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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
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CHISLET is a parish and village half a mile north from Grove Ferry station, four
S.E. of Herne Bay, and eight N.E. of Canterbury. The population in 1851, was
1,189. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient and modern structure.
The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev.
James Horden, M.A., is incumbent. Here are two dissenting chapels, Wesleyan and
Independent. Grove Ferry station is in the parish ; Wear Farm is half a mile
north; Marsh Row, one mile north; Clayhanger, half a mile S.W.; Upstreet, or
Upperstreet, is in the old Margate Road.
POST-OFFICE. - Samuel Jezard, Receiver. Letters received through Canterbury.
GENTRY.
Denne, George, Esq., Grove hill
Denny, Miss Fanny, Upstreet
Harden, Rev. James, M.A., vicar
Truefitt, Mr. Peter
TRADERS.
Andrews, William, carpenter, Upstreet
Carter, Stephen, parish clerk
Cook, William, baker
Collard, Edwin, farmer
Collard, Sidney, farmer
Daniels, John, Royal Oak, Upstreet
Davis, George, tailor, Upstreet
Epps, Edward, Grove Ferry
Harrison, John, shoemaker
Harvey, Vincent, grocer
Holness, William, blacksmith
Jezard, Samuel, post-master, baker, and Six Bells
Karey, William, farmer
Kidman, Mrs. Esther, mistress of free school
Kidman, Stephen, master of free school
Matcham, Edwin H., Ship, Upstreet
Matcham, William, farmer
Minter, William, butcher
Nash, James, carpenter
Saunders, Peter, saddler and harness maker, Upstreet
Smith, James Edward, grocer
Surgis, Richard, farmer
Wacher, John, farmer
Wacher, Thomas, farmer
Wood, Richard, farmer
Woolley, John, basket maker, Upstreet
Wootton, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer
Wootton, John, farmer
Wybourne, John, grocer