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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

TRADERS.

Ayers, Thomas, surgeon
Bishop, John, farmer
Bishop, Thomas, farmer
Bishop, Nicholas, farmer
Blackman John, farmer
Blackman, William, farmer, Windsor Farm
Bricher, Jarvis Iden, beer retailer
Burden, Robert, shoemaker
Clemetson, Richard, miller
Corke, Richard, grocer and draper
Dawson, John, wheelwright
Drawbridge, William, shoemaker
Drury, John, Bull Inn
Drury, Thomas, farmer
Dunk, Ambrose, farmer
Dunk, William, jun., farmer
Durrant, Edward, baker
Edwards, Miss Caroline, draper, grocer,
and postmistress
Foster, William, carrier
Gilbert, Humphrey, farmer
Goble, John, beer retailer
Harden, Thomas, farmer
Harden, Thomas Ruby, ironmonger
Hayward, A., farmer
Hilder, Robert, farmer
Hines, Joseph, farmer
Hodges, William, tailor
Hodges, Peter, wheelwright
Jackson, John, saddler
Jewhurst, Edmund, blacksmith
Jewhurst, Edward, beer retailer
Kadwell, James, parish clerk
Oxley, Richard, butcher
Longley, William, butcher
Mercer, William, farmer
Morris, William, tailor
Murrell, George, seedsman
Pilcher, Charles S., farmer
Richardson, George, beer retailer
Smith, Mrs. Mary, farmer
Smith, James B., farmer
Suer, Charles, plumber, &c.
Turley, Robert, farmer, Gate House
Watson, Robert, seedsman
Watson, William, shoemaker
Wells, John, hairdresser
Welstead, George, farmer
White, Edward, baker
Wicken, Henry, carpenter
Winder, Richard, shopkeeper
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