1903
Local items from the Hants and Berks Gazette for 1903.
Items marked [C] have been copied by TADS.
| Date | Page | Village | News |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/01/1903 | 6 | Tadley | School Board - Increase of salary for the two teachers from £160 to £165 per annum - Miss Kimber (the new mistress) was to be paid 4s per week. |
| 03/01/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Church bells on New Year s Eve. [C] |
| 03/01/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Church Sunday School Christmas and Magic Lantern Entertainment. [C] |
| 03/01/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Band of Hope (Primitive Methodist Chapel) Tea . [C] |
| 03/01/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Annual Dinner at The Crown Inn Lots of names of members (residents?). [C] |
| 10/01/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Police changes: PC Fell superannuated PC Gregory transferred from Headley to Baughurst. |
| 10/01/1903 | 8 | Tadley | Death of Mrs Harvey funeral write-up. [C] |
| 10/01/1903 | 8 | Tadley | Inquiry at The Malt House Inn by coroner on body of James Clarke wife of Ann Bowman - full inquest details. [C] |
| 10/01/1903 | 8 | Tadley | Serious accident to Vicar of Kingsclere stand-in vicar was wired for . [C] |
| 17/01/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Annual Tea and Treat for Tabernacle Sunday School - Xmas Tree. Book prizes for attendance awarded to Margaret Smith, Florence Butler, Albert Hedges, Frederick Hedges, Robert, Richard and Joseph Smith. |
| 24/01/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Annual tea for Church Sunday School - Prizes for attendance to Ellis Jones, Dorothy Allen, Herbert James, Evelyn Allen, Carrie Webb, Edward Shrive and Mable Appleby. |
| 24/01/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Marriage of Miss Minnie Goddard and James Fisher - write-up includes guests and presents given. [C] |
| 31/01/1903 | 6 | Tadley | School Board - Rose Stacey s (new monitoress) application to be a pupil teacher considered. School enlargement (extension) (ongoing) cheque to builders approved. |
| 07/02/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Ronald Vernon s original Dioramic Exhibition of Canada in Church Room. [C] |
| 14/02/1903 | 4 | Silchester | Dickens Farm, Silchester, will not now be offered by auction. |
| 21/02/1903 | 5 | Mortimer | Inquest at The Turner s Arms - Frederick Taylor, age 53, who died from a fall into a local gravel pit. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 5 | Tadley | Concert in the Church Iron Room - Dr Langley and Mr H Morris were the main entertainers. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 6 | Silchester | Death and funeral of Mrs E Stacey, age 36. She leaves a husband and family of seven little ones. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 6 | Silchester | Death and funeral of Mrs Ellen Hayward, age 40, wife of Mr J G Hayward of Compton , Silchester. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 6 | Silchester | Concert organised by Miss Langshaw at Silchester School provided first-rate entertainment. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 6 | Charter Alley | Band of Hope meeting - in the Primitive Methodist Church. There were recitations and duets; also a gramophone, which amused the children. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 6 | Little London | Twenty seven members entered the Slate Club . [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 7 | Tadley | A Long Night Dance in connection with the dancing class took place in the Church Room; 60 to 70 present. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Death of Mrs Fidler of Tadley Hill, sister to Mrs Hussey. Funeral was in Welford, using a single horse hearse for whole distance. [C] |
| 21/02/1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Magic Lantern Entertainment, illustrating mission work in West Africa in Tabernacle by Mr F W Webber of Basingstoke. [C] |
| 28/02/1903 | 7 | Tadley | School board monthly report. |
| 28/02/1903 | 8 | Ramsdell | Medical Officer of Health closed Ramsdale School on account of an epidemic of mumps. |
| 07/03/1903 | 4 | Tadley | Sale of 350 splendid oak trees standing in Brown Hill Wyford, Bishop s Woods coppices and near Skates Farm. [C] |
