DIRECTORY.] KE~T. WAREHOH~E. 7!'l

Rye Flora J. (Miss), dt·a.per~ Dover rd Thompson & Son Limited, ale & Waters William Denne, forage mer­ St. Prancis of Sales School for young porter brewers & maltsters,WalmeJ chant, Dover road gentlemen (Rev. Pet~>r Boisson, brewery Wheeler William Henry, gardener to superior; Rev. P. Hanrillon & Rev. Trollope .Ada :M:ary (Mrs.).B Castle rd A. J. Matthews esq. J.P. Dover rd H. Dupouy, teacbPrs), Dover road Walker Charles, baker, Church street. Williams Edward, saddler, Dover rd Sandcraft James Waiter, builder Walmer Castle (Rt. Hon. Earl Bras- Wincote William. collector of rates & sev G.U.B. Lord warden of the water rentals to Urban District Sims Daisy (Miss), dress maker, • Honeysuckle villa, Dover road Cinque Ports) Council, 6 Sydney road Smtth W. H. & Son, news agents, Walmer Cricket Club (Wesley Leach, Woodcock Frederick Charles, green­ Railway station hon. sec.), Hare & Hounds P.H. grocer, Dover road Spinner William James, shopkeeper, Dover road Woodward Sylvan, George & Dragon DovPr road Walmer & Mongeham Co-operative P. H Dover road Steele H. Herbert B.A. boys' prepara­ Society Lim. (T. E. Gedge, sec. ; Wynne George, apartments, ~ Martin tory school, The Downs, Dover rd John Chees"lman, mngr.), Court rd villas, Waterworks road T_,rry Christr. carman, Waterworks I'd Waters Richard C.dairyman,Dover rd WALTHAM (styled in ancient records Temple Wait­ the principal landowners. The soil is various ; subsoil, ham, from the Knights Templars having been formerly clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, peas, beans, possessors of the same) is a village and parish, 5 milPs oats and hops. The area is 3,236 acres; rateable value, east from Wye station on the Ashford and Canterbury £1,987; population in rgn was 350 in the civil parish branch of the South Eastern and Chatham railway, 7 miles and 920 in the ecclesiastical parish (which includes part south from Canterbury and ro north-east from Ashford, nf Petham). in the Eastern division of the county, lathes of St. Augus­ By Local Government Board Order 23,643, dated March tine and ShPpway, hundreds of Bridge and Petham and 24, t88g, a detached part of this parish was transferred of Stowting, Home petty sessional division, union of to , in East Ashford union. Bridge, Canterbury county court district and in the rural Clerk to the Parish Council, George Norris, Shalms­ deanery of West Bridge and archdeaconry of Canterbury. ford Street, Chartham. The church of St. Bartholomew is of flint and brick ; Post Office.-Caleb William Cloke, sub-postmaster. 80me portions may possibly be Norman, bnt other features Letters received through Canterbury, arrive at 7.40 are of Decorated and Perpendicular character: the tower, a.m. Box cleared week days at 5.50 p.m. & sundays ltanding between the nave and chancel, contains 4 bells : at rr a.m. The nearest money order office & tele­ there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year graph office is at Petha:m, 2 miles distant ~538. The living is a vicarage, annexed in r6g8 to that of Petham, joint net yearly value £287, with 4 acres of Public Elementary School (mixed), opened .,November, glebe and residence, in the alternate gift of the Arch­ r875, for 104, altered in 1910 to accommodate 92 bishop of Canterbury and Lord Ashburton, and held children; average attendance, 6o; Elijah Carter, mast since rgor by the Rev. Frederick William GilbPrt Side­ The school is within the area of the Bridge Local School botham M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, who resides Attendance Oommibtee at Petham. The W esleyan chapel here was erected in Carriers to Canterbury. 1887. Lord Ashburton is lord of the manor, and Henry Foord Divers, tues. thurs. fri. & sat. 8 a.m. from own Ramsay Mackay esq. of Petham House, and Ellis Cun­ house; William Dilnot, mon. wed. fri. &i sat. returning liffe Lister Lister-Kay esq. of Park, are same day PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Deal Fred, farmer, Wadden Hall Sparks John, farmer, Anvil! green Birch Capt. Ronald Lionel Percy, Dilnot William, carrier Stickles Elvy, carpenter Little Ansdore Dilnot William Henry Prior, farmer Swinnard Harry Gillett & Thomas N. Ronywood Miss, Waltham court Divers Foord, carrier farmers, Walnut Tree Swinnard Miss, Dove cot. Anvil green Gambrill Jas.farmer, Grandacre farm Vickers Thomas, land steward to Lord Vickers Thomas, Sarness Gibbs George, bricklayer Ashburton & farmer, Sarness, Ans­ COliiJIERCIA.L. Harvey Samson, carpenter &c dore & Temple farms Bonghton Thomas, builder Harvey Stephen (Mrs.), blacksmith Waters Henry, farmer, Well farm Castle Jas. frmr. Kettle Bender farm Nice Charles, Lord Nelson P.H Wood James, farmer, Yorkletts & Cloke Caleb Wm. shopkpr. Post office Scott Geo. Jas. frmr. Ashenfield frm Sheep court Cozens AJfr~d. farmer. Podlinge farm Scott John, farmer, Little Bucket Wraight Alfred, Penny Pot P.H Cozens Geo. farmer,Little Sheepcourt Scott Thomas, farmer, Whiteacre frm WARDEN, see Isle of Sheppey.

