From Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1867
West Hoathly is a parish, 32 miles from London, 5 south-west from East Grinstead, near the Lewes road, 4 east from Balcombe station, and 7½ north-east from Cuckfield, in the Eastern division of the county, Buttinghill hundred, East Grinstead union and county court district, Lewes rape and archdeaconry, and diocese of Chichester. The church is an ancient Gothic stone building: it has nave, south aisle, chancel, tower and spire, with 5 bells. The register dates from 1690. The living is a vicarage, value £150 per annum, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. Francis Kirkpatrick, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. Here is a chapel for Independents, and a National school.
From Selsfield Common extensive views of the South Downs and Malden district are obtained. The soil is strong clay, belonging to various owners. The area is 4,863 acres; the population in 1861 was 1,120.
Parish Clerk, William Kimber.
POST OFFICE.- Mrs. Eliza Comber, receiver. Letters arrive at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched at 3.35 p.m. to East Grinstead by foot post. The nearest money order office is at East Grinstead
National School, Miss M. Otway, mistress
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Cayley Francis, esq. Gravetye manor
Chatterton John, esq. Callcott
Dudgeon John, esq. Pearcelands
Dudgeon Scott, esq. The Rocks
Hunter John, esq.
Kirby Mrs. Highbrook
Kirkpatrick Rev. Francis, M.A. [vicar]
Powell John Cotton, esq. Selsfield lodge
Sharpe Robert, esq. The Courtlands
COMMERCIAL.
Arnold John, jun. miller & farmer
Bennett Thomas, farmer & shopkeeper
Bond Thomas, blacksmith
Budgen Benjamin, hoop makr. & shopkpr
Cook Joseph, boot & shoe maker
Day William, wheelwright
Durrant Stephen, jun. farmer, Sharp Thorn farm
Everest William, farm bailiff to John Chatterton, esq. Callcott
Fox William Edward, farm bailiff to Mr. Charles W. Fox
Heasman William, miller, Selsfield mill
Histed Henry, butcher, & at Forest row
Hunter John, surgeon
Izzard William, farmer, Bricklands
Johnson John, grocer & draper
Langridge William, carpenter
Longley Henry & James, timber dealers, Selsfield common
Longley John, jun. Punch Bowl, Selsfield common
Lucking Luke, wheelwright
Miles Histed, farmer, Brook house
Newnham Joseph, Cat inn
Reynolds Robert (Mrs.), farmer, Selsfield house
Rose Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Landgridge
Rose Thomas, grocer, Birch grove
Shirlock Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Simmons Thomas, bricklayer
Stanbridge Richard, farmer, Stone land farm
Starr Philip, farmer, Riceland farm
Street Alfred, draper & grocer
Terry William, farmer, Grovelands
Tester Thomas, farmer, Up. Sheriff farm
Tester William, farmer, Birch grove
Tulley James, farmer, Hook farm
Turner John, farmer, Greathouse farm
Walder Thomas, White Hart
Walls Wm. farmer, Lower Sheriff farm
Wicken George, farmer, Pickerage
Wickin Thomas, tailor
Woolgar Mary (Mrs.), day school