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DIHECIOitY.] . BILSINGTON. 47 Letters through Tunbridge Wells. WALL LETTER Box I only. The nearest money order office is at Southborough. cleared at 8.20 a.m. & 1.5 p.m. & on sundays at 8.20 a.m. National School, for 60 children, Miss Annie Bouden, mist Blackburne - Maze William Ireland, COMMERCIAL. GilIett William & J ames, farmers Boundes park Amold George, farmer Gillett William, jun. builder, Rosemont ElIiss Rev. Henry Christopher, The Ashby Esther (Mrs.), shopkeeper Milton William,farmer, Chalklands farm Rectory Cheesman Henry, farmer, Old farm Parker Abner, Hare et Hounds Legge Miss, Eastfield villa Faircloth Wm. blcksmth. Marlpit corner Porter Edward, beer retailer Tidd Frederick Andrew, Elm court Faircloth Thomas, wheelwright Spittles George, omnibus proprietor Tidd George, Ridgelands I Fennel Amos, chimney sweeper Turner Fredk. shopkpr. Marlpit corner : is a parish and village, in the Mid-divi- Ishoulders and who died at the age of 34, within 6 hours of each sion of the county, lower division of Scray lathe, Berkeley other; from the proceeds of this farm about 500loaves, with a hundred, union and county court district, West portion of cheese, are distributed on Easter Sunday aud the rural deanery, Maidstone archdeaconry and diocese following Tuesday among the poor of the parish; and in of Canterbury, situated on the road from Tenterden to order to preserve the memory of the above -tradition, a Maidstone, 4 miles south from Headcorn station, 60 from quantity of small flat cakes, made only of flour and water, London, 5 north-west from Tenterden and 13 south-east bearing the impression of the two sisters, united as above from Maidstone. The church of All Saints is a building in related, are also given to those who may apply for them. the Early English and later styles, consistingof chancel with The country west of Biddenden is dotted over with numer­ aisles or chapels, nave, aisles, with arcades of four arches ous small ponds. A cattle fair is held on November 8th. each, south porch and a lofty embattled and pinnacled tower Viscount Cranbrook, who is lord of the manor, and Capt. at the west end, of Perpendicular work, containing a clock W. H. Tylden-Pattenson J.P. are the principal landowners. and 8 bells: on the south side of the chancel are three equal The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are hops, sedilia, of the Decorated period, and a piscina with shelf; wheat, oats, beans and peas. The area is 7,195 acres; rate­ on the north side is an aumbry; the chancel is separated value, £7.460; and the population in 1881 was 1,352. from its aisles by arcades of two arches, springing from Pm'ish et Vestry Clerk, John Bourne. octagonal pillars: the south aisle or chapel is enclosed on POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.-Alfred the west by a Perpendicular wooden screen and contains a Wise, receiver. Letters arrive from Staplehurst, via piscina and a marble tomb, also of Perpendicular work, Cranbrook, by mail cart at 7.5, sundays 7.35 a.m.; dis- with a brass to one of the Wildgoose family, 1541; in the patched at 7 p.m.; sundays 10.50 p.m. The nearest north chapel are several monuments, including one to Sir telegraph office is at Headcorn, 4 miles distan.:; Thomas Mayne, 1566; and a canopied tomb, with brass National Endo1ved School (mixed), now incorporated with a figures ()f Sir William Boddenden, his wife and children, school for boys, founded in 1522 by John Mayne & en- 1579; the church was thoroughly restored and reseated in dowed by him with the sum of £20 3S. 4d. derived from 1857; there are several other brasses, in good preservation, three farms lying in the parishes of Biddenden, Ten- to the Randolph, Stede and Allard families and marble tablets terden & ; the present schools, erected under to the families of Beale, Trent,Kirkman and Pomfret; the a late Act of Parliament in lieu of the old endowed school, east window and two smaller ones in the chancel are stained. now removed, will hold 185 children & include a resi- The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a dence for the master & mistress, Frederick Stedman, rectory, yearly value £600, with residence, in the gift of the master; Mrs. Stedman, mistress Archbishop of Canterbury and held by the Rev. William CARRIERS TO .