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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
PLAXTOL is a small village and parish., four miles south of Wrotham, six S.W. of
Malling, and six north of Tunbridge station. Here is a district church, Stanley
Grange is a seat; Spout and Allons are half a mile east; Broadfield and Old
Scar, one mile east; Dunk's Green half a mile south; Fair Lawn, half a mile
west; Button's Bourn, half a mile north.
Plaxtol public houses
POST-OFFICE - George Knight, Receiver. Letters are received through Sevenoaks.
The nearest Money Order Offices are at Sevenoaks and Hadlow.
GENTRY.
Dalison, M.,Esq.
Moys, Rev. Richard, M.A., Parsonage
Ryley, Rev. Edward, M.A
TRADERS.
| Akehurst, Thomas, baker Beadle, David, farmer Bennett, Thomas, beer retailer, &c. Benzie, John Baker, grocer, &c. Buss, Samuel, shopkeeper Clement, George, boot and shoemaker Down, John G., watchmaker Ewins, Miss, national schoolmistress Glover, James, Tiger Golding, George, farmer Johnson, John, wheelwright Knight, George, land surveyor and post-master Ledger, George, farmer Martin, William, farmer Martin, Thomas, farmer |
Nash, John, boot and shoe maker Palmer, William T., Red Lion Parris, Mrs. Ann, dressmaker Patch, Mrs. Mary, beer retailer Sturdy, William, farm bailiff Tapping, David, tailor Thompson, Richard S., farmer Turley, George, shopkeeper Twopenny, William and John, blacksmith Twopenny, Mary Ann, grocer and draper Williams, John, master of national school Wood, Ann, butcher Wright, Henry, farmer |