DIRECTORY.] . GREAT HADHA...'\{. 81 tendence; it is especially intended for children leaving County Magistrates attending Albury Petty Sessional -a hospital but not yet fit to go to their homes, for division :- .crippled children needing cbange of air, and for London Phelips Charles James esq. Mead lodge, , /Children, or others from the neighbourhood; children are Ware, chairman admitted from one to ten years of age, provided their Calvert Felix esq. Furneaux Pelham hall, railway fares are paid, and they can remain only so Douglas Capt. George Shutter, Whitebarns, Much 'lQng as approved by the management; Miss Elise Hadham S.O Hostier and Miss Francis, managing sisters. The Norman Frederick Henry esq. Moor Place, Much -charities for distribution in kind and money produce Hadham S.O £35 88. 9d. yearly, derived from bequests by Mary Hale, Shoobridge Leonard esq. Alburyhall, S.O -widow, of this parish, in 1720, by John Some in 1772 and Shoobridge William Stephen. esq. Albury hall, Much others; the rector receives £33 I2S. yearly from Mary Hadham S.O Hale's charity; eight almshouses, the gift of an un­ Clerk to the Magistrates, Charles Gayton 'known donor and rebuilt in 1866, are inhabited by as Petty Sessions for the division are held here every­ many poor persons, each of whom receives bread every alternate friday at the Public Hall, II a.m. for the fourth Sunday, from a bequest of 24s. a year, left by following places :-Albury, , Furneaux W111iam Piggott in 1689: Hale's and Some's charities, Pelham, Much Hadham, Little Hadnam, Stocking Pel­ formerly devoted to apprenticing, now afford about £20 ham & Meesdon yearly for pupil teachers. The site of the ancient The highway board, for Albury, , Brent Pel­ -palace, formerly belonging to the Bishops of London, is ham, Eastwick, Furneaux Pelham, . Great Had­ now occupied by 8 private house. The Ecclesiastical ham, , Hunsdon, , Commissioners are lords of the manor of Much Hadham Standon, Stansted Abbots, , Thorley, and the rector is lord of the rectory manor. The prin­ , Ware (except part under local board). 'Cipal landowners are the Marquess of Salisbury K.G., & Widford, holds its meetings at the Ree P.C. Frederick Henry Norman esq. J.P. Richard Hunt Lion inn esq. of Culvert Lodge, Much Hadham, the trustees of Clerk. G. F. Foxwell the late U. Nicholson esq. and Hugh John Parnell esq. Surveyor, John Deak The soil is a strong loam and produces excellent crops Public Establishments:- 'Of wheat, oats, beans and barley; subsoil, various. The County Constabulary, Frederick Mel chant. ilerlleant o,rea is 4,447 acres of land and 13 water; rateable value, PubI-ir Hall Co. Limited, Henry A. Hare, hon. sec £7,009; the population in 1891 was 1,274. Schools :- Green Tye is 11 miles south-east; Exnells, 2 east, National (boys), for 80 children; average attendance. and Perry Green, 2 miles south-east; BroInley, a mile 65; William Olney, master .and a. half north-west. National (girls), for 60 children; average attendancl'• mi~tress Sexton, George L. Thurgood. 49; Miss Sarah Tomlin, Infants', for 60 children; average attendance, 56; Miss Post, M. O. &; T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & InsuranCQ Office A. E. Woodward, mistress (Sub-office. Letters should have S.O. Herts added). Perry Green (mixed), for 40 children; average at­ -John James Thnrgood, postmaster. Letters arrive tendance, 30; Mrs. Blake. The schools are sup­ from Ware at 6 & London at 10 a.m.; dispatched at ported in part by an endowment of £50 from Some's 9 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; one arrival on sundays at & Hale's charities. The Perry Green school has an 6 a.m.; one disp!lotch to Ware at 6.30 p.m endowment of £15 Letter Box at Hadham Cross, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 6 Railway Station, Archibald Meikle, station master p.m.; sundays, 6 p.1p. Carrier to London. John Trigg (exors. of), every wed

