Early Owners of Troy Town Properties
When the houses in Troy Town were built, or even while they were still building, they were bought by various individuals. Some of them can be identified from title deeds held by Medway Archives Centre , from fire insurance policies sold by Jacob Cazeneuve Troy, from local newspapers and from wills held at The National Archives. Some purchasers lived in their houses. Other houses were occupied by people other than their owners; their owners may always have intended them to be investment properties, rather than homes. In 1790, William Cluff and his wife Isabella purchased 'a piece of land and a new built brick messuage with wash house, garden etc' abutting to land intended to be a street called King Street. At the time of the purchase, William Cluff was described as a victualler. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , a victualler might be: A purveyor of victuals or provisions; specifically one who makes a business of providing...