Excerpt from The Victoria History of the Counties of England, Vol. 2: Berkshire Modern History I 15 Social and Economic History By Miss E. C. Lodge, Oxford Honours of Modern History I67 Table of Population, 1801-1 goi By george S. Minchin 234 Schools By A. F. Leach, m.a., f.s.a. Introduction Reading Grammar School Abingdon School St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury Childrey School Wantage Grammar School Hungerford Grammar School Wallingford Grammar School Radley College Bradfield College Wellington College Elementary Schools founded before I750 281 Sport Ancient and Modern Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, m.a., f.s.a. Hunting By the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, m.a., 28; Staghounds 28 5 The Royal Buckhound 285 Berks and Bucks Farmers' Stag hounds Lord Barrymore's Staghounds Mr. Seymour Dubourg's Harriers F ox - huntin g South Berks Hunt The Garth Hunt The Craven Hunt The Old Berkshire Hunt Harriers Berkshire Vale Harriers Draghounds Basset Hounds bull-baiting By the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, m.a., f.s.a. Cock-fighting Coursing Shooting By the late Cnauss jonu cornish, m.a. Angling By c. H. Coax, m.a. Racing By the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, m.a., e.s.a. Flat-racing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.