KENT - 1891 (1)

DIRECTORY.] KENT. • • • SEVENOAKS• 561

A1liott Alexander John x.n. surgeon, Burton JohnJas. upholsterer, 33 High st CRONK MESSRS. auctioneers, land &

Rostmdal, St. John's hill Butcher Henry, butcher, St. John's hill timber valuers, land agents & sur-

.Andrews Charles, Vine tavern, The Vine Butler Edwin, Chequers P.H. High st veyors, High street ; & at u Pall

Ansell William, coachsmith, Argyle rd Cage Henry, pianoforte tuner, Salter's mall, London. See advertisement

Ashdown Mary Ann (Mrs.), laundress, heath, Montreal CRONK EDWYN EVANS, architect k

Hartsla.nd Calcntt Rebecca (Mrs.), lodging house, surveyor, High street; & at 1:1 Pall

Ashtoo. Charles Frederick, veterinary 6r London road mall, London

surgeon, 29 High street Canning David, lodging house, Rock CRONK WILLIAM HENRY (firm,Cronk

Ashton Hy.veterinary surgn.Locks yard villa, London road Messrs.), auctioneer& valuer, & bailiff

Ashton Thomas, veterinary surgeon, & Carey John, fruiterer & confectioner, under the Agricultural Holdings Act,

veterinary inspector under the Con- ror High street · High street

tagions Diseases (Animals') Act, 29 Carnell & Son, solicitors, High street Croshier William, jobbing gardener,

High street Carnell George Frederick (firm, Carnell Bradbourne road

Assembly Rooms(the exors. of W. Paw- & Son), solicitqr, supt. registrar, Crouch Jesse, beer retailer, Camden

ley, proprs.), Crown hotel,London rd clerk to Darenth Valley sewera~e road, St. John's hill

Austin Eliza & Matilda (Misses), dress board, clerk to the guardians, to D'Aeth Henry Hughes, preparatory

makers, 17 High street · school attendance &assessment com- school for boys, TheWhite ho.High st

Austin Charles, beer retailer, Hartsland mittees & to rural sanitary authority, Davies Robt. butcher,36 &38 London rd

Am Ann (~!rs. ), confectnr. 47 High st vestry clerk & clerk to the local De MerYille Eloise (Madam), ladies'

BakerJohnBenjamin,plumber & painter, board of Wrotham, 130 High street school, Stoneville, Hartsland

42 London road Carnell John I<'redk. solr. & deputy supt. Don Arthur Gorbutt L.R.C.P.Lon. sur-

Baker Rayner :Felix, plumber & tobac- registrar, see Carnell & Son, High st geon, 63 London road

ccmist, 93 High street Caslake Sarah (Mtss), fancy repository, Downe Chas. dairyman, Bradbourne rd

Barber Mary Ann (Mrs.), Railway 124 High street Dray Charles, grocer, 62 High street

tavern, St. John's hill Chalcroft Mary (Miss), bookseller & Durrant Thomas Jordan, bee keeper,

Barham George, jun. watch & clock stationer, Post office, Up. St. John's hl 12 Gordon road

maker& optician, 89 High street Chapman Henry John, grainer & Eccleston J ames, dairyman, Bradbourne

Barnes James, whitesmith, Bradbourne warbler, 7 Cobden road, Hartsland Vale road

road, St. John's hill Chatfield William, sen. carpenter,Locks Edwards T. & Son, butchers; prime

Barrat Reuben,chemist, Up.St.John's hl yard, High street scotch beef, south down mutton of

BartholomewEdwd.hair dresser,Bank st Cllatfield Wm. jun. builder, 155 High st the finest quality, 20 & 47 London rd

Bartholomew Thomas, commission Chislehurst MineralWaters Co. mineral Edwards Thomas,butcher,St.John's hill

agent, 4 Camden villas, London road water manuracturers,Lime Tree walk Eeles Arabella (Mrs. ),lodg.ho.Argyle rd

Barton Thos.corn&seed factr.London rd Civil Service Co-operative Coal Stores, Eeles Henry, jobbing builder, Argyle rd

Bassett Charles, carpenter, 19 Cobden Bat & Ball station Ellis Chas. Hy. hair dresser,St.John's hl

road, Hartsland Clancy Denis, inland revenue officer, 4 Ellman Henry, grocer, & agent for W.

Bateman Somerton, bill poster, 7 Lime The Terrace, Upper St. John's hill & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants,

Tree walk Clark Alfred Ashley, solicitor & com- ironmonger & confectioner, 6, 8, 10,

Beadell Elizabeth Kemp (Miss), confec- missioner to administer oaths, Linden & 12 Londoa road

tioner, The Vine cottage, Mount Harry road Euston William, laundry, Hartsland

BeadleMary(Mrs.),lodgingho.nHighst Clark Sarah Ann (Mrs.), corn mer- FENNER A. & SON, tailors, 92 High st

Best Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 chant, St. John's hill Fever Hospital (Harris Butterfield,

Grosvenor place, Bradbourne road Clark William, dairyman, North bank, medical officer), Oak lane

Betchley Alfd. boot maker, 2 Redman pi St. John's Finch Fred Francis, farrier, The Vine

Bevan Edward, builder, 73 London rd Clarke Jane (Mrs.), dress ma. I Beech rd Fishenden Thomas, corn merchant &

Bevan William, builder, 27 High street Cleasey William, beer retlr. Hartsland farmer, 65 London roa.d

Bligh George, beer retailer, Hartsland CLEMENCE .JOHN EGAN1 watch & Fleming Elizabeth (Mrs.), young ladies'

Bligh John Samuel, brewer & wine & clock manufacturer, jeweller, silver- school, Holmesdale road

spirit merchant, Holmesdale brewery, smith & optician, 84 High street FletcherWm.Jn.insuranceagt.Argylerd

II7 High street Clerkenwell Watch Repairing Co. watch Foster Thos. coffee tavern, 6g Higll st

Bligh LouiRa.( Mrs. ),lodg. ho. rGordon rd makers, Dorset street Fowler Arthur, surveyor & sanitary in·

BLIGH MARY & CH A R L 0 T T E Clifton William, shopkeeper, 8 Golding spector to the rural sanitary board, 3

(MISSES), private family hotel, road, St. John's hill Cedar terrace, St. John's

High street CLOAKE RICHARD, ~fitter & house Franks John, surgeon, 120 High street

Blomfield James E. L.R.C.P.wnd. sur- decorator, 26 High street !<'ranks William, ironmonger, go llil.!h st

geon, Laurel cottage, St. John's hill Coal Co-operative Society Limited (F. Freeman Maria (Miss),fancy repository,

Boase John, carpenter, 3 Holmesdale rd Morgan, manager), 53 London road 114 High street

Bond Henry, fly proprietor, The Vine Colliver Geo. plmbr. & glazier, The Vine Gale Wm. Geo. boot maker, 64 High st

Borrett Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house, Conservative Registration Association Gambell Moses, jobbing gardener, Brad-

10 Camden villas, London road for the Sevenoaks District (Thomas bourne road

BonlgerTbos.jobbing grdnr.St.John's rd Potter, sec.), 49 London road GardnerLncy(Mrs. ),green~o. Greatness

Bowcock Albert, butcher, St. John's hill Cook Charles Edward, draper & out- Geer Thomas, plumber, Victoria road

BradlaughJames,corn dealer&stationer, fitter, 74 & 76 High street George Rill, con~ectioner, Bank street

Post office, St. John's hill Corke C. E. photographer, 39 London rd Gibson Edwd. lodging ho. IoGordon rd

Bristow Henry, grocer, Hartsland Corke Charles, butcher & poulterer, 102 Gillett Hy. nurseryman, Hollybush la

BRITTER ARTHUR, AUCTIONEER, & 104 High street Golding Jas. boot& shoe ma..St.John's hl

honse,estate & insur. agent, sVine viis Corke Charles F. rent & debt collector, Goodman William, chemist & druggist,

Brookfield Alice (Miss), lodging house, Bethel road, Upper St. John's 3 London road

Norland house, Granville road Corke Edwin John, stationer, Bethel Goose Edwin, carpenter, 9 Grosvenor

Brown Charles, boot maker, Bank st road, St. John's place, St. John's

BrownEdna(Mrs.),laundress,London rd Corke Jas. confectioner, 23 London rd Gorham Edmond James, builder, Vale

Brown Frederick James, plumber & de- Corke William Silas, reporter, Prospect cottage, St. John's

corator, 57 London road place, St. John's Grammar School & Almshouse Founda-

BROWN GEORGE THOMAS, saddler Corke William Silas (Mrs. ),dress maker, tion (William Wheatley Knocker,

t harness ma. II9 High st. ; & at Seal Prospect place, St. John's clerk), London road

Brown Grace (Miss), dress maker, r6 County Court Offices (Edward N ·w- Gray Jas. Rose & Crown hotel, High st

Victoria road man Knocker,registrar & high bailiff; GUESTW. & G. ironmongers&smiths,

Buckwell Francis, grocer, Dorset street Alfd.Grainger,sub-bailiff),London rd 70 High street

BndgenAlfd. H.ehimney swpr.Hartsland : County PoliceStation(SI.Waghom,supt) Hagger Ann (Miss), lodging house, 15

Bndgen George, builder, 166 High st Couldrey Geo. beer retailer, Greatness Granville road

Bndgen Geo. jun. shopkeepr. 28 High st Cousins Emma (Mrs.), laundress, Hancock Thos.& Son,plmbrs.86 High st

Bunting Peter, tobacconist, 97 High st Quaker's Hall road Harding Elizabeth & Emma (Misses),

Bnrkitt Henry, butcher, 68 High street Cox-Moore Edward William, surgeon- fancy drapers, 3 Hollybush lane

Butterfield Harris, surgeon, & medical dentist, 142 High street Hardy William, locksmith, 5 Cedar ter-

officer of health toBromley,Cranbrook, Crabb Edward, greengrocer, 57 High st race, St. John's

Maidstone, Mailing, Sevenoaks, Ten- Crabb Edwd.Benj.organist of St.Mary's, Harnden Hy. upholsterer, 20 High st •

terden & Tonbridge rural & Becken- Kippington, 2 Gordon vls. Gordon rd HareFras.Geo.dairyman,Bradbourne rd

ham, Sevenoaks, Southborough, Crisfield Elizabeth (Mrs.), confctioner, Harris George, miller (water), Great-

Tenterden & Tonbridge urban sani- 91 High street ness mill, Greatness

tary districts, Brynmawr, The Vine Crook Hy. Bat & Ball P.H. St. John's hl Haxton James, fishmonger, Hartsland

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"ltayward Fly. beer-relailett,'Loodotl rd Co. solicitor to the Se1-enoafts Gaa Cb. Odd .Fellows' Hall (Henry Suiton, sec.),

Heath las.ehim.sweapr.Lime'free walk Sevenooks Estate Co.. Lim. & clerk to London road

Rely Wm. coach builder; London toad the District Highway board & regis- Orchard Isaae Edwin,grocer, rooHigh st

Hickmott Edwin & Arthur1 dmpers, tra.r of county court &'. high bailiff, Outram J ames, leather seller 63 & 65,

Hitchin Hatch lane London road & boot maker 59, High street

High Class Commercial School (John Knocker Wm. Wheatley (firm, Knocker, Overton Edwd. fishmonget,St. John's hl

Thornton M.C.P. principal),Avenueho Knocker & Holcroft), solioit.or, corn• Packham Jane (Miss), lodging house, x

·Hill Henry Herbert, baker & confec- ; missioner for oaths & perpetual corn- Manor place, High street
missioner for taking acknowledg• PAGE FRANK, wine & spirit merchant r
tioner, St. John's hill

Hills Bros. coal mers. Tub's Hill station ments of married women, joint clerk established 1790, London road

Hills Albert, painter, St. John's road , to commissioners of taxes & Seven- Pain Edwin, chemist, High street

Hills Frank Hooker, bookseller, Post oaks Water Works Co. clerk to Queen Palmer & Wardley, solicitors, 27 High si;
office, sS & 6o High street
Elizabeth's Grammar school & Alms· Palmer David Wm. manager London &

Hills Thomas Henry, grecer, 30 High st house foundation, Lady Boswell County Banking Co. 67 High street
Hodges William, builder, .Eaden cot~ Charity &Wrotham Almshouse estate, Parker J sph. & Son, grocers, 61 High st;

' tagef Hartsland • London -road • 1 I Parker John Henry, beer retailer &

·Holcroft Chas. (firm( Knocker, Knocker Law Geo. boot ma. Prospect pl. Hartsland grocer, Hartsland

· & Holeruft ), solicitor, &. joint clerk to Leach Jas. Courtenay, dentist",72High st ·ParkerMatilda (Mrs. ),Iaundrss.Hrtslncl

the magistrates&to the commissioners Le Bas & Co. house .& estate agents, 5 Parris Thomas, baker, 122 High street

of ta:lfeS, London road ~ 1 Camden villas. London rood Pawley's Royal Crown hotel (the exors.

"Hold~ Sarah (Mrs. ),laundress,TheVine Lime Tree Buffet (R.F. Holland, propr. ), of W. Pawley), London road
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Holloway David, · Dol'l!e\ .Arms P.H; London road Pearce Fred, fishmonger, Dorset street

·, London road ' · Lime Tree Literary & Social InstitutJ Perrie Jas. Wm. fruiterer, 4 London rd

Holnies Ellen (Mrs.), Rail-way tavern,: (R. :F. Holland, hon. 'Sec) ·l Perrie John, bill poster, 83 London rd

' Tub's hill - LIME TREE TEMPERANCE HOTEL Pett Amos. basket maker & collector to

Holmesdale Cottage Hospital (Rev. J. (R. F. Holland, proprietor), Lim~ local boardr x:ar High street

• M. Bum Murd<Ych, hon. sec. ; medical Tree walk. See advertisement< 1 PHILPOT RICHARD NEWING, sta-

officers, various), St. John's hill I Lloyd Annie (Miss), lodging house, 6 tioner & sewing machine agent, sole

Holmesdale Provident Medical Society Camden -road agent for the celebrated Humber
~Hrbrt.J. Thompson, sec.), Argyle rd Local Fire Brigade (.Jabez Ma.nn, capt. ~ cycles, West Kent cycle depot, High st

Honywill William George, Bricklayers' Kenred Handcock, supt.; Henryt l;'ickett J. & Son, tailors) 25 High street
• 1 Pilbeam James, tailor, Prospect place,
Arms P.11. 48 High street Woodhams, engineer)

-+IORNCASTLE WALTER,tailor,hatter, London & County Banking Co. Limited St. John's

11 hosiet' &: complete outfitter, 66 High st (branch) (David William Paltner, Poole William, shopkeeper, Greatness
Horticnltural Society~Arth.Fenner,sec) manager), 67 High street; draw on Potter Isabel (:Miss),. dress maker, 5

Hospital for Children with Hip Disease . head. office, London E c • Camden road ·

(Herbe'rt Thompson,A. J. Alliott M.D. LOWIN STEPHEN, slate; timber, ce-; Potter Thomas, architect, surveyor &

A. G. Don L.R.C.P.LOn. & J, L. ment & builders' general merchant, estate agent, 49 London road-
Worship, medical officers ; Miss Jack~ Sevenoaks steam saw mills~ St. J ohn'SI Pyla George, tobacconist & hair dresser

-son, lady supt. ), The Vine hill ; wharf, S. E. Railway station &school attendance officer, So High st

Houghton Jsph.greengro.Lime Tree wlk Lucas William, boot & shoe & furnitur~ Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

.Hoult&Miller,coachbuilders,Londonrd dealer, 3, 5 & 7St. John's hill (Daniel Maule Birkett M:.A. head

HOW HENRY, builder & undertaker, &J Lnxford Geo. blacksmith, Bradbonrnel i master; Rev. Thomas Stevens M:.A.

sec. to the Gas Ce>. agent to the Vale road " \ Leonatd Green M.A. W. S. M. Holmes

Liberate>r Building Society & Royal McMahon Jas. linen draper, gS High st M.A. J. L. Strachan F.R.s. Professor

Insurance Co. High street Mann Jabez, surveyor & engineer to> Gustave H. Doret, Richard Butler &

Howland Henry,Iinen draper, 43 High st local board* Holmesdale road William G. MeNaught A.R.A.M. as-

Hughes George, cartnan, Hollybush la Mann John, butcher, 113 High street sistant masters)., High street

HumphreyGeo.blacksmith,Io]A,Highst MarchantJohnHarry, linen draper, ro6 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regi-

HumphreyJn.Thos.confectnr.37Highst & xo8 High street , ment),IstVolunteerBattalion(GCo.)

·Hunter Fred, sec. & manager to Water Marchant Josiah, draper & outfitter, I (Capt. SydneyJ.Wilson, capt.; Sergt.

Works Co. Oak lane • 128 High street Hayward, drill instructor), High st

Hutchinson Jn. insurance agt.Greatness Marlow George, grocer & wine & spirit QuickendenRbt.Roya!Oak hotel, High st

Inland Revenue Offiee (Denis Clancy, merchant, 7S High street 1 Quinnel Benjamin, builder & carpenter,

officer), 4The Terrace, Up.St.John's hl Marriott Osborne Delano M.D., O.M. - Olive cottage, St. John's hill

Institution fol"the Daughters of Mission-' surgeon, & medical officer for No. 7 Quinnell Enoch William, carpenter, 6

aries (Miss Unwin, principal), Wal- district, Sevenoaks union, & certify.. Bradbonrne road ·

o thamsto\V hall . ing factory surgeon, The Vicarage j Quinnell Fanny (Mrs.), carrier, Brad-

Interliatioo.al Tea do, (F. Parkington, Marsll Thomas D. boot ma. 99 High st bourne road

manager), High street Marsh Wm. John, boot & shoe ma, T.o7 RalphJosiah,SennockeArmshtl.Tub'shl

Ir~land Ja.mes Thomas, lodging house, 7 High st.; &ctotllier, n6 & n8 High s11 Raven Grace Mary (Miss), shopkeeper.

Camden villas, London road Martin Charles, auctioneer, Market st. The Vine

Isard John, station master (~. E. Ry. ), & furniture dealer, High street Rayment Susanah (Mrs.), dress maker,

' Oak hill Martin Edward, baker & corn dealer, The Vine

Jackson Beatrice (Miss),school for young 1.2 High street Read Samuel, blacksmith, High street

ladies, Scottiswood house, The Vine Martin James, beer retailer, 95 High st Redman Robt. J.upholsterer,noHighst

Jarvis Wm.grngro.Goldingrd.St.John's Martin John, tailor, Greatness Reeves Harriett (Mrs,), dress maker, 4

Jeffery Albert, naturalist, 132 High st Martin Peter, builder, 4 Sylvan place Gordon road

Jeffery Francis,photographr.132High st Maynard Martha (Mrs.), laundress, Relf Jas. Greyhound inn, St. John's hill

Jeffery William, plasterer, Hartsland The Vine Relf .Jesse, stationer & bookseller; 21

Jenkins Mrs. schools for girls, The Vine Meekham Geo. shopkeeper, Victoria rd London road

Jenkins Wm. Hy. boys' school, The Vine Miller Chas. lodging house, Argyle rd Rickard Missesy ladies' boarding school,

Johnson George,fancyrepos.123 Highst Milton George, Black Boy P.H. Bank st The Croft, St. John's road

Jonrdan Jas. insurance agnt. Greatness Moodie Charlotte (Mrs.), lodging house, Riechter Geo~ tailor, Bradbourne road

Kay Joseph, boot maker, 27 London rd North bank, St. John's Rivers John, jobbing gardener, Oak la

Kemp George, beer retailer, 23 High st Morgan Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, 28 Rowley Henry William, grocer & wine

Killick Albert Gorringe, farmer & dairy- London road & spirit merchant, St. John's hill

man, 26 London road Moyce Wm. Thos. baker, St. John's hill RUMMERY FRANK (MRS.), lodging

King Albert, butcher, 153 High street Munnings Robert, tailor, Beech road house, 13 Camden villas, London rd

King Chas.builder&contrctr.London rd Nash Josiah, mineral water ma.nufac- St. Botolph's Dairy (John Saml. Bligh,

King Wm. beer retailer, St. John's hill turer, High street proprietor), High street

Kither Thos.Edwd. gun maker,Dorsetst Neave Robert, carpenter, Bra.dbourne rd St. Jolln's Tailoring Co. tailors, 4 Bel-

Knight George, shopkeeper, 13 High st Newman Elsie (Miss), dress maker, grave place, .St. John's hill

Knight Thomas, farmer, Dransfield Haven villa, Eardley road Salmon Joseph, bookseller & stationer,

Knocker, Knocker & Holcroft, solicitors, Noakes Charles, laundry, Greatness Ss High street

clerks to the magistrates & -commis- Norman James Earl M,A., LL.M. Sanders Ellen {Mrs.), dress. maker, 79

sioners of taxes & to the Sevenoaks solicitor, 18 Granville .road London road

Water Works & Gas feos. London rd Norman John Stewart lii.A. college for Sanders Geo. jobbing gardener, Tub's hl

Knocker Edwd.Newma.n (firm,Knooker, boys, The Beacon, St. John's road Sargent & Co. chemists, 29 London rd

Knocker & Holcroft), aolicitor &: com- Norris Wm. greengrocer, Hollybush la Sargent Fredk. boot. maker, 87 High st

missioner for oaths, joint clerk to the ~unn John Bridges, solicitor & clerk to Seale Maria Violet (Mrs.), nursery, 24

magistrates & SevenoaksWaterWorks the school board, St. John's road London road

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Sears Georg8f farm bailiff t<r W. J. Spickett William, mason, I Bank street WakefieldHy.beer retailer St.John'shill
ThompiJOn esq. .Clenches
Spiegelhalter Leop~ld, watch & elook Wa.ller{leorge, tailor, x Lendon road

Seonocke Printing Co. (The), stationers maker, St. Ji()hn's hill · · WA-LLIS EDWARD, carpenteY, joiner,
et printers, 54 High street
StamfordMary Ann(Mrs.),dressmaker, &cabinet maker; CABINETS MADE

Serenoaks Chronicle & Kentish Adver- 3 Milton villas, St. John's hill • for all kinds of collections, Victoria .-d

tiser (Wm.Wicking, proprietor & pub.. Starr-Bowkett Building Society Office Wardley William Arthor, solicitor, see

lisher; published friday), 54 High st (C. W. Wenban, sec.), The Lime Palmer & Wa.rdley

Sevenoaks Cons-titutional Club Go. Lim. Tree Temperance hotel Waringtou Geo. shopkeeper, Hartsland

(W'. W. Knocker, solicitor; Thomas Stedman Osmund M. D. physician & WamerWm.hairdressr.1Bradbonrne rd

Potter.. sec) surgeon, 34 High street WarrenEdward Jn.boot maker, TheVine

Serenoaks Cycling Club (S. Edward, Stepney Willia.m Henry, vestry clerk of Warren John, boot maker & dealer,

sec.); head quarters, The Lime Tree Sevenoaks & assessor & collector of Gray's terrace, St. John's hill

temperance hotel taxes, 69 London road Warren Lewis,fly proptr.Bradbourne rd

Sevenoaks Estate Co. Lim. (E. N. Stevens Hy. boot&; shoe ma, Hartsland Warren William, grocer. Hartsland

Knocker, sec.), London road Stevenson John, deputy registrar of Watkins Thomas, builder, Prospect

SevenoaksGasCo.(E.Newman Knocker, marriages, High street f place, Upper St. John's

solicitor; Henry How, sec) Stevenson J oseph, hair dresser & regis- Welch Frederick Herbert, grocer & pro-

Sevenoaks Habitation (No-. 591) Prim~ . trarofmarriages for Sevenoaks union. · vision merehant, St. Jobn'i- hiH l

roeelague (Ruling Oouucillor, Mol- 45 High street .. Wells Fredk..beer retailer,32 London rd
ton I..ambarde esq. D.L., ~.:P.; William- Stokes Geo. H. upholsterer, Argyle td Wells Jesse, carpenter, St. John's -hill

Wheatley Knocker, hon. see.), South StrudwickJa.me8Cha-rles1lodging house, Wenban Charles Wood, milliner & fancy

park . 9 Camden villas, London road draper, 5 London road

Se,·enoab Lay Association{David Read, Stubbs John, land agent to Lord Sack.. West Mrs. lodging house, Greatness

ireasnrer: Joseph Moore, sec.)~ St. ville, Knole· WheelerHy.shpkpr.ICobden rd..Hrtslnd

John's hill Sutton Elizabeth Martin (Mrs.), grocer, Wheeler William, tailor, 12 Gordon rd

Sevenoaks Libe.ral Club (F. Swanzy, · ,St. John's hill · · J WhiteJn.auctnr.&valuer & bailiff under
hon. sec.), London road
Sutton Henry Gawen M.B. physician, the Agricultural Acts, 49 London rd

SeJenoaks Telegraph & Kent Messenger- Highlands-, St. John's ' White William, corndlr. St. John's hill
(Jesse Relf1 publisher .jl pub, {riday)• SuttonRchd..chmny.swpr.TheRhambles Wbitney Wm. boot maker, London rd

21 London road Taylor Alfred, saddler, 30 London road WickandenH.N.WhiteHartP.H.TheCom

Seven08ks Tennis Club (R. F. Holland, ,Ta.ylor Eliza (Mrs.), dress ma.Hartsland Wilmot Lucy & iarah (Misses), lodging

bon.sec. ),LimeTreeTemperance hotel Taylor George, painter, Hartsland house, 7 6-ranville road

Sevenoaks Town Cricket Club (William Terry Arthor, confectioner~ 3r High st Wilson Andrew, master ma-riner, ~

Wic~ing1 sec. & treasurer),54 Highst TesterJohn,picture framema.Hartsland · Holmesda.le road
Sevenoaks (Vine) Cricket Club (Hon. C. Theobald Fredk. fishmonger? 94 Highst Jl Wilson Patience (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

W. Mills M.P. & D. Johnson, secs) TbompsonGeo.shoe ma.22LimeTree wlk Bradbonrne road

Sevenoaks Waterworks Co. (Fred Hun- Thompson Herbert, surgeom & medical Wiltshire Wiltiam, builder & con-

tel", manager & sec.), Oak lane officer No. 2 district, • Sevenoaks- tractor,. St. John's hill

Sevenoaks & West Kent Gardeners' & union, Buckhurst lodge, High street Winter Albert, manager of Se.venoaks

AmateurSoc.(S.Cook,sec. ),Tub's hill Thompson Herbert J1 clerk ~ the local Gasworks~ Otford road

EleymoorAnn(Mrs.),news agt. 24High st board, Argyle road Winoorboorne Ada, Minnie & Mary

SharradRobt.carmn. 3radbourneVale rd Thorne Matilda (Mra. ), eommission (Misses),ladies' school&kindergarten,

Sheppard Rice, baker & confectioner, agent, St. John's hill Eardley house, Granville road

St. John's hill THORP T. H. COLLIERY OWNER & Winterbourne Jane (Mrs.), tail :

Simmons James, carman, London road COAL MERCHANT, London road & outfitter, 16 & 18 London road

Skevington Thns. greengro.St.John's hl S. E. Railway station; & at Ton- WoodGeo.watchma.&jwllr.St.John'sbl

SKINNER AGNES (MRS.), glass & bridge Wells & Hastings Wood John, carpenter, Greatness

china dealer, confectioner & fruiterer, Tite Charles, reporter, 5 Serpentine rd Wood John, plasterer, Hartsland

established 100 years, 112 High street Town Edmund, boys' school, Lonsbury Woodham William, baker, Hartsland

SkinnerThos. fancy repository, Dorset st college. St. John's road Woodhams Hy. beer retailer, London rd

Smith A. & Co. brewers & maltsters, Traylen H. & A. pianoforte & music Woods John William, mineral water

Sevenoaks brewery, 154 High street warehouse, 82 High street manufacturer, 78 High street.

SmithFrederick Henry, lodging house, Turner Benjamin, farm bailiff to Thos. Woodward Adelaide(Mrs.),dress maker,
Vine cottages, The Vine
Wood esq. Greatness Hartsland

Smith Mary Ann (Miss )1 lodging Tye Edwinr coal mer. Bat & Ball station Woodward Chas. Albert, watch maker,

house, Amherst road Videan Edward, station master, Chat- 75 London road .
ISMITH REGINALD EDGAR, AUC• ham & Dover railway
Woodward Rosa (Mrs.), dress maker,

TIONEER,valuer, house&estate agent Vinall George, plumber, gas & hot water 75 London road

& coal merchant, Derby villa & S. E. fitter, painter &c. St. John's hill Woolgrove John, g-rocer, St. John's hill

Railway station ; offices,so London rd Vincer Jt'anny(Mrs. ), ldgng.ho.TheVine Wright Henry, lodging ho. I Victoria rd

Smith Silvester Wm. ironmonger, ro5 Volunteer Fire Brigade (William Henry Young Richard, lodging house, Jvy

High st. & 2 Hollybush la. St. John's Stepney, capt. ; William Wiltshire, lodge, Hitchin Hatch lane ,

Smith Thos. beer retailer, 109 High st juninr supt.; JohnHooper,engineer); Young Stanford,draper,hosier, lllilliner

Smith William Henry,collectorof poor's station, Rose & Crown P.H. High st & costumier, 35 & 37 London road

rates, Eardley road Waghorn Samuel, superintendent of Young Women's Christian Associatio~

SMITH WM. HENRY, landscape gar- county police & inspector under Con-~ & Home of Rest (Miss Meredith, bon.

dener, seedsman &; florist, 22 High st tagioos Disaases (Animal) Act &Food sec.; Mrs. Elizabeth Barker, matron),

Speed John, builder, St. John's road & Drug Act, Police station, High st London road

SEVENOAKS WEALD is- a liberty and an ecclesias- of Sevenoafrs, and held since 1882 by the Rev-. Ernest Ken-

tical parish, formed out of Sevenoaks in 1861, pleasantly nedy Buckley Morgan M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge.

situated about 2~ miles south from Sevenoaks, in the West- There .are almshouses for eight poor parishioners. Lord

em division of the county, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, hundred Sackville G.C.M.G. is lord of the manor. The principal land-

of Codsheath, petty sessional division, union and county owners are Earl Amherst, Multon La.mbarde esq. D.L., J.P.

court district of Sevenoaks and in the rural deanery of of Beechmont, Sevenoaks, Sir Jolian Goldsmid hart. K.P.,

Shoreham, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Can- D.L., J.:P. of Somerhill, Tonbridge, Capt. John Thornton

terbury. The church of St. George, consecrated in r82o, is Rogers -esq. J.P. of Riverhill House, Sevenoaks, Edward

a building of stone in the Early .English style, consisting of Berries esq. C. B. of St. Jolian's, Sevenoaks; William Jame.ll

chancel (added in 1872), nave, south porch and a western Thompson esq. J.P. and Frederick James Underwood esq.

tower containing a clock and one bell : the east and two The soil is stiff clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are

.other windows are stained, and there is a reredos of mosaic cereals and hops. The population in 1881 was 821 of the

work, designed by tbe late T. Ga.mbier Parry esq. J.P., D.L. ecclesiastical parish and J:,312 of the liberty; the area of the

of Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, which, with the decora- former is 2,419 acres. '

tion of the chancel and the organ, was the gift of Robert

Kirkrrum Hodgson esq. J.P., D.L. of Ash Grove, Sevenoaks, Parish Clerk, Philip Goodhew.
in memory of his father, Daniel Kirkman Hodgson esq. for
•

many years X.P. for Bristol.- who died in r879: there are PosT OFFICB.-Edwin Read, 1'8Caiver.. Letters arrive from

I1ittings for about 200 persons. The register dates from the Sevenoaks at 7.30 a.m. & 1.50 p.m.; dispatched at 6.25

year 1861. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £178, & 1.55 p.m. ; sundays at 10.30 a.m. The nearest money
with residence and 8 acres of glebe, in the gift of the rector order & telegraph office is at Sevenoaks

• K. S. & S• 36*

~564 SEVENOAKS WEALD. KENT. [KELLY's

ScHOOLS : - Infant, erected in 1856 at the expense & on land given by
National (mixed), erected in 1873, for 100 ehildren; aver-
age attendance, 85; Joseph Terry, master; Mrs. Terry, the late Mrs. Henry Austin & is endowed to the extent or

mistress about £,6 a year, for go children; average attendance,

6o ; Miss Alice Hiscutt, mistress

French George · Goodhew Amos, farmer Paige Philip, wheelwright, carpenter,

Berries Mi~>s Goodhew Phillip, beer retailer undertaker, painter & timber dealer

Morgan Rev. Ernest Kennedy JJnckley Goodwin Richard, grocer & baker Read Samuel, blacksmith

M.A. Vicarage Hobden Henry, Windmill P.H Sears Isaac, farmer, Hall's green

Richardson James Killick Albert Gorringe, farmer & hop Sears George, farm bailiff to Wm. Jas.

Tbompson Wm. James J.P. Wickhurst grower, Elses farm Thompson esq. J.P. Wickhurst farm

' COMMERCIAL. King William, farmer, New House farm Smithers Thomas, shoe maker

Bagwell Philip, brick maker. See advrt Mockford Eliza (Mrs.), grocer & draper Stephens Wm. farmer, Hale Oa-k farm

Banks MosE's, farmer, Bowzells Morphy Charles, blacksmith Thorpe William, farm bailiff to Sir

Bligh John Samuel, I<'i~ street Older Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Hatchlands Julian Goldsmid bart. M. P., D.L., l.l'

Booker George, wood dealer & farmer Paige Eli, farmer & beer retailer Twiner James, farmer .
White John, farmer
Elfick Henry, Chequers P.H Paige John, farmer, 1

SEVINGTON is a parish, 56 miles from London and been recently partially restored; seven ledgers still remain,

about 2~ south-east from Ashford, in the Southern division with the matrices of brasses, in which the figures were all of
of the county, hundred of Chart and Longbridge, lathe of large size ; they chiefly commemorated members of the
Scray, Ashford petty sessional division and county court Barre family, of the Moat, in this parish: the church was
district, East Ashford union and in the rural deanery of thoroughly restored in 1877 by the late rector, and the belfry
North Lympneand archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. in 1885 by the present rector: there are 100 sittings. The
The church of St. Mary is a small building of stone, standing register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year
conspicuously in an elevated field, the graveyard being sur- 1554 ; burials, 1560 ; but for the first hundred years these
rounded on three sides by large ash and elm trees and on records are almost illegible. The living is a rectory, tithe
the east by a row of four fine old yews : the church consists rent-charge £,226, with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in

of chancel with chantry chapel, nave, narrow south aisle, the gift of T. Britton esq. and belrl since 1889 by the Rev.

oak-framed porch and plain western tower with tall grace- Bennett Forster M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. The
ful shingled spire, containing 4 fine bells, dated 1630 ; the principal landowners are Mr. Thomas Chapman, the trustees
smallest, which had long been cracked, was recast in 1885; of the late Mr. J. Swafier and Mrs. George Swaffer: the
the whole church, with the exception of two Perpendicular land is all freehold. The soil is light loam ; subsoil, rock.
windows of later insertion, is in the severest Early English The chief crops are wheat and hops. The area is 833 acres;
style: the aisle is separated from the nave by two arches rateable value, £,2,8n; the population in 1881 was n6.

with a considerable portion of wall between them instead of Sexton and Clerk, Stephen Bull.
a pier, the western arch rather wide and Pointed, the other
semicircular and of rough work, either Norman or Saxon, Letters through Ashford arrive at 8 a.m. ; the nearest money
evidently part of the older church referred to in Domesday order office is at Willesborough & telegraph office is at New

Book, which the present fabric superseded in the 13th cen- Town, Ashford

tury: the chapel on the south side of the char.cel dates from This parish is a contributory district to Willesborough School
the qth century, and is entered by a singularly low Pointed Board, sending 2 members ; the children attend the school
arch; it now belongs to Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, and has at Willesborough

Forster Rev. Bennett M.A. Rectory Chapman Thomas, farmer, hop grower Swaffer George (Mrs.), farmer & land·
coMMERCIAL.
& landowner, Court lodge owner, Swanton court·
Bull Henry (Mrs.), farmer
Newnham&Bedford,frmrs.Waterbrook

SHADOXHURST is a village and parish, 4i miles held since 1885 by the Rev. John Forbes, of the University
south-west from .Ashford and 71! from London, in the of Edinburgh. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The charities
Southern division of the county, hundreds of Blackbourn, amount to £5 15s. yearly and include 1os. derived from land
Chart and Longbridge and Ham, lathes of Scray and Shep- left in 1590 by Robert Farley, and £5 ss. derived from land

way, Ashford petty sessional division and county court dis- left in 1604 by Michael Poonetts; the whole is distributed to
trict, West Ashford union and in the rural deanery of North the poor in money, as well as £5 from a ben~faction left by

Lympne and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. This Dr. Curtis. Col. John Leslie Toke J.P. of Clarewood, Cam-

district is covered with coppice woods and is watered by a berley, Surrey, is lord of the manor; Daniel Norton and

feeder of the Beult. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a Jason Norton esqs. are the principal landowners. The soil

small bnilding of stone in the Early English and Decorated is heavy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans

styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a small and hops. The area is 2,127 acres ; rateable value,£1,347 ;

western tower with wooden spire containing one bell: south the population in 1881 was 192. •

of the chancel is a sedile sunk in the sill of the south-east Parish Clerk, George Woodgate.

window and a piscina with a shelf; the chancel also contains PosT 0FFICE.-George Richard Hukins, receiver. Letters
through Ashford arrive at 7·30 a. m.; dispatched at s.sc
a quantity of ancient armour, and there is a lnrge marble
monu"!ent to Admiral Molloy: the font is an octagonal bo~l p.m. & in winter at 4wpo.omd.chuTrchhe nearest money order &
on a smgle st~m .: the church w~s th9r<mghl~ restored m telegraph office is at
1870 by subscnpt10n, and stands m a very spacious church- ,
yard. The register dates from the year 1538. The living 1 WALL LETTER Box, Bromley green, cleared at 6.25 p.m
is a rectory, tithes commuted at :{,129, with 41 acres of: Parochial School (mixed), built·in 1846, for 45 children;

glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and average attendance, 35; Miss Hannall Thomas, mistress

Forbes Rev. John [rector] Collins William, farmer, Moat farm Hukins George Rit"hd. shopkpr.Post off
COMMERCIAL.
Curling Richard, King's Head P.H Mills John, farmer, Blindgrooms
Bingham George, wheelwright
Goodwin William, farmer, Jekey farm Mills John Joshua, farmer, Snailswood

Bingham William Henry, blacksmith Harding Thoma11, farmer Parsons Arthur, farmer
Whitehead Charles, farmer
Capeling & Brown, farmers Heathfield Edward, farmer Woodgate George, farmer

Collins William, farm bailiff to J. Nor- Homewood Arthur, farmer

ton esq. Bromley Green

SHEERNESS, see IsLE OF SHEPPEY.

SHELDWICH is a village and parish, situated on the is an Early Decorated piscina, a canopied brass, with effigies

road from Ashford to Faversham, 3 miles south from !''avers- of a knight and a lady, to Richard atte Leese, ob. 1394 and
ham and 3 west from Selling stati80 on the London, Chat- his wife, Dionisia and another with half-effigy in shroud, to
ham and Dover railway, in the North Eastern division of Johanna, wife of William Mareys, ob. 1431; and in the south
the county, lathe of Scray, Faversham hundred, petty ses- chapel is a third, also with effigies, to John Cely esq. ob.
sional division, union and county court district and in the 1426, and Isabella, his wife: in 1888, the church was
rural deanery of Ospringe and archdeaconry and diocese restored at a cost of :{,2,500, inclusive of the restoration of
of Canterbury. The church of St. James is an ancient the chancel and the addition of a new north aisle, by the

edifice of flint and stone, chiefly in the Decorated and Ecclesiastical Commissioners, at a cost of £soo; choir stalls

Perpendicular styles, with some remains of Norman work, were also fixed, the old ceiling removed and the 'fudor roof
and consists of chancel, with a chantry chapel on the north shown and a five light Perpendicular window placed at the
side, nave, with a chapel on the south side, south porch east end ; in the course of the alterations, a circular windolf
and an embattled western tower of Perpendicular date, with which had long been concealed was discovered in tbe eastern
an octagonal turret at the south-east angle and containing gable of the nave roof; it contains tracery of the Flamboyan&

6 bells; the south doorway is Norman: in the north chapel style and has a triangular label; a new porch was also built

nmPCI"ORY.] KENT. ISI.E OY SBEPPE\'. 585

on h south side. The register of baptisms and burials SHEPBBRD'S FOBSTAL is a hamlet, l:t miles south-east.

date. from the year 156o; marriages from 1558. The living Parish Clerk, Alfred Mutton.
ia a vicarage, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge
PosT OFFICB, Sheldwich Lees.-Thoma.s Ash, receiver.
£200, with 2 acres of glebe and boose, in the gift of the Letters are received by foot post from lt'aversha.m ; arrh·e
at 8 a.tn. & 2.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & 6.30
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held since 1870 by p. m. The nearest money order & telegraph. office is at
Faversham
Ute Rev. Bingham Sibthorpe Malden B.A. of Caius College,
United National Schools (for the parishes of Sheldwich,
()ambridge. At Perry Wood is .a. small Church Mis~ion Badlesmere & Leaveland) (George Ernest Creed, master;
Elizabeth Gowers, mistress) The schnol premises con-
room with 8o sittings. The charities are £2 yearly, denved sist of .several houses, converted to educational purposPS
by the late Lord Sondes in 1814, which, with the additions
from the rent of Befl Horn farm, and £3 each, yearly, from made by the present earl, including infants' school &
teacher's house, will hold 240 children; average attend-
beqnests of H. H. Read esq. and the late Hon. George ance, 150

Wataon, of Rockingham Castle, Northants (d. 1852). Lees CARRIER TO FAVEilSHAK.-Linkins, from Wye, passes
through on wed. & fri. ; & Rogers, from Faversham to
Coort, .a Grecian structure, built by Inigo J ones, stands i~ Ashford, toes. thurs. & sat. ; Goldup, from 'Red Lion,'
mon. & sat
a large park and is the seat of Earl Sondes D.L., J. P. who IS
lord of the manor and principal landowner~ the President

and fellows of Corpus Christi college, Oxford, are also large

landowners. The soil is light loam and chalk ; subsoil,

chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, hops, oats, beans
and turnips. The area is 1,948 acres, of which 1~4 ac~es are
detached, 1 mile south, on the Ashford road, mclus1ve of

Badlesmere Lees; rateable value, £3,668 ; the population in

1881 11'88 638.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Jeffery Geo. carpenter, Sheldwich lees

Bondes Earl n.L., .J.P. Lees court; & Amos Henry, farmer, Littles farm Judge John, blacksmith

Travellers'&Carlton clubs, London s w Ash Thomas, grocer, Post office, Sheld- Marsh George, Rose & Crown P.H.

Throwley Viscount D.L. Lees court wich lees Perrywood

Crondall Mrs. Lords Cobb J<'rederick Law, farmer & hop Minter Edwd.farmr. Shepherd's Forstal

Hooper Capt. Charles Frederick J.P. grower, New House farm Moore Henry, shopkeeper, Perrywood

Harewell house Court Daniel, shopkeeper Mutton Alfred George, wheelwright

1\irby Edward Lawrence, Grove cottage George Geo.head gardnr.to Earl Sondes Rayfield James, farmer

}falde.! Rev. Bingham Sibthorpe B.A. George Walter, Red Lion P.H Samson Frederick Thomas, boot maker

(Yicar] Jackson Albert, tailor, Sheldwich lees Wood Jame.'l, farmer, Grove house

ISLE OF SHEPPEY.

SasPPEY (or the Isle of Sheep) (A. S. ea, an island), formerly acres of land and 87 of water, much of the former hem~

dirided into the three islands of Sheppey, Elmley and Harty, marsh ; but the southern part is intersected by a ridge of

which are now joined, comprises the following township11 rising ground; the population in 1881 was 18,204.

and parishes :-SHEERNESS With SHEERNESS-ON-SEA, QUEEN- Sheerness, situated on the north-west of the island of
BOROUGH, MINSTll:R, EASTCHURCH, WARDEN and LEYSDOWN,
all of which are in the Sheerness county court district. The Sheppey, 2 miles north from Queenborough, 17! north-ea.<Jt-
island iB 11miles long from east to west and 4 miles in breadth by-north from Maidstone and 46! from Lonrlon, is a seaport
from north to south, and lies on the north coast of Kent, town and second-class naval establishment at the month of
bounded by the Thames and the Medway on the west, the
Swale (capable of receiving vessels of 200 tons burthen) on the Thames and Medway, head of a county eonrt district
ihe south and the ocean on the north and east. A nav-igable with a terminal station on a branch of the London, Chat-
creek, called " Windmill Creek," runs up to the island
ham and Dover railway from Sittill!!bourne and a pier at
between Elmley and Sheppey proper. All the southern which steamboats call dormg the summer; the town
formerly consisted of separate districts called towns, name~y,
coasis are defended by strong sea-walls and dikes and the Blue Town (which is in Sheerness), Banks To'!n, Mar1~e
wwn of Sheerness is also strongly fortified, both by sea and Town and Mile Town : the last three are now mcluded m
Sheerness-on-Sea. Sheerness, in the time of Charles I. was
land: the cliffs are about six miles in length and rise to a a mere swamp, but in the reiJrn of Charles II. a fort was

J!Te3t height at -the centre. The island is in the North built here, which on the 1oth July, 1667, was captured by
the Dutch Admiral De Ruyter, and the defensive works were
Eastern division of the county, lathe of Scray, Faversham
petty sessional division, Sheppey union and county court in consequence strengthened and docks formed; in I797•

district, within the district ofthe Metropolitan police and in May 27th, the mutiny of the Nore broke o';lt here and lYas

the rnral deanery of Sittingbourne, archdeaconry of Maid- not quelled till June 13th, several of the rmgleaders bemg
swne and diocese of Canterbury. The London clay is here executed : the wharf fronts the Medway : the dockyard,
500 feet thick; the fossil remains are very numerous as well which is surrounded by a brick wall has first-rate docks, a
88 enrious, upwards of 700 different species having from basin with 26 feet depth of water, two smaller ba~ins, store-
time to time been discovered and enumeraood, thus throw- houses, victualling storehouse, masthouse, rigging house,
ing considerable light ton the nature of the London clay sail-loft, smitheries and navy pay-office. There are also
formation. Fossil fruits have been found in great abundance residences for the port admiral and captain superintendent:

and many varieties of shells. Large quantities of pyrites, the barracks will contain between x.soo and 2,000 men; the
which were once used at Queenborough in the manufacture
dockyards give employment to between 1,500 and 2,ooo
of copperas, may still be found, as well as septaria, from artisans and mechanics; the river has been dredged to allow
which Roman cement is made; iron pyrites were first of large ships of war steaming to Chatham, with which
turned to account in 1579, when Matthias Falconer, a Bra- town Sheerness is associated in respect to the Royal Navy.
banter, set up a factory at Queenborough for making brim- The dockyard church, erected by the Admiralty about 1830,
stone and copperas. Oysters are also an article of commer- was totally destroyed by fire in Nov. 1881, but was rebuilt
cial value to the island. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
beans, oats, canary, turnip and mustard seed, and sweet and opened in 1885, and is now a plai~ str!lcture o~ brick.
peas are also largely grown for London seedsmen. The The town is strongly ·defended by fortificatiOns, whiCh ex-
tend fol" a mile and a half; they mount more than 100 guns,
corn crops are abundant, but of wood and trees there is a many of which are of large calibre and command the
dearth. The island still retains its fame for the excellence
entrance of the Thames and Medway. Besides the dock-
of its breed of sheep, and "Sheppey mutton" is disting-uished yard business, there is some trade in supplying shipping, as

for ita quality. The means of communication with the well as in corn and seed.

island was formerly by water conveyances between Sheer-
DeSB and the mainland and by three primitive ferries-two The ecclesiastical parish of St. Paul's was formed out of
for foot passengers and one (King's ferry) free for travellers Holy Trinity, Sheerness-on-Sea, civil parish of Minster,
and horses, bnt not for carriages: the London, Chatham March 25th, 1873.

and Dover railway now affords communication with the St. Paul's church, Station road, consecrated in June, 1872,

mainland and is carried over the S wale by means of a and •nlar>red in 1876, is a structure of brick in the Byzan-

movable iron viaduct (with a toll bridge for foot passengers tine style: consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles,

and vehicles), so that the island has now railway communi- vestry, north porch and an eastern belfry with pinnacles

eatioo with London, Gravesend, Rochester and other places. containing one bell: in 1884 a handsome alabaster reredos

The climate is salubrious and the land fertile. The death- was erected at a cost of £120: a new organ and choir vestry

rate seldom exceeds 14 in the thousand, showing the unusual were built in 1889, and in 1890 the flooring was partly re-

healthiness of the locality. The island contains 22,453 laid at a cost of £370: there are 640 sittings, 412 of which

566 ·.ISLE OF SHEPPEY.·! KE:8T.

are free, The register dates from the year 1872. Tht living ROYAL 'ENGINEER • DEPAnTMF.NT• .

is a vicarage, gross yearly value £250, with residence, in tb.e Cotnmanding Royal Engineers, Lt.-Col: H; J. W. ·ctehle lt.E

gift of the vicar of :Minster, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Division Officer, Major G. F. Mann B.E'

Daniel Reakes, who resides at Sheerness-on-Sea. A Sunday Surveyor; B. 11'. Caws ·

school and parochial room was erected in 1878. Military Foreman of Works, Sergeant-Major J. Oudney R.E
Bethel Congregational chapel, in Union street, has soo Sergeant-Major, W. ·Isaac R.E ·
·' •

sittings. Chief Clerk, Quartermaster-Sergeant W. J. P. Gardner R.E

A newspaper, the "Sheerness Guardian," is published COMMISSARIAT & TRANSPORT STAFF.

on saturday. . Conductor, C. Watts

The population in I88I was 6,688, including 6o2 in the · · • ORDNANCE STORE DEPARTMENT.

military barracks and 38I in the naval barracks, and in Captain & Quartermaster, -0. L. Sheppard

the local board district, 14,286. MILITARY HOSPI'rAI•.

Parish Clerk for whole parish of Minster, William Green, Surgeon-Major, W. E. Riordan

Minster. Surgeon, H. H. Haines~ " ·

PosT, M. 0. & 'f. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, VOL'UNTEERS. .

Blue town. - Frederick S. Warder, sub-postmaster. Kent (rst} Artillery Volunteer Brigade Eastern Division

Letters dispatched at 6 & 10. w a. m. & 1.30, 3·45• 6.45 & Royal Artillery (Nos. 8 & 9 Batteries), Capt. V. H. Stallon,
commandant
8 p.m.; on sundays dispatched at 5.30 p.m

PILLAR BoXEs at Railway station & WestMinster cleared at Civil Establishments.

9·45 a. m. & I & 6.35 p.m. ; sundays, 5.30 p.m County Court for the Isle of Sheppey ; office, High street
Naval & Military Establishments. His Honor William Lucius Selfe, judge; William Augustus
Tollemache, treasurer ; George Winch, registrar & high

NAVAL. bailiff; Vincent Henr' Stallon, deputy registrar, 32 High

Commander-in-Chief at Nore, Vice-Admiral Charles T. street, Mile town ; George Frederick Butts & William
Curme, flagship " Wildfire" James Duff, clerks; William Heigho, bailiff. Sittings
monthly at the Court house, High street, Blue town.
Flag-Lieutenant, Hon. Francis Spring-Rice The following parishes are within its jurisdiction;-East-
Secretary, Richard H. White church, Elmley, Leysdown, Minster, Queenborough,
Clerks to Secretary, Colville D. W. Kiddle & James Max- Harty & Warden
Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress
well, assistant paymasters R.N Amendment· Act, Edward Stutely, The Crescent, Mile
Lieutenant & Commander, Edward J. Sanderson

DOCKYARD. town ; Joseph William Shrubsall, High street, Mile town;
James Tower, 46 High street, Blue town & James S.
Captain Superintendent, Captain Richard D. King A.D.C
· Bills, High street, Queenborough
Secretary to Superintendent, Charles Pennell
County Police Station, Station road, John Huggett High-
.Staff Captain & Deputy Queen's Harbour Master, Henry wood, sergeant, with 9 constables
Hosken R.N
Police Court, High street, Edward James .Athawes esq. sti-
Chief Constructor, Andrew W. Row
pendiary magistrate ; George Winch,clerk; George Butts,
Fleet Engineer, William W. Chilcott
assistant clerk.. Sittings,.m<mday & thursday at IO a; m
Clerk of Works, William T.l\'lonkhouse

Naval Storekeeper, Charles Stewart Places of Worship, with times of Services.

Chaplain, Rev. Hamlet W. Millett B.A., R.N St. Paul's Church, Stati()n read, Rev. Daniel Reakes, vicar;

Fleet Surg-eon, George Kell II a.m. & 3.15 & 6.3op.m. ;· thurs. 7.30 p.m . '

Surgeon, William Wall Jacobs L.K.Q.C.P.Irel ot expense Dockyard Chapel, Rev. Hamlet W. Millett R.N.--; 10.3o·a.m..
Audit Office, E. B. Curtler (officer in charge
&6.3op.m .
accounts) ; E. H. Harwood, clerk
Congregational (Bethel), Union street., Rev. Charles F.
Chief Draughtsman, J. A. Hodgson
Bone, minister; 10.45 a. m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m;
.Master Rigger, John Widgery R.N

Storekeeper's Office, W. A. Webb, senior clerk; J. S. School.

Watson, clerk Board School, Chapel street, under Minster & Sheppey school

Cashier's Office, H. B. .Adams, clerk hoard, erected in I877, for 329 children; average attend-

Head Messenger, Captain Superintendent's Office, E. Welch ance, 87 boys, 82 girls & uo infants ; George Thwaites,
IForemen of Yard, J. Ellis, J. A. HoweB, A. Usher & J. M. master ; Miss. A,, Knight1 girls' mistress; Miss Morgan,
,Humphrey infants' mistress

Assistant Constructor, 3rd class, J. Cole •

Newspaper.
'f
.· ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS.
Captain, .Arthur Cecil Curtis Sheerness Guardian & East Kent Adve-rtiser, 7 High street,
C. Rigg, printer & proprietor; published Saturday . . ·

Commander, John Leslie Burr . Railways. .
Lieutenants,·Charles B. Neate, Amyand Haggard, Claude
London, Chatham & Dover (Sheerness & Sittingbourne
Paget & Henry J. Morgan ,.
branch), Abraham Isaac, station master; Alfred W. Howe-
Stafi Commander, Edwin W. G. Hillia.rd
c.c. sole carting agent to Railway company
Major Royal Marines, Townley W. Dowding
Soptb, Eastern (Gravesend &; Pol't, Victoria branch), boat
Lieutenant Royall\1arines, Godfrey E. Matthews
runs from Pier to meet every train at Pert Victoria (Isle
Chaplain, Rev. Hamlet W. Millett , ,
of (?-.rain) ; clerk. in charge & agent., J. T. Churcher
Fleet Surgeon, George Kell R.N
Fleet Paymaster, Isaac B. Moorman r
' ' Water Conveyance.
Barrack Master, Henry Vile ·
.

Surgeons, .Alfred H, Miller, John Walsh Ill. B. John H. Sten- LONDON.--:" Factor" hoy, every mon. from the Pier to
· _Sharp's wharf, returning on wed · .. , ·
bouse M. B. & Walter J. Bearblock Steamboats from the pier to London, Chatham & Strood

Paymaster, William S. Andrews during the summer .. ' ·.

Co~mander of Steam Reserve, John W. Osborne

.' ' •
Sheerness-on-Sea. is the modern part of Sheeraess
DOCKYARD POLICE.
proper, from which it is separated by a moat, crossed by
The .Metropolitan police guard the Sheerness dQckyard, & two bridges giving access to the pier and Dockyard rail-
the force here consists of I chief inspector, I mspector, way station ; it is built near the beach at the estuary of
7 sergeants & 34 constables
Chief lo.spector, Joseph Woonton the Thames ou the northern shore of the Isle ()f Sheppey and
Inspector, C. Inward is rising in popularity as a resort for visitors and pleasure
residents : it has a fine esplanade, extending from Garrison

l) .. MILITARY. Fort to Cheyney Rock, forming a ltmg and pleasant promen-
ade. The London, Chatham and Dover Railway Co. have
I a new station close to the beach. About a mile east the cliffs

• GARRISON ARTILLERY-EASTERN DIVISION.

Commanding, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. F. Sorell R.A of London clay begin. The Thames here is about five miles

Commanding Royal Artillery (Sheerness),. Lieut.-Colonel broad ;tnd the floating Nore light at the mouth of the river

R. J. Hezlet · marks the position of the Nore sands and is a prominent

Adjutant, Lieutenant H. H. B1,1tler beacon. The town is governed by a Local Board of Health

Artillery District Quartermaster, Lieutenant T. F. Cooper of 12 members, to whom belong the extensive water works,

Garrison Artillery Batteries-No. 5, J. J. Congdon, major; situated in Trinity road, Mile Town, which with the im-

No. :7-W. H. F. Sorell, lieutenant-colonel; No. I6-H. pro>ed drainage of the district add greatly to the salubrity

Knight, major; No. I9 H. P. Dawson, major of the town; it is well lighted with gas by the Sheppey Gas

DIRECTOR'Y.] KENT; •

ISLE OF SHEPPEY.

