The parish contains 4,420
acres, assessed to the Land Tax, in 1815, at £37,244, and, in 1842, at
£87,781. The population, in 1801, was
returned at 8,027, and, in 1841, at 18,086.
The town carries on a great local traffic, being at the head of the
navigation on the Medway, the aggregate tonnage, passing Allington lock, in the
year being 120,000 tons, and the tolls £26,000.
There are one large oil mill and several large paper mills, the latter
employing 800 hands. The town is
thriving, and has much improved of late years.
In 1554 the town took part
in Sir Thomas Wyatt’s insurrection. In
Queen Elizabeth’s time a number of Flemings settled.
The parochial church is
dedicated to All Saints, and is a large and ancient structure. The benefice is a rectory, valued P.R. at
£770, in the gift of the Archbishop.
Trinity church was built in 1819, at the cost of about £13,000; the
living is in the gift of the Archbishop.
St. Stephen’s church is in the hamlet of Tovil, and will accommodate 600
persons. St Peter’s was formerly a chapel
to an ancient hospital, and recently restored and enlarged; it is capable of
accommodating 800 persons. There are
nine dissenting places of worship.
The Free Grammar school enjoys considerable
reputation, and is well endowed; it has two exhibitions to University College, Oxford.
The College
school was opened in 1846, under the superintendence of the Canterbury Diocesan
Board of Education. There are five
Charity schools. The almshouses
accommodate 19 inmates. The Town Hall is
a neat building. The Vestry Room
contains a parochial library. The County Lunatic Asylum
is large, containing 250 persons. The County Jail is a very capacious and well-constructed
edifice, built in 1818, at a cost of £200,000, the front forming a commodious range of rooms where the assizes are
held, and has accommodation for 450 prisoners.
The Barracks form a grand cavalry station and school, and contain about
400 men. The West Kent Infirmary is a
small, but useful, institution. The Corn
Exchange is a very commodious structure.
The Model school is under
the superintendence of the Canterbury Diocesan Education Society. The Blue Coat school
was founded in 1711, and provides education for 53 boys and 43 girls. The Green Coat school
is for 12 boys and 12 girls. Sir Charles
Booth’s school is for 35 boys and 35 girls.
The Brown Coat school is for 24 boys and 24
girls who are clothed, and for 200 boys and 100 girls; this is a dissenting
establishment.
The Savings’ Bank receives
large deposits. The palace of Archbishop Courtenay is now in ruins.
A College was founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the time of
Richard II. The revenues at the
dissolution were £159 7s 10d; ruins still remain. The Music Hall is near the Cavalry
barracks. There are gasworks and also
water works. The market, which is one of
the largest in the county, is held for hops and corn on Thursday,
and for general business on Saturdays. A
cattle market is held on the second Tuesday in each month; and annual fairs on
the 13th Feb., 12th May, 20th June, and 17th
Oct., which latter is the great hop fair.
The neighbourhood of Maidstone is a great hop district, 4,500 acres being planted
with hops. Penenden Heath is the grand
place for county meetings, and has been so for centuries. Part of Maidstone parish is detached, 5 miles south, at Loddington, containing a
population of 62.
GENTRY
Allen Thomas William, esq. Bower ter
Allen Miss, West Tree vil. Tunbridge rd
Allnutt Henry, esq. Bower ter
Argles Mrs. Upper Stone street
Arkcoll John, esq. Bower ter
Ashdown Mr. Samuel, Bower
place
Bailey William, esq. London road
Balston Mrs. Springfield
Balston Richard E. P. esq. Springfield
Balston William, esq. Springfield
Bayley Rev. George, M.A.
Boxley road
Beadle Mr. John, Ashford
road
Beale Richard Whatman F. esq. King st
Beale William, esq. King street
Best Misses, Ashford road
Brenchley Mrs. Albion place
Brenchley John, esq. Barming heath
Brown Mr. John, Albion place
Burr Misses, Albion place
Busbey Mr. James, Church street
Buttanshaw Rev. Fras, B.A.
Tunbridge rd
Case John,
Castle Captain, Week street
Chamberlayne Captain,
Cooper Miss,
Davey Rev. George,
Day Mrs. Priory
Day Thomas, esq. Ashford road
Dobney Rev. Henry [Baptist
Minister], Marsham street
Dove Capt. Henry, R.N. Bower
place
Eley Captain,
Ellis Charles, esq. Rocky hill terrace
Fielding George, esq. M.D. Tunbridge rd
Finch Miss, Ashford road
Fleetwood Thos. Perrior, esq. St. Faith st
Ford Rev. John, B.A. Rocky
hill
Fowler Mrs. Barming road
Fry Frederick,
Godden Henry, esq. Summerfield house
Gordon Capt. James Gabriel,
Fant pl
Green Thomas,
Griffis Captain,
Harrison Rev. Thomas, M.A.
King st
Hawkins Capt. William, Bower
place
Haywood Chas. Widgeon, esq.
Hazell Stephen Link,
Heath Mrs. Ashford road
Hills Mr. Walter, Clarendon
place
Hoar Charles, esq. Ashford road
Hoar Edward,
Hollams Mrs. Sommerfield
terrace
Hollingworth John, esq. Turkey mill
Hollingworth Thomas, esq. Turkey mill
Hughes Edward,
Hunter Mrs. Bower place
Huxley Jas. esq. M.D. Barming heath
Hyde Thomas, esq. Manor house
Jeffery George, esq. Clarendon place
Jinkings Rev. Edmund
[independent minister], Week street
Lee Mrs. Clarendon place
Lewin Mrs. Bower terrace
Lowry James,
Lushington Edmd. Henry, esq. Park ho
Mares Misses, Somerfield
terrace
Mason Mrs. Suffolk place,
Tovil road
Mason Rev. Richard, M.A.
Tovil
Matthews Mrs. West Tree
villas, Tunbridge road
Mercer John, esq. Rocky hill terrace
Monckton John,
Morgan Charles,
Peale John,
Peene Wm. G. esq. M.D. Clarendon pl
Peene Miss, Bower terrace
Phillips John,
Pine Misses, Ashford road
Pine Thomas, esq. Ashford road
Pingree Rev. Richard
[minister Huntingdon connexion]
Plane Mrs, Clarendon place
Plomley Francis,
Pope Mrs. Fant house, Bower
place
Porter Henry,
Poste Rev. Beale, Tovil
Powell Mrs. Ashford road
Power James Joseph, esq. M.D. Stone st
Pybus Charles, esq. Boxley road
Randall Alexander, esq. Ashford road
Ranger Henry, esq. Tovil
Reader
Romney the Earl of, Mote
Rowley Miss, Rocky hill
terrace
Rugg Robert, esq. Sumner place, Bower
Saxby Mrs. Bower nursery,
Rocky hill
Scott Capt. Edward, Upper
Stone st
Scudamore Charles, esq.
[ex-mayor], Week street
Scudamore Fredk. Esq. Stone
ho. Stone st
Scudamore Miss, Stone house,
Stone st
Seath Mrs. Ashford road
Seaton Misses,
Short William, esq. Clarendon place
Sibbald William, esq. M.D. Palace
Simpson Mrs. Rocky hill
terrace
Smythe Clement Taylor, esq. Brewer st
Smythe Mrs. London road
Smythe Capt. John Disney,
Brewer st
Springett John, esq. Bower place
Spurgin Rev. John,
Stacey Edwin,
Steinmetz Wm. Thos. Esq.
Rock house, Rocky hill
Stephens John C. esq. Week street
Stevens Rev. Wm. [Unitarian
minister], Bower house
Sutton Misses,
Sutton Mrs. London road
Sweetlove Mrs. Mote road
Tassell Robert esq. London road
Tassell Thomas,
Taylor George,
Tootell Joseph, esq.
[mayor], Stone st
Topping Charles, esq. Albion place
Tyssen Mrs. Foley ho.
Penenden heath
Vallance Rev. William, M.A.
