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Photographs and negatives of Berkshire scenes, taken by Thomas A Wilkie of Guildford, Surrey, photographer, c.1950s-1980s. (12 bdls, 6 docs)
Presented in July 2005 (acc. 7647)
Cat: LS 1/2008 ______
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THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS
[Thomas A Wilkie was born in the Scottish Borders on 13 October 1920, and moved to Surrey as a gardener employed by the Duke of Northumberland. He learned photography while serving in the RAF during the Second World War, and in 1950 became a professional photographer specialising in commercial, agricultural and industrial photography. He was a member of the National Union of Journalists. He retired in 1989, and was still alive in 2005.]
[Copyright in the photographs in this collection is vested in Berkshire Record Office.]
1/1-7 Photographs of Bracknell New Town new 1 bdl n.d. [1969] shopping centre (nos. BE/108-112) and industrial estate (nos. [BE/115 and 128]).
2 Photograph of the River Thames from 1 doc n.d. [1982] Caversham Bridge (no. BE/299).
3 Photograph of Compton Church (no. BE/100). 1 doc n.d. [1967]
4 Photograph of East Garston village, showing 1 doc n.d. [1963] the village cross and a group of women pushing prams (no. BE/15).
5 Photograph of houses and fields in Goosey 1 doc n.d. [1963] (no. BE/40).
6/1-2 Photographs of the Kennet and Avon Canal at 1 bdl n.d. [1983] Hungerford, one showing The Rose of Hungerford narrowboat (nos. BE/330 and 334).
7 Photograph of Kintbury Lock with small boat 1 doc n.d. [1983] in the middle (no. BE/344).
8/1-6 Photographs of Lambourn: cars parked outside 1 bdl 1963 church (no. BE/18); [High Street] (BE/19-20); and views of the Downs (BE/21, 66, 67).
9/1-2 Photographs of road and railway bridges over 1 bdl n.d. [1978] the River Thames at Maidenhead ([nos. BE/198 and 204]).
10/1-3 Photographs of the River Thames at 1 bdl n.d. [1967] Pangbourne (nos. BE/88, 91-92).
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11/1-2 Photographs of cottages in Shrivenham, at 1 bdl n.d. [1963] corner of A20 road (to Faringdon and Oxford) and B4508 road (to Longcot and Wantage) (nos. BE/73 and 78).
12/1-3 Photographs of Streatley scenes: a public 1 bdl n.d. [1967] house on the River Thames (no. BE/89), the lock (BE/90), and the parish church (BE/102).
13/1-3 Photographs of White Horse Hill, seen from 1 bdl n.d. [1963] the outskirts of Uffington (no. BE/43), view of the Vale of White Horse from White Horse Hill (BE/79), and view of Vale of White Horse towards Uffington from White Horse Hill (BE/81).
14/1-2 Photographs of [view of East Garston, 1 bdl n.d. [1967] including College Field, from Millennium Field looking north towards Wantage], identified on photograph only as farm scene 'on the Downs near Wantage' (nos. BE/104- 105).]
15/1-35 Contact prints (nine images to a sheet) of 1 bdl 1963-1983 photographs of Berkshire scenes. [For list, see Appendix I.]
16/1-280 Negatives. 1 bdl n.d. [early [For list, see Appendix I.] 1960s]-1983
17/1-35 Colour negatives. 1 bdl n.d. [c.1970s- [For list, see Appendix II. Some of the images 1980s] are very similar to those in the numbered black and white sequence, and may have been taken at the same time.]
18 Glass negative (numbered 5) showing 1 doc n.d. [c.1950s- Wellingtonia Avenue, Finchampstead. 1960s]
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16)
Ref no Description Date
3 [St Nicholas'] Church, Abingdon (negative n.d. [1960s] only)
4-5 Three Frogs Inn, Wokingham (negatives only) n.d. [1960s]
6 Scene with bus, Abingdon (negative only) n.d. [1960s]
BE/15-17 East Garston village scenes (prints only) [see October 1963 also D/EX 1934/4]
BE/18-20 Lambourn village scenes [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/8/1-3]
BE/21-22 Rural scenes near Lambourn [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/8/4]
BE/23 Lambourn Church with cars in front October 1963
BE/24 East Garston village scene (negative only, but [October 1963] probably duplicate of BE/17)
BE/38-39 Road from Ipsden to Stoke, Oxfordshire (prints October 1963 only)
BE/40 Goosey scene [see also D/EX 1934/5] October 1963
BE/41-46 Rural scenes near Uffington [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/13/1]
BE/48-49 Unidentified scenes (negatives only) October 1963
BE/64 [House at or near Lambourn] October 1963
BE/65-67 Views of Downs showing Lambourn in the October 1963 distance [see also D/EX 1934/8/5-6]
BE/68-72 Views from Roman road near Baydon, October 1963 Wiltshire (prints only)
BE/73-75 Shrivenham village scenes [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/11/1]
BE/76-77 Uffington seen from White Horse Hill [see October 1963 also D/EX 1934/13/2-3].
