DIRECTORY.] . MARK CROSS. ~297 PosT, M. 0. 0. & 'f. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. age attendance, 87; John Joseph Wright, master; Mrs. -Albert Clark, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Martha Wright, mistress at 6.45 a. m. & 2.20 p.m. ; dispatched at 12 & National, (mixed), built in 1873, for 8o 7.10 p.m. Sundays, arrive at 6.45 a.m.; dispatched at children; average attendance, 64; Miss Alice Wade,mist II. so a.m Bonner's & Betton's Charities of £9 ws. yearly, derived from PosT OFFICE, .-George Goldsmith, receiver. a rent-charge on a farm at Ringmer, from the Ironmon- Letters arrive from Uckfield at 7 45 a.m. ; dispatched at gers' Co. & 2R. 34P. of land & rents is for the support of . 11.25 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; on sunday at 10.10 a. m. The the schools nearest money order & telegraph office is at Marestield CARRIERS:- ScHOOLS :- Mary Cox, to , mon. & wed ' National (mixed), rebuilt in 1873, for 136 children; aver- Ridley, to Lewes, tues. & fri Maresfi.eld. HobbsJames,farmer,Lower Spring gdns Thomas Edwin, head gardener to Lady Barchard Elphinstone, Hobden William Robert, Chequers inn, Shelley Butler Rev. J n.Banks Meek M.A. Rectory family & commercial hotel & posting Turner W. & Son, timber merchants Lamsen Waiter E. Marshalls Manor ho house, wine & spirit mer. & farmer. Turner James, farmer, Lambpool farm 'll' RA Inman John, pig dealer Tyler Enocb, grocer & draper . . N obl e Cap t . WI mrn J.P., F. . .s., o F.R.M.s. F ores t l o d ge Knight Thomas James, farmer & assist- Waiter Mrs. Carolina, farmer, Putland Pechell Hervey Charles, park ant overseer, & deputy registrar of farm, Duddleswell Ray Richard births & deaths for Maresfield sub- Watson J. steward to S. S. Avis esq Shelley Lady, ;Maresfield park district of Uckfield union Wood William & Son, nurserymen, Wilmshurst John, Holly lodge Ken ward Hercules, carriage builder, seedsmen, florists & landscape gar- wheelwright, undertaker & farmer deners, Woodlands nursery COMMERCIAL. Langadge Edmund, farmer, Down st Wood Ephraim, grocer & baker, Dud- Avis Thomas, trug & caul basket maker Langridge James, shopkeeper,Piltdown dleswell &clog maker MarkwickGeo.Wm. shoema.&hoopma Wood James, Star P.H. Piltdown. Booth David, nurseryman, seedsman & Melior James, head gamekeeper to [Postal address, Uckfield] florist, Piltdown nursery. [Postal Lady 8helley Wood William,farmr.Piltdown. [Postal address, Uckfield] Osborne William, farmer, Whitehouse address, Uckfield] Carr William, jun. farmer, Gate house 1 farm, Duddleswell .. • Clark Albt.grocer & draper, & post office Page &Taylor,farmrs.Summerford frm Fairwarp. Coffee Tavern· (Mrs. A. Dyke, mana- Piper Thomas & Son, seed & bulb mers Burgess John, wheelwright geress ), . [In Ridley John, carrier Fox Coffee Tavern (C. Chandler,mangr) deliveryJ Rintoul Charles, farmer, Strawberry Goldsmith Geo.grocr.& coal dlr.Post off Daniels Hy. farm bailiff to Lady Shelley 1 hall [in Buxted delivery] Hazelden Saml. farmer, Streater's frm Diplock Jas. farmer, Low. Spring grdns Sandford Mark, land agent to Lady Hobbs Henry, shopkeeper Evenden William, butcher Sbelley, also agent to County Fire, Norman Henry, corn merchant Ford Albert, blacksmith & baker Provident Life, Railway Passengers', Page Tbos. & Jas. farmers, Old Workho Hickmott Harry Edwin Timothy, auc- Accidental, National Boiler & Liver- Weller Thomas, Foresters' Arms P.H tioneer & timber valuer pool Plate Glass Insurance Cos. Wood Wm. & Son, farmers, Cophall frm Hill John, farmer & corn mer. Mill ho Maresfield park MARK CROSS, a small hamlet, 2 miles north-east from I CouNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE PETTY SESSIONAL station on the Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne DIVISION. branch of the , Brighton and South Coast railway, Abergavenny Marquess of K.G., D.L. Eridge Castle, Tun- and 4 south from Tunbridge Wells, is an ecclesiastical bridge Wells . parish, formed from portions of. the parishes of Mayfield, 1 Nevill Lord George Montacute, 64 Prince's gate, London sw Rotherfield and , in the Eastern division of the Ashburnham Hon. Jn. Shemfold park, I<'rant,Tunbrdg. Wls