Co. whose works ttre at West Minster. Holy Trinity is an Clerk, Vincent Hy. Stallon1 32 Mile 'town, Sheerness-oa-Ses •

eeclesiasti~t parish, formed Febm-ary 14th, I851, from the Treasurer, Edward James .Bass, London & County Bank

parish of ~Iinster : the church, situated near the beach, is Medical Officer of Health, Charles Arrol M.l>., C. M:. 12 Ed~

a small edifice of brick, consisting of nave, aisles, vestry and 1 ward street, 8heerness-ot~-Sea · ·• '

a western tower witl.'r pinnacles, containing one bell : it was Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, William Wallace Copland,

erected in 1!:!36, at the expense of the Ecclesiastical Com- Trinity road, Sheerness-on-Sea •

missioners and by private subscription and contains I,074 Collector, Charles Hallett, 64 Ranelagh rd. Sheerness-on-Sea

sittings, 6oo of which are free. The register dates from the Public Establishments.
year I836. The living is a vicarage, yearly value, including

fees, £4oo, in the gift of the vicar of Minster, and held since Cemetery Co. Limited, S. G. Elliott, Hope street, sec. ;

x886 by the Rev. William Henry Galfridus Mann M.A. of cemetery, Halfway house
Trinity College, Cambridge. The Catholic church, dedicated Kent (1st) Artillery Volun'l:eers (~os. 8 &g batteries); head

to SS. Henry and Elizabeth, situated on a commanding site quarters, 14I High street; Capt. Vincent Stallon, com-

facing the beach and erected in 1864, at a cost of about manding ; E. J. Bass (attached), captain; Chas. Arrol,

£6,ooo, almost wholly defrayed by the late Henry Mostyn surgeon-major; J. J. )lcLeod, armoury sergeant

esq. is an edifice of brick, with stone copings, in the Early Sheerness Pier Commissioners, Richard Howe Brightman,

English style, from the designs of the late E. W. Pugin, and clerk ; Edward J ames Greenstreet, pier master ; office,

consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a turret containing one Edward street

bell: the interior is supported by 12 graceful stone columns : Victoria Hall, Broadway, William Walsh, hall keepel'

the pulpit, hexagonal in shape, is of Bath and Caen stone SHEPPEY UNION.

with marble supports, and was erected in I886 by subscrip- Board day, wednesday, fortnightly, at the \''lorkhouse,
tions solely from the navy, in memory of the Catholic sailors
Minster, at 2 p.m.
and marines who fell in the Egyptian and Soudanese cam- The Union comprises the following parishes :-Eastchurch,
paigns r882-4: in the south aisle is an altar, dedicated to Elmley, Leysdown, Minster-in-Sheppey, Queenborough,
the Sacred Heart : the reredos is a copy from one of the I 3th Harty & Warden. The rateable value in I8go was
century in Westminster Abbey: thP-re is a brass to Henry £84,306; the population in r88I was r8, 199.
Mostyn, d. r86I and Elizabeth his wife, d. r864: attached Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, John
to the church are the Presbytery and schools, the resident
Copland, 29 High street, Sheerness
priest being the Rev. Thomas Moynihan : there are soo sit- Trea,urer, Edward William Brightman, Edward street

tin..,<TS. The register of births and marriages dates from the Relieving & Inquiry Officer, Lower district, Charles Hare,
year 1821. There is a Catholic Apostolic church seating I Winstanley road, Sheerness-on-Sea; Upper district,
100 persons; Congregational ehapel seating 750; Wesleyan, George Bligh, Eastchnrch
3so; Baptist, 370; Primitive Methodist, 200; and Bible Vaccination Officers, Richard Ross Sonth, Beach house,
Christian, 300. The offices of the Local Board of Health and Sheerness; & Edwin Bigg, jun. Eastchurch
Waterworks are situated in Trinity road. A cemetery of Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Eastchurch district,
three acres was formed in r857, at a cost of £r,3oo and has Julius C~sar L.R.C.P.Edin. )'Iinster; l\linster district,
one mortuary chapel ; it is the property of a limited liability Peter Swales, 25 Marine parade, Sheerness
company. The Victoria Hall, in the Broadway, erected in Superintendent Registrar, John Copland, 29 High street,
1872 by a limited company, is a large structure of brick, con-
Sheerness-on-Sea; deputy, Waiter Joseph Filer, 29 High
sisting of a spacious hall for concerts and other entertain- street, Sheerness-on-Sea
Registrars of Births & Deaths, Minster sub-district, Richard
ments, holding r,2oo persons, and a range of other buildings Ross South, Beach house, Sheerness-on-Sea ; deputy, Miss
for various purposes, and the whole is now the property of Mary Arabella South, Beach house, Sheerness-on-Sea;
the trustees of the late A. N. Pryer esq. The London and Eastchurch sub-district, Edwin Bigg, jun. Eastchurch;
County Bank has a branch in the High street. The Victoria

Working Men's Club, also itl the Broadway, was erected in deputy, Mrs. Bigg-, Ea.stchurch
1882, at a cost of £2,500, and is a fine edifice of brick, ar- Registrars of Marriages, Samuel Cole, 3 I liigh street,
ranged for over goo members. There is a medical society,
now (x8go) numbering· 4,500 members; a building society, Sheerness-on-Sea; deputy, William \Vood, 30 ::Meyrick
a benevolent society, Liberal and Conservative associations, road, Sheerness-on-Sea
and several other societies of lesser pretensions. The popu-
Minster Workhouse, a structure of brick, will bold 200 in-
lation in r88I was 7.598.
mates; Thomas Knight, master; Rev. William Bramston

Verger, Charles Johns, 51 High street. M.A. chaplain; Julius Cresar L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officer;

Mrs. Rosina Knight, matron ; Charles Sanderson, school-
PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, master ; )lrs. Rosa Anderson, schoolmistress
·head office, High street, Mile town.-Postmaster, George
RURAL SANITARY .AUTHORITY.
Wood. · Meets at the Board room, Union Workhouse, Minster, every

Head office open from 7 a. m. to to p.m. on week days; sun- fourth week, on wednesday at 3 p.m
Clerk,. John Copland, 29 High street, Sheerness-on-S:la
days, 7 to ro a.m. & 5 tp 6 p.m. for telegraph business Treasurer, Edward William Brightman
Medical Officer of Health, Julius Cresar L.R.C.P.Edin. Minster
()ne collection on sunday from all boxes at 5·45 p.m.; letters Sanitary Inspector, John Day, Minster
Surveyor of Highways, John Day, l\linster
for London &c. can be posted up to 6.IO p.m

MAILs DISPATCHED (r) London &c. 6.45 a.m.; Chatham &

Sittingbourne, 8.30 a.m.; (2) London &c. 10.3oa.m.;

(3) London &c. 2 p.m.; Chatham & Rochester, 2 p.m.; SCHOOL ATTE~DANCE COl\HtiiTTEE.

{4) London, 4.30 p.m. ; Faversham & Sittingbourne, 4.30
p.m.; (5) London, 7.20 If. m; Dover & Maidstone, 7.20 Meets by adjournment at the Board room, Union Work-
p.m.; (6) London, 8.30 p.m; Chatham; Gravesend, house, on wednesdays at 3 p.m '

Rochester & Sittingbourne, 8.30 p'.m · Clerk, John Copland, 29 High street, Sheerness-on-Sea
~RRIVALS.-rst delivery, London, ·Chatham, Gravesend, Attendance Officer, George Bligh, Eastehurch

Maidstone, Rochester &. Sittingbourne, 7 a.m. ; 2nd de- Public Officers. ,

livery, London, Chatham & Sittingbourne, II a.m. ; 3rd '

delivery, London, Chatham, Faversham, Rochester & Chief Officer of Coast Guard, Lient. Aston E. McMurdo, Rock

Sittin6bourne, 7 p.m house, Sheerness-on-Sea
Stamp Distributor, George Wood, Post office, High street,
RECEIVI:SG HOUSES:-
Sheerness-on-Sea
*tBlue Town collections (1) 6 a.m.·(2) IO.IO a. m. (3) 1.30 Collectors of Poor's Rates, Lower district, Edward Stutely,

p.m. (4) 3·45 p.m. (5):6.45 p.m. (6) 8 p.m . The Crescent, Sheerness-on-Sea; Upper district,· John

t:Marine Town collections (r) 6 a.m. (2) ro.ro a.m. (3) I.3o Pankhurst, Eastehurch; Harty, Robert Smith Dunn,

p.m. (4) 3-45 p.m. (5) 6-45 p.m. (6) 8 p.m Faversham ·
tEastchurch S.O. (3) n a.m. (5) 4.20 p.m
Town Crier, Alfred Akhurst, 35 Albion place
Minster S.O. (3) 12.30 p.m. (5) 5·5 p.m

*tQueenborough S.O. (2) 9 a. m. (3) 12.25 p.m. (5) 6.20 p.m Places of Worship, with times of Services.

•Telegraph office open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed on sunday. Holy Trinity Church, Edward street, Rev. W. H. G. Manu

:Marked thus tare also :M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance M.A. vicar; II a. m. 3 & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m )

Offices.

LocAL BoARD. SS. Hen:-y & Elizabeth, Catholic, Broadway, Rev. Thomas

The meetings of the board are held at the board room, l\Ioyniham, priest & officiating chaplain to the troops;

Trinity road, every alternate tues. at 7.30 p.m. Sundays & holy days, mass & sermon for soldiers 9 a. m.

IMembers. &. for sailors & civilians 10.30 a.m. ; & vespers, sermon &
beneliction 6.30 p.m.; daily mass 8 a.m. ; thnrs. rosary,
E. W. Brightman, chairman George Hare
Joseph Richard Brett Henry Timothy Penny instructions & benediction 7.30 a.m. in summer & 7 p.m.
John William Burnett in winter
I David Prosser

John Copland Thomas E. Richards Baptist, Russell street, ministers various; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m

John Thomas French George Woodthorpe Baptist, Strode crescent, Rev. George Curtis, minister; n

John Gordon George Whalebone a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.; mon. 7.30 p.m

568 ISLE QP SHEPPEY.' KENT. (KELLY'S

Bible Christian, Alexandra road, Rev. William Luke; 10.45 rounded by a thick belt of trees, was rebuilt and enlarged in

a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m 1853 and is an edifice of Kentish rag in the Early English

Catholic Apostolic, Russell street, ministers various ; 10.30 style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western

a.m. & 5 p.m turret containing one bell: there are about 150 sittings. The

Congregational, Alma road, Rev. John Riordan, minister; register dates from the year 1828. The living is a rectory,.

10.45 a.m. & 6,30 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £320, with resi-

Primitive Methodist, Broadway, Rev. James Crompton, dence, in the gift of Miss E. M. Robertson, and held since

minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m 1884 by the Rev. George Holditch Mason M.A. of Sidney

Wesleyan, Hope street, Rev. John Tait Duncan, minister; Sussex College, Cambridge, who resides at Radfield, near

10.30 a.m. & 6.go p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m Green Street. The whole of Elmley island belongs to the

School£r. University of Oxford; it is approached from Milton and
Sittingbourne by King's Ferry viaduct on the Sittingbourne

Board, High street, under Minster School Board, erected in and Sheerness branch of the London, Chatham and Dover

1877, for 620 children; average attendance, goo boys, 185 railway, a structure erected both for railway and passenger

girls & 200 infants; Joseph Auty, master; Miss Isabel traffic and supported on eleven arches, the centre arch

Atkinson, girls' mistress; Miss Lizzie Jane Craston, in- forming a draw bridge; access to Elmley island is also ob-

fants' mistress tained by a ferry over the Swale, made use of by King

Board (Elementary) (infants), Alexandra road, erected in James II. during his first flight from London, on the 12th

1888, for 258 children ; average attendance, 200 ; Miss December, 1688: he then went on board a Kentish boy, but,

Hall, mistress · was discovered near Faversham and taken thence by a mob

National, Edward street, erected in 1837, for 850 children; of Kentish fishermen, who made him a prisoner and bore.

average attendance, boys 170, girls & infants 399 ; G. him back to London. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and

Taylor, master, Miss Sarah L. Wheeler, girls' mistress gravel. The chief crops are corn and rape, <".anary and other

Catholic, Broadway, erected in 1864, for 100 children; seeds. The area is 1,973 acres of land and .5-14 water and

average attendance, 6o; Miss Jane Kennedy, mistress foreshore; rateable value, £2,084; the population in 1881

Wesleyan (Elementary) (boys), Broadway, erected in 1873, was 205, scattered at Elmley, Kingshill, Housedown, Well-

for 270 children ; average attendance, 238 ; Alfred ·watson house and Saltbox.

Richards, master Parish Clerk, James Grant.

Wesleyan (girls & infants}, High street, for 300 children; PILLAR LETTER Box cleared at Elmley ferry at 4·45 p m.
average attendance, 130 girls & 130 infants ; Miss Ellen Letters delivered through Sittingbourne, arrive about
Terry, girls' mistress & Miss Edith Rowett, infants' mist 8.30 a. m. & dispatched by the factory bag at 5 p.m. The

nearest money order & telegraph office is at Murston
Eastchurch is a parish in the hundred of Sheppey, National School (mixed), built in 1885 by the University of
situated on high ground, towards the middle of the islands,
6 miles east from Sheerness and Queenborough. The church Oxford, for about 86 children ; average attendance, 52;
Mrs. Jane Beeby, mistress
of All Saints is an edifice of Kentish rag, in the Decorated
style oi the 15th century, consisting of chancel with two side Harty, in the hundred of Faversham, IIi miles from
chapels, nave of four bays, aisles, north, south and western Sheerness and Queenborough and formerly an island, was

porches and an embattled western tower containing a clock separated from the rest of Sheppey by a sort of creek or

and 5 bells : there is a fine oak screen, extending completely broad dyke, called the "Capel J<'leet," which was drained

across the church, west of the chancel, which has also been some years ago, and except on old maps no longer exists.

put into thorough repair: there are some indications of a The church of St. Thomas is an edifice of stone, dating from

rood-loft: in the south chancel chapel is a handsome monu- the 13th century, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle,

ment, with recumbent figures, to Gabriel Livesey, ob. 1622, north and south chapels, north porch and a western turret.

and Ann, his second wife, daughter of Sir Michael Sondes kt. : containing one bell ; there is a carved oak screen and an

there are two stained windows: some pieces of the church ancient chest, also of carved oak, representing the last

plate, prob~bly presented by the Rev. Thomas White, who "trial by battle," described in the "Kent Archreologia,'"

was vicar 1667-82, date from 1675: the chancel was reseated vol. X. : the church was restored in t88o at a cost of£1,500.

with teak in 1871 and in 1872 the nave and aisles were re- and has 120 sitting:s. The register dates from the year 1679.

seated, the galleries removed and the tower arch thrown The living i~ a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of

open to the church, the chancel windows being at the same Leysdown, tithe rent-charge [265, with 16! acres of glebe

time restored; there are 318 sittings. The register dates and residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury

from the year 1677. The living is a rectory and vicarage, who has three turns out of four and the Hi!ton family, wh()

yearly value, from tithe rent-charge, [1,3oo, with sl acres have the remaining turn, and held since 188x by the Rev.
of glebe and residence, in the gift of A. S. Diekson esq. and Alfred Farbrother M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge,

held since 1870 by the Rev. Richard Henry Dickson M.A. of who resides at Leysdown. The distance to Oare on the

Trinity College, Cambridge. Here are Primitive Methodist main land is about 2 miles, the ferry over the Swale, which

and Wesleyan chapels. Near Eastcburch is a domain called is one mile across at high water, being attended to by the.
Shurland House, the former seat of the ancient family of proprietor, George Marshall, landlord of the Ferry House
that name ; Sir Thomas Cheyney K.G. Treasurer of the House- inn; the ferry toll is 4d. before and 6d. after sunset. The

hold, was here visited by King Henry VIII. ; this mansion land chiefly belongs to the Hilton family. There are oyster
is mentioned in the " Ingoldsby Legends." Norwood farm beds in this part of the Swale. The soil is clay ; subsoil,
was once the residence of Sir John de Northwode. The clay and gravel. The chief crops are corn and seeds. Cattle
Wickham family are lords of the manor and the principal and sheep are reared. The area is about 2,642 acres of laud
landowners are Robert S. Holford esq. Mrs. Western and 1,037 of water and foreshore; rateable value, [3,820;.
Plumptre of Goodneston Park and Joseph Todd and William the population in 1881 was I57·
Higgs esq. and the Eastchurch and Borden charitiea. The Parish Cl~rk, William Henry Samson.

area is 7,005 acres of land and 954 of water and foreshore; WALL LETTER Box cleared at 12.30 p.m. Letters arrive
rateable value, £8,668 ; the population in 1881 was 983.
from Eastchurch through Sheerness-on-Sea at x2 noon,

NoRwoooisonemilenorth-east; GREAT, OLD and LITTLE which is the nearest money order office & Sheerness is the.
nearest telegraph office
RIDES a mile and a half south-east.
Parish Clerk & Sexton, Richard King. National School (mixed), erected in 1875, for so children;

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- average attendance, 34; Miss J. P. Webber, mistress

F. C. Bushell, sub-postmaster. Letters from bead office, Leysdown, situated on high ground overlooking the.
Sheerness, arrive at 8.10 a. m. & 1.30 p.m.; dispatched at sea, the most easterly village and parish in the island, is in
II a.m. & 4.20 p.m.; on sundays, arrive at 8.10 a.m.; the hundred of Sheppey, 9 miles south-east from Sheerness
dispatched at 10.30 a.m. The nearest telegraph office is and Queenborough stations. The church of St. Clement is
at Queenborough
an edifice constructed externally of Kentish rag stone and
National Schools (mixed), built in 1840, for 220 children; internally of red brick, in the Early English style, and con-
average attendance, 145; George Ellum, master
sists of chancel, nave, vestry, north porch and a western

CARRIERS TO Sa~<r&RNESS.-John Pankhurst & William John turret containing 2 bells : it was thoroughly restored in

Grant, daily, sundays excepted 1874, when the last remains of the ancient church were re-

moved, but a few of the old carved stones are built into the

Elmley is a parish lying to the south of Sheppey, new work : there are 150 sittings. The register dates from

bounded by the Swale on the south and by Fleet Creek and the year 1701. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual

the river Dray on the north-west and north-east, and is 4 curacy of Harty annexed, joint net yearly value [265, with

miles from Queenborough and 6 from Sheerness, in the 16j acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Arch-

hundred of Milton : it is 4 miles in length from east to west bishop of Canterbury and the Hilton family of Throwley

and 2 from north to south and, abounding in game, is a (the former having three successive presentations, the latter

favourite resort both for shooting- and for coursing. The every fourth), and held since 1881 by the Rev. Alfred Far·

church of St. James, which stands on rising ground, sur- brother li..A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. At Shellness,

DIBP::CI'OBY• ] KENT. ISLE OF SHEPPEY. 569

the easternmost point of Sheppey, is a coast guard station office at Qneenborough. There is a PILLAR I.JWrER Box
and a beacon overlooking the Swale and Whitstable Bay. at the 'Half-way Houses,' which is cleared at 5 a.m. 12.15
Here also is an artificial mound. 'Ihe trustees of the late & 5·35 p.m. ; sundays 12.15 p.m. & one at Pigtail, cleared
at 12.15 & 4·45
Captain Hilton are lords of the manor and principal land-
A School Board of 9 members was formed Dec. x8, 1874;
owners. The soil is heavy clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. A. S. Baskett, Sheerness-on-Sea, clerk & attendanre officer
The chief crops are corn, canary and other seeds. The area
Board School, built in 1876, for 200 .children ; average at-
illi,I79 acres of land and 2,220 of water and foreshore; te?dance, 153; Joseph Bevan, master; Mrs. McDonald,.
mistress
rateable value, [2,450; the population in x88I was 196, in-

cluding persons at the coast guard station.
Sexton, Joseph Robinson.

Letters from head office, Sheerness-on-Sea, arrive at about Q.ueenb~r~ugh, in the hundred of Sheppey, is a very

IO.JO a.m. by foot post. WALL LE'ri'ER Box, at the auctent mumc1pal borough and parish, 2 miles south from
Vi~rage, cleared at 2 p.m. week days only. Eastchurch
Sbohuerenrn~esasn, donSahneaerrnmesosf the sea, with a station on the Sittino--
is the nearest money order office; & telegraph office at branch of the L. C. D. railway.
&
Sheerness
Nakonal School (mixed), for 45 children; average attend- The stte of the town is referred to in ancient records as

ance, g6; Miss K. Privett, mistress "Bynne, " and s~me t races of an anci.ent encampment, pre-

sumed to be Damsh, were formerly to be seen in the vicinity.

Minster, in the hundred of Sheppey, 3 miles south-east The spot where Queenborough now stands was selected by
Edward Ill. for a town castle, which he made a. free
from Sheerness, near the north coast, is a viflolaugnedeadndbeptawrieseh~
10 named from a very ancient nunnery, borough and named it" Queenborough," in compliment to

Uie years 664 and 67o, by Sexburga, widow of Ercombert Philippa of Hainault, his queen. The castle, called" Sheppey

King of Kent, on lands granted to bel' for this purpose by Castle," was demolished in the time of the rCeostmhmaovninwgeableteh~
the
her son Egbert ; for about 200 years Minster was the school and only a part of the moat rema.ius,

of the princesses of Kent; but the Danes, isnoo8n55~fbteurrntehde altered~~ the construction of the railway. Over the castle
the abbey church and dispersed the nuns ;
well, ortgmally about 268 feet deep, the railway company

Nonnan conquest (c. I 130), William de Corbeuil, Archbishop about 1868, built a well-house in order to raise the water by

of Canterbury, restored both the abbey and t haebbcehyurwcah~· steam power, and the town has now only the use of the
after existing for several hundred years, the
water pumped up from below into the cistern of the railway.

dissolved by Henry VIII. there being then n nuns ; its The borough is lighted with gas by the Sheppey Gas Co.

revenues at the Dissolution were estimated at £129 7s.: the whose works are at West Minster. The Corporation for·

gatehouse and church and chapel are still remaining and merly consisted of a mayor, 4 jurats and land and water

also a part of the monastery. The town of Sheerness is in bailiffs and a recorder, a court of quarter sessions being held

~ l?arish. The parish church of SS. Mary and Sexburga with a separate jurisdiction limited to misdemeanours but.

11 wtthout doubt the oldest abbey church in England, under the provisions of the" Unreformed Corporations Act,"

altho~h but a fragment of ~he original conventual church; 1883 (46 and 47 Vie. e. xB) it was incorporated by charter,

it ooDSlsts of two parallel atsles of four bays (one of which go June, x885, and the Corporation now consists of 4 alder-

serves as a chancel and nave), south porch and a low but men and 12 councillors, from whom a mayor is elected, the

unfinished tower at the west end, surmounted by a heavy corporate body acting as the urban sanitar,y authority. The

woode~ quasi spire and containing a clock and 5 bells, dated property of the Corporation was for several years in the

1663 ; m the restorations made by William de Corbeuil, the hands of trustees, but has been recovered, though the oyster

south wall of the Saxon church was pierced in order to build fishery, by which the town was once chiefly supported has

St. Katharine's aisle, but some of the Saxon windows still decreased greatly in value. Queenborough, before' the

nmain in what is now the middle wall ; in the 14th and ~eform Act of 1832, returned two members, for a popula-

1,5th centuries other alterations were made and the existing tiOn of 786, but was then disfranchised: it was formerly &

tower begun : the northern portion of the church, together staple. for w«??l, and its copperas manufactory was the first

with the tower, was occupied by the nuns, the rest was estabbshed m England : It has still glue and chemical

parochial: in the south wall is a Decorated tomb with the !Danure factories, and. Portland cement works are now (1890)

re_cumbent cross-legged effigy ~f a knight lying on his side, m course of construct10n, 'fhe Loadon, Chatham and Dover

~th a small armed figure at hts feet and said to represent Railway Company have constructed a branch line for the

Str Robert de Shurland, created a knight banneret by r~uirements of their continental traffic via Flushing ; the

Edward I. : ~n the pavement of the chancel is a very fine pter erec~. by them, and des~royed by fire in May, 1882,

brass of a kmght, cross-legged, and a lady, representing Sir wa~ rebu~lt m 1885. ~he eontmental mails are dispatched

Roger de No~h wode and J oan (Ba.dlesmere) his wife, circ. tw1ce d_ally. The par1sh church of the Holy Trinity, re-

1330 ; there IS also a unique figure of a knight in Purbeck store~ m 1885, at a cost of nearly J.6cx>, is an edifice of
~rble with. a little symbol of the soul in prayer sculptured
KentiSh ragstone, of Late character, consisting of chan-

m a "myst1c.oval," borne in the knight's hand, and sup- cel, nave, south porch and a low and plain embattled western
posed to be mtended for Jordanus de Scapeia; another tower_, ~ith a large polygonal _turret at the south-east angle.
contammg 5 bells: the font IS Jacobean and consists of a
monument is that of Sir Thomas Cheuey K.G. treasurer of small octagonal bowl on a banded stem: there are 225 sit-
the honse~old to Henry VIII. warden of the Cinque Ports tings, all being free, with the exception of the choir stalls
and a leachng statesman during ~he reign of five sovereigns,
ob. Dec. 8, 1558 : there are remams of a Perpendicular rood and Corporation pews. The register dates from 1719 only.,
screen and a parclose: on the 9th June, 1881, the church !he ea!lier ones having been destroyed by fire. The living
1s a vtcarage, gross yearly value [209, with residence in
was reopened after h3:ving been restored at a cost of 1:3,500: the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1S85
a new organ and heatmg apparatus have recently been placed by the Rev. Ernest William Bartlett, of London University.
(r89o) at a cos~ of [172: there are 470 sittings, 456 being
f~. The regiSter dates from the year 1580. The living is Here are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. There
• n~ge, gross yearly value £320, without residence, in
the gtft of the Church Patronage Society, and held since are numerous small charities, amounting to £.47 yearly.
:rhe G~il~hall, situated almost.in .the centre of the borough,.
1877 by the Rev. William Bramston M. A. of St. Peter's Col- ~s a _bmldmg of two storeys, prmc1pally of brick, with a pro-
Jectmg upper storey, supported by four pillars, above which
lege, Cambridge, 'Y"ho. is also l'ector of Warden and chaplain is a clock ; on the roof of the building is a turret, with vane
of the Sh~ppey umon. Here are Wesleyan, Congregational
and Baptist chapels In front of the coast is the bank dated 1793, and containing one bell; the ground floor, for:
called "Cheyney Rock," or the oyster ground. The whole merly a prison and market place, has been re-constructed
of this part of the island is studded with hamlets and habita- and now comprises a council chamber, town clerk's office
and a public library and reading room; on the first floor is
'ions and part of the land consists of market gardens. There
the Guildhall proper, with a library, cisohnetaldinoinn"a'Asnogmuse~.
are coast guard stations at Scrapsg-ate and Eastend. A. W. ancient legal and historical works. A fair
Howe esq. is lo~d of the manor. The principal landowners
are Lord ~a~, the trustees of Richard Berridge, Capt. 5th.. Mrs. C. Wiglesworth is the principal landowner. .The
Baldock, Wllliam Jeaks and William John Banks esq. .T.P. of area IS 298 acres of land and 104 of water and foreshore ;.
Omey court, Dover and the Commissioners of Woods and rateable value, £6,209; the population in 1881 was 982.

Forests and others. The area is 8,002 acres of land and Parish Clerk, Charles Ditcher.

abont2,n8 _of water and foresho~e; rateable value, £6o,736;

the population of the. wh~le partsh, including Sheerness, in PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.

1881 was 15,827, whteh mcluded 519 on board H.M. ships -Augustus Hall, sub-postmaster. Letters from head

and 1]6 officers and inmates in the workhouse. offi<:e, Sheerness, arrive at 7·5 & II.45 a.m. ; on suudays,

Sc.RAPSGATB is I mile north-west. at 7·5 a.m. ; dispatched at 9 a.m. & 12.25 & 6.20 p.m. ;

Parish Clerk, William Green. & on sundays at 12.30 p.m. Open 9 a.m. till 6 p.m.

POST OFFicx.-Henry Neve, receiver. Letters arrive from for money order &I; savings bank business & telegraph
head office, Mile Town, Sheerness, at 8 a. m. & 12.30 p.m.; business from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. & on sundays from 8 to 10
dispatched at 5·5 p.m.; on sundays at n.xs a.m. The a.m. WALL LE'l*I'ER Box at the schools, cleared at 8.30

nea.rest money order office is at Eastchurch & telegraph a.m. 12 noon & 6 p.m.; sundays at 12 noon

570 ~ ISLJt'dtr ~HEPPEY;. · KENT~

*James Bills ·CORPORATION. PuBLIC EsTABLISHli-IENTS : -
*Josiah Hall · 'x88g-go; Coast Guard Station, High street, Charles Underwood, .·
station officer ; Peter Swales, surgeon
Mayor-A. W. Howe. Custom House, G. T. Follit, surveyor
Queenborough Pier (London, Chatham & Dover railway),
_jALDEIU1EN. T. N. Wylie, superintendent & agent for the Zeeland S. S.
~A. W. Howe
~George Filmer Co. ; mail route between London & Flushing · ·· ,

COUNCILLORS. A School Board of 5 members was formed I7 Nov. I8]I;
clerk to the board, W. J. Harris, Sittingbourne; "attend-
t Alfred Hall, High street, I tFrederick Griffin
ance officer, Alfred Hall ··
Queenborough tFrederick Champion

tWilliam Pannell *John Charles Lawrence Board School, built in I872, for I70 children ; average
*William Cotes
t A. E. Crundall attendance, 85 boys, 56 girls & 6o infants; Charles Baker,

tJoseph Wood / *William Rogerson master; Miss Spragg, mist. ; Miss Garrod, infants' mist
Railway Station, William Pannell, station master
tEdward R. Brightman . *John L. Brightman, jun
•
Marked thus t retire in 1890.
Marked thus t retire in 1891. Warden is a parish on a bluff north-east point of the

Marked thus *retire in 1892. island, 7 miles east from Sheerness and Queenborough, in
Marked thus§ retire in 1895, Sheppey hundred. The church of St. James was taken

Mayor's Auditor, Alderman James Bills down in I877 on account of the encroachments of the sea:

The Corporation meet at the Guildhall on the first thursday its tower had been rebuilt in 1836 by the late Delamarks

in every month. Banks, from the materials of Old London Bridge. The

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARY inhabitants now attend All Saints', Eastchurch. The regis-
AUTHORITY.
ter dates from the year 1688. The living is a rectory, gross
Town Clerk, William J. Harris, Sittingbourne
yearly value £65, in the gift of R. Dickson esq. and held

since I878 by the Rev. William Bramston M.A. of St. Peter's
Treasurer, Edward J. Bass, London & County Bank, Mile College, Cambridge, chaplain of Sheppey union, and who is
town, Sheerness
also vit:ar of and resides at Minster. The trustees of the
Medical Officer of Health, Peter Swales, 25 Marine par&de, late William Higgs esq. are lords of the manor and principal
Sheerness-on -Sea
landowners. The area is 223 acres of land and 538 of fore-
Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Thomas Brightman, High shore; rateable value, £339; the population in r88r was
street, Queenborou~h
Collector of Rates, John Pankhurst, Eastchurch I7.

Sergeant-at-Maee, Thomas Underdown Letters from .head office, Sheerness-on-Sea, arrive by foot

Harbour Master, Thos. Brightman, High st.Queenborough post at II a.m. Eastchurch is the nearest money order

INSURANCE AGENT.-Prudential, Martin Waiter Morris, office & telegraph office at She rness

High street · The children of this place attend the school at Eastchurch

Sheerness-on-Sea. •

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Edwardl'i Miss, 5 Edward street Pearson John George, 7 Strode crescent

.Adams Henry BJattie, 6 Marine par Elhott Mrs. 45 Alma road Peck ham George Edwin E. R.A., R.N. 29

Air William, 35 Alma road Evans William Henry, 37 Marine par Strode crescent
.Aiger Sidney, 5 Trinity road Farndell Charles Henry, 16 Trinity rd Pellew Mrs. Ss Alma road

Amor Joseph, 38 Marine parade Fleet Capt. Hy. Lewis, I6 Marine par Penny Henry Timothy, Meyrick road

.Anderson Robert Frame, 5 Marine par Flinn Mrs. 3 Trinity road Phebey Joseph, 55 Marine parade

Arrol Charles M. D., C. M. I2 Edward st Grant David (fleet engineer R.N.), 23 Pilgrim Forster John M.A.Edin. 26 Ber-

Atkins Charles John, 49 Marine parade Marine parade ridge road

Atkins Mrs. 125 Alma road Green Edward, I7 Trinity road Pitworth William Henry (chief engineer

Austen George Henry, 30 Broadway Green George Thomas, Cambridge ho. R.N. ), 46 Marine parade

.Auty Joseph, 21 Strode crescent The Crescent Poole James, 59 Alma road

Bass Edward J ames, 27 High street Green Mrs. Rose villa, Alma road Ramsay William, 24 Broadway

Beal Wm. (engmeer R.N.),33 Marine par Hammond Miss, r6 Ed ward street Reakes Rev. Daniel [vicar of St. Paul's

13ell Edwin (chief en,:;ineer R.N.), 5I Hare Stephen William, 2 Napier ter & chaplain to H. M. forces], St. Paul's
Marine parade vicarage, Marine parade
Hare Mrs. s Bank's terrace
Harfoot John, 42 Marine parade
Bell John, 2 Fonblanque road Reid John, I 35 Alma road

Bigg William, 13 Strode crescent Harnden William, 31 Meyrick road Richards Thomas E. Alma road

Bowen William Pryor, I05 Alma road Har'f'ey Reuben, 29 Broadway Riordan Rev. John [Cong.], SI Alma. rd

Brenchley Joseph Thomas, 36 Alma rd Hawkins Thomas, 6 Trinity road Roach Henry, 63 Ahna road

Brennan George B. 20 Strode crescent Hayhow Robert, I Marine terrace Rossiter Mrs. 37 Alma road

Brightman Richard Howe, I r Ed ward st HoskinsHy. (staffcapt.R.N. ), 102Alma rd Sayer Henry, 27 Broadway

Brisley Mrs. 26 Alma road Howe Alfred Whittaker c.c. Victoria Schlercher Rev. Bernard A. [curate of

Brisley Mrs. I Edward street villas, Marine parade Holy Trinity], 18 Strode crescent

Brisley Mrs. 47 Marine parade Kiddle Colville D. W. (assistant pay- Sheppard Capt. Chas. Lee,Cheney rock

Brown Charles, 57 .Alma road master R.N.), 27 Marine parade Sieley Mrs. 28 Broadway

Browne Mrs. 44 Marine parade Knight Charles, 21 Broadway Smith Edward, I4 Edward street

Burton Aaron, 41 Marine parade Knight Maj. Henry, 2:t Marine parade · Springgay EdmundGeorge, I7Broadwy

Caffin William Alfred, 26 Broadway Knight Joseph Stephen, 23 Broadway Stallon Vincent Henry, 32 High street

Cheesman Benjamin, 3 Alma road Longhurst JamesThomas,34 Marine par Stanhan Rev. Richard [curate of St.

Cluney Mrs. I3I Alma road Luke Rev. William [Bible Christian], 8 Paul's], 7 Alma road

Colyer Welcome, 73 Alma road Alexandra road . Stanley Edward Russell (chief engineer

Congdon Maj. J. J. R.A. 19 Strode cres Mackett - , IO Broad way R.N. ), I2 Strode crescent

Cooper Lieut. '1'. F. 56 Marine parade McKinlay Jn.M.D.Brunswick ho.High st Strother Wm. Hy. Hugall, 38 High st

Copeland Thomas Victor, 2 Marine ter Mc:.vlurdo Lieut. Aston E. Rock house Stutely Edward, 23 Alma road·

Copland John, Bank's terrace Males Waiter, 75 Alma road Swales Edward, 8 Beech terrace

Cork Miss, 8I Alma road Mann Rev. William Henry Galfridus Swales Peter, 25 Marine parade

Court Daniel, Fountain cot. Marine par M.A. [vicar of Holy Trinity], Overton Taylor George, 3I Alma road

Court John, Fountain cot. Marine par house, Broadway Thomas Chas. Downes, 42 Alma road

.Crompton Rev.James[Primitive Metho- :Marks Alpheus William, 2 Trinity road 'fhorne Charles William (chief engineer

dist], 25 Alma road Masters Miss, 65 Alma road R.N.), 38 Alma road

Cunningham Mrs. 55 Alma road Maxwell James, 53 Alma road Thwaites George, I5 Strode crescent

Curtis Rev. George [Baptist],4Alma rd l\Iaxwell James, Duncan ho.Marine par Todhunter Robert Georg-e, 2r Alma rd

Curtler Ernest Bonaker, 26 Marine par Maxwell Mrs. 45 Marine parade Townsend Mrs. 35 Marine parade

Dadd William, 139 Alma road Moon Henry John, 57 Marine parade Turmine Henry, 2 Bank's terrace

Davie Frederick, I3 Broadway Moynihan Rev. Thos. [Cath.],Broadwy 'furmine The Misses, 32 Broadway

Davis William Henry, 7 Edward street Neate Lieut. Charles Burnaby R.N. 4 Underwood James, q Trinity road

Dibbs Solomon, 4I .Alma road Trinity road Usher Alfred, 76 Alma road

Dowding Maj. Townley ward, 24 Marine Newman George, 22 Broadway Vinnicombe Thomas, Bank's terrace

parade Newton Mrs. I9 Trinity road Wager John James, 25 Broadway

Drew Rev. Juseph Wm. M.A. [Catholic], Nugent Mrs. 15 Alma road vVaights William Seaman, IO Alma rd

14 Marine parade ~ unn Thomas S. I 1I Alma road Walker Henry, 3 Strode crescent

Duff William James, I Marine parade Paget Lieut. Claude R.N. Shakespeare Watts Charles, so Marine parade

Duncan Rev. John Tait [Wesleyan], 22 house, Marine parade Wcbb WilliamAustin, 17 Marine parade

Edward street Paul Francis, 5 Fonblanque road Welch Edwd •.Broadway ho. Broadway

DI:REG:T0Rl'.] ISLE OF SHEPPEY.- 57·r.

Whalebone George S-1ml. 13 5 High st Whitehead Mrs. 16 Alma :road Wood William, 13 Trinity road

Wharton Miss, Wooi street Williamson Fredk. Geo. 18 Trinity road W oodthorpe George, Winstanley road

Whitbread Rev. William Henry [Con- Wiseman William, 31 Broadway Worth John, 89 Alma road

gregational], Strode crescent Wiseman William James, 14 Broadway

COMJIIERCIAL. Cole Samuel, printer, stationer, fancy dealer, proprietor of

Akhurst Alfred, tailor & town crier, 35 Albion place the "Sheerness Times" & registrar of marriages, 31 Hi!:!h
~
street. :::iee advertisement

Alli-'on Robert, inspector H.M. dockyard, 3 Fonblanque rd Cotes John L. writer H.~I. dockyard, 25 Strode crescent

.Amner John, butcher, 95 High street Cono!ly .Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 3 Albert street

Am or Cbas. Thos. draughtsman H .l\I. dockyard, 83 Alma rd Cook John'"· wheelwright, 92 Lower Alma street

Anderson Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 36 Lower Alma street Coomber Stephen Edward, tobacconist, 104 High street

.Arrol Charles lii.D., c. M. surgeon, & medical officer of health Cope Samuel, lodging house, 46 Berridge road

to local board, 12 Edward street Copland John, solicitor & notary public, commissioner for

Atkins William H. writer H.l\1. dockyard, II5 Alma road oaths & married women's acknowledgments, clerk to

.Atkinson John Joseph (l\Irs.), day school, xo Trinity road guardians, rural sanitary authority, .school attendance

Austin George Leonard, chemist, 71 High street committee & the assessment committee & superintendent

Axcell Waiter, beer retailer, Clyde street registrar, 29 High street

Baker Ebenezer Walter, grocer, 62 Hope street Copland William Wallace, survey.or & sanitary inspector to

Ballard William, umbrella maker, 16 Victory street local board, Trinity road

Barber Alfred, boot & shoe maker, 11 North street Cork Jas. Burlingham, undertaker & shopkeeper, 24 Rose st

Barber David, stationer, 13 High street Cork John Frederick, wholesale & retail tobacconist, fancy

Barber Edward, trinity pilot, 1 Neptune terrace repository, painter, gilder, sign writer, house decorator,

Barber Henry, shoe maker, 9 Victory street paperhanging, glass, oil & color dlr. &c. 16 & 18 High st

Barber Horace, store foreman, 101 Alma road Costin William, cab proprietor, 12 Alma road

Bardo Thomas, cowkeeper, Rose street Couldridge George, greengrocer, 10 Marine parade

Barling- Thomas, shoe maker, II2 High street Crothers John, boot maker, 32 Newcomen road

Barnard John, boot & shoe maker, 35 Lower Alma street Curtis Henry, greengrocer, 44 Russell street
Curtler Ernest Bonnaker, clerk in the dockyrd. 26 Marine par
BarnarJ John William, boot maker, 19 Hope street
Baskett Alfred Seymour, clerk to Minster school board & Cutts Albert, admiralty writer, 29 Alma road

attendance officer, 13 Edward street Darley Thomas, bird stuffer, 39 Alma road

Bass Edwd. Jas. manager of London & County Bk. 27 High st Davie Caroline (Mrs.), dress maker, 13 Broadway
Davis Miss tiarah Ann, costume & mantle makr. 7 Edward st
Bastard Alfred, corn dealer, 91 High street
Davis Mrs. Eliza, lodging house, 7 Edward street
Bawden Samuel, firewood dealer, 224 High street
Dennis Edwin Henry, lodging house, 65 Hope street
Beal John, jun. greengrocer, 5 Cross street
Dering Edwd. telegraph clerk in Admiral's otlice, 46 Alma rd
Beardsall Edward, jeweller, 83 High street
Derry Robert, writer at dockyard, :l3 l\Ieyrick road
Bennett William, butcher, 1Io High street

Berry John Giles, leather seller, 4 Hope street Doran Frances (Mrs.), confectioner, 19 Victory street

Berry Joseph, inspector dockyard, 23 Trinity road Douglass John, oilman, 47 Lower Alma. street

Beynon George, reporter, 77 Alma road Downham William, grocer, 52 Alma road

Blaek Thomas, hair dres~er, I7 Edward street Duff William James, insurance agent, I Marine parade

BlamHord Thomas, driller H.M. dof'kyard, 6g Alma road Dunstan John, engineering draughtsman, 92 Alma road
Dutnall Thomas William jun.,mineral water maker,210 High
Blidtt George, sewing machine agent, 96 Alma road
Bowden Edwd. Hy. writer in the dockyard, 4 Fonblanque rd street & I I St. George's terrace
Bowen Wm. Pryor, engineer & draughtsman, 105 Alma road Dutnall William Thomas, Castle P.H. 210 High street
Bower Francis & Son, Royal hotel & wine & spirit merchant, Economical Society Lim. millers (steam) & bakers (C. D.

Broadway. See advertisement Knoyle, sec.), 4I High street & 2 Broad street

Boyden George, shopkeeper, Broad street Edwards Abraham Charles, beer retailer, 106 Hope street

Brenchley J ames H. master fitter at dockyard, 40 Alma rd Edwards James Henry, boot maker, Victory street
Elliott David Thomas, tairor, I9 Edward street
Brett Albert Charles, undertaker, 61 Hope street

Brett George, firewood dealer, 61 Hope street Elliott Samuel George, pawnbroker & furniture dealer &

Brett Joseph Richard, builder & timber merchant, Broadway clerk to the Cemetery Co. I, 3, 5, & 7 Hope street
Ellis Richard, foreman in the dockyard, I03 Alma road
&:. 61 Hope street
England Aeneas Frederick, lodging house, 68 Alma road
Brett William, cane worker, 73 Hope street
England Wm. manager Co-operative stores, 29 Trinity road
Bridg-es Thomas Joseph, painter, n Marine parade
Brightman Edward William, estate agent, 21 Edward street Evans David Rees, draper, 67 Clyde street
Brightman Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, 7I Russell street Evans Robert, insurance agent, 26 Trinity road
Brightman Richard Howe, solicitor & clerk to commissioners Evans Robert George, house agent, 16 Broadway
Evans William, lodging house, :;~34 Hig-h street
of Sheerness pier, II Edward street
Excell Mercy (Miss), butcher, 132 High street
Brinkley Waiter, coastguard officer, Trinity road
Farnell Charles Henry, lodging house, 16 Trinity road
Brisley Abraham, Wellington hotel, 90 High street Filer Waiter Joseph, dep. supt. registrar, 29 High street
Broad Diana (Mrs.), lodging house, 11 Broadway
Filley G. F. B.A.Lond. professor of classics & mathematics,
Bromley William, fire & life insurance agent, 52 Berridge rd I Albert street
Brothers J ames, Victoria P.H. Marine parade
Brown John, writer at dockyard, 133 Alma road Filmer Thomas, butcher, 146 High street
Browne Benjamin (Mrs.), baby linen warehouse, 39 High st Finch Ernest Fredk. library attendant, 3 Strode crescent
Buckenham !<'rank Charles, milliner, 10 High street Flynn John Owen, clerk at the dockyard1 54 Marine pamde

Burnet John William, linen draper, 67 & 69 High street Flynn Mary Jane (Miss), lodging house, 53 Marine parade

Cameron John, boot maker, 138 High street Fooks Lewis William, recorder H. M. dockyard, 137 Alma rd
Caraco Enrico, professor of music, 7 Trinity road Fray George, fly proprietor, Clyde street

Care William John, draughtsman at dockyard, 99 Alma road French James, grocer, 66 Russell street
French John Thomas, baker, 58 Russell street
Carter Alfred Oliver, lodging house, 22 Meyrick road Frid Rich, green~rocer & poulterer, 37 High street
Carter Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 31 Hope street
Fryer Jane Augusta (Miss), boarding school, 20 Edward st
Castle Edward, leading man at dockyard, 79 Alma road
Castle Edwd. Jn. draughtsman H.M.dockyrd, 6Alexandra rd Fullager John Edward, writer H.M. dockyard, 84 Alma rd
Cemetery Co. Limited (S. G. Elliott, sec.); office, Hope st.; Fuller George Edward, lodging house, 7L Alma road
Fuller James, writer at dockyard, 3 Alex.andra road
cemetery, Halfway house

Chandler Harry, tobacconist, 7 High street Galloway Henry, insurance agent, 43 Alma road

Chaplin Joseph, beer retailer 90 Rus><ell street Geere Matthew, monumental mason, High street ,

Chapman George, beer retailer, 108 High street Gentry Abraham, shopkeeper, 29 Victory street

Chappell Henry, lodging house, 22 Trinity road Gladwin William, lodging house, 5 Railway road

Charlton & Son, greengrocers, 69 Hope street Glaysher Chas.l\Iontague, musical inst. dlr. &c. 9 Edward st

Chittiek Samuel, fishmonger, 6o High street Goodhew Wtiliam Francis, butcher.' 55 & 57 High street

Church Martha (Miss), dress maker, 8 Strode crescent Gordon John, house agent, 40 Marme parade

Clark Edward John, Trinity pilot, 8 Neptune terrace Gorfett Thomas, dyer, 10 Russell street

C!ark .Florence (:\Iiss), dress maker, Russell street Goudge Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 137 High street

Clark William Henry, hair dresser, 21 High street Gould Hersey, confectioner, 175 High street

Cla)·ton .Jn. Joshua, shipwright H.:\1:. dockyrd. 4 Strode cres Grant Henry, lod~ing house, 30 Trinity road

Clifford Thomas, fitter H.l\I. dockyard, 27 Strode crescent Green George Thomas, Britannia hotel, 75 High street

Coke Thomas Wm. wholesale & retail iron & steel merchant, Greenstreet Edward James, pier master, Victory street

"tove & range manufacturer &general smith, 26 Russell st Griffiths James, stationer, 30 Alma road

Coke William Charles, Sun P.H. 28 Russell street Griffiths John James, gi"ocer, 133 High street

572 ISLE OF SHEPPEY, KENT. (KELLY'S

Grout John Robert, hardware dealer, :a & 4 High street Macartney James, sanitary inspector, Laurel vil. Trinity rd

Hadler Albert, baker, I Short street Macaulay Henry, shopkeeper, Hope street

Hall & Burrows, insurance agents, I5 Fonblanque road Macdonald James Rooney, dining rooms, I Railway road

Hallett Charles, rate collector to local board, 64 Ranelagh rd McGuckin Thomas, lodging house, 6 Meyrick road

Hammatt Richard, fishmonger, 87 High street McKEE &. SON, Sea View hotel, Broadway

Hammond John, shopkeeper, 8 Railway road McMurdoLieut.Aston E. chief officer of Coastguard,Rock ho

Harden Thomas, beer retailer, 82 Hope street McQuie John Tucker, tailor, 220 High street

Hare Stephen & Sons, plumbers & decorators, High street Maddison Eliza (Miss), lodging house, 15 Broadway

Hare Alfred Joseph, house necorator, 229 High street Marks Alpheus William, sec. to the Sheppy Gas Co. Trinity rd

Hare Charles, relieving officerLower district & schoolinquiry Martin Arnold Jas. mineral water ma.& grocer, Richmond st

officer, 2 Winstanley road Mason Henry Stephen, blacksmith & shopkeeper, 54 Russell

Hare George, house decorator, I7 Strode crescent street & Cross street

Hare George, insurance agent, 17 Alma road · Masters Herbt. admiralty writer H. M. dockyard, 13 Alma rd

Harfoot John, admiralty writer, 42 Marine parade Matthews Peter, shipwright H. M. dockyard, 93 Alma road

Harmer John Frederick, hosier, 68 High street Mead James, lodging house, 4 Alexandra road

Harper Henry, lodging house, I27 Alma road Mapham John Culley, music & musical instrument dealer,

Harris Albert, coal & timber merchant & greengrocer, Clyde I5 Ellward street

& Unity streets • . Miles Amelia (Miss), confectioner, I2 Marine parade

Harris Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 7 Alma road Miles James & Son, grocers, IOO Hope street

Harris Henry, Good Intent P.H. Hope street Miles James John, Belle & Lion P.H. High street

Hawkes Charles, oyster rooms, High street Miles Thomas, baker, 104 Hope street

Hawkins Jessie (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 57 Lower James street Moor Wm. shipwright H. M. dockyard, I Strode crescent

Hayes George, greeng-rocer, I2 Victory street Morey James, grocer, 7 Marine parade

Hayne Rosamond (Miss), milliner, II High street Morgan Richard, baker, 9 Marine parade

Hendy Fred Alien, boys' school, 47 Alma road Munn William Edward, watch maker, 25 High street

Hide Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I;:l4 High street Murray John Thomas, ironmonger, 84 High street

Highley John, watch maker & jeweller, 45 High street Nanscowen Samuel Hawkin, lodging house, I9 Broadway

Hills William John, Ship on Shore P.H. Cheney rock Neate Thomas, master blacksmith at dockyard, I9 Alma rd

Hogben I<'rancis, fly proprietor, 23 Edward street Nevill Elizabeth (Mrs.),lodging house, 4 Marine terrace

Holgate Abraham, lodging house, 58 Marine parade Newman Isaac, Blacksmiths' Arms P.H. Clyde street

Holman George, grocer & draper, I29 & 131 High street Newman William Henry, cab proprietor, 34 Hope street

Horner Fras. & Co. tailors (F. Hills, manager), 4 Edward st Newton Ann Lisher (Mrs.), carter & contractor, 88Russell st

Horton Elizabeth (Mrs.), greengrocer, uS High street Newton Chas. wheelwright & beer retlr.66 High st.&Broad st

Hounsell Henry Squib, tinplate worker, 101 & II9 High st Nichols John, engine fitter H. M. dockyard, 6 Fonblanque rd

Howard Alfred, outfitter, 26 Hig-h street Noakes Thomas, oil & color man, 142 High street

Howell William, foreman H.M. dockyard, 31 Strode crescent Nokes Emdy (Miss), teacher of music, 106 Berridge road

Hughes Edward, builder, Broadway · Nunn John, hardware dealer & gasfitter, 79 High street

Hugill Thos.Alfred,draughtsman in the dockyard,27 Alms. rd O'Bray John, firewood dealer, Acorn street

Hugo John, writer in the dockyard, 48 Alma road O'Donoghue Daniel, draughtsman H.M.dockyard,33Alma rd

Hunt Alfred, tobacco pipe maker, 9 Queen's terrace Offredi Joseph, confectioner,12 Broadway

Hunt Henry, shopkeeper, 2I6 High street Ormsby Thomas, confectioner, I44 High street

Hunt William Henry, fancy repository, 17 High street Otley James, The Queen P.H. 264 High street

Husband John, Heights of Alma P.H. I Lower Alma street Oyston Annie (Mrs.), grocer, 8 Broadway

Ingram Albert H. writer in H. M. dockyard, 67 Alma road Paine Henry, builder, undertaker & house decorator, 37

International Tea Co. (branch), provision dealers, I05 High st Winstanley road

Irons Richard, hair dresser, 17 High street Paine James, builder, Winstanley road

Jackson Lewis, tailor, 2ll H1gh street Palmer William Jefferson, Bricklayers' Arms P.H. Hope

Jacobs John, fishmonger, 58 High street street & Victory P.H. Victory street

Jarvis Francis James, writer in H. M. dockyard, 6 Strode cres . Parnham John, Crown P.H. 148 High street

Jarvis James, master mariner & pilot, 232 High street 1 Parrett Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 37 North street

Jellicoe Arthur Edward, draper & milliner, Commerce 1 Parrish Thomas, estate agent, 3 Marine parade

house, Marine parade Parsons Sarah (Miss), boarding ho. Overton ho. Broadway

Jennings Charles, lodging house, 38 Ranelagh road Patterson William, joiner & undertaker, 75 Berridge road

Jessup George, jun. firewood dealer, Hope street Pearce William, coal & firewood dealer, 18 North street

Jessup James Charles, firewood dealer, 88 Hope street Pearson Thomas, writer in the dockyard, 20 Broadway

Johncock William, joiner H.M. dockyard, 2 Strode crescent Peckbam Emest Leonard, travelling draper,2u High street

Johns Charles, haberdasher, 51 High street Pellatt James, tailor, 4 Victory street

Johnson James, Hero of Crimea P.H. 49 Upper Alma street Penn William, boot & shoe manufacturer (branch manager,

Kelf Robert, painter, Higq street John Ruchley), 53 High street

Kent Artillery Volunteers (xst) (Nos. 8 & 9 batteries) (Capt. Penney Frederick Robt. butcher, 73High st.&37Ranelagh rd

Vincent H. Stallon, commanding; E. J. Bass (attached), Percy William George, boot & shoe maker, 30 High street

captain; Charles Arrol, surgeon-major; J. J. McLeod, Pesenti Charles Angelo, confectioner, 5 High street

armoury sergeant); head quarters, I4I High street; Pha:rer Robert P. foreman H.M. dockyard, 39 Alrna road

range at Scrapsgate Phelan Francis, lodging house, 48 MarinE' parade

Keys Charles, beer retailer, North street Phillips John William, inspector (acting) H. M. dockyard,

Kicks Edward, confectioner & greengrocer, 21 & 23 High st 3I Strode crescent

Kicks John, baker, Crescent Pierson Marsh, fruiterer & dairyman, So High street

Kicks Mary Ann (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, Io Rose street Pi4!-rim Forster John M.A.Edin., L.R.C.P., L.R.c.s.,L.M. phy-

King Thomas, beer retailer & butcher, 75 James street sician & surgeon, 26 Berridge road

Kite Albert, greengrocer, Clyde street Piper Henry George, boot maker, 147 High street

Kite Ambrose, cab proprietor, 182 High street Pittock Edwin, butcher, 88 High st.reet

Knight Henry Francis, house decorator, 74 High street Pledge James, stationer, 48 High street

Knight John Samuel, carpenter, II2 High street Pocock Brothers, boot & shoe makers, I4 lligh street

Knight Joseph Finnick, builder, Berridge road Pointing William, working jeweller, 6o Upper Alma street

Knight Sarah (Mrs.), fancy repository, 76 High street Porch Joseph, chief petty officer R.N. 25 Newcomen road

Knight Stephen John, painter, 50 Hope street Powell Charles, furnished apartments, 2 Alexandra road

Knight Thomas Day, fitter H. M. dockyard, 12I Alma road Prosser David, chemist, 77 High street & 8 Marine parade

Knight William, bricklayer, 23 Berridge road Pryke John, shopkeeper, 55 Upper Alms street

Lawson George, sawyer H.M. dockyard, 37 Meyrick road Pyke Elizabeth (Mrs.), Shipwrights' Arms P.H. 1 High st

Lee Albert Arthur, oil & hardware dealer, 70 High street Pysden Frederick, blacksmith, 33 Hope street

Lee Jane (Miss), upholsterer, 15 Strode crescent Ransley George, farm bailiff to A. W. Howe esq. Rock farm

Leeder Sarab (Mrs.), midwife, 8 Trinity road Ratcliff William James, shopkeeper, 93 High street

Lewis Thomas, greengrocer, 12 Alma road Raymond Charles, teacher of music, Albion place

Lifton William, writer H.M. dockyard, 41 Alma road Rayner William, pharmaceutical chemist, 50 High street

Lingham James, grocer, & post office, Mariue parade Reece William C. shipwright H. M. dockyard, 5 Alma road

Lofft Clara (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Telescope alley Rendle Charles, smith H. M. dockyard, 95 Alma road

London&; County Banking Co. Limited (branch) (Edward Richardsoa Charles, lodging house, u6 Alma road.

