He subsequently returned to Reading to work as a greenkeeper at Mapledurham local golf course.
On the northern bank Mapledurham House comes into view as the river continues northwards towards Mapledurham Lock.
He worked as estate manager to Sir Thomas Bilson, of West Mapledurham House (demolished 1829), near Buriton, and also as agent for two Bishops of Winchester: Thomas Bilson (father of Sir Thomas Bilson) and later, Lancelot Andrewes.
A chapel of ease was originally built, and called 'St. Peter's in-the-veld' (veld - meaning an open and clear place), within the manor of Mapledurham (later Buriton).