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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
DETLING with THURNHAM. - Thurnham is in Hollingbourn union, the hundred of
Eythorne, and is four miles N.E. from Maidstone. The church is dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. The living is a vicarage in the patronage of the Archbishop of
Canterbury ;
the Rev. Edward Burney is vicar. The population in 1851 was 511.
GENTRY.
Burney, Rev. Edward, M.A., Vicarage
Mynn, Alfred, Esq. Taylor, Mr. Thomas ,
Sapsworth, Samuel, Esq.
Public Houses in Thurnham
TRADERS
Akehurst, Thomas, farmer
Akehurst, William, jun., farmer
Blinkham, John, miller
Bridgland, Robert, farmer
Bridgland, Thomas, farmer
Cheeseman, John, carpenter
Cooker, Henry, grocer
Davis, John, cooper
Dawson, John, farmer
Day, William, farmer
Dunk, John, Black Horse
Filmer, Thomas, farmer
Gibson, James, butcher
Hubbard, William, farmer
Lamb, Thomas, farmer
Marks, George, shoemaker
Nelson, George, Bell
Philpot, Thomas, farmer
Punnett, James, farmer
Smith, Thomas H., appraiser
Smith, Howard, farmer
Tolhurst, Isaac, farmer
Ware, Benjamin, farmer