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Public Houses in Offham
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
OFFHAM is a village, four miles east of Wrotham, eight miles west of Maidstone,
and two miles west of Malling. The population in 1851 was 372. The church is
dedicated to St. Michael. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Crown,
and incumbency of the,Rev. F, Money, M.A. Aldon is half a mile west.
POST-OFFICE - Thomas Cooper, Receiver. Letters received through Maidstone. The
nearest Money Order 'Office is at Mailing.
GENTRY
Broad, Mrs. .
Ellis, Miss
Goodwin, Greorge, Esq.
Hutchinson, Thomas, Esq
Money, Rev. Frederick, M.A., vicar
TRADERS.
Bennett, Thomas, grocer
Cooper, Thomas, shoemaker and post-office
Cripps, Mrs. Ann, King's Arms
Crowhurst, Alfred, grocer
Fremlin, Jeremiah, farmer
Godden, Edward, carpenter
Morgan, John, wheelwright
Noar, Mutphy, blacksmith
Perrin, William, farmer
Soper, Thomas, cooper
Stickings, John, Red Lion
Wells, Mrs Mary, farmer