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' Jlleet Thomas Horn esq. n. 1.. The Grange, , Dartford Superintendent Registrar, John Camden Hayward, Sessions Fools William Cracroft esq. Q.c. The Bowman's lodge, Dart· house, Lowfield street ; deputy, William .Ayrton Bidolph ford heath, Dartford Pinoha.rd, 22 Spital street H mer Etlward esq. May place, , Bexley heath S.O Registrars of Births & Deaths & Vaccination Officers, Bexley Jack110n John Flower esq. Bourne place, Bexley sub-district, F. W.F. Ranger, Bexley Heath; deputy, Geo. Miller Richard Combe esq. D.L. Oakfield, Dartford W . .Ayliffe, Bexley Heath ; Dartford sub-district, James P&Jmer Capt. Arthur, I Bryanstone place, llryanstone square, George Cann, 46 Spital street, Dartford; deputy, John Loodon w May, 21 Dartford road, Dartford; Farningham sub-dis­ Piciersgill W. Cunliffe esq. Blendon hall, Bexley trict, Mrs. Eliza lloyce, South Darenth ; deputy, William Robertson-Shersby Capt. Thomas Harvia Shersby R.N. Little Robert Stedman, Sutton-at-Hone Heath honse, Old Charlton Registrars of Marriages, Henry Thomas, East hill, Dartford, Umfreville Samuel Charles esq. Ingress abbey, & Williarn Robert Stedman, Sutton-at-Hone Wbita J. B. esq. I4 Vicarage gate, Kensington, w Workhouse, a structure of brick &stone, to hold 46oinmates; White Robert Owen esq. r8o Cromwell road, South Kensing- a chapel has been added at a cost of £x,soo, & will seat ton, London s w 200 persons, & in x89o a new infirmary was erected, at a Clerk to the Magistrates, John Camden Hayward, Sessions cost of over £6,ooo; Rev. Oscar Hewitt M.A. chaplain: honse, Lowfield street Hugh Hamilton McNaul M. B. medical officer; Thomas Petty Sessions are held at the Petty Stlssional Court House, Wills, master Lowfield st. every Saturday at I p.m. & the last tuesday in RuRAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. r:ach month at the Local Board office, Erith, at 3.30 p. m The following places are in the Dartford petty sessional divi­ Meets at the Workhouse on alternate saturdays, at 12 noon. aioD. :-Ash, Bexley, Crayford, Darenth, Dartford, Erith, Clerk, John Cam den Hayward, Sessions ho. Lowfield street Eynsford, Farningham, , Hartley, Horton Treasurer, Stephen Joshua Davis, London & County Bank Kuby, Kingsdown, , Lullingstone, Ridley, Medical Officers of Health, No. I. district, L. J. J. Barnes , Stone, Sutton-at-Hone, , East M.D. Erith; No. 2 district, Thomas Wheeler, Bexley; No. Wickham & Wilmington 3 district, Thos. Frederick Hugh Smith F.R.c.s.Eng., M.D. f'uBL!C EsTABLISHMENTS:- Farningham ; No. 4 district; Sylvester Richmond M.D. Cemewry, East hill, CharlP.~ Reginalcl Gibson, clerk to the Green hi the burial board & registrar ; Gcorge Hemmings, sexton Sanitary Inspectors, W. J. J ndgej Horns cross, El tone ; Jas. QJnnty Court, Spital street, holds its sittings monthly at Pace, Bexlcy Heath; Edwd. Longhurst, Longficld, Dartfd 10 a. m.; His Honor Homersham Cox M.A. judge; Charles SCHOOL .A TT EN DANCE COMMITTEE. Reginald Gibson, regigtrar & acting high bailiff ; Ge01-ge Meets at the Workhouse on alternate saturdavs, at Io a.m. E. Pearce, bailiff. The County Court House is a hand­ • some building in Spital street ; the district of the court Clerk, John Camden Hayward, Sessions ho. Lowfield street comprises the following parishes & townships :-Ash, .Attendance & Inquiry Officers, No. 1 district, Frank Joseph Beiiey, Crayford, Darenth, Da.rtford, Erith, Eynsford, George, Bexley Heath ; No. 2 district, Herbert Henry Farningham, Fawkham, Hartley, Horton Kirby, Kings­ Hunt, 65 Lowfield street; No. 3 district, William Robert down, Longfield, Lullingstone, Mavlescombe, Ridley, Stedman, Sutton-at-Hone Southfieet, Stone, Sutton-at-Hone, Swanscom be, East PUBLIC OFFICERS:- Wickham & Wilmington Certifying Surgeon under Factory A.ct, Ebenezer lVIoore, 20 ~rtified Jlailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Spital street Amendment Act, George Edward Pea.rce, Highfield road, Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes & of Sewers from Lam­ & Thomas WJlliam Stidolph, High street bard's wall to Bridge, Dartford & Crayford A.lmshonses, Lowfield street Navigation Commissioners & to Highway Board, J. C. Cittle Market, Bull hotel, High street Hayward, Sessions, Lowfield street Corn Exchange, held at the Bull hotel, High street Collector of Creek Dues, James George Cann, 46 Spital st County Police Station, Highfield road, G-eorge Webster, Collector of Poor's Rates & Queen's Taxes, Laban