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Alkham, Kent

Historical Description

Alkham, a parish in Kent, 2 miles from Kearnsey station on the L.C. & D.R., and 4 W of Dover, under which it has a post office. A nailbourne here breaks out occasionally with such "store of water as would carry a vessel of considerable burden." The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Capel-le-Ferne, in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £280. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is partly Norman, partly Early English, and in very good condition. Part of Poulton and St Redigund's Abbey, contiguous to Alkham, are extra-parochial. Acreage, 3213; population of the civil parish, 593; of the ecclesiastical, with Capel-le-Ferne, 825.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishAlkham St. Anthony 
HundredFolkestone 
LatheShepway 
Poor Law unionDover 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1558.

Findmypast have the following online for Alkham, St Anthony the Martyr: baptisms 1558-1912, marriages 1558-1928, burials 1558-1988


Churches

Church of England

St. Anthony the Martyr (parish church)

The church of St. Anthony the Martyr is of rough flint, chiefly in the Early English style, and has a tower containing 4 bells: there are 200 sittings.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Alkham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Alkham are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictDover
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtCT15
Post TownDover

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