History Month Fact 18: William Northway
William Northway, in his will dated 25th November, 1820, left to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Thatcham a large the sum of money. The income from this, he directed this should be divided in two halves and paid out annually; one half was to be distributed equally between the three oldest single poor men of the parish, and the other half was to be spent on providing bread for the poor of the parish.