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SURREY.• Sherriffs John, Farm Bailiff to J Uhn Thomas Elizabeth (Mrs.), Confectioner, Wells John, Farmer, Manor House Farm, Innes Esq

SURREY.• Sherriffs John, Farm Bailiff to J Uhn Thomas Elizabeth (Mrs.), Confectioner, Wells John, Farmer, Manor House Farm, Innes Esq

DIRECTORY .J MILFORD • 1371 .• Sherriffs John, farm bailiff to J uhn Thomas Elizabeth (Mrs.), confectioner, Wells John, farmer, Manor House farm, Innes esq. Morden Hall farm Pincott road - Kingston road Skelton Charles & Arthur, bakers, & ThomasWilliam, jobmaster, Kingstn.rd Whisker Charles, saddler, High street post office, Kingston road Tinniswood Sydney George, tobacconist, White John W. pawnbroker, High st Slaymaker Richd. marine stores, High st Vine cottag-e, Kingston road White Thomas, grocer, High street Smith Henry Philip, oil & colorman &c. Torrington William, baker &c. High st Wickes & Malthouse, photographers, r6, 17 & 18 High street Trigg W alter, nurseryman & florist, High street Smith Sarah (Miss), confctnr.89 High st Scarboro' cottage, Kingston road Wickes Valentine, watch maker, High st Steriline Co.Lim. ( Chas.B.Holland,sec. ), Turner Jsph.Andrew, chimney sweeper, Willcox: Wm. wardrohe dealer, High st High street 2 Pincott road Willis William, plumber, decorator & Stevens John Benjn. prov.dealer ,High st Walker Wm. Joseph, Old Leather Bottle zinc worker, High street Stilwell Mrs. laundress, Ivy cottage, P.H. Rush Wilson Henry, chimney sweep, Shore st Kingston road Waller Frederick, butcher, High street Wiseman W. George, Prince of Wales Symes George Edward, station master, Webb Louisa ~Mrs.), tobacconist, 87 P.H. Morden road Merton Park station High street Woolley Walter George, draper, 29A & TempletonWilliam, farmer,Baker's End Welch Louisa (Mrs.), confectioner, 9 30 High street farm, Kingston road High street Yonne J n. station master,Merton abbey MICKLEHAM is a parish and pleasant village, situated eminence, commanding hne prospects, the mean­ on the road from Leatherbead to , with a station d3ring through the park. Micklehll.m Hall is the seat of called Box Hill and Burford Bridge, ri miles south from Gordon Wyatt Clark esq. D.L.,J.P. ~iickleham Downs is the Mickleham, on the , Brighton and South Coast residence of Robert Herbert Mackworth Praed esq. ; Bur­ railway, 2~ miles north from Dorking and 2t south from 1 ford Lodge of Sir Trevor Lawrence hart., ?oi.P., J.P. and , in the Mid division of the county, second divi- , half a mile south, is the seat of George sion of the hundred of Copthorne, Dorking petty sessional MacAndrew esq. R. H. Mackworth Praed esq. who is lord division, union and county court district, Dorking rural of the manor, and Thomas De La Garde Grissell esq. are the deanery, Surrey arch deaconry and Winchester diocese. The principal landowners. The soil is marl ; subsoil, chalk and church of St. Michael is an ancient fabric of flint and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The rubble, principally in the Norman style, consisting of chan- area is 2,825 acres; rateable value, £g,8go; the population eel, nave, aisles, west porch and a low but massive western in 188I was 799· tower with shingled spire, containing 3 bells and a clock : Parish Clerk, Robert G. Pack. the church was restored in I823 at the expense of W. M. WEST HuMBLE is a pretty hamlet 1 mile south, close to Praed esq. and an organ chamber built: the stained east Burford Bridge, over the river Mole. The Grove, Box Hill, window and the reredos are memorials to John Smith esq. is Ii miles south, partly in this and partly in Dorking parish. of Mickleham: four stained windows have also been erected PosT, M. 0. & 'f. 0., s. B. & Annwty & Insurance Office.- to the memory of the late rector: the pulpit is of carved Edward Davies, Mickleham, receiver. Letters arrive oak: there are 400 sittings. The register dates from the from Dorking at 7 a. m. & 12 noon; dispatched at 9.40 Year 1549. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £440, a.m. & 2.30 ""'· 6 . 4-5 p.m. ; sund ays, d.1spa t c h e d a t 11 a. m with residence, in the gift of R. H. Mackworth Praed esq. and held since r867 by the Rev. William Henry Harke lii.A. WEST HUMBLE PosT & T. 0.-William Ampleford, receiver. of •rrinity College, Dublin. Smith's charity, left by Henry Letters arrive from Dorking at 7 a.m. & I2.go p.m. ; Smith, of Wandsworth, and alderman of London, who dispatched at 9·55 a.m. & 3 & 7· 25 p.m.; on sundays died Jan. 30, 1628, gives a proportion of certain rents, dispatched at ro a.m. The neart~st money order office varying from £go to £32 a year, which is applied by the is at Mickleham churchwardens in doles to the poor; and there are several National School, built in 1844, for 100 children; average other minor charities. attendance, 85; Robert Mortimore, master; Mrs. Jessie Box HILL, a hill covered with box trees, is much frequented Mortimore, "mistress by picnic parties in the summer. The vale of Mickleham is Railway Station .