| 14/03/1903 | 7 | Tadley | An evening of Song at the Primitive Methodist Chapel with Miss E Cripps at the harmonium. Collection in aid of Sunday School funds [C] |
| 14/03/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Board School children examined in religious knowledge. [C] |
| 14/03/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Sympson s Charity Annual Parish Meeting - accounts were produced and passed. Letter from Mr Roller re the taking of gravel from the common was read, also a War Office letter re manoeuvres this coming summer. [C] |
| 14/03/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Death and funeral of Mrs Langley of Kiln House Tadley - this death cast quite a gloom among the parishioners of Tadley and surrounding districts. [C] |
| 21/03/1903 | 2 | Mortimer | Coroner s report on the murder of the daughter of Elizabeth and Eli West. |
| 21/03/1903 | 5 | Basingstoke | Work has begun on Basingstoke s new red brick railway station. Completion expected in Spring 1905. |
| 28/03/1903 | Baughurst | For Sale - 3 Strong Store Pigs apply A Bowman, Baughurst | |
| 28/03/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Wooton and Tadley School Board - epidemic of sore throats. |
| 04/04/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Sad death of Mrs (George) Nash |
| 04/04/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Parish meeting - wind up of Coronation Committee; £11 surplus. |
| 04/04/1903 | 8 | Silchester | Cricket Club meeting. |
| 11/04/1903 | 5 | Ramsdell | Ramsdale school drainage problem. |
| 11/04/1903 | 5 | Baughurst | Lecture by rector - The Passion . |
| 11/04/1903 | 5 | Tadley | Attempted wife murder and suicide Tadley. |
| 18/04/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Annual Public Tea in Tabernacle. |
| 18/04/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Vestry and annual parish meeting. |
| 18/04/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Shocking Occurrence at Tadley - husband murderously attacks his wife. [C] |
| 18/04/1903 | 8 | Aldermaston | Fire among rods stored at wharf - fire engines from Englefield House and Strange s Brewery attended. [C] |
| 18/04/1903 | 8 | Ramsdell | Sudden death of labourer - George Barrett age 6. |
| 25/04/1903 | 2 | Baughurst | Parish council meeting. [C] |
| 25/04/1903 | 2 | Baughurst | AGM of Tadley, Baughurst and Ewhurst Unionist Association. [C] |
| 25/04/1903 | 2 | Tadley | Easter services at Primitive Methodist Chapel with local bands. [C] |
| 25/04/1903 | 5 | Silchester | Sad death of Miss Ann Elizabeth Dicker, age 45, of Dicker s Farm. |
| 25/04/1903 | 8 | Baughurst | Liberal Party meeting - address by G Judd, Liberal candidate West Hants Division. |
| 02/05/1903 | 4 | Pamber | For Sale - 9 strong store pigs, 9 weeks old - F Hunt Pamber Green. |
| 02/05/1903 | 5 | Silchester | Funeral of Mrs Ann Elizabeth Dickers. |
| 02/05/1903 | 6 | Pamber | Death of oldest inhabitant, Mrs Ann Chapple, widow of the late John Chapple. [C] |
| 02/05/1903 | 8 | Tadley | Concert in Church Mission Hall - special praise to Idenden family as amateur instrumentalists. [C] |
| 09/05/1903 | 4 | Baughurst | For sale - butter churn - makes 3 lbs. £1 - A H Bowman Upper Farm Baughurst. |
| 16/05/1903 | 6 | Silchester | An artist s tenancy - debt of £6 rent; Basingstoke County Court. [C] |
| 16/05/1903 | 6 | Silchester | A Silchester grocery business - a bogus transfer against Mrs S Young. [C] |
| 16/05/1903 | 7 | Silchester | Silchester Common - alleged encroachment - action by The Duke of Wellington against Mr Yates faggot pile . [C] |
| 16/05/1903 | 7 | Pamber | Farmer s claim action against Mr Wm Follett of Ravenscroft Farm. [C] |
| 16/05/1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Death of oldest inhabitant - Mrs Charlotte Hawkins, age 97. |
| 16/05/1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Hospital Sunday Parade - £20 1s 8d to Royal Berks Hospital. [C] |
| 23/05/1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Confirmation Service in Parish Church - 27 candidates. |
| 30/05/1903 | 2 | Silchester | Silchester Common - the alleged encroachments; Duke of Wellington v Mr Yates (grocer). [C] |
| 30/05/1903 | 3 | Silchester | Cricket match - Silchester v Padworth (playes names included). |
| 30/05/1903 | 3 | Mortimer | Cricket match - Mortimer West End v Bucklebury Fireside (with names). |
