Transcribed bySusan D. Young.
Kent Archive and Library reference .
Eastry, a village and parish, partly in the hundred of Wingham, but chiefly in that of its name, in the same lathe as Sandwich two miles and a half from that town, was formerly distinguished as the residence of several of the Saxon kings of Kent. The church dedicated to St Mary is a spacious structure and appears to have been erected partly in the Norman style of architecture. An annual fair for the sale of cattle is held here on the 2nd of October. The parish contained by the last returns (those of 1831), 1245 inhabitants.
POST OFFICE - Market Street, Sandwich, William PRATT, Post Master – letters from London (by way of Canterbury) every morning at seven, and are despatched every evening at seven.
POST – Eastry – Letters arrive (by foot post from Sandwich (every morning at half past seven and are despatched every evening at six.
COACHES
To London, the Royal Mail (from Deal) and the Defiance (from Dover) calls at Fleur de Lis every evening at seven – and the Phoenix and Wonder every morning at ten; all go thro Canterbury.
To Deal, the Royal Mail calls at the Fleur de Lis every morning at half past six.
To Deal and Dover, Post Coaches (from Canterbury) call at the Fleur de Lis, every evening at six and half past eight – and the Phoenix (from Margate and Ramsgate) calls at the Crispin & Cinque Port Arms every morning at half past nine and noon at twelve.
To Herne Bay, a Coach (from Deal) calls at the Fleur de Lis, every morning at eight.
To Margate and Ramsgate, Post Coaches (from Dover and Deal) call at the Cinque Port Arms & Crispin every morning at half past seven & noon at 12.
VANS
To Canterbury, a Van (from Deal) calls at the Three Colts and Fleur de Lis, every evening at half past five & Tuesday and Friday noon at twelve.
To Deal, a Van (from Canterbury) calls at the Fleur de Lis and Three Colts every evening at half past five and Wednesday and Saturday afternoon at 4.
To Margate & Ramsgate, a Van from the New Inn, every morning at nine.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER
To London, Thomas BEAL, Richard HOPE & Henry A. HOPE's Hoys, alternately on Saturday.
SURNAME or NAME OF BUSINESS | GIVEN NAME or PROPRIETOR | RESIDENCE | TRADE or OCCUPATION |
BOWES | John | Eastry | Maltsters |
BULL | John FARRIER | Eastry | Taverns & Public Houses |
BUTLER | James | Eastry | Saddlers & harness makers |
CASTLE | Thomas, Mr. | Eastry | Nobility, Gentry & Clergy |
CAVE | William | Eastry | Watch & Clock Makers |
CHAMBERS | Charles, Rev. | Eastry | Nobility, Gentry & Clergy |
CLARK | Thomas | Eastry | Millers |
COBUS | Thomas | Eastry | Saddlers & harness makers |
DRAYSON | William | Eastry | Blacksmiths |
EASTRY | George, Mr. | Eastry | Nobility, Gentry & Clergy |
FAGG | Richard | Eastry | Tailors |
FIVE BELLS | John WILSON | Eastry | Taverns & Public Houses |
FREWER | John | Eastry | Plumbers, painters & glaziers |
HATFIELD | James, Mr. | Eastry | Nobility, Gentry & Clergy |
JULLION | Francis | Eastry | Academies & Schools |
LAWRENCE | George | Eastry | Boot & Shoemaker |
LEGGATT | Richard S. | Eastry | Surgeons |
MANSER | George (& ironmongery & earthenware warehouse) | Eastry | Grocers & Cheesemongers |
MANSER | George (and patent medicine vender) | Eastry | Chemists & Druggists |
MOAT | Benjamin | Eastry | Carpenters |
MOAT | John | Eastry | Butchers |
RAE | James, Mr. | Eastry, Walton House | Nobility, Gentry & Clergy |
RANDOLPH | George, Rev. | Eastry, Vicarage | Nobility, Gentry & Clergy |
SHARP | Anslow | Eastry | Bakers |
SILVER | Sarah | Eastry | Linen Drapers |
SILVER | William | Eastry | Grocers & Cheesemongers |
SOAMES | Richard | Eastry | Bricklayers |
SOLLY | William | Eastry | Bakers |
YOUNG | Thomas | Eastry | Academies & Schools |