James Bass, manager), 27 High street; draw on head Ride George, miller (wind) & flour dealer, IO<J High street

office, Lombard street, London E c Rigg Caroline (Mrs.), stationer, 63 Hi~h street

LOSELL FRANCIS HENRY, photographer, picture frame Rix Frank Eden, ironmonger, china & furniture dealer, 20,
~:
maker, gilder, print se1ler, d Jr. &c. Recreati·On grnd R.l2x2on&Ja2m4 eHsi,gshhisptwrerieOt 'ht H. M. dockyard, 9 Strode crescent
g ass
Love Henry, confectioner, Broadway -c

JDIRECTORY. • KENT• ISLE OF SHEP:rEY. 573

Ruff John Baker, shopkeeper, 6 Hope street Swales Edward, surgeon, 8 Beech terrace

Rule William Thomas, sec. to the Sheerness Permanent Swift George, working jeweller, 54 Hope street

Benefit Building Society, 21 Meyrick road Tattam Edwd. Jn. manager Co-operative stores, 129Aima rd

Rye William, greengrocer, 97 High street Taylor John, boot & shoe maker & leather seller, 51 Upper

Saffery Matilda. (Miss}, lodging house, 9 Alma road Alma street

Saftery William & George, dentists & patent medicine ven- Taylor Richard, chimney sweeper, 73 Hope street

dors, 56 H1gll street Taylor Waiter, butcher, 53 Upper Alma street

&ms William, pawnbroker, 49 High street Taylor William, bricklayer, 18 Broadway

Scriven Albert, butcher, 102 Hope street Tesio Antonio, teacher of music, 78 Alma road

Sewell Abraham, assist. boiler ma. Dockyd. 10 Strode cres Thirkettle George John, True Briton P.H. Victory street

Sharp Charles, foreman at dockyard, 43 Marine parade Thorpe Elizabeth (Mrs.), greengrocer, 99 High street

Shawyer Sml. engine fitter H. M. dockyard, I Fonblanque rd Timson Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, 68 Rose street

Sheerness Conservative Club (Seymour Baskett, sec.), Trowel! Augustus Albert, pork butcher, 89 High street

Broadway Trowel! George, hair dresser, II9 Hope street

Sheerness Co-operative Society Limited (W. G. Tutt, sec.); Trueman Frederick, beer retailer, 23 Hope street

offic~ & reading room, Russell street Tucker George Frederick, grocer, 44 High street

Sheerness MedicalSociety(HenryWhite, sec. ; JohnMcKinlay Tumber David Hol!ands, The Goat P.H. 8 High street

II.D. medical officer), Brunswick house, High street Tunsley Ellen (Miss), beer retailer, 16o High street

Sheerness Permanent Building Society (W. T. Rule, sec. ; Tunsley William, picture frame maker, 2S4 High street

John Copland, solicitor), Bethel school room, Hope street Turner George Edward, shopkeeper, 9 North street

Sheerness Times & General Advertiser (Samuel Cole, pro- Turvey James, hair dresser, 33 Victory street

prietor ; published friday ). 31 High street Tutt WilHam George, sec. Sheerness Co-operative stores,

Sheerness-on-Sea Bathing & RecreatioQ Co. Limited (W. J. 36 Marine parade

Filer, sec.), 29 High street Twigg Henry, monmnental mason, 29 Winstanley road

Sheerness-on-Sea Skating Rink (F. E. Rix, sec.) ; offices, Tyler Seth, leather seller, 8 Russell street

22 High street Underwood James, lodging house, 12 Trinity road

Sheppy Gas Co.. (C. B. Shrubsole, chairman; Alpheus Wm. United Knots CoalCo. Lim.(Edwd.Bowden,sec. ),1o7High st
Marks, sec. ; William Carpenter, manager) ; office, 2 Usher Josiah, writer in the dock~ard, 61 Alma road

Trinity road; works at WestMinster Vaughan William Morris, writerH. M. dockyard, 9Broadway

Shrubsall Amos, boot merchant, 72 High street Victoria Hall (William Walsh, hall keeper), Broadway

Shrubsall Joseph William, auctioneer, 72 High street Victoria Working Men's Club (George Wood, sec.),Broadwy

SHRUBSOLE BROTHERS, grocers,ale merchants & agents Walker Alfred Lawrence, writer H. M. dockyard,82Alma rd

for W. & A. G1lbey wine & spirit merchants, 62 High st. ; Ward William, shopkeeper, 52 Russell street
WarderCharles,master sail makerH.M.dockyard,nAlma rd
& 24 High street, Sheerness

Singer Manufacturing Co. (branch) (FrancisEdwardJordan, Waters Margaret (Mrs.), outfitter, 61 High street

manager), 3 Edward street Watford Charles, master mariner, So Alma road

Smith Frederick, hair dresser, IS Edward street Watkins Leonard, smith, 34 Rose street

Smith George, baker, 52 High street Watson Jos. Smart, clerk in the dockyard, 39 Marine parade

Smith George J. writer H. M. dockyard, 119 Alma road Webb Samuel, cabinet maker, 3 & 4 Railway road

Smith William, cowkeeper, 12 Rose street Weekes George, shipwright H.M. dockyard, 26 Strode cres

South Charles John, tailor, 12 High street Welch Julia (Mrs.), milliner, Broadway

South Mary Arabella. (Miss), deputy registrar of births & Wenman William Thomas, beer retailer, 102 High street

deaths, Minster sub-district, Beach house West William, carter, ~ Queen's terrace

South Richard R(lss, registrar of births & deaths & vaccina- Whalebone John, writer in dockyard, 91 Alma road

tion officer for the Minster sub-district, Beach house Wheeler Thomas, shopkeeper, S4 Hope street

South William, fishmonger, 49 Hope street Whit.e Am~lia & Bertha (Misses), dress makers, 52 Hopest

Southgate Thomas A. baker & corn dealer, Richmond street White John, tailor, S6 High street

& 25 High street, Sheerness White Janet Sarah (Mrs.), Napier tavern, I Alma road

Spears Waiter, writer at dockyard, 123 Alrna road White Richard, carpenter & undertaker, 52 Hope street

Spurge Mary Ann (Mrs.), watch maker, Crescent Wickenden Geo. manager Co-operative stores, 5 Ranelagh,rd

Stalker John Joseph, marine draughtsman, 14 Strode cres Wickings Alice (Miss), dress maker, 18 Berridge road

Stallon Vincent Hy. solicitor & commissnr. for oaths. deputy Willey Edward, shopkeeper, Cross street

registrar county court & clerk to loeal board, 32 High st Williams Hubart, draughtsman in dockyard, 6 Alma road

Stamford William, grocer & draper, sS Hope street Winter Robinson, beer retailer, S5 High street

Standen Thomas Wm. saddler & harness maker, 65 High st Wood George, baker, 47 High street

Stark Henry, leading man H. M. dockyard, 35 Meyrick road Wood George, postmaster & stamp distr1butor, High street

Stephens & Co. shirt & collar manufacturers, 20 Hope street Wood Henry & John, dining rooms, 6 High street

Stocker William John, butcher, 9 High street Wood James, greengrocer, 75 James street

Strother William Henry Hugall L.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.LOnd. Wood Matthew, marine store dealer, 19 Rose street

physician & surgeon, 3S High street Wood Sarah (Mrs.), florist, 6 Edward street

Stately Edward, auctioneer, assistant overseer & collector Wood William, reporter & deputy registrar of marriages,

of poor rates for Minster parish, The Crescent 30 Meyrick road

Susans William, coal & firewood dealer, Broad street Woolcott Thomas William, master mariner, 4 Marine parade

Sutton's Parcel Office (Alfred Howard, agent), 26 High st Woolnough Thomas, boot maker, 47 Hope street

Swales Peter, surgeon, medical officer & public vaccinator WorthJennie (Mrs.), teachr. of musi<' & drawing, 89Alma rd

Minster district & medical officer of health Queenborough Yates Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 154 High street

urban sanitary authority, 25 Marine parade Young James W. writer H.M. dockyard, 29 Meyrick road

Sheerness.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. r Hezlet Lient.-Col.R.J. R.A..Ordnance ho Monkhouse William T. (clerk of works),

Andrews William S. (paymaster), R.N.[ Hilliard Staff-Commander Edwin W.G. S Naval terrace

Barracks R.N~ Barracks Moorman lsaac B. (fleet paymaster),

Bearblock Waiter Jamesi..R.C.P.Lond. · Hodgson J. A. (chief draughtsman), R.N. Barracks

(surgeon R.N. ), R.N. Barracks H. M. Dockyard Morgan Lieut. Hy. J. R.N. Barracks

Brady Capt. R. M. R.A.. R.A. Barracks Horne Lieut. J. R.A. R.A. Barracks Osborne Commander John W. (steam

BnrrCom. Jn. Leslie R.N. H.;\1. Dockyd Hosken Staff-Commander Henry R.N. reserve), 3 Naval terrace

Butler Lieut. H. H. R.A. R.A.Barracks 5 Dockyard terrace PenneH Charles (sec. & cashier B.N.),

Carter Capt. D. C. R.A Kell George L.K.Q.C.P.trel. (fleet sur- 6 Naval terrace

Caws B. F. (surveyor R.N) geon R.N.), 2 Dockyard terrace Pettit William H. (chief gunner R.N.),

Chilcott William W. (fleet engineer), 3 King Capt. Richard D.A..n.c., R.N. H. M. R.N. Barracks

Dockyard terrace Dockyard Phillipps Lieut. C. R.A.. R.A. Barracks

Craig Lieut. R. A. R.A. R.A. Barracks Laird Lieut. G. R.A. R.A. Barracks Row Andrew W. (chief constructor), 1

CrasterLieut.E.H.B.R.A. R.A. Barracks Lambert Lieut J. Hamilton, R.N. Dockyard terrace

Cnrme Vice-Adm. Charles T. Admiralty , ..... Barraeks Sanderson Lieut.-Commander E. J.

house; flagship, "Wildfire" Larkin Charles Robert, 15 Union street R.N. Barracks

Cnrtis Capt. Arthnr Cecil R.N. H. M. LarymoreLieut.H.D. R.A.R.A.Barracks Sorrell Lieut.-Col. W. H. F. B.A

Dockyard Lithgow Lieut H. L. R.A.. R.A.Barracks Spring-Rice Flag-Lieut. Hon. Francis

Dawson Major H. P. R.A. Mann Major G. F. R.E B.N. 5 Naval terrace

Geble Lieut. Col. H. J. W. (command- Miller Alfred Henry. L.R.C.P.Edin.(sur- Stenhouse John Hutton M.B., c.H. (sur-

ding B.E.), Engineer house B.'!i.), 2 Naval terrace geon R.N.}, R.N. Barracks

HainfB Henry Aylmer K.n.,v.ch. (sur- MillettRev. Hamlet W.(chaplain R.N.), Stewart Charles (naval storekeeper), 4

geon), Military Hospital 7 Naval terrace Dockyard terrace

•514 .)SLE OF SBEPPEY. )\:ENT. (KELLY's

Vile Henry (barrack master .R.N:},R.N. Ho•we AlfredWhittaker c.c. agent to the Roberts Elizabeth (Mrs.~, Ship inn~ 4

Barracks ' London, Chatham & Dover R,a.il~ West street ' .J..

fWalsh James Joseph M.'B., M.Ch. (sur• way Co. West street Rowe & Co. tailors, 40 High street

geon R.N.), R.N. Barracks Humphrey George, baker, confectioner Sailors' Rest Coffee Tavern (George

Waymouth Lieut. E. G. R.A. R.A. & pastrycook, High street Crampion, proprietor), I & 2 High st
Humphrey John, outfitter, 6 Westst Sayer Robert W. linen draper, ga & 4:x
Barracks

White Richard (sec. to commander-in· l!umphrey William Henry, grocer & High street

chief), I NaTal terrace fruiterer, 7 & 8 West street Seagar Laurance, contractor (war de·

COMMERCIAL. • Hurst Wm. shipping agent, West street partment), High street

Alderton Jas. Lord Nelson P.H. West st Ingleton Alfred (agent to Honeyball & Seymour John, shopkeeper, 58 High st

Austin John, hair dresser, 39 High st Son), West street '' Slieepwash Henry, Druids' Arms P.H,

Baker Charles Brightman, boot & shoe Isaac Abraham, station master, L. C. 23 High street

maker, 9 High street & D. Railway Sheerness Co-operative Society Limited

Bidgood Waiter, greengrocer, High st Jessup Wm. greengrocer, II Chapel st (branch), 43 High street

Bridges Charles, undertaker, Kent st Johnson James, boot maker, Union st Sheerness Guardian & East Kent Ad·

Brown Daniel, fishmonger, 63 High st Johnson James Bentsed, provision vertiser (C. Rigg, printer & proprie-

Carpenter William Turner, manager of dealer, 42 High street tor: published saturday), 7 High st

the Sheppey Gas Company's works, J ohnson William,. Royal Fountain hotel, Shepherd, Neame & Co.(of Faversham),
w.West Minster
West street · pale ale brewers (A. Howe, agent);

Churcher J. T. clerk in charge & agent Keefe James, dining rooms, 20 High st stores, W-est street ".
Kelly John, shopkeeper;~ West passage Shrubsole Brothers, grocers & ale mer-
S. E. Railway

Coates L. & A. (Misses), hair dressers, KennedyJn. W.Criterion P.:0:.70 High st chants, & agents for W. & A. Gilbey,

I Chapel street King John, tobacconist, 59 High street • wine & spirit metchants', 24 High st

ColeJn.Down,beer &wine ret.61High st Larkin Chas. Rt. surgeon, IS Union st Simmons Thomas Ady, linen draper,

Collett Jas. dining rooms,64&65High st Legg Sarah (Mrs. ),greengrcr.Chapel st 49 High street

Coody Mrs. dining rooms, 1:2 West st Levy Alfred, iro;nmonger, furniture Southgate Thomas A. baket & 'confec-

County Court (His Honor William dealer & carpenter, 44 High street tioner,25High stree~-: & Richmond st.

Lucius Selfe, judge ; Ge01•ge Winch, Lockyer George, beer retailer, Union st Sheerness-on-Sea

registrar &high bailiff); office, High st McDowell William, marine store dealer, Stocker Edward, butcher, ro Chapel st

Curling Giles, smith, 57 High street Charles street ' Temple Charles, hosier, 48 High street

CurrY' John, painter, I8 Union street Mace Henry William, Duke of Clarence Thirkettle George & William, provision

Davidson Edwin, beer retailer, King's r.H. 8 High street·· dealers & greengrocers, 34 High st

Head alley Martin Esther (Mrs.), shpkpr. Union st ThirkettleMargaret (Mrs.), Victoria inn

Dawson Edwd. fishmonger, 17 West st Masters James, greengrocer, 14 High st Tonkin Carolina Louisa (Mrs.), news

Ely Wm. H. Prince Regent P.H. High st Matherson William, Old Jolly Sailor agent, :r6 Chapel street

Evans Florence (Miss), ladies' school, P.H. West street Tower James. clothier, pawnbroker,

37 High street Mills John, greengrocer, I6 High street auctioneer & valuer, 46 High street

Evans Mary Ann (Mrs.), chemist & Neame William Daniel, baker,7Union st Tucker David, beer retlr. 41 Chapel st

druggist, 37 High Street Norrington William, baker, 5 Chapel st Turk Herbert Wm. clothier, High st

Futcher 8usan(Mrs. ),Mitre P.H. West st NosworthyWm. chim. sweepChapels t Vickers·John, Cricket-ers' Arms :P.H.

Goodban Robt. Globe P.H. West Minstr Offredi Jsph. confectioner, 28 High st Sheppey street

Goodwin Wm. beer retlr. WestMinster Oldhams Alfd. Wm. boot ma. 52High st Wallace Ann (Mrs.), dining rooms, I4
Qriffiths Charles, Crown & Anchor P.H. O'Niell Thomas, beer retailer, Union st West street

West street PALMER ALFRED ADOLPHUS, gen· Wallace John, greengrocer, Union s't

Grinsted Eliza {Mrs.), butchr.g3High st eral carrier; pianos, furniture &c. Warder Frederick S. news agent, Post

Grout 'fhomas, provision dealer, grocer removed to all parts, estimate given ; office, 22 High street

& mineral water manufacturer, Horse& Groom inn, Charles street Webb James, beer retailer, East lane ·

Chapel street & Union street Palmer George Shrubsole, confectioner, Weekes Robt. Rd. greengro. Charles st

Grugeon Arthur, tailor, II West street 45 High street Widgery Jn. master rigger in dockyard

Hall Marianne(Mrs. ),stationr. rsHigh st Parr Charles, shopkeeper, WestMinster Williams Henry, fishmonger,62 High st

Hammond Eliza (Miss), Waterman's Payne George, butcher, 31 High street Winch George, solicitor, clerk to the

Arms P.H. I3 Union street Peacock John Henry, beer retailer, stipendiary magistrate & registrar &

Hawkes Charles John, photographer, & Hearts of Oak P.H. 21 High street high bailiff county court

oyster rooms, High street Pearce Robt. firewood dlr.28 Charles st Wood George, baker, 3 Kent street

Hayes George, greengrocer, I4 High st Penney Celia (Mrs.), provision dealer, Wright Eliza Jane (Mrs.), greengrocer,

Highwood JohnHuggett,police sergeant, 66 High street 19 West street

Station road Rigg Caroline (Mrs.), newspaper pro- Wright John, hardware dehler & boat

Hogben Stephen, fly proprietor, High st prietor, bookseller & printer, 7 High builder, 47 High street

Honeyball & Son, coal merchants street & 63 High st. Sheerness-on-Sea Yonng George, butcher & tobacconist,

(Alfred Ingleton, agent), West street Roalfe John Ellis, saddler, Union street 18 West street

Eastchurch. .

Dickson Rev'. Richard Hy. M.A.Rectory Culver Edward, farm bailiff to R. L. Love Albert, farmer, Cape! Hill farm

Till The Misses, Shurland house Knight esq. Old Hook farm Martin Herbert Henry, baker

COMMERCIAL, Dodd Stephen, farmer, Barnland farm MILES WILLIAM & WALTER, farriers

Earl Alfred, wheelwright & blacksmiths ; & at Halfway houses,

Beal William, farmer & traction engine Fittall George, farmer, Rowett's farm Minster

proprietor, Mustard farm French Edward,farm bailiff, New Ride's Palmer Stephen Else, farmer, Parson-

Bigg Edwin, jun. registrar of births & French William, farm bailiff to the age farm

deaths for Eastchurch district exors. of W. Higgs esq. Swanley & Pankhurst John, grocer, carrier & poor

Bishopp William Allen, Castle inn Warden CourtfarDls rate collector for Eastchurch district

Bligh George, relieving officer for East- Goodwin Wm. farmer, Connitt's farm Penney Thos. farmer, White House farm
church district
Grant William J ohn1 carrier Russell John Elgar, Crooked Billet P.R

BLIGH .JOSEPH, builder & contractor Halsey Geo. Wheatsheaf P.H. & grocer Sage William, farmer, Trout's farm

Brett Sarah (Mrs.), market gardener, Halsey James, market gardener Sparks James, butcher

Cliff farm Homewood William, farmer, Cart farm Standen Thomas William, saddler

Brooks & Mitchell, linen drapers Horspool Thomas, farm steward to R. Still George farmer, Rayham farm

Bushel!Fdk.Cooper,grcr.&sub-postmstr S. Holford esq. Old & New Rides, Till Alexander (exors. of), farmerst
Conltrip Elizh.(Mrs.), farmr.Cripps frn Groves & New Hook farms
Shurland House farm

Coultrip Henry James, farmer, lUng- Hughes James, grocer Town Joseph R. blacksmith

borough farm Hyam Wm. farm bailiff, Groves farm Webb Edmund, boot & shoe maker

Coultrip John, blacksmith Knowler James, wheelwright Woodards Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Coult1 ip Wm.Hy.farmer,Punnett's frm ;Larkin Edwin C. farmer,Garretts farm Wraight Alfred, cowkeeper

Elmley.

.Hr1ce !<):~farm bailiff to Geo.Geering .esq Levett William & Co.Limited, portland Rntland William, beer retailer &
Dixo~}{obert, farm bailiff to Richard cement manufacturers
1 grocer

Wilks esq. King's Hill farm •

Harty.

Goodban William, blacksmith Marshall George, Ferry llouse inn, Seagar Henry, farDl bailiff to J. P

Lacy James, farm:,t bailiff to George shopkeeper & ferryman Barnes esq. Sayes court

Maxted esq '

DmECtORY.] KENT. •·saJPBORNE. 575

l"arbrolher Rev. Alfred M.A. [v' icar] . Leysdown. Marsh Henry, farmer •
RalphJas. farm bailiff to .A.lbert Love esq
11ilton Henry L. Muscle house Hazell William, coastguard officer·
Fagg Frederick, farm bailiff to W.Been Manwaring William, Rose &Crown P.H. Till Charles Alex. farmer, New house

esq. Nutfarm corn dealer & grocer

Warden.

Hughes Jame8 1Rice Ann <Miss), shopkeeper I

• Minster..

Bramston Rev. William M.A~ [vicar] Coultrip Alfred, farmer, ~orwood farm Munson Henry, farm bailiff tQ .Tohn
' Day John, surveyor 1!f inspector o~ Copland esq. Parsonage farm
CaJsar Julius, Tivoli nui~nces to the rural sanitry.authrty Neve Henry! post office

Turner Jqseph, Holm Place

CO'MMEUCIAL. Dewell Henry, farm bailiff to the exors. Newman Wllliam (Mrs.), agricultural

Banner John, dairyman, cowkeeper & of R. Maxted esq. South Lees farm Jnacbinist, Pear Tree cottage

Danley f a r m s 1. Farrier Benjamin, Highlander P,H Pierson Marsh, farmer, Bell's farm
lfarmer, Little Elm & Ferrell George, farm bailiff to Goodhew Robinson Harry, grocer

Halfway houses , Robinson William, market gardener
Barton Wm. farmer, Whatton's farm & Sons, Holm place

Batchelor Henry,farm bailiff to 'Thomas Filmer George, farmer, Cowsteds farm Rouse Esther (Mrs.), wheelwright, Half-

Reed esq. Brambllldown farm (tarlinge '.I'bO;lllas, beer retailer way houses

Deal Thomas,marke~gardener&farmer, ~odwin E.dward, farm bai.liflto Major SparksSamuei,Kiog'sArms l'.H.butcher

East End lane .Baldock, Scockles farm & farmer~ Clark's farm

Beeny Charles, beer retailer 1 Goodwin John, carpenter & undet:taker, Spillett William. market gardener

Beer Geo. British Queen P.R. figtai1 Halfway houses Standen Thomas William, saddler

Benstead George _.lbert, farmer, Rus-1 Hawes James. Halfway House l'.H Stevens John, general dealer

senden farm Hawes William1 market gardener StanfordJas. W. farrier &shoeing smith
Stickings Thorn~ farmer, Ripley hill
Bills James, farmer, Wall End farm llook; Charles, baker, Minster street

Bligh Joseph, builder & contrac.-tor . Hooker John1 Odd Fellows' .Arms P.:a:. Tillbrook John, fatmer, TadweU farm
Bowles Willia.m, Royal Oa,k P.R Halfway houses . ..,. 'l'ill George. C. farmer ~ corn iaetor,

OlesaT Julius L.R.C.P.Edin. admiralty l:Iughe11 Henry, boot & shoe maker Wybume farm

BUrgeon & agent, & certifying factory lngleton Carolina (Mrs.), farmer, Upper Tomli.n Henry William, grocer

surgeon, medical officer of health, Ward's farm Town Rohert, Plough inn

Sheppey ruraL district, & medical Ingleton Charles, farmer. Borstal hall Vercoe Samuel R. ~~tguard officer,

officer to workhDuse, public vacj:lina- J arrett William, market gardener East End lane.

tor, Eastchurch district, Tivoli Jessup WiHiam, farmer, Pigtail comer Vincer John, f~rlll bailiff to H. Maxted

Champion Jas. baker, Halfway houses J obnson John William,market gardener esq. Diggea marshes
Cheeseman F..A.(Mrs.). frmr. Harps fm Lockyer Ernest Edward, tarmer, Woot- Ward James, market g"~~ordener, I'igtail
West Edward, carter, Scrapsgate
Clarke John T. coastguard officer, ton's farm

Scrapsg-ate :Maxted Sarab(Mrs. ),farmr.Neat's court White John FrederlCk, fruiterer, Half-

Clements Jacob, dairyman • MILES WILLIAM &. WALTER, fatrier11 way houses

Conltr1p Albert Thomas, Prince of & blacksmiths, Halfwa:r houses ; & Whitehead William,farmer, Abbey farm

Waterloo P.R at Eastchurch

Queenborough.

Bartlett Rev. Ernest William, Vicarage Griffin Frederick, Old House at Home Payne William, jobber

Hall Josiah, High street P.H. High street Pennall William, station master

Wiglesworth Mrs. Mill house Griffin Sarah (Mrs.), shopkpr. High st Queenborough Free Library (Alfred

COMMERCIAL. . Hall Alfred, grocer & school attendance Hall, sec. &, librarian)

.tlills James, farmer, barge owner &c. officer, High street Rainer Charles, oil & color man, High st

High street Hall John, barge master, High CJtreet Richardson Aaron, examining officer of

Bills James S. auctioneer & surveyor, Hall Josiah, surveyor, High street customs, Melita house

77 Hig-h street Hewett Eliza (Mrs.), greengrcr. High st Rogerson William, baker, High 8treet-

Bishop William, general dealer, High st Hodges Charlotte(Mrs. ),draper, High st Rutland Ephraim, butcher, High street

Brightman Edward, coal dealer & town Holmes Thomas, fisherman, High street Sellen George, Queen Phillipa P.H. &

carter, High street Joiner Geo. Beaney, Castle P.H. High st carter

Brightman Jn.L.boot&shoema.High st Jones James, fisherman, High street Sellen William, Ship P.H. Higli street.

Brightman John Lewis, jun. provision Ketley James, fisherman, High street Sheppy Glue & Chemical Works Lim.

dealer, High street Ketley Samuel, fisherman, High street manufacturing chemists, glue & sul-

Brightman Thomas, harbour master, Knight Henry, Rose P.R. High street phuric acid makers, bone boilers,
dealers & crushers ; & 34 Mark laqe,
surveyor & sanitary inspector to cor- Lawrence John Charles, barge owner

poration & rural sanitary authority, LODDER .JOHN, ship, shoeing & job- London K c

High street .· bing smith, grate & stove fitter & Smith Thomas, fisherman, High street

Brown Jn. Ordnance Arms P.H. High st agricultural agent, South street Taylor George, fisherman, High street

Champion Frederick, baker, High st Mist Charles Henry, manager of cement Thompson Wm, Gill,fisherman,High st;

Crundall William & Co. timber mer- works, High street Turner Joseph, tar distiller

chants (branch) Moore Mary Ann (Mrs. )1 shopkeeper, Underdown Thomas, baker, High street
Emptage William, Hope P.R. High at West street Underwood Charles, coast guard officer

EvansGeo. Horace, writer H.M.Dockyd Morris Martin Waiter, insurance agent, Venner Edward, custom house officer

Firman John, fisherman, High street High street Willder Edward, boat builder

Francis Henry, shopkeeper, High stroot OST WILLIAM, sail maker & ship Wood Joseph, butcber, High street

Glass John, shopkeeper chandler, High street & Swale fOW
•I

SHIPBORNE (or SHIPBOURN) is a village and parish, 4 x88S 1Yy the Rev. Alexander George Kennnrd Simpson v.A.

miles:Jl9rth h•om Tonbridge, 6; south-east from Sevenoaks of Christ's College, Cambridge. The charities, amounting

on tbe road to Tonbridge and 4 miles south from Wrotham to £4 158. yearly, are distributed in bread. There is a.
station on the London~ Chatham and Dover railway, in the Working Men's Institute, William Smurthwa.ite, sec.· A

South Western division of the county, Aylesford lathe, fair was formerly held on the :rst Sept. the festival of St.

Wrotham hundred, petty sessional division of Tonbridg.e, Giles the Abbot (in honour of whom the church was dedi-

.Malling union, couutycourt district of Sevenoaks, and in the cated), but is now held on the 18th of Jnne. Christo}>her

rural deanery of North Malling, archdeaconry of Maidstone Smarl M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge, a poet and
and diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. Giles, erected writer of some note, was born here nth April, 1722. Fair-
about 1722, has been replaced by a new cruciform structure hill is the seat of the Earl of Derby x.G., P.c. ; Shipbourne

of Kentish mg with Bath stone dressmgs, in the Early Grange is the residence of Herbert Ha.nkey esq. William
English style, built in 1881 at the sole cost of the late Marshall Cazalet esq. of Fairlawn, Plaxtole, is lord of the

Edward Cazalet esq. of Fairla1YD (d. 1:883) ; it consists of manor, and the principal landowners are the Earl of Derby

.ebarn:el, nave and transepts and. .a ceiltral tower containing K.G., P.c. and Capt. John Harold Plat1i J .:P. The soil is

a IRriking clock: in the chancel is a reredos of white loamy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are hops, cereals and

alabas~r .representing the Lord's Supper: all the windows fruit. The area is 1,922 acres; rateable value, £3,539·

ue lilled with stained glass by.Mayer, of Munich: there The population in 1881 was 507·

&Te2SO sittings. The_ register dates from :16)58. The living CLAYGATK is 1 mile east; Bunn's GREKN1 llalf a mile west.
ia a Yicarage, gross yearLy value £250, with residence, in
\he gift of William Marshall Cazalet esq. and held since , Parish Clerk. William Smurthwaite. .

• KENT. (KELLY's

576 SHIPBORNE.

PosT 0. & T. 0.-John Randall, receiver. Letters through National School (mixed), built in I852, for 132 children i
Tonbridge arrive at 7·5 a.m. & 12.50 p.m.; dispatched at average attendance, 90; Lorence John Cope, master;
7 a.m. & 7.15 p.m.; sundays at 10.30· Plaxtole is the Mrs. Amy Maud Cope, infants' mistress
neareat mon y order office. Postal orders are issued here,
but not paid

Derby Earl of K.G., P.c., F.R.s., n.c.L., COMMERCIAL. Jenner John, farmer & road oontractor

LL.D., Fairhill; & 33 St. James' sq. & Allcorn William & Sons, builders Jenner William, farmer, Budds farm

Travellers' club, London s w Brice Alfred, manager of Shipborne inn JuryJonathan,farmer, Brookhurstfarm

Cheeseman Alfred H. Oak cottage Collins Thomas, farm bailiff to the Randall .Tn. Webb, grocer, Post office '

Corke James, Hookwood Earl of Derby K.G., P.C Selby William, farmer, Plantation farm

Fermor William, Budds farm Cunningham William, coal & coke mer- Setterfield Robert, dairyman

Hankey Herbert J.P. Shipborne Grange chant, The Green TriceJn.KentishRifieman P.H.Dunk'sgn

Hind John H. Claygate house Dalison Osmond, farm bailiff to John Wheeble Saml. farmer, West Green frm

Reid Henry Barton, The Martins Harold Platt esq. J.P White Lewin, bailiff to the Fairlawn

Simpson Rev. Alexander George Ken- Fowler Caroline (Mrs.), farmer estate & manor of Shipborne

nard M.A. Vicarage Glover James, farmer, Dunce farm Wooldridge Hy. farmer, Puttenden frm.

Symonds John, Hookwood Hider George, carpenter Working Men's Institute (William

Wenborn George Frederick, The Pines Je:ffreys James, butcher Smurthwaite, sec)

SHOLDEN (or SHOULDEN), is a pa'~'ish about a mile and a deuce, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held

half west from Deal market place, in the Eastern division of since 1877 by the Rev. George Robert Adam M.A. of St.
the county, lathe of St. Augustine, Cornilo hundred, Wing- Edmund Hall, Oxon. Lord Northbourne is lord of the

ham petty sessional division, Eastry union, Deal county manor. The principal landowners are Bethlehem Hospital,
court district, rural deanery of Sandwich and archdeaconry the Rev. John White M.A. and Mrs. Leith. The soil is
and diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. Nicholas is loam; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat,
a building of flint and stone in the Early English style, with barley, oats and market garden produce. The area is 1,8r4

modern additions and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, acres of land and 94 of water; rateable value, £4,360. The
north porch (now the vestry) and a western tower oontain- population in I88t was 386.
ing 3 bells : in the chancel are several memorials of the Parish Clerk, Richard Sladden.
Wyborn and Hooper families ; there is also a memorial PosT OFFICE.-Frederick Cupp, postmaster. Letters re-
window in the chancel to the Rev. F. W. Darwall, a former ceived via Deal arrive at 6.45 a. m.; dispatch, 8 a.m. &7.I5
vicar of the parish; two in the nave to members of the p.m.; sundays 12.30 p.m. Upper Deal is the nearest
Banks family, and others to the family of Deane: there are money order office; & telegraph office at Deal
ISO sittings: the whole of the exterior of the church was re-. Letters for FotrLMBAD, half a mile north, a portion of the

faced with flint and the interior restored in I872-8o. The parish, should be addressed Sandwich
register dates from the year I59I· The living is a vicarage, National School (mixed), erected in I871, for 67 child.1en;
average tithe rent-charge £226, net income £331 with resi- average attendance, 57; Miss K. M. Pyatt, mistress

Sholden or Shoulden. Capp l<'rederick, grocer, Post office Paramor William,farmer, Sholden bank
Capp James, market gardener Philpott Daniel, Leather Bottle P.H.

Adam Rev. Geo. Rt. M.A. The Vicarage Capp Sl.Hadley,farmr,Church Field fm Sholden bank

Ashton Henry, The Cottage Catchpool William & Ernest, farmers, Quaife Robert, market gardener

Banks Edward Richard Rupert George Cottington court Ratcliffe Alfred J. grazier

J.P. Sholden house Coppen Henry Ashby, wheelwright, ~oBey James, farmer & dairy farmer,

Hooper George Wm. B.A. Hull house Shoulden bank Sholden farm

Powell Mrs. Laurel cottage Dunster Wm. farm bailiff to H. Page Walker George Hy. The Sportsman inn

Stokes John Morris, Prospect villa esq. Walnut Tree farm Wellard George, farmer

Watt Surg-Gen. William Godfrey, Farrier Betsy (Mrs.), shopkeeper Foulmead.

Sholden paddock Ladd Stephen Newby, farmer, Church

Lane farm Chapman Thomas, Coach & Horses P.H

COMMERCIAL. LawrenceWm.farmer & market gardnr Hogben Stephen, farmer

Brown William, farmer, Kennels farm Marsh Richard, grazier, wine, spirit & Johnson Robert, market gardener

Button Emily(Mrs.),convalescent home, beer merchant, teas & luncheons, Rabbage Charles, market gardener

Martinsfield The Chequers

SHOOTER'S HILL is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Talbot Rice M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. Falconwood is

in IB6s, from the parishes of Eltham, Plumstead and Wool- the seat of Lord Truro D.L., l.P. The population in I88t
wich, situated on the Dover road, within the parliamentary was 4,009 in All Saints district.
borough of Woolwich, in the North Western division of the Verger, Christ Church, Henry Hodgson.
county, union and county court district of Woolwich, rural Verger, All Saints, William Cousins.

deanery of Woolwich and Rochester archdeaconry and PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.

diocese: the hill is an insulated mass of London clay, 446 (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Kent added).-

feet in height: the ancient Roman road as well as the George Wood, sub-postmaster. Letters are dispatched to

modem road are carried over it.. Christ church, erected in London at 9 a.m. & I2.1 5, 4.so & 8.45 p.m. & from WuL ·.
I8S8 and consecrated June, I86s, is a building in the Early Rox at 11.20 p.m.; sundays, 9 p.m
English style, consisting of chancel, nave and m·trtaenrsneap11tYs: thde PosT, ~·uu. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annm·ty & 1nsurance Office, ·
c h urch h as recentlY (189°) been restored an Herbert road.-Mrs. Marr Harriet Eminton, receiver.
decorated : there are 200 sittings, of which 40 are free. The
register dates from the year I865. The living is a vicarage, Letters dispatched at 9· 25 a.m. 12·25, 1 ·3°• 2.I5, 4·50,
£ 120• · 5·35• 8, 8.40 & 11.35 p.m. ; Sundays, 9· IO p.m
yearIY va1ue bt th g 1"ft 0f Char1es C b ll Fire Brigade Station, Shooter's Hill, James Charles Bradley,
a ou m e amp e
Quinn esq. and S. C. Wilmot esq. M.A. and held since t86S
by the Rev. John Smalman Masters M.A. of Jesus College, engineer & 10 men

Oxford, and surrogate : the Rev. Thomas Benjamin Willson ScHOOLS:

H.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, is curate in charge. The Cordwainers' & Bread Street Ward, Anglesea ho118e, has

area is 184 acres; and the population in 1881 was 649. All now 26 boys & 14 girls; the premises & grounds occupy

Saints is an ecclesiastical parish formed May 2, 1876, from about 2t acres; Benjamin Newton, master; Mrs. Emily

the civil parish of Plumstead : the church, in Ripon road, Louisa Newton, mistress

consecrated December, I87S• is a building of stone in the All Saints' National, Herbert road (boys, girls & infants).

Gothic style, consisting of <"hancel, nave, aisles, organ for 6oo children; average attendance, boys ISO, girls 140,

chamber and vestry, and a tower containing one bell, and infants 88 ; George Spencer, master; Miss S. M. Adams,

will seat S70 persons; 3I2 sittings are free. The register mistress; Miss Mary Parsons, infants' mistress

dates from the year I876. The living is a vicarage, yearly Christ Church National (mixed), for ISO children; average

value £2oo, derived from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, atteRdance, 6o; Mrs. Wilhelmina Barrett, mistress

together with seat rents and residen<"e, in the gift of five CARRIERS TO LONDON.-Gridley & Ford, R. Smale, Thomas

trustees, and held since I888 by the Rev. the Hon. William 0. Walkling, pass through daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Allson Charles, 171 Herbert road tBaker Major Eden M. R.A. (instructor

[For postal purpo~es only those residents Anderl!on Capt. Robert Erskine, 138 in artillery, department of artillery
whose names are marked thus t receive Herbert road studies, Woolwich), II7 Herbert road
letters throu~rh Shooter's Hill o11lce, the Anderson Robert John, 27 Herbert road Baker William King, 139 Eglinton road

, remainder through Woolwich.] Andras Rev. Charles Henry M. A. (chap- Barefort Edward, II3 Herbert road
Acton Capt. T. H. E. R.A. 3 Alpine lain toWoolwich union],I Shrewsbury Bartholomew Joseph, us Herbert road
villas, Brent road • villa, Plum lane tBartleet Henry Samuel, SeverndrOOir

DIRECTORY.] KENT. ••

SHOOTER'S HILL. 577

hrfort Charles, 88 Eglinton road Drake Miss, 3 Shrewsbury viis. Plum la Mciiroy Major William, Derwent villa,
tDunlop Col. Henry Donald Buchanan, Eglinton road
Jlell George M. 231 Eglinton road

.Berkeley Lt James R.A. 136 Herbert rd The Shrubbery McLeod Rev. Ronald Fisher [chaplain

llerry Capt. John, Gordon villa, Cant- Ejwards Andrew, I03 Herbert road to the forces], Mervyn vl.Cantwellrd

well road Edwards Mrs. 82 Eglinton road Malcolmson James (city missionary),

:Best Thomas, 135A, Herbert road Ellis Alfred, I87 Eglinton road I47 Eglinton road

Biddle Alfred, I Haden ter. Cantwell rd tFabian Geo. De Lannoy, Avenue cot Malings Henry, 208 Eglinton road
Fairey Lieut. Wm. R.A. IO'J Herbert rd tMallin~ Jas. Homeleigh,Shrewsbnry la
Bishop George, xo6 Eglinton road

tBishopp Mrs. Woodville tFanshawe Capt. Frederick, The Limes Mandy Thomas, I75 Eglinton road

tB!ake Mrs. Shrewsbury house, Shrews- Farlie John Burke, 128 Eglinton road Mansfield Herbert, I79 Eglinton road

bury lane Farman Ernest Watkin, 202 Herbert rd Marsh Mrs. 84 Eglinton road

illight Mrs. 163 Eglinton road Ferguson Hubert, I90 Eglinton road Marshall James, 95 Herbert road

Bradford Surg.-Maj. Robert Mark, 216 Flanagan Col. John B. 200 Eglinton rd tMasters Rev. John Smallman M.A.

Herbert road tFoord-Kelcey William B.A. (instructor [vicar ofChristChrch.], I Ordnance ter

Brazier Benj. Napier cottage, Plum lane of mathematics, Royal Military Mavity Fredk. Wm. 112 Eglinton road
llrett Major Arthur Henry Welford R.A. Academy, Woolwich),2 Barring~on \'ls tMay Capt. E. S. R.A. (instructor of

(officer of Department of Director of Forder Waiter, 92 Herbert road military topography, Royal Military

Artillery), 142 Herbert road Fussey Mrs. 198 Herbert road Academy,Woolwich), IBarrington vils

Jlrogan Lieut. Thomas Henry R.A. 153 tGarnham John, Newcombe lodge May Capt. Hy. Jn. R.N. 98 Herbert rd

Eglinton road Gault James, 122 Eglinton road Mills Capt. Edward, Cantwell house,

Jlrooksmith Eldred John B.A., LL.M. Genders Lieut. Joshua, I43 Eglinton rd Cantwell road

(instructor of mathematics, Royal Gillman John Thomas, 75 Herbert road Milward Miss, 217 Eglington road

Military Academy, Woolwich), 1o6 Glock John, 2 Ripon villas, Ripon road tMontague Reginald, The Bungalow,

Herbert road tGodson Edwin Probyn, Castle wood Plum lane

Brown David, I Maple viis. Cantwell rd Grant Arthur Sidney, 45 Herbert road Mould Mrs. 6 Whitworth road

Jlrowq, Fk. Alex. Wm. 199 Eglinton rd Greenhill Alfred Henry, 182 Eglinton rd Neary Christopber, 6I Herbert road

Brown Richard, May villa, Cantwell rd Hadcock George, 44 Paget road Nell Thomas Jas. Sunnyside, Ripo11 rd

Brown William, 65 Whitworth road Haddow Hy. 4 Hadden ter. Cantwell rd Neusted Mrs. 130 Eglinton road

:Bryceson Arthur, Rosslyn, Herbert rd Hamnett Capt. George E. A.s.c. roi Nunn Jacob, 2 Haden ter. Cantwell rd

JlrycesonEbnzr.M.A.,M. B. ro2Herbert rd Herbert road O'Dwyer Miss, 191 Eglinton road

l!ryceson George, Io8 Herbert road Handy Mrs. 126 Herbert road Oliver George A. A. 2I8 Eglinton road

tHnckle Mrs. The Cottage Harbour Henry, 204 Eglinton road Orpwood William, 90 Herbert road

tBndden Newton Odell, Shooter's Hill tHarman Major James Frederick R.A. Palmer E. 31 Paget road

Burroughes Martin, Woodford villa, (assistant director, Artillery college, Parkin Capt. John Bawden R.A. I54

Ripon road Woolwich), 3 Barrington villas Herbert road

tBorrows Hy.Park view,Shrewsbury la Harris Mrs. I Ann's villas, Cantwell rd Peatfield Rev. Thomas[PriQlitive Metho-

!Jusbridge Waiter, 96 Herbert road Hartley Mrs. 197 Eglinton road dist], 120 Herbert road

Caird Frank, 185 Eg-linton road tHarvey Lady, Jackwood house Pembrey Robert, III Herbert road

Caird Robert, 188 Eglinton road Hasleham Mrs. 227 Eglinton road Pettman Mrs. u6 Eglinton road

Campbell Mrs. 2o6 Herbert road HearnRichardStubbins,73Whitworth rd Philipps Horatio, I45 Eglinton road

'tCarter William, Summer court Hendley Capt. John, 49 Whitworth rd Phillips Capt. E. (quartermaster Army

Carthew Charles, I Highland villas, Heyman Capt. C. E. H. R.A. (instruc- Service corps), 99 Herbert road

Cantwell road tor of military topography, Royal t Phillips Samuel, Castle house

Cha.lluner Sergt.. Major Thomas, 5 Military Academy, Woolwich), I75 Piper Harvey, 4 Ripon viis. Ripon road

Ha.den terrace, Cantwell road Herbert road Pitchford George, 205 Eglinton road

Chaunon John Jamas, 192 Eglinton rd Hinds Thomas Ed win, IIO Eglinton rd Pitt Capt. John (quartermaster, Ord.

Charlesworth William, 38Whitworth rd Hodge Alfred, IS6 Eglinton road Store depart.), Eglinton road

Cheshire John, 141 Eglinton road Holden Mrs. I33 Herbert road t PorteousCapt. J n. Jas. R.A. TheRookery

ChevallyLieut.FrankR.A. I67Herbert rd t Hollyer Rt. P.IvyGarth,Shrewsbury la tPorter Lieut.-Col. MortonL. R.A. Wel-

Clark John James, 110 Herbert road Howell Geo.Owen,3 Ripon vils.Ripon rd lesley house, Red Lion lane

Clarke Thomas, Laurel vil. Cantwell rd Humfrey Major John Campbell, Perran tPowell Lieut. H. L. R.A. Wood lodge
Cleeve Capt. Stuart D. R.E. (professor lodge, Eglinton road Powell Mrs. 198 Eglinton road
Pryce William Henry, 195 Eglinton rd
of fortification & geometrical draw- Hunter James, 87 Herbert road Purcell Maj. M. H. R.E. (professor of
inQ", Royal Military Academy, Wool- Igleden Stephen, 2 Oak vis. Cantwell rd
Inglis Joseph, 208 Herbert road fortification & geometrical drawing,
wich), 285 Eglinton road tJacksonAlex.W.Westvl.Shrewsburyla Royal Military Academy, Woolwicb),
CI~horn Edwin, 140 Eglinton road Jelley Frederick John, I26 Eglinton rd
Clifford James, 63 Whitworth road tJerome Mrs. Hollyhurst 224 Herbert road
Close Maj.-Gen. Fk.R.A.287Eglinton rd Radford George, Stratford ho. Pagetrd

Cochran John Russell McKay, 130 Jessup Mrs. I93 Eglinton road Radley Chas. 5 Paget ter. Eglinton rd

Herbert road Jeves Fredk. Waiter villa, Cantwell rd tRandal!Jsph.Cheviot lo. Up.Eglinton rd

Cochrane Richard E. I55 Herhert road tJocelyn Major Julian R. J. R.A. (in- Reed Hugh, Brendon, Eglinton road

Colebrook Alfred Richd. 196 Herbert rd structor artillery, Artillery college, Reed William, 173 Eglinton road

Coles William, Glaslyn, Plum lane Woolwich),Broomhill, Shrewsbury la Reid Major James, I52 Herbert road

Corrie Joshua Owen, 283 Eglinton road Jones Enoch,s Shrewsbury viis. Plum rd Rice Hon. & Rev. William Talbot M.A.

Courtney Edward, 159 Herbert road Jones Henry Wil!iam, 119 Herbert road All Saints Vicarage, Cantwell road

Cowau Capt. James Henry R.E. Brent tJones Major R.E. Bloomfield Robinson Miss, 55 Herbert road

house, Brent road Jones Mrs. 69 Herbert road Robinson William, 93 Herbert road

tCrabb Edwd. Owl cot. Shrewsbury la J oskiAlbertBemard,Oak vil. Cantwell rd tRoss Col. William Gord.on R.E. 4

Craig Geonre, 135 Herbert road Jukes Rev. Andrew M.A.2o6 Eglinton rd Earrington villas

tCrofton Vice-Admiral Stephen Smith Juller Richard Round, 48 Pa~ret road Rushton James, 26 Whitworth road

Lowther l.P. Broom hall Kemp William George, 170 Herbert rd Russell Col. G. A. R.A. Downha.m,

Davies Mrs. 225 Eglinton road Kennedy Mrs. 291 Eglinton road Erent road

Dawson FrederickJohn, 104 Herbertrd Kettle Joseph Augustu.::,14o Herbert rd Samson John, 88 Herbert road

Dawson Wm.Haywood, 135B, Herbert rd Kimber Edmund, I Alpine vils.Brentrd Sargent Mrs. 231 Eglinton road

tDeedes Major Granville R.A. (adjutant tKimsey Henry, Warren wood Scantlebury Charles Wm. 85 Herbert rd

grd Roya!ArsenalArtilleryVoluntrs. ), Kirk l<'rank, Clay Farm house, Plum la Scott Wm. Geo.Shrewsbury cot. Plum la

Haddon lodge, Shrewsbury lane Kirk Joseph, I Ripon villas, Ripon road Seath Capt. Alex. R.A. 196 Eglinton rd

Deniset Charles, 2 Alpine viis. Brent rd Kirk Richard, Io8 Eglinton road Senior Col. Thomas Palmer (distric'

Derhiems Madame, 2 Shrewsbury villas, Lawson Thomas C. I22 Herbert road paymaster, Woolwich district), I8o

Plum lane Leach Capt. R. P. R.A. (instructor of Eglinton road

De Vine William, 229 Eglinton road fortification & geometrical drawing, Shaw Mrs. 57 Herbert road

Diamond William Jas. I36 Eglinton rd Royal Military Academy), 241 Sheffield Capt.Jn. Chas.202 Eglinton rd

Dixon Frederick B.5Ripon vils.Ripon rd Eglinton road Sherwood Stephen, 200 Herbert road

Doig David, Tay villa, Cantwell road Lendrum William Henry M.n., M.ch. Sims Edwin Ebenezer, 105 Herbert rd

tDonglas Jeremiah Henry, St. Cathe- (surgeon medical staff), I<X)Herbert rd Sissison William, 102 Eglinton road

rine's villa, Plnm lane Lockyer Mrs. IA, Ripon villas, Ripon rd Smith Francis,2Ann's villas,Cantwell rd

Dow William Sannders~ Aberdeen villa, Logan Miss, 77 Herbert road Smith Mrs. I94 Eglinton road

Cantwell road McCaffertyLieut. CharlesR.A.49Paget rd. Smith Robert, 183 Eglinton road

tDownes Lient.-Col. Leonard R.A.j MacDiarmid Hugh B.A. 91 Herbert rd Sout~o-ate Samuel, 157 Herbert road
McKenna Capt. Jn. R.A. 148 Herbert rd Spencer Charles Wm. 124 Eglinton rd
Bal'l'inc.uton house

K. S. & S. 37

578 SHOOTER'S IDLL. • KENT. (KELLY'B

.

Stanfield Harvey, 176 ij:erbert road Bunce Geo. corn dealer, 52 Herbert rd Merritt & Co. bakers, confectioners,

StaTling Frederick, 184 Eglinton road Burch John H. teacher of music, 181 pastrycooks & bridal cake manufa~
soStone Mrs. 51 Whitworth road
Eglinton road turers, Herbert road

Sutton ChaTles, 142 Eglinton road Burns Sarah Ann (Mrs.), draper & PearC'e Jn.chimney sweeper, tHerbert rd

Taffs Henry Floodgate, 82 Herbertroad milliner, 37 & 39 Herbert road Pretious Charlotte Mary (Miss), pre-

tTeynham Lady, Tower ho. Plum lane Cann Carrie & Selina (Misses), boys' paratory school, 165 Eglinton road

Thomas Wm. Godfrey, 83 Herbert road school, 65 Herbert road Pritchard Alonzo Edward, ladies' out-

Thompson Rev. William Martin, 289 Chalklin William, jobmaster, Herbert fitter, 36 Herbert road

Eglinton road I mews, 86 Herbert road t Purssell Thomas, shoe maker

Thorn Chas. Fredk. 132 Herbert road Chick William, jobmaster,31Herbert rd Rayner Geo. boot maker, 54 Herbert rd

Thomton Thomas, 98 Eglinton road Clark Harriet (Mrs.), Lord.HerbertP.R. tRead Thomas James, Bull hotel

Thunder Wm. Waiter, 257 Eglinton rd 47 Herbert road tReader Hannah (Mrs.), laundry, Red

tTinker Capt. Edward B.A. (officer of tCollin.s William, laundry, Rose cottage Lion lane

department of director of artillery), Collison William, pianoforte &american tRentall James Henry, house decorator,

The Warren, Shrewsbury lane organ manufacturer, tuner, repairer Red Lion lane

Tipping Capt. Ernest R.A. The Cables, & music seller, 2 Herbert road tRoberts Mitchell, Red Lion P.H. & cab-

Brent road Combes Richard, builder & house deco- proprietor

tTongue William, Hazlewood rator, Ripon road Robinson Richard Blundy, cowkeeper,

Tracey Robert, 114 Eglinton road tConvalescent Home for Children (Miss Cambridge dairy, Ripon road

Travers Col. John R.A. 293 Eglinton rd Charlotte Miller, lady superinten· Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society Lim

TreffryLieut.-Col.Fredk.12oEglinton rd dent), Shrewsbury lane (Edgar Arsden, mangr.), Herbert rd

tTruro Lord n.L., ;r. P. Falconwood; & Copus William Jas. coal mer. I Paget rd t Royal Military Academy (Field Mar-
29 Dover street w & Brooks' clubs w Cutts John, grocer & provision dealer, shal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge

Turner Capt. John, r6r Herbert road 67 Llanover road K.G., G.c.B. president; Major-Gen.

Tyler Rd. Fdk. L.Mus. 170 Eglinton rd Drew Thomas, fruiterer & greengrocer, William Stirling c.B. governor),

Vanstone Rev. Isaac [Bible Christian], 4 Herbert road Woolwich common; & (Col. Arthur

73 Herbert road Eagle Jn. boot maker, 41 Eglinton road Harness c. B. sec. & treasurer) Red

Vin~r Rev. Albert J ames [Congrega- Eminton Mary Harriet (Mrs.), fancy ra- Lion lane

tional], :n8 Herbert road pository,& postmistress,43 Herbert rd Ru:ffell Wm. Jn. oilman, 35 Eglinton rd

tVyvyanGeorgeRawlinson,Forest lodge Farman Ernest Watkin, solicitor, 202 Russell Christr. H. boot ma.g Herbert r<l

tWardrop Col. Alexander, Elmhurst, Herbert road .Shanks Francis, plumber & gasfitter,

Shrewsbury lane tFire Brigade Station (James Charles 46 Herbert road

tWaring Lieut. H. R.A. (inspector of Bradley, engineer),Shooter'sHill road Shaw John Joseph, laundry, St. Mary's

position finding, department of direc- Ford Henry, shopkeeper, 55 Eglinton rd cottage, Plum lane

tor of artillery), Shrewsbury lane Fretter Joseph, butcher, 33 Herbert rd Sheppard Francis Joseph, greengrocer,.

Warren John, Acacia villa, Cantwell rd Grimes Luke,carver&gldr.6oHerbert rd 62 Eglinton road

Watkin Major HenryS. S. C.B., R.A. Grimeson Maria (Mrs.), laundress, 5 Simmons Janet (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 33

(officer of depaTtment of director of Whitworth road Llanover road

artillery),The Wilderness, Cantwell rd Halfpenny Catherine (Mrs.), dress Smith Mary (Miss), fancy repository,

Watts George, I38 Eglinton road maker, 68A, Whitworthroad 41 Herbert road

Watts John, 138 Eglinton road Hammant Florence (Miss), teacher of Button Charles M.R.c.v.s. L. veterinary

Webber Harry, 78 Herbert road. music, 127 Eglinton road surgeon, 142 Eglinton road

WeBer William James, 158 Herbert rd Hansford Harriet (Miss), dress maker Tailby William, collector of general

Weston Capt. Wm. Alexander (quarter- & milliner, 161 Eglinton road rates, 89 Herbert road

master 3rd Kent (Royal Arsenal) HansfordWm.Jn.printer,6s Llanoverrd Tapson Emma (Mrs.), dress maker,

ArtilleryVolunteers),223 Eglint.on rd tHastingsRobt.laundry, Red Lion lane> 143 Herbert road

Wethered Lieut.-Col. Edwin Robert, tHerbertHospital(DeputySurgeon-Gen. Thomas Lewis Godfrey, teacher of

zoo Herbert road JohnWarren,principal medical officer; music, 83 Herbert road

tWhale Geo. Denholme, Shrewsbury la Surgeon-i\Iajor C. W. Moore-Keys Thurling Frances (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

White William Waiter, r86 Eglinton rd M.D. registrar & sec) 69 Eglinton road

Whitfield George Digby, 220 Herbert rd Hold Henry, baker, 33 Eglinton road Topley Philip Job, grocer & provision

WhittakerWm.3 Haden ter.Cantwell rd Horton Sidney, teacher of music, 79 dealer, 2 Ripon road

Wilcox Henry M. B. 76 Herbert road Herbert road Trower Henry, builder, 30 Eglinton rd

Wilkins John, Oxford villa, Ripon road Howard Stephen, carpenter & joiner, Trower Jsph. Chas. bldr. 22Whitworth rd

Williams Henry, 189 Eglinton road Ripon road Trower Thomas Hawkins, jobbing gar-

tWillson Rev. Thomas Benjamin M.A. HubbleFk.Wm.woodturnr.s6Herbertrd dener, 30 Eglinton road

[curate in charge of Christ church], Hunn Thomas, plumber & house deco- TylerMary(Mrs. ),grngrcr.35Herbert rd

Campbell house rator, 6 Haden terrace, Cantwell rd Tyler Richard Frederic F.c.o., L.MUS.

• tWiseWm.Clunie M.D.,F.c.s.Ramsayho tHutchings Alice (Miss), shopkeeper, professor of music, 170 Eglinton road

Witts Thomas George, :203 Eglinton rd Red Lion lane tWalker Chas. laundry, Laurel house,

tWoollard Mrs.Holly mnt.Shrewsbry.la tHutton David, veterinary surgeon, 6 Shooter's Hill road

Young Mrs. 4 Alpine villas, Brent road Paget terrace, Lower Eglinton road Walker Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 75

Zavertal Ledislaw, 255 Eglinton road James Clara (Miss), teacher of piano- Eglinton road

COMMERCIAL. forte, 67 Herbert road • Wailer Mary Ann (Mrs.), tobacconist,.

Jenner Edward, carman,rs Llanoverrd 34 Herbert road
tA]:,bott Fras. shopkeepr.Shooter'sHl.rd J oyce Arthr. Wm.confctnr. 13Herbert rd WalthamMary( Mrs.),drpr. 48Herbert rei

Abbott Jas. greengrocer, 31 Llauover rd Kadwell&Addis,grocers&c.4oEglinton rd Watts John, solicitor, 138 Eglinton rd

Alexander Wm. hatter, 44 Herbert road Kemp Edward, boot maker,6zHerbert rd Webb Robert, grocer, 74 Herbert road

Alexander William J oseph, insurance Kemp Henrietta Jane (Mrs.), toy tWebb Thomas, builder & carpenter,

agent, Bo Herbert road dealer, 64 Herbert road I Ordnance place

Atwell Albin, commercial traveller, g6 tKent Water Works Wells William Henry, teacher of musi~

Eglinton road Knight Elizabeth (Miss), butcher, 8 (pianoforte & violin), 160 Herbert rd.

tBaker Alfred, smith &farrier Herbert road Whiteley Susan (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

Baker H.(Mrs.),dress ma 29 Eglintonrd Knowles Jn. jun. fishmngr.72 Herbert rd 2 Ordnance place

Barker Frank, artists' colorman, 66 Ledsham Jane (Miss), teacher of music, WilcoxHenry M .B. surgeon,76Herbert rd

Herbert road 26 Eglinton road Wilkie John, hair dresser, II Herbert rd

Barker George Benoni, grocer & provi- tLeigh Alfred, cowkeeper, Hadden Wilkinson Arthur, dyer & cleaner, 4z

sion dealer, 40 Herbert road lodge, Shrewsbury lane Herbert road

Barnett Hy. G. grocer, 52 Whitworth rd Leitch Waiter B.A. boys' school, 197 Wilkinson Martha (Mrs.), laundry,

Barry Frederic, chemist, 70 Herbert rd Eglinton road Providence villa, Ripon road

tBass John, Earl of Moira P.H tLivett Wm. Hy. Eagle tav. Red Lion la Wilson Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker,

Beecher John, nurseryman ~'t florist, Lonergan Brothers, builders & contrac- 45 Paget road

243 Eglinton road tors, Herbert road & Plum lane Wilston David Arth. dairy, 6 Herbert rd

tBeer Waiter, boot makr. 2 Hillside cots MacDiarmid Hugh B.A. coach for army tWood George,stationer &haberdasher,

BrownJames,watch makr.38Herbert rd examinations, 91 Herbert road Post office

Bryceson Ebenezer M.A.camb., M.B. MercerFrederick,hair dresser, I Lower Wood Henry, butcher, 67 Eglinton rd
• surgeon, ro2 Herbert road
Eglinton road Woodbridge Arth.saddler,68Herbert rd

SHOREHAM is a village and parish intersected by the sion of the county, Codsheath hundred, lathe of Sutton-at-

river Darenth, with a station on the Sevenoaks branch of Home, Sevenoaks petty sessional division, union and county

the London, Chatham and Dover railway, 5 miles north court district, and in the rural deanery of Shoreham, arch-
from Seven~s and. ~J fn.om J.ondon, in the Western divi- deaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury. The

DIRECTORY.] KENT. SHORNE.

ehurch of SS. Peter and Paul, situated on the east side of Lord Dunsany M.P. of Dunstall Priory, the Right Hon. Sir
~e village, is a structure of flint and stone in the Decorated William Hart Dyke hart. P.c., M.P. of Lnllingstone Castle..,

and Perperdicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, organ Henry Bingham Mildmay esq. D.L., l.P. of Shoreham Place,

chamber, vestry. south porch and an embattled western and Charles Polhill esq. The soil is chalk and hazel mould;

tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells; two subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are- hops, wheat, barley,

new bells and chiming apparc~.tus to play 14 tunes were pre- oats and fruit. The area is 5,599 acres; rateable value,

aented in December, x88g, by Henry Bingham Mildmay £x5,797; the population in x881 was 1,420.

esq.: there is a memorial window to the late Humphrey St. Parish Clerk, George Wood.

John Mildmay esq. d. 9 Aug. 1853, and another to the Hon. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

Ann Engenia (Baring) his wife, d. 8 March, 1839: a carved George Spring, sub-receiver. Letters arrive from Seven..

oak screen divides the chancel from the nave : the church oaks at 8 a. m. & t p.m. ; dispatched at x & 6.5 p.m. ;.

has been extensively repaired and reseated, and there are sundays, arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched 10.15 a.m

now 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. ScHOOLs:-

The living is a discharged vicarage, gross yearly value [356, Parochial, built in 1840, for 150 children; average attend.

with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of West- ance, 120; supported in part by Henry Bingham

minster, and held since t888 by the Rev. Robert Ashington Mildmay esq. D.L., J.P. ; Edwin Pittman, master; Mrs.

Bullen B.A. of the University of London. There are Wesleyan Pittman, mistress n

and Baptist chapels in the village. 'ferry's charity of £13 Infants', built in 1872, for 75 children; average attendance,

yearly, left in 1628 by Thomas Terry, is for distribution. 59; Mrs. Jane Wood, mistress

There are three almshouses for aged widows. The paper mills Railway Station, William Henry Wakeford, station master

here employ about 70 hands. Earl Amherst and Thomas Day CARRIER TO LoNDON.-George Blundell, moo. & thurs. to

esq. are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the 'Queen's Head,' Borough

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Blundell George, grocer & carrier Pocock George, butcher

BnllenRev.Robt.AshingtonB.A.Vicarage Blundell Henry, grocer Pryer Richard, Crown inn

Carpenter Charles, Copt hall Boakes Frederick, but-cher Randall William, beer retailer

Carpenter Frederick, Oxbourne Body William, farmer, Dunstall farm Redman George, farmer & fruit grower,

Cbadwick Spencer, Highfield Brooks William, fruiterer, Crown road Cockerhurst

Chaplin Ernest, Shoreham cottage Broom Thomas, farm bailiff to H. B. Russell Richd. farmer, East Down lodge

Dunsany Lord M.P. Dunstall priory; & Mildmay esq. D.L., J.P. Home farm Sanrer James, beer retailer

Carlton & St. Stephen's clubs, London Brown Solomon, blacksmith Spring George, baker, Post office
8 w Caplen William, saddler Stanger Philip James,grocer& draper, &
Mildmay Henry Bingham D.L., J.P. Cox Frank, shopkeeper agent for W(. &A. Gilbbey, wine&spirit

Shoreham Place Evans Jonah, beer retailer merchants E. T. Os orn, manager)

Mills Mrs. Water house Freeman James, farmer, Sepha.m court Taylor George, farm bailiff to Spencer-

Parkinson William, Darant villa Golby Henry, farmer, Week farm Chadwick esq. Highfield

Prestwich ProfessorJosephD.C.L., F.R.S Hale Abraham, farmer, Filstone farm Taylor Thomas, beer retailer

Rainey Wi:liam Hearn William, hair dresser Thompson Edwd.builder & wheelwright

Solomon Henry Hemphrey & Son, butchers Wakeforrl William Hy. station master

Wilmot George, The Mount Joy Lily (Miss), laundress Walkling John, shopkeeper
Langham Chas. bricklayer & chim.swpr Wilmot George, paper manufacture}"

COMMERCIAL. Leventhorp Cecil, ·farmer, Castle farm Wood Alfred, plumber & glazier

Beale John James, farmer, Preston frm Loveland Isaac, grocer & draper Yates James, George inn

Blundell Chas.fruit growr.Ricket'sfolly Paice John Welesley, Polhill Arms P.H •

SHORNE is a parish and village, situated a short distance bridge, and surrogate. There are Wesleyan and Primitive-

on the main road from London to Canterbury and midway Methodist chapels. Shorne was an ancient demesne of the

between Gravesend and Rochester, 3~ miles south-east from old English kings. In the marshes is a small battery,

Gravesend, 4 north-west from Rochester, in the Mid division raised in 1796; and there is another at Lower Hope point.

of the county, Shamwell hundred, lathe of Aylesford, petty in the parish of Cliffe. There are several small charities

sessional division of Rochester, Strood union, Gravesend for distribution, amounting to about [too yearly. The

county court district and in the Cobham rural deanery, Earl of Darnley is lord of the manor and principal land•

archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester. The church of SS. owner. The soil is gravel and day; subsoil, chalk. The

Peter and Paul is an edifice of flint and stone in the Early chief crops are corn and hops. The area is 3,218 acres of

English and later styles, consisting of chancel with aisles, land and 155 of water; rateable value, £6,348; the popula·

nave of three bays, aisles, north porch and a plain embattled tion in 1881 was 879.

tower of Perpendicular. c~aracter at the w~st end, with an THONG is a hamlet of Shorne, 1! mile west; SHOBNK
octagonal turret, contammg a clock and SIX bells: on the !FIELD is half a mile west

south the arches are tall and spring from octagonal piers; Sexton William Robert Dnnn
.on the north side all the arches are dissimilar and rest on ' ·
large piers, placed at wide intervals ; the chancel arcades Merston, in this parish, is 4! miles east-south-east

have also three arches on either side: the font is a fine work from Gravesend. There is no church. The living is a

of Perpendicular date and octagonal in form, each face sinecure rectory, gross yearly value £8g, in the gift of the

being differently sculptured: the church contains a fine Lord Chancellor, and held since x864 by the Rev. William

monument with effigy to Henry de Cobham, of the time of Joynes M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who is also vicar

Edward II. a brass incised with the figure of a chalice and of and resides at Chalk.

the letters I.H.S. and inscribed to Sir Thomas Elys, 1569, a PosT OFFICE.-Samuel John Gowar, receiver. Lettets

former vicar; there are other brasses to John Srr..ith, 1437; arrive from Gravesend at 7.20 & 10 a.m.; dispatched at.

lohn and Marian Smith, 1457; William Pepys, vicar, 1468; 10.45 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; sundays, n a.m. The neare~

Edmnnd Page, 1550; and Elynor Alien, 1583, and a me- money order & telegraph office is at Cobham

morial window to Mrs. Jane Ball, d. 1882: the church was PosT OFFICE, Thong.-Miss Eliza Webster, receiver. Let-

re-opened in 1875, after restoration at a cost of £3,500, and t~rs from Gravesend arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at

has 500 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials 6 p.m. ; sundays, 10 a. m. The nearest money order &

dates from the year 1640; marriages from 1654. The · telegraph office is at Cobham

livmg is a vicarage, average yearly value from tithe rent- National School (mixed), built in 1872, for I6o children]

charge £317, net income £255, in the gift of the Dean and average attendance, n8; Joseph James Dine, master f.

