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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
MEOPHAM, or MEPHAM, is a pleasant village, five miles south from Gravesend, and
five miles and a half from Wrotham. The population in 1851 was 1,045. Here is a
fine church, which is beautifully situated. The living is a vicarage.
POST-OFFICE. - John Nevills, Receiver. Letters are received through Gravesend.
Money Orders are granted and paid at this office.
GENTRY.
Andus, Mrs. Mary Ann
Barnett, Robert, Esq., Court Lodge
Evenden, John Samuel, Esq.
Hooper, Rev. John
Lane, Mr. William
Longley, Rev. Isaac
Oliver, Mr. William
Poltick, Mrs. Ann
Smith, William M., Esq., Camer
Willsonne, Richard W. S., Esq.
Public Houses in Meopham
TRADERS.
| Bishop, John, blacksmith Bishop, Richard, blacksmith Bliss, William George, farmer Brigden, Thomas, builder Buggs, George, farmer Buggs, Miss Elizabeth, shopkeeper Buggs, James, Eleven Cricketers Buggs, Philip, farmer Chapman, Arthur, master of new school Coombs, Edward, farmer Crowhurst, Thomas, farmer, Harvel Pond Crowhurst, Thomas, farmer, Harvel Lodge Crowhurst, Thomas, farmer, Priesthood Crowhurst, William, grocer Dalton, John and Henry, farmers Day, David, farmer Dorrington, Alban, saddler and harness maker Durling, George, brewer, &c. - Plough French, John, wheelwright French, Thomas, farmer |
Goodwin, Richard, shopkeeper Goodwin, Thomas, Prince of Wales Goodwin, Valentine, farmer Hills, Thomas, shoemaker Killick, James, miller Langford, Henry, farmer Langford, Mrs. Mary Ann, George Inn Loft, James, beer retailer - Two Brewers Martin, James, bricklayer Mungean, Henry, farmer Munyard, Mrs., farmer Nevills, John, butcher Nordish, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer Nordish, Henry, King's Arms Nordish, Henry, shopkeeper Oliver, George, blacksmith Parker, Frederick, beer retailer - Fox & Hounds Richardson, John, tailor Root, John, shopkeeper |