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HOOE - is a parish, about 4 miles north-east from Pevensey station on the Hastings branch of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, 6 south-west from Battle, 10 west from Hastings, 11 east-north-east: from Eastbourne and 10 east from Hailsham, in the Eastern division of the county, Ninfield hundred, Hastings rape and county court district, Battle petty sessional division, Hailsham union, rural deanery of Hastings (first division), archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. The Ashburn stream passes through the parish. The church of St. James, which appears to have been renamed St. Oswald, is of stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style and has 5 bells; the church was partially restored in 1889-90, the work being completed in 1899, and the bells re-cast. at a total cost of 2,200, the church affords 250 sittings. The register dates from 1531. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value 193 with 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1889 by the Rev. Cuthbert Routh M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. A fair for cattle is held here on May 1st. An alien priory of Benedictine monks, attached to the Abbey of Bec, was founded here about 1139. The Earl of Ashburnharn, the hon. Thomas Allnut Brassey, who is lord of the manor, and F. W. Pennefather esq. are the largest landowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, sand. The chief crop is wheat. The area is 2,473 acres; rateable value 2,8981, the population in 1901 was 436.
Parish Clerk, Edgar Taylor
Note! In the extract below, the infants mistress is given as Mrs Mary Newport but this is an error as she was my grandmother and her name should be Emily Newport
Post Office. - Samuel Dodson, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Battle S. O. at 8 a.m. and 2.45 p.m.; dispatched at. 5.10 p.m and 10 a.m.; Sundays arrive at 8.45 a. m. and are dispatched 10 a. m. The nearest telegraph and money order office is at Ninfield, 2 miles distant.
Public Elementary School (mixed) for 130 children: average attendance 90; John .James Newport, master; Mrs. Mary Newport, infants mistress.
| Brand, John Edmund, The Grove | Errey, John, carpenter and wheelwright | Pilbeam, Frank, farmer |
| Routh, Rev. Cuthbert M. A. (Vicar), The Lodge | Gander Thomas, farmer, School farm | Pilbeam, Jn., Lamb P. H., Sewers bridge |
| COMMERCIAL | ||
| Grant Wm. farmer, Broad St. farm | Ryan, Thomas Edward, Red Lion P. H. | |
| Barton, Harry, carrier and coal dealer | Hayward Richard William. assistant overseer for the parishes of Hooe and Ninfield, The Mount | Sheather and Son, market gardeners |
| Boniface Stphn and Son, frmrs, Allcross | Hewitt Margaret (Miss) farmer, Oldbury farm | Smith James. butcher |
| Brand, John. Edmund, C. C. farmer, Grove farm | Lemmon George and Arthur, farmers, Holmes farm | Snodgrass, John and Alexander, farmers |
| Carden Rachael, Mrs., smith and coal merchant | Mitchell Jabez, farmer. Court Lodge | Taylor Benjamin, farmer, Longdown fm |
| Carey, William, farmer, Sprays farm | Morris, Thos., farmer, Saddlers farm | Taylor Benjamin, farmer, Longdown fm |
| Deeprose, bros., market gardeners | Morris, Samuel, farmer Akehurst frm | Veness, Margt., Mrs. Btchr and shpkpr |
| Dodson S. grocer and draper. Post office | Pilbeam, Charles, carpenter |
TRADES
| Page 791 | Builders | Taylor, E. and H., Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 795 | Butchers | Smith, James, Hooe, Battle., S. O. |
| Page 797 | Carpenters and Joiners | Errey, John, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 798 | Carpenters and Joiners | Pilbeam, Charles, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 807 | Coal and Coke Dealers | Barton, Harry, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 808 | Coal and Coke Merchants | Carden, Mrs., Rachel, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 836 | Farmers | Boniface, Stephen and Son, Allcross, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 836 | Farmers | Brand, John E., C. C. Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 837 | Farmers | Carey, William, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 840 | Farmers | Gander, Thomas, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 841 | Farmers | Hewitt, Miss Margt. Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 843 | Farmers | Lemmon, Geo. and A. Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 844 | Farmers | Morris, Samuel, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 833 | Farmers | Morris Thomas, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 845 | Farmers | Pilbeam, Frank, Hooe, Battle. S. O. |
| Page 847 | Farmers | Snodgrass, John and Alexander, Gardner street, Hurstmonceux, Hailsham R. S. O. and Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 848 | Farmers | Taylor, Benjamin, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 867 | GRO | Dodson, Samuel, Post Office, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 901 | Market Gardeners | Deeprose, Bros., Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 902 | Market Gardeners | Sheather and Son, Hooe, Battle, S. O |
| Page 929 | Publicans | Lamb - John Pilbeam, Sewers bridge, Hooe, Battle. S. O. |
| Page 930 | Publicans | Red Lion Thomas Edward Ryan, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |
| Page 970 | Wheelwrights | Errey, John, Hooe, Battle, S. O. |