Chapter of Rochester, and held since t88g by the Rev. CARRIER.-William Welch, to Gravesend, moo. & fri.1
Alfred Lloyd Coates M.A. of Corpus Christi collegs, Cam- to Rochester, tues. & sat

Shorne. COMMERCIAL. Judges Thomas, Duke of York P.H

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bailey George, blacksmith Jull William, farmer, Green farm
Bond Richard, butcher Latter Philip, market gardener

Clark Mrs. Ridgeway Botting Peter, carpenter, Ridgeway Mills Charles Edwd. builder, Ridgeway

Coates Rev. Alfred Lloyd M.A. [vicar], Brown Alfred, grocer Redsell Alfred, See Ho P.H

Pipes Place Clark Daniel Alex. market gardener Rentcn Iru, market gardener

Francis Capt. William H. Woodhurst Dawes William, boot maker SolomonHy. jun. farmer,Lower Shorne

Garrett Mrs. Hill house George George, Rose & Crown P.H Ward Joseph Young, Crown P.H

Marsham Rev. Jacob Joseph M.A., l.P. Gowar Sl.Jn.grocer & draper,Post office Welch William, cab proprietor &carrier

Overblow house Hermitage Benjamin, boot & shoe ma Whatman James, farmer, Mill house

Morriss James Samuel, Bay Tree house Houghton Joseph, baker Wilkins Edward, shopkeeper

Tomlin George Robert Jarrett Charles, market gardener Youseman Edwa.rd., market gardener

Winch Isaac, Court lodge

L8.&S.

'580 SHORNE. KE'NT.

Thong. Hartridge William F. farmer & hop Forfeitt Frederick, clerk to Earl Darnley

Cooke Henry, land agent to the Earl of grower, !field place Solomon Hy. sen. farmer & hop grower

Darnley

SHORTLANDS, a suburb of Bromley, is an ecclesias- was 655. The West Kent Waterworks have a pumping

tical parish, formed out of Beckenham in 1870; it has a station here.

station on the London, Chatham and Dover line, is 10 miles Verger, H. Winn.

from London, in the Western division of the county, lathe PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,
of Sutton-at-Hone, hundred of Bromley and Beckenham, Railway Station (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O
Bromley union, petty sessional division and county court Kent added).-William Frederick Jackson Dowler, post-
district, West Da.rtford rural deanery, Maidstone archdea-
conry and Cant.erbury diocese. The church of St. Mary is master. Letters are delivered at 7· 15 a. m. 12.451 3 &
7.30 p.m.; sundays, 7.15 a.m.; dispatched at g.2o, 10.15
a building of Kentish ragstone, in the Gothic style of the & II.35 a.m. 2.101 2.30, 4.251 6.20 & 9 p.m.; sundays at
4·35 p.m
13th century and consists of chancel, nave of five bays, north
aisle, south transept, south porch and a tower at the south-
west angle with spire and containing 3 bells: the east, west LETTER BOXES:-
and north windows are stained: the church was rnlarged and Beckenham Grove, cleared at 6, 91 10 & u;15 a.m. 2.10,
altered in 1888, a new organ provided and oak stalls placed 4• 6.15 & 8.45 p.m.; sundays, 4.30 p.m
in the chancel in memory of S. Carey esq. for 13 years Mays Hill, cleared at 6, 9· I5, IO. ro & II.30 a. m. 2, 4· 10,
churchwarden: there are 536 sittings, 105 being free: the 8.30 & 9 p.m.; sundays, 4·35 p.m
church and vicarage house were the gift of the family of the Shortlands Grove, cleared at 6, 9.10, 10.5 & 1r.2o a.m.
late William Arthur Wilkinson esq. The register dates from 2.5, 4.5, 6.25 & 8.55 p.m.; sundays, 4.30 p.m
the year 187a. The living is a vicarage, endowed by the Railway Station, William Frederick Jackson Dowler, station
late J. R. Lingard esq. with £25 yearly, which is consider- master
ably increased by pew rents, net yearly value £435, with The children of this place attend the temporary board school
residence, in the gift of Miss E. M. Wilkinson, and held since in Recreation road, Bromley

1870 by the Rev. Henry Francklyn Wolley M.A. of Em- CARRIERS TO LONDON.-Russell & Co.; London Parcels

manual College, Cambridge. The land is held by many Delivery Co.; Carter, Paterson & Co. & Pickford & Co.

freeholders. The area IS 436 acres; the population in 1881 daily, sunday excepted

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fothergill Philip Henry, Thoresby, Shaw Robert Milton, St. Ronans,
~eckenham grove
Bromley road

Addiscott Francis, Oak Dene, Church rd Friend. William Beauchamp, Morden SmithMrs.Rothbury ldg.Shortlands gro

Alston James Brown, Linbank, Short- lodge, Beckenham grove Stewart Joseph, Dunolly, Shortlands rd

lands grove Fry Chas. Robert, Little Holt, May's hl Sturt Arthur, Gable end, Scott's lane

Archbold Ralph Skene, Libiola,May's"bl Fry Sl. The Holmewood, Shortlands rd Swain Joseph, Oakhurst, Shortlands rd

Ashton J sph. P. Ashleigh, Shortlands rd Gallie Jas. Butler,TheMount,May's hill Taite John Charles, The Corner house,

Atkinson Henry Tindal, Ridgway, Groves Wm. Grove ho. Shortlands road Shortlands road

Bromley road Hall Francis, St. Valery, .Bromley road Tapp Arthur March, The Gables, Kings-

Austin John Henry, Kingswood house, Hamilton Douglas Jas. & Lady Margt. wood road

Kingswood road Frondeg, Shortlands grove Tapp Chas. Knockwood, Scott's lane

Eaker Chas.E.Park Hillldg.Park Hill rd Harvey Mrs. 8 .Bromley grove Thomas William George, Courtfi.eld,

Barron Frederick Cadogan, Nervion, Hodder Edwin1 St. Aubyn's, Becken- Beckenham grove
Beckenham grove ham grove TownendThos.Senior,Oaklea,Church rd

Beggs Thomas, Hazeldene, Den road Holmes Jn. C. Hildenhurst, Park Hillrd TudorEdmund,Rosthwaite,Bromley gro

Bendall Mrs. Cleveland ho. Shortlnds.gro Hore Fdk. W. R. Heronden,Park Hill rd Vaisey Jn. Ernest Dent, 24 Bromley gro

Benekendorff William Oscar, Caris- Hull Miss, Sunnyside, Valley road Wade Paget Aug.Birchwood,Scott's lane

brooke, May's hill Jennings Col. The Chesnuts, Becken- Wagner Hy.Adams,Escote,Park Hill rd

Benton Philip, Westfield, Scott'slane ham grove Wedekind Julius Christian, :Ferndale,

Berkeley H. B. Glengowan, Park Hill rd J ohns Andrew, Glencoe, Park Hill road Beckenham grove

Bloor Jn. Uzielli,Devonshire ho.May's hl Kennedy Alfd.Geo. TheLodge,Church rd Western George Adolphus, Ravens-

Boosey Charles Thomas, Knighton, KirbyAlbertEdwd.Redmont,ParkHill rd bourne, Kingswood road

Beckenham grove Kirby Mrs. Sidney, Oakhurst, Kings- Whittington Thos. The Limes, Valley rd

Bradburn John Albert, Culverlands, wood road Whitworth Joshua, Parkwood, Becken·

Church road Klinkhardt Julius, Homestead, Brom- ham grove

Bradbury Robt. Rose bank, Valley road ley road Wilkinson Miss, The Glen,Shortlandsrd

Hrowne George :Franklin B.A., LL.B. Leadam Thomas Seaton, Caerleon, Williams Mrs. Cambria, Bromley grove

Hillside, Kingswood road Scott'slane Willoughby Sydney Beaumont & Hon.

Burls Edwin Grant, Thornlea., Short- Lee Mrs. Netherfield, Scott's lane Mrs. 26 Bromley grove

lands grove Leigh Alexander Haslob, Mayfield, Wolley Rev. Henry Francklyn M.A. The

Eurrows John Stamford, The Elms, Kingswood road Vicarage, Kingswood road

Bromley road Lewin Mrs. Hazelwood, Church road COMMERCIAL.

Caiger Frederick Henry, Lyndhurst, Mason Christopher Greenwood, Park Adams Chas. Wm. grcr. 53 Beckenham la

Beckenham grove Hill house, Park Hill road

Carey Mrs. Oak lodge, Kingswood road Maw Geo. Coningsby, Beckenham gro Banks Albert William, pork butcher, 77

Carswell John, Clincart, Scott's lane Mee Mrs. Holmwood, Bromley road Beckenham lane

Carswell John George, Beaconsfield, Moncreiff Rev. George Robertson 1\f.A. BattsonWm. J n. builder,43Martin's road
Brooker Geo. shopkeeper, g6 Martin's rd
Shortlands road Thornbury, Bromley grove

Chamberlain Wm. Laurel bank, May's hi Mudge Miss, Drayton lodge, Bromley rd Bryant Jas. florist, 2 & 5 Bromley road

Churchill John, Fircroft, May's hill Muirhead Francis Lauder, The Cottage, Coal Co-operative Society Limited, coal

Colvill Lient.-Col. Thomas Harpur J.P. Beckenham grove merchants, 91 Beckenham lane

Overdale Neal Miss, Holly lodge, Shortlands gro Covell & Harris, butchers, 69 Becken-

Cope Mrs. Oakfield, Shortla:ads grove Neely Mrs. Lynton, Bromley grove ham lane

Crosskey Roger, 28 Bromley grove Newbold Mathew Thomas, St. Ives, COWELL WILLIAM, grocer, PRO•

Dacres Lady, 30 Bromley grove Shortlands road VISION MERCHANT & beer re·

Davie W. G. Hazelmere, Bromley gro Nye Edwin, Naworth, Shortlands grove tailer, 32 Beckenham lane

Davis Jn. Chas. St. Valery, Bromley rd PalmerWm.White,Rutland \dg.May's hl CURSON CAROLINE (MRS.), laun-

Davy Wm. Twyneham, Shortlands road Pike Miss, Elim, Shortlands grove dress, 7 Shortlands villas, Station rd

Delcomyn Charles Frederick, Kneb- Poulter Frederick Driffel, The Haw- Darlington Edwin, photographer, 67

worth, Beckenham grove thorns, May's hill Beckenham lane

De Luca Guiseppe, Kingswood,May's hl Quarell Samuel Ellangowan, Kings- DowlerWm.Fdk.J.station & post master

Dence Thomas, Kingsbury ho. Valley rd wood road · Duffield William Henry A.R.I.B.A.archi-

Donkin Bryan,jun. Clifton ho.May's hill Richardson William Ridley M.A. Alwyn tect, St. Oswald's, Church road

DrysdaleAlicktrovy,TheOaks,Bromly.rd house, Shortlands road Fowler Wm.ho. decrtr.g1 Beckenham la

Duffield Rev. Henry George :r.r. A., Roberts George M. Needah moor, FreemanJn. newsagt. 75 Beckenhamla

F.S.A. St. Oswald's, Church road Beckenham grove Frominge William Henry, carpenter,

Duffield William Henry A.B.I.B.A. St. Salkeld Wm. Melmerby, Park Hill road 36 Beckenham lane

Oswald's, Church road Saul John, Roslin, Bromley grove HaddawayThos.cab prpr. 1ooMartin's rd

Elston Charles Frederick,Storth Holme, ~axton Edward Somes, Careswell, Haylett Benjamin, jun. boot maker, 85

Shortlands grove .Beckenham grove • Beckenham lane

Engleheart Benjamin Octavius, 20 Schonlank Alfred, Glenthorpe, Becken- Hodges Jn.shopkeeper,27 Recreation rd

Bromley grove ham grove Hunt James, florist, 50 Beckenham lane

Ford Lewis Peter, Shortlands house Selby Hy. John, The Vale, May's hill Inge Thomas, builder, 66 Beckenham la

•

DIREGI'ORY.] KENT. SU>OUP.. 581

•

sJenner Thomas, oil & color merchant, Pascoe Joseph, landscape gardener, 21: Smith Charlotte (Mrs.), laundress,
Martin's road Shortlands villas, Station road
73 Beckenham lane
King John, ftorist, 8 Recreation road Perrett Enos, greengro.6xBeckenham la Smith Jn.A.fishmonger, 1:3Recreation rd
Kirby Albert Edward, surgeon, Red- Procter Jas.boot repair.42Recreation rd Soppit Jn. Shortlands tavern, Station rd
Pyatt Rose (Miss), dress maker, 54 Swain Hy. bricklayer,42Beckenham lane
moot, Park Hill road Terry Thomas, nf.holsterer & under-
t&ne Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 35 Beckenham lane
Reeves Mary (Mrs.), dress maker, 59 taker, 62 Martin s road
Recreation road
Upfold George, chimney sweeper, 23
Lyford Eliza (Mrs.), laundress, 44 Beckenham lane
Rodgers Thomas, coffee tavern, 79 Recreation road
Beckenham lane
:Marfleet Jane (Mrs.), laundress,8 Short- Beckenham lane West Kent Water Works (Richard

lands villas, Station road Rogers J n. dairyman, 30 Beckenham la Darlington, engineer), Valley road

:Melrose Peter,job.gardnr.22Martin's rd Smallbone Charles R. grocer,7x Becken- Whittington Morris (Mrs.), laundress,

:Miller Wm.boot maker,98 Martin's road ham lane 46 Beckeaham lane

Moore Hy. shopkeeper, 27 Martin's rd Smith Geo. baker, 5I Beckenham lane

SIBERTSWOLD (or SHEPHRRDSWELL), deriving its are visible in this neighbourhood. The Earl of Guilford

11ame from one of its earliest Saxon proprietors, Sibert, is a and others have manorial rights. The principal landowners

parish and small village, 6 miles north-west from Dover, 7"! are Admiral Sir Edward Bridges Rice K.C.B., J.P. of Dane

eouth-west from Deal and 74! by rail from London, with a Court, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the trustees of the

ltation on the London, Chatham and Dover railway, which Earl of Guilford and J. G. Churchward esq. The soil is

passes through the parish by a tunnel a mile and one third light and easily worked, but on the top of the hills there is

long; it is in the Eastern dirision of the county, Bews- a portion of stiff clay more difficult of tillage. The surface,

borough hundred, lathe of St. Augustine, Wingham petty like that of the neighbouring parishes, is a succession of hill

aessional division, Dover union and county court district, and dale. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The

and in the rural deanery of Dover and archdeaconry and area is x,85o acres: rateable value, £3,726 ; the population

diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. Andrew, rebuilt in 1881: was 522.

in 1863, is a small building of flint in the Early English Sexton, Robert Sherard.

style, consisting of apsidal chancel, t ntahveew, oersgt aenndchcoamntbae.mr-, p osT, M• 0 . & T . 0 ., S• B.&nAnmt•y & 1nsurance Office.
vestry, south poreh and a be11 cot a
-Richard Coppen, postmaster. Letters a:rrive from

ing one bell: the church has some interesting features: Dover by mail cart at 7 a.m. & by rail at 12.30 p.m.; &
d" h d & 9 p.m
there are 240 sittings. The register dates from the year are ISpatc e at 1• 7
1563. The living is a vicarage, united to that of Coldred,

tithe rent-charge (Sibertswgld) £ 139, joint yearly net value National School (mixed), built in 1854, for 8o children;
£349, with 29 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of average attendance, 78 ; Mrs. Emily Battershall, mistress

'he Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1888 by the Shepherdswell Railway Station, William Brand, station
Rev. Charles Buchan Shirres, of Aberdeen University. master
Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Several Roman entrenchments CARRIER TO DovEn.-John Hammond, sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Friend Edward P. coal merchant, 2

Coppen Edwin, 5 The Terrace Amos J oseph Robert, butcher Church Hill house

Coppen Henry Ayers Frederick, pork butcher Fuller John, farmer, Hayns farm
.Jacob John, 6 The Terrace
Mackinnon Fras. Alex. J.P. Hazling dane Baldwin Josiah, miller (wind) Hammond John, carrier
May William Alfred, Mayfield villas
Philpott Edward, Woodlands Ball Wm. lodging house, 7 The Terrace Jacob Thomas, farmer, West court
Shirres Rev. Charles Buchan, Vicarage
Smith John Marklew, Lynden cottage Burchell Sarah Ann (Mrs.), lodging Jacob William, farmer, Cox hill
Smith Miss, Moon's hill
Smith William Jeremiah, Woodlands house, Church hill Jaques Hy.Thos. lodging ho. 4 The Ter
Thompson Douglas
Wakeliug Mrs. West View cottage Burgess Rt. Hy. lodging ho. 2 The Ter Laker Edmund, farm bailiff to J. G.
Wills Korah Haleomb, The Grange
Winch Mrs. Church villa Carey Jn. & !<'rank,farmers, Upton wood Churchward esq. Long Lane farm

Chase Stephen Richard, boot maker Marsh Edward, beer retailer

Colthup John, beer retailer Norris Robert Edmund, farmer, Upton

Coppen & Sons,grocers & drprs.Post off Court farm

Coppen Henry,carpenter & wheelwright Penfold Henry, Bricklayers' Arms P.R

Croft George Lawrence, Whitehall inn Smith Jsph. John, farmer, Place house

Dixon Thomas, blacksmith !Smith Thos.coal & coke mer.IoThe Ter

Friend Stphn. & Son,hoop & hurdle mas Stone William Parker, baker

SIDCUP is a pleasant village and ecclesiastical district, Exeter College, Oxford, Md sutrogate. Christ Chur.:h is a •

formed out of the parish of Chislehurst in 1844, to which a temporary iron chapel of e~se, built on ground belonging to
portion of Foots Cray was added in 1:862 ; it is situated near the late Earl Sydney, the lease of which expires in x897;

the river Cray and on the main road from London to Maid- this building, formerly in the hands of Bishop Cummins'

stone, and has a station x mile north from the village, on American Reformed Church, is now licensed by the Arch-
the North Kent loop-line, u miles from London and 5 from bishop with the sanction of the vicar ; the trustees of the

Bromley, in the Western division of the county, lathe of building nominate to the vicar, who appoints the incumbent,

Button-at-Hone, Ruxley hundred, Bromley petty sessional subject to the approval of the Archbishop ; the incumbency,

division, onion and county court district, East Dartford yearly value £3oo, has been held since x888 by the Rev.

rural deanery, Maidstone archdeaconry and Canterbury Hartlett William Chancellor M.A. of Caius College, Cam-

diocese, and under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan bridge : it has 500 sittings, of which so are free. The1e are

police ; the village is lighted with gas by the Crays Gas Congregational, Wesleyan and Baptist chapels, and a place
Company, and supplied with water by the Kent Water of worship for Plymouth Brethren. The St. Ursula Lodges,
Company, from works at Shgrtlands. The church of St. a range of buildings in the same style of architecture as the
John the Evangelist, erected in x844 and altered in 1:88o-5, church, erected in the year x84o by the late Henry Berens

is an edifice of brick and flint in a modern Byzantme style, esq. and endowed by the late Richard Berens esq. is an asy-

consisting of a large and elegant chancel, with organ cham- lum for six unmarried ladies above the age of 45, each of

ber and vestries on the north side, nave, north and south whom has a. house and garden free for life and £3o

porches and two western towers, one of which contains 6 yearly ; they must themselves be possessed of at least £so

bells, but owing to the weakness of the tower they are not per aunum, and be of good birth and education and mem-

rung, but struck by a carillon machine : the old reredos, a bers of the Church of England ; the appointments are in the

has-relief in Carrara marble of the "Last Supper," after gift of Mrs. Ellinor Berens, of Sidcup Place. A Cottage
Leonardo Da Vinci, is now inserted in the north wall of the Hospital was established here in 1882; the present building,

new chancel, and a handsome canopy of carved oak, sup- which is in the Birkbeck road, was built in 1890 from de-

ported on twisted columns of ancient date overhangs the signs by Mr. S. H. Goss, of London, and contains 1:2 beds ;

communion table : the pulpit is a Flemish work of ancient the number of patients admitted in 1889 was 6o. Earl

earved oak and bears the inscription " Antwerp, I65x : " Sydney and the trustees of the late H. Hulse Berens esq. are

\here are memorial windows to Richard Berens esq. to the chief landowners. The soil is loamy ; subsoil, clay and

late Lord Bexley, of Foots Cray, d. 8th February, 185I, and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, frnit and vegetables.

to Henry Berens esq.; in 1885 three beautiful stained win- The area is 992 acres, including I<'rognall, which is still

dows were erected in the chancel in memory of the late ecclesiastically in Chislehnrst; the population in x88x was
Mrs. Lewis, wife of the Rev. Thomas Curling Lewis, vicar 2,739, but, as 6oo houses were built in r884-5, and numbers
1882-6: there are goo sittings, of which 300 are free. The since, it is now reckoned at over 51000.
register dates from the year 1:844. The living is a vicarage, Parish Clerk, Edward Usher.

gross yearly value £400, with residence and 2 acres of PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Ellinor Berens, wife of the Rev. (Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Kent added).-

Randolf H. M. Berens K.A. of Sidcup Place, and held since Mrs. :Mary Ann Stockwell, postmistress. Letters arrive

1887 by the Rev. Charles Edward Shirley Woolmer M.A. of at 7.25 a.m. & 1:2.45 & 6.30 p.m.; dispatched at 9·SO

.KENT• [KEt.LY,S

••

. a;Jlll. 1.40, 4.50 &1.20 p.m. (to Kent & East Sussex only) ·:Medical Officer, 7th District, Bromley union, Frank Shap-

& 9.30 p.m•• suuday, arrive at '1 a.m.; dispatched at ley, Bryngarw, Station road .

·s.IS p.m ' SCROOLS:-

Po&r, M. 0.1 S. B. & Annuity & Insurance' Office, Manor Infants', built in r872 by the late Miss ;Berens, for 6(}

terrace.-Alexande-r Cyril Thompson Smith, postmastP.l'. children ; average attendance, 57 ; Miss Ellen Erhley,
- Collected at 9 a.ni. 12.3o, 420 &. 8 p.m
mistress

Cottage Hospital, R. S. Hanbury lLD. consulting surgeon; National, Bfrkbeck road, built in 1882 on a site 'presented

J. W. Bull M.D. S. W. Poole M.D. F. Sha,Pley, G. W. Davis by the late Mis~ Berens, for 200 children ; average
M.B., B.S. surgeons
Metropolitan Police Station of the R division, John Boon, attendance, 140 ; Reuben Ashton, master ; Miss Emily

F. Eggleton, mistress

resident inspector; 4 sergeants & x8 constables NEWSPAPER.-Sidcup & District Times, friday, 10 Clareter

•t • Railway Station, Frederick John Moye, station master

PUBLIC OFFICERS :-"t, < MAIDSTONE VAN.-Tues. thurs. & sat

Certifying Factory Surgeon, Saml. Wordsworth Poole :&I.D CARRIER TO LONDO~.-Burgess1 daily

. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Couchman Miss Mary, Homeside, Hedger Mrs. Fredk. Netherton, Main rd
'
Hatberley road Hedges Frederick,West view,Station rd

Aldrldge John, Bellevue cot. Main rood Coulthard John, Woodcote, Elm road Hembry Benj. Sandhurst, Station road

Allea Benjamin, TM Lees, Hadlow rd Court Hy. Thornton cot. Longlands rd HembryFrdk,Wm.Sussex lo.Station rd

Anderson J ames, Haslemere, Pa'l'k rd Cowdry Rev. William [Baptist], Kelve- Hickling George Herbert, Landour cot-

Anderson Mrs. 17 Carlton road den lodge, Sidcup hill tage, Elm road

Archer James, Burnside, Station road Cowdy James Bourne, Sidcup villas,. HiderMrs.3 Alma villas,Hatherley road

Atkins Arthur, Edendene, Park road Hatherley road Hill Ormsby T. Sharsted, Granville rd

Austin.Rev. George Beesley [Wesleyan], Cox Rev. William Wetton M.A. Win- Hoare JamesS. Crescent villa,Manor rd

I Watfqrq villa, Sidcup hill chilsea, Main road HodsonArthur,St.Mary's, Longlands rd

Austwick Mrs. Longleat, Main road Cox John, Ferndene, Hatherley road Hoffmeyer Henry Christian, Illmer1
Baddely Fredk.Heath vale,Hatherley rd Creasey Jn.Rogers, Beltoft, Haddow rd Hatherley road

Baker.Mrs. Hencietta, Malvern house, Crewe Edwin Alderman, Glencairn, Hole Major-Gen. LewisBlyth, Wansley~

Station road . Hatherley road Elm road ·

Balls Percival Daniel, Kenmare, Hather- CrouchMrs.R. L.Nettleton,Longlands rd Honey Ernest, Rosedale, Main road

ley crescent , Curling Rev. Edwd. M.A. [curate of St. HornHenryThomas, TbeBoltons,Elm rd

Bampton Mrs. Mary~ Northope, Rather- John's], St. John's cot. Hatherley rd Horsfield Joseph, Sunnyside, Main road

Jay road Curzon Hon. H. Roper, Linstead lodge, Howard-Gibbon Mrs. Jane, Fairfield,

Barker Uev. William Gibbs M.A. Wor- Granville road Granville road

field1 'l'he Crescent Dale Cecil, Manton lodge, Station road HudsonGeo. Crombie lodge,Hatherly.rd

Barker Daniel Thomas, 8 Carlton road Darrell Charles, Beech view, Sidcup hl HurtWm.Godfrey,Sherwood vil.Elm rd

Barker Wm. C. Sunbury villa,Sidcup ht Davidson Arth. Geo.lvy holt,Station rd Ingram Geo. St. Helen's,Lansdowne rd

Bar:tlett John, Kings.ton house, Park rd Davies James Valentine, Thorntondene, Ireland James, Penlee, Hatherley road

Hartrum Seymour Reynolds,Sidcup grn Chislehurst road IronmongerWm. Arundelldg.Sidcup hi

llathur.st Henry John, Swinney Garth, Davis George William M.B., B.s., Jackman Mrs. Nellie, Holly lo. Main rd

Hatherley crescent M.R.c.s., L.R.C.P. Sunny dene Jackman Robert, Holly lodge, Main rd

Beard Frank Mullineux, Ridgley oak, Davis Henryt Hayling Wall, Station rd Jackson John, Highfield, Hatherley rd

Station road Dawson George, Belton lodge, Main rd Janson John William, Granville road

Beck Charles, Como villa, Hatherley rd Dawson William Francis, 7 Carlton rd Jephson Chas. Oakwood ho. Station rd

Begbie Major Francis Richard, Barcal- de BrettMajor-GeneralHarry,Sidcup pk Johnston William Beech, Benhurst,

dine, Granville road de la Pole Edmond, Culverton, Park rd Longlands road

Bell Mrs. Sunnymead, Station road Dowling Wm.Adams, Belmont,Main rd Jones Theo. Rbys, Fern bank, Main rd

Bennings Miss, Uplands, Sidcup hill Earney Geo. Jas. Glenroy,Hatherley rd J ull Wm. John, Courtville, Station road

Bevans Edwd. Durlstone, Granville rd Ebbs Alfred Butler, Tuborg, Station rd Kale Jas. Guildford Jdg. Hatherley rd

Blanks Edward, Kelston house, Main rd Edmed James, Stella, Station road Kane Mrs. Hawthorne, Hadlow road

Bloxbaml<'redk.Jas.Holly cot.Station rd Edmond William, Elm road KendallPhilipS.EastLawn,Hatherley rd

Blunt Edwd. J. Quinta, Hatherley cres Edmonson Rev. William (Congrega- Kenward James, 5 Carlton road

Booker Henry, Fairlight, Sidcup hill tional], Churleigh, Hatherley cres Kirton Thomas Saunders, Fairbank,

Bourne Thos.Jas.Cliveden vl.Station rd Edward James, Melrose, Hatherley cres Station road

Bowers Mrs. Emily, :r-3 Carlton road Eldridge Edward, Penwith, Station rd Knight James, Arrandoon, Granville rd

Boyce Mrs. Bearsted ludg&, High §treet Elgood Edgar John, Hadlow house, St. Knocker Charles McMahon, Marazion,

Boyer Frank, Quorn ho. Hatherley cres John's road Station road

Boys Rev. Ernest M.A.Beverley,Park rd Fisher Henry J ohn,lvy cottage, High st Knott Samuel,Sunnydale, Hatberley rd

Bra.ithwaite Charles Christopher, Fern- Fisher James, Eastcourt, Station road Kruse Miss, Chilton lodge, Manor road

leigh, Granville road Fletcher Edward Hewitt, Stoneleigh, Ladler Mrs. The Laurels, Main road

Bray Alfd.Dunmeer lodge,Hatherley rd Station road Lane Miss, Holme cottage, Hadlow rd

Brewster Pharoah Chatterton,Elnathan, Forbes Joseph M. Klamath, Station rd Lang George T. Priestlands, Station-rd

. Longlands road FoySaml.Walt. Longlands,Longlands rd Large Mrs. Cliffansty, GTanville road

Bristow Cbas. Glapthorne,Hatherley rd Fradgley Henry Swann, Fleetwood, Layton Edward John S. Sidcup house,

Browzra- Richardson, Oaktree house, Hatherley crescent Sidcup hill

Hatherley cre:,cent Frames Geo.Chas.WeltonGarth,High st Lea Mrs. Sunnyside, Station road

BrumleuChas.Moss bank, Hatherley cres Francis Mrs. Marchmont, Hatherley rd Leders William Samuel,Heathfield vils.

Buckland Henry, Hill view, High street FredecickJn.Jsph.Kornthal,Longlnds.rd Hatherley road

BurrellLionel M. D.Westley,Hatberley rd Furze Herbert, Heath view, Main road Leech Mrs. Egremont, Station road

Butler Alex. Davis, Hyde cot. Elm rd Fussell Alex. Wavertree, Hatberley rd Light Edward, Nortoft., Main road
Butterfi.eld Wm. Ebor ho.Longlands rd Gale George, Kenmore, Station road Lockhart EdwinAdolphus,Lanark villa,

Butterworth Alfred, Stapleton, Hather- Garnar Thomas,Norwood villa, High st Main road

ley road Gass Samuel, Hope cottage, High street Low lsaac, Wentworth ho.Hatherley rd

C&meron David William, 2 Alma villas, Gill Wm. Hy. Mono cot. Hatherley rd Ludbrook Mrs. Rose cottage, Main road

Hatherley road • Godwin Jn. T. Fernwood ho. Station rd Lyne Charles Bloxworth, Station road

Card Arthur William, Meadow lea, Goldney Thos. Clifton down, Main rd Maby Wm.Edwd.TheGrange,Sidcup hl

Granville road Gorringe Mrs. Strathallan,Hatherley rd Marchant Rbt. Geo.St.Kilda, Station rd

Carson Miss, Cairnsmuir, Hadlow road Gray Arthur B. Daleburst, Hatherley rd MarslandJames, Woodside,Hatherley rd

Chancellor Rev. Bartlett William M.A. GregsonJesse, Normanton, Hatherley rd Martin Frank, Eversley, The Crescent

[incumbent of Christ Church], The Gunner Samuel, Pubislau, Station road Mason Commander Charles R.N.Gains·

Warren's nest, High street Hale R. Henry, Adcote, Station road borough, Granville road

Child Henry William R. Coniston Hanbury Ernest Osgood, Bertram ho. Mason Miss,Gainsborough,Granville rd

Child Mrs. Ambleside, Main road Granville road Matthews Henry Peter, Kelletht

Clarke Waiter, The Rest, Station road Hanbury Richard Savill M. D.The Oaks, Hatherley road

Cockerill Dep. Surg.-Gen. Robert Wm. Longlands road Mauuder Miss, Fernside~ Main road

Kent lodge Hanbury Winterton Charles, Clifton Meade Edward, Hazeldene, Station rd

Cocksedge Arth.Hy.Bl'ighton vl.High st villa, Hatherley road Membrey John Hy.Ingleside,Station rd

Coleman Edward, Cheriton, Elm road Harries Wm.St.Edmunds,Hatherley rd Mi:ler William C. Molligodde house,

Colla Waiter, Orestro, Granville road Harris George, Ayre villa, Elm road Longlands road

Cook Chas.Hatherley ldg. Hatherley rd Harris Mrs. Hallmoss1 Elm road Millns John T. Roseneath, Granville rd

Corduroy John K. Fairlawn, Carlton rd Hatton Wm. 3Grosvenor ter.Station rd Mills John, The Hollies, Longlands 'I'd

Oo.ttell Jas.- Rt. .A.therstone, Station rd Haywood Thos.l•'alrrioutb vil.Station rd Miskin William, Fairhaven, Sidcup hlll

DIRECTORY.] KENT. •

SIDCUP: 683

•• I Thoro~ Ha-rrY. Bellari, Hatberley road Crays Co--"operatlveStores(Jo~Wbeelei-;:
manager), 2 Hawthorne ter. High st
Moberly George James, 4 Carlton road
Crowhnrst George, butcher, 1:4 Norfolk
Moody James, Selwood, Main road Thompson Chas.Renfrw.ldg.Hathrly.rd terrace, High street ,

Moore Henry, Hugbenden,Station road ThompsonGeorge.Wierton,Granville rd

:Moore Joseph Thomas, Newby villa, Thresher Wm.Abberton ho.Hatherly.rd

Hadlow road Thresher William, jun. Laurel lodge, Cunningham Wm. boot maker, IIigh st

!lordaunt Wm. Hy.Holmwood,Park rd Hatherley road Dawson GeHrge, draper & milliner, 8 &

:Musgrave Edward, TheHollies,Main rd Tindall Edwin Jas. Sidcup rise, Main rd 9 N orfoTk terrace, High street ••

Needell Mrs. I7 Carlton road T!te Benjamin Maitland, Woodbank, Dawson Wm. pianofrte.dlr.Hatherley rd.

:Nicholas Charles, I Carlton road Longlands road DayChas.greengro.3Hadlow tel".High st

Nicholson Waiter W. The Limes, Long- Tolhurst George Edmeades, Bracknell, Dean Eleanor (Miss), dress ma. High st.

~islabnetdsHroaarrdy C. Manor house Hatherley road Dean Helen (Miss ),dress maker, H"tgh si-

Turner Fras. The Limes, Station road Dean Samuel Charles, jewellery& fancy

Horris Edward James, Hazeldene ' Turner Geo. Rt. Dorset villa,Station rd repository, 13 Norfolk te'r. High st

:NorrisJas.Thos.Norfolkvil.Hatherly. rd Tyte Alfred J. Oakfield, Sidcup hill DewThos.florist &gardener, Birkbeck rd

Nutter George, 3 Carlton road Vickers John Henry, Normanhurst, Dewey Alfred, music &fancy warehouse,

()shorn Henry, Churley,Hatherley road Longlands road · High street

PallettRichard,Holberton,Hatherley rd WardJohnl<'. Lincolndene, Hatherley rd Dorrington Thomas, plumber & decora..-

l'almer Rev. Henry James, Glencoe, Washington Mrs. Glenwood, Park road tor, Birkbeck road Birkbeck r<\.
Ha.therley road Webb Mrs. Thornbury, Hatherley road Eagleden John, shopkeeper,
WellsAlbert,I<'rampton ho.Hatherley rd
Pantry Henry, Lynton villa, Manor rd Wells Frederick Stephenson, Fonthill, Elms Henry, farmer, Manor farm
:Patterson Rt. Alex. Springfield,High st
Peacock Thos. Fras. Fernlea,Main road Hatherley crescent Fentiman Emma Alma (Miss)-, -dres~
1
maker, Sidcup cottage •

PeglerCharlesLaurenceAllenErrington, West Joseph Samuel, 9 Carlton road Fillary Samuel, butcher, High street 'I

Ingle Nook, Granville road WesternJn. Granvill vi!. Hatherley rd Flegg George Frederick, saddlet

feirceChas.S.Rougemont, Hatherley rd Wheeler Mrs. 2 Longlands road Florence Madame, milliner, '13 Norfoik

Phipps Thos Homeleigh, Longlands rd Whitehead John Dunstan,Rose cottage, terrace, High street l

Pierce Charles Spiller, Rougemont, Station road Francis Henry Josepb, builder & eofi>..<I

Hatherley road Whiter James Joshua, Waratah, 'l'he tractor, Church Toad
Galloway Wm. confectioner, Station rc{I
Pi.Uman Joseph C. Fairview, Sidcup hill Crescent, Main road ·
GGoerwriesrhHITToym.c,alrimneann&drcaopael rd,lrH.Bigrkhbsctkl'e.rea'ljr
Platt Thomas Henry, The Laburnums, Williams Mrs. Blenheim ho. Main road
Hatherley road Williams Waiter E. Belle vue, The Cres

PobgeeChas. Trentwood vil.Hatherly.rd Willson George, Cremona,Station road Gregory & Evans, nurserymen & florists,{

l'oole Saml. Wordsworthu.D. Dunedin, Wilson James, 2 Carlton road Longlands nursery

Main road Wilson John, Maverton. Longlands rd Gregory George, Black Horse P.:d:. I,;

l'orteous William, The Firs, Elm road Wood Brittan, Lorne villa, Elm road livery stables I

Potter Henry, The Carlops, Elm road Woolmer Rev. Charles Edward Shirley G-riffin Richd. tailor & hatter, Clare ter

"Potts Miss, Carlingrigg,Granville road - M.A. [vicar], Vicarage · Hanbury Richard Savill V.D. consulting

PnllingGeo. Perrin, Shirley, Station rd Worthington George !<'inch Jennings, physician, The Oaks r

Rapkin John Benjamin, St. Martin's, Highden, Hatherley road · Harland Richard, briek maker

Main road Wright Samuel Hy. Homefield, Main rd Harler Sydney, boot & shoe tna. High st

Raymond Henry, Hartley, Station road Wyatt Robert Frith, The Wintons, Hart Brothers, builders & decorators

Rhodes Charles, Lyndhurst, Station rd Hatherley road Harvey Arthur John, fl(}rist,Clarencerd

Bobinson Arth.Frnk.Hurst cot.Main rd Yates William, Brooklyn, Main road Harvey Hagar (Miss), dress makel',
RodgersJas.H. TheLawn,Hatherley cres Yelverton Roger Dawson, Clermont, Clarence road

Rubie Edward, Wildersdale Main road Hawes Henry, baker, Clare terrace
Saggers Frederick William, Elm road Young Mrs. Freshlands, Main road
-Salmon Arthur, 11 Carlton road Young Mrs. Glion, Hatherley road Hawkins George, builder & estate office.
Station road

Sans Benj. Kent villa, Hatherley cres . COMMERCIAL. Hawkins Reginald M.A. school for boys,

ScalesMrs.Finsbury lodge, Hatherley rd Marlborough house, Chislehurst road

'SeruttonGeo.C. Worcester ho.Station rd Allfrey, Wade, Ashe & Battiscombe, Heater George, grocer & dealer in

:Serle William, Woodlands, Station road surgeons wines & spirits, I Elm ter.High street

Shapley Frank, Bryngarw, Station rd Angus Anne (Mrs.), Hamilton college, Hewitt Malcolm, manager of Martin
Sheath Charles, St. Lawrence cottage, Hadlow road
&Co/sBank

Hatherley road Ansell Alfred, coal & coke merchant, Hills Thomas, florist, Florence cottage.

Sheath Jas. I Alma villas, Hatherley rd It. Black Horse road Clarence crescent

Skort John, Langford villa, Station rd Atwill Sarah Ann (Miss), shopkeeper, Hodgkinson Ada Frances (Miss), school

Simmons Rev.George [Baptist],Malden High street for girls, Danehurst, The Park ')

villa, Granville road Bailey George, dairyman, Station road Hoe Thomas, builder, Birkbeck road ,

Skinner Colonel Russell, Pen-y-Bryn, & Birkbeck road Hoffmeyer Henry Christian, ,cab &

Hatherley road Barker James, jobmaster, Hardwick fly proprietor, Hatherley road

Smith John, Killiney, Hatherley road cottage, High street Hope Benj. builder, Clarence crescent A

SmithMrs.B.4Alma villas,Hatherley rd Barnes Matthew & Son, blacksmiths, Horsecroft Charles, florist & seedsman,

SmithWalter,St.Mildred's,Station road Birkbeck road Sidcup hill ..

Smyth George, Ellesmere, Station road Beadle Brothers, coal, timber, slate &c. Howe & Son, farmers, Crescent farm,

Snelling Henry, Rosslyn, Main road merchants ; & at Erith Main road

SpreckleyTomFreerFreeby, Chislehst.rd Beadle Martha Elizabeth (Mrs.), shop- Howson Augustus, fishmonger,. 2 Ha~ J

StaceyJ onathanSargeant,0 live cottage, keeper, Railway street low teiTace, High street 1

Hatherley road Bently George, fl.y proprietor, Main rd Jacob William, grocer, Railway street
Stafford Fredk.Edward,23 Carlton road Biggs Arthur Ed win, butcher, High st Johnson William Henry, baker, I Glad-

Staniforth Capt. John, 5 Alma villas, Boakes Hy. jobbing gardener, Sidcup hl stone terrace, Birkbeck road

Hatherley road , Booth Jn. chemist, Norfolk ter. High st Kentish District Times Co. l..imited,l

Stebbings ChaTles F. 21 Carlton road Bowen Wm.Edwd.blacksmith,Sidcup hl (The) (R, G. Bassett, managing
Steer John J. Sharrow house, Hather- Brame Edwin Thomas, baker,Maidstone director), publishers of " Sidcup~

ley crescent terrace, High street Times,"" Bromley Times,"'' Chisle-
hurst Times,"" St. Mary Cray & Orp-
Stephens Frederick, Upperton, Elm rd Brook Arthur, grocer, Birkbeck road

Stevens Frederick, Upperton, Park road Brown Harriet (Mrs.), dress maker, ington Times," "Eltham Times,"

Steward William, Holmesdale, Main rd Birkbeck road '' Bexley Times," " Swanley Times/'
' 1 West Kent Times " & " The Dart-
Stockwell Mrs. Henry, Stockwell villa, Bunton William, dairyman,Birkbeck rd fordChronicle;"chief office, xoClare ter

Station road Burkins Robert, butcher, Station road

Stovell George, Devonshire villa,Long- Burrell Lionel M.D. surgeon, Westley, Knight Thomas, builder & contractor,

lands road Hatherley road Craybrooke house, Sidcup hill

StrawsonHy.J.Grosvenor vil.Station rd Carson Mary Louisa(Miss),dress maker, Knight William, hair dresser, 3 Maid-
Stringer Benj. Holmwood, St. John's rd Hadlow road
stone terrace, High street
Sutton John, Holly house, Hatherley rd Carver Harriet (Miss), milliner, Maid- Lane Reuben, corn dealer, llatherley rd
Taylor Edwd. Medomsley,Hatherley rd stone terrace, High street
Lutley Jas. shopkeeper, Mount Pleasant
TaylorJohnHankin, Orrell, Hatherley rd Chamberlain Harry,printer &stationer, McAll Gilbert, boys' school, Kent house,
Taylor Mrs. Fairholme, Station road Station road
Longlands road
TemplemanFredk. Glendale,HathTly.rd Conservative Association(Walter J.Win- McClellan SamuelHughes,watch & dock
Teynham Lord, Linstead lodge, Gran- ter, registration agent), Hampden maker, Norfolk terrace, High street
villeroad house, Station road
Mackenzie Richd. news agent & printer,
Thomas John Rees, Westwood,Hather- Cowdry Urica Eleonora (Mrs. & the Birkbeck road

ley road Mi!ses), ladies' school, Keh·edon lodge Maitland James, grocer, Birkbeck road

~84 SlDCUP. KENT. [KELLY'S

Marcha.nt Robert George, solicitor, St. , Popplewell Joseph Stephens, draper, Stanger Philip James, draper, outfitter

Kilda., StatiOn road Clyde terrace, High street &c. High street

Martin & Cu. bankers (Malcolm Hewitt, Potter James, boot maker,Clare terrace, Stabbings CharlesF.builder&contractor,

manager) ; draw on London office, Sidcup hill Shirley works

68 Lomhard street, London E c Preston Susan (Mrs.), Railway tavern, Stockwell Mary Ann (Mrs.), stationer,

Martin Arthur, ironmonger, Station rd Railway street & post office, 5 Clyde terrace, High st.

Martin Arthur, upholsterer, Birkbeck rd Public Hall (H. Pettman, keeper),Hath- Sutton Geo. chimney sweeper, Elm pl

Martin Jas.chinmey sweeper, Elm place erley road Sutton John, plumber, Clare terrace

Martin Martha (Mrs.), dress maker, Rattenbury & Co. drapers, Station road Thompson-Smith .Alex:. Cyril, chemist,

Station road Saddington Joseph, writer & grainer, 3 Station road

Martin Thomas, stone, marble & monu- Church place Thwaites Wm. beerretailer,Poundplace

mental mason, Main road Seagrave Edward, outfitter, High street TomkinsAaron,grdnr.&florst. Church rd

Martin Wm. district surveyor, Pound pl Shapley Frank, surgeon, & medical Townshend Arthur,grocer, Station road

Mason John Adlington, grocer, Clareter officer 7th district, Bromley union, Turner Keith, linen draper, 2 Clyde ter

Matthews Alfred,grocer,Hadlowterrace see Poole & Shapley • Tyrer Harry & Co. corn & coal mer-

Maunder Francis, baker, High street Sharp Arthur, grocer, & agent for W. & chant, Hadlow terrace, High street

Miller Henry, shopkeeper, Clare terrace A. Gilbey's wines & spirits, Clyde ter Tyrrell Thos. fly proprietor, Railway rd

Morgan Wm. Martin, greengro. High st Sidcup Conservative Association(Walter Usher Ann (Mrs.), stationer, High s~

Moye Frederick John, station master J. Winter, registration agent), Hamp- Usher Edwd. florist, Norfolk ter.Highst

Mundy John, coffee house, High street den house, Station road WadeWaltr.chemst.&dentst.4Clydete1r

Offord Thos. greengrocer, Birkbeck rd Sidcup Cottage Hospital (S. W, Poole WardCaroline(Mrs.),drss.ma.Clrnce.rd

Owen & Owen, milliners & fancy dress M.D. F. Shapley, J. W. Bull M.n. & Warwick John, florist, Birkbeck road

makers, High street G. DavisM.B. sur~eons; Miss Purser, Watkins Edward, ironmonger & china

Pearce Brothers, pork butchers, High st lady superintendent) dealer, 2 & 3 Elm terrace

Pearce Waiter Thomas, greengrocer, Sidcup & District Times (District Times Weaving Chas. wheelwright,Birkbeck rd

· 1 Maidstone terrace, High street Newspaper Co. Limited ; published West Stephen John, boot ma. Clare ter

PearceyWilliam,dairyman,4 Hawthorne fri. ). xo Clare terrace Whitehead Jas. Robt. baker,Birkbeck rd

terrace, High street Sidcup & Foot's Cray Liberal & Radical Williams John, tailor, High street

PearseEdith(Miss),ladies'school,Parkrd Association (J. R. Creasey, hon. sec.), Williams William Henry, boot & shoe-

Pearson Hy. printer & stationer, High st High street maker, 3 Clyde terrace

Pegler CharlesLauranceAllen Errington, Sidcup & Foot's Cray Volunteer Fire WillmottFredk.boot maker,Birkbeck rd

solicitor, lngle Nook, Granville road Brigade (Waiter E. Williams, supt) Woodard Wm. fly proprietor,Church ~

Pettman Hy.house decoratr.Birkbeck rd Smith George Mence, oilman, 3 Norfolk Wooder Reuben, Station hotel

PlantWm.tobaccnst&newsagent,High st terrace, High street Woodman Sl.dyer &laundry,Railway st

Podger H. & Sons, dyers, cleaners & Smith Samuel, carpenter, 7 Gladstone Woods & Snelling, auctioneers & estat&

laundry terrace, Birkbeck road agents, Hampden house, Station road

Poole & Shapley, surgeons Smith Samuel, fancy repository, Maid- Worthington George Finch Jennings.

Poole SamuelWordsworthM.D. surgeon, stone terrace, High street M.K.Q.C.P.surg.Highden,Hatherley rd

& certifying factory surgeon, see Southey Emma (Miss), ladies' school, Wright Henry, hair dresser, Clare ter

, Poole & Shapley Myrtle cottage, High street Wright Samuel Henry, upholsterer

SISSINGHURST is a hamlet and ecclesiastical parish, once the residence of Sir John Baker, privy councillor to-

formed in 1839 and comprising about one-fourth of the civil Henry VIII. and Queen Mary ; it is now occupied by George
parish of Cranbrook, 4i miles south from Staplehurst station Neve esq. Sissinghurst Place is the residence of Admiral
and 2 north-east from Cranbrook, in the Southern division Wallace Houstoun J.P. Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Corn-
of the county, lathe of Lower Scray, Cranbrook hundred, wallis esq. M. P. of Linton Park and Viscount Cranbrook are the.

petty sessional division, union and county court district, principal landowners. The soil in this district is sand and
and in the rural deanery of West Charing, archdeaconry of loam, producing good oats, barley and hops. The popula-
Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury. The church of the tion in x88x was r,r63.
Holy Trinity, erected in 1838, is a building of stone,consisting Parish Clerk, William Beilby.
of nave, south porch and a small embattled western tower, PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
containing a clock and one bell: there are 26o sittings, r6o Francis Gilbert, receiver.-Letters arrive from Staple-

betng free. The register dates from the year 1843. The burst, delivered at 7 a.m. & 12 noon; dispatched at 9
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £260, with residence, a. m. & 9 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Cran-

in the gift of G. Courthope esq. and three other trustees, brook

and held since r882 by the Rev. William Joseph de WALL LETI'ER Box cleared 8 p.m

Kilpeck M.A. of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. The National School (mixed & infants), erected in r883, for 16o

endowment consists of £240, given by the late Mrs. Cleaver boys & girls & 6o infants; there are on the books 120 boys

and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and £4o given by & girls & 70 infants ; average attendance, 103 boys & girls
Queen Anne'ij bounty and about £25 from pew rents. The & 53 infants; George Upsdell, master ; Miss Spillett &.
Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1869, seats about 120 persons. Mrs. Ravenscroft, 8.1lsistant mistresses; Mrs. Alice Ups-
Sissinghorst Castle, the ruins of which are I mile east, was dell, infants' mistress

[Marked thus • receive their letters through Dearing J esse, saddler Longley George, farm bailiff to Lieut.-

Cranbrook.] *Diprose Martha (Miss), farmer Col. Boyd I<'rancis Alexander, Buck-

*Appach GeorgeFrancis, Camden lodge Dobell Albert, farmer & hop grower burst farm

Bayly Mrs. Hazelden cottage Drowley Willia.m, farmer & hop grower Moore Mark, farmer & hop grower,.

de Kilpeck Rev.Wm.Jsph.M.A.Vicarage Durrant John, butcher The Common

Hardy George, Mount Pleasant Fuller Richard, general shopkeeper Moore Waiter, Bull inn

Houston Admiral Wallace J.P. Sissing- Gilbert Fras. grocer &coal mer. Post off Penfold Thomas, shoe maker

-burst Pl.; & 42 Eaton sq. London s w Goldsmith Jane (Mrs.), farmer & hop Poole Charles, highway surveyor

Jury Mrs. Hazelden house grower, Sattins hill *Potten Wm. nurseryman, farmer, hop-

Kayess Waiter, Hazelden villa *Gurr Fredk,lath render, The Common grower & florist, Camden nurseries

Neve George, Sissinghurst castle Gurr Lewis, carpenter & bricklayer, *Punnett Horace, wheelwright

Pile Mark, View house The Common Relf Frederick, farmer & hop grower,.

Spong John, The Ferns Harvey William, farmer, Camden hill Shernover farm

COMMERCIAL. Hayward Mrs. farmer & hop grower, Russell Thomas, beer retailer

Bridgland Alfred, carrier Collins place Simmons Edward, boot & shoe maker

Bridgland Charles Gore, linen draper *Hope William, farmer & hop grower, Skinner Jacob, shopkeeper

Bridgland George, blacksmith Gatehouse farm Smith Waiter, farmer & hop grower~

Bridgland George,fanner & hop grower, Kemp George, beer retailer Camden hill

Pond farm, Larkin Arthor, King's Head P.H SpongJn.frmr.& hopgrower,Meadowvil

Chittenden Thos. corn factor, Manor ho Levett Thomas, farmer & hop grower, Timms James William, baker

*Crampton Geo. miller (wind), farmer Church farm Waghom George, grocer

& hop grower

DIRECTORY.] _KENT.

SITTL,GBOCR~E AND 1\IILTOX. 585

SIT'"fiNGBOURNE and ~IILrroN.

THESE united towns are situated-the former on Watling Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed March rg,

Street, the Roman and modern high road from London to 1869. The church is an edifice of Kentish rag and Bath

Do>er; the latter between Sittingbourne and a creek of the stone, in the Early English style, from designs by Mr. R. C.

Swale and is built on a steep hill sloping down to the creek, Hussey, and consists of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles,

39 miles from London, 9 south-east from Rochester, 7 west north and south porches and a massive tower at the south-

from Fa>ersbam and 16 west from Canterbury, with a east angle containing one bell: there are 64o sittings, of

station on the main line of the London, Chatham and Dover which half are free. The register dates from the year 1869.

railway between them, whence a branch line runs over the The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £290, with resi-

Swale into the Isle of Sheppy and through Queenborough to dence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held

Sheerness. They are in the North Eastern division of the since 1867 by the Rev. Abdiel Hanham T.A.K.C.L. chaplain

county, l\Iilton lmndred and union, lathe of Scray, Faver- of Milton union, and surrogate.

sham petty sessional division, Sittingbourne county court The area is 134 acres; the population in 1871 was 2,554
district, rural deanery of Sittingbourne, archdeaconry of
Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury. and in I 88 I 3,253.

Sittingbourne principally consists of one long street and The Baptist chapel, situated in High street west, is an
is approached on the north side by a navigable creek of the edifice of white brick, erected in 1867, and has 750 sittings ;
Swale, leading up to Crown Quay, from which corn, wool, the Congregational chapel, High street, is of stone, erected
bricks and large quantities of material for the repair of the in 1865, and will seat soo persons; the Primitive Methodist
metropolitan roads are exported: there is a level wide road chapel, Shakspeare road, is of brick, erected in 188 r, and
through the marshes to Sheerness: the town received from has 200 sittings ; the Bible Christian chapel, East street, is
Queen Elizabeth two charters, by which it was incorporated a structure of red brick, erected in r888, and will seat 350
and acquired the right of sending representatives to Parlia- persons; the 'Vesleyan chapel, High street, is a building of

ment, as well as that of holding a weekly market and two white brick, erected in 1863, and has 6so sittings.

fairs. The weekly market, after being discontinued for The Cemetery of 6 acres contains two mortuary chapels

many years, has been revived. There is now a weekly corn and is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 members.

market held on Friday, from three to five o'clock, in the The Town Hall, erected in r85g, was originally the Corn
Town Hall, and cattle markets are held on the first and Exchange; it was purchased by the Local Board in 1878,
third Wednesdays in the month. The town is governed by when the hall was enlarged and a board room and offices
a Local Board of nine members. It is supplied with water provided : the ball will hold 6oo persons.
from works at Keycol Hill, completed by the board in 1870
and is lighted with gas from works situated in Murston, the A Public Free Library was established in r888, under the
Free Libraries Acts, premises in Crescent street having been
property of a company formed in 1877.
The church of St. Michael is a building of flint and stone acquired for that purpose: the library consists of s,ooo
volumes, presented by the Sittingbonrne and :Milton Hook
in the Early English and later styles and consists of chancel Society, which no longer exists. The Masonic Hall, in Albany
with north or Bayford and south or Chilton chapel, nave of road, built in 1889, is a plain structure of brick, containing a
five bays, with aisles, south transept, attached to the Fulston meeting hall and club room.
estate, south porch with groined roof and busts of Edward
I. and Queen Eleanor, a spacious vestry on the north and The "Bull" and " Shakespeare" are the principal hotels

a large embattled western tower containing a clock, with an and have good arrangements for families and excellen~
illuminated dial and Westminster chimes, presented by the stabling.
Town Commissioners in r873, and an exceedingly musical The C Troop of the Royal East Kent (Duke of Connaught's
peal of 8 bells, 6 of which bear date 1687, the remaining two Own) Mounted Rifies, Yeomanry Cavalry and the E Com-
dating from r884, of which the tenor weighs 21 cwt. : the pany of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent
nave is divided from each aisle by three Pointed arches, on Regiment), have their head quarters in the town.
piers alternately circular and octagonal. The church for- The trade here is derived chiefly from the manufacture
merly contained many fine windows as well as monuments and transit of bricks and cement (nearly 6,ooo hands being

to members of the Cromer, Lushington and Bannister fami- employed in these two industries), the market, the supply
lies; but a serious fire in July, 1762, besides doing much of the neighbouring district, the shipping of corn, and

other structural damage, destroyed the whole of these import of coals. There are also corn mills : the extensive

except a very fine " cross bones " window in the Chilton paper mills of Edward Lloyd Limited are partly in this and
chapel and an effigy of a lady reclining under a canopy in the partly in Milton parish.

north wall of the Bayford chapel. An order was passed the The poor have £4 ros. yearly, arising from land, and five
year after the fire for rebuilding the church; the windows, seames (ro bushels) of boiling peas, in value about £12~

then repaired at a small cost, have been nearly all restored are given yearly by the churchwardens to the poor on

in the original styles, and several, including the east window, Christmas day.
filled with stained glass: the octagonal font bears the arms The contents of an interesting local museum here, the

of Archbishop Arundel (r396-qr4), in whose time it was property of l\Ir. George Payne, jun. F.L.s., F.S.A. comprising
placed in the church. In r873 the church was restored and an extensive collection of Celtic, Roman and Anglo-Saxon
re-seated at a cost of nearly £3,ooo and in 1881 a fine and remains, and numerous geological specimens, the whole of
powerful organ, purchased by public subscription, was which were discovered in the neighbourhood, have been
erected in the Bayford chapel: there are 620 sittings. The t1ansferred to the British Museum, London.
register of baptisms dates from the year I561, marriages A Public Recreation Ground of 10 acres was laid out in

from 1562 and burials from 1571; it contains some curious 188o by the Local Board.
entries, made by 1\Ir. Hurst, who was vicar from 1562; and The population in 1871 was g,6n ; and in 188r was
amongst others, of three marriages celebrated during the 12,019 ; Sittingbourne, 7,856; ~Iilton, 4,219, including 16g.
Commonwealth period before Sir .Michael Lovesey kt. a officers and inmates in the workhouse ; and the area-
magistrate, and one of the members of Parliament who Sittingbourne, I,oo-t- acres of land and 19 of water; rateable

signed King Charles's death warrant. The living is a vicar- value, £27,305 ; Milton, 2,557 acres of land and 57 of water;

age, tithe rent-charge £r82, net yearly value £286, with 5~ rateable value, £r9,669.
acres of glebe and house, m the gift of the Archbishop of Parish Clerk, ~t. l\Iichael, E. Tidy, High street.