Mote road
Walker David, M.A.,
Walker Richard, esq. Bower place
Warde Mrs. & Misses,
Whatman James, esq. Vinters
Whatman James, esq. Rocky hill terrace
Wheeler Benjamin, esq. Albion place
Whichcord John,
Wildes Henry Atkinson, esq. St Faith st
Wilson Francis, esq. Tovil
Winch Mr. Richard, Romney
place
TRADERS
Abbott John, confectioner,
Week street
Acres George, currier, Week street
Acres Thomas W. bootmaker,
Week street
Adams Robert, bootmaker, High
street
Allcorn Edward, tinman &
brazier, Watery lane
Allen William Hart, chemist,
Gabriel’s hill
Allison William, grocer
& provision dealer, Stone street
Allman Edward, baker,
Allman John, baker,
Allnutt & Son, paper
manufacturers, Ivy mill, Loose & Tovil mill
Allwork Charles Long,
surgeon,
Amies Joseph, sen. Paper
mould maker, Mote road
Amies Joseph, shopkeeper,
Antrum Richard, ‘White
Horse,’
Antrum William,
‘Wheatsheaf,’ Loose road
Appleton Henry David, ‘
Arkcoll John & Charles,
wholesale grocers & merchants,
Ashenden Edward, bootmaker,
High street
Ashenden Mrs. Marianne,
milliner, High street
Ashdown Mrs. Harriett,
baker, Ordnance place
Ashdown Levi, plumber &
oil & color warehouse, Stone st
Assiter William, builder
& statuary, Union steet
Athawes Peter, straw bonnet
maker, stone street
Austen Ambrose, printer,
bookbinder & bookseller, Week st
Avrey James, bootmaker,
Ayers William, beer retailer,
Water side
Back Thomas, toydealer, Week
street
Baily Mrs. Catherine Ann,
glass & china dealer,
Baker Charles, collector of
property, income, land & assessed taxes,
Baker Charles, brush &
toydealer,
Baker Charles, jun. cooper,
Baker Edward, shopkeeper,
Baker George, fruiterer,
High street
Baker George, linendraper,
Week street
Baker Richard, farmer,
Barming heath
Baker William, bootmaker,
Pudding lane
Baker William, bootmaker,
Tovil
Baldwin, Godden &
Holmes, brewers & malsters, Medway brewery
Baldwin Edward, bootmaker,
Mote road
Baldwin Josiah, teadealer,
Ballard Henry, grocer &
tallow chandler, Stone street
Balston
William & Richd. Paper
manufacturers,
Barling Joseph, watchmaker,
silversmith, engraver & jeweller, High street
Barnard Robert, upholsterer,
Barnett John, ‘White Hart’,
Westborough
Barnett Mrs. Sarah, ‘Jolly
Waterman’,
Barnett Mrs. Sarah,
shopkeeper, Westborough
Barr Robert, baker,
Barrow Miss Ann, ladies’
boarding school,
Bartholomew William,
shopkeeper,
Bartlett & Son,
watchmakers, Week street
Bartlett Daniel, grocer,
Week street
Barton James, hosier &
haberdasher,
Barton James, jun. ready
made linen wareho. Bank street
Barton Jesse, confectioner,
Bayfield & Son, chemists
& druggists, & sole proprietors of the balm of Lucca for the hair, Gabriel’s hill
Beale William, solicitor &
clerk to the committee of visitors of the Kent Lunatic Asylum, King street
Beecher Henry, tailor,
Beer James, tailor, Market
buildings
Bell Francis, beer retailer,
West Borough
Bellchambers Stephen,
bricklayer, Queen Ann road
Bellchambers William,
tailor,
Bennett John, bootmaker,
Bennett William H. grocer,
Week street
Bensted William Henry, coal & Kentish ragstone merchant, & quarryman, St. Faith street
Bentlif & Son, curriers
& bootmakers, High street
Benzie George, confectioner,
Benzie John, jun. grocer,
Benzie Robert, coal
merchant,
Betts Thomas, butcher, Week street
Bidlake James, academy,
Biggar Wm. & John,
linendrapers silkmers. & hatters, Week street
Binskin Henry, teadealer,
Gabriel’s hill
Binskin William, coffee
rooms, Week street
Birch & Martin, grocers,
Birchall Charles, tobacco pipe manufacturer & segar merchant, Earl street, & Calverly place, Tunbridge Wells
Bishop George, beer
retailer,
Blinkhorn George, corn
dealer,
Blinks Richard, butcher,
High street
Blott Daniel, chemist, Week street
Bodkin Samuel, farmer
Bodkin Thomas, carman & wheelwright,
Bonner Francis, dairyman,
Bonny & Sons, butchers, gabriel’s hill
Bonny Edward, shopkeeper,
Ashford road
Bonny James, butcher, Week street
Boorman John, wheelwright,
Bow William & S. G. builders, plasterers & modellers, & artificial stone manufacturers, County road
Bow Edward, builder, statuary, artificial stone manufactr. & cement merchant, Knightrider street
Bow Spencer George, ‘Marquis
of Granby’, High street
Box Gibson, tailor,
Boyce John, bootmaker,
Bradshaw Watson, carpenter,
Brann Mrs. Ellen, tobacco
pipe maker, market place
Brann John, fruiterer, High
street
Brenchley, Stacey &
Brenchley, brewers,
Brenchley Stephen, baker,
Sandling road
Brewer Jonah, bootmaker,
Bridge John, builder,
Bridgland William,
‘Unicorn’,
Bridgland William, tailor,
Week street
Briggs John Charles,
fruiterer,
Brissenden Edmund, baker,
Bristow William, baker,
Britter William, ‘Seven
Grays’,
Britter William, shopkeeper,
Brock Miss Jemima, milliner,
Brook Thomas W. corn, coal
& licseed cake merchant,
Brooke Wm. Bricklayer, Queen
Ann road, &
Brown Cornelius, bookseller,
High street
Brown George, beer retailer,
Sandling road
Brown John, bootmaker,
Brown John, bootmaker, Rose
yard
Brown Joseph & Sons,
pump makers,
Brown Joseph, baker, Week street
Brown Joseph, printer &
bookseller, Week street
Brown Thomas, watchmaker,
Week street
Bruster John, beer retailer,
Ordnance place
Bruster William, shopkeeper,
Ordnance place
Bryans Samuel, ‘Haunch of
Venison’, High street
Bryant John, seedsman,
Gabriel’s hill
Buckingham Emanuell, baker,
Buckingham Stephen, tailor,
Queen Ann road
Buckland Joseph, blacksmith,
Water side
Bugden Henry, beer retailer,
Bulmer Martin, architect
& surveyor, West borough
Bunyar John, miller, corn
& coal merchant, & dealer in foreign & English cake, Stone st
Bunyard James & Son,
nurserymen,
Bunyard Thomas, ‘Ancient
Druid’,
Bunyard Thomas, farmer,
Cherry ground, Loose road
Burch Robert, watchmaker,
Burch William, watchmaker,
Burgess Francis, shopkeeper,
Queen Ann road
Burn James, beer retailer,
Burrell John T. fruiterer,
Sandling road
Busbridge Thomas,
bricklayer, Loose road
Bushnell Joseph, ironmonger,
Week street
Butcher & Dolby, linen
& woollen drapers, Week street
Button John, bootmaker,
Calver John, bootmaker,
Cantan Thomas, tailor,
Case John, solicitor &
clerk to the Borough magistrates, High street
Catlin Mrs. Miriam,
milliner,
Cave Thomas, chemist, druggist & agent to the Globe life & fire assurance company, High street
Chambers George, builder,
Champion Mrs. Mary, ham
& beef shop, Week street
Champion Miss Mary Ann,
ladies’ school, County road
Chantler James, fruiterer,
West borough
Chaplin Miss Eliza, coal
dealer, Pudding lane
Charlton Charles, baker
& malster, High street
Chittenden George, cabinet
maker, Pudding lane
Chittenden James B. tailor,
Gabriel’s hill
Chittenden John, builder,
Chitty Thomas, shopkeeper,
Clapson George, ‘Blue Door’,
Sutton road
Clark James, farmer,
Clay Bennett, chemist & druggist, dentist, & proprietor of the Belvoir Hunt sauce, King street
Clayton & Birch,
linendrapers,
Cleaver John, tailor,
Clements Matthew,
fishmonger,
Clifford James & Richard, rope & twine spinners, sailcloth, sack, hop bag, mat & matting manufacturers, brush & turnery warehouse, Bank street
Clifford Robert &
Charles, blacksmiths, Union street
Climpson Edward, blacksmith,
Bones alley
Clinton John, colt breaker,
horse dealer, & ‘Britannia’, George street
Clout Stephen, seedsman,
Sandling road
Clout Thomas, timber dealer,
Ashford road
Coatsworth William, beer
retailer,
Cobb John, statuary, stone
& marble mason,
Cobb William, builder,
Cobb William, jun. malster,
Cocks
Cocks William, bookseller
& stationer,
Cole Edmund, corndealer,
Cole John, shopkeeper, Fair
meadow
Collens James, farmer, Week street
Colling William, ironmonger,
Gabriel’s hill
Collings Thomas, saddler,
Collins James, farmer,
Collis Mrs. Mary, builder,
Conibeere & Allsup,
glass & china warehouse, High Street
Constable William,
tobacconist,
Cooe Joseph, colt breaker,
Romney place
Cook Daniel, ‘Canteen’, Barracks
Cooke Mrs. Susannah,
shopkeeper,
Cooke Thomas, baker,
Cooker Mrs. Mary, ‘Turk’s
Head’, Rose yard
Cooper William, farmer,
Copleston John, baker,
Copleston Thomas, plumber,
Copping William, beer
retailer,
Coppins Thomas, beer
retailer,
Corke Henry N. linendraper,
Cornell George, tailor,
Cornford Arthur,
linendraper,
Couchman William, engraver
& printer,
Coulter James, fruiterer,
Court Thomas, bootmaker,
Week street
Court Thomas, plumber,
Craddock George, blacksmith,
Craft William, confectioner,
High street
Craig William, shopkeeper,
Crandall William, linendraper,
Week street
Crisfield Henry, baker,
Crispe John, cabinet maker,
upholsterer, appraiser, paperhanger & undertaker, Gabriel’s hill
Crispe William Henry,
butcher, High street
Crouch John, grocer,
Sandling road
Crouch William, butcher,
Westborough
Crowhurst William,
bootmaker,
Crowther Richard, beer
retailer,
Crundwell James, cooper,
Crundwell James, plumber,
Cruttenden John, plumber,
Week street
Cruttenden John, jun.
