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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.

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