Transcribed by Susan D. Young.

Kent Archive and Library reference .

About a mile westward of Appledore, in that parish is the chapelry village of EBONY and about half a mile from the village, on the summit of a hill, stands the church (or rather chapel) a low plain building; the living is annexed to that of Appledore and the Rev William Dixon performs the duty at both places.  The POPULATION and LOCALITY of the above mentioned parishes are as follows: WITTERSHAM is in the hundred of Oxney and the lathe of Shepway and contained at the last census 919 inhabitants. APPLEDORE in the hundred of Blackbourne and lathe of Scray, 568, and STONE in the same hundred and lathe as Wittersham 410 inhabitants.   The population of the chapelry of EBONY is returned with that of the parish of Appledore.

POST OFFICE, APPLEDORE, Edward Relph, Post Master. -Letters from LONDON and all parts, arrive (by foot post from Tenterden) every morning, and are despatched every afternoon.

PUBLIC HOUSES

White Hart & Lamb, Thomas Paine, Ebony

VANS

To ASHFORD a Van (from Hastings). passes through Appledore and Wittersham every morning.

To HASTINGS a Van (from Ashford) passes through Appledore and Wittersham every afternoon.

CARRIERS

To ROMNEY William Wales (from Tenterden) calls at the Swan Inn, Appledore, every Monday and Friday.

To RYE Jeremiah Relph from Appledore every Wednesday and Saturday.

To TENTERDEN Jeremiah Relph from Appledore passes through Wittersham every Tuesday and Thursday.