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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
STURRY and FORDWICH. Story (Stour eye), the Isle of the Stour, and Fordwioh. The
place of the ford is situated on the river Stour, at the point where the Margate
and Herne Bay roads diverge. Sturry is in Bleengate hundred. The population in
1851 was 997, and Fordwich 237 inhabitants. Sturry Church, Rev. Charles Wharton,
M.A., vicar. St. Mary's Church, Fordwich, Rev. Edward Brailsford, M.A., rector.
There is also a Wesleyan Chapel. Walmore Hill is half a mile N.E.; Switch and
Broad Oak half a mile N.E.; Shelford one mile N.W.; Carkett one mile and a half
north; Hicks Fostal ,two miles north ; Blacklands two miles N.W.
POST-OFFICE. - Robert Fullforth, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office,
Canterbury.
GENTRY.
Rammell, Thomas, Esq., Sturry Court
Truefitt, W. Esq.
Wharton, Rev. Charles, M.A., Vicarage
Public Houses in Sturry
TRADERS.
| Addley, Thomas, George Tavern, Breadland Farm Apsley, Leonard, Vale Farm Austen, William, beer retailer and pork butcher, Broad Oak Barnard, James, carpenter, Broad Oak Beard, Miss Susannah, linen draper Boorman, Alfred, butcher Brockwell, John, farmer, Little Hawe Farm Brockwell, William, farmer, Buckwell Bushell, John, maltster Butler, James, saddler Champion, Thomas, farmer Collard, William, farmer, Broad Oak Davey, Stephen, grocer Davis, George, tailor Dewe, Joseph, Swan Dombrain, William, farmer Dunn, Samuel, Leopard's Head Fulforth, Robert, linen draper, and grocer, Post office Fielder, Robert, Parochial schoolmaster Gurney, Mrs. Jane, dressmaker Gurney, Mrs. Mary, Butts, and farmer Hall, Jesse, farmer Hayward, Mrs. Sarah, blacksmith Hogben, Edward, boot and shoe maker, and sexton Holthum, Daniel, carpenter, and wheelwright |
Holthum, Thomas, beer retailer Howe, James, farmer, Broad Oak Hugitt, James George, farmer, Mole's hill Ingleton, William, Golden Lion, Broad Oak Jameson, William, surgeon Jezzard, David, wheelwright Jezzard, James, Red Lion Lawrence, Robert, corn dealer Lucas, Thomas, bricklayer and glazier May, James, market gardener Moys, James, carpenter and wheelwright Moys, Stephen, butcher Pysden, John, boys' school and hairdresser Rammell, Thomas, farmer, Sturry court Riches, John, station master Smith, John, hurdle maker Stockbridge, Joseph, baker, Stringer, John, carpenter, Broad Oak Sharp, John Underdown, blacksmith and parish clerk Thornton, Henry George, miller Turley, John, shopkeeper Walter, John, grocer and baker Wood, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Wood, William, farmer |