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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
HEADCORN is a large village and railway station, 11 miles from Ashford, 35 from
Canterbury, and nine S.E. by east from Maidstone. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter and St. Paul. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Archbishop of
Canterbury; the Rev. Henry D. Sewell, M.A., is the incumbent. There are Baptist
and Wesleyan Methodist Chapels here. The population in 1851 was 1,344.
POST .OFFICE - John venden, Receiver. Letters atrive from Staplehurst, which is
also the nearest Money Order Office.
GENTRY.
Fullager, Mr. John
Sewell, Rev. Henry oyle,M.A., Vicarage
Squier, Rev. John Omer
Taylor, Mrs. Elizabeth
Waghorn, Mrs. Elizabeth
TRADERS.
| Atkins, William, farmer Bailey, Thomas, farmer, Four Oaks Barham, Lewis, farmer, Tilden Bates, James, farmer Boorman, Alfred, farmer Boorman, Thomas, butcher Boorman, Alfred, farmer Brittenden, Edward, farmer, Moat Farm Bridgland, James, farmer Burden, Thomas, farmer etc Buss, George, corn factor Carter, Edward, tailor Carter, Miss Elizabeth, toy dealer Chambers, James, builder, Millbank Children, Richars, farmer, Plumtrees Children, Robert, farmer, New House Collison, Samuel, farmer Cook, George, farmer Cornes, Norton, shopkeeper etc Couchman, Elijah, carrier Crouch, Jesse, farmer Croucher, William, beer retailer Dane, Daniel, farmer Day, William, plumber etc Dean, James, farmer, Stone Stile Farm Dean, Stephen, George and Dragon Dear, George, farmer Evenden, John, saddler and ironmonger Farmer, John, farmer Freeman, Richard, farmer Fullager, Reed, shopkeeper and clothier Growns, John, butcher Goodwin, Daniel, miller Hickmott, Thomas, grocer Homewood, Isaac, farmer Hosmar, James, farmer Hunt, Charles, watchand clock maker Johnson, John, basket maker Joy, Edwin, farmer Love, William, sen., farmer, Wick Farm Love, William, farmer, Summer hill |
Mercer, George, farmer Mercer, John, farmer Miluer, Dive, veterinary surgeon Munn, Mrs. Mary, farmer, East End Munn, Thomas B., farmer Norris, Peter, carpenter Ottaway, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Ottaway, Leonard, shopkeeper Page, Thomas, baker Parke, Stephen, wheelwright Parish, James, boot and shoe maker Parsons, James) farmer Peason, Edward, farmer Philpott, William, blacksmith Rofe, Thomas, Headcorn Academy Sampson, John, carpenter Sawyer, Stephen J., grocer and draper Skinner, David, surgeon Sloman, Thomas, farmer Smith, Joseph, beer retailer Tassell, Mrs. Mary, farmer Tassell, William, farmer Thorpe, James, farmer, Leigh bridge Thorpe, John, farmer Thurston, John, draper and grocer Tippen, James, watch and clock maker Tooley, George, railway station master Upton, Thomas, farmer, Boot House Vane, Daniel, farmer, Hawkinbury Vane, John, farmer Viney, George, farmer, Moatenden Waghorn, Charles, King's Arms, and farmer Wakefleld, Frederick, blacksmith Watts, Charles, grocer and beer retailer Westen, William, Railway Hotel White, Edward, shoemaker Williams, Richard, farmer Willmott, William, farmer Wilson, William, tailor Wood, John, farmer |