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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHALK is a village and parish, five miles from Rochester, and two from
Gravesend. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the gift of the Dean of Rochester. The population in 1851 was 291.
Denton is a parish, and chiefly a suburb of Gravesend, but has no church. The
population is 111.
POST-OFFICE. - Henry Lorden, Receiver. Letters are received through Gravesend,
which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
GENTRY.
Brown, William, Esq. | Prentice, Edward. Esq.
Chalk Public Houses
TRADERS.
Brown, William, farmer
Chambers, John, blacksmith
Cradock, John, market gardener
Elliott, John, farmer
Puller, John, laundry
Hayes, Mrs., ladies' school, Darnly House
Lake, William, farmer
Lorden, Henry, grocer and postmaster
Mullender, Thomas, White Hart Inn
Newman, Mrs. Sarah, Lisle Castle
Prentice, Edward, farmer
Reader, John, market gardener
Redsell, John, parish clerk
White, Thomas, laundry