• 498 SITTINGBOUHNF.. KENT.. [KELLY'S Spinks Mr. Serjeant, Brinley honse, Boughton PUBLIC OFFICERS. Twopenny E. ~sq. Woodstock, Sittingbourne Assistant Overseer, William Tress Jackson, TI7 High street Tyler Colonel, Lynsted Clerk to the Burial Board, to Sheppey Hightlla.1f Board Otterden Distributor qf Stamps .j- Issuer of Inland Revenue Licences, Clerks at Faversharn .j- Sittinghourne, James Tassell & Son, H. Thomas Tidy, 60 High street High street • Inland Revenue Office, Thomas Curran, High street Assistant Clerk at Sittingbourne, William James Hards Inspector of T-Veig hts .j- ftfeasures .j- Petroleum, Edward Petty Sessions are held at the Police Court on the first & Bigg, Ea~t street third mondays in e"ery month, at I I a m.; the magistrates PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Service. attend twice a week (munday & friday), at II a.m The following places are included in the Petty Sessional St. Michael's Church, Rev. William Henry Dyson BoA. vicar; division :-Bapchild, Bobbing, Bredgar, Borden, Boughton 1 I a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wednesday, 7.30 p.m under-the-B1ean, Hladesmere, Buckland next Fayersham, Hol.1f Trim:ty Church, Dover street, Rev. Abdiel Hanham Davington, Doddington, Dunkirk CVille), Eastchurch, East T.A.K.C.L. vicar; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m ling, Emley, Favershanl, Goodestone, Grayeney, Hernehill, Baptist Chapel, High street west, Rev. John Doubleday. Harly, St. Thomas the Apostle, in the Isle of, Halstow the 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. i wednesday, 7.30 p.m Lower, Hartlip, I wad, Kingsdown, La~;stlown, LeaYeland, Bible Christians' Chapel, ID.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wednesday, Lynstead, Luddenham, MilsteJ, Milton near Sittingbourne, 7 p.m. Geor~e street, Snip's hill Minster in Sheppy, Murston, .Newnham, Norton, Newing Congregotional (FTee Church), Rev. Charles Watt 8myrk. ton next Sittingbourne, Ospringe, Oare., Preston next minister, I r a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wednesday, 7.30 Faversham, Rainham; Rodmersham, Sittingbourne. Sell Wesleyan Chapel, Rev.· William Bond, minister, 10.30 a.m. ing, Sheldwich, Stalisfield, Stone Ilext Fayersham, Throw & 6.30 p.m.; wednesday, 7.30 P.Ill. High street ley, Teynham, Tonge, Tunstall, Upchurch, Warden T01()n ]I-fission Hall, sundays, 2.30 & 6.30 p.m. ; thursday. 7.15 p.m. Shakspeare road SCHOOLS. INSURANCE AGENTS. St. Michael's National, for 48o, average attendance 420, Bl-itish Eqttitable, H. Woodruff, High street • supported by school fees & voluntary subscription; James Commercial Union, E. GodfTey, High street Nathaniel Flaxman, master; Miss M. J. Barber, mistress. County Fire 0/ Provident Life, W. Cremer, 33 High street Holy Trinity National, built in 1871 & enlarged in I872. Eagle Life, W. J. Harris, 76 High street for 319, average attendance 282; John Wellacott, master; Guardian, H. T. Tidy, 60 High street Miss Florence Agnes Hooper, mistres<;l i infants, Miss Hand-itt-Hand, W. G. Kennett, 8 Crescent street & P. Amelia Knight; infants, Pembury street, for 15°, aver Llewellyn, Post office, Bre:.lgar age attendance 72; Miss Lucy Poile, mistress Kent Fire, J. Hulburd, High street TVesleyan (mixed), built & enlarged for 41 I, average Liverpool 0/ London Sheerness Sun Fire, W. H. Filmer, 23 High street Gazette, published e\'ery saturday, William John Parrett. Westminster FiTe, A. J. Lee, 24 Station street & C. Wickens, 17 High street 40 Station street RAILWAY. London, Chatharn .j- Dovel', John Ford, station master PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. CONVEYANCE. Cemetery, W. J. Harris, clerk to the burial board; \Y. L. Omnibuses to & from Maidstone, daily (sundays excepted), Grant, supt James Gambell, proprietor, leaves Sittingbonrne on the Burial Board, office, 76 High street; J. D. Dyke J.P. chair arrival of the 9.53 up train from Faversham & return man; W. J. Harris, clerk ing from the 'Haunch of Venison,' at 3.15, reaching Corn Market, held every friday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Sittingbourne in time for the 5.35 down train & 5.30 Town hall train for Sheerness & Queenborough County Constabulary, Police station, Park road, Thomas CARRIERS. Mayne, superintendent of the Faversham division; the LONDoN-Davis & Co. 26 West 8mithfield e.c. (John Stevens. force consists of 2 sergeants & 3I constables agent), II9 Charlotte street, Milton; Sutton & Co. (Gea. County Court, George Russell esq. judge; AlIen Tassell, Knight, agent), 4 Station place registrar & high bailiff ; Alexander Beeching, under MAIDsToNE-James Gambell's van, daily, from his house, bailiff. The court has also equity jurisdiction. Sittings Pembury street monthly, at the Police Court; office, 59 High street; saturda~·s, Shepherd's van, from Stroud to Faversham, tuesday, thurs hours, 10 to 4;' 10 to I. The follow day & saturday, returning same day; office, Rose inn, ing parishes are within its jurisdiction :-Bapchild, Bob Sittingbourne bing, Horden, Bicknor, Hredgar. Frinsted, Lower Halstow, WATER CONVEYANCE. Hartlip, Iwade, Kingsdown, Milton, Milstead, Murston, Newington, Rainham., Rodmersham, Lower Rainham, LONDON-John Prentis & Son's hoys, from Milton's quay Sittingbourne, Tonge, Tunstall, Upchurch & Wormshill every alternate sunday, returning from Hartley's wharf. Custom House, Charlotte street, Milton; Thomas Hill, Horselydown, the following saturday officer Milton, in Aylesford lathe, rural deanery of Sitting Fire Engines, The Phrenix Fire office engine is kept at Mr. bourne, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canter White's, in High street, &that of the Kent fire office, &, to bury, js a parish a"nd head of a union and is governed the parish; at Mr. Knowles', in High street. A Fire Brigade by a portreeve, who is elected yearly on the 25th of wail established in 1876; George Payne, jun. superinten July. Milton was a demense of the old English kings. dent; hose kept at Police station.. who -are supposed to have had a palace here, and in Inland. Ret,enue. Office.. Bull hotel, High street, Thomas Domesday Book it is recorded as having six mills and Curran, officer twenty-seven salt pits: it was afterwards a manor of the Kent (East) (2nd) ..RiJle Volunteers (E company), head Queens of England, which they held in dower and in the quarters, Town hall. Richard Lake Knight, captain; time of .Queen Elizabeth it was a considerable maritime William ·WaIter Gascoyne, James Frederick. Honeyball &, place. A court l~t, said to have been established by King Robert Lake, jun. lieutenants . Alfred, is held yearly, for the appointment of two high Royal Ea5t Kent Yeornanry (8ittingbourne troop). head constables. Hasting the Viking attacked Milton in the quarters, Canterbury.. Lord Harris,. captain i .A.. Akers- reign of King Alfred, 893, with 80 sail of shipping: he landed, Douglas, lieutenant ., and encamped at Kemsley Down, erecting strong fortifi Sittingbourne .j- Milton Joint Hospital Board, W. J. cations now called "Castle Rough," but waS compelled to Harris, clerk . . depart and leave llis two sons as hostages: the town waS Stock Market, held on the first & third tuesday in ~very hurnt by Earl Godwin in.a quarrel with Edward the Con month, in the Hull Hotel meadow fessor. Between the years 1869-1872 Roman leaden coffins TotDn Hall, High street,. Char)et\ 13ennett, hall beper , were discovered .at Be:l'hill, adjoining the town.together with
