Catalogue description File originally referred to as "Black Case I" and entitled "Classified notes on various subjects" (covering Wokingham's history)

Including a detailed list, as follows: List of items in WO/D1/3/2/1-210

[Canon Long originally separated the notes in this file using alphabetical dividers: hence each subject had an alphabetical reference which is given in the following list. Current item numbers are also given.]

No. Description

WO/D1/3/2/1-2 Pages from Canon Long's catalogue listing the contents of the file

WO/D1/3/2/3-51 "Ecclesiastical" [A]

WO/D1/3/2/4-11 Notes on bishops with jurisdiction over Berkshire with some material on the part of Wokingham in Wiltshire

WO/D1/3/2/12-16 Notes on Thomas Godwin, bishop of Bath and Wells 1584-1590, a native of Wokingham who was buried in All Saints' Church

WO/D1/3/2/17-20 Notes on the deaneries of Reading and Sonning, of which the parish of Wokingham was successively part

WO/D1/3/2/21-29 Notes on the income of the benefice of Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/30-41 Notes on the lessees of Wokingham tithes

WO/D1/3/2/42-47 Notes on the Barker family

WO/D1/3/2/48-51 Notes on the title of "Rector of Wokingham"

WO/D1/3/2/52-81 "The Church" [B]

WO/D1/3/2/53-60 General notes on Wokingham parish church

WO/D1/3/2/61-67 Notes on alterations and repair work at Wokingham parish church

WO/D1/3/2/68-81 Notes on the windows, Wokingham parish church

WO/D1/3/2/82-85 "The Churchyard" [D]

Notes on additions to All Saints' churchyard, Wokingham, and the churchyard cottages

WO/D1/3/2/86-107 "The Town I" [E]

WO/D1/3/2/87-90 Notes on statistics for the population and acreage of Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/91-95 List of references to Wokingham in documents, c.708-1638

WO/D1/3/2/96-97 Note on flint instruments found off Milton Road, Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/98-99 Note on Roman pottery found near the Palmer School, Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/100-101 Note and cuttings relating to Gorrick's well, Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/102-105 Notes on the manors of Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/106 Letter to Canon Long from Emily Sturges relating to the manor of Mays, 10th September 1932

WO/D1/3/2/107 Letter from Tyndale Heelas relating to the de la Beche family

WO/D1/3/2/108-132 "The Town II" [F]

WO/D1/3/2/109-111 General notes of miscellaneous facts about Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/113-116 Notes on the corporation, alderman, town clerks and recorders of Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/117 Notes and cuttings on courts leet and courts baron

WO/D1/3/2/118-129 Copy letter from Canon Long to the town clerk of Wokingham, 7th September 1943 with typed transcript of a Wokingham borough admissions roll, 1708-1746, found in the parish church of Whitchurch, Oxon

WO/D1/3/2/130-132 Notes on the successive town halls at Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/133-138 "The Town III" [G]

WO/D1/3/2/134-135 Notes on the workhouse, Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/136-138 Notes on fairs and markets at Wokingham

WO/D1/3/2/139-140 "The Neighbourhood" [H]: notes on Catherine of Aragon, and on Easthampstead Park

WO/D1/3/2/141-155 "Ministers of Wokingham" [K]

WO/D1/3/2/142-151 Notes on Wokingham ecclesiastics, 1220-1904

WO/D1/3/2/152-155 Notes on the families of Wokingham ecclesiastics, c.1680-1907, including extracts from the parish registers

WO/D1/3/2/156-162 "Curates of Wokingham" [L]

WO/D1/3/2/157-158 Notes on individual curates, c.1721-1780

WO/D1/3/2/159 Note on other clergy mentioned in the Wokingham parish registers, 1777-1804

WO/D1/3/2/160 List of curates (based on licenses), 1871-1914

WO/D1/3/2/161-162 List of assistant curates, 1720-1934

WO/D1/3/2/163-178 "Parish Clerks of Wokingham" [M]

WO/D1/3/2/164-168 Notes on individual clerks, 1680-1934

WO/D1/3/2/169 Extracts from the Wokingham parish registers on the Cotterell family, 1729-1793

WO/D1/3/2/170 Extract from Wokingham Parish Magazine, September 1901, on Laurence Robert Cotterell, 1821-1901

WO/D1/3/2/171-176 "Sextons" [N]

WO/D1/3/2/172-175 Notes on individual sextons, 1684-1921

WO/D1/3/2/176 Note on sextons, 1810-1836

WO/D1/3/2/177-180 "Beadles and Town Criers" [OP]

WO/D1/3/2/178 Note on individual beadles, 1809-1867

WO/D1/3/2/179-180 Notes on town criers, 1766-c.1886

WO/D1/3/2/181-192 "Aldermen of Wokingham" [QR]

WO/D1/3/2/182 Letter from A T Heelas to Canon Long concerning early evidence for

WO/D1/3/2/183 Note on the aldermen of 1494 and 1612/13

WO/D1/3/2/184 Letter from A T Heelas to Canon Long concerning a list of aldermen, 7th March 1928

WO/D1/3/2/185-191 Lists of the aldermen of Wokingham, 1612/13-1884, including extracts from the Wokingham parish registers and a note on other sources

WO/D1/3/2/192 Copy letter from Canon Long at Whitchurch to A T Heelas relating to the Wokingham borough admissions roll found in Whitchurch parish church, 7th September 1943. [Also see WO/D1/3/2/118-129]

WO/D1/3/2/193-206 "The Spelling of the name Wokingham" [S]

WO/D1/3/2/194-196 Notes and citations, 1316-1764

WO/D1/3/2/197-204 Citations from the Wokingham parish registers, 1674-c.1777

WO/D1/3/2/205 Summary of Canon Long's research on the spelling

WO/D1/3/2/206 Supplementary note by Canon Long, n.d

WO/D1/3/2/207-210 "Various odd notes" [T]: including a copy note on coffins from F L Saulez, 16th June 1912