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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

WESTERHAM is a small, but a pleasant town, five miles and three quarters north from Edenbridge, and six and a half west of Sevenoaks. The population in 1851 was 2,113. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large and handsome building. The living is a vicarage, with Edenbridge annexed; patron and incumbent, the Rev. Richard Board, B.L., and the Eev. H. C. Bartlett, M.A., is curate.
Crockham Hill, or Cockham, is a hamlet in the parish of Westerham, two miles from the town. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a glebe house, in the gift of Charles Warde, Esq.

POST-OFFICE - Thomas Thompson, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted and paid
at this office. London letters arrive by mail cart from Sevenoaks.

GENTRY.

Alexander, _ , Esq., Pilgrim hill
Bartlett, Rev. H. C., M.A., Curate
Board, Rev. Richard, B.L., Vicar, Vicarage
Board, John, Esq.
Bosworth, Thomas H., Esq.
Colquhoun, John, Campbell Esq.. J.P., Chartwell
Divett, Mrs. Maria
Gale, Mrs. Lucy
Glover, Mrs. Abijah
Gorham, Mrs., Darent Villa
Heathcote, Mrs Anne
Hunson, the Misses
Kidder, Mrs. Robert, Hose Villa
Kitchen, Joseph, Esq., Dimsdale Lodge
Leader, Rev. Thomas, Curate
Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth, Westfield Grange
MaoMe, Mrs. Sarah
Norbury, Lord, Hill Park
Potts, Rev. J., Independent Minister
Rathill, Mr. Robert, Mostyn
Sale, Miss Sophia
Streetfield, Mrs. Hannah, Chartsedge
Thompson, Charles Matthews, Esq.
Thompson, Mrs. Elizabeth
Toovey, Mr. Richard T.
Warde, Charles, Esq., Squerrie's court
Waters, Mr. John
Welsh, Mr. Samuel
Whittaker, Mrs. Sally S.
Willard, Miss Eliza

Westerham Public Houses

TRADERS.

Ashton, John, veterinary surgeon
Atherfold and Co., grocers and spirit merchants
Atherfold, John, tailor, linen and woollen draper
Atkinson, Isaac, grocer
Atkinson, Robert, bricklayer
Austin, G., farmer, Little Belsom hill
Bellchambers, Robert, builder
Bellchambers, John, carpenter
Benson, William, brick manufacturer
Bosworth, Thomas H., solicitor, and clerk to the magistrates
Boyes, Thomas, farmer, French street
Boyes, John, boot and shoe maker
Brand, John, miller
Briggs, Mrs. Elizabeth, confectioner
Burbery, Stephen, Grasshopper
Cattell, John, jun., confectioner
Cattell, John, nurseryman and seedsman
Chapman, Edward, shopkeeper
Clare, Thomas, bookseller and stationer, sub-stamp office
Clements, Thomas, farmer
Colegate, William, shoemaker
Coleman, John, builder
Costidell, Thomas, sen., shoemaker
Costidell, Thomas, jun., shoemaker
Cripps, George, King's Arms Hotel, and Commercial and posting house
Crute, Thomas, inland revenue office
Dalton, George, butcher, etc.
Dickinson, Edward, nurseryman and seedsman
Dye, Edmund, wheelwright
Elliott, Samuel, plumber and glazier
Everist, William, boot and shoemaker
Powle, A. E., watch and clock maker
Fuller, James, shopkeeper
Galley, Miss Maria Anna, milliner, etc.
Garden, Mr., beer retailer
Gardener, Thomas, tobacconist
Grover, Samuel C., draper
Grover, S. C., draper
Harris, John, tailor
Heath, John, boot and shoe manufacturer
Hearne, Joseph, hack master
Hitchen, Thomas, farmer and grazier, Dunsdale
Holden, Mr., saddle and harness maker
Hooker, Miss Elizabeth, milliner, etc.
Howard, John, miller and baker

Jenner, Thomas, boot and shoe maker
Langridge, William, blacksmith
Lee, William, grocer
Levey, William, plumber and glazier
Liley, Thomas, dealer in marine stores
Lock, William T., butcher
Lockyer, Herbert, cabinet maker
Mills, James, Warde Arms
Newman, J., chimney sweeper
Osborne and Son, fellmongers, etc.
Outram, Mrs. Sarah, grocer
Palin, George, farmer, Force green
Palin, George, farmer
Parker, William, chemist and druggist
Pike, Miss, mistress of national school
Puddefoot, George, hairdresser, etc.
Pywell, William, day school
Rathill, Robert M., surgeon
Ray, William, organist of parish church
Rutley, William, farmer and brickmaker
Sales, Mr., General Wolfe 
Saunders, William, farmer and grazier
Saxby, Thomas, saddle and harness maker
Schroder, James, grocer
Shearing, Thomas, pork butcher
Skerratt, Mrs. Lydia, dressmaker
Skerratt, John, dyer
Smith, Thomas, boot and shoe maker
Strudwick, James, baker
Strudwick, John, builder
Thompson, Thomas, grocer, ironmonger and postmaster
Thompson, Charles M., surgeon
Toovey, Mrs. Sarah, boarding school
Twort, Henry, farmer
Waterman, George, George
Watkins, William F, brewer and maltster
Whickman, William, butcher
Whitmore, Thomas, tanner and currier
Winchester, John, carrier
Wood, John, wheelwright
Woollett, John, miller
Woollett, William, carpenter
Young, James, farmer and grazier


CROCKHAM HILL
GENTRY.
Dickinson, A., Esq. r /> Dounie, Captain Thomas Charles
Passenger, Mr. George
Robins, Rev. Charles M., M.A., Perpetual Curate, Parsonage.



TRADERS.
Bowra, William, farmer
Bowra, Robert, poulterer
Boyes, George, butcher
Dye, E., farmer, Froghole
Goodwin, David, grocer
Green, Robert, farmer, Dairy Farm
Heath, Thomas, boot and shoe maker
Horsman Thomas, sen., stonemason
Penny, Mrs. Harriet, schoolmistress
Saunders, George, farmer
Seamark, H., schoolmaster
Skinner, George, shoemaker
Skinner, Mrs. Lucy, farmer
Steers, Mrs. Ann F,, farmer
Theobalds, Richard, Royal Oak
Tracey, Edward, farmer, Red Hill Farmer />
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