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Public Houses in Blean
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
BLEANE, or BLEAN, is a scattered village, three miles from Canterbury. The
population in 1841 was 660. The church is dedicated to St. Cosmus and Damian,
and is very small. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the Master of East
Bridge Hospital, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Fielding.
In the forest are Denstrood, four miles from Canterbury; Tyler Hill, or Tile
Hill, on the Whitstable railway, two miles; Rough Common, one mile and a half;
Elensden, four miles and a half; and Preen Hill, four miles.
POST OFFICE. - John Anderson, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at
Canterbury.
TRADERS.
| Truman, Charles Joseph, Esq. Allen, William, farmer, Denstrood Anderson, Mrs. Anne, farmer Anderson, John, shopkeeper Anderson, Stephen, farmer, Denstrood Baker, Mrs. Mary Anne, farmer Bedwell, Edward, farmer, Denstrood Brighurst, Thomas, Blacksmith Capan, Robert, carpenter. Cladish, Stephen, farmer Collard, Mr., Red Lion, and farmer Court, Daniel, wood dealer Croasdill, John, farmer, Tyler hill Fleet, James, farmer Gibbs, Edward, shopkeeper and farmer Gibbs, Stephen, farmer Gibbs, William, farmer Glover, Thomas, miller |
Goldsack, William, beer retailer Goodwin, Miss Elizabeth, farmer Goodwin, George, farmer, Denstrood Hawkins, James, farmer Hayward, Mrs. Sarah, farmer Hogben, William, farmer Matson, William, dairyman Methley, W., farmer Parker, James, wood dealer Payton, James, former Sandy, Isaac, wood dealer Sandy, John, farmer and wood dealer Taylor, Stephen, wood dealer Wallace, John, farmer Wellard, G., Hare and Hounds Wood, Thomas, wood dealer Wraight, James, wood dealer Wraight, Richard, beer retailer |