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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
STAPLE is a small village, eight miles east from Canterbury, two S.E. of Wingham,
and four west of Sandwich. The church of St. James is remarkably long and low,
with a square tower. The living is a perpetual curacy, united with the rectory
of Adisham, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incumbency of the
Rev. W. Dickins. There is also a Baptist chapel in the village. The population,
in 1851, was 590. Grove Park is a large park and seat. Barnssell is three
quarters of a mile east; Ham Hill Court, one mile and a half S.E,; Summerfield,
half a mile S.E.; Cricksall, half a mile south; Tweedham, a quarter of a mile
S.W.; Pedden, one mile north.
Letters received through Wingham, which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
Cozens, Mr. Samuel
Public Houses in Staple
TRADERS.
Amos, William, market gardener
Atkins, William, grocer
Bassett, Thomas, market gardener
Buddie, William, shoemaker
Chandler, John, farmer
Collard, George, Green Man
Cook, John, farmer
Cozens, James and George, market gardeners
Davison, Thomas, farmer
Gardener, William, miller and baker
Hambres, Thomas, Three Tuns inn
Hatcher, Thomas, farmer
Hayward, Thomas, blacksmith
Holness, Thomas, farmer
Hopkins, Thomas, farmer
Keeler, William, farmer
Larkin, John, market gardener
Mackey, Richard, market gardener
Palmer, Thomas, farmer
Petley, James, farmer
Pidduck, George, farmer
Ralph, James, grocer, and market gardener
Ralph, John, shoemaker and beer retailer
Spinner, William, carpenter
Tritton, Robert, brewer and grocer
West, John, farmer
Williams, Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper