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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
TENTERDEN is a market town, parish, and municipal borough, 18 miles from
Maidstone, 26 miles from Canterbury, and nine miles from Headcorn railway
station, in the lathe of Scray, and hundred and union of Tenterden. The town is
very pleasantly situated on an eminence. It is well built, and lighted with gas.
There is an annual fair on the first Monday in May, and the market day is on
Friday. The town is governed by a Mayor, 4 Aldermen, and 12 Councillors Quarter
sessions are held before the Recorder, Sir Walter Riddell, Bart. St. Mildred's
church is a large and handsome edifice, in the perpendicular style, with a tower
and peal of eight bells; Rev. P. Ward, M.A., incumbent. There are chapels
belonging to the Wesleyans,
Baptists, Unitarians, and Calvinists. The population in 1851 was 3,782.
There are a town hall and assembly rooms, also an athenaeum in connection with
the Society of Arts. Boar's Isle is one mile north; Lye Green, one mile S.E.;
the Fostal, one mile and a half S.E.
POST-OFFICE. - W. Bourner, Postmaster. Box closes at 8 A.M. for the day mail,
and at
7 JP.M. for night mail.
GENTRY
| Atlay, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Ballard, Mr. Samuel Beale, Seaman, Esq. Blackmore, Miss Boorman, Mr. Samuel Briggs, Mr. John Bright, Mr. William, Borough place Budgen, Mrs. Button, Mr. Charles, Good's hill Casingimm, Mrs., Oak's place Chambers, Miss Chennell, John, Esq. Chrismas, Mr. Thomas Collins, Mrs. Coveney, Mr. Joseph Croughton, Mrs., Herondon Hall Curteis, Miss Curteis, Mrs. Curteis, William, Esq. Dadson, Mr., West Cross Elphioke, Thomas, Esq. Eyres, Captain Harry, B.N. Godden, the Misses, Finohden Grisbrook, Mrs. Hatch, Mr. Benjamin, Leigh Green Hope, John, Esq. Howard, Mr, Thomas, Oak's place Hukins, Mr. James ', |
Hulke, Mr. Thomas, Summer hill Jacksfleld, Mrs.,Wellington place Judge, Miss King, Mrs. Loiigley, Mrs. Maee, Joseph, Esq. Mace, Mr. William Clark, Boar's Isle Mace, Miss Mack, Eev. John, Wesleyan Matson, Mrs. May, Mr. Thomas Mercer, Mrs. Mills, Miss Munn, Joseph, Esq. Norley, Mr. Edward, Oak's place Pal men, Miss Pedley, R., Esq., Crayshorne House Pomfret, Virgil, Esq., Morghew Riddele, Mrs. Sanden, Colonel, Westwell House Talbot, Rev. Edward, Unitarian Toogood, the Misses, the Limes Ward, Rev. Philip, M.A., vicarage Waterman, Mrs. Weld, Rev. Joseph, M.A., chaplain to the union Weston, Stringer, Esq., Boar's Isle Weston, Miss Whelan, William Curteis, Esq., the Park Winser, Mr. James |
| Apps, Richard, plumber and glazier Austen, John, fruiterer Austin, Thomas, farmer Avann, John, farmer, Buckhurstden Avery, John and Thomas, boot and shoe makers Avery, Thomas, jun., plumber and glazier Avery, Thomas, Greyhound Inn Avery, William, butcher Axley, John, draper Ballard, George, farmer Ballard, Samuel) grocer and printer Baley, John, boot and shoe maker Barnes, James, china and glass dealer Beale, Seamen, farmer, Leigh Green Beall, James, blacksmith, etc. Beall, Thomas, smith and edge tool maker Bennett, Robert and John, general carriers, West Cross Bennett, William, grocer and draper, Boar's Isle Beslee, William, basket maker Bishop, Stephen, stonemason Blinks, Thomas, butcher . Bolton, Thomas, chemist and stationer Boonnan, Barham, farmer Bolting and Boorman, grocers and drapers Bourne, George, farmer, Park Gate Farm Bourne, Thomas, farmer, Park Gate Bourner, William, stationer Burden, Turner, beer retailer and shopkeeper, Boar's Isle Burgess, the Misses, dressmakers Britcher, Frederick, baker Brunger, Thomas, Crown Inn Butcher, George, baker Butler, Thomas, farmer, Leigh Green Button, Mrs. Jane, straw bonnet maker Capelin and Manktelow, wheelwrights, Boar's Isle Casingham, Miss Hannah, milliner Catt, Mrs, Frances, farmer, Leigh Green Chexfield, George, farmer Chexfield, William, farmer, Leigh Green Chexfleld, George, farmer, Comb Farm Clark, Frederick, linen draper Cloute, Thomas, tallow chandler . Collins, George, White Lion Commercial Inn Collins, William, wine merchant and posting house, Leigh Green Cook, Thomas, farmer, Rench Hill Farm Cooper, James, blacksmith, Boar's Isle Coyeney, Thomas, farmer Crittenden, Richard, baker Curtis, Pomfret, Bellingham, and Pix, bankers Curteis, William and Son, brewers and farmers Elliott, William, plumber and glazier Finn, Edward, clothier Fleet, Joseph, turner Foster, William, baker, Boar's Isle Fowler, Edward, greengrocer Fraser, James Elder, tea dealer and glass warehouse Frastick, William, chimney sweeper Fuggle, John, bricklayer Fuggle, John, shoemaker Fuggle, William, baker Garnham, Benjamin, Woolpack Inn Gilbert, John, farmer Gilbert, Robert, dealer Godfrey, George, builder Goodsall, James, bricklayer Goodsall, Thomas, carpenter Gower, Henry, grocer and tallow chandler Haffenden, William, tea dealer Harding, John, farmer and fellmonger Harris, Thomas, tailor Hatch, Benjamin, auctioneer and farmer, Leigh Green Heselden, Mrs. Hannah, dyer Hilder, William, farmer Hollands, James, fruiterer and carrier Hook, Henry, gun maker |
Hook, Henry, farmer, Boar's Isle Hook, James, butcher Hook, Stephen, butcher Hook, William, wheelwright Howard, John, tanner and carrier, West Cross Huggett, John, nursery and seedsman Hukins, George H., watchmaker and silversmith Hyland, William, saddle and harness maker Jarvis, Caleb, hairdresser Judge, Stephen, miller and farmer Judges, Miss, seminary Lemmon, George, draper and clothier London and County, Bank; Arthur Harvers, manager Longley, John, sen., farmer Longley, John, veterinary surgeon Mace, John Ellis, farmer Mace, Joseph, farmer Martin, Edward, shoemaker Masters, James, brickmaker and farmer Masters, John, watchmaker and silversmith Mercer, Joseph, farmer, Boar's Isle Mercer, Robert, farmer Miller, George, ironmonger Milsted, Edward, blacksmith Milsted, George, tailor Milsted, Robert, baker Milsted, Thomas, blacksmith Mitchell, Henry, beer retailer and shopkeeper, Leigh Green Morphett, William, farmer, Boar's Isle Munn and Mace, solicitors Nash, John, baker Neve, Thomas, farmer, Newington, Jesse Henry, surgeon Padgham, Mrs. Mary Ann, dressmaker Paine, Mrs. Sarah, ladies' school Parks, Amos, farmer, Good's Hill Parsons, Humphrey, coach builder Parton, Richard, corn merchant Penell, Henry, plumber and painter Penells, Henry, stone mason Pinyon, John, miller and farmer Randall, Frederick William, boot and shoe maker Sankey, Henry, miller Santer, Mr., farmer, Boar's Isle Saunders, Edwin D., surgeon Scratton, John, solicitor Selden, Henry, saddle and harness maker Sherwood, Edward, beer retailer Shoobridge, Thomas, farmer, Boar's Isle Small, James, farmer, Leigh Green Smith, Alfred, chemist and druggist Snashall, John, blacksmith, Boar's Isle Southon, Daniel, farmer Stedman, James, tailor Stokes, Thomas S., grocer and draper Stretton, Benjamin, cabinet maker Thompson, Samuel J., day school Thomson, Jonathan Smith, land surveyor and printer Timson, Charles, bricklayer Waterman, James, farmer Weller, Stephen, solicitor Wells, Edward D., hairdresser Wenban, Eli, linen draper Wheeler, Mrs., beer retailer Whitfleld, Robert, surgeon Wioken, Edward, cooper Wiles, Thomas, fruiterer Wilkinson, Thomas, beer retailer Williams, Thomas, currier Wilson, William, Eight Bells Inn Windsor, Edward, grocer and draper Windsor, James, glover Windser, James, farmer, Ratsbury Witherden, Thomas, brewer Wood, Thomas, linen draper Wratten, Mrs. Mary Ann, shopkeeper, Boar's Isle |