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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Goudhurst pub index
GOUDHURST is a village and parish, five miles from Marden railway station, 13
miles from Maidstone, 13 miles from Tunbridge, and 11 miles from Tunbridge
Wells. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient but handsome building.
The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester; the
Rev. George Charles Irving, M. A., is the incumbent. The population in 1851 was
2,594.
KILNDOWN, or DOWNKILN, is a village, chapelry, and hamlet of Goudhurst, two
miles and a half S.W. of Goudhurst, and seven miles south from Marden station.
The population in 1851 was 854. The district church in Kilndown, dedicated to
Christ, is a handsome modern building. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
gift of the Vicar of Goudhurst, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Harrison.
POST-OFFICE - George Monckton Stevens, Sub-Postmaster. Minor Money Order Office.
Post Town, Staplehurst. Letters arrive from London through Staplehurst, by
Mail-cart, at 5.15 A.M. ; delivered at 6 and 7 A.M. ; dispatched at 8 P.M.
BRANCH OFFICE at Kilndown - James Wallis, Receiver.
GENTRY.
Allen, Rev. Udney J. T., M.A., Curate
Blackman, Mrs. Mary
Calcutt, Thomas, Esq., Pleasant place
Cornwallis, Miss C. F., Lidwells
Harrison, Rev. Henry, Kilndown
Hinds, George, Esq. Springett, Frederick, Esq.
Hope, Alexander James Beresford, Esq., M.P. for Maidstone, Bedgebury
Irving, Rev. George Charles, M.A., Vicar
Newington, Samuel Wilmott, Esq.
Newington, Samuel Tompsett, Esq.
Oakden, Ralph, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant for Kent, Ladham House
Pope, Mrs. Sarah
Roberts, Mrs. M. Cramer, Branfold
Springett, Richard, Esq., Finchcocks
Stringer, Stringer, Esq., Paynetts
Stringer, Mrs. Catharine, Paynetts
White, Richard, Esq., Maypole House
TRADERS.
| Allwork, Thomas, grocer and draper Apps, John, sen., bricklayer and stonemason Apps, John, jun., auctioneer and appraiser Apps, William, sen., grocer and tea dealer Apps, William, jun., grocer, tea dealer, and cutler Austen, Edward, blacksmith Baker, Thomas Henry, rope and sailcloth manufacturer Baker, William, tailor Balderson, Richard, tailor Barden, Thomas, farmer Barton, Thomas, farmer Bartholomew, _, farmer Bartholomew, Samuel, farmer Bearsby, James, blacksmith Bearsby, William, farmer Beeching, Samuel farmer Beeching, Mrs. Sarah, baker Blunt, Thomas, higgler and carrier Bolden, George, farmer Boorman, Thomas, farmer Brackfield, James T,, retailer of beer Brissenden, Thomas, farmer and brickmaker Brown, John, schoolmaster Browning, Joseph, grocer and draper Burgess, William and Son, grocers, drapers,' ironmongers, and drapers' appraisers Busain James, farmer Chantler, James, Woolpack Chester, Stephen, farmer Chester, Mrs., ladies' school Clemetson, James, miller Colville, Edward, carpenter Colville, William, builder Cramp, john, schoolmaster Cramp, James, bootmaker Doust, Benjamin, carrier and yeastman Doust, Edward, shoemaker and schoolmaster Doust, John, bootmaker Dives, John, farmer Durrant, Samuel, carpenter Farley, William, horse dealer Gulliver, John, seedsman Harris, Richard, beer retailer Hayward, Henry, farmer Hayward, James, the Vine Inn Hazleden, William, nurseryman Hinds, George, solicitor Hoadley, William, schoolmaster Hobbs, Thomas, farmer Hobbs, William Smith, shoemaker Honess, Thomas, farmer Huntley, Charles, farmer Jenner, Henry, farmer Kemp, Charles and John, carpenters Kemp, Charles, farmer Kenyon, James, gamekeeper |
Knight, William, Star and Crown Inn Lambert, Jarvis, plumber, glazier, and painter Large, James, farmer Larkin, Samuel, bootmaker Lindredge, Edward, beer retailer Lindredge, Edwin, grocer Lingham, John, farmer Mann, James, butcher Manwaring, Thomas W., farmer Mercer, Amos, bootmaker Messenger, George, tailor Newington, Samuel Wilmott, surgeon Nye, John, grocer and draper Osborne, Charles, baker Osborne, George, saddler Pine, John Wilkinson, hairdresser Painton, Richard, farmer Penfold, Richard, blacksmith Penfold, Thomas, blacksmith Penfold, William, bricklayer Price, Walter, farmer Powell, James, nurseryman Ranger, Charles, farmer Sands, William, White Hart Scoones, Richard, bootmaker Smith, William, farmer Sorrell, Joseph, farmer Southon, David, butcher Standen, Thomas, general dealer Stevens, William, bookseller and stationer Stokes, Mark, butcher Tapson, James, farmer Thompson, William, farmer Thurgood, Lawrence, farmer Tickner, Thomas, veterinary surgeon and druggist Thorn, John, wheelwright and farmer Tyman, Thomas, farmer Underdown, Daniel, farmer Usherwood, William, wheelwright Vousden, William, farmer Wallis, James, grocer and draper Watkins, Thomas, Post Boy Inn Watson, Edward, miller Wenham, Thomas, saddler White, Leonard, Chequers Inn Wickham, Benjamin, farmer Wickham, Humphrey, farmer Williams, William, farmer |