1904
Local items from the Hants and Berks Gazette for 1903.
Items marked [C] have been copied by TADS.
| Date | Page | Village | News |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issue date | Page | Village | Combination |
| 02/01/1904 | 8 | Ramsdell | Local Hampshire Friendly Society - quarterly meeting in schoolroom. |
| 02/01/1904 | 8 | Ramsdell | Sunday School Christmas treat. |
| 09/01/1904 | 5 | Little London | Slate Club - end of year pay-out to 15 members - 15s 9d each. |
| 09/01/1904 | 5 | Silchester | School reopens after holiday repairs and redecoration by Messrs Goddard and Sons. [C] |
| 09/01/1904 | 5 | Silchester | Sad accident in the Church - to Mr James Goddard who was taken up by the tenor bell and dropped down amongst the seats". He is progressing favourably. [C] |
| 09/01/1904 | 5 | Silchester | "1903 has rolled away". Remembered for its continuous rains and the disastrous times for farmers. Nevertheless 52 people sat down to the annual dinner. [C] |
| 09/01/1904 | 5 | Ramsdell | Pig Club - annual meeting of Ramsdale Pig Club held in School room. [C] |
| 09/01/1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Annual Christmas Tea given to scholars of the Tabernacle School |
| 09/01/1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Bell ringers supper on New Year s Eve |
| 16/01/1904 | 3 | Mortimer West End | Vicarís Entertainment - Invitation by Rev and Mrs Rooke followed by Sunday School tea next day |
| 16/01/1904 | 3 | Bramley | Bramley Foresters New Year Supper - Court Number 5525 also called The Pride of Bramley Street . This is quite a large write-up with plenty of detail and names. |
| 16/01/1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Scholars attending Church Sunday school and Girls Friendly Society were invited to the Rector s for tea. |
| 23/01/1904 | 5 | Silchester | Baughurst Gospel Temperance Band plays in Primitive Methodist Chapel. |
| 23/01/1904 | 8 | Baughurst | Rector distributed George Lamb prizes to Elsie Appleton, Beatrice Appleton, Frederick Riley and Frederick Kent. |
| 30/01/1904 | 8 | Baughurst | Mission visit of No 1 Winchester Church Army van. |
| 30/01/1904 | 8 | Baughurst | School report of Religious Education was satisfactory. |
| 30/01/1904 | 8 | Baughurst | Wedding in Parish Church - Miss Annie Long and Mr Albert Woods. |
| 12/02/1904 | Tadley | Passive Resistance Movement - Local passive resisters league formed; 30 ratepayers joined. | |
| 12/02/1904 | 8 | Tadley | Entertainment given at Congregational Church by Silchester Choir. |
| 20/02/1904 | Ashford Hill | Sale of goods of the Passive Resisters from Ashford Hill and Burghclere, for not having paid the educational portion of the Poor Rate. [C] | |
| 20/02/1904 | Tadley | Entertainment by Silchester Methodist Choir in the Chapel. | |
| 20/02/1904 | Baughurst | Lantern lecture by Dr Sweetapple, Rector of Monk Sherborne, on the Introduction of Christianity into this country . | |
| 20/02/1904 | 7 | Silchester | School Concert. |
| 05/03/1904 | 6 | Silchester | Gorse Fire last Tuesday near a thatched cottage. |
| 05/03/1904 | 6 | Silchester | Hydes Charity - Richard Hyde - 14s to each of the poorest parishioners. |
| 05/03/1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Lecture in schoolroom by the Rector. |
| 05/03/1904 | 8 | Silchester | Entertainment in Primitive Methodist Chapel in aid of the new organ fund . |
| 19/03/1904 | 5 | Tadley | Resistence to Education Act of 1902 has reached Tadley - meeting in schoolroom. |
| 19/03/1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Annual parish meeting in school-scanty attendance-yearís expenses £1.13.3d. |
| 9.4.1904 | 6 | Tadley | Cricket match at The Fox & Hounds: Married v Singles, followed by a nice spread . |
