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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Pubs in Benenden
BENENDEN, or BENNENDEN, is a village and parish of the same name, seven miles
south from Headcorn station, and four S.E. from Cranbrook. The population in
1851 was 1,608. The church, dedicated to St. George, is an ancient edifice. The
living is a vicarage, in the gift of Thomas Law Hodges, Esq., and incumbency of
the Rev. Daniel Boys, M.A. Here is also a dissenting meeting-house.
POST-OFFICE. - Henry Hinkley, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office
is at Cranbrook.
GENTRY.
Boys, Rev. Daniel, M.A., Vicarage
Cleveland, Miss
Hodges, Miss, Hemsted place
Neve, Thomas, Esq.
Thornton, Rev. W. W., Curate
Wells, R., Esq., M.D.
TRADERS.
| Ashmole, John, farmer Austin, James, beer retailer Barden, William and George, wheelwrights Buckland, John, farmer Chittenden, Thomas, grocer, etc. Colebrook, Cornelius, farmer Cook, Henry, beer retailer Crawfield, Samuel, veterinary surgeon Dunk, Jonathan, blacksmith Farley, Richard, tailor Golding, James, miller Hague, Isaac, shopkeeper Handcock, W. D., farmer Harden, William G., farmer Hudson, George, farmer Hyland, Robert, shoemaker |
Judge, James, executors Lansdell, William, farmer Mount, Thomas, farmer Munn, George, blacksmith Munn, Jarvis, shoemaker Neve, Richard, Esq., farmer Parrett, Richard, brickmaker Roots, John, blacksmith Simmons, Frederick, grocer etc Sharpe, Samuel and Frederick, carpenters Shoobridge, John, plumber and painter Shoobridge, Edwin, bricklayer Southon, Owen, grocer, &c. Wenman, William, carpenter Wenman, E. G., farmer |