Pigots 1840 - Kent
Queenborough
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Once a market town, and a still a corporate borough, in the parish of its name, liberty of the Isle of Sheppy and lathe of Scray is 45 miles SE from London and 15 NE from Maidstone – situated near the West Swale, a river that is here navigable. Edward III, on visiting the place, gave it its present appellation, in honour of his queen, Philippa; he also conferred on it a charter of incorporation, but that under which it is at present governed was obtained from Charles I; the corporation consists of a mayor, four jurats and two bailiffs. With a recorder, chamberlain and other officers. From the 13th year of Elizabeth, the borough returned two members to Parliament, until the passing of the Reform Act by which it was disfranchised. The principal dependence of the inhabitants is upon an extensive and prolific oyster fishery, which is under the control and management of the corporation. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a venerable and commodious structure; the benefice is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the corporation. There is a place of worship for Independents, and a school for the sons of freemen, supported chiefly by members of the corporation. Two markets and two annual fairs were granted to Queenborough by Edward III; the markets have not been observed for many years; but one fair is held, on the 5th August. The parish contained in 1831, only 786 inhabitants.
POST OFFICE – at the Ship Inn, George HALL, Postmaster. Letters arrive (by foot post from Sittingbourne), every morning at seven and are despatched every evening at seven.
GENTRY & CLERGY
BOWMAN Rev James,
BREEZE Rev Scott James
GREET Mrs Ann
PUBLIC HOUSES
Castle, William HORN
Ordnance Arms, George HALL
Rose, William GOODING
Ship, George HALL
SHOPKEEPERS, TRADERS &c.
AUGER Joseph, carpenter
BATCHELOR James, painter & glazier
BOWTON James, water bailiff
BREEZE Scott James, tailor
COLE John, coal merchant
COLE William, shipwright
EMPTAGE John, parish clerk
FAIRHALL Robert, bricklayer
FENNER Robert, coal merchant
GEORGE William, dairyman
HALL Josiah, carpenter
HALL William, coal & lime merchant
HART William, shoemaker
KNEWSTUB John, baker
LOCKYER Thomas, dairyman
NAYLOR Eleanor, shopkeeper
PELLATT Stephen, tailor
PENNALL Henry, master of Free School
PORTER John, shoemaker
POTTER James, dairyman
PRICE William, baker
RAKE Henry, fruiterer
RAMSDEN George & Edward, copperas manufacturers
ROGERSON James, butcher
SEXTON James, grocer & boat builder
SKEY Edward, cement, stone & coal merchant
SKEY William Richard, grocer
SPAIN Thomas, miller
COACHES & CARRIERS - see Sheerness
CONVEYANCE BY WATER
To London, Hoys are freighted occasionally, and Vessels in the oyster trade are continually departing.
This page was last updated on 06-Mar-2021.
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