MELVILLE & CO.’s 1858 DIRECTORY Rainham          Kent Online Parish Clerks

Transcribed by David Auger

Rainham is a village, four miles from Rochester, east, and six miles from Sittingbourne, west. The population in 1851 was 1,155. The church is a handsome building, and stands close to the high road. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incumbency of the Rev. John POORE, D.D.

Lower Rainham and Rainham Quay are one mile north; Moor Street, half a mile east; Cozenton, half a mile north; Muckland, half a mile north; Metley Hill, two miles N.E.; Silvain, half a mile south; Sharp Green and Tweedale, two miles N.W., have a quay; Berengrave, Desborough, and Mardale, are places near here.

POST-OFFICE – Caroline BLEEZE, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at Chatham.

GENTRYABBOTT, Mrs. MaryDODD, Mrs.COLE, Rev. George, CurateWALTER, William, Esq., Berengrave HouseWATEHURST, James, Mardale HouseTRADERSALLEN, Stephen, beer retailerALLSWORTH, William Joseph, tailorALLSWORTH, William Joseph, LionATKINS, James, maltsterBEAUMONT, Edward, boot and shoe makerBLEEZE, Caroline, baker and post-officeBOORMAN, Edward, wheelwrightBURLEY, William, tailorDENNIS, Thomas, shopkeeper, Lower RainhamDODD, Thomas, farmerEVERIST, W. B., surgeonGILBERT, Thomas, farmerGORRETT, Edward, saddle and harness makerGREEN, Daniel, farmerHARRIS, George, CricketersKNIGHT, Thomas, Three MarinersKITCHINGHAM, Henry, George and DragonLANGLEY, George, nursery and seedsmanMADDOCKS, Robert, butcherMANSFIELD, James, farmerMILES, James Luke, farmerMOSS, William, grocer and draperPACKMAN, William H., farmerPAYE, Elizabeth, corn factorPENFOLD, Henry, surgeonPHILPOTT, Thomas, gardener, & c.POPE, George, blacksmithPRENTIS, Walter, farmerRICH, Charles, farmerRITCHINGHAM, William, beer retailerSAYER, Charles, White HorseSIMMONS, Joseph, wheelwright, & c.STEVENS, Thomas, market gardenerSMART, William, farmerTAYLOR, James, carpenterTAYLOR, James, jun., plumber and glazierTURNER, George, shopkeeperWAKELY, Thomas (executors of), farmers, & c.WATSON, Robert, butcherWATSON, Robert Durrant, farmerWILKINS, James, farmerWYLES, Thomas, beer retailer and shopkeeper