2191) H.ULSHAM. SUSSEX. (KELLY'S ' At Otham was a religious house of the Premonstratensian IPuBLIC EsTABLISHliiENTS :- oder, founded by Ralpb de Dene and Sibilla his wife, in Cemetery, Francis William Terry, High street, clerk to the the reign of llenry Il. and dedicated to SS. Mary and burial board Lawrence; the society wa11 afterwards- removed to Bay- County Police Office, Robert Renville, superintendent; 1 ham: portion& of the walls are still to be traced. Michel- sergeant & 13 constables • ham Priory, on the river Cuckmere~ near here, was founded Sussex ~2nd) Artillery Volunteers {No. 6 battery); Capt. in the 16th Henry Ill. (1231-2) by Gilbert de Aquila G. E. Hillman, commandant , · (Aiguillon), for canons of the Augustinian order, and dedi- Pu11uc OFFICERS:- . cated to the Holy Trinity; ·the remaining buildings, now £ertifyingFactorySurgeon,Jas.PymarBillingL.K.Q.C.P.rreL partly used as a farmhouse, comprise a bridge of eight The Willows arches, which spans the moat, the refectory, 61 feet by 36 Collector of Poor's Rates, Francis William Terry feet, with a lavatory, an Early English vaulted passage and Inland Revenue Officer, John Robert Polsue a cellarage of two bays. Stamp Distributor, Thomas Snashall The town is within the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Sack- HAILSHAM UNION. t '\"ille is lord of the manar of Michelham Parkgate and Col. Board day,alternate wednesdays,at the Board room, at 1 I a. m M. D. Treherne is lord of the manors of Down Ash and 'The Union comprises eleven parishes, viz.:-Arlington, Chid- Bowley. The principal landowners are the Duke of Devon- dingly, Hailsbam, Heathfield, Hellingly, Hurstmonceux, shire K.G. the Earl of Chichester, Carew Davies Gilbert esq. Hooe, Laughton, Ninfield, Warbleton & Wartling. The and Sir James Duke bart. The area is 5,;no acres; rateable population of the Union in x88x was I3,405; rateable- value, £I5,00I; the population in x88x was 2,963. value in 1890, £65,326 ' _ Polegate is a hamlet 3! miles south, the largest part of Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Edmund which is in this parish, and includes the junction station of Catt, jun. Willingdon the Brighton anq South Coast railway, of the lines of railway Treasurer, Ueorge Molineux, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes to Hailsbam and Tunbridge Wells on the north and to East- Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I district, Ernest · bourne on the ~outhern side. The church of St. John, a Edward Gould, Hailsham; No. 5 district,.Henry Colgate chapel of ease to Hailsbam church, situated a quarter of a Holman, East Hoathly; No. 3 district, R. Clarke, Warble- mile from the station and built in the year I876 by public ton; No. 3A, district, George Powell Doyle M.B., c. M. tsubscription, at a cost of £2,700, is an edifice of Kentish rag, Heathfield; No. 4 district, Arthur Richard Barnes M.B. in the Gothic style, and consists of chancel; nave, aisles, Boreham; No. 4A, district, Frederick Michael Wallis .. north p6rch and a tower on the nortll side with shingled Bexhill; No. 2 district, James Pymar Billing L.K.Q c.P. spire containing one bell : the reredos of alabaster and mar- Irel. Hailsham ble, erected in 1885, is a memorial to the late Caleb Diplock Collectors to the Guardians, Thomas Guy, Gardner street;. esq. sen.: the east window is stained and there are 270 ~amuel Richard Burgess, Hellingly •' sittings. The Rev. George Jepson M.A. of Caius College, Relieving & Vaccination Offi1..>ers & Collectors to the Guar- Cambrid'ge, is curate in charge. · ' dians, No. r district, Thomas Guy, Hurstmonceux ( No. DowN AsH, a mile and a half south-east; HARBREATING, 2 district, Samuel R. Burgess, Hellingly I mile north; HORSE EYE, 2 miles east; SlTMMER HILL, I! Superintendent Registrar, David Guy, Hailsham; deputy~ miles south; ERSHAM, half a mile south, and MAGHAM Edwin Isaac Baker, High street DowN, It miles north-east, are places in the parish. Registrars of Births & Deaths, Hailsham sub-district,. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office Thomas Guy1 Hailsham; deputy, Thomas Allwork, (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Sussex added).- Hawkes; Hellingiy sub-district, Samuel R Burgess, Thomas Snashall, postmaster. Letters arrive at 5 a. m. & Hellingly; deputy, John Piper, Horsebridge · I.I5 p.m.; delivered at 7 a. m. & I.3o p.m.; dispatched at Registrar of Marriages, Josiah John White. Hailsham; de- 7.20 & n.45 a.m. & 8.20 p.m. ; box cleared at II.45 a. m. puty, Samuel 'fhompson, Ueorge street, Hailsbam • & 7 & 8.20 p.m . Workhouse, Hellingly, a building of brick, tO' bold 27o- PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Pole- inmates; William Baum, master; Rev: James Farrar- gate (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O.. M.A. &. R~v. F. C. Harvey M.A. chaplains; James Pymar- Sussex added).