DIRECTORY.] . HOL~WOOD. .1331•

HIGH AsHURST is I mile south-west. & 5.50 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office Parish Clerk, James Knight. is at Walton PosT:OFFICE.-George Braithwaite, receiver. Letters arrive National School (mixed), built in 1868, for So children; from Epsom at 8.20 a. m. & II-35 a. m.; dispatched at 1.50 attendance, 6o; Henry Ames, master Alderson Joseph Ryder Hon. Henry Dudley D.L., J.P. Hayes Francis, blacksmith Bridge Sir John J.P. Headley grove Ashurst lodge Murray John, bailiff, Headley grove Chamberlen Rev. Lawrence .Tohn M.A. COMMERCIAL. Murray William, wheelwright • Rectory Beadle Thomas, Claremont inn Page James, farmer, Hurst farm Cunliffe Waiter, Braithwaite Geo. grocer, & post office Parsons Arthur, bailiff, Hurst farm Jones Rev. Gustavus, Heath house Burst George, The Cock P.H Steer James, farmer, Slough farm Lyall Mrs. Headley park Gowlett Joseph, shopkeeper Stovell William, painter Monk William Hutchings William, steward toR. Cun- WellsWm.bailifftoMrs.Lyall,Homefrm Ruscoe Henry, Oakdene liffe esq. J.P. Court farm HERNE HILL is a suburb of London in the South 188 5," and now within the county of London, as constituted Eastern Metropolitan postal district, extending from Den- by the "Local Government Act, 1888 ; " it is not included mark hill to Dulwich, and in the parish of St. Mary, in Kelly's Directory of the County of Surrey, but is given Lambeth, and as it is within the Metropolitan borough of in a separate book. Lambeth, formed under the " Redistribution of Seats Act, HOLMBURY ST. MARY is an ecclesiastical parish tithe rent-charge £5, net yearly value £168, with residence, formed Sept. 27, 1878, from the civil parishes of Shere, in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester, and held since June, , Ewhurst, Cranley, and Ockham ; it is 1878, by the Rev. John Shearme M.A. of Pembroke College, 14 miles east from Godalming, 6 south-west from Oxford. On are vestiges of a Roman en­ and 3 south from Gumshall and Shere station on the South campment and a battle is stated to have taken place here in Eaitern railway, in the South Western division of the 851 between the English, under Ethelwolf and Athelstan, county, petty sessional division and union of Guildford, and the Danes, which terminated in the defeat of the latter county court district of Guildford, rural deanery of Dorking, with great slaughter. Holmbury Park is the seat of the archdeaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester. The Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower D.L., J.P. The church of St. Mary, erected in 1879 at a cost of £xo,ooo, at principal landowners are Reginald More Bray esq. lord of the expense and from the designs of the late George Edmund the manor, and Mrs. Fraser. The soil is sand ; subsoil, clay. Street R.A. is built of Holmbury Hill stone, in the Early The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 2! English style and consists of chancel with organ chamber on square miles; the population in 1881 was 544· its south side, nave, aisles, north-west porch and a western Sexton, William Reffell. turret with small spire, containing a clock aud 5 bells: National Sehool (mixed), built in 186o, for 100 children; there are nine stained windows, illustrating the life of Our average attendance, 72 ; James Arthur Winter, master Lord, the west window being the gift of Mrs. Thompson: on the south-east side is a tomb with a tablet of granite, to Letters through Dorking arrive at 7 a. m. ; dispatched at the memory of Jessie Mary Anne, second wife of the late G. 6.15 p.m.; Petland street is the nearest money order & E. Street esq. : under the church are two vestries and a telegraph office room for the sexton: there are 300 sittings. The register WALL LETTER Box cleared at 3.15 p.m. week days only dates from the year 1879. The living is a rectory, average A part of FOREST GREE!i is in this parish PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wallis Charles Frederick, Woodside Kiddle Martin, farmer,NewPlace farm B(}wman Sir William bart. LL.D., M.D., Walton Frank, Hertwoodcott Longhurst Richard, grocer, Felday F.R.s., F.L.S. Joldwynds Waterhouse Edwin, Feldemore Mnggeridge Hy. farmer, Birkett's farm Donnelly Col. John F. Dykes, Firdale Wells Henry 'ran worth R.A. Aldermoor Overton Jane(Mrs. ),shopkpr.Forest grn Leveson-Gower Hon. Edward Frederick Woods William, Callingham Potts Benjamin, civil