev. Maunsell J.
Bacon, m.a., Cambridge, appointed
1881. Curate, Rev. C. E., Shackle­
ton, m.a ., Cambridge,
Primitive Methodist Chapel, estab­
lished 1852
Particular Baptist Chapel, called
Bethel. Established 1856. Founder,
Mr. Joseph Thorp
Swallowfield post office, money
order, telegraph, savings’ bank, and
parcel post. Deliveries 6-15 a.m. and
12-35 p.m.; despatched 11 a.m., 2-50,
5.40 and 7-15 p.m. Sundays, delivery
at 6-15 a.m.; despatched at 4-45 p.m.
— Postmaster, Albert T. D. Gardiner
Riseley Post Office—For sale of
stamps postal orders and reception of
parcels only. Letter box cleared at
7-30 a.m., 1-30 p.m. and 6-30 p.m.;
Sundays, 10-10 a.m. — Sub-post­
master, G. S. Bullock
Farley hill.— Letters despatched at
12 noon and 6-20 p.m.; Sunday, 4
p.m.—Postmaster, James Lewis
Russell Iiall, Social Club—hon.
secretary, A. T. D. Gardiner
Assistant Overseer and assessor of
taxes— William Yeo, junr.

Allen, Ernest, Oaklands
Allfrey, Mortimer, Farley Castle
Bacon, Rev. MaDsell J., vicar, The
Vicarage
Biddlecombe, William, junr.
Brackenbury, G. L., Riseley
Bristow, G., The Moat
Brodie, Dr. George, Woodbury, Far­
ley hill
Cooper, Mrs., Bridge house
Goddard, S., Farley hill
Gray, Mrs., Farley hill place
Hall, George, Parkside
Halpin, Dr., surgeon, The Grange
Kennedy, A. S., Oakley house
Leighton, The Misses, The Meadow
Long, Mrs. W. H., Rose cottage
Long, Mrs. Eleanor, Walnut Tree Colt
Lumsden, J., 2 Berkeley villa
Onslow, Miss, Stanford End house
Pasley, Sir Thos., Bart., The Cottage,
Farley Hill
Park, F. C., Charlton house
Roupell, Mrs., Loddon court
Roupell, N. A., Loddon court
Russell, Sir Charles, Bart., Swallow­
field park
Russell, Arthur, Swallowfield park
Russell, John, Park view
Shackleton, Rev. C. E., Farley Hill
Simonds, W., Bunces Shaw, Farley
Hill
Walker, J. F., Elm lodge
Waterer, R., Wyvol's court
Williamson, John, The Wilderness
Agar, Thomas
Allard, Wm., gardener at Farley court
Allen, J., ‘ Fox & Hounds,’ Farley hill
Allen, W., Stanford end mills
Allen, W. E., carriage and bus pro­
prietor
Ayres, William
Baston, William, grocer and oilman
Baylis, Thomas, gardener at the
Vicarage, Villa place
Baylis, W., carrier, Farley Hill
Best, Mrs. Frances, Basingstoke rd
Bone, Frank, Glasspool farm
Bowrey, H. O.,carrier,Riseley common
Bosier, T., Primrose cottage
Bristow, A.
Bryant, R. G., farmer, Ship bridge
court farm