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FIN

V IL L A G E S .

Fincham pstead— continued.
Ratcliffe, R., farmer, dairyman,
Church farm
Reynolds Brothers, Fleet farm
Sly field, A., bootmaker
Tappenden, J., ‘ Greyhound Inn'
T u rf bull, A., farm bailif, Manor farm
Vickers, Rev. E., Ridge farm
Ward, A., newsagent
Willmott, E. R.
G O R IN G H E A T H (O xon ).
Letters from Reading at 8-10 a.m.,
and 8-40 p.m., and despatched at 9-45
a.m.and 5-25 p.m. Sunday despatched
at 9.40 a.m.
Telegrams received
and despatched. The nearest money
order office is at Woodcote. There
is a pillar letter box at Crays Pond,
cleared at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. week­
days, and at 10-15 a.m. Sundays.
Telephone call office postmistress,
Miss Hearn
Ayton, E., Abbotsfield
Critchfield, Thomas
Geoghegan, Mrs., Thornycroft
Pentycross, Rev. F. J., chaplain,
Ainut’s Charity
Simonds, G. Blackall, Holly copse
Tracy, Hon. Hanbnry, Woodcote hse
Wallis, Harry, The Querns
Whitfield, Edwin, Hyde house
Aldridge, E.
Ashley, Miss, Sherrill's lodge
Barrett, John
Beeson, W. T., junr.
Bush, E., ‘ White L ion ’ Cray's pond
Chapman, John, farmer, Charity farm
Cox, William
English, — , Woodside cottage
Fidler, J., senr.
Fidler, J., junr.
Goddard, James, ‘ The Rifleman ’
Goddard, W., ‘ The Stag,’ Cray’s pond
Goodall, A.
Gutteridge, Phillip
Harper & Hearn, Post and telegraph
and telephone call office and gen­
eral stores
Hatton, — , Leigh cottage
Hearn, Miss, F u r n is h e d A p a rt»
m e n ts

Hiscock, G., Hardwick Estate offices
Hiscock, Mrs.
Howes, W., farmer
Hughes, schoolmaster, Endowed
Schools
Hunter, K. Charles
Knight, J., market gardener
Larkham, G.
Lee, Harry, chair turner
Lee, Onesiphorus
Mullard, E., road surveyor
Peoples’ Refreshment House Asso­
ciation, ‘ King's Charles Head ’
Turner, Daniel
Wilkinson, — , Queen cottage
G O R IN G -O N -T H A M E S .
9^ miles from Heading, with a sta­
tion on the main line Great
W estern Railway.
Postal dis­
t r ic t , Reading
Area 4,377 acres.
Population,
1911-1,785.
Early closing, Wednesday 2 o’clock
District Councillors—Messrs. Lam­
bert Pearce and E. Mitchelmore
Parish Council—F. W ilton (chairman)GundryThomas(vice-chairman),
A. T. Simpson, T. Higgs, T. Gundry,
O. Lee, W. Pearce, F. Saunders, J.
Bennett, J. Franklin, F. Hobbs and
L. G. C. Geer
Overseers—R. Higgs and O. Lee,
assistant overseer, T. Ragge,
Guardians—Lambert Pearce and
Ernest Michelmore.
Post, money order, telegraph, sav­
ings’ bank and parcels post office—
Arrivals 6-25 a.m., 3-45 p.m. des­
patches 9-30 a.m., 12-10p.m., and 7-5
p.m. ; Sundays, arrival, 6-25 a.m.;
despatch, 6-15 p.m.
Telegraph
Office open week-days from 9 a'm.
to 7 p.m. ; Suudays, 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., 2-45 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. Services