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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
EDENBRIDGE is a parish, small market town, and railway station, 14 miles from
Tunbridge Wells, 11 from Reigate, and 24 from Maidstone. The population in 1851
was 1,718. There is a corn market held every Tuesday, and a fine cattle market,
which is held on the third Tuesday in each month. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter and St. Paul, and is a handsome edifice. The living is a vicarage, in the
patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Richard Board, M.A., vicar of Westerham.
The Baptists and Independents have each a place of worship.
POST-OFFICE. - John Norman, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted and paid at
this Office.
Public Houses in Edenbridge
GENTRY.
| Arnold, George, Esq. Bowman, A., Esq. OhaWler, Rev. Thomas Cobbett, John M., Esq. Finlinson, Rev. Joshua, M.A. Geere, Richard, Esq. Golding, William, Esq. Gore, Frederick Robert, Esq. Gratwiok, Mrs. Elizabeth |
Hayton, Mrs. Head, George Frederick, Esq. Hoare, Charles, Esq. James, James, Esq. Kipping, Mrs. Elizabeth Lightfoot,_, Esq. Macdonald, Rev. Alexander Saunders, Edward, Esq. Searle, Mrs. |
| Adams, George, carpenter Arnold, George, solicitor Aynscomb, Joseph, shopkeeper Bassett, John, miller Bassett, William, butcher Belton, Mrs., blacksmith Butcher, James, farmer Card, Mrs., baker Chandler, John, grocer, &c. Cheal, Jesse, farmer Coleman, William, farmer Corke, Augustus, auctioneer Cottell, James, farmer Cripps, William James, Albion Commercial Hotel Day and Co., coal merchants Dicker, John, cricket bat maker Drivers, Misses Ann and Elizabeth, milliners, &c. Ellis, John, baker East, John, carpenter Evans, C. E., chemist and druggist Firminger, John, carpenter Gascoigne, Isaac, Crown Commercial Inn Geere, Richard, surgeon Golding, the Misses, ladies' seminary Goodwin, William, builder Goodwin, Daniel, builder Gooding, Daniel, farmer Gregory, Henry, White Horse Inn Groves, Sarah, carrier Gunner, Mrs., farmer Hayward, William, watch and clock maker Hoare, Charles, academy Holmden, James, appraiser Holmden, Alfred, farmer Howell, William, station master Hubbard, William, farmer Jeal, Jesse, fishmonger Jeal, John, timber merchant Jeffery, John, fellmonger Jenner, Edward, grocer Jewell, Henry, farmer Jordan, Richard, bricklayer Killick, Richard, farmer King, John, brewer, etc |
Lane, Frank P., ironmonger Langridge, Thomas, leather cutter Leigh, the Misses, dressmakers Leigh, Edward, carpenter Leigh, Henry, farmer Leigh, Spencer, carpenter Leigh, William, builder Longley, Obadiah, farmer Marsh, John, farmer May, Thomas, Wheat Sheaf Inn Mellish, James and Sons, millers etc Miller, Thomas, cooper Mills, Mrs Frances Mills, Thomas, farmer Mitchenall, William, boot and shoe maker Nightingale, Mrs Elizabeth, dressmaker Norman, John, postmaster, stationer and stamp distributor Pilcher, Miss Susan, ladies' seminary Quickenden, Thomas, blacksmith Quickenden, Robert, farmer Richardson, Daniel, farmer Russell, Henry, tailor Sales, Richard, shopkeeper Sanders, George, farmer Saxby, William, land surveyor Seal, Benjamin, butcher Searle, William, farmer Searle, James, farmer Shearman, James, famer Simmons, Joseph, boot maker Smith, Richard, and Sons, plumbers etc Sitford, John, baker Sparrowhawk, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Stanford, Frederick, miller etc Theobald, Edward, hairdresser Waghorn, William, farmer Wallis, Mrs Esther, wheelwright Walter, George, plumber and glazier Wickenden, John, stationer Whibley, David, farmer Winter, William, wheelwright Withers, Nicholas, grocer and draper Whitmore, Thomas, farmer Wood, William, farmer Woodhams, Obed, farmer |