| 9.4.1904 | 6 | Pamber | Pretty wedding at Priory Church. Ernest J Stamp married Martha Jane Hughes, both of Pamber. |
| 9.4.1904 | 8 | Mortimer West End | Death and funeral of Matthew Ford, senior partner of George Ford & Sons, farmer, timber and underwood merchants. He was also well known as a valuer and measuring surveyor. |
| 9.4.1904 | 8 | Tadley | Sparrow Club supporters and members annual dinner at Old Malt House. Report showed 1,170 birds had been caught with funds in a flourishing condition. |
| 9.4.1904 | 8 | Silchester | New burial ground at the churchyard to be consecrated by Bishop of Southampton. |
| 9.4.1904 | 8 | Baughurst | Inquest at The New Inn on the body of Nellie Maria Kernutt, age 6 daughter, of Isacc Kernutt. [C] |
| 9.4.1904 | 8 | Little London | Service of Song, entitled Eva at the Mission Church. [C] |
| 9.4.1904 | 8 | Little London | Sparrow Club dinner at The Old Plough Inn. Funds showed 9s 3d with 778 sparrows being taken. [C] |
| 16.4.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Easter Vestry Meeting - small attendance. [C] |
| 23.4.1904 | 7 | Various | Annual meeting of Ewehurst, Baughurst and Tadley Conservative Association. |
| 30.4.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Advance notice of Hospital Sunday Parade on 8 May. |
| 7.5.1904 | 4 | Baughurst | Auction sale of picturesque thatched cottage known as Browning Hill Cottage. |
| 14.5.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Elliot's Farm abandoned by tenant, Mr G Parker. |
| 21.5.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Presentation to the Rector and his wife on their leaving by Mr Stokes of Inhurst House. |
| 28.5.1904 | Baughurst | Primitive Methodist Church Camp Meeting in Mr Bowman's field. | |
| 28.5.1904 | Tadley | Congreational Sunday School anniversary followed in evening by a service of song entitled Blind Betty's Text . Attendance well above 400. [C] | |
| 28.5.1904 | Tadley | Court Pride of Tadley (Foresters') fete and dinner at The Fox and Hounds. | |
| 28.5.1904 | 7 | Silchester | Arson to a barn by Henry Waite, property of trustees of Hyde's Charity. |
| 4.6.1904 | 4 | Mortimer | For sale - Good sound building bricks ; apply C Mordell and Sons Brickworks Mortimer. |
| 4.6.1904 | 5 | Mortimer | Passive Resisters (to education act rate) fined. |
| 4.6.1904 | 7 | Silchester | Fire at Shepards Barn (Hyde's Charity) - case dismissed. |
| 18.6.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Primative Methodist Chapel anniversay services throughout the day conducted by Mr J Pike of Thatcham. Collections amounted to £1.13s.11/2d. |
| 18.6.1904 | 6 | Tadley | Tadley and District Hospital Parade to be held on 26 June. |
| 25.6.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Death and funeral of Mrs Leavey (75), wife of George Leavey, late of Baughurst. Funeral conducted by vicar Revd Durham. |
| 2.7.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Parish Council quartley meeting Mr Kimbrey, of Footpaths Committee, authorised to see Mr Bowman re barbed wire obstruction through Bolts from Baughurst Road to Violet Lane. [C] |
| 2.7.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Induction of Rev W S Steggall - late curate at Fleet. [C] |
| 2.7.1904 | 6 | Tadley | Tadley and District Hospital Parade with Tadley Baughurst Silchester Salvation Brass bands. [C] |
| 9.7.1904 | 7 | Mortimer | Mortimer West End Horticultural Show to be held 21 July on meadow land adjacent to Weat End Farm, by kind permission of Mr F C Hume). |
| 16.7.1904 | 6 | Pamber | Garden boundary dispute - William Broadhurst v Esan Wigley on Pamber Road. |
| 16.7.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Funeral of Mr Charles Clift (31); second funeral in new graveyard. |
