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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.