Click here for Grayshott, listed separately at end (was independent of Headley by this time) — see also 1899 Kelly's Directory
HEADLEY is a large parish (etc) …. In the village is a Congregational chapel erected in 1860 with 100 sittings, and [at Lindford] a Bible Christian chapel holding 200 persons and at Standford an iron chapel for the Brethren. [Note: All Saints quoted as having 350 sittings]
A permanent military camp is now (1903) in the course of formation at Borden [Bordon]. Headley Park, on the border of Woolmer Forest, is the seat of Sir Robert Samuel Wright BCL, Justice of the High Court of Justice (King’s Bench Division), who erected the mansion in 1884.
Eveley, the residence of John Tatham Smithes Esq, in the village of Standford, is a mansion of stone in the Gothic style.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Mr Justice Robert S Wright, Mrs Kingdon, Sir Archibald John Macdonald Bart. of Woolmer, Mrs Petar, A Ingham Whitaker Esq of Grayshott Hall, Liphook (sic), John Tatham Smithes Esq, Charles Erskine Vertue Esq of Grayshott, JA Chalcroft Esq, and the War Office.
… The population in 1901 was 2,497, including 18 in the Bordon Camp, in the civil parish and 1,831 in the ecclesiastical.
Parish clerk and sub-postmaster, William Gamblen
Standford sub-postmaster, Alexander Gordon
Carriers: Oscar Gamblen to Liphook daily, William Rogers to Farnham Thursdays
Note: Standford and Grayshott listed separately at end
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Allden, James, The Birches
Alwyn, Marner, Glenmuir [at Woodside by 1907]
Ayling, William Budd, Ferndale
Bell, Joseph, Heathercot
Bewsher, James, Lane end
Bewsher, Samuel, Crabb Tree [Crabtree] house
Bromley, Michael junior, Kenton House, Stone hill [note: this is at the bottom of the present road called Beech Hill]
Cameron Mrs, Stone hill
Chawner, William, Stag’s deane
Christian, J Henry, Land of Nod
Cooke, George, Hilland Lodge
Crabb, C.C.A.E., Croft cottage
David, Charles, The Laurels
Frankland Misses, Arford house
Fraser, Cyril E, Bronhead [Broxhead?] Warren
Fraser Mrs, The Chestnuts
Griffin Mrs, The Bungalow, Stone hill
Hahn, Theoph. Sigsmund, Headley grange
Harrison-Scott Mrs, Bracken
Hubbuck Mrs, Pinehurst
Hunt, John, Lilac cottage
Johnson Miss, Ealing cottage, Stone hill
Judkins, John Lucas, Hurst cottage
Laverty, Rev Wallis Hay MA [rector]
Maude, Lt-Col Rt [Robert?] Hy [Henry?], White Hill chase
Morgan, Godfrey Harrison, Early house
Newland, C Bingham, Wishanger lodge
Noad Mrs, Lyndford [Lindford]
Parish Mrs, Beech hill
Parsons, John, Heathfields
Phillips, Walter Tawny, Hill land [Hilland]
Prichard, Charles Edward, Llandover (postal address Churt, Farnham)
Scoffield, Frederick, Walcot, Beech hill
Scott, Lionel A, Stonedene
Scott-Kerr Miss, The Oaks
Simons, Evelyn, Home croft
Sleigh, Robert, Headley fields
Smale Mrs, Holly bank
Spence, Robert Henry, Headley cottage
Steven, Hugh, Sunnyside
Swan, Charles Robert, The Retreat, Stone hill
Tindal Mrs, Trevenna
Watts, Richard, Oak villa, Fullers vale
Williams, Thornton A, Hedge side
Wright, Sir Robert Samuel BCL, etc …, Headley park
Wynne, Richard, Bayfields
Young, John, Belmont
COMMERCIAL
Bishop, William, carpenter
Blanchard, Edwin, bricklayer
Britton, John, horse dealer, Broxhead
Cole, George, wheelwright
Collins, Charles, blacksmith and farmer
Curtis Brothers, grocers & drapers
Curtis, James, shopkeeper, Arford
Foster, Robert senior, horticulture and general builder, Stone hill
Foster Robert, junior, nurseryman, Stone hill
Gamblen, Henry, farmer and coal merchant
Gamblen, James, Wheatsheaf PH
Gamblen, Oscar, fly proprietor
Gamblen, William, news agent and post office
Gardner, Richard S, farmer
Gates, Francis, draper, Arford
Greenway, Samuel, cattle dealer and farmer, Holy water [Hollywater]
Griffin, George, White Horse PH
Harding, Albert John, grocer etc, Lyndford [Lindford]
Headley Institute and Reading Rooms (Charles Henry Beck, sec)
Hellier, Frederick, hire carter, Lyndford [Lindford]
Jacques, William Singer, farmer, Headley wood
Kemp, Colin, carpenter
Kingdon Jane (Mrs), farmer and hop planter
Laws, William, chimney sweeper, Lyndford [Lindford]
Louch, Eli, saddler etc.
