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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LOOSE is a pleasant village and parish, two miles and a half south, of
Maidstone. The population in 1851 was 1,542. The church, dedicated to All
Saints, is a very small building. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Rev. Richard Boys, M.A., is the
incumbent. Well Street is a part of the village. Boughton Mount is half a mile
north; Cripple Street, half a mile N.E.; Salt's Place, half a mile S.E.; Hail, or
Hayle, one mile and a half north; Sharnal Pond, one mile N.E.; Penn's Court,
half a mile N.W,
POST-OFFICE - William Wells, Receiver. Letters arrive through taplehurst. The
nearest Money Order Office is at Linton.
Public Houses in Loose
GENTRY.
| Boys, Rev. Richard, Vicar Childs, Charles, Esq. Dearden, Rev. H. W., Curate Gooch, Arthur, Esq. Hudson, James, Esq. Hatfield, William, Esq. Hubble, John Charlton, Esq. Hodsoll, James Huggett, Esq. Jeudwine, Charles John, Esq. Jones, the Misses, Hayle Place Marsham, Admiral, Hayle Cottage |
Miller, Mrs., Stone House Moore, Captain, Rose Mount Muller, George, Esq., Woodlawn Peale, William, Esq., Loose Hill Penfold, Miss Charlotte Rout, James Clerk, Esq. Read, Mrs., Pickering Street Stevenson, James Gunning, Esq. Shadgett, Thomas, Esq. Worrall, John Charles, Esq. |
TRADERS.
| Alchin, Charles, farmer, Cosheath Allen, James, national schoolmaster Amies, Joseph, farmer Amies, Joseph, jun., grocer Amies, John Tooth, butcher Allnutt and Sons, paper makers, Ivy Mill Barker, Joseph and Mark, brewers Barton, William, bootmaker, and victualler, Chequers Bourne, Thomas, shopkeeper Bourner, William, bootmaker Buck, William, farmer, Pimp's Court Buckland, John, builder Chittenden, James, blacksmith Clark, John, beer seller Collins, James, shopkeeper Dear, George, butcher Doel, David, dyer Eve, Thomas, wheelwright Evenden, William, beer seller, Walnut Tree Farmer, Thomas, shopkeeper Froud, Edward, butcher Fryer, Henry, victualler, Old Star Green, Mrs Margaret, victualler, Swan Gurney and Son, millboard manufacturers Harris, William, beer seller and shopkeeper Harris, Elizabeth, beer seller Horton, Thomas, farmer |
Hyde, Robert, grocer Joy, John Jesse, saddler Kemp, John, beer seller, New Star Kemp, Thomas, farmer and maltster, Loose Court Kemp, William, coal merchant, Shernold Pond Larking, John, boot maker May, William, schoolmaster Moore, John, baker Rigney, Patrick, shopkeeper Russell, John, victualler, Kings Arms Skinner, William, farmer and fruiterer Smith, William, beer seller Spiers, William, excise officer Springett, John, beer seller Spurgeon, Henry, blacksmith Startup, Richard, farmer, Salts Tree, Charles, wheelwright Underdown, Charles, boot maker Walter, Charles, hawker Wells, William, postmaster White, Mary, shopkeeper, Cosheath Wilkins, Edward, victualler, Paper Maker's Arms Wilson, William, miller Wood, James, carpenter |
