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Wall Letter Boxes.-Speen Hill, cleared at 8.45 a.m. Pillar Letter Box, Woodspeen, cleared at 12.15 & 6.15 & I, 6.45 & 8.30 p.m.; sundays, 5.30 p.m.; & Marsh p.m.; sundays, 9·'5 a. m Benham, cleared at 8.10 a. m. & 5 p.m.; sundays, The children attend the schools at Stock Cross or Speen­ 8.30 a.m • hamland

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Low Misses, The Limes, Speen hill fChaplin Matthew, plumber Ansou Mu. Craven lodge Majendie Mrs. Arthur, Speen hill Coburn Henry, Five Bells P.H Barton Harold, Fairholme Perry Mrs. Elmore Collier Saml. farmer, Woodspeen frm Beales Miss, Thornhills Pole Mrs. Church Speen lodge Convalescent Home (Gerard L. Parsons Beauchamp Fras. Art h. W oodspeen lo Sankey Charles, Ladywell M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. medical officer; Caine Mrs. Howard, Deanwood Scriven Miss, Maisonette Rev. Robert Bruce Dickson M ..A. Camp Alfred, Rosecroft Smith Mrs. Montague villa manager; Miss M. Doward,matron) Copies tone William Drake M.A., B. C. Smollett Mrs. Telfer, Woodspeen Coplestone William Drake M ..A., B. C. Battle crossways surgeon, Battle Crothers Mrs. Holmby Squirl Ernest W. Speen manor Dowling Francis D. grocer Dickson Rev. Robert Bruce M.A. Talbot Miss Froude Thomas, farmer, Grove dairy (vicar), Vicarage Thoyts Rev. Francis Waiter M.A., Girls' Friendly Society (Miss Dig­ Dreweatt Thomas, Norfolk lodge J.P. Woodspeen grange weed, matron), .Alma cottage Dunlop Mrs. Speen Hill house Tiddeman Miss, Speen bolt Greenslade Mrs. Mary, laundry,Wood­ Fort Mrs. Speen Elms speen West Gregory Alfd.laundry,WoodspeenWes\ Gaskoin Miss, Leighton lodge COMMERCIAL. Gib bs Mrs. Speen house . Hillier George, farm bailiff to Sir Goodwin Mrs. Burghley Appleton Ernest, beer retailer, Rd. V. Sutton hart. Bradford's frm Hall Frederick, Hill cottage Baverstock Lewis, farmer, Bagnor.Jacobs Chas. Alfred, cab proprietor He~th Mrs. Speen lodge Manor farm Kimber George, farmer, Rectory frm Hopson Mrs. The Croft Belcher Elizh. (Mrs.), baker &; grocer Kitchen James, dairy farm Jones Evan, The White lodge Brooker Jas. Wilson, beer ret. Bagnor Leader John R. farmer, Foley farm -Leader George Gardner, Grove cot Cattermole Thomas George, Hare & Miller Henry, nurseryman, Speen hill Lewendon William Eliel ' Hounds P.H Miller William, nurseryman, Speen hi SPEENHA:MLAND, see Newbury. SPENCER'S WOOD was formed into an ecclesias- Post, M. 0. & T. Office, Spencer's Wood.-John Lowe, tical parish by Order in Council Dec. 17th, 1913, from sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Reading at 5.1o portions of the civil parishes of Shinfield, Swallowfield a.m. & 12.5 & 5.20 p.m.; dispatched at u.2o a.m. and Grazeley: it is 4~ miles south by west from & 3.10 & 7.30 p.m.; sundays, arrive 5.25 a.m.; dis- Reading, in Wokingham union, petty sessional division patched 6 p.m. Office open 8.30 to 10 a.m and county court district of Reading, rural deanery of Reading, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. Wall Letter Box, Stanbury, cleared at 1I. IS a.m. & 3· '5 The church of St. Michael and All .Angels, erected in & 7·45 p.m.; sundays, 6.55 p.m rgoB, is a •building of red brick with stone dres·sings : Elementary School (mixed), Three Mile Cross·, built in the east window is stained: an organ was provided in I910, for 240 children; Herbert Reely, master 1910: there are 274 sittings. The living iS' a vicarage, Council School, Lamb'" lane (mixed), built" in 1908, for net yearly value [153, in the gift of the Bishop of 240 children; John T. Russell, master Oxford, and held since 1914 by the Rev. Frederick Temple Lewarne B.A. of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Infants', Spencer's Wood, erectea in 1890, for 95 child­ There is a. Congregational chapel, erected in 1885, with ren; Mrs. Wright, m.istress 250 sittings. A daily service of motor omnibuses runs from the Three Mile Cross is a hamlet i mile north. Here is General Post Office, Reading, calling at Spencer's a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Wood post office, morning & evening Post & M. 0. Office, Three Mile Cross.