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Trade Directorys of Kent - Listings for Hastingleigh
1855 - Post Office Directory for Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire
ELMSTED or Elmstead is a parish and villlage 5 miles east of Wye station, 77 from London, 9 north-east of Ashford, in the lathe of Shepway, Stouting Hundred, and Elham Union, East Kent. The situation is lonely but healthy, lying on high ground. The village ontains a free school, supported by Sir Courtney Honeywood. It is within the diocese of Canterbury, and deanery of Elham. The church is an old and handsome building, consisting of a nave, two aisles and three chancels, dedicated to St. James, and containing various monuments. A fair is held annualy on the 25th July. Thee area of the parish is 2602 acres and in 1851 the population was 500.
BODSOM GREEN is 1 mile northwest, Evington half a mile north-west, Whatshall,or Watsall Street is half a mile south; Bavins, Wigmore Heath and Podlinge 2 miles north-east,; Dane or Dean Farm, Thong, Dowells, Eding and Sheepcote 1 and a half miles north-west; Pitbottom, Meeksted [Maxsted], Six Mile House and Limbridge Green, three quarters of a mile east; Eastlye Court 2 miles north east; Ashenfield, Hassell Street and pet Street 2
and a half miles north-west.
HASTINGLEIGH is an adjoining village and parish in Bircholt franchise, east Ashford Union. The church is very ancient and consists of two aisles and one chancel with a square tower steeple, and is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a rectory, consolidated with the vicarage of Elmsted, commuted value £233/7s; the Rev. Gostwyck Prideaux B.A. is incumbant. The area of the parish is 1498 acres and the population was 219 in 1851.BEMBER half a mile south-east; South Hill half a mile south-west; Browns corner 1 mile north-west; Combe Farm 2 miles north-west; King Mill Down, half a mile south.
Elmsted Traders
Agar, George - Farmer
Bailey, Thomas - Farmer
Birch, Stephen - grazier Little Dello
Browning, James - Farmer Watsell St.
Church, John -George [Inn]
Cloak, Thomas - Farmer
Files, Norris -Farmer
Files, Thomas - Farmer
Gambrow, Henry - Shopkeeper
Hearenden, Richard - Farmer
Holturn, John - Farmer
Hopkins, Clark - Farmer
Hopkins, Richard - Farmer
Hopkins, Stephen - Farmer
Kingsmill, Comfort - Farmer
Laker, George - Wheelwright and carpenter
Leggett, Stephen - Farmer Bavens farm
Marsh, Ann (Mrs) - Farmer
Marshall, Thomas - Farmer Bodsom Green
Newport, James - Farmer
Newport, George Jr. -Farmer
Newport, George Sr. -Farmer
Newport, Richard - Farmer
Oxley, Thomas - Farmer
Pibus, Henry - Carpenter North Lye
Pilcher, George - Farmer
Smeed, Henry - Farmer
Sutton, Mary (Mrs) Farmer Dean Farm
Sutton, Thomas Kidder - Blacksmith and Postmaster Bodsom Green
Waters, Thomas - Farmer, grazier and beer retailer, Bodsom GreenHastingleigh
Prideaux, Gostwyck B.A. Rectory
Sankey, Samuel Jr. Esq South Hill
Stickels, Mr Thomas
Brice, William - Farmer
Browning, George - Farmer
Hayward, James - Farmer Hassel Street
Kidder, Susannah (Mrs) - Farmer
Marshall, Edward - Farmer
Marshall, William - Farmer Combe farm
Moore, George - Bowl [Inn]
Sankey, Richard - grazier
Sankey, Samuel - Farmer
Stickels, George - Farmer
Stickels, Edward - shopkeeper
Swinnard, John - Farmer
Wiles, John - FarmerPOST OFFICE - Thomas Kidder Sutton, receiver, Bodsom Green, Elmstead.
Letters from Ashford arrive every morning at quarter to 10and dispatched every afternoon at 4; the nearest money order office is at Wye.
1858 - Melville and Co. Directory and Gazeteer of Kent
[Elmsted and Hastingleigh are combined and appear on pages 33/34.]