portrait painter & daguerreotype artist, Week street
Cuckow james,
brickmaker, Perseverance place
Cullum John, accountant,
Mote road
Cutbush, Whiting & Cutbush, printers, proprietors & publishers of ‘Maidstone & South Eastern Gazette’ newspaper, Week street
Cutbush Robert, plumber,
Dally Frank Fether,
solicitor & coroner for the boro’, Week street
Danells John, grocer &
‘Bower Inn’, Tonbridge road
Dann Benjamin, gasfitter,
Week street
Dann George, brazier, High
street
Dann George, farmer,
Loddington
Dann James, fruiterer,
Dann William, clock &
watch maker, Week street
Davis George, plumber, High
street
Davis John, beer retailer,
Week street
Davis William, bootmaker,
Romney place
Dawes Josiah Wise,
nurseryman,
Dawson John, bootmaker, Week
street
Dawson William, bricklayer, Loose road
Day Misses Sarah &
Elizabeth, corndealers, High street
Day Miss Ann, milliner,
Day Miss Emily, ladies’
boarding school, Rocky hill
Day Robert John, bootmaker,
Day William, corndealer,
Week street
Day William, upholsterer & agent to the County fire & Provident Life assurance offices, High street
Day William, jun. furniture
broker,
Dean Edward, carman,
Dear William R.D. butcher,
Week street
Dell Thomas, ‘Monk’s Head’,
Delo George, basket maker,
Dennis Mrs. Ann, beer
retailer, Mote road
Dickson Keziah, pork
butcher, Sandling road
Dingley Richard L. chemist,
Week street
Diprose Thomas, wheelwright,
Doe John, butcher, High
street
Doe John, jun. butcher,
Doe Richard, tobacconist
& fruiterer, High street
Dold Alexander, clockmaker,
Down John & Charles,
brickmakers, stone merchants & bricklayers,
Down Francis, ‘Prince of
Wales’, Westborough
Down James, beer retailer,
Dray Edward, teadealer,
Market buildings
Dray James, carman, High street
Driver Charles, hairdresser,
Driver John, hairdresser,
Drowley John, beer retailer,
Week street
Dungey William, fruiterer,
Dunmill William B. saddler,
Gabriel’s hill
Dunk Charles, saddler,
Gabriel’s hill
Durrant John, tailor, High
street
Eastham Mrs. Ann, berlin wool warehouse, Week street
Edmett George, woollen
draper & clothier, High street
Edmett Thomas, upholsterer,
High street
Elliott James, blacksmith,
Market buildings
Ellis Charles, cabinet
maker, Pudding lane
Ellis Charles, wholesale
ironmonger, Gabriel’s hill
Ellis Edward, greengrocer,
Ellis William, beer
retailer,
Elphee & Jackson,
linendrapers, silk merchants & undertakers, Week street
Elvy William Henry, tailor,
Tovil
Eman Thomas, collector of
Inland revenue, Boxley road
Epps Read, shopkeeper, Tovil
Epps William James, seed
merchant & florist, High street & the Bower, Rocky hill
Evernden Thomas, builder,
Week street
Fardon Thomas, chemist,
Farley William, fishmonger,
Week street
Farroll John (late Dale),
chimney sweeper, coal & wood merchant, Rose yard
Fauchon James, farmer &
hop planter,
Feakins James, ‘Plough’,
Feakins John, beer retailer,
Fearn John, poulterer,
Ferguson Alexander, saddler,
Field John Edwin, professor
of music, Bower place
Field Michael, ‘Artichoke’,
Ashford road
Field Samuel, carpenter,
Tovil
Finch John, bootmaker,
Westborough
Finch William, beer
retailer,
Fleet Richard, ‘
Fletcher John, blacksmith,
Water side
Flinn Henry John,
pawnbroker,
Foster Edward M. surgeon,
Fowle Thomas, grocer,
Fowler Mrs. Ellen, seminary,
Fowler William, surgeon,
Franks Thomas, blacksmith
& bellhanger, Sandling road
Freeman John, brewer,
Freeman John, ‘Queen’s Head’
commercial inn, High street
Freeman Thomas,
confectioner, Sandling road
French & Son,
watchmakers,
French Edward, surgeon,
French Stephen, music
seller,
French Thomas, fruiterer,
Fry Frederick, surgeon, High
street
Fulleck John, solicitor,
Fulljames Robert, grocer
& provision dealer, High street
Furminger John, ‘Town Arms’,
Gambier William, bootmaker,
Sandling road
Gandy William, confectioner,
Week street
Gardner Henry, baker,
Garrett Balls, ironfounder, steam engine & agricultural implement maker, millwright, Stove-range & grate maker, Medway iron works
Gascoine George, coal
merchant, Queen Ann road
Gegan James, carver & gilder, Bank street
Gibbons Misses Ann & Frances, ladies’ school, Romney place
Gibbons James, collector of poor rates, Medway terrace
Gibbons Richard, farmer
& hop planter, Gold’s court
Gibson James, professor of music, Marsham street
Gilbert George, rope, line & whipcord manufacturer, horse & fishing net, hop bag, sack & sacking, cocoa matting, door mat, hair cloth & kentish matting manufacturer, Gabriel’s hill
Giles John Scott, watchmaker & bookseller, Mill street
Goad John, beer retailer,
Bridge foot, High street
Godfrey Thomas Hearnden,
beer retailer, Watery lane
Golding George H, gasfitter, Union street
Good John, agent to the Industrial & general life assurance company, Union street
Goodchild Robert, boot & shoe maker, St. Faith street
Gooden Thomas, retail brewer, Wheeler street
Goodenough Charles F.