-Samuel Robert­ son, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Reading at Carriers (from Reading).-Ratcliff, daily; Varney, 5-I5 & 11.25 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; dispatched at 11.35 daily, except wed. ; Davey, tues. thurs. &; sat. ; Bay· a. m. & 3.30 & 7-So p.m.; sundays, arrive at 5· '5 liss, daily, except wed. ; Stimpson, tues. thurs. k a. m.; dispatched at 7 p.m. Spencer's Wood, I mile sat.; Green, mon. tues. thurs. & sat.; Hartnett, tues. distant, is the nearest telegraph office thurs. fri. & sat (Marked thus * postal address, Three Alien Thomas, coal merchant *Jemdngs Thos. Pye, market gardnr Mile Cross, Reading &; thus t *Barnard Thomas, butcher Kent Nellie (Miss), dress maker Shinfield, Reading.) Baston T. coal merchant Lay George, jobbing gardener rruVATE RESIDENTS. Beesley Kezia (Mrs.), grocer Lee Richard, grocer Cola Rev. H. Edward (Congrega- Bennett James, crmtractor Lowe John, plumber, & post office tional), Charthurst *Bromley Jsph. Geo. baker &; oversr Luckwell Frank, farmer, Body's farm Fifield Albert, Essendeene Brooker Thos.farmer,WhiteHouse frm MacFarlane James E. M.B., B.S. Hayes J ames, .Ash Cherrill Thomas Robert, farmer, physi"ian & surgeon, Oak view *Iremonger Richard Wilders Grove farm Merritt Matthew J. boot repairer Jones William George, Winton Clarke William L. Red Lion P.H Middleton Robert,farmer, Grovelands Kemutt Wilfred E. Shottesbrook Clements Arthur John, baker *Mitford Hall (Philip Ager,caretaker) Lewarne Rev. Frederick Temple B.A. Clements Emily (Mrs.), baker Moore Angusta (Mrs.), draper (vicar), The Nest Clements William, bricklayer tNeville Henry, Yew Tree P.H *Manning John Henry, The Briars Day James, beer retailer Pickering George, gardener to J. R. Monis Joseph, The Firs Dearlove Edwin & Son, nurserymen Horton esq Murrell Richard, The Homestead Double Charles Sidney, blacksmith Prior David, market gardener Oakley Miss, Ballimore *Drinkwater Harry S. insurance agt Ravs Albert Wm. farmer, Lamb farm l'ortsmouth Miss C. Merton villa *Elliott .Annie (Mrs.), beer retailer *Robertson Samuel, grocer,& post off Portsmouth Misses, Warbrook Emblin Charles, insurance agent *Runyard Frederick, saddler Robertson G. A. Oaklands Farley Fred, grocer Sant Frederick Gebrge, draper Salmon Henry William, Hill brow *Ford Henry, blacksmith Saunders & Maynard, grocers Salmon Mrs. East Rap Graver Frederick, carpenter *Tame Henry, wheelwright tSimonds MajorChas.Fras. The Crofts Graver William, wheelwright *Ward John, Swan P.H Smith Ebenezer, The Limes Hewitt &; Beken, coach &; motor car Webb Albert, saddler Smith-Batten Wm. V.D. Oak lodge body builders *Webb George, poultry farmer Tosland William, Hill side Hobbs Henry, butcher Wheeler William Henry, builder Woodford Miss, Oakbank *How William James, farmer White Fanny (Mrs.), dress maker, Howard Emily Jane (Miss), grocer The Nest COMMERCIAL. *Jefl'ries Albert E. beer retailer Wilson Samuel, market gardener, Aldridge Charles, builder *Jennings Fras.George & Dragon P.H Mullis farm STANFORD DINGLEY is a parish and village 4 petty sessional division a.nd county conrt district of miles north-ea•t from Midf!ham station and 4 miles north Newbury, rural deanery of Bradfield, archdeaconry of (by privat<> r01d) from station on the Great llerks and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Deni~ Western railway, IO north-west from R111din!! nnd 8 i• ~n ancient anrl mO!'t interesting structure of flint and north-east from Newbnry. in ·the Sontb?r'l divi~inn