This web-page shows what has been updated or added recently
(apart from minor updates).
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Updated |
Status |
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The Wood family of Arborfield Hall
Farm of the mid 1900s |
25-Jan-2019 |
Updated |
| Data CD
replaced. Census and Parish Regster data now freely available. |
29-Mar-2018 |
Updated |
| Bearwood
Estate Auction Sale September 1912 |
25-Dec-2015 |
New |
| Bearwood
Estate Auction Sales 1911 - both Outlying Portions and Mansion |
30-Nov-2015 |
Updated |
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Sarah Hargreaves and her family
at Arborfield Hall |
10-Feb-2014 |
Updated |
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Thomas Hargreaves
-living apart in Bishopstoke, Hampshire |
10-Feb-2014 |
New |
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The Hargreaves family |
10-Feb-2014 |
Updated |
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The Wood family of Arborfield Hall
Farm of the mid 1900s |
10-Feb-2014 |
New |
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Old
Churchyard Working Parties |
28-Nov-2012 |
Updated |
| Cottage Garden Show held at the
Remount Depot 1936 |
01-Oct-2012 |
New |
| Diamond Jubilee
Celebration - Walk, Monday 4th June 2012 |
08-Jun-2012 |
New |
| From Hosepipe Ban to
Floods - Early 2012 in Arborfield |
08-May-2012 |
New |
| The opening of Martin's Pool in
Wokingham in 1934 |
26-Dec-2011 |
New |
| No Mod. Cons. - no electricity
for some until the mid 1950s |
08-Dec-2011 |
New |
| Aerial photo of Arborfield Cross
and Garrison from 30th August 1961 |
30-Aug-2011 |
New |
| Garrison Housing -
updated with aerial photo from 1961 |
30-Aug-2011 |
Updated |
| Families - Sturges of Barkham Square
- and Newlands |
30-Aug-2011 |
New |
| The growth of Reading
down to the River Loddon, as forecast in 1934 |
30-Aug-2011 |
New |
| Garth Hunt meetings starting
in Wokingham Town centre, 1933 |
25-Aug-2011 |
New |
| The saga of the Arborfield Playing
Fields Association, 1960-1971 |
20-Aug-2011 |
New |
| Bentley Family - includes wedding of Guy
Bentley to Nell Smith, 1933 |
20-Aug-2011 |
Updated |
| Opening of Arborfield
Water Pumping Station, 1933 |
04-Aug-2011 |
New |
| Families - Allsebrook |
04-Aug-2011 |
New |
| Collier Collection A.373 - Magpie
and Parrot - additional photos |
04-Aug-2011 |
Updated |
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The River Loddon - was it
once a navigable waterway? |
28-Jul-2011 |
Updated |
| Families: Captain and Mrs. Stuart
Rickman |
21-Jul-2011 |
New |
| Auctions: Arborfield Grange, 1887 |
21-Jul-2011 |
New |
| Auctions: Arborfield Grange, 1914 |
21-Jul-2011 |
New |
| Auctions: Arborfield Grange, 1921 |
21-Jul-2011 |
New |
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The Berkshire Local History Club's
notes on Arborfield, 1889-90 |
30-Jun-2011 |
New |
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Arborfield Hall Farm, as seen
in 2011 |
18-Jun-2011 |
New |
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Arborfield Hall Sale 1926 - map
showing threatened ribbon development |
09-Jun-2011 |
New |
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Bound Oak - an ancient tree
still alive in 2011 |
02-Jun-2011 |
New |
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"Byways in Berkshire
and the Cotswolds" by Peter Ditchfield, 1920 |
26-May-2011 |
New |
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"Byways"
Chapter 8: Wokingham to Miss Mitford's Country - via Arborfield |
26-May-2011 |
New |
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"Byways"
Chapter 9: Swallowfield to Kingsley's Country - via Arborfield |
26-May-2011 |
New |
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Pub landlords in 1815
- from the September Quarter Sessions |
18-May-2011 |
New |
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Richard Maynard, landlord
of 'The Swan', 1842 |
21-Nov-2010 |
New |
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Memories of Elizabeth Reynolds,
née Applin, of Arborfield Hall in 1950 |
11-Sep-2010 |
New |
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Joshua Anderson, Arborfield Rector, 1898-1945 - photo from 1898
added |
12-May-2010 |
Updated |
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School photo of children in 1947 |
12-May-2010 |
New |
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Wartime memories of childhood
at Brook Cottage |
11-Apr-2010 |
New |
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Remembrance Sunday,
