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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.