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Betteshanger or Betshanger, Kent

Historical Description

Betteshanger or Betshanger, a parish in Kent, 3½ miles SSW of Sandwich station on the S.E.R., and 5 W of Deal. Post town, Dover; money order and telegraph office, Eastry. Acreage, 395; population of the civil parish, 71; of the ecclesiastical, with Ham, 133. Betteshanger Park belonged formerly to the Boys family, and belongs now to Lord Northbourne. The living, with Ham, is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £114 with residence. Patron, Lord Northbourne. The church is Norman, and has been restored.

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 parishBetteshanger St. Mary 
HundredEastry 
LatheSt. Augustine 
Poor Law unionEastry 

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


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1562.

Findmypast have the following online for Betteshanger, St Mary the Virgin: baptisms 1562-1853, marriages 1583-1875, burials 1562-1932


Churches

Church of England

St. Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary is a very small building of flint and stone, with Norman nave and chancel arch and Early English chancel, and has a tower with tiled roof containing a clock and 3 bells: there are memorials to the Morrice, Boys and Brett families, and several stained windows: the church was rebuilt in 1853-4 and has 120 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 Betteshanger or Betshanger from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Betteshanger or Betshanger 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.

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