Canterbury, and held since r885 by the Rev. Henry Venn Parish Clerk, Holy Trinity, Edwin Thomas, jun. 38

lLA. of Caius College, Cambridge. William street.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, :\I. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Staplehurst, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells &
Wingham
High street.-John Langford Viney, postmaster.

Letters are dispatched to London at 7-55 & 10.55 a.m. 12.40, The LETTER Box for the following places is closed at 9· 30
p.m.:-Chatham, Dartford, Deptford, Gravesend, London,
2.15, 8 & 9.30 p.m

Letters for the undermentioned places must be posted before Rochester, Sheerness. Box closes on sundays at 7-IS
p.m. for London & the up districts & 8 p.m. the down
8 p.m. to be in time for that night's dispatch :-Ashford, districts

Bromley, Canterbury, Cranbrook, Croydon, Deal, Dover, Hours for granting & paying money orders, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ;
Edenbridge, Faversham, Folkestone, Goudhurst, Hythe, Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m
~laidstone, Margate, New Romney, Newenden, Ramsgate,

Reigate, Rye, Sandgate, Sandhurst, Sandwich, Sevenoaks, Saving(Bank open from 9 a.m. till6 p.m

' KENT. (KELLY'S

586 SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON,

Telegraph Office open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. week days; Certified Bailiffs appointed nnder the Law of Distress

7 a.m. to IO a.m. sundays Amendment Act, William Trees Jackson, I 17 High street ;

Town deliveries commence at 7 & 10.5 a.m. & 3.50 & 6.15 Frederic Cleaver, :a, -4 & 6 William street; William Prentis,

p.m 77 High street; John Peters, :1:5 High street; Hedley

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Peters, IS High street ; Arthur John Lee, Crescent street

173 East street.-James Boss, receiver. Dispatches at Custom House. Chalkwell road, Milton, George Gilbert,

7.30 & Io a.m. & I2.15, 2, 7.20 &.9.20 p.m officer

County Magistrates. Fire Engines; the fire engine of the Kent Fire office & of the
parish is kept at Mr. Knowles', in High street. A Fire
FoR THB UPPER DIVISION oF THE LATHE OF Scur.
Brigade was established in I876; Amos Buley, jun. supt.

Spinks Mr. Serjeant, Brenley house, Boughton, chairman & 7 men ; hose kept at Police station. Milton Brigade,

Sondes Earl, Lees court, :Faversham · Rev. R. Payne-Smith, captain & 1:2 men; hose kept at

Harris Lord, Belmont, Faversham Gas Works

Throwley Viscount, Lees court, Faversham Freemasons' Lodge (No. I,273), Albany road, Herbert

Croft Sir John Frederick bart. Doddington Black, seo

Dawes Edwyn Sandys esq. Mount Ephraim, Faversham Inland Revenue Office, IO West street, Handescombe Rodd,

Dean George Hambrook esq. White Hall, Sittingbourne officer

Faunce-De Laune Chapman De Laune esq. Sharsted court Public Free Library & Reading Room, Crescent street,

Gascoyne Wm. Whitehead esq.Bapchild court,Sittingbourne Wm. J. Harris, sec.; Mrs. Hester Ann George, librarian

Hilton Richard Jones esq. Preston house, Faversham Sittingbourne & Milton Joint Hospital Board for Infectious

Hooper Capt. Charles Frederick, Harewell, Fayersham Diseases, W. J. Harris, clerk

Knight Richard, Bobbing court, Sittingbourne Stock Market, held on the first & third tuesday in every

Pemberton Edward Leigh esq. 5 Warwick sq. London s w month, in the Bull Hotel meadow

Pemberton Robert Leigh esq. 5 Warwick sq. London s w Town Hall, High street, Charles Bennett, hall keeper

Rigden John esq. Court Street, Faversham VOLUNTEERS. ,
Rigden William Edward esq. B.A. Court Street, Faversham

Tweddell Ralph Hart esq. Provender, Faversham Roya-l East Kent Yeomanry, Duke of Connaught's Own

Twopeny Edward Maxwell esq. Woodstock, Sittingbourne (Mounted Rifles) (C troop), Capt. R. J. Tylden, command-

Tylden Richard James esq. Milstead manor . ing; A. Akers-Douglas, Iieut.; Sergeant-Major Henry'

Tyler Lieut.-Colonel Charles John Roper, Lynsted lodge, ' Hills, drill instructor ·

Sittirigbourne East Kent R~giment (The Buffs), xst Volunteer Battalion

Valiance Capt. Thomas William, Aymers, Sittingbourne (E company), head quarters, Town hall; James Frederick

Wheler Charles Wheler esq. :M.A. Otterden place, Faversham Honeyball, captain ; John Dixon, jun. lieut. : J. H..
Clerks at J<'aversham & Sittingbourne, Tassell & Son, Mitcheson, a.cting surgeon ; Sergeant B. Judd, drill

lligh street instructor

Assistant Clerk at Sittingbourne, William Jamefl Harris, Public Officers.

76 High street Assistant Overseer, William Tress J ackson, I 17 High street
Petty Sessions are held at the Police court on the first & Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer Sittingbourne

third mondaysin every month at 11 a.m.; the magistrates District & Public Vaccinator, Ist District, Milton Union &

attend twice a week (monday & friday), at II a.m
'l'he following places are included in the Petty Sessional Medical Officer of Health, Milton Urban District, Charles
division :-Bapchild, Bobbing, Bredgar, Borden, Boughton- Holdrich Fisher M.D. 6o High street
under-the-Blean, Bladesmere, Buckland next Faversham, Coroner for the County, William James Harris, 76 High st
Daving-ton, Doddington, Dunkirk (Ville), Eastchurch, East- Collector of Taxes, Hazard Webb, I2 & 14 West street
ling, Emley, Faversham, Goodstone, Graveney, Hernehill, Distributor of Stamps, John Langford Viney, Post office,
Harty, Halstow the Lower, Hartlip, Iwade, Kingsdown, High street
Laysdown, Leaveland, Lynsted, Luddenham, Milstead, Inland Revenue Office, Handescombe Rodd, IO West street
Milton near Sittingbourne, Minster in Sheppy, Murston, Inspector of Weights & Measures & Petroleum, Edward Bigg,
Newington next Sittingbourne, Newnham, Norton, Oare, 74 East street

Qspringe, Preston next Faversbam, Rainham, Rodmer- Places of Worship, with Times of Services.
sham, Sittingbonrne, Selling, Sheldwich, Stalisfield, Stone .

next Faversham, Teynbam, Throwley, Tong, Tunstall, St. Michael's Church, High street, Rev. Henry Venn M.A.

Upchurch, Warden vicar; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m.

LocAL BoARD. Mission room, Canterbury road, u a. m. & 6.30 p.m.;

Qffices, 76 High street. Board day, every alternate tuesday. wed. 7.30 p.m
Holy Trinity, Dover street, Rev. Abdiel Hanham A.K.C.L.
:MEMBERS.
vicar; n a.m. & 6.go p.m. ; wed. 8 p.m
Chairman-Frederic George Gibson. Baptist, High street west, Rev. John Doubleday; 10.45 a.m.
Boulding G. R. High street
Chapman Robert, Chilton & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m
Copping William Bible Christians, East street1 Rev. Vincent Henry Culliford,
Gibbon C. Park road
Hodgkin Charles, Pemberton place minister; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m
Hulburd James, Whitehall Congregational (Free Church), _High street, Rev. John
Rossiter Ernest Albert, High street
Stowers Thomas Eames, minister; n a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m

Clerk, William James Harris, 76 High street Primitive Methodist, Shakspeare road, Rev. J. Crompton,

Treasurer, Henry Payne, 6o High street Sheerness; II a. m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m. ; thors. 7.30 p.m
Wesleyan, High street, Revs. William Greenwood & John
Medical Officer of Health, Henry Grant Sutton M. o. High st
Hall, ministers; 10.30 a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m
Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, William Leonard Grant, Town Mission Hall, East street, 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; thurs.

73 & 75 High street ']'.IS p.m

(

Schools,

Collector, Arthur John Lee, Crescent street & Park road St. Michael's National1 built in I847, for 460 children;
average attendance, I56 boys, 122 girls
Public Establishments. & so infants;

William Leaver, master; Miss Fanny Kendall, mistress

Burial Board ; office, 76 High street ; W. J. Harris, clerk ; St. Michael's National (infants), built in 1883, for 200 chil-

cemetery, Bell road, W. L. Grant, sopt dren; averageattendance,x62; MissAnnie Lawrence,mist

Corn market, held every friday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Holy Trinity National, built in 1871 & enlarged in I872,

Town hall for 300 children ; average attendance, 89 boys, 89 girls &

County Constabulary, Police station, Park road, Thomas 89 infants; John Wellacott, master; Miss Mary Jane

Mayne, supt. of the Faversham division; x inspector, 4 Ody, mistress ; Miss Alice Searles, infants' mistress

sergeants & 42 constables Infants', Pembury street, for 100 children; average attend·

County Court, His Honor William i..ucius Selfe, judge ; ance, 89; Miss. Laura Sills, mistress
R. Prall, Rochester, official receiver; Allan Tassell, Wesleyan (mixed), built & enlarged, for 430 children;
registrar & high bailiff; George Dunk & George Thomas, average attendance, 384; William Henry Roper, master;

under bailiffs. The court has also equity jurisdiction. Miss Hannah lHiddlewood, mistress

Sittings monthly, at the Police court; office, 59 High Newspaper.
street; hours, 10 to 4; saturday, Io to I. The following

parishes are within its jurisdiction :-Bapcllild, Bobbing, East Kent Gazette (William John Parrett, proprietor &

Horden, Bicknor, Bredgar, Frinsted, Lower Hal8tow, publisher ; published &very sat.), 17 High st. See adt'ert

Hartlip, !wade, Kingsdown, Milton, Milstead, Murston, · Railway.
Newington, Rainham, Rodmersham, Lower Rainham,

Sittingbourne, Tonge, Tnnstall, Upchurch & Wormshill I.ondon, Chatham & Dover, John Ford, station master-

DIREctORY.] KENT. SITTLVGBOURNE AND MU.TON. 581

Conveyance. Chopping E. Church street, Milton

Omnibus to .t from Ma_idstone, daily ~sundays excepted}, Evans Samnel, La.vington
Jesse Gambell, proprietor, leaves S1ttingbourne on the Gransden George, High street, Milton
arrival of the 9· 16 train from Sheerness & returning from Hampton Richard, King street
\he "Mitre hotel" at 3.20, reaching Sittingbourne in Ha.rtridge E. Steam brewery, Milton
t.ime for the 5.38 down train & S-45 train for Sheerness & Littlewood F. High street, Milton
Pillow C. High street, Milton ·
Queenborougb.
Shilling E. High street, Milton
Carriers.
Stagg Waiter, Bobbing
LoNDON-Davis & Co. 26 West Smithfield E c (John Read Watson W. S. Milton
Wood Charles, High street, Milton
Stevens, agent), Dover street; Sntton & Co. (James Kite, Clerk, William Parham, School house
Treasurer & Accountant, William Hyder, New house
agent), 4 Station place
:MAIDSTONE-Jesse Gambell's VJiD, daily,_ from hil~ bou.se, Medical Officer of Health, Charles Holdrich Fisher M.D. 69

Pembury street High street, Sittingbourne
Shepherd's van, from Stroud to Fa.versham, tues. thurs. & Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Amos B. Ackworth, Clare-

sat. returning same day; office, Rose inn, Sittingbourne

Water Conveyance. mont house

LoNDON-John Prentis & Son's boys, from Milton quay Collector, Charles Jordan, London road
every alternate sunday, returning from Hartley's wharf, Collector of Gas Rates, Charles Jordan, London roa.d
Horselydown, the following sat Collector of Water Rates, Thomas Pike, Charlotte street
Supt. of Town Hall, Sidney Henry Shilling, High street

Milton, in Aylesford lathe, rural deanery of Sitting-

bourne, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canter- MILTON UNION.

bury, is a parish and head of a union and hundred, and is Boar:l day, wednesday, at the Board room, at n a. m.

governed Tbyhea.spaonrittraereyvaer,rwanhgoemis eenltesctoetdthyeeapralyrisohnatrheeun25dtehr Milton Union includes the greater part of the hundred of
of July. Milto!l, consisting of the following parishes :-Bapchild,

the management of a board of guardianR as a rural authority Bobbmg, Borden, Bredgar, Hartlip, I wade, Kingsdown,

and a board of Improvement Commissioners of 12 members, Lower Halstow, Milstead, Milton, Mnrston, Newington,

as an urban authority. The town is supplied with water Rainha.m, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Tong, Tunstall &;

from works at Keycol hill and has a complete system of Upchurch i the population of the union in 1881 was

drainage, and is lighted with gas from works belonging to the 23,270: rateable value, £13:z,oo8

Milton Imprcwement Commissioners. Milton was a demesne Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, William

of the old English kings, who are supposed to have had a James Harris, 76 High street, Sittingbourne

palace here, and in Domesday Book it is recorded as having Treasurer, Henry Payne, 6o High street, Sittingbourne

$ix mills and twenty-seven salt pits: i~ was afterwards a Collector to the Guardians, Thos. Wacher Collard, High st

manor of the Queens of England, which t.hey held in dower, Relieving Officer for the Umon, Edward Croucher, Crown

and in the time of Queen Elizabeth it was a considerable road, Milton

maritime place. A court leet, said to have been established Vaccination Officer, William James Harris, 76 High street,

by King Alfred, is held yearly, for the appointment of two Sittingbourne

high constables. Hasting the Viking attacked Milton in the Medical Officers, Milton district, Edward John Marmion

reign of King Alfred, 893, with Bo sail of shipping: he B.A., M.B. 88 High street, Milton; Rainham district,
landed and encamped at Kemsley Down, erecting strong ~en~y Penfold L.R.C.~.Edin_. Rainham; Sittingbonrne

fortifications now called "Castle Rough," but was compelled d1stnct, Charles Holdnch FISher M.D. 69 High street,

to depart and leave his two sons as hostages r the town was Sittingbourne
burnt by Earl Godwin in a quarrel with Edward the Con- Public Vaccin~tors (~ilto_ll< district included in Sittihg-

fessor. Between the years I869-1872 Romal\ leaden coffins bourne), Ramham d1stnct, Henry Penfold L.R.C.P.:edin.

were discovered at Bexhill, adjoining the town, together with Rainham ; Sittingbonrne district, Charles Holdrich Fisher

glass vessels and urns. The church of Holy Trinity, situated M. D. 76 High street, Sittingbourne

north of the town and partly surrounded with very fine Superintendent Registrar, William James Harris, 76 High

trees, is an ancient building of flint and rough stone, chiefly street, Sittingbourne; deputy, Edwin Henry Goldfinch,

in the Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave, south 76 High street, Sittingbourne

aisle, south chapel (attached to the Norwood estate) and an Registrar of Births & Deaths, Milton sub-district, William
e~b~ttled western tower of unusually large dimensions con- Tress Jackson, II7 High street, Sittingbourne; attend-

tammg 5 bells, dated i68I: the nave is divided from the aisle ance at Rainham on saturdays from 9.30 to 11.30 a.m
by an arcade of three arches on octagonal piers: in the 1Dep~ty Registrar,Philip Henry Bishop,Park rd.Sittingbourne-

tNhoerrw~ oios dlikcehwapiseel are two sedilia, with a small piscina nich e· Registrar of Marriages, John Stonehouse Budds, Crown
a slab with a cross fleury and a turret wi th road, Milton
1

a sta1rcase and door formerly opening into the rood loft: in Deputy Registrar, Warren Budds, Crown road, Milton
the wall is a.. brass to Thomas Alefe and Margaret, his wife, Work~ouse, a structure of brick, erected in 1835, to hold

1529, and m the chancel the brass of a knight: there 380 m mates; Herbert Black, master; Rev. Abdiel Hanham,
are ~oo sittings,. nearly all being free. The register of chaplain; Charles Holdrich Fisher M. D. medical officer;

baptisms and bunals dates from the year 1538 ; marriages Mrs. Black, matron

from 1622. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £360, RuRAL SANITARY & HIGHWAY AUTHORITY.

net yearly value £330, with a glebe house, in the gift of the
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held since 1881 by Meets at Board room, Milton, on alternate wednesdays at

the Rev. Robert Payne-Smith M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. 11 a.m.

St.. P~ul's chapel of ease, occupying a central position, is a Clerk, William James Harri9, 76 High street, Sittingbonpe

bwldmg of. brick, overgrown with ivy, consisting of chancel, Trea_surer, ~enry Payne, 6o High street, Sittingbourne
nave and aisles. Here are also Congregational and frimitive Medical Officer of Health, Henry Grant Sutton, 73 & 77 Hig~

Methodist chapels. The court hall is an ancient buildin"' street, Sittingbonrne
in the centre of the town, and is used for the manor court;. ~anitary Inspector, William Leonard Grant, Town ball'>

The poor have £Io yearly in bread. A market was held on High street, Sittingbourne

Satnrd~y, bnt is discontinued. The oyster fishery is carried on Surveyor of Highways, Thomas W. Collard, Borden

here: the produce is sent to the London market. At Chalk- ScHooL ATTENDANCE ColllMITTEB.
well, in this parish, is a large tanyard, and Lloyd'!l Limited
very extensive paper mills are partly in this parish ; and Meets at Board room, Milton, on alternate wednesdays at
12 noon.
there are several brick fields. Wenman Aubrey Wykeham-
Musgrave esq. of Swalcliffe Park, Oxon, is lord of the manor, Clerk, William Ja.mes Harris, 76 High street, Sittingbourne

lord _Harris, William Whitehead Gascoyne esq. l.P. of Attendance Officer, Edward Henry, Newington
Bapchild Court, George Webb esq. and the trustees of Miss PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-
Almshouses (St. Thomas'), erected in 186o, for seven pool!.
Hinde are the chief landowners.
widows, in the Butts, by funds realized from a part of the
Parish Clerk, Henry Vick Blaxland. benefaction of Thomas Bradbury, gent. of Milton, 1001 ;

POST, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- (~1iss Hinde's), Cross street, erected in 1803, for four poor
Edward Knowles, sub-postmaster, High street. Letters persons
delivered from Sittingbourna at 8 & u: a.m. & 4·3 & 7 Custom House, George Uilbert, coast officer ; office, Chalk-
p.m. Box closes at 7·50 & 10 a.m. 12, 1.45, 5·5• 7·5 & well road

9·5 p.m IMPROVEME...~T COMMISSIONERS. PUBLIC OFFICERS : -
Bailiff of the Manor, Edward Knowles, High street

Offices at Court ball, High street. Steward of the Manor & Hundred of Milton, W. J. Harris,
76 High street, Sittingboume
»-~-"" Board day, every alternate tuesday. Town Crier, Edward Knowles, High street
.a.cu:~LeU R. T. chairman

588 SITT!NGBOURNE AND ~ILTON. KENT. [KELLY's

•

PLACES OF WoRSHIP, witq. times of services:-'- attendance, 180 boys, no girls, 81 1st standard & 150

Holy Trinity & St. Paul's Chapel of Ease, Rev. R. Payne- infants; W. Parham, master; (girls) Miss Emma Joad,
Smith M.A. vicar; Rev. Frederick Aquila Dale B..A. curate; mistress; (1st standard) Miss Mary Strouts; (infants)

n a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m Miss Alice Searles

Congregational, minister vacant; 10.3oa.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Grovehurst (mixed), built for 70 children; average attend-
mon. & wed. at 7.15 p.m
ance, 38 ; Miss M. K. C. Bunyard, mistress
Primitive Methodist, minister vacant; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 St. Paul's (infants), built in 1873, for 7ochildren; average
p.m. ; wed. 70:JO p.m ..
attendance, 57; Mrs. Hannah Louise Vowles, mistress
ScHooLs:-
A School Board of 5 members was formed 8 Oct. 1875 ; W. CONVEYANCE.-For omnibus & carriers, see SITTINGBOURNE

J. Harris, 76 High street, Sittingbourne, clerk to the WATER CoNVEYANCE.-John Prentis & Son's boys from

board ; E. Knowles, High street, attendance officer Milton quay, every alternate sun. returning from Hartley's

Board (boys), built in 1848, for 770 children; average wharf, Horselydown, the following sat

Sittingbourne. Hooker John, 25 Park road Baldock Thomas Frederick, baker &
Hudson Mrs. Albany road
PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hulburd James, Whitehall confectioner, 49 East street

BarchettDavid,master marnr.Albany rd

Andrews John, Ebenezer villa, Park rd Jackson William Tress, 117 High street Barnes Louisa (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 9

Andrews John William, Mizpah villa, Jarrett William Ernest, Albany road Laburnum place

Shortlands road Jay Frederick, n2 East street Bartlett William, boot maker,62 High st

Atwood Henry, 77 High street Jordan Charles, Elmslie, London road Bassett Daniel, greengro. 42 Station st

Barnard John Christopher, 2 Pemberton Kemsley Stephen, 13A, East street Bate Harriet (Miss), ladies' school, 17

place, London road Kennett William G. 4 Crescent street Station street

Barnes Harry, Gordon villas, Albany rd Lee Arthur John, Park road Bates Edward, draper&; outfitter, 100 &

Bassett Thomas, Holly bank, London rd Leonard Hy. Thos.s Lincoln vls.Park rd 102 High street

Bentall Alfred, 2 Sydney vls. Albany rd McCartney John, Canterbury road Bennett Chas. tobacconist, 18 West st

Binder Mrs. 108 East street Mantle George, 17 Park road BennettChas.Hy.shpkr.nEastbourne st

Bishop Edward, Albany road Millen John, Albany road Bennett George, hair dresser, 2 West st

Boodle Robert Max:well, 70 East street Moore William, 8 We&t street .Hennett Emma (Mrs.), oil & color man,

Boucher Frank Frederic, 90 High street Mortlock John,4 Oakdale ter. London rd no High street

Butler William Sayer, Park road Nuttall Thos. Mizpah vis. Shortlands rd Bennett Joseph, builder, Spring street

Campion Arthur George, Albany road Packham Henry, Haslemere, London rd Bennett Robert John Gray, newspaper

Chapman Robert, Chilton Parrett Wm. Jn. The Limes, London rd correspondent,2Gordon vils.Albanyrd

Claypole Henry Thomas, 40 High street Payne Henry:, Trott's hall Benningham Jn. shopkpr. 33 William st

Cleaver Frederic, Abermaw, Chalkwell Peters J obn, Westdene, London road Bentley Sarah(Miss),confctnr.22High st

Cooper John Charles, 131 East street· Prentis Edward, 9 Park road Bigg Edward, inspector of weights &

Cowper Rd. Wm. Gortamore, Park rd Rayner Benjamin Nutt, I 1 Station street measures & petroleum, 74 East street

Cremer William John, Park road Reason Mrs. 45 High street BishopEdwd.bldr.&contractr.Albany rd

Culliford Rev. Vincent Henry [Bible Reynolds Alfd. I Sydney vis. Albany rd Bishop Philip Henry, deputy registrar

Christian], Ventnor villas, Park road Roper Wm. Hy. Lindum villa, Park rd of births & deaths, Park road

Day Miss, Albany road · Rossiter John, 78 East street Bishop Thos. land surveyor, 17 West st

Dean George_ Hambrook J.P. Whitehall Rugg Mrs. 76 East street Hlack Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 30

Dean John.H. Whitehall Rugg Charles, West street l<'rederick street

Denne Jol:ni Lake,East Lynne,Albany rd Saywell Richard, Park road Blackman Kate Emma (Miss), Volunteer

Dens,on- Thomas Evans, Hrights\Pe Shrubsall Rt. Mark, Hazeldene, Park rd P.H. 29 West street

Doubleday Rev. John [Baptist], lngle- Shrubsole Singler, Hill house, Chalkwell Blagg Robert, shopkeeper, 25 The Wall

.side, Park road Smeed Mrs. Milton house, London road Bones Edward, Prince of Wales P.H.

Drake John David, Rhode ho. London rd Smith Samuel J arrett, Park road Canterbury road

Dyke Mrs. Glover's house SmithThomasSomerville M. D. 81 High st Boodle Robt. Maxwell, surgn. 70 East st

Eames Rev. John [Congregational], Smith William Woodriff, 81 High street Boulden John, sail maker, Crown quay

Park house, Park road Snoard Rd. Thos. Chalkwell, London rd Houlding George Robert, butcher &

Elfick Mrs. Park road Streatfeild Rev. William Champion B.A. cattle salesman, 6 High street

Elliott George Edward, 13 Station street [curate of St. Michael'sj,Olivette villa, Boulding Stanley Stephen, insurance

Evans Geo• .Frean, Eversley, Loncion rd Terrace road agent, 102 William street

Evans Rev. Matthew Flynn [curate of Sutton Henry Grant, 75 High street Bourquin Alice Victoria (Mrs.), private

St. Micbael's], Blakewell vls. Park rd Taylor George, 43 High street school, Park road

Field John, 13 Park road Thomas Edward, n6 East street Bowell Jas. beer retailer, Eastbourne st

Filmer Henry, 23 High street Thomas Jeffrey, Chalkwell, London rd Bower Francis, Shakespeare commercial

Filmer John, Albion house, London rd Tonge Mrs. Bankside, London road hotel, Canterbury road

Filmer Wm. Hy. Albion bo. London rd Usherwood Frank, 59 High street Bower J. T. & Co. engineers & patent

Fisher Cbas. Holdrich M.D. 69 High st Valiance Hy.Osborne Aymer,25 High st brick mould makers, London road

Foreman Samuel, 159 East street Valiance James Harcourt A. 25 High st Bowes Ann(Mrs.),midwife,I8 Milton rd

Gibson Frederic George, Scbamel Venn Rev: Henry M.A. [vicar], St. Bowes Geo. Wm. bill poster, Terracerd

Goble George, So High street Michael's vicarage Brain Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker,

Goldfinch Edwin Henry, Fernleigh Waite Caleb, Addmgton ho. Albany rd Terrace road

villa, Park road Whibley John, II4 East street Braine Phrebe (Miss), teacher of music,

Goodhew John, Harold nursery, Canter- White Edward Islie, Park road 33 Goodnestone road

bury road Wills Daniel, Garfield house, Park road Brake Mary Ann (Mrs.), apartments,

Gorely Fordwich, Park road Willis Miss,' 161 East street 10 West street

Gosse William, 91 High street Willson James George, Park road Brand Arthur,eating bouse,33 Milton rd

Gouge George, 93 High street Wood Miss, London road Brewer Walter, ·musical instrument.

Grant William Leonard, 85 High street COMMERCIAL. warehouse, 25 Station road

Grayling Francis, 19 Park road Adams Emma (Miss), dress maker, 172 Hrigden Edwin, agent to the Faversham

Grayling John M.D. 119 High street Shortlands road :: (2nd)Starr-Howkett Building Society,

Greenwood Rev. William [Wesleyan], Alexander Henry, George inn, High st Lawn villa, Canterbury road

28 Station street Allberry Alfred, florist & seedsman,West BrigdenWilliam J ames, shoeing,general

Grosvenor Miss, 22 Station street End nursery smith & wheelwright, West street

Haisman Josiah Seth, 31 Station street Alien Jesse, sbopkeeper,siShortlands rd Brightman Bros.coal dealers,46 West st

Hall Rev. John [Wesleyan], Blakelock AllenSusan( Mrs. ),lndrs.82Shortlands rd Brightman Louisa (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

villas, Park road Anderson Geo.beer ret. Cockle Shell walk 46 West street

Hanham Rev. Abdiel A x.c.L. [vicar of Ash Thomas, bookseller & stationer, Brown George, locksmith &c. see Jarvis

Holy Trinity,chaplain of Milton union II5 High street & Brown

& surrogate], Vicarage Atkins Frances (Mrs.), licensed malt- Brown James, outfitter, 77 & 79 East st

Harris Charles Benjamin, 76 High st star, Key street Brown John Walter, saddler & harness

Harris William James, 76 High street Atwood & Co. drapers, 68 High street maker, 2 High street

Hart Albert, 1IoA, East street Austin Edward, blacksmith & green- Brown Stephen James & Henry, grocers

Hartridge Mrs. I08A, East street grocer, Canterbury road - & bakers, Canterbury road

Head William, 4 Lincoln villas, Park rd Austin John, shopkeeper, 19 Berry st Bl'own Thomas, Plough P.H. 58 East st

Hill George Thomas, Albany road Baker Alfd. watch maker, 19 Milton rd Brown Tbos. shopkpr. 7 Crown Quay la

Hinde Mrs. 88 West street Baker Amos,shopkpr.34 Goodnestonerd Bryan Henry, saddler, 56 High street
Baker Henry, greengrocer, 16 West st Buggs Alfred,jun.blacksmith,26 East st.
Hinkley Arden, so West street

HodgkinChas. 3Pemberton pl. London rd. Baldwin Edward, butcher, 14 New road Buley Amos, plumber, 34 High street

• . SITTINGBOUR~E. 589

DIRECTORY.] KENT.

Burley Thomas & Son, tailors & woollen East Kent Gazette (William John Gorf Robert George, leather sellar, :199
drapers, East street. See advert
Parrett; published saturday) ; chief Shortlands road
Burley Charles, brick & cement maker, office, I7 High street. See advert Gosse Wm. L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon, see

27 Park road; works, Crown quay East Kent Regt. (The Buffs) ISt Volun- Smith & Gosse

Burley Thomas Arthur,grocer, 3 East st teer Batt. (E Co.) (Capt. Jas. Fredk. Grant William Leonard, architect &

Boss Jas. grocer, Post office, I73 East st Honeyball,commndnt.; Sergt.B.Judd, surveyor, surveyor & sanitary in-

BUTLER .JAMES, florist, fruiterer, drill instrctr.),head qurtrs.Town hall spector to Sittingbourne local board

aeedsman & market gardener,33High Easton Dan, general draper,I22 High st &insp. of nuisances to the Milton rural

street & Station nursery Eastwood&Co.Lim.brick mfrs. Crown qy sanitaryauthority,Town hall, High st

Cannell Geo.Arthur,chemist, 169 East st EdwardsGerman,tobaccnst. 27Station st Gray Janey (Miss), dress maker, see

Carey George & Charles, clothiers & Ellingham Cornelius, jobbing gardener, Pipe &Gray

outfitters, 32 High street 4I Pemhury street Grayling Francis, surgeon, 19 Park rd.

Carr Chas. photographer, 2I Station st Epps Ellen (Miss), dress & ·mantle Green Margaret (Miss), dress maker, 3

Carter Francis, apartments, I2 Dover st maker, 20 Station street Eastbourne street

Cemetery (Wm. Jas. Harris,clerk to the Epps John, Waverley temperance com- Greengrass Ellen (Miss), dress maker,

burial board;W .L.Grant,supt. ), Bellrd mercial hotel, 20 Station street 8 Pembury street

Champ Stephen, carter, Park road Errey Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 92 Greensted Harry, solicitor & commis-

ChapmanWilliam,blacksmith, I sEast st Goodnestone road sioner for oaths,seeWinch &Greensted

Cheel Edward,shopkeeper,Little Chalk- Farlow & Jackson, solicitors,II7High st Grensted Jsph. Geo. boot ma. 6oWest st

well, London road Farlow Charles Paas, solicitor (firm, Grout John Robert, china & glass

Cheeseman Jane Elizabeth (Mrs.), shop- Fa.rlow & Jackson) dealer, 92 High street

keeper, 5 Milton road Farmer John, King's Head P.H. Chalk- Hadaway Richd. A. outfitter, sa High st

Chittenden Stephen, baker, 20 West st well, London road Hadlow Geo. blacksmith,Shakespeare rd

Chrisfield Frederick, stone mason, see Faversham (2nd) Starr-Bowkett Build- Hales John, butcher, 24 West street

Millen & Chrisfield ing Society (Edwin Brigden, agent), Hales Thos. Railway tavern, 22 West st

Christian Knowledge Society's Depot Lawn ,·ilia, Canterbury road Hall Walter, greengrocer, 12 New road

(Misses Tidy), 66 High street Feakins Henry,cowkeeper,s Bayford rd Hall Wm. beer retailer, I Gibson street

ClackettEJlen(Mrs. ),nurse,46William st !<'ell Julia (Mrs. )1 private girls' school, Hancock Frederick, bricklayer, I Cockle

Clark John, greengrocer, 37 West street 25 Park road . Shell walk

Claypole HenryThomas, manager of the Filmer William Henry, corn & seed Hancock George, builder, 9 Dover st

London & County Bank, 40 High st merchant, 23 High street Hancock Jn. boot & shoe dlr. 24 East st

Cleaver & Co. cycle mannfrs. William st Fisher & Marmion, surgeons, ~ High st Handcock Geo. confectioner, 84 East st

CleaverFrederic,auctioneer,incorporated Fisher Charles Holdrich M.D. (firm, Hansford Emma (Mrs.), nurse, 44

accountant & house & estate agent, 2, Fisher & Marmion), surgeon & certi- William street

4 & 6 William street fying factory surgeon, medical officer Harms Fredk. confectioner, Ii4 High st

Cleaver Thos. John,shopkpr.38 Dover st Sittingbourne district & Milton urban Hamden Geo. boot & shoe ma. I6 East st

Cocking Thos. Sims, chemist & dentist, district & public vaccinator, Ist dis- Harris Albert Wm. butcher, 59 East st

72 & 74 High street trict, Milton union, 6o High street Harris Edwn. fnsur. agent, 25Pembury st

Cole Annie (Mrs.), berlin wool & fancy Ford John, station master Harris J ames Thomas, corn factor &

repository, 37 High street Fox Francis J n. florist, I9 Eastbourne st sewing machine dlr. 73 & 75 East st

Cole William, baker, I2 Shakespeare rd Freemasons' Lodge (No. I273) (Herbert Harris Chas. Benj. solicitor, 76 High st

(',oleman Geo. Gilbert,beer ret.66East st Black, sec.), Albany road Harris William James, coroner for the

Collard & Prentis, auctioneers, valuers FullerThos. refreshmnt.rooms,6IEast st county, elerk to the gnar:dians, Mil-

& estate agents, 77 High street Furner Charles, painter, 30 Dover street ton union, superintendent·re.gistrar,

Collins Charles, beer retailer, Park road FurnerEmma(Miss ),drssma.3oDover st clerk to assessment colllmittee, school

CollinsWm.Richd.greengro.3sMilton rd Gambell N. & J. (Misses), berlin wool attendance committee &school boa,.rd,

Committee of the Society for the Pro- & fancy repository, 4-4 Station street to local board of health & Milton

pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Gambell.Jesse, carrier &c. to Maidstone rural sanitary authority, to Sitting-

Parts (Rev. G. R. Baker & Rev. R. H. & omnibus proprietor & furniture bourne burial board & assistant clerk

Dickson, secs) . remover, 2 Pemburystreet to the m~strates, steward of the
Cook George, boot maker, 30 East st Gammon Henry, dairyman, I3 Westst manor of 'Milton & town clerk of

Couchman Robert,shopkpr. 10Harold rd Gardiner Matthew, shopkpr.2o'fheWall Queenborough, 76 High street

County Court (His Honour Wm. Lucius Gardiner Robert, mechanical engineer, Harvey Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 2~

Selfe, judge; Allan Ta•sell,registrar& millwright & iron founder (speciality, Shortlands road

high bailiff; Geo.Dnnk&Geo. Thomas, brick & cement making machinery), Hauser Joseph, greengrocer, 4 High st

under bailiffs) ; office, 59 High street Frederick street, West end Hawkins Geo. shopkeeper, Murston rd

Cowper Richard William, architect & Gardner & Co. (of Ash), ale stores Henham Thomas, butcher, 53 High st

surveyor, Gortamore, Park road (George Wm. Hogben, storekeeper), Higgins John T. shopkeeper, 33 East st

Cremer William, baker & confectioner, 35 Station street High Richard, carpenter, I Bayford rd.

3I & 70 High street Gardner Wm. Cook, draper, 5 East st HillsChas.picture frame ma.7Pembry.st

Crofts Robert & William, pawnbrokers GassonJane (Mrs.), dressma.69New rd Hills Henry, drill instructor (Royal East

& outfitters, 96 & 9a High street Geere Alf.monumental mason, Station st Kent Yeomanry), I3 Canterbury rd

CroucherElisha,shpkpr.34Shortlands rd GeeringAndrewGeo.confec&r.42 East st Hills Hy. greengrocer, 43 & 45 East st

Croncher Isaac, shopkpr. 119 William st Gearing George, farmer, no East st Hills William, shopkeeper, :103 High st

Cruttenden &Co.clothiers,hosiers,boot& Gess Diana (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, 36 Hinge Edward, Lion inn, sa High st

shoe dealers &c. IIa, I2o & I24 High st Station street Hi~e Mary (Mrs.), apartments, Park rd.

Cullen William, decorator, 47 High Gibbon James, grocer, coal dealer & fly Hoare William Bingham, insuranca
agent, 8 William street
street & Green street proprietor, 53 Pembury street

Danby F. H. (Miss), private boys' Gibbs .Frederick, farmer & estate agent, Hobbs James, greengrocer, 41 New rd

school, Baptist School room, High st Bayford farm Hobbs Wm. shopkeeper, I4 Milton rd

Davis & Co. carriers (Jn. R. Stevens, Gibson Frederic Geo. solicitor, West st Hobday Charles Dunn, music ware-

agent), Dover street Giles Ridgway, servants' registry office, house, 63 High st. ; & Canterbury

Dawkins StephenGeo. beer ret. 3aWest st as High street HodgesGeo.refreshmnt. rooms,tBerry st

Dean George Hambrook, farmer & hop Giles Jn. Alf.shopkpr.39 Shakespeare rd Ho<lgkin Richard George, gravel, flint

grower, Whitehall Glandfield Robt. confectioner, 44 East st & manure merchant, Park road

Dean Jas. mineral watermufr.a2Eastst Goble George, grocer & provision mer- Hogben Wm. beer retlr. Eastbourne st

Dean Lydia. (Mrs. ),hutcher,I2Milton rd chant, 78 High street HomewoodWm carpntr.Shakespeare rd

De-la-Mare Francis Ahier, apartments, Godfrey Edward, grocer, & agent for Honeyball & Son, coal merchants, Rail-

Albion house, Canterbury road W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mer- way station ,

Dence Lewis Robert, painter & deco- chants, I & 3 High street Hooker Henry, leather seller a2, & boot

rator, 20 New road Goldfinch Edwin Henry, deputy super- maker a4, High street

Deune Susan (Mrs.), milliner &c. 26 intendent registrar, 76 High street Hubbard Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

Station street Goldsmith Moses, wardrob-.} dealer, 7 25 East street

DeuneThos. Alhrt.decorator, 34Station st William street . Hubbard Edward, dairyman,Lion yard,

Denton Thos.chimney sweepr. Crown yd GoodhewWm. Stanley, butcher,a East st High street

Dixon John M.A. solicitor & commis- Gordelier William Gibbs, dispensing & Hucksted William Alfred, thrashing

sioner for oaths, Crescent street family chemist, 39 High st.& a4 East st machine owner, 4 Shakespeare road

Donovan John, beer retailer, I Milton rd Gorely Frank, grocer, 42 High street HULBURD .JAMES, grocer & wine &

Dudding David, hoot maker, sa West st Gorham Elizabeth tMrs. ), Fountain spirit merchant, general draper,

Dummer Saml.insurance agt. 23Do,ver st hotel, & wine & spirit merchant & ladies' outfitter, undertaker &c. 7, 9

DnngayChas. naturalst.{Shakespeare rd agent to the London, Chatham & & n High street

Dnrtnall Charles, carpenter, The Wall Dover Ry. Co. opposite Railway statn Hunt Thos. chimney sweep, 4 Bell road

j KENT. (KELLY'S

590 SIT'TINGBOURNE.

Huxsted Edward, shopkeeper, 125 Long Loui~a (Miss), teacher of music, Prentis William, auctioneer &; valuer,

Shortlands road 53 Goodnestone road see Collard & Prentis

Jnchcornb Caleb, carriage builder, High Luckett James, greengrocer, 8 New rd Pretty Thos. Vidgeon, grocer, Epps rd

street & Crescent street Luckett Stephen, shopkpr. 76William st Priston Wm. H. wheelwright, 15 East st

Inchcomb James Charles, fancy reposi- Luckhurst John, agent for Shepherd, Quinnell'fhos.WheatSheafP.H.goEast st
Neame& Co. brewers,Jo & 12 Berry st ~ainham Water Works Co. Limited
tory, 6 East street

Inland Revenue Office (Haudescornbe McCullen Adolphe, oilman, 100 East st (W. J. Harris, sec.), High street

Rodd, officer), 10 West street Mace Edwin, beer retailer, 29 Berry st Ramell J<'rederick Miller, photographer

International Tea Co. (William Coates, Mackeson &Co. brewers (John Wraight, & picture frame maker, 34 West st

manager), 55 High street agent), 3 Gross street Ransted Alfred, hair dresser, 95 Short.

Iron Henry, oil & colorman, 44 West st Mallett George, grocer, 23 Station st lands road

Jackson & Sons, auctioneers & valuers, M:allett James, grocer, 40 West street Rayner Benjamin Nutt, grocer, 126

II7 High street Marsh Edward Geo. draper, 88 High st High street & I New road

Jackson Richard Stephens, solicitor, see Marsh Richard Nelson, eating house, Read Henry, wheelwright 13, & shop-

Farlow & Jackson 46 Station street keeper 71, East street

Jackson William Tress, registrar of Martin & Co. bankers (Henry Payne, Reeve George James, painter & decora-

births & deaths for the Milton union, manager), 6o High street; draw on tor, 63 East stree1;

assistant overseer for Milton union, head office, 68 Lombard st. London Reeve J esse (Miss), milliner & dress

117 High street ; see also the firm of Martin Walt. shopkpr. 6o Shortlands rd maker, 63 East street

Jackson & Sons, auctioneers &c Masters Chas.Thos.grngrcr.38Station st Reynolds .Alfred, house furnisher &

Jacobs Thos. shopkeeper, 40 Station st Masters John, fruiterer, 65 East street, undertaker, 5 High street

Jarrett Emily (Mrs.), cowkeeper, Bell rd & barge builder, Adelaide dock Ride Sarah (Mrs.), shopkpr. 39 West st

,Jarrett John, cattle salesman, Chalk- Ma:yne Thomas, supt. of police, Park rd Ridgway Jas. chimney swpr.35Newroa.d

well, London road Medhurst Sarah Catherine (Miss), RobertsMazella(Mrs.), wardrobe dealer,

Jarvis & Brown, locksmiths & bell- apartments, 42 Dover street 29 High street

hangers, 6o East street Medical Provident Society (Francis Rodd HandescOinbe, inland revenue

.larvis Emma Elizabeth (Miss), straw Grayling L.R.C.P.Edin. H. G. Sutton officer., ro West street

bonnet maker, 6o East street & Charles Holdrich Fisher M.D. RookEdward, pharmaceutical chemist.

Jessup William, farmer & dairyman, medical attendants) & wine & spirit merchant, 44 High st

Trotts Hall farm MerronyRichard,trav.d-caper,23Park rd Rook Louisa (Mrs.), White Hart P.H.

JohnsonAnn (Mrs.),hairdrssr.16Highst Millen &Chrisfield,stone masons,New rd Crown Quay lane

Johnson Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Millen Alfred, butcher, 87 High street Rosher F. & Co. cement manufacturers,

102 & 149 East street Milieu Rester (Mrs. ),shopkpr.59New rd Crown quay

Jolley William, baker, 13 Bayford road Millen John, butcher, 83 East street Rossiter Richard & Son, upholsterers &
Judd Benjamin, drill instructor (1st Millen William, cowkeeper, Marston rd ironmongers, xo6 & ~oB High street

East Kent Volunteers), 13 Railwayter MillsElizh.(Miss),laundress, 6 Dover ter · & 30 Station street; stores, Park road
Keall Douglas (exors. of), chemists & Milway Denham Charles, baker & con- Rossiter Edwd.shoe ma.8 Eastbourne st

druggists, 128 High street fectioner, 12 East street Rouse Jn.boot repairer,39 Shortlands rd

Keel Ruth (Mrs.), shop)t.pr. 28 Unity st Milway Horace, baker & confectioner, Royal East Kent Yeomanry (Duke of

Keeler Harriet (Mrs.), tea dlr. 62 East st 42 West street Connaught's Own) Mounted Rifles

Kelly John Joseph, tinplate worker, Milway Ralph, Milton Arms P.H. 7 The (C troop) (Richd.J. Tylden, captain;

Shortlands road Wall Sergt-Maj. Hy. Hills, drill instructer)

Kemp Geo. watch maker, 105 East st Minter Wm. confectioner, 105 High st Rugg Charles M.R.C. v.s. veterinary sur-

Kemsley James, pork butcher & green- MiskinGeo. Jas. beer retailer,2Bell road geon, West street ·

grocer, 20 High street Monk J ames, bricklayer, so Bayford rd Russell Henry, beer retailer, 52 Dover st

Kemsley William Henry, wholesale Monk Thomas, builder, Terrace road Saddleton William,boot maker & leather

fruit merchant, 8o East street Morris Harry, chimney swpr. 21 West st seller, 115 Higl;l street

Kennett Wm. G. vet. surgn.4Crescent st MorrisHy.outfitter,II8,r2o&x~4High st Sage Alfred Robert. coal dealer, Short·

Kent Barge Owners' Mutual Insurance Morris Thomas, hair dresser, 7 Milton lands road

Association Lim. (Harry Greensted, road & r8 East street Sage Edward, carter, 52 Shortlands rd

sec.), go High street Moxey Alfd. J n. supt. to the Prudential St. John Ambulance Association (Sit-

Kent Fire Office Station (Hy. Knowles, Assurance Co. x Lincoln viis. Park rd tingbourne & •Milton centre) (Robt.

engineer), II:\ High street Muggleton Jas. piano tuner, 32 West st Vane Coulcher,hon. sec. ),St.Michael's

Kent Fruit Growers' Association (Harry Nicholls Edward, baker, 25 Berry street schools. The Butts

Greensted, sec.), go High street Norridge 'I.'emperance (Mrs.), beer re- Samway Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

Kent & Sussex Land Society (Thomas tailer, Park road 6 Westbourne street

Stroud, agent), 4 East street Owens William Steward, wine & spirit Sargent William,shoe maker, 14 East st

Kite George Jas. beer retailer, & agent merchant, 26 High street Saunders George, shopkeeper, Park rd

for Sutton & Co. carriers, Station pl PackGeo.shoe maker, 19 Goodnestone rd Saunders :Mary Ann {Mrs. ),shopkeeper,

Kite William, thatcher, zo Terrace rd Packerl<'rancis &Charles,basket makers, 3 New road

Kitney Richard, greengrocer, II7 Short- xo East street & Bell road Savage Wm. shopkeeper, r8 Murston rd

lands road Packham Henry, brick manufacturer, Seager Laurance, builder, contractor,

Kitney Wm. Hy. Ship P.H. 22 East st see Wills & Packham merchant & manufr. London road

KNIGHT RICHARD LAI,(.E, agricultural Packham Wm. greengrocer, 109 High st Seale J<'riend John, saddler & harness

engineer, steam ploughing, thrashing Palmer George, gun maker & cutler, maker, 29 Station street

& traction engine proprietor, Crescent 57 High street Sellen Elizabeth (Mrs.), fishmonger,

street, & coal merchant, Crown quay Palmer Wm. ThreeKings P.H. 2 East st 66 West street

Knowler Henry, birmingham &sheffield Panteny George, ironmonger, 21 East st SharpEmma(Mrs. ),laundress,64East st

warehouse, 71 High street Parr Edward, hair dresser, 107 East st Sharp Susan (Mrs.), Rose inn,so High st

Knowles Henry, plumber, gasfitter & PARRETT WILLIAM .JOHN, printer, Sharpe Frederick, Bell inn, 17 Bell road

decorator & engineer to the Kent Fire bookseller, stationer, bookbinder & Shepherd, Neame & Co. brewers (John

Office, II3 High street news agent 27, & proprietor & pub- Luckburst, agent); stores, 10 & 12

Laid Richard, shopkeeper, 23 Milton rd lisher of the " East Kent Gazette " & Berry street .

Lee Alfred W. coal dlr. 62 Bayford rd "Sittingbourne, Faversham &Sheer- Shepherd James Edward, Three Post

Lee Arthur John, incorporated accoun- ness Gazette," 17 High st. See advt Boys P.H. 36 High street

tant, house agent, valuer, debt col- Pavey Geo. buildr.&contrctr.25West st Shilling Frederick, sewing machine

lector & collector of the Sittingbourne Payn John Hopkins,grocer, xo Milton rd agent, x Terrace road

general district rate, Crescent street Payne Henry, manager of Messrs. Mar- Shilling Nelly (Mrs.), dress maker, 1

& Park road tin & Co.'s Bank, 6o High street Terrace road

Leeds Paul Colley, watch ma.107High st Pearcy Rosetta (Mrs.), butcher,9 East st Shrubsall Alfd. fancy repos. 24 High st

' Lightfoot Eliza Ann (Mrs.), beer re- Penfold Jesse, shopkpr. 36 Shakspearrd Shrubsall Emma Eliza (Miss), boot &

tailer, 19 Dover street PennWm.boot &shoemanufr.26Highst shoe warehouse, 31 & 33 New road

Little Alfred, shopkeeper, 26 Harold rd PETERS .JOHN&. SONS, auctioneers, ShrubsoleHarry,greengrocer,3Miltonrd

Little William, fishmonger, 36 West st valuers, house agents & house fur- Shrubsole Singler, barge owner, corn

Lloyd Edward Limited, manufacturer nishers, collectors of the Sitting- factor, fruit grower & agricultural

of news & printing paper bourne water rate & to the Gas Co. implement agent, Hill house, Chalk-

London & County Banking Co. Limited IS & 19 High street well; &at Sheerness &CornExchange,

(branch) (Henry Thomas Claypole, Pettit Stephen, boot maker, Faith st London E c

manager), 40 High street ; draw on Pipe & Gray, dress makers, Park road Sills Charles, beer retailer, 104 High st
s'head office, London E c
Pittock Hy. provision dlr.95&97 High st SimonsWillis, wardrobe dealer,41East

long lno, dairyman & cowkeeper, Plowman John William, coffee tavern, Singer Manufacturing Co. (Thomas
I James Redhead, agent), 64High st
Little Chalkwell house, London road 8 Milton road

DIRECTORY.] . KENT. SITI'INGBOURNE .AND MII.TON. .591

Sittingbonrne Agricultural Association Thomas Edward, fruiterer & nursery- Budds John Stonehouse
(established in 1836) (W. J. Hams, man & florist, Harold nursery & Chrisfield Mrs. Spring Gardens' house
hon. sec. ; Henry Payne, treasurer) farmer, Highsted farm
Dale Frederick Aquila B.A.. (curate]~

Sittilll!bourne Club (E. Prentis & R. V. Thomas George, tailor, 49 High street 48 High street ~

Coulcher, hon. sec.), Crescent street Thomas James, insurance agent, 2 Evans George l<'rean

Sittingbourne Co-operative Society Lim. Paradise place, Park road Evans Samuel Lavington

(James Thomas Cashman, sec.), East Thomsett Alfred, fishmonger, 69 East st Gransden George, 8o High street

street : branch, 29 Milton road Thorogood John, shoe maker, Bell road Hartridge Edward

Sittingbourne District Gas Co. (W. J. Tidy E.& B.(Misses), stationers & book- Hinde Miss, 54 High street

Harris, sec.; T. May, consulting en- sellers &c. 66 High street Hyder Misses, Chalkwell road

gineer); office, High street Tidy Edward, cooper &c. 13 High street Hyder William, New house

Sittingbourne & District Conservative Tidy Henry J oseph, builder & under- J arrett John, Chalkwell

Club & Association (Henry Payne, taker, Bell road Marmion Edwd.Jn. B.A.,M.B.88High st

general hon. sec. & treasurer), High st Tong Mary Ann (Mrs.}, dress maker, Mullett William, High street

Sittingbourne Literary & Scientific so East street Prentis Henry, Staple house

Association (Rev. Alexander S. Free- Tong Bros. coal dealrs. 57 & I5I East st Prentis Mrs. John, Milton quay

man M.A. president; Charles B. Harri!'l, Tonge John Hy. corn factor, Crescent st Ray Mrs. 92 High street

hon. sec.), Town hall Town Hall (Charles Bennett, hall Scott John, I9 Union road

Sittingbourne & Milton Auxiliary Brit- keeper), High street Scott Miss, Union road

ish & Foreign Bible Society Deposi- TownElizh.(Mrs. ), blacksmth.92West st Smith Rev. Robert Payne M.A. Vicarage

tory (W. J. Parrett), 27 High street Tradesmen's Benevo!ent Association Ugler William, 86 High street

Sittingbourne & Milton District (834th) (Henry Payne, treas.), 6o High street Watsou Edwin, Cobden villa

Starr-Bowkett Building Society Tumber David, tobacconist, 46 East st Wood Henry, High street

(Arthur John Lee, sec.), Crescent st Turk William, watch maker & jeweller, Wood Mrs. William, 2 Crown road •

Sittingbourne & Milton Joint Hospital 86 High street COMMERCIAL.

Board for Infectious Diseases (W. J. Turner Wm. shopkeeper, 6 I<'rederick st Ackworth Amos B. surveyor & sanitary

Harris, clerk) Tyler Valentine William, shopkeeper, inspectol", Claremont house

Sittingbourne & Milton Working Men's 9I Shortlands road Akhurst Ann (Mrs.), stay maker, 21

Club & Institute (W. K. Ovenden, Usher Thomas, grocer u6, & butcher Crown road

hon. SeC.; James Bennett, steward), u~, High street & 70 West street Baldock l'hos.Fredk. grocer, 61 High st

The Butts Vallance Thos. Wm. brewer, High st Barnes Louisa (Mrs. ), shopkeeper~

Sittingbourne Public Free Library & Vandepeer Henry, beer ret. 2 West st Laburnum place
Reading Room (William J. Harris, Vandepeer John, shopkeeper, 43 New rd Barranger George Cockbnrn, beer re-

sec. ; Mrs. Hester Ann George, Vandepeer Wm. fishmonger, I Short st tailer, I Mill street

librarian), Crescent street Viney John Langford, postmaster & Bartlett Olive (Mrs.), beer retailer,

Sivyer Edwn.tinplate worker,5I New rd stamp distributor, High street Milton quay

SivyerGeo.Edwd.watch ma.6Terrace rd Vinnicombe ThomasHedger,Bull family Bassett Jn.(Mrs.),grngrcr.7St.Paul's st

Smeed, Dean &Co. Limited (George H. & commercial hotel, & wine & spirit BatesJohn, miller(steam, water & wind)

Dean, managing director), brick mas merchant; horses & carriages on hire, & corn chandler, 78 High street k

Smeed George (exors. of), private estate 67 High street Meads mills

office ( Frederick Gibbs, agent), Volunteer :Fire Brigade (Amos Buley, Bates Fannv (Miss), grocer, 87 Highst

Smeed's yard, High street jun. superintendent) Beaumont Wm. Jn. builder, Crown rd

Smeed Kate (Mrs.), Globe & Engine Wade Benj. Geo. outfitter, 35 High st Bensted Geo.Albt.farmer,Wickhamho

P.H. Berry street Wade Thos. beer retailer, 47 Milton rd Bensted Morris, farmer, Coleshall farm

Smeed Thos. cabinet ma. 7 Station st Wakeley Brothers, corn merchants, Bensted Richard Thomas, farmer &

Smith & Gosse, surgeons, 8I High st Crown quay grazier, Pheasant farm

Smith Fredk. tailor, 42 William street Watson Peter, draper, 46 High street Bishop l<'rederick,greengrocer, 23 Mill st.

Smith Fred. Waiter, florist & seeds- Webb George, estate agent & land sur- Blaxland Henry Vick, statuary mason.

man, n I High street veyor ; office, SI High street ; & Tun- & parish clerk, Vicarage meads

Smith Jabez, ironmonger, 28 High st stall house, Tunstall Bleeze James, baker, 11 Church street

SmithJane( Mrs. ),dress ma.42William st Webb Hazard, butcher & rent & tax Boodle Rbt.Maxwell, surgeon, Crown rd

Snelling Alfd. boot &shoe ma. 54 East st collector, I2 & I4 West street Bowes George, builder, Chalkwell road

Snelling Samuel, blacksmith, 2 Cross st Whibley Richard, general draper, IO & Brown George, master mariner, 17

Speed Wait. china &glassdlr.26 West st I2 High street Crown road

Spillett Robert, beef & pork butcher & White John, shopkeeper, 30 New road Budds John Stonehouse,tallow chandler,.

sausage manufacturer, 32 Station st Wickins John Thomas, shopkeeper, & registrar of marriages for the

Staines Thos. wardrobe dlr. 54 West st Gordon terrace, Shortlands road Milton union, Crown rd. & Chelmsfd

StandenThos.shopkpr. I8IShortlands rd Wiles Charlotte(Miss), shpkpr.6Cross st Budds Warren, deputy registrar of

Stone Eliza (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, Wiles Horace, fishmonger, u2 High marriages for Milton union, Crown rd

20 East street street & 35 East street Buggs Alfred, draper, 94 High street

Streeton Jas. bricklayer,IShortlands rd Wiles William, fishmonger, 35 East st Buggs Thomas, grocer, g6 Mill street

Stroud Thomas, cabinet makero4 East st Wilks William, wine & spirit merchant Buggs Thomas (exors.of),wheelwrights,.

