longer hop gardens after commutation. applied to lands which were converted to hop production. Z..e,.l,.,i,,,9,;Yrg..i,.;.);./.S~£J«ac etvgj CQN (mod F2» ’C4Q~— :1)6bv;w0 This extraordinary charge ceased when.lands to which it was applied were no Conversely, the extraordinary charge The gross rent for tithe owners was adjusted according to their involvement in hop cultivap tion. market garden produce. Under the 1836 Act an extraodinary charge could also be applied to Bridge had just over 14 acres of market gardens, but they were not subject to any extraordinary rent charge in the Schedule. CONCLUSION While the Bridge Tithe Apportionment and Map provides valuable infor- mation on land ownership and occupation, the information relates only to one point of time, and the picture provided of agriculture in the parish is incomplete in many respects. of crop rotation. Information is lacking on soil types and courses There exists, in addition, tithe files for each tithe district, which contain replies to a printed questionnaire, which in turn had been sent to all tithe payers before commutation. been consulted in the case of Bridge, since "where there was an Agreement The files have not between the parties, the files are not likely to contain very much of interes (34 A fuller picture of farming in Bridge demands the consultation of other doc- umentary sources, such as probate inventories, or estate records which contain farming accounts or leases stipulating husbandry covenants. APPENBIX AND MAP RELATING TO APPORTIONMENTS IN BRIDGE AND PATRIXBOURNE Landowner Garner Harriet (Heirs of) Garner Harriet (Heirs of) Fissenden Peter Conyngham Marchioness of Conyngham Marchioness of Fissenden Peter Fissenden Peter Fage William Beckingham Louisa Occupier Boyack Alexander Wilson William Paul Samuel Denne George Brice Richard Himself Price James and Others Himself Horn Henry 172- Y13 Y15 Y16 Y17 Y18 Y24 Y44 Name and description State of Quantity of lands and premises cultivation a. r. p. House and Garden " " 39 ’ House and Garden " Zgu / House and Garden " " 9 “ Bridge Field Arable 7 2 4 “ The Park Pasture 4 2 19 “ — Pasture " 3 28 ’ Four Houses and Gardens " 1 4‘/ — Pasture 1 3 4 / Bourn Paddock Pasture 39 2 8 landowner Hardeman William Hardeman William Tritton Ann Tritton Ann Neal James Barham Rev. Richard Barham Rev. Richard Hodges Charles Foord Thomas Colegate Frederic Fage Sarah Marsh Richard Keiler Maria Sicard Mary Gambrill William Guardians of Bridge Union Guardians of Bridge Union Barham Rev. Richard Occupier Horton John and another Goodman Thomas and others Williams William Duckett Thomas May Thomas and Four others Richardson James Richardson James Himself lawrence John and others Himself and Dyason John Eaden Edward and another Callard Thomas Hooker Daniel Herself and another Himself Themselves Themselves Richardson James Y49 Y53 Y6O Y61 Y62 Y63 Y64 Y65 Y67 Y68 Y69 Y7O Y72 Y75 Y76 X92 Y93 Y95 Name and description State of of lands and premsies cultivation Two Houses and Gardens Four Cottages and Gardens Two Houses and Gardens Houses and Gardens Five Cottages and Gardens. Bridge.Farm Homestead Two Acre Meadow Pasture House and Premises Four Cottages and Gardens House, Yard and Premises Two Cottages and Gardens House and Garden House and Garden Two Houses and Gardens House and Garden Union Spot Arable Union House — Two and a Half Acres Pasture nti a. r. p. n :1 15 v/ n n 11 // n H 20 -/ H H »/ N 3 19 / 1 5 15 / n we 3 / n I! 15v/ " N n n 11 // n n 15 v/ H u 8 " 1 11 v/ n u 16 /’ " 3 25 / 1 1 15 “‘ 2 2 12 V/ Landowner Occupier Barham Richardson Rev. Richard James Barham Richardson Rev. Richard James Conyngham Brice Marchioness of Richard Gonyngham Brice Marchioness of Richard Conyngham Brice Marchioness of Richard Beckingham Rutter Ann Iouisa and others Beckingham Steed Iouisa John Beckingham Steed Iouisa John Beckingham Steed Iouisa John Conyngham Herself Marchioness of Conyngham Brice Marchioness of Richard Patrixbourne Conyngham Hopper Marchioness of William and another Conyngham Brice Marchioness of Richard Gonyngham Brice Marohioness of Richard Gonyngham Herself Marchioness of Y96 Y97 Y102 Y103 Y104 Y105 Y106 Y107 Y109 Y11O Y111 X78 X79 22. Name and description. State of Quantity of lands and premises cultivation a. r. p. Union Fields Arable 5 1 31 Stour Meadow Basture 2 3 27 Bridge Place Meadow Pasture 9 1 1 Bidge Place Hbmestead 1 2 9 The Slip Pasture " 3 30 Two Cottages and Gardens " 2 16 Dog Kennel Meadow Pasture 3 1 37 Dog Kennel Meadow Pasture 1 " 30 Dog Kennel Meadow Pasture 3 1 3 Bourn Hop Ground Hope 17 3 " Bridge Place Pasture Pasture 6 3 20 X63(E) Cottages and Gardens " 1 12 Part of Bfrons Park Pasture 12 2 6 Soothouse Meadow Pasture 3 " 11 Mill Plantation Plantation 5 " 20 X81 58. but died in jail soon afterwards. Machoull himself was a forger and kept a disreputable 1odging—house in London, whence he retired to the Sussex coast c.1810, to keep up complaints that he was being persecuted! (6) In similar vein, the preface of another directory lamented the harmful effects of »f}.narrow—minded and unprincipled comment of certain individuals in the trade (making use of journals)... to propagate the grossest misstatement and cowardly innuendoes..." (7 Illustrated at this stage is a complete mid-nineteenth-century entry for the village of Bridge. ,, .. .