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Byers William, farmer, Old park Lane Wil~iam, farmer, Turtle's farm, Anthony Miss, Wynches Chapman Ahraham, fancy repository South end llacon Mrs. The Hall Children's Home, Miss Elise Hoskier Luck James, grocer, Hadham Cross Colnett Rev. Isaac E. (curate) & Miss Frances (sisters) Meikle Archibald, station master Cooke Misses Gark Henry, beer retailer Much Hadham Gas Co. Limited FoxweTI. Geo. Frederick, Castle house Debenham Isaac, nurseryman (William Jackson Hart, sec) Gayton Charles Dollimore Geo. butcher & shopkeeper Much Hadham Public Hall Co. Gayton Mrs Eden Chas. Lees, ~rmr. Buckler's frm Limited (Henry A. Hare, hon. sec) Hare Henry Anthony Findlay Alex. farmer, Warren farm Page Charles, blacksmith Hart William Jackson Fletcher Frederick, boot & shoe ma Parker Albert William, wheelwright Harvey J. S Foxwell George Frederick, solicitor & Phillips Thomas, Old Bell P.H Hobson Miss commissioner for oaths & clerk to Pickett Jeremiah, farmer Hunt Richard, Culvert lodge the Highway Board (firm, Richard­ Prior Arthur Geo. frmr. Grudd's frm Leathes Rev. Stanley D.D. (rector & son, Foxwell & Hart) Reading Room & Library (Henry H. prebendary of St. Paul's), Rectory Gayler WaIter, beer ret. Green Tye Hare, hon. sec) Luck William Gayton & Hare, solicitors Richardson, Foxwell & Hart, solicitors Moore Mrs Gayton Chas. (firm, Gayton & Hare), & agents to the County Hailstorm Morris Mrs. The Lordship solicitor, commissioner for oaths & Assurance Mott Mrs. Henry S clerk to the magistrates, Albury Saunders James, frmr. Camwell hall Mott :Mrs. Thomas division &; clerk to the commis­ Saunders Joseph, shoe maker Norman Fredk. Hy. J.P. Moor Place sioners of taxes for Odsey & Ed­ Scrivener Alfred, farm bailiff to J. H. Nve• James winstree divisions Jackson Pegram Mrs Gosling Frank, farmer Smith Charles, butcher Solly Rev. Edgar Green Joshua & Co. grocers & draprs Smith John, bricklayer Smith Charles Griffin George, Bull P.H. Smith William, beer retailer Stracey George Halestrap George James, builder Stracey Jsph. jun. bakr. & coal mer Stracey Joseph Hankin Alfred, farmer, Minge's farm Thurgood George L. builder Thurgood George Hankin Dan, farmer, Chaldean's farm Tburgood John James, stationer &c. Thurgood Mrs Hare Henry Anthony, solicitor (firm, Post office Thurgood William Gayton &; Hare) Thur~ood Jsph. H. farmer, The Moat Wetherall Mrs. The Palace Hart William Jackson, solicitor, see Topcott Harriett (Mrs.), beer retailer Willans William Blundell Richardson, Foxwell & Hart Topcott William, baker COJrIMBRCIA.L. Hayward J ames, watchmaker Vealey Martin Luther, mech. engnr !'shwell Thomas, Lordship farm Holland & Barrett, grocers &; drapers Viles Henry, coffee tavern Bartle Thos. farmer, Old Hall farm & agents for W. & A. Gilbey, Willans William BlundeTI. M.R.C.S. Beak In. surveyor to highway board Limited, wine & spirit merchants Eng. medical officer & public vac­ Beattie James, farmer, Brand's farm Hodge William, coal merchant cinator Hadham district, Bishop's Blackaby William, Prudential Insur- Hunt Ricbard, landowner, Culvert Idg Stortford union &; 4th ilistrict, ance agent Keen E. H. plumber, painter & house Ware union Brace Charles, beer r8tailer decorator. See advertisement Warner Geo. farm bailiff to Richard Brace Charles, refreshment rooms, Knight Arthur, farmer, Glebe farm Hunt esq. of Stansted Hadham Cross Knight Henry A. farmer, Hlil farm Winterton George Thomas, tailor, as­ Budden George, Red Lion hotel Knigbt Hy. J. btchr. & frmr. Moor pI sistant overseer for Much & Little Burr Fanny (Mrs.), dress maker Lane Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hadham & tax collector for Albury Burton Josepb, saddler Lehmann J ael (Mrs.), dress maker & Much &; Little Hadham HERTS 6