ELMSTED is a parish and village five miles east of Wye station, 77 miles from London, nine east of Ashford, in the lathe of Shepway, Stanting Hundred, and Elham union East Kent. The church is an old and handsome building dedicated to St. James and containing various monuments. The population in 1851 was 500. Bodsom Green is one mile NW; Evington half a mile NW; Whatshall or Watsall street is half a mile south;Bavins, Wigmore Heath, and Podlinge, two miles NE; Dane or Dean Farm, Thongs, Dowells, Eding and Sheepcote, one mile and a half NW; Pitbottom, Mecksted, Six-mill House, and
Limbridge Green, three quarters of a mile east, Eastley Court two miles NE; Ashenfield, Hassell street and Pitt Street, two miles and half NW.HASTINGLEIGH is an adjoining village and parish in Bircholt franchise, East Ashford Union. The church is very ancient, and is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a rectory consolidated ith the vicarage of Elmsted. The Rev. Gostwyck Prideaux, B.A. is incumbant and the population was in 1851 219. Bember, half a mile SE; South Hill, half a mile SW; Browns Corner one mile NW; Combe Farm two miles NW, Kings Mill Down, half a mile south.
Post Office - Thomas Kidder Sutton, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at Wye. P>
TRADERS
Agar, George - Farmer
Bailey, Thomas - Farmer
Birch, Stephen - grazier at Little Dells
Browning, James - Farmer Watsall St.
Church, George
Cloak, Thomas - Farmer
Files, Norris - Farmer
Files, Thomas - Farmer
Gambrow, Henry - Shopkeeper
Hearenden, Richard - Farmer
Holtum, John - Farmer
Hopkins, Clark - Farmer
Hopkins, Richard - Farmer
Hopkins, Stephen - Farmer
Kingsmill, Comfort - Farmer
Laker, George - Wheelwright and carpenter
Leggett, Stephen - Farmer at Bavens Farm
Marsh, Mrs Ann - Farmer
Marshall, Thomas - Farmer Bodsom Green
Newport, James - Farmer
Newport, George Jr. -Farmer
Newport, George Sr. -Farmer
Newport, Richard -Framer
Oxley, Thomas -Farmer
Pibus, Henry - Carpenter at North Lye
Pilcher, George -Farmer
Smeed, Henry -Farmer
Sutton, Mrs Mary - Farmer at Dean Farm
Sutton, Thomas Kidder -Blacksmith and Postmaster at Bodsom Green
Waters, George - Farmer and grazier, and beer retailer at Bodsom Green
HASTINGLEIGH GENTRY
Prideaux, Rev. Gostwyck, B.A. Rector
Sankey, Samuel Jr. Esq. South Hill
Stickles, Mr Thomas
TRADERS
Browning, George - Farmer
Hayward, James - Farmer at Hassel St.
Kidder, Mrs Susannah - Farmer
Marshall, Edward - Farmer
Moore, George - Bowl [Inn]
Sankey, Richard -Grazier
Sankey, Samuel - Farmer
Stickles, George -Farmer
Stickles, Edward - shopkeeper
Swinnard, John - Farmer
Wiles, John - Farmer
1891 - Kellys DirectoryTRADERS
George Tappenden - Baker in Hastingleigh, Ashford
William Cobb - Farmer Hastingleigh, Ashford
Stoddard Fagg - Farmer Hastingleigh, Ashford
Richard Hayward - Farmer Hastingleigh, Ashford
Frederick Marsh - Farmer Hastingleigh, Ashford
Robert Marsh - Farmer Hastingleigh, Ashford
George Stickles - Farmer Hastingleigh, Ashford
John Marsh - Bowl Inn, Hastingleigh
HASTINGLEIGH is a village and parish, 4 miles south east from Wye station on the Ashford and Canterbury branch of the South Eastern railway, 8 north east from Ashford and 75 from London, in the Southern division of the county, Bircholt Barony, lathe of Shepway, Ashford petty sessional division, East Ashford Union, Hythe County court district, rural Deanery of Elham and archdeacory and diocese of Canterbury.
