Reading Standard Etc 06-1914

'view to anangementa being rna.de

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making every effort ~ . bring the
jU8tice
and and
fancyfi,red
tIM'rhe
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Windsor
Willowa,
'~ . !,::;::~~~t u.~u,.uu . at Windsor ,' wbel'fl messages
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left at ' ~ WaJ;'grave were
no 8~pic~-Qus.looking
tbe oongregation, but. about
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All toiled 8plendidly to stay the
t.he · flames. The eut end of the
tirl3!; pa.rt 11.o: 8ufT~r ' and beinit doomed. Wargra.vo

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church,
a~;'ee~n
as Wargra:v~
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eriminaLintientions. It is also rewomen alight:..ed (rom the train at
t.oo aSked if ~t is possible to
~y the to~ing path.
They ' wore

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One', by one the belli were burnt. Qff too

tiM~ and c~hed dO'WD mieftbapen by ~e fi ereo
heatJ, a.~d· t h e clock 6ha.red theiti ,fa.t.e. ~e towor
walle were etnp ped of tlieir parMlling a.dd.

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of Richard Aldw !'t.h,· t.he pth ccnt.:ury

tnterchant-is responsible·1 fo Utili fabric of the
chancel. ' The destroyed chu,ich w~ i stored wit.h
memorials and o'thcr o bj ect..a~ that clinnot be repls.ced, hOWev.cf,. Q.nd the lisVof ](l6SC6 . ~ a. long1one.
Th ~re wrl..s an cast windrjl"", to t.he n),emory of 1former vicar , tJi'r Rev. JaIllCEl Hikh R'
ngs; ' thia is
ruinEÂ¥i s ave fo r ' its ~tonc tracery; t~~
wer e l a l~
meplorial windows to the Rev. Philip Nind, :vic~r
1~84.1815; t he R ev. ~ Phil~p. Trant , ~i~d,.
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vicar 1815-: t the ' Rev. Simon Sturges, vIC8.r '1859·
1889; Ro"ber Piggott, co-founder of ~hf endoweld
sohooJ, Mi.s6 hillimore, and others. In t he ch~.
try 'and chancer were several mcm()ri~1s i to tHe '
~Jme~~ farui~y. ! of B~ar PI~a cc, illclup i.d g f one ~
Lleu t. ·Gcn.· Sir D" Xlmcnes, K.C.B .,r 62nd Reg.,
diE~d AugUst 19th: 1848; here a.lso
Q. l marble
tal:il(jt!1ourmountcldJ b y the figur~ lof 8. four·g un b~ig
• In tun 6ail and ; necribed to Richa.r~ Aldwor~h ,
merci:lant , 1623 j i.~t~er to ~ir George iSowley Hoi· .1
royd.!/ Kt:, J~sti t;;e of the King'Ji Bencp, who d~ed
at Hare ~a.tch, I, ovemberl 21st) 1831, rone ·by Nol. j
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lekcds to Jo:aepb I nill, ,Esq., " of Worgrave HiJ l '
Nscov.cI1i<'~ jot l I.be .church itself leave no shred of
R onk, another lwith arm~ to the Ron . Freder ick
was an lact of incendiarism on
wesd, of Pliham Court,1 died ' )'[a.rch !:22nd . 1832.
'.~;~fg\~ittlsuffragi6~ 'Tbere- were t.hree
and .4' braAs' to F ' I ~. H, J pl;y,ll, ,Eeq!,
wa. rgt;o.ve .
po<''''aril!l c
autbO.dtif-S wit h torturing
Hill ·H ouse, died 1876.
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docJJe-z:ate lay a hamTfr. !
Elsewher e in ·the cburch there ~we~ tnemorialt'
", woman sma1hed a windof_J;Dd
w Fr a!l.cis We};lb, o~" 'September '30~ .' 1674,_ and
Rcbe1cca, hilJ wife, ob. 17tr. Novem
, .1688; to
·J a+. Leigh Pe~r'o~, iEsq., or Scarlets, ;and to t.he
·ccce~tr~c . ';I'b:orn8.B Oa:y ,: of Corpus Ch~isti 'College,
Oxford, and t~el Mid1~e T emple, th~ lthor of the
well-known Hl&tory of ~andfor4' and ertan, who;
thro,vn from bis horse ' JD a.n accident, · ied at Be&r
HiU)ISaptemberl 28t.hl, 1789; his Wi ,ow,' ~hct
(MiJ1s) ,w.. buried hr re June 21st, 17J.12.. Happily
iKlrne of . t.he b~a.a8! ttb1et6 ..~ere .not ~J!retriev&bJy
I I dam~ged .
Th~ ' ~nclude " memori~1 to Mr. F.
· WQ.lte1'8 Bond, 6f1!CtJd last.· ye a.r by lU~ children,
a.nd tha.t. to C8.~~a.in p.ltver "Xoung, a . ~ormer M..P.
fo r Ea.at Berkshire.' ""t
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Roun~ the bd.p~i8t r;y was &orne fine oak pan&ll~ng, ,presentoo l r st ' yejar by Mr. NicboV in m(lmpry'.
o,f bls son.( Tbe ala baster reredos WR8' erected 1808t
November' a~Ja'l C08t 9f £60(has & ' memorial to tho
late ·Mr. F. "~a\t,(lrs :&ond, Qf ~~rgrave cOurt; The
oak pulpit bpr~ (!loat& of .! A.r'Ws, thee .d:a·tc
1615 and ·the i~tiala A,.W"
.f or Anthop,y
"Yhite, . a. forther ~ica.r.. The ~a.~ pew .of
~ea~ fJI~' f?rmerlr. t.he seat of ~he Ximene!
famlly,~ W8e notlceabJ e,' (or some Jaco~'iLn oak. Th ~
