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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BOUGHTON, or BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN, is a parish three
miles S.E. of Faversham, and seven west of Canterbury. In 1851 the
population was
1,469. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
to whom
the manor belongs. The Rev. Samuel George Booth White, vicar. The churches
of
Saint Peter and Saint Paul stand about a mile from the village. A Wesleyan
chapel
was erected in 1844. The Rev. George Graham, Wesleyan minister. Staple
street is
half-a-mile north; South street and Sugar-loaf hill are one mile south;
Brendley is
one mile west.
POST-OFFICE - Richard W. Smith, Receiver. Money orders are granted and paid
at this office.
GENTRY.
Barker, Mrs., Grove court
Carter, W., Esq
Forman, Mrs.
Graham, Rev. George (Wesleyan)
Horne, Miss
Jarman, Edward, Esq., Brenley House
Knatchbull, Lady Mary, Nash Court
Lade, John Price, Esq., Wellbrook House
Marsh, Mrs.
Olgilvie, Mr. John
Plommer, William, Esq
Plommer, James Thomas, Esq.
Plommer, John, Esq.
White, Rev. Samuel George Booth, vicar
Public |Houses in Boughton under Blean
TRADERS
| Ashbee, Henry, farmer, Clock House Bailey, William, tailor Baker, Alfred, watchmaker Baker, George, boot and shoe maker Barnes, Thomas, saddler Berry, Thomas, farmer Birch, William, farmer Blackley, Joseph, grocer and sack manufacturer Bonny, Thomas, shoemaker and shopkeeper Boulden, George, wheelwright and parish clerk Broadbridge, William, builder Chambers, John, blacksmith Cole, James, White Horse Comfort, Robert, shoemaker Constable, Robert, shoemaker Coulson, George Harrison, miller & grocer Cowe, John, farmer and grocer Culver, Edward, Ship Finch, Jane, George Inn Francis, R. Swinford, surgeon and registrar of births and deaths Harris, James, shoemaker Harris, William, Queen's Head Hadlow, John, dealer Hills, Thomas, King's Arms, and wheelwright Jennings, John, butcher |
Judges, Edward, plumber and glazier Judges, William, bricklayer and builder Jull, Thomas, farmer Larkin, John, butcher Laker, Abbott, and Sons, classical, mathematical, and commercial school Lemond, Edward, tailor Mears, John, plumber and glazier Mills, Joseph, carpenter Miles, Joseph, Dolphin Minter, Mrs Mary, blacksmith Newing, John, farmer Owen, Richard, farmer Pay, Thomas, beer retailer, South street Penn, John, baker Ralph, Thomas, shoemaker Richardson, Isaac King, miller Rogers, Frederick, tailor Rook, Joseph, bricklayer Royle, Joseph, blacksmith Shaxby, Charles, baker Sladden, James, linen draper Smith, George, grocer Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer Smith, Richard William, postmaster Southee, Samuel Sankey, grocer Stocker, Henry, Academy, Boughton House Tappenden, Charles, brick and tile maker Welborne, George, chemist and druggist, and Agent to the European Life Office |