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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHIDDINGSTONE, a parish and village, four miles S.E. from Edenbridge, seven
south from Sevenoaks, and one mile and a half S.E. from Penshurst station, lies
in the weald on the river Eden, and in the union of Sevenoaks. The population in
1851 was 1,269. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large but an ancient
building. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and incumbency of the Rev. William Edward Hoskins, M.A.
POST-OFFICE, William Brook, Postmaster. Letters arrive, by foot-post, from br />
Edenbridge. The nearest Money Order Office is at Edenbridge.
GENTRY.
Gibbons, John, Esq.
Hoskins, Rev. Wm. Edward, M.A., Rectorbr />
Streatfield, Captain Henry
TRADERS.
| Allard, John, blacksmith Atkinson, William, farmer Barley, William, farmer Beard, John, farmer, Brigden, Joseph, blacksmith Brook, William, grocer and post-office Carpenter, Charles, parish clerk . Carpenter, William, master of national school Chapman, John, blacksmith Chatterton, William, farmer Coomber, Henry, miller Coomber, Stephen, cooper Damper, Richard, farmer Denton, William, beer retailer Eagleton, Henry, tailor Gasson, John, farmer Haines, Thomas, farmer Hale, Mrs., farmer Hale, Abraham, farmer Humphrey, James, bricklayer |
Leigh, Charles, carpenter Leigh, George, Castle Merchant, Philip, farmer Martin, William, farmer Meads, John, farmer Reynolds, William, farmer Rye, Thomas, farmer Rye, Thomas, farmer Scott, Mrs. Alice, shopkeeper and post-office Sherard, John, beer retailer Skinner, Edward, farmer Smashall, William, beer retailer Stanford, Edgar, farmer Stidolph, Godfrey, rake maker Stourt, John, farmer Wallis, Mrs., Chequers Wallis, John, relieving officer Wells, John, farmer Wilson, William, boot maker Young, James, miller |