Rolvenden, Tenterden, Ashford with Shepway

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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

Rolvenden public houses

ROLVENDEN is a parish and village, three miles from Tenterden and three from Newenden. The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary; it is built in a simple but beautiful style of architecture. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester; the Rev. John William Ramsey is the incumbent.
The population in 1851 was 1,434.

POST-OFFICE. - Miss Caroline Edwards, Postmistress. Letters arrive from Staplehurst-
The, nearest Money Order Office is at Tenterden.

GENTRY.

Ayerst, Thomas, M.D.
Blackman, Mr. William
Coombe, Mrs., Spark's House
Cullen, G., Esq.
Goble, Mr. George Gregory
Masters, Mrs.
Moneypeny, Captain Robert Charles, Maytham Hall
Morrison, Frank, Esq., the Hall
Ramsey, Rev. John William, Vicar
Thornton, Rev. William, M.A.,. Curate of Benenden
Tweedie, Captain Michael, R.A.
Weller, Captain Montague, Kingsgate House
Witherden, Mr. William

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