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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
NEW ROMNEY is a small town, 20 miles from Dover, 14 from Ashford, and eight S.E.
from Appledore station. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and is a
handsome building, in the Norman style of architecture. The living is a
vicarage, in the gift of All Souls College, Oxford, and incumbency of the Rev.
Richard Smith, B.D. There is also a Baptist and Wesleyan chapel here. The
population in 1851 was 1,053. Here is a small
gaol and union workhouse, market house and assembly room; a County Court is held
every month. Honeychild is one mile and a half north.
POST-OFFICE. - James Vidgen, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted and paid at
this office.
Old Romney is a small parish, two and a half miles from New Romney.
The living is a rectory in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The
Rev. John Foord, M.A., is the vicar. The parish contains 130 inhabitants.
Letters received through New Romney, which is also the nearest Money Order
Office.
GENTRY
| Ainsworth, Rev. James, Baptist minister Buckhurst, Mrs. Sarah Chittenden,' Mrs. Jane Coates, O., Esq. Cobb, Thomas, Esq. Cowin, Mrs. Frances Harrison, Mr. Edmund, Ivy Lodge Mann, Mrs. Elizabeth |
Parton, Mrs. Mary Piddlesden, Mrs. Jane Piddlesden, Mr. Thomas Russell, Miss Jane Russell, John, Esq., magistrate Smith, Rev. Richard, B.D. Stringer, William, Esq. Walker, Henry Bachelor, Esq., magistrate |
| Ashdown, William, blacksmith Austin, John, carrier Ayres, Mrs. Ann, ironmonger, plumber,&e. Baker, John, boot and shoemaker Baker, Edwin, builder Boorman, Thomas, sawyer Boosey, Mrs. Ann, baker and confectioner Bourn, William, wheelwright Buss, Thomas, New Inn Butler, Frederick, baker Butler, Thomas, painter Catt, Daniel, carrier Cherry, Edward, sergeant of mounted coast guard Coates, 0., farmer and grazier Cobb, William, wheelwright Cooper, Thomas, fellmonger Cowen, Matthew, grazier Crux, Richard, greengrocer Dadd, John, chemist and druggist Dalby, Thomas, master of national school Dalby, Mrs., mistress of national school Daniel, John, baker Dowle, James, boot and shoe maker Everist, William Alexander, solicitor Finn and Buss, appraisers and Auctioneers Gilbert, Jeffrey, watch and clockmaker Gravett, George, draper and grocer, and stamp distributor Green, Edward, grazier Harper, Joseph, collector of rates for the Romney Union, agent to the Kent Fire and Life Office, Standard Life Office and Secretary to the Gas Works Harrison, William, superintendent registrar of births, deaths, and marriages and master of union workhouse Harrison, William Wallace, registrar of births and deaths, and relieving office for Romney Marsh district Hills, Brothers, carriers Hippisley, C. J., Inspecting Lieutenant Dengeness division Hutchinson, Joseph, maltster Hoskins, Thomas, tailor Hoskins, William, grazier and farmer Humphery, John, coal merchant Humphery, John, registrar of marriage and clerk to the Board of Guardians |
Jarrett, Henry, upholsterer & beer retailer Johnson, James, saddle and harness maker Keeler, Richard, beer retailer Mann, Alfred, hairdresser and beer retailer Morris, G. B., grocer and draper Masey, Edwin, builder and beer retailer Masey, George, builder and beer.vetailer Masey, George, sen., builder Masey, John, brickmaker Mittell, Mrs. Elizabeth, grocer Mittell, Miss Harriet, academy Mortley, Joh», grazier, farmer, auctioneer, high bailiff for the County Court Page, Henry, coal merchant and farmer Pankhurst, William, shoemaker Parsons, James and Alfred, drapers and grocers Pearson, Richard, wheelwright and carpenter Piddlesden, Thomas, grazier and farmer Pocock, John, gardener Prebble, John, jun., wine and spirit merchant Rayner, Henry, Ship Inn Roberts, John Thomas, M.D., and surgeon Russell, John, grazier Sherwood, Richard, carrier Simpson, Henry J., tailor Smith, William, butcher Smith, William B., farmer Snoad, William Boorman, butcher Spencer, Robert,.miller Spony, James, boot and shoe maker Stone, Charles, stone mason Stringer, William, solicitor Stringer and Eyerist, solicitors Tunbridge, John, bricklayer Terry, Robert, farmer Tunbridge, T. T., grazier arid stock salesman Turner, Thomas, Town .Hall keeper and Mayor's sergeant Vidgen, Miss Elizabeth, school Vidgen, James, stationer, postmaster, and tailor Waghorn, George, gas superintendent Wellden, John, jun., baker Wellden; John, sen;, licensed to let horses and carriages Wellden, William, butcher Wiles, John, blacksmith, painter, and carpenter Wood, Benjamin and Son, surgeons Woolett, Thomas, school Wraight, Edward, butcher |