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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

WOODNESBOROUGH is a large village, one mile and a half west of Sandwich. The church of St. Mary is a neat structure. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The population in 1851 was 813. Grant's Grove, Polders. Each, Comb, Poulton, Turney, and Ringlestone, are other hamlets.

POST-OFFICE - Henry Dilnot, Receiver. Letters received through Sandwich. The
nearest Money Order Office is at Sandwich.

GENTRY.
Collett, Thomas, Esq.
Elgar, Stephen, Esq.
Gillow, Thomas, Esq.
Farrow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Laslett, Mr. Stephen
Southee, John, Esq.
Spicer, Rev.

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