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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.


SOUTHBOROUGH is a village and parish, three miles south from the town of Tunbridge. The population in 1851 was l,327. The church is a neat and commodious building. The living is a perpetual curacy; the Rev. Stephen Langston, M.A., is the incumbent. Here is also a neat Wesleyan chapel.

POST-OFFICE.- George Wickenden, Postmaster. Letters arrive from Tunbridge Wells, which is also the nearest Money Order Office.

GENTRY.

Bencrafts, Miss Elizabeth Carr, Mrs. Castte, Mrs Mary Colebrook, Henry, Esq. Conway, Mr. William, Merton Lodge Crundwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Crundwell, Mrs. Mary Anh Deeds, Mrs. Harriet Margaret Dive's, Mr. Jame's, Southborough Lodge Estridge, Mrs. Mary, Southborough hill Garling, Miss Sophia Gay, Mrs. Elizabeth Goldney, Rev. George, M.A. Hardinge, Rev. Charles Langston, Rev. Stephen, M.A, Parsonage Lotherifigton, Mrs. Harriet

Middlemore,Mrs., Pennington place Moore, Henry Talbot, Esq. Newton, Mrs., Pennington place Newton, Mrs. Louisa, Prospect Cottage _ Nichols, Mrs. Amelia Parker, Miss Jane, Augusta Villa Pott, Arthur, Esq., J.P., Bentham hill Pugh, Mrs. Roberts, Charles, Esq., Pennington place Solomons, Alderman, M.P. Saxby, Mrs. Dorothy Frances Simpson, Miss Stannus, Major Weightman, Miss Rebecca Welford, the Misses Harriet and Caroline

Public Houses in Southborough

TRADERS

Blofeld, Miss, mistress of infant school Brown, Mrs Susan, shopkeeper Brown, William, baker Budger, William, millwright Chantler and Crundwell, auctioneers etc Chantler, John, grocer and draper Chudley, Miss Eliza, mistress of national school Clark, John, boot maker Cole, Charles, beer retailer Colebrook, Henry, surgeon Coombridge, William and Henry, butcher Corke, Edgar, painter and plumber Crundwell, George, steward to Sir J. L. Goldsmid, bart, Crundwell, William Thomas, and Henry, tanners, etc. Draper, William, fly proprietor Elphick, Mrs. Ann, milliner, etc Elphick, Edward, hair dresser Everest, John, cabinet maker Field, Miss Eliza, dressmaker Gallard, Alexander, carpenter Gallard, Charles, builder Gallard, Matthew, carpenter Goldney, Rev. G,, M.A., boarding school Harris, George and John, carriers Hawkins, Anthony, basket maker Johnson, William, farm bailiff Jury, Stephen, farmer Knowleg, Mrs. Elizabeth, straw bonnet maker Knowles, John, miller and farmer

Lewis, EdwarcJ, baker Martin, John,, cricket ball maker. Milton, William, miller, etc Morson, Charles, beer retailer Neville, Nicholas, shopkeeper Newnhand, George, Hand and Sceptre Family Hotel Pack, James, shopkeeper Pack, Thomas, bricklayer Piper, Thomas, master of national school Piper, William, seedsman Randall, Richard, saddle and harness maker Romary, Miss Sophia, linen 'manufacturer Simmons, John, farmer Skinner, Geprge, farmer Spilsbnry, William, master of free school Stidolph and Streatfield, coachmakers Taylor, Charles, boot and shoe maker Thorn, Henry, boot and shoe maker Thorn, William, boot and shoe maker Thorpe, David, builder Tidy, Thomas, blacksmith, etc Twort, William, boot maker Upfield, George, tailor Viner Charles, collector of poor rate for Speldhurst Wallis, Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper Walthew, the Misses, ladies' school Wickenden, George, grocer, appraiser, etc Wickens, Samuel, butcher Wickham, William, cricket ball maker