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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Sutton Valence, or Town Sutton, is six miles S.E. from Maidstone, and five miles
N.E. from Staplehurst railway station. The population in 1851 was 1,090. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of
the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, together with the curacy of the adjoining
parish of East Sutton. The population of East Sutton, in 1851, was 383.
Chart next Sutton: here is an ancient parish church. The living is a vicarage,
in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, who are lay rectors ; the
Rev. W. A. Vaughan, M.A., is the vicar. The population of Chart Sutton, in 1851,
was 669.
POST-OFFICE, SUTTON VALENCE.- Edward Wells, Eeoeiver.
GENTRY.
Grant, Thomas, Esq.
Hamer, Mr. James
Milligan, Kev. Henry, M.A.
Shearley, Nicholas, Esq.
Shirley, Miss Ann
Shirley, Mr. John
Smith, Mrs. Mary
Simpson, Rev. G., M,A.
TRADERS.
| Biggs, George, butcher Boucher, John, miller and baker Bowman, Charles, wheelwright Cobb, Henry, wheelwright Davis, James W., King's Arms Davis, Thomas, farmer Dutt, George, grocer and draper Eason, George, butcher Edmed, Thomas, plumber, etc. Edmunds, Isaac, nurseryman Farmer, John, farmer Featherstone, William, wheelwright Fnllager, Joseph, farmer Goodwin, Charles, beer retailer Goodwin, Henry, butcher Harman, Samuel, farmer Henham, Thomas, Swan Inn Higgins, George, builder and ironmonger Higgins, William, grocer and draper Holland, John, beer retailer |
Hollands, Charles, wheelwright Hollands, John, shopkeeper Jarrett, William, boot and shoemaker Joy, Thomas, grocer and draper Mann, Robert William, tailor Paine, Jeremiah, farmer Palmer, Miss Emily, day school Ridout, George, cooper Rouse, John, hairdresser Sankey, William, surgeon Simmons, Mrs. Sarah, saddler Sloman, William, farmer Smith, John, farmer Smith, John, carpenter Smith, James, baker Thornyoroft, Richard, blacksmith Town, Mrs. Rhoda, blacksmith Tye, Johnson, farmer Wells, Edward, shoemaker and postmaster Wilkins, Stephen and William, farmers and hop planters, Sutton place |