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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
KNOCKHOLT is a straggling village and parish, 5 miles and a half N.W. from Sevenoaks, and nine miles south from Bromley. The population in 1851 was 578.
The church stands on an elevated situation. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the rector of Orpington. The Rev. Joseph Hall is the incumbent. Here is also a small chapel for the Wesleyans.
POST-OFFICE. - William Forge, Receiver. Letters are received through Sevenoaks.
The nearest Money Order Offices are at Westerham and Sevenoaks.
GENTRY.
Colyer, Charles, Esq.
Corpe, Mr. Augustus Burlirigs .
Graham, Mr. G.
Hall, Rev. Joseph, M.A.
Holmes, Mr. C. R.
Miles, L. P., Esq.
Norton, Daniel, Esq
Ricketts Miss Elizabeth
Riddles, Mr. John
Rouse, Henry, Esq.
TRADERS.
| Attwood, John, farmer, Blueberry Bond, James, fruiterer Bowen, John, grocer Burnett, Mrs. Martha, straw bonnet maker Butcher, John, farmer Challis, Matthew John, farmer Chilton, George, grocer Constable, William, farmer Cook, Edward, farmer Cronk, William, blacksmith Day, David, Crown Inn Ede, James, baker English, Robert, Horse Shoes Forge, William, boot and shoe maker and post-office Hammond, Thomas, butcher Holmes, Thomas, farmer |
Jackson, Mrs. Sarah, farmer Kemmish, William, master of national school Mills, John, shopkeeper Morgan, Thomas, bricklayer Nightingale, William, farmer Parker, Thomas, parish clerk Riddle, John, farmer Rock, William, veterinary surgeon Sawyers, Caleb, miller Smith, William, fruiterer Wells, David, blacksmith Whithead, Henry, Harrow Inn Whitehead, Henry, carrier Young, David, carpenter Young, Robert, farmer |