120 HENLEY-t'PON -THAMES. OXFORDSHIRE. (KELLY's Mackenzie esq. J.P. of Fawley Court, consists of four 1 this point and extend to Tring, Herts. The prospects separate blocks, viz:. administrative, free and paying from Henley are in th·e highest degree picturesqutl and wards, and disinfecting and mortuary chambers. The beautiful, the country around being pleasingly diversitied buildings were commenced by the late Right Hun. W. by lofty wooded hills sloping to the Thames. Henley H. Smith M.P. and finished and opened in 1892 by hi~ I Hill, through the chalky face of which the road is cut, son, the Hon. W. F. D. Smith, and are available for 38 is to the east; at its base are houses intermixe<i with patients. wooded scenery. On a height is a circle uf st{)nel, . Archbishop Laud's charity of £ ro yearly is for appren brought from the Island of Jersey, and popularly known ticing puor buys and for providing marriage portions for as "The Druid's Temple." The river Thames, seen in poor maid'l, who are entitled to the benefit. of t!J.j, many parts to great advantage, considerably heighten• charity every third year; the Bridge rents {Jl'u the beauty of the prospect. John Longland, Bishop of duce about £38 yearly, of which about [,r2 is appliec' Lincoln, 1521-47, was born here in 1473, an<i William w education, £13 to church purposes, and t.h~ rElmainder Lenthall, Speaker of the Long Parliament, in .hme, w the relief of the poor; the remaining charities yielrl 1591. In r664, during the Civil War, a l"onsiderahla about £so a year for church purposes; £130 fur pniJJi, Parliamentary force was quartered here under thfl Earl uses, chiefly relating to the repair of the bridge, £48 of Essex. for pensions to blmd persons and others, £ r 73 for dis- 'I' he Fair Mile is a fine avenue of trees north ul th~ tribution in kind and money, and £336 for the general tc•wn, about a mile in length and leading to A.;;;senden. n.ses of the poor, the last-named being subject to n The old manor house of Phyllis Court stood on the fee-farm rent of £13 6s. 8d. on account of Henry Smith'~ hank of the Thames to the nort.h of the town, but the charity to Caius College, Cambridge. principal part was pulled down about. 1788, and the :There are twenty-six almshouses, situated on the east remamder has been since removed w make room for a and west sides of St. Mary's churchyard: ten endowed handsome modern house now <lccupied by the Phylfu bv Mrs. Humphrey Newberry in r664 with an income of Cou'l"'t Club. /,89 yearly, four by Mrs. Ann Messenger in 1666, re- Friar Park is the residence of Sir Frank Crisp LL.B., built in the Gothic style by the corporation in 1846. wit!. B . .A.., J.P.; the grounds, which are extensive, contain a. yearly endowment of £r2, and twelve endowed b~· an Alpine garden, caves, water caves, a winter garden, John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln (a native of this towrJ a maze, Japanese gardens &c. and confessor to King Henry VIII.) in 1547; they were Edward Mackenzie esq. became lord of the manor of rebuilt in 1830 and have an annual income of £182. Henley by purchase in 1853; the manor is now held by · P_vrite~ and a black flint, used in making glass, are his son, WiLliam Dalz:iel Mackemie esq. of Fawley Uourt. found here. in Buckinghamshire. HElnley is chiefly famous for it•s annual regatta, held The a-rea of the Municipal Bor{)ugh was, by Local on the wide and beautiful reach of water immediately Government Board Order, No. P. 837 confirmed by Local adjoining the town; this regatta, establiihed in 1839 f01 Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation, amatPnr oarsmen, is usually held about thEl beginning :!'l'o. 6 Act, 1892, which came into operation 9 Nov. 1892, of July. and takes the first place ·among general amateur extended to include part of Rotherfield Greys civil aquatic contest·s in England, both in respect of the paTish. · character and skill of competitors, and of the fashionable assemblagE! of spectators which it invariably attracts: GREYS was under the pi"ovision.s of an Order of the a cour~e from below the island on the Bucks shore to County Councils of Ox.ford, Berk.s and Bucks, June 14, a point opposite the upper end of Phyllis C{)urt wall r 894, formed into a civil parish, from that portion of is