1855
Entry for Ringmer
RINGMER is a village and parish 3 miles north-east of Lewes and 10 west of Hailsham, in Chailey Union, Ringmer Hundred, and Pevensey rape, East Sussex. The church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, is very ancient, and has a chancel, nave, small side aisles, and wooden tower, and contains several monuments and brasses of the 17th and 18th centuries. The benefice is a vicarage, value about £300 per annum, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Here is a neat Independent chapel, also a National school and a Workhouse school, for the Chailey Union. BROYLE PLACE, an ancient mansion, of which only a portion remains, is supposed to have been built by one of the archbishops of Canterbury. A part of the Horse Artillery barracks, formerly standing near the village, is converted into a private lunatic asylum. The area of this parish is about 5,624 acres, and the population, in 1851 was 1,374.
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GENTRY. Chapple Miss Harriet Constable Rev. John [vicar] Nugent William Henry, esq Paine Henry William, esq Symons Rev.Edward, B.A.[curate] Veale John Bessant, esq |
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TRADERS. Alchorne Thomas, ‘Old Ship’ Barber Joseph, shoemaker Berry Henry Ebenezer, carpenter & maltster Bodle Charles, ‘Anchor’ Chandler Robert William, butcher Chapman Henry, baker Coates Edmund, tailor Cook John, farmer Cosham William, carpenter Davis Richard, blacksmith Diplark William, shoemaker Divel Thomas, boot & shoe maker Durrant John, carpenter Durrant Robert, brewer Edwards Joseph, bricklayer Fiest Thomas, farmer Fuller Joseph, farmer Gardener Thomas Champion, farmer Hide William, farmer Hillman Joseph, blacksmith Holman Mary (Mrs.), corn miller Huntley George, farmer Ivory Ann (Mrs.), Ringmer Lun. Asylm Kirby William, ‘Green Man’ Knight Thomas, farmer Lively Thomas, farmer Martin Edward, baker Martin Fredk. shopkeeper & postmstr Martin William Brown, carpenter Masters George, shopkeeper Miller Joseph, bricklayer Page Peter, ‘Railway’ Parsons John ‘Cock’ Pockney William, shoemaker Poole Charles, cattle dealer Rickman John, farmer Saxby Thomas, farmer Sharpe Mary (Mrs.), farmer Smith John, corn miller Steer Edward, painter & glazier, & at East Hoathley Thatcher John, farmer Thorpe Thomas Hart, farmer Turner Henry, farmer & brickmaker Verral Best, surgeon Waller Henry, cabinet maker Wickens Stephen, farmer Withers William, farmer POST OFFICE. –Frederick Martin, postmaster. Letters arrive at ½ past 7 a.m.; dispatched at ½ past 6 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Lewes CARRIERS pass through here daily PUBLIC SCHOOLS:- National, Miss Ann Walton, mistress Chailey Union Workhouse, Michael Griffin, master; Mrs. Martha Griffin, mistress |