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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
MINSTER is a large village and railway station, four miles west from Ramsgate,
12 N.E. from Canterbury, eight S.E. from Margate, and 26 from Ashford. The
church of St. Mary is an ancient building in good repair. The living is a
vicarage, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. Robert Thomas
Wheeler, M.A. is the incumbent. There is also a Wesleyan Chapel here. The
population in 1851 was 1,532. Dorlock is one mile S.E.; Wey, one mile N.E.;
Hailing Court, two miles N.E.
POST-OFFICE. - Edward May, Receiver.
GENTRY.
Gillow, Mrs. Ann, Wayborough
Hasler, Mr. William
Swinford, John, Esq.,the Abbey
Wheeler, Rev. Robert Thomas, M.A., Incumbent
Public Houses in Minster
TRADERS.
| Allen, Sladden, carpenter Andrews, John, plumber, glazier, and painter Birch, John, draper, grocer and tailor, agent for Sun Fire Office, and Stamp Office Brice, John, gardener Browning, Thomas, baker Bubb, Robert, tailor, draper, and hatter, agent to the Freehold Land Society, and British Empire Mutual Fire and Life Assurance Company Buddel, Edward, New Inn Buddel, William, gardener and grocer Burton, George, gardener Chandler, Louisa, infant school mistress Collard, Stephen, farmer Oollard, Arthur, maltster Crothall, George, builder Curling, John, saddler and harness maker Elvey, William, market gardener France, Mark, assistant overseer Freeman, Thomas Anthony, surgeon Freeman, William, superintendent registrar of births deaths, and marriages, and clerk to the Isle of Thanet Union Friend, Edward, jun., Bell Inn Fuller, Lewis, fanner, Hoo Farm Gibbens, Edward, grazier, Halfway House Gibbens, Edward jun., farmer, Ebbsfleet Farm Gibbs, Frederick, grocer Goulder, Edward, White Horse Goulder, John, shoemaker Harlow, Richard, gardener Harnett, George, farmer, Pouces Farm |
Harriett, Thomas, farmer, Gravey Hosier, John, butcher Josling, John, farmer Kitcliingman, William, baker Knott, Edward, blacksmith Knott, Elizabeth, national schoolmistress Lamb, John, shoemaker May, Edward, parish clerk, post-office, deputy registrar of births and deaths, and national schoolmaster, and agent to Anchor Fire and Life Office Mayhew, Thomas, farmer Mirriams, Edward, Mount Pleasant Nash, Thomas, carpenter and wheelwright Palmer, John, farmer, Durlock Farm Petley, John, farmer Rammell, Thomas, farmer, Thome Farm Rigden, George, executor of Miller Sankey, Frederick William, farmer, Way Farm Setterfield, Henry, carrier, grocer, and shoemaker Silk, James, coal merchant Sheppard, William, tailor Smith, James Thomas William, member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Union hill Swinford, David, farmer, Alland Grange Taylor, Charles, bricklayer Watson, Edward, farmer Wellard, Lewis, grazier Woodward, George, farmer, Sheriff's Court Young, Mary, blacksmith |