Sellindge, Elham, Ashford with Shepway

Dukes Head

Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

SELLINDGE is a parish two miles east of Smeeth station, five miles and a half N.W. from Hythe, and six miles and a half from Ashford, in Street hundred, Elham union, and lathe of Shepway, East Kent. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The living is a vicarage in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. James W. Bellamy, B.D., is the incumbent. The population in 1851 was 550. Herringe is one mile south; Grove Bridge, one mile S.E.; Summerfield, half a mile S.E.; Stone Hill, three quarters of a mile N.W.; Hoddiford, quarter of a mile north ; Horton Priory, one mile N.E.; Thumb Hill, one mile and a half N.E.; Gibbons Brook, one mile and a half west.

POSTOFFICE - Robert Hilton, Reeeiver. The nearest Money Order Offices are at Hythe and Ashford.

GENTRY.
Bellamy, Rev. James W., B.D., Vicarage
Braim, Mr. James, Rook Cottage
Burch, Mr., Stone hill
Court, George, Esq., Acorn Hall
Smith, Mr. Edward

TRADERS.

Amos, bricklayer, Swan lane Amos, Thomas, bricklayer, Sellindge Lee Amos, Francis, bricklayer, Swan lane Andrews, Frederick, farmer Bates, Thomas, publican and butcher Brenchley, John, blacksmith Bourne, Robert, farmer Buss, James, farmer Cheesman, William, farmer Clark, George, farmer, Court Lodge Down, William, grazier, Grove House Fuller, William, farmer Farrent, William, grazier, S. hill Gillett, Thomas, farmer Hammond, Miss Mary, farmer Hammond, Richard, farmer Hammond, Thomas, farmer Hains, William, shoemaker, S. h Hilton, Robert, grocer, draper, and post office

Hobbs, William auctioneer Howland, Henry farmer, Swan lane Hunt, Henry, grocer and baker Janes, John, farmer Landsfield, William, shoemaker Lasett, Thomas, Windmill, S. hill Lee, Edward, saddler Mapee, Aaron, butcher Martin, John, wheelwright, S. hill Moore, William, miller and farmer Ottaway, Mr., farmer, S. hill Palmer, James, blacksmith Palmer, Charles, shoemaker Pittock, Francis, surgeon Pope, Sylas, tailor Tritton, George, farmer Tutt, Stephen, carpenter Wall, William, ironmonger White, James, carpenter

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