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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
DARTFORD, formerly called Darentford, is situated on the river Darent or Dart,
from which it derives its name. Here was at one time a Roman station. It is in
Axton and Dartford hundred, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, West Kent. The population
in 1851 was 6,054. It is 15 miles from London by road, and 17 by railway. Here
are gunpowder mills and extensive iron foundries, the property of Messrs. Hall.
Paper making is also
carried on, on an extensive scale. The church of the Holy Trinity is a very
ancient edifice in the Gothic style; in the interior are some very ancient
monuments. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Bishop of
Worcester. There are. chapels belonging to Baptists, Wesleyans, and
Independents.
Public Houses in Dartford
Dartford Traders in 1858 &
Traders in 1858 part 2
POST OFFICE.
W J Elwin, Postmaster, Spital street. Money Orders issued and paid from 9 a.m.
till 6 p.m. London letters and from all parts arrive at 10 p.m. and 11 a.m.;
dispatched 3 a.m., 20 min. before 2 p.m.; delivered in Dartford ½ past 7 a.m.,
and 11 a.m.
BANKERS.
Hills and Son, High street; draw on Commercial Bank of London.
Savings' Bank, held at owfield street; Mr. James Sharp, Treasurer; Mr. Edward
Deere, Actuary and Secretary.
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.
Board of Health, J. Hayward, Clerk.
County Court Office, John Hayward, Solicitor, High street; Thomas odsell
Pearce, Bailiff, High street.
Excise Office, Bull Hotel, High street.
Corn Market, held at the Bull, High street, and returns made.
GENTRY.
| Applegath, Augustus, esq., silk mills Bray, Mr. William, East Cottage, Dartford road Broomfield, Rev. Mr., vicar Chapman, Henry, esq., Oakfield lodge Collins, Mr. Charles, Bellevue villas, Dartford road Culhane, Daniel, M.D., High street Fisher, William Payne, esq., Spital street Fpoks, William, esq., Bowman's lodge Gibbon, Rev. William L., M.A., Overy street Gibson, Charles Reginald, esq,, Bridge House Hall, Edward, esq., Westgate House Hayward, John, esq., High street Herbert, George, esq.. Summer hill Hills, Robert, esq., High street Landale, John, esq., West Hill House . Martin, Joseph Cooper, esq., Spital street |
Minet, Mrs., Baldwyn's House Satterthwaite, Edward, esq., Cranford Lodge Russell, Alfred, esq., Spital street Saxton, James, esq., Bellevue villas, Dartford road Saunders, _, esq., Hythe place Scarr,: Richard, esq., Dartford road Snowden, Mr. James, Overy street Speer, Mrs., Dartford road Spurrel, Mr. Charles,.Hill house Swaisland, Charles William, esq., Swiss Cottage, Dartford road Tippetts, Richard, esq., West street Wall, Miss, East hill Waller, George, esq., West street Ward, Mr. George, East hill Watts, Edmund Turner, esq., Heath side Willding, Mrs., Spital street |