Sutton & Co. ; parcel booking office & mineral water manufr. 79 High st 109 High street

(Geo. James Kite, agent), Station pl Williams Amy (Mrs.), china dealer, 6o Burley Charles, brick maker

Sutton Henry Grant M.D. surgeon, & East street Chase Robert, beer retlr. I Charlotte st

medical officer of health to Sitting- Williams Thomas, carter, I5 East street Chopping Edward, miller (water), Peri-

bourne urban sanitary authority & Williams Wm. Thos. shopkpr.1 New rd winkle mill
Milton rural sanitary authority, 73 Willis Henry, tailor, clothier & boot & Chrisfield Geo. builder&c.s St.Paul's st
Cla.tworthy John, Three Hats P.R. 91
& 75 High street shoe maker, 14 & I8 High street

Swift William Albert, oil & color man, Wills & Packham, brick manufacturers High street

31 Milton road & flint & manure mers. Crown quay Cobb.Herbt.Mansfield,frmr.Church frm

Tassell & Son, solicitors, & clerks to the Wilson James George, dentist, Park rd Cockell Wm. Geo. shopkpr. 3 High st

magistrates ; office, High street Wilson John, hair dresser, 27 Milton rd Cole Edward, brick manufacturer, lime

Tassell Allan (firm, Tassell & Son), Winch & Greensted, solicitors & com- burner & contractor, 13 Church st

solicitor, registrar & high bailiff of missioners for oaths, 90 High street Collard Thomas Wacher, collector 1;()

county court & joint clerk to the Winch George (firm, Winch & Green- guardians
sted), solicitor & commissioner for Cook George, shopkeeper, g6 High st
magistrates

TassellJames, solicitor, & joint clerk to oaths, 90 High street Cornford Robt.hay &straw dlr. North st.

magistrates (firm, Tassell & Son) Wise Brothers, coach builders, 38 & 40 Coward Hy.Edmnd.shopkpr. I Bridge st

Taylor Thomas William & Son, watch East street · Cox Samuel, Good Intent P.H. King st

makers, 38 High street Wood Eliza (Mrs.), New inn, Milton rd Crofts Rt. & Wm. pawnbrokrs. High st

Taylor & Co. gen. drapers, 30 High st Wood Emily(Mrs. ),stay &corset maker, Croucher Edward, relieving officer,

Taylor Chillman Sadd, dairyman, 26 Dover street Crown road

Murston road WoodJames, fried fish shop,25Miltn. rd Custom House (Geo. Gilbert, officer),

Taylor Charlotte (Miss), private day Young Robert, watch maker & to- Chalkwell road

school, Shakespeare road bacconist, 52 & 54 High street Dad.son I<'redk. grocer, Charlotte stree~

Taylor Geo. boot repair. 2 Westbourne st Milton. Danes James, shopkeeper, 30 King st

Taylor James, boot maker, 72 West st Dodd Alfd. & Jas. blacksmiths, High st

TaylorJn. barge builder, Crown quay PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Dodd Alfred, beer retailer, ro6 High st

Terry Henry, apartments, !l Dover st Ackworth Amos B. Claremont house Dodd William, beer retlr. London road

Tett Henry S. wholesale & retail iron- Bensted George Albert, Wickham ho Drake John David, brick maker
l}~rry William, Crown road
monger, 61 High stNet Durtnal Stephen, shoe ma. 82 High st

592 SITTIN'c;l-BOURNE (MILTON). KENT. (.KELLY1S

Eastwood & Co. Lim. brick makers J ones Albt. N. M.insurnce. agt. Crown rd RalphJn. Wm. beerretlr. Hawthorn rd

Esdaile Jas. draper, w, 12 & 14 High st Jordan Charles, collector of Milton Reece Wm.shopkeeper, 107 Charlottest

Evans Bros. tanners, Chalkwell tannery general district & gas rates Reynolds Alfd. ironmngr. 5 & 7 High st

Fisher &Marmion, surgeons, 88 High st Jordan George, ironmonger &plumber, Reynolds Jas. shipping agt. 29 Crown rd

Forster Edwin, carpenter, 30 High st 14 King street Ruck Joseph, shoe maker, 21 Millst

Funnell Henry, Ship P.H. I King street Jordan Lawrence, plumber, 46 High st Saddleton Hy. shopkpr. 44 St. Paul's st

Gardler Geo. wheelwright, 15 Crown rd Keel George, shoe maker, King street Sargent Wm. boot & shoe ma. 7 High st

Gas Works (Thomas Pike, superinten- Kemsley William, farmer & brick Shilling Edwd. watch ma. 68 High st

dent; C. Jordan, collector) maker, Bramblefield farm Shilling Wait. shopkpr. r 19 Charlotte st

Giles Thomas G. beerretlr. 103 High st Knight James, Foresters' Arms P.H. 77 Shrubsole Robert Mark, barge builder,

Goatham Henry, Jolly Sailor P.H. 21 Charlotte street Milton quay

Flushing street Knowles Edward, baker, & school at- Sills Charles, CrownP.ll. I Chalkwellrd

Goble Richd. miller (water) ,King's mill tendance officer, town crier & sub- Simmons Joseph, shopkpr. 17 Church st

Gooch Thos. stationer, 53 &57 High st postmaster, High street Smith George, shopkeeper, 3 Arthur st

Goodenough William Edward, brick Larkin Jas. corn dlr. Charlotte street Springett Frederick William, fish-

maker, Grovehurst Lawson Wallace, btchr. 9 & ro Bridge st monger, I9 High st

Goord Harriet (Mrs.), draper &c. 25 Lemmey Edward, butcher, 74 High st Stag~ Rowland & Waiter, woolstaplers

High street Littlewood Frdk.engineer &c.33 High st & fellmongers, 21 High street·

Gower Henry, greengrocer, Bridge st Loader Henry, farm bailiff to W. W. Standing William, beer retlr. High st

Gransden & Matson, rope makers Gascoyne esq. J.P. Grovehur!lt farm Stone Charles, shopkeeper, 31 High st

Gransdeu George, brick maker Long John Thomas (Mrs.), flint mer- Stooke Arth. chemist, 2 & 4 King street

Grant Thomas, tailor, 78 Charlotte st chant & contractor, Chalkwell road Strout.s Harry, butcher, High street

Gray Geo. Thos. greengro. 49 High st Marshall Jn. shoeing smith, 4 Crown rd Strouts Miriam (Mrs.), btchr. 43 Mill st

Gregory & Prentis, woolstaplers; & at Marmion Edward John B.A., M.B. sur- Summers Waiter, blacksmith, King st
1
Ashford , geon, & medical officer for the Milton Tanton John, bricklayer, 38 Crown road

Hall Wm. beer retailer, Hawthorn road J district, 88 High s jreet Thurlow Albert, Lion P .H.Church street

Hampton Richard, grocer, draper & Matson Robert, rope maker, see Grans- Thomas John, shopkeeper, Flushing st

outfitter, 5, 7 & 13 King street den & Matson Thomas Thomas, beer retailer, TheWall

Harnden Chas. wardrobe dlr.3 Bridge st Mead John l<'redk. fishmonger,8 High st Twort Waiter, shopkpr. 30 Chalkwell rd

HartMichLWaterman's P.H.l<'lushing st Millen & Chrisfield, stone masons, Volunteer Fire Brigade (Rev. R. Payne-

.Hartridge Edward, ale & porter brewer Church street Smith, capt)

& maltster Milway Valentine, market gardener, 15 Vowles Samuel George, blacksmith,

Hartridge George, baker, 16 King street Church street King's Mill street

Hartridge William, corn dealer &baker, Moore Alfred J. beer retlr. Charlotte st Warner Hope, marine store dealer,

2 Bridge street Page Mary Ann (Mrs.),grocer,32 Mill st Milton quay

Hills George, shopkeeper, 9 Church st Parham William, clerk to the Improve- Watson William S. miller, Mede steam

Hinge Edward, tailor, 73 High street ment Commissioners, School house & water mills

Holmes Hy. greengrocer, 99 High st Payne Wm. horse dlr. Hawthorn road Webb Wm. tobacco pipe ma. Flushing st

.Hopkins Richard, baker, 37 High street Pettit Rt. Dredging Smack P.H.3 King st Wells Fredk. beer retailer, Chalkwell rd

Hundred (The) of Milton Coffee Tavern Phillips Benj. shopkeeper, 9 High street Whitehead Jas. hassock ma. 24 High st

"' Co. Limited (John Stonehouse Budds, Pike Thomas, collector of water rates, Willson Isabel (Miss), White Hart P.H.

sec.; Osborne F. Matson, manager), Charlotte street 89 High street

I High street Pike Thos. superintendent gas works Willson William, carter, Bobbing street

Hundred (The) of Milton Coffee Tavern PillowChas.irnmngr.&c.56 &65 High st Willson Wm. Hy. coal dealer, Crown rd

Institute (Arth. Stooke,sec. ),I High s~ Pillow Eliza Ann (Mrs.), privat~ school, Wingrove Albt. shopkpr. 67 Charlotte st

Hyder William, accountant, New house 70 High street Wood Charles, grocer &c. 95 High street
Iggulden & Son, saddlers, 69 High st Pillow Edmund, linen draper, High st & 13 Bridge street

.Jackson William Dellmark, Milton Prentis John & Son, corn factors & hoy Wood Thos. greengrocr. 30 Charlotte st

miP,eral water works owners, Milton quay Wood William (exors.of), brick makers,

Jarrett Thomas, George inn, 71 High st Prentis Frank, woolstapler, see Gregory Crown road

.Jarvis Thos.King's Arms P.H.I6 Highst & Prentis

SMARDEN is a town and parish, 47miles from London, this privilege. Romden, formerly the residence of the

10 west from Ashford, 3 south-east from Headcorn, and 3 Otways, was partially taken down in 1866 and converted
.south-west from Pluckley stations, on the South Eastern into a farmhouse ; the portion destroyed comprised the

railway, in the Southern division of the county, lathe of large entrance hall, originally paved with marble, staircase,
Scray, hundreds of Barkley,Blackborne and Calehill, Ashford two large rooms on either side, each with a circular bay and
petty sessional division and county court district, West the fine ball-room over the same, running the whole length
.Ashford union, West Charing rural deanery, Maidstone of the building : the tower, however, has been suffered to
archdeaconry and Can.t~rbury diocese. The church of St. remain, as well as other portions of the original structure.
Michael, a building of stone in the Early English style, con- Many of the old farm houses have picturesque timber-framed
sists of chancel, nave, north porch and a western tower with gables, and Marley farm retains a chimney in the centre of
small turret containing a clockand 5 bells : in the chancel are the house, consisting merely of a wooden framework, filled
sedilia and piscina and a low side window : the stained east in with coarse plaster. Smarden was once a market town
window was erected in memory of Charlotte Elizabeth, wife under a charter granted by Edward Ill. and confirmed by
()f the Rev. F. F. Haslewood, a former rector; she died June Queen Elizabeth ; linen was formerly manufactured here,
12, r867 : the organ was given as a memorial to Mr. William flax being cultivated in the parish to a comparatively recent
Hinds, of this parish, one of the largest contributors to the period. The Rev. Francis Haslewood F.S.A. in his history
-restoration of the church: in the chancel is a mural tablet of this parish, considers that sufficient evidence exists "to
to Jacob Turner, merchant, of London, d. 5 July, 1799, and prove that Smarden held its own with regard to the
"to members of the Turner, Knightley and Ram families; manufacture of woollen and linen goods, and these industries

and in the nave one to Charles James Otway esq. of Romden, continued to flourish here till the beginning of the present
in this parish, and Lady Bridget (Feilding), his wife, daugh- century, when hand-looms could no longer compete with
ter of Basil 4th Earl of Denbigh, and to Col. James Otway steam-power." The manor or Denn of Smarden was pur-
and Elizabeth, his wife, father and mother of the preceding ; chased in 1689 by Robert Sayer, standard bearer to the band
there is also a memorial to the Rev. Solomon Pawley, vicar of gentlemen pensioners, and is now held by John Sayer esq.
of Aylsham, Norfolk, d. 1777, and to the Woolley family, J.P. of Pett Place, Charing. The title deeds range from the
J:788-1818 : there are 480 sittings. The register dates from period of Henry VI. to the present time : manor courts are
-the year 1632. The living is a rectory, yearly value from held occasionally. The manor house, now called " Ash
tithe rent-charge £6r4, with 4 acres of glebe and residence, Farm," has ceilings and other portions of moulded wood-
in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since work, and chimneys dating from about 1600. The prin·
J:8go by the Rev. Arthur Octavius Hardy M.A. of Trinity cipal landowners are Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis
College, Oxford. There are chapels for General and Parti- esq. M.P., J.P. of Linton Park and J. Sayer esq. J.P. The
-cnlar Baptists, and a reading room and library. Turner's soil is various , subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat,
charity of £22, arising from land left in 1686 by Jacob beans and hops. The area is 5,386 acres; rateable value,
Tnrner, of London, is for clothing and a distribution of £u,8o8; the population in 1881 was I,I39·
wheat. In I7I6 Stephen Dadson, of Bethersden, gave a Sexton, Charles Ottoway,

house and land, with a. dwelling house for a free school, the

annual income of which is now about £6o; the original PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

grant permitted 6 boys to attend this school from Bathers- Miss Harriet Hayter, postmistress. Letters fromStaple-
den, but the Charity Commissioners have sanctioned the hurst arrive at 7·SQ a.m.; dispatched at 6.20 p.m.; sun-
payment of 21s. yearly to the school at Bethersden in lieu of clays, arrive 8.40 & dispatched 9·45 a. m

DIRECTOR\',] KENT. B:N!RG.ATE.

A School Board of 5 members was form~d 13 :\Iay, 1874 ; CARRIERS TO:-
George Langle~·. Charing, clerk to tl1e board; Jeremiah MAIDSTOSE-John Buss Wood, every tuPs. t.hurs. & s tt.
Dabson, attendance officer returning same days; Thomas Turk, weJ. & fri. return-
ing same days
Board School, built, with master's residence, in 1832, for 200 ASHFORD-Charles Pearson, tu"s. thurs. & sat. returning
ch1ldren; average attendance, 160; :Mrs. Elizabeth
Da\"ies, mistress same days; & to Tenterden on fri. ; Thomas Turk, tu'S.
returning same day

Ballard Philip, Walford hous~ Cook Jane (Mrs.), farmer, )ialtman's hl )!orris James, jun. assistant overseer
Dawe William Henry, Dil-Khush
Hardy Re\". Arthr. Oetavius M A. Rectory Cooper George, farmer, Spires Ash farm Munn Edward, farmer, Hayland farm
Cooper Mary pirs. ), farmer, Hagg hill :\Iunn William, carpenter
:Ma~n Rev. Robert William [BaptistJ Cornes Esther (l\Irs. ), Chequers P.H. & Offen Edwin farmer, ::\hrley farm
Offen John, farmer
:Mullinger Mrs miller (wind)
• COMMERCIAL. Offen Tuomas, farmer
Cornes John, farmer, Buckman's green Osmer James, farme1·
Ballard Philip L.R.C.P LOnll. surgeon & Cornes 'Vm. farmer, Old House farm Ottoway Abraham, shoe maker
meJical officer & public vaccinator, Day George, farmer Pearson Charles, earner
Xo. 4 district, \Vest Ashford union, Evenden James, butcher
Walford house Pearson Edward, farmer, Hamclen
Gasson ::\'Iary {:\Irs. ), Hell inn P.H Pearson John, grocer & draper
Batt Alfred, shopkeeper Gurr Charles, hurdle maker Reading Room~ Library (J. W. Bridge,
Hatt Alfred Thomas, shopkeeper Gurr Edward, carpenter
Batt Elizabeth (:Mrs.), farmer Gurr Richard, farmer sec)
Birt Ambrose, farmer, Fleet farm Hayter Harrt. (:\Irs. ),boot ma.Post office Ripley James, blacksmith
bri lge Robert, farmer HeathfielclChas.farmer,Bardlesden farm Russell James, carpenter
Bridge Walter James, bricklayer Heathfield Job, farmer Russell John, farmer, Tolhurst farm

Brown Rebecca (:\Iiss), shopkeeper Hinds William, farm3r, Gillett'sgrange Ru-;sell Thomas, farmer
Buckman James, farmer Homewood Edward, farmer Sanders Fanny (:\Irs.), frmr. Snughorne
Judge William, corn dealer Sorrell .Joseph, farmer, Lim3ki!n farm
BussChas.&Fredk.millers (wind) & gros Marshal! Thomas, turner Turk Thomas, carrier
Buss Charles, farmer, Romclen MaxtedFredk. b1·icklayer,Maltman's hill Underdown Ed wd. farmer, ::\Ialtmans hl
Mills Lewis, farmer, Cotta~e farm
Buss Frederick, deputy registrar of ::\Iorley Earnest, grocer & draper White Charles, beer retailer
marriag-es, West Ashford union Morris James, farmar, Westhoy farm Wood William, farmer, Hamden
Wickens John, farmer, Swift's green
Buss George, farmer
Busswood John, carrier
Butler John, farmer, Derin~ farm

SMEETH is a parish and village, situated on the road and September 29th. The Paddock is the residence of the

from Ashford to Hythe, with a station t mile north-east His-ht Hon. Lord Brabourne P.C., ~IA., D.L., J.P. Scott's

from the village, on the South Eastern railway, .S8 miles Hall formerlv stood near the foot of the hill, east of the
from London and 4~ south-east from Ashford, in the South- village, and was the property and residence of the knightly

ern di•·ision of the county, hundred of Bircholt franchise, family of Scott, who are supposed to have descended from

lathe of Shepway, Ashford petty sessional division and county John Balliol, King of Scotland ; Sir William Scott, Knight

court district, East Ashford union, and in tl1e rural deanery Marshal of England in 1350, was the first of the family who

of Xorth Lympne and archdeaconry and diocJSe of Canter- resided here: the site of the old Hall continued in the family

bury. The church of St. .Mary is a small building of stone till 1784, when it was conveyed to Sir John Honywood bart.

m the Norman and Early English styles, with some portions and is now the property of Lord Brabourne, w!Jo is the prin-

of later date, consisting of chancel with aisle, nave with an cipallandowner and lord of the manor. The soil is various ;

arcade of three arches, north aisle, south porch and a low subsoil, ragstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats,
modern tower at the west end containing one bell: in th~ beans and peas and some hops. The area is r,6r9 acres;

chancel aisle is a monument with two marble figures, to rateable value, £5,213; the population in r88t was 621.
Priscilla Scott, 1648, and ~Iary Scott, I652 : in the nave a 8TOSEHILL, LILLEY HoLE, I mile east, and part of BRA·

monument to Paul Loftie and Ellanour, his wife, 1750: the BOURNE LEES, ti miles north-east, are in this parish.

stained east window is a memorial to Anna Maria Elizabeth, SJxton, Edwin Spice.

wire of the Rev. Wyndham Knatchbull D. D. sometime rector PosT OFFICE.-William Fagg, receiver. Letters arrive
here ; she d1ed in 1855 ; on the exterior east wall of the from Ashford at 7-5 a. m. & 1.20 p.m. ; dispatched at 9.20
chancel is a stone, inscribJd to a servant of Sir Edward a.m. & 6.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at

Scott K.B. of Scott's Hall, and dated 1644; in the north aisle Mersham; the telegraph office is at the station
is an arch in the wall, with an o;;ee canopy and feathering: WALL LETTER Box near the church cleared at 9 a.m. &

the church was restored in I88r: there are 300 sittings, 6o 6.20 p.m. ; sundays, 9.20 a. m
being free. The register dates from the year r662. The A School Board of 5 members was formed 2nd February,

living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £460, with residence, 1872; Rev. C. Hope Roberison M.A. rector, chairman &

and 8 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Archbishop of Can- clerk to the board; JamP.s Walker, attendance officer
terbury, and held since I868 by the Rev. Charles Hope Board School (mixed), built in. 1870, for ISO children;

Robertson M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and rural average attendance. 130; James Walker, master

dean of North Lympne. Fairs are held here on May 15th Railway Station, Samuel Pearson, station master

Brabourne Rt. Hon. Lord P.c., M.A., Ames Franklin, Woolpack P.H GasstonEdwd.miller(water),Evegateml

D.L., J.P. The Paddock; & 3 Queen Andrews Waiter, brick maker Hammon Arthur, farmer

Anne's gate; & United UniYersity & Clutterbuck Ernest, estate carpenter to Hobbs Frank, auctioneer & farmer

Carlton clubs, London s.w Lord Brabourne Hooker Thomas, farmer, Lilley hall

Buss Charles Denness John, farmer Marsh John, baker

Cooper Rev. ,John [Baptist], The Manse Dryland Alfred, butcher Marshall & Heathfield, wood turners

Daniels John Epps John Godden, grocer & blacksmith Marshal! J onah, wheelwright

Georg-e Henry & dJputy registrar of births & deaths, Martin John, carpenter

Hughes The :\Iisses Brabourne sub-district, East Ash- Noble Waiter Gillett, farmer

Knatchbull-Hugessen Hon. Edward ford union Shorter George, farmer

M.P., D.L., J.P. The Paddock; & 5 Foord Stephen Kelcey, farmer & land Thornby Thomas, blacksmith

)landeville place, London w agent to Lord Brabourne,Evegate frm Thorpe Richard Foord, auctioneer &

Madden Rev. James John Fuller Henry William, relieving & valuer &c. Church house; & at Mid-

Robertson Rev. Chas. HopeM.A.[rector] vaccination officer 2nd district & re- die row, Ashford

Thorpe Mrs. gistrar of births & deaths for Smooth White James, estate carpenter to Sir

COMMERCIAL. sub-district & marriages for East Wyndham Knatchbull

Ames Ethelbert, carpenter Ashford union

SNARGATE is a village and parish, on the road from church of St. Dunstan is an ancient building of stone, the
external features of which seem to be wholly Perpendicular,
Appledore to Kew Romney, 5~ miles north-west from that but the arcades of the nave and some other portions are
town and a mile eait from Appledore station of the South Early English ; it consists of chancel, with north and south
Eastern railway, from which branches the Lydd and Dunge- chapels, nave, aisles, south porch an'i a battlemented
ness line, which passes thr:mgh this parish ; it is in the western tower with a turret at the north-east arurle and

Southern division of the county, Aloesbridge hundred, Shep- ~
way lathe, Ashford petty ses,ional division, Romney Marsh
containing 3 bells : the chancel, which retains its piscina,
union and liberty, Cinque Port liberty and county court is separated from both its adjacent chapels by two Pointed
arches on either side, supported on octagonal pillars ; on its
district of Xew Romney, and in the rural deanery of South north side is a Perpendicular tomb ; and in the north chapel

Lympne and archdeacoury an l diocese of Canterbury.. The

K. S. & S. 38

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is a square piscina. and some traces of an altar ; the rood stair- of Risden, Hawkhurst, George Green esq. and George Neve

case remains in the western pier of the north side ; both esq. of Sissinghurst. The soil is light; subsoil, sand. The

chape~s are enclosed by wooden sereens: the church '\\'as land is chiefly in pasture. The area is I, 552 acres of land

beautifully restored in 1872, by subscription, at a cost of and 25 of water ; rateable value, £2,561 ; the population in

over £t,ooo and has 120 sittings. The register dates from 1881 was 149.

the year I553· The living is a rectory, with that of Suave Parish Clerk, Richard Wood.
annexed, joint net yearly value aanbdouhtei1d".2s6inoc, ein1sth9e0 gift of
the Archbishop of Canterbury. by the Letters from Folkestone through Brenzett arrive at about

Rev. John Gibnan M. A. of Worcester College, Oxford. There Io a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is

is no lord of the manor. The principal landowners are at Appledore. Nearest LETTER Box at Brenzett

James Homersham esq. of Dover, George French esq. _J.P. The children of this place attend the school at Brenzett

Gilman Rev. John M.A. [rector] Stace William, grazier Wellsted Edwin, farmer
Wood Rd. farm bailiff to Edwd:Lord esq
Bates Samuel Roffe, grazier &; farmer Stace William, jun.farmer Wood William, farmer, Hope cottage

Hayter William, Red Lion P.H Watts Carolina (Mrs.),farmer

HickmanJn. (exors. of),farmers&graziers

SNAVE is a parish, situated on the road from New Rom- The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Snargate, joint

ney to Ashford, 9 miles south from Ashford, 5 north-west net yearly value about £290, in the gift of the Archbishop

from New Romney and 2 south from Ham Street station of Canterbury, and held since 1890 by the Rev. John Gilman

on the Ashford and Hastings branch of the South Eastern M. A. of Worcester College, Oxford, Capt. E. Marsh (who is

railway, in the Southern division of the county, level, lord of the manor), T. Startup esq. Mrs. Foord, of Margate,

union and liberty of Romney Marsh, lathe of Shepway, Stephen Beale esq. of Tunbridge Wells, Thomas Giles esq.

petty sessional division of Ashford, hundred of Aloesbridge, J.P. and A. W. Cobb esq. are the principal landowners. The

eounty court district of New Romney, rural deanery of soil is stiff mould; subsoil, stiff clay, The chief crops are

South 'i-ympne and archdeaconry and diocese of Canter- wheat, beans and oats. The area is r ,456 acres; rateable

bury. The church of St. Augustine is an edifice of stone, value, £2,612; the population in 1881 was 1l3·

chiefly in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave, Sexton, James Boorman.

ehapel, south porch and an embattled tower containing 3 Letters from Ashford through Ham Street, arrive at 8 a.m.

bells; it was restored in 1873, by subscription, at a cost of The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Ham

about £8oo : there are xoo sittings, all free. The register of Street; nearest post office at Ham Street_ or Brenzett

baptisms dates from 1619; marriages, 1669 i burials, x664. The children of this place attend the school at Brenzett

(Na.m·<.'s marked thus •letters arrive through •Fisher Frederick, farmer & grazier 1 'l'ickner Thomas jun. farmer & grazier

Folkestone.] *Flisher Edward, grazier Tollast John, farm bailiff to Frank

Fancett John (Mrs.), farmer Tickner Thomas, grazier Hobbs esq

SNODLAND is a village and parish, >Situated amid an · Hailing: there are also certain other monies for the educa-

undulating country, on the western. bank of the Med way, 1 tion of children of Snodland, Biding and Hailing: the Godden
with a station on the North Kent railway, 6 miles sonth- charity, derived from the rent of 20 acres of la.nd at Ivy
west from Rochester and 8 miles north-west from Maid- Church, left in x661 by Edward Godden, is applied in appren-

stone, in the Mid division of the county, lathe of Ayles- ticing children of the parish, Here is a paper mill, the pro-
_ford, Larkfield hundred, Malling petty sessional division perty of Messrs. Hook, employing about 350 persons and
.and union, Maidstone county court district, Cobham rural manufacturing weekly more than go tons of paper ; there are
deanery and Rochester archdeaconry and diocese. The .also extensive lime and cement wol"ks in the neighbourhood.
village is lighted with gas from works, the property of Holborough Court, the seat of Frederick William Woodhouse

.Messrs. C. Townsend Hook and Co. Limited. The church of esq. is a spacious mansion of red brick and concrete, re-
All Saints, standing close upon t.he Med way, is an ancient built in 1884 from the designs of Mr. Hubert Bensted, archi-
and spacious structure of Kentish rag and flint, mainly tect, of Maidstone, standing near the Medway, and corn-
Early English, but with some traces of the Perpendicular manding a fine view of the range of chalk hills on the opposite
style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, west porch, now bank. Ivymeath (now vacant) is a commodious stone built
disused, and a lofty embattled western tower conta.ining a mansion facing the west with a massive square stone tower,

clock and 5 bells, the lower staga of the tower forming the almost hidden by a belt of lofty elms. 'rhe Misses Dickson are
main entrance . an arcade of four Pointed arches on circular J ladies of the manor. The principal landowners are Col.
piers divides the nave and ai.;le: on the south side of the Roberts J.P. Thomas Day esq. of Holly Hill towers, John

chancel are a. piscina niche and sedilia; and there is also a. Cnrtis, Col. T. J. Holland c.B., D.L., J.P. of Mount Ephraim

piscina in the south aisle: there are a few brasses with House, Tunbridge Wells, and the Misses Hook. The soil is

-figures of ecclesiastics and one bearing a cross fleury: on gravelly; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats,
the northern wall of the nave is a tablet to Martha. Boy- barley and hops. The area is x,879 acres, of which about
nard, dated 1682: the interior was restored in '1873: the 85 are common land; rateable value, £13;o62; the popula-

church has twelve stainerl windows, the. east window oon• tion in 1871 was 1,844 and 2,826 in 1881, but is now(I8go)
taining full-length figures of the martyrs Cranmer, Ridley, considerably over 3,ooo.
Latimer and Ann Askew, chiefly the gift of the Rev. H. D. PADDLESWORTillS a hamlet, 1 tnile west; it was formerly

Phelps M. A. late rectoc: the principal memorials in the a parish.

ehurch are to members of the Palmer and Leeds families : PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

there are 350 sittings. The register dates from the year (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Kent added),-

1559· The living is a rectory, average yearly value from Waiter Henry Rumble, postmaster. Letters arrive from
tithe rent-charge £328, with residence and 19 acres of Rochester at 7·45 a. m. &; 5.30 p.m. & from London direct

glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester, and held since at. 8.30 a. m. & 5·35 p.m. ; dispatched at 12.55, 5·45 & 8.2

1874 by the Rev. John George Bingley M.A. of Brasenose p.m. &ijo London direct at 10.25, 12.40, 3.10 &7.45 p.m.;
College, Oxford. The Swedenborgian or •: New Church sundays, arrive at 7.30 & dispatched at n a.m
Society's" church of St. John the Evangelist, consecrated PILLAR LETTER Box at Holborough cleared at 9.30 a.m. 12
.Tune 27th, 1882, and erected at a CQSt amounting to over noon & 6.45 p.m week days & u.x5 a.m. sundays

.£s,ooo, defrayed by the Misses Hook as a memorial to their ScHOOLS:-

parents and brother, is a cruciform structure of Kentish British (for boys, girls & infant~), built in 1835, for 430
ragstone with Bath stone quoins and dressings, in the Early children & enlarged in x888 by the addition of the old
E~glish style and consists of chancel, nave, organ chamber, Providence chapel, for 250 additional children; average
vestry and an embattled tower, 56 feet high, l.'t the north. attendance, 140 boys, 125 girls & I33 infants: it is sup-
west ~gle, with a stair turret and con,tainiqg 9ne ball; there ported in part by the Misses Hook ; W. R. Hodgkinson,
are ten stained windows and a richly carved reredos and pul- master ; Miss Alice Bearn, infants' mistress
pit, besides other fine carved work in oak, and a brass lectern: National (endowed), erected in 1868, for 350 children;
on the west wall is a brass tablet to Charles Townsend Hook average attendance, n6 boys, 108 girls & 92 infants ; the

esq. dated 1877: there are sittings for 30opersons: there is endowment, amounting to over £40 yearly. is derived
at present (1890) no resident minister'"' There are Congre. from lands left by John May, of Holborough, in 1800;
gational and Primitive Methodist chapels. A large clock Charles Godfrey, master ; Miss Emily Liddia.rd, mistress;
tower with three illuminated dials has been erected to the Miss A. Fairchild, infants' mistress
memory of the late Mr. Charles Townsend Hook. A Work- Kent (1st) Artillery Volunteers, Eastern Division, Royal

ing Men's Institute was erected in 1877 by W. Lee esq. and Artillery (No. 7 Battery), Capt. E. H. Haymen, corn·
eontains reading and billiard rooms, library of 900 volumes mandant

and a. roncert hall. The Temperance Hall and Coffee Palace Railway Station, James Young, station master

was erected by the Misses Hook in 1882. May's charity CARRIERS TO:-
eonsists of a charge of £20 yearly on land in Hillborough, ;MA.IDSTONE-Henry Collins, tues. thurs. & sat
left in 18oo by John May, of Holborough, and is expended in STROOD, RocHESTER & CHATHAM-W. T. Tillbrook, tues.
providing great coats for the poor of Snodland, Biding and thurs. fri. & sat. returning same days

JDIRE<n'ORY. KENT.· SOUTHBOROUGH. 595
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PRIVATE ..RESIDENTS. Corney Wm. draper & grocer & agent Moore Arthur, beer retailer & butcher

Allender Mrs. Brooklyn house for W. & A. Gilbey,wine & spirit mers Moore Thomas, grocer, Holborough rd

Archer Rev. Thomas R. [Congr~o-a- Crick Ambrose, refreshment. rooms, Nichols James & Son; patent printing,

tional], Oak villa. High street paper bag, & stationery envelope
Baker Edward, Nephalite villa Crittenden James, Red Lion P.R manufacturers, wholesale only, North

Bingley Rev. John George M.A. Rectory Crowhurst Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkpr Kent bag works

Brown Mrs. Belle Vue villa Daley John, shopkeeper, Mailing road Norman Albert, grocer & draper, Hol-

Day Thomas, Holy Hill towers Dartnell William, grocer, High street borough road

Dedrick William, Bryncree Deacon Joseph, grocer & draper Paddick John, shopkeeper, May street
Drummond Miss, Carisbrooke house
Dedrick John Philip, grocer & butcher, · Palmer John L. R. c.~.Lond. surgeon, see

6orham William, Holborough road Mailing road Minchinton & Palmer
Hook Eustace, Delamere house
Dowsett Thos. ironmongr, HoIborough Penny Caroline (Mrs.}, shpkpr. Brook st

Hook Misses, Veles Driver Edmund, shopkpr. Mailing road Peters Nathaa, shopkeepfll' -'

Hoysted Rev. Charles William M.A. Dnrling Jsph. Robt. tailor, Malling rd Phillips Henry, grocel",. High street

[curate], Hig-h street Elliott Wm. plasterer, Mallin,g- road Prosser David, chemist;High street

Joy William, The Lodge English Thomas, farmer, Paddlesworth Reeve Arthur, Queen's hotel, High st

Lambert Benjamin, Dene G-arr villa Fever Edwd. greengrocer, Mailing rd Reeves John, butcher, High street .. '

Manner Mrs. Trefoy Figgess Edgar, drapr. & grocer,High st Rumble Wltr. Hy. statnr. & news agnt

Minchinton Hy. Jas. Nyanza house Gammon Fredk. George, baker Russell Amy (Mrs.), toy dealer

Palmer John, High street Garra1;t Jn. assist. insur. supt. High at Russell Henry George, tailor, Brook st

Parrington M. B. Holborough cottage Gay Geo Fredk. printer, Mailing rd Shayes Alfd. Jn, greengrocer, High st

Peters Thomas William, Anchor place Gothen Fredk. hairdresser, High street Siddall Charlotte (Miss), ladies' school,

Raven Henry, The Cedars, Holborough Gowar Richard, Hull commercial hotel May street

Smith Joseph Evans, Brook house & poo;;ting stables Smith J oseph Evans, surgeon, medical

Woodhouse Fk. Wm. Holborough court Harris David, butcher, Malling road officer & public vaceinator for No. 5

COMMERCIAL. Hawks Henry, wheelwright & car- district, Mailing Union -~ certify-

Andrews Thomas, shopkeeper penter, Holborough road ing factory surgeon, Brook house,

Atkins Emma (Mrs.), shopkpr. High st Hawks Henry, jun. Rising Sun P.H. & Mailing road

Ayres William Henry, draper, High st grocer, Holborough Spice Sarah (Mrs.;, shopkeeper

Baker Ed ward, ferryman Haymen William Paten, coal dealer Sprowson Chas. Wm. stationr. High st

Bateman William, butcher & baker Hayward Fk. Geo. draper, Mailing rd Stevens Eliza Annie (Mrs.); draper,

Beadle Thomas Henry,insurance agent, Hilder Tom, assist.overseer,Church fids High stree1t ..

Mailing road Hook Charles Townsend & Co. Limited, Stone Waiter Thomas, draper & out-

Bishop Harry Geo, shopkpr. Mailing rd paper manufacturers & gas works . fitter, High street

Bolger George, bootmaker, High street Horton John, baker, High street Sweeter M try (Miss), tobaccnst. High st

Bradley John, chimney sweep, High st Jackson Robt. harness maker, High st Thornhill J.tmes Henry# middle class

Brattle Charles, painter & decorator, Judges John, greengrocer, Hi!!h street schools, Tudor house, Mall.ing road

Mailing road Kemsley John, hair dresser, May street Tong Albert, blacksmith

Brazier Ed wn. iusurnc. agnt. Mailing rd Knott Thomas, boot maker, High s.treet Vane Edwin, boot maker, Mailing road

BristowHannah(Mrs. ),shopkpr.Brookst Langridge John, beer retailer, High st Weaver William, shopkeeper

Burgess Alban, beer retailer Larkin Martha (Miss)~ millinr. High st Weller William Arthur, watch & clock

Champion ;Jsph. Hy. farmer & hop grwr Mellor Sanderson L.R.C. P.Edin. physi- maker; Mailing road d

Chatfield Geo. watch maker~ High st cian & surgeon, May street White Claud Hamilton, solicitOl'

Chittenden William, beer retailer Millidge Benjamin John, chemist & Wilford Joshua., bldr. & contrctr.May st

Coffee Tavern & Temperance Hall dentist, High street Wood Edward, miller, Holbrough mill

(James Hosburgh, manager), May st Mills Arthur, boot maker, High street & High streeU .,.,

Cook William, baker, High street Mills William, beer retailer ~ Working l\bn's Institute (Tom Hilder,

Corney Geo. draper & grocer, High st Minchinton & Palmer, surgns. High st sec}

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SOUTHBOROUGH is an extensive village, in the civil esq. of So11thborough, in October, 1847, bequeathed £628

parish of Tonbridge, on the line of road and railway between (since invested in the£3! Per Cent. Annuities), the interest,

Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, 2! miles south from :r'on- now amounting to £2o yearly, to be given away on St.

bridge and the same distance north from Tunbridge Wells Thomas' day to poor inhabitants of Southborough. About

and 33 from London, in the South Western division of the half a mile from the Hand and. :i!oeptrQ hotel are chalybeate

county, hundred, petty sessional division and union of Ton- springs, .the mineral properties of which ars similar to those

bridge, lathe of Aylesford, county court district of Tun- of Tunbridge Wells. Bentham Hill is the seat of Robert

bridge Wells, rural deanery of South Malling, archdeaconry Pott esq. 1 at .Broom Hill, the seat of Sil" David Lionel

of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury ; it is governed by Salomons hart. I.P. there is. a.n observatory tower, intended

a Local Board of Health of 9 members, formed in 1871. The for a meterologica.l station: from the summit an extensive

village is lighted with gas by a company and supplied with view of the country is obtained ~ MabledOG is the seat of

water from works the property of the Local Board. St. Johu Deacon esq. The manorial rights are divided between

Peter's is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1831 from the Robert Pott esq. and John Deacon esq. The principal land-

civil parish of Tonbridge: the church is an edifice of brick, owners are Hir JuJian GoldsiUid bart. M. P. Sir Edmund

consisting of chancel, nave, north and south porches and an Stracey Hardinge hart. Sir l>a.vid Lionel Salomons bart.

eastern tower with spire containing a clock and 6 bells: there Robert Pott and John Deacon esc:j:;, The area is ~.678

are several stained windows and 730 sittings, of which 380 acres; rateable value, £Z4,557; the population of the Local
are free~ The register dates from the year r83o. The living is Board district ia .L88r was 3,87o.r ·

a vicarage, gross yearly value £4oo, with residence, in the I

gift of five trustees, and held since r887 by the Rev. Henry Parish Clerk of St. feter, William Edwards.

Woodhonse Dearden M. A. of Trinity College, Dublin. Christ Parish Clerk of St. Thomas, Richard :Fielder.
church, a. chapel of ease to St. Peter's, erected in 1871, is a Bailiff of the Manor, Henry Crundwell, juJ.
building of stone, in the Early English style., consisting of
'I
Chancel, nave, aisles and transepts : the nave and aisles were PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,
erected as a memorial to the late Col. William Ireland 3 Parade, London roa.d.~John Frederick Cole, postmaster.
Blackburne-Maze J.P. of Boundes Park, Bidborough : there Letters arrive from Tunbridge Wells at 6.45 & 11.30 a. m.
are 6oo sittings, 300 being free. The parsonage was built & 7.30 p.m.? dispatched at 9·5 & II.3o a. m. & 9 45 p.m.
in memory of the late Mr. Carr. The Rev. Thomas Dunning Money Ol'ders are issued & paid from 9 a. m. to 6 p.m, &
Lovelace is curate in charge. St.. Thomas' is an ecclesiastical on saturdays from 9 a. m. to 8 p.m
parish, formed November 7th, 1871 ; the church, erected,

with vicarage house, at the sole cost of the late Mrs. Pugh. NEw TowN PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance

and consecrated in r86o, is a building of stone, in the Early Office.--William Owles, snb-postmaster. Letters arrival
English style, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, aisles, from Tunbrid5e Wells at & are disp<ttchei 1ih~ same as
sonth porch and a. western turret containing 2 bells : there from London road. London road is the nearest telegraph
are several stained windows: there are 400 sittings, rso office

being free. The register dates from the year r86o. The

living is a vicarage, net yearly value £245, with residence, PosT OFFICE, High Brooms.- Williarn Levi Wallis, receiver.

in the gift of Mrs. Pugh's trustees. Letters throu~h Southborough, dispatched at 9.15 a.m. &

The Parochial Hall, built in I88r, will hold 350 persons. 6.45 p.m. The nearest money order office is at New
There is a Wesleyan chapel erected in 1870 and a Primitive towu, S\luthborough-, & talegraph ottic~ at 'l'unbrid~e

Methodist Mission room at High Brooms. David Osborne Wells

~. s. & s. 3~*
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596, SOUTHBOROUGH. KENT. (KELLY's

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• LocAL BoARD. I' other girls are admitted at fees varying from 4os. to 6os.
Offices, I23 London road.
yearly. The school has an annual endowment of £90,
Board day, last wednesday in the month. with mistress's residence & grounds ; Miss Ann Rocbester,

Henry Crundwell; sen.. chairman. principal; Rev. H. J. Bigsby, one of the governors, is hon.

C. J. Gallard W. G. Stidolph sec
Dr. D. W. H. Llewellyn Rev. E. Wilkinson National (boys & girls), built in 1852, for 48ochildren & en-
A. Brown J. Awcock
larged for 650 ; average attendance, 200 boys & 250 girls ;

R. J. Langley 0. B. Powell Eliward Fletcher, master; Miss Hannah Yardley, mistress
Infant (Brightridge), built in I864, for 264 children; aver-
Clerk, Philip Hanmer, 123 London road age attendance, 83 ; Miss Lncy Ford, mistress
National (boys, girls & infants), High Brooms, built in
Treasurer, Arthur Thomas Beeching, Old Bank, Tunbridge
r889, for 280 children; master, vacant
Wells Wesleyan (mixed), built I877, for 140 children; average

Medical Officer of Health, Harris Butterfield, Sevenoaks

Surveyor, Sanitary Inspector & Collector, William Harmer,

123 London road attendance, 92 ; Walter Rees, master

SCHOOLS:- CoNVEYANCE.-Omnibuses run to L. B. & S. C. railway
Holme Endowed (for girls), founded in the year I785 by station, Tunbridge Wells, about every 20 minutes from
the Rev. Edward Holme, formerly vicar of Birling, & re- 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. returning from there every 20
constituted I889 under a new scheme prepared by the minutes from 9 a.m. to 8.30 p.m
Charity Commissioners; it is now a Higher Grade school,

receiving so Foundation scholars on payment of certain CARRIERS TO : -

fees laid down in the scheme ; 32 girls of Tonbridge (in- LONDON-Philip Smith, on mon. to ' Queen's Head,'

cluding Southborough), 12 of Bidborough &. 6 of Speld- Borough, returning on tues

hurst are entitled to education at this school after having TUNBRIDGE WELLS & TONBRIDGE, daily, & LoNDON, mon.

passed an elementary exammation in the sth (or any -James Martin
higher) standard & being recommended by a governor; TUNBRIDGE WELLS-William Turner & Henry Goble, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Field Thomas, Bromden villa, High Nicholls Mrs. Oakfield, London road

Allam Miss, The Lindens, London road Brooms road, High Broom Noel Henry, 96 London road

Allcorn Obed, Maida vils.Speldhurst rd Fielder John, 8 Sunnyside, Common Norris Mrs. Denmark vi!. Bedford road

Andrews Leonard W. Glenholm, Pen- Flint Misses, I Summerhill villas, Loo- Oliver Mrs. 2 Fern lea, Church road

nington road don road PageGeo. 3Christchurch viis. Prospect rd

Armstrong Charles M. 3 Raycroft villas, Fordred John, Oaklea, Common PankhurstGeo.Monntview,HighBrooms

Holden Park road :Foy Misses Hazlemere, 5 Park road Parker Henry, 20 London road

Baker Mrs. Thomas, Kincardine, Gar- Freeman Charles E. Park ho. Park rd Parker Thomas, Bloomfield cottage,

linge road Gadban Paul, Fairholme,Pennington rd High Brooms road, High Broom

Banes Miss, 68 London road Gallard Mrs. Charles, I2 Pennington rd Pearce John, 9 Speldhurst road

Bardsley Rev. Samuel Martyn B.A. George Jsph. Nightingale ho.London rd Pearson Henry Vere, I2 Park road

[curate of St. Peters1, 8 Sunnyside Goldthorpe Samuel, 21 Speldhnrst rd Pettitt George, I4 Park road
common Green Mrs. E. 2 Rycroft villas, Holden Pettitt Mrs. 8 Park road

Barnaby Alfd. Gordon vil. Edward st Park road Piddlesden Jnhn, High BNoms villa-,

Barrand Miss, North cot. Garlinge rd Groves Wm. Little Boundes,London rd Powder Mill lane, High Brooms

.Benham Kenyon, Trotting Hill house, Hales Edward, Helmsley, Church road PlumptreMiss,TheOrphanage,Vnlcn.rd

Kibbles lane Hall J sph. 2 Richmond viis. Bedford rd Plnmptre Mrs. Heath view, Holden rd

Bisacre George A.C.P. I Fern terrace, Hall Trayton, Vnlcan road Pollard John, Dnnstan ho. Edward st

Church road , Harmer Wm. Kemnay viis. Park road Pott Robert, Bentham hill

Blackbourne Mr'3. &. Miss, Hillside, Harris Geo. Beaulieo, I9 London road Powell Christr.B. Old hall, London road

Church road Harrison Lieut.-Col. A. J. St. Olaves, 'j Rains Miss, Ampthill, Pennington road

Blackbnrn Ernest M. Park ho. Park rd Park road Ramsay Miss, Heath cottage, eommon

Blackbourne-Maie William P. Bounds Harrowing Waiter, Vale road Randall Wm. Maidavils. Speldhurstrd

park, London road Hogg Miss, Swaylands, Park road Roper Alfred, II Bedford road

Boorman Misses, The Swallows, Park rd Homess Miss, Hillside view, Modest Ronth Misses, Ruda, Park road

.Botten Mark. Edward street - corner, Common Rowe William, Ellerslie, London road

Bonrne Mrs. Clyde villa, London road Hooper Miss, II Park road Rowlatt Mrs. 37 Pennington road

Brander Rev. Gustavus B.C.L., M.A. Hope Capt. George B.N. Ormond lodge, Rucker Mrs. I Heath view, Common

Ferndale cottage, Argyle road London road Russell Thomas, Ingleside, Prospect rd

Bull Rev. Reginald Alfred M. A. St. An- Hosmer Archiba1d William, I Rycroft Salomons Sir David Lionel hart. M.A.,

drews, I.ondon road villas, Holden Park road n.L., J.P. Broom hill

Bull WiHiam, Fairfield, London road Humphreys Miss, I5 Penningtou road Sandilands Edwin, Woodlands, Park rd

Burridge Mrs. 22 Holden road HutchingsEdwd.Jn.Highbry.Londonrd Schermann Yakob, Granville house,

Buss Thos. 2 Sheffield pl. London rd. James Rev.Charles Edwin, Glenmount, Vnlcan road

Buysse Dirk, 7 Speldhurst road Pennington road ScholeyMrs.Helstonleigh,Pennington rd

Card Edward, Elmhnrst, London road Jamieson Mrs. Sunnyside, Common ShephardMrs.1Maybynevls.Prospectrd

Carr Mrs. Edward, Grove hill, Common Jarvis Mrs. 7 Garlinge road Shields Mrs. Lynwood, Church road

CarterWm.M.A.Augnstusvils.Londonrd Jeffery Mrs. Woodleigh cot. Common Shrivell William, Sonnyside, Common

Cassin Miss, Consuelo, London road Jones Mrs. Patteshall, Pennington rd Skinner Charles, High Brooms cottage,

Chalmers Mrs. Leighton, Pennington rd Kinlock Miss, Broomfield, Vicarage rd High Brooms road1 High Brooms
Chittenden 'fhoma.,; Richard, Beach Kirsten Mrs. M. F. Grove ho. Common Skinner John, Vine cottage, Edward st

view, Common Laird Mrs. Macgregor, Clarendon Skinner Misses, 4 Westfield villas,

Churton Miss, Argyle lodge, Argyle rd house, Park road Prospect road

Colebrook Mrs. TheSycamores, I Park rd Laird-Cox.William, I7 Park road Small Charles, 158 London road

Colegate Wm. Daisy villa, Edward st Lane Miss, II Holden Park road Smith Miss, Maesbrook, London road

Combridge Arthur T. Manor cottage, Lane Richd. West view, Prospect road Smith Mrs. A. 2 Christchurch villas,

London road Lavers Miss, IO Snnnyside, Common Prospect road

Constant Miss, Maisonette, Garlinge rd Lea Mrs. Alfd. Fairlea, 8 Garlinge road Spittles George, Church view, Common
Cottrell William Exell, I Meadow villas, Lessell Mrs. Heath cot. The Common Stable Miss, 98 London road

Bedford road Llewellyn David Wm.Hy. 6 Garlinge rd Staveley Miss, Ampthill, Pennington rd

Crespin Chaa.Hy.Helingly, Garlinge rd Loat William, Violet bank, London rd Stearn Jas.Springfield vil.Springfield rd

Crothers Miss,Highfield, Pennington rd Lovelace Rev. Thos. Dunning [curate], Steventon Mrs. 2 Summerhill villas~

Crothers Rt. Highfield, Pennington rd I Maybyne villas, Prospect road London road

Crowhurst Joshua,Vulcanh(}. Common Lovewell Geo. John's vil.Edward street Streatfield Alfred W. I66 London road

Crnndwell William Thos. 2I Holden rd Lnard Mrs. 2 Vicarage road Stubbs Miss :F. 74 London road

Davidson Miss, Highfield, Pennington rd Lushington Franklin, Templehnrst, Sngden Lieut. William R.N. I Ferrer

Deacon John M.A., J.P. Mabledon Pennington road· villas, Prospect road

Dearden Rev. Henry Woodbouse M.A. McCormick Mrs. John, 20 Holden road Sweetland Mrs. 3 Park road

The Vicarage, Vicarage road Macduff Mrs. Wm. Redlands,London rd Tasker :Misses, Cranworth cot. Common

DeveyMisses, Worfield ldg. Penningtn.rd Martin Mrs. 4 Parade, London road Thorne Edward, I Richmond villas,

Downing William, I 56 London road ~elville The LadyHarriet Leslie, Wood- Bedford road

Dudley Miss 0. The Swallows, Park rd leigh, Common Towers Miss, 10 Park road

Ellis Miss, 17 Pennington road Mercer Waiter, 8 Speldhurst road Townshend Rev. Horace Thos. Edward

Ellis Mrs. Grove cottage, The Common Miles George, Spring cot. Springfield rd B.A. Pennington hall, Penningtou rd

Estridge Miss, 26 Pennington road Monday Mrs. Ebberstein vil.London rd Trotter Mrs. 13 Park road

Field Jn. Jas. Hope cottage, Edward st NevilleMrs.Hea.thdean,42Pennington rd Tucker Miss, 12 London road

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Tucker Miss Mary, Sunnyside, The Card Frank, Hand & Sceptre hotel, Harmer William, surveyor, inspector of
Common London road
nuisances &collector to Southborough

Turnbull John Oliver, 2 Maybyne villas, Card George, market gardener, Modest local board, 123 London road
Har' t Geo. Wm.Smith,grcr.J48Londn.rd
Prospect road corner, Common

Twort Jsph. I South view,Speldhurst rd Card Thomas, beer retlr. 44 London rd Hartnup Edward C. grocer, & agent for

Twort Thomas, 28 Park road Carpenter William Thomas, green- W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mer-

Tyrwhitt Rev. Beauchamp St. John grocer, 7 Pennington road chants, 10 Church road

H.A. Holden house, Holden road Carr Annie (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, Harvey Thomas John, greengrocer,

Veasey Mrs. Belmont ho. Pennington rd 184 London road High Brooms road, High Brooms

Waldegrave Lady Mary, Kintore, The CarrickJn. bldr. Rock lodge, London rd Heathorn Fdk.Geo.irnmgr.goLondon rd

Common Chantry Jn.Hy. chemist,1o8 London rd High Brooms Brick & Tile Co. Limited,

Wallis Mrs. 12 Bedford road Chapman Henry James, builder & Hi~h Brooms

Waiters Mrs. 2 Park road decorator, 12 Holden road & Holden Hill Geo. market gardener, 29 Castle

Walthew Miss, Grgve ldg. The Common corner, Holden road Hobden Wm. shoe maker, 43 Cr_<t.rlesst

Watson Miss, :JtArgyle road Chapman Thomas Henry, beer retailer, Hollamby Thomas William,shop14.tl6per

Wells Arthur, 20 Holden Park road Modest corner, Common 47 Springfield road

White Robert, Ebbisham, London road ClapsonAlfred S. watch ma 27 Charles st Hohne's Endowed School, London road

Wickens Arthur William, 2 Meadow Clayden Thomas, carrier, I 54 London rd Hook Samuel, boot ma.. 94 London rd

villas, Bed ford road Cole Josepb, shopkeeper, ]<'orge road Hudson Thomas, builder, Forge roan

Wickeus lt'rederick,Ash villa, Holqen rd Cole William, shopkeeper, High Brooms HukinsJabez,watch ma.4Pennington rd

WickensMrs. Ebenezer vil.Speldhurst rd road, High Brooms Hnmphrey ueo. grngrcr.l86 London rd

Wickens Mrs. George, Meadow lodge, Colthup Edwin, beer retlr. 3 Meadow rd Hutcbings Ed ward J ohn,snrgeon, High-

Bedford road CorkeFrank 0. butcher, 134 London rd bury, London road

Wilkinson Rev. Ernest M.A. Southfield Cornwell Horace, butcher, 8o London rd Jarvis Robert & Son, plumbers &

park, London road Creed Chas. boot maker, 82 London rd painters, South view, Speldhurst rd

Williamson Rev. 'fheodore Au,o-ustus Creed Thomas Waiter, beer retailer, Jarvis Kester Cripps, .Royal Oak P.H.

Eden M.A. [curate], Washington 8 Pennington road Speldhurst road

villa, London road Crowhurst Joshua, smith & wheel- Jarvis Robert 0. builder, Bedford road

Wilson The Misses, Stenson,Vicarage rd wright, Holden road & Victoria road J ennerRmj. bricklayer,24HoldenPal'k rd

Winterborn John, 23 Speldhurst road Crnndwell Arthur Smith, farmer, 162 Judge Charles, grocer, 172 London road

Witherly Mrs. I6 Pennington road London road KillickThos. pork butcher,3HoldenPk.rd

Wood Col. Edward Albert, Oakdale, Cruttenden Jn. 0. cowkpr. Speldhurst rd King Andrew, watch ma. n6 London rd

Pennington road Cuthbert Chas. saddler, 23 London rd Kirby Wm. tea dealer, 178 London rd

Wood Mrs. Vulcan house, Common Damper Albert Jeffery, confectioner, Laird-Cox William, physician & sur-

Woods J. J. Kemnay villas, Park road 120 London road geon, 17 Park road

Woollett George, White House farm, Davey William, farrier, 18 Forge road Lambert William, ironmonger, I Shef-

Pennington road Davies Philip,grocer,1o2&I04London rd field place, London road

Wylde Samuel, 76 London road Davies Samuel, beer retailer, North Lane Emma. (Miss), teacher of music,

Farm road, High Brooms 11 Holden Park road

COMMERCIAL. Dawes Henry, carpenter, 4 London rd Lane Mary (Miss), certificated midwife,

.Anderson Thoftlas A. .plumber &c. DentonEdwd.chinarepairer, 2 Forgest West view, Prospect road

Modest corner, Common Dolding Thomas, lodging house, I Lewis William, painter, 10 Holden road

Austin Septimus,coal dlr.2oSpringfld. rd Glenmore place, The Common Lewry Emma (Miss), wool worker, 38

1AveryGeo.cricketball ma.9&11 Charles st Donovan John, tailor, 6 Speldhur_,t rd Meadow road

Awcock Jacob, clothier 124, draper 122, Donovan Mrs. dress ma. 6 Speldhnrst rd Llewellyn David William HenryL.R.C.P.

& grocer x12, London road Douch Wm. Jn. Bell P.H. London road LOud. surgeon, & medical officer &

- Baker Thos.chimney sweep, 48 Taylor st Dudeney Charles, grocer, & agent for pubhc vaccinator, No. 8 district, Ton-

.Banes Caroline (Miss), teacher of music, W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mer- bridge union~ 6 Garlinge road

- 68 London road chants, 88 London road London Charles, trunk maker, 9 Holden

Barrett John, greengrocer, Modest Dudeney William Geo. (Mrs.), farmer, Park road

corner, Common · London road Mansell George Palfreyman, draper &

Beeching, Hodgkin & Beeching, bankers Dunkley, Rogers & Cole, chemists, & house agent, 6 & 7 Parade, London rd

(H. P. C. Hare, agent ; attendance post office, 3 The Parade Marchant Richard, shopkeeper, Cote-

11 to I tuesday & friday), Broadway, Eade Fred, beer retailer, 132 London rd brook road, High Brooms

London road: draw on Barclay, EaglestoneJas.shopkpr.Holden Park rd Martin James, carrier, 21 London road

Bevan & Co. London E c Edwards George, lodging house keeper, Martin William, market gardener,

Belsey Thomas, furniture dealer, High 3 Glenmore place, The Common Speldhurst road

Brooms road, High Broom!"! Edwards William, greengrocer, 8 Mercer John, lodging house, 3 Glen-

Bennett John, plasterer, 105 London rd Parade, London road more, place, Common

BerryCharles,grocer, 15 Holden Park rd l<~verest Hy. upholsterer, 7 Holden road Middleton Thos. corn dlr. 1o6 London rd

Bisa~re George A.C.P. boys' commercial Farrant George, coal merchant, Cola- Mills Hrbrt:photographr. 26 Charles st

school, I Fern terrace, Church road brook road, Hi~h Brooms Mitchell Edward, grocer & beer retailer,

Bodington Edward, dairyman & coal FielderJn grcr.2 TheParade,London rd 31 & 33 Holden Park road

mer. Yew Tree farm, London road Fielder Richard, stationer, 9 Parade, Moldon Jonathan, grocer, Bedford road

Botten John, blacksmith, Speldhurst rd London road Moon J ames, cook & confectioner, 1

Brackley Arthur, greengrocer, High Fletcher Fk. butcher, Rock ho.London rd Parade, London road

Brooms road, High Brooms FowlerBenj.Ades,coal mer. 16oLondn.rd Mules l''dk. baker, 188 & 190 London rd

Bridger Henry, beer retailer, London rd Freeman (Charles E.) & Blackburn Newington Ernest, butcher, Colebrook

BridglandThos.greengrcr. 128London rd (Ernest), young gentlemen's school, road, High Brooms

.Brooks Geo. ho. decorator,68 London rd Park house, Park road Newman Brothers; drapers, 5 Parade,

Brown Aaron, builder, 2 Sheffield Gallard Chas. Jn. bldr. 14 Pennington rd London road

place, London road · Gas Works, Speldh urst road Osborne George, omnibus & fly ·pro-

Brown Albert, hoot ma. 3 Speldhurst rd Gasson Will Benjamin, cabinet maker, prietor, 135 London road

.Brown George, market gardener, 4 Mountfield villas, Holden Park road Owles William, stationer, & post office,

Modest corner, Common Gilbert Rt. laundry, Rosecot.Edward st 84 London road

Brown James, market gardener, Giles Robert, nurseryman,High Brooms Pack Thos. builder, x8 HQlden Park rd

Modest corner, Common road, High Brooms Paine George, baker, Holden Park road

Brown Thomas Will, miller, Brook's Goble Henry, carrier, 18 Castle street Parker William, cricket ball maker, 71

mill, Powder M·lllane, Hig-h Brooms Gowar Charles Henry, tailor, n Penning- 'faylor street

Brown Wm. furnituredlr. 65 London rd ton road Parochial Hall, Western rd.& Bedford rd

.Bnckwell George (Mrs.), dairyman, Grantham Geo. boot ma. 43 London rd Pentecost Henry, dairyman, Modest

114 London road . Hale Frederick, florist, 32 Meadow road corner, Common

Bull Alfred, boot maker, 3-1- Charles st Bales Geo.markt.gardnr. 37 Meadow rd Pentecost Wm. confectnr. 39 London rd

Burial Board (Philip Hanmer, clerk), Halesueo. (Mrs. ),laundrss. 37Meadow rd Phillips Daniel, baker,67 & 6g London rd

123 London road Hall Charles, fishmonger, 40 London rd Phipps Matthew Mark, brewer, South-

Burr Alfred, builder, 22 Meadow road Hallett Wm. upholsterer,65 Springtld.rg borough brewery, Modest corner,Com

Boss Thomas, solicitor & commissioner Hammond George, farmer, Manor Pocock Jane (Mrs.), laundress, 5 Bed-

to administer oaths, 2l;heffield place, farm, London road ford road

London road Hanmer Philip, clerk to local board & Potter Mary Anne (Mrs.), steam flower

Cable Charles, bntcber, Colebrook road, burial boal'd, 123 London road mills, corn & coal mer. Western road

High Brooms Hardwick George, omnibus proprietor, Powel Archd. boot ma. 1 Holden Park rd.