The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of a chancel, nave, south aisle with an arcade of two arches, west porch and a tower to the west end of the south aisle containing one bell; the chancel is divided from the nave by an oak screen; there is a piscina in the chancel and in the south aisle, and a brass in the nave to John Halke ob.1604 and Anna his wife ob. 1596; the nave and aisle were restored in 1880 and the chancel in 1886, there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1730. The living is a rectory, consolidated with the vicarage of Elmsted, yearly value from tithe rent-charge L433 with 22 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of canterbury, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Anthony Collett M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge who resides at Elmsted. The principal landowners are the trustees of St. Thomas Hospital. The soil is various; subsoil chalk. The chief crops are wheat, beans, peas, and hops. The area is 1515 acres, rateable value L1332; the population in 1871 was 231, in 1881 it was 229.
Sexton = Thomas Hooker
Post Office = George Tappenden, receiver.
Letters through Ashford arrive 9am; dispatched at 5pm, 4.30pm in Winter months.
The nearest money order of telegraph office is at Wye.
Carrier - Pilcher to Ashford on tuesdays, Canterbury on saturdays.
The children of this village attend the school at Elmsted.
Cobb, William - Farmer
Fagg, Stoddard - Farmer Crabtree Farm
Hayward, Richard - Farmer
Marsh, Frederick - Farmer Staple Farm
Marsh, John - Bowl Public House
Marsh, Robert - Farmer
Mills, George - Farmer Little Combe
Sankey, Richard - Farmer South Hill
Stickles, George - Farmer
Stupples, George - Farmer Kings Mill Down
Tappenden, George - Grocer and Baker ; Post Office
1903 - Kellys Directory of Kent
Jessie Cobb, Hastingleigh, Ashford
W Brett, Staple Farm, Hastingleigh Ashford
George Cook, Hastingleigh, Ashford
S Fagg, Crabtree, Hastingleigh, Ashford
T Hogben, Court Farm
Albert Thomas Roalfe, Lydden Dane.
Carrier = Mills - from Somerset Arms, Ashford 3.45pm tuesdayMills - from The Sun, Canterbury 4pm Saturdays
HASTINGLEIGH is a village and parish, 4 miles south-east from Wye station on the Ashford and Canterbury branch of the South Eastern and Chatham railway, 8 north-east from Ashford and 75 from London, in the Southern division of the county, Bircholt barony, lathe of Shepway, Ashford petty sessional division, East Ashford union, Hythe county court district, rural deanery of West Bridge and archdeaconry of Canterbury. The church of St. Mary is of stone, in the early English style, and has a tower containing one bell; there is a brass to John Halke 1604 and Anna his wife 1596; the nave and aisle were restored in 1880 and the chancel in 1886; the church affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1730. The living is a rectory, consolidated with the vicarage of Elmsted, joint net yearly value L240 including 22 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Francis Charles Timins M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge who resides at Elmsted. A mission room was erected in 1895 and is used for Sunday evening services, there is also a Village Hall and Reading Room. The governors of St. Thomass Hospital and Mr Richard John Sankey are the principal landowners. The soil is various; subsoil chalk. The chief crops are wheat, beans, peas and hops. The area is 1553 acres, rateable value L1012; the population in 1901 was 178.
Sexton William Hayward
Post Office - George Tappenden, sub postmaster.
Letters through Ashford arrive 9am; dispatched at 5pm (4.30pm winter months). Postal Orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order office is at Wye, 5 miles distant. The nearest telegraph office is at East Brabourne 3 miles distant, which is open from 7am to 10pm on week days and 8am to 8pm Sundays.
Carrier - Frank Mills to Ashford Tuesdays; Canterbury on Saturdays.
