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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
SHOREHAM is a village and parish, five miles north from Sevenoaks. The
population in 1851 was 1192. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul,
and is an ancient building. The living is a discharged vicarage. The rectory of
Shoreham is with the curacy of Otford. Preston is half a mile north; Upper and
Lower Austin, two miles N.E.; Romney Street and Week Oak, two miles east;
Dunstall, one mile east; Cobhall, or
Copthall, half a mile east; Filson, half a mile south; Sepham, one mile and a
half S.W.;
Timberden, one mile N.W.; Great and Little Cockerice, two miles N.W.; Easthill,
two miles S.E.
POST-OFFICE. - Mrs. Harriet Hawkins, Postmistress. Letters arrive from
Sevenoaks.
GENTRY.
Coope, George, Esq., Dunstall Priory
Corranoe, Rev. Henry Francis, M.A.
Gregory, John, Esq., Shoreham Cottage
Mildmay, Humphrey F., Esq., Shoreham place
Repton, Rev. Edward, M.A., Vicarage
Wilmot, George, Esq.
Public Houses in Shoreham
TRADERS.
| Baxter, John, farmer Benham, George, tailor Benham, Mrs. Sarah, dressmaker Booker, Thomas, beer retailer Bowles, Richard, miller and farmer Brightling, John, farmer Crowhursc, Edward, farmer Day, John, George, and farmer Edington, John, boot and shoe maker Fishenden, John, farmer Foreman, Henry, wood broker Foreman, Robert, shopkeeper Glover, John, farmer Green, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer Griffiths, John, plumber and glazier Hills, James, carrier Hills, Thomas, carrier Ladd, James, grocer and draper |
Love, Miss Elizabeth, farmer Love, Samuel, farmer Martin, William, baker Mills, Thomas Richard and Alfred, butchers Mitchell, William, beer retailer Saker, David, blacksmith Smith, Edward, farmer Squib, Mrs. Elizabeth, Crown Inn Stone, John, farmer, Sepham Thomas, James, shopkeeper Turner, Thomas, general shopkeeper Verrells, S., saddle and harness maker Walker, Samuel, shopkeeper West, William, boot and shoe maker Willis, Alfred, painter and glazier Wilmot, George, paper manufacturer Wootton, John, farmer Yates, William, wheelwright |