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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
HADLOW is a large village and parish on the main road from Maidstone to
Tunbridge station, 10 miles S.E. from Maidstone, and four N.E. from Tunbridge.
The population in 1851 was 2,395. The church, dedicated to St Mary, is a neat
edifice. The living is a vicarage, in the presentation and incumbency of the
Rev. James Isaac Monypenny, M.A. There is a Baptist and also a Wesleyan chapel.
Bourn Side is one mile and a half south; Golden Green, one mile S.E.; Dairy
Farm, onw mile and a half south; Hartlake Bridge, two miles south on the Medway;
Camel's Land, one mile and a half south; Fishall, one mile and a half S.W.;
Stair and Pen Bridge, two miles S.W.; Green Trees, two miles S.W.; Finch Green,
two miles S.W.; Pottery, one mile and a half N.W.; Stallion's Green, one mile
S.W.; Barn Street, one mile S.E.; Starve Crow, two miles west; Lower Gage Green,
three miles S.W.
POST-OFFICE. - Josiah Oliver, Receiver. Letters arrive from Tunbridge. Money
Orders are granted and paid at this Office.
Public Houses in Hadlow
GENTRY.
Bowman, Robert Henry, Esq., Grange
Carnell, the Misses Jane and Emma, New House
Gordon, James Edward, Esq., Hadlow House
Hales. _, Esq.
Holdswovth, Rev. G. H,, Curate, Parsonage
Kibble, Thomas, Esq., Green Trees
Lovejoy, Mr. Charles, Tench
May, Walter Horatio, Esq.
Monypenny, Rev. James Isaac, M.A. Vicar, Vicarage
Vine, George John, Esq.
TRADERS
| Agate, Henry, grocer and draper Baldwin, James, farmer Barbara, Edward, inland revenue officer Barnes, Thomas, blacksmith Barnes, William, tailor Barton, George, saddle and harness maker Barton, John, carpenter Beale, William, carrier and farmers, Close Brewery Bedford, G., and Burfoot, G., millers Bennett, James, King's Head Bishop, Thomas, beer retailer Bowman, Robert, farmer, Grange Bradley, John, beer retailer Brigden, James, shopkeeper Burfoot, Charles, butcher Burfoot, Thomas, cooper Callow, George, baker Catt, Edward, bailiff farmer Cheesman, G., builder Cheesman, W., furniture dealer Cowley, T., boot and shoe maker Cox, William, farmer Croxford, William, boot and shoemaker Crump, John, bricklayer, Gold Hill Green Crundwell, Joseph, watch and clock maker Dickenson, J., hop factor Duke, William Richard, farmer Edward, Sarah, farmer Eldon, John, Bell, and builder, Gold Hill Green Everest, William, butcher Greenaway, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Grover, Richard, blacksmith and beer retailer Griffin, Michael, national schoolmaster Griffin, Mrs., national schoolmistress Hammond, John, brewer and beer retailer Harrison, and Taylor, maltsters, brewers, Hatch, Alfred, assistant overseer Humphrey, Joseph, boot and shoe maker Kipping, Charles, farmer Kipping, William, farmer Larking, John, farmer Lawrence, Richard, wheelwright Leeds, John, builder and grocer Letchford, Robert, beer retailer Mankelow, William, brick maker and Mankelow, William jun., carrier |
Maplesden, Charles, farmer Martin, John, beer retailer Martin, Isaac, farmer May, Robert, shopkeeper Montague, Charles, farmer Murrell, Reuben, blacksmith Norton, Edward, boot and shoe maker Nye, John, farmer Oliver, Josiah, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, Berlin and fancy repository, and post-office Osborne, Joseph, academy Palmer, Thomas, Greyhound Phillips, William, farmer Philpot, John, hairdresser, &c. Richardson, Stephen, beer retailer Richardson, George, farmer and brickmaker Richmond, Mrs. Sarah, farmer, Barn Street Rixon, Thomas, grocer Saxby, Henry, linendraper. Seger, George R., grocer and tailor Sherwood, John, veterinary surgeon Simmons and Martin, brewers, maltsters, and farmers, Style's Place Brewery Skinner, Mr., farmer Watson, Henry, butcher, &c. Smith, Thomas, plumber, &c. Soper, Henry, plumber and glazier Steadman, George, miller Taylor, Edmund, beer retailer Taylor, George, coach maker Taylor, Thomas, farmer, Barn Street Thompson, John, farmer, Bourn Farm Turner, James, baker Vine, George John, surgeon Waller, Mrs., day school Walter, William, beer retailer Walters, Stephen, day and boarding school Warnett, James, blacksmith and beer retailer Warren, Robert, boot and shoe maker Waterhouse, James, farmer, Fishall Farm Waterhouse, Charles, farmer Waters, Mrs. Elizabeth, beer retailer Wells, George, bricklayer Whiting, Joseph, currier Wightwick, William, farmer Winser, Brothers, grocers, drapers, and ironmongers |