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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BARHAM is a parish six and-a-half miles S.E. of Canterbury, in Kinghamford,
lathe of St. Augustine and Bridge union, East Kent. The church
of St. John the Baptist is an ancient building. The living is a rectory in
the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. Charles Oxenden, M.A..
is the incumbent. The population in 1851 was 1,105. The Downs
are two miles long, on which Canterbury Races are run. Broom Park is
one mile and a quarter long; Derringstone, half a mile S.W.; South Barham,
one mile S.W.; Heart's Delight, half a mile west; Broom, two miles S.E.;
Digg's Place, half a mile north; Den Hill, one mile S.E.; Woolwich, two
miles S.E.; Waldershare Wood lies between Broom Park and Breach Down.
Gravet Castle is the name of a farm,
POST-OFFICE - Edward Joseph Pyner, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office
is at Canterbury.
GENTRY.
Graham, Mrs Elizabeth
Harrison, Rev. Thomas
Montressor, Lady, the Park
Oughton, John Hardwick Esq., Broom park
Oxenden, Rev. Charles, Incumbent
Oxenden, George Charles, Esq.
Ryan, Mrs. Ann
Public Houses in Barham
TRADERS.
| Allen, Valentine, tailor Arter, Edward, farmer Barber, Richard, farmer Colyer, Henry, farmer Cooper, Richard, bricklayer, Derringstone Fagg, William, farmer, Bread farm File, Joseph, butcher, Derringstone File, Stephen, farmer File, Mrs. Susannah, miller, Derringstone Gasbey, Clement, farmer Gibbons, Richard, farmer, Ham Goobey, Clement, beer retailer Hickins, Joseph, cornfactor Hobday, William, shoemaker Hobday, William Henry, shopkeeper Hodges, Montague, farmer & tax-collector Hornsby, Charles, Duke of Cumberland Howard, Charles, veterinary surgeon Knotts, William, carpenter Kingsland, Mr., miller and baker |
Long, Edward, surgeon Miles, Mrs. Rebecca, shopkeeper, Derringstone Munn, William, farmer, Derringstone Page, Josiah, beer retailer, Derringstone Page, William, carpenter Pyner, Edward, grocer and Postmaster Quested, James, Horse's-head, and farmer Quested, Thomas, blacksmith, Derringstone Quested, Matthew, carpenter Rayner, Thomas, butcher Reakes, James, blacksmith Robins, James, blacksmith and farmer, Gravet Castle Sankey, John, farmer, Digg's place Stone, Thomas, cooper, Derringstone Webb, Charles, bricklayer, Denton street Webb, James, tailor West, John, baker & shopkeeper, Derringstone Wilson, Thomas, grocer Derringstone Winch, Robert and George, bricklayers Winch, Thomas, farmer, Derringstone Wood, Thomas, bricklayer |