DIRECTORY.] sue sEx. JEVl.XGTOS. 435 Thomas Frederick William, tea & fruit IThoma-'! George, miller (wind & steam: lVinall J obn &; Co. lime burners gardens, Wannock & baker, Wannock Wood Charles, farmer & horse trainer X:EYMER is a long narrow parish (extending on the 1 Parish Clerk, .Alfred Thompsett. north to Hayward's Heath), the village being about halt Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel a mile east from Hassocks station, which is in this Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Keymer.­ parish, and is 43~ miles from London on the main George James Heathorn, sub-postmaster. Letters ar­ Brighton line of railway, 8 mile!! north from Brighton rive from Hassocks R.S.O. at 7 a.m. & 12.15 & 5.30 and 7 south from Cuckfield, and is in the Northern p.m.; dispatched thereto at 9·55 a.m. & r.Io, 7-I5, 8 & division of the county, hundred of Buttinghill, Lewes 8.25 p.m. week days; dispatched at IO.I5 a. m. sun days rape, Cuckfield petty sessional division, union and county Post, .M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel court district, rural deanery of Lewes (second division), Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, 3 Stanford archdPaconrv of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. The • terrace, Hassocks (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should parish is supplied with water by the. Burgess Hill Water haveR. S. 0. Sussex added) .-Albert E. Richard son, sub­ Comp:my from their works on the South Downs, at postmaster. Deliveries commence at 6 & IO a.m. & Ditchling, and is lighted with gas by the Keymer and 1 5 p.m. week days; sundays at 6 a. m. Letters dis­ Ditchling Gas Company Lim. from works near the \ patched at 6, 9-I5 & II.30 a.m. & 2, 3·30, 4.20, 8.30 & ,.,tation, established in I867. Under the provisions of 10 p.m. ; sundays, 10 p.m Sec. I of the " Local Government Act, I 894" (56 and 57 "lVall Letter Eoxes (at the station) cleared at 7·35• 9·5 & Vict. c. 73), that portion of Keymer civil parish within _II.25 a.m. & r.45, 3.10, 4.I5, 8.35 & IO p.m.; sundays. Burgess Hill Urban District was, Dec. 28, I8g4, consti­ 10 p.m tuted a civil parish, called Keymer Urban. The church of SS. Cosmos and Damian, rebuilt, with the exception of County Police Station, Frederick Bragg-, constable the apsidal chancel, in I866, is of flint with stone dressings, A~sistant Overseer, Ernest Frederick Hope, Churcl:l road. and has a tower with spir~, containing 3 bells ; there are Eurgess Hill ten stained windows; the church was enlarg-ed in 18go Schools. at a cost of £g28, and affords 300 sittings. The register dates from the year r6or. The living is a. rectory, an­ A School Board of 5 members was formed herp 5 April,. nexed to that of Clayton, joint net yearly value [322, with 1873, for the united district of Clayton & Keymer. 14 acres of glebe, in the gift of Brasenose College, Oxford, & enlarged to 9 members in 1897. There are three nnd held since I879 by the Rev. Thomas Henry Rodie ' schools, situated in London road, Burgess Hill; J unc­ Shand M.A. late fellow and vice-principal of that college, tion road, Burgess Hill & Hassocks, in this parish; Thos. and rural dean of Lewes (Div. 2), who resides at Clayton. Sinnock, 16 Sussex terrace, :!\WJ. road, Burgess Hill, Ockley Manor, an ancient mansion, erected about I6go, clerk to the board; George Matthew Collins, 12 Spring­ is now the residence of Mrs. Wood, in whose family it field terrace, Burgess Hill, attendance officer has been for 100 years. William Henry Campion esq. Hassocks Board (mixed & infants) (for Clayton & Keymer), .T.P. of Danny Park, Hurstpierpoint, is lord of the manor. Hassocks, built, with master's residence, in 1876, & The principal landowners of t.he parish are Frederick enlarged in 1895, for 250 children; average attendance, Crunden esq. of Oak Hall, the trustees of the late V. F. Bg mixed & 66 infants; Richard Randell, master; Mrs. Benet-Stanford esq. Sampson Copestake esq. M.A. of Laura Blaber, infants' mistress Shermanbury Park, Col. William Henry Campiou J.P., Hassocks Railway Station, formerly Hassocks Gate, V.D. of Danny Park, and Henry Blaker esq. of I('ir Toft. Frank Ern est J ones, station master The soil is loam a.nd sand; subsoil, sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans, pea.