DIRECTORY. 889 . (.] charities are .£i2 per annum. Earl De la Warr is lord of' HundredHouse,2miles north-east; Tickeredge and Uptons, tbe manor. I~ miles north-east; Harlons, 1 mile west; Iron Pear- BLACKBOYS is a hamlet 2 miles east; Brook House is tree, 1~ miles south; Crocksted, 2 miles south; White­ half a mile south ; Mount Ephraim, three-quarters of a locks, 2A miles south; Pounsley, 2! miles north-east; mile south; Palehouee, 1 mile south; Down House, quarter Bentley, 3 miles south ; Eason's Green, 2 miles south-east; ()f a mile north; Church Stile, half a mile east; New Wharton's, Brownings, Gate House, Vines, Sand Hill, Place, 1 mile south-east; Pound Farm, half mile north; Paynes, Ciderhouse, Hammond's Green, Scane Hill, Tarble­ Righlands and Spentfall, three-quarters of a mile north ; down, Harpers, Little Stearle, Hempsted, and Honey's :Burden Eye, three-quarters of a mile west ; Stone Bridge, Greeu, and other places. l! miles east; Barnard's Wood, 2 miles south-east; GENTRY. Dadswell Edward Okill, miller Johnson Henry, farmer, Harper's farm Donovan Alexander, esq. Fral!field pl Durrant Thomas, carpenter Kennard Nelson, farmer, Mount Eph- Driver Miss Mary, Hawthorn cottage Eade Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Ham- raim farm ::Ellman John, esq. Wharton's mond's green farm Kenward George,farmer ,Lit.Streale fm Hoare Rev. Henry, M.A. [vicar], Eastwood Wm.wheelwright,Blackboys Leney Henry, miller Vicarage Elpbick Hen. pork butcher, Eason's gn Martin Benjamin, miller Hughe" William, esq. Browning's gro FarrantAbraham, farmer, Brook ho.fm Martin John, cooper, Blackboys Stone \Villiam Thomas, esq.Stonebridg Farrant James, boot & shoe maker Noakes George, farmer, Hempsted TRADERS. Farrant Thomas, farmer, Eason's green Page John, farmer, Honey's green frm A dams John Ebenezer, veterinary snrgn Farran~ William, farmer,Scane hill frm Press & Weston, farmers, Hobbs farm Aldrich Henry, nurseryman Faulkner Wm. blacksmith, Blackboys Randell Cornelius, 'Barley klow' :Banks Joseph, 'Hare'S Hounds' Felwick Geo. farmer, Hundred ho. frm Ra11ger Obid, 'Blo.ek Boy,' &. pork Bannister John, farmer, Gatehonsefrm Foster Jo~eph, farmer, Tarh1edown frm butcher, Blackboys Barton William, farmer, Eason's green Garrett Henry, carpenter, Black boys Relf Jose ph, butcher Berry Alfred John, farmer, Vines farm Garrett Luke, boot & shoe maker, Rogers Henry, cooper :Berry George, farmer, Sand hill farm Blackhoys Russell Enos, wheelwright 'Bradford Thomas, farmer, Blackboys Garrett Rebecca (Mrs.), beer retailer, Siggs Geor11e, carpeP.ter Brooker George, boot & shoe maker Blackboys Stevenson N orton, farmer, Pale ho. f•n Brooker John, boot & shoe maker & Gasson James, farmer Stevenson Spencer, farmer, Archer's fm postmaster · Gumhrell John, shopkeeper, Blackboys Tanner William, shopkeeper &. post- Burton Benjamin, farmer, Croxted frm Guy Samuel,' White Lion' master, Blackboys Chatfield Thomas, farmer, Payne's pl Heath Henry, National school master Thompson Philip, farmer, Barnard'::1 wd Cornwell George, farmer, Cider ho. frm HemselyJohnHenry,farmer,Pounsly fm TowJJsendAsber,farm bailiff, New pl.fm Cottington David,farmer,Barnard's wd Hills William, blacksmith Wallis Thomas & Sons, grocer~,drapers Durraut Susan (Mrs.), f11rmer, Eason's Holmes Bright, farmer, Burden Eye fm & fleece wool merchants green Jenner Thomas, farmer, Bentley farm PosT OPPICE.-Jobn Brooker, receiver. Letters arrive I Box closes at 9 p.m. The nearest money order office is from H urst green at l pMt 4 a.m. & dispatched at 9 p.m. at U ckfield Box closes at 8 p.m.; but letters may be posted till 9 INst:RA.NCE AGENT.-Royal .Exchange Fire ~ Life, p.m. with an extra stamp Thomas Wallis William Tanner,receiver, Black boys. Letters arrive from National School, Henry Heath, master; Mrs. Emma Harst green at l past 4 a.m. & dillpatched at i to 10 p.m. Susannah Heath, ruistress ,