November 8th 2009 |
08-Nov-2009 |
New |
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Selected local
Parish Register entries for St. Catherine's, Bearwood |
27-Jul-2009 |
New |
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George Franklin, who died
in 1869 in a tragic accident, and his family |
06-Jun-2009 |
New |
| The
Simonds family |
02-May-2009 |
Updated |
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John Walter II of Bearwood (1777 - 1847) |
02-May-2009 |
New |
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Properties - Bearwood |
04-Apr-2009 |
Updated |
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John Walter III of Bearwood (1818-1894) |
04-Apr-2009 |
New |
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John Walter IV of Bearwood - drowned in the lake Christmas Eve 1870 |
04-Apr-2009 |
New |
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Arthur Fraser Walter of
Bearwood (1846-1910) |
04-Apr-2009 |
New |
| The
Basingstoke-Wokingham Railway, proposed in 1895 but never built |
29-Mar-2009 |
New |
| 'Mole'
Inn - more historical detail, plus photos from the 1940s |
11-Mar-2009 |
Updated |
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Monumental Inscriptions in New Churchyard as in 1929 (LHRS) |
09-Mar-2009 |
New |
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Monumental Inscriptions in Old Churchyard as in 1927-8 (LHRS) |
09-Mar-2009 |
Updated |
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Inscriptions in Hargreaves
Chapel in Old Church, 1927 (LHRS) |
09-Mar-2009 |
New |
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Inscriptions in New Church, 1929 (LHRS) |
09-Mar-2009 |
New |
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Empire-Day school group photo from the 1930s - most children
identified |
04-Feb-2009 |
Updated |
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How the Local Newspapers
reported the Second World War (Series) |
31-Jan-2009 |
New |
| Parish
Council Cottages - new photo of Swallowfield Road |
31-Jan-2009 |
Updated |
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Targett's Farm |
09-Jan-2009 |
New |
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Laying the ghosts -
attempts to explain ghost-stories from Arborfield |
09-Jan-2009 |
New |
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Whitehall Brick & Tile Works - Articles from Mercury & Wokingham
Times |
01-Jan-2009 |
New |
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Arborfield and the Great War - new main article and expanded links |
24-Dec-2008 |
Updated |
| Rectors -
updated with the move of David Rowe to Lee Abbey in Devon |
18-Nov-2008 |
Updated |
| The
Local History Recording Scheme ('LHRS' - main article) |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
| LHRS - Rural Remedies |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - The Bull Inn Club |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - Monumental Inscriptions (Old and New
Churches & Churchyards) |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - Old & New Churches |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - Entries from Parish Register |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - Arborfield Hall Laundry, Cottages and
Standen Tomb in Old Church |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - The Bullock Family |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - Changes at Newland Farm |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - War History of the village of
Arborfield, 1938-1945 |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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LHRS - Exhibition at Arborfield, 1955 |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
| LHRS
- Theft of Lands at Barkham |
10-Oct-2008 |
New |
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The Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage opens at Bearwood, May 1922 |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
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British Legion
Sports Day at Newlands, July 1922 |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
| Army
Point-to-Point Races at the Remount Depot, 1922 |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
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'Hunting Notes by 'Wryneck', 1921 and 1922 |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
| The Garth
Hunt |
29-Aug-2008 |
Changed |
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'Hunting in
