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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.
TRADERS
| Armstrong, John H., farmer Basset, John, farmer Bax, Robert, Charity , Bradley, William, farmer Brown, William, miller Buddie, John, Royal Oak, and carpenter Bushell, William, farmer Denne, Robert, farmer Denne, William and Henry, farmers Dilnol, Henry, carpenter Dilnot, Henry, farmer Dilnot, James, farmer Drayson, Charles, farmer Drayson, Daniel, farmer Fameriss, Mrs. Ann, farmer Fameriss, Stephen, farmer Gillon, William, farmer and brickmaker Harvey, William, farmer Hatcher, Stephen, farmer Kable, Thomas, farmer |
Laslett, Thomas, grocer and baker Laslett, William, farmer Laslett, William G., linen and hop bag manufacturer Lawrence, John, farmer Lawrence, Pierce, farmer Marsh, John, baker Millgate, William, farmer Munday, Mrs. Amy, Red Lion Ovenden, Albert, farmer and pork butcher Pettman, Thomas, boot and shoemaker Smith, Richard, farmer Spratt, George, farmer Sutton, Thomas, farmer Taylor, James, blacksmith Taylor, William, carpenter Teall, John, farmer Wacher, Thomas, farmer West, Stephen, miller |