BERKSHIRE. [KELLY's Tribution in Fuel, Clothing and Money
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166 TIDMARSH. BERKSHIRE. [KELLY'S tribution in fuel, clothing and money. Tidmarsh Manor is 6.30 a.m. Pangbourne is the nearest money order & tele~ the seat of Robert John Hapkins esq. M.A., J. P. who is lord graph office of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is peat; sub- LETTER Box cleared at 9 a.m. & 6.35 p.m.; sundays, 9 a.m soil, chalk and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, Free School, built in 1856, for 45 children; average attend oats and roots. The area is 785 acres; rateable value, ance, 30; & supported by Robert, John Hopkins esq. M.A., £1,616; the population in 1881 was 190. I J.P.; Miss Louisa llurslam, mistress Parish Clerk, Thomas Tegg. CARRIERS TO RgADlNG.-Amos GoodalI, tues. thurs. & sat.; Letters from Reading via Pangbourne arrive by foot post at I James Taylor, daily Hopkins Robert John M.A., J.P. Tid-I Cleaver Hy. fa.rmer, Tidmarsh grange I Nightingale James, blacksmith marsh manor I Bailey Alice (Mrs.), Greyhound P.R I Parsons Richard, cattle dealer Morgan Rev. Henry David B.A. Rectory I Blake & West, farmers, Tidmarsh farm I Walden Daniel Edwin, grocer TILEHURST is a village and parish 3 miles west from being elected from each parish. The poor's land of 30 acres Rearling, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of produces £29 yearly. Near the Bath road is Calcot Park, Reading, Bradfield union, petty sessional division and county the property of John Henry Blagrave esq. J.P., D.L.; which court district of Reading, rural deanery of Bradfield, arch- is well stocked with deer. John Henry Blagrave esq. J.P., deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The river Kennet D.I.. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. Tha passes on the south. The church of St. Michael, almost soil is light loamand gravel; subsoil, gravel. The crops are entirely rebuilt in 1856, is a bnilding of stone, in the Deco- various. The area of the entire p'lrish is 5,244 acres of land rated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and 15 of water; rateable value, £27,155; the population in and a western tower with pinnacles and spire containing 8 1881 was 4.408, which includes 892 in Theale ecclesiastical bells: there is an alabasterreredos and carved oakstalls, and parish, which will be found under a separate heading, and several of the windows are stained: the north aisle and the 348 in the Barracks, which is used as the depot of the Royal base of the tower are the only remains of the old building: BerkshireRegiment and the head quarters of the Royal Berk there are 400 sittings, 300 being free. The register dates shire militia (see Reading). from the year 1559. The living is a rectory and vicarage, CALCOT is a hamlet about 2 miles west from Reading. tithe rent-charge £980, net yearly value £850, including Parish Clerk, Thomas ·Walker. 150 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Magdalen POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank. College, Oxford, and held since 1855 by the Rev. John -George William Wheelwright, receiver. Letters arrive William Routh M.A. of that college, and surrogate. The rec- from Reading at 11 a.m. ; dispatched at 8. IS, 9.40 & II tory honse was completely del>troyed by fire in April, 1887. a.m. & 1.55, 4.45, 7.40 & 9.30 p.m St. George's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed July 18th, POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Calcot.- 1882, out of St. Michael's parish: the church is an edifice Mrs. Sarah Maskell, receiver. Letters arrive from Read- of red brick and tile, in the Early English style, and consists ing at 5.35 a.m.; dispatched at 7.40 p.m. The nearest of nave, north aisle, north porch and a turret containing I telegraph office is at Theale bell: there is an inscribed brass to the memory of Major- POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.-Joseph General A. G. Huyshe C.B. commanding 1St Battalion Lewendon, postmaster. Letters arrive from Reading at 8 Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment, who a. m. &; 12.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.45 a.m. & 6.40 p.m. died 6th August, 1886: this is the garrison church for the The nearest telegraph office is at the Barracks Reading depot of the Royal Berkshire Regiment: ther.are SCHOOLS:- 300 sittings, all of which are free. The register dates from A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1878; S. Pres- the year 1881. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value ton, Reading, clerk to the board £ 150, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and Board, built in 1880, for 500 children; average attendance, held since 1885 by the Rev. John Ernest· Smith-Masters M.A. 320; Charles Tyler, master; Elizabeth Taplin, infants' of Keble College, Oxford, who is also acting chaplain to the mistress forces. The population is now (1887) about 1,500. Here National, built in 1819, by the late Mrs. Sheppard, of Am- are Congregational, Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan port, Hants, for 210 children; average attendance, 208 : chapels. The" Roebuck," an excellent hotel, was erected in £50 yearly are paid by ~iagdalen College, Oxford: an in- 1883 on the banks of the Thames for the accommodation of fant school has been added; Thomas Walker, master; boating parties and families visiting this delightful neigh- Mrs. Emma Walker, mistress bourhood. There are almshouses, endowed in 1851 by the Calcot Infants' School, for 50 children; average attendance, late Mrs. Mary Lyne, of Burghfielcl, for six poor widows, or 30; supported by John Henry Blagrave esq. l.P., D.L. ; single women, born in the parishes of Burghfield and Tile- :vIrs. Elizabeth Hope, mistress hurst, and who shall have attained the age of sixty, three CARRIERS TO READING.-Charles Hunt & Louis Kidd, daily I'RIVATE RESIDENTS. Smith-Masters Rev. John Ernest l\LA. Gardener James Wm. Pond House P.R Alien John Herbert, Stanley lodge [vicar of St. George's] Giles Alfred, grocer Beecroft Mrs. The Retreat Spreckley Edward, Melton cottage Gover Thomas, Horncastle inn Blagrave In. Hy. D.L., J.P. Calcot park Swettenham Thomas, Calcot place Grace Ambrose, farmer Brenn Henry Frederick, I Clifton viIs Tarsey George, 2 Cedar villas Grimmett Henry, station master Collier Samuel Jeremiah, Battle house West Mrs. Grove villa Hedges Arthur Henry, shopkeeper Cooper J. Omer, Calcot gardens Whelan Capt. Wm. Edwd. Glemnore Hissey Henry Charles, farmer Cox Mrs. The Lodge Wise George Edward, Belgrave cottage Holden William, grocer Crook George, Grove cottage Woodeson Thomas, I Cedar villas Horning John, grocer Dormer Harry Ja'nes, Kentwood cot ''I'right Mrs. Prospect Park cottage Hunt Charles, carrier Downing Daniel, FriIlsham villa COMMERCIAL. Hunt John, beer retailer, Common Dnckett Miss, Rock villa Abery William Thomas, nurseryman, Iremong-er William, fruiterer Eversden Joshua, Claremont Grafham nursery Johns George, baker Gostage Charles ~Iatthews,Almahouse Adams Stephen, grocer Johnson Henry, beer retailer, Calcot Hamp Horatio, The Laurels Angus Georg-e Smeaton, greengrocer Kidd Louis, carrier Hewett Miss, Kentwood villa Armstrong Richard, Bird-in-Hand P.R Lewendon Joseph, tailor, &. post office Hill Arthur, Elm lodge Ashby Fredk. beer retailer, Gommon Maskell Sarah (Mrs.), grocer Hissey Mrs. Norcot house Brice Thomas, beer retailer May George Henry, grocer Johnson James, Belmont Britton George, baker May John James, grocer Liebenrood Mrs. Prospect ho. Calcot Bryant James, coffee rooms May William Simmons Hicks, farmer, May Edmund, Calcot Burgess George, laundry Kentwood farm May William, Kentwood Chapman Charles, shopkeeper Miller Frederick William, New inn Moore Mrs Clare Alfred (Mrs.), milliner Miller John, butcher Nance WaIter Norris, The Priory Clark Thomas, builder Minall Moses, beer retailer, Common :Nicholls Robert Carson Cocks George, plumber Minchin William Coles, farmer Osborne Miss Collier Samuel & Edward, brick & tile Moore Frederick, boot maker Pecover Miss, Kew cottage makers, Grovelands kiln Nance WaIter Norris, solr. The Priory Pither Abrllham Collins Benjamin, oilman Nicholls Robert Carson, physician Price Charles, Battle cottage Davis Thomas, builder Noakes Charles, boot maker Routh Rev. John William M.A. [surro- Dean George Buxton, medical botanist Noyes Henry James, Roebuck hotel gatel, Rectory Dobson George, Plough P.R Parsons WaIter, farmer Ryan Mrs. Sandhurst villa Dormer Frank John, butcher Partlo James, builder Smith John, Highclere villa , Duffin Harry, shopkeeper Payne William, grocer Smith Mrs. Sunnyside Fidler George, wheelwright Payton George, baker.