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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

ULCOMBE is a parish and village, eight miles S.E. from Maidstone, four miles north from Headcorn station. The population in 1851 was 638. The church, dedicated to AH Saints, is a very ancient edifice. The living is a rectory; the Rev. Samuel Mence, B.D., is the incumbent. Pie Corner and East Wood are one mile S.E.; Pheasant, two miles S.W.; Humphery two miles S.E.; Great and Little Boycourt, three miles and a half south; Chigworth, Knoll Jill and Kingsnoad are other places.

POST-OFFICE. - Charles appenden, Eeceiver. Letters are received through Maidstone.
The nearest Money Order Office is at Linton.

GENTRY.
Ellis, Charles, Esq., Ulcomb place | Mence, Rev. Samuel, B.D., Rector

TRADERS.

Adams, William, boot and shoe maker Askey, Francis, blacksmith Benstead, George, .farmer Benstead, James, farmer, Knoll Hill Bigg, George, farmer Boorman, Mrs., farmer Butler, Mrs., farmer Bates, James, Pheasant Farm Collison, William, farmer Cook, John, grocer Cook, George, farmer Cooper, John, blacksmith and beer house Chambers, William, blacksmith, Pie Corner Craddock, Mrs., miller Crump, Edward, farmer, Green Hill Crump, John and Thomas, farmers, Mansion Farm Davis, John, bricklayer Day, Robert, farmer Dean, James, farmer Duddy, Thomas, sen., farmer, Church Farm Duddy, George and Henry, jun., farmers Edmeds, Isaac, farmer Gilbert, James, miller Gladdish, William, Horse and Harrow Inn Hatch, James, farmer, Chigworth Farm

Hodges, Daniel, farmer, Kingsnoad Farm Knight, Thomas, farmer, Boy Court Farm Knight, George, farmer, Ovenden Farm Ledger, William, carpenter Ledger, William, jun., carpenter Ledger, Harriet, farmer Love, William, farmer Marchant, Cornelius, farmer, and beerhouse Mosely, Thomas, farmer Meanzie, Caroline, farmer Orpen, John, farmer Tappenden, Charles, draper and grocer Tassell, Edward, farmer, Knoll Hill Taylor, William, miller, Chigworth Mill Upton, John, farmer Vinson, Robert, farmer, Chigworth Court West, William, wheelwright Wildish, Fanny, butcher Williams, William J., farmer Williams, Richard, sen., Boy Court Farm Woolley, William, farmer, Knowl hill Wildish, Edward, butcher, Pie Corner