Wrotham, Malling, Maidstone

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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

WROTHAM is a village and parish, 11 miles N.W. from Maidstone; 10 S.W. from Gravesend, and eight N.E. from Sevenoaks. The population in 1851 was 3,184. The church, dedicated to St. George, is an ancient and spacious edifice. The living comprises a sinecure rectory and a vicarage, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Rev. Charles Lane is the incumbent.

WOODLANDS is a hamlet of Wrotham parish, and is three miles north.
Here is a very neat church.

PLATT is another hamlet in this parish. The population in 1851 was
997. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and is considered a handsome
edifice.

POST-OFFICE. - John Ashdown, Sub-Postmaster. Daily Mail arrives at 7 A.M., and
dispatched at 5-30 P.M. Thomas Ashdown, Driver of, and Contractor for the Daily
Mail from Sevenoaks to Wrotham. Money Orders issued and paid at this office
from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon.


London and County Banking Company.-Mr. Charles Parker, Manager. Open on Mondays, Fridays, and Market days.

GENTRY.
Batt, James, Esq., Platt
Boys, Rev. Richard, M.A., Platt
Hodsall, Mrs. Eleanor
Holliday, Mr. John, Sudbury House
Johnson, Thomas, Esq.
Lacey, Mrs. Sarah
Lane, Rev. Charles, M.A., Rectory
Mansell, Sir John, Bart., Heath
Randolph, Admiral Charles, Great Comp
Vincent, Rev. Osmond Park, Woodlands House
Verralls, Mr. George

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