Cane Jas. Hy. stationer, 92 London road Ed wards mews Castle street Pnckett Robert, baker, Springfield rd

598 SOUTHBOROUGH. KENT. [KELLY's

*Puckett Frederick Samuel, baker, Cole· Southboro' Reading Rooms (Col. Edwd. tJnderhill Obed, coal & coke merchant,

brook Toad, High Brooms Albert Wood, bun. sec.), London rd 121 London road

Ralph Richd. chimney sweeper, Holden· SouthboroughTemperance CoffeeTavern Vinall Geo.beer retailer, 77 London rd

corner, Holden road (Albert Baker,mangr. ), 10 London rd Walker Emma & Fanny (Misses), dress

Ralph Thos. wheelwright, 14Bedford rd Southborough Water Works (George makers, 13 Pennington road

- Ralph Thomas N. chimney sweeper, Shreeve, engineer), Modest corner, Wallis Levi & Son, grocers, & post

Modest corner, Common Common office, Colebrook road, High Brooms

RatcliffEllen(.Mrs. ),butchr.22London rd Standing Geo. fishmongr. 18o London rd Wallis Orlando, builder, 15 Holden rd

Reed Geo. greengrocer, 5 Speldhurst rd Stapley Hy. carpenter, 26 Holden Pk. rd Walton Henry, boot maker, Colebrook

Richardson Daniel, tailor, 9 Castle st Starr Bros. coach builders, 9 London rd road, High Brooms

Romary Wm. tobacenst. 176 London rd Stidolph Brothers, grocers & drapers, Ward Fredk. greengro. q6 London rd

Sales James, cricket ball maker, Modest The Broadway, London road Watson Mary (Miss), school j Argyle rd

corner~ Common St.ockton Ernest Cookson, draper, 86 Webb Robt. Imperial hotel, London rd

Ahoesmith James1 dairy, Colebrook rd. London road White Charles, coffee rooms, High

· High Brooms . Strong Frederick L. house decorator, Brooms road, High Brooms

Simmons George & Son, tanners & Sunnyside, Common · Wickenden :Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

eurriers, 23 Holden road . Strutt Alfd. hair dresser, 127 London rd 4 Speldhurst road

Skinner Philip,market gardener,Holden Taylor John James, coach builder, IA, Wickens Arth. Wm. butcher, London rd

corner. Holden road Meadow road Wickens Edward, butcher, 25 London

Smith Hy.&Son,coalmers.IsBedford rd Taylor Thomas, butcher, u8 London rd road & farmer, Pennington road

Smith Harriet (::\'Iiss), ·dress maker, Towers Mary (Miss), girl6' Echool, Ash- Wickens Fredk. confctnr. 42 London rd

Pennington road burnham house, Park road Wickens George, farmer, Clark's farm,

Smith Jonn. baker, 29 Holden Park rd Towner Frank Edward, grocer, Spring- Speldhurst road

Smith M. Matilda Agnes- (Mrs.), laun- field road Wickham William, dairyman, Holden

dress, 113 London road Townshend Rev. Horace, school, Pen- Park road

Smith Robert, tailor, 174 London road nington hall, Pennington road Wiles Fk. Wm. hair dresser,38Londorl rd

Smoker Edwin, boot ma. 131 London rd Turner & Thornton, wine & spirit mer- Woodhams Leonard, cricket ball maker,

Sole Henry, grocer, Colebrook road, chants, 24 London road 109 London rd. & 6 Holden Park rd

High Brooms Turner William, railway & general Worrell William, beer retailer, High

Southborough Fire Brigade (Philip carrier, 9 Holden rood Brooms road, High Brooms

Ifunmer, sec.), 12~ London road Tutchener Geo. fly propr. 1 Victoria rd Young Benjamin, laundry, Great

SouthboroughGas Co.{W. G. Stidolph, Twort Thomas & Sons, cricket- ball Brooms road, High Brooms

sec.), The Broadway, London road .· makers, 26 Park road •

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SOUTHFLEET is a parish and village, with a station anciently a .fleet of water flowing to the Thames (now

ontheGravesendbranchoftheL.C.&D.railway,halfamile stopped up by an emhankment), hence the name of the

north-west of tb.e village, 23 miles from London, 2~ miles place. Southfleet furnishes some curious specimens of the

sou,th from Northtleet and 3 miles south-west from Graves- shell formation; it is supposed to have been. the Roman

end, in the North Westerq division of the county, Axton station VagniacUJ, Watling Street forming the north-eastern

hundred, lathe of Button-at-Hone, Dartford petty sessional boundary of the parish: earthen 'Vel!l'!els, coins and stone

division, llQ~Oll and county court district and Gravesend tombs have bP.en found here, as also a milliary. The ma-

rural deanery, Rochester archdeaconry and diocese. The norial rights are held by William Wingfield Armstrong esq.

church of S~. Nicholas is an ancient and t:paciou'!l building The principal landowners are Charles Colyer esq. the

of flint, in the Later Decorated style, and consists of chancel, trustees of the late Edward Colyer esq. the trustees of
nave of thr-ee.~ays, aisles, south porch and a battlemented the late Thomas Colyer esq. and Major-General Price.
western tower with an octagonal turret, and eontaining 6 The soil is clay, sand and loam; subsoil, gravel and chalk.
bells:. on tbe sputh side (If the chancel are graduated triple The chief crops are grain and hops ; this is also a fruit-
sedilia with crocketed canopies supported on shafts of Pur- growing district and the gardens called "Spring Head,"
beck marbllf a11d a trefoil piscina with a shelf: in the pave- famous for watercress, are partly in this parish, the re-
ment are some ancient tiles and there are many fragments mainder being in Northfleet. The area is 2 14o8 acres; rate-
of carve~ stalls: in the south aisle is a marble tomb to able value, £5,46o; the population in 188.x was 922.
Sir John Sedley, 1561., richly painted and gilt and near itan HooK GREEN, half a mile south-west; WEsTwooo, I
ogee arch, rirhly crocketed, with the figure of an angel on mile south-west; BETSHAM, half a mile north-west.; RED
either side ; ~here is also a brass with kneeling figure- in- STREET, half a mile south, are hamlets.
scribed to Thomas Cowell, another brass of a female with Parish Clerk, Mrs. Agnes Baker.

an inscripti(ln to Joan, wife of John Urban esq. 1415, two PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Agnes Baker, receiver. There are two
small brasses to ecclesiastics, a large slab bearing an orna- deliveries daily, sundays 8 a.m. Letters from Gravesend
mented cross, and an altar tomb with the figures in brass of per foot post are delivered about 8 a.m. & 12 noon; dis-

a man and womai;l and an inscription to John Sedley and patched at 10 & 11.45 a.m. & -6.45 p.m. 'Ihe nearest
Elizabeth, his wife, 1500: the font is octagonal and exhibits money order. office is at Swanscon~be & telegraph offices

different designs on each of its faces; in this respect almost at I<'awkham railway station &Swanscombe

resembling that in Shorne church : there are eight stained WALL LETTER Box at Betsham cleared at 9·45 & 11.30 a.m.
windows: t~ church was partially restored and reseated in & 6.30 p.m

1867, anJ contains 306 sittiugs. The register dates from PILLAR Box at Westwood cleared at 9.30 a. m. & 6.xo p.m
the 3·ear 1558. The living is a rectory, commuted value of National (Endowed) School (mixed & infants), founded in
tithe rent-charge £523. with 6 acres of glebe and residence, 1637 by Sir John Sedley & endowed by him with £2o
in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester, and held since 1854 yearly; the school is capable of receiving 170 children;
by the Rev. George Frederick Goddard M.A. of Magdalen average attendance, 120; Thomas Badcock, master
College, Oxford, and hon. canon of Rocbester. Here was Railway Stat-ion, James Thomas Butler, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Armstrong Wm. Wingfield, farmer & Nightingale Thomas, shoe ma. Betsham

Andrus Capt. Thomas, Scadbury house hop grower,Northend ho.& Downs fm Oliver Barbara(Mrs. ),Colyer'sArms P.H

Armstroug William Wiugfield, North- ChambersWilliam,farmer &hop grower, Saxby John, coal dealer

end houSe, Betsham Manor house, Betsham Silvester Henry Aug. market gardener

Chambers \Ym. Manor house, Betsham Eyres Jnhn, carpenter, Betsham & watercress grower, Springhead

Garrett Frank Burton, lletsham house l''rench Rd.farmr.& hop grower,Hook pl Smith Elvey E. grocer

.Goddard Rev. Canon George Frederick Hackman Henry, Ship P.H 'freadwell Brothers, farmers & hop
M.A. l :rector], Rectory
Harris Benj. Preston, farmr. Manor frm growers, Court lodge

Has.sell Thomas, Westwood HollowayRd.WheatsheafP.H.Westwood Treadwell Frank, market gardener &

Lane James, Betsham Keeble li-eorge, plumber, Westwood provision dealer, Betsham

Sharp Ml'8. Dale villa Lucas Charles Stillwell, builder Wade Edward Thomas, farmer

Snelling Charles, Joyce hall Martin Cordelia (Mrs.), blacksmith WadeHenryGiles,farmr. &hopgrower,

Wade Henry Giles, Westwood house Miller John Henry, grocer & collector Westwood house

Warland Rev. Frederick '\-Yilluuu M.A. of rates & taxes Wade William, butcher

[curaJte], Dale villa Mitchell Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer Wickham Henry, stocksaiesman

Wood George. The Limes Mitchell Wm. wheelwright, Westwood Wood George, farmer, hop grower .!r;

COMIIlERCIAL. Nightingale David, grocer, Betsham brick maker, The Limes

Andrus Capt. Thos. farmr.Scadbury ho

SPELDHURST is a village and parish extending to the Somerden and Washlingstone, lathes of Aylesford and Sut-

S~I!sex border, 5 miles south-west from Tonbridge and 3 ton•at-Hone, petty sessional dh·ision and county court dis·
north.,west from Tunbridge Wells, in the South Western di- trict of Tunbridge Wells, umon of Tonbridge, rural deanery
-vision, of the couuty, and in the hundreds of Codsbeath, of South Mailing, ar<'bdeaconry of Maidstone and diooese of

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DIRECTORY.] KEKT. ST.ALISFlELD• 599

Canterbury. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone· Parish Clerk, W. Waite. · •

in the Early English style, entirely rebuilt (with the excep- PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

tion of the base of the tower) in 187I at a cost of upwards of Speldhurst.-Miss Edwards, receiver. Letters received
£4,ooc, under the direction of the late Sir G.G. Scott R.A. ;
from Tunbridge Wells at 7.45 a. m. & 2. ro p.m. ; dis-
it now consists of chancel, nave, both with north aisle, north patched a tL1aon.g4toona.Gmr.ee&n 7 p.m. ; th,e nearest telegraph
porch and a western tower containing a !,)lock and 8 bells, office is at

dating from IBI2 to 1887, with Magdalen chimes: the nave PosT & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, i.ower
arcade has four Pointed arches on clustered piers : the tower
is an odd composition of debased character, the lower part Green.-Charles Peacock, receiver. Letters arrive from

being Late Perpendicular, while the upper portion is dated Tunbridge Wells at 8. 3° a.m. ; dispatched at 8.45 a. m.

1767: the whole of the windows, six of which were designed 1.45 & 7·3° p.m. ; telegraph office at Rusthall ,., ,....,

by Mr. Burne-Jones, are stained : the brass candelabra, National School, Speldhurst, built in '1:859, for 90 boys & ~5o

vhich have rich coronre, were designed by John Oldrid girls & infants; average attendance, b'lys, 89; giTis &

Scott F.S.A. and presented as a memorial to the Rev. John infants, 100; Hy. Chennell, master ; Mrs. Chennell,mist

James Saint M.A. late rector ( 183I-88): there are 450 t•

sittings. The register dates from the year I538. The-living Langton Green or Langton is a hamlet formed

is a rectory, average yearly value from tithe rent-charge into an ecclesiastical parish Sept. 21, I88o, from the parish
£404, net income £2oo, with residence and 8~ acres of of Speldhurst, from which place it is a mile and a half- south-

glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Streatfeild and the M1sse_; Saint by-west and 3 miles west from Tunbridge Wells, on the road

jointly, and held since r888 by the Rev. Donald Hilaro from Tunbridge Wells to East Grinst.:Jad. The church of

OuseleyDimsdaleMacKi.nnonM.A.,F.~.G.s. of Exeter College, All Saints, erected in I863 as a. chapel of ease, is a small

Oxford. A charity, now (I89o) amounting- to £25 yearly, building of stone in the Early En6lish style, consisting of

left in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by Sir Thomas Smith, a chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a bell cote over

London merchant and of which the l::lkinners' Company are the nave, containing I bell: there are sittings for 220 per-

the trustees, is distributed in bread every Sunday to the sons, all of which are free. The register dates from the

poor of the parish; Burrows' charity, consisting of f.:Ioo year I863. The living is a. vicarage, net yearly value l,I66,

Consols left by Mrs. Burrows, produces £,3 yearly, which is with residence, in the gift of the rector of Speldhurst, and

divided among 6 wilows every Christmas morning. Dane- held since I881 by the Rev. Stanley Arthur Vardon M..A. of
more Park is the residence of James Bowles Reeves esq. Trinity College, Cambridge. There is a small Wesleyan

Mrs. Powell is lady of the manor. The principal landowners chapel. Holmewood is the seat of John James Barrow esq. ;

are Col. Sir Waiter Stirling hart. Charles Watson Powel1 J.P. the Hollands is the residence of Stanley Puckle esq. and
George Hanbury Field J.P. James Harrison and John James Shirley Hall, of Frederick Vernon Williams esq. The popu-

Barrow esqrs. Mrs. Streatfeild and the Misses Saint. The lation of this ecclesiastical parish in x88x was 625.

soil is clay and sand; subsoil, clay, sand and rock. The Parish Clerk, Willia'tn Carden.

chief crops are hops, wheat, barley and turnips, with a good PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
portion of pasture land. The area xis883I, 9w9a0s acres ; rateable Louis Peerless, receiver. Letters arrive from Tunbridge
of which Wells at 4·45 a.m, & I p.m.; dispatched at II.15 a.m. &
1v1,a5l1ne8,a£re,4ixn,8Ts7un; the population in 5,041 ,
bridge WeUs.

Lower Green is a hamlet a mile and a half north-west 8.45 p.m

from Tunbridge Wells and a mile and a. half south from National School (mixed), built in I868, for 144 children;

Speldhurst. average attendance. 98; Miss Jane Hayden, mistress

Speldhurst. Luxford James, farmer, Church farm Carter Hei·bert, butcher

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Marchant Henry, brick & tile maker Chapman William, wheelwright

Allen Mrs. Highfields Newton William, baker Clark Joc;eph, plumber

Beeman Henry, Broom Hill bank Oliver Albert, miller (water), Barden Collins Robert, saddler

Francis Mrs. Birchetts Potter George, cowkeeper Davis Wm. blacksmith & ironmonger

Grover Israel, Ashwood lod~e Potter John, cowkeeper Fairbrother Albert Ernest, grocer~ iron-

Jansom Edmund, Etheringt.on hill Tawney Brothers, wheelwrights monger & earthenware dealer

Lanjrton George, Woodlands Taylo.r John & Wilham, millers (water) Goodman Thomas, horse dealr. & farmr

MacKinnon Rev. Donald Hilaro Ouseley Turley Henry James, brick maker Heath Elias, shoe maker

Dimsdale M.A., F.R.G.s. Rectory Twort William, farmer Hoptroff Frank, Greyhound P.H. &

Pierson William M.A. The Lodge Wells Ernest, George & Dragon P.H assistant overseer for Ashurst & rate

Powell Charles Watson M.A., l.:P Winn Benjamin, builder- collector for Speldhurst •

Powell Mrs Young Sarah (Mrs.), laundress Palmer Charles, baker

Reeves James Bowles, Danemore park Langton. Peerless Louis, builder, Post office
Simmons Thomas J oseph, Etherton lawn Peerless Mrs. plumber &c

Winton E. W. Etherton hill Barrow John James, Holmewood Tribe & Co. farmers, Cold Bath farm
Batty William Eaton Latham, Holly vil ITurner John, grocer & draper
COMMERCIAL. LG
Herbert Maj.-Gen. Charles, Thornecliffe
Puckle Stanley, The Hollands ower reen.
Austen William, boot maker

Awcock George, grocer ·Turner Joseph, Upper Hurchetts Coleman Alfred, Red Lil>n P.H
Vardon Rev. Stanley . Arthur M.A. I Hollingdale Henry, farmer
Ballard John, draper & grocer

Bonnell William Tb.omas, butcher Vicarage Keely Thomas, farmer

Carter Charles,farmer,Brickstone farm Watson Miss, Langton house Kimber John, blacksmith

Cheeseman Henry, farmer, Barden Williams Fredk. Vernon, Shirley hall Mills Mrs. W. B. Cranwell house

Constable Hy. farmer, Scriventon fa"'rmrn Wright Miss, Oaklands Peacock Charles, grocer & corn dealer,

Dier William, veterinary surgeon COMMERCIAL. Post office

Edwards Thomas, farmer, Speeds farm Batty William Eaton Latham, surgeon, Taylor Thomas, farmer

Fuggle John, baker Holly villa , Waiter Malin, farmer

Hardwick William, market gardener Box Thomas, New inn I Waiter James Henry, farmer

STALISFIELD is a village and parish, situated in a and at the church in the morning. The principal land-

beautifully-wooded and undulating district, 7 miles south- owners are John Rigden esq. J.P. of Court street, Fa.vers-

west from l''aversham and 3 miles north from Cha.ring ham, lord of the manor, Charles Wheler \Vheler esq. M. A.,
station on the London, Chatham and Dover railway, in the J.P. of Otterden Place, Earl Sondes, St. Bartholomew's

North Eastern division of the county, l''aversham hundred, Hospital and T. R. Startup esq. The soil is loam and clay;

petty sessional division, union and county court district, subsoil, chalk and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley,

lathe of Scray, Ospringe rural deanery and Canterbury oats and beans. There is much coppice wood. The area is
archdeaconry and diocese. The church of St. Mary is an 2,293 acres; rateable value, £2,016; the population in
ancient edifice of flint stone in the Decorated style, consist- 1881 was 340.

ing of chancel, nave, small aisles, north porch and a rude Parish Clerk, Frank Vant.

square tower at the east end of north aiale,containing one bell: PosT OFFICE.-John Goldup, receiver. Letters through
a Perpendicular oak screen separates the chancel from l>he Faversham arrive a1i 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 5 p.m.
nave, and arcades of two arches on either side divide the nave winter & 5.30 p.m. summer; sundays at 10.30 a.m. The

Ifrom the aisles: there are 120 sittings, all being free and un- nearest money order & telegrgph office is at Charing.

appropriated. The register dates from the year 1669. The Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

Iliving is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £,247, net yearly , A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1874; George

value £150, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Langley, Charing, clerk to the board; Frank Vant, at-

Canterbury, and held since 1887 by the Rev. James Lindsay ! tendanc.e officer

K.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. At the Mission church, r Board School (mixed), built in I8J6, for 70 children;
which joins the vicarage, service is held on Snhday evening, ' aver~e attendance, 63 ; Misa Lydia Cook, mistress

600 .STALISFIELD. • 1

KENT. (KELLY S

Lindsay Rev. James M.A. Vicarage Gillett Thomas, farmer, Woodsell Read Hy. farmr.& hop growr.Wingfield

COMMERCIAL. Goldup John, shopkeeper, Post office Slingsby Edward,farmer & hop grower,

Hammond Henry,farm bailiff to Charles Court Lodge farm ·

Barnard Jas. & John, farmers, Holbean Wheler Wheler esq. J.P Spillett Samuel (Mrs.), farmer

Boorman Glazier, farmer Harrisson Thos. wheelwright & carrier Stroud James, blacksmith

Chambers Hope, shopkeeper Horton Alexander, farmer, Kenylon Vant Henry, carpenter

Chambers William, Plough P.H Jenkins John, farmer, Cornhill Wea\"er James, blacksmith

Clarke William, farmer, Darbies court Kirkwooa Thomas, boot maker Weller William, bricklayer

Giles George, Bowl P.H Miller James, farmer, Valley farm

STANFORD is a parish and pleasant village, situated which is distributed in money at Christmas,. At a short

cm the ancient Roman road called "Stane" or "Stone distance are the ruins of the ancient ~ansion of Westen-
Street," which, proceeding from the coast to Canterbury, hanger, once a large and magnificent building and said to
crosses the stream running through the village by a ford, in have containt>d r26 apartments and 365 windows; here, it
part furnishing its name; it is 4 miles north-west from is reported, Eosamond Clitford, the fair mistress of Henry
Hythe, 7 west from :Folkestone, 75 from London and dose 11. whose name is given to one of the towers, was kept for
to the Westenhanger station of the South Eastern railway, some time; it is now a farm house. WESTENHANGERst.ation
which is in this parish; in the Eastern division of the on the South Easterq railway derives its name from this
county, hundreds of Stowting and Street, lathe of Shepway, mansion. The tr11stees o{ the late Thomas Kingsnorth, to-
Elham petty sessional division and union, Hythe county gether with John .lones esq. are the principal landowners
court district and in the rural deanery of Elham and arch- and Major John Kirkpatrick is lord of the manor. The
deanconry and diocese of Canterbury. 'rhe church of All soil is a rich loam. The chief crops are wheat and grass.

Saints is a building of stone in the Early English style, con- The area is x,r91 acres; rateable value, £2,770; the popu-

sisting of chancel, rebuilt in 1878 ; nave, rebuilt in r841 ; lation in x881 was 294.

south porch, vestry and western bell cote containing I bell : N.EWIN GBEEN, one mile and a quarter south,and GIBBON's
the chancel has a piscina in the south wall and an aumbry BROOK, half mile west of the \·illage, are parts of Stanford
on the north side, and there are memorial windows to the parish.
Rev. W. Tylden M.A.late rector, Richard JonAS and hi" wife Parish Clerk, Frederick Dunster.
and John Kingsnorth and wife ; the east window is also
. stained : and there are 130 sittings. The register dates PosT & T. 0.-William Hills, receiver. Letters arrive from
from the year rss6. The living is a rectory, tithe rent- Hythe at 8 a. m.; dispatched at 6.40 p.m. The nearest
charge £159, net yearly value £n4t with residence and 10 money order office is at Sellinge

acres of glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Tylden, and held since r875 National School (mixed), built in 1847 & enlarged at l"arious

by the Rev. Joseph Williamson M.A. of Hertford College, times, for 90 children; average attendance, 70; C. Wood,
Oxford. The Wesleyan chapel was built in r845 and re-! master
built in 1868. 'rhere is a benefaction ofa.bout .£'5 1os. yearly, Railway Station, WP.stenhanger, James Wm. Bames, mast

Clark Augustus Frederick, Bungalow Birch Isaac, farm bailiff to Frederick Hills William, shopkeeper & blacksmith,

Jones Archibald Stoakes J.P. Yew Beard esq. Westenhanger farm 1 Post office

Tree house; & at Dymchurch Birch Richard, steam cultivating ma~ Marshall Edward, wheelwright

Weekes Miss chinery proprietor, Gibbon's brook f Potter Charles, farmer, Hayton

Williamson Rev. Joseph M.A. Rectory Divers Thomas, Royal Oak P.H. & coal! Rolfe Thomas, miller (wind)

COMMERCIAL. merchant, Newin green Smith Thomas, Drum inn

Ames Elgar, bricklayer Goulding Richard, farm bailiff to J. Williams John Clevelands, cowkeeper,

Brice James, farmer, Gibbon's brook Jones esq. Yew Tree farm Poun~ dairy

STANSTED is a parish and village, 3 miles north from by the Rev. WiUiam Eastgate Middleton Nunn M. A.' of

Wrotbam station on the London, Chatham and Dover rail- Trinity College, Dublin. Trosley Towers is the residence of

way, r2 north-west from Maidstone and ro north-east from I Sir Sidney Hedley Waterlow hart• .J.P. The principalland-

Sevenoaks, in the Mid division of the county, Wrotham I owners are Colonel Demetrius Wyndham Grevis James J.P.

hundred, .Aylesford lathe, Mailing union and petty sessional of Ightham, lord of the manor, Sir Sidney Hedley Waterlow

di,·ision, Maidstone county court district and in the rural bart. .J.P. and Frederick Charsley esq. of Wrotham Hill Park.

deanery of Sboreham, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese IThe soil is stiff clay and flinty ; subsoil, chalk. The chief

of Canterbury. The church of St. Mary is a small building Icrops are grain and hops. The area is 1,954acres; rateable

of flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, value, _£'2,424; the population in r881 was 408.

nave, porch and a tower on the north-west with spire, and FAIRSEAT, x mile south-east, is a hamlet of this parish;

containing 3 bells; the interior was re-pewed in r855, and in CoLDHARBOUR, the site of a Saxon camp, the ramparts of

1865 a vestry was built principally at the cost of the late ; which are still visible, is half a mile south.
Jonathan Rigg e~q. ar.d considerable improvements in the 1 Parish Clerk, William Webb.

interior were made during the years x875·1878: in r882-3 Po~T & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.-

the buttresses on the south side were rebuilt, a third bell Fairseat.-Edwin Turbille, receiver. Letters through

placed in the tower, the seats altered and two stained win- Sevenoaks, arrive at 8.r5 a.m. & 12.15 p.m.; dispatched

dows inserted: on the north side of the churchyard is a yew at ro.so a.m. & 5·55 p.m. The nearest money order &

tree estimated to be over r,ooo years of age: there are x8o telegraph office is at Wrotham. WALL LETTER Box,

! ittings, 90 being free. The register dates from the year near the church, cleared 5.30 p.m. week days & sundays

1564. The living is a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent- r2.40 p.m

charge £388, with re.5idence and 56 acres of glebe, in the National School (mixed), for 6o children; average attend-

gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1873 I ance, 45; Miss Agnes Hughes, mistress

Stansted. Hawkins John, farmer Hinchcliff Mrs. Manor house

Nunn Rev. William Eastgate Middleton Haysman William, Horse & Groom P.H Kemball Major-Gen. John Shaw
Hills J oseph, Black Horse P.H. & grocer McDermott Frederick, Old ~anor hou~e
M.A. [tector], Rectory

• Jarvis Peter, shoe maker Nutter Mrs

COMMERCIAL. Manley John, Vigo P.H Waterlow Sir Sydney Hedley hart. J.P.

· Bensted Henry, farmer Parsons James, farmer Trosley towers; & 29 Chesham place

Booker George, farmer Sparks John, farmer & hop grower s w ; Reform clubs w & City Liberal

Hooker William, farmer Wadlow Thomas, blacksmith & Hurlingham clubs, London

Brooker Joseph, farmer Waiter Hy.wheelwght.builder & farmet Hills Thomas, farmer

Burnett Edward,farm bailiff to Edward Woodger John, farmer Semark Waiter, farmer

Pink esq I · F a i rs eat. Walker Mark,farm bailiff to Sir Sydnfy
Capon Alfred, grocer Goldicutt Hedley Waterlow hart. J.P
John
Cooper Henry, farmer

STAPLE is a village and parish, 8 miles east from Can- aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower contain·

terbury, -4 west from Sandwich and 4 north-east from ing a clock and four bells: in the south wall of the chancel

.Adisham station on the London, Chatham and Dover rail- is a piscina: there are several tablets to the Lynch family,

way, in the Eastern division of the county, lathe of St. and a brass with the effigy of a merchant of this name

Augustine, Downhamford and Wingham hundred, Wingham besides seYeral slabs from which brasses have been re-

petty sessional division, Eastry union, Sandwich county moved: the font1 a eonspicuous feature, has an octagonal

. court district, and in the rural deanery of East Bridge and bowl of large size, enriched with figures of angels bearing
'1
aSrtc.hJ<a'lelltlr'o~ nisrya and diocese of Canterbury. The church of shields: the lower part of the bowl has figures of monsters
building of flint, in the Decorated and Pt>rpen- I and a floria.ted band, and the shaft i s also surrounded with

; dicu!ar &i) les, consisting of chancel with a north chapel, J grotesque bPasts and is elevated on two. steps : the style is

belonging to the Lynch family, nave of four bays, north probably Perpendicular: the: church was thoroughly re-

DIRECTORY.] • •STAPLEHVRST. 601

KENT.

stored in x868, and has 230 sittings, half being free. The The area is r,009 acres; rateable value, £2,852; the popula-

register dates from the year xs6o. The living is a rectory, tion in z88z was 521. .

gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £592, with an BARNSOLE is a hamlet half a mile east and SaATTERLING1
acre and a half of glebe and residence, in the gift of the 1~ north, on the Canterbury road, both in this parish.

Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1873 by the Rev. Sexton, George Church.

Robert Ffrench Hlake B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There PosT OFFICE.-Robert Spinner, receiver. Letters arrive

IS a small Baptist chapel at Barnsole. Palmer's charity, from Sandwich at 7 a.m. & dispatched at 7.15 p.m. week

left in 181:7 by the Rev. W. Palmer, rector of Adisham and days. Wingham is the nearest money order & telegraph

Staple, consists of the interest of £4oo, invested in Margate office

Pier shares, for the poor of Adisham and Staple and is at the National School (mixedh built in 1863, for 9<> children;

disposal of the rectors. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners average attendance, 70; James Sanson, master; Mrs.

are lords of the manor. Mrs. Western Plumptre, of Good- Emily Sanson, mistress

nestone Park, Lt.-Col. Charles John Plumptre, of Fredville, CONVEYAN<lE TO CANTERBURY.-Luck's omnibus, from

Nonington, and St. John's College, Cambridge, are the largest Eastry, passes through here sat. ; & Hooker's 'bus from

landowners. The soil is rich loam; subsoil, clay. The chief 1 Sandwich along Shatterling every morning, returning in

crops are wheat, barley, oats and market garden produce. the evening

Blake Rev. Robert Ffrench B.A. Rectory Howard Henry, Three Tuns P.H Pidduck George, farmer, Barnsole

Hatcher Mrs Joiner Geo. market gardener, Barnsole Ragdale Joseph, market gardener

COMMERCIAL. Joiner Wm. market gardener, Barnsole Ralph John, market gardener

Amfl6 Thos.markt.gardener,Shatterling Keys Emily (Mrs.), dress maker Rigden William, beer retailer

Appleton Edward (Mrs.), market gar- Keys William John, grocer Rodgers Richard Cook,rnarket gardener

dener, Shatterling , Larkins Frank,market gardnr.& farmer & tlorist, titaple nursery

Bassett Thos. Il'arkt. gardenr. Barnsole Larkins Wm. market gardnr. Barnsole Saddleton Henry, farmer, Lower &

Butcher Edward, farmer, Barnsole Maxted Harriet (Mrs.), grocer & beer Shatterling farms

Coo"k Samuel, farmer, Church farm retailer, Barnsole Spinner Robert, builder, wheelwright &

Cozens Geo. market gardener & farmer Mercer Geo. Green Man P.H.Shatterling undertaker, Post office
j Stiff Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Gipsy
Cryer Henry, market gardener Millgate Henry, market gardener

Darby John, boot & shoe ma. Barnsole Millgate William, market gardener court, Shatterling
Franks George & Son, millers (wind) & Moat Thomas, beer retailer, Shatterling I Tritton George,market gardnr.Barnsole
~lount Emma (Mrs.), market gardener I Tritton John, brewer & farmer,Barnsole
bakers, Staple mm

Hatcher Thoma'!, farmer & farmer Vinten Edwin John, farmer & market

Hayward Thomas, blacksmith Nethersole Michael, farmer, Crix court I gardener, The Rookery

Hougham Harriet (Miss), shopkeeper, Palmer Charles, farmer Witham Jas. market gardnr.Shatterling
Petley Charles, farmer, Staple farm I Wyborn 'rhos. market gardnr. Rushing
Shatterling

STAPLER 0 RST is a parish and village, situated on Gybbon and Bathurst, for the education and apprenticing of

the road from Cranbrook to Maidstone, with a station on poor children ; this is derived from land and money in the

the South Eastern railway, 5 miles north from Cranbrook, funds. Iden Manor, the seat of William Hoare esq. is a

42 from London by rail via Sevenoaks and 9 south from spacious mansion racently ( 189o) built in a park of 150

Maidstone by road, in the Weald of Kent, in the Southern acres: the old house, a building in the Italian style and sttll

division of the county, hundreds of Marden, Cranbrook and standing in the same park, is occupied by Miss Hoare.

Maidstone, lathes of Aylesford and Scray, Cranbrook petty Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis esq. M.P. of Lynton

sessional division, Maidstone union and county court district, Park, Mrs. Bryant, Henry, Charles and William Hoare esqrs.

and in the rural deanery of Sutton, archdeaconry of Maid- are the chief landowners. The soil is chiefly clay • subsoil

stone and diocese of Canterbury. The village is lighted the same. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and hops.

with gas. The church of All Saints is a building of stone in The area is 5,855 acres of land; rateable value, £13,092;

the Early Decorated and later styles and consists of chancel the population in x881 was 1,637.

and nave, each with a south aisle, south porch and an em- Parish Clerk, Thomas Bewley.
posT, M. 0 . "•"~ T . 0 . , s. B. & Annm·ty & I nsurance Offica.-
baltled western tower with spire, of Perpendicular date,
containing a new peal of 8 belIs, erected in 1885 by subscrip- E. M. Cook, postmistress. Letters from London are
tion at a cost of soo guineas, and a striking clock with West-
Pmoim·nstteedr chihmes,d er"edctedhin 1877 : an arcade ohf afiivse1e,wtihdee delivered at 6, 7 & u.xo a. m. &6 p.m. Hux closes
arc es iv1 es t e mwe from the sout for London at 10.15 p.m. 9.40 a.m. & 1, .,). ~•- 8 p.m.
London daily mail, aarrrrti·vveess,at1110.3.300 a. m. ; dispatched, 9. 50
p· ie1rs being dalternately cidrcular an· d o·cItagbonalh; the chhancel a.m.; nt·ght ma·t1, p.n1.; d"1spatc hed , 11
IS arge an is separate from tts aiS e y t ree arc es on p. m. ; Dover night mail, ar reidve&s,p2ai5d5far.omm. ; dispatched, 11
Money orders grant 9 a.m. tu 6 p.m.
circular piers of Early English character; the south chapel p.m.
is Decorated: leading from the south porch to the interior & on saturday until 8 p.m
is an ancient door adorned on the outer side with very
elaborate iron work of early date, possibly of the 12th WALL BoxEs: South Eastern hotel, cleared at 9.20 a. m. &
century: two windows on the north side of the chancel 8 p.m. ; sundays at I.2o p.m. ; Knoxbrid!!e, cleared 9·25

have been filled with stained glass by Mrs. Reyner, wife of a. m. & 9.20 p.m. ; sundays at 9.20 p.m. ; Cross-at-Hand,

the rector, in memory of her father, mother and brother; cleared at 8 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. week days only

the east window, a fine Early Decorated example of five East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), 2nd (Weald of Kent)

lights, is a memorial to the late Henry Hoare esq. d. 16 Volunteer Battalion (C eo.), Captain William Hoare, com-

aApril, I866,and his wife the Lady Mary (Marsham),daughter mandant; Alfred Stephen Wood, acting surgeon ; Sergeant

of Charles, 2nd Earl of Romney; she died 23 I<'eb. 1 71 : William Henry Flawn, drill instructor
the chancel was restored at the expense of the Rev. Thomas A School Board of .S members was formed in 1874; Thomas

Crick B.D. late rector, and in :r853 the interior of the nave Reeves, clerk to the board

was restored, largely at the expense of the late H. Hoare Board School, erected in 1873, from designs by Mr. T. Hayter

esq. and since 1s76 a sum of not less than £ 1, 500 has been Lewi,:, of London, for 320 children; a..verage attendance,

expended by the present rector, chiefly on the nave of the 133 boys, E4 girls & 72 infants; William Oliver, master;

church: there are 6oo sittings, 300 being free. The register Mrs. Ann Maria Reeves, mistress ; Miss M. Arnold,
dates from the year 1538, one o( the earliest in the county, infants' mistress

and is on paper. The living is a rectory, yearly value from CoNVEYANCE:-

tithe rent-charge £1,203, net £614, with residence and one South Eastern Railway, Robert Dann, station master

acre of glebe, in the gift of St. John's College, Camhridge, Miles' omnibus to & from Cranbrook to station to meet the

and held since 1876 by the Rev. George Fearns Reyner D. D. up & down trains, calling at ' King's Head'

formerly fellow and bursar of that college. There are Con- W1lliams' omnibus from Cranbrook to Maidstone, passes

gregational .(erected 1825, enlarged 1889) and Baptist through daily, calling at 'King's Head' at 8.45 a.m.

chapels. The charities, amounting to about £22 a year, South Eastern hotel at 9 a. m. & returns to Cranbrook at

are derived from stocks and distributed at Christmas and 5.30 p.m

Michaelmas in bread, coals and clothing l there is also an CARRIERS TO MAIDSTONE.-George Sisley, tues. thurs. &

endowed charity of fluctuating value, given by Messrs. sat. ; G. Southon, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hoare Miss, The Old house, !den Maunering Robt. WillshAr,jun.South vil

Brooks William, The Gables Hoare William, Ide-n manor ; & New Nunn John, Loddenden cottage

Chapman Thomas, North lodge University club, St. James' street, Oyler Henry, The Limes

Clifford .Mrs London s w Reeves William Edward, Ely court

Hamilton Capt. Dou~la.'l A. (The Buffs) Jull William Reyner Rev. Geo. Fearns D.D. Rectory

(adjutant, 2nd Vol. Bat. (Weald of Levesque Daniel Frederick, Sorrento Taylor William
Thatcher Rev. Thos. [Cong.],The Manse
IKent.) East Kent Regmnt. ),TheBower Lewis Rev. lsaac [B~ptist]
Hamilton Charles, West End farm LongRev.Jn.NealeHy.[curate],Basildon J Usborne Major Thomas S. Lod.denden

Hebblewhite Mrs Mannering Robt. Willsher,sen.SlaneyPl Wood Alfred Stephen

602 ST.APLEE.URST• KENT. . [KELLY's

•• Finch George, farmer, Yew Tree Pope George Henry, wheelwright &
COMMERCIAL.

Allingham Sarah Ann (Miss) (late Fire Engine Station (John Harris, fore- mineral water maker, Crown works

William Allingham), South Eastern man), Victoria works Pope Henry George, shopkeeper

hotel, family & commercial posting Fuller Edward, farmer Reeves Thomas, assistant overseer &

house (the night mails stop at this Gas Co. (James Walter, sec) Clerk to the school board

station & letters can be posted till Greenfield James Wm. corn. traveller Roberts James, farmer, Turley farm

9-45 p.m. ), Railway station Hardes Thos. landscape gardnr.& florst Roberts John, haulier

Austen William, farmer Harris Charles, baker, The Station Roberts Thomas, farm bailiff to Mr.

Barling Robt.coal mer.& farmer,Fisbers Harris Edwin John, seedsman Henry Martin, Aydhurst farm

Barnes Edmund Woodland, dairyman, Harris J ohn,coach builder,wheelwright, Rofe Franees (Mrs.), Crown inn

Exhurst smith & edge tool maker,& steam saw Rose Fredk. Chas. farmer, Clapper farm

Barnes William, farmer & hop grower, mills, Victoria works Samson Stephen, farmer, Dorn farm

Maplehurst Jull John, general draper, grocer, tea Saxby George, hair dresser

Beeching William, The Bell commercial dealer, clothier, batter, undertaker, 8crees Marcus, dairyman

inn, wine & spirit merchant; cob & insurance agent, stores for glass, china Sharp Edward, farmer

chaise or dogcart to let on reasonable &earthenware& a~ent for Peak,Frean Shoobridge J ames, builder & con-
terms •
& Co.'s biscuits . tractor, Bly court

Bewley Thomas, boot & shoe maker Jull John, guano & nitrate of soda mer- Shoobridge James, grocer & draper
Bixley Frederic George, beer retailer
chant, & agent for Lawes manures Shoobridge Robert, builder
Boulden John, farmer & hop grower King Sarah (Mrs.), hoop manufacturer Shoobridge. William, farmer & hop

Broad John, farm bailiff to Mrs. But- Kin~sland Daniel, boot & shoe maker grower, Chittenden

cher, Clappers . Large James, miller (water) & farmer Simonds John, farmer & hop grower,

Brooker Mary (Mrs.), laundress, The & hop grower, Lovehurst mill Lovehurst farm

Quarter . Law Albert, farmer & hop grower Sisley George, carrier

Burr William, beer retailer, Marden rd Link &Harris, traction engine & thrash- Small AlfreJ, builder & ironmonger
Buss Horace, boot & shoe maker
ing machine proprietors ; orders punc- Smith Brothers & Sisters, brick makers
Chambers John, farmer,Newstead farm tually attended to
& farmers

Chant1er Jesse, farmer & hop grower, Lodder Hy. Roberts, baker&confectioner Southern William, farmer & hop grower,

Matburst green . Manktelow Caleb, farm bailiff to Wm. Great Wadd

Chittenden Emily (Mrs.), blacksmith Hoare esq. !den farm Tipples Jas. frmr. & hop growr.Duckpit

Cole Robert, watch maker & stationer Mannering Robert Willsher,sen.farmer, Tipples William, farmer, Hartsheath

Colgate Thomas, farmer & hop grower, landownr. & hop growr. Slaney Place Tomsett John & Thomas, butchers

Sweetlands farm ManwaringTbos. &Co. corn& seed factors Tomsett Chas. Ingram, King's Head P .H
Collison Stephen ~oudwell & Phlhp, far- Milstead Alfred, blacksmith
\\'alter & Reeves, farmers, Henhurst

mers & hop growers, Cross at Hand Moss George, farmer, Little Newstead Waiter James, butcher

Collison Samuel, farmer, The Plain Newington Jas. Baldwin, grocer,Station Webb John, farmer &hop grower,Spills

Craddock Thos. farmer, Bailey's fa~'~rrnn Norris Jesse, farm bailiff to Charles Hill farm

Crockley Ann M. (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hoare esq. Sayenden farm Wilson Stephen, beer retailer

Cullen J ames, farm bailiff to Henry Nunn M!lt"tha (Mrs.), grocer Wood Alfred Stephen, surgeon, & medi-

Hoare esq. Pagehurst farm Nunn William John, tailor cal officer & public vaccinator, No. 4

Dorman William, saddler, harness & Orpin George Robert, corn & seed mer- district, Maidstone union & certifying

collar maker; & at Frittenden chant, miller (water) & farmer factory surgeon

Else Robert, beer retailer Piper Erskine, grocer & draper Woolger & ReeY.es, coal mers. & fannrs
Farmer Robert, farmer

• STELLING AND STELLING MINNIS.

STELLING is a parish, situated on high ground on the east Chesshyre, of Barton Court, Canterbury. Major V. Ames
side of the Stone Street, 7 miles south from Canterbury, and Stephen Kelsey esq. are the principal landowners. The
in the Eastern division of the county, hundreds of Loning- soil is barren and mixed with flints; subsoil, clay. Hops

borough and St(lwting, lathe of Shepwfly, petty sessional are grown here. The area is 1,373 acres; rateable value.
division of Hythe, union of El ham, Canterbury county court £1,459; the population in 1881 was 293.

district, rural deanery of West Bridge and archdeaconry and I STELLING MINNIS, 1 mile south, which was formerly
diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. Mary, placed in extra-parochial, is now a. parish in the hundred of Loning-

a somewhat bleak and lonely situation, is a small and an- borough; area, 81 acres; rateable value, £209; the popu-

cient building of flints in the Early English and later styles, lation in 1881 was 93·
consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south. porch and a Parish Clerk, David Swaffer.

low western tower containing 3 bells: the nave arcade, PosT OFFICE, Stelling Minnis.-Richard William Ashbee,
originally, perhaps, of two or three arches, has been thrown receiver. Letters through Canterbury arrive at 8 a. m.;

into one large wide arch, upon octagonal shafts; south of dispatched at 6.40 p.m. The nearest money order office
the chancel is a piscina with shelf: there are 250 sittings. is at Elham & telegraph office is at Elham railway station
The register dates from the year I557· The li,,ing is a National Endowed School, erected & endowed in 1786 by
ehapelry,. annexed to Upper Hardres, average tithe rent· Mrs. Denward tor 20 boys & 12 girls of this parish & the

charge £531, joint net yearly value £393· including 45 acres adjoining parish of Upper Hardres; the school has since
of glebe, with residencP, in the gift of .F. Sandys Lumsdaine been enlarged to hold 140 children; average attendance,

esq. and held since 1871 by the Rev. Frederick Metcalfe 102; James Waiter Elliott, master; Mrs. Rebecca Elliott,
M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, who resides at mistress
Upper Hardres. Fairs were formerly held, but are now CARRIERS TO CA..."lTERBURY.-Mrs. Susan Woollett, wed. &

obsolete. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, builL in 1855, and a sat.; Hezekiah Champion, tues. thurs. & sat.; Thomas

Primitive Methodist chapel. The manor belongs to Mrs. Belsey, sat only

File Thomas, farmer, South Lodge farm Sharp Thomas, farmer, Cats farm

Stelling. Finn George, farm bailiff to Maj. Ames, Stupples William, farmer

Ashbee Richard Wm. shpkpr. & post off Stalling lodge Wood Ann (Miss), farmer

Bartlett George, farmer Harvey Richard, farmer Woollett Susannah(Mrs. ),fmr. & earlier

BelseyBromleyBass,farmer,Coxsole frm Hollid~,ty Thomas, farmer
Keeler Stephen, farmer, Wildage farm . 1
Belsey Thomas, farmer & carrier Stelling Minnis.

Champion Hezekiah, ·carrier Marsh George, miller (wind) Boughton George, builder

Clayson Wm. farmer, Little Palmsted Parker Alfred1 farmer, Yew Tree farm Davison Henry, miller (wind)
File Stepben, farmer, Cherry garden Pitcher William, farmer !den William, farmer

STOCKBURY is a village and parish, situated on the 13th century, with some insertions of Perpendicular da!e

road from Maidstone to Sittillg'bourne, 2i miles south from and consists of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and
Newington station on the London, Chatham and Dover rail- an embattled Perpendicular tower at the west end with a
way, and 6i north-east from Maidstone, in the Mid division circular turret and containing 5 bells: the nave ts divided
of the county, Eyhorne and Milton hundreds, lathes of from each aisle by four Early English arches; those of the

Aylesford and Scray,. Bearsted petty sessional division, transepts are of the same date and the arcade is continued
Hollingbourne union, Maidstone county court district, and along the walls of the chancel, the windows of which are set

in the rural deanery of Sittingbourne, archdeaconry of within the arches ; the arrangement of all these arches is

Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. f uncommon and singularly beautiful, the piers being slender,
Mary Magdalen, picturesquely situated on the ridge of a hill , the shafts of Bethersden marble and the capitals finely

overlooki~ a w·ooded valley and commanding on the north 1 executed ; the font is square and rests on a square pedestal:

side A fine view of ~he Thames, is a spacious cruciform 1there are brasses dated 1617 and 1648 and a brass tablet to

building of flint and stone in the Early English style of the 1 Major Philip Codd, of Rumpstead Court, d. 1831 and to

DIRECTORY.] KENT. STONE. 603

Shirley Morse Codd, his widow, d. 17 .lan. I871, aged 100 'Sittingbourne, is lord of the manor and ~lso the principal

years, 9 months and 6 days: the chancel is kept in repair by llandowner. The soil is stony and clay ; subsoil, chalk and

the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as owners of the great clay. The chief crops are corn and hops. The area is 2,951
1
tithes: the south transept, which belongs to L. Ruck esq. is 1 acre s ; rateable value, £3,68o; the population in 1881 was
r 621. Peter Read.
in paevreferyctdrielappaiidr:attehderceoanrdeit~io:7n?, stiht~einrgess..t of the church being
in The register dates J Parish Clerk,

from t~e year "I653· The hvm~ IS a ':"ICarage, yearly value · PosT OFFICE.-Cephas Seager, receivar. Letters arrive
from t~the ren~-charge £3o6, with residence and 9 acres of
glebe, _m the gift of the Dean ~nd Chapter of Rocheste~ and from Sittingbourne at B.so a. m. ; di spatche doardt e5c.1o0ffpic.em&.;;
held Since 1875 by the_ ReY. fhoma~ Cobb M.A. of Sidney sundays, 10. 30 a. m. near e st money
The

telegraph office is at Newington. Postal orders are issued
Sussex College, Cambridge. There IS a small place of wor- here but not paid
ship for Bible Christians. Certain property was bequeathed •

to this parish by Mrs. Jane Bentley, of ·London, in the year j "ALL Box cleared at 4· so p. m

1752, for the education of three boys and three girls and National School (mixed), built in 1836, for 117 children;
1

there are other charities of £t2 yearly derived from 6 acres 1 average attendance, IOO; Philip R. !<'order, master; Miss

of land for the benefit of the poor and other 6 acres ffJT the B. Sykes, assistant mistress; Edward Henry Blinkhorn,

church. Edward Leigh-Pemberton esq.' J.:P. of 'forry Hill, . attendance officer ~

Bing John, Vale house Baker William Henry, farmer Humphrey Jane & Mary (Misses),
Cbristy Albert (retired captain, Indian
Beaumont William Edward, grocer grocers & bakers
Army), Hill Green house
Cobb Rev. Thos. M.A. [vicar], Vicarage Bing James, jun. farmer, Church farm 1Newman Thomas, Three Squirrels P.ll
Cobb Thomas (retired commander of
Bing Jn. juu. frmr. & hop grwr. Pett fm Rayfield William,Harrow P.ll
R.N.), Vicarage 1
. Wood William Clark William, grocer, Guilstead Read Bros.blacksmiths & wheelwrights
1
COMMERCIAL.
Alexander Mary(Mrs.),frmr.&hop grwr Clinch Rhoda (Mrs.), farmer, Hazel st 1Russell Thos.farm bailiff to JohnWood,
Alexander Thomas, hay & straw dealer
Alexander William, farmer, Hill green Featherstone George, farmer, Southall 1 Cowsted farm

Goodhew William, farmer, Hazel street ll SeagerCephas, grocer & draper, Post off

Hales Ann (Mrs.), grocer Sedge George,gardenerto Capt. Albert.

Hales William, farmer 1 Christy

Hales Willialh, shoe maker [Wood William, farmer

STODMARSH is a parish on a small brook, about a M.A. minor canon and sacrist of Canterbury Cathedral, has
been curate in charge since I884 and resides at Canterbury.
mile from the navigable river Stour, 5 miles north-east from Mrs. Spratt, who is lady of the manor and Henry Pembrook
Canterbury and 3 south-west from Grove Ferry station on esq. are the principal landowners. A court leet is held once
the South Eastern railway, in the Eastern division of the in six years. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravel. Much
county, Downhamford hundred, lathe of St. Augustine, of the parish is marsh land. The chief crops are wheat,
petty se:rsional division of Wingbam, Canterbury county barley, beans, and a few hops are grown. The area is ~5
court district, Bridge union, rural deanery of East Bridge acres; rateable value, £I 1337 ;·the population in 1881 was
and Canterbury archdeaconry and diocese. The church of I34·
St. Mary is an ancient structure of flint in the Early English
Sexton, George Smith.
style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a west-
em tower containing 2 bells: in I888-9 it was restored and Letters received through Canterbury arrive at 8 a.m.
partly rebuilt, the cost being defrayed by subscription: Wingham is the nearest money order office. WALL LET-
there are 100 sittings. The register dates from the year 'fER Box cleared at 6.40 p.m.; sunday, n.40 a.m
165o.. The living is a donative, yearly value from tithe
The children of the parish attend the schools at. Wickham
rent-charge £95, with ·27 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Breaux

archdeacon of Canterbury; the Rev. George Holmes Gray

Sole Mrs. Hold8tock Henry, farmer, Puxton Tucker William, market gardener
Webb Edward, Red Lion P.ll
Collard David (the exors. of), farmers, Holness Peter, grocer & baker. Wood Richard, farmer

Stodmarsh court · Sole Albert, farmer

Cooper Thomas, farmer

STOKE is a village and parish, on the borders of the marsh the manor. The principal landowners are Richard D.

district, 3! miles east from Sharnal Street station, on the De Uphaugh esq. of Hollingbourne and the Ecclesiastical

Hundred of Hoo railway, 8 miles north-east from Rochester, Commissioners. The soil is light loam; the subsoil, gravel

in the Mid division of the county, lathe of Aylesford, Hoo and clay. fhe chief crops are cereals. The area is 3,os6

hundred and union, Rochester petty sessional division and acres of land, a great portion of which is marsh, and I4 of
county court district and in the rural deanery, archdeaconry water; rateable value, £4,526; the population in ~88I was
and diocese of Rochester. The church of St. John the Bap- 570.

tist, built in the reign of Edward I. is an edifice of stone, OsTERLAND is I mile north-east; NoRTH STREET, I mile
consisting of chancel with north aisle and vestry, nave, south-west; CoLD HARBOUR, I! mile~ south-west.
north porch and a low western tower containing 3 bells; Parish Clerk, William Harryman.

there are piscina niches in the chancel aisle and chancel and PosT & M. 0. 0 ., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. John

some brasses; the font is of very rude workmanship and Coopper, receiver. Letters arrive from Rochester at 8

appears t6 be of Norman origin: there are 200 sittings, x6o a. m. S;hdairsnpaaltcShterdeeatts5tapti.omn. The nearest telegraph office
being free. The register dates from the year 1666. 'fhe is at
living is a vicarage, yearly value from tithe rent-charge ·
£I6o, with residence and 4si4n!ceacrIe8sS6of glebe, in the gift of J. A School Board of 5 members was formed in I874 for the
Pearson esq. and held by the Rev. Alfred united district of Stoke & Hoo Allhalowes; W. W. Hay-

Edward Ormonde Harris Theol. Assoc. K.C.L. Here is a ward, Rochester, clerk to the board

Catholic chapel dedicated to St. George and also Baptist Board School, opened in I876, for 200 children; average

and Primitive Methodist chapels. 'fhe Bible Christian attendance, t8o; William Hicks, master; Mrs. Eliza Hicks,

chapel, built in 1 ss9 at a cost of £6oo, is a structure of mistress; Miss Mary Wetherell, assistant mistress

brick and will seat 150 Mailmans Hall is half a mile CARRIER TO STROOD.-John Wm. Coopper, jun. to 'Three

north-west. The Earl of Jersey P.C., G.C.M.G. is lord of Gardeners,' mon. wed. fri. & sat. returning same days

Harris Rev. Alfred Edward Ormonde Coopper John William, carrier Pye Henry, jun. farmer, Parsonagefrm

T.A.x..c.;r,. Vicarage Dixon John, shopkeeper Smith Benjamin, Nag's Head P.ll

• COMMERCIAL. Harryman Wm. wheelwright, builder, Spencer Henry, Ship P.H

undertaker & carpenter Stone Jusepl1, baker

Ayers Thomas, coal dealer Kelsey Thomas, grocer & baker • 'Topley Thomas, blacksmith

• Chambers Thomas, White Horse P.H 1\'Iiskin Frank, farmer Walton Ann (Mrs.), clothier

Coopper John, shopkeeper, & post office Muggeridge James, jun. farmer

STONE (near Dartford) is a parish and village, situ- specimens extant of the Transition period between Early

ated on the south bank of the Thames and on the old English and Decorated, and the eastern portions are in
Dover road, 17 miles from London, I west from Greenhithe some respects not unlike parts of the cathedral of Lincoln:
station on the North Kent railway and 2 north-east from it consists of chancel with chapel and vestry on the north,

Dartford, in the North Western' division of the county, nave, aisles, south porch and a massive embattled tower at
Anon hundred, lathe 'vf Sutton-at-Hone, Dartford petty the west end containing a clock and 2 bells : the walls of the
sessional division, union and county court district and in the church are mostly of flint, but the tower is constructed of
rural deanery of Gravesend and archdeaconry and diocese mixed flint and stone, and has on the western side a large
of Rochester'. The very elegant and interesting church of square angle turret, full of small openings and terminating

St. Mary, though externally plain and rough, like most in a kind of gable: the arcades of the nave consist of three

Kentish ehurehes, presents internally some of the finest very fine lofty Pomted arches, springing from elegant and

604 STONE. KENT. 1

[KELLY S

beautiful piers, composed of shafts of black marble, banded the whole will hold 6o penitents. The charities amount to

in the centre and with foliaged capitals: the chancel arch is £9 ss. a year. Horn's Cross is on the road to Dartford.

equally fine and is richly carved: another most striking and Shellbank, on the road to Green Street Green, is a curious

uncommon feature in the chancel is the arcade surrounding specimen of shell-formed strata.

it, which is almost identical in design with the arcades The "Stone Castle Charity," founded under the wi1l of

round the chapels of the choir at Westminster .Abbey: the the late Dr. Plume, is applied in augmentation of the livings

spandrels of the arC'hes are filled with finely-wrought foliage; of Church of England clergymen re:siding within the diocese

the vestry (originally the Wilshyre chantry) is a Perpen- 1of Rochcster ; John Camden Hayward esq. of Dartford, is
dicular work erected in the 16th century, and contains a ·the solicitor and receiver to the trustees of this estate.

tomb of that period, withm a groi!Jed canopy: an organ- Stone Park is the residence of Thomas Bevan esq. D.L., J.P.
chamber ~:~nd a fine-toned organ were erected in 1870 at a Of Stone Castle, built in the time of King John, there are

cost of £4oo: there is a brass, with effigy in the head of a still some remains south of the Dover road, consisting chiefly

cross, to John Lumbarde, rector, ob. 1408; another, with of one small square tower: the building, now called "Stone

verse inscription, to Robert Chapman esq. Merchant Yen- Castle," is the residence of Murmy l\laxwell Johnson esq.

turer, draper, freeman of London and owner of Stone Castle, The village was given by King Ethelred to the see of Roches-

vb. 1574; and two more, with inscriptions only, to Sir John ter in 993 and the bishops had formerly a house here. Tbe

Dew, priest, c. 1530, and William Carew, freeman, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are the lords of the manor.

Drapers' Company and also an owner of Stone Castle: the The principal landowners are James Colyer Fergusson esq.

tombs of the Wiltshires are also curious: there are 400 sit- and Thomas Bevan esq. D.L., J.P. Here are chalk and gravel

tings, all free : the churchyard has been increased half an pits. The soil is gravel ; subsoil, gravel and chalk. The

acre at a cost of [3oo, and is now under the control d a chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans, but this is a

Burial Board of five members. The register (If baptisms fruit-growing district and there are about soo acres of wood-

and burials dates from 1718 ; marriages, 1722. The living land. The area is 3,013 acres of land and 287 of water;

is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £932, net yearly value £soo, rateable value, £18,888; the population in 1881 was 2,5so,

with 3 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop including 437 officers and inmates of the City of London

of Rochester, and held since 1859 by the Rev. Frederick .Asylum.

