PREFACE.
This is the Fifth Edition of the Directory of the Counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex in its present form.
Its contents are similar to those issued previously, viz. :-.A general account of each County, with Lists of the Hundreds and Poor Law Unions ; the Places in each County alphabetically arranged, with their Inhabitants (both Private Residents and Tradesmen), and with their Hundreds, Unions, and County Court Districts and Divisions of the County (as formed under the provisions of the " Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 "), as also their Dioceses, Archdeaconries and Rural Deaneries. The College and University of every Beneficed Clergyman hav~ been given, as far as they could be ascertained ; the names of the Parish Clerks under each. Parish ; and lists of Farm Bailiffs of Gentlemen farming their own land.
The COUNTY COUNCILS, created under the "Local Government Act, 1888," have been given, with the names and addresses of the members, and any necessary alterations under the "Local Government Act, 1894," have been made.
A colored(sic) Map* of each County on a large scale and Indices referring to all places and persons mentioned in the Topographies are prefixed. The Proprietors have again to return their thanks to those Clergymen, Magistrates' Clerks, Registrars, and other gentlemen who have assisted their Agents while collecting the information.
The Letters S.O. and R.S,O. in various parts of the book are abbreviations adopted by H.M. Post Office to represent Sub-Office and Railway Sub-Office; and if they be added, with the names of Counties, to the addresses of letters in lieu of the Post Towns, the delivery of sunch letters will be accelerated.
PUBLISHING OFFICE,
182, 183 & 184 HIGH HOLBORN,
LONDON, W.C.
March, 1899.
The Maps are sold separately at the following prices :-
Plain Sheet ... 2s. Od. | On Roller ... 4s. Od. | In Case ... 5s. Od,
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HYTHE BOROUGH, KENT. Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, Bart., D.L., elected M.P.
(March 1) in place of Lt.-Gen. Sir J. Bevan Ed wards, K.C.M.G., resigned.
