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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BROOK is a village five miles N.E. of Ashford station, in Chart and Wye
Hundreds, and East Ashford union, lathe of Scray, East Kent. The population in
1851 was 120; the living is a rectory, united with that of Hinxhill; the Rev.
John Philpott, M.A., is the incumbent. Troy Town and Pickersdean adjoins Brook.
Hampton is half a mile S.W.
Letters through Ashford, which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
Foord, Mrs.
TRADERS.
Adams, George, miller
Brice, Thomas, farmer
Chittenden, Daniel, shopkeeper
Furman, George, bricklayer
Hawkins, George, farmer
Manuel, Daniel, shopkeeper
Pay, John, carpenter
Pay, John, carpenter
Pay, Thomas, farmer
Pilcher, Francis, blacksmith
Punyer, Richard, Honest Miller
Whitewood, Thomas, poulterer