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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
WILMINGTON is a parish and village, one mile and a half south from Dartford
station. The population in 1851 was 915, The church is dedicated to St. Michael.
The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester,
and incumbency of the Rev. Frederick Heberden.
POST-OFFICE, - Richard Harding, Receiver. Letters arrive from Dartford, which is
also the nearest Money Order Office.
GENTRY.
Aikins, Mrs., Orchard Cottage
Baston, Mrs., Mount Pleasant
Crozer, _, esq., Wilmington Hall
Fleet, Charles H., esq., Huslewpod House
Gilbert, _, esq.
Heberden, Rev. Frederick, M.A;, Vicar
Key, _, esq., Gossack Cottage
Wall, Miss E.
Watts, _, esq., Heath Side
Whyley, J., esq., Heath Cottage
Wilks, Robert, esq.,
Wilmington Public Houses
TRADERS.
Allen, James, farmer
Berwick, Henry, baker.
Blake, Thomas, beer retailer
Blackman, Mrs. C., mistress of national school
Blackman, Wm., master of national school
Brooks, Samuel, wheelwright
Brooks, Thomas, farmer
Bull, John, farmer
Chapman, Thomas, salesman
Chapman, James, farmer, etc
Chalcraft, _, farmer and fruit grower
Clark, William, blacksmith
Farley, Thomas, and Esther, Mrs., fruit growers
Godfrey, William, farmer
Gumbrell, William, builder
Harding, Richd., shopkeeper and post-office
Haws, Mrs. Hannah, farmer
Munn, George, shopkeeper
Northall, Charles, farmer
Richardson, Thomas, Cock
Smith, Edward, beer retailer
Staples, Henry, farmer
Terry, William, beer retailer
Thomas, James, baker, etc.
Thorogopd, Moses, Plough
Wanding, John, parish clerk