Lesster, snpt. ; John Sharp, sergeant ; & 7 constables Lowfield street Fl!'e Brigade, Spital street, John T. Barton, captain Inspector of Weights & Measures, John Webb, 41 Overy st Fire Escape Ladder, 54 Spital street Superintendent of County Police, Geo. Webster, Highfld. rd Heath Street Hall, Heath street, T. W. Stidolph, supt Inland Revenue Office, Bull hotel, High street, John Key, PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:- officer, Summer hill road Holy Trinity Church, Rev. Alan Hunter Watts, vicar ; II Kent Fire Insurance Engine House, Hythe street; keys at a,m_ 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. II a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; fri. II Me58rs. Sharp & Son's office, Hythe street a.m. & 4· 30 p.m.; sat. 7 p. m M&SOnic Lodge (299), Bull hotel, High st. Thos. Wills, sec Christ Church, Dartford road, served by the parochial Norwich Union Fire Engine House, Hythe street ; lr.eys at clergy; u a. m. & 6.30 p.m Mr. W. Gumbrell's, jun. High street St. AlbaQ's, East hill, served by parochial clergy ; 11 a.m. Royal Exchange Insurance Engine House, near the Bridge ; &6.3op.m.; thurs. 7.3op.m ieys at Mr. G. Russell's, 66 High street Baptist, Highfield road, H.ev. Thomas A. Carver, minister; Spital Almsbouses, Spital street II a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m Stamp Office, Spital street, Miss Laur-a Hodges, distributor Baptist (Zion), Priory road, ministers various ; 11 a..m. & Temperance Lecture Hall, High street, E. Buck, proprietor 6 p.m Victoria Assembly Rooms, Bull & Victoria hotel, High st Congregational, West hill, Rev. Edward Hayward; II a.m. Queen'~ Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Volunteer & 6.30 p.m • Primitive, East hill, Rev. George Robert Bell, minister; Bat1alion, Armoury, Spital street ~ Capt. J. B. Horton (C Co.) & Capt. George Hamilton Finner (D Co. ), com­ II a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m Wesleyan, Spital street, Rev. Starkie Starkie; II a.m. & mandants; Ernest W. White M. H.LOnd. acting surgeon; Rev. Alan Hunter Watts, acting chaplain; Joseph Tiley, 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7· 15 p.m sergeant-instructor Catholic, St. Anselm, Hythe street, Rev. Robt. V. Collinson & Rev. A.nthony A. Limpens, priests; mass, 8.30, 9.30 & DARTFORD UNION. II a.. m.; rosaryt sermon & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; holi­ Board day, saturday, at the Workhouse, at I I a. m. days of obligation, mass, 9 a. m. & rosary & benediction, The Union comprises 2I parishes, viz. :-Dartford, Ash, Bexiey, Crayford, Darenth, Erith, Eynsford, Farningham, 8 p.m.; daily, mass, 8.I5 a.m.; wed. rosary&benediction, Fawkham, Hartley, Horton Kirby, Kingsduwn, Longfield, 8 p.m Lullingstone, Ridley, Southfleet, Stone, Sutton-at-Hone, ScHooLs:- bwanscombe, East Wickham & Wilmington. The popula­ Grammar (Endowed), originally founded in 1576, by Dr. ~on of the union in x88r, was 53,435 ; rateable value, Vaughan & others, was revived in x866, & new school £344.2]6 buildings of stone erected on the West hill; in 1873 a Oert to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, John master's house was added ; these works. were in part Camden Hayward, Spital street, Dartford carried out & a site purchased from funds acquired in I865 Trusurer, Stephen Joshua Davis, London & County Bank by the sale of the Grammar School property, consisting Relievmg Officers & Collectors to the Guardians, No. I dis­ of various benefactions left by John Beare, of Swanscombe, trict, A. McLeod, Bexley Heath ; No, 2 district, Herbert in I68o & others, which produced a capital sum of £830; Henry Hunt, Lowfield street, Dartford; No. 3 district, the school was reorganized in 1876 by the Charity Com­ William Robert Stedman, Sutton-at-Hone missioners, & a wing was added in x883, at a cost of Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. AI district, £soo, in order to provide for the reception of boarders; Ebenezer Moore, 20 Spital street, Dartford; No. A2 dis­ the school has three scholarships, tenable at the school for trict, Thomas Wheeler, Bexley ; No. B2 district, Leopold three years; the income amounts to £7 only; the govern­ John 1oseph Barnes M. D. Erith; No. 3 district, Thomas ing body consists of 7 persons, the vicar of Dartford Frederick Hugh Smith F.R.c.s.Eng. Farningham; No. 4 being chairman; Lewis P. Harris M.c.P., F.R.G.s. head ~rict, Sylvester Richmond B. A., M. D. Greenhithe master