<! and turnips. The Omnious from Hassocks Station : area of the new civil parish of Keymer is 2,412 acres; William Ellis's, to Hurstpierpoint, daily at IO. 25 & rateable value, £20,737; the population in r8gi was I,325. II.5o a.m. & 12.50, 1.45, 2.1o, 3.32, 4.32, 5.27, 6.4o, HASSOCKS is that portion of the parish in the imme­ 7·57 & from June. to September, at 9 p.m.; sunday& diate vicinity of the station on the London and Brighton at 8.56 & ro. 17 a.m. & 3· I2 & 8.3 p.m. ; fare 3d direct line, completed in 1881. Here is a small O:mgrega­ William Ellis's to Ditchling, daily at I0.25 & n.so a.m. tional mission chapel of red brick,erected in I885 and hold­ 1.45, 3.32, 5.27, 6.40 & 7·57 p.m ing 200 persons. A sale of fat and store cattle is held every Carriers to Brighton: Jesse Cragg, from OcklPy, Key­ alternate Thursday at Hassocks, conducted by Messrs. mer, on mon. wed. & fri.; James Andrews, from Drawbridge and Ansell, of Scaynes Hill, Lindfield. Ditchling, on tues. thurs. & sat.; John George Ban- The populous district of Burgess Hill in this parish will nister, from Ditchling, on wed. & sat. returning same­ he found under a separate headmg. days Kl':YMER. Ricbardson Noble Carr, Silverdale Lindfield Thomas, butcher PRIVATE RESlDEXTS. Ridge James, Abyssinia house Martin George, boot & shoe maker A.very Thomas, 5 Park crescent Saunders Benjamin James, Parklands Mitchell Sarah ('Mrs.),grocer & draper Balchin William, Scotsland Shepherd GeQ. Prentis, Keymer house Neal Frederick, beer retailer Balchin William Charles, Clydesdale Sloan James, Glenham, Lodge road Ricbardson Walter William, nursery villa, Lodge road Thunder M1sses, Woodlands foreman, 3 Parkmore terrace Berry Miss, The Limes Turner Thomas (pastor of Mission Sharman Leonard, coal dlr. Clift{)n pl Bevan Richard H. Oldland chapel), The Hollies, Lodge road Shippam Wm. shoeing & general smith Block Mrs. Ockley manor Webb Robert Goddard, North view Sloan & Barnes (Mesdames), costum- Clark Douglas, Wilmington lodge Winter.flood Mrs. Clevelands, Lodge rd iers, Glenham, Lodge road Collins Mark Ebenezer, Sunnysida Wood Mrs. Ockley manor South of England Dairies Limited, Cornell Willia.m Fredk. 4 Park cres Wood Richard, Parkmead house Ockley Manor farm Cruttenden Rev. George William Hy. COMMERCIAL. St~nning Emily (Mrs.), apartmPnts, (curate), 'i The Crescent Asbdown Amos, baker 6 Park crescent Dawson William, Keymer villa Balchin William & Sons, nurserymen Thompsett Alfred, builder & parish Dougal S. H. Parkmora & florists clerk, 3 Park crescent England Fredk. Brookland, Lodge rd Berry Elizabeth (Mr.s.), apartments, Turner Henry, farmer, Newlands Fenerty William Allen, The Poplars Holly villa, Lodge road Virgo Louisa (Mrs.), dress maker, 35 Fov• Martin, Fittleworth Croft Mary (Miss), dress maker Bonchurch road Frowd J{)hn Joyce, Church house Crouch Ivan, grocer & draper & agent Warren Jane (Miss), apartments,Park- Goddard William Jas. Wentworth bo forKennaway&Sons, wine& spirit mers mead villa, Lodge road Gray John, 2 Park crescent Dyke John Henry, builder & contractr. White John, miller (wind & steam). Haig John Adair, Broadhill 2 Parkmore terrace Oldland mill Hammond Wm. Hawthorn, Lodge road Edmonds George, builder & wheel- Wickham George Frederick, jobbing Harris William Richard, Summerfield wright, Manor house gardener, The Hollies, Lodge ro~d How-ard John, Melrose Frowd John Joyce, dairyman, Ockley Kirkham William Henry, Fir croft Manor farm HASSOCKS. Lawson James, Highlands Gould William, The Dcwna hotel & PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Mowatt Godfrey, Swallowfulld fruit grower Bacon Charles, Chester cot. Woods- .!\fnnster John Philip, Bloomfields Hammond Robt. farmer, The Lodge fm land· road ~Iunster Mrs. Townfield Harwood John, Ehoe ma..2 Clifden cots Baddeley Mrs.Ea.st view, Woodsland rd N~·e Charles Henry, Ditchling villa Heathom Geo. Jas. baker, Post office Batt Robert, Millbrook Oatley James,Wellington vil. Lodge rd Hollamby & Son, gasfitters, Bridge ho Bentley William, Merrievale, Woods- Peatfield Henry, Will{)w brook Holland Peter Jonathan,miller (water), land road Philbrick Miss, Bella Vista Valebridge mill Brownlow Mrs. Springbank, Woods- Price Mrs. Balmain, Lodge road King Gw. jobbing gardnr.I Park cres land road SUSSEX 28* .