The children of this village attend the school at Elmsted
COMMERCIAL
Brett, Walter - Farmer Staple Farm
Cobb, Jesse - Beer Retailer
Cobb, William - Farmer Parish Farm
Cook, George - Farmer
Fagg, Stoddard - Farmer Crab Tree
Hayward, William - Sexton
Hogben, Thomas - Farmer Court Farm
Kennett, Richard - Farmer Little Combe
Marsh, Robert - Farmer New Barn
Norrington, Elizabeth (Mrs) - Poultry dealer Old Rectory House
Reeves, Benjamin - Farmer Vigo Farm
Roalfe, Albert Thomas - Farmer Lydden Dane
Sankey, Richard John - Farmer and Landowner South Hill
Stickells, Frederick - Bowl Public House
Stickels, George - Farmer Kings Mill down.
Tappenden, Cubison - assistant overseer
Tappenden, George - Grocer, draper, baker and coal merchant, Post Office and supply stores.
Viall, Samuel P. - Farm Bailiff to the govenors of St. Thomas Hospital, Great Combe
Village Hall and Reading Room (Edward Tappenden secretary)
1913 - Kellys Directory of Kent ?>Tappenden Brothers (EG & CF) Post Office, Hastingleigh, Ashford
Frederick Richardson, Hazel Street, Hastingleigh, Ashford
Carrier = Ashford to Elmsted & Hastingleigh - (James)Blackford from Somerset Arms on Tuesdays 4pm
Carrier = Canterbury to Hastingleigh - (James)Blackford on Sunday 4pm
Elmsted - The living is a vicarage united to the rectory of Hastingleigh joint net yearly value £240 including 22 acres of Glebe with residence in the gift of the Arch Bishop of Canterbury and held since 1904 by the Rev Thomas Leonard Thorold Hill M.A.
Evington Place the property of Lord Ashburton.
Hastingleigh is the nearest telegraph office (closed on Sundays).Public Elementary School (mixed) built 1874 for 100 children average attendance 52 John Udall master.
Hastingleigh: A mission room was erected in 1895 and is used for Sunday evening services, and there is also a Village Hall and Reading Room.
Richard John Sankey Esq. & Major George Taylor are the principal land owners.
The chief crops are wheat, barley and peas.
The area is 1553 acres, rateable value 1,111 Pounds.
The population in 1911 was 184 in the civil parish.
Sexton is William Hayward
Post & Telegraph Office - Cubison Francis Tappenden sub-post master.
Letters through Ashford arrive at 7.45am & 12.45pm dispatched at 10.35am & 5.30pm
No telegraph business and no delivery on Sundays
The nearest money order office is at Wye 4 miles distant (which is closed on Sunday.)
Carrier - James Blackford to Ashford on Tuesday, to Canterbury on Saturday.
The children of this parish attend the school at Elmsted.
Private Residents: Mrs Brook at Old Rectory house
Richard John Sankey at South Hill
Major George Taylor at Coombe Grove
Commercial:
James Blackford, carrier Rose Cottage
George Cook & Walter, Farmers Grove
William Croucher, farmer Staple Farm
William Durrant, Beer Retailer
W Ewell & son, Farmers
William Edwards, farmer New Barn
Albert Janes farmer Little Coombe Farm
Robert Kerr Bowl PH & assistant overseer
Hugo Lockyer, Farmer Parish Farm
Frank Lucas, Farmer
John Marsh, Farmer Vigo Farm
Robert Marsh, Grazier
Frank Mills, Farmer Crab Tree
Charles Parker, Farmer, Court farm
Frederick Richardson, Dairyman, Hazel St. [Hassell St.]
Albert Thomas Roalfe, Farm Foreman to R.J. Sankey esq.
Richard John Sankey farmer & landowner, South Hill
Tappenden Brothers (EG & CF) grocers, drapers, bakers & coal merchants, Post office & supply stores
Edward G Tappenden & Cubison Francis (Tappenden) Farmers, Lees Farm
Major George Taylor Farmer & Land owner, Coombe Grove
Samuel Uden, Carpenter, Clifton Cottage
Village Hall & Reading Room (Edward Tappenden - secretary)
Walter Wetherell - Assistant overseer & clerk to the Parish Council of Elmsted, Red House
Waltham records state: By local government board order 23.643 dated March 24 1889 a detached part of this Parish [Waltham] was transferred
to Hastingleigh in East Ashford Union.