grocer, Sandling road
Goodhew Mrs. Lavinia, straw bonnet maker, London road
Goodwin John, bricklayer, Marsham street
Goodwin Mrs. Sarah, milliner,
High street
Goodwin Thomas, organ builder, Marsham street
Goodwin William, poulterer
& game dealer, High street
Gould Thomas, pork butcher,
Week street
Gower Misses Mary & Mercy, milliners, Earl street
Gower Wm. Cornfactor &
seedsman, Bridge foot, High street
Gray Charles, beer retailer, Woollett street
Gray John S. blacksmith, Upper Stone street
Green John, paper mould maker, Mill street
Green Miss Louisa, ladies’
school, Ashford road
Green Samuel, paper
manufacturer, Hayle mill
Green Stephen, beer retailer, Wyatt street
Green Stephen, wood turner, Upper Stone street
Green Thomas Bowyer, law stationer, St. Faith street
Griffin John Robert, boot & shoe maker, Bank street
Grigsbey Stephen, ironmonger, Stone street
Gurney & Haynes, manufacturers of improved ranges & stoves, general & furnishing Ironmongers, & agents for Kent’s patent knife cleaning machine, Week street; & King street
Hadler Robert, bricklayer,
Tovil
Hadlow William, butcher, Union street
Hadlow William P. butcher, Upper Stone street
Haffenden John, seedsman, Union street
Haffenden Thomas, pastrycook
& confectioner, Gabriel’s hill
Haffenden William John, grocer, Union street
Hair Quintin Burns, dentist, Week street
Hall J.V. & Son, booksellers & stationers, & publishers of ‘Maidstone Journal’ Newspaper, Bank street
Hall Curtis John,
wharfinger, Wharf lane
Hall John, farmer, College
farm
Hammond William, straw
bonnet maker, Week street
Harding John, baker, Upper Stone street
Hards John, farmer, Tovil
Hardy Luke, baker, Woollett street
Harris Charles, fruiterer,
Pudding lane
Harris George, boot & shoe maker, Brewer street
Harris Peter George,
butcher, Gabriel’s hill
Harrison Basil, clerk to the County treasurer, Brewer street
Harrison George, coal
merchant, Water side
Harrison James, surveyor, Camden street
Hart & Kipping, solicitors, Week street
Hartnup John, farmer,
Tunbridge road
Hazell David, boot &
shoe maker, Sandling road
Hazell Stephen L. secretary to Savings’ bank, Mill street
Headford William, hatmaker, King street
Hearnden John H. leather
gaiter & glove manufacturer, Gabriel’s hill
Heathorn Charles, lime
burner, Boxley road
Heming Thomas, clothier,
High street
Henty William, shopkeeper,
Pudding lane
Herd Daniel, teadealer, King street
Hepburn George, beer retailer, London road
Heyburn Thomas, beer retailer, St. Faith street
Hewlett Ebenezer, plasterer & modeller, Portland place
Hickmott William, baker, King street
Hickmott William, beer retailer, Upper Stone street
Hickmott William, ‘Castle
Inn’, Week street
Higgins William, baker, George street
Hill Mrs. Ann, ‘Nag’s Head’,
Week street
Hills Misses Sarah & Maria, berlin wool repos. Week street
Hills Mrs. Sarah & Sons, bakers, Stone street
Hills Alfred, butcher,
Westborough
Hills Francis, beer retailer
& grocer, Mote road
Hills John Hyde, tailor & woollen draper, Week street
Hills Richard, tailor,
Pudding lane
Hills Thomas, ‘Red Lion’,
High street
Hills Walter, plumber, Stone street
Hills William B. collector of paving rates, Brewer street
Hoadley Mrs. Caroline, milliner,
High street
Hoadley John Charles,
berlin wool warehouse, Week street
Hoar, Beale & Hoar, solicitors & clerks to county magistrates, King street
Hoar & Brenchley, surgeons, Stone street
Hoar John, basket maker, Union street
Hobbs William, stationer, Stone street
Hockley Mrs. Mary, coffee
& dining rooms, Westborough
Hodges John, beer retailer,
Bower place
Hodges Mrs. Sarah, beer retailer, Jeffrey street
Hodgskin & Son, grocers, King street
Holden George, boot &
shoe maker, Week street
Holden Mrs. Mary Ann, pawnbroker, St. Faith street
Hollands Mrs. Frances,
shopkeeper, Mote road
Holliday William, boot &
shoe maker, Sandling road
Hollingworth Thomas &
John, paper manufacturers, Turkey mills & Otham mill
Holloway John, beer
retailer, Sandling road
Holloway John, baker, Wharf
lane
Holloway John, ‘Bricklayer’s Arms’, Wheeler street
Holloway Philip, baker, Astley street
Holloway Samuel, baker,
Sandling road
Holloway Thomas, beer
retailer, Wharf lane
Holloway William, builder, Wheeler street
Holloway William, furniture broker, Market street
Holloway William B. grocer,
Sandling road
Holmes Richard, glass &
china dealer, & registrar of births, deaths & marriages, High st
Homer Charles, ‘Market House inn’, Earl street
Honess William, baker,
Pudding lane
Honey & Hammerton,
grocers, teadealers & provision merchants, Westborough
Honey & Tolputt,
grocers, teadealers & provision merchants, Gabriel’s hill
Honey James, grocer, Upper Stone street
How Charles, carman, Earl street
Howard George Rchd. Chemist & druggist & dentist, Week street
Howard John, boot & shoe maker, Wheeler street
Hughes Edward, secretary to Kent fire & life assurance company, High street
Hulburd & Son,
linendrapers, Week street
Hulburd George, hatter, Week
street
Hunt E. & Mellersh, wharfingers, hop, corn, seed cake & general merchants, Canal Wharf
Hunt Edward, farmer, Harbour
land
Hunt Henry, tabacco pipe maker, Upper Stone street
Hunt Richard, dealer in marine stores, Upper Stone street
Hunt Mrs. Siberia, register office for servants, Week street
Hunt Thomas, beer retailer,
Week street
Hyde Thomas, hop bag &
bagging maker, Rose Yard
Hyles James, plumber, painter & glazier, oil, lead & color warehouse, Earl street
Isaac John S. saddler, High
street
Jacobs Jacob, corndealer,
Week street
Jarrett Frederick, butcher,
High street
Jarrett James, boot & shoe maker, Upper Stone street
Jarvis Stephen, hairdresser, Union street
Jecks Alexander, clothier,
general salesman & hatter, & agent to the Defender fire & life offices, Sandling road
Jeffery George, solicitor,
Clarendon place
Jeffery John, grocer, Union street
Jeffery William, baker, Camden street
Jeffery William, hatter,
Week street
Jennings John, currier & leatherseller, Stone street
Jessel Michael, hardware
dealer, High street
Jewell John, tailor, Week street
Johnson Thomas, engineer,
lamp manufacturer, brass & cock founder & gas fitter, High street
Jones & Bell, dentists,
Week street
Jones Edward, cooper,
Sandling road
Jones Robert W. grocer, Bank street
Jones Stephen, beer
retailer, Sandling road
Joslen Jonathan P. wholesale stationer, Earl street
Jukes William, beer retailer, Medway street
Jury Edward, ‘Lord Nelson’, St. Faith street
Jury Geo.
Tailor, woollendraper & post office mstr. Gabriel’s hill
Jury Henry, ‘Bull Inn &
Commercial hotel’, Gabriel’s hill
Kemp James, linen &
woollen draper, High street
Kendall Moses, ‘Ship’ inn,
Gabriel’s hill
Kennard Mrs. Elizabeth, tinplate worker, Bank street
Kennett Bishop, coach
proprietor, High street
Kennett Mrs. Catherine, ‘Dog & Bear’, King street
Kennett George, butcher, King street
Kent Fire, Life & Annuity Assurance Company (chief office), Edward HUGHES, esq. Secretary, High street
Kettle Nathaniel, boot & shoe maker, King street
King John, patten & clog
maker, Gabriel’s hill
King Knowles, solicitor, Mill street
King William, wheelwright,
Perryfield cottages
Kingman William, carman, Upper Stone street
Kippin Henry, furniture broker, King street
Kirk Robert, tailor, Upper Stone street
Knight
& Cumming, ironfounders & engineers, Water side
Knight Daniel & Co.
wharfingers, coal & stone merchants, Hopkin’s wharf
Knight Mrs. Ann, teadealer, Marsham street
Knight Charles, wholesale brush manufacturer, Stone street
Knight George, baker,
Sandling road
Knight Henry, blacksmith,
Tovil
Knight James, hairdresser,
Week street
Knight Robert, gardener,
Well road
Knight Thomas, coal dealer, Wheeler street
Knight William, hairdresser, Earl street
Knowler Robert D. boot & shoe maker, Upper Stone street
Knowles Edward, ginger beer maker, King street
Laker George, plumber, painter & glazier, Union street
Laker John, beer retailer, Brewer street
Lampard Mrs. Mary Ann, fruiterer, Week street
Lancefield & Co. timber
& coal merchants, Pybus’s wharf
Large & Brislee, blacksmiths, Knightrider street
Larking Charles, fishmonger,
Gabriel’s hill
Larking John & William G. general carriers by railway & van to all parts of the kingdom, Pudding lane
Larking John, boot & shoemaker, Week street
Laurence & Hodsoll,
grocers & provision merchants, High street
Law George, beer retailer,
Wharf lane
Leney George, surgeon, Earl street
Lincoln James, saddler, Upper Stone street
Lingham Henry, beer retailer, Upper Stone street
Litchfield Edwin, cabinet maker, King street
Loader Francis, shopkeeper,
Bower place
Lockyer Robert, ‘Three Compasses Inn’, Week street
Loder Geo. & Francis
(late Bluet), coach builders, Water side
Logan James, machine ruler
& stationer, High street
Logan William, baker, High
street
Lomas John, grocer, Sandling
road
London & County Joint
Stock Bank (Thomas GREEN, manager), High street
Lonsdale James Martin, glass & china dealer, & Birmingham & Sheffield warehouse, Union street
Lowdell James, beer retailer, George street
Lucas John William,
shopkeeper, Tunbridge road
Lurcock John, news agent, Earl street
Mackellow John, watch & clock maker, King street
McNeille James, draper & teadealer, Earl street
Maidman Robert, butcher, King street
Maidstone Journal & Kentish Advertiser Newspaper Office, Edward Pickard HALL, Publisher, Bank street
Maidstone & South Eastern Gazette Newspaper Office, CUTBUSH, WHITING & CUTBUSH, props. & publishers, Week street
Manwaring Richard, watch & clock maker, Earl street
Marchant & Son,
clothiers, Gabriel’s hill
Mares, Argles & Duke, wholesale & retail chemists & druggists, Bank street
Mares Misses, dressmakers, Union street
Marriott Thomas,
greengrocer, High street
Marsh John, boot & shoemaker, & agent for Smith & Gibb’s patent Euknemida, High street
Marshall Henry, furniture broker, Upper Stone street
Marshall Henry, fancy repository, King street
Marshall Mrs. Sarah, milliner, King street
Martin James & Son,
hatters & coach proprietors, High street
Martin Benjamin Green, cook
& confectioner, High street
Martin Charles, beer
retailer, High street
Martin Edwin, retail brewer, Havock street
Martin Mrs. Eliza,
shopkeeper, Ordnance place
Martin Miss Elizabeth, milliner, King street
Martin John, timber dealer, Havock street
Martin John, umbrella maker,
High street
Martin John, upholsterer,
High street
Martin William, beer retailer, Knightrider street
Maskell John, baker, St. Peter street
Mason Allen, brewer, Water
side
Mason Miss Eliza, greengrocer, Week street
Mason Richard, beer retailer, King street
Masters William & Son, hop, corn, seed, coal, guano & rag merchants, malsters & Wharfingers, Albion Wharf
Masters George, grocer, Week street
Masters Henry Joseph, currier, Bank street
Masters William, butcher, Stone street
Masters William, grocer & provision dealer, Marsham street
Masters William Miller, brewer & malster, Earl street
Mead Henry, baker & grocer, King street
Meades Samuel & James, wire workers, Union street
Mee Miss Elizabeth C.
