Dalley Road

You cross the roundabout at Warren House Road, the name being associated with the inn to the north but, earlier, with it being an area for rabbits being managed by a warrener. The Distributor road then changes its name to Dalley Road, Edward Dalley being the Alderman of Wokingham in the mid-19thC.

A little way along on the right is Goddard Crescent. Charles Goddard (1861-1946) was a Police Superintendent in Wokingham. He was awarded the King’s Police Medal in 1924, particularly for services during WW1, in which he set up a force of Special Constables to act in the event of a hostile aircraft invasion. He was one of the officers who investigated the disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926. His colleagues were convinced that she was dead but Goddard, being aware of her marital problems, was convinced that she was alive and would return in her own good time, which she did.

The following road on the left is Lockhart Drive. : Private Robert Lockhart (1830-1856) of the Scots Greys died on the Sandhurst Road on a march to Wokingham en route to Ireland on Wednesday 26th July 1856. 

From his memorial stone:

Front

In memory of Robert Lockhart
A Private in the Scots Greys who after fighting bravely in the Battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman And Tourmare died on the road on the march of the troops from Farmham to Wokingham on the 26th July 1836 Aged 20 years "Watch therefore for we know not neither the day nor the hour when the end of man cometh"

Side

This stone was erected by subscriptions collected by Sergt. J. Hibbert Assisted by the Officers of the Scots Greys March 1886 

The Wokingham Walk