22 Jul 2006
Transcribed by Domonic Paul Motto
Hurstmonceux is a parish and town on the road from Lewes to Battle, 4 miles east from Hellingly station on the line from Hailsham to Tunbridge Wells, 9 north from Battle, 4 east from Hailsham and 15 northwest from Hastings in the Southern division of the county, Hailsham union and petty sessions division, Hastings rape and Lewes county court district, Foxearle hundred, rural deanery of Pevensey (first division), archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. The church of All Saints is of stone and brick, chiefly in the Early English style, and has a tower with spire, containing one bell: in the church is a splendid monument to Francis, 14th Baron Dacre, ob. 1662, and to his eldest son, Thomas 15th Baron Dacre, ob. 1715, with figures in armour under a canopy; the east window is a memorial; there are 270 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, net £560, with residence and 169 acres of glebe in the gift of and held since 1366 by the Rev. Robert Louis Wild M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. The iron church at Gardener Street, erected in 1893, will seat 112 people. The Congregational chapel was founded in 1811. Here is a truck or trug basket manufactory, the only place in Great Britain where these baskets, formed of slips of peeled willow wood, are made. About a mile from the Hastings and Brighton road, situated in a valley and surrounded by a moat, now dry, stand the magnificent ruins of Hurstmonceux castle, built in the reign of Henry VI, by Sir Roger de Fiennes; they are of brick, with stone window and door frames and hood-mouldings; the interior was pulled down about 1770; the outer walls and towers are yet standing and those at the gateway, when perfect, measured 84 feet in height; the south or grand front is 206 feet long, the east and west sides 214 feet long; the public are admitted to view the ruins. In Hurstmonceux Park, near the castle, Roman remains have been discovered. Lime Park is at present occupied by Baron von Roemer. The principal landowners are Herbert Curteis Esq. J.P. of Windmill Hill place, Worthing, who is lord of the manor; and Cecil Scott Arkcoll esq. The soil is loam and sand; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley and hops. The area is 6,491 acres of land and 15 of water; rateable value £6,544; the population in 1891 was 1,454 civil and 1,152 ecclesiastical.
Gardner Street is a populous hamlet of Hurstmonceux parish, on the road from Battle to Hailsham, 4 miles north-east from the latter.
Part of Cowbeech and part of stunt’s Green was, by Local Government Order 18,641, 25 March 1886, transferred from Wartling to Hurstmonceux.
Parish Clerk: Charles Morris.
Post, M. O & T. M. O. Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office – Mrs. Sarah Maria duly, postmistress. Letters arrive from Hailsham R.S.O. at 7.45 a.m. & 3 p.m; dispatched at 9.50 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.
Post Office, Cowbeech – John Ditch, sub-postmaster, patched at 8.15 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Hurstmonceux, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
Wall Box – Cowbeech Hill, cleared 9.30 a.m. & 6.40 p.m.; Sundays 9.30 a.m.
Private Residence
Bissett, Mrs, The Cottage, Windmill hill
Greenaway, Mrs. Cherry croft
Jeffrey Francis, Hurstmonceux place
Larby Mrs. Flowers green
Marshall Robert, Cintra villa
Moon William, Gardner Street
Reid, Henry, Gardner Street
Roemer, Baron von Lime Park
Smith Edwin, Burnes house
Smith George, Agate house
Smith Thomas, Hornes house
Thornton Alfred, Gardner Street
Turner Misses, Chesnut lodge
Wild Rev. Robert Louis M.A. Rectory
Woodhams Mrs
Weight Robert, Thornfield
Commercial
Allcorn Henry, carrier, Gardner St.
Baker George, carrier, Gardner St.
Baker Levi (exors. Of), farmers, Gardner Street
Baker Oliver, grocr. & drpr. Gardner St.
Barnard Edward, carpenter
Bean Alfred, butcher, Gardner St.
