104 HUBST. . [KELLY'S Newland have been sold and the purchallll money, £390, Newland is a liberty. The names will be found invested; the interest is yearly distributed in fuel. under Arbor field. There is also the Hooten and Pooley bequest of £44 The names belonging to Twyford will be found under yearly, for the benefit of the inmates of Barker's alms- that heading, and those of the Bear Wood district under houses; and two other charities, founded by George that heading or that of . William Barker esq. for educational purposes and for Parish Clerk, Alfred William White. the purchase of coals for the poor, and amounting Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, together to £I9 yearly; besides which there are some road.-William F. E. New berry, sub-post- smaller bequests. The charities are now administered master. Letters arrive through Twyford, Berks, at under 11 scheme of the Charity Commissioners, the 7 a. m. & I2. ro & 6.so p.m.; dispatched at Io. IS a.m. total income being about £530. Stanlake Park, the & 2.55 & 7. 45 p.m.; & on sundays, delivery at 7 property and seat of Col. Frederick George Barker J.P. a. m.; dispatched, 9·45 a. m partly in this parish and partly in , is a Post Office, Davis street.-William Riches, sub-post­ large mansion standing in grounds of r5o acres, which 1 master. Letters received through Twyford; arrive contain some fine timber. Haines Hill, a large mansion, at 8. 30 a.m. & r.I5 & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at IO standing in a. park of I30 acres, is the seat of William a.m. & 2.30 & 7.20 p.m.; sundays, 8 a.m. Hnrst, Charles Godsal esq. Hurst Court, a mansion of red I~ miles distant, is the nearest money order & tela- brick, standing in the grounds of 70 acres, is occupied graph office by Philip H. Martineau esq. Hurst Court, formerly Wall Boxes.-Castle inn, cleared at Io a..m. & 2.30 & known as Hurst Lodge, wa" at one time the residence 7.30 p.m.; sundays at 9.25 a.m.; Broad Hinton, of a steward to Henry YID.; the house is a Jacobean cleared at 8.30 a.m. & r.3o, 3·5 & 7·55 p.m.; sun- 'bu.ild!ng. Lord llraybrooke is lord of the manor. The f days at 11.30 a.m pnncipal landowners· are John Henry Leveson-Gower Pillar Letter Boxes.-Toutley, cleared at 8.45 a.m. & esq. and William Charles Godsal esq. The soil is 2.50 & 6.40 p.m.; sundays, I2 noon; Whistley Green, mostly loam and gravel; subsoil, gravel and clay. The cleared at Io.20 a.m. & 1.30, 2.50 & 7·45 p.m.; sun- chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area of ! days, 9·45 a.m.; Haines Hill, cleared at 8. I$ a.m. & Hurst St. Nicholas· civil parish is 2,972 acres of land r.rs & 7.50 p.m.; sundays, 9·35 a.m.; Dunt lane, and I6 of water; assessable value, £5,34r; the popula- cleared at 8.I5 a.m. & r.s & 7.25 p.m.; sundays, tion in rgrr was I,o6g, and of the ecclesiastical parish, 8.I5 a.m r,3o6. Wall Letter Box, Stanlake park, cleared at 8.30 &.m. A. s;:'~ll portio~ of a far?" called. '~Old Warren & r.3o, 3 & 8 p.m.; sundays, IO.Io a.m House? m the parts~ of Wok!ngh~m, IS m the coul!-ty Elementary Schools (boys, girls & infants); the boys' of .W1l~s,. the remamder bemg m Hurst, to which school was erected in I88 r ; the schools will united pansh It 18 rated. . . hold 200 children ; Francis E. ChiM, master; Miss Old. W~rren Farm IS reputed to be extra-parochtal for Annie Field mistress. Mrs. Am Record infants' ·ecclesiastical pnrposes. mistress ' ' y ' is a liberty and comprises . Carriers to Reading.-

