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Southfleet, Dartford, Gravesend

Public Houses in Southfleet

Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent.

SOUTHFLEET is a pleasant village and parish, three miles from Gravesend. Here are the celebrated Spring Head Gardens, which are much frequented by the inhabitants and visitors of Gravesend, and from which are obtained a large supply of watercresses for the London market. The church is an ancient edifice, and contains several monuments and brasses.
The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester; Rev. G.F. Goddard, rector.

POST-OFFICE. - Elizabeth French, Receiver. Letters received through Gravesend.

GENTRY.

Andrus, Francis, Esq., Scadbury House
Armstrong, William, Esq., North End
Colyer, Edward, Esq., Joyce Hall
Garland, John, Esq., Court Lodge
Goddard, Rev. George Frederick, M.A., Rectory
Piggott, Zechariah, Esq., Hook Green

TRADERS.

Allen, Mrs. Ann, and Son, farmers
Andrus, Francis, farmer, Scadbury House
Baker, James, parish clerk
Chronk, John, farmer
Colyer, Thomas, farmer
Dawes, Philip, farmer
Eyres, William, carpenter
French, William, Ship
French, Mrs. Elizabeth, postmistress
Garland, John, farmer, Court Lodge
Lane, William, market gardener
Martin, Thomas, sen., blacksmith
Mitchell, William, wheelwright, Westwood		 Mullender, John, carpenter
Mullender, Mrs. Mary, tailor
Perritt, William, beer retailer
Piggott, Zechariah, farmer, Hook Green
Sharp, Thomas, bricklayer
Silvester, Mrs., Spring Head Gardens
Treadwell, Dixson, Harrow
Treadwell, Dixson, jun., market gardener
Venner, Benjamin, farmer, &c.
Webb, Francis, baker
West, Ann, grocer
Wickham, Henry, butcher
Whale, John, grocer



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