SPRISH tJROVE. ~1IDI,LE~EX. · (KELLY's • .Stockley James, 19 Osterley avenue Campbell R. G. (~iss),nursing home, Leighfield 'Vm.estate agent,Jersey I'd .':ltubbs F'rns. Fredk. 130 Thornbury rd 136 Thornbury road · · Lil\gwood, Edward Jo~m, nurseryman .Stubbs Joseph, 126 Thornbury road Christie Herbert James, solicitor, 146 London United. Tramways Limited Syms F. Hardy, Rosmore Thorn'bury road {Arth. Le~ Barber, sec.),tondon rd 'Taylor William, 5 Avenue road Church Army Temperance Home Love Richard John, poor & burial 'Taylor William John, 18 Avenue rd (Miss E. Gay, supt.), College road rates collector for Isleworth, a 'Theobald Harry, Henley house Clift Alice .lane (Miss), dress maker, Avenue road Tracey Henry, 16 College road Holly cottage, London road Lowe F. Augustus, dentist,The Grove Treadgold Henry A. Pendennis Coles Charles St. Arnaud M.R.C.S., Magrill Alfred, tailor, a King's parade Tripp William B. North Repp11 L.R.C.P. physician & surgeon, Mailer Louisa (Miss), nurse, 66 & 68 "Tucker William Philip, St. Gabriel's Roseneath, St. Mary's crescent & Thornbury road Venables Harry S. Osterley lodge College road Marcham .Arthur, nursery, Heston rd Vincent Alex. Copthorne, The Grove Cowen Arthur, teacher of music, 1 Matthews Robert .Arthur, Milford Vtate agent, Fenn Fredericl;:, jeweller, 5 King's Sims George William, greengrocer, London road & Osterley Park sta- parade, London road 6 Pembroke place, London road t.ion. T Nos. 5 & 227 Richmond & Fenton K. J. (Mrs.), confectioner, SkinnPr Arthur, corn dealer, 9 Pem- 234 Hounslow 9 King's parade, London road brolre place, London road Am bridge ~<\nnie Sophia (Mrs.). Fisher John,fishmonger,12 King's par Smeeton Waiter, boot repairer, 1oa, tobacconist, London road Gardener P. Chase & Co. estate King's paradP, London road ..Ayers William Henry, draper, 17 agents, Railway station I Srneeton Waiter S boot maker, 14 Pembroke place, London road Gardener William J. registrar of i Pembroke place, London road •Bazeley Albert Uriah, butcher, 7 marriages for Brentford district.: Stead Fredk.Hy. Star P.H.London rd Pembroke place, London road Atlas cottage, London road 1 Steeds & Co. house agnts. London rd :Beroud Madame, school for girls. Gentry Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I Stratton, Gentry & Co. Ltd. coal mer- Wyndham lodge Thornbury road I chants, London road 'Borough Road Training College fu1 Gilbert H. & Son, bakers, London rd 1 Symonds Robert Wm. hair dresser, Teachers (F. J. R. Hendy M.A. Goodwin Thomas Small M. B., C.M. 8 King's parade principal; T. Hug-h Miller M.A., Glas., F.C.S. physician & surgeon, Turner John F. oil & color merchant, D Se. vice-principal ; Halm er Glover & medical officer & public vaccina- 4 King's parade, London road M.A. house tutor; George E. tor No. 8 district, Brentford union, Walker William F. dairyman, 6 Buckle, master of method) Derwent lodge King's parade, London road 'Brentford Union Scattered Homes Hill & Hill, pianoforte warehouse, 16 Watkins C"ha.rles, chemist, 11 King"s (Miss McEwen, supt. ), College road King's parade, London road parade, London road "Broadribb Mary A. (Mrs.), coffee Hodges Ada M. (Miss).private school, Watson FrankF.shopkpr.15 Clifton rd rooms, Pembroke place, London rd Nantly house, Osterley road Welch Frederick James, butcher, 7 Bryan Bertram G. drapr. 1 King's par H'lrne George & Son, plumbers, 4 King's parade, London road "Buck Geo. cabinet ma.6 Thornbury rd Heston road White William, news agent, 18 Pem- Bu-r:nett Edwin James, registrar o~ Hounslow Model Laundry, ~ondon rd ?ro~e terrace, Lon~on road buths & -ieaths for Isleworth sub- Jackson Geo. estate agt. Railway stn W1ggms Alfred Cousms, coffee rooms. district, Brentford union, x81 Knight Evelyn (Mrs.), stationer, 15 16 Pembroke place, London road College road I Kinc;r's parade, London road Wilkin D. & Co. Ltd. yeast mer- Buswell Frederick, school attendance Lay Francis, painter, Creighton cot- chants, Pembroke place, London rd officer for Isleworth, Clifton road I tage, Thornbury road Willows Edward & Co. dairymen, Legg-e Bros. boot mal;:ers, London rd Pembroke terrace, London road :STAINES is a union town and parish, on the east neighbourhood is supplied with water, derived from the bank of the river Thames, where .the Colne falls into chalk, by the South-West Suburban Water Company, it, and on the Great Western road, with a station on formed in the year 1883, the works being at Egham, the Windsor branch of the London and South Western and is lighted with gas by a company formed in 1871. railway: the Great Western railway have also a branch Two new storage reservoirs (situated in Stanwell parish) from West Drayton, with a terminal station here. in connection with the London Water Supply WPr~ opened in September, 1885; it is 6 miles south-east completed in 1903 by the Staines Reservoir Joint Com­ 'from Windsor, 9 south from Uxbridge and 19 from mittee, at a cost of one million pounds. and are now London by rail, 16! by road, in the Uxbridge division nnder the control of the Metropolitan Water Board. of the county, Spelthorne hundred and petty sessional The reservoirs have a depth of 30 feet, and a holding -divi~ion, Chertsey county court district, rural deanery capacity of 3,300 million gallons. The pumping of Hampton, archdeaconry of Middlesex and diocese of station is at Staines. Staines is said to derive its 'London. The distance from Staines bridge to London name from the boundary stone, dated 1285, standing in ·Bridge by land is 20 miles, and owing to the circuitous a mPadow above the bridQ"e, and marking the ancient course of the Thames 34 by water. A stone bridge of jurisdiction of the City of London over the western por­ ·three arches, erected in 18;!2, at a cost of about £.7o,ooo, tion of the river Thames. This memorial was repaired .and opened by William IV. and Queen Adelaide, con­ in 1781, during the mayoralty of Sir Watkin Lewis kt. nects Staines with Egham. and placed on a pedestal raised on three steps: the Staines being a lordship of the Crown is not pedestal bears the names of various Lord Mayors who ·incorporated; it was formerly governed by a Local ha7e viRited the spot. Board, formed in 1872, but under the provisions of th!:" 'fhe church of St. Mary the Virgin, which occupiet~ -"Local Government Act, 1894" (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), the site of the ancient church, built in 675. was erected is now controlled by an Urban District Council ; it (with the exception of the tower) in 1828, and is an is within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police. edifice of brick with York stone dressings, in a de­ By Local GoveFnment Board Order No. 30,502, which based Gothic style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, ·came into operation April I, 1896, the Urban District sonth porch and an embattled western tower of brick. and civil parish of Staines were extended to include with crocketed pinnacles, containing a clock and 8 ,part of the civil parish of Stanwell. The town and bells; the tower was built by Inigo J ones in 1631 and