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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
East Peckham is a village and parish, seven miles N.E from Tunbridge, two miles
and a half from Wateringbury station, and seven miles and a half from Maidstone.
The population in 1851 was 2,254. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an
ancient structure. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Canterbury, and incumbency of the Rev. Middleton Onslow, M.A., vicar.
The
new church that was erected in 1842, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a
very neat edifice. The Rev. John Charles Whish, M.A., is the incumbent.
Here is also a place of worship for Wesleyans. Mount Pleasant is half a
mile south; Roydon Hall, half a mile east; Larkins, one mile S.W.; Chidley
Cross, Bullers, and Pound, two miles and a half south; Brandbridges, three
miles S.E.; Snoll Hatch and Little Mill, three miles south; Poplar Green,
two miles and a half .S.W.; Burnt House and Pierce Mill, three miles and
a half S.W.
West Peckham is a small parish adjoining East Peckham ....
Public Houses in East Peckham
EAST PECKHAM.
GENTRY.
Andrews, Miss, Mount Pleasant
Biggenden, Mrs.
Biggenden, William, Esq.
Cook, William, Esq., Royden Hall
Golding, William, Esq.
Martin, Mrs. Thomas
Monckton, the Misses
Onslow, Rev, Middleton, M.A., Vicar
Vine, Mrs.
Whish, Rev. John Charles, M.A.
TRADERS.
| Allen, William, farmer Austin, _, shopkeeper Bidwall, Edward, miller Biggenden, William, surgeon Bishop, George, Blackbird and Thrush Bishop, Robert, fruiterer Blunder, William, shopkeeper Boorman, T.H., Wild & Co, seed crushers, Medway cement and lime works Bugg, Richard, farmer Cheeseman, William, farmer Curtis, William, bootmaker Diprose, William, carpenter Finch, Thomas, farmer Fordham, Richard, shopkeeper and post office Fordham, William, butcher Gardiner, George, shopkeeper Gladish, John, boot maker Hatch, Charles, butcher Hatch, Isaac, farmer Hayes, _, Three Merry Boys Henham, William, farmer Hope, William, boot maker Iden, _, farmer Jones, Thomas, saddler Johnson, John, engineer and cooper Larking, James, farmer Laurence, Thomas, beer retailer Lee, Thomas, farmer Leeds, Richard, carpenter Lipscombe, Robert farmer Luck, John M., beer retailer Luxford, _, baker Maddocks, William, farmer and wheelwright |
Monckton, Edward and Frederick, farmers Norwood, William, Man of Kent Randall, Edward, shopkeeper Randall, James, saddler Ranger, Miss Catharine, ladies' school Rhodes, William, blacksmith Scott, Alfred, farmer Simes, Jesse, beer retailer Simes, Samuel, farmer Simmons, George, farmer Simmons, Thomas, farmer Smith, James, blacksmith Smith, John, Rose and Crown Starling, Robert James, surgeon Stevens, James, carpenter and builder Streeter, Thomas, Bell, and carpenter Thompson, Mrs. Frances, beer retailer Tonsett, James, farmer Turley, Robert, farmer Walter, Mrs. Frances, Fountain Webb, Thomas, carpenter Welfear, Mrs. Thomas, farmer Welfear, William; farmer Wells, George, tailor Wells, Joseph, blacksmith Wood, John, beer retailer and bricklayer Wood, John, boot maker |