W AREHORNE is a parish 'lnd village, 1 mile south­ is 2,918 acres of land and Io of water; rateable valu(", west from Ham Street station on the Ashford and Hast­ [2,888; the population in rgn was 369 in the civil and ings line of the South Eastern and Chatham railway and 167 in the ecclesiastical parish. 1i south from Ashford, in the Southern division of the county, partly in the liberty of Romney Marsh, Ham, LEACON is an adjoining hamlet. !loesbridge and Blackhorne hundreds, lathes of Scray and Ham Green is I mile south-east, in Romney Marsh. Shepway, Ashford petty sessional division and county Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act,'' court district, East Ashford union and in the rural dean- part of Ham Street has been transferred from Warehorne ery of South Lympne and archdeaconry of Canterbury. to , and a detached rart of the latter added to The Royal Military Canal passes through the parish. The the former pa.rish. church of St. Matthew is of rough stone and flint, in Parish Clerk and Sexton, David Harden. the Early English snd later styles, and has a tower, Clerk to the Parish Council, Lewis J. Lorden, Prospect partly rebuilt in 1777, and containing 5 bells, which house, Ham Street. were restored in 1913: there is a memorial to John Coventry, ob. r68 1 , and a brass to Thomas Jekyn, a Post Office.-Charles Albert Cork, sub-postmaster. Let- former rector, ob. q83 : the nave was restored in r88g ters received through Ashford on week days only, at a cost of £256: the church affords 250 sittings. arrive at 7·35 a. m. & 1.30 p.m. & dispatched at 12.25, The register dates from the year 1727. The living is a 5.40 & 7.25 p.m. The nearest money order & tale- rectory, net yearly value £220, with 42 acres of glebe g-raph office is at Ham Street, Ii miles distant and residence, in the gift pf the Lord Chancellor, and Wall Letter Box, Leacon, cleared at I 2 -35• 5·45 & 7-30 held since 1898 by the Rev. William Orickmer Battis- p.m. week days only «>mbe. Here is a United Methodist ehapel. Lord Public Elementary School (nnder the control of the and Major Sir Henry Edward Dering hart. are County Council), buik., with master's residence, in lords of the manors. The principal landowners are 1875• for IIO children; average attendance, 6o; Edmnnd W. and Roderic Oliver esqrs. of Burnt Oak, Charles Wilkinson Hardy, master Qrlestone. The soil is mould ; subsoil, clay. The Carriers to Ashford.-Charlea Spicer, from Ham Street, chief crops are wheat, beans, peas and oats. The area tues. thurs. & 1!1lt BaUiacombe ReT.Wm.Crickmer Rctrv Barling Bates,frmr.&hop grwr.Tinton Cork Chaa. Albt. grocer, Post office .Bnu William, ' · Barling- Frank, grazier Daw Alfred Wm. shopkeeper. Leacon Millais Sir John E. bart. Leacon hall Barlin~ Henry, farmer & hop grower, Daw Charles Edwd. farmer,Haw mill Burr farm Donnan Arthnr, grazier, Warehome COlOIERCUL. Barling Lester, farmer, Leacon farm stone ADright; Arthnr Hy. farmr.Parsonage Brown Henry, grazier Else John. farmer, Forty acres A.tkinaon Hy. Thos. frmr. Tucker frm Butler .!.rthnr. grazier. M.ountfield Fowle Edward, insuran~ agent Charles, blacksmith