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Capel, Tunbridge,
Tunbridge Wells
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CAPEL, or CAPLE, is a parish and village, three miles west from Maidstone junction station, and three miles S.E. from Tunbridge. The population in 1851 was 578. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Tudely. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas. Paddock Wood is a railway station at the junction with the Maidstone branch, 46 miles from London, and three, miles and a half N.E. from Capel.
Letters are received through Tunbridge, which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
TRADERS.
Abigal, S., farmer
Children, Richard, farmer
Cox, James, farmer
Crowhurst, Mrs. Catharine, farmer
Friend, William, beer retailer
Fry, Alexander, boot and shoe maker
Gearing Edward, blacksmith
Godding, Edward, farmer
Greyson, Jesse, farmer
Hartridge, John, butcher
Knell, Abraham, shopkeeper
Larking, Richard, beer retailer
Luxford, John, baker
Mercer, Lawrence, farmer
Monk, Robert, farmer
Platt, James, Kings Head
Playfoot, Mary, shopkeeper
Potter, George, bootmaker
Shorter, John, master of national school
Southon, Stephen, farmer
Wells, Charles, tailor
Wheeler, John, farmer
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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CAPEL, or CAPLE, is a parish and village, three miles west from Maidstone junction station, and three miles S.E. from Tunbridge. The population in 1851 was 578. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Tudely. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas. Paddock Wood is a railway station at the junction with the Maidstone branch, 46 miles from London, and three, miles and a half N.E. from Capel.
Letters are received through Tunbridge, which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
TRADERS.
Abigal, S., farmer
Children, Richard, farmer
Cox, James, farmer
Crowhurst, Mrs. Catharine, farmer
Friend, William, beer retailer
Fry, Alexander, boot and shoe maker
Gearing Edward, blacksmith
Godding, Edward, farmer
Greyson, Jesse, farmer
Hartridge, John, butcher
Knell, Abraham, shopkeeper
Larking, Richard, beer retailer
Luxford, John, baker
Mercer, Lawrence, farmer
Monk, Robert, farmer
Platt, James, Kings Head
Playfoot, Mary, shopkeeper
Potter, George, bootmaker
Shorter, John, master of national school
Southon, Stephen, farmer
Wells, Charles, tailor
Wheeler, John, farmer
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