marked out by piles and booms ; on either side of Rotherfield Greys within the municipal b(}rough. which space is left for small plea.sure craft: on the By Local Government Board Order No. 48,671, dated Buckinghamshire side house-boats are moored, while on Sept. 26, 1905, Greys was amalgamated with Henley· the opposite shore are the vario:~s stands and enclosures: upon-Thames civil parish. the priz:e!l principally contended for are challenge prize~ The area of the civil parish and municipal borough -i.e. pri:r.es held by the winners from year t.o year, and is 532 acres of land and 17 of water; rateable value, include the Granci Challenge Cup ann the Thames Chal­ [35,g86. lenge Cup £or eight oars; the Stewards' ChallElnge Cup The population in 1901 was 5,984, including 95 in· and the Wyfold Challenge Cup for fours ; the Silve1· mates and 12 officer~ in the workhouse. Goblets for pairs, and the Diamond Challenge Sculls for The population of the municipal borough in I9II was scullers; these are mostly open races, but some are 6.456. ilubject ·to certain restrictions. The L'ldies' Challenge The population of St. Mary-the-Virgin ecclesiastical Plate for eights and the Visitors' Challenge Cup for parish in 1901 was 3,383, and of Holy Trinity 1lcclesias- fours are limited to Colleges and Public schools. The tical parish, 3,034. Leander Club house is situated on the Berkshire side of the river, near the bridge. The Henley Rowing Club was NORTHFIELD END is a part of the parish. established in 1830. and has ;ts head quarters at thEl corner of New street and Thames side. Henley is also a BADG EM ORE, about a mile north-west, was consti· favourite resort for anglers, but the river now furnishes tuted a civil parish under the provisions of the pre­ little else besides roach and chub: a society has, however, viously mrmtioned Order, and will be found under 1 been formed for preserving t.he fish and cultivating t,he separate heading. ·exhausted species. The Chiltern Hills rommPnre from Parish Clerk, Henry Crocker. OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL I~S'l'ITL' TIONS &c. Post, M. 0. & 'I'. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, Town Sub-Post Office, Northfield End.-Frederick I Reading roarl.--Charles H. Honeysett, postmaster Thatcher, sub-postmaster. Box cleared at m.15 Ill Letters arrive by mail cart from Twyford station on the 11 a.m. & 3·20, 7·15 & 9·5 p.m.; sundays, 6.40 sp.m Great "\-Yestern railway at 4 a.m. & are delivered at 7 a.m. The mail arrive at 10.30 a.m. & delivery CORPORA. TION. takes plac~ at II a.m. & 3-45 & 6.30 p.m. There I9IO-II. is also a delivery to callers only at 9.30 a.m. The Mayor, Alderman Charles Clements. letter box closes for the mail to Reading & the West Deputy Mayor, Councillor Edward Harry Dee. of England at 7.30 a.m.; London & forward at 8.25 & , • 10.40 -a. m.; Oxford, Reading & South of England ' Aldermen. 10.40 a.m. ; London & forward 12.5 a.m.; Reading Retire Nov. 1913. Retire Nov. 1916. and West of England 12.50 p.m. ; second day mail Edmund Chamberlain Alfred Pither 3.30 p.m. to London & all parts; 4.20 p.m. to Read- Charles Glements 1 William Anker Simmona . ing, West of England, North of England & Scotland; & for the night mail to London & all parts at 7.30 Conncillms. p.m.; London & all parts 9.15 & 9-40 p.m. The sun­ Retire in November, rgu. day mail arrives at 4.30 a.m. & the delivery takes John Todd Campion William Alfred Hobbs place at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.40 p.m. The office • Edward Harry Dee Richard Wilson is open on sunday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for sale of Retire in November, 1912. stamps & registration of letters; week days, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; telegraph office open on week days from June John Charles Beck Alfred Holbrow r to Sept. 30 from 7 a.m. bo 9 p.m. & remainder of Thomas M. Drewett I William Henry Sarney the year from 8 a m. to 8 p.m.; S'llndays, 5 to 6 p.m Retire in November, 1913. Town Sub-Post & M. 0. Office, :17 Reading road.­ George Turton Green Charles Luker Albert Robert LeEl, sub-postmaster. Box cleared at William Hamilton HerbElrt Saunders 10.15 & 11.35 a.m. & 2.5, 7·35 && 8.25 p.m:; sundays, Mayor's Auditor, Councillor Alfred Holbrow 7·30 pm .