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Directory: 1878 Kelly's Directory.

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Name: Hurstmonceux and Gardner Street.

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Hurstmonceux and Gardner Street

Hurstmonceux (or Herstmonceux) is a parish and town in the Eastern division of the county, union of Hailsham, county court district of Hastings, Foxearle hundred, Hastings rape, diocese of Chichester, archdeaconry of Lewes and rural deanery of Pevensey, 4 miles east from Hailsham, and 15 north-west from Hastings. The church of All Saints is a large building in the Early English Style: it consists of a chancel, nave and aisles: it contains a splendid monument to Thomas Lord Dacre, and his father, descendants of Sir Roger de Fynes, or Fiennes, consisting of recumbent figures of two men in armour under a richly worked canopy. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, yearly value £1,054, with residence and 160 acres of glebe land, in the gilt of, and held by, the Rev. Robert Louis Wild, M.A. Oriel College, Oxford. Here is a Congregational chapel. About a mile from the Hastings and Brighton road, and situated in a valley, stand the magnificent ruins of Hurstmonceux castle: this castle, surrounded by a moat, now dry, was built in the reign of Henry VI. by Sir Roger de Fiennes, treasurer of the royal household, who obtained from his royal master a license to embattle and fortify his manor house of Hurstmonceux, and to enlarge his park; the castle is of brick, with window cases, door cases and water tables of stone, and is one of the oldest brick mansions in the kingdom: the interior was pulled down about the year 1770, before which time it was one of the finest of our castellated relics: the outer walls and towers are yet standing; those of 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: persons are admitted to view these ruins. The principal landowners are H. M. Curtis, esq. Lord of the manor, and Thomas Arkcoll, esq. The soil is loam and sand; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley and hops. The area is 5,039 acres; rateable value, £8,000; and the population in 1871 was 1,204.

Gardner Street is a populous hamlet of Hurstmonceux parish on the road from Battle to Hailsham, 4 miles north-east from the latter.

Parish Clerk: Charles Morris.

Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank – William Duly, postmaster. Letters arrive from Hawkhurst at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6.45 p.m.

Schools:.

National, Gardner Street, James Richard Winham, master; Miss Elizabeth Green, mistress.

National, Magham Downs, Miss Elizabeth Isted, mistress.

Carrier – James Saunders & James Honeysett, to Battle, Thursday; to Hastings, Tuesday & Saturday; to Hailsham, Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

Private Residents

Thomas Arkcoll J.P. of Lime Park.

Joseph Barrett of Wargroves.

Mrs - Burfield of Windmill Hill.

Mrs - Greenaway of Cherry Croft.

George A. Larby of Flower Green.

Rev. Joseph Heptinstall Marshall M.A., Curate of Windmill Hill.

Mrs - Mills of Windmill Hill.

George C. Parkin of Flower Green.

Rev. William Parnacott, Congregational Minister of Chapel Row.

Geo. Smith of Agates Ho, Gardner Street.

Robert Wright of Gardner Street.

Commercial

George Baker, Butcher of Gardner Street.

Levi Baker, Farmer.

Thomas Barnard, Carpenter.

Miss Maria Bourner, Milnr. of Gardner Street.

Frederick Butler, Farmer of Stunt's Green.

Wm. Butler, Grocer & Draper of Gardner Street.

Ephraim Coleman, Carpenter.

Geo. Coleman, Carpenter of Cooper's Cross.

John Coleman, Farmer of Lime End & Parsonage.

Joseph Coleman, Beer Rtlr of Gardner Street.

Demas Dallaway, Farmer of Rock's Farm.

William Thomas Dawes, Painter.

Sl. Dellaway, Miller & Farmer of Cowbeech.

Geo. Dennes, Saddler of Gardner Street.

Thomas Alfred Duly, Saddler of Gardner Street.

Wililam Duly, Watch & Clock Maker & Post Office of Gardner Street.

Mercer Durrant, Farmer of Chelsham Frm.

William Elphick, Nurseryman & Seedsman of Gardner Street.

George Frant, Shopkeeper of Chapel Row.

Wm. Gander, Beer Retailer of Chapel Row.

Henry Godsmark, (Publican) of Woolpack Inn, Gardner Street.

Thomas Guy, Relieving Officer & Registrar of Births & Deaths of Gardner Street.

(Bros.) Hammon, Millers of Windmill Hill.

George Harmer, Builder & Contractor of Gardner Street.

George Edward Harmer, Overseer & Surveyor.

James Harmer, Miller, Corn, Cake & Manure Merchant of Windmill Hill.

John Harmer, Bricklayer of Gardner Street.

Samuel Harmer, Farmer of Chelsham.

Spencer Histed, Tailer of Gardner Street.

- Hobden, Harness Maker of Gardner Street.

Samuel Hobden, Farmer.

Thos. Honeysett, Bricklayer of Gardner Street.

George Hutchison, Farmer of Ginger's Grn.

Henry Jarvis, Wheelwright of Windmill Hill.

Robert Jarvis, Farmer of Clippingham.

- Lade, Harness Maker of Gardner Street.

Henry Lambert, Farmer & Hop Grower of Cowbeech.

Stephen Marshall, (Publican) of Merry Harriers, Cowbeech.

Mrs Rosina Miller, Shopkeeper of Windmill Hill.

William Moon, Tailer of Gardner Street.

Chas. Morris, Boot & Shoe Maker of Chapel Row.

William Newington, Farmer & Hop Grower of Cowbeech.

Stephen Newman, Boot Ma. of Gardner Street.

Charles Page, Brewer & Coal Merchant of Gardner Street.

Chas. Page Jun., Butcher of Gardner Street.

William Puttock, Grocer of Gardner Street.

Thomas Ratcliffe, Farmer of Church Farm.

James Saunders, Carrier.

Mrs Emily Shadwell, Dress Maker.

James Shadwell, Sawyer of Windmill Hill.

Thomas (& Sons) Smith, Sussex Trug Basket Manufacturers to H.M. The Queen, Price medals, London 1851 & Paris 1865.

Miss Eliza Soper, Grocer and Draper of Gardner Street.

Thomas Soper, Grocer and Draper of Gardner Street.

William Staden, Baker of Gardner Street.

David Stevens, Cooper of Gardner Street.

David Stevens Jun., Basket Maker.

Isaac Edward Stubberfield of Hurstmonceux Grammer School.

Isaac Marchant Stubberfield, Surveyor of Windmill Hill.

Job Sweetman, Fellmonger of Gardner Street.

Thomas Sweetman, Fellmonger of Gardner Street.

George Tate, Farmer & Commercial Traveller of Windmill Hill.

(The Misses) Turner, Farmers of Crowbridge.

Edward Watson, Tanner of Old House.

David Winchester, Wheelwright of Cowbeech.

Hy. Winchester, (Lessee) of Hurstmonceux Castle.

Saml. Winchester, Carpenter of Cowbeech.

Charles Wood, Corn Merchant of Stunt's Green.

Robert Wright, Brewer & Farmer of Old Brewery, Gardner Street.

Other People Mentioned

H. M. Curtis Esq., Lord of the Manor.

Miss Elizabeth Green, School Mistress of National School, Gardner Street.

James Honeysett, Carrier to Battle & Hailsham.

Miss Elizabeth Isted, School Mistress of National School, Magham Downs.

Charles Morris, Parish Clerk.

Rev. Robert Louis Wild, Rector of Oriel College, Oxford.

James Richard Winham, School Master of National School, Gardner Street.

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The text for this section was transcribed by: Domonic Motto.

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