peal of bel)B; b ~longea ·to the f17th century, while
the: clock, which wa.a l presented by Mrs. E . J : H,
J ekyll. WIl6 onl~ recept)y renovated, the work \ being oompleted
d.&ys beforE> the 6r~.
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Objects w.h:icn never f"ile d to inte.rest tho l visitor
werel t.he ta.bl~tB recprding in ~ quaint terms t.he
bcncfa.c t iops of [Robery and AnIle Pigg6tt, founders
· of Pjg~Otti5 Chla rity, rllnd tbe beque6t l <!f the Rev.
Wa.lter ~Bon.., 'r'~o ga.ve £10 " lear ~ a goOd
va.nt \&nd allo~tid lOs. 1&year to the vicar or
who (s hall prca.~h · a. 'sermon on Ieveryl M;ehi'aelm,,,,
WRECKAGE WAS C
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·Da.y" eetting fo~b t~ r~iprocal dut,ies
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aqueezed .
t hroug h. letLin .... 'hcnclf ou t by a Rut out t he flame. that were! licking t he pafe con'fhe roof w.as lin wh f-t is known as tpe
' Rs found ajar. IS~c-or r ather "they, tal.ning t he regist~r and otber ' th.illgs and jllO saved <iueen
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style of a.rchitecture.
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or ~~libl . the re w~· at leut another woman ' in!. the pricele&l ~rda from harm. Still wep.ring at · . Miss D~~kin, of Wa'rgrave
was ini(et,.til!·
. h~ a~jUr:- . It: e very care to en6ure t.he 8ucciJ,s of " noqb a. 8uit qf tvJeed a.ndl & ftrema.ti's c!a.p, Mr. e.ble }n studying the
or the
her sW-pi.d s4hkmo. · :Apparently t.he fire origina.t..ed · Bal.ty described his adventure to the ./\ R eading
in tQe or. a.n lchamOet . At aJty rate, p n the 8it.e of ~tELndard" re preaTntat!ive :r- '
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whom
The ,abe
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the latLer. wQ found a b rUs aJms dish containing'"
"A ed • 'Lh'
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,t-ow that
:unmistakably of paraffin.
While '
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Wl . .a. pa.l'en
. ..,.re extlD~ ot,
t his, the C II~~, end ~f t.pc church, waa blazing, a sp rinkled a ll roun d t he eafo and put out ,
spurt. ofl liglit was obsCrved near the W8IIt lower, ~ Ba mell. But I Icou1~ '1 ot open the~Safe, w ich
and the vicar ' beli~ve& tba.t t hel church was fired at
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both ·ends, 'if riot. inr other piltee8 as well.
In a.
shbr:t time tJj.e church WR8 ent,~ely involved . Roaring ilam ee, a.coompa.nioo by ro1yng clou&! of IJmoke, .
~aped frorft . roof, Jwindowa ,t,LDd doore like one·k '/
h~g6 furna.qe. B,! the t ime tbe laJarm was given
~ Iftre h'a4j got a. finn bQ,1.d tand a.lth(lU.gh three
bnga.dee ra~d to the scen~ tb~y were a.ble to &ave '
only .the bare walls,l; To 600
ivy-clad churcH.
in i~ beautipll aetting of/ rich ~erdure, be:i ng swiftly; QD.d 8?rJ!JY consumed. ! waf an ~xperience which
jwillllVO lD tale memory f p'r .~'verl ..
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po~ion of. the ancie*t !'Gb.urch wu t he north door,
Tho mWlvol f!:mbattted tower was erected. 151~30.
IThough it 1:Wl Qoob (eJ:ten&ively moderniaeA., how~
the ' church. was quite' ob<l of the mca~ pic;t ,t"'''''''IU. cb~rcbes in th~ Thames Valley. .
A8.ading Brlgar;fe's Non.Attend.nc·e.
I' Tho fire was diaoovered ",beut. 2.30 ; ~xactll w,hFD
'l ~t broke out lcan only 'hie gt.I;e&6ed. One of the firftl
..if DOt the firat, to ma.ke· t hb 'di&O!?very was & 2\IIeill
at W&rgn.v~ Court. which is a.bout 100 ,ard.e; frO~\
~be chut.ch, ]and is being tenant,¢ for the ~mme~
months by.l~ Deakin.
Dr. Halliday"of East- ..
bourne, HI., De·&lI:in'. brother -in-1aw, "wu' awaken·
ed by & eOpnd like heuy rain. and p~ed to
cloee the window. Between the tree. 'that divide
the. pleuul'6 grounds of Wt.rgra.ve Court from the
cnurch,.ard ~ ~oticed .mob. He at ODOO roueed
the hou.eh~d, IUldf between them ' Mill Deakin,
H.lIida~ · and Mr. PoUock. another guest. sum·
moned tho brigadflll . . In thie oonnectioD it 8hodld
be .t.• ~d t~at they apeak . app~iatively o( the
promp~ IH!rvloea of t1i'e telephone operator, . Three
brig~ ru;ponded to the cnU, Wargravc, Henley
and W~king~.in . Tbe 1\eading COrporatiollo .Fire
Brigade were informed, but it ia against their .rule
to journey
fires out6ide tbe borough, emep't
with
aut.boriLy of the Mayor. The first
lJnckr Mr; F .

