Kelly's Directory 1878


NORTHBOURNE, so named from its situation at the source of a small brook running to Sandwich, is a parish in the Eastern division of the county, Cornilo hundred, lathe of St. Augustine, union of Eastry, Deal county court and police district, Sandwich rural deanery, diocese and arch deaconry of Canterbury, 3 miles south-west from Deal and 4 south of Sandwich. The church of St. Augustine, which is built of flint, is a large cruciform edifice, consisting of a chancel, nave and transept, having a square tower in the middle containing 5 bells: the church is nearly covered with ivy: over a vault in the south transept is a marble monument to Sir Edwin Sandys and his family, who are buried here; upon it are recumbent effigies of a knight in armour and his lady; above the pediment and around it are several shields, with armorial bearings of the family; there is also a costly reredos and tessellated pavement in the east end, and a beautiful stained window, subject, "The Crucifixion" which was given to the church by Sarah, widow of Charles Hannam, esq. of Northbourne Court, in memory of her husband: there are also two stained windows in the north transept, in memory of H.J. Hutchinson and the Rev. Thos. Hutchinson: the latter 17 years rector of this parish. The register dates from the year 1586. The living is a rectory, yearly value £300, with residence in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held by the Rev. Thos. Wood M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. The Manor of Northbourne was given in 618, by Eadbald, King of Kent, to the monastery of St. Augustine at Canterbury; it subsequently came into the hands of the Crown, but is now the property of Sir Walter Charles James, bart. of Betteshanger. The principal landowners are Sir Walter Charles James, bart. Frederick Morrice esq. Henry Hannam esq. and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The soil is loamy; subsoil chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 3,628 acres; rateable £7,194 and the population in 1871 was 873.

ASHLEY, 4 miles south-west (there is a Methodist Chapel);
FINGLESHAM, one mile and half north (there is a Methodist Chapel);
LITTLE BETTESHANGER, 1 mile west; and
MARLEY, 1 mile north are hamlets in this parish.

NAPCHESTER, MINACRE and WEST STUDDAL are in a detached portion of Northbourne parish.

TICKENHURST, is a detached part of the parish in Eastry hundred and union, 1 mile north-west from Eastry with 145 acres and 30 inhabitants.

Parish Clerk, Leonard Horton

POST OFFICE - Joseph Gibson, receiver. Letters arrive via Deal 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m. WALL BOX, Finglesham, at 5.45 p.m. week days and 10.15 Sundays. Letters for Finglesham and Tickenhurst via; Sandwich, for Ashley via Dover. The nearest money order and telegraph office is at Deal.

National School, Samuel Jolliffe, master; Mrs. Jolliffe mistress.

BULLOCK  Wm. Holly Tree ho. Finglesham    
HANNAM   Mrs. Northbourne Court
KIDDER James
MACKNEY Mrs.
SNELLER Onesiphorus, Hope Cottage
THOMAS George, West Hill ho. Finglesham
WOOD Rev. Thomas M.A. Rectory

COMMERCIAL

ANDERSON William George, baker
ATKINS Mark, farmer, Tickenhurst
BEDWELL John Wm. farmer, Finglesham
BELSEY Edward, farmer, Minaker Ashley
BURROWS William, farmer, Telegraph farm
COCK Daniel, beer retailer, Ashley
CORK Richard., market gardener, Tickenhurst
DIXON William, blacksmith
FAMARISS George, farmer
FORD William, Crown, Finglesham
FULLER Richard miller
GIBSON Joseph, tailor
GILBERT Marsh, farmer and miller, Northbourne Mill
HARVEY Squire Underdown, farmer Ashley
HARVEY William, farmer, Finglesham
HORSNELL John, shopkeeper, Finglesham
INGE Alfred, farmer, West Studall, Ashley
INGE May,  farmer, Stoneheap Farm
JONES Elizabeth (Mrs.) farmer, Ashley
JONES James, farmer and timber merchant, Ashley
KEMBER John, beer retailer, Minaker, Ashley
KIRBY George, farmer, Ashley
KIRBY Samuel, farmer Little America, Ashley
LONG William E., farmer, Cold Harbour
MACKNEY  John, grocer
MERCER John, farmer, Finglesham
NETHERSOLE William Canon, (Hare and Hounds)
PAIN William, bailiff to Sir Walter Charles James, bart. Little Betteshanger
PARKER Upton, agent to Thomas Finn, Abbey farm
PETMAN George, shoe maker, Ashley
PRITCHARD Elizabeth Jones (Mrs.), beer retailer, Finglesham
SAYER Charles, market gardener, Finglesham
SAYER John, carpenter, Finglesham
SOLLEY Albert, farmer, Tickenhurst
SOLLEY Alfred James, farmer
WALKER George Henry, carpenter and wheelwright
WELLARD William, shopkeeper, Ashley
WILSON William farmer Marley, Finglesham
WOOTON Antony, farmer, Great Napchester, Ashley
WYBORN Edward, farmer, Little Napchester, Ashley
WYBORN Henry, market gardener, How wall, Finglesham