- Peterson. There is a charity belonging to this parish, of HEADCORN RAILWAY ~TATION-R. & J. Bennett & Co. from great celebrity, to whIch a singular tradition is attached; a Tenterden, three times a day farm ef 30 acres was left by two sisters, Eliza and Mary Henry Lavence, from Tenterden, daily Chuckhurst, called the" Biddenden Maids," "who where sup- MAIDSTONE-Richard Giles, every tuesday & thursday; posed to have been bern joined together by the hips and R. & J. Bennett & Co. from Tenterden, daily ~orton Selby M.D. Hindon house Dean Albert N. miller (wind) Oliver Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer & land- Oliver Stephen, Curtis corner Dean William, farmer owner, Curtis corner Packham Rev. Harry M.A. [curate] Drury Thomas, farmer Oliver Stephen, farmer & landowner, Peterson Rev.William [rector], Rectory Elliott Frank James & Turner George, Curtis corner Pinyon Mrs. Elmstone grocers & drapers, glass & china Reeves Benjamin, farmer, Cranton ho Tylden - Pattenson Captain -William dealers & wine merchants Roots Thomas, blacksmith .Hodges J.P. Dashmonden Elliott Frederick, plumber & glazier Samson Richard, farmer Tylden-Pattenson William Boys J.P Elmstone Richard, farmer Sharp Edward, farmer, Rats' castle Wells Robert Farris Abraham, carpenter & farmer Stapley Henry, Rose inn COMMERCIAL. Field William, miller (wind) & farmel" Stapley John, grocer, & agent for W. & AlIen Henry, beer re~iler Freeman Thomas & George, bricklayers A. Gilbey. wine & spirit merchants, Avery Nasey Griffon, harness maker Friend John, farmer draper, earthenware & boot & shoe dlr Ballard William. farmer Gower Waters, farmer Stapley John, jun. farmer, Heartsop Beale Seman, shopkeeper Green William, Red Lion inn Taylor Charles, beer retailer· Beken Mrs. George, farmer & hop Growns James, plumber Taylor Thos. farmer, Mockbeggar farm grower, High poles Hague Jenkin, farmer, & hop grower, Taylor William, farmer, Medhurstfarm Bentley Thomas, farmer, Rose cottage Duesden Thirkell Francis, farmer, Goldwell Bentley William, farmer, Podkin Hammond Fredk. farmer, Foston green. Thorpe Edward, butcher Body John George, horse dealer Hatch James, farmer Thurston James, wheelwright Bourne Henry & Alfred, blacksmiths Hickmott James, farmer, Leshenden Vane Johr. Henry, Chequers Bourne John, shoe maker & inspector of Hodges Peter, King's Head Watts William, brick maker weights & measures for Cranbrook Homewood Chas. grazier & assist. oversr I Webb William, farmer, Low Poles or Lower Scray division Homewood Thomas, farmer, Washenden Weeks William, farmer Brakefield Charles, steam plough & Kemp Jesse, farmer, Frog's Hole farm Wells Alfred, tailor traction engine proprietor, Little Lefeavre John (Mrs.), farmer Wells Robert, farmer & landowner Randolph Ledger John, farmer & hop grower, Weston Wm. Castleton's Oak, & farmer Braketield Jos. farmer, Three chimneys Standen farm Whibley David, shoe maker Brandley Robert, baker Ledger John, jun. farmer Wise Alfred, shopkeeper, & post office Carter George, farmer Levett Alfred, farmer Witherden Charles, farmer, Hare plain Cattle Vfilliam, farmer Luckhurst Charles, farmer Witherden Charles, farmer, Common Chambers James, builder Mannering Thomas, farm bailiff to Witherden George, farmer, Worsenden ChantlerJohn, farmer, Omenden Hugh Boxall esq. River Hall farm green & Catswezel farm Clark Thomas, farmer I Missing John, farmer Witherden George, farrier Colebrook Edwd. wheelwright & farmer: Morphet Stephen, farmer Witherden John, farmer Coleman Edward, carpenter I Newman Frederick, farmer Witherden Joseph, farmer Cradduck James, farmer & hop growel" Norton Selby M.D. surgeon, Hindon ho I Witherden Joseph, jun. farmer Daynes George Thomas, farmer Offen Ira, farmer, Worsenden farm :BILSINGTON is a village and parish, in the Eastern deanery and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, 3 division of the county, East Ashford union and county miles east from Ham Street station, 7 miles south from Ash­ court district, liberty of Romney Marsh, on the margin of ford and 8 west from Hythe Thechurchof SS. Peterand Paul which it lies, at the foot of the hilly district, and partly in situated remotely from the village and curiously cut off in its Newchurch hundred, lathe of Shepway, North Lympne rural communications by the moat of the adjoming house, is a