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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.


ERITH is an ancient parish and village, and has a railway station on the North Kent line, three miles from Dartford and seven from Gravesend; it was formerly a market town. The population in 1851 was 2,231. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The living is a vicarage; the Rev. Archdeacon Charles James Smith, M.A., is the incumbent,

POST-OFFICE. - Michael Hind, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted and paid at this Office.

Public Houses in Erith

GENTRY.

Ayres, Benjamin, esq. Beadle, Mrs. Brown, _, esq. Clarkson, _, esq. Dowden, Edward, esq. Eardley, Sir Culling, hart., Belvedere Everett, William, esq. Fookes, O., esq. Golding, B,, esq. Hall, Walter, esq. Haynes, Mrs. Humphreys, J. C., esq. Hutchinson, John, esq. Vale Cottage Knight, George H., esq., Wheatley terrace Lumley, Mrs. George

Lutwish, E. R., esq. Murrell, Arthur, esq,, R.N. Penn, William, esq. Reeves, James, esq., Pier road Renshaw, James, esq,, Abbey Wood Shaw, Charles, esq. Sheffield, Mrs., Pier road Sheffield, Miss . Smith, Rev. Archdeacon, C. J., Vicar Stranrnager, _, esq. Tilley, _, esq. Turner, Mrs. Wells, Arthur, esq. Williams, _, esq.. Wynn, _,esq.

TRADERS

Ash, Edward, plumber etc Austen, Henry, linen draper Barnard, James, watchmaker Barnard, Miss, preparatory school Barnes, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Baugham, John M, grocer Bayley, Henry, farmer Bayley, James, grocer Beadle, Charles jun., wharfinger Benge, James, shopkeeper Beny, Mr, beer retailer Bignell, Edmund, coal merchant Brown, Mrs Susannah, shopkeeper Burton, William and Francis, gunpowder magazine Chapnan, James, saddler Chittendon, Thomas, barge master Clement, William, farmer Cole, Charles F., grocer, etc Collins, Mrs., ladies' school Coles, John, boot and shoe maker Cook, George, baker Cook, Robert, veterinary surgeon Cottingham, Swayne, and Richardson, surgeons Deane, Thomas, Crown Debney, William (executors of), grocer Dixon, Samuel, stationer Dudney, Richard, boot and shoe maker Egerton, William, clerk to ballast office Eggar, Tapley, grocer Farmar, Mrs. Mary, straw bonnet maker Farmar, Thomas, toy dealer Finmore, Lewis H., hairdresser Flicker, Matthew, fruit grower Fownes, William, Yacht Tavern and Commercial Inn Fricker, James, tailor Gilbert, William John, fruit grower Gilbert, Mrs. Esther, farmer Greathead, John, tailor Greathead, George, tailor Heath, George, surveying instrument maker

Hind, John, butcher Hind, William, farmer Hind, Michael, tailor and post-office Hall, John, gunpowder magazine Hutton, John and Ann, drapers, etc Jarvis, Henry, White Hart Jarvis, James, bricklayer Jeuner, William, beer retailer Kent, Thomas, chemist and druggist Knapp, Henry, baker Knight, George H., solicitor, Wheatley terrace Lewis, Ralph, pilot, and lodging house Maclure, Andrew, Pier Hotel Martin, William, farmer Miles, Richard, grocer Parish, John, steward to ballast office Pigous and Wilks, gunpowder magazine Plant, Thomas, plumber, etc Player, William, fruit grower Pryor, John, Running Horses Rowland, Benjamin, wheelwright Stannard, John, boot maker Staples and Co., market gardeners Stone, Mrs. Mary, Cross Keys Stone, Robert, manager of brick and lime works Stratton, William J., baker Tinker, William, farmer Tolhurst, Thomas, butcher Warner, John, beer retailer Warner, Mrs. Hannah, greengrocer Watts, Alfred, greengrocer Weatherhead and Bade, wheelwrights Webber, Mr., Wheatley Arms West, John, ironmonger White, John B., and Sons, bookmakers Whiting, George, plumber, glazier, &c. Whiston, Thomas, fishmonger Wilson, Thomas, shopkeeper Woodhams, Mr., hairdresser Woolridge, Francis William, baker

BEADON WELL.

Butler, Edmund, farmer
Gilbert, Moses, jun., farmer
Kewell, John, beer retailer
Tinker, William, fruit grower

PlCKADAY.

Barber, James, Crooked Billet
Beadle, Charles, farmer
Chaplin, William, fruit grower
Gosling, William, fruit grower

NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH.

Bellingham, John, fruit grower
Bellingham, Lionel, fruit grower
Day, John, fruit grower
Hate, Thomas, fruit grower
Dunmall, Mr., Page's Arms

LESSNESS HEATH

Gilbert, Mrs, Moses

Allen, John, farmer
Austin, John, farmer
Eves, James, fruit grower
Eves, John, fruit grower
Fletcher, John, blacksmith
Flicker, John, Eardley Arms
Smith, John, wheelwright