-Mrs.Eleanor Gauntlett Glad win, receiver. Billing, medical officer; Mrs. Emma Baum, matron Let.ters arrive at 5.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 7 a.m. $z; RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. ' 12.I5, I. 58 & 9 p.m. The telegraph office is at the rail- Meets at the Gnion board room every other wed. at II a.m. way station Clerk, E. Catt~ jun. Willingdon · PosT •OFFICE, Magham Down.-Richard Miller, receiver, Treasurer, Francis Barry Whitfeld, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes. Letters arrive at 7 .a.m. & 2 p.m. ; dispatched at I0.35 Medwal Officer of Health, E. F. Fussell M.'B. Brighton a.m. & 7.20 p.m . • ~anitary Inspector, James Henry Cox, Hailsham WALij LETTER Box at Hail$ham station, cleared week days • SCHOOL .ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE. n.3o a.m. & 6.30 & 7·45 p.m.; sundays, 7·45 p.m. Meets at the Union board room .every other wed. at II a.m. CoUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE HAILSHAM PETTY SESSIONAL Clerk, Edmund Catt, jun. Willingdon . f DIVISION. • Attendance Officers, Thomas 1Uuy, Gardner streat & S. R~ Dunn Johfl. Roberts esq. 0.4 Stone house, Warbleton, Hawk- . :Burgess, Hellingly . burst, chairman PLACES OF WoRSHIP, with times of services:--' · Blunt Sir Charles William bart. M.A., D.L. II Warwick ;rarisu Churcp, Rev. Francis Clyde Harvey M.A, vicar; street, Charing cross, l..ondon s w 10.30 a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.~0 p.m i Cavendish . Francis William Henry esq. St. Margaret's, 4 St. John's, Polegate, Rev~ George Jepson M.A. curate in 1 Trinity place, Eastbourne charge j 10.30 a. m. & 6. ;\O p. m r • Curteis Herbert esq. Belhurst, Wartling, Hailsham· Baptist, Rev. Joseph Nunn, minister; 10.3o;a.m. &' 6,30. Gilbert Carew Davies esq. Manor house, E'lstbourne p.m. ; mon. 7 p.m Grabam Reginald John esq. u.A.,D.L.The Elms, Eastbourne Wesleyan, 10.45 & 6.30 p.m. ; tnes. 7 p.m Graham Thomas Henry Boileau esq. The Elms, Eastbourne ScHOOLS:- . Howard Frederic John esq. D.L. Angus house, Eastbourne A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1875; FranciS' Jeffery George Augustus M.D. Carter's corner, llailsham William Terry, clerk to the board; Samuel Wenham, at- LawrenceGeorge Henry esq, Merlswood, Eastbourne tendance officer . Rod well Edgar K. Q.C. Norfolk lodge, Eastbourne- Board, Brewery road, built in 1878, fur 302 children; Scott.F.rederickllenry esq. D. L. Heathfield park,Hawkhurst average attendance, 175 boys & 151 girls~ Charles Francis Thomas Freeman etsq. Ratton, Willingdon Towler A.c.P. master; Mrs. Charlotte Jane :fowler, mist Wallis George Ambrose esq. Holywellmount, Eastbourne Infants', George st. built in 188o & since enlarged, for 189 Clerk to the Magistrates, J. G. Langbam, Uck.field children; a\·erageattendance, 150; Miss E. A. Dodge, mist Pet.ty Sessions are held every alternate wednesday at the :National, Polegate, built for x6o children; a l"erage attend- Poli:e court at xr.3o a.m 1 ance~ xoo; Albert Phillips, master " The Petty Sessional division comprises the following parishes: RA 1 L wAY STATIONS :--. ~Aifriston, Arlington, Chiddingly, Eastdean, Folking- Hailsham, f'rederick Ge.orge Breads, .station master ' ·ton.- Friston, Hailsbam, Heathfield, Hellingly, Hurst- Junction S:ation, Polegate, llenj. John Hewett,station mast moneeux, Jevington, Laughton, Pevensey, Warbleton, CARRIERS TO LEWES & BRIOHTON.-chal'les Harris, jun. & Wartling, Westbam & Willingdon Charles Harryott, mon. & thurs. returning foll()wing day~ • • Beeny Mrs. 1 Wellington villas Burfield Thomas, South view Hailsham. Berry Mrs. 5 Belle Vue terrace Burtenshaw Albert, Market sqnare I PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Billing Jas. Pymar,The Willows, High st Clay Rev.William JamesB.A.lcurate]~ Aires Miss, Centre villa Brown Mrs. High street Market square Angell Mrs. The Mount Brown Thomas, Hampstead house Colbran Thomas, 3 Alexandrs terrace Armatage Mrs. 2 Summer heath Browne Edward, High street Collingham William, London road Ayling Robert, I Devonshire place Burfield John, Winster house Coles John Berriman Campion, Hard- wycke, High street Bates Thomas, Terminus road Burfield Joseph, Sand banks • .