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Wiles "'alter Sidney, photographer, 101 &: 103 King's road Wood Thomas, beer retailer, 34 80ho street Wilkins Edmund & George William, ginger beer makers, Woodham Edward, Wellington Arms P.R. Whitley street 49 Southampton street Woodhams Albert, grocer, 25 St. Mary's butts Wilkins William, coal merchant, 65 & 67 Oxford road Woodhouse Albert, Blagrave Arms P.R. Blagrave street WilIan Robert, insurance agent, :181 Oxford road Woodley A. D. depot for beehives & honey, 26 Donnington rd WiIley Charles, linen draper, 89 London street Woodley Caleb, shopkeeper, 130 Great Knollys street Williams T. C. & Sons, furnishing & manufacturing iron- Woodley WiJliam, grocer & coal merchant, I Letcombe st mongers & iron & bras~ founders, 8 & 10 London street Woodroffe Frederick Ernest, builder, contractor & timber Williams Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer, 27 Coley place merchant, 3 I Bridge street Williams Mary (Mrs.), haberdasher, 50 Hosier street Woods William, baker, II6 London street WiUiams Richard, tailor, 32 Caversham road Woodward Clara (Mrs.), ladies' outfitter, 18 & 19 Minster st Williams William, tobacconist, 9 Mount Pleasant Wootton WilIiam, plumber & painter, 129 Oxford road Willis WaIter, bookbinder. 151 Friar street Wren Henry Elandy, farmer, Whitley Wood farm, Whitley "\\rilse John, Saracen's Head P.R. 3 King's road Wren Thomas, tailor, 38 Thames street Wiltshire Frederick Baillie, cooper, 32 Rupert street Wright Henry & Co. gasfitters, 40 King's road Wiltshire George Frederick, music warehouse, 49 London st Wright Ernest, teacher of music, 29 :Friar street Winch William, watch maker, 67 Broad street Wright Fra\lcis Henry, accountant, 29 Friar street Winch William Henry, watch maker & jeweller, 23 Friar st Wright Jane (Miss), dress maker, 3 Essex street Winder WiIliam Prior, watch maker, 1'36 Friar street Wright Richard, shopkeeper, 153 Chatham street Winkworth Fauny (Mrs.), beer retailer, I Caroline street Wright WiIliam, The Jolly Brewers P.R. & grocer,Prospect hI Winslet John, Broad Face hotel, High street Wright William Henry, furniture broker, 6 Crown street Winter John Valentine, tailor, 50 Waylen street Wyatt George, beer retailer, 21 London road Winter William, tailor, IS Chesterman street Wyatt John Maine, tailor,s Minster street "\\rise Henry, boot maker, Prospect hill Yates Jonathan, shopkeeper, 175 Chatham street Witherington Charles, shopkeeper, 20 Bridge street Yaxley William, carpenter, 22 lVlundesley street Witherington Charles, whiting manuf. Gas lane, Bridge st Y orke Henry, hosier &c. 68 & 69 Broad street Withers Rowland Thomas, corn merchant, 42 Erleigh road Young Matthew, general agent, 26 George street Withers Sarah (Mrs.), corn merchant, !IS & 120 London st Young Richard Charles Matthews, auctioneer, 90 Oxford I'd Withers Thomas William, muffin baker, 9 Union street Young Robert, boot maker, 7 & 9 Crown street Withnall Edward, saddler, 170 Friar street & Blagrave st Young William Butler, surgeon, 10 Castle street Wollan Robert, insurance agent, 17 Crown street Young Women's Christian Association (Mrs. Mary Arm- Wooberry John, linen draper, 23 Castle street strong, matron), 19 Castle street REMENHAM is a parish 9 miles north-east from Read­ village in the parish of Remenbam, surrounded by highly ing, one mile north-east from Henley railway station and 10 cultivated woodland scenery; it is separated from Oxford­ miles north-west from Maidenhead, in the Eastern division shire by the , over which is a handsome stone of the county, petty sessional division, Beyn­ bridge of 5 arches leading to Henley. The Great Western hurst hundred, Henley union and county court distric·t, railway station at Henley is about a mile and a half west. rural deanery of , archdeaconry of Berks and diocese Park Place, the seat of John Noble esq.