Berkshire' series of 1921: From Bramshill Hunt to Garth Hunt |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
| The Cope
family of Bramshill House, Hampshire |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
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The 'Bramshill Hunt' P.H. |
29-Aug-2008 |
Updated |
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Tithe Apportionment Accounts, 1854 - 1922; many farmers named |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Adjusting to Peacetime: 1919 to 1922 |
29-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Arborfield and the Great War - front page: new link |
29-Aug-2008 |
Updated |
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Congregational Chapel - additional information |
29-Aug-2008 |
Updated |
| Families page
thoroughly revised - all surnames now in alphabetical order |
29-Aug-2008 |
Updated |
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Properties - Report on opening of Village Hall, October 1931 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Retirement of Canon Joshua Anderson, Arborfield Rector, 1945 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Death of Peter Ditchfield, Rector of Barkham, 1930 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Battery Sergt-Major William Hayward released from Japanese POW camp
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25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Memories - Fete at
Arborfield Court, September 1922 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Kenneth Prescott, Arborfield Court, died December 1922 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Presentation to James Hayward,
Headmaster, 1902 - 1921 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
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Presentation to William Verrall, Headmaster, 1921 - 1947 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
| Death of
James Hellier Rowe, farmer, Targett's Farm, 1922 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
| Death of
Charles New in accident at Water Mill, Hall Farm, 1921 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
| The
Bushell family and the 'Bull' Public House |
25-Aug-2008 |
Updated |
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Death of Edith Bushell of
'Bull' P.H. in 1921 |
25-Aug-2008 |
New |
| Road
Traffic and proposals for By-Passes in and around Arborfield |
04-Apr-2008 |
New |
| A fatal
accident of Esme Hiscock in 1950 - and a demand for pavements |
04-Apr-2008 |
New |
| Review of
'Arborfield & the September 49ers' former Apprentices' web-site |
18-Mar-2008 |
New |
| Aerial
Photos of Arborfield and Newland in the 1940's |
15-Mar-2008 |
New |
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Squatters and Hut-Dwellers at Arborfield Hall Camp 1946 - 1953 |
15-Mar-2008 |
New |
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Newspaper report of Squatters at Barkham Manor and elsewhere |
15-Mar-2008 |
New |
| The
effect of the M4 on Arborfield and surrounding parishes |
15-Mar-2008 |
Changed |
| Part of Lot 1
in the 1947 Newlands Auction sale: Ellis Hill Farm (WYSIPIG) |
15-Mar-2008 |
Changed |
| Arborfield and
Newland Parish Council 1948 onwards |
24-Feb-2008 |
Changed |
| Arborfield
Parish Council 1894 - 1947 |
24-Feb-2008 |
Changed |
| Census Data |
24-Feb-2008 |
Changed |
| The
effect of the Motorways on the growth of Arborfield and its
neighbours |
24-Feb-2008 |
Changed |
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1931 Three Villages Show held at Newlands |
05-Jan-2008 |
New |
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1930 Cottage Garden
Show held at the Remount Depot |
05-Jan-2008 |
New |
| Standen
family - Standen Tomb and Plaque, plus enhanced narrative |
05-Jan-2008 |
Changed |
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The 'Bull'
P.H. - new links |
05-Jan-2008 |
Changed |
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Coronation celebrations, 1953 |
05-Jan-2008 |
Changed |
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The closure and rebuilding of the 'Bull',
March -July 2007 |
05-Aug-2007 |
New |
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A Fete at the Park in the hot
summer of 1976 |
19-May-2007 |
New |
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Enclosure Award for Windsor
Forest - details of local land holdings |
13-May-2007 |
New |
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The 'Bull' P.H. and Parish
Cottages - a Victorian Oil Painting |
