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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
ASH (next Sandwich) is a village and parish three miles N.W. of Sandwich,
and ten from Canterbury; in Wingham hundred, lathe of St.
Augustine, and Eastry union, East Kent. Guilton, or Giltoa Town, is
a hamlet on the same road to the west. The population, in 1851, was 2905.
The church of St Nicholas is a handsome cross shaped gothic building. The living
is a perpetual curacy,
in the bishopric and gift of the Archbishop, and incumbency of the Rev. George
Ridout, M.A.The Independents have a neat place of worship also in the village.
Richborough is a hamlet on a hill, two miles and a half N.E. of Ash, and
one mile and a half N.W. of Sandwich. West Marsh two miles from Ash.
In 1851 the population was 465.
Hillcourt, Goss Hall, Green Street, Brook Street, Weddington, and
Poulton, are places adjoining Ash. Fleet is two miles and a half N,E.;
Cooper Street, two miles N.E.; Sandhills, two miles N.E.; Goldstone, two
miles north ; Coss Street, one mile and a half north; Knell, one mile north;
Overland, one mile and a half N.W.; Each and Each End, one mile and a
half east; Combe, three quarters of a mile S.E.
POST-OFFICE - George Ratcliffe, Postmaster. The nearest Money Order Office is at
Sandwich.
GENTRY.
| Delmar, Charles, Esq., Guilton Rectory Elgar, G., Esq. Friend, Miss Friend, William, Esq. Godden, Captain Godfrey, John, Esq., J. P. Gardener, Mrs. Austen |
Gardner, Mr. William Kelsey, Mr. Thomas Ridout, Rev. George, M.A., Perpetual Curate. Sladden, Isaac, Esq. Tomlin, Thomas Monter, Esq. Wells, Mrs. Young, Mr. William |
| Adley, James, farmer Andrews, Vincent, farmer Beake, William, farmer Bing, Thomas, farmer Beer, Alfred, tailor Bensley, G., farmer Bourne, William, butcher Brett, James, bricklayer Brett, Richardson, jun., farmer Brisley, Charles, bootmaker and hatter Brisley, Edward, carpenter Brisley, John, shoemaker Brisley, John, wheelwright Blaxland, Thomas, grocer Bubb, Thomas, tailor and hatter Buddie, Thomas, blacksmith Burfoot, Mrs. Ann, dressmaker and milliner Burnap, Frederick, plumber and glazier Burton, John, market gardener Bushell, Thomas, farmer Chandler, John, George and Dragon Chandler, John, market gardener Chandler, Thomas, farmer Chandler, John, jun., farmer Chandler, William,, shoemaker Coleman, John Noakes, surveyor Coleman, Thomas,, farmer, and valuer Cook, Charles, farmer Cook, James, farmer Cook, Thomas. farmer Cook, Vincent, farmer Cooper, John, Member of the Royal Veterinary College Court, Stephen, market gardener Crampton, John, miller Dixon, Frederick, chemist and druggist Elgar, Benjamin, farmer Fells, Charles, grocer Fells, George, shoemaker Fells, James, upholsterer and cabinet maker Field, James, saddler Friend, William, farmer Gardner and Godden, pale ale brewers Gilbert, John, grocer Goldup, Edward, Chequers, and coal dealer Gorton, Miss, ladies' boarding school Hadaway, Edward, plumber Harden, Albert, tailor and draper Harlow, John, shopkeeper Harvey, Marshall, farmer Hobbs, Richard, maltster and brewer Hooker, John, market gardener Hopkins, William, blacksmith Jacobs, Israel, grocer Kingsford, Josiah, beer retailer |
Kingsnorth, James, farmer Knight, John, cowkeeper Lilliot, Edward, market gardener Limeburner, Charles, Rose Maenally, Henry, farmer Marsh, Henry, grocer Marsh, Richard, farmer Martin, James, farmer Maylam, John, farmer Morris, William, hairdresser and high constable Mummery, Abraham, farmer Newing, John, blacksmith Petley, John, farmer Pettman, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer Pettman, James, farmer Pettman, William, farmer Quelch, Richard, farmer Ralph, Thomas, farmer Rossiter, William, Ship Ratcliffe, George, postmaster Ratcliffe, Mary, stationer Rogers, Mrs. Harriet, shopkeeper and beer retailer Rowe, Hills, farmer Sandum, George, farmer Setterfield, Edward, pork butcher Shepherd, Octavius, farmer Sladden and Elgar, surgeons Slater, Alfred, farmer Smith, Richard Ratcliff, builder Solley. Mrs. Ann, farmer Solley, George, farmer Solley, Giles, farmer Solley, Henry, farmer Solley, James, farmer Solley, John, shoemaker Solley, Mrs. Mary, grocer and baker Spratt, William, market gardener Spratt, John, market gardener Stiff, Thomas, jun., farmer Stiff, William, baker Sutton, Thomas, market gardener Tapsell, William, carpenter Teall, Stephen, farmer Thorp, Thomas Smith, miller Tritton, Robert, Marquis of Granby Toomer, George Elgar, farmer Tolhurst, Mrs., milliner Wall, John, shoemaker Wells, John, confectioner Wells, Edward, saddler West, Arthur, Red Lion, and saddler Wrake, William, bricklayer Young, Edward, blacksmith |
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