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Ulcombe, Hollingbourn, Maidstone

Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

ULCOMBE is a parish and village, eight miles S.E. from Maidstone, four miles north from Headcorn station. The population in 1851 was 638. The church, dedicated to AH Saints, is a very ancient edifice. The living is a rectory; the Rev. Samuel Mence, B.D., is the incumbent. Pie Corner and East Wood are one mile S.E.; Pheasant, two miles S.W.; Humphery two miles S.E.; Great and Little Boycourt, three miles and a half south; Chigworth, Knoll Jill and Kingsnoad are other places.

POST-OFFICE. - Charles appenden, Eeceiver. Letters are received through Maidstone.
The nearest Money Order Office is at Linton.

GENTRY.
Ellis, Charles, Esq., TTlcomb place | Mence, Rev. Samuel, B.D., Rector

TRADERS.

Adams, William, boot and shoe maker
Askey, Francis, blacksmith
Benstead, George, .farmer
Benstead, James, farmer, Knoll Hill
Bigg, George, farmer
Boorman, Mrs., farmer
Butler, Mrs., farmer
Bates, James, Pheasant Farm
Collison, William, farmer
Cook, John, grocer
Cook, George, farmer
Cooper, John, blacksmith and beer house
Chambers, William, blacksmith, Pie Corner
Craddock, Mrs., miller
Crump, Edward, farmer, Green Hill
Crump, John and Thomas, farmers, Mansion Farm
Davis, John, bricklayer
Day, Robert, farmer
Dean, James, farmer
Duddy, Thomas, sen., farmer, Church Farm
Duddy, George and Henry, jun., farmers
Edmeds, Isaac, farmer
Gilbert, James, miller
Gladdish, William, Horse and Harrow Inn
Hatch, James, farmer, Chigworth Farm
Hodges, Daniel, farmer, Kingsnoad Farm
Knight, Thomas, farmer, Boy Court Farm
Knight, George, farmer, Ovenden Farm
Ledger, William, carpenter
Ledger, William, jun., carpenter
Ledger, Harriet, farmer
Love, William, farmer
Marchant, Cornelius, farmer, and beerhouse
Mosely, Thomas, farmer
Meanzie, Caroline, farmer
Orpen, John, farmer
Tappenden, Charles, draper and grocer
Tassell, Edward, farmer, Knoll Hill
Taylor, William, miller, Chigworth Mill
Upton, John, farmer
Vinson, Robert, farmer, Chigworth Court
West, William, wheelwright
Wildish, Fanny, butcher
Williams, William J., farmer
Williams, Richard, sen., Boy Court Farm
Woolley, William, farmer, Knowl hill
Wildish, Edward, butcher, Pie Corner



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