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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LAMBERHURST is a parish and small town, eight miles from Tunbridge Wells, S.W.
The population in 1851 was 1,734, The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an
ancient building. The living is a vicarage, in the presentation of the Dean and
Chapter of Rochester.
The Rev. Robert Hawkins is the incumbent. Here is a place of worship for the
Wesleyans and Baptists; the latter is a neat building and can accommodate 300
persons.
POST-OFFICE. - John Hale, Postmaster. Letters arrive from Hurst Green. Money
Orders are granted and paid at this Office.
GENTRY.
Gerrard, J. L., Esq.
Harrison, William, Esq.
Hawkins, Rev. Robert, Vicar
Hussey, Edward, Esq., Scotney Castle
Irving, George Bell, Esq.
Morland, William Courtney, Esq., Court Lodge
Parker, Thomas, Esq.
Weare, William, Esq.
TTRADERS.
| Arnold, Nicholas, miller Arnold, Nicholas, farmer Aylward, Edward, tailor Baldwin, Samuel, Elephant's Head Ballard, Isaac, farmer Ballard, Joseph, watchmaker Barnes, Samuel, carpenter Boakes, Thomas, shopkeeper Boorman, Samuel, painter and glazier Boorman, Samuel, farmer Butcher, William, farmer Couchman, Miss Sarah, boarding school Downing, William, farmer Eastland, Mrs. Mary, Chequers Eastland, Edward, farmer Fenner, Joseph, boot and shoe maker Fisher, Edward, farmer Gerrard, Mrs. Amelia, boarding school Giles, John, beer retailer Glazier, Adam, Horse and Groom Graham, Thomas, surgeon Greagsbey, John, stonemason Greagsbey, James, shopkeeper Hale and Co., drapers and grocers Hale, John, postmaster Hammond, George, farmer Hammond, William, cooper, etc Hawkins, William, farmer Irving, George Bell, surgeon Lansdell, Thomas, farmer Lowe, James, boot and shoe maker |
Mann, Joseph, farmer Mannington, William, shopkeeper Masters, Stephen, boot and shoe maker Milstead, George, blacksmith Milstead, John, tailor Noakes, Edward, and Son, blacksmiths and farmers Noakes, John, butcher, etc Osborne, Alfred, baker Osborne, Mrs. Susan, Swan Inn Badgham, Edward, carpenter Pierce, James, and Son, grocers, &c. Piper, Jesse, boot and shoe maker Playfoot, George, saddler Playfoot,Jeffrey, shopkeeper Playfoot, james, farmer Putland, George, carrier Rodgers, James, farmer Rodgers, Henry, beer retailer Rose, John, farmer Russell, Alfred, plumber and painter Shoebridge, John, farmer Smith, Frederick and Thomas, brewers Smith, Henry, farmer Smith, James, boot and shoe maker Smith, John, miller Smith, Samuel, farmer Tolhurst, Charles, farrier Trill, Thomas, farmer Watkins, Thomas, George and Dragon White, William, farmer Whiteman, George, farmer Whiteman, Nicholas, glover Wickenden, William, fanner Wiles, John, grocer |