Reading Standard Etc 06-1914

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Hill September

7$ &: 81. OX1F'OIL

(Kille) . . . h...;•• · I .~._
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damaged
These
Walton Baud....-

yeu by hia clu.l'4ren,
and that to C..ptam Oh'fer Young a. former

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~~the ~pt1S~1'1. wu sonic fio§. oak pa.neIliD~
preeeDt.ecl Jut year bY)lr N)eholl 10 metDOT}' M
hi.:.au The ..reredoe and tiled ~Temut of: t.tie
Ba.er&num ""era pre8J!o£Cd by Mra Bbooea.-(Jf
lJeozaerton ~ The oak pulptt bore cPau of
.1MIIO th"Ld.ate 1615 and the 'unt,aIa A W • fOT
Antbony White, ., former VlCar The raIsed pew
of Bear Place t~erly tt1e ecat of the. Ximenes!
familJ, waa DOtledble for 80me J ocobe... 01.
~ of ~ belonged to the 11th century. while
the clock. wlPcb WB6 p'reeeD~ by' Mrs E J H
Jekyll wu ooly recent1y renova.ted the work be

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III'ME'I REA~INQ
CH~RCE8 FO

The

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21'56.

i pREPAID

two day8 before the fire

OH]eete which never failed to lote.rest the VISItor

wero ~h& tablela TeCOrdlDg ID. qUA-IDE terms the
bene~acilOn8 of Robert &nd Anne Pfggott. foundem
of Piggott 8 Cbarltr a.nd the bequ~t of the Rev

Walter Seuon, who ga.vo £10 a yeaI' to B good ter
vurt and allowed 10& a. year t.o the Vlea.r or curate
who eball preach &. sermbD on every Mlchaelmas
Da.y 1IettIDg forth the re(lIproca1 d'ftiC6 of maater

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The roof
In what. 18 known ns the )rIng and
Queen style Of a.rchltecture
The tfollowmg Dote reepectlng St Mary's Church
lS Fulled~ from tM HUltorYj of Wa.rgr&ve --'- It ~
Impoeslble to 8A.'ngn a. precISe da.te for the
LIOn
Warg:Tave Church butJcertalD ar<~~~::~':t'l~
p<unt to- an Anglt>-Saxon period.

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ment.lOn a church whICh
fact The 6"1. document
the chuTch date. fTQiI. 'A D 1120 and

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weh a. manner
Impll<!s
It was not
n.c.w erectIon
When that
Henry
I found!3d
the
of Reading A D 112~. bo fcndowed It wtt:h
churchc$,! lands

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of.h~r property

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Ohurch 1letng partlcullU'ly menboMd as

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The shafts a.nd caplta.ls of the

way arc ~trongly Indlcatlvo of ~~~~:~~i\o;,
m&n8hlp. lOdeed. the. very i<
origi~"w1d I Wl'ought h~o. may be seen In
A1dermaat<>n aud Thateham
patent a.uthoTtty haa

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Anglo-Saxon
roof
18 lD mO$t
gonal pulpIt of early
pr~rved, much of the work L6 m
bold l-ehef and 1S +aId to be a. very ""(~Il.... t
men of ou ea.rV1Dg of the peTlOd
embattled tower lB of much la.ter

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rest ofthe
the years
bullding
roilY be I t
tween
A D and
151*5!O
}omit ~e square form beIng T,eli6Ved
t.u.rmtaJa.t each a.ng1e and one turret
StalI"C1l8() whiCh oPf n&
upon the- fla.t

It is~ ple:asljre tOi Wlll!ilh "U\;'l1 ll~~UI!;1'li
with LUX.

Cloee under the roof ha.ng the bells a. peal
of TICh full tone The tenor beU (10 F
cwt&. ~nnected Wlt.h the clock stnkes. tho
The tre~& bell weighed 9 cwt They were all
btween he yeaTS 1~1670 by Me£8ts
Readtng the celebTated bottfoundcrs

fhroughout M.onday people gathered a.t the
eooree a.nd tb~ who had assembled on
In worship and pra.yer ou WhIt
stncken e.t the: tra.npfonnatlOD
made at the Iycbgaw on beha.1C
LD

are a

fund; ond gold as w~ll as copper
but<d

The Archdeacon

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Duca.t,
VlSlted t.he'
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had
a consult-atlon
wardena With e. view ,o,.;~;:!:.I!:;~tt~t.;
for th~ rcsumptlo.D (If .~

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ary--cbureh
Though t~
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perISh they!
and will
' restoTCd '"

chance as If for an
a.rch Of the chancel enl'r.,'I'
Window iremau:f In

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The poh"'l all> malimg
Incendlanea to- JuetlCO aDd
wards mototed to Wmd90r a.nd
a l'lvennda.
.1\VlOdsor.
left at

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etT.ni:e'r. war!)

nin'O (10 clock throo
neighbourhood of the.. " .......".
a'Owd'ed WIth V!,&lWrs m tl}q
not suepect.ed of criminal mtentlOns

J>OTt.e4 t.hatstation
two women
ahghtkd.
tram to
Wargra.ve
and asked
If fr9m
It! 16 the
possible
lea.ve tho.II:!j>aTl£h
I'hey were
drtuea
) grey by tho towm,
I path
Our Watgrav~ oorreapol1dent says
It t8 reoportod tha.t at 2 30 a m a baker 8 assl8t&nt heard
an explo810n a.nd tho.t. 800n afterwards Bames
cd from the wlDdo~a and..dool'6 Tht) clock:
at 315 and. thc.n. tbc bauds swung 1000 a.
dleu1ar poention as the worn fell Into
tU5try
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From 1898 to
Aft.cr ho1dIDg

Bolsover Ch~t.erli!lld 'for five yea:n:s Jie

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to tha.t of Wargrave In 1911
He
of th~ la.te Mr: ¥a:rt.1D J
ha"lDg ma.rrl~d his only daughter

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THREE FIRES."

Doelor's Garage and' Public811lTs
KUcben Damagedo
Fires have occtirfed m Reading on thrGe
da.~ and reouired. tho SCyvlQe8 of the
poratl2.n ~ Fue Bngade
OD Friday the OODt.eut.a.of " lObed at the
~~~~! ,~Y1:.:AddIDgtoD
rQad ca.ug~t.
a.ligbt, was
but done
the
put out belol"e
mucli damag:a.
cause Of tb", outbtealt: UJ ...tnkn~:nvn
CoDSldera.ble damage was do~e by 3. fire,
or~m of which 1& "mjloory which "'rob
lit-he garage of Dr Pried' 154.. Cutie-hlll on
day alternoon The fire .tarted 10 the 100j'. " \""
diotiDgui~h"1>le." wben the hl'l,-ado Grn..-e4. the fla.mes
lllquJl' the- i'OOf The fire w •• put out
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but too roof "Vu practicAlly burn~
motor can and ot.hF eQlltente of tbe
The buUchmc ana con~t&
A. ftre bt'Oke out jn the dreaaer. inl th'3

dam.ced

!.he • Lil.tl.~, Soo.thamptoD"It.reet
~UDd ..y morrun~
TIl.. lIriglde JI~der
Pontia .nd En~r ~1eI ...,.teNl'ed ".ud
put ~"t Ih.
(loooi~Je'd&rna~.
'" the room and ' Ita

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"Batty!
The' Vlcar
of Wa.rgrave,
the Rev
g..... u.tod
~t Selwyn
a.nd was 6rdamcd In 1896
Wa& vIcar of 'Me<JmenhAm

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