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Public houses in Wittersham
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
WITTERSHAM, or WITTRISHAM, is a village and parish, five miles north of Rye
station, and south of Tenterden. The population in 1851 was 987. The church is
dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and is a fine edifice. The living is a
rectory, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Rev. E. R. Nares is
the incumbent. The Wesleyans have a chapel here.
POST-OPFICE. - Thomas Forster, Postmaster. The nearest Money Order Offices are
at Rye and Tenterden.
GENTRY.
Adams, Mrs. Mary
Cummins, Mr. John
Kemp, Rev. Alfred, Curate .
Nares, Captain E. D.
Nares, Kev. E. R., Rector
Pain, Mr. Alfred
Sims, Mr. David
Smallfield, Thomas, Esq
Southerden, Mrs. Henrietta
TRADERS
| Ashbee, Richard, Queen's Head Beck, George William, lime and coal merchant Body, John, farmer Body, Thomas, farmer Bishop, Samuel, farmer Bull, Thomas, farmer Burch, Stephen, miller Chennell, Thomas, farmer Collard, Thomas, miller Dengate, George, builder Dengate, Charles, baker Dengate, John, painter, &c. . Dunster, Charles, Ewe and Lamb Elmer, Thomas, farmer Forster, Thomas, postmaster Freeland and Hoskins, butchers Freeland, William, parish clerk Gansba, S., farmer Green, Charles, farmer Highwood, Mrs. Mary, grocer Hoad, George, carpenter Hoad, James, carpenter Mancer, James, wheelwright Martin, Edward, bootmaker |
Martin, Richard, farmer Neve, Thomas, grocer and draper Neve, William, blacksmith Neve, Walter, veterinary surgeon Neve, Henry, farmer Padgham, Alfred, grocer and draper Parkhurst, Jesse, tailor and grocer Poile, Jeremiah, farmer Samson, Stephen, farmer Simmons, William, farmer Sims, Thomas, carrier Sims, William, carpenter Sims, Samuel, shoemaker Sisley, Thomas, grocer Springett, John, saddler Springett, George, butcher, &c. Southen, Alfred, farmer Stanford, George, tailor Standen, Spencer, farmer Tappley, John, shoemaker Terry, John T., surgeon Tomkin, Musgrove, farmer Winter, Samuel, farmer |