Pigots 1840 - Kent
Bexley, Bexley Heath, Blenden, East Wickham, Welling & neighbourhoods
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Bexley is a neat village and parish in the lathe Sutton at Hone, the parish is partly in the hundred of Ruxley and extends into that of Lessness. The village is 12 miles E by S from London and 3 W from Dartford, situated in an open and healthful part of the county. CAMDEN, the celebrated antiquary and historian, was proprietor of this manor; he bequeathed it, for the endowment of a professorship in history, to the University of Oxford. The church dedicated to Saint Mary, contains some ancient and curious monuments; the living is a vicarage; the Right Hon. Nicholas VANSITTART, who on retiring from the chancellorship of the exchequer was created Baron Bexley is patron. A national school, established here in 1809, for sixty boys and the same number of girls, is supported by voluntary subscription, and an endowment of £8 per annum; there are also almshouses for twelve poor persons. Population of the parish in 1831, 3206.
About a mile from Bexley, on each side of the great road from London to Dover, lies Bexley Heath. Its situation is considered one of the most healthful as it is one of the most pleasing, in this part of the county; and a great number of good houses have been erected here within a comparatively short period. A customary market for provisions, well supplied is held on Saturday.
One mile and a half from Bexley, in that parish, is the hamlet of Blenden. Blenden Hall, the seat of O. SMITH Esq and many other tasteful residences ornament this otherwise agreeable locality.
About two miles north from Blenden is the village of East Wickham, in the lathe of Sutton at Hone and hundred of Lessness. The church is dedicated to Saint Michael is a small edifice; the living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage Plumstead. In an endowed school, founded in 1727 by Mr William FOSTER, thirty three boys and nineteen girls are instructed. In 1831 the parish contained 399 inhabitants.
One mile from East Wickham, partly in that parish and partly in that of Bexley, is the compact little village of Welling. It presents nothing remarkable.
POST OFFICE – Bexley, Thomas KELSEY, Postmaster. Letters from London arrive every morning at eight, forenoon at half past eleven and evening at six, and are despatched every morning at half past eight and afternoon at three
POST OFFICE – Welling, Henry WAGHORN, Postmaster. Letters from London arrive every morning at eight, noon at twelve and evening at seven and are despatched every morning at half past seven and afternoon at a quarter before three.
NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY
BAILEY William esq, West lodge
BARTLETT Mr John, Bexley heath
BELL Mr, Crook log
BENSON Mr Henry, Bexley
BEXLEY The Right Hon. Lord, Bexley house
BURT Mr Thomas Stephen, Welling
CATON Captain Barclay, Bexley
CHAPMAN Mrs, Bexley
DANN the Misses, Bexley
DASHWOOD Lady Ann, Halcot
DAVIES Rev. Richard, Bexley heath
FRITH Rev. Edward, Brigen place
GILBERT Mr William, Welling
GODDARD Mrs Mary, Bexley heath
GRAHAM Mr George, Welling
GREENSILL Mr John, Bexley heath
HANSON Mrs, Brigen
HARDING Rev Thomas, Bexley
HAYNES John esq, Wickham house
HOBROOK Colonel Frederick, Bexley
HODSELL Miss, Bexley
HOWELL Mr William, Welling
GOSLING Richard esq, Bexley
JOHNSON Mrs, Danson house
JOHNSON Hugh esq, New house
JOHNSON Mr Thomas, Danson
JONES Mr Hannibal, Bexley
KIMBER Rev. Welling
LECHMERE Thomas esq. Park place
LEWIN Mr Thomas Hollies, Bexley
MALCOLM Mr John Lamb, Abbey
MILLER Rev John, Bexley
PEART Rev William, Abbey Hill
POWELL Rev Baden, East Wickham
PRINGLE Mrs, Bexley
SHACKLETON Rev John, Plumstead
SIMM John esq, Bexley
SIMMONDS Mr Richard, Upton
SMITH Oswald esq, Blenden hall
SQUARE Mr William, Welling
THOMAS Mr George, Blenden
WAIRE Mr George, Bexley Heath
WILLIAMS Mr Richard, Welling
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS
BARTON John (boarding), Hall place
EDWARD Henry (boarding & day), Bexley heath
GILLING Sarah & Elizabeth, (boarding) Bexley heath
National School, Bexley, Richard William PANNALL, master; Sarah HILL, mistress
National School, East Wickham, Alexander BUCHAN, master; Mary BUCHAN, mistress.
