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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
WESTERHAM is a small, but a pleasant town, five miles and three quarters north
from Edenbridge, and six and a half west of Sevenoaks. The population in 1851
was 2,113. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large and handsome building.
The living is a vicarage, with Edenbridge annexed; patron and incumbent, the
Rev. Richard Board, B.L., and the Eev. H. C. Bartlett, M.A., is curate.
Crockham Hill, or Cockham, is a hamlet in the parish of Westerham, two miles
from the town. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The living is a
perpetual curacy, with a glebe house, in the gift of Charles Warde, Esq.
POST-OFFICE - Thomas Thompson, Postmaster. Money Orders are granted and paid
at this office. London letters arrive by mail cart from Sevenoaks.
GENTRY.
| Alexander, _ , Esq., Pilgrim hill Bartlett, Rev. H. C., M.A., Curate Board, Rev. Richard, B.L., Vicar, Vicarage Board, John, Esq. Bosworth, Thomas H., Esq. Colquhoun, John, Campbell Esq.. J.P., Chartwell Divett, Mrs. Maria Gale, Mrs. Lucy Glover, Mrs. Abijah Gorham, Mrs., Darent Villa Heathcote, Mrs Anne Hunson, the Misses Kidder, Mrs. Robert, Hose Villa Kitchen, Joseph, Esq., Dimsdale Lodge Leader, Rev. Thomas, Curate |
Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth, Westfield Grange MaoMe, Mrs. Sarah Norbury, Lord, Hill Park Potts, Rev. J., Independent Minister Rathill, Mr. Robert, Mostyn Sale, Miss Sophia Streetfield, Mrs. Hannah, Chartsedge Thompson, Charles Matthews, Esq. Thompson, Mrs. Elizabeth Toovey, Mr. Richard T. Warde, Charles, Esq., Squerrie's court Waters, Mr. John Welsh, Mr. Samuel Whittaker, Mrs. Sally S. Willard, Miss Eliza |
| Ashton, John, veterinary surgeon Atherfold and Co., grocers and spirit merchants Atherfold, John, tailor, linen and woollen draper Atkinson, Isaac, grocer Atkinson, Robert, bricklayer Austin, G., farmer, Little Belsom hill Bellchambers, Robert, builder Bellchambers, John, carpenter Benson, William, brick manufacturer Bosworth, Thomas H., solicitor, and clerk to the magistrates Boyes, Thomas, farmer, French street Boyes, John, boot and shoe maker Brand, John, miller Briggs, Mrs. Elizabeth, confectioner Burbery, Stephen, Grasshopper Cattell, John, jun., confectioner Cattell, John, nurseryman and seedsman Chapman, Edward, shopkeeper Clare, Thomas, bookseller and stationer, sub-stamp office Clements, Thomas, farmer Colegate, William, shoemaker Coleman, John, builder Costidell, Thomas, sen., shoemaker Costidell, Thomas, jun., shoemaker Cripps, George, King's Arms Hotel, and Commercial and posting house Crute, Thomas, inland revenue office Dalton, George, butcher, etc. Dickinson, Edward, nurseryman and seedsman Dye, Edmund, wheelwright Elliott, Samuel, plumber and glazier Everist, William, boot and shoemaker Powle, A. E., watch and clock maker Fuller, James, shopkeeper Galley, Miss Maria Anna, milliner, etc. Garden, Mr., beer retailer Gardener, Thomas, tobacconist Grover, Samuel C., draper Grover, S. C., draper Harris, John, tailor Heath, John, boot and shoe manufacturer Hearne, Joseph, hack master Hitchen, Thomas, farmer and grazier, Dunsdale Holden, Mr., saddle and harness maker Hooker, Miss Elizabeth, milliner, etc. Howard, John, miller and baker |
Jenner, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Langridge, William, blacksmith Lee, William, grocer Levey, William, plumber and glazier Liley, Thomas, dealer in marine stores Lock, William T., butcher Lockyer, Herbert, cabinet maker Mills, James, Warde Arms Newman, J., chimney sweeper Osborne and Son, fellmongers, etc. Outram, Mrs. Sarah, grocer Palin, George, farmer, Force green Palin, George, farmer Parker, William, chemist and druggist Pike, Miss, mistress of national school Puddefoot, George, hairdresser, etc. Pywell, William, day school Rathill, Robert M., surgeon Ray, William, organist of parish church Rutley, William, farmer and brickmaker Sales, Mr., General Wolfe Saunders, William, farmer and grazier Saxby, Thomas, saddle and harness maker Schroder, James, grocer Shearing, Thomas, pork butcher Skerratt, Mrs. Lydia, dressmaker Skerratt, John, dyer Smith, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Strudwick, James, baker Strudwick, John, builder Thompson, Thomas, grocer, ironmonger and postmaster Thompson, Charles M., surgeon Toovey, Mrs. Sarah, boarding school Twort, Henry, farmer Waterman, George, George Watkins, William F, brewer and maltster Whickman, William, butcher Whitmore, Thomas, tanner and currier Winchester, John, carrier Wood, John, wheelwright Woollett, John, miller Woollett, William, carpenter Young, James, farmer and grazier |