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West Farleigh pub history index
Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.
West Farleigh is a village, one mile and a half distant from East Farleigh. The
church is dedicated to All Saints, and is a neat edifice, in the early English
style, The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
Rochester, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Stevens, D.D. The population in 1851 was 426. Perns Court is one mile east; Dane or Dean Street, half a mile east.
POST-OFFICE - Thomas Tolhurst, Postmaster.
GENTRY.
Charlton, John, Esq.
Fitzherhert, Anthony, Bsq.
Fitzherbert, Sir Henry, Bart., Farleigh
House Ward, Ambrose, Esq.
Jackson, Thomas, Esq., the Court Lodge
Mercer, Mrs. Elizabeth, Hill Cottage
Mercer, Samuel, Esq.
Newenhan, Rev. _, Curate
Stevens, Rev. Robert, D.D., Vicarage
Whitehead, Richard, Esq., Ewejl
TRADERS
Casten, Charles, grocer
Fleet, John, carpenter
Foster, Charles, grocer, &o.
Groombridge, John, blacksmith
Hickmate, Samuel, beer retailer - White House
Paramore, Nicholas, beer retailer - Good Intent
Philpot, John, hop planter, Smith Hill
Startup, Mrs. Catharine, farmer, Parsonage
Stone, John, bricklayer
Tacchi, Anthony, schoolmaster
Tolhurst, Thomas, Chequers Inn and postmaster