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MERSHAM is a village pleasantly situated, four miles S.W. from Ashford. The
church is a neat edifice, dedicated to St. John. The living is a rectory in the
gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Rev. G. Norwood, incumbent. Kingsland
Street is one mile N.W.; Quarrington, one mile and a half N.E.; Bokham, two
miles north; Brabourn Brimp, one mile south.
POST-OFFICE - Edward Simmons, Receiver. Letters received through Ashford.
GENTRY.
Allen, James, Esq.
Durtnal, W., Esq.
Hodgson, Mrs. Charlotte
Hughes, Misses, New House
Knatchbull, Sir Norton, Bart., Mersham Hatch
Norwood, Rev. George, Vicarage
Lewis, Rev. L. W.
Wyman, Shearwin, Esq.
TRADERS.
| Barton, Edward, farmer, Bower Farm Bishop, S., farmer Brenchley, Thomas, farmer Brett, Stephen, blacksmith, farmer, constable, and assessor of taxes Browning, William, schoolmaster Burch, Job, miller, and assessor of taxes Chamberlain, Richard, Farriers' Arms Farris, John, grazier Finn, Mrs. Elizabeth, parochial schoolmistress Finn, Richard and Son, carpenters and builders Finn, William Johnson, parochial schoolmaster and parish clerk Firininger, Mrs. Ann, farmer Forester, Jessie, Royal Oak Head, George, shoemaker Howland, William, bricklayer Morley, Thomas, farmer |
Noble, H., farmer Norwood, John and Edward, farmers Prebble, Thomas, farmer Prebble, John, agricultural machine maker and wheelwright Simmons, Edward, draper and grocer Stone, James, market gardener Stone, William, grazier Swaffer, Alfred, farmer, Stone Green farm Swaffer, Daniel, farmer, Conscience Farm Terry, Marsh, farmer Tucker, David and Henry, glovers and fellmongers Tournay, Thomas, beer retailer and painter Tournay, Thomas, builder Wyman, Shearwin, farmer Wyman, Thomas, farmer, Court Lodge |