SHORNE, WITH THONG AND MERSTON. -
Shorne is a joint parish with Merston, three miles and a half S.E. from
Gravesend, and four miles N.W. from Rochester. The church of St. Peter and St.
Paul contains
a fine monument, to the memory of Henry de Cobham, of the time of Edward II. The
living is a vicarage; the Rev. Jacob Joseph Marsham is vicar. The population in
1851 was 984.
Thong is a hamlet of Shorne, one mile west.
POST-OFFICE. - Mrs. Catharine Solomon, Receiver. Letters are received through
Gravesend.
GENTRY.
Barrett, Captain
Marsham, Rev. Jacob J., Vicar
Peck, Mr. William
Smythe, Mr. Edward