KentKenthttp://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009-09-07T23:15:45ZSquarespaceTeston Kent Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/teston-kent-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-england-1845.htmlSally2009-09-07T23:15:45Z2009-09-07T23:15:45ZTeynham Kent Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/7/22/teynham-kent-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-england-1845.htmlSally2009-07-22T19:58:13Z2009-07-22T19:58:13ZYalding Kent Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/17/yalding-kent-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-england-1845.htmlSally2009-05-17T15:15:00Z2009-05-17T15:15:00ZYALDING (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Maidstone, hundred of Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. W.) from Maidstone, containing 2467 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by different branches of the Medway, and upon two of the larger streams stands the village, approached by a long narrow stone bridge, besides which there is another in the parish, called Twyford bridge. The river is navigable to this place for barges, by which a considerable traffic in timber, corn, and coal, is carried on; and a fair for cattle is held on October 15th. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £20. 18. 9.; net income, £1184 ; patrons and impropriators, Messrs. Warde and Holmes. The church is principally in the decorated English style. William Cleave, Esq., in 1665, founded a free school, and endowed it with a farm now let for £50 a year ; and a charity school, founded in 1711, for girls and young children, has been endowed by Mrs. Alchorn and Mrs. Warde, sisters.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

]]>Nash Street Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/9/nash-street-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-cir.htmlSally2009-05-09T19:09:20Z2009-05-09T19:09:20ZNASH-STREET, a hamlet in Nursted parish, Kent; 3 ¼ miles S of Gravesend.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Nash Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/9/nash-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa-1870-2.htmlSally2009-05-09T19:08:13Z2009-05-09T19:08:13ZNASH, a hamlet in Leeds parish, Kent; near Leeds village. A house here, called Battle Hall, is partly of
the 14th century; includes considerable alterations of the time of Henry VIII.; belonged, at that time, to
Robert Chambre; and passed to the proprietor of Leeds Castle.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Nash Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/9/nash-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa-1870-1.htmlSally2009-05-09T19:07:26Z2009-05-09T19:07:26ZNASH, a hamlet in Preston parish, Kent; 1 ½ mile N of Wingham.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Nash Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/9/nash-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa-1870.htmlSally2009-05-09T19:05:21Z2009-05-09T19:05:21ZNASH, a hamlet in St. Peter parish, Kent; 1 ½ mile S by E of Margate. Nash Court here belonged to the priors of Christ church, Canterbury; and passed to the Garwintons and others.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Nackington Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/4/nackington-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circ.htmlSally2009-05-04T19:40:47Z2009-05-04T19:40:47ZNACKINGTON, a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on Stane-street, 2 ¼ miles S by E of Canterbury r. station. Post-town, Canterbury. Acres, 906. Real property, £2,180. Pop., 165. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Sondes. Nackington House is the seat of Capt. T. Hilton; and Heppington House, of Lieut.-Col. W. J. Morris. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £52. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church comprises an aisle and two chancels, and is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Mystole Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/4/mystole-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa-1.htmlSally2009-05-04T19:34:14Z2009-05-04T19:34:14ZMYSTOLE, the seat of Sir John Fagg, Bart, in Kent; 3 ¼ miles SW of Canterbury. It was built in the time of Elizabeth, by the Bungeys.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Murston Kent Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/kent/2009/5/2/murston-kent-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa-1.htmlSally2009-05-02T20:12:55Z2009-05-02T20:12:55ZMURSTON. a village and a parish in Milton district, Kent. The village stands on the Milton creek of the river Swale, near the North Kent railway, ¾ of a mile NE of Sittingbourne r. station; and has a post-office under Sittingbourne, and a quay and several docks on the creek.—The parish extends to the Swale, and comprises 1,317 acres of land, and 145 of water. Real property, £3,143. Pop. in 1851, 191; in 1861, 572. Houses, 96. The property is divided among a few. The land is chiefly marsh; and the climate is held by an old proverb to be unhealthy. Brick-making is largely carried on. There is a ferry over the Swale to Elmley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £600. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church is partly Norman, and is in good condition. There is a slightly endowed school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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