BURST. J Bullock Samuel Henry, baker, Whist- Scott Bros. nurserymen, Whistley grn ley green Simmons William, beer retailer, PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ohalker John W. S. baker &; grocer Whist ley p-reen Andrew Mrs. Oakley cottage, Whist- Clarke Alfred, ironmonger Stafford Byron,frmr. Hatch Gate frm ley green i Cottrell Richd. L. frmr. Kibbles frm Stimson George Charles, carpenter 'Barker Col. Frederick George J .P. Crock er Albert, Old Crown P .H Walden Henry, farmer, Dunt lane Stanlake park i Dance William, carman, Dunt lane White Alfred W illiam &;, Son, black- Broome Rev. Edmund M.A. (vicar), Dunn William, farmer, Hinton farm smiths, Whlstley green Vicarage 1 Ford George, corn mer.Lea Heath Wicks William, Green Man P.H .Pinch Mrs. Hurst grove Frazer lsaac, beer retailer Willey Leonard Arthur, nurseryman, Frericks Baroness, Frogmore Grant Charles, canim· The Bungalow. Whistley green Godsal William Charles, Haines hill Heath William Thomas, assistant Working Men's Club (Ernest Lloyd, Haig Thomas, Hinton house overseer & clerk to Parish Council, sec) King Misses, Orchard farm 2 Aylesford villas Kirk Mrs. Orchards Hicks Elisha John, rose grower Mackey Archibald J., J.P. Burst ho 'Hobbs Edmund, farmer, Home farm, WINNERSH. Mackey Miss, Hinton lodge · Haines hill (Letters delivered from Wokingham.) Martineau Philip Hubert, Hurst Jackman A.rthur, blaeksmith, Whist- Cobham Mrs. High Chimneys

court. T N 3 1 Jey green Dunne Major Terence J. B. Tout- Melior James, Woodlands I Johnson William Camden, carpenter ley hall Metcalf Mrs. Keyersbridge house I King Alfred John, Castle inn Oakley-Wa!ker Charles, Kelburne lo Parsons Frederick, Hovenden house 'King Geo. farmer, Whistley Mill fm '\'ebbitt Stanton, Forest lodge Roupell Capt.Geo.G. K. P. Hurst cot, Loader Waiter George, farmer Wedderburn Miss, Thickhorns Rouse Mrs. Dorndon i Machin David, Elephant & Castle P.H Small Thomas, Victoria house McKie Harry, beer retailer COMMERCIAL. Bowyer Ernest, farmer, MunQ'ells frrn Soundy Edwin, Hinton road 1 Millson William, beer retailer Warner Edward Guy, Hurst grange i Millward Percy, head gardener to A. Bo\-vyer lVm. farmer~ Murrell g-reen J. Mackey esq. Hurst lodge Ohalker John W. S. grocer, Davi• ~t COMMERCIAL. Newberry William Frederick Ernest, Ford & Son (Wokingham) Limited, Adey Geo. (Mrs.),Convalescent home station<'r & sub-postmaster, Wok­ ste•rn threshing machine & steam Bartlett Thomas William, Wheel-' ineham road roller proprietors, Winnersh farm wrights' Arms P .H 1 Parfitt Reginald Henry, farmer, Fulker Geo. Pheasant P.H. King st Biggs Richard, farmer,Dunt Lane frm 1 Whistley Court farm Parsons Wltr.frmr. Loddon Bridge frm Banner William,cycle agent & carrier,' Parkin Edwd. farmer. Broad common Smith Cl1arles Henry, dairyman Whistley green Porter Frederick Charles, shopkeeper, 'l't\bbitt St.anton, surveyor of high- Bowyer Arthur, fruiterer Whistley ereen ways to lV ukingham Rural Dis­ Brown Wm. farmer,Ward's Cross fm Riches William, shopkeeper & sub· trict Conncil. Fnrest lodee Bullock George, beer retailer, Whist- I po,tma•ter, Davis Street Ward Richard, farm bailiff to G. ley green Scates Simeon, shopkeeper Ford esq. High Chimneys farm

EAST ILSLEY (or !Market llsley, anciently Hildes­ St. Mary is a small 'building of stone and rubble in ley) is a small market town and parish, and head of a mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, pe'tty sessional divi&ion, 9 miles north from Newbury, aisles, north porch and low em battled western tower 10 from Wantage, n south from Abingdon, 2 miles of the Decorated period, containing 5 bells, datett north-west from Compton station on the Didcot and I4r2-r625, and a clock: the south arcade of the nave Winchester railway, in the Southern division of the has Transition Norman arches, but the south aisle is county, hundred of Compton, union and county court Early English, the north being modern : the church district of Wantage, rural deanery of Newbury, arch­ was enlarged and re-pewed in I845, and in I88r-2 the deaconry of 'Berks and diocese of Oxford; it is situated south aisle was restored and the fine old roof dis­ on the side of a hill, surrounded by downs, which ex­ closed; the entrance to the rood loft and a. piscina were tend for some miles; a part of these is cultivated and also discovered; the gallery in front of the west win­ the remainder used as sheep walks. The church of dow was removed, a Norman font, which was found