I 610 . . (KELLY's - and decomtion : the spandrels of the chancel windows are The Homes for Orphan Boys, in connection with the Farn­ filled with mosaic work by Minton, and the reredos is of ingham Homes for Little Boys, are designed for those who carved stone, with gilt mosaic by Salviati: there are sittings have lost their fathers & whose mothers need to go out for 300 persl)ns, about.2oo being free: at the west entrance into the world to earn their own living, but some are of the churchyard is a lych gate, erected in I889, by Frank orphans. Both institutions, though called homes, are Charles Capel esq. of the Mount, Wilmington, in memory Df also schools, where a thorough but plain education is im­ his mother, Mrs. Georgina Capel, who died 28th Feb. I889. parted & where the boys are instructed in such subjects · The register dates from the year I862. The living is a vicar­ of technical education as shall best fit them to become age, net yearly value £279, with residence and about 8 acres intelligent workers in after-life. The buildings, pleasantly of glebe, in the gift of John Fisher East wood esq. and held situated on a large open 'plot of ground, fenced in & since I86x by the Rev. Michael Seymour Edgell B.A. of surrounded with trees, provide sufficient room for 200 Oriel College, Oxford. There is a W esleyan chapel here. boys& embrace :-Four dames' houses; the head master's The principal landowners are Thomas Horn l<'leet esq. D.L., house, devoted to the senior boys ; the school block & the J.P. of The Grange, Darenth, and the Right Hon. Sir William technical workshops, devoted to the practical illustration of Hart Dyke hart. M.P., P.C. of . The soil the useful arts. Every boy is paid for by relatives or friends is chalk, gravel and loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops at the rate of £20 yearly, for which he is fed, clothed & are fruit, grain and market produce. The population in x88I educated & entirely maintained throughout the year; was 709, but has since greatly increased. the principal portion of the buildings is the school block, a. two-storeyed building in the Queen Anne style, with gabled HEXTABLE is I mile west. Hextable House, a mansion in wings & a central gable over the entrance, above which the Gothic style, is now the Horticultural College, and was rises a circular turret with vane ; secretaryf Benjamin so established in October, 1888, for IOO students for the pro­ Clarke esq. Bank buildings, Ludgate circus; bankers, motion of scientific horticulture ; it is the only institution of Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths, I Lombard street E c t the kind in and contains a very handsome lecture offices, Bank buildings, Ludgate circus E c hall, botanical and chemical laboratories and extensive hor­ ticultural buildings, the foundation stone of which was laid Swanley Junction, situated I mile from the village, in I889 by Lady Whitehead, wife of Sir James Whitehead is a large and increasing hamlet, and is the centre of con­ hart. late lord mayor. The oollege is managed by a board siderable trade ; it comprises a good hotel, gentlemen's resi­ <>f directors, Arthur Harper Bond is managing director and dences and a row of shops. A parish room in which services C.- W. H. Greaves F.R.H.s. secretary; the scientific training are held on Sunday at 6.30 p.m. served by the vicar and being superintended by Professor Cheshire F.L.s., F.R.M.s. curate of Crocken Hill. Here is also a Congregational chapel and Pentland Smith M.A., B.sc with sittings for I5o. There is a convalescent home in con­ nection with St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London ; there are PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.­ also extensive nursery grounds belonging to Henry Cannell Thomas Bowyer, receiver. Letters from Swanley Junc­ and Sons, and the Kentish Farm House Jam Factory, belong­ tion S.O. are delivered at 1·45 a.m. & 2.go p.m. ; dis­ ing to Mr. Thomas Wood, of CrDcken Hill, who is an exten­ patched at 10.30 a.m. & 6.20 p.m. Swanley Junction is sive grower of fruit in the district. the nearest telegraph office PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Hex­ (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Kent added).­ table.