13-May-2007 |
New |
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Arborfield and the Great War, as
covered by local newspapers |
03-Nov-2006 |
New |
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William Clark, Landlord of the 'Swan'
from 1904, and his family |
14-Sep-2006 |
New |
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Anthony Walton's 'Country Cameo'
newspaper articles from 1965 to 1975 |
12-Aug-2006 |
New |
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Street names, listed in
alphabetical order, with derivations where known |
12-Aug-2006 |
Changed |
| The
Collier Collection, plus other Collier postcards |
11-Jun-2006 |
Changed |
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Reading Library's H. A. Giles
Collection: Arborfield Postcards, ca. 1930
|
28-May-2006 |
New |
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Picture Gallery - updated links |
28-May-2006 |
Changed |
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Martin Shearn's postcards of old
Arborfield |
01-May-2006 |
New |
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Martin Shearn's photographs of
Arborfield in the 1960's and 1970's |
01-May-2006 |
New |
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Aerial Photo of Carter's Hill and Winnersh, 1944, showing 'Starfish
site' |
14-Jan-2006 |
New |
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Arborfield Hall farm - WWII Decoy Site for Reading |
14-Jan-2006 |
Changed |
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More information on 'Starfish' Decoy Sites |
14-Jan-2006 |
Changed |
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Reminiscences of Arborfield in the
1910's by Miss A. M. Edwards |
14-Jan-2006 |
New |
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Arborfield Hall - updated links |
06-Jan-2006 |
Changed |
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Arborfield Hall Farm - Right
of Way dispute - updated links |
06-Jan-2006 |
Changed |
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Cockleberry Mansion -
or was it Cockleberry Cottages? |
06-Jan-2006 |
New |
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Forced Landing at
Arborfield, September 1931 |
08-Oct-2005 |
Changed |
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Bishop's Transcripts of Arborfield Parish Registers from 1700 to
1837 |
24-Sep-2005 |
New |
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Car crash on what is now Sheerlands Road, November 1931 |
14-Aug-2005 |
New |
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Motor-cycle crash on Reading Road, August 1931 |
14-Aug-2005 |
New |
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Cross Lanes Farm and a court case, August 1931 |
14-Aug-2005 |
New |
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Air Crash at Cross Lanes Farm, July 1931 |
14-Aug-2005 |
New |
| The Garth
Hunt - includes more photos |
06-Aug-2005 |
Changed |
| Garth
Hunt - Point-to-Point Races, 1926 - now with map |
06-Aug-2005 |
Changed |
| Memories -
Jack Tilley, includes photo |
06-Aug-2005 |
Changed |
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Centenary Weekend - July 9th and 10th 1994 |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend
1994 - Street Market |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 - Flower Festival |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 -
5-a-side Football |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 - Tug of War |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 -
Barn Dance |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 - Sunday Service |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 -
Festival of Motoring |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Centenary Weekend 1994 -
Cricket Match |
31-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Memories - Rabies in the Reading Area and its effect on village
life, 1920 |
23-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Memories - Women's Institute Fete, September 1920 |
23-Jul-2005 |
New |
| Photos
from the visit to Silchester, 4th July 2005 |
16-Jul-2005 |
New |
| Auctions - now
with a link to Carter's Hill Farm sale, 1919 |
10-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
| Auction of
Carter's Hill Farm, 1919 |
10-Jul-2005 |
New |
|
The Small Holdings Scheme, 1919 - Betty Grove |
10-Jul-2005 |
New |
| Properties -
descriptions of Carter's Hill House and Tudor House |
10-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
| Properties
- Mill; re-arranged with links to other pages |
