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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
KINGSDOWN is a village four miles S.E. of Sittingbourne, and seven miles S.W. of
Faversham. The population in 1851 was 211. It has a small church, the Rev. H. J.
Hordern, is the incumbent. Dungate is half a mile N.W.; Hole Street is another
place in the parish.
Letters received through Sittingbourne, which is also the nearest Money Order
Office.
TRADERS
Champion, William, farmer
Elvy, Mrs., Fox Hunters
Pack Edward, grocer, &c.
Smith, James, farmer
Stevens, Samuel, maltster
Stevens, John, sen., maltster
Strouts, Felix, farmer, Kingsdown Court
Strouts, John, farmer, Hole Street