(Box Hill & Burford Bridge), William celebrated for its beauty. , on the wes~ side Ampleford, statiOn master of the valley, is the seat of Thomas De La Garde Grissell CARRIER.-John Jeal, from Dorking, passes through to esq. J.P. ; the mansion stands on the summit of a lofty I London every tues. & fri. returning wed. & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Lawrence Sir Trevor bart. M.P., J.P. Court George, bricklayer Benecke Alfd.Cleveland lo. Burford lodge; & 57 Princes gate, & Davies Edward, post office Bryant Theodore Henry, Juniper hill Carlton & East India United Service Haynes Robert Hy. timber merchant Clark Edward clubs, London s w Henton David J. shopkeeper Clark Gordon Wyatt D.L.,J.P. Mickle- MacAndrew George, Juniper hall Jay Jesse, shopkeeper, West Humble ham hall Meredith Geo. !<'lint cottage, Box hill Let ford J ames, tallow chandler Cuthell Chas.Chapel croft, WestHumble Praed Robert Herbert Mackworth, Risbridgea Mrs. farmer, West Humble Dowson Mrs. The Cottage, West Humble Mickleham downs Rose Thos. Ed wd. grocer & draper &c Drummond Mrs. I<'ridley Reade Miss, Terndell, Box hill Ross George, farm bailiff to Thomas D. Grissell Henry P. Pinehurst Rogers Rev. W1lliam M.A. [chap. in Grissell esq. Norbury park Grissell Mrs. Priory ord. to the Queen, preb. of St. Paul's Saunders Thomas, Running Horse P.H Grissell Thomas De La Garde J.P. & rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate], Swansborough William,Hurford Bridge Norbury park Old house family hotel Harke Rev. Henry Martyn [curate] Ryder Hon. Hy. Dudley, High Ashurst Tidy Frederick, beer retailer Harke Rev. William Hy. M.A. Rectory Smart Rev. John Henry M.A. Box hill TidyRobinson, beerretlr. WestHumble Holden Rev. David, Roseville Wylie James Leverton, Camilla Lacey, Tidy Thomas, smith & farrier Hope Lady Elizabeth West Humble ITweed John, farmer & bailiff to Mrs. Lang Capt. Edward W. R.N COMMERCIAL. Drummond, Fridley farm Le Hardy Mrs. Foxbury Child William & Son, builders MILFORD is a village, chapelry and ecclesiastical parish, in connection with the parish church is an iron building formed September 14th, 1844, from the parish of , holding about ISO people. Here is also a Congregational with a station ~~ miles south from the village on the chapel. Milford Lodge is the residence of Mrs. Raymond­ and London railway, Ii miles south from Barker; Milford House, of Robert William Webb esq. The and 34~ from London, in the South Western principal landowners are Robert William Webb esq. J.P. division of the county, hundred of Godalming, Gnildford who is also lord of the manor, and Viscount Midleton, the petty sessional division, Hambledon union, county court dis­ Hon. Mrs. Kerr and E. D. Gosling esq. of Hall, trict of and Godalming, diocese of Winchester, Here are extensive nursery grounds, celebrated for the archdeaconry of Surrey and rural deanery of Godalming. production of rhododendrons and other American plants, The church of St. John is an eJifice of stone, principally in roses, coniferre and most species of ornamental trees the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, and shrubs. The soil is of a light sandy nature ; subsoil, south porch and a western turret containing one bell: the sand and Barg-ate rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley, organ was the gift of Robert Courage esq. of Mouse Hill oats, mangolds and turnips :the population in r88I was ~I. Manor, in memory of his daughter: the church was Mou&E HILL is half a mile west. restored in 1889 and a north aisle added : there are 300 sittings, 70 being free. The register dates from the year PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.­ r8g8. The living is vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £82, William Burdock, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from net income £95, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. John Godalming at 5.50 & Io.go a.m. & 6.ro p.m.; dispatched Brownlow Chandler M.A. vicar of Witley, and held since at 3·I5, 6.40 & 8 p.m. ; on sundays 11.30 a. m 1885 by the Rev. Charles Edward Cooper M. A. of St. John's WALL LETTER Box, Mouse hill, cleared at 10.45 a.m. & 6. College, Cambridge. The Mission Church at Eashing lane p. m. week days only