Pigots 1840 - Kent
Bromley, Beckenham & neighbourhoods
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Bromley is a small and compact market town and parish, in the lathe of Sutton at Hone, and with Beckenham gives its name to the hundred in which it is situated. The town lies on the high road between London and Hastings through Seven Oaks and is distant ten miles SE from the metropolis. It is a place which cannot boast of any manufacture, or particular trade; but its local business is well supported by its respectable inhabitants, and the numerous gentry who have residences in the vicinity. There are some good inns; the principal are the “White Hart”, the “Bell”, and the “Swan and Mitre”; the first named is a superior establishment. The town has recently been lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are amply supplied with water. A court of requests for the recovery of debts, is held every alternate Thursday, at the market house; and headboroughs and constables are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. Bromley is one of the polling stations at the election of members for West Kent. The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, is spacious building of some antiquity, but more especially the eastern part; in it are deposited the remains of the wife of the celebrated Dr JOHNSON and also those of Dr HAWKSWORTH, author of the “Adventurer”. The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the Bishop of Rochester; the present incumbent is the Rev J E NEWELL. The other places of worship are a chapel each for independents and Wesleyan methodists. Bromley college which stands at the entrance to the town from London, is a plain brick building, it was founded and endowed in 1666 by Bishop WARNER, for the widows of twenty loyal and orthodox clergyman, and a chaplain, the chaplain being appointed by Oxford Magdalen College; he bequeathed £20 to be paid annually to each widow and £50 to the chaplain; since which the funds have been considerable augmented by various donations and requests, it is now enabled to admit forty widows who receive £38 per annum each with an allowance of coals and candles. This institution must ever reflect honour upon the memory of the founder, and is rarely equalled in the comfort and respectability it imparts to the objects of its bounty. Amongst many interesting seats scattered around this neighbourhood maybe notice that of the Bishop of Rochester. The old palace upon the site of which the present building stands, was erected by Bishop Thomas Roger FORD, a man of great learning and who is recorded to have been murdered here in 1261. In the grounds belonging to it is a well, the water of which is said to possess medicinal virtues similar to those at Tonbridge Wells. The other seats of note are: “Clay Hill” the residence of James SCOTT esq; “Bickley” the seat of John WELLS esq; and “Plaistow Lodge” built by the celebrated THELLUSON, now the residence of Robert BOYD esq. The market day is Thursday; and the fairs are February 14th and August 5th for live stock. The parish contained, by the returns of 1831, 4002 inhabitants.
Beckenham is a village and a parish in the same hundred and lathe as Bromley, two miles west from that town, pleasantly situated near to the Croydon canal. The village contains some very neat dwelling houses, and in the neighbourhood are many handsome villas. In the reign of Henry VIII, Charles BRANDON, Duke of Suffolk, entertained that monarch with great pomp at the manor house here, when on his journey to visit Anne of Cleves. The church, which is dedicated to St George, is a neat structure, erected at about the beginning of the 17th century; the living is a rectory, in the patronage of John CATOR esq. The charities are an endowed school, now conducted upon the national system; three almshouses, erected in 1694 and the interest of £1100 bequeathed by Lady Exeter in 1837, to be laid out in the purchase of coals for the poor of the parish. The population of the parish, by the returns for 1831, was 1288.
POST OFFICE, Bromley, John ACTON, Postmaster. Letters from London and all parts arrive every forenoon at eleven, afternoon at three, evening at six and night at half past nine, and are despatched every morning at half past eight, afternoon at one and half past three and night at nine.
POST OFFICE, Beckenham, Robert ROGERS, Postmaster. Letters from all parts arrive (by mail cart from London) every forenoon at eleven and afternoon at five and are despatched every morning at a quarter before nine and afternoon at a quarter before four.
