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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BRENCHLEY is a parish, and village, seven miles from Tunbridge Wells, two miles
and a half from the Maidstone junction station, and 12 miles and a half south
from Maidstone, The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient building,
built of stone. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Courthope
family. Here is also a Wesleyan chapel. The population of this parish in 1861
was 2,693.
The hamlet of Matfield Green is about, one mile and a half west, in which there
are several genteel residences, and a neat Baptist chapel.
POST-OFFICE. - William Carman, Receiver. Letters arrive through Cranbrook. The
nearest Money Order Offices are at Cranbrook and Tunbridge Wells.
GENTRY.
| Bourne, Mrs. Dickenson, William, Esq. Finton, Mrs. Hooker, Stephen, Esq. Hooten, Mr. William Joy, Mrs. Marchant, Mrs. Monckton, Mrs. Ann Monckton, John, Esq. |
Monckton, Stephen, Esq. Neal, Thomas, Esq. Roberts, Philip, Esq. Ruxton, Henry Hay, Esq. Shindler, Rev. Robert Welch, Rev. Andrew, Curate Westear, Henry, Esq. Whittle, Edward Henry, Esq. |
| Allcock and Chittenden,
Blue Boys
Apps, Aaron, Castle Inn Apps, William, farmer Argyles, _, farmer Attwood, James, beer retailer Austen, George, farmer Austen, George, carpenter Austen, Henry, farmer Austen, Henry, nurseryman Austen, James, carpenter Avard, George, beer retailer Avard, John, boot and shoe maker Avard, William, boot and shoe maker Baldock, John, farmer Barden, Henry, beer retailer Barton, Charles, beer retailer Barton, Charles, grocer Bates, Samuel, farmer Beecher, Edward, farmer Betts, Misses Ellen and Ann, ladies' school Boorman, William, draper Boorman, William, grocer Boorman, William, miller Bowyer, Edward, farmer Burr, George, farmer Carman, William, Rose and Crown Cheesman, John, beer retailer Cheesman, Thomas, farmer Clapoon, Mrs., grocer, etc, Clarke, Mrs. Mary, farmer Clarke, Mrs., miller Clarke, Mrs., farmer Curde, John, boot and shoe maker Dann, Samuel, blacksmith Dann, Thomas, farmer Dann, William, farmer Dartnell, Henry, boot maker Daw, Henry, farmer etc Diamond, Ambrose G, land surveyor Dray, Henry, butcher Drury, Edward, beer retailer Edwards, _, Bull Else, George, corn dealer Featherstone, George, nurseryman Ferris, John, farmer Ford, James, carpenter Fowle, John, farmer Green, Francis, farmer Guest, Thomas, blacksmith Hanbury, Thomas, shopkeeper Hartnup, William, farmer Henham, John, blacksmith Henham, Richard, blacksmith Hocken, William, farmer Hodges, Edward, boot maker Hodges, William, carpenter |
Hallamby, Stephen, farmer Homewood, John, miller Hope, John, farmer Huggett, Ira, wheelwright Jarrett, William, beer retailer Jarrett, Edward, boot and shoe maker Joy, Albert, farmer Joy, Alexander, bricklayer Joy, Alfred, carrier Joy, Amos, farmer Joy, Miss Ann, ladies' school Joy, Edward, baker and farmer Joy, Thomas, bricklayer Lawrence, John, butcher Lawrence, William, butcher Manwaring, Mrs, farmer Manwaring, Thomas, farmer Mercer, Adam, nurseryman Monekton, Edward, farmer Monckton, Stephen, surgeon Morfitt, John, farmer Newnham, James, farmer Noakes, William, farmer Orgles, William, farmer Overy, Charles, farmer and brick maker Pemble, Isaac William, farmer Pierson, George, shopkeeper Poxon, William, farmer Prall, John, nurseryman Queen, Mrs., farmer Ranger, Richard, farmer Reader, Henry, farmer Reeve, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Richardson and Daws, farmers Sharpe, Thomas William, shopkeeper Smith, William, farmer and beer retailer Smashall, Alexander, carpenter Standing, George, beer retailer Standing, John, haircloth maker Thirkill, George, farmer Thompson, George, tailor Towspett, William, auctioneer Tucker, Joseph, farmer Waghorne, William, farmer Waghorne, Samuel, farrier Waterman, John, farmer Waterman, John, farmer Webb, Robert, Maidstone Road Inn Wells, James, tailor Wenham, Joseph, Star Wheeler, John, farmer Whiteman, George, farmer Wickins, Thomas, grocer Winshurst, Thomas, farmer Wittle, Edward Henry, surgeon Worsley, John, boot and shoe maker |