| 16.7.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Cottage fire - owned by Mrs Bowman occupied by her nephew. |
| 23.7.1904 | 5 | Mortimer | Horticultural Show results - [lots of names]. |
| 23.7.1904 | 5 | Charter Alley | Pmimitive Methodist Chapel anniversary - 500 sat down for tea!! |
| 30.7.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Childrens outing to Portsmouth and Southsea, by train from Bramley station, arranged by Mrs Thatcher, headmistress. [C] |
| 30.7.1904 | 8 | Pamber | Flower Service at Priory Church with a contingent from Little London Sunday School - flowers sent to Basingstoke Cottage Hospital. [C] |
| 30.7.1904 | 8 | Tadley | Annual Tadley Revel - was kept on Monday last. Included cricket match on Recreation Ground, followed by capital spread at The Fighting Cocks. |
| 6.8.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | School Treat - Primitave Methodist Church Sunday School held in Mr Pearce's meadow. |
| 13.8.1904 | 2 | Inhurst | Sale of Grantham s Farm and Haughurst Hill Meadow, Inhurst. [C] |
| 13.8.1904 | 2 | Silchester | To Let - Hall's Farm, Silchester; to include farmhouse, buildings and about 70 acres with a good supply of water. [C] |
| 13.8.1904 | 6 | Tadley | Friendly game of cricket at The Fox and Hounds, between Tadley Sycamore and Wolverton Park clubs; followed by a spread by Mrs Butler with time spent in harmony later. |
| 13.8.1904 | 6 | Ramsdell | Ramsdale and Ewhurst Cottage Garden Society - flower show at Holly Bush in Mr F Allen's meadow. [lots of names] [C] |
| 20.8.1904 | 6 | Silchester | Theft of money (£12) from James Wheeler's carrier cart - given a lenient sentence of two months hard labour. [C] |
| 20.8.1904 | 6 | Pamber | Inquest at The Old House at Home on Arthur Bowler, age 56. [C] |
| 20.8.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Special Parish Council Meeting held in Schoolroom. [C] |
| 20.8.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | School Treat for 110 scholars attending the National School held in Rectory grounds. [C] |
| 27.8.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Scholars of National School scored very successfully in Needlework and Knitting competition at the Kingsclere Flower Show. |
| 3.9.1904 | 5 | Tadley | Charge of Assult William Grainger charged Abraham Cotterell of Tadley. Case adjourned. [C] |
| 3.9.1904 | 5 | Tadley | The Education Rate - eight Tadley men summonded for non-payment of Poor Rate relating to education. [C] |
| 3.9.1904 | 5 | Woolhampton | Car ran into one of the horses of Duke of Wellington and his two sons - too fast and dusty to see number. [C] |
| 3.9.1904 | 6 | Aldermaston | Abbey Gateway Mission (Reading) outing to Aldermaston Court by kind permission of Mr Keyser. [C] |
| 10.9.1904 | 4 | Pamber | Sale of household furniture and outdoor effects at The Old Hatchet, public house. |
| 10.9.1904 | 4 | Basingstoke | Sale of Basingstoke Canal by Public Auction. Canal little used - expectation of electric barges. [C] |
| 10.9.1904 | 4 | Baughurst | To Let - Tho Smiths , old established business in rising neighbourhood. Apply H Shearing Baughurst. |
| 10.9.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | Sermon at parish Church preached on behalf of Church Missionary Society. |
| 17.9.1904 | 4 | Tadley | Vyne Tree Farm, Tadley. - Sale of live and dead stock. |
| 1.10.1904 | 7 | Aldermaston | Harvest Festival at parish church - lesson by C E Keyser. Collection £5.10s.7d to Royal Berks Hospital. |
| 1.10.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Death of Mr William David Baker. |
| 1.10.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Death of Mrs Ann Cooper - wife of James Cooper, caretaker of the Roman remains, who was always very proud to wear his Crimean medals on special days. |