.:E'U'NTXNGTOl\T, R.ACTON, STOUGHTON and siderable portion is still standing. The living is a rectory 'WEST STOKE. with Lordington curacy, value £183 per annum, iu the FUNTINGTON is an extensive parish, 3 miles north from deanery of , and patronage of the Dean and ::Emsworth station, 89! from , 5 north-west from Chapter of , and incumbency of the Rev. W. Chichester, in Hundred, rape of Chichester, Watkins; the soil belongs to the Earl oi Dartmouth, Westbourne Union, , bordering on the Downs, Charles Dixon, Esq., and Admiral Hornhy. The popula­

and contains 31635 acres. The principal landed pro­ tion, in 1851, was 96; assessed at £1,253. Lordington is prietors are the Duke of Richmond, Hon. Admiral Berke­ an ancient chapelry and hamlet, belonging to this parish. iey, John Baring, Esq. and George Fort, Esq. The village, STOUGHTON is an extensive parish, 7 miles north-west situated in the western part of the parish, is small but from Chichester, in the Hundred and Union of West­ pleasant; the priucipal seats are Oak wood, the seat of J. bourne, Chichester rape. Its area is 5,422 acres; popu­ Baring, Esq. a neat mansion, on an elevation commanding lation, in 1851, was 64;4. The benefice is a vicarage, value picturesque and extensive views; N orthlands, the seat of £260 per annum, in the patronage of the Bishop of Charles Crosbie, Esq., and Deusworth House. The living Chichester, and incumbency of the Rev. Richard Miliken. is a perpetual curacy, value £120 per annum, in the Stansted House, and a large portion of the spacious park, deanery of Boxgrove, and patronage of the Dean and are in this parish. It is the seat and property of Charles Chotpter of Chichester, and incumbency of the Rev. George Dixon, Esq. The mansion, one of the largest and most :Bliss. The church, in the later style of English architec­ elegant in the county, stands in a beautiful and well­ ture, consists of a chancel, nave, aisle~ and embattled wooded park, on the borders of Rants, with avenues tower. The population, in 1851, was 1)079. EAST AsH­ extending for upwards of two miles; the park covers an LING and WEST ASHLING are tithings, and SENNICOTTS urea of more than 1,000 acres. , or Waldington, is a hamlet belonging to Funtington. Here is a chapel is also a tithing of this parish, 1 mile south·west. North­ of ease. The living is a curacy, of which the Rev. Charles wood is a hamlet. Stoughton Manor Farm is a quarter Buckner is incumbent. Senuicotts is a pleas':lnt seat of a mile south ; Mildmer, or Mitchmere, half a mile delightfully situated, the property of C. 'I'eesdale, Esq. south-west; W estergate, 1 mile west; I nholm, Pitlands, BALSOM is half a mile south; Northbrook half a mile and Haslet Coppice, three quarters north-west; Williams south-east; N ewell, 1 mile south ; B.otham and Mudbury, Wood, 1 mile north-east; Broad Reed is a farm. 1 ~ miles south; Knapp and Pothooks, 2 miles south; WEST STOKE, in Bosham Hundred, rafle of Chichester, Ryefield, Saltbox, North Land, 2~ miles south-east; a pleasant parish, of small extent, adjoiuing Funtington, \Voodend, 1 mile east; Downs, I mile north-east; .~dsdean, contains 880 acreli of chiefly down land; the population, half a mile north; Den!!worth, Old wick aud Beggarmans, in 1851, was 98, assessed at £806. The village is small "2 miles south-east; Ratham Hill is another place. and retired. The principal house is Stoke House, which is a parish 7 miles north-west from Chichester, was for many years the residence of Lord George Henry -in Westbourne Hundred and Union, rape of Chichester, Lennox, the grandfather of the present Duke of Rich­ bounded on the west by Hampshire, and on the north mond. It is now the residence of Sir Henry Roper. Bow south aud east by Stoughtoo and Westbourne.. Its area Hill lies to the north. On the southern acclivity• of the is I ,180 acres; the soil i~ inclined to chalk am! mar!. A Do\vns are two large mounds, supposed to have been portion of Staosted Park extend~ into this parish, on an erected over the bodies of the sea kings, whom the men elevated part of which Lord Halifax erected a lofty castel­ of Chichester encountered and slew, in the year 900. The lated building, from which nre commanding views over living is a rectory, value .£170 per annum, in the deanery sea and land. H has long been in ruins, although a con- of Boxgrove, patronage of the Crown, and incumbency