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Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
CHILLENDEN is a village, five miles S.W. of Sandwich, and eight miles east of
Canterbury, Eastry hundred and union, lathe of St. Augustine, East Kent. The
population in 1851 was 140. The church of All Saints is a small building. The
living is a Rectory, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. Thomas
Clarkson, rector.
Letters received through Sandwich. The nearest Money Order Offices are at
Sandwich and Wingham.
Rev Thomas Clarkson, Rectory
TRADERS
Beerling, Samuel, miller
Bartlett, John, shoemaker
Court, George, farmer
Hoile, William and Thomas, blacksmiths
Holding, Robert, grocer
Head, carpenter and wheelwright
Pettit, Mrs. Harriet, the Griffins
Smith, John, farm bailiff