Matthews, William, horse dealer, Deadwater hill
Mills, Charles, carpenter, Saunders green
Mullard, James, Crown PH
Palmer, George, New Inn
Rogers, William, baker and grocer and agent for W&A Gilbey Ltd, wine & spirit merchants
Saunders, George, Holly Bush PH and posting house
Shepherd, Edward, land steward to J Whitaker Esq, Stream
Shrubb, Jonas (Mrs), shopkeeper, Arford
Taylor, James, farmer, Broxhead farm
Taylor, Thomas Elliott, Royal Exchange PH, Lyndford [Lindford]
Tidey, Robert, grocer, Arford
Wakeford, Frederick, butcher
Willis, George, grocer, Lyndford [Lindford]
Allen, Henry Howard
Calderon, W Frank, Headley Mill farm
Cobb Mrs, Moorside cottage
Crowther-Smith, Stanley Francis MB, Standford house
Curtis, George
Sillem Mrs, Reynolds
Warren, George
COMMERCIAL
Crowther-Smith … physician & surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, 4th district, Alton Union, Standford house
Mighill, Joseph, farmer, Lower house
Page, Thomas, wheelwright
Stevens, Joseph, farmer, Standford farm
GRAYSHOTT is a consolidated chapelry consisting of parts of the parish of Hedley [Headley], Hants, the new parish of St John Churt, Surrey, and of the new parish of St Stephen, Shottermill, and was formed 13th January 1901 by Order in Council.
The civil parish of Grayshott, formed in 1902 by order of the Local Government Board, consists of the portion situated in Hants.
Beale Miss, Hindhead chase
Campbell Miss, Apsley
Carson, Murray, Ling cottage
Chapman, Ernest Henry, Glen head
de Pury, David, Grayshott house
Hancock, Charles, Firlands
Harrison Miss, Woodside
Hecht Mrs, Hurstmere
Henslowe, Cecil WE, Pinewood
Hind Miss, Heathside
I’Anson Miss, Mount cottage
Jeakes, Rev James Malcolm MA (vicar), Vicarage
Lowe Miss, St Edmund’s cottage
Lowry, Charles Ernest Corry, Oakhurst
Lyndon, Arnold MD, Windwhistle house
Moir Miss, Ling holt
Smith, Mrs Plymton, Kitcat cottage
Stoehr Miss, The Stone house
Vertue, Charles Erskine, Grayshott court
Weston Miss, Ensleigh
Whitaker, A Ingham JP, Grayshott Hall
Wiginton Miss, Gorse mount
Wyatt Miss, Arundel
COMMERCIAL
Bangs, Alfred, fruiterer
Beaves, Henry, carpenter
Boyell, Mrs Ann, apartments
Brain, Richard Benjamin, steam laundry
Butcher, HA, dairy
Capital & Counties Bank Ltd (sub-branch) open Fridays 12 to 3
Chandler, Benjamin, cab proprietor
Chapman & Lowry, builders and contractors
Charlwood, Charles, saddler
Cooper, Arthur, fruiterer
Cornish, George, draper and grocer
Cox, Graeme Vassell BA, private tutor
Coxhead & Welch, ironmongers
Deas & Son, grocers and wine & spirit merchants
Frost, Samuel, tobacconist
Heather, John, boot maker
Hoy, Benjamin Charles, fishmonger
Inge, Edmund Gane, chemist
Jackson, William Gildart MA, The Mount school
Little, Mary (Miss), china dealer
Lyndon Arnold MD, MRCS Eng, physician & surgeon, Windwhistle house
Madgwick, Thomas, builder
Menzies, Marion (Miss), confectioner
Milton, Andrew Thomas, beer retailer
Mitchell, Henry, butcher
Moore, Archibald James, butcher
Moore, Elizabeth (Mrs), dining rooms
Munday, John & Mary (Mrs), greengrocers
Pannell, Charles, boot maker
Prince, John, baker & confectioner
Puttick, Thomas & Sons, painters
Robinson, Thomas, grocer
Rowswell, Arthur, cycle agent
Sandell, John, carrier
Searle, Edwin James, Fox & Pelican PH
Shuff, Charles, upholsterer etc.
Snewing & Green, cabinet makers
Stacey, Frederick, boot maker
Stokes, Frederick, grocer
Ticehurst, James, apartments, The Gables
Tollington, John George, clothier
Upex, William, Prudential Assurance agent
Walder, James Partridge, photographer
Warr, Fannie (Mrs), draper & bookseller
Weinstein, Bernardt, watch maker
Wells, James, blacksmith
White, John George, confectioner
Wilt, Mary (Miss), dress maker
Wood, William Richard, carrier
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