•.P., F.R.J\I.S. was of Oxford. The church of St. Nicholas, completely restored for nearly twenty years the residence of His Royal Highness in 1870, is an edifice of cut tlint ~ith stone dressings, in the Frederick Prince of Wales, father of George Ill. ; the man­ Early English style, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, sion, rebuilt by J. Noble esq. in the French Italian style, is south aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower situated on the brow of a range of hills, 300 feet above the with pinnacles, containing 3 bells: the chancel apse retains level of the river Thames and in the centre of a well-wooded its original and unique form: there is a handsome lych­ park of about 900 acres, which is entered by seven lodges: gate at the entrance to the churchyard, erected in 1886 by Park Place is especially attractive on account of its pic­ John Noble esq. who has also defrayed the cost of new choir turesque scenery, which is scarcely to be equalled for the seats and altar rails. The register dates from the year 1697. beautiful and varied prospects which it affords; to the east The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent­ of the mansion is a magnificent cedar planted by his Majesty charge £530, with residence, in the gift of Jesus College, George Ill. Oxford, and held since 1878 by the Rev. Francis Kewley M.A. Parish Clerk, James Chamberlain. formerly fellow and tutor of that college. Tickells' and Letters arrive from Henley at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30p.m.; Batting's charities, together £10 yearly, are for bread. The sundays at noon. Henley is the nearest money order & principal landowners are John Noble esq. who is lord of the telegraph office. WALL Box, Remenham Hill, cleared at manor, the Right Hon. W. H. Smith p.c., M.P. and Charles 7 p.m. week days; at noon, sundays Ellis, Henry Micklem and William Vidler esqs. The soil is INSURANCE AGENT :- loam; subsoil, gravel and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, London Assurance, A. Wright, Henley-on-Thames barley and oats. The area is 1,503 acres of land and 70 of School (mixed), built in 1858, for 70 children; average water; rateable value, £4,912; the population in 1881 was attendance, 50; Frederick Butler, master 580. Infants' School, Tower lodge, on Park Place estate, for 30 Remenham Hill is a long and highly picturesque children; average attendance, 22 I Vidler William, farmer & miller, Marsh Jones William Remenham. water mill Jones Philip Henry Broome Capt.Arthur,Remenham lodge Remenham hill. Morgan Frederic, Ivy cottage Golding Mrs. Wilminster house Noble John •.p., F.R.M.S. Park place; & Hunt Arthur Henry, Bird place PRIVATE RESIDENTS. 50 Westbourne terrace, Hyde park w SimmonsWilIiamAnker,Wilminster cot Ames Mrs. Underwood Parker Arthur John, Waverley cottage Udall Mrs. Woodlands Bonney Rev. Alfred M.A. [curate], The Stapleton Miss Butler Charles, Angel P.R Terrace Dixon Robert, The Flowerpot P. H Everard Rev. Robert Bagot Chester M.A. COMMERCIAL. Johnson & Peacey, boat builders Remenham place Dudley -, baker Pigden Sarah Ann (Miss), Carpenters' Frith Mrs. The Elms Harrison Andrew, Five Horseshoes P.R. ArmSP.H Greenwood John, Wedmore lodge & builder Rogers Brothers, engineers Hope Major-Gen. In.Edwd. R.A.Bath 10 SargeantFrederick,builder & contractor Stevens Henry, Two Brewers P.R Jeston Richard Pope Sargeant Miriam (Mrs.), grocer RUSCOMBE is a village and parish in the Eastern and tower were rebuilt in 1639; the interior is plain and division of the county, union and petty sessional division of contains monuments to several members of the Bray­ Wokingham, hundred of Sonning, county court district of brooke family: there are 150 sittings, all being free. The Reading, rural deanery of Sonning, archdeaconry of Berks register dates from the year 1590. The living is a vicarage, and diocese of Oxford, 6 miles east from Reading, I mile net yearly value £25°, with residence, in the gift of the from the Great Western railway statIOn at Twyford. 5 miles Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1864 by the Rev. John south from Henley and 7 from Maidenhead. The church of Henly M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. Ruscombe South­ St. James, repaired and restored in 1859 and 1860 and again bury is a prebend in Salisbury Cathedral. A portion of the thoroughly restored in 1879 and 1880 at a cost of about mansion and grounds of Stanlake Park, the property of the £1,400, is an edifice of flint and brick in the Transitional Rev. Alfred Gresley Barker M.A. of Sherfield-on-Loddon, and Later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch Basingstoke, is in this parish and part in the parish of and an embattled western tower containing 2 bells; the Hurst. The Rev. Henry Golding-Palmer B.A. of Holme Park, cb.ancel appears to be of the twelfth century; the nave Reading, is lord of the manor; Thomas Colleton Garth esq.