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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
ELTHAM is a small ancient but pleasant town and suburb of London, adjoining Lee,
eight miles S.E. from London, in the lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, Blackheath
hundred, union of Lewisham, West Kent. The population, with Mottingham, in 1851,
was 2.437.
The church of St. John is a plain edifice, but was considerably improved and
enlarged in 1819.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the diocese of London. There are six
almshouses, founded by Thomas Philpot, in 1680, and Foster's Almshouses. There
are two chapels - one for Independents, and the other for Wesleyans.
Mottingham is a hamlet, partly in the parish of Eltham, and partly in that of
Chislehurst, about one mile south from Eltham church,
and three miles N.W. from Bromley.
POST-OFFICE. - James Lawrence, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted and paid at
this Office.
Public Houses in Eltham
TRADERS in Eltham in 1858
GENTRY.
| Alchin, Richard T., Esq. Bartlett, Mrs., Court Yard Bean, Alfred W., Esq., Castle House Bloxham, Iliehard, Esq. Carter, George, Esq. Chamberlin, George, Esq. Chambers, John, Esq., Lee road Courage, Robert, Esq., Conduit Lodge Crewe, the Misses, Wood Ledge Cross, J., Esq. Cupiss, Mr. Francis P., High street Davis, Mrs. Milne, Miss Isabella, Court Yard Dobell, Henry W., Esq. Ellis, Mrs. Jane C. Fensham, Mrs. Amelia Gardener, _, Esq. Garland, Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, Colonel Edward Green, Robert, Esq. Greenfield, _, Esq. Goaset, Captain Arthur, magistrate Guillemard, Mrs. Ann Pearce Hale, Thomas, Esq., Avery hill Hartley, Mrs. Jane Hobson, Mrs. Louisa, High street Holmes, Mr. Henry Homersham, Samuel C., Esq. Hopkirk, Thomas, Esq. Howard, William, Esq., Lee road Jackson, Thomas, Esq. Jackson, Rev. William, Independent Jarman, Mr. Alfred, High street |
Keith, Mr. John, Court Villa King, David, Esq., M.D. Knightley, William P., Esq. Lambert, Mrs. Lucy, Eagle House Lewin, Henry, Esq., Park place Lewin, Thomas, Esq., magistrate Mann, Caleb, Esq. Marrs, William, Esq., Western park Martin, Thomas, Esq. McLeod, Thomas, Esq., Mottingham Mills, Richard, Esq., Moat Cottage Milne, Alexander George, Esq., Miskin, Mr. W. Myers, Mrs. Nourse, E. C., Esq., M.D. Phillips, G. F., Esq. Prior, Herman L., Esq., Foot's Cray road Pritchard, George, Esq., R.M.A. Pritohard, Thomas, Esq. Reed, Francis, Esq. Richardson, Lawford, Esq. Schroeter, F. A., Esq. Stanbury, Mrs. Martha Snow, Rev. Arthur, M.A., Curate Taylor, Johnson C., Esq. Thomas, Colonel Henry, K.A. Turner, Henry, Esq. Vicat, James, Esq., Southwood House Warner, Mrs. Penelope Wilson, Benjamin, Esq. Wilson, Charles, Esq. Wood, Mrs., Eltham Lodge |