19/10/2006
Transcribed by Stacey Gardner
Wartling is a village and parish, 5 miles east from Hailsham, and 8 south-west from Battle, in the rape of Hastings, and the hundred of Foxearle. The business of the place is chiefly in agriculture. The church dedicated to St. Mary, is a small building, 1 mile from the village, and commands extensive views of Pevensey flats & bay. The area is 4,880 acres, and the population, 962. It was assessed to the Income Tax at £5,154. The benefice is a vicarage, value £307 per annum, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Richardson Major, D.D.
Post Office – William Barnes, receiver. Letters arrive from Hailsham at 9am; dispatched at 5.30pm
Turner Rev. John, M.A.
Akehurst John, farmer
Barnes William, farmer & post office, Wartling Hill
Collins John, farmer
Crowhurst Thomas, farrier
Elphick Edward, farmer
Fairhall John, grocer
Funnell James, “Lamb”
Hicks Mrs Philladelphia, farmer
Pettett William, farmer
Stubberfield, market gardener
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