engineer M.A., D.L., J.P. Holmbury COMMERCIAL. Walker James, steward to Sir William Potts Benjamin c.E Amey Henry, wood dealer Bowman bart Robinson Vincent J. Hopedene Bowman Sir William hart. LL.D., M.D., WellerHarry,miller(wind),ForestGn.ml Shearme Rev. John M.A. Rectory F.R.s., F.L.S. surgeon, Joldwynds Wells Hy. Tanworth R.A. artist, Felday Sharp Daniel, Somerset Collinson Silvester, grocer, draper & IWilliams William, draper Thompson Mrs. Inholm butcher, Felday Woods Wm.jun.farmer, Woodhouse frm HOLMWOOD (NORTH and SOUTH) form a gift of the Bishop of Winchester, and held since 1874 by the borough tithing of Dorking, with station on the Dorking, Rev. Henry Thomas Waters M.A. of Wadham College, Horsham and railway, 2 miles south from Oxford. Anstie Grange is the residence of Admiral Sir Dorking, in the South Eastern division of the county, Leopold George Heath K.C.B., J.P. ; Holmwood Park, of Wotton hundred, Dorking petty sessional division, union Mrs. Nichols; Oakdale, of Lady Laura Hampton and Lady and county court district, rural deanery of Dorking, arch- Laura E. Hampton; and Oakdene of Augustns Frederick deacomy of Surrey and diocese of Winchester. Perkius esq. The principal landowners are the Duke of SouTH HoLMWOOD is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in Norfolk K.G. trustees of late Lee Steere esq. Sir L. G. Heath 1839 from the parishes of Dorking and Capel and includes K.C.B. W. H. Deverill esq. and the Rev. E. D. Wickham Holmwood Common. The church of St. Mary Magdalene, M.A. The common is about 6oo acres m extent and has built in 1838 and since enlarged, is a building of stone in many fine houses scattered over it. The soil is clay; sub­ the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, soil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The south porch and a western tower containing a clock and one area of the tithing is 3,180 acres; the population in 1881 bell: the church has six stained windows, a fine brass and was, North Holm wood 545 and South Holm wood 1,231. several mural monuments; and there are 434- sittings, 300 POST, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. being free. The register dates from the year 1838. The -Henry Reynolds, receiver. Letters arrive from Dorking living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £2o6, but with out- at 6.40 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; dispatched at 9.50 a.m. 2.30

goings £2421 annual loss £36; there are 3! acres of glebe & 7.15 p.m.; sundays, 1.5 p.m and residence, the living being in the gift of the Bishop of PosT OFFICE, Flint Hill.-Mrs. Annie :M. Ridge, receiver. Winchester, and held since 1851 by the Rev. Edmund Dawe Letters arrive from Dorking at 5.30 a. m. & 12.30 p.m. ; Wickham M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford. dispatched at 10.30 a. m. & 7.30 p.m. Holmwood is the Parish Clerk, John Sayers. nearest money order & telegraph office was formed August II, 1874, into an SCHOOLS:- ecclesiastical parish out of South Holmwood. The church National, South Holmwood, built in 1844 & enlarged in o0f St. John the Evangelist, erected in 1875, by subscription, 187o & 1884, for 245 children ; average attendance, 180; is a building of flint in the Early En;;lish style, consisting of Joseph Bixby, master; Mrs. Mary Ann Bixby, mistress chancel, nave, vestries and a western towcll' with shingled National (mixed), North Holmwood, enlarged in 1875 & spire, containing a clock and 2 bells : the stained east win- 1883, for 200 children; average attendance, 100; Walter dow, presented by a lady, represents leading events in the Sidney Piper, master life of Our Lord : there are 300 sittings, 178 being free. Railway Station, Edward Longhurst, station master The register dates from the year 1875· The living is a CARRIER.-J. W. Hoad, through Dorking, Leatherhead & vicarage, gross yearly value £272, with residence, in the Epsom to London, mon. & thurs. returning tues. & fri Cormack Mrs. Redland bank Dunlop Miss, Sunny side Holmwood South. Chaldecott Arthur, Yew Tree house Ferguson Mrs. Fernhurst PRIVATE RESIDENTS. DeCetto Louis Charles Augustus Adrian Gammon Mrs. Redlands . Arbuthnot William, Bensbrook J.P. Brook lodge Gardiner Miss, Brook cottage Brotherton Mrs. H )lm woo:l cottage Dickson Capt. Clement John, Foley cot Haack Sidney J. The Knowle Campbell Donald, Moorhurst Doggett Mrs. Ferndale Hampton Lady Laura E. Oakdale