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Culpepper during the Common" ealth nnd presented at Medical Officrr of Health, George Montagne Tuk.P. the Restoration: a new organ was pr~.n·ided in 1898 at a M.R.C.S.Engo. Sntton Yalence cost of £350, and enlarged in 1903: the church has been Surveyor of Highways, Jsph. Stanley Roper,Hollingbonme restored and a vestry built ; there are 250 sittings, all Sanitary Inspector, B. M. Apps, The Nest, being free except two faculty pews belonging to Richard Duppa de Uphaugh esq. of Bollinghourne House. .A BOLLINGBOURNE UJ\TION lych gate was erected in 1900. as a memorial to the late Board day, alternate thursdays, at n.30 a.m. at the Board R. G. de V. Thomas esq. 'fhe register dates from the room, 33 Earl street, . year 1556. Thll living is a vicarage, net yearly value The Union comprises 23 , viz. :-. £2oo, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of , , , Broomfield. , and. held since Igo8 by the Rev. Edward , , , , Rar- Berbert Jones M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. There rietsham, , , Bucking, Lang- is a "\Vesleyan chapel in Eyhorne Stt·eet. The lPy, Leeds, , , , Suttoa Hall, erected in 1901, is used for the Sunday Valence, Thnrnham, , \Vormshill & . school, concerts and meetings. There are charities derived The population of the union in was ,8 5; area. 1911 12 4 partly from land left by Dame Norton, in 1719, and 57,67o acres; rateable value at Lady Day, 1913• partly from money left by Mrs. Long, in 1817. Near £ , 87 840 the church is an ancient house, formerly a part of a Chairman of the Board of Guardians, Thos. Clark J.P monastic building, erected about 1340; at one time Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Henry it was a public house, but in I9oo the Rev. W. G. James Bracher, 33 Earl street, Maidstone (is also Southey, vicar I900-I9o8, bought the property from clf'rk to Bollingbourne Old Age Pension Sub-Com· the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; in 1904 it was ntittee) partly destroyed by fire. A hospital for infectious Treasurer, W. F. Mercer, Union of London & Smiths diseases was erected in 1886, at a cost of £2,531, B:mk, Maidstone for 22 patients. Here are flour mills and a brick, Relieving Officers & Collectors to the Guardians, No. I tile and drain pipe manufactory. Hollingbourne House district, William Taylor, Hollingbourne; No. 2 dis- is the residence of Richard Duppa de Uphaugh esq. trict, William w. H. Ruff. Headcorn The };fanor House, a building in the Tudor style, Vaccination 0 fficer, F. Day, Lenham, M a1'd stone now the property and residence of James Henry ~Iedical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I district, Deakin esq. was erected by the Culpeppers in the Charles Pye Oliver M.D., D.P.H. 40 Tonbridge road. r6th century. Godfrey House, the property of the { b Wh' trustees of the late R. G. de Visme Thomas esq. an~ iiiaidstone; No. 2 district, Augn~tus ~ay erry tte- 'd f ,,r• M b 'lt · ~tone ~LB., BCh. Hollingbourne; No. 3 district, now t h e res1 ence o .>'J.lSS ~ ercer, was m m 15 87 ana E L B · d · fi · f h h 1f Edward Arthur McAnally M.R ...c s ng., ...c P. 1 8 restore d m · 59, an lS a ne sp('cauen ° t e a - Lond. The Holme, N ewington; No. 4 district, John timbered style. R. D. de l"phan:;h esq. Waiter T. 1 G R p d . f M'l p k B d th p· h Temper ey rey M. .C.S.Eng., L.R. c . .Lon . stan- F rem1 m esq. 0 • 1 gate ar ' earRte • e lS - field house, Lenham; No. 5 district, Reginald Henry mongers' Company, Cornwallis Philip Wykeham-Martin H d · ... ,. R C SE L R c p L d B kl d d th f th t R ar WIC 1r _u. . . . ng., . . . . on . roo ·an • esq. J · P · o f L ee d s C ast 1e, an e trustees 0 e 1 a e · Ht>adcorn; No. 6 district, Archdale Lloyd Sharpin G. de Visme Thomas esq. are the chief landowners, "I RC S E L R C Lo d s y 1 '1 · d · h h lk -• . . . . n15., . . . P. n . utton a ence Th e surf ace. sol 18 • re 1oam, . over1 aymg t e c a ; Collector of Rates for the whole district of the Union, un~erneath IS blue has. TI:e cluef crops are hops, corn, Walter Blinkhorn, , near Maidstone frmt and roots. The area Is 4,6o5 acres of land az:d 7 1 The Workhouse is a commodious building, on the road ~1f wat.er; rateable value, £5,r:ps; and. the pop~latw~, from Maidstone to Ashford & will hold 400 inmates; mcludmg 14 o~cers aJ?d. 171 mmat~!