18/10/2006
Transcribed by Stacey Gardner
Clayton is a parish in Buttinghill hundred, Cuckfield union, Lewes rape, with 1,870 acres, and a population of 610. The benefice is a rectory, with the curacy of Kemer annexed, in the patronage of Brazenose College, Oxford, and incumbency of the Rev. James Garbett. The church has undergone considerable repairs; the assessment is £2,829. The Brighton Railway is close adjacent; and here is a tunnel 1 ¼ miles long, cut through chalk; Clayton Hill, 2 miles from the station, and 7 miles north of Brighton.
Letters received through Hurst.
Traders
Avery Thomas, farmer
Beard James, farmer
Brooker, John, farmer
Durtnell William, baker
Godley George, Friar’s Oak
Holford Abraham & William, farmers, Frick Farm
Jones William J. farmer
Kinchip William, surveyor
Lewery Stephen, shopkeeper
Mercer John, miller
Mitchell James, miller
Ockinden William, farmer
Turner John, farmer
Whiteman William, farmer
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