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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
West Peckham is a small parish adjoining
East Peckham, four miles west
of Wateringbury station, and eight miles S.W. from Maidstone. The
population in 1851 was 545. The church is dedicated to St. Dunstan. The
living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester,
and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Jones, M.A.,, vicar.
GENTRY.
Dalison, M. D. D., Esq. I
Geary, Sir W.Richard P., Bart., Oxenheath
Jones, Rev. Edward, M.A., Vicar, the Vicarage
Pubs in West Peckham
TRADERS.
Brown, Benjamin, paper manufacturer
Clements, Robert, beer retailer
Finch, Thomas, jun, plumber and glazier
Jessup, Mrs. Ann, Artichoke
Ongley, George, beer retailer
Phillips, Henry, carpenter
Pollard, Charles, blacksmith
Reeves, Alfred, boot and shoe maker
Tebay, Thomas, Swan
Woolet, George, blacksmith
Young, William, miller