tobacconist, Sandling road
Mercer John, cooper, Pudding
lane
Mercer William, hairdresser, Mill street
Merrall John, coach builder, Upper Stone street
Merrony George, wood & coal merchant, King street, & ‘Rising Sun’ inn, Marsham street
Millen Thomas, farmer,
Thornhills
Miller William, tailor, Havock street
Milligan James, beer
retailer, Gabriel’s hill
Mills William, egg merchant, Wheeler street
Misson William, ‘Union Flag’, Union street
Mitson Richard, shopkeeper, Camden street
Monckton John, solicitor & town clerk, King street
Monckton Walter,
lithographer & printer, Gabriel’s hill
Montgomery James V. shopkeeper, Stone street
Moore John, blacksmith, Union street
Moore John, blacksmith, Market street
Moreton Thomas, ‘Duke of Marlborough’, Union street
Morfill William, music
seller, Week street
Morgan Charles, solicitor & clerk to the Leeds society for the prosecution of felons, Earl street
Morley George, beer
retailer, Tovil
Morris Henry, auctioneer, Week street
Morris Samuel, basket maker, Upper Stone street<
Morton John H. grocer, Week street
Moseley George, cooper,
Gabriel’s hill
Munn Mrs. Ann, plumber, Upper Stone street
Munn John, plumber, Stone street
Muruss Edward, ‘Star Inn’,
High street
Nash Edward, wheelwright,
Well road
Naylor Mrs. Sarah, fruiterer, Upper Stone street
Neve Charles, farmer &
hop planter, Shepway court
Newing Edward, hairdresser, Week street
Newman Misses, Elizabeth & Judith, ladies’ boarding school, Church street
Newman John, ‘Fortune of War’, Upper Stone street
Newport Thomas,
confectioner, Sandling road
Nickels Joseph, bootmaker,
Sandling road
Nurse Charles, plane & tool maker, Mill street
Nye George, cabinet maker,
Gabriel’s hill
Oakley Tom, saddler, High
street
Oliver Edward & James,
butchers, High street
Oliver James Ash,
linendraper, High street
Oliver Miss Sarah, milliner & dressmaker, Upper Stone street
Oliver Thomas Overy, baker, Earl street
Oliver William, currier
& leather cutter, Week street
Ongley Thomas, ‘Sun’ inn,
High street
Orford Mrs. Ann, staymaker, Mill street
Ostler Charles, bookbinder, Union street
Otley John, surgeon, High
street
Ottaway Edward S. ‘Three Tuns’, King street
Ottaway Robert William,
tobacconist, Week street
Pack Richard, boot & shoemaker, King street
Packham Mrs. Ann & Miss Mary Ann, stay & corset makers, King street
Packham John & Orlando, truss & bandage ma.& manufrs.of the improved opposite-sided slide spring truss, King street
Paine, Everden & Lewis,
wholesale & retail linen & woollen drapers, silk mercers & undertakers, High street
Paine Joseph, hairdresser,
Week street
Pankhurst & Munn,
clockmakers, bellhangers & whitesmiths, Gabriel’s hill
Paris Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Stone street
Parker Job, boot & shoe
maker, High street
Parks Thomas, wood turner,
George yard
Parks Thomas, baker, King street
Parsons Charles, shopkeeper,
Ordnance place
Parsons Thomas, butcher, Mill street
Parton Henry & Joseph K. corn millers, Mill street
Pattenden George, butcher,
Sandling road
Pattenden Robert, butcher,
Week street
Pattenden Robert, butcher, King street
Pearce Edward, ‘King’s Arms’, Earl street
Pearse Charles R.
hairdresser, High street
Pearse Nathaniel, hairdresser, Knightrider street
Pearson Henry, blacksmith,
Westborough
Pearson Robt. House agent
& collector of market tolls, Week street
Peckham John, surgeon, Albion place
Peene William Gurden,
physician, Clarendon place
Pell George, cork manufacturer, stone street
Pell Thomas, carpenter,
Ashford road
Pellatt William, boot &
shoe maker, High street
Pelling George, ‘Queen Ann’,
Queen Ann road
Penfold Henry, shopkeeper, King street
Peppercorn & Co. wholesale furnishing & general ironmongers, whitesmiths, bellhangers, tinmen & agricultural machinists, lead & oil merchants, High street
Perry Henry, greengrocer, Stone street
Peters Alfred, grocer, Wyatt street
Peters Robert, grocer, Tovil
Phillips John, surveyor of taxes, Stone street
Philpot Charles, farmer,
Ashford road
Philpot Charles, professor of dancing, Albion place
Philpot Charles, wheelwright, Upper Stone street
Pickford & Co. general
carriers, High street
Pike John, ‘Swan’, High
street
Pike Robert George, grocer & provision dealer, Week street, Upper Stone street
Pine Mrs. & Miss. Rebecca, gents. Preparatory boarding school, Earl street
Pine Thomas, beer retailer, George street
Piper Edward, blacksmith,
Wharf lane
Piper Henry, millwright & engineer, Havock street
Piper Philip D. ‘County Arms’, Woollett street
Piper Mrs. Sophia, seminary, Mill street
Piper Sylvester, blacksmith, Woollett street
Piper Thomas, millwright, Brewer street
Pitfield Hatton, boot & shoemaker & beer retailer, Union street
Plater William, china & glass dealer, King street
Plimpton Misses Judith &
Jane, ladies’ boarding school, High street
Plimpton Samuel, corn
dealer, High street
Pobgee Mrs. Ellen, straw
bonnet maker, Gabriel’s hill
Poolly Thomas, lime burner,
Boxley road
Potts & Franklyn, wine
& spirit merchants, Market buildings
Pound Edward, boot & shoe maker, Earl street
Pound William, shopkeeper, Upper Stone street
Power James J. surgeon, Stone street
Prance James C. surgeon,
High street
Prebble William, baker, Paradise row
Prentis George, wine & spirit merchant, Earl street
Price Thomas R. watch & clock maker, Week street
Prior Alfred, grocer, Upper Stone street
Punnett George, ‘Rodney’s
Head’, High street
Quinton George, shopkeeper, Stone street
Railton Thomas Robert, hatter, Bank street
Randall & Mercer, bankers, Kentish bank, Bank street
Randall & Son, boot
& shoe makers, Gabriel’s hill
Randall William, glass &
china dealer, Week street
Randall William, New inn,
& coach office, Week street
Ransley James, boot & shoe maker, Earl street
Rawlings William, Roebuck
inn, Week street
Rayfield James, butcher,
& post office, Tovil
Rayfield Mrs. Sarah,
shopkeeper, Tovil
Reader John, clothier, Earl street
Reader Joseph, baker, Stone street
Reader Samuel Godding, solicitor, clerk to the Hollingbourn union, & registrar to same union, Stone street
Reeves William Thomas,
auctioneer, High street
Relf Edwin George, butcher, Earl street
Relf Joseph, boot & shoe
maker, High street
Reynolds Thomas, ‘Oak & Ivy’, Upper Stone street
Reynolds William, patten
maker, Romney place
Richards Thomas, beer retailer, St. Faith street
Richardson Henry, George
Commercial inn, Gabriel’s hill
Ring William, ‘King’s Head’,
Bridge
Roberts John P. carver & gilder, Gabriel’s hill
Roberts Robert, beer
retailer, Week street
Rogers George, beer
retailer, Tunbridge road
Ronan James, boot & shoe
maker, Pudding lane
Rowe William, straw bonnet maker, Mill street
Ruck Benjamin, sen. Valuer &
appraiser, Week street
Ruck Benjamin, jun. builder,
Week street
Ruck James, parish clerk & registrar of births & deaths for East Maidstone, King street
Ruck Joshua, timber & deal merchant, Market street
Ruck William, analytical
& dispensing chemist, wholesale & retail cattle medicine Warehouse, Medical Hall, Market
place
Russell George, plumber,
Queen Ann road
Russell George, shopkeeper,
Perryfield cottages
Russell William, linendraper, Upper Stone street
Sait John, saddle &
harness maker, St. Faith’s green
Sanders George, surgeon, St.
