22 Jul 2006
Transcribed by Domonic Paul Motto
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 Residences
Arkcoll, Thomas, J.P. Lime Park
Barrett Joseph, Wargroves
Burfield Mrs. Windmill Hill
Greenaway Mrs. Cherry croft
Larby George A. Flower Green
Marshall Rev. Joseph Heptinstall, M.A. [curate], Windmill Hill
Mills Mrs. Windmill Hill
Parkin George C. Flower Green
Parnacott Rev. William [Congregational], Chapel Row
Smith Geo. Agates ho, Gardner Street
Wright Robert, Gardner Street
Commercial
Baker George, butcher, Gardner Street
Baker, Levi, farmer
Barnard Thomas, carpenter
Bourner Maria (Miss), milnr, Gardner Street
Butler Frederick, farmer, Stunt’s Green
Butler Wm. Grocer & draper, Gardner St
Coleman Ephraim, carpenter
Coleman Geo. Carpenter, Cooper’s Cross
Coleman John, farmer, Lime End & Parsonage farm
Coleman Joseph, beer retlr. Gardner Street
Dallaway Demas, farmer, Rock’s farm
Dawes William Thomas, painter
Dellaway Sl. Miller & farmer, Cowbeech
Dennes Geo. Blacksmith, Gardner St
Duly Thomas Alfred, saddler, Gardner Street
Duly William, watch & clock maker, & post office, Gardner Street
Durrant Mercer, farmer, Chelsham frm
Elphick William, nurseryman & seedsman, Gardner Street
Frank George, shopkeeper, Chapel Row
Gander Wm. Beer retailer, Chapel Row
Godsmark Henry, Woolpack inn, Gardner Street
Guy Thomas, relieving officer & registrar of births & deaths, Gardner St
Hammond Bros, millers, Windmill hill
Harmer George, builder & contractor, Gardner Street
Harmer George Edward, overseer & surveyor
Harmer John, bricklayer, Gardner Street
Harmer James, miller, corn, cake 7 manure merchant, Windmill hill
Harmer Samuel, farmer, Chelsham
Histed Spencer, tailor, Gardner Street
Hobden &Lade, harness makers, Gardner Street
Hobden Samuel, farmer
Honeysett Thos. Bricklayer, Gardner St
Hutchison George, farmer, Ginger’s grn
Jarvis Henry, wheelwright, Windmill hill
Jarvis Robert, farmer, Clippingham
Lambert Henry, farmer & hop grower, Cowbeech
Marshall Stephen, Merry harriers, Cowbeech
Miller Rosina (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Windmill Hill
Moon William, tailor, Gardner Street
Morris Chas, boot & shoe maker, Chapel Row
Newington William, farmer & hop grower, Cowbeech
Newman Stephen, boot ma. Gardner St
Page Charles, brewer & coal merchant, Gardner Street
Page Chas. jun. butcher, Gardner Street
Puttock William, grocer, Gardner Street
Ratcliffe Thomas, farmer, Church farm
Saunders James, carrier
Shadwell Emily (Mrs.), dress maker
Shadwell James, sawyer, Windmill Hill
Smith Thomas & Sons, Sussex truck basket manufacturers to H.M. The Queen, Prize medals, London 1851 & Paris 1865
Soper Thomas & Eliza (Miss), grocers & drapers, Gardner Street
Staden William, baker, Gardner Street
Stevens David, cooper, Gardner Street
Stevens David, jun. basket maker
Stubberfield Isaac Edward, Hurstmonceux grammar school
Stubberfield Isaac Marchant, surveyor, Windmill Hill
Sweetman Thomas & Job, fellmongers, Gardner Street
Tate George, farmer & commercial traveller, Windmill Hill
Turner (The Misses), farmers, Crowbridge
Watson Edward, tanner, Old House
Winchester David, wheelwright, Cowbeech
Winchester Hy. Lessee of Hurstmonceux Castle
Winchester Saml. Carpenter, Cowbeech
Wood Charles, corn merchant. Stunt’s green
Wright Robert, brewer & farmer, Old Brewery, Gardner Street
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