county, Tunbridge Wells county court district, Frant petty Byng Hon. Jas. Master Owen D.L. Great Culverden, Tun- sessional division, rural deanery of (fourth divi- bridge Wells sion), archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. Prescott Sir George Rendlesham hart. Isenhurst, Mayfield St. Mark's church, originally built for a school, is a small Salomons Sir David Lionel hart. M.A. Broombill, Tun­ and plain edifice of red brick, with stone dressings, consist- bridge Wells · ing of nave, transept, west porch and a western bell cote Browell William Faulknor esq. Claytons, Tunbridge Wells containing one bell, and has sittings for x8o persons. The Courthope George Campion esq. D.L. Whiligh, Hawkhurst register dates from the year 1874. The living is a vicarage, Goldfinch Henry Robert esq. B. A. Rotherhurst, Rotherfield net yearly value £192, with residence, in the gift of H. G. Green Capt. Philip, Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst Dixon esq. and held since 1879 by the Rev. James Price, of Hamilton-Grace Col. Sheffield, Knole, Frant St. Bees. Frankham is the residence of Henry G. Dixon Hankey George esq. Frant, Tunbridge Wells esq. The principal landowners are the Marquess of Aber- Hodgkin Wilfred Haughton esq. M.A. Hamsell Manor, Eridge gavenny K.G. and Henry Hayne esq. The soil is clay; sub- Green, Tunbridge Wells soil, stone and sand. The chief crops are grass, hops, Hussey Edward esq. Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst wheat and oats. The area is 3,400 acres; the population in Hussey Edward Windsor esq.M.A.Scotney Castle,Lambrhrst r881 was 619. Kay Frederick Henry Jewell esq. Ely grange, Frant, Tun- bridge Wells PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Morland William Courtenay esq. The Court lo. Lamberhrst Alfred Golds, receiver. Letters arrive from Tunbridge Munro Major-Gen. Andrew Aldcorn, Frant, Tunbridge Wls Wells at 8.15 a. m. : dispatched at 6.15 p.m.; sundays, Ramsden Arthur Charles esq. Stone Ness, Ashurst, Tun• 9·45 a.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Rotherfield bridge Wells station Smith George Samuel Fereday esq., F.G.s., F.R.G.s., M.A. SCHOOLS:- Grovehurst, Tunbridge Wells 'fhe Catholic Middle Class Convent School of the Holy Child Stone-Wigg John esq. Estcourt, Tunbridge Wells Jesus, is a fine & extensive building in the Gothic style, Clerks to the Magistrates, Simpson & Stone, Church road, erected in 1871 by the Duchess of Leeds, & comprises Tunbridge Wells spacious dormitories, school-hall, class rooms & a church Petty Sessions held at the Court house, the second & fourth consisting of sanctuary, nave, aisles & transepts; a con- tue:;day in each month, at 11 a. m siderable number of boarders are recerved, & besides a The following places are included in the petty sessional divi. careful religious training a superior education is afforded sion :-, !<'rant (that part of the parish which by sisters of the same society from St. Leonards-on-Sea is situate within the countv of Sussex), Lamberhurst, School (mixed), built in x8sx, for 120 children; average at- Mayfield, Rotherfield & Wadburst tendance, xoo ; Miss Florence Jones, mistress 1I'olice Station, Sergeant James Elphinstone & 9 constables Dixon Henry G. Frank ham Fuller James, farmer Payte John Martin, surveyor & valuer Hayne Henry, Renhurst Golds Alfred,grocer & draper,Post office Pollington Thos. brick maker & farmer Lysley Warren Bailey M. Sussex lodge Haffenden Nelson, Mark Cross inn Rogers John, farmer, Greenhedges Price Rev. James [vicar], The Vicarage Jarvis Robert, farmer, Harlands "'alter EdwardJoseph &Sons, farmers, Underdown Emanuel Maguire Q.C. Mankelow David, wheelwright hop growers & millers (wind), corn Sandyden Marchant Wm. frm.blff.t.o H.Hayneesq merchants & bakers . COMMERCIAL. Mepham William, beer retailer Webster William, boot maker Brooker Thos. farmer, Little Trodgers Noakes Waiter, farm bailiff to Mrs. Wickens Julia (Miss), farmer, Marl- Catholic Middle Class Boarding school N oakes, Tanyard farm borough Head farm Francis William, builder & farmer, Packham Albert, farmer, Frights Wilson George, blacksmith Stilebouse farm & Towsers lodge