Faith’s green
Sanders Mrs. Sarah,
clothier, High street
Saneto Edward, carpenter, Mill street
Saneto Johnston, carpenter,
Watery lane
Saunders William, beer
retailer, Sandling road
Sawer Joseph Pobjoy, cabinet
maker, upholsterer, paperhanger & undertaker, County road
Scudamore Charles &
Frederick, solicitors, Week street
Scudamore Charles, county clerk for Kent, clerk to county court for Maidstone division, & solicitor to Kent fire & life insurance company, Week street
Seager George, builder & agricultural machine manufacturer, Earl street
Sedgwick William, surgeon, Stone street
Semark William, wholesale & retail linen & woollen draper, silk mercer & millinery rooms, Gabriel’s hill & Week street
Sergeant Richard, oil &
color warehouse, window glass cutter & dealer in British wines,
Week street
Sharp Joseph, gunmaker, King street
Sharp Mrs. Martha, beer
retailer, Mote road
Sharp William, builder, Marsham street
Shearman David Selby,
architect & surveyor, Week street, & at Boxley
Sheen Thomas, currier, Week street
Shields Joseph, tailor, Wyatt street
Shinner William,
linendraper, Week street
Shoesmith James, beer
retailer, Sandling road
Short George, hatter & glover, Bank street
Short James, coal dealer,
Ordnance place
Short James, fruiterer, Earl street
Shrubsole George, blacksmith
& beer retailer, Westborough
Sibbald William, physician,
Palace, Mill street
Sills John, farmer &
stone merchant, Sandling road
Sills John, jun. stone
dealer, Boxley road
Sills William, ‘Paper Mill’,
Tovil
Simmonds & Flint, hop, corn, seed & general merchants, importers of guano & Wharfingers, Bridge wharf
Simmonds Charles, tailor & woollen draper, King street
Simmons Stephen, butcher, Stone street
Simmons Thomas, brazier, Upper Stone street
Simmons Thomas, gunmaker,
Bones alley
Simmons Thomas, ‘Royal Oak’, King street
Simpson James, surgeon dentist, King street
Sinden Edward, greengrocer,
Sandling road
Slaughter & Plomley, veterinary surgeons, Earl street
Small Thomas, butcher,
Pudding lane
Smallman Thomas, baker,
Bower place
Smith & Son, printers, booksellers, stationers, bookbinders, & berlin wool repository, Week street
Smith Charles, pork butcher, Stone street
Smith Mrs. Charlotte,
wholesale confectioner, High street
Smith Henry, pork butcher, King street
Smith James, basket maker, Mill street
Smith John, furniture broker, King street
Smith John, jun. furniture broker, King street
Smith John, sub-distributor
of stamps, Week street
Smith John, tailor, Mill street
Smith Sml. auctioneer, & officer to the sheriff of Kent, King street
Smith Thomas, beer retailer, Mill street
Smith Thomas, fruiterer, King street
Smith Thomas, grocer &
provision merchant, & dealer in British wines, Week street
Smythe William, timber, deal
& slate merchant, Bridge wharf
South Francis W. beer
retailer, Week street
Southon Owen, linendraper,
Week street
Spencer Richard R. & George, wine & spirit merchants, & agents to the Sun fire & life Offices, Week street
Spencer Abraham, Mitre
tavern, family & commercial hotel, High street
Spicer Mrs. Mary, beer retailer, Wyatt street
Squier Henry David, pork
butcher, Sandling road
Stacey Samuel, tailor,
Sandling road
Standen Thomas, beer
retailer, Pudding lane
Standen William, beer
retailer, Pudding lane
Stanger Joseph & Co.
upholsterers, Week street
Stanger John, cab, fly, post horse, hearse & mourning coach proprietor, Rose yard, High street
Stanley Mrs. Elizabeth, butcher, Week street
Steer James, tallow chandler
& melter, High street
Steinmetz William Thomas,
seed crusher, Oil mills, Tovil
Stephens John Cribb,
solicitor & commissioner for taking acknowledgments of deeds by married women, Week street
Stevens James, tailor & woollen draper, Bank street
Stevens William, cooper, King street
Stokes Mrs. Emma, clothier, Union street
Stokes John, hairdresser, Upper Stone street
Stone Alfred, farmer,
Loddington
Stone Levi, beer retailer,
Boxley road
Stonestreet William, boot
& shoe maker, Pudding lane
Streetfield Miss Mary,
ladies’ school, Romney place
Streetfield William,
accountant, Romney place
Streeton Benjamin, shopkeeper, Havock street
Strobridge William, boot
& shoe maker, Pudding lane
Stubbersfield John, cooper
& basket maker, Gabriel’s hill
Sturgis John, baker,
pastrycook & confectioner, Week street
Styles George, ‘Huntsman’,
Ashford road
Summerfield Richard,
surveyor, Week street
Sutton & Walters,
builders & brick makers, Tunbridge road
Sutton George C. coal
dealer, Westborough
Sutton John, statuary, stone
& marble mason, Tunbridge road
Sutton Joseph, beer
retailer, Perseverance place
Sweetlove David Tanner, solicitor, Brewer street
Swinfen Spencer Bow, Bell commercial inn & posting house, Week street
Swinfen S. B. ale &
porter stores, & wholesale manufacturer of ginger beer, Week street
Swinnock Joseph,
hairdresser, Sandling road
Swinnock Robert, shopkeeper,
Sandling road
Syckelmoore & Hooker,
curriers & leather sellers, Gabriel’s hill
Syckelmoore Robert, boot
& shoe maker, Gabriel’s hill
Syckelmoore William,
bookseller, printer, stationer & bookbinder, High street
Tanner Benjamin & Edward R. woolstaplers, fellmongers & tanners, Bank street
Tassell Thomas & Co.
mahogany & timber, slate & stone merchants, brick makers & lime burners, Westborough
Tate James, silversmith,
High street
Taylor Clement, chemist,
High street
Taylor George, physician, King street
Tendall Henry, corn measure manufacturer, timber merchant & saw mills, Marsham str
Terrill Collin, tailor, Week
street
Terry Henry, carman, Union street
Terry Thomas, fruiterer,
Mote road
Thomas Edward, tinplate worker, Bank street
Thomas William H. tailor, King street
Thompson George, boot &
shoe maker, Week street
Thorner Thomas, greengrocer, Upper Stone street
Tilby Charles, hairdresser, Brewer street
Tolhurst Henry, professor of music, Stone street
Tolhurst Thomas George,
grocer & teadealer, High street
Tolhurst William Henry, boot & shoe maker, King street
Tootell Joseph, surveyor, auctioneer & estate agent, & agent to the Alliance fire & life Assurance office, Stone street
Townsend Richard, dining
rooms, High street
Trendall Mrs. Mary Ann,
printer & bag maker, Water lane
Trice William, fruiterer,
Week street
Trice William, ‘Two
Brewers’, Week street
Twitchell Mrs. Sarah, working jeweller, King street
Tyler John, boot & shoe
maker, Week street
Upton John, bricklayer, Loose road
Usborne George, carman, Knightrider street
Usmar Draper, tinman & brazier, King street
Usmar George, ‘Rose &
Crown’, High street
Usmar Horatio, ‘Lamb’,
Waterside
Usmar Russel, pork butcher,
Week street
Vane John, fruiterer, Mote
road
Varty Robinson, academy, Upper Stone street
Vidler Richard, beer
retailer, Bridge
Vincent John, iron, rag
& bone merchant, St. Faith st. wharf
Vinten Mrs. Frances, straw
bonnet maker, Puddling lane
Waghorne James, general
repository, Gabriel’s hill
Wakefield George, butcher, Stone street
Wakeford George, dealer in marine stores, Knightrider street
Waller William, shopkeeper, Union street
Walter Richard, jun.
plumber, painter & glazier, Bower place
Waters James, tailor, Upper Stone street
Watson William, surgeon,
Bower place
Wattell & Son, coach buildres, King street
Watts Edward & Co.
grocers & provision merchants, High street
Watts James & Edward & Co. linen & woollen
drapers, High street
Weeks James, White Lion inn, Stone street
Weeks John, coal & wood
merchant, Mote road
Weeks William, millwright & engineer, Mote road, & Upper Stone street
Weller Charles, butcher,
Week street
Welling Mrs. Louisa,
dressmaker, Pudding lane
Wells Henry, coal dealer,
Wharf lane
Wells Thomas, tailor,
Gabriel’s hill
Wenman William, tailor, Stone street
West Benjamin, cabinet maker, Church street
West George, ‘Phoenix’, Sandling road
West William, cabinet maker,
Romney place
West William, printer,
bookseller, stationer & bookbinder, High street
Weston Mrs. Margaret, coffee
& dining rooms, High street
Whatman & Joy, surgeons,
Gabriel’s hill
Wheatley John, ‘Fountain’,
Week street
Whichcord & Son,
architects & surveyors, Week street
Whichcord John, surveyor to the county of Kent, Week street
White James, fruiterer, Week
street
White William, grocer, Week street
White William, printer, Union street
Wickenden Robert, ‘Royal Oak’, Westborough
Wickham & Son,
booksellers, stationers, printers & sub-distributors of stamps, Week str
Wicks Thomas, livery stable keeper, Earl street
Wickstead William H.