SEDGWICK Ann & Mary (boarding) Bexley
STONE Aderezer (boarding), Hall place
TUCKER Stephen (boarding), Welling
DANN Thomas, Bexley
MONEYMENT Matthew, Bexley heath
STRONG Thomas Charles, Welling
WRATHALL James, (& accountant), Bexley heath
COOKE William, Bexley heath
FRANKLIN James, Bexley heath
KING Henry, Bexley
KYERDAY Henry, Bexley
MILLBOURNE Benjamin, Bexley heath
REEVES John, East Wickham
SLATER William, Bexley heath
STONE George, Bexley
THEOBALD Thomas, Bexley heath
VINER Mary, Bexley heath
WAGHORN Thomas, Welling
WARD Thomas, Bexley
WILSON James, Bexley heath
WOOLRIDGE William, Bexley heath
WYATT John, Bexley heath
BRIGGS Thomas, Bexley heath
COUSINS John, Welling
COUSINS Thomas, Blenden
COUSINS William, Welling
MORGAN James, Bexley
SEWELL William (& cow leech), Bexley
SHARP William, Bexley heath
STONE William, Bexley
WATTS John, Blenden
WEST John, Bexley heath
WOOLLAMS Thomas, Bexley heath
BENNINGTON John, Welling
BERRY Philip, Blenden
COWTHED William, East Wickham
EVEREST John, Bexley
FRANCIS Joseph, Bexley heath
KEMP Samuel, Baxley
LENNINGTON John, East Wickham
MORTON Thomas, Bexley
RUSSELL George, Bexley heath
SAWYER William, Bexley heath
STREETLEY George, Bexley
TABER Samuel, Bexley heath
WESTON Thomas, Bexley heath
WOOLLAMS William, Welling
HAMMOND John, Bexley
RAWLINS George, Bexley heath
HEWITT Amos, Bexley heath
LUCAS George, Bexley
MARTIN John, Bexley
MILLBOURNE Charles, Bexley heath
BENNETT Edward, Bexley heath
CROCKFORD Charles, Bexley
PEARMAN Michael, Bexley heath
ROWLSTON William, Bexley heath
SHEARLEY Thomas, Bexley
SMITH Robert, Welling
MONEYMENT Matthew &(paper hanger), Bexley heath
CARPENTERS – marked thus * are also undertakers
* APPLEBY Charles, Bexley heath
* DANN Thomas (& builder), Bexley
* MONEYMENT Matthew, Bexley heath
NORRIS Edward, Blenden
PAYN Richard Thomas, Bexley
REEVES George, Welling
RELPH William, Bexley heath
SLADE William, Bexley heath
* STONE Thomas (& builder), Welling
* STRONG Thomas Charles, Welling
WICKS James, Bexley heath
COOPERS
SEWELL Charles, Bexley heath
UNSTEAD William, Bexley
COUSINS Elizabeth, Welling
KENNETT Maria, Bexley heath
KING Caroline, Bexley heath
RAPLEY & WHITEING, Bexley
SLADE Mary, Bexley heath
WILDING Caroline M, Bexley heath
WILLIAMS Mary, Bexley heath
County, Henry WAGHORN, Welling
Kent, Robert MABEY, Bexley heath; George REEVES, Welling
Licensed Victuallers General (fire & life), Frederick TIPTAFT, Bexley heath
Phoenix, James WRATHALL, Bexley heath
Royal Exchange, Edward James FRICKER, Bexley
GREENGROCERS
BALDWIN Charles, Bexley heath
GINNO Thomas, Bexley heath
ROBERTS George, Bexley heath
THACKER William, Bexley heath
GROCERS & TEA DEALERS – marked thus * are also drapers (see also Shopkeepers &c.)