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foll owed, .' under the
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Ea rly eye-wit.ue&ae8 of the burning
the head gardener and ' eh.uffeur ,t-o I
'.fht!\ river ia cloee to the church; sb
unlimited 8upply of water.
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d~t:e than the
buiidiog',
a.ttrfb.u ted to
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It ie -ttbataptia.Uy
! the equare form I
relieved by hezagona.l
at ~ angle,
one turret eDel~iDg the
OtIii~_ whic11 opeu upon th!30 ,6at leaden roof ..
_.,,..., •••~ the roof ha!Dg ' the bells, ' a ,peal of '. ix,
full tuDe.. The ~or .boll (in F .harp), l.8t,
",,;, ...i!.ed with the clock, itrik.. the houra.
The
bell wedghed j9 cw6!' The,. were all'
bet"~D the ream ~1670 b,. II~, KDight.lof
Beading, the ceIeb~ted. lbell.foundere.."
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in ~ aad t.bo.e wbo had uaem:bled .J.n the
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, iD.tffOrahip and pra,.er· on Wb"it SUDda1 1"ere
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.m.ek~n at the t-n.z.fo~ation, -Ji.. ~~on .W . .
made at the lrchgate on belialf 91. the '"'toration
fund I aDd gold .. wen .. oopper oom. " .. 'cont.ri-

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