Rolvenden, Tenterden, Ashford with Shepway

Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

ROLVENDEN is a parish and village, three miles from Tenterden and three from Newenden. The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary; it is built in a simple but beautiful style of architecture. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester; the Rev. John William Ramsey is the incumbent.
The population in 1851 was 1,434.

POST-OFFICE. - Miss Caroline Edwards, Postmistress. Letters arrive from Staplehurst-
The, nearest Money Order Office is at Tenterden.

GENTRY.

Ayerst, Thomas, M.D.
Blackman, Mr. William
Coombe, Mrs., Spark's House
Cullen, G., Esq.
Goble, Mr. George Gregory
Masters, Mrs.
Moneypeny, Captain Robert Charles, Maytham Hall
Morrison, Frank, Esq., the Hall
Ramsey, Rev. John William, Vicar
Thornton, Rev. William, M.A.,. Curate of Benenden
Tweedie, Captain Michael, R.A.
Weller, Captain Montague, Kingsgate House
Witherden, Mr. William

TRADERS.

Ayers, Thomas, surgeon Bishop, John, farmer Bishop, Thomas, farmer Bishop, Nicholas, farmer Blackman John, farmer Blackman, William, farmer, Windsor Farm Bricher, Jarvis Iden, beer retailer Burden, Robert, shoemaker Clemetson, Richard, miller Corke, Richard, grocer and draper Dawson, John, wheelwright Drawbridge, William, shoemaker Drury, John, Bull Inn Drury, Thomas, farmer jfrunk, Ambrose, farmer Bunk, William, jun., farmer Durrant, Edward, baker Edwards, Miss Caroline, draper, grocer, and postmistress Foster, William, carrier Gilbert, Humphrey, farmer Goble, John, beer retailer Harden, Thomas, farmer Harden, Thomas Ruby, ironmonger Hayward, A., farmer Hilder, Robert, farmer

Hines, Joseph, farmer Hodges, William, tailor Hodges, Peter, wheelwright Jackson, John, saddler Jewhurst, Edmund, blacksmith Jewhurst, Edward, beer retailer Kadwell, James, parish clerk Oxley, Richard, butcher Longley, William, butcher Mercer, William, farmer Morris, William, tailor Murrell, George, seedsman Pilcher, Charles S., farmer Richardson, George, beer retailer Smith, Mrs. Mary, farmer Smith, James B., farmer Suer, Charles, plumber, &c. Turley, Robert, farmer, Gate House Watson, Robert, seedsman Watson, William, shoemaker Wells, John, hairdresser Welstead, George, farmer White, Edward, baker Wicken, Henry, carpenter Winder, Richard, shopkeeper

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