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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BRIDGE is a large village three miles south of Canterbury, with a population,
in 1851, of 804. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The living
is a perpetual curacy. The Rev. John Stevenson, M.A., is the incumbent.
The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Pethouse is half a mile west;
Renwell, one mile N.W.
POST-OFFICE - Richard Sherrard, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office
is at Canterbury
GENTRY.
Boyack, Captain Alexander, R.N.
Edlin, Mrs., Riverside House .
Freer, Mr. Thomas
Forde, Mr.
Gregory, Mrs.
Hammond, Mrs.
Jarvis, Henry, Esq.
Jarvis, Richard, Esq
Lansberry, Mrs.
Pittock, Thomas, Esq.
Pratt, Lieutenant David
Public Houses in Bridge
TRADERS.
| Banks, John, linen draper Bax, Henry, grocer Barter, John, butcher Bryack, Mrs. Deborah, boarding school Colegate, Frederick, builder, wheelwright, and undertaker Collard, Thomas, tailor Collins, Edwin, farmer, Petthouse Davis, Charles, grocer Drake, William, master of union Dutnall, William, brickmaker Eyers, Joseph, Red Lion, and licensed to let horses and carriages Fagg, Thomas, blacksmith Finch, William, boot and shoe maker Forth, William, clerk to the union Fryer, George, Secretary to Bridge Friendly Society Hardiman, William, watchmaker Hodges, Charles, butcher Huxster, Gilbert, miller Huxster, Mercer, farmer |
Kelsey, George, farmer Laker, Misses, boarding school Lawrance, Job, grocer and bricklayer May, Charles, greengrocer Marsh, James, farmer Martin, John, saddler Sayer, William, plumber, glazier, & broker Sherrard, Richard, White Horse, and postmaster Sicard, Aurelius, surgeon Steed, John, grocer Thomas, James, chemist Verrier, William C., plumber, glazier, and painter White, Thomas, bootmaker Williams, Daniel, greengrocer Williams, William, Plough and Harrow, brewer Wills, Richard, baker |