| 1.10.1904 | 8 | Silchester | Silchester Cricket Club - cricket season wound-up. |
| 8.10.1904 | 7 | Tadley | Harvest Festival - St Mary's Church, Heath End; collection £2.1s.4d to the poor. |
| 8.10.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Silver Wedding of Mr and Mrs Goodenough of London House. |
| 8.10.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Harvest Festival at Primitive Methodist Chiuch; collection £6.1s.7d, to repairs and painting to chapel. |
| 15.10.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Harvest Festival at Parish Church - collection £3.4s.3d, to Basingstoke and Reading hospitals. |
| 15.10.1904 | 7 | Pamber | Harvest Festival at Pamber Heath Mission Room. |
| 15.10.1904 | 7 | Tadley | Harvest Festival - Both Churchs beautifully decorated. |
| 22.10.1904 | 5 | Silchester | Funeral of Mrs Sheppard of Silchester. |
| 22.10.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Harvest Festival in Baughurst Tabernacle. |
| 29.10.1904 | 7 | Silchester | Funeral of Mrs Hinds, wife of Sgt Hinds of 1st Hampshire Regiment; lots of names. |
| 12.11.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Reading Room of the Parish opened for the winter months by permission of the Rector - 1d per evening. |
| 19.11.1904 | 5 | Baughurst | Mr F Goodenough (elder son of Mr and Mrs Goodenough of London House) won prize offered by Silchester Deanery for his essay on The Work of the Church in Modern Times . |
| 26.11.1904 | 4 | Baughurst | Advert - H H Attwood begs to inform the inhabitants of Baughurst that he has taken over the old established business: Shoeing and jobbing smith - horses carefully shod. |
| 26.11.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Nigger Entertainment by the Snowdrop Ministrels in schoolroom - [full programme and lots of names]. [C] |
| 3.12.1904 | 4 | Pamber Heath | Short Notice of Sale Elm Farm, Pamber, including furniture, dairy fittings and three horses; by instruction of Mr C King who is leaving the neighourhood. [C] |
| 3.12.1904 | 5 | Baughurst | Mr Westwood of Cleethorpes has recently held an eleven day mission at the Primitive methodist Chapel. |
| 3.12.1904 | 5 | Baughurst | Waif Saturday - collection in aid of Dr Barnado's Homes - £2.12s. (with names of collectors). |
| 3.12.1904 | 5 | Silchester | The affairs of Arthur James Goddard - summary of his debitors statements. [C] |
| 3.12.1904 | 8 | All | Eathquake Shock in North Hants - felt in many local villages last Friday around midday. [C] |
| 17.12.1904 | 4 | Pamber Heath | For Sale - Table fowl; P Tull, Pamber Heath. |
| 17.12.1904 | 6 | Silchester | Bankruptcy of Mr A J Goddard, builder and contractor of Silchester, held at The Castle Winchester. [C] |
| 17.12.1904 | 7 | Baughurst | Parish Council - Quartley meeting request to Mr Bennett (woodman to Duke of Wellington) requesting bushes near the Pound and overgrowing the Church Path be cut. [C] |
| 17.12.1904 | 7 | Pamber Heath | Sudden death of Mr Arthur Cripps inquest held at the Old Hatchet Inn. Verdict: heart disease. [C] |
| 24.12.1904 | 4 | Basingstoke | Local view post cards in stock at The Gazette offices, Basingstoke; one penny each. (21 listed). [C] |
| 24.12.1904 | 6 | Baughurst | School report of religious instruction by Revd G T Andrews (Dioceasen Inspector). |
| 31.12.1904 | 4 | Baughurst | Sale of freehold cottage by auction at The New Inn , Baughurst, by direction of executors of late Mrs D Kearl. Situated in Holly Bush Lane, Baughurst; currently rented to J Wallace and W North (annual rental £10.17s.6d). [C] |
| 31.12.1904 | 8 | Little London | Slate Club wound-up at The Plough Inn . 27 members shared 26s.9d including 2/6 for the dinner. |
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