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by mail cart at 6.5 a.m. &; by foot post at 12.35 p.m. ; Carriers. dispatched at 6.5 a.m. 12.50 p.m. &; 7.40 p.m Talbot, to·&; from Maidstone &; YaIding, passes through .National School (mixed), built in 1845, &; enlarged in 11894, this village on mono wed. fri. &; sat for 106 children; average attendance, 61; MillS Emily Reader, to &; from Maidstone &; Horsmonden, on tues. - ~al1. Dai.tres8 &; tJhura

PRIVATE BESIDENTS. Warde Misses, The Croft Kingsnorth Harris Hy. farm bailiff to Fletcher Lionel John William D.L., Warde Gerald, Tutsham hall Herbert Leney esq. Smith's Hill fnn J.P. Elms croft COMME~CllL. Leney Herbert, farmer &; hop &; fruit Grant Major-General Henry Fane C.B. Bennett John, farm steward to L. J. grower, Court lodge Ewell manor W. Fletcher esq. Shingle farm Seaton Edward, beer retailer Hannen Hon. Henry, The Hall Costen Oharles, fruit grower. West Warde Gerald, farmer, fruit &; hop Leney Herbert M.A. Court lo~ge Farleigh green grower, Tutsham hall Startup Miss, Parsonage Fllirman Herbert, smith, Tutsham frge Weeks Chas. &; Son, cricket ball mas Thomas Rev. Thomas WaIter Emble- Hodsell Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wilding Harry, shopkeeper, &; post off ton M.A. Vicarage Homewood Henley, Chequers P.H Wright Arthur, beer retailr. Coxheath

FARNBOROUGH is a large village and parish, plea­ sundays, 8,40 a.m.; dispatched at 9.30 a.m. &; 3.10 &; SOIll,tly situated' on the high road from London to Seve~ 9 p.m.; dispatched sundays, 5.40 p.ro ~aks, Il miles south-wBSt from Orpington 8tation on Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, S. B. the Tonbridge line of the South Eastern and iChatham &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, Green Street Green.­ railway, 4 south from Bromley, and 14 from London, and Thomas Mussell, sub-postmaster. Letters through 01'­ in the Western division of the county, jurisdiction of the pington R.S.O. arrive at 8 a.m. &; 1.30 &; 8 p.m.; dis­ Central Oriminal Court and Metropolitan Police, lathe of patched at 8,30 &; 10·50 a.m. 2.30 &; 6.50 p.m.; sun­ Sutton-at-Hone, Ruxley hundred, Bromley petty ses­ days, H.30 a.m sional division, union and county court district, rural Post Office, Lock's Bottom.-Miss Ethel Fanny J ackson, ~eanery of West , archdeaconry of Maidstone, and sub-postmis~ress. Letters dispatched at 8.15 a.m. 3.5 diocese of Canterbury. The church of St. Giles is of &; 7.35 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not chalk and flint, in the Early English and Perpendicular paid. The nearest telegraph office is at the village 1!!tyles, and has a tower containing 2 bens; there is a Post Office, Lane, Green Street Green. Albert "Illonument to Thomas Brome esq. 1673, and several Nicholls, sub-postmaster. Letters dispatched through fltained windows; the nave and tower were restored in Orpington R.S.D. at B a.m. 2.15 &; 6,45 p.m. Postal 1:838, and the chancel in 1886, at a. cost of £1,100. The orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest 'Church affords 300 sibtings, 100 being free. The register telegraph office is at Green Street Green, l mile -dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, net distant .income £188, in the gift of W. H. Dines esq. and held Wall Letter Boxes. Wellbrook, cleared at 7.45 a.m. &; "Since 1898 by the Rev. Graves Lombard M.A. of Pembroke 3.15 &; 7.45 p.m.; sundays at 6 p.m.; New Estate, College, Cambridge. The Brethren and the Baptists cleared at 8'4.5 a.m. &; 6·45 Ip.m.; sundays, 9 a.m "have maeting houses here, the latter erected in 1846, and has 750 sittings. There is no lord of the manOT'. The Public Establishments. prinoipal landowners are the Right Hon. Sir William Bromley Union Workhouse, Albert Edward Cave, master; Hart Dyke bart. P.C., M.P. of , the A.lexander Shannon M.D. medical officer; Rev. Ebe­ ::Earl of Derby K.G. Lord Avebury P.G. and 'Messrs. Fox. nezer Joseph Welsh, ohaplain; Mrs. Frances Sarah The soil is mosUy gra,vel; subsoil, chalk. Some wheat, Grimsey, matron barley and oats are grown, and there are a great Metropolitan Police Station, Lock's Bottom, Charles Pea~h, number of fruit gardens; 200 acres of land are planted station .sergeant, 1 sergeant, 2 acting sergeants &; 12 with strawberries. 'fhe area is 1,429 acres; rateable constables -value, £14,210; the population in 1901 was 2,262, in- -eluding 34 officers and 532 inmates in Bromley union Collector of Poor Rates, Henry Barnes, Willow Bank "Workhouse. SchoO'ls. • GREEN STREET GREEN is a hamlet, partly in thIs A School Board of 5 members was formed ID April parish and partly in CheJsfield, on the road from Bromley 1886; Henry Barnes, Willow Bank, clerk to the board; to , I mile south-by-east from Farnborough, John Easell, atendance officer 8oou1; I south from Orpington railway station and 11 Board (boys), erected in 1873, for 150 children; average 'West from Chelsfield railway stQtion, in Orpington postal attendance, 85 boys; James Ashworth, master delivery. HeTe is an iron Gospel Mission Ifull. Here Boord (<:infants), erected in 1889, for 76 children; average is wso an extensive brewery. attendance, 50; Miss Georgina Stocks, mistress Sexton, Henry Alfred Phillips. A new school for girls was erected in 1898 for 160 chil­ dren; average attendance, 100; Miss lJ\{ary Ashworth, Lock's Ilottom is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile mistress lJorth-by-west, on the road from Bromley to Sevenoaks. Board, Green Street Green, erected! in 1851, for 100 Here is a Baptist chapel, a police station and the Bromley children; average attendance, 92; Charles Pearson, union workhouse. master; , mistress Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Garriers to London.-Humphrey (from Knockholt), mono Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office (Railway Sub­ &; thnrs.; others pass through daily; J effrey (from Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Kent added).-Miss Boosted to Spur inn, Borough), thurs. returning next Harriett Leigh Giles, .sub-postmistress. Letters arrive day; Carter, Paterson &; Co. Limited daily &; Pick­ a1l 7.20 &; 12.45 p.m. (for callers only) &; 5.20 p.m. j ford's Limited