boarding school, London road
Wildes, Son & Fleetwood, solicitors, St. Faith street
Wildes Henry Atkinson, deputy clerk of the peace, & clerk to the lieutenancy of the county, St. Faith street
Williams Mrs. Mary Ann, beer
retailer, High street
Williams Walter, shopkeeper, Havock street
Wills Mrs. Mary & Son, painters & japanners, Stone street
Willson George, baker, Stone street
Wilson David, shopkeeper,
Tovil
Wilson George, baker, St. Faith street
Wilson George, cabinet
maker, Gabriel’s hill
Wilson John L. tailor, Wyatt street
Wilson John William, corn
miller, Tovil
Wilson William, corn miller,
Tovil
Wimble Edward & Francis
S. chemists, Week street
Winser Edward, linendraper,
Gabriel’s hill
Winter George, butcher, Union street
Winter Joseph, tailor &
woollen draper, High street
Wise Samuel, beer retailer, Upper Stone street
Wood & Finch, coal
merchants, wharfingers & dealers in cake & guano, Mason’s wharf
Wood James, blacksmith,
George yard
Wood Joseph, beer retailer, Upper Stone street
Wood Robert Henry, scale,
weight & weighing machine manufaturer & cutler, High str
Woodward Thomas, clothier,
Gabriel’s hill
Woolcott John, surgeon, Marsham street
Woollett Charles, cooper, Upper Stone street
Woollett George,
‘Grasshopper’, Sandling road
Woolley Philip James, dyer & scourer, calenderer, hotpresser & fancy shawl cleaner, Pudding lane
Wraith Hart, grocer &
cheesemonger, Week street
Wray Thomas, coal dealer,
Perryfield cottages
Wright Charles, coal
merchant & corn factor, High street
Wright Henry, wharfinger,
coal merchant & dealer in linssed cake & guano, Town wharf
Wright John, hardwareman
& dealer in wool, sheepskins, & foreign & English manures, High street
Wright William, grocer,
Sandling road
POST
OFFICE, Gabriel’s hill. – George Jury, postmaster.
Money
orders are issued & paid from
Receiving
houses:-- C. Hills, Westborough; Rt Maidman,
Letts
can only be posted at the above receiving houses to ¼ to
BANKERS:--
Mercer,
Randall & Mercer,
London
& County Joint Stock Bank (Thomas Green manager), High street; draw on Head
office,
Savings’
Bank, Middle row, High street, open on thurs. morn. From 10 till 12, & sat. even. From 6 to 8; Alexander Randall, esq.
treasurer; James Watts & John Smith, auditors; S. L. Hazell, esq.
secretary
INSURANCE AGENTS:--
Atlas
Fire & Life, George Nye, 19 Gabriel’s hill
Church
of England Fire & Life, John Monckton
Farmers’
& General, John Smith, Week street
Guardian
Fire & Life, Thomas George Tolhurst, High street
Kent
Fire & Life, Chief office, High street, Edward Hughes, esq.
secretary
Minerva
Life, Samuel G. Reader,
National
Provident Institution, George Smith
Norwich
Union Fire & Life, Hall & Son,
Royal
Exchange, George Philpot,
Scottish
Star
Life, Charles Baker, sen.
Sun
Fire & Life, R. R. & G. Spencer, week street
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT:--
A.J.B.
Hope, esq. Arlow house,
G.
Dodd, esq. F.S.A. 26 Montague square
CORPORATION
Magistrates.
Mayor – Joseph Tootell, esq.
Ex-Mayor – Charles Scudamore, esq. Week street
Recorder – Sir Walter Riddell, bart
Aldermen.
Thos. Franklyn,
Edwin Stacey,
Alex. Randall, Ashford road
Chas. Hoar, Rocky hill
Thos. Day, Ashford road
John Mercer, Rocky hill
Councillors.
John Watts, High street
Wm. Johnson, Somerfield ter
Henry Argles, Ashford road
John Brenchley, Barming hth
Charles Wright,
Henry Simmonds, jun. Ashford road
Charles Simmonds,
Richard Hart, Week street
Thomas Potts,
John Whichcord, Week street
Wm. Haynes,
John Smith, Week street
David S. White, Tovil
Chas. Scudamore, Week street
Joseph Tootell,
Wm. Masters, Romney place
Wm. Wickham, Rocky hill
Thos. Tassell,
Chaplain – Rev. John Spurgin, M.A.
Treasurer – William Beale
Auditors – C. Simmonds,
Revising Assessors – George Hulburd & Charles
Morgan
Assessors – High street ward, James Poole &
Joseph Brown;
Borough Magistrates.
Sir Walter B. Riddell, bart.
Recorder
Chas. Scudamore, esq.
John Mercer, esq.
Thomas Day, esq.
Charles Ellis, esq.
Thomas Hyde, esq.
Thomas Edmett, esq.
Alexander Randall, esq.
Thomas Franklyn, esq.
LAW & OTHER OFFICERS:--
Coroner,
Frank Fether Dally, Week street
Clerks to
Clerk to the Borough Magistrates, John Case
Town Clerk,
John Monckton,
Clerk of the Peace & High Bailiff to County Court, Clement Taylor Smythe,
Commissioner for taking Acknowledgments of Deeds by
Married Women, John C. Stephens,
Week street
Deputy Clerk of the Peace & Clerk to the
Lieutenancy of the County, Henry
Atkinson Wildes
Surveyor of Taxes for Aylesford, East & North
& Upper South & Dartford,
John Phillips
Clerk to Trustees of the Poor, Registration of
Superintendent Registrar for the Maidstone District,
including all the Parishes of the Union, W. N. Ottaway, Staplehurst
Registrar of Births & Deaths, East Maidstone
District, J. Ruck,
Registrar of Births & Deaths, West Maidstone
District, Richard Holmes;
Loose
District, William Streatfield,
Bearstead;
Marden
District, Nathaniel Walter, jun.
Marden;
Yalding
District, John White, Yalding
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:--
County Court,
James Espinasse, esq. judge; Charles Scudamore, esq. clerk; C.T. Smythe, esq.
bailiff
Maidstone Cavalry Depot, Colonel Middleton, commandant; Lieutenant-Colonel
Griffiths, assistant ditto; Major L.C.A. Meyer, riding master; Lieutenant
Swinny, acting adjutant; Captian Castle, paymaster; John Swindley,
quartermaster; Charles Brett, vetinary surgeon; Dr. Marshall, M.D. barrack
master; James Clephane Minto, surgeon; Rev. T. Harrison, A.M. chaplain
West Kent Infirmary & Dispensary, Earl of Romney, president; John Edward Elam, house
surgeon; Dr. William Sibbald & Dr. Taylor, physicians; Frederick Fry &
William Hoar, surgeons; Mrs. Homewood, housekeeper & nurse
Customs (Inland Revenue Office), principal officers of Customs:-- William Henry
Webb, Wheeler street; Thos. Eman, esq. collector, Stone street; Thomas Coulson,
clerk, 19 Albion place; George Salmon, supervisor, Marsham street; William
Herring, division officer, Wheeler street; David Genn, first ride officer,
Union street; Edmund Barham, second ditto, Loose; Thomas Miller, third ditto,
Union street
South Eastern Railway, Westborough, Thomas Simmons, station master;
Frederick John Hiller, manager goods department
Stamp Office,
John Smith, 10 Week street, & Phoebe Wickham, Week street,
sub-distributors
Maidstone Visiting Provident Society, Rev. William Vallance, president
Maidstone Agricultural Association, R. Summerfield, hon. Secretary
Benevolent Society, S.L. Hazell, treasurer
Child Bed Linen Society, Miss Burr, treasurer
County Lunatic Asylum, Barming heath, Rev. F. Buttanshaw, chaplain; Dr.
James Huxley, medical superintendent; William Sibbald, M.D. physician; James
Whatman, surgeon; William Beale, clerk to the committee
Horticultural Society, the Earl of Romney, president; J.G. Smith, hon.
Secretary
County Prison, Joseph Bone, govenor; Valentine Brown, clerk; Rev. John Winter,
chaplain; James Whatman, surgeon; Sarah Ravenell, matron
Maidstone Union Workhouse, Coxheath, John Jarman Dovey, master; Rev. William
Vallance, M.A. chaplain; Godfrey Sanders, John Otley, Maidstone; H. Pout,
Yalding; J. Penkevill, Staplehurst; C. Kennett, East Farleigh; R. Perry,
Marden, medical officers & vaccinators;
Wm. Nash Ottaway, clerk; T. Patten, Rochester, auditor
Alms Houses
(Sir John Banks’), six houses,
Assembly Rooms, Upper Week street
Billiard Rooms, Mitre hotel, ‘Bull’, ‘Star’, & licensed rooms, Week street
Gas Works,
Chas. Beaumont, sec. St. Peter st. Westborough
Literary & Scientific Association,
Mechanics’ Institution, High street
Police Station,
Town Hall,
High street
Theatre,
High street
PLACES OF WORSHIP:--
All Saints’ Church, Rev. William Vallance, M.A. incumbent; Rev. __ Hodgson, Rev. G.W.
