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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BOUGHTON MALHERBE is a village, 10 miles from Maidstone, four from Headcorn
Station, and 60 from London. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The living
is a rectory, in the gift of Lord Cornwallis; the Rev. Edward Moore, M.A., is
the incumbent. The population iu 1851 was 477. The Baptists have a chapel here.
Leperton Street is half a mile N.W.; Grafty Green, one mile S.W.; Green Hill and
Noat's Hill, one mile and a half west; Pope's Hole, three quarters of a mile
S.B. Hazlewood Hill, one mile S.E.; and Bidding, one mile north.
Letters are received through Maidstone, which is also the nearest Money Order
Office.
Moore, Rev. Edward, M.A., Rector.
TRADERS.
Adams, William, farmer
Brown, William, farmer
Butler, William, King's Head Inn
Butler, John, farmer
Buss, Jesse, farmer
Catt, John, farmer
Chambers, William, blacksmith
Champion, Jesse, farmer
Champion, John, beer retailer, etc
Champion, Joseph, farmer
Chaney, John, farmer
Christian, William, farmer
Christian, John, farmer
Cook, Robert, farmer
Hodges, Edward, farmer
Hooker. Joseph, farmer
Kemp, William, farmer
Offen, John farmer
Pelham, Benjamin, farmer
Pye, Henry, farmer
Tappenden, Henry, miller
Wiffen, William, wheelwright