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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
RAINHAM is a village, four miles from Rochester, east, and six miles from
Sittingbourne, west. The population in 1851 was 1,155. The church is a handsome
building, and stands close to the high road. The living is a vicarage, in the
gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incumbency of the Rev. John Poore,
D.D. Lower Rainham and Rainham Quay are one mile north; Moor Street, half a mile
east; Cozenton, half a mile north; Muckland, half a mile north; Metley Hill, two
miles N.E.; Silvain, half a mile south; Sharp Green and Tweedale, two miles N.
W., have a quay;
Berengrave, Desborough, and Mardale, are places near here.
POST-OFFICE - Caroline Bleeze, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at
Chatham.
GENTRY.
Abbott, Mrs. Mary
Dodd, Mrs.
Cole, Rev. George, Curate
Walter, William, Esq., Barengrave House
Watchurst, James, Mardale House
Public Houses of Rainham
TRADERS.
| Allen, Stephen, beer retailer Allsworth, William Joseph, tailor Allsworth, William Joseph, Lion Atkins, James, maltster Beaumont, Edward, boot and shoe maker Bleeze, Caroline, baker and post-office Boorman, Edward, wheelwright Burley, William, tailor Dennis, Thomas, shopkeeper, Lower Rainham Dodd, Thomas, farmer Eyerist, W. B., surgeon Gilbert, Thomas, farmer Gorrett, Edward, saddle and harness maker Green, Daniel, farmer Harris, George, Cricketers Knight, Thomas, Three Mariners Kitchingham, Henry, George and Dragon Langley, George, nursery and seedsman Maddocks, Robert, butcher Mansfield, James, farmer Miles, James Luke, farmer |
Moss, William, grocer and draper Packman, William H., farmer Paye, Elizabeth, corn factor Penfold, Henry, surgeon Phillpott, Thomas, gardener, etc. Pope, George, blacksmith Prentis, Walter, farmer Rich, Charles, farmer Ritchingham, William, beer retailer Sayer, Charles, White Horse Simmons, Joseph, wheelwright, etc. Stevens, Thomas, market gardener Smart, William, farmer Taylor, James, carpenter Taylor, James, jun., plumber and glazier Turner, George, shopkeeper Wakely,Thomas (executors of), farmers, etc. Watson, Robert, butcher Watson, Robert Durrant, farmer Wilkins, James, farmer Wyles, Thomas, beer retailer and shopkeeper |