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.)
Ref no Description Date
BE/78 Shrivenham village scene [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/11/2]
BE/79-81 Uffington and Vale of White Horse seen from October 1963 White Horse Hill [see also D/EX 1934/13/2-3]
BE/82-86 Rural scenes (unidentified) [c.1963-1967]
BE/88 River Thames at Pangbourne [see also D/EX July 1967 1934/10/1]
BE/89-90 River Thames at Streatley [see also D/EX July 1967 1934/12/1-2]
BE/91-99 River Thames at Pangbourne [see also D/EX July 1967 1934/10/2-3]
BE/100 Compton Church [see also D/EX 1934/3] 1967
BE/101 Rural scene [near Compton] 1967
BE/102-103 Streatley Church [see also D/EX 1934/12/3] 1967
BE/104-105 [View of East Garston including College [1967] Farm]
BE/106-107 Compton Church 1967
BE/108-114 Bracknell New Town shopping centre [see also April 1969 D/EX 1934/1/1-5]
BE/115-142 Bracknell New Town Industrial Estate [see April 1969 also D/EX 1934/1/6-7]
BE/151-158 Reading Road 1969
BE/159 M4 motorway near Lambourn (negative only) May 1975
BE/162-166 Bracknell New Town scenes 1969
BE/167-170 Bray village scenes June 1975
BE/171 River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, 1975 Oxfordshire (print only)
BE/172-173 Remenham Church [1975]
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.)
Ref no Description Date
BE/174-175 River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, [1975] Oxfordshire (prints only)
BE/194-196 Windsor Castle seen from the River Thames September 1977
BE/197-199 Maidenhead Bridge seen from the River June 1978 Thames [see also D/EX 1934/9/1] (197 print only)
BE/200-205 Brunel railway bridge, Maidenhead [see also June 1978 D/EX 1934/9/2]
BE/206 Maidenhead Bridge June 1978
BE/207 Plaque on Brunel railway bridge, Maidenhead June 1978
BE/208 Maidenhead Bridge June 1978
BE/209-211 Great Shefford Church (211 print only) August 1981
BE/212 River Thames at Bray (print only) May 1982
BE/213-214 St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges, May 1982 Buckinghamshire (prints only)
BE/215-216 Monument to Thomas Gray, Stoke Poges, May 1982 Buckinghamshire (print only)
BE/217-220 River Thames at Bray May 1982
BE/221-223 Jesus Hospital almshouses, Bray May 1982
BE/224-225 Bray Church May 1982
BE/226 Bray village scene May 1982
BE/227-229 St Nicholas' Church, Taplow, Buckinghamshire May 1982 (prints only)
BE/230-235 Boulter's Lock, Maidenhead May 1982
BE/236-241 Cookham village scenes May 1982
BE/242-243 River Thames at Cookham May 1982
BE/244 Cookham village scene May 1982
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.)
Ref no Description Date
BE/245-253 River Thames at Cookham May 1982
BE/254-256 Abingdon Town Hall August 1982
BE/257 Bridge over River Ock, Thames Street, August 1982 Abingdon
BE/258-259 St Nicholas' Church and adjoining buildings, August 1982 Abingdon
BE/260 Bridge over River Thames, Abingdon August 1982
BE/261-262 River Thames at Abingdon, with St Helen's August 1982 Church in background
BE/263-265 River Thames at Abingdon August 1982
BE/266 St Nicholas' Church and law courts seen from August 1982 Market Place, Abingdon
BE/267-268 River Thames at Abingdon, with bridge in August 1982 distance
BE/269-270 Abingdon Town Hall August 1982
BE/271 Shopping precinct near Market Place, August 1982 Abingdon
BE/272-276 Hexagon and Civic Centre, Reading October 1982
BE/277-278 Views from Caversham Bridge October 1982
BE/279-280 Caversham Bridge October 1982
BE/281-283 Forbury Gardens, Reading October 1982
BE/284 Old Shire Hall and Assize Courts, Reading October 1982
BE/285 Forbury Gardens and Abbey Gateway, October 1982 Reading
BE/286 Forbury Gardens, Reading October 1982
BE/287-288 Abbey Gateway, Reading October 1982
BE/289 Old Shire Hall and Assize Courts, Reading October 1982
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.)
