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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
WORMSHILL is a parish and small village, three miles N.E. of Rollingbourn; five
south of Sittingbourne, and nine west from Maidstone. The population in 1851 was
209. The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a plain building. The living
is a rectory, in the gift of Christ's Hospital; the Rev. Robert J. T. Dolling,
M.A., is the incumbent. Beddington is one mile N.W.
POST-OFFICE. - Thomas Clements, Receiver. Letters received from Sittingbourne,
which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
Dolling; Rev. Robert J. T., M.A., Rector.
TRADERS.
Benstead, Stephen, farmer
Brice, William, farmer, Beddington
Blaokman, James, boot and shoe maker
Champion, John, wheelwright
Champion, Joseph H., farmer, Beddington
Clements, Thomas, grocer, and post-office
Cooper, Henry, farmer, Yew Tree
Hudson, Henry, farmer
Randsome, William, Woodman's Arms
Saywell, William, farmer