Cobham, North Aylsford / Strood,
Gravesend
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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
COBHAM, a village and parish, five miles from Rochester, and six miles from
Gravesend. The population in 1851 was 718. Here is a small church, which is very
ancient, but in good repair. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Earl
of Darnley.
POST-OFFICE. - Thomas opelin, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at
Gravesend.
GENTRY.
Baker, Thomas Henry, Esq.
Bligh, John Stuart, Earl of Darnley, Cobham Hall
Dawes, Rev. William, M.A., Curate
Dawson, Mr. William Spencer
Savage, Mrs. Isabella
Stokes, Rev. John
WWells, Mr. Thomas
TRADERS.
Apps, Thomas, the
Ship
Baker, John B., baker
Broad, William, butcher
Copelin, Thomas, shopkeeper, and post office
Cuckney, Thomas, tailor
Dashwood, Henry,
Pickwick Leather Bottle,
Daws, William, tailor
Eley, William H., farmer
Gower, Samuel J.,
Darnley Arms
Hurley, William, boot and shoe maker
Pye, James, farmer
Savage, George, farmer
Savage, Edward, farmer
Shearman, Nicholas, miller
Shearman, Philip, wheelwright
Snoad, Charles H., shopkeeper
Stevens, Thomas, farmer
Wadlow, George, blacksmith