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BAS
V IL L A G E S .
Basildon, L ow er - continued
Humphrey, II., estate office
Mortimore, Alfred, steward, Home
farm
The Peopleâs Refreshment House
Association, Ltd., Albert Stevens,
1 v, 1Crown Inn â
Sims, Miss Emma, post mistress
Wale, T., forester, The Claypits .
Wigmore Thomas, engineer, The
Grotto lodge
Thompson, F. B., gardener, Beech
Hill house
Tocock, William, gardener, Trunkwell house
Wheeler, W., wheelwright and' carÂ
penter
B E A R W O O D , (B erk s).
(See Sindlesham).
Area, 1817, acres.
Population
1911, 528.
Rural
District
Councillor â
Charles E. L. Freeling.
Parish Councilâ Lieut.-Col. W.
W. Waring, Messrs. H. Bowden, W.
H. Warde, C. J. Lay ley, G. W. Lay ley
and G. Wigmore
OverseersâW. H. Warde and G.
W. Layley. Assistant OverseerâW.
R. Todd '
Council School Committee--Rev.
G. S. Bushnell, Messrs. H. Bowden,
Capt. W. Waring, C. J. Layley and
C. E. L. Freeling
Workmen's 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. Awbury. Deliveries, 6.35 ; desÂ
patches 6.25 p.m .; Week-days, 9.15
a.m., 6.35 p.m .; parcels bv each
despatch
Village post office, postmaster, C.
J. Layley. Despatches 7.20 a.m.
and 6.35 p .m .; delivery, 7.30 a.m.
B E E C H H IL L (B erk s).
6|
miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict. Reading.
Area, 919 acres. Population in
1911, 208.
Rural District Councillor âRev. C
S. Turner.
Overseersâ E. J. Minett and F. B.
Thompson.
Assistant Overseerâ
Elliot Lee
Letters are delivered at 7 a.m.
despatched at 9 a.m. and 7.20 p.m.
Sundays 6.30 p.m.
The nearest
money order and telegraph office is
at Mortimer
Bridgman, The Hon. Mrs., The
Priory
Bucknell, Mrs., Priory Farm
Hickman, Mrs., Trunkwell house
Hunter, Mrs., H. L., Beech hill house
Turner, Rev. C. S., The Vicarage
Adams, A. W., Old Elm Tree
Appleton, John, . * office
Codrington, J. R., c ;ss Lane arm
Driscoll, J., chauffeur
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., waiter
Perry, Mrs., The School
Pring, E. G., farmer, Trunkwell
farm
B E E N H A M (B erk s).
10 miles from Reading. Postal
d istrict, Reading. N earest staÂ
tion, Alderm aston.
The Church (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 a re: 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