From Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1867
WARNHAM is a village and parish, 33 miles from London by road, 3 north from Horsham, in the Western division of the county, Singlecross hundred, rape of Bramber, Horsham union and county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Chichester, and rural deanery of Storrington. The village is rather extensive, and consists principally of one long narrow street, running north and south. The church of St. Margaret, an ancient Norman edifice, was enlarged and repewed in 1847-48 by voluntary contributions, aided by a grant of £120 from the Society for Promoting the Enlargement of Churches and Chapels: it consists of a nave and north and south aisles, with three chancels; the northern of these latter portions is divided from the south aisle by a handsome Gothic oak screen: it has a square embattled tower with clock and 6 bells: amongst the monuments will be found one to the family of the Carills, dated 1613: it contains sittings for 200 Persons. The register dates from 1558. The living is a vicarage, value £314 18s. 5d. per annum, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held by the Rev. James Wood, M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford. The commutation of great tithes, payable to Sir Percy Florence Shelley, Bart., is £461 1s. 3d. Here is a neat National school for boys and girls. Near the village is Warnham Court, the residence of Charles Thomas Lucas, Esq., a very handsome mansion, and a striking feature of the surrounding country; the grounds are tastefully arranged and surrounded by a fine park. On the south-west side of the parish is Field Place, the birthplace of Shelley, the poet, now the residence of William Innes, Esq. Warnham Lodge is the delightful residence of William Norris Franklyn, Esq., in the Old English style of architecture. Thomas Wisden, Esq., of Brighton, is lord of the manor of Den; and the Rev. John Broadwood, Mrs. Barnett, Sir Percy F. Shelley Bart., – Henderson, Esq., D. T. Lucas, Esq. and Mrs. Wood, of Brighton, are the chief landowners. The Horsham and Dorking line of rail, now (1866) in course of formation, passes through this parish, and a neat station is being erected here. Area, 4,920 acres; the population in 1861 was 1,006.
WEST HOUSE, KINGSFOLD, and a portion of BROADBRIDGE HEATH are in this parish.
Parish Clerk, Michael Turner.
POST OFFICE.- William Tanner, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Horsham at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Horsham
National School (boys & girls), Mrs. Sarah Powell, mistress
Agate Mr. Stephen, sen.
Franklyn William Norris, esq. Warnham lodge
Graham Peter, esq. West house
Harding Mr. James
Hogsflesh Mr. Thomas
Innes William, esq. Field place
Lucas Charles Thos. esq. Warnham court
Wells Mr. Francis
Wood Rev. James, M.A. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Agate John & Stephen, timber merchants & farmers, & at Horsham
Agate Albert, farmer, steam thrashing machine proprietor & bone manure manufacturer, Bailing hill
Agate John, farmer, Street farm
Agate John, grocer
Branch Martin, wheelwright
Charman James & Thos. farmers, Den
Charman Henry, farmer, Tickfold
Charman John, shoe maker
Charman Michael, blacksmith
Charman Richard, beer retailer & shopkeeper
Churchman William, farmer, End’s Place farm
Etherid Avis (Mrs.), farmer, Stone farm
Farley Peter, Sussex Oak, & boot maker
Flint Mary (Mrs.), Wheatsheaf inn, Kingsfold
Freeman Frederick, wheelwright
Henley Henry, farmer
Holland John, farmer
Muggridge Benjamin, farmer, Cradles farm
Muggridge Daniel, farmer
Muggridge John, farmer
Nash William, farmer, Weston’s farm
Nightingale Richard, farmer
Parkhurst Henry, farmer
Parkhurst Peter, farmer
Henry, farm bailiff
Shaw Caleb, farmer, Little Chickens
Stanford William, farmer, Sands
Tanner William, post office, & french polisher & shopkeeper
Walder John, farmer
Wood Wm. farmer, Broadbridge heath