William Murray M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. There is a Parish Clerk, Philip Assell.

small iron church at Green Street Green, partly in this LITTLEBROOK is 1 mile north-west ; WEsTERN CRoss, 1

parish and otherwise in that of Darenth, which is served by I mile south-east.
sthe clergy of the latter parish. St. Michael's iron Mission

church, Invicta road. erected in 1883 at a cost of£.:oo, for
the New .Hrent district, consists of chancel, nave,vvestry,

5 6or~ran chamber and a turret containing one bell : it. will seat
I PosT & M 0 0 B& .A m~m"tY & I ~~ranee .Offi~e. _
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Ch are1hs"t·hEd .,d t ~·, r~en1Ter2.0 e ~·s arrJve 1·m
U ;a~ I. a. m. d p.m. ~ IS-
I reehn d1 e · · a ·5
ScI'uttr"m~tgGsI·I?b- echm· agrgfer.e eT;hethIe'n·mRe1·vr.~.~Ae r.M".'heuthr oHd'IeStrs- · p6of·a5fti5ceease.amr9e.·;arotd.1Das.apmratt.fco&hred3d·,&110G1&.r1e57e.na4h.0mitph..emT.h;e sun ay, taer1engvreapaht
3b0e0rt pCehrseossnhs1, rae I·! nearest

IS
have a small chapel m Hill House road. The C1t.y of London I
Lunatic .Asylum, erected in 1866, is pleasantly Situated on ' PosT OFFICE, • road.-Sa~uel . •

Inv1cta Dompkms, recmver.

an elevated piece of ground about s1~!.rmroiulensdefrdombyDsapratcfioorud~ Letters, through Dartford, arrive at 6.30 & 10.50 a. m. &
overlooking the Thames, and is s.so lJ.m.; dispatched at 7·15 & 11.35 a.m. & 7.25 p.m

grounds; an additional wing was built in 1876 and the WALL LETTER Box, near Welsh tavern, cleared at 7·5 & 11.25

building will now hold 420 patients, the present number a. m. & 7· 15 p.m.; sunday, 11.25 a. m

being 405: a cottage hospital, with 14 beds, was erected in SCHOOLS:-

I88o, to provide for casr>s of a contagious nature from tile National (mixed), erected in 1870 & enlarged in 1889, for

asylum ; tbe extent of the grounds was originally 33 acres, 270 children; average attendance, 191 ; John Richards,

but in 1890 HYJ additional acres were acquired, in order to master ; Mrs. Martba Richards, mistress

insure the thorough employment of the patients and t.he Infants', Milestone road, erected in 1874, for I 17 children;

better disposal of sewage, as "ell as for additional buildings; average attendance, 78 ; Miss Elizabeth Hastrick, mist

the asylum is under the superintendence of Ernest William PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTs:-

White li'I.B.LOnd. ; the Rev. Oscar Hewitt M.A. is chaplain. City of London Lunatic Asylum, Ernest William White

The County of Kent Female Penitentiary, established in 186o, M.B.LOnd. ,M. R.c. P.LOnd. suverintendent; Thomas Duncan

in union with the Church Penitentiary .Association, is situated Greenlees li'I.B., C.llf.Edin. assistant medical officer; Rev.

in a fine open space on the east side of the old Roman road, Oscar Hewitt llf.A. chavlain

near the Hrent and about 2 miles from Dartford ; it was County of Kent Female Penitentiary, Miss Harriet Nokes,

erected and opened in 1866, and a wing was added in 1877; lady superior

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bird William, grocer, Invicta road Howland Thomas, beer retailer

Baker Waiter Sidney Bowman, Hill ho Brisley Thomas, shopkeeper Johnson Isaac Charles & Co. portland

Benporat.h Ueorge Hilton, The Lawns Cannon Percy, farmer, Cotton farm cement manufacturers

Betts William, Milestone road City of London Lunatic A~ylum (Ernest Judge llros. house agents, Horns cross

Bevan Thomas D.I.. , J.P. Stone park William White M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P. Judge William James, clerk to Darenth

Chesshire Rev..Arthur Herbert [curate~. wnd. medical superintendent; Thos. school boaru tx; sanitary inspector

Invicta road Duncan Greenlees M. B., c.M.Edin. (rural sanitary authority), Horns crss

Clark Miss, Swansfield assistant medical officer ; Rev. Oscar Keable Samuel, coal deaier, Invicta rd

Cook John, Swansfield Hewitt M.A. chaplain) Little Frank, beer retailer

Coxon Alfred, Carlton house Coast George, carpenter, Hill House rd McConnellHobert, corn dealer

Curtis John, I Carlton villas Cook Hy. greengrocer, Hill House road May Jas. Edwd. shopkpr. Hill Houserd

Dawbarn Miss, Barnsfield County of Kent Female Penitentiary l\'Ienyweathers George, blacksmith

Farn .Albert Bridges (Miss Harriet Nokes, lady superior) Mitchell Wm. Josiah, house decorator

Greenlees Thomas Duncan M.B. Edin. Crane Richard, shopkeeper l\Iorgan William, City .Arms P.H

(assist. med. officer), City of London Day Alfred, beer retailer Nettlingham Austin, beer retailer &

Lunatic .Asylum Dodd Charles James, shoe maker market gardener, Stone wood

Hall Major John Hy. Stone Lodge farm Dompkins Samuel, post office,Invicta rd Nettlingham EdwinWm. frmr.Stone wd

Heard Edward, 2 Carlton villas Dompkins Samuel, jun. pork butcher, Newing W1lliam, shopkeeper

Hewitt John James, Stone court Invicta road Patten Charles, shopkeeper

Homewood Charles, Carlton avenue Draper John, contractor, Invicta road Potter Charles ChristolJher, butcher

Johnson Murray Maxwell, Stone castle " E. C." Powder Co. gunpowder manu- Preston Geo. Alfd. gt·ocr. Hill House rd

Kiddell John Dawson.. The Orchard facturers (George John Henry, man- Hay Charles Edward, grocer, tea dealer,
Murray Rev. Fredk. Wm. M.A. Rectory
ager), Green Street green tx; provision merchant, & vost office,

Nokes Miss, Female Penitentiary, St. French Frederick, Lamb P.H. Wharf Supply stores, Horns cross

Mary's FullerEdward,steam threshing machine- Ray Walte1·, brewer, Stone steam

Ollard Gerald .August us, Barnsfield & traction engine proprietor (chaff brewery. See advertisement

Ollard John Al('xander, Barnstield cutting, corn crushing & grinding, Rickson William, butcher

Ray Waiter, The Brewery ploughing, sawing), Invicta road Roberts lVilliarn, grocer

Solomon Albert, Carlton e-ardens Harris V. P. & Cn. manufacturers of Russell Thomas, farmet", Hedge place
~
portland cement (John Dixon, man- Smith Samuel, smith
Tayler J oh.n Fredc. Jcnner, Carlton avn
ager), .Artillery cement works Spaul William, bricklayer, Invicta road
Thurloe Godfrey, Court lodge
Harris Charles William, dairyman ' Spoor John Lamb, manufr. of portland
WhiteErnest Wm. M.B. Lond., lii.R.C.P.
Hart Thomas, Black horse P.H cement, see Hunter, Taylor N. Spoor
LOnd. (medical supt.. ), City of London
Howe Waiter, shopkeeper Stone Court Chalk Land N. Pier Co. Lim.
Lunatic asylum .
Hunter, Taylor& Spoor, manufacturers (Jn. Jas. Hewitt, gen.mngr), Stone et
COMMERCIAL.
of portland cement, Stonecourt Tread well Alfred, farmer, Green St. grn
Venner PercyHarry, Bull inn, Horns crss
Bartholomew Jn. frmr. Stoncplace frm cement works

JDIRECTORY. KENT. STOWTING. 605 •

Watson James, Welsh tavern IWeston Nathaniel, shopkeeper IWright Jas. Thos. baker, Invicta road
White Henry, boot maker
Watson Jas. By. beerret. Horns cross

STONE (next I<'aversham) is a fertile parish, close to the and Chapter of Rochester, to whom the manorial rights wera

London road, bounded on the north by the Swale and the conveyed in 1874 by ths Ecclesiastical Commissioners, are

parishes of Oare and Luddenham, 2 miles west from Favers- lords of the manor and, with the trustees of the late William

ham and 45 from London, in the North Eastern division of Thomas T. Hall esq. of Syndale Hous3, Faversham, are the

the county, Faversham hundred, petty sessional division, principal landowners. The soil and subsoil are various;

union and county court district, lathe of Scray and in the there is much marsh land extending to. the Swale. The chief
rural deanery of Ospringe and archdeaconry and diocese of crops are wheat, barley, beans, hops, oats and turnips. The
Canterbury. There is no church, nor has there been since the area is 753 acres; ratea~le value, £2,374; the population in
Reformation; but the foundations of the ancient church are 1881 was 66.

still visible. The living is a vicarage, value £3o, annexed Letters by foot post from Faversham arrive at 9.30 a.m.

to that of Lnddenham by an Order in Council dated March No box at Stone. Faversha.m i.s the near~st money order
u, 1870 ; the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, by Order in & telegraph office
Council, August 8, 1873, receive the great tithes. The Dean The children of this place attend the school at Luddenham

Collard Misses, Elverton farm 1 Collard Hy.frmr.&hop~owr.Stone frm 1Mair Mrs. Elverton farm

STONE (near Rye) is a village and parish, situated at the George Deedes J.P. of Sandling Park is lord of the manor.

end of a bold knoll or ridge, on the borders of Romney The trustees of the late Henry Burra esq. (d. r886) and Mr.
Marsh, in Oxney, 3 miles south-east from Appledore station McColl are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed;

on the South Eastern railway, 6! south-east from Tenterden subsoil, crowstone. The chief crops are wheat, beans and

and 6 north-east from Rye, in the Southern division of the hops;. a very considerable portion of the parish is pasture

county, Aloesbridge and Oxney hundred, lathe of Shepway, land. The area is 3,071 acres; rateabb value, £4,164; the
Ashford petty sessional division, Tenterden union and county population in 1881 was 384.

court district, and in the rural deanery of South Lympne OXNEY is a marshy island, formed by the river Rother and

and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. The church its feeders, and constitutes a hundred, consisting of Stone,

of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone in the Decorated Wittersham and Ebony parishes :aitcirftersois,moarbeaon~uetat tr5olywm1ei0lsets.squloanreg
style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an amnidles4 ;barobaigd_,harniddgecornutnasintsh6ro,6u4~3h
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embattled western tower of Perpendicular date, containing
6 bells: there is one stained window: the church was.
restored in x874 and reseated with open benches, and has Sexton, Frank Hyder.

2oo sittings. The register dates from the

soliving is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £407,
year 1604. The Po3T OFFICE (for sale of stamp3 only.)- Alfred Parkins,
net yearly value receiver. Letters through Ashford arrive at 8. a.m. ;

£38o, including C4 haacpretes roof fgCleabnet,erwbiuthryr,easniddenhceeld, in the gift dispatched at 4.50 p.m. The nearest money order & tele-
of the Dean and since 1g62 graph offices are at Appledore & Wittersham

by the Rev. Henry Percival Edridge M.A. of Emmanuel National School (mixed), erected in 1872, for 120 children;

College, Cambridge. Here is a Baptist chapel. Richard average attendance, 65; Mrs. Annie Halberson, mistress

Still esq. of this place, in 1556 left a small benefaction for CARRIERS TO RYE.-Alfred Parkins, tues. & fri.; Francis
the benefit of the aged poor of the parish. Col. Herbert Pellett, wed. & sat

Edridge Rev. Hy. Percival M. A. [vicar] Fuller George, Crown inn Poile Alfred, farmer, hop grower &
grazier, Stone Corner farm
Gorham William, farmer
Spilsted Charles, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Halberson Wm. farmer & hop grower
Stutely Edward, hrmer
Blackman Henry William, farmer Holt James, grocer & draper Weller Jesse, farmer, Stone corner
Wenham Frank, farm bailiff toR. Neve
Colbran James, Ferry inn Hore Wm. Wickham, farmer & grazier
esq. Knock farm
Cramp John, farm bailiff to R. Neve Pankhurst Wm. farmer, Maynards frm Wickens Stephen Marchant, farmer,

esq. Prow farm Parkins Alfred, shopkeeper, Post office Holman farm

Dunster Chas. Peter, assist. overseer Player Henry, shoe maker

Dunster Edward, farmer & graziet• Player John, blacksmith

Frampton William, bricklayer Player William, carpenter

STOURMOUTH is a parish and village, I mile east charge £425, with 12 acres of glebe and residence, in the

from Grove Ferry station, on the London, Chatham and gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and held since 1883 by the
Dover railway, by the footpath and 2i miles by the road 89 Rev. Willia.m John Smallwood M. A.. of Hertford College,

miles from London, 10 north-east from Canterbury and 7 Oxford. There is a charity of £3o yearly, bequeathed 12th

north-west from Sandwich, in the Eastern division of the of March, 1852, by Miss Sarah Culmer, daughter of Carr

county, Blea.ngate hundred, lathe of St. Augustine,Wingham Culmer, of Stourmouth, and derived from £ I,ooo Consols;

petty sessional division, Eastry union, Sandwich county this gift is distributed in fuel and clothes. Mr. F. A. White

court district, and in the rural deanery of East Bridge and has an extensive brewery and maltings here. The Eccle-

archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. Stourmouth takes sia.stica.l Commissioners are lords of the manor and the
its name from its situation at the ancient mouth of the principal landowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, sand. The
Stour (the Sturius of the Romans), which formerly dis- chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 895 acres

charged itself at this place into the open channel of the of land and I6 of water; rateable value, £2,212; the popu-

Wa.ntsum: it now flows to Pegwell Bay. The church of All lation in 1881 was 321.
Saints is a small building of rough flints, chiefly in the Early Parish Clerk, William Culmer.

English style, some portions appearing to date from the 12th PosT 0FFICE.-Frederick Ede, receiver. Letters from Sand-

century, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch wich, via Wingham, arrive at 9.30 a.m. ; dispatched at
and a wooden belfry at the west end with sptre and contain- 6.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Wingham;

ing 3 bells : part of the rood screen remains and there are nearest telegraph office at Grove Ferry station

some encaustic tiles: the font consists of a square bowl on National Endowed School (mixed), built in 1872, for 55 chil-
four shafts with caps and bases: the church was restored dren ; average attendance, 37 ; this school is endowed with

and reseated in 1845 and will seat 200 persons, nearly half £xo yearly from a benefaction by Carr Culmer, of Stour-

the sittings being free. The register dates from the year mouth, dated October 2nd, 1819; Miss Louisa Scott,

1538. The living is a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent- mistress

Dowker George Cook Stephen, farmer, Puddle dock Mount John, farmer
Harrison The Misses Cooper John, farmer, Dean farm Mount William, farmer, Stonehall
Smallwood Rev. Wm. Jn. M.A.. [rector] Culmer Thomas Bridgland, farmer Nutting Alfred, beer retailer
Stone Mrs Dowker George, jun. farmer SladdenHy.beer ret. Pluck'sGutter ferry
Ede l<'rederick, assistant overseer & rate Terry Christopher, market gardener
COMMERCIAL. Tyler William, farmer, New house
Ba:x:ter Arthur, farmer collector, Post office White l<'ras. Alex. pale ale brwr. &maltstr
Ba.:x:ter Sa.ra.h (Mrs.), Rising Sun P. H Emmerson & Ha.rrison, farmers White John, farmer
Byron John, farmer, North court Fagg Thomas, grocer & farmer
Castle Henry, farmer Hogbin John, farmer

STOWTING, which gives the name to the hundred in small structure of flint with stone dressings, in the Early

which it is situated, is a village and parish, 6 miles north- English and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north
west from Hythe, 8 east from Ashfo-rd and 3~ north-west aisle, south porch and a western tower containing 4 bells:

from Westenhanger station, on the South Eastern railway, there are three stained lancet windows, and on the south side

in the Eastern division of the county, lathe of Shepway, a Perpendicular window of three lights, inclosing some fine

Elham petty sessional division and union, Hythe county court old glass, with figures of saints under canopies and an

district, and in the rural deanry of Elham and archdeaconry invocatory inscription: " Orate pro animabus Ricardi

and diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. Ma.ry is a Stotyne et Juliane uxoris;" this window, probably their

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gift, includes figures of the donors,with their family all kneel~ Mrs. B. Andrews are the principal landowners. The soil is

ing; another stained window, the gift of Mrs. Jenkin in chalky loam ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat

memory of her husband,was erected on the south side in :r:887: and barley. The area is 1,631 acres; rateable value,£t,339;
the chancel has a. fine stone reredos : the south-east window the population in 1881 was ~12.

is prolonged downwards so as to form sedilia graduated for Sexton, Gty>rge Cheesman.
three seats, and there is also a piscina: the vestry, on the
north, is inclosed by a wooclen screen, and there are 200 Letters through Hyt.he, which is the nearest money order
sittings. The register dates frorri the year 1539. The living office, arrive at 9 a.m. & the nearest telegraph office is at
is a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent~charge [299, with Westenhanger station. WALL LETTER Box, at the rectory
7 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of and held sinee cleared week days 5 p.m.; no sunday post

:r:87o by the Rev. Archer Upton M.A. of Wadham College, National School (mixed), built in 1847, for 56 children; aver-

Oxford. Mrs. Ann Jenkin, who is lady of the manor, and age attendance, 41; Miss S. Lewis, mistress

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Upton Rev.ArcherM.A.[rector],Rectory Dunn William, farmer Laker Thomas, thrashing roach. propr

Andrews Rose Beatrice (Mrs.), farmer File Norris (Mrs.), farmer Pilcher J esse, Anchor P.H

Birch Thomas, farmer Ham John Willis, farmer Souton Thomas, farmer

Bowes Richard, farmer •J •

STROOD adjoins Rochester, which see.

STORRY (Stour-eye, the isle of the Stour) is a parish, church was thoroughly restored and reseated with open

situated on the river Stour, at tbe point where the Margate benches in 1869, and has 397 sittings, all free. The register
and Heme Bay roads diverge, and is the station on the dates from the year 1564. The living is a. vicarage, average
South Eastern railway for Herne Bay, 2~ miles north-east yearly value from tithe rent-charge£229,net income £98,with
from Canterbury and 57 from London (by road); it is in the residence and 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Archbishop

Eastern division of the county, Bleangate hundred, lathe of of Canterbury, and held since 1867 by the Rev Peter Bonamy

St. Augustine, petty sessional division and county court Collings M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. Here are Wesleyan
district of Canterbury, Blean nnion, and in the rural deanery, and Haptist chapels. Chafv's charity consists of pensions of
archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. Ethelbert, King five shillings each to six poor men and six poor women over

of Kent and Bretwald, on founding the abbey of St. Angus- so years of age. Lord Greville is lord of the manor and the

tine, settled this parish upon it. Over the Stour is a bridge of principal landowner. The soil is heavy clay ; subsoil, gravel.

one arch,24 feet span, leading to Fordwich. The church of St. The chief crops are wheat, barley and hops. The area is

Nicholas is anancient building of rubble in the Early English 3·I5I acres; rateable value, £6,8oo; the J.lOpulation in 1881
style, with later insertions, and consists of chancel, nave, was :r:,175·

aisles, north porch, vestry and an embattled western tower BROAD OAK, a hamlet, is :r: mile north-west. Here is a
containing a clock and 5 bells: the nave is divided from the Congregational chapel.
aisles by arcades of four Early English arches resting on Sexton, Samuel Jezard.

massive square piers: the south aisle has Perpendicular and PosT, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
the nor.th aisle Decorated windows : in one of the piers of •
the south arcade is a small piscjna with cinquefoiled head:
Miss Ada West, receiver. Letters arrive from Canterbury
on the south side of the chancel is a piscina and on the north by mail cart at 5· 10 a. m. & l 2 · 10 p.m.; dispatched at
an aumbry: the font has an octagonal basin, round which 10·3° a. m. & 8.5o p.m. PILLAR LETrER Box at Sweech
is a banding with roses placed at irregular distances: the Gate cleared at 10·25 a. m. & 8. 25 p.m. ; sundays at

arcades between the nave and aisles were at one time 5·55 p.m
Norman, and fragments of Norman arches can be distinctly National School (mixed), erected in 1851, for 200 children;
seen in the walls : a screen divides the nave from the chancel average attendance, I6o; Thq~as Henry Pope, master
and above it is a loft, in which the organ is placed: a stained Railway Station, William Henry James, station master

window, in memory of Rev. C. Wharton, late rector, was CoNVKYANCE.-Sayers, Moat& Burren, omnibus from Berne

presented by Mrs. Pope, a former resident, in 1889: the Bay to Canterbury passes through daily
.

Challen Mrs Cowdery Robert, mushroom grower Lawrence Robert (Mrs.), corn chandler

CollingsRev.PeterBonamyM.A.Vicarage Davis George, tailor Lemar Samuel, shoe maker

Couper David :Fleet James, farmer & hop grower, Marsh Richard, bricklayer

Dixon Robert, Broad Oak house Howe farm Moat Henry, blacksmith

Jameson Edwa.rd Gillett John, miller (water) Moat Josiah, fly proprietor

Jameson Mrs Goble Albert, grocer & baker Mutton Geo. shopkeeper.~Broad oak

Jezard David 1 Groombridge Susan (Mrs.)-,draper Pidduck Roberl, farmer

Leaver Thomas Grounds Charles, beer retailer Pitt Annie Sarah (Mrs.), Leopard's

Pidduck William Gilbert, Oaklands Hall Henry, bailiff to Henry Scott esq Head P.H

Vi'ood Thomas, Homewood hall Hall William, farmer,Breadland Scott Henry, farmer & cattle salesman

coMMERCIAL. Harris Jerome, farmer, Whatmer hall Spratt James; market gardener& shop-

Adley Laura(Mrs. ),RoseP.H.&blcksmth Harvey William, farm bailiff to Thomas keeper, Calcott

Akhurst Joseph, gardener Wotton ~q. of Ramsgate, Tile Spratt John, pork butcher '

.Austen Geo. & Wm. farmers, Broad oak Lodge farm Stringer Bartholomew,crpntr.Broadoak

Baker Ralph, tea. dealer Homersham John, Red Lion P.H Tharp James, blacksmith, Broad oak;

Bean John, bailiff to Thos. Ashenden Hooper James Thomas, farmer & hop & farmer, Blaxland

esq. Sweech farm • gmwer, Calcott Trowbridge Sarah (Miss), shopkeeper

Bentley Henry, Westbere Butts P.H . Hudson Henry, baker Tumbler Robert,bailiff to Sidney Cooper

Bentley Richard, plumber & decorator Ingleton Adam, Golden Lion P.H. & esq. R.A

.Bentley Wm. Halfway Ho. P.H. Calcott carpenter, Broad oak Uden William Linton, beer retailer

Blackman Laythorne1 baker, Broad oak Ingleton John Sneller, tailor West Ada (Miss), draper, & post office
Boorman .A1fred~ farmer,Buckwell farm Jezard John, wheelwright Wood Charles, farmer, Broad oak

.Brooker William James, butcher Jezard Robert Tassel, bldr. & Swan P.H Wood Thomas, shoe maker

Brown Ralph, grocer & baker Johnson Thomas Soars M.D., M.R.C.P. Wotton Thomas, farmer & hop grower,

Chapman John Lacy, farmer,Sturry crt Edin. surgeon Bredland farm

ClackettJas. marketgrdnr.Rushbourne King Henry J. pianoforte tuner

.

SUNDRIDGE (written in ancient deeds "Sundrish ">is 1 circular columns: the chancel has on each side two arches

a parish and village, situated on the high road leading from 1 similar to those of the nave ; on the south side is a double

Sevenoaks to Westerham, which crosses the middle of the piscina and on the l}orth a square aumbry: here are

parish, as does the river Darent in a double stream, 3~ numerous monuments and brasses with effigies to Roger

miles west from Sevenoaks and 22 from London, in the Isly, lord of the manors of Sondresshe and ffreningham, ob.

Western division of the cow1ty, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, 1429 ; and to Sir Thomas !sly kt. ob. 1520, and Elizabeth

Codsheath hundred, Sevenoaks petty sessional division, (Guldeford), his wife, with 13 children: in the chancel are

union and county court district, and in the rural deanery of marble busts of Mary (Bellenden), wife of the Hon. John

Shoreham, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Can- Campbell, afterwards 4th Duke of Argyll K.T. and of

terbury. This place gives the title of baron to the Dukes of Carolina, his daughter, wife first of Charles, 3rd Earl of

.Argyll, in right of which they sit in Parliament. The Ailesbury, and second of Field Marshal the Rt. Hon. Henry

church (name unknown) is an edifice of Kentish rag and Seymour Conway P.c.: in the churchyard is the tomb of

flints in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and Beilby Porteus D.D, bishop of Chester :r:n6-87, and in 1787

consists of a chancel with aisles, nave and a western tower bishop of London; he died 14 May, 1808: early in the

of rough flints and stone, in the Perpendicuiar style, with a morning of Thursday, March 9th, 1882, a. disastrous fire,

shingled spire and containing 6 bells: the arcades of the originating from the beating apparatus, destroyed the con·

nave are Early English, each being of three arches on tents of the chancel, all the stained glass and the remains of

DIRECTORY.] KEXT. EAST St:TTON. 607

Ian ancient rood screen, but the loss, estimated to exceed Earl Amherst D.L., .:r.P. is lord of the manor and principal
£1,350, was covered by insurance': the church was some landowner. The soil is heavy in some p&rts, in others
years since refitted with carved oak sittings by the late 1 gravel and stone s]attery; subsoil, clayey. The chief crops

Edmund Street R.A. at a cost of £7oo, raised by voluntary 1 are cereals, roots and hops. The area ill 4,140 acres, in-

contributions: there are 365 sittings, all free. The register eluding Ide Hill; rateable value, £6,589 ; the population in

dates from the year 1562. The living is a rectory, gross 1881 was 1,475, including 194 officers and inmates in Seven-

yearly value from tithe rent-charge .l,82o, with residence oaks workhouse.

and u acres of glebe, in the gift of .the Archbishop of Can- Sexton, George James.
terbury, and held si~ce 1890 by the Rev. Ed~ard Archibald PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.-

Parry M.A. of One) . Col.lege, Oxford. Bishop Porteus, ' Joseph Watts, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from
beq~eathed to the ~.ansh m the year 180~ £2,000 for local 1 Sevenoaks at 6.30 a. m. delivered at 1 & 10.20 a.m. &7.15

charitable uses. Combe Bank, the, residence of Count p. m.; dispatched at 11•20 a.m. & 7 p.m
Edmond De Baillet was erected by John, 4th Duke of The ~. Workhouse.~ . 'l?.mld.i~g
Argyll x.T. who made a gift of the property to his third son, Seven~aks Umoo a of ~tone,
Lord Frederick Campbell, Lord Clerk Registrar: it sub- plam
sequently was owned by W. Manning esq. M.P. (father of ~erm~lcetesdm~mth,thoen roI8a4d4.toatldBeircHh~df.~•d.~tm ~IS
yte~aer wll.L .hpoalrdi s h4, ~I
the Catholic archbishop of Westminster), the late Lord mmatesr' H. Whitc?mbe F,&.C.S.E ~~. medical officer'
Templemore and the Rev. A. P. Clayton; and from the Rev. "\\al~r A..R.aikes M.A. chap}&m; J.l!'~es Brown,
trustees of the last-named the estate was purchased in 1 sT~ master; l\'I1ss Phdbs Robertson, matron~ W1lbam Carter,
by Mr. W. Spottiswoode (d. 1883) : the house is in the s~ho?lmaster (mi.Xed)~ b~1.lt . .•
Italian style, and near to it is a lake of five acres. Wood- National School m
1862, for uo children,

side, the residenee of Robert Robinson Drabble esq. is a man-' average attendance, 8g' Richard Perry, mast.er

sion in the Gothic style, erected at the head of a ravine, and CARRIER TO LoNOON.-Octavius Jeffery, every moo.& thurs.

commands an uninterrupted view of Chevening Park, Knock-! through Chipstead & Chevening, returning tues. & fri.

holt, and the surrounding beautifully wooded country. from Spur inn, Borough, Southwark

Abrahams Frank, Bishop's cottage · Crowhurst Joseph, farmer, Penn farm Martin Jas. Hamden, boot & shoe mkr

De Baillet Count Edmond, Combe Dark Robert, farmer, Combe Bank frm Mornm Thomas, White Horsj:l P.H

bank ; & 51 Eaton place, London s w Dark Wm. Hy. farmer, Ovenden fann Pattenden Alfred, Lamb inn

Drabble Robert Robinson, Woodside Dye Amelia (Mrs.),farmr.Warren'sfrm Robertson John, registrar of births &

Henderson George, Ovenden house Finlayson John, bead gardener to the deaths & relieving & vaccination

ParryRev.Edwd.Archibald M.A.Rectory Count de Baillet officer tor Sevenoaks district

Marchant Robert Herbert Fooks John, farmer Sadter William, bricklayer n

Polbill Rev. Frederick Campbell .M:.A Griffin James Henry. hair dresser Saker David Hider, blacksmith

Little Combe bank Hills Brothers, farmers & fruit growers, Sannders T. H. & Co. paper mill

Robinson Miss Manor farm , Sears Edward, carpenter ,

Spilsbury Albert Gibbon, Shootfield Hunt Je<~se (exors. of), grocers & draprs Shorey Archibald Geo.frmr. Weller'sfrm

Steinman George Steinman F.S.A Jeffery Octavius, carrie:c Strickland William, plumber&c

Watson Frederick, Sundridge place Jeffery Thomas, shopkeeper Sweetser Dorothy (Mrs.), carpenter

COl')I.MERCIA(j. Jessup Geo. farmr. ~undridge Hill frm Tapsell Henry, beer retailer & farmer

Batchelor John, farmer Jessup Peter, farmer, D1b gate Titcbener William,farmer,Dry Hill farm

Bowers Charles, foreman at paper mills Kelsey Henry, jun. farmer Virgo James, watch & clock maker

Burton Ellen (Mrs.), dress maker Marchant William, farmer Watson Fredk. farmer, Sundridge place
Burton William, baker & confectioner NICHOLLS CHARLES "ARVIS,. house Watts Jsph. assessoc of ta.xe.s, Post office

Chapman William, cowkeeper. decorator & hon. sec. to the Sundridge Wells & Cooper, butchers

COSHAM "OSEPH,baker,confectioner, & Chevening Conservative Registra- Working Men's Club (William Strick-

grocer, tea & corn dealer tion SoCiety land, sec)

SUTTON·BY-DOVER (near Deal and Walmer) is a rent-charge £352, net income £313, with 24 acres of glebe

small village and parish, situated on high ground 4 miles and residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury,

south-west from Deal ·and 6~ north from Dover, in the and held since 1884 by the Rev .Lewis Clarke B.A. of Pem-

Eastern division of the county, Cornilo hundred, lathe of broke College, Oxford, and diocesan inspector of schools f01r

St. Augustine, Wingham petty sessional division, Eastry the deanery of Canterbury. The charities amount to £8

union, Deal county court district, rural deanery of Sandwich yearly, derived from land left by the Cushire and Foche

and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. The church families. Lord Northbourne is Jord of the manor. Tha

of SS. Peter and Paul is a small and ancient structure of principal landowners are Mrs. Leith, William Foster esq.

flint and stone, chiefly of Norman work, consisting of John Matthews esq. J.P. and Mr. Stephen May. The soil i&

apsidal chancel} nave, north porch and a western tower, loam ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley

added in 1861, and containing one bell: the north door, and oats. The area is 1,071 acres; rateable value, £,1,277;

chancel arch and other portions are fine examples of en- the poplliation in 1881 was 140.

riched Norman work: the apse has three Norman windows LITTLE BUTTON, a detached portion of the J?Brish, situated

and under these an arcade of semi-circular arches : the between Ringwould and Ripple, i11 the propert:y of Lieut.-Col,

pulpit is Jacobean: the windows of the chancel have been Sladen J.P., D.L. of Ripple. ·

filled with stained glass, principall] at the expense of the Parish Clerk, Simon Atkins.

late vicar: there are 140 sittings. The register dates from Letters through Deal by foot post about 9.30 a.m.; WALL

the year 1538. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Box cleared at 4·45 p.m. The nearest money order &

Little Mongeham, joint average year!y value from tithe telegraph office is at Upper Walmer .

Belsey Henry Lawrence' Edward, farmer Prebble Frederick, farmer, Upper farm
Leggett Mary (Miss), dress maker Waters Richard, farm bailiff to John
COMMERCIAL. Leggett Su.sannah (Mrs.), saddler
Carvey Harry, boot maker Marsh John Atkins, farmer Matthews esq. .J.P. Winkland
File John, grocer Wood Rosa (Miss), dress maker
Gilham Gilbert, The Boot P.H May Stephen1 farmer & landowner,
1 rslutton Court farm Wood Thos. bailiff to Wm. Foster esq

EAST SUTTON is a parish apd ~llage, 4 miles north-- Rev. David Harding M. A. of Exeter College, Oxford, who re.

by-west from Headcorn station on the South. Eastern rail.. sides at Sutton Valence. A charity left by Sir Beversham

way and 6~ south-east from Maidstone, in the Mid divisiOll.l Filmer hart. (d. 31 Dec. I8oS) provides £36 yearly for

of the county, lathe of Aylesford, hundred of Eyhorne, petty educational purposes and £Io for the distributio'l of bread
sessional division of Bearsted, Hollingbourne union, Maid- and foel ~ £29, derived from other sources, is chiefly dis.

stone county court district, Sutton rural deanery, Maidstone tributed in money. East Sutton Park is the Fesiden·•e o1

archdeaconry and Canterbury diocese. The church of SS. Thomas Oliverson esq.. The trustees of the late Sir Edmund

Peter and Paul is a building of stone of the 14th and 15th Filmer bart. (d. 1886) are lords of the manor -and chief

centuries, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a landowners. The soil of the northern part of the parish is

western tower containing 6 bells: two windows in a side the limestone called Kentish rag, and of the southern part

chapel of the 14th century are unique: there are several Wealden clay. The chief crops are hops, wheat and fruit.

monuments to the l''ilmer family, formerly of East Sutton The area is 1,596 acres; rateable value. £2,450; the popu-

Park; and 350 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from lation in 1881 was ~88.

the year 1648, marriages and burials from 1649. The p ·h Cl k J ame~ El
living is a vicarage, annexed to Sutton Valence, yearly value ans .er • ey.

from tithe rent-charge £414, net £169, in the gift of the . LnTER Box cleared at 6.30 p.m. week days & n.so a. m.

Dean and Chapter of Rochester, and held since 1884 by the 1 sundays. Letters received through Staplehurst arrive at

608 EAST SUTTON. KENT.

I7.30. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at School (mixed), built in I862, for I20 children; average
Sutton Valence attendance, 48 ~ Miss Carolina Marks, mistress

Allan Rev. Albert Wriothesley Philip Chantler Lewis W.farmer, Chartaway pl Paine Hy. & Percival Andrew, {armers

[curateofSutton Valence], The Tower Chapman John, farmer, hop & fruit & hop growers, Morry farm

house grower, Boyton court; & at Langley; Paine William, farmer & hop grower,

Corlett John, Charlton court Broomfield; Chart Sutton ; & Sutton Parsonage farm

Olh·erson Thomas, East Sutton park; & Valence · 'Skinner Thomas, hca1 gardener to

2 Hyde Park gate, London s w Day John, beer retailer & farmer Thomas Oliverson esq

Thorpe William, Motynden house freed Elizabeth(Mrs.) & Frank,farmers, Sloman Charlei!, farmer

COMMEROIAL. Bells farm Town Charles Henry, blacksmith

Bentley Richard, farmer & hop grower Onion Thomas, farmer & hop grower, Town Richard, farm baliff to Mr. John

Boucher Fredk.Alfd.farmr. & hop growr Motynden farm Chapman, Church farm

SUTTON-AT-HONE is a village and parish, giving its the Skinners' Company, of London. Here was once a Pre-
name to a lathe, pleasantly situated on the west side of the ceptory of the Kni~hts Hospitallers of St. John of Jeru-

river Darent and on the road to Sevenoaks, 3 miles south salem, founded by Robert Basing in the reign of King John.

from Dartford, 7 south-west from Gravesend and I8 from Mrs. Fleet is lady of the manor of St. John of Jerusalem

London, in the North Western division of the county, Axton and John Johnson esq. lord of the manor of Sutton. The

hundred, Dartford petty sessional division, union and county principal landowners are Thomas Horn Fleet esq. D.L., J.P.

court district, and in the rural deanery of East Dartford, of The Grange, Dartford, JohnoJohnson esq. and the Right

archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury; there Hon. Sir William Hart Dyke bart. M. P., P.C. of Lullingstone

is a station at Farningham Road in this parish on the Castle. The soil is loam, with gravel ; subsoil, chalk. The

London, Chatham and Dover railway. The church of St. chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans, and fruit is

J9hn the Baptist is a building of dint, with stone dressings, growu. The area is 3,6r4 acres, about 400 acres woodland

in the Decorated and Later styles, and consists of chancel, and n of water; rateable l"alue, £23,623; tbe population

nave, south aisle with an arcade of four arches, south porch in I88r was r,r6o. ·

and a western tower of rude construction containing 3 bells: HoLMFIELD is half a mile south-west and BURNT HousE •

the pews have Jacobean woodwork with the linen pattern, half a mile north-west. HA.wLEY, a mile and a half north,
and the pulpit is of the same character: in the south pier of are paper mills.
the chancel is a hagioscope, formed by a rude slit, and on Parish Clerk, Thomas ~Id worth.
each pier a kind of stone ledge, probably connected with the
rood loft: the south-east window of the chancel is extended PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.
downwards so as to form a sedile, and near it is a piscina of -Miss Mary Evans, receiver. Letters arrive from Dart~

late Decorated or Transition work; in the chancel is a ford at 7 & I 1.30 a. m.; dispatched at 9.30 & u.3o a.m. &
monument to Sir Thomas Smith, ob. I625~ the west window 7·I5 p.m.; sunday delh•ery 7 a.m. dispatch xo.so a.m.

is a memorial to Jane Chapman, erected by her sister, Ann The nearest telegraph office is at South Darenth

Eleanor Mumford; and the other windows of the church WALL LETTER BoxEs-Near Hiri Cottage, collected at 9.25 &

are all stained~ there are 400 sittings. The register dates n.35 a. m. & 7 p.m.; sunday 10.45 a. m.: Hawley,collected

from the year 16o7. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent- 9.40 & II.IS a.m. & 7·35 p.m.; sunday u.2o a.m.: &

charge £470, gross yearly value £520, including 21 acres of at Farningham Road railway station, cleared at 8 a.m.

glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of I2 noon & 6.30 p.m.; sunday 8 a.m
Rochester, and held since I88r by the Rev. Waiter John National School, built in I86o, for So boys & 110 girls &
Weekes. Here are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels. There infants; average attendartce, boys 74, girls & infants 90 ~

are almshouses for four persons, and the poor have £r5 Edward Royce Barnacle, master: Miss Mary Frith, mist

yearly from Sir T. Smith's charity, which is in the hands of Railway Station, Farningham Road, J. Stanford,station mast

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barnes Stephen, bricklayer Pike Charles, miller (water)
Clowes E. A. Sutton place
English Lieut.-Col. Thomas, The Bowers Benjamin, insurance agent Quinton John, beer retailer, Hawley

Rookery, Hawley Bowers William, plumber & painter Reynolds John William, bricklayer
Gilman George Arthur, Northcote
Gilman Hy. Ed wd. Sutton ho. Hawley Crook George Thomas, wheelwright Rogers William Henry, grocer &draper
Johnson John, Sutton court
Johnson John Temple, Sutton court Davis Edward, basket maker Russell Jn.farmr.& landowner,St.John's

Lace William Francis Evans Mary (Miss), dress mkr. Post Off Santer James Frederick, beer retailer
Lockington James Barrows, Sutton lo
Eyles Robert, shopkeeper Saunder!! Thomas Harry & Co. paper
Lott Miss, Mill house
Maddocks Mrs. Rycroft Garett James, blacksmith & ironmongr makers, Hawley mills
Marchant Mrs. Cedar lawn
Marchant Robert, Cedar lawn Godden Edward Thomas, miller (water) Smith Robert, florist, Hawley
Marchant Thomas Bold, Broadoak
Masters John K. S. Hawley house Godden Robert, Bull inn, Hawley Stedman William Robert, relieving

Millbourn Jsph. Thos. Hawley Mill ho Hall Charles, boot maker officer & collector to guardians No. 3
Moore Frederick William, Hill cottage
Russell John, St. John's Harber Waiter, blacksmith district, Dartford union, registrar of
Silver Ebenezer·David M.D. Rectory
Weekes Rev. Waiter John, Vicarage Kennard Thomas, butcher marriages, deputy registrar of births
Wright Charles, Hawley
Lace William Francis, surgeon & deaths, school attendance & inquiry
COMMERCIAL.
Acton James, carpenter Lane Richard, baker officer, l<'arningham sub-distrct •

Atkins Mark, baker Langlands James, farmer Sutton-at-Hone Village club (W. R.

Langley Edward Charles, beer retailer Stedman, sec)

Langridge James, farm bailiff to J. Sydell SusannahMorgan (Mrs.),shopkpr

J ohnson esq TowBsend Thomas, shopkeeper

Lester Charles, baker Warrington Henry, insurance agent

Packman & Erry, grocers & drapers Watson Charles, Ship P.H

Parker George, coal merchant & agent Watts Thomas William, beer retailer

to Shepherd, Neame & Co. brewers & Windget Arthur, greengrocer

London Manure Co. Railway station; Wotton William Henry, earpenter

& at Swanley & Eynsford

SUTTON VALENCE is a village and parish, 4 north- bel1 : the east window is a memorial: there are 450 sittings,

west-by-north from Headcorn station, 5 north-east from 220 being free. The register dates from the year I577· The

Staplehurst station and 42 from London, in the Mid division living is a vicarage, with that of East Sutton annexed, tithe

of the county, lathe of Aylesford, hundred of Eyhorne, Roll- rent-charge £414, joint net yearly value £ I69, with resi-

ingbourne union, Bearsted petty sessional division, Maid- deuce and 2 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chap-
stone county court district, Sutton rural deanery, arch- ter of Rochester, and held since 1884 by the Rev. David
deaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury. Sutton Harding M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. The Congrega-
Valence or Town Sutton is 6 miles south-east from Maid- tional chapel, built in 1794 and rebuilt in I 872, is an edifice
stone. From the village, which stands on hi~h ground, a of Kentish ragstone, which, with minister's house, was

most extensive view is obtained over that part of the county erected at the cost of about £3,000, and has 400 sittings.

called the ""\Veald of Kent," extending on the western side The almshouses, six in number, were founded by William
to the range of hills that separates this county from Surrey. Lambe about the same time as the school : the inmates must
This village possesses beautiful scenery and salubrious air, be parishioners, and each receives 7s. weekly and one ton of
and has a thorough system of drainage ; it is lighted with coals yearly : the houses have been rebuilt by the Cloth-

gas by a company, formed in I866, and supplied with water workers' Company. The general charities are of £I5 yearly
of unusual excellence from works situated in the parish. value. Belringham, the residence of Reginald Southey esq.

The church of St. Mary, rebuilt in 1828 and restored in M.D. was built by John Willes esq. celebrated as a cricketer
I874, is a building of Kentish ragstone, with Bath stone and the first to introduce the system of round-arm bowling.
windows, in the Gothic styles of the 14th and I 5th centuries There are still some remains of Sutton Castle, supposed to
and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a large date from the time of Edward I. The trustees of the late
embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing one Sir Edmund Filmer bart. d. I886, who are lords of the

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DIREGrORY.J KENT. SWANLEY. 609

manor, and the Rev. William Oliver are the chief land- yearly, tenable for three years at Oxford, Cambridge or
owners. The soil is rich loam and stiff clay ; the subsoil of London University; one exhibition every year of £30
the upper part of the parish is rock, and yields superior yearly, tenable for three years, either at one of the above
golden hops. The area is 2,171 ac-res; rateable value, £5,119; universities or other place of higher education ; to each of
the population in r88r was r, 131. the above is added a sum of £10 when the exbibitiont>r
takes his B.A.. degree, and a further sum of £20 if his
Parish Clerk, Edward Davis. name appears in any honour list of the final examination ;
Po~r, M. 0. & T. 0. & S. .B.-Toke James Simmonds Cote- the " Robins" exhibition of £2o yearly is tenable for four
years at St. John's College, Cambridge: until 1893 a
man, postmaster. Letters arrive from Staplehurst at 7 studentship of £3o yearly at the City & Guilds of London
a.m. & 1 p.m.; dispatched at ro.3o a.m. & 7.10 p.m. ; Institute will be awarded yearly to a member of Sutton
on sundays dispatched at 12.ro p.m Valence school on the nomination of the head master; the
head master gives six scholarships .of£12 yearly to sons of
ScHOOLS:- clergymen: there are 8r boys, of whom 67 are boarders:
the master, wardens & court of assistants of the Company
The Grammar School, founded by William Lambe esq. of Clothworkers are the governors ; George Lovett Bennett
citizen & clothworker, in 1576, was extended by the Wor- M.A. head master; Rev. James Clunes Wilson M.A.
shipful Company of Clothworkers in 1838 & re-erected second master
& further extended in 1864, new buildings, including a National (mixed), built in r838, for 215 children; average
laboratory, sWimming bath & workshop, being added 'in
1876-7: the foundation admits boys-sons of inhabitants attendance, 95 ; William Donald Doughty, master
of Sutton Valence, or of the adjoining parishes of Lang-
ley, Leeds, Chart, East Sutton & Lenham-who are British, built 1845, for 200 children ; average attendance,
called Lambe's foundation scholars & are entitled to 63 ; William Haslam, master
compete for six exhibitions of £6 each, given by the
governors ; other day boys & boarders are admitted into CARRIERS TO MAIDSTONE.-Edward Thomsett,daily; James
the school on terms fixed by the head master: the follow- Fuller, daily, except wed. ; Elijah Couchman, daily
ing exhibitions & scholarships are attached to the school:-
On leaving school-one exhibition every year of £6o

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Coveney Waiter, farmer, Lake farm Oliver William, baker

Bennett George Lovett M.A. (head Davis David Sands, fruit grower RoperEdwd.landscape paintr.TheLimes

master of Grammar school) Davis Edward, fruit grower Rouse John Beaumont, jun. builder

Birdseye Rev. Jonn. [Congregational] Davis Jas. Woodgate (of Ashford), tailor Stuchbury John, King's Head com-

Boucher Mrs. East bill Day Mary (Mrs.), butcher mercial inn

Church Frederick, The Elms Drowley George, shopkeeper Sutton Valence Coffee Tavern; good

Farmer Miss, Hill Side house Dungay Herbert, farmer, Bardinglay fm beds, bath, billiards, private apart-

Grant Miss, Ivy house Durey Silas, farmer & hop grower, ments, reading room; dinners & teas

Harding Rev. David lii.A. Vicarage Sutton Barn farm provided for parties (Charles Jeffery,

Joy Thomas, Jasmine villa Edmed Isaac, jun. Queen's Head hotel; proprietor)

Kay William Entwisle, Warmlake first class accommodation for com- Sutton Valence Gas Co. Lim. (Edward

Shirley William Pettenden, West bank mercials, tourists & private families, Long, sec. & manager)

Simmons Geoffrey occupying a pretty view of the Tanton George Frederick, butcher

Southey Reginald M.D. Belringbam Weald of Kent Tbomsett Thomas, seedsman

Tidy Thomas, flhirley house Empson Joseph, tailor Thorp Edward, farmer & hop grower

Tuke George Montague Excell William H. farmer, Callan farm Thorp William, farmer & hop grower,

Webber Edwd.Saml. B.A.,M.n.TheVines Foster William, farmer Sutton place

Wilson Rev. James Clunes M.A. (second Fry John, beer retailer Thurstun Harry, grocer

mastr. of Grammar schl.), Valence bo Fuller James, carrier & fruit grower Tolburst Fredk. Jas. painter & plumber

COMMERCIAL. Goodwin Young, beer retailer Tomlin Francis Edmed, baker & grocer

Boozer Thomas, The Swan P.H Heathfield Fras. coach bldr.& whlwrght 1Town Harriet (Mrs.), blacksmith

Butler George, farm bailiff to John Higgens John (Mrs.), bldr. &ironmngr Trowell James, seedsman

Chapman esq Jarrett Joseph, shoe maker Tuke George Montague, surgeon, &

Chapman John, farmer, hop & fruit Joy Thomas, deputy registrar of births medical officer of health, Rolling-

grower ; & at East Sutton & deaths for Headcorn sub-district & bourne rural sanitary district

Coleman Toke James Simmonds,grocer, marriages for Hollingbourne union Walder Samuel, grocer & draper

linen draper, & agent for W. & A. Long Edward, saddler Ward William Richard, miller (wind)

Gilbey, wine & spirit mers. Post office Lucas James, blacksmith Webber Edward Samuel B.A.,M.B.medi-

Collison William, Plough P.H Masters William Thomas, butcher cal officer & public vaccinator No. 6

Clothworkers' Grammar School (Geo. Maytum Robert, bricklayer dist. Hollingbourne union, The Vines

Lovett Bennett M.A. head master; Morris Jas.fruit grower,Belringham fm Wenbam Stephen, blacksmith

Rev. James Clunes Wilson M.A. Mummery William, farmer, Farthing Wickens Wm. farmer,ManorHousefrm

second master) Green farm Wood James & Sous, builders

Coppin Jesse, farmer Milsted Thomas, tailor

SWALECLIFFE is a small village and parish, near the and burials, 1607. The living is -a rectory, yearly value

cliffs on the coast and the channel of the East Swale, at the from tithe rent-charge £315, with 7 acres of glebe and
mouth of a small brook, 7 miles north from Canterbury, 2 residence, in the gift of Earl Cowper K.G. and held since 1889
east from Whitstable and 3 west from Herne Bay, in the by the Rev. William Harry Fletcher M.A. of Caius College,
Eastern diviswn of the county, Bleangate and Whitstable Cambridge. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of
hundreds, lathe of St. Augustine, Home petty sessional the manor. The principal landowners are Messrs. Hilton
division, Blean union, county court district of Uanterbury Brothers. The soil is clayey ; subsoil, sand. The chief
and in the rural deanery of Westbere aud arcbdeaconry and crops are wheat and barley. The area is 894 acres of land
diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. John the Baptist and 313 of water; rateable value, £1,967; the population
is a small building of Kentish ragstone and brick, with Bath in r88x was 143.

stone dressings, in the Early English and later styles, and PosT 0PFICE.-Edward Everall, receiver. Letters arrive

consists of chancel, nave, south porch, south aisle and a from Canter bsuunrydaayt.9 _30 a.m.; dispatched aotrd5epr .m& . ; no
western belfry with spire, containing one bell: the font con- delivery on The nearest money tele-

sists of an octagonal basin on four shafts, rising from an graph office is at Whitstable. Postal orders are issued
octagonal base: the church was rebuilt by subscription at a
here, but not paid
cost of £1,4 xo, and consecrated in r876: the organ formerly
National School (mixed), erected in 187o, for 85 children;
belonged to St. Mary Bredin's church, Canterbury. The average attendance, 6o; Miss Edith Hazle, mistress

register of baptisms dates from the year 1558; marriages

Fletcher Rev. Wm. Harry M.A. Rectory Morris Thomas, brick maker Pout Edward, sen. farmer

Parker Charles, Elm Tree cottage Pout Edward Joseph, jun. farmer & Parker John, master mariner

Burchett James, Wbeatsheaf P.H wheelwright, Kite farm Silk John, beer retailer

Goodhew Wm. R. farmr. Chestfield frm

SWANLEY is an ecclesiastical parish, formed from the · union and county court district and in the rural deanery of

civil parish of Sutton-at-Hone, Feb. 7, r862 ; it is surrounded East Dartford, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of

by orchards, and is the junction station of the Sevenoaks and Canterbury. The church of St. Paul is a building of stone

Maidstone branch with the main line of the London, Chat- in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave,

ham and Dover railway, 4 miles south-west from Dartford, south porch and a western tower containing a clock and 3
in the North Western division of the connty, Axton hundred, bells: the church is very completely fitted, and has several

Button-at-Hone lathe, Dartford petty sessional division, stained windows, some brasses and beautiful mural painting

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610 SWANLEY. KENT. (KELLY's

- and decomtion : the spandrels of the chancel windows are The Homes for Orphan Boys, in connection with the Farn-

filled with mosaic work by Minton, and the reredos is of ingham Homes for Little Boys, are designed for those who

carved stone, with gilt mosaic by Salviati: there are sittings have lost their fathers & whose mothers need to go out

for 300 persl)ns, about.2oo being free: at the west entrance into the world to earn their own living, but some are

of the churchyard is a lych gate, erected in I889, by Frank orphans. Both institutions, though called homes, are

Charles Capel esq. of the Mount, Wilmington, in memory Df also schools, where a thorough but plain education is im-

his mother, Mrs. Georgina Capel, who died 28th Feb. I889. parted & where the boys are instructed in such subjects ·

The register dates from the year I862. The living is a vicar- of technical education as shall best fit them to become

age, net yearly value £279, with residence and about 8 acres intelligent workers in after-life. The buildings, pleasantly

of glebe, in the gift of John Fisher Eastwood esq. and held situated on a large open 'plot of ground, fenced in &

since I86x by the Rev. Michael Seymour Edgell B.A. of surrounded with trees, provide sufficient room for 200

Oriel College, Oxford. There is a Wesleyan chapel here. boys& embrace :-Four dames' houses; the head master's

The principal landowners are Thomas Horn l<'leet esq. D.L., house, devoted to the senior boys ; the school block & the

J.P. of The Grange, Darenth, and the Right Hon. Sir William technical workshops, devoted to the practical illustration of

Hart Dyke hart. M.P., P.C. of Lullingstone Castle. The soil the useful arts. Every boy is paid for by relatives or friends

is chalk, gravel and loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops at the rate of £20 yearly, for which he is fed, clothed &

are fruit, grain and market produce. The population in x88I educated & entirely maintained throughout the year;

was 709, but has since greatly increased. the principal portion of the buildings is the school block, a.

HEXTABLE is I mile west. Hextable House, a mansion in two-storeyed building in the Queen Anne style, with gabled
the Gothic style, is now the Horticultural College, and was wings & a central gable over the entrance, above which
so established in October, 1888, for IOO students for the pro- rises a circular turret with vane ; secretaryf Benjamin
motion of scientific horticulture ; it is the only institution of
the kind in England and contains a very handsome lecture cClarke esq. Bank buildings, Ludgate circus; bankers,
hall, botanical and chemical laboratories and extensive hor-
Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths, I Lombard street E t

offices, Bank buildings, Ludgate circus E c

ticultural buildings, the foundation stone of which was laid Swanley Junction, situated I mile from the village,

in I889 by Lady Whitehead, wife of Sir James Whitehead is a large and increasing hamlet, and is the centre of con-
hart. late lord mayor. The oollege is managed by a board siderable trade ; it comprises a good hotel, gentlemen's resi-
<>f directors, Arthur Harper Bond is managing director and dences and a row of shops. A parish room in which services
C.- W. H. Greaves F.R.H.s. secretary; the scientific training are held on Sunday at 6.30 p.m. served by the vicar and
being superintended by Professor Cheshire F.L.s., F.R.M.s. curate of Crocken Hill. Here is also a Congregational chapel
and Pentland Smith M.A., B.sc
with sittings for I5o. There is a convalescent home in con-

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- nection with St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London ; there are
also extensive nursery grounds belonging to Henry Cannell
Thomas Bowyer, receiver. Letters from Swanley Junc- and Sons, and the Kentish Farm House Jam Factory, belong-
ing to Mr. Thomas Wood, of CrDcken Hill, who is an exten-
tion S.O. are delivered at 1·45 a.m. & 2.go p.m. ; dis- sive grower of fruit in the district.

patched at 10.30 a.m. & 6.20 p.m. Swanley Junction is PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

the nearest telegraph office

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Hex- (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Kent added).-
table.-Mrs. Mary Mercer, receiver. Letters from Swanley Frederick Packman, postmaster. Delivered at 7.30 & 9
Junction S.O. are delivered at 9 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.; dis- a.m. & 2.r5 & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at 9.30 & II a.m. &
patched at 10.35 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Swanley Junction is 3.30 & 7 p.m.; sunday delivery, 7.30 a. m.; dispatch, 5
the nearest telegraph office
p.m

SCHOOLS:- WALL LETTER Box, Swanley Junction railway station,

National (mixed), erected in 1862, for r7o children; average cleared at 10.40 a.m. & 6.30 p.m

attendance, :12:1; Miss Rowe, mistress Railway Station, Edward Griffiths, station master

Swanley. Piper Charles Arthur, grocer Coomber Thomas ,butcher

{Names marked thus • receive their letters *Pocknall Saml. fruit grower, Birchwd Cox Frank, chemist
*Preskett 'fhos. beer retailer, Birchwood Day Henry, shoe maker
through St. Mary Cray R. S.O.]

Bevan Bertrand Yorke, The Orchard *Sansum Wm. Bull hotel, Birchwood Hadley Pearce Manassah, Lullingstone

Clayton Mrs. Five Went house Sheldon Eliza (Mrs.), farmer Castle hotel

Cockburn William, Tweed hill Tully Peter, shopkeeper Hale Oliver, baker

Cornwall Mrs Turner Henry, beer retailer Hearn Henry, carpenter &undertaker

Dunk Edward, Laburnum house Ward James, plumber Ladds Philip, florist & fruit grower

Edgel!Rev.Michl.Seymour B. A. Vicarage Whitbread Maria (Mrs.), Red Lion P.R Mace Joseph, grocer & draper, & agent

Hill John, Moira villa Swanley Junction. for W. &A. Gilbey, wine& spirit mers

Holden Mrs. The Priory Marchant William Hy. grainer & writer

Jackson Waiter Comyn, Rosslyn house PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Miles William, florist

Reeves Frederick John, Fairseat Booker Miss, Beulah villa Moody Tom, basket maker
Reeves Mrs Boulton Percy Packman Frederick, grocer & draper, &
Sbaw Rev. Charles John Monson M.A. Caldwell Edmund, Kent villa
Cannell Ernest Arthur, 2 Station villas postmaster
(curate in charge), Orchard oottage Parker George, coal merchant ; & at
Staples Henry Cannell Henry, The Home of Flowers
Staples William Cooper George, Broomfield hall Button-at-Hone & Eynsford
Gardiner Mrs. Belle Vue Payne William, fishmonger
COMMERCIAL. Hilder Charles Martin Peacock William, baker
Acton Thomas, wheelwright lnce John, Montague house Rayment Joseph, shoe maker
Armstead Frederick, blacksmith Lines Miss, Woodlands Ribbens Solomon, greengrocer
Barber John, fruit grower Miller John, Hankham villa Seabrook & Co. stationers & tobaccnsts
Bowyer Thomas, grocer & farmer, Post Skinner Harriette(Mrs. ), ladies' college,
Pattenden William Beer, Glen Huntley
office, Holts farm Peruzza Willia.m, Pittvill villa :Brocken h u r s t
*Brett Henry de, shoe ma. Birchwood Pomroy Waiter Joseph, Grassmere Spiers & Pond Limited, Railway re-
Chilmaid John, beer retailer
*Cleaver Jaoob, shopkeeper, Birchwood Remfry Rev. William Edwin [curate freshment rooms
Cooper William, farmer, Gilden hill in charge] Steadman William & Son, fruit growers
Dunmall J ames, beer retailer
Grey Robert Geo. builder &undertaker Saffell Charles Walby, Walby house & market gardeners, Moultain hill
Groombridge John, farmer ~barman Miss, 2 Belmont villas Swanley Working Men's Club (Harry
*Harler Sidney Peter, shopkpr.Birchwd Sully Waiter, Kenilworth villa.
Home for Orphan Boys (Arthur Dutch- Thompson Rev. Thomas [Congregtnl] Wellam, sec.), I Kent terrace
Trueman James Cobden, Oaklands Townsend George, stationer
burn, head master ; Benjamin Clarke Tucker Robt. Goldsworthy, The Limes Tucker Robert Goldsworthy L.R.c.P.
esq. sec) Wood Herbert, Pedham Place farm
*Hutton James Alexander, blacksmith Edin. surgeon, & medical officer to
& wheelwright, Birchwood Woodard Arthur Charles, Montana. Farningham & Swanley Homes for
Little Boys & to St. Bartholomew's
COMMERCIAL.
Convalescent Home, The Limes
Turner Frederick Alfred. tailor

Kennard William, butcher WhiteheadJohn, grocer

Knapp Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker Adams Thomas, hair dresser Wood Thomas, jam & confectionery

Lane Edwin, baker & corn dealer Barkaway Richard, butcher manufacturer, Kentish :Farm House

Miles Benjamin, farmer, Highlands Bullimore J osepb, shoe maker jam factory

Miles Ben]. jun. farmer, Clement st Cannell Henry & Sons, nurserymen, Hext!).ble.
Mills Charles, fruit grower seedsmen, florists & horticultural

Paekman Frederickt grocer • establishment Caswall W. H. le H