FARNBOROUGH. COMMERCIAL. Dodd Thoma.s, beer retailer &; fruit PRIVATE BESIDENTS. Ballard Annie A.lice (Mrs.), laundry grower, Lock's Bottom Alderson Christopher Henry Metcalfe Ballard Isaac Hiram, laundry Ecigley.Amy (Miss), draper Alderson, Cumberland lodge Ballard William, coach builder Edwards Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr.Crofton Alderson Hope Granville,Hilda Vale rd Barnes Henry, poor rate &; rate col- Ferris WaIter E. New inn 'Bealby Phillip, Glinton lector & clerk to Farnborough Gautrey Wm. blacksmith, Start's hill Cherry George William, Brookhouse School board, Willow bank Giles Ed.ward, grocer &; fruit grower Elsley J ames Edwin, The Cottage Batchelor George, baker &; confec- Giles iHarriett Leigh (Miss), Post office Faucus Chas.Octavius,Topcliffe gmge tioner, Lock's Bottom Goodehild John, beer retailer Hinks William Henry, The Hollies Borer Levi, jun. butcher,Wellbrook rd Goodchild John, jun. beer retailer, Hubbard Thomas, Spion Kop Butchers Harriett (Mrs.), grocer Lock's Bottom J...ombard Rev. Graves M.A. (vicar) Cheel NeviWe William, baker Griffin Jsph. fruit grwr. Wellbrook rd Lubbock Arthur Neville, Bassetts, Child ""Ym. Thos. florist, Hilda Vale rd Griffin Rd.Jas.nursrymn.Wellbrook rei Start's hill Crafter Herbert, draper Hardstone William, butcher Mace Alfred, Wellclose villa Craig Robert, road inspector Hasell John, school board attendance llanch Sydney, Goddendene Curd Henry, turncock Kent Water Co officer "Percy Mrs. Feniton Davis Daniel, coffee house Higgs John May, farmer, Farnborough Plumbridge Edward, Fleetwood Davis William, butcher Hall farm Priter Henry Foale, The Limes Dodd Henry, wheelwright &; farmer, Hollingsworth Chas. florist, Wellbrook Wilson Maj. Hy. Farnborough lodge Start's hill

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