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Lyminge, East Ashford,
Ashford with Shepway
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LYMINGE or LIMINGE is a small village 12 miles from Dover, in Elham union, Loningborough hundred and lathe of Shepway. The church of St Mary and St Edburgh is an old building. The living is a rectory, the Rev. Robert Charles Jenkins, M.A., Rector. The Wesleyans have a meeting house. The population in 1851 was 883.
EACHEND HILL or ETCHING HILL is one mile S.E.; Broad street half a mile south; Yew Tree Cross half a mile north; Ottinge one mile N.E.; Sibtin half a mile N. W.; Longage one mile N.W.; Woodlands half a mile west; Rhoads or Road Minnis one mile and'a half N.W.; Shettlefield one mile and a half east; Hempstead two miles west.
POST OFFICE - Thomas Jacob, Receiver. The nearest Money Order-Office is at Hythe.
Elham Union House, Eachend hill
Rev, Benjamin Cobb, chaplain
James Beattle and William Taylor Tyson, Esqrs., surgeons
William Birch, master
Mrs. Jane Birch, mistress
Edwin William Major, schoolmaster
Miss Elizabeth Cheeseman, schoolmistress
GENTRY.
Broadbridge, Mr. William
Jenkins, Rev. Robert Charles, MA., rector
Laver, Mr. George
Nugent, George, Esq., Sibtin
Public Houses in Lyminge
TRADERS.
Birch, William, Master of the Union, Eachend hill
Brice, Daniel, farmer
Broadbridge, George, farmer, Road Farm
Broadley, Edward, farmer
Chaplain, John, farmer and grazier
Cleveland, James, farmer in the valley
Cloake, Mark, Coach and Horses
Daniel, John, farmer Kelsey, Stephen, farmer
Dent, Noah, beer retailer, Eachend hill
Downe, John, Road Minnis
File, Thomas, carrier and farmer
Finn, Stephen, farmer
Fisher, Robert, the Gate
Fordered, William, farmer, Little Woodland
Francis Leonard, miller, Eachend hill
Hambrook, Richard, farmer,
Hogben, Edward, farmer
Hogben, Nicholas, farmer Dogkennel Farm
Hogben, Richard, farmer
Hogben, Stephen, farmer
Hogben, Thomas, blacksmith
Hogben, William, carpenter
Hogben, William, farmer and farrier
Hogben, William, jun., farrier
Hogben, James, tailor
Jacob, Thomas, farmer, Skeel Farm
Jacob Thomas, shopkeeper and grazier
Kemp, Thomas, shoemaker
Pilcher, Thomas, farmer, Hemstead
Pledge, Mrs., shopkeeper
Prebble, John, carpenter and parish clerk
Rigden, Edward, carpenter
Rigden, Henry, farmer, Broad street
Rigden, Thomas, farmer and grazier,
Shettlefield Smith, Thomas, shoemaker
Squires, Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper
Williams, Henry, Master of the National School
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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
LYMINGE or LIMINGE is a small village 12 miles from Dover, in Elham union, Loningborough hundred and lathe of Shepway. The church of St Mary and St Edburgh is an old building. The living is a rectory, the Rev. Robert Charles Jenkins, M.A., Rector. The Wesleyans have a meeting house. The population in 1851 was 883.
EACHEND HILL or ETCHING HILL is one mile S.E.; Broad street half a mile south; Yew Tree Cross half a mile north; Ottinge one mile N.E.; Sibtin half a mile N. W.; Longage one mile N.W.; Woodlands half a mile west; Rhoads or Road Minnis one mile and'a half N.W.; Shettlefield one mile and a half east; Hempstead two miles west.
POST OFFICE - Thomas Jacob, Receiver. The nearest Money Order-Office is at Hythe.
Elham Union House, Eachend hill
Rev, Benjamin Cobb, chaplain
James Beattle and William Taylor Tyson, Esqrs., surgeons
William Birch, master
Mrs. Jane Birch, mistress
Edwin William Major, schoolmaster
Miss Elizabeth Cheeseman, schoolmistress
GENTRY.
Broadbridge, Mr. William
Jenkins, Rev. Robert Charles, MA., rector
Laver, Mr. George
Nugent, George, Esq., Sibtin
Public Houses in Lyminge
TRADERS.
Birch, William, Master of the Union, Eachend hill
Brice, Daniel, farmer
Broadbridge, George, farmer, Road Farm
Broadley, Edward, farmer
Chaplain, John, farmer and grazier
Cleveland, James, farmer in the valley
Cloake, Mark, Coach and Horses
Daniel, John, farmer Kelsey, Stephen, farmer
Dent, Noah, beer retailer, Eachend hill
Downe, John, Road Minnis
File, Thomas, carrier and farmer
Finn, Stephen, farmer
Fisher, Robert, the Gate
Fordered, William, farmer, Little Woodland
Francis Leonard, miller, Eachend hill
Hambrook, Richard, farmer,
Hogben, Edward, farmer
Hogben, Nicholas, farmer Dogkennel Farm
Hogben, Richard, farmer
Hogben, Stephen, farmer
Hogben, Thomas, blacksmith
Hogben, William, carpenter
Hogben, William, farmer and farrier
Hogben, William, jun., farrier
Hogben, James, tailor
Jacob, Thomas, farmer, Skeel Farm
Jacob Thomas, shopkeeper and grazier
Kemp, Thomas, shoemaker
Pilcher, Thomas, farmer, Hemstead
Pledge, Mrs., shopkeeper
Prebble, John, carpenter and parish clerk
Rigden, Edward, carpenter
Rigden, Henry, farmer, Broad street
Rigden, Thomas, farmer and grazier,
Shettlefield Smith, Thomas, shoemaker
Squires, Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper
Williams, Henry, Master of the National School
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