DIRECTORY. ] KENT... MONKTON. 383 Edward Crayford, with the figure':! of a man in armour, houses in ,"'almer ani 10 acres of land in Great Mongeham. with his wife, kneeling at an altar and the effigies of five devised in 1681 by John ~"mpson, of this parish, produces sons; there appears to ha"e been one also of a daughter; ~s. di,;tributed yearly in coals. The Ecclesiastical Com­ there is also a memorial tablet to the Rev. Charle} Dimock missioners are lords of the manor. Richard Wilks esq. is Jlf.A. and a brass to the Rev. Edward Penny Ill: A. both of the chief landowner. The soil is loaln; subsoil, chalk. wl.om were rectors of the parish: the east and west The chief crops are "'he,.tt, barley aId oats. The area is windows are stainei: the church was restored in 1851 and 874 acres; rateable value, £3,154; the population in :l:88r an organ erected in 1877. The register of baptisms and was 469. burials dates from the year 1685; marriages from 1570. Parish Clerk, Edward Charles Rigden. The living- is a rectory, :;rross yearly value from tithe rent POST OFFICE.-Stephen Philpott, receh'er. Letters viii charge, £496, with residence and I! acres of glebe, in the Deal, arrive at 7 a.m. j dispatchei at 6.40 p.m. ; sunday gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury and held, since 1869, II.55 a.m. The ne:trest money order & telegraph by the Rev. John Brantill Harrison M.A. Trinity College, office is at Deal Cambridge. Noakes' charity consists of £700 Consols, bequeathed in 1857, by John Noakes, of this parish, the School (mixe:i), built in 1854 for 70 children, with an aver- interest of which, amounting to £21 per annum, is to be age attendance of 40; Miss Elizabeth Stevens, mistress distribute I in beef. Sampson's charity, derived from Walmel' Railway Station, EdwEastry and in Deal chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The county court and county police district, rural deanery of area is 1,160 acres; rateable value, £1,632 j and the popu­ Sandwich and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, All lation in 1881 was 172. that remains of the parish church are the foundations, stand- EAST STUDDALL is in this parish 2 miles south-west ing in a meadow near the farmhouse belonging to the .. ' .. manor; the burial ground has been again used for inter- Le.tters recel\'ed via Dover, marked thus * ,,:ut Deal. Deal ments since 1853. The Ih'ing is a discharged rectory, IS tbe nearest money order & telegraph office . yearly value £350, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canter- 'VALL LE'l"l'lm Box cleared at 5·30 p.m. sunday 10·39 a.m bury and held since 1868 by the Rev. Benjamin Austen, of INSURANCE AGENT :-Kent Fire, R. Wilks King's College, London, who is also rector of East Sutton, The chilclren of this parish attend the school at Great (by Dover) and resides at Castle road, Upper Walmer. The Mongeham Marsh Miss, Mayden Sole ris~ Fagg William, Three HO/'se Shoes, & Parsons \Villiam, cowkeeper Broadley Thomas Edgerton, farmer, blacksmith, East Studdall Phillips 'Villiam, carpenter & shop- East Studclall farm, East Studdall Mudclle vVilliam, farm bailiff to Crow- keeper, East Studdall Harvey James, farmer, East Studdall hurst Brothers, Mayden Sole *Wilks Richard, farmer & auctioneer MONKS HORTON is a parish, in the Eastern division [ and held by the Rev. George Booth Perry-Ayscough B.A. of the county, hundred of Stouting, union of Elham,lathe of· of Trinity Oollege, Cambridge, who resides at Brabourne. Shepway, Hythe county court district, rural deanery of El- Horton park is the seat of Major John Kirkpatrick J.P. lord ham and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, 2 miles of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is light and north-east from Westenhanget" station, 75 from London. 5 chalk; the north of the parish is on the chalk formation and north-west from Hythe and 7 east from Ashford. The I the south on the gault and greensand. The ehief crops are church of St. Peter is principally in the Early English style, I wheat, peas and oats. The area is 1,093 acres; rateable consisting of chancel and nave and contains some ancient value, £1,796; and the population in 1881 was 148. monuments to the Rooke and Rokeby families: it was ...e- Pm'ish Cle1'k Joseph Bates. stored in 1847. The register dates from the year 1558. The, .'.. living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Brabourne annexed, The children of thIS parIsh attend Stanford school. joint yearly net value £5°3, includin~ 15~ acres of glebe, Letters through Hythe. Sellinge is the nearest money order with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury & telegraph office Kirkpatrick Major John J.P. Horton pk Chambers William, grazier S:;tyers John, farm bailiff to Major John Brenchley James, blacksmith Hammon Charles, farmer Kirkpatrick Brett Henry, farmer Howland William, carrier Smith Eli:m (Mrs.), shopkeeper Eclwards Edward, farmer Richardson Jas. farmer, Horton priory Spain Henry, linen manufacturer MONKTON is a parish and scattered village, in the Pembroke College, Oxford. Here is a charity, value £20. eastern division of the county, hundred of Ringslow, Isle and The manor was given to the priory of Christchurch, Canter­ union of Thi"lnet, lathe of St. Au:;rustine, Ramsgate county bury, by Queen Ediva (motherof kings Edmund and Eadred), court district, rural deanery of Westbere and archdeaconry in 961. The principal landowners are George Alfred Collett and diocese of Canterbury, on the river Stour, 2~ miles north- esq. the Marquis Conyngham and the Ecclesiastical Com­ west from Minster station,7 west from Ramsgate and 6 missioners. The soil is light chalk; subsoil, chalk. The south-east from Margate. The church of St.. Mary is an chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, hops and potatoes. The ancient bnilding in the Norman and Early English styles, area is 2,36,ie acres j rateable value, £5,96r :.:8s. IId.; and with later insertions, consisting of chancel and nave and a the popnlation in 1881 was 377. western tower of Early English date, containing 3 bells: Sexton Thomas Ansley there was formerly a north aisle, opening to the nave by 5' ' .. pointed arches, which may still be seen in the north wall; POST OFFICE.-Jol~n Lamb, recener. Letters through the carved pulpit is J aeabean: the church has bean entirely Ramsgate are delivered at 8 ~.m: & 3·30y·m. The nearest reseated and repaired. The register dates from the year money order & telegraph office IS at Mmster 1604. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £320, with National School, erected in 1870, for 90 children; average residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury and attendance 60 &; supported by voluntary contributions & held since 187I by the Rev. Ewan Hugh Maclachlan, of a government grant; Miss Emily Heaysman, mistress Collett George Alfred, WaIter's ball Ansley Thomas, Royal Exchange Collard Ambrose, jun. farmer, Vi'alter's Doorne William Bartlett & Clutton, farmers, Monkton Hall farm Maclachlall Rev. Ewan Hugh, Vicarage parsonage Collard Frank,farmer & cattle salesman, Adams Emma (Mrs.), New inn Collard Ambrm:e, farmer, New house Gore street •