-Mrs. Mary Mercer, receiver. Letters from Swanley Frederick Packman, postmaster. Delivered at 7.30 & 9 Junction S.O. are delivered at 9 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.; dis­ a.m. & 2.r5 & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at 9.30 & II a.m. & patched at 10.35 a. m. & 6.30 p.m. Swanley Junction is 3.30 & 7 p.m.; sunday delivery, 7.30 a. m.; dispatch, 5 the nearest telegraph office p.m SCHOOLS:- WALL LETTER Box, Swanley Junction railway station, National (mixed), erected in 1862, for r7o children; average cleared at 10.40 a.m. & 6.30 p.m attendance, :12:1; Miss Rowe, mistress Railway Station, Edward Griffiths, station master Swanley. Piper Charles Arthur, grocer Coomber Thomas ,butcher {Names marked thus • receive their letters *Pocknall Saml. fruit grower, Birchwd Cox Frank, chemist through St. Mary Cray R. S.O.] *Preskett 'fhos. beer retailer, Birchwood Day Henry, shoe maker Bevan Bertrand Y orke, The Orchard *Sansum Wm. Bull hotel, Birchwood Hadley Pearce Manassah, Lullingstone Clayton Mrs. Five Went house Sheldon Eliza (Mrs.), farmer Castle hotel Cockburn William, Tweed hill Tully Peter, shopkeeper Hale Oliver, baker Cornwall Mrs Turner Henry, beer retailer Hearn Henry, carpenter & undertaker Dunk Edward, Laburnum house Ward James, plumber Ladds Philip, florist & fruit grower Edgel!Rev .Michl. Seymour B. A. Vicarage Whitbread Maria (Mrs.), Red Lion P.R Mace Joseph, grocer & draper, & agent Hill John, Moira villa for W. &A. Gilbey, wine& spirit mers Holden Mrs. The Priory Swanley Junction. Marchant William Hy. grainer & writer Jackson Waiter Comyn, Rosslyn house PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Miles William, florist Reeves Frederick John, Fairseat Booker Miss, Beulah villa Moody Tom, basket maker Reeves Mrs Boulton Percy Packman Frederick, grocer & draper, & Sbaw Rev. Charles John Monson M.A. Caldwell Edmund, Kent villa postmaster (curate in charge), Orchard oottage Cannell Ernest Arthur, 2 Station villas Parker George, coal merchant ; & at Staples Henry Cannell Henry, The Home of Flowers Button-at-Hone & Staples William Cooper George, Broomfield hall Payne William, fishmonger COMMERCIAL. Gardiner Mrs. Belle Vue Peacock William, baker Acton Thomas, wheelwright Hilder Charles Martin Rayment Joseph, shoe maker Armstead Frederick, blacksmith lnce John, Montague house Ribbens Solomon, greengrocer Barber John, fruit grower Lines Miss, Woodlands Seabrook & Co. stationers & tobaccnsts Bowyer Thomas, grocer & farmer, Post Miller John, Hankham villa Skinner Harriette(Mrs. ), ladies' college, office, Holts farm Pattenden William Beer, Glen Huntley :Brocken h urst *Brett Henry de, shoe ma. Birchwood Peruzza Willia.m, Pittvill villa Spiers & Pond Limited, Railway re­ Chilmaid John, beer retailer Pomroy Waiter Joseph, Grassmere freshment rooms *Cleaver Jaoob, shopkeeper, Birchwood Remfry Rev. William Edwin [curate Steadman William & Son, fruit growers Cooper William, farmer, Gilden hill in charge] & market gardeners, Moultain hill Swanley Working Men's Club (Harry Dunmall J ames, beer retailer Saffell Charles Walby, Walby house Grey Robert Geo. builder & undertaker Wellam, sec.), I Kent terrace ~barman Miss, 2 Belmont villas Townsend George, stationer Groombridge John, farmer Sully Waiter, Kenilworth villa. Tucker Robert Goldsworthy L.R.c.P. *Harler Sidney Peter, shopkpr.Birchwd Thompson Rev. Thomas [Congregtnl] Home for Orphan Boys (Arthur Dutch- Trueman James Cobden, Oaklands Edin. surgeon, & medical officer to burn, head master ; Benjamin Clarke Tucker Robt. Goldsworthy, The Limes & Swanley Homes for esq. sec) Wood Herbert, Pedham Place farm Little Boys & to St. Bartholomew's *Hutton James Alexander, blacksmith Woodard Arthur Charles, Montana. Convalescent Home, The Limes & wheelwright, Birchwood Turner Frederick Alfred. tailor Kennard William, butcher COMMERCIAL. WhiteheadJohn, grocer Knapp Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker Adams Thomas, hair dresser Wood Thomas, jam & confectionery Lane Edwin, baker & corn dealer Barkaway Richard, butcher manufacturer, Kentish :Farm House Miles Benjamin, farmer, Highlands Bullimore J osepb, shoe maker jam factory Miles Ben]. jun. farmer, Clement st Cannell Henry & Sons, nurserymen, Mills Charles, fruit grower seedsmen, florists & horticultural Hext!).ble. Paekman Frederickt grocer • establishment Caswall W. H. le H