* CLARK William, Bexley heath
FLOWER Hardy (& druggists), Welling
* MONK Jonathan, Bexley heath
RAMBLE George, Bexley heath
* SAXELBY John & Ann, Bexley
* WAGHORN Henry, Welling
* WEBB William Reynold, (& corn dealer), Bexley
HAIR DRESSERS
BRIAN William, Bexley heath
COLOGNE Joseph, Bexley
HORSE & GIG OWNERS - FOR HIRE
HIGGS Thomas, Bexley heath
JACKSON Ann, Bexley
VINER Charles, Bexley heath
IRONMONGERS
WARE Charles, Bexley heath
WEST John, Bexley heath
MARKET GARDENERS
BRATTON John, Danson
BUTTON William, Bexley
DIXON Robert, East Wickham
MONK John, East Wickham
REVES George, Welling
SMITH William, Welling
TOWNLEY William, Bexley heath
TOWNLEY Wm Thomas, Bexley heath
WILLIAMS Richard, Welling
MILLERS
CANNON William, Bexley
DANN John, Bexley heath
TRITTON Richard (& corn dealer) Bexley heath
WILSON Robert, Bexley
PLUMBERS, PAINTERS & GLAZIERS
DEAN George, Bexley
PAINE James, Bexley heath
VENNER Richard, Bexley heath
SADDLERS
STEEL John, Welling
STORER John, Bexley
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALRS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES
BOWYER John, Bexley heath
CARTER Mary, Bexley heath
HAZEL William, Bexley heath
HUTCHINSON William, Bexley
JACKSON Ann, Bexley
MILLS Stephen, Bexley heath
PARKS George, Bexley
REEVES John, Blenden
REEVES John jun. Welling
SMITH Mary, Welling
START Thomas, Bexley
THEOBALD Thomas, Bexley heath
TILDEN Charlotte, Welling
WILCOCK William, Bexley heath
STATIONERS &c.
DAVID Pierre Paschal (& engraver), Bexley heath
WILDING Charles William, Bexley heath
SURGEONS
CARTER Cornelius, Bexley heath
COTTINGHAM Edwin, Bexley
RYE William Robins, Bexley heath
SMITH G A, Bexley heath
TAILORS
FRICKER Esther (& draper), Bexley
HORN James, Welling
MABEY Robert, Bexley heath
Blue Anchor, Mary GRADWICK, Bridgen
Coaches & Horses, Thomas GRIMMER, Bexley
Fox & Hounds, John TURNER, Crook log
George, John MISKIN, Bexley
Golden Lion, George WATTS, Bexley heath
Guy Earl of Warwick, Duncan SINCLAIR, Welling
Kings Head, Joseph SMITH, Bexley
Lord Bexleys Arms, George ASHDOWN, Bexley heath
Lord Hill, William BENSON, Bexley heath
Nags Head, Samuel PACKWOOD, Welling
Rose & Crown, William CRAFTER, Welling
Three Blackbirds, James ROGERS, Blenden
Tower, Thomas CLOUT, Bexley
BROMLEY William, Bexley heath
WEST Richard, Bexley heath
ASHDOWN Henry, Welling
NORRIS Edward, Blenden
RELPH William, Bexley heath
STONE William, Bexley
VINER Charles, Bexley heath
MISCELLANEOUS
DANN Henry, timber merchant, Bexley
GINGER William, fishmonger, Bexley heath
KELSEY Thomas, tallow chandler, Bexley
MONTAGUE Robert, fishmonger, Welling
PEARMAN James, pattern designer, Bexley
PEARMAN James jun. pattern designer, Bexley heath
PETTIT William, tanner & fellmonger, Bexley
RAPLEY George, linen draper, Bexley
ROUSE Benjamin, furniture broker, Bexley heath
ROY William, druggist, Bexley heath
SANDERS Shearley, maltster, Bexley
SLATER George, dyer, Welling
STONE James, corn chandler, Welling
TENNENT John, landscape painter, Bexley heath
TOPPING Frederick, zinc refiner, Bexley
WESTBROOK Thomas, charcoal burner, Bexley heath
WILLIAMSON George, parish clerk, Bexley
To and from London & Dover, and Dartford, Rochester, Chatham &c. pass through Bexley daily.
CARRIERS
To London, Thomas PARKER and Wm. SCEVITY, from Bexley daily; and other carriers to and from London and the coast are through continually.
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