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Wrotham & Borough Green Public Houses
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
TRADERS.
| Ashdown John, baker and shopkeeper Ashdown, Henry, blacksmith, Boro Green Bellingham, Thomas, plumber and glazier Bennett, John, Spring Tavern, Neppiker Biggs, Jonathan, brewer and maltster Bird, Thomas, fruiterer, Heath Brigden, Joseph, ironmonger and blacksmith Brigden, Joseph, jun., fruiterer Bristow, Mrs. Anne, grocer and draper Burr, George, baker Brimstead, John Grove, Heath Carter, Jonathan, hop planter, Crouch Cheeseman, Samuel, farmer, Woodlands Collings, Thomas, registrar of births and deaths for Wrotham Constable, Stephen, boarding and day school, Platt Cosey, John, shopkeeper Cross, Thomas, shoemaker Crosshurst, Edward, farmer, Woodlands Douse, James, hairdresser Dutnall, Mrs. Hannah, toy dealer East, Charles, painter Fairchon, Robert, farmer Frost, Charles, farmer Flint, Thomas, farmer, Platt Farm . Fry, Thomas, miller, Comp Mill Geering, Adam, farmer, Woodlands Goldsmith, John, beer retailer, Platt Grant, Miss Hannah, boarding school, Fairseat Hills, William, baker, Platt Hodgskin, John, beer retailer, Platt Hoskin, Thomas, carpenter Holloway, James, farmer Hickson, William, farmer, Fairseat Jenkins, George, Rose and Crown Jessup, Richard, carpenter and wheelwright Jull, John, farmer Jull, Mrs. Sophia, farmer Jull, William, farmer |
Kent, John Cozens, surgeon Ledger, William, farmer, Ford Lexford, Robert, blacksmith, Heath Malyan, Henry, wheelwright, Boro Green Martin, Mrs. Ann, baker, Boro Green Martin, Daniel, shoemaker Miller, Henry, cooper Morgan, Thomas, excise officer Parker, Charles, surgeon Pollish, James, butcher Porter, Thomas, Neppiker Paine, Nimrod, Posting House, Bull Tap Ruttey, Samuel, farmer Roumiew, Charles, farmer Saxby, William, beer retailer, Heath Swift, John, tailor Semark, Mrs. Elizabeth, and Son, grocers and drapers, Boro Green Shelvey, Daniel, national school, Platt Shirley, William, hop planter Smart, Edward, farmer, Neppiker Smith, Richard, basket maker Spencer, John, butcher Spencer, Thomas, farmer, Park Farm Spencer, Henry, Bull Commercial Inn Spencer, Cooper, farmer, lime burner, and brickmaker Stiles, Henry, Bricklayers' Arms, Platt Summers, Henry, farmer Sperkes, James, carrier to Maidstone, Taylor, Mrs. Ann, Rising Sun, Woodlands Twort, Mrs Elizabeth, George Inn Tomlyn, John, builder and harness maker. Upton, Thomas, farmer Upton, John, carrier to Maidstone, Saturdays Usmar, Oliver, watch and clock maker Usher, Edward, Royal Oak, Heath Waghorn, William, butcher Waghorn, John, butcher Watson, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer, Platt Whale, Peter, shoemaker Wateriow, Sydney, farmer, Fairseat Young, _, shopkeeper, Crouch |