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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BECKENHAM is a large village and parish, 10 miles from London, and two N.W. from
Bromley. The population in 1851 was 1,688. In the village and neighbourhood
there are many handsome villas. The church is dedicated to St. George, and is a
plain building. The living is a rectory, in the gift of John Cator, Esq.,
diocese of Canterbury, and archdeaconry of Maidstone; the Rev. Frederick
Chalmers, B.D., is the rector. The Croydon Railway crosses Penze Common,. a
short distance from Beckenham. Clay
Hill is half a mile east; Elm End, one mile S.W.; Shortlands, one mile and a
half east; Langley, two miles south ; Eden, half a mile south; Fox Grove, half a
mile N.E. Elmer's End is a hamlet.
POST-OFFICE. - Richard East, Receiver. Letters arrive from Bromley.
GENTRY.
| Adams, Edward R., Esq., Elmer Lodge Adams, —, Esq., Clock House Bradley, William, Esq. Brown, N., Esq. Caird, J., Esq., M.P., Langley Park Cator, Peter, Esq., Beckenham Hall Chalmers, Rev. Frederick, B.D., Rectory Desborough, Henry, Esq. Duke, Richard, Esq. Fortiscue, Henry, Esq., Manor House Fowden, Reginald, Esq., Burrell Cottage Glass, Francis, Esq. Goodhart, Charles, Esq., Langley Lodge Hankey, George, Esq. Hoare, Mrs., Kelsey Park |
Hoare, Peter, Esq., Kelsey Cottage Holland, Launcelot, Esq., Langley Holland, Henry, Esq., Beckenham Park Hovill, _, Esq., Elm Cottage Marshall, John, Esq., Eden Lodge Nicholl, Mr. Henry, Langley Cottage Ogle, James William, Esq., Oakwood Schillis, Mr. Lewis Shore, Rev. Robert T., Elmer's end Taylor, Richard, Esq., Leicester place Tolman, James John, Esq. Wathen, Hulbert, Esq., the Lodge Whitmore, William, Esq. Wilkinson, William Arthur, Esq. Wilson, Cornelius Lee, Esq., Village place |
| Bath, William, tailor Barnett, Philip, shopkeeper and beer retailer Blazey, William, beer retailer, Elmer's end Carless, Henry, surgeon Chalkin, Richard, farmer, Kent House Church, Ebenezer, carpenter and builder Churcher, William, shoemaker Cumberland, J., tailor De Bouin, _, linen draper East, Richard, grocer and postmaster Fuller and Son, carpenters Gibbons, William, farmer, Fox Grove Glover, _, shopkeeper Hancock, Charles, wheelwright Harris, William, bricklayer Hillier, Joseph, surveyor of roads Holifield, Richard, beer retailer James, Thomas, carpenter, etc. Leach, Thomas, painter and shopkeeper Levens, William, baker and parish clerk Luck, William, blacksmith Mann, William, saddle and harness maker |
Matthew, Michael, farmer Mills, William, wheelwright Milward, John, beer retailer Offen, George, shopkeeper Ovendon, William, Three Tuns Overy, George, plumber and glazier Peacock, Henry, chemist Pettitt, Daniel, beer retailer Shaw, William, butcher Shaw, William, butcher Shoebridge, Samuel, beer, retailer Smith, Thomas, baker and grocer Snelling, William, maltster and brewer Taylor, Michael, boarding school Terry, Thomas, baker Ward, John, farmer, New Farm Watkins, D., farmer Wheller, James G, George White, James, blacksmith Williams, Edward, butcher Wood, Mrs Ann, beer retailer |