[.] . 1618 POST OFFICE Mellersh Francis, gamekeeper Refoy J oseph, bricklayer Steward Alexander, gardener to Lady­ Murrell Edmund, grocer Rout Thomas, carpenter Newburg Palmer Charles, horse dealer Sherlock Peter, boot & shoe maker Willshear Charles, brewer, maltster & Pennicott George, tailor Smart George, farmer grocer PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Mary Burcl1er, receiver. Letters through Arundel arrive at 9·30 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Arundel SL:rxroLD is a village and parish 39 miles from In this portion of the church is a curiously sculptured female­ , and 4 west of , in West and East East­ figure, destitute of any inscription, but traditionally said to writh hundreds, rapes of Arundel and Bramber, Horsham belong to a member of the family of Tregoz. The register county court district, , diocese and arch­ commences in 1558. Several benefactions to the poor of deaconry of Chichester, and deanery of , with this parish, though of small amount, are recorded-viz., in 4,330 acres, and a population of 702. The benefice is a 1602, Henry West, £10; in 1617, Thomas Churchar, £10; vicarage and rectory united, value £472 per annum, with in Hi2-2, James Churchar, £5; in 1652, John Scule, £2,); residence, in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester; the in 1807, General John Leland, £50. In 1621, Edward Rev. Fredk. Vincent, M.A., is the incumbent. The church of Cowper, Esq., gave 15s. per annum, arising from land. Here St. Peter is very old (12:.30), and partly built of wood; it has been erected a very neat National school for boys and has 4 bells, and a small organ. It consists of a nave, chancel, girls. It is on the high road to Arundel. and north aisle, with a small sepulchral chapel appendant. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Briggs John, farmer & landowner, Hill Parkhurst Henry, blacksmith Baker Mrs. Hannah farm Puttock J ames, jun. farmer Bunny Capt. Edward John, the Lodge Child & Son, timber merchants PuttockJas. sen. farmer,Dedisham farm Child Mrs. Ann Farley Isaac, shopkeeper Puttock Philip, farmer,Broadbridge frm Hawes Siday, esq. Hayes Grinstead George, King's Head Reeder Charles Henry, shoemaker Holden :M:rs. Sarah, Rose cottage Grinstead James, farmer& landowner Richardson Miss Emily, mistress of the Holmes Arundel Felix, esq Holden Edward, farmer, Ashland National school Simes N athaniel Philip, esq. Strood park Holland Thomas, carrier Richardson Morris,farmer,Pensfold frm Stanford ~Iiss Ann Jelly William, fanner, Strood Stanford Michael, farmer1 Theall farm Vincent Rev. Frederick, M.A.Rectory ho Kni~ht Henry, wood rake maker Strudwick William, parish clerk coMMERCIAL. Knight Thomas & Alfred, farmers Sturt Harry Stanford, farmer Baker J esse, shopkeeper Mitchell J ames, butcher W eakford Charles, post office receiving Botting Thomas, carpenter Nye James, bricklayer house, & grocer & draper PosT OFPICE.-Charles ·weakford, receiver. Letters CARRIERS TO HoRsHAM.- William Charmant (from through Hot8ham, delivered at 7·30 p.m.; dispatched at , passes through), by van, wednesday & 6·45 p.m. The neart>st money order office is at Horsham saturday, returns same days. Thomas Holland, to & from INSURANCE AGENT.-County Fire ~ Provident Life, daily, by nn Charles W eakford & Thomas Sturt SOMPT:ING, or SOMPT:lNG, with the Hamlet 1 formerly perpetual curate of Lingfield, Surrey, and incnm- of COX.EBAM. bent of the Old Chapel, Sydenham, Kent. The church SoMPTING is a parish in Union, Brightford hun-, is well knownforitsvery ancient and curious tower, of Saxon dred, rape of llramber, West Sussex, in the archdeaconry 1 style, which has some peculiarities possessed hy one or two and diocese of Chichester, and deanery of Storrington, 3 only in described in Bloxam's, and other works miles north-east of Worthing, with 2,930 acres of land, and on English architecture. There are