NOBILTY, GENTRY &CLERGY
BAKER Mrs Elizabeth, Bromley
BILK MR Edward, Bromley
BOURDILLON Rev Thomas, Beckenham
BOWLER Mr Benjamin, Bromley common
BOYD Robt. esq, Plaistow lodge
BRANDRAM Rev. Andrew, Beckenham
BROMLEY Mr John, Bromley
CATOR John esq, Beckenham place
CRACKLOW Mr Henry, Beckenham
CRANFIELD Mr Edward, Bromley
DAVIS Mr James, Masons hill
DORRIENS the Misses, Beckenham
ELLIOTT Mrs, Plaistow green
FODEN Reynald esq, Beckenham
FORTESCUE Hon.Matthew, Beckenham
GIBSON Robt. esq, Clay hill, Beckenham
GOODHEART Emanuel esq, Beckenham
GOULD Mr James, Stoberry cottage, Bromley
HAMMACK Mr James Thomas, Bromley common
HEBBERT Mr Henry, Bromley common
HIBBERT Rev. Henry Booth, Bromley
HIGGS Capt. William Henry, Bromley common
HOAR Peter esq, Kelsey park
HODSOLL Mr William, Bromley common
JOHNSON Mr Thomas, Masons hill
LATTER Mrs Ann, Pix field
LEWIS Mrs Sarah, Bromley common
LONG Colonel Samuel, Bromley hill
MACE Mr James, Bromley common
MARSHALL Mr, Beckenham
MOYSEY Abel esq, Church house, Bromley
NEWELL Rev. James Edward, Bromley
NICHOLL Rev Thomas, Bromley
NORMAN George Ward esq, Bromley
OAKLEY Benjamin esq, Beckenham
OGLE James esq, Clay hill, Beckenham
PALMER Thomas Casey esq, Beckenham
PERKINS Algernon esq, Mill vale, Bromley
PHILIPS Benjamin esq, Bromley
PHILLIPS John esq, Beckenham
POTT Charles esq, Plaistow
POTTER William Henry esq, Bromley
PUTTELO Captain Robert, Bromley
ROBERTS Mrs, Bromley
ROCHESTER The Lord Bishop of, Bromley palace
SAMONS Mr Thomas, Bellevue
SCOTT Jas. esq, Clay hill, Beckenham
SCOTT Sir Samuel, Sundridge park
SCOTT Rev Thos, (chaplain of Bromley college), Bromley
SHEPHERD Miss F, Bromley common
STONE Mr Charles Henry, Bromley
TALMAN Mrs Mary, Beckenham
TAPE Mr James, Bromley
TAYLOR Mr Andrew, Bromley
TIMPERLEY Mrs Mary, Masons hill
TRICE Mrs Esther, Bromley common
TWEEDY Lieut Col. George, Bromley house
VINE Rev Marshall Hall, Beckenham
WALLER Thos esq, Bromley
WALLIS Mrs Matilda, Bromley common
WELLS John esq, Bickley
WELLS John jun. esq, South borough
WHARTON Mrs, Bromley common
WOODROFFE the Misses, Beckenham
WOOLRICH Miss A, Bromley common
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS
ARNOLD William, Beckenham
COLBOURN Sarah (boarding & day), Martins hill, Bromley
CRADEN James, (boarding & day), Mason hill
HOLMER Margaret (day), Bromley
KERR Sarah, (boarding & day), Masons hill
LAMB Mary & Sarah, (boarding & day), Bromley
National School, Beckenham, William KNIGHT, master; Elizabeth KNIGHT, mistress.
National School, Gravel pit, Bromley, Thomas CAMPLING master; Fanny WILLIAMS mistress.
NICHOLL Rev. Thos. (boarding), Bromley
RAWES William Thompson, (boarding), Bromley
ATTORNEYS
LATTER Robert Booth, (& clerk to the magistrates), Bromley
TUCKER John, Bromley
AUCTIONEERS
BAXTER & Son, (& house & estate agents), Bromley
NETTLEFOLD Abraham, Bromley
BAKERS
BATTY John, Plaistow
BEEZLEY Benjamin, Bromley
COCKS George, Bromley
JENKINS Thomas, Bromley common
JOYCE John, Bromley
LEVENS William, Beckenham
LOVEJOY Josiah, Beckenham
PARKER Samuel, Farwig place
WHITE James, Bromley
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONRS
BECKLEY William, (& sub distributer of stamps & toy dealer), Bromley
MILLER Joseph, Bromley
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS
AYLING Thomas, Bromley
BUDGEN Richard, Beckenham
BURGESS William, Bromley
CHURCHER John, Bromley
CHURCHER Sarah, Bromley
CHURCHER William, Bromley
CREASY Benjamin, Beckenham
HAMMOND James, Bromley
HARLER Thomas, Bromley
MULLETT Francis, Bromley
PARROTT George, Bromley
ROWE William, Bromley
SPOONER William, Bromley
WHITINGTON Thomas, Beckenham
WICKENDEN John, Beckenham
BREWERS
DAVIS William & Thomas, Bromley
TURNER James, Elms end
BRICKLATERS
GREENAWAY Thomas, Bromley
HARRIS & Son, Beckenham
PEARCE John, Beckenham
RAWLINGSON William, Bromley
SHARP William, (& plasterer & slater), Bromley
BUILDERS
BARRETT Richard, Bromley
