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V IL L A G E S .

M apledurham — con tin u ed
Tame, John, lock keeper, Maple­
durham lock
Woolfall, Mrs. Elizabeth, mistress of
Council school, Trench green
M ID G H A M .
12 miles from Reading. P osta l
d istrict, R.S.O. Berks. A rea
1,436 acres. P opu lation 1911,
308. P ost Office, W oolhampton.
Rural District Councillor, Geo. James
Brown
Brown, George James, Hall court
Clarke, Alexander Felix, j . p ., Lord o f
the Manor, Midgham house
Henry, J. M., The Gables
Little.iDr., Midgham cottage
Rees-Mogg, Rev. Henry James, m .a .,
' vicar, The vicarage
Barrett. Mary, ' Coach & Horses ’
Bozier, Richard
Brazier, William K.
Clarke, Davis Joseph, West End
farm
Collier & Catley, Ltd., contractors
Froude, John James, King’s farm
Goddard, J., Kennet Holm farm
Golvin, Miss, schoolmistress
Howse, Richard
Millson, W., sexton
Robbins, Alfred, steward, Home farm
Rowe, Robert, Button court farm
White, James Chas., farmer, Woodside farm
E lc o P a r c e ls D e liv e r y , ca lls
A n g e l H o t e l, T u e s ., T liu r s .,
S a t., 1 2 . 3 0 a n d 4 . 3 0
M O R T IM E R (B erk s).
7| m iles from Reading. Postal dis• trict,R eading. Area 3,031 acres.
Population 1,423.
Postal, telegraph, money order
office, savings’ bank, annuity and in­
surance business. Deliveries—6-30
a.m.; Sundays, 6.30 a.m. Despatch—
1-50 p.m., 6-55 p.m .; Sundays, 6.10
p.m. near station. Branch postal and
money order office, telegraph office.
Foster, A. J., postmaster

The Common—Deliveries week­
days, 7 a.m., Sundays, 7.5 a.m. Box
cleared,. 8.35, 2.30 and 6.30 p.m. ;
Sundays, 11.35 a.m. Postmaster, E.
E. Bivand
Fire Brigade - W . Mosdell, captain
District Councillors— William T.
Froom and Miss F. M. Wyld.
Parish Council— Rev. Sir E. Mow­
bray, Bart., Messrs. William Pursey,
Miss F. M. Wyld, William Froome,
junr., M. J. Bowman, J. H. Gould,
jiinr., W. T. Froom, and A. Gibbons;
Clerk, Charles Thorp.
Mortimer, West End Parish Council
—Messrs. GeorgeFord, E. T. Merrick,
George Penny, W. A. Wallis & Alfred
Elliott
Overseers—Richard Jackson and
W. Pursey ; Assistant Overseer—C.
W. Thorpe, Wheats farm, Mortimer.
There is a station on the Basing­
stoke branch of the G. W. Railway
St.Mary’s Schools—E. G.Andrews,
headjnaster. Infants’ .School, Miss
Way, head mistress.
St. John’s Infants’1 Sehool— Miss
Lloyd, head mistress; Miss Adams,
assistant mistress.
Red Cross Hospital— Miss F. M.
Wyld
St. Mary's Church and St. John's
Church—Services of the two churches
are intended to be supplemental to
one another. Vicar, Rev. Aubrey
Baskerville Mynors: curate, Rev.
II. J. Trevor.
Churchwardens,
Major Nash and W. Farrant.
F.
Schofield, organist. Services 8 a.m ,
10 .3 0 ’aim., 11 a.m., 2.30 p.m. 3-30
p.m. and 6-30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Drury
lane—Ministers, various
Congregational Church, Mortimer
West End— Ministers, various
A ’Beckett, William, King st
Arbuthnot, Mrs. A., St. Mary’s road
Bateman, F. R., The Elms
Baynes, II. A., Briar Lea, I’ adworth rd
Brown, Mrs., Wokefield Cottage,
Wokefield Green
Burrows, Miss, Hillside
'Cameron, Canon Lovett, Abbeycroft