09-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
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Mill - Deed of
Arrangement - now a separate article |
09-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
|
Mill Owners |
09-Jul-2005 |
New |
|
Mill Fire 1829 -
article in 'The Times' |
09-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Mill Fire 1829 -
article in the 'Reading Mercury' |
09-Jul-2005 |
New |
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Mill Fire 1861 -
article in the 'Reading Mercury' |
09-Jul-2005 |
New |
| Old Church -
updated links, etc. |
08-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
| New
Church interior - including description of Aaron's Head |
08-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
| Garth
Hunt - Point-to-Point Races, 1926 |
03-Jul-2005 |
Changed |
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Notes
on an Archaeological Society field-trip to the Old Church |
02-Jul-2005 |
New |
| Front Page - click
on Thos. Pride Map for a larger area |
30-May-2005 |
Changed |
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Hargreaves Family - a plea for a lost book on their relatives the
Dawsons |
30-May-2005 |
Changed |
| Conroy
Family - link to Conroy Chapel Inscriptions, etc. |
30-May-2005 |
Changed |
|
Conroy Chapel Inscriptions |
30-May-2005 |
New |
| Old
Churchyard Inscriptions |
30-May-2005 |
Changed |
| Church
Missionary Society day, Arborfield Grange, 1920 |
29-May-2005 |
New |
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Bartlett's Farm - News item on Tragedy in 1930 |
29-May-2005 |
Changed |
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Auction - Arborfield Hall Furniture; advert in Reading Mercury, 1926 |
29-May-2005 |
New |
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Memories - Empire Day 1926 at Arborfield, Newland & Barkham School |
29-May-2005 |
New |
| The Garth
Hunt - now includes photo of Beagles at the Cross, plus links |
29-May-2005 |
Changed |
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Garth Hunt - 13 February 1926 at Newlands, with pictures |
29-May-2005 |
New |
|
Garth Hunt - New Year
from 'The Mole' Inn |
29-May-2005 |
New |
| Properties
- Royal Merchant Navy School then and now |
22-May-2005 |
New |
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Properties - the Cross |
22-May-2005 |
Changed |
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Properties - the Cross Dedication Ceremony, 1920 |
22-May-2005 |
New |
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Pictures - Swan Photo Album; the village in snow |
07-May-2005 |
New |
| Memories -
A Stroll along Arborfield Street, 1910 |
07-Apr-2005 |
New |
| The
Bentley Family |
07-Apr-2005 |
Changed |
| Arborfield
Hall - now has two sketches of the 17th Century Manor House |
08-Feb-2005 |
Changed |
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Arborfield Manor - now has two sketches of the 17th Century Manor
House |
04-Feb-2005 |
Changed |
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History of Simonds Bank - from a brochure produced by Barclays Bank |
04-Feb-2005 |
New |
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Herbert Lee |
27-Dec-2004 |
New |
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Magnolia Cottage |
27-Dec-2004 |
Changed |
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The Opening of the recreation ground at
Arborfield Park |
21-Dec-2004 |
New |
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Arborfield Hall in WWII - 'The Yanks are Here' |
21-Dec-2004 |
New |
| Newland
Council - has photo of School before 1910 extension built |
21-Dec-2004 |
Changed |
| The
Tea Gardens at 'The Swan' |
21-Dec-2004 |
New |
| Churches |
20-Dec-2004 |
Changed |
|
Congregational Chapel |
20-Dec-2004 |
New |
| Clive
Shurley's Mobile Shops - photos added |
20-Dec-2004 |
Changed |
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John Simonds' Obituary, 1929 |
20-Dec-2004 |
New |
|
Christmas 1925 |
14-Dec-2004 |
Changed |
| The Garth
Hunt |
14-Dec-2004 |
Changed |
| Ordnance
Survey Map, one-inch, 6th Edition, No. 169 |
14-Dec-2004 |
New |
|
Arborfield and other Loddon Bridges |
05-Dec-2004 |
New |
| Postcards
from Nicky Ford |
27-Nov-2004 |
New |
| Arborfield
Stores |
27-Nov-2004 |
Changed |
| The 'Bull'
P.H. |
27-Nov-2004 |
Changed |
| The Old
Post Office |
27-Nov-2004 |
Changed |
| The
Cross Roads |
14-Nov-2004 |
New |
|
Remembrance Sunday, 2004 |
14-Nov-2004 |
New |
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