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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
Public Houses in Capel (& Tudeley)
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, boot maker
Shorter, John, master of national school
Southon, Stephen, farmer
Wells, Charles, tailor
Wheeler, John, farmer