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Chartham, Bridge, Canterbury with Swale
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHARTHAM lies near the Canterbury Railway, three miles S.W. of Canterbury.
The population was, in 1851, 1,138. The church of Saint Mary is a large and handsome
building in the shape of a cross. Shalmsford is a considerable hamlet, adjoining
Chartham, with about 200 inhabitants. Chartham Hatch, or Hatch Green, is another
hamlet, with about 170 inhabitants, one mile north. Horton half-a-mile N.E.; Milton
Chapel, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, one mile N.E., is returned with Canterbury.
Denstead is two miles north, in Blean Forest; as in Petty France. Howfield adjoins
Milton. Nickhill is one mile N.W., Myshole, 1½ miles S.W.; Upper Town, one mile
south; Druksted, one mile south ; Perly, one mile south ; Sevington, two miles south;
Cowlinge Green, two miles South; Kenfield, two miles S.E.
POST-OFFICE—Mrs. Jane Ratcliff, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office
is at Canterbury.
GENTRY
Brown, John, Esq., Chartham Deanery
Fagge, Sir John, Bart.
Moody, Rev. Henry Riddell, M.A.
Paine, Leeds, Esq.
Parker, Lysimachus, Esq., Myshole House
D'Aeth, Rev. Cloudley Hughes, curate
Public Houses in Chartham
TRADERS.
Andrews, Benjamin, farmer
Arnold, Charles, surgeon
Beard, Frederick, farmer, Horton Chapple
Boulden, William, boot and shoe maker
Bourne, George, carrier
Burchett, George, boot and shoe maker, Shalmsford street
Catt, John, farmer, Nickhill
Coleman, John, Kings' Head
Cozens, Daniel, Artichoke
Foreman, William, carpenter and wheelwright, Shalmsford street
Gambrill, Joseph, farmer
Goldup, Stephen, George, Shalmsford street
Goodale, William, plumber and glazier
Gould, Oliver, tailor and linendraper
Govier, Mrs. Susan, Vine Cot
Harvey, James, farmer, Thruxted Farm
Harvey, William, farmer
Homersham, John, shopkeeper, Shalmsford street
Hukins, Thomas, bricklayer
Mayger, John, shopkeeper
Norton, Mrs. Mary, blacksmith
Pell, John, farmer, Howfield
Shaddleton, Joseph, farmer, Shalmsford street
Shrubsole, Edward, shopkeeper
Shrubsole, George, grocer
Shrubsole, Phineas, grocer and baker, Shalmsford street
Stevens, John, shoemaker
Terry, George, blacksmith
Weatherley, William, paper manufacturer, Chartham Mills
Woodhams, Josiah, miller
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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHARTHAM lies near the Canterbury Railway, three miles S.W. of Canterbury.
The population was, in 1851, 1,138. The church of Saint Mary is a large and handsome
building in the shape of a cross. Shalmsford is a considerable hamlet, adjoining
Chartham, with about 200 inhabitants. Chartham Hatch, or Hatch Green, is another
hamlet, with about 170 inhabitants, one mile north. Horton half-a-mile N.E.; Milton
Chapel, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, one mile N.E., is returned with Canterbury.
Denstead is two miles north, in Blean Forest; as in Petty France. Howfield adjoins
Milton. Nickhill is one mile N.W., Myshole, 1½ miles S.W.; Upper Town, one mile
south; Druksted, one mile south ; Perly, one mile south ; Sevington, two miles south;
Cowlinge Green, two miles South; Kenfield, two miles S.E.
POST-OFFICE—Mrs. Jane Ratcliff, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office
is at Canterbury.
GENTRY
Brown, John, Esq., Chartham Deanery
Fagge, Sir John, Bart.
Moody, Rev. Henry Riddell, M.A.
Paine, Leeds, Esq.
Parker, Lysimachus, Esq., Myshole House
D'Aeth, Rev. Cloudley Hughes, curate
Public Houses in Chartham
TRADERS.
Andrews, Benjamin, farmer
Arnold, Charles, surgeon
Beard, Frederick, farmer, Horton Chapple
Boulden, William, boot and shoe maker
Bourne, George, carrier
Burchett, George, boot and shoe maker, Shalmsford street
Catt, John, farmer, Nickhill
Coleman, John, Kings' Head
Cozens, Daniel, Artichoke
Foreman, William, carpenter and wheelwright, Shalmsford street
Gambrill, Joseph, farmer
Goldup, Stephen, George, Shalmsford street
Goodale, William, plumber and glazier
Gould, Oliver, tailor and linendraper
Govier, Mrs. Susan, Vine Cot
Harvey, James, farmer, Thruxted Farm
Harvey, William, farmer
Homersham, John, shopkeeper, Shalmsford street
Hukins, Thomas, bricklayer
Mayger, John, shopkeeper
Norton, Mrs. Mary, blacksmith
Pell, John, farmer, Howfield
Shaddleton, Joseph, farmer, Shalmsford street
Shrubsole, Edward, shopkeeper
Shrubsole, George, grocer
Shrubsole, Phineas, grocer and baker, Shalmsford street
Stevens, John, shoemaker
Terry, George, blacksmith
Weatherley, William, paper manufacturer, Chartham Mills
Woodhams, Josiah, miller
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