—-—-—,---——-—-————-~ '{"‘:—‘*“' " Iutnan dcrives_its_nnme from its situation in a valley and 3 north transept or chancel, in the centre ofthc north on the ‘Roman und modem mm! to Dover, at 3 bridge of the aisle. The living is 9. perpetual curnc annexed over 5 feeder of the Stour. It is in the hundred of Bridge to Putrixbourne vicnrnge, gain: mmuai mine .6 ’ , in the and Pethnm,nud union oi’ Bridge lathe oi’ St. Augustine, ntrons of the Dowager InrchlonessofCon31i hem; the Canterbury county court district, ocean and srchdeoconry, ev. Jo in Stevenson, .\!.A., is the incumbent. here is n Bridge dennsry, 3 miles south of Canterbury, with a po uln— N ntlonol school, and n Literary and Scientific Institution for tion in 1&'2l,oi 864, and murenof 1,101 stores. The nlon Bridge nnd Pntrixbourne. In the neighbourhood are several war house contained ‘in Inmates out of this. number. The gentleman's seats. church or st. Peter consists of three males, 1 high chancel, Pwruo can is Imifn mile west; Rentvell, 1 north-went. IIIVATII use rnnxre. coxuzncru. Jervis Arm (Mm), butcher Aldvorth Rev. tit. Ledggr, nut. Adams George, fnnner Kaiser George, ihruser Ba nrk Mrs Banks Robert Young, Iineudrsper Kuig it Geo: , shoemaker , Ed in; Mrs , Barter John, butcher Lawrence J , grocer ~ ‘ Elgar Mrs Coiegnte Richd. builder 5: wheeiwright Marsh James, iur-met ~1~‘rv.v:r Mr. Thomas Collard Thomas, tailor Martin John, 3. .iler (}u_-Kn Mrs Collins John, farmer, Petthouse form More Alfregi, grocer 6: baker: Jarvis .Ir. Henry Davis John, ocer Mutton Richard, ole Sc porter brewer, J3;-vi. Mrs Dntnaii Wil am, bricitmaker wholesale, it retail Johnna Mrs Byers Joseph, Red L:.o_n Sayer William, plumber 6: gluzier Kin ord Rev. Brenchley, H.fi.[C!X1'uf8 Fa Th_x_nnas, blacksmith :}l_ier:-nrd Richard, postmaster o Bisho l-cums} I_'inc W xlliem l_>oo‘t 6: shoe maker mcard Amelius, surgeon Lansbe re ‘ I-reer Fanny ($1158), seminary Steed Jolm, gmzier Martin r . fryer George, _miller Thomas James, chemist Pittock Thomas, esq Horde‘.-man W illiem, wntchmalter Sc Van-ier William Curling, plumber 6:. , Pratt Lieut. David arrent to the hent fire 8:. life office hop bag manufacturer Smith Rev. Isaac [curate H ges Clx_2_\rlcs, butcher Wells Richard, master of National sch! Stevenson Rendohn, :x.A. incumbent], Honmns. ll illiam, builder 5: registrar of White Thomas, boot in shoe maker Patrbtbonrue births, deaths 3: man-inge-s_ White William, farmer Winter Capt. Charles HomsbyClxnrlesFortcscue, W Iziteflorse Williams Daniel, eengtocm‘ Huxstep Gilbert, farmer Wills Richard, hr Post Orrrcza-—Richnnl Siren-std receiver. Letters from Re ‘ trar offlirtlm Deaths -Ma ‘ W , H , London nrrive from Canterbury lay mail can at 7 am. Ntxtmcrl School, Ili’cinu-d Wglls, mrglgii’ 2031, £13: as dis tched at 8 pan. The nearest money order oflice Sayer.-hr_nistrcss ' ‘(IT inst Lenterbury ' Union £1031-98;_JnmesBel§3,.master *’.%:.::;°;,‘it:*zv:a:;:m.m M. °:n‘;““ * ‘° °““‘°"’“"“ ‘’°'“’ *’“:“‘’°“'‘‘’ Source: Post Office Directory of the Six Home Counties 468. It has been selected from one‘ of several trade directories which have been consulted for this chapter. It helps to set the scene for the later 1850's by offering a general description of Bridge as a parochial community. Considered in isolation it represents no more than a static picture for l859. Similar and sometimes fuller and more historical accounts can be gleaned from guidebooks, histories and almanacs. (8) Of equal or greater informative value are the lists of "private residents” and those in commerce and trades which follow the opening descriptive and topographical paragraphs. This format or arrangement of entry remained unchanged throughout the period covered by this chapter and was equally applicable to other towns and villages throughout the country. The histcrial value of trade directories with particular reference to Sussex has recently been assessed as follows by John Farrant. "For the social historian they can indicate the internal structures of communities; for the economic historian the relative and changing importance of occupations and industries may be revealed....In few instances are directories undoubtedly better in quality of information than other sources: census enumerators' tallies are more comprehensive and probably more