| 30/05/1903 | 5 | Tadley | Tadley Hospital Parade - notice of public meeting in Iron Room. |
| 30/05/1903 | 6 | Ramsdell | School Drainage Question. |
| 06/06/1903 | Eton | Fire at Eton College - 2 boys burnt to death. | |
| 06/06/1903 | 5 | Silchester | Sad Death of Mrs Knight (29), wife of Henry Knight. |
| 06/06/1903 | 6 | Mortimer | Another sad death - Edward Giles (21), a Silchester cricketer. |
| 06/06/1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Primitive Methodists held their annual camp meeting service. |
| 13/06/1903 | Basingstoke | T Burberry advert: Clear on Saturday June 13 at 11 o clock am, we give away 1000 hats (one to each customer) on the occasion of purchasing entire stock of Mr G Overton, Draper, of 42 Aston Road, Birmingham. [C] | |
| 13/06/1903 | 1 | Silchester | Messrs J Goddard, undertakers of Silchester, have now obtained a single horse hearse. [C] |
| 13/06/1903 | 2 | Silchester | Silchester Excavations - details of last year s work expenditure £500. [C] |
| 13/06/1903 | 7 | Silchester | Encroachments on Silchester Common - Judgement for Lord of Manor. [C] |
| 20/06/1903 | 7 | Charter Alley | Sunday School Anniversary at Primitive Methodist Church. |
| 27/06/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Choir treat to perform at Winchester Church Festival. |
| 27/06/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Parish Council Quarterly meeting in schoolroom - request gravel-pit extension. |
| 27/06/1903 | 7 | Ramsdell | Rev S Leadbetter of Southampton, and former vicar of Ramsdale, has effected an exchange with Rev J E Hatch of Plumpton. |
| 27/06/1903 | 8 | Aldermaston | Masonic Lodge elected Brother W G Crombie as their Worshipful Master. |
| 04/07/1903 | 7 | Mortimer | Conviction and sentence - Elizabeth West, wife of Eli West, for killing of her new-born child. [C] |
| 04/07/1903 | 7 | Tadley | Hospital Parade headed by Tadley, Baughurst and Salvation Army bands. [C] |
| 05/07/1903 | 5 | Kingsclere | John Porter erected a stone in Kindsclere Churchyard in memory of his wife. |
| 07/07/1903 | 7 | Tadley | The Fighting Cocks destroyed by fire; landlord (Thomas Benham) injured. [C] |
| 18/07/1903 | 6 | Tadley | Death of Mrs Hannah Huzzey (aged 76) of Tadley Hill. [C] |
| 18/07/1903 | 6 | Silchester | Sale by auction of building sites on Silchester Common. [C] |
| 18/07/1903 | 8 | Aldermaston | Reading Natural History Society spent the afternoon in the grounds of Aldermaston Court. |
| 18/07/1903 | 8 | Mortimer | Charge of arson against John Simpson firing of wheat straw rick. [C] |
| 25/07/1903 | 4 | Tadley | Notice - Stanley Villa now sold! |
| 25/07/1903 | 8 | Pamber | A pretty wedding - Florence King (Elm Far) to William Bartlett. [C] |
| 25/07/1903 | 8 | Baughurst | Anniversary services held at The Mission Hall. |
| 01.08.1903 | 2 | Mortimer West End | 2nd Annual Horticultural show - big write-up with many names. |
| 01.08.1903 | 6 | TAD | Tadley Day celebrations, a revival of Revel Monday. [C] |
| 01.08.1903 | 8 | SIL | Silchester Primitive Methodist Connexion - annual Circuit meeting. [C] |
| 08.08.1903 | 5 | Baughurst | Foreign Mission garden meeting. |
| 08.08.1903 | 8 | Mortimer West End | Horticultural Show prize winners - lots of names. |
| 15.08.1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Annual Government School Report - Band concert in Mr James meadow by the Reading Temperance Prize Band. |
| 15.08.1903 | 7 | Tadley | Wootton & Tadley School Board - special meeting to approve payment for Tadley School enlargement and agreement to borrow £422 for Ramsdale School. [C] |
| 15.08.1903 | 8 | Ramsdell | Ramsdale & Ewhurst Garden Exhibition in Holly Bush meadow. [C] |
| 15.08.1903 | 8 | Tadley | Funeral of Miss Sarah Monger aged 21 at St Peter s. [C] |
| 15.08.1903 | 8 | Pamber | Extraordinary ducks - eggs laid at nine weeks old. [C] |
| 15.08.1903 | 8 | Pamber | Funeral of Miss Eliza Pether aged 87 of Ravenscroft Farm. [C] |
| 15.08.1903 | 8 | Silchester | Temperance Fete in Mr G Ford s meadow. [C] |
| 22.08.1903 | 5 | Baughurst | School treat for 120 national school children to Edward Allen s Manor Farm. |
| 29.08.1903 | 5 | Mortimer | Primitive Methodist Sunday School Red Letter Day. |
| 05.09.1903 | 1 | Silchester | Death on 29 August of John Bartlett, age 88, of Dial Cottage. |
| 05.09.1903 | 6 | Ashford Hill | Funeral of the late Mrs T North (80). |