> m the un~on,_ m Harry Barling, master; Rev. Henry Robert Hughes 191~ was 993 m the C1v1l and 912 m the ecclesiashcal :\LA. chaplain; A. M. Whitestone M.B., B.Ch. medical pansh. . officer; Mrs. Barli11g, matron HoLLINGBOURNE REGISTRATION DrsTRICT. EYHORNE STREET is 6 furlongs ~onth-west of the c church, and gives its name to the hnndred. New Eng­ Superintendent Registrar, Henry James Bracher, 33 Earl land is a mile south-west; Woodcut Hill, 2 miles south­ street, Maidstone; deputy, Frank Miskin, 33 Earl west, closely adjoins the road from ;\iaidstone to .Ash­ street, Maidstone ford; Greenway Court, I mile south-east, is a farm Registrars of Births & Deaths & Vaccination Officers. house ; Broad Street is 1! miles north. Hollingbourne sub-district, William TaYlor, Holling­ Sexton, John William Glover. bourne; deputy. Mrs. Fanny Ta~·lor. Hollin~honme; Headcorn sul1-district. William W. H. Rnff, Headcorn; Post, M. 0. & T. Office. Miss ::\-farian Hudson, sub­ deputy, Sydney Burden, Headcorn; Lenham sub-dis­ postmistress. Letters received from Maidstone at trict, Frederick Day, Lenham; deputy, Mrs. Adelintt 5 ·45 & n a.m. & 4·45 p.m. for callers; sundays, 5· 45 Day, Lenham a.m.; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & 2.3J & 7·40 p.m.; Registrar of Marriages, William W. H. Ruff, Headcorn; sundays, 7.25 p.m deputy, Sydney Burden, Beadcorn Wall Letter Boxes.-"C'pper Street, cleared at 9.25 a.m. & 12.10 & 6.15 p.m. ; sunday, 9.25 a.ro. ; Holling­ LOCAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. bourne Hill, cleared 8.45 a.m. & 12 noon & 6.5 p.m. ; Meets at the Board room, 33 Earl street, Maidston&. sunday, 8.45 a.m.; Broad Street, cleared at 7·45 a.m. once a month at 2.30 p.m. & 12 noon & 5.15 p.m.; sunday, 7·45 a.m Clerk, Henry James Bracher, 33 Earl street, :Maidstone BOLLINGBOURNE RURAL DISTRICT COUXCIL. Attendance & Inquiry Officers, the Relieving Officers The parishes in the District are same as in the Union. Meets altBrnate thursdays at the Board room, 33 Public Elementary School, built in r877.for 160 children; Earl street. Maidstone. average attendance, 152 ; Edgar A. Ellen, master The school is controlled by six managers, appointee) Chairman, Thomas Clark J.P. , Maidstone July, 1903; Joseph Stanley Roper, correspondent Clerk, Henry James Bracher, 33 Earl street, .Maicistone Treasurer, William Frederick Mercer, Vnion of London Railwav• Station, William Henrv• Rose, station master & Smiths Bank, Maidstone Carrier to Maidstone. Saml. Lampard,daily,except wed PRIVATE RESIDENTS. ; Mercer Miss .1. ).1. Godfrey house Brown Edward, farmer, Gottrid~e Andrews Henry, The Limes Monckton Stephen Lancelot, Woodcut Butler Thomas, surveyor, brick, tile 15 Batten Miss, Upper street house drain pipe manufacturer, insurance Bradley Miss, Greenway court Prentice Mrs. Grove Mill house agent for life, fire, accidents, &m- Butler Thomas, Beaufort house Richards Miss, Oaldield house ployers' liability, plate glass, hail- Chester Miss, Old vicarage Raper Miss, Pencourt manor storm, steam boilers, live stock, Connop Miss, Broad Street fhmnas Mrs . .A. E. de Visme, Ey- horses & carriag-es; assistant over- Couchman Henry Boteler borne h~use seer for Broomfield, Hollingboume Deakin James Henry, Manor house Whitt>stone Augustus Mayberry M.B & Leeds & assessor & collector of de Uphaugh Richard Duppa J.P. Wood Miss, Pilgrim's way taxes for the parishes of Boughtoll Hollingbourne house Young Mrs. Gordon, Cotuams Malherbe, Broomfi.eld, Harrietsbam. Drayson George, Pilgrims croft,Broad Hollingbourne, Langley, Leeds,Lea- Street COMMERCIAL. h11m, , Otterden, Ulcomba & Gibson Mrs. Church green Apps Bertie,boot repr.Eyhorne Street Wichling, Beaufort house Hollands Mrs. Church green Ashby William, farmer, Broom hall Cook Harry, Windmill inn Jones .Rev. Edward Herbert }.LA. Baker Geo. Robt. farmer, Frog's hole Cordingley Wm. Horace, cycle a~nl (vicar), Vicarage Baldock Frederick, farmer couchman Henry, King's Head P.B Mappin Douglll6, Snagbrook Bottle Austin, insurance agent 1