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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Public Houses in Leigh
LEIGH, a village and parish, four miles west from Tunbridge, and six miles south
from Sevenoaks. The population in 1851 was 1,161. The church of St. Mary is an
ancient edifice. The living is a vicarage; patron and incumbent, Rev. Thomas
May.
POST-OFFICE. - John Humphrey, Receiver. Letters arrive from Tunbridge, which
is also the nearest Money Order Office.
GENTRY.
Bailey, Thomas, Esq., Hale place
Combs, Henry Jamesj Esq., Hollanden
Dear, _, Esq.
Gregory, Charles F., Esq.
May, Miss Jane, Kennel's Cottage
May, Rev. Thomas, M.A., Vicarage
Saint, Mrs. Mary, Cottage
TRADERS.
| Barden, Henry sen, farmer Barden, Henry, farmer and brickmaker, Hall Place Farm Bassett, William, farmer, Hollanden Bellingham, James, farmer, Park Farm Boura, Thomas, tailor Chattenton, William, farmer, Charcott Constable, Humphrey, carpenter Crandall, John and Henry, grocers and drapers Cullum, Richard Henry, professor of music Dives, James, farmer Docker, Ludford, farmer, Paul's Farm Dumenow, John, farmer Faircloth, Thomas, wheelwright Foster, Lawrence, farmer, Haysden Gasson, Richard, farmer, Charcott Gregory, Charles Foster, surgeon Head, Robert, farmer, Ramhurst Hilder, William, Gun, and farmer, Hollanden Hodge, Richard, farmer Humphrey, John, grocer and postmaster Jeffery, Adin, farmer and carrier |
Johnson, Stephen, Bromley Farm, Haysden Killick, David, beer retailer Legg, Abraham, farmer, Wickhurst Martin, Mrs. Ann, shopkeeper, Charcott Nye, Richard, blacksmith Payne, James, beer retailer Peene, Samuel U., farmer, Hollanden Pett, John, butcher Potter, John, farmer, Price's Farm Relf, Frederick, Porcupine Sales, Jesse, blacksmith Taylor, Henry, farmer Thorn, Charles, beer retailer, Hollands Usherwood, James, farmer, Ensfield Farm Wells, Joseph, farmer Wheatley, Edward, carpenter Wickenden, John, master of national school Wicking, William, shoemaker Young, Edward, carrier and butcher |