Benn Edwd. Fly propr., Windmill Hill
Billings Lemue, baker, Gardner St.
Campany, Jn. Watch mkr, Gardner St.
Cott Charles, farmer, Chelsham farm
Christmas Chas, blacksmith, Cowbeech
Crowe, Leopold, relieving & vaccination officer, registrar of births & deaths, school attendance officer & collector to the guardians (No. 1) Hurstmonceux district of the Hailsham union, Windmill hill
Dale John, Woolpack Inn, Gardner St.
Dawes, Wm jun. builder, Gardner St.
Dawes, William Thomas sen. Builder, Gardner Street
Dennes, Geo. Ironmonger, Gardner St.
Ditch John, grocer, Post off. Cowbeech
Duly Thomas Alfred, harness maker & fancy repository
Duly Sarah Maria (Mrs) postmistress, Gardner Street
Duly T. & H. basket makers
Elphick, William, beer mfr, Gardner St.
Elphick Wm. Carrier, Gardner St.
Erney Joseph, railer (wind), Cowbeech mill
Evenden Wm., grocer & draper & agent for W. & A. Gilhey Lim. Wine & spirit merchants, Gardner Street
Fulner John, turner, Mill land & Church Farm house
Farrell Aaron, blacksmith, Stunt’s green
Foster George, carpenter, Gardner St.
Hall, Wm. Market grdnr, Windmill Hill
Harmer Henry, miller (steam), corn, flour, cake & manure merchant, baker & farmer, school farm, Windmill hill
Harmer Jas. (Mrs.) frmr, Chelsham farm
Harris Charles, carrier, Gardner St.
Harwood Emily (Mrs) farmer, Camphurst farm
Hicks Robert, farmer, Cowbeech
Hobden Valentine, saddler, Gardner St.
Honeysett, Wm. & Thos. Merty Burriers P.H. farmers & hop grwrs, Cowbeech
Honisett Charles, bricklayer
Jarvis Henry, wheelwright
Keeley George, boot & shoe maker, Gardner Street Larby Wildrid, farmer, Stunt’s green
Lovegrove Felix, frmr, Carter’s corner
Marshall Herbert, farmer, Newbridge
Message Alfred (exers of) farmers & butchers, Deudney’s farm
Message George, coal mer. Gardner St.
Message Jesse, farmer, Dan’s farm
Midmore Chas. Bootmaker, Gardner St.
Morris Charles, boot & shoe maker & parish clerk, Chapel Row
Newpham James, farmer, Cowbeech
Saunders James, farmer, Gardner St.
Shadwell Jas. Sawyer, Windmill Hill
Shaw Arthur, farmer, Clippingham
Skinner Saml. Beer retr., Chapel row
Smith, Thomas & Sons, trug basket manufacturers; manufacturers to Her Majesty; four prize medals
Smith George Henry, trug basket maker, Gardner Street
Stevens David, trug basket manufacturer, Gardner Street.
Stubberfield Major Daw, surveyor & assistant overseer, Windmill Hill
Sweetman Thos & Job, fellmongers, Gardner Street
Tate George, farmer
Tell Edmund, baker, Gardner Street
Wadman John Robert, farmer, The Hole farm
Walker, Jn Henry, farmer, Flowers grn.
White Grace (Miss), shopkeeper, Windmill Hill
Wickens Alfd, farmer, Lime End farm
Winchester Ernest Alfred, lessee of Hurstmonceux Castle
Winchester Herbt. Carpenter, Cowbeech
Wright Robert brewer 7 maltster, Old Brewery
Schools
National, Gardner Street; built in 1839, enlarged 1880 & 1898 for 190 children; average attendance 132; James Richard Winham, master; Miss Emily Peter, mistress
Carriers
George Baker to Eastbourne & Pevensey, daily
Charles Harries to Eastbourne & Lewes, daily
Henry Allcorn to Hastings & Hailsham daily, Battle on Fri.
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