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Lenham, Hollingbourn,
Maidstone
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LENHAM is a small town, seven miles N.E. from Headcorn, nine miles N.W. from Ashford, and nine miles and a half east by south from Maidstone. The population in 1851 was 2,070. The church is an ancient edifice, and contains many ancient monuments. The living is a vicarage; the Rev. Charles Parkin, M.A., is the incumbent.
Shelve is one mile S.E.; Upper and Lower Ham, one mile west; Mackets, quarter of a mile S.W.; Leadencross Green, half a mile S.W.; Sandway, one mile S.W.; Bowley one mile and a half S.E.; Tophill, one mile north; Down's Court, one mile and a half N.E.; Warren Street, one mile and a half N.E.; Waterditch, one mile and a half east; West Street and Woodside Green, one mile and a half north; Bidding, one mile and a half
S.W.; Biggin Heath, one mile and a half S.W.; Upper and Lower Runham, two miles S.W.; Leverton or Leperton Street, two and a half miles S.W.; Morley, one and a half mile N.W.; Graftey Green, three miles S.W.; Greenhill, two miles and a half S.W.; Noat's Hill, two miles and a half S.W.
POST-OFFICE. - Edward Munk Day, Postmaster. Letters arrive through Maidstone.
Money Orders are granted and paid at the Lenham Office.
GENTRY.
Chapman, Mrs. Mary, High street
Conant, Rev. John William, Swadelands
Leigh, Hon. Thomas Pemberton, Terry hill
Parkin, Rev. Charles, M.A., Vicar
Rushbridge, Joseph, Esq.1, Grove Cottage
Tapper, Rev. Isaac William, Independent minister
Public Houses in Lenham
TRADERS
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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LENHAM is a small town, seven miles N.E. from Headcorn, nine miles N.W. from Ashford, and nine miles and a half east by south from Maidstone. The population in 1851 was 2,070. The church is an ancient edifice, and contains many ancient monuments. The living is a vicarage; the Rev. Charles Parkin, M.A., is the incumbent.
Shelve is one mile S.E.; Upper and Lower Ham, one mile west; Mackets, quarter of a mile S.W.; Leadencross Green, half a mile S.W.; Sandway, one mile S.W.; Bowley one mile and a half S.E.; Tophill, one mile north; Down's Court, one mile and a half N.E.; Warren Street, one mile and a half N.E.; Waterditch, one mile and a half east; West Street and Woodside Green, one mile and a half north; Bidding, one mile and a half
S.W.; Biggin Heath, one mile and a half S.W.; Upper and Lower Runham, two miles S.W.; Leverton or Leperton Street, two and a half miles S.W.; Morley, one and a half mile N.W.; Graftey Green, three miles S.W.; Greenhill, two miles and a half S.W.; Noat's Hill, two miles and a half S.W.
POST-OFFICE. - Edward Munk Day, Postmaster. Letters arrive through Maidstone.
Money Orders are granted and paid at the Lenham Office.
GENTRY.
Chapman, Mrs. Mary, High street
Conant, Rev. John William, Swadelands
Leigh, Hon. Thomas Pemberton, Terry hill
Parkin, Rev. Charles, M.A., Vicar
Rushbridge, Joseph, Esq.1, Grove Cottage
Tapper, Rev. Isaac William, Independent minister
Public Houses in Lenham
TRADERS
| Alexander, James, farmer Baker, Samson, Dog and Bear, and excise officer Barton, Thomas, farmer Barton, John, farmer Bigg, John, baker Bigg, William, tea dealer Bishop, John Richard, farmer Blaw, Mrs. Susan, dressmaker Boorman, John, farmer Bottle, the Misses Sarah and Catharine, ladies' school Bottle, William, harness maker Brenchley, William, farmer Brooks, James, wheelwright Brown, Thomas, parish clerk Burbidge, Isaac, blacksmith Burbidge, William, blacksmith Burbidge, George, blacksmith Buss, Edward, former Cackett, John, hairdresser Chapman, Thomas, farmer Chapman, Thomas, maltster Chayney, John, farmer Clark, John, grocer Clark, Lewis, shopkeeper Clark, Nicholas and Thomas, bricklayers Clements, William, farmer Coast, William, carpenter and post-office, Sandway Coast, William, carpenter Cramp, Edward, farmer Cruttenden, Thomas, baker and grocer Day, Edward M., grocer and postmaster, and registrar of births and deaths Day, Robert, tin plate worker Elliott, John, linen draper Else, John, shoemaker. Farmer, Mrs. Fanny, farmer Filmer, Edward, farmer Filmer, William, shoemaker and grocer Foord, George, seedsman, etc. Gooding, John, tailor and hatter Gooding, Samson, haircutter Hadaway, Daniel, grocer and draper Harrison, John, salesman Hatch, James, land agent and farmer Hope, William, farmer Hope, Mrs., farmer Howland, William, farmer Hughes, John, shoemaker and grocer Hughes, Mrs. Ann, farmer Hughes, William, farmer Jell, William, butcher Janes, Stephen, blacksmith |
Lurcock, William, grocer Mullgate, Obadiah, farmer Mills, Thomas, pork butcher Neaves, Henry, farmer Norrington, John, plumber and glazier Norris, William, tailor Palmer, James, Chequers Payne, William, Harrow Inn Payne, Thomas, Red Lion Philpot, Thomas, farmer Pollard, James, watchmaker Potter, John, beer retailer and dealer Potter, Miss Frances, straw bonnet maker Potter, Job, shoemaker Powell, William, farmer, East Lenham Record, Richard, farmer Russell, John Charles S., baker Russell, William, farmer Seager, William, farmer Sedgwick, Edward, farmer Smith, Peter, farmer Smith, Thomas, salesman Stickings, George, surgeon Tanton, Robert, miller Tanton, Edward, miller Tappenden, Henry, farmer Terry, James William, farmer Tidge, William Henry, grocer and farmer Tippen, James, watchmaker Turner, Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper Wakefield, James, shoemaker Wakefield, Richard, blacksmith Wakefield, Richard, Bull Inn Wakefield, Miss Sarah, dressmaker Waine, John, farmer Ware, George, corn and coal dealer Ware, George, farmer Ware, Edmund, farmer Weeks, Mrs. Sarah, farmer Westover, Thomas, sen, farmer and lime burner Westover, Thomas, jun., butcher Winder, John, farmer Woolhouse, Charles R., White Horse Inn, Sandway Wilson, Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper |
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