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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
ORPINGTON is a parish and village in the lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, six miles S.E.
from Bromley, and eight from Dartford. The population in 1851 was 1,203. The
church, dedicated to All Saints, is of rather a mean appearance, with a low
embattled tower. The living comprises a sinecure rectory and a discharged
vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of St. Mary Cray annexed, in the patronage
of the see of Canterbury.
POST-OFFICE. - Elizabeth Joyner, Receiver, Letters arrive from Bromley. The
nearest Money Order Office is at hiselhurst.
GENTRY.
Barry, Charles, Esq., Priory
Birkett, , Esq.
Cosser, A., Esq., Crofton Lodge
Falcon, Rev. 'William, M.A, Vicar
Fry, George, Esq.
Harris, George, Esq.
Jackson, Joseph, Esq., Mayfleld
Jackson, Addis, Esq.
Moryer, Mrs.
Perceval, Miss, Crofton Hall
Spry, Mrs.
Public Houses of Orpington
TRADERS.
| Atkins, George, boarding and day-school Best, Caleb, butcher Bond, John, plumber Brooker, Samuel, farmer Broomfield, Mrs, Susan, grocer, etc Colegate, John, farmer and miller Cooper, Philip, beer retailer Dunn, Henry, grocer Gallier, Richard, Artichoke Glassup, Herbert, blacksmith Greenslade, Thomas, tailor Griffin, Joseph, fruit grower Groombridge, Allen, broom maker Grover, Thomas, fruit grower Hayes, Edward, bricklayer Joyner, Elizabeth, postmistress Lane, George and James, nurserymen Laslett, John, bricklayer Living, Charles, draper Mitchell, John, farmer |
Mott, Jonathan, shoemaker Packman, _, beer retailer Petley, James, fruit grower Phillips, William, farmer Poole, Richard, White Hart Sales, William, carpenter Taylor, Francis, fruit grower Taylor, Michael, farmer Tillott, William, baker Townsend, John, butcher Wackham, Charles, beer retailer Wale, George, wheelwright Walton, John, farmer Wells, Edward, shopkeeper Westbrook, Mrs. Sophia, farmer Westbrook, Mrs. Harriet, and John, farmers Wicker, George, beer retailer Wood, John, boot and shoe maker Yates, John, baker |