CHARMAN William, Bromley
CHURCH Ebenezer, Beckenham
GIBBONS William, Beckenham
MILSTEAD & MORAN, Bromley
SHARP William, Bromley
BUTCHERS
ALEXANDER William, Bromley
BROWN Catherine, Beckenham
BROWNING Charles, Bromley
EATON Christopher, Bromley
ISARD Henry, Bromley
OVENDEN William, Beckenham
POLE William, Farwig place
SUTTON Robert (pork), Bromley
WEAVER Richard, Bromley
CABINET MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS & UNDERTAKERS
CARPENTER Jabez, Bromley
DUNN Sarah, Bromley
NETTLEFOLD John, Bromley
CARPENTERS
BARRETT Richard, Bromley
CHARMAN William, Bromley
CHURCH Ebenezer, Beckenham
FULLER William, Beckenham
GIBBONS William, Beckenham
MILSTEAD & MORAN, Bromley
CHINA, GLASS & EARTHENWARE DEALERS
DURLING Phoebe, Bromley
MILSTEAD Mary Ann, Bromley
WELLS Thomas, Bromley
CHYMISTS & DRUGGISTS
BAXTER William, (&oil & Italian warehouse & sub distributer of stamps), Bromley
SHILLCOCK Joseph Bradley, Bromley
CLOTHES DEALERS
CLEMENTS Elizabeth, Bromley
HOOKER Elizabeth, Beckenham
HOPPERTON James, Bromley
JENKINS Thomas, Bromley common
PEARCE John, Beckenham
COACH PROPRIETORS
GEARING James, Masons hill
PAWLEY William, Bromley
COLE MERCHANTS
COLE Thomas, Bromley
HOLLIDAY Richard, Bromley
HUMPHREY John, Bromley
CONFECTIONERS
LATTER Charles, Bromley
STORER George, Bromley
CORN DEALERS
GANDER Thomas, Plaistow
HOLDEN Thomas, Bromley common
HUMPHREY John, Bromley
RAY William Robert, Bromley
FIRE &c OFFICE AGENTS
British, BAXTER & son, Bromley
Guardian, Geo. Overy, Beckenham
Kent, George ALLEN, Bromley
Norwich Union, Jno. ACTON, Bromley
Phoenix, Jabez CARPENTER, Bromley
Royal Exchange, Jas HOW, Bromley
Sun, Robert Booth LATTER, Bromley
FISHMONGERS
BURTENSHAW John, Beckenham
COOK James, Bromley
MAYNARD James, Bromley
FRUITERERS
CROWHURST Ann, Bromley
FREEMAN David, Bromley
HARMAN Elizabeth, Bromley
JORDAN Peter, Bromley
GROCERS & CHEESEMONGERS – see also Shopkeepers &c.
COCKS George, Bromley
GOULD John, Bromley
HOOK James, Bromley
HOOKER Eliz. Beckenham
ISARD Richard, Bromley
JENKINS Thomas, Bromley common
KNOWLES James, Bromley
LEACH Thomas, Beckenham
OFFEN George, Beckenham
PEARCE John, Beckenham
ROGERS Robert, Beckenham
SHEPPARD Francis, Bromley
SMITH Leonard, Bromley
WELLS Thomas, Bromley
WREN Edward, Bromley
HAIR DRESSERS
DALE James, Bromley
JAMES John, Bromley
TYE Anthony, Bromley
INNS
Bell, (family hotel & posting house), James Panter DAVIS, Bromley
Swan & Mitre (commercial), Wm. MATHEWS, Bromley
White Hart, (family hotel & posting house), Wm. PAWLEY, Bromley
IRONMONGERS
BATTERSBEE George, Bromley
FULLER William, Beckenham
GREEN Mary Ann, Bromley
LUCK William, Beckenham
WALTER John, (& smith & bell hanger, brazier & tin plate worker), Bromley
LINEN DRAPERS
BLAKE Barnabas, Bromley
FENN Sarah, Bromley
NASH Benjamin, Bromley
SKINNER William, Bromley
STEDMAN William, Beckenham
MALTSTERS
DAVIS William & Thomas, (& dealers in malt & hops), Bromley
OVERTON Henry, Lower Elms end
TURNER James, Elms end
MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS
BROAD Ann, Bromley
CLAYTON Harriet, Bromley
GREEN Mary Ann, Bromley
HEMSLEY Fanny, Bromley
SAUNDERS Sarah, Farwig place
NURSERY & SEEDSMEN
STIDOLPH George, Bromley
STIDOLPH William, Bromley
PLUMBERS, PAINTERS & GLAZIERS
BATEMAN Mary, Bromley
BATEMAN William, Bromley
DAVIS Samuel, Bromley
HALL John, Bromley
LEVENS Samuel, Beckenham
MILLER Joseph, Bromley
OVERY Benjamin, Beckenham
SMITH & Son, Bromley
SWEETING George, Bromley
PRINTERS - LETTER PRESS
BECKLEY William, Bromley
MILLS John, Bromley
PROFESSORS & TEACHERS
COLINET Joseph, (French), Bromley
SMITH Joseph Staples, (drawing), Mill vale, Bromley
SADDLERS
DAVIS James, Bromley
JACKSON Michael, Bromley
LASCOE John & Thomas, Bromley
STEDMAN William, Beckenham
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES
ADDIS Richard, Plaistow
AUSTIN John, Beckenham
CHURCHER James, Bromley
COSTIN John, Masons Hill
