From Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1867
SLINFOLD is a village and parish, 39 miles from London by road and 42 by rail, and 4 west from Horsham by road and 4½ by rail, in the Western division of the county, Easwrith hundred, rape of Arundel, Horsham union and county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Chichester, and rural deanery of Storrington. The church of St Peter is a handsome edifice in the Early Decorated style, capable of accommodating 400 persons: it consists of a nave, chancel, and south aisle, and a spire surmounting a tower, with 6 bells: it contains a small organ, and among other stained glass windows, there is one of great beauty, by Hughes, of London, representing Our Saviour bearing the Cross, the Crucifixion, and Ascension, with six medallions representing the works of mercy: the pulpit is of carved oak: there is a curious sculptured female figure, destitute of any inscription but traditionally said to belong to a member of the family of Tregoz: the church stands on the site of the old one (of 1230): it was erected in 1861, at a cost of £3,697 10s. 6d., by voluntary contributions from the bishop of the diocese and rector of the parish, with liberal subscriptions and gifts from the inhabitants of this and the surrounding parishes, aided by grants from the Incorporated Society for Building Churches and Chapels, and the Chichester Diocesan Society: Mr. Ferrey, of London, was the architect. The register commences in 1558. The living is a vicarage and rectory united, value £472 per annum, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Chichester, and held by the Rev. Frederick Vincent, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford. The National schoolroom, for boys and girls, is a neat building, with residence attached for the mistress. Several benefactions to the poor of this parish, though of small amount, are recorded – viz, in 1602, Henry West, £10; in 1617, Thomas Churchar, £10, in 1622, James Churchar, £5; in 1652, John Scule, £25. in 1807, General John Leland, £50. In 1621, Edward Cowper, Esq. gave 15s. per annum, arising from land. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the principal manor (Dedisham), and with Captain Bunny, N. P. Simes, Esq., Sir Percy Shelley, Bart and, Thomas Child, Esq., is principal landowner. The Slinfold Benefit Society was established in 1850, and holds its meetings st the King’s Head. There are several handsome residences in Slinfold and the vicinity. Strood Park is the elegant seat of Nathaniel Philip Simes, Esq. The Horsham and Guildford line of rail passes through the parish and a neat station has been erected half a mile south of the village. The area is 4,330 acres, and the population in 1861 was 755.
Parish Clerk, William Strudwick.
POST OFFICE.- Charles Weakford, receiver. Letters through Horsham delivered at 7.15 a.m; dispatched at 6.45 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Horsham
National School (boys & girls), Miss Funnell, mistress
Railway Station, James Creassy, station master
CARRIERS TO HORSHAM.- William Charman (from Pulborough, passes through), by van, saturday, returning same day; Henry Knight, to & from, daily, by van
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Briggs Mr. John
Bunny Capt. Edw. John, J.P. The Lodge
Child Mr. Charles, Park house
Child Thomas, esq. Windalls
Cooper Robert, esq. Lutwicke
Davies Rev. – [curate]
Holden Mrs. Rose cottage
Knight Mrs
Mills Mr. Arthur Corfe, Theale house
Simes Nathaniel Philip, esq. Strood park
Stanford Miss
Vincent Rev. Frederick, M. A. Rectory
COMMERCIAL.
Baker Jesse, shopkeeper
Charman Edw. farmer, Hunting grove
Child Thomas & Son, timber merchants
Cooper Robert, artist, Lutwicke
Farley Isaac, shopkeeper
Grinstead Alfred, carpenter
Grinstead James, road surveyor
Holden Susan (Mrs.), farmer, Ashland
Knight Alfred, farmer, Old House farm
Knight Henry, wood rake maker
Mills Robert, farmer, Theale house
Miriam Henry, farmer, Low. Lodge farm
Mitchell James, butcher
Nye James, bricklayer
Peters John, farmer, Whiteheads
Puttock James, farmer, Dedisham farm
Puttock Philip, farmer, Broadbridge
Read George., carpenter
Reader Charles, King’s Head
Reader Charles Henry, shoe maker
Richardson Morris, farmer, Pensfold farm, & at Rudgewick
Stanford John, farmer, Baker’s farm
Venn James T. bricklayer
Wadey Frank & Peter, blacksmiths
Weakford Charles, post office, & grocer & draper
Windebank W. C. Station inn