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v il l a g e s

Sh nninghill— co ntinned.
Post Office Telephone Service— man­
ager, J. Maggs; caretaker, R. S.
Thornton
Prior, A. H., watch maker, 2 Frederic
place
Rapley, William, g d, Lower Village
Ree, Harry Edward, newsagent,
High st
Robinson, A., watchmaker, High
street
Rowe. J., g d, New rd
Sandwith and Sons, phai'inaceutica
chemists, Bagshot rd
Sandwith, Miss, Earley Wood School
Saunders, Mrs. E., ‘ Dog & Partridge ’
Simmons, F., g d
Sleet, James, carman and contractor
Stephens, R. H., 1 v, ‘ The New Inn ’
Taylor, G. E., ‘ The Cannon,’ Lon­
don rd
Taylor, William, tailor
Tripp, Frederick, carrier to Reading,
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays
Wait, F. B., grocer, High st
Wake, William, 1 v, 1 Carpenters’
Arms ’
Walker, George James, builder
Westmacott, Thos. Ily., greengrocer
and fruiterer
Woollatt, William, stores
S W A L L O W F IE L D (B a rk s).
(Includes Riseley Common and
Farley Hill).
6 m iles from Reading. Postal dis­
trict,, 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. llobbs (vicechairman), R. G. Bryant, Thos.
Yeo, F. Cole, Thos. Rogers, G. S.
Bullock, Richard Alfred Josey and
N. A. R ou pell; William Yeo, clerk
All Saints’ Church, built by John
Le de Spencer in 1250, restored by
Sir Charles Russell, Bart., v.c., in 1871
300 sittings. Registerdatesfroml539

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St. John’s Church, Farley Hill,built
by Colonel Gray, 1891; 220 sittings.
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 6-30 a.m.and
despatched 1.5 and 7-15 p.m. Sun­
days, delivery at 6-30 a.m. ; des­
patched 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 5-30 p.m .;
Sundays,
7-50
a.m. — Sub-post­
master, G. S. Bullock
Farley hill.— Letters despatched at
9-15 and 6-45 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, Oaldands
Allfrey, Mortimer, Farley Castle
Bacon, Rev. Mansell J., vicar, The
Vicarage
Biddlecombe, William, junr.
Brackenbury, G. L., Riseley
Bristow, G., The Moat
Brodie, Dr. George, Woodbury, Far­
ley hill
Codrington, E., Ship Bridge Court
farm
Cooper, Mrs., Bridge house
Day, H., Stanford End house
Goddard, S., Farley hill
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 Cott
Lincoln, Lieut., Burkeley villas
Pasley, Sir Thos., Bart., The Cottage
Farley Hill