GOLDS Richard, Bromley common
GREEN Thomas, Bromley
HART Sarah, Farwig place
LATHAM James, Beckenham
LEACH Thomas, Beckenham
MORGAN George, Plaistow
MUFFETT Benjamin, Farwig place
WALTER William, Bromley
SMITHS & FARRIERS
BATH Mary & Son, Bromley
LUCK William, Beckenham
SANGER William, Bromley
SKINNER William, (& veterinary surgeon0, Masons hill
WARD William, Beckenham
WEST Richard, Farwig place
STRAW HAT MAKERS
CULLEN William, Bromley
EWINS Louisa, Bromley
SURGEONS
ILOTT Thomas, Bromley
RAY Thomas, Bromley
WILLIAMS Edwd. Augustus, Bromley
TAILORS
ALLEN George, Bromley
BATH William, Beckenham
COOPER John (& draper), Bromley
CUMBERLAND William, Beckenham
HOW Paul, Bromley
INNOUS John (& draper), Bromley
NADAULD Peter, Bromley
TALLOW CHANDLERS
HALL John, Bromley
ISARD Richard, (& melter), Bromley
TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES
Crown, George MORGAN, Plaistow
Dukes Head, Sarah CORDERY, Bromley
George, William COLECUTT, Beckenham
Greyhound, William TODD, Bromley
Prince Frederick, Richard ADDIS, Plaistow
Rising Sun, George PORTER, Bromley
Rose & Crown, Richard GABBITAS, Bromley
Star & Garter, Hannah OSMAR, Bromley
Three Compasses, Wm POWELL, Bromley
Three Tuns, William EPPS, Beckenham
Tiger, John LAMBERT, Masons hill
WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS
HOW James, Bromley
SHEARER Jas, (& jeweller), Bromley
WHEELWRIGHTS
DRAPER William, Masons hill
HANCOCK William, Beckenham
MISCELLANEOUS
ACTON John, wine merchant, Bromley
BARBER Geo. hat manufacturer, Bromley
BECKLEY William, parish clerk, Bromley
BOURNE Charles, registrar of births and deaths, Bromley
BROWN Joseph, cooper, Bromley
COGGERIEF John Peter, furrier and cap maker, Bromley
Excise Office, Bell Hotel, John PULFREE, officer
FREEMAN Charles, registrar of marriages, Bromley
Gas Works, Farwig, Bromley, Stephen HUTCHISON, superintendent
LEPARD William, turner, Bromley
OSBORN & Son, coach builders, Bromley
PARRY John, stone mason, Bromley
PASCALL Jos, brick maker, Bromley common
Workhouse, Bromley, John HIGHAM, governor; Elizabeth HIGHAM, matron
COACHES
To London, the Royal Mail (from Hastings), calls at the White Hart every morning at half past four and PAWLEYs coaches from the same place, every morning (Sunday excepted), at eight, nine and a quarter past nine; after two and five on Sunday morning at seven, eight and nine and evening at six and eight – GEARINGs coaches, from his office, Masons hill calling at the Rising Sun and the Swan & Mitre, Bromley, every morning (Sunday excepted), at eight and nine and ten minutes past nine; on Sunday morn. at seven, eight and nine and evening at seven and eight and the Accommodation (from Beckenham), every morning at half past eight. *** besides the above, coaches to and from London, Hastings, Rye, Seven Oaks, Tonbridge Wells &c. pass through Bromley every hour in the day.
To Cranbrook, the Flower of Kent, calls at the White Hart, every afternoon at three.
To Hastings, the Royal Mail, every night, at a quarter past nine, and other coaches, four times a day; all go through Seven Oaks and Tonbridge.
To Penshurst, a coach calls at the White Hart, every afternoon at three.
To Rye, a coach every day (Sunday excepted) at half past twelve.
To Seven Oaks, the United Friends, every afternoon, (Sunday excepted) at 5.
To Tonbridge Wells, five coaches every day, (Sunday excepted)
To Westerham, Brasted and Sundridge, the Times, (from London), calls at the Bell Hotel, every afternoon, (Sunday excepted) at five.
CARRIERS
To London, William GRIGG and William HOW, from their houses daily, (Sunday excepted), and DIGGENs and ROOTs vans from the Swan & Mitre, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
To Tonbridge & Tonbridge Wells, DIGGENs and ROOTs vans every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday from the Swan & Mitre.
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