| 05.09.1903 | 6 | Silchester | Dr Langley about again after recent bereavement. |
| 05.09.1903 | 6 | Silchester | Visit of Revd and Mrs Fiennes, former rector. |
| 05.09.1903 | 6 | Silchester | Death and funeral of John Bartlett. |
| 12.09.1903 | 1 | Charter Alley | Birth of a son to John Stanley of Pitts Lanes Farm. |
| 12.09.1903 | 5 | Baughurst | Great storm of last Thursday night local damage. |
| 12.09.1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Election of Manager for National School on Parish Council. Mr Goodenough offered himself but no seconder; J Smith proposed and seconded. |
| 19.09.1903 | 7 | Silchester | Hampshire Field Club visit to Silchester Calleva Atrebatum. |
| 26.09.1903 | 7 | Tadley | Final meeting of Tadley and Wooton School Board. |
| 10.10.1903 | 8 | Ramsdell | Wedding of Miss Emily Alfreda Dove to Mr Frederick John Whitear of Anstey Mill, Alton at Christ Church Ramsdale. |
| 10.10.1903 | 8 | Ewhurst | The Duke of Wellington had the honour of dining with the King. |
| 17.10.1903 | 6 | Tadley | Harvest Thanksgiving Service at Congregational Church led by Pastor W Robilliard. Magic Lantern show on 37 years rescue work among Waifs . [C] |
| 17.10.1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Harvest Thanksgiving at Primitive Methodist Church. |
| 24.10.1903 | 7 | Tadley | Primitive Methodist Chapel Harvest Thanksgiving Mr Gould. |
| 24.10.1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Parish Church Harvest Thanksgiving Service conducted by Rev Crowley. |
| 24.10.1903 | 8 | Silchester | Harvest Thanksgiving at Parish Church of St Mary. Rev Longshaw. [C] |
| 24.10.1903 | 8 | Pamber | Harvest Thanksgiving Revd Sweetapple presided. |
| 24.10.1903 | 8 | Little London | Harvest Thanksgiving at Mission Church led by Revd Sweetapple. Thanks given to J Herbert Benyon (owner of church) for recent renovations. |
| 07.11.1903 | 5 | Silchester | Report of 1903 Calleva excavations. [C] |
| 07.11.1903 | 5 | Silchester | Wedding of Miss Fanny Yates to Henry James Shering - names of attendees. [C] |
| 21.11.1903 | 5 | Silchester | Testimonial to Mr A Smallbone - presented with cash present on his move. |
| 21.11.1903 | 6 | Basingstoke | King and Queen of Italy passed through Basingstoke station en route to Windsor. |
| 21.11.1903 | 7 | Tadley | Primitive Methodist Chapel Mission services - with collections for Missions. |
| 21.11.1903 | 7 | Baughurst | Parish Council letter to District Council re "...dangerous condition of wooden footbridge at Haughurst Hill and bad state of Dunkets Lane...". [C] |
| 28.11.1903 | 7 | Tadley | Band of Hope recently enrolled 80 juveniles. [C] |
| 28.11.1903 | 7 | Silchester | Managers appointed under new Education Act. [C] |
| 28.11.1903 | 7 | Silchester | Band of Hope annual tea and entertainment (80 children, 40 adults). [C] |
| 05/12/1903 | 6 | Tadley | Petty Sessions - alleged cruelty to a horse at Tadley by Alfred Hewlett and his son - case dismissed. [C] |
| 05/12/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Waif Saturday - collection for Dr Barnardo s - £215s 0d; collectors named. [C] |
| 05/12/1903 | 8 | Pamber Heath | Accident to Mr James Smith, of Yew Tree Cottage Laundry, Pamber, as he was returning home with washing in pony and trap. |
| 12/12/1903 | 6 | Tadley | Church Lads Brigade - inspection by Major Dunne at Heath End Church. |
| 12/12/1903 | 6 | Baughurst | Entertainment by the Baughurst Snowdrop minstrels in the schoolroom. [C] |
| 12/12/1903 | 6 | Silchester | Concert in the Impstone Reading Room by permission of Mr J J Cooper. [C] |
| 12/12/1903 | 8 | Ramsdell | Waif Saturday collection for Dr Barnardoís - £1.5s.7d. |
| 12/12/1903 | 8 | Ramsdell | Cricket Club committee meeting. |
| 12/12/1903 | 8 | Mortimer | Band of Hope entertainment in Congregational Church. |
| 12/12/1903 | 8 | Tadley | Arthur Stacey fined 10s for being asleep while in charge of horse and cart. |
| 26/12/1903 | Silchester | Visit of Church Army Van. | |
| 26/12/1903 | Silchester | Church Choir and Ringers Supper in Silchester schoolroom. | |
| 26/12/1903 | 5 | Ramsdell | Revd Joseph Fuller, vicar of Ramsdale 1867 - 1893, died on 2 December. |
| 26/12/1903 | 7 | Silchester | Death and Burial of Mr John Pope aged 66. |
| 26/12/1903 | 7 | Silchester | Entertainment in the Primitive Methodist Chapel. |
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