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Chiddingstone, Sevenoaks,
Tunbridge Wells
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHIDDINGSTONE, a parish and village, four miles S.E. from Edenbridge, seven south from Sevenoaks, and one mile and a half S.E. from Penshurst station, lies in the weald on the river Eden, and in the union of Sevenoaks. The population in 1851 was 1,269. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large but an ancient building. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incumbency of the Rev. William Edward Hoskins, M.A.
POST-OFFICE, William Brook, Postmaster. Letters arrive, by foot-post, from br /> Edenbridge. The nearest Money Order Office is at Edenbridge.
GENTRY.
Gibbons, John, Esq.
Hoskins, Rev. Wm. Edward, M.A., Rectorbr /> Streatfield, Captain Henry
TRADERS.
Leigh, Charles, carpenter br /> Leigh, George, Castle
Merchant, Philip, farmer
Martin, William, farmer
Meads, John, farmer
Reynolds, William, farmer
Rye, Thomas, farmer
Rye, Thomas, farmer
Scott, Mrs. Alice, shopkeeper and post-office
Sherard, John, heer retailer
Skinner, Edward, farmer
Smashall, William, beer retailer
Stanford, Edgar, farmer
Stidolph, Godfrey, rake maker
Stourt, John, farmer
Wallis, Mrs., Chequers
Wallis, John, relieving officer
Wells, John, farmer
Wilson, William, bootmaker
Young, James, miller
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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHIDDINGSTONE, a parish and village, four miles S.E. from Edenbridge, seven south from Sevenoaks, and one mile and a half S.E. from Penshurst station, lies in the weald on the river Eden, and in the union of Sevenoaks. The population in 1851 was 1,269. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large but an ancient building. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incumbency of the Rev. William Edward Hoskins, M.A.
POST-OFFICE, William Brook, Postmaster. Letters arrive, by foot-post, from br /> Edenbridge. The nearest Money Order Office is at Edenbridge.
GENTRY.
Gibbons, John, Esq.
Hoskins, Rev. Wm. Edward, M.A., Rectorbr /> Streatfield, Captain Henry
TRADERS.
| Allard, John, blacksmith Atkinson, William, farmer Barley, William, farmer Beard, John, farmer, Brigden, Joseph, blacksmith Brook, William, grocer and post-office Carpenter, Charles, parish clerk . Carpenter, William, master of national school Chapman, John, blacksmith Chatterton, William, farmer Coomber, Henry, miller Coomber, Stephen, cooper Damper, Richard, farmer Denton, William, beer retailer Eagleton, Henry, tailor Gasson, John, farmer Haines, Thomas, farmer Hale, Mrs., farmer Hale, Abraham, farmer Humphrey, James, bricklayer |
Leigh, Charles, carpenter Leigh, George, Castle Merchant, Philip, farmer Martin, William, farmer Meads, John, farmer Reynolds, William, farmer Rye, Thomas, farmer Rye, Thomas, farmer Scott, Mrs. Alice, shopkeeper and post-office Sherard, John, heer retailer Skinner, Edward, farmer Smashall, William, beer retailer Stanford, Edgar, farmer Stidolph, Godfrey, rake maker Stourt, John, farmer Wallis, Mrs., Chequers Wallis, John, relieving officer Wells, John, farmer Wilson, William, bootmaker Young, James, miller |
Leigh, Charles, carpenter br /> Leigh, George, Castle
Merchant, Philip, farmer
Martin, William, farmer
Meads, John, farmer
Reynolds, William, farmer
Rye, Thomas, farmer
Rye, Thomas, farmer
Scott, Mrs. Alice, shopkeeper and post-office
Sherard, John, heer retailer
Skinner, Edward, farmer
Smashall, William, beer retailer
Stanford, Edgar, farmer
Stidolph, Godfrey, rake maker
Stourt, John, farmer
Wallis, Mrs., Chequers
Wallis, John, relieving officer
Wells, John, farmer
Wilson, William, bootmaker
Young, James, miller
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