COBHAM, a village and parish, five miles from Rochester, and six miles from
Gravesend. The population in 1851 was 718. Here is a small church, which is very
ancient, but in good repair. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Earl
of Darnley.
POST-OFFICE. - Thomas opelin, Receiver. The nearest Money Order Office is at
Gravesend.
GENTRY.
Baker, Thomas Henry, Esq.
Bligh, John Stuart, Earl of Darnley, Cobham Hall
Dawes, Rev. William, M.A., Curate
Dawson, Mr. William Spencer
Savage, Mrs. Isabella
Stokes, Rev. John WWells, Mr. Thomas
TRADERS.
Apps, Thomas, the Ship
Baker, John B., baker
Broad, William, butcher Copelin, Thomas, shopkeeper, and post office Cuckney, Thomas, tailor Dashwood, Henry, Pickwick Leather Bottle, Daws, William, tailor Eley, William H., farmer
Gower, Samuel J., Darnley Arms
Hurley, William, boot and shoe maker Pye, James, farmer
Savage, George, farmer
Savage, Edward, farmer
Shearman, Nicholas, miller
Shearman, Philip, wheelwright Snoad, Charles H., shopkeeper
Stevens, Thomas, farmer Wadlow, George, blacksmith