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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHILHAM is a railway station and extensive parish in the lathe of Shepway,
76 miles from London, five S.W. from Canterbury, and nine N.E. from Ashford.
The
population was, in 1851, 1,247. The church of Saint Mary is an old and
handsome
building; the living is a vicarage, in the patronage of J. B. Wildman, Esq.,
and
incumbency of the Rev. R. O. Tylden, M.A. Boarland and Whitehall are half a mile
north; Saleshill is three-quarters of a mile west; Ensden, I½ miles north;
Multing,
two miles N.W.; Snattenden, two miles west; Dane Street, two miles west;
Mountain
Street, half-a-mile south; West Broadham, half-a-mile south; East Steward,
one mile
south; Penny Pot, two miles south, gives name to a very large wood, two
miles in
length and breadth.
POST-OFFICE -Henry Goldup, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at
Canterbury.
Public Houses in Chilham
GENTRY.
Barton, Rev. John Y., M.A., curate
Bligh, John, Esq.
Denne, John, Esq.
Fell, Miss
Tylden, Rev. Richard Osborne., M.A.
Wildman, James Beckford, Esq., Castle
Wildman, James Lushington, Esq., magistrate
TRADERS.
| Allard, Daniel,
Alma, retailer of beer Austen, John, farmer Bates, William, farmer, Dane Court Beken, Alfred, Woolpack Benstead, George, blacksmith Brenchley, George, farrier and farmer Buesden, George, butcher Burton, Mrs. Sarah, blacksmith Cheney, William, farmer Clark, James, farmer Coleman, John, shoemaker Coleman, Thomas, shoemaker Day, John, farmer Dixon, Thomas, farmer, Bowerland Duncan, Mrs., farmer Dunk, Mrs. Mary, farmer Epps, Alexander, bricklayer Faulkner, William, saddler Fenn, James, beer retailer Fox, John, farmer, Old Wives' Lees Gillett, John and Thomas, millers Goldup, Henry sen, tailor Farvey, John Fagge, farmer Kingsland, George Thomas, baker and grocer . Horton, Thomas, wheelwright |
Howard, William, shopkeeper Keeler, Robert, farmer Knowler, John, farrier Knowler, John, Jun., farrier and shopkeeper Lock, William, farmer Marten, Peter, farmer, Old Wives' Lees Mears, Kennet, farmer Oldroyd, Charles, farmer Pamphlet, John, Star, Old Wives' Lees Pope, George William, plumber & glazier Pullen, Dan, famer, Old Wives' Lees Pullen John, baker Pullen, Thomas, carpenter and farmer, White Horse, retailer of beer Richardson, Richard, farmer Richardson, James William, cattle dealer Walker, Thomas, farmer Ward, Edward, wheelwright White, Thomas, carpenter Wildash, Henry Cobb, M.D. Wiles, William Smith, shopkeeper Wills, Henry Ford, mat, shovel, and rustic chair manufacturer Wills, James, turner and cooper Wood, George, baker Woodland, William, blacksmith Wraight, William, farmer |