Ref no Description Date
BE/290-291 Civic Centre grounds, Reading October 1982
BE/292 Police headquarters and magistrates' courts, October 1982 Civic Centre, Reading
BE/293-295 Civic Centre grounds, Reading October 1982
BE/296 Civic Centre, Reading October 1982
BE/297-298 Hexagon, Reading October 1982
BE/299-304 Views from Caversham Bridge October 1982
BE/305-307 Caversham Bridge and River Thames October 1982
BE/308 Cross Keys Hotel, Pangbourne October 1982
BE/309 Weir at Pangbourne October 1982
BE/310 River Thames at Streatley October 1982
BE/311 Weir at Goring, Oxfordshire (print only) October 1982
BE/312-313 Goring Church with house in front (print only) October 1982
BE/314-316 Weir at Goring, Oxfordshire (prints only) October 1982
BE/317-320 Rose Street, Wokingham October 1982
BE/321-322 Wokingham Town Hall October 1982
BE/323 Tudor Corner, Rose Street/Wiltshire Road, October 1982 Wokingham
BE/324-325 All Saints' Church, Wokingham October 1982
BE/326-332 Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford [see also July 1983 D/EX 1934/6/1]
BE/333 High Street, Hungerford July 1983
BE/334 Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford [see also July 1983 D/EX 1934/6/2]
BE/335-336 Cottages by the River Dun, Hungerford July 1983
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.)
Ref no Description Date
BE/337 Cottage adjoining St Mary's Church, Kintbury July 1983
BE/338-339 Rear view of the Bear Hotel, Hungerford July 1983
BE/340-341 Kintbury Mill July 1983
BE/342 Cottage adjoining St Mary's Church, Kintbury July 1983
BE/343 Backwater of the River Kennet at Kintbury July 1983
BE/344 Kintbury Lock July 1983
BE/345 Kintbury Mill July 1983
BE/346-347 Clock Tower, High Street, Newbury July 1983
BE/348 Backwater of the River Kennet at Kintbury July 1983
BE/349 Donnington Hospital and adjoining house, Shaw- July 1983 cum-Donnington
BE/350 Donnington Post Office and General Store, July 1983 Shaw-cum-Donnington
BE/351 Clock Tower, High Street, Newbury July 1983
BE/352-353 High Street, Hungerford July 1983
BE/354 Kennet and Avon Canal at Hungerford July 1983
BE/355-359 Littlecote House and grounds [Ramsbury, July 1983 Wiltshire], including Roman temple remains
BE/360 Littlecote Cottage, [Ramsbury, Wiltshire] July 1983
BE/361-364 Kennet and Avon Canal at Newbury July 1983
BE/365-366 Newbury Lock July 1983
BE/367 Newbury Museum July 1983
BE/368-369 Kennet and Avon Canal at Newbury July 1983
BE/370-373 Donnington Castle ruins, Shaw-cum-Donnington July 1983
BE/374 Donnington Hospital, Shaw-cum-Donnington July 1983
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Appendix I
Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.)
Ref no Description Date
OX/41 Market Place, Abingdon (print only) August 1982
OX/42-43 St Nicholas' Church, Abingdon (prints only) August 1982
OX/44 Old Gaol seen from river, Abingdon (print only) August 1982
OX/45-46 Bridge over River Thames seen from Thames August 1982 Street, Abingdon (prints only)
OX/47 Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dorchester, August 1982 Oxfordshire (print only)
OX/48 High Street, Dorchester, Oxfordshire (print only) August 1982
OX/49 Old Gaol seen from river, Abingdon (print only) August 1982
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Appendix II
List of coloured negatives in D/EX 1934/17
Berkshire
1-3 Bray village scenes
4-5 Finchampstead village seen from across fields
6-8 Lambourn village scenes
9-10 River Thames at Maidenhead
11-15 Bridges at Maidenhead
16-20 Cows fording a stream, 'near Maidenhead'
21 Remenham Church
22 Great Shefford Church
23 Shrivenham village scene
24-31 White Horse Vale seen from White Horse Hill, [Uffington]
32-33 Windsor Castle
Out-county
34 Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, seen from across the river
35 West Overton, Wiltshire, seen from across fields