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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LYDD is a small market town and parish, 36 miles S.E. from Maidstone, 17 south
from Ashford, and four west from New Romney, in the liberty and union of Romney
Marsh. The .church is dedicated to All Saints, and is a noble building, in good
repair. The living is a vicarage and rectory, in the patronage of the Archbishop
of Canterbury; the Rev. Benjamin Cobb is the incumbent. The population in 1861
was 1605. Pigwell is half a mile S.W.; Scotney Court, two miles and a half S.W.;
Belgar, two miles N.E.;
Jack's Court, half a mile N.E.; West Brook, one mile north; Cheyne Court is the
name of several farms, four miles west.
POST-OFFICE. - Jesse Smith, Receiver. Letters arrive from New Romney. Money
Orders are granted and paid at this Office.
Public Houses in Lydd
GENTRY.
| Burgess, Stephen, Esq., Magistrate, West Brook Cobb, Rev. Benjamin, Curate, Vicarage Gumming, Rev. J. P. Deune, David, Esq., Magistrate Finn, Mr. John Finn, Mr. Samuel, Rose Cottage |
Finn, Thomas, Esq., Magistrate Finn, George, Esq., Magistrate Green, Mrs. Catherine Green, Thomas, Esq,, Magistrate Masters, Mrs. Sarah Morrison, Mrs. Mary |
TRADERS.
| Adams, John, Jolly Fisherman Allen, Charles, agent to the Kent Fire and Life Office Allen, Charles, draper and grocer Baker, Clifford, boot and shoe maker Baker James, greengrocer Bates, John, watch and clock maker Bartholomew, Benjamin, tailor Bass, Edward Thomas, veterinary surgeon Bass, William, draper, grocer, etc Bates, George, draper and grocer Birch, Stephen, miller Blacklock, William, fisherman Brackenbury, Lanes, farmer Brett, Mrs. Rhoda, beer retailer Brett, William, butcher Buss, James, farmer Burkett, Edward, farmer and butcher Buss, James, jun., George Inn Butler, John, draper and grocer Cole, R. M., boot and shoemaker Cole, Thomas, blacksmith Dobson, Thomas, farmer Ditton, John, British Sailor Ditton, William, beer retailer Edwards, Edward, organist and boot maker Finn, Francis, farmer Finn, George, grazier Finn, Mark, boot and shoe maker Finn, Samuel, grazier, Rose Cottage Finn, Thomas, cattle salesman and farmer, West Brook Finn, Edward, grocer and draper, West Brook Gilbert, Mrs. Elizabeth, New Inn Gilbert, James, stationer Goble, Thomas, baker and miller Godden, John, carpenter, &c. Godfrey, Thomas, farmer Green, Alfred, farmer, and grazier Green, David (the executors of), brewer, &c. Green, Thomas, farmer Greenop, Thomas, school |
Haines, William, carrier and licensed to let horses for hire Haisell, John, bricklayer Harrison, Wallace, relieving officer Herring, John, Pilot Hill, John, watch and clock maker Hutchings, John, Dolphin Jackson, James, farmer Jell, George, registrar of births and deaths Jell, Benjamin, painter, &c. Jell, George, hairdresser Jell, Henry, tailor Jell, James, baker and carpenter Johnson, James, saddler and harness maker Jones, Charles, carrier and farmer Lawrence, William, beer retailer Leeds, Misses Catherine and Fanny, milliners and dressmakers Longley, Misses Betsey and Frances, bakers Lording, William, coal merchant Lording, Henry, carrier and beer retailer Mackett, George, boot and shoe maker Masters, George, draper and grocer Mittell, John, tailor Mittell, Samuel, butcher Nowers, Edward Alfred, chemist and druggist Oyler, James, Ship Penn, Richard, bricklayer Pope, William, shoemaker Prescott, John, farmer Ramsden, John George, surgeon Ramsden, Richard, greengrocer Rolfe, James, farmer and grazier Sampson, Thomas, farmer Sanders, Isaac, Hope and Anchor Smith, Jesse, postmaster and bootmaker Smithers, John, ironmonger, &c. Tennock, Andrew, farm bailiff Terry, John, fisherman Terry, Stephen, grazier and farmer Warren, Charles, national schoolmaster White, Alfred, brewer, draper, and grocer Wood, John, coal merchant and farmer Wood, Richard, grazier and farmer |
