The Wesleyan Chapel in Church Street was built in 1847, with a School at the rear added in 1873.
Charles Bolton's draper's shop and post office. He published a series of local postcard views.
In 1852, Samuel Hook, with his wife Anna Maria and their five children moved from Chalford, Gloucestershire to Tovil, Maidstone, where Samuel took
Snodland papermill was in existence long before the Hook family purchased the business in 1854.
The Hook family played an important role in the life of Snodland from the mid nineteenth century, when they moved to the parish from Gloucestershir
In 1854-55, at the age of twenty-two, Charles Townsend Hook acquired the Snodland mill and he and his rest of the Hook family all moved to 'Acacia
Probate records – wills and inventories – are a very useful source for the local historian.
For the ‘People and work’ project we have looked at all wills for the study parishes dated from 1750-1857 and all post-1720 inventories.
Aylesford Pottery Company
Wouldham Hall Cement Works
