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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Public Houses in Cheriton
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHERITON and SEABROOK. Cheriton is situated in Elham Union and Folkestone
Hundred, lathe of Shepway, West Kent, two miles and a half from Folkestone,
W.N.W., five west from Dover. The church is dedicated to St. Martin, and is an
ancient building. The Rev. Robert Frazer is the rector. The population in 1851
was 521. Seabrook is a hamlet, consisting of a few houses, on the road from
Hythe to Sandgate, about midway between the two towns. Horne Street is one mile
N.W. from Sandgate; Coolinge is half a mile north from Sandgate; Seabrook and
Underhill are near Cheriton; Endbrook and Sceene are other places; Risborough is
half a mile N.W. of Sandgate.
POST-OFFICE - Friend Thomas, Receiver. Letters arrive from Hythe. The nearest
Money Order Offices are at Folkstone and Hythe.
Gentry
Brockman, Edward Drake, Esq., M.P., Undernill
Brockman, Frederick Drake, Esq., Underhill
Frazer, Rev. Robert, M.A., Rector
Pilcher, Jesse, Esq.
Taylor, John, Esq.
TRADERS.
Bean, Thomas, farmer, Dibgate
Chaplin, Edward, farmer
Collins, Benjamin, White Lion
Francis, Mrs. Jesse, beer retailer
Franklin, Frederick, baker, Seabrook
Friend, Thomas, grocer and post-master
Goodman, John, beer retailer, Seabrook
Groombridge, W., shopkeeper, Horne street
Holdham, William, carpenter
Macdonald, Stephen, relieving officer for Elham Union, and registrar for
Folkstone District
Marsh, Joseph, carpenter
Marsh, Thomas, parish clerk
Paine, George, paper maker, Home street
Pope, Thomas, dairyman
Stockwell, Jessie, miller
Stockwell, Joseph, millwright, Home street
Taylor, John, farmer, Endbrook & Sceene
Vince, John, surveyor