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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
West Wickham Public Houses
WEST WICKHAM is a village and an extensive parish, pleasantly situated on the
borders of Surrey, three miles and a half S.W. from Bromley, and four south from
Croydon. The population in 1851 was 732. The church of St. John the Baptist is
an ancient building, with a square embattled tower, and is in good repair. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Canterbury, and patronage of Sir Charles
Francis Farnaby, Bart., who is the lord of the manor. The Eev. Thomas Austin,
M.A., is the incumbent.
POST-OFFICE. - Robert Harman, Postmaster. Letters arrive from Bromley, which is
also the nearest Money Order Office.
GENTRY.
Austen, Rev. John Thomas, M.A.
Dickenson, William, Esq.
Dale, S., Esq.
Farnaby, Rev. Charles F., Bart.
Giles, Mr. Henry T
Goodhart, Charles, Esq.
Gripper, Edward, Esq.
Hall, Miss Emily Mary
Innes, William, Esq.
Little, William, Esq.
Thomas, Hon. Mrs. Frances
Tyers, Robert John, Esq.
TRADERS.
| Brooke, F and R, blacksmiths Churcher, William, farmer Cooper, John, boot and shoe maker Coote, Thomas, baker Crittall, Richard, Swan Field, Charles, smith and farrier Green, David, tailor Harman, Robert and Richard, carriers Harman, Mrs. Mary, mistress of national school Harman, Richard, grocer Harman, Robert, draper and postmaster Harman, Thomas, master of national school Jones, Mrs. Rebecca, librarian of parochial library |
Kemp, Thomas, beer retailer Lenton, Thomas, butcher Newman, William, wheelwright Sargent, William, shopkeeper Smith, John, boot and shoe maker Still, William, farmer Sweeting, Charles, carpenter Treadway, George, bricklayer Walley, Mrs. Mary Ann, shopkeeper Waters, John, beer retailer Weaver, James, farmer, etc. Wiles, James, beer retailer Wingate, James, fruit grower |