several remarkable a population of 650. The benefice is a vicarage, annual 1 points also of antiquity within the church, especially a very value £199, with residence, in the patronage of Henry ancient arch of the earliest date. Crofts, Esq., of Sompting Abbotts, and held by the Rev. COKEHAM is a hamlet in the parish of Sompting. Thomas Palmer Hutton, M.A., of Magdalen College, Oxon, PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bashford J ames, market gardener, Maybank J ames, Marquis of Granby Baker 1\'Irs Cokebam l\fichell Edward, farmer, Leechpool Botting Mr. Henry, Myrtle cottage Blaker John, market gardener N ewland George, farmer, Yew tree farm Burry Miss Brown Henry, tailor & shopkeeper Penfold John, fanner, Cokeham Carter Mr. Charles Clapshoe John, tailor, Cokeham Pink Thomas, blacksmith, Cokeham Crofts Henry, esq . .r.P. the Abbotts Dudney Geo. post office receiving house Pullen John, market gardener & farmer, Hutton Rev. Thomas Palmer, M.A. Dyer George, wheelWTight & assessor Rectory house, Cokeham Vicarage of taxes, Cokeham Stubbs l\fartin (Mrs.), shopkee1~er, Jenner Mr. Edward Groom Charles, farmer, Lyon's farm Cokeham Norton 1\Ir. -, Cokeham Hare John, fam1er, Church farm Tate George, market gardener &parish Hill James, market gardener clerk, Cokeham COMMERCIAL. Ide George, beer retailer & bricklayer Tate John, shoemaker Barker Wm. Sayers,farmer,Upton farm Kennerd James, carpenter, Cokeham Tate William, cowkeeper Bartlett Hy. market gardener,Cokeham Long George, market gardener, shop- Wild Anne (Miss), mistress of National BartlettJas. market gardener,Cokel1am keeper & beer retailer school PosT 0FFICE.-George Dudney, receiver. Letters from Shoreham by foot-post arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6. p.m. The nearest money order office is at Worthing SOVTBEASE is a parish 4 miles from Lewes, 3 from' church is small and ancient, with nave, chancel, and round Newhaven, and near the navigable river Ouse, in Holms- I tower. TI1e benefice is a rectory, annual value £210, with tJ·ough hundred, Newhaven union, Lewes rape, East Sussex, 1 residence, in the gift of and held by the Rev. William Edward diocese of Chichester, archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, • Allfree, M.A. with 900 acres, and a population, in 1851, of 102. The • CO;\IMERCIAL. IVeiTall Samuel, farmer I Letters through Lewes. The nearest Kent J olm, farmer money order office is at Newhaven

SOUTBW:lCX. i~;~ a pleasant and considerable village, in 1 Esq., and 1\'Irs. E.Wall. The church of St. Michaelis a very the hundred of Fishergate, upper rape of Bramber, Steyning neat structure. The register datt.'S from 1654. Here is a union, Brighton county court district, West Sussex, National school. A considerable tr.tde is carried on in diocese of Chichester, archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, coals and corn, by means of its facilities with Shoreham 1~ mile east from Shoreham, and 4 miles west from harbour and the commodious wharfs. A ship canal is formed Brighton. The area is 1,470 acres; the population, in from Shoreham harbour to Aldrington parish. The South 1851, was 1,118. The living is a rectory, annual value Coast railway passes through, and there is a station in the­ £207, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by village, 55 miles from London. A fair is hcld on the 19th of the Rev. Francis Barney Parkes, M.A., rector. The glebe 1\lay, annually. is 8 acres. The principal landowners are W. P. Gorringe, FISHERGATE is a village in the pari,h of Southwick. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COl\OIERCIAL. Brazier George, pilot Hall Mrs. Esther Boiling Thomas, master mariner Brazier Robert, pilot Longhurst Mr. Richard, sen Bland Stephen, master mariner Brazier Susannah (Miss), grocer Parkes Rev.francisBarney,M.A.rrectr] Brazier George, master mariner Brazier William, ship chandler