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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
EASTRY is a large village, two miles and a half south of Sandwich station, four
miles and a half north from Deal, and 13 miles from Canterbury. The population
in 1851 was 1697. The church dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious edifice. The
living is a vicarage in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incumbency
of the Rev. Charles Carus Wilson. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here.
The Union House, which is very commodious, is situate at the S.W. end of the
village, and in 1851 had 464 inmates. Heronden is a hamlet half a mile S.W.;
Selson and Gower, half a mile N.W.; Statenborough, quarter of a mile N.E.;
Felderland, or Falderland, and Buckland, one mile N.E.
POST-OFFICE - George Foord, Receiver. Letters arrive from Sandwich, which is
also the nearest Money Order Office.
Public Houses in Eastry
GENTRY.
Boteler, William F., Esq.
Bridger, Mrs
Castle, Robert, Esq.
Castle, Thomas, Esq.
Deveson, Mr. Richard
Evans, Thomas, Esq.
Harvey, the Misses
Harvey, Capt. John, R.N.
Kenrick, John, Esq.
Moat, Mrs.
Rae, Mrs.
Sayer, Capt. George, R.N.
Wilson, Rev. Charles C.
TRADERS.
| Andrews, Thomas, farmer Baker, Joseph, farmer Bayley, Stephen, grocer Beal, James, farmer Belsey, Henry, farmer Belts, George, butcher Bowes, John, maltster Bowes, Thomas, farmer Bowman, Joseph, house agent Butler, James, sadler Clark, Stephen, miller Clark, William 0., miller Cobus, Thomas, saddler Court, John, cow keeper Culver, Elias, Five Bells Deveson, George, farmer & market gardener Drayson, William, blacksmith Fagg, Richard, tailor Famariss, William, farmer Famariss, Henry, farmer Ferrier, William, grocer and baker Fithall, George, farmer Foord, Abraham, bricklayer Foord, George, stationer, plumber, painter, and glazier, and post master Frewer, Thomas, plumber and painter Harden, Mr., linen draper |
Horton, William, corn chandler Kittams, Mrs., beer retailer Lawrence, George, shoemaker Leggatt, Richard S., surgeon Lepine, Charles, Bull Mann, Thomas, Coach and Horses Marsh, Thomas, leather seller and shoemaker Medgett, Thomas, farmer Moat, Richard, carpenter Moat, Samuel, builder and blacksmith Oldfield, George, farmer Phillpott, Charles, market gardener Pittock, William, butcher Prior, Ephraim, wheelwright Sharp, Ebenezer, baker and cooper Soames, Thomas, bricklayer and limeburner Terry, George, corn factor Terry, William, grocer, baker, and beer retailer Thompson, Edward, plumber Wacher, Thomas F., farmer Wood, George, farmer Wyborn, Alfred, baker |