Corker, B.A. Rev. J.B. Harrison, M.A. curates; James Ruck, clerk
Trinity Church, Rev. Thomas Harrison, M.A. minister; Rev. G. Bayley, M.A. Rev. H.F.
Newbolt, B.A. curates; John Smith, clerk
St. Peter’s Church, Rev. George Davy, B.A. incumbent; Rev. J. Ford, B.A. curate
St. Stephen’s Church, Tovil, Rev. Richard Mason, M.A. minister;
Baptist Chapel,
Bethel Chapel,
Independent Chapel, Week street, Rev. E. Jinkings, minister
Primitive Methodist Chapel,
Quaker,
Unitarian Chapel,
Wesleyan Chapel,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:--
Free Grammar,
Rev. John Spurgin, A.M. master
Blue Coat,
Knightrider street, Gregory Page, master; Miss Shute,
mistress
Sir Charles Booth’s, Edward Gandy, master
National
(boys), Charles Jennings, master; (girls), Miss Shute, mistress; (infants),
Mrs. Martin, mistress
School,
St. Peter’s Church, Miss Payne, mistress
Model National, Rd. Floyd, master; (infants), Miss Daymond, mistress
Tovil
Day & Sunday, Town hall, Mrs. Epps, mistress
Sunday
(for girls), Mrs. Prance
Sunday,
St. Faith’s (infants), Miss Stevenson, mistress
Infants,
British
(for girls), St. Faith’s green, Miss Mary Ann Coleman, mistress
British
(for boys),
NEWSPAPERS:--
Maidstone Journal & Kentish Advertiser, Edward Pickard Hall, publisher,
Maidstone & South Eastern Gazette, Cutbush, Whiting & Cutbush, publishers, 27 Week
street
POSTING HOUSES:--
S.B.
Swinfen,
COACHES TO
:--
ASHFORD, through Harrietsham & Lenham – Omnibus
from ‘Haunch,’ at 3 aft. daily (sun.ex.)
CRANBROOK
& STAPLEHURST – Omnibus from ‘Haunch,’ at ½ past 2 aft. daily
(sun. ex.) meeting conveyance to Tenterden, Rye & Hawkhurst
HASTINGS
& STAPLEHURST – Smith’s Omnibus, daily, at ½ past 11 morn.
Returning to
MALLING
– Omnibus from ‘Haunch,’ daily (sun. ex.) at 5 aft.
TUNBRIDGE
WELLS – Ray’s Omnibus, at ½ past 4 aft. from the
‘Swan,’ High street
CARRIERS :--
Simmonds
& Flint, Bridge wharf, by South Eastern railway to Maidstone, Marden,
Staplehurst, Headcorn, Tenterden, Cranbrook & all parts of Kent &
Sussex; London office, 289 High street,
Borough; General Country office,
Staplehurst station
John
& Wm. G. Larking, to
Pickford
& Co. to London & all parts of the north by railway; offices, High
street, Maidstone, & Castle inn, Wood street, Cheapside, London
CARRIERS TO
:--
BENENDEN
– Austen, from ‘Ship,’ fri.; Hickley, from ‘Castle’,
tues.; Drury, from ‘Castle’, tues
BIDDENDEN
– Levett, from ‘Town Arms,’ tues. & thurs.; Palmer, from ‘Town Arms,’ tues. & thurs
BOUGHTON
MALHERBE – Hodges, from ‘Castle,’ tues. & sat
BOUGHTON
MONCHELSEA – Rouse, from ‘Rose & Crown,’ tues. thurs & sat
BREDGAR
– Sage, from ‘Bull,’ sat; Mercer, from ‘Castle,’ tues.
& fri
BRENCHLEY
& MALFIELD GREEN – Joy, from ‘Rose & Crown,’ tues,
& fri
BURWASH
& HURST GREEN – Manwaring, from ‘Castle,’ tues
CHARING
– Wilson, from ‘Haunch’, tues. thurs
& sat
CRANBROOK
& STAPLEHURST – Williams, from ‘Castle’, tues. thurs & sat
DEBTLING
– Knight, from ‘George’, thurs. & sat
DODDINGTON
& FAVERSHAM – Record, from ‘Rose & Crown’, thurs
EGERTON
– Harris, from ‘Lamb’, thurs.; Coppins, from ‘Bull’,
tues. thurs. & sat
EWHURST
– Fisher, from ‘Castle’, wed. & fri
FARLEIGH,
EAST & WEST – Ashdown, from ‘Queen’s Head’, tues. thurs. & sat
FRITTENDEN
–
GOUDHURST
– Dobell, from ‘Haunch’, tues. & fri
HADLOW
– Beale, from ‘Star’, fri
HAWKHURST
– Chainey, from ‘Castle’, tues. & fri
HEADCORN
– Wood, from ‘Haunch’, mon. thurs. & sat
HIGH
HALDEN – Lendridge, from ‘Town Arms’, thurs
HOLLINGBOURN
– Honey, from ‘
HORSMONDEN
– Neale, from ‘Queen’s Head’, thurs. & sat
IDEN
– Bennett, from ‘Castle’, daily
IGHTHAM
– Knight, from ‘Rose & Crown’, wed. & fri
LENHAM
– Ware, from ‘Castle’, mon. tues. thurs.
& sat.; Record, from ‘Rose & Crown’, thurs.;
LEWES
– Manwaring, from ‘Castle’, tues
LIVERTON
– Hodges, from ‘Castle’, tues. thurs.
& sat
MALLING,
EAST & WEST – Bromley, from ‘Rose & Crown’, daily; Pankhurst, from
Bridge tavern, tues. thurs.
& sat.; Billinghurst, from ‘Castle’, tues. thurs. & sat.; Small, mail cart
from Pudding lane, daily
MARDEN
– Russell, from ‘Sun’, mon. & fri.; Sharp, from
‘Ship’, tues. thurs. & sat.; Osborne, from
‘Haunch’, tues. thurs. &
sat
MEREWORTH
– Roser, from ‘Rose & Crown’, thurs
PECKHAM,
EAST – Smith, from ‘Rose & Crown’, mon. wed. & fri.;
Mills, from ‘Sun’, tues. thurs. & sat
PEMBURY
–
ROBERTSBRIDGE
& HAWKHURST – Funnell, from ‘Rose & Crown’, tues
ROLVENDEN
– Kennett, from ‘Castle’, tues. & fri
SEDLESCOMBE
– Osborn, from ‘Castle’, wed
SEVENOAKS
& SEAL – Knight, from ‘Rose & Crown’, wed. & fri
SEVENOAKS
– Wigzell, from ‘Haunch’, fri
SITTINGBOURNE
– Gibbons, from ‘Haunch’, tues. thurs.
& sat
SUTTON
TENTERDEN
– Roberts, from ‘Rodney’s Head’, tues. & sat
TICEHURST
– Stanbridge, from ‘Rose & Crown’, fri
TICEHURST
& TUDELEY – Joy, from ‘Rose & Crown’, tues. thurs. & sat
TUDELEY
– Mills, from ‘Rose & Crown’, tues. thurs. & sat
TUNBRIDGE
WELLS –
TROTTERSCLIFFE
– Bromley, from ‘Rose & Crown’, thurs
ULCOMB
– Collison, from ‘Haunch’, thurs.; Hodges, from
‘Castle’, tues. & sat.; Thomas, from ‘Mitre’, sat.; Ledger, from ‘Rose
& Crown’, thurs
WATERINGBURY
– Manser, from ‘Mitre’, tues. thurs.
& sat
WITTERSHAM
– Bennett, from Larking’s booking office, Pudding lane, daily
WOODCHURCH
– Beeching, from ‘Castle’, thurs
WROTHAM
–
YALDING
– Roff, from ‘Haunch’, tues. thurs.
& sat.; Shoebridge, from ‘Haunch’, tues. thurs. & sat.; Middleton, from ‘Castle’, wed. & fri
WATER CONVEYANCE
:--
Hunt
& Mellersh, barges to & from Bull wharf,
Wood
& Finch’s hoys tp & from Brook’s wharf, Queenhithe,
W.
Master & Sons’ barges, from
Simmonds
& Flint’s barges from Bridge wharf, every tues. thurs. & sat. to & from
H.
Wright’s barges to & from
D.
Knight & Co.’s vessel in the coal & stone trade, from
Maidstone Directory 1851