Pigots 1840 - Kent
Littlebourne, Beakesbourne, Bridge & Patrixbourne
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Littlebourne is a village and parish in the lathe of St Augustine and hundred of Downhamford, situate on the road from Canterbury to Deal, four miles E from the former and fourteen WNW from the latter town. A branch of the Stour runs by the village and works four corn mills. The church dedicated to St Vincent, stands at the east end of the village; it does not possess anything internally or externally to claim description; the benefice is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. A fair is held is held here on the 5th July. Population of the parish in 1831, 733.
Beaksbourne is a parish within the cinque port liberty of Hastings, in the hundred of Bridge and Petham and lathe of St Augustine. The church dedicated to St Peter, stands about three miles and a half ESE from Canterbury; the living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Population 351.
The village of Bridge, in the parish so called, is in the hundred of Bridge and Petham. Lathe of St Augustine, three miles SE from Canterbury – situated on the high road to Dover and watered by the Little Stour. The church is dedicated to St Peter; the living is a perpetual curacy annexed to Patrixbourne vicarage, in the Archdeaconry and diocess of Canterbury. The parish at the last census, contained 543 inhabitants.
Situated between Bridge and Littlebourne, lies the small parish of Patrixbourne. The church dedicated to St Mary, stands about three miles southeast from Canterbury – it is a small edifice, chiefly in the Norman style of architecture; the benefice is a vicarage, with the curacy of Bridge annexed, in the presentation of E. TAYLOR Esq. A Priory of Augustine friars, was founded here in the thirteenth century, but no traces of the building are discernable. Population of the parish 280.
POST OFFICE – at the William the Fourth, Littlebourne, William WANSTALL, Postmaster. Letters from London arrive (by foot post from Canterbury), every morning at eight and are despatched every evening at eight.
POST OFFICE – Bridge, William SHERRARD, Postmaster. Letters from London arrive (by foot post from Canterbury), every morning at seven and are despatched every evening at half past six.
NOBILTY, GENTRY & CLERGY
ANDREWS Mrs Eleanor, Bridge
BRICE Mr Richard, Bridge place
CARTER Mr George, Beaksbourne
CONYNGHAM the Marchioness of, Bifrons
DENNE Denne esq, Littlebourne
FISENDEN Peter esq, Bridge
GARDNER Robert esq, Beaksbourne
GIBBS Mr Jennings, Littlebourne
GIPPS George esq, Howletts
GIPPS Mrs Henry, Dean, Ickham
HALLET Rev Jas Hughes, Higham
HARTLEY Mrs Elizabeth, Bridge
HARTLEY Mr James, Bridge
HILTON Musgrave esq, Brambling house
JAMES Capt, Parsonage, Littlebourne
KENRICK Miss, Littlebourne
KENRICK Miss, Bourne house, Bishopsbourne
LADE Rev William, Wickham
LANSBERRY Mr John, Bridge
MULCASTER General Sir Frederick William, Bishopsbourne
SIMONS Rev Nicholas, Ickham
SWANN Captain Frederick Dashwood, Lee Priory
WOODCOCK Rev John, Vicarage
ACADEMIES
BOYACK Deborah, (boarding), Bridge
PAUL Samuel, (boarding), Bridge
BAKERS
FOSTER John, Littlebourne
HORTON John, Bridge
NOBLE Richard, Littlebourne
SHAXBY Charles, Bridge
THORP Edward, Littlebourne
BLACKSMITHS
BRIGGS William, Littlebourne
FAGG William, Bridge
PERRY Edward, Littlebourne
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS
COX William, Littlebourne
COX William jun, Littlebourne
DYASON John, Bridge
GILLOW John, Littlebourne
HORN Jarvis, (& leather seller), Littlebourne
ROYCE James, Bridge
TRITTON William, Littlebourne
WHITE Thomas, Bridge
BREWERS
INGE May, (& maltster), Littlebourne
WILLIAMS William, Bridge
BRICK MAKERS
BEARD Samuel, Bridge
TAPPENDEN John, (& lime burner), Ickham
BUILDERS
COLEGATE Frederick, Bridge
JARVIS & CICILY, Littlebourne
WOOD Joseph, (& setter of brewers coppers on improved principles), Littlebourne
BUTCHERS
DUTHOIT Peter, Littlebourne
HODGES Charles, Bridge
JARVIS Richard, Bridge
CARPENTERS
BELCHER John, Beaksbourne
COLEGATE Frederick, Bridge
JARVIS & CICILY, Littlebourne
LAWRENCE Giles, Littlebourne
READ Robert, Littlebourne
GROCERS & DEALERS IN SUNDRIES
DAVIS Charles, Bridge
GODDEN William, Beaksbourne
HARDEMAN Samuel, (& watch maker), Bridge
HOLMAN Henry Jones, (& draper), Littlebourne
HOOKER Charles, Bridge
WILLIAMS Henry, Bridge
MILLERS
JOHNSON Thomas, Bridge
KINGSFORD Alfred, Littlebourne
KINGSFORD Richard, (& coal merchant), Seaton wharf
PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS
EWELL William, Littlebourne
SAYER William, Bridge
SMITH John, Littlebourne
VERRIER William (& painter), Bridge
PUBLIC HOUSES
Anchor, John WYVER, Littlebourne
Red Lion, Thomas HAWKINS, Bridge
White Horse, Richard SHERRARD, Bridge
William the Fourth, William WANSTALL, Littlebourne
SURGEONS
HOVELL Charles, Littlebourne and at Canterbury
SICARD Amilius, Bridge
WHEELWRIGHTS
LAWRENCE Giles, Littlebourne
READ Robert, Littlebourne
MISCELLANEOUS
COLLARD Thomas, tailor, Bridge
DILNOT John, linen manufacturer, Bridge
DYASON Mary Ann, straw hat maker, Bridge
HOLMAN Chas, registrar of births & deaths &c., and market gardener, Littlebourne
JOHNSON Thomas, bricklayer, Littlebourne
MARTIN John, saddler, Bridge
NOBLE Robert, tailor, Littlebourne
REAKES George, veterinary surgeon, Littlebourne
ROCKLIFFE Rebecca, dressmaker, Littlebourne
Union Poorhouse, Littlebourne- William FORTH, governor
WEEKES Capon, tanner & currier, Littlebourne
WOOD Misses, milliners, Littlebourne
COACHES